"This envoy made this trip on behalf of the Western Xia Emperor to be held accountable. That person named Su Shi killed more than 1,200 of my Western Xia soldiers for no reason, and today I have to give an explanation anyway. If we can't be satisfied, then in order to avenge the death of the warriors, we have no choice but to fight each other. ”

As soon as he came up, he expressed extremely hostile intent, and Jiang Gu was trembling when he heard it.

What is Da Song most afraid of?

War!

As long as there is no war, everyone can be ostriches, hide their heads, and live their so-called happy and stable lives.

But once there is a war, not only do you need to mobilize a large army, but you don't know how many people will die, and the most important thing is to mobilize a large amount of money and food, all of which the Great Song Dynasty is willing to see.

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty was carrying out the Qingli New Deal and was carrying out internal reforms.

In the words of Fan Xianggong, who advocated the New Deal, once the New Deal was successfully implemented, the Great Song Dynasty would become a different one, not only would the annual taxes increase, but the people's lives would also become better, and the Great Song Dynasty would become stronger because of it.

After giving them a few years of work, once the Great Song Dynasty is internally stable and strong, then it can not be afraid of foreign enemies, at that time, if anyone still wants to take advantage of the Great Song Dynasty by means of war, they will not be used to it, but will fight back.

Not to mention, the implementation of the new policy is difficult, and the resistance is growing. Let's just say that the New Deal is still being implemented, and no results have been achieved yet?

If there is a foreign war at this time, the power of the state will have to be transferred to the army, which is what the ministers and adults who implemented the new policy do not want to see.

If the war really starts because of his own poor handling, then needless to say, he is the sinner. Thinking of the serious consequences of the incident, Jiang Gu comforted the Gray messenger in a loud voice, and at the same time ordered someone to accompany them, while he turned around and ran towards the palace.

Imperial Palace Dragon Pavilion.

Renzong Zhao Zhen is gathering several New Deal promoters to discuss how to solve these difficulties that they are now facing.

Since ancient times, all new policies have been a collision between old and new forces.

If the new forces want to gain benefits and power, they will inevitably have to take it from the old regimes.

As a result, the implementation of the New Deal has always been full of resistance, and it has also made some New Deals in history eventually have to end and give up halfway because they have touched the interests of vested interests.

To say that before the implementation of the new policy, Zhao Zhen had already made this preparation.

He believes that with his strong support, coupled with the full firepower of Fan Zhongyan and others, it may not be impossible to break the shackles of some old forces, so that the Great Song Dynasty can be changed, and the Great Song Dynasty will become more powerful.

It's one thing to think, it's another thing to do a lot of things.

When the New Deal really ran into trouble and became difficult, everyone had no clue and had to come to the official family for support.

Zhao Zhen, who was very supportive of the new policy, met with Fan Zhongyan and others in the Longtu Pavilion to discuss countermeasures and solutions.

The meeting had been going on for an hour, but there had been no progress. Without it, there are more and more people who oppose it, and its power is so great that it makes Zhao Zhen a little headache. And because there are too many officials involved, even Zhao Zhen can't use his will to directly interfere.

Otherwise, once they are resisted by everyone, these people will begin to pick and choose and stop working. Most of the imperial court will face the end of being unable to function, or even paralyzed. In that case, the so-called Qingli New Deal will not only not play a role in making the Great Song Dynasty stronger, but if it is not done well, it will be even more chaotic and its strength will be greatly reduced.

When the group of people was having a headache, thinking about where to use as a breakthrough and what to do to turn the situation around, Jiang Gu, the secretary of Honglu Temple, suddenly asked to see him.

But whenever people from Honglu Temple look in a hurry, it often means that something big has happened. Zhao Zhen didn't dare to slack off, so he let Zhang Mao enter the palace.

As soon as Jiang Gu entered the hall, he didn't look at Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others who were standing aside, but came directly to the front of the hall and knelt on the ground with a plop. "Your Majesty, things are not good, Xixia has sent a messenger to ask for the guilt."

"What the hell is going on, in detail." Zhao Zhen's face also became a little ugly, but he still asked patiently.

Then, Jiang Gu repeated Gray's original words word for word, and then put his body on the ground, looking like he would not make a statement without raising his head.

In short, it is a sentence, he handed over the problem, and what to do next is all at the command of the official. Just don't let him carry this pot.

Jiang Gu stopped talking, but everyone knew what was going on, which could be described as a house leak that happened to rain overnight.

The internal problems have not been solved, and now the external problems are coming again. That one is not handled well, once the Western Xia really uses troops to the Great Song Dynasty, the attention of the imperial court must be diverted, and at that time, the courtiers who oppose the new policy will definitely take the opportunity to propose the end of the reform, so that everything that has been done before will be wasted.

This result is something that Fan Zhongyan absolutely does not want to see.

Qingli's new policy can be said to be the most important thing Fan Zhongyan has done in his life.

This matter is done, and he will inevitably go down in history.

If he can't do it, he will become a joke, and then he will be ostracized, and he will stay away from the center from now on, and I am afraid that he will not have a chance to return to his current position in this life.

No one should stand in the way of the New Deal. Fan Zhongyan said fiercely in his heart, and then stepped forward with the white jade board in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, please punish the Shaofu Su Shi to calm the anger of the Western Xia people." ”

Speaking of which, Fan Zhongyan is not the kind of pedantic person who only knows how to close the door to study. m.

He once wanted to stay in the Western Army, and even commanded the army to fight against the Western Xia Army.

Although the result of the battle was more defeat and less victory, in any case, it could be regarded as stabilizing the situation in the west and keeping the Tangut people out of the country.

But it was precisely because of his battles with the Tanguts that he knew better than others the horror of the Tangut army.

That's right, the Western Xia were small, the population was small, and they were also poor, which were their weaknesses.

It was with these weaknesses that the Western Xia could only fight a quick war, not a protracted war; It can only fight small battles, but it is not capable of fighting big battles.

If not, I am afraid that the Western Xia would have taken the west of the Great Song Dynasty a long time ago, and Bianliang City would be under the enemy's troops.

After seeing through the weaknesses and belligerent character of Western Xia, Fan Zhongyan didn't really regard them as the biggest enemy, in the final analysis, it was just a disease of scabies, and he couldn't really treat the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just because the Great Song Dynasty was not belligerent, and under the general policy of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force, the army could not give full play to their original combat effectiveness, which gave the Western Xia, the jumping clown, an opportunity to provoke. In contrast, it is more important for the Great Song Dynasty to become stronger.

For the sake of the overall situation, what is the point of sacrificing some small interests locally?

It is worth it to exchange Su Shi's life for temporary peace with Western Xia, for the external stability of the Great Song Dynasty, and for the time to implement the New Deal.

In this way, Fan Zhongyan suddenly came to such a sentence.

As soon as he finished saying this, there was silence in the entire hall of the Dragon Pavilion.

Han Qi, Fu Bi and the others were all watching from the sidelines, this time they did not open their mouths to support Fan Zhongyan, nor did they mean to express their support.

Without it, they didn't think Fan's proposal was appropriate. If you really do this, won't you destroy your own ambition and increase the prestige of others?

Regardless of whether Su Shi's actions in Zhending Mansion were appropriate after returning to the Song Realm. There is one thing that cannot be changed, that is, he once went to Liao for thousands of miles, severely damaged the Liao army, and made great contributions to the stability of the northern Xinjiang of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although it was said that because Su Shilian was a deputy commander of the secret spy department of the Son of Heaven's army, he said that he would kill him, so he had to pay the price of quietly entering Bianliang. As a result, the people did not welcome such a true national hero.

Just because you're not welcome doesn't mean you don't know what Su Shi did. If it is true that the national hero in the eyes of the people is sent out to be killed just because of a sentence from the envoy of the Western Xia, then how to explain it to the people, and will the morale of the people be dealt a major blow?

Renzong Zhao Zhen just has a good temper, it doesn't mean that he is a faint king, like such a mediocre idea, he will not give it. In that case, it will only make future generations scold themselves in the history books, and a fool will make this decision.

What's more, Su Shi is so easy to get along with.

You want to use his head to appease the anger of the Tanguts, and once he knows about it, I don't know if he will come to the door.

Think about He Yuan, think about Jiang Tai, and the deputy commander of the Northern Region of the Secret Spy Division, Zhou Tong, wasn't he cut off his head just because he provoked Su Shi?

Such a person who ignores the rules of the court at all and has no Song law in his heart is a madman.

Good people, who cares about crazy people?

You Fan Zhong drowned his neck to provoke him, but they have little arms and legs. Especially Han Qi and Fu Bi, just when it was rumored that Empress Cao was going to marry their daughter to Su Shi, they were trying to refuse, and all of this first required Su Shi's cooperation.

If he really provoked Su Shi, he agreed. And then after marrying their daughters, where will their old faces be put in all kinds of humiliation?

I can't even hide, and now I take the initiative to rush up and make some jokes. But as long as the head is not stupid, this meeting will not cooperate with Fan Zhongyan.

Neither of the two deputy privy envoys wanted to provoke Su Shi, let alone the others.

Many of them wanted to use the New Deal to increase their power. In the final analysis, they are just speculators, who want to act with Fan Zhongyan's thighs in their arms.

Once the matter is done, they, as the people who play a role in it, will be rewarded for their merits and deeds afterwards, and what awaits them will be glory and wealth.

Some people died, but not completely......