But Wang Ju's evaluation made the old rich still like it very much.

Needless to say, Song Renzong is the only benevolent lord in ancient Chinese history who can truly use benevolence as a nickname.

Fan Zhongyan needless to say, he has been the first moral gentleman of the Great Song Dynasty in the past three hundred years.

Zhang Zai is slightly inferior, but in terms of moral exercise, Zhang Zai is also impeccable, and he is still the mentor of Wang Juru's parents.

Compared with these three people, can he actually be among them, can he not make the old rich happy?

Therefore, the self-proclaimed speech has also changed, from so-and-so to me.

"The rich man is gentle, warm and moist like jade, if from this point of view, the rich man should be a gentleman, but the rich man is short because he lacks the heart of the great duke."

"The heart of the Grand Duke?"

"This duke refers to the entire Great Song Dynasty, the country, the scholars, the magnates, and the common people."

"Do you also think that Wang Jiefu's transformation is flawless?"

However, at the beginning of Xining, the Great Song Dynasty was poor and weak, and there was a huge amount of arrears, so that when the drought came, the imperial court could not come up with money and grain to help the victims, and the country had reached a time when it had to change. Even if there are many drawbacks in the Jiefu Gong Reform, what did the rich man do when he became the prime minister in Beijing? ”

"The king of Jizo said to the Buddha, 'If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?' Hell is not empty, and you will not become a Buddha. Idealists and benevolent people; There is no survival to harm the benevolent; There is killing to become benevolent. The highest moral standard of Confucianism, killing oneself to become benevolent, has the rich man shown the spirit of killing oneself to become benevolent? ”

Fu Bi shook his head and smiled: "Zi'an, I didn't say it, I just said it, Your Majesty didn't listen to it." ”

"As Fu Gong said, after 20 years of quiet inaction, will the country be governed naturally? But I'll say it again, how many years has Renzong been quiet and inactive? The rule of Wenjing, is it really quiet and inactive? In the past, when I was in Zheng Baiqu, when my teacher entered Beijing, I said that Shang Ying changed the law. Since ancient times. There is no other reason for despising Shang Ying, one is Sima Qian's historical records, and the other is that Shang Ying is a Legalist, not a Confucian. But Fu Gong thought about it seriously, if it weren't for the foundation laid by Shang Ying. How did the Qin Dynasty become so strong, and how did it unify the six countries? If Shang Ying was alive, would he agree with Qin Shi Huang to build the Afang Palace, build the Great Wall, and harshly treat the people of the Six Kingdoms? The reason why Sima Qian recorded Shang Ying like this is that he suffered a palace punishment, so he hated the Legalists. Therefore, the records of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are a little ugly, and they also beautify the rule of Wenjing too much, and there are even sentences that praise Huang Lao Wuwei. However, when we look at history books, we need to learn from history and practice. Or is it to look at the evaluation of historians or even be swayed by historians? Is Sima Qian a qualified politician? ”

"Well said!" Li Ding said happily.

"It's okay, but the rich man's conduct is impeccable."

Whether it is Fu Bi, or Feng Jing, Fan Chunren, and Lu Gong, they are all moderate old parties, and if it is not for the time when he has no choice but to do so, Wang Ju does not want to be evil.

The doctor also had cold sweat on his forehead.

It wasn't because of Wang Ju's injury, but because he didn't deserve to hear these words.

So he quickly redressed Wang Ju's wounds and retired immediately. Transferred to another room and treated the remaining guards.

Wang Ju said: "Senior. Excuse me. ”

"Shaobao, can you tell me about the specific situation at that time." Li Dingdao. In fact, Li Ding's attitude towards Wang Ju is not too friendly, and there is no other reason, Da Su and Xiao Su also. But in this case, the two have a common enemy.

"Shituo, you will draw the original terrain."

"Whoa."

After a while, Zhang Nantuo drew the terrain where the crime occurred.

Wang Ju said: "I have been adrift in the south for a long time. It was only because Qiongniang was sick on the road that she was delayed for a long time. After Qiongniang's condition improved, she rode all horses and quickly set off to the capital. Either he was delayed in Hengqu for a few days, and he also cooperated with his teacher to write three articles. Joan Niang. You take out the three articles of your teacher and show them to Fu Gong and Li Zhongcheng to read. ”

Qiong Niang took out the three articles, let Fu Bi read them first, and then let Li Ding read them.

These three articles are a bit ahead of their time, and the two of them can't help but think deeply after reading them.

Thinking about what Wang Ju doesn't care, the reason why they see it is because there is a saying outside that Wang Ju is a bitter meat plan, and it is precisely because of the delay of ten days in Hengqu that he has time to arrange it. Now with these three articles, it can be regarded as a disguised explanation of the reasons for the delay.

After the two finished reading, Wang Ju continued: "After the teacher wrote them, I copied them again, and then took them with me and wanted to bring them to the official family for reading. Then he quickly left Hengqu and set off for the capital all the way without stopping. ”

This one is equally important, it is only ten days, if it is a bitter meat plan, it is still very tense to arrange, at least there is no need to rush so much on the road. Now that he has traveled all the way, and he has traveled quickly on horseback, then the argument of the bitter meat scheme is not true.

"Then here we are, Li Zhongcheng, if you are interested, you can also go to see where to see. The roads here are not very good, and even though we are on horseback, we are not getting here faster. Of course, such terrain is the best terrain for ambushes. If the road is flat, even if they are ambushed, we can force our horses to rush through. However, this kind of terrain also allowed me to escape the catastrophe. Because of the slow speed, we saw these mountain bandits in advance. At that time, I still wondered, since the implementation of the armor protection law, the mountain bandits and water bandits have almost disappeared, and it is the most important official road, the mountain bandits. But we finally reined in the horses. At that moment, the bandits on the top of the slope shouted that they wanted to kill me. Fu Gong, Li Zhongcheng, I have spent too much time in the military. Therefore, compared to other scholars, I am more alert. Then I saw figures flickering in the mountains and forests on both sides. At that time, he gave the order to immediately turn his horse and flee back. You may have seen that we had turned our horses in time, and the mountain bandits in ambush in the mountains and forests on both sides began to fire arrows while rushing out of the forest. That's about it. ”

"How many are there?"

"It's not very clear, there are about sixty or seventy, seventy or eighty. However, I can provide a few clues, at that time, in order to escape, we left many horses, among which there were a few dwarf ponies from Dali, which I gave to several children. Although there are dwarf horses in the Central Plains, most of them are dwarf horse breeds from Shaanxi and Bashu, and the two are slightly different in size. In addition to these ponies, there are also a few pack horses, and the pack horses have some specialties that I brought back from Dali, including Dali's Yunnan tea, saro blankets, and bamboo canes. Golden rattan weaving is a rare luxury in the Central Plains, and if they make a move, they can also find vines and melons to find their whereabouts. In addition to these, there is also chain mail. But the chain mail is about these people dare not sell. ”

"Chain mail?"

"Senior, pacify Dali, I led the troops only to Dali City, and the west of Dali City was pacified by Xiong Gong with his troops. But after I returned to Beijing, the official family would definitely ask me about the details of Dali, so when I left Dali, I divided my family into two routes, and the women and children and ordinary people returned to Beijing from Guangnan West Road and then down the Li River by water. I took the guards and Qiongniang to detour to the western region of Dali, and then went to Beijing along Yazhou and Qiongzhou. The main thing is to take a look at the situation in the western and northwest regions of Dali. Make an approximate understanding. ”

Actually, it's just to see the scenery, but how can I say this?

"However, the western region of Dali is still dominated by barbarians, so my line of work is covered with armor. It wasn't until we arrived in Yazhou, which belonged to the real Song realm, and in order to test the silver entry tax, our group took off our armor and put it on the back of a pack horse. But this clue did not work. ”

The people of the Song Dynasty also had some weapons. There are some standard weapons, like the Divine Arm Bow. Some crossbows, regular bows, knives, and armor are still regulated.

No matter how stupid those mountain bandits are, they won't take out their armor and sell it, so wouldn't they be looking for death?

But Li Ding also got many clues.

First of all, the probability of Wang Ju's bitter meat plan is not very large. His mission is not only to capture the mountain bandits, but also to find out who is behind the scenes. This one is equally important.

This is followed by the approximate number of mountain bandits.

These ponies and valuable specialties from Dali may also play a big role.

After listening to Wang Ju's words, Li Ding's eyes flashed with excitement.

As long as it's not Wang Ju's bitter trick, it's easy to do. Look at how many "diehards" are "harboring" in Luoyang now.

Fu Bi had a sad face, but what could he say?

The two took their leave in diametrically opposed moods.

Wang Ju whispered, "My cuirass." No one is allowed to divulge it. ”

When he was in Chengdu, after being warned by Dr. Li, Wang Ju forcibly let the rapper speak once in the tile, using this to ridicule Wang Anli, and then quickly left Chengdu.

But his subordinates were very worried, and repeatedly persuaded Wang Ju to put on armor and then put on official clothes.

However, Wang Ju still had to test the silver entry tax, so he did not agree. In the end, under everyone's persuasion, he barely put on a cuirass.

A set of armor is usually divided into five parts: helmet, breastplate, arm armor, knee pads, and item protection, if it is subdivided, there are two parts of combat boots and belts, and there are strict face armors, as for the general's armor, there are also wind-pulling robes.

The other parts of Wang Ju did not wear it, only wore this breastplate, that is, the armor of the upper body, just gradually to the north, the weather also cooled down, and the pedestrians wore two or three more clothes, so Wang Ju put on the cuirass inside and the outer clothes, and not many people paid attention to it.

But in order to test the silver, only Wang Ju put on the cuirass, otherwise if he put on the armor together, he would definitely be able to see it.

Of course, this is just in case, but I didn't expect to really take precautions.

But according to Wang Ju's later speculation, these mountain bandits must have standard bows and arrows in their hands, otherwise Wang Ju would have been injured that day, and his injuries would not have been serious.

But in order not to let people sit on the bitter tricks, this Wang Ju didn't let his subordinates say it. Even if the mountain bandits have a standard bow and arrow in their hands, Wang Ju didn't reveal it, and if it is revealed, will it work? But then again, if Wang Ju didn't wear a cuirass that day, it would be really dangerous, and after arriving in Shaanzhou, the group was all in a cold sweat when they thought of this section.

Wang Ju left Luoyang the next day.

In Zhengzhou, Han Yun caught up.

"Zi'an, the lord of the Western Xia does want to restore the Han rites, according to the news I inquired in my hands, Li Bingchang has repeatedly violated the border of the Great Song Dynasty in recent years, and every Han person has a son, multiple uses, and asked about the Han family system, last year in the Western Xia plan, want to restore the Han rites. However, Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Yibury disagreed...... It is precisely because of this controversy that serious contradictions have arisen between the two sides. ”

After finishing speaking, Han Yun's face was strange.

As party members, Li Liangzuo and Li Bingchang father and son like Han rites, and as Han people, the Liang brothers and sisters like Fan rites.

"Brother Han, don't think about it too much, Li Bingchang wants to use Han rites to govern the country, it doesn't mean that he wants to express his closeness to my Great Song Dynasty."

For example, Modi, after he took the throne, the Chinese slings cheered together, and the friendship between China and India arrived. Actually, I really got it wrong, Modi likes China because he likes China's model of governance, and he wants to use it to make India strong, and that's the truth. But because he knows China better, he is more vigilant and hostile than his predecessor......

Therefore, Li Bingchang's liking for Han rites does not mean that he wants to express friendship with the Song Dynasty.

As for Li Qing's proposal later, to give up the land of Henan, this land of Henan is about the area of the West Envoy City controlled by Yuzang Huama, but the Song Dynasty has already obtained the Xihe region at this time, there is the Xihe River in the south, and the Deshun army in the east, and the area controlled by Yuzang Huama has little help to the Western Xia.

Yuzang Huama itself is in collusion with the Liang family, so sacrificing the "Henan" area controlled by Yuzang Huama in exchange for the support of the Song Dynasty, so as to achieve the goal of winning the Liang group in one fell swoop, is the real goal of Li Qing and Li Bingchang.

Li Qing is also the main target of Wang Ju to ask Han Yun to inquire.

What Han Yun said next was Li Qing: "That Li Qing turned out to be a small military general in the Shaanxi Roadside Army, and I didn't inquire about whether he was captured or voluntarily surrendered to Western Xia." I only know that this person is now in his forties, and he serves as the deputy commander of the Sima Army of the Western Xia Yiwei and the direct deputy commander of the six classes in the imperial siege, and he has a certain strength, but he can't pay too much attention to it. ”

The deputy commander of the Yiwei Sima Army in the Western Xia Dynasty was also the direct deputy commander of the six classes in the imperial siege, and the deputy commander of the guard horse army in the Song Dynasty was also the deputy commander of the Imperial Loyal Zoma Infantry Army.

This establishment is equivalent to tens of thousands of elites under his command, and it is still a forbidden army, including the powerful Poxi Army, which also belongs to this forbidden army.

But it should be noted that above Li Qing, there is also a commander and a direct commander, although there are tens of thousands of elite troops, but this tens of thousands of elite troops, Li Qing cannot control them all. can control some of them, even if Li Qing has the ability.

In addition, although Li Qing was valued by Li Bingchang, the power of Western Xia was not in the hands of Li Bingchang, but in the hands of the Liang brothers and sisters.

Han Yun said: "Li Qing himself may have some Chinese feelings, he may also have some hometown feelings, and he may even have the idea of friendship between Song and Xia, but according to my guess, in his heart, although he may have friendly thoughts about our Great Song, he is loyal to Western Xia, not our Great Song." However, it is not surprising that our Song Dynasty did not give him anything, but the Western Xia gave him real wealth. ”

"Shaobao, there is another one, according to my guess, because Li Qing is one of the main figures in the restoration of the Han rites, it will definitely make the Liang brothers and sisters dislike...... I'm afraid it won't be long before it. Shaobao has been in the south again, and now I am afraid it will be too late to contact. And although Li Qing wants to restore the Han rites, or also has the idea of peace and friendship in Song and Xia, no matter what we do, it is impossible to rebel. ”

One is Li Qing's own attitude.

Another Li Qing can now be regarded as a powerful and powerful person, Wang Ju wants to rebel, and the treatment is poor, Li Qing will not agree, and if the treatment is high, I am afraid that no one will support it in the court. Maybe there will be many people who impeach Wang Ju for nothing......

Wang Ju pondered after hearing this.

What he pondered was not whether to plot against Li Qing, but another decision, whether to watch hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians jump into the fire pit.

From Wang Ju's point of view, I worked so hard for the Song Dynasty, as the emperor, even if you ignore the old friendship, you can't make any dissenting opinions about me.

However, if you stand in Zhao Ji's point of view, you can also say that your little Wang Ju is more arrogant than Han Qi, if it weren't for my protection, would you be able to grow up smoothly?

So I can't explain this reason.

However, in order to make the Song Dynasty strong, including the smooth destruction of Western Xia, Zhao Ji had to give Wang Ju more power and more trust. But Guan Jian Zhao is not a reborn! This is more about having more trust and real power than Wang Anshi when Xining changed the law, will it be given? Just give, will the court minister agree?

Therefore, Wang Ju has been racking his brains since he heard that rap, not to deal with Wen Yanbo, this is just incidental, what he really thinks about is how to break this game. (To be continued.) )