Chapter 186: A good dream is hard to come true

After Tong Guan received Zhao Ta's letter, he fell into a contradiction and had to sit at Zhao Ta's gambling table, and this game is very simple, just two cards, one is to send troops, and share weal and wife with wealth and nobility; The other is to stand still and wait and see. 1——

Send troops, the situation of peace talks will be completely broken, and there is still uncertainty in this, a drum down, defeat the Xia army, capture Henan, this is the best result, not only to build new achievements, but also to get more chips to cut Liao; The result is that the Western Army is pinned down in the northwest and re-enters the endless war of attrition, and the final result will be negotiations, make peace with the Western Xia, and still be able to lead the army to attack Liao.

There are also two outcomes if there are no troops. Zhao Ta won, his fame shocked the northwest, his prestige in the army will be incomparable, he will only be the one who leads the army to attack Liao, it will never be him Tong Guan, he will give him a hand at most, the most terrible thing is that he was re-established as the prince, and his good life will come to an end; If he loses, he has to be the one who wipes his ass, and after that, whether it is war or peace, he will be a man of his word in the army, and no one dares to provoke, and the main general of the war will still be himself, and the loss is just time.

Tong Guan weighed for a long time, he didn't have any cards in this gamble, Zhao Ta won no benefit to himself, he lost his plan to have hope, and the best thing is that the two sides should strike the army and negotiate now, end this war as soon as possible, and get out of the northwest in time to pursue their dreams. Figured out the key, Tong Guan decided to abstain, no card to choose, re-open a game, and this game will be by himself to sit in the village, once again grasp the right to speak in the northwest!

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After Zhao Tan received the news that Zhao Ren had successfully captured Xiazhou City, his spirits were greatly boosted, and he immediately sent an official letter to the Shaanxi Economic Strategy Division according to the plan, asking Tong Guan to cooperate with him in the battle, jointly send troops, and seize the land of Henan.

But three days have passed, there is no news from Shaanxi, but Zhao Ta received a flying pigeon biography from Huang Jingchen to the capital Shunzi, the main content is: Tong Guan wrote a letter requesting a truce and peace talks with Western Xia, after the court discussion, the deacons supported Tong Guan's opinion, and planned to take Cai You as the main envoy, and he and Tong Guan as the deputy envoy were jointly responsible for this matter, and the tone of the collegial discussion has also been determined, and now only waiting for the emperor's approval.

Zhao Ta was shocked, according to his thoughts, now he has ploughed the land, the seeds have been sown, and he is waiting for the harvest, at this time he told Tong Guan that the crops are ripe, let's harvest together, and we will divide the harvest equally, this half of the harvest is the same as picking it up in vain, he has no reason to refuse, but he still thinks about things simply, people don't look down on him for this little thing, but even want to bring crops, come to fame and fortune, this guy who has no ** is too ruthless!

In Zhao Ta's view, the content of the last collegiate meeting can be roughly summarized into the following six articles: the Xia lord is a minister to the Song Dynasty, and Feng Zhengshuo (according to the calendar issued by the Song Dynasty); the Song Emperor canonized Yuan Hao as the lord of the Xia State and recognized the existing territory of the Western Xia; the Song Dynasty gave Xia 72,000 taels of silver, 153,000 horses of silk, and 30,000 catties of tea. The total is 255,000 taels, horses, and catties; The field is placed in the security army and Gao Pingqi, but there is no green salt; The soldiers and civilians previously captured by both sides will not be returned, and if any border person flees in the future, they must not cross the border to chase them; The border between the two countries is demarcated as the boundary, and the castle is built within the boundary.

Of the six main contents, except for the fourth one, which was beneficial to both sides, the Western Xia gained the greatest benefits, especially the third one, and the Song Dynasty paid a greater price. What does this price pay for? The Western Xia called the Song Dynasty a vassal and Feng Zhengshuo, and this point did not have any actual meaning and value, because although the Western Xia nominally called the Song Dynasty, they actually called themselves emperors, the country was called Daxia, the state and county were set up, and "their own official subordinates" were almost no different from the Song Dynasty. As Song Chen Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan pointed out: "Those who have gained great benefits, and those who have yielded are falsely claimed", "Emperor Yuan Hao is also at ease in his country." …,

"Alas, God doesn't favor me!" Zhao Ta sighed, from this piece of information, he had already figured out the taste, first, he blocked other people's financial routes; The second is that the rafters that come out will rot first, and the prince himself is too popular, which makes some people unhappy.

If this battle really develops as planned, it will be the biggest victory after the founding of the Song Dynasty after the destruction of the Northern Han Dynasty and the Pingnan Tang Dynasty. There is no shortage of far-sighted people in the DPRK who do not know that the current situation is favorable to the Song Dynasty, and even a limited victory will enable their side to take the initiative in the negotiations and gain benefits, but the result of the victory is something they cannot tolerate.

The result of this victory made the scholars worry that the imperial power will rise again, the relative power will be suppressed, and 'ruling the world with the scholars' will become empty words, which are what those civil officials and scholars do not want to see, they hope to confine the emperor in their own thoughts, let him do things according to his own model, and do not want to appear a strong royal family whose prestige and status are incomparable to them. Not to mention those former ministers of the previous dynasty, just like Tong Guan, Cai Jing and other people who actively supported the attack on Xia, they have been planning to use troops for 20 years, but their achievements are not as good as their own hairy princes who have only been in charge of Hedong for one year, where to put their faces, how to straighten up in front of the emperor in the future, the scholars' right to speak will be greatly weakened.

At this time, if you insist on fighting, the result will be against the entire group of scholars, and the road after this will be even more difficult; If he doesn't fight, he is a little reluctant to win the victory, and he can't give up his brothers who are far away in Xiazhou, isolated and helpless, once they start peace talks, their best result is to become a prisoner of the Xia army and be sent back to China, the humiliation of defeat will accompany them to old age, and their lives will be completely changed, which is unfair to them and unbearable pain.

"Ginger is still old and spicy!" A letter of insinuation can bury the victory he is about to get, Tong Guan really thinks about human nature, he has to be willing to lose, Zhao Ta suddenly has a sense of powerlessness, his dream is not to want the humiliating history to repeat, he does not want to go to the city of the Five Kingdoms to suffer, why is it so difficult to realize his 'little' dream?

"Second master, do you think this is beautiful?" Zhao Tan sat in the house for a long time, and didn't realize that the sky had darkened, then Zhao Xin entered the room and lit the candle, put down a pair of clay dolls in his hand and asked.

"Beautiful, why do you still have time to fiddle with this?" Zhao Ta grabbed one and looked at it and said, this clay doll is the 'Mohou Luo' he bought for Zhao Xin at the temple fair of Daxiangguo two years ago, but now he has changed into new clothes, no longer last year's scribe shirt, it has become a military uniform, and the one on the same table also took off his skirt and back, and also put on armor.

"Second master, you are confused, do you remember what day it is today?" Zhao Xin didn't see the melancholy on the prince's face, and asked with a smile.

"July 7th, I can't remember the day!" Zhao Ta is a little funny, he is now living with his fingers crossed, and he will not forget the years and months if he forgets to eat.

"What day is the seventh of July?" Zhao Xin asked again.

"What day?" Zhao Ta thought for a while, slapped his hands on the desk and said: "Today is Qixi Festival, the Qiqiao Festival!" Legend has it that this day is the night of the meeting of the morning glory and the weaver girl, but in the Song Dynasty it contained many meanings, and it was more appropriate to call it Women's Day, but in modern times it has been packaged as Chinese Valentine's Day.

Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, the people of the Song Dynasty regarded Qixi as a good night worth celebrating, and women took this day as their own festival. They beg the Weaver Girl on this night, begging the gods to give them dexterity and wisdom, beauty and happiness, and people also beg the heavens to give them children and to reproduce on this festival.

"The second master finally remembers, he is not busy!" Zhao Xin snatched the Mohou Luo in the hands of the prince and carefully put it into the makeup fence carved with red coral, and carefully covered it with a cover made of red gauze and blue cages. But this is said to be mud to Mohoro, but in fact, most of his body is made of gold and silver, his nose and eyes are inlaid with precious stones and jade, and his hands and feet are carved from ivory, which are worth thousands of yuan. …,

"Alas, although today is the Begging Festival, it can't be as lively as in the capital, but maybe we will be able to return to Beijing soon!" Zhao Ta sighed, looked at Zhao Xin and said with a wry smile, in the past, the festival mansion set up a begging building in the courtyard, laying out Mohouluo, flower melon, wine and vegetables, pen inkstone, needlework, women's skillful work, and then burned incense and worshiped 'begging Qiao'.

"Is there something wrong with the second master, why are you unhappy!" Zhao Xin suddenly found that the prince's face was not very good, and he faintly saw the anger contained in his eyebrows, which was a precursor to the prince's ruthlessness, and he asked carefully.

"It's okay, it's a big deal that I'm still an idle prince, planting vegetables, raising flowers, pouring some small business, and returning to the mountains and forests to be a public apartment is also a happy life, let's not talk about those troubles during today's holiday!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and pulled Zhao Xin to the courtyard.

At this time, the sun set in the west mountain, the sky was dark, there were already a little stars, the vast Milky Way was in the air, Zhao Ta ordered people to set up a table in the courtyard, gathered a few fruits, spread the wine and food, called a few cronies such as Jianxi, and drank a few glasses of wine, which was a festival meaning.

'Knock, knock...' The drums sounded in the camp in the distance, and it was already the time for him, Zhao Ta suddenly woke up from his contemplation, and only he and Zhao Xin were left in the courtyard.

"Zhao Xin, what are you looking for?" Zhao Ta tiptoed over and asked suddenly.

"Ahh Second master, you scared me to death! Zhao Xin was taken aback, turned around abruptly and crashed into the prince's arms, and the lantern in his hand fell to the ground.

"Really?" Zhao Ta reached out and hugged Zhao Xin, who was almost falling, in his arms, and asked softly in his ear.

"Second master, Huang Daguan's urgent letter!" Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and I saw that Xi yelled and broke in.

"Well, read it!" Zhao Ta hurriedly let go of Zhao Xin and glared at Jianxi, secretly blaming this kid for coming at the wrong time.