When the court meeting is over, it will naturally be a small court meeting.

This process is an eternal rule since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and generally the more important national events are actually finalized at the small court meeting.

Fan Zhongyan, who had just entered the political affairs hall, looked a little low-key, and the third envoy Yan Shu looked a little absent-minded.

Some time ago, Wang Yaochen sent a tribute, no matter how everyone said it, it was also a colleague, so he naturally had to send it off.

It's just that except for Qin Wei and those courtiers who have a good relationship with Wang Yaochen, almost no one goes to Wang's house for a banquet, which makes Lao Wang's banquet a little bland.

Yan Shu wanted to go, but when he came to the door at this time, he seemed a little like showing off, so he only asked the servant to send some gifts.

Look, you have become a scholar, but I have taken the position of the third envoy, this is a generation of new people replacing the old.

If outsiders see it, they will say that Yan Shu is a villain.

But compared with Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan seems to be much more open-minded, he has become one of the second ministers in the political affairs hall, and he is one level higher than Yan Shu in his position, it can be said that he is the biggest beneficiary of Wang Yaochen's Zhishi.

But he still went to Wang's house and attended the banquet generously.

"Will Li Yuanhao come to the country?"

After deciding on the candidate to go to the northwest, Zhao Zhen sent a map and talked to Zai Fu on paper.

Lu Yijian shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I can't, right?" ”

Li Yuanhao is a new opponent, and the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers don't know much about it.

When his father Li Deming was in power, although Western Xia occasionally had friction with the Great Song Dynasty, it was a trivial matter that did not hurt or itch.

Li Deming's attitude towards the titular 'Lao Tzu' of the Great Song Dynasty is still relatively polite, at least he has always advocated being friendly with the Great Song Dynasty.

It was his son's turn to come to power, and it was only a year before he announced the independence of Western Xia......

It can be seen that the father and son are not the same kind of people at all.

The two countries are competing with each other, and knowing oneself and knowing each other is the first priority.

Zhao Zhen knew this very well, so he pointed at Qin Wei and said, "Qin said for you." ”

Qin Wei smiled dryly: "It's all Zaifu, and the minister is a little flustered." ”

Wang Zhen turned his face away, he didn't want to look at Qin Wei's seemingly innocent face, otherwise he couldn't help but want to smoke him.

Lu Yijian said angrily: "I said that you are the first person in the foreign affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, and no one will rob you of your title, and I won't blame you for making a mistake, just say it." ”

"That's what the minister said!"

Qin Wei was also a little disgusted with his posture, but he had to go like this.

He pointed to Hedong Road and said: "Most of Hedong Road has the Yellow River as a moat, and Linfu Road is over there as a prevention, even if Li Yuanhao comes, he will only aim to take Linfu Road." But Linfu Road is a chicken rib for him at the moment, so he won't move it for the time being. ”

"What do you mean?"

Pang Ji didn't quite understand the meaning of Qin Wei's words.

I haven't seen the mortals of the Three Kingdoms!

Qin Wei remembered that those barbarians in later generations held a book of soldiers in the Three Kingdoms, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority.

"Chicken ribs...... No meat, but what happens when discarded? ”

"If you lose it, you lose it, the old man never eats chicken ribs."

As a well-known gourmet, Lu Yijian felt that chicken ribs could not enter his recipe at all, and Qin Wei couldn't help but fall for it.

"It's wasted, it's a pity."

Wang Zhen is old and knows the truth of cherishing blessings.

"That's right!"

Qin Wei's words can finally be continued. He said: "Chicken ribs and chicken ribs, tasteless food, it is a pity to discard them." Linfu Road is like this for the Tangut people. However, Linfu Road is different for the Great Song Dynasty, it is the stronghold of the Great Song Dynasty on the north bank of the Yellow River, not only can block the enemy for the Hedong Road, if the Great Song Dynasty wants to attack the Western Xia people, Linfu Road is an excellent starting point. ”

Qin Wei drew a zigzag along the Yellow River and said: "This place is rich in water and grass, and the Yellow River is too short-tempered for the Great Song Dynasty, and it breaks the embankment at every turn, and there are more disadvantages, but here it is an exception...... What a place! ”

The Hetao area is of course a good place, and the Li family has lived here for generations, and it is by relying on this fertile land that they have laid their foundations and become a country in their independence.

It can be said that the Hetao area is the lifeblood of Western Xia.

"Ahem!"

Lu Yijian coughed dryly, "Linfu Road is important to the Great Song Dynasty, but it is not a good place for Western Xia, so it is okay for the time being, so ...... Do you think that if Li Yuanhao is coming, he must take the Shaanxi Road? ”

"That's right."

Qin Wei pointed to Shaanxi Road and said: "On Shaanxi Road, the terrain between the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia is staggered, which is a good place to use soldiers. And Hedong Road can only fight hard step by step, and Li Yuanhao will not be interested at present. ”

"You're saying he's in a hurry to make a quick profit?"

Zhao Zhen was very interested in Li Yuanhao's opponent, but he wanted to recover the land of Western Xia in his own hands and seize the land of horse breeding.

"Nope."

Qin Wei said: "For Li Yuanhao, the most important thing at present is the domestic situation, those opponents are staring at him, he must do something to gain the support of the country." This is the way to go outside to find a solution to the problems in the country. ”

The topic returned to the beginning, Qin Wei re-explained this method: "The biggest problem in the Western Xia Kingdom is that Li Yuanhao can't hold all the power, those powerful people have their own ghosts, and the Western Xia lacks a strong force to deter them, and it can't rely on the party alone, so he is a little flustered, and he must continue to wage war with foreign countries to ensure that his position is stable." ”

"Constant wars are needed to secure his position?"

Lu Yijian frowned and said, "What is the truth of this? ”

"Draining the strength of the opponent and constantly co-opting and devouring those forces, which is difficult to do in peacetime, but easy to do in war. As long as there is a war, Li Yuanhao has many ways to annex those opponents' armies. ”

"Use fighting to consume the opponent and gain benefits, such as seizing a certain place in the Great Song Dynasty, or successfully plundering a group of people, animals, money and food...... Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention to the temperament of the Tangut people, if the Great Song Dynasty is a country, then the Tangut people are more like a tribe that lives by plundering, so don't put the idea of the Great Song Dynasty on them, it is unreliable and ridiculous. ”

No one has ever compared the Tangut people to such an image, and all the strategic and tactical goals of the Tangut people have been completely exposed in one sentence.

There is no goal, just burn and loot.

Either to burn and kill, or on the way there.

This is the Tangut people.

Lu Yijian praised: "This is a great good, and the old man also thinks so." ”

Shameless!

Pang Ji glanced at Lu Yijian and praised: "Somehow before, the minister always felt that Western Xia was awkward, but he didn't know why. Now that Qin Wei said this, the minister suddenly realized that Western Xia was a den of thieves, and the Li family was the leader of the thieves. ”

Zhao Zhen recalled all his impressions about Xixia, nodded and said, "Bao Qing is not young, Qin Wei has to support him all the way." ”

"Yes."

That's an order.

From the beginning of the unusually wild rush of the Western Xia people to return to China to report the news, the Great Song Dynasty was in a state of tension, like a person living downstairs waiting for the boot upstairs to hit the ground every night.

Now that the boots have landed, no matter what the Western Xia people think, Da Song decided to be on guard.

The Zai Fu retired, and Zhao Zhen felt that he was in good spirits, so he went all the way to the back.

Empress Guo is talking to her daughter, since Liu E's death, she has felt more and more the superiority brought by power, and she has decided this harem.

Seeing Zhao Zhen coming, Empress Guo asked with a smile: "Is the political affairs in front of you over?" ”

After the death of the Queen Mother, Zhao Zhen has more things, and the time to come back is uncertain, but today is early.

After Zhao Zhen sat down, when he saw his daughter looking at him timidly, he softened his smile and said: "The Queen Mother has just passed away, and she is in the harem and has a good life. ”

Empress Guo knew that he had been unable to move an inch all these years, and he had more than one confrontation with that woman for the supreme right.

Now that the woman is dead, there is no one to threaten his rights.

Now Zhao Zhen is more like an emperor than a husband.

Queen Guo sighed in her heart, turned her head and said to her daughters: "Go play, someone is angry with you, just say, my mother will clean them up." ”

Although she and Zhao Zhen were not angry in the palace, it would always make people uncomfortable to be pressed by someone above.

Now that I have turned over, I can't wait to find a few guys who don't have long eyes to relieve my anger.

After they left, Zhao Zhen withdrew his gaze, and as a husband and wife, Empress Guo sensed his strangeness, so she asked, "Your Majesty, is there anything difficult to decide in the court?" ”

The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and Queen Guo's words can be regarded as arrogance.

But Zhao Zhen nodded and shook his head, and finally said with a smile: "When it comes to Western Xia today, Qin Weiyi's words are very good, which makes me suddenly realize, and the same is true of the Zaifu." This man has great talents! It's just that I don't know how long I can use such a person......"

mentioned Qin Wei, Empress Guo also had some regrets: "Yes! Most of the talented people have always been unruly, and Qin Wei seems to be easy-going and sleek, but he is stubborn in his bones, and no one can change the things he recognizes...... Just look at him all the way, Wang Zhen, Zhao Yunrang, Wang Yaochen, these people who are good friends with him, he treats each other with sincerity, but ...... You Changdao, Han Ao, Zhang Shixun, these people are enemies, and he will not be soft! If he is not fettered, he will not be at the mercy of anyone...... However, he is not a capable minister in the court, and I heard that some rising stars are also good......"

"A woman's opinion!"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "Although there have been many newcomers in the court over the years, those few who have the ability are all promoted by Qin Wei or related to him...... But fortunately, he knows the measure, although those people are pulled by him, but he refuses to have too much friendship with these people, because he is worried that the tree will attract the wind...... Ding Wei back then was a lesson from the past! ”

After that, Zhao Zhen sighed again.

"The Tanguts are probably coming......"

Empress Guo was thinking about Zhao Zhen's comment, and when she heard this, she was shocked: "Your Majesty, is Li Yuanhao really going to attack the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, "I have listened to it for a long time today, and I have pondered it for a long time, and I feel that Li Yuanhao wants to take advantage of the Queen Mother's visit and the opportunity of the domestic turmoil in the Great Song Dynasty to disturb it." ”

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