If it were another person, such as Xing Shu, when he heard that the Liao people wanted to rent the city of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, he would have agreed to come down without asking the reason for the Yuan. It doesn't matter if the money is money or not, and it's not him anyway.

But the credit is definitely his, and it can't be taken by others.

This goods will definitely happily agree to all the conditions of the Liao envoys, and then run to the vertical arch hall to report the good news to Emperor Zhao Xu. Where would it be like Zhang Dian, without saying any conditions, just saying: "Not suitable." ”

There are many reasons why it is not suitable.

The reason why Zhang Dian said inappropriately is that why did the city that the Great Song Dynasty fought down with its strength have to pay rent?

What is the rationale for this?

Not to mention three cities, even if it was six cities, it was impossible for him to agree.

Following.

Imperial City Metropolitan Hall.

Brother Xiao Chang looked at the green branches, and the magpie stopped on the branches and jumped happily and called. But he knew that this was not the magpie that gave him the good news, but the magpie that gave the Song people the good news.

Sure enough, after asking a circle of people around him to no avail, he habitually held on. The attitude became extremely tough, and in front of Xiao Changge, he accused the Liao State: "Since last year, the Liao army has openly tore up the Song-Liao Covenant without any warning and attacked our Hebei West Road. As a result, countless casualties were inflicted on our border people, tens of thousands of houses and fields were destroyed, and three cities were damaged. If Liao wants to return to the negotiating table, it must make amends. ”

"It can't be." Brother Xiao Chang categorically refused, originally Liao Guo wanted to get some money from the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect that not only did it not succeed, but the Great Song Dynasty blackmailed him.

It has always been Liaoguo that blackmails others, how can there be any reason to be blackmailed?

Looking at Brother Xiao Chang, who was leaving angrily, Zhang Dian pondered for a while, and said to Zhang: "Go to the Military Command Bureau." ”

"The Bureau of Military Control has no money."

Zhang Zhu also thought that Zhang Zhu had taken a fancy to the treasury of the Military Unification Bureau, and subconsciously replied.

Zhangdun is so angry!

He is a dignified prime minister, can he be confused by this little money? Besides, he asked Li Kui with a shy face, but Li Kui wouldn't give it to him. This is the reason for his anger, plus his son eats inside and out, facing outsiders, which makes him angry, pointing at Zhang Zhu and angrily reprimanding: "Not a son of man!" ”

Zhang Zhu opened his mouth, but finally did not speak. But if he is not a son of man, he is the son of a beast? The problem is that Zhang Zhu is the son of Zhang Dian, and Zhang Xuan scolds Zhang Zhu for not being raised, a bit like - the old animal scolds the little animal.

In order to scold his son, he put himself in, is it worth it?

But if you remind your father that you have enclosed yourself in it, I'm afraid that you will have to do something about your stinky temper.

Zhang Zhu didn't dare to reply, Zhang Dan's stinky temper was known to the family. The two elder brothers are hiding, and the younger brother even goes to a small place in the corner to be an official, and he is not willing to be with the old man, which is enough to explain the problem.

"Oh no, Zhang Xiang is here."

Like a night owl entering the house, Liang Shijie ran into the official residence from the gate of the Military Command Bureau, shouting as he ran, as if it was not the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but a robber.

"Go, send more people to take care of the treasury, don't let people get in." Cai Jing arranged for his son-in-law Liang Shijie, and Zhang Dian had already entered the gate. Zhang Dian didn't care about people, glanced at Cai Jing, and secretly regretted it.

Cai Jing is a good hand, but unfortunately this product is changing too quickly now, which catches people off guard.

"Zhang Xiang, what kind of wind blew you here?"

"The northwest wind, the poor can only eat the wind to satisfy their hunger." Zhang Dian sat on the throne angrily, squinted at Cai Jing, who was bored, and asked, "Yuan Chang, I heard that your family has ascended to Yizhou, how is the situation?" ”

"What a place! The land is fertile and the water is abundant, which is simply different from the hometown. is that there are fewer people, and over time, it will inevitably become my granary of the Great Song Dynasty. Speaking of Yizhou, Cai Jing's eyes lit up, and he inquired about Zhang Dan: "Zhang Xiang, I heard that a lot of party members have been captured in the Northwest Battlefield, can you sell me some, I will pay a high price." ”

Zhang Dan was stunned and looked at Cai Jing stupidly.

This guy went from being an ambitious politician to a businessman unconsciously, and he became a black-hearted businessman, who even wanted to buy and sell captives, what about your conscience?

Eaten by a dog?

With such Cai Jing, Zhang Dian didn't want to pay attention to him for a word, looked around for a while, and asked, "Where is Renjie?" ”

"The bureau is busy with the affairs of the law, and it is impossible to get along."

Cai Jing gestured: "This ritual is amazing! There are not only the high monks in the capital, but also the high monks from all over the Great Song Dynasty to come, and the reception of the Great Xiangguo Temple is overwhelming. The bureau has the emperor's order, so naturally he does not dare to slack off. It is said that diplomatic relations are no trivial matter, and we dare not slack off. ”

After speaking, Cai Jing buried his head, as if he was about to show his heart and brain.

When Zhang Dian heard it, he knew that it was a nonsense, and snorted coldly: "Yuan Chang, don't give me a sloppy look, Renjie is such a warm-hearted person?" Let me tell you, if I send someone to look for him and I don't find the main owner in Daxiangguo Temple, I can give him a responsibility for dereliction of duty. ”

Cai Jing looked up blankly and said with a wry smile: "Zhang Xiang, why bother? I'll send someone to find it, and I'll get it for you right away. ”

Cai Jing said right away, really right away.

Not far away, near the Suzaku Bridge, a juggler came from the tile, and his skills were superb......

It's not that Li Kui likes to watch it, it's that children like it.

When Li Kui came to the Military Command Bureau, Zhang Tun's face was not a face, his nose was not a nose, and his whole body exuded a chill that no one could approach.

"Xiaguan Li Kui pays a visit to Xiangye."

"Renjie, don't do this." Zhang Dian looked left and right, and Li Kui said, "You all go down." ”

Zhang Dian then began to ask: "Brother Xiao Chang, the envoy of the Liao State, tested the old man the day before yesterday, and wanted to lease the land of Sanzhou to the Great Song Dynasty, at a cost of one million silver per year, what do you think is the reason?" ”

"The Liao people are not confident that they will take these cities from our army, what other reason can they have?" Li Kui immediately thought of a military report, saying that when Wang Jin retreated from Yanzhou, he burned Yanzhou to the ground with a fire. Such a Yanzhou, Liao Guo is useless in his hand: "In addition, I may be afraid that even if our army is defeated and burns the city when we retreat, even if Liao takes it back, it will be useless." ”

"That's the truth. The Praetorian Guard has been resting in the Daimyo's Mansion, when will it be sent to the front? "If there is a Praetorian Guard to fight, not to mention three states, ten states can be successfully taken. It's a pity that the rest days of the Praetorian Guards are relatively long, so he can't wait a little.

Li Kui was also embarrassed by this question: "Before the demand for gunpowder was not large, the treasury was fully capable of producing it. Now the sulfur production can't keep up, although Dali and Yizhou are rumored to have output, but far from water can not quench the thirst, I am afraid that it will not be able to cope in the short term. ”

"Isn't the gunpowder from before?"

"The power is too poor, and the materials such as gunpowder are made, and they can't be used, so they can only be lost. According to today's production, if you want to maintain the ammunition and supplies of the 20,000-strong army, you need to store it for half a year. ”

Gunpowder was no stranger to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Gunpowder Bureau had been producing it all the time.

However, the amount used is not large, and the inventory quantity is large. In particular, gunpowder has a characteristic that when it is tidal, gunpowder cannot be used. But drying is just as good as it gets. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty actually did not lack stocked gunpowder, but lacked powerful gunpowder.

However, this batch of gunpowder was rejected by Li Kui, not only did Li Kui refuse to use it, but even the iron supervisor thought that the previous gunpowder had no combat value at all. Even the Western Army was reluctant to use the gunpowder stockpiled by the Gunpowder Bureau, disgusted with its lack of power and unstable performance.

It can be used naturally, but the key is power.

The Great Song Dynasty used gunpowder on the battlefield very early. However, in the past, the real use of gunpowder was to set fires, and it was to erupt and burn enemy troops. This requires very little power from gunpowder, and it also adds a lot of completely useless impurities.

This thing is placed in the barrel of the cannon, and if the amount is inconvenient, the range may be close to half.

But the dosage is sufficient, which does not reassure Li Kui.

Zhang Dian reluctantly returned to negotiations, he was a hardliner. The reason for being tough is that Da Song's backbone has not been lost. Even during the period of the Empress Dowager Xuanren, she was weak to Western Xia, but fortunately, this period of time was not long. The main reason is that Sima Guang died too early, and he died of exhaustion after more than a year in power as prime minister. Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang and others who came to power later were all hardliners.

Otherwise, there would not be Zhang Kai being reused in the northwest.

In terms of the performance before the Great Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi ...... Who is the one who has ever been afraid of a foreign race?

And as long as the Central Plains is not invaded, the resilience of the Great Song Dynasty is stronger than that of any surrounding country. It doesn't matter if you lose, it's a big deal to heal your injuries and continue to fight.

In fact, many of the law-changing officials who are now close to Zhang Dun, some of whom are actually not hard-boned, are forced to shout and kill.

After all, Zhang Dian has never been kind to foreign races, and Wang Anshi is also such a person.

How can anyone want to change the law, the reason for killing a neighboring country to sacrifice the flag before changing the law?

But the big old king did it, and unfortunately, he won half of it and planted a big heel.

What won was that the Great Song Dynasty, nearly 150 years since the Tang Dynasty, once again recovered the land of Hehuang. planted a big heel, that is, Yongle City was defeated, with countless losses of materials and more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians.

Wang Anshi is a tough guy in his bones, and it is not surprising that Zhang Dian, who is admired by Wang Anshi, is also such a person.

Zhang Dian thought about it, but still felt that he couldn't accept Liao's conditions, even if he had been tempted before, he couldn't accept it. Pointing at Li Kui, he said, "Tomorrow you will come to the capital hall to participate in the negotiations." ”

"Isn't that okay?"

Li Kui was a little disgusted, and he went to work on the fifth watch of the Dushi Hall, wouldn't this delay his practice?

I had the heart to refuse, but I found that Zhang Dan's expression was frosty, and he seemed to have guessed something.

Recently, the military newspapers in the northwest seem to be a little less!

Zhang Qi is an excellent commander, but in the face of the battle of annihilation, Western Xia is not so easy to be destroyed.

In case the elite of the Great Song Dynasty has been dragged to the northwest, it will definitely be bad news for the Great Song Dynasty.

After several days of negotiations, it reached a stalemate, and Xiao Changge was a little anxious.

Yelu Yanxi gave him the task of opening the city and extorting a sum of money from the Song State so that Yelu Yanxi could tide over the difficulties. However, it was Zhang Dian who was in charge of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was not a weak and bullying person, and in the face of tough counterattacks again and again, he couldn't help but suspect that after he went back, what he would bring to the Liao State would not be good news.

At the court meeting, Zhang Dian did not have any discussion, so he wrote: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that Hebei is now the key to Song Liao, and An Dian is no longer able to support the current situation. The court needed to send a capable commander to Hebei to coordinate the command of nearly 100,000 troops on the border. ”

Emperor Zhao Xu asked, "Who does Zhang Xiangxin belong to?" ”

"Fan Chun."

Zhang Dian didn't discuss anyone this time, and immediately said someone in the court. At this moment, Cai Bian was anxious, and stood up and said: "Zhang Xiang, Fan Chun is a guilty body, slandering the first emperor to change the law, and his heart can be punished." How can it be reused? The minister objected. ”

"Andun lost Yanzhou, Zhuozhou, and Yizhou one after another, and half of the control of Yizhou was also lost, and it has fallen into decline just by relying on Yishui to strengthen the defense, and if it goes on like this, the defense line of Hedong in Hebei is in danger. Although Hebei has heavy troops, it cannot be fortified. Once the army crosses, how can Xiongzhou hold on? Lost Xiongzhou, Hebei is a land of flat rivers, and there is no defense when you go to the Daimyo's Mansion? Now that the Great Song Dynasty is in difficulty, there are still some small sections, is there still the imperial court in my heart, and the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Cai Bian knew that Zhang Dian was dissatisfied with him, and the reason for his dissatisfaction was that he attacked all conservatives indiscriminately, and kidnapped Zhang Dian to hate Wang Anshi together.

Except for the officials who were saved by the emperor, they all made him and An Dian'an guilty of all kinds of crimes and degraded out.

Fan Chun is obviously one of the influential officials, and once Fan Chun recovers, Cai Bian's plan that he has been planning for so long will be completely frustrated.

However, he immediately thought of another person, and immediately said: "You can let Li Kui serve as Hebei's envoy and guard Hebei." ”

Cai Bian also knew that Anton was wasteful, but there was no way, and he didn't have a good hand in his hands.

However, this proposal was rejected by Zhang Dan, and the reason for the refusal was very simple: "Li Kui needs to be in charge of the Hedong Road, and now Shuozhou and Ulzhou have been taken, and the western front will be connected to the city, so as to ensure that the beaten Tongzhou and others will ensure the return to the Great Song Dynasty." Otherwise, these states will be difficult to defend. The candidate for attacking the state capital can only be Li Kui. ”

In order to block Cai Bian's retreat, Zhang Dian said loudly: "If you can guard Hedong, I won't consider others." ”

Cai Bian's commander's talent is worse than Li Qingchen's.

Even if Li Qingchen is not good, he is now a pseudo-famous handsome.

Although he has no talent for commanding operations, the Privy Council is in his hands, and the transfer of materials is very smooth. This is also the reason why Zhang Dian has not wanted to engage Li Qingchen recently.

Cai Bian looked at Zhang Dian sadly, he didn't expect that in front of his success, the boat of friendship capsized.

That's right, he and Anton are indeed not the material to command the army. But even so, we can't ignore the 'enemy'. In his opinion, Fan is undoubtedly an enemy, a political enemy.

Cai Bian thought of a person in a hurry: "Tongzhi Privy Antao has the experience of being a commander in the land of Hehuang, and he is resolute in commanding troops, he must be stronger than Fan Chun, right?" “

An Tao is so angry in his heart! He didn't say a word, but he flew into trouble, and was bitten by Cai Bian's guy and didn't say anything. It's not that he doesn't want to work for the Great Song Dynasty, but An Tao himself understands a truth, the difference between him and An Tang's commanding talent, the only difference is that he is not afraid of death, and An Tao is a seedless wreck. Once the Liao soldiers moved south, he could be killed in battle, and An Tun fled back......

It's going to kill him.

An Tao hurriedly coughed hoarsely, blushing and saying goodbye to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, the minister is sick, and it will not be good for a winter, not that the minister does not want to serve the Great Song Dynasty, but he is really afraid of delaying His Majesty's great cause." ”

An Tao pretended to be sick, if Cai Bian didn't give up, this guy would not be able to get up when he went back, and he would lie on the couch and pretend to be dead.

finally settled Fan Chun, and Li Kui was dragged to the capital hall by Zhang Dan.

After the envoy of the Liao State came, he saw that the white-faced civil official who accompanied Li Kui yesterday had been replaced by a black-faced man, and he was full of doubts.

But Li Kui grinned without warning: "Manager Xiao, we meet again." ”

"You and I know each other?"

Brother Xiao Chang hesitated to recall for a while, his memory was fine, but why couldn't he remember who was in front of him?

Li Kui leaned closer and said, "We fought in Qingheyuan, and that luck allowed me to win." But don't be discouraged, Mr. Xiao will have a chance in the future. ”

Xiao Changge's head thundered, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead. It turned out to be Li Kui, this killing god.

He remembered that on the battlefield, Li Kui's handsome banner moved forward vigorously, forward, or forward......

This kind of crazy command crushed the last courage of the leather room army. The picture of that day's fiasco, he will never forget in his life.

Immediately, Brother Xiao Chang looked at Zhang Dian, with grievances and unwillingness in his eyes, as if he wanted to question Zhang Dian: "Is it appropriate for you to send this killing god to threaten this envoy?" ”