Since ancient times, the strong have been respectable and feared.

Whether the Great Song Dynasty is a strong man or not, Western Xia is still skeptical.

Li Yuanhao's wood gradually dissolved, and he bowed slightly: "After your envoy returns, I will convey my respect to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and convey my sincerity in hoping that the two countries will be friendly for generations to come...... Although the Western Xia has been established, the friendship between the Song and Xia countries will not change. ”

Zong Sheng smiled and said, "The words of the King of Western Xia will definitely be delivered to Your Majesty word for word." ”

Here he used a proclamation, implying that Li Yuanhao was Zhao Zhen's subordinate.

Even if you establish a state in Western Xia, you will still be a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Yuanhao smiled and said, "If the family affair can be done, the two countries will be relatives, and that would be the best." ”

Until this moment, he still regarded his marriage as a bargaining chip, instead of immediately correcting his old lover Wuzang.

This is a Western Xia king with great ambitions, and he knows how to take advantage of the situation better than Li Jiqian, and knows how to forbear more than Li Deming, but he is not as old as Zhao Zhen can live.

If Li Yuanhao can live for another twenty years, Western Xia will inevitably become the number one enemy of the Great Song Dynasty.

After returning to the post house, everyone tacitly entered Zongsheng's room.

"Watch the outside, don't let the Tangut people get close."

Someone hurriedly explained, then turned around and said, "Zong Chengzhi, you are so confident, why is this?" Why is Li Yuanhao so polite? ”

"Western Xia has just established a country, Li Yuanhao should be prestigious, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom will not recognize him, why should he be so kind?"

"He even wants to marry the princess, is this a judgment that the Great Song Dynasty will not do anything to Western Xia? Why is that? ”

“……”

A group of temporary subordinates sent by the Privy Council were scrambling to ask questions.

Looking at their unbearable appearance, it is clear that they have been holding back for a long time, and they will go crazy if they don't get an answer.

Zong Sheng sighed and said, "You must think that this is a certain ability, right? ”

"Of course it's your ability, since you arrived in Xixia, you are as stable as Mount Tai, even if the Xixia people snub us, you are not in a hurry, it's not your ability, is it ours? Hahahaha...... Belch! ”

The laughter came to an abrupt end with Zong Sheng's shaking of his head.

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not."

Zong Sheng's eyes showed reverence, and he sighed: "Qin Chengzhi judged the changes on the Western Xia side as early as when Li Yuanhao attacked Fuzhou, and said that Li Yuanhao's wolf ambition would never be lonely because of a failure. ”

Someone asked, "Did he know last year that there would be such a great change in Western Xia?" Isn't that amazing? ”

"Why not?"

Zong Sheng said solemnly: "Qin Chengzhi said last year that the Western Xia people should not be underestimated, but the ministers of the court and the central government feel that the Western Xia is just a small land, even if there is some strength for the Great Song Dynasty...... What now? Now the Western Xia is founded! …… I really want to see what the expressions of those ministers who proposed to win over Western Xia are now...... This time, Qin Chengzhi specially explained that he wanted to give both to Xixia Enwei, so that Xixia would not dare to make the slightest change to the Great Song Dynasty! ”

So that's the case?

Zong Sheng then praised: "Qin Chengzhi's eyes are keen, Li Yuanhao looks majestic today, but his every move is in Qin Chengzhi's speculation...... Including the attitude that he wants to test the Great Song Dynasty now, Qin Chengzhi has already predicted it......"

Everyone looked at each other, "This Qin Wei is too ...... Could it be that he is an immortal? ”

"No, it's a visionary ......"

……

Recently, everyone's entertainment news has been swiped by the matter of the establishment of the Western Xia Kingdom.

Countless officials came up and put forward a variety of views.

Some said that they would use troops against the Western Xia, some said that they wanted to win over the Western Xia to jointly fight against the Liao State, and some people said that they would join forces with the Liao State and wipe out the Western Xia before it was stable.

"Your Majesty is too young to have the courage to do these things, and the Zaifu have all proposed to use troops against Western Xia, after all, the face of the Great Song Dynasty is greater than everything, and the Western Xia barbarians will definitely pay the price."

"That's right! A small country dares to touch the beard of a big country, and this time we must teach Xixia a lesson! ”

"Yes!"

The three divisions are always busy, but this does not prevent everyone from gossiping.

When everyone was grinding foreign workers and chatting about gossip, Ouyang Xiu was meticulously completing the tasks given by Shangguan.

Qin Wei met Ouyang Xiu.

"How's it going?"

The two were talking outside Wang Yaochen's duty room.

Ouyang Xiu said gratefully: "The students only know that the Great Song Dynasty is full of holes in the Third Division, and only then do they know that if there is no change, the Great Song Dynasty will have no way out." ”

This answer was a bit big, Qin Wei frowned and said, "Which holes need to be changed?" ”

An official passed by on the side, and when he saw this, he muttered, probably saying that Qin was favoritism for Ouyang Xiu's sake and entrusted Wang Yaochen to cultivate him or something.

Qin Wei didn't pay attention to this, it could be seen that Ouyang Xiu's face turned red, and he knew that he had been ostracized because of this matter.

If others get this kind of preferential treatment, they naturally don't care what others say, but Ouyang Xiu is obviously too real, so he doesn't listen to any slander.

"Timid?"

Ouyang Xiu shook his head and said: "Sir, don't worry, the students are in Huanyi with women in Bianhe, and they can survive all kinds of humiliation, these are nothing." ”

"Yes! People have to endure hardships first so that they can know what they need. ”

"Let's talk about it."

Ouyang Xiu thought for a while, "The student feels that there are too many official positions, the cost of raising the army is too great, and there are ......"

"What else?"

Qin Wei asked, hoping to see the qualifications of this young man.

Ouyang Xiu hesitated a little, and finally said his opinion: "The annual sacrifices and rituals, as well as the cost of rewards, are too great......

"Not bad."

Qin Wei dropped this sentence and entered the duty room, thanked Wang Yaochen, and when he came out again, he saw that Ouyang Xiu was still in a daze outside, so he frowned and said, "What do you think?" ”

Ouyang Xiu raised his head and said: "The students are thinking, there is also the clan, the cost of the clan is even more powerful than that of the royal family, and they are the biggest drag on the Great Song Dynasty." ”

If these words were heard, Ouyang Xiu would become the target of everyone in an instant.

He was a little apprehensive, but Qin Wei suddenly laughed, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Very good, what you said is good, keep working hard." ”

Vision is the most important skill for an official, and Ouyang Xiu is sharpening this skill now.

He said in a low voice: "Sir, many people say that it is wrong for you to propose the hundred schools of thought, and they say that the miscellaneous family is a hodgepodge, and there is no essence at all. ”

"Who?"

Qin Wei's eyes were more vigilant.

Those miscellaneous academics are originally gimmicks, and what he really gives to students is only miscellaneous thoughts, so that they will not be bound by the words of one family, as for miscellaneous studies, it can only be said to be a general name.

After all, those cross-generational inventions are too shocking, and they must be given a defensible source, otherwise they will be demonized.

It's just that he teaches Taixue students, who has nothing to do and dares to point fingers?

Ouyang Xiu whispered: "There are many powerful people who are attacking miscellaneous academics, and there are also some powerful people who are taking the lead in making trouble...... said that the imperial court wanted to depose the useless academics in the national prison, and some literati were also saying......"

This is the failure of the subordinate school of the country, so he will find an opportunity to give Qin Wei a blow.

"You don't care about this, the good student follows the prince...... Wang Gong is one of the few pragmatists in the Great Song Dynasty, and the three divisions have never made a mistake in his hands for more than ten years. ”

After Qin Wei explained, he went home and plunged into the warehouse.

There are few people in the family, Liu Shu is a little bored, and she follows Qin Wei when she sees that she is eccentric.

"What are you doing?"

In the warehouse, Qin Wei had just opened a large vat, and when he heard the words, he looked up, and Liu Shu saw that his face was covered with a cloth, so he leaned closer.

"Get out of here, the smell here isn't good for you."

Qin Wei waved his hand and motioned for Liu Shu to go out.

Liu Shu smelled a smell at this time, not only frowned and retreated, "It stinks!" ”

It doesn't stink.

The contents of the vat were miscellaneous, and after a few months of fermentation, a strange smell came out.

"It doesn't stink!"

Qin Wei covered the jar, and then Shi Shiran came out.

"Don't go in!"

Qin Wei already regretted getting this thing at home, and even more regretted that he made it himself, and didn't call those boys.

Di Qing is stepping up the training of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The establishment of the Western Xia State was a betrayal to the Great Song Dynasty, and it was a provocation, and the imperial court might not say that there would be a war one day, and the strength of those forbidden armies was known to Qin Wei, and it was useless.

If there are not a few trump cards, this battle will be repeated.

So Di Qing is very concerned, after all, everyone wants to fight to become famous and wait for Wandai, this is not a desire, but the most real idea of ordinary people.

But Qin Wei saw him train the soldiers ruthlessly, but he felt that he was a little too excited.

"It's a good thing to be disadvantaged, but you have to be measured, don't be extreme."

Qin Wei could only warn him like this.

Di Qing said very entangledly: "The imperial court knows that military strength is the honor guard of a country, but it still does everything to suppress the martial arts. ”

He was a little angry and said coldly: "On the one hand, they are shouting that they want to send troops to Western Xia, but they still want to suppress the martial artists, so how can this battle be fought?" Let who fight? Those soldiers...... The number is terrible, but the combat power is ......"

He grabbed his hair and was suffering, feeling that the Great Song Dynasty should not treat the warriors who worked hard for the country like this.

Qin Wei was worried that he would go bald in advance, so he said: "Speaking of which, the problem of the Great Song Dynasty is that there is not enough wealth and not enough food, if there is enough food, then the number of troops will be more and more, even if there is no combat power, but the most important thing in the Great Song Dynasty is people." ”

Di Qing's eyes lit up and said, "Yes! Today's population is increasing day by day, but there is still so much food, don't those who rebel just have nothing to eat......

But then he said with a sad face: "But there is so much land!" ”

There must still be land that can be cultivated, and it is proof that the future generations can get so much land, and food can be grown in saline-alkali land, and you tell me that there is not enough land?

Are you kidding.

It's just that Qin Wei hasn't figured out how to reclaim new land yet, and it's not just a matter of bulldozers directly bulldozing in later generations, but also changing the characteristics of the soil and the difference in climate

So, he thought of another trick.

"It is possible to increase production ......"

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