Wang Qinruo received an urgent report from the Northwest spies in the Privy Council, and couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the news of Yan Yun's complete victory in Vaxia. At this time, he suddenly discovered that Yan Yun was no longer what it used to be, as if it was a powerful empire that was showing its embryonic form. I only heard the privy deputy envoy Sun Jin sigh: "Yan Yun is really fierce! Originally, everyone thought that it would be difficult to distinguish the winner in the battle of Yanyun and Xia in two or three years, but they didn't expect that in just a few months, the Western Xia army would be defeated like a mountain, and all the land in Hetao and Henan would be lost! Hey, Yan Yunjun, it's really a tiger and wolf army, invincible! Fortunately, ......" only said two words, but suddenly stopped talking and glanced at Wang Qinruo.

Originally, he wanted to say, 'Fortunately, Your Majesty did not raise troops for the Northern Expedition, otherwise we would be very bad now!' However, as soon as the words came to his mouth, he suddenly thought that the Northern Expedition was exactly what Wang Qinruo wanted to promote with all his might, and if he said this sentence, wouldn't he greatly offend Wang Qinruo, so the words had already reached his mouth, but he swallowed it back.

Wang Qinruo's mind was a mess, and his chaotic thoughts came flooding back, but in the end, he sighed helplessly. In the face of the strong rise of Yan Yun, everyone can make small calculations, but he Qin Hui can't, because he has a handle in the hands of the Khitans, if he falls to Yan Yun, the Khitans will definitely not let him go, as long as that handle is made public, he will die immediately without a place to be buried.

Shaking his head, he put aside all these chaotic thoughts in his mind, and said to Sun Jin: "I'll go and report to Your Majesty, you stay here." Sun Jin hurriedly bowed down and said, "Prime minister, please take care of your subordinates here." Wang Qinruo put the fold in his sleeve and left the Privy Council.

Hurriedly came to the palace and asked to see Emperor Zhao Heng. However, the chamberlain told him that His Majesty had gone to Miss Hua last night and had not yet returned. Wang Qinruo knew that the emperor had been immersed in Hua Xiangrong's flower building for two days out of three days these days, so he didn't think it was strange, and immediately left the palace and rushed to Hua Xiangrong's flower building. When I came to the quiet environment outside the flower building, I saw the two guards guarding the door, and asked, "Is Your Majesty up there?" The two guards nodded, and one of them said, "Your Majesty is drinking with Miss Hua!" ”

Wang Qinruo immediately walked into the door. In the front yard, when I saw a middle-aged beautiful woman coming towards me, she immediately didn't dare to slack off, and bowed down and said, "Mother Hua." It turns out that this middle-aged beauty is Hua Xiangrong's adoptive mother, saying that the adoptive mother is a good word, and it is actually a bustard mother to say that it is ugly, but the so-called mother is more expensive than a woman, and now her daughter Hua Xiangrong is just a holy grace, but she, a lowly bustard mother, is also standing up in front of the prime minister.

Mother Hua said with a smile: "It turned out to be the prime minister, and he was unwelcome!" ”

Wang Qinruo didn't dare to say anything, and then said, "I have something important to see Your Majesty." So saying, he prepared to go upstairs. But Mother Hua stood in front of her, shook her head and said, "Not now!" Wang Qinruo was annoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare to attack, took out the book from his sleeve, pointed to the fold and said to Mother Hua: "Mom, there is an urgent matter in the imperial court that must be informed immediately!" Mother Hua glanced at the notebook and said indifferently: "Nothing works!" Then he pointed to it, lowered his voice and said ambiguously: "Your Majesty is in love with the flower girl, isn't it uncomfortable for the prime minister to go up so recklessly?" ”

Wang Qinruo was stunned for a moment, and his face was embarrassed.

Mother Hua giggled, took Wang Qinruo's hand and walked towards the hall downstairs, and said with a smile as she walked: "Why should your lord be in a hurry, when Your Majesty is finished, it's not too late to say goodbye!" "Wang Qinruo felt a little funny: 'The minister reported to the emperor about military affairs, but was stopped by a bustard mother and didn't say anything, and he actually had to wait for the emperor to finish prostitution!' I shook my head again and again in my heart, and only said: If it is a peaceful and prosperous world, it is not a big problem to do it like this, maybe it is still a good story, but now Yanyun has risen strongly in the north, and the iron cavalry is invincible in the world, in just a few months, so powerful Western Xia is already on the verge of death, with such a tiger lying beside him, His Majesty actually has the leisure and leisure of a prostitute, it really makes people not know what to say!

Wang Qinruo was led by Mother Hua into the hall downstairs, and Mother Hua turned around and smiled, and the were still charming. Wang Qinruo was stunned. Mother Hua smiled slightly and said, "Prime Minister, please sit down, the slave family will go and make tea for the Prime Minister!" "Wang Qinruo's heart suddenly rose an evil fire, and secretly said: 'You are playing with women above, why am I waiting here!' As soon as he thought of this, he grabbed Mother Hua, who was about to leave, and suddenly ran out, I don't know if Wang Qinruo's strength was too great, Mother Hua actually fell into Wang Qinruo's arms with a sigh. Mother Hua raised her head and said coquettishly: "What is the Prime Minister going to do?" Wang Qinruo leaned down and kissed Mother Hua's lips, and at the same time stretched out a hand to take off Mother Hua's outer skirt. ……

An hour later, a satisfied Zhao Heng came down from upstairs, but Hua Xiangrong didn't appear, and he was still lying on the bed! Wang Qinruo stood respectfully in the hall, but the coquettish mother Hua had disappeared, looking at the scene in this hall, as if nothing had happened.

The emperor walked to a small table and sat down, glanced at Wang Qinruo, and said, "Aiqing doesn't have to be so restrained, sit down and talk. Wang Qinruo thanked him, sat down on a small table on the right side of the emperor, and said with his fists clenched: "Your Majesty, the Privy Council has just received an urgent report from the northwest. Then he reached out to the sleeve cage to take the fold, but where was the fold, and he didn't touch the fold for a long time. Wang Qinruo was surprised, hurriedly got up, hugged his fists at the emperor with an embarrassed face, and said, "Weichen seems to have accidentally lost the song!" Then he searched the hall. Zhao Heng didn't think it was angry, but watched Wang Qinruo look for it with interest while drinking tea.

Wang Qinruo searched in the hall for a while, and finally found the lost fold behind the landscape screen, and was overjoyed, and hurriedly bent down to pick it up. I opened it and looked at it, and it was indeed the fold, but one-third of the fold was infiltrated, and it exuded a faint strange fragrance. Wang Qinruo felt very puzzled, how could he be soaked in a good performance, and then he thought of the reason, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart.

At this time, the emperor's voice came: "Prime Minister, have you found the fold?" Wang Qinruo hurriedly said: "I found it." Then he returned to the emperor with the fold and presented it with both hands. The emperor took the fold, opened it, and saw that the fold was wet, and asked in surprise, "Why is it wet?" Wang Qinruo hurriedly said: "I think it was the messenger on the road, and he was accidentally wet by the rain." ”

The emperor didn't take it to heart, read the content of the recital, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really dangerous! If I had really sent troops back then, I would be in big trouble now! Wang Qinruo hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty has not predicted the prophet Ming Wanli, and he has long expected today's ending, so he decided not to unite with Western Xia!" Your Majesty's wisdom is difficult to reach even the three emperors and five emperors! Zhao Heng laughed, very proud, very useful in his heart, but he said insincerely: "Three emperors and five emperors, I dare not compare!" Then he threw the fold on the small table and said: "King Yan is willing to fight with the barbarians, let him go, this is not our business, the implication is that he didn't take this matter to heart at all."

Wang Qinruo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise, but you can't be unaware of Yan Yun!" Yan Yun is now like a tiger that has grown up, he must be greedy for flesh and blood, if he is crazy and looks south, we will be in danger! As ministers, we and other courtiers serve Your Majesty, and it is not a pity to die, but Your Majesty's body of ten thousand gold, and the safety of the country and the people are at stake, but there must be no mistakes! ”

Zhao Heng couldn't help but be frightened in his heart, and after listening to Zhao Heng's words of loyalty, he couldn't help but be moved. Zhao Heng said worriedly: "This is really worrying!" Then he said, "It is better for me to reward him heavily, and if he is grateful for my kindness, he will not have bad thoughts!" ”

Wang Qinruo said: "Your Majesty, how can the tiger's stomach be filled!" Instead of giving the money and food to Yan Yun in vain, it is better to save the money and food to expand the army, as long as our strength is strong enough, Yan Yun will naturally not fight our idea! ”

Zhao Hengshen nodded thoughtfully, "What the prime minister said is extremely true!" This strategy works, this strategy works! After a pause, he said, "When we come to the morning in the morning, we will discuss this matter again!" "Wang Qinruo hopes that Zhao Heng can give an order now, but since Zhao Heng has already said so, he can't say anything more, otherwise it will be as if he is persecuting the emperor.

The next morning, Wang Qinruo said what he said to Zhao Heng yesterday in front of the Manchu civil and military forces. As soon as he finished speaking, Taishi Pang immediately jumped out to object: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely not feasible to expand the army!" Wang Qinruo glared and shouted: "Why is the prime minister so conclusive, does he want to see Yan Yunjun fight Henan?" "Pang Taishi and Wang Qinruo are both governors and cabinet ministers, so they are both prime ministers.

Pang Taishi glanced at Wang Qinruo and snorted: "The prime minister always said that Yan Yunjun would fight across the Yangtze River, but how could Yan Yunjun ever have the idea of going south, which battle was not provoked by us?" Even so, Yan Yun has never taken a step forward, if King Yan really has disrespect for His Majesty, why doesn't he take advantage of the situation to go south every time, but just repel the imperial army? ”

There was a buzz in the hall, and the ministers of civil and military affairs began to discuss, and they all felt that what Pang Taishi said was reasonable.

Wang Qinruo said with a cold face: "Yang Peng did this just to confuse us, because he wanted to solve the Western Xia and Khitan people first, and then deal with us!" ”

Master Pang looked up to the sky and snorted, and said, "Prime Minister's words are really alarmist!" I'm afraid it's also the prime minister's speculation! Could it be that King Yan actually told you about his thoughts? Many ministers laughed. Wang Qinruo was greatly annoyed, stepped forward, and asked: "The prime minister defended King Yan like this, I think I took a lot of money from him behind his back!" ”

Master Pang sneered: "I just said that the prime minister likes to speculate, no, the prime minister has speculated on me!" Then he bowed to the emperor and said generously: "Weichen is loyal to His Majesty, and he can die for His Majesty, and this heart can be learned every day!" Zhao Heng was very moved and couldn't help nodding. Master Pang turned his head to look at Wang Qinruo, and said solemnly: "The reason why I have said something like that before is really for the sake of the court and the safety of Your Majesty!" ”

"Your Majesty, if we wait for the expansion of our army in Jiangnan, what will King Yan and his generals think? They will think that the court is not kind to them! What do they do if they think we're being nice to them? Your Majesty is wise, and you don't need to ask your ministers to be verbose! Master Pang's loud voice echoed in the hall, Zhao Heng's face was pale, and he looked worried and scared, and all the civil and military people were also panicked. Everyone thought of the same thing, they all felt that once the imperial court aroused the suspicion of Yan Yun, then the first thing Yan Yun would do was to increase troops in Huainan and Shanxi, and now the scale of the Yan Yun army on these two lines is not very large, there are only about 200,000 soldiers and horses on the front of thousands of miles, everyone does not feel any threat, and they live in peace and happiness, but once this strength is doubled to four or five hundred thousand, it will be a different feeling, like a sharp knife hanging above the head, It seems that it will fall at any time, and in that case, everyone is afraid that there will be no such happy life as it is now.

It's good if this sharp knife keeps hanging without sending, but once it falls, I'm afraid everyone's good days will come to an end, and then Yan Yun's soldiers will sweep through Jiangnan, and it may be a luxury to want to die well!

The monarchs and ministers came back to their senses from that terrible illusion, looked at Wang Qinruo, and their eyes showed annoyance, they all felt that everyone's life was originally very good, but this guy was afraid that the world would not be chaotic and wanted to come out to make trouble, this guy would never give up if he didn't provoke Yan Yun's army, if Yan Yunjun came over, let this guy resist, it was best to be cut into meat by Yan Yunjun, and see if he dared to find trouble anymore.

Wang Qinruo was shocked when he saw everyone looking at him with a very annoyed look, and then understood the reason, he originally wanted to refute Shen Heqiu, but at this moment he was silent.

The emperor raised his voice and said: "What Pang Aiqing said is extremely true, there is nothing to do between Yanyun and our court, why bother to trouble yourself and find trouble!" Moreover, the expansion of armaments and warfare will greatly increase the burden on the people, who have just experienced the suffering of war, so how can I bear to see them fall into misery again? ”

Master Pang bowed with a touched face: "Your Majesty's kindness is really a blessing for all the people in the world!" The ministers hurriedly followed and bowed: "Your Majesty is merciful, this is the blessing of all the people in the world!" ”

When the emperor heard what the ministers said, he was very useful in his heart, glanced at Wang Qinruo, whose face was uncertain, and raised his voice: "This matter is decided, and the matter of expanding the army is over!" No one will ever mention the expansion of the army again! All the ministers agreed together, and Pang Taishi was happy in his heart, as if he had won a big battle, but Wang Qinruo had a gloomy face.

Master Pang caught a glimpse of Wang Qinruo's face, and his heart was even more joyful, and every cell was jumping excitedly. The emperor bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, King Yan is our courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, King Yan opened up the territory, that is, our Great Song Dynasty opened up the territory, since the beginning of Li Yuanhao's rebellion, the northwest has been out of the control of the Central Plains Dynasty, that is since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, that has never been the case, for more than 100 years, although the first emperors are unparalleled in the world in terms of literary and martial arts, but they have never been able to extinguish the Western Xia, recover the old frontier, and become a lifelong regret!" Now that His Majesty has completed the great deeds that the first emperors failed to complete in their lifetimes, you can comfort the souls of the first emperors in the sky, and at the same time, they will surely shine in the annals of history and shine forever! ”

The emperor was excited, and for a moment he really felt that he was the Holy Lord of the Ming Monarch who ruled the world, the Emperor of Qin, the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Ancestor, compared to himself, it was just like that.

Ni Chengmou, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, came out and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the minister suggests that a thirty-three-zhang high stone monument be built outside the city to commemorate His Majesty's great achievements!" After thousands of generations, as long as people see this stone tablet, they can remember His Majesty's unparalleled exploits and feel admiration, and His Majesty's glory will shine on the people thousands of years later! ”

Zhao Hengda was moved, and couldn't help nodding, and then asked pretendedly: "Will this add a burden to the people?" ”

Master Pang said with great emotion: "Your Majesty always cares about the well-being of the people, and Weichen really doesn't know what to say!" Then he hugged his fists and said: "Weichen bowed to the prosperous era and was able to serve His Majesty, which is really a blessing that Weichen has cultivated for several generations!" Weichen has nothing else to ask for, he just wants to repay His Majesty with this lifelong learning and enthusiasm! Zhao Hengda was moved and nodded, "I have the assistance of loyal ministers like Aiqing, so that I can achieve such a prosperous chapter today!" Master Pang hurriedly said in fear: "Your Majesty has won the award, how can the minister have any credit!" The reason why the Great Song Dynasty was able to turn the crisis into peace and then achieve the current situation is all due to His Majesty's virtue, because we have a holy lord like Your Majesty, so we have a little brilliance, which is all given by Your Majesty! "Zhao Henglong, Yan Dayue.

Ni Chengmou hurriedly said: "The Prime Minister has said everything in Weichen's heart!" Regarding the burden on the people that His Majesty is worried about, Weichen thinks that there is no need to worry at all, once the country is rich, a stone tablet will not cost a few dollars, there will be no problem at all, and naturally it will not increase the burden on the people; Second, the people must also want to do something to express their joy, so the construction of this monument is really a great thing to enjoy with the people, this matter of the minister thinks that not to be paid by the treasury, should let the people come to pay for the repair of this stone monument, so that it is really happy with the people. ”

Zhao Heng was very happy and nodded: "Okay, good!" Ni Aiqing's words are very much in line with me! So do it! All the ministers bowed together and said, "Your Majesty is wise! Zhao Heng pondered for a moment, glanced at Wang Qinruo, and then his eyes fell on Pang Taishi and said, "Pang Aiqing is responsible for this matter!" Master Pang was overjoyed in his heart and hurriedly thanked him, but Wang Qinruo's expression became even more gloomy.

Pang Taishi said: "Your Majesty, King Yan has made such a contribution under the leadership of Your Majesty, and Your Majesty can't help but express it!" ”

Zhao Heng nodded and glanced at Taishi Pang, "What does Aiqing mean ......?" ”

Pang Taishi said: "King Yan has made such a great contribution, Your Majesty's expression can't be small!" Weichen means that it is better to canonize King Yan as the king of one word and shoulder to shoulder, and reward half a dynasty Luan! As soon as these words came out, there was an immediate buzz in the court, but then the sound stopped, because although everyone was surprised by such a noble canonization, they also felt that it was well deserved, and at the same time, deep down in their hearts, they all felt that this kind of canonization of the imperial court was nothing remarkable, and the current authority of King Yan was only afraid that the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty were far behind, even if they wanted to open a dynasty and call the emperor, there would be no problem!

Zhao Heng saw that no one objected, and at the same time, he felt that only in this way could he correspond to the great merit of King Yan, so he nodded and said, "Pang Aiqing's words are very much in line with my wishes!" That's it! After a pause, he glanced at the ministers and asked, "Which of you is willing to send Yanyun?" ”

The ministers rushed forward to ask for their lives. This means that the emperor goes to Yanyun and announces the emperor's grace, which is a big difference, so everyone wants to go! Zhao Heng couldn't help but be very happy when he saw everyone scrambling, and then said in embarrassment: "You all want to go, but it's embarrassing for me!" Who's better to go for this? ”

Master Pang said with a smile: "I believe that every minister can handle this matter well." However, this candidate should not be too casual, first of all, the identity is enough, the royal family is the best, or the ministers above the Shangshu can pay enough attention, in addition, there must be ministers who have always advocated the peaceful coexistence of the north and the south, only such ministers can pay attention to all aspects, pay attention to the details, and do a good job for Your Majesty! ”

Zhao Hengshen nodded approvingly and asked, "Who does Aiqing think is suitable?" ”

Master Pang cupped his fists and said: "Weichen thinks that Lord Wang Xiaozhi is the most suitable!" As soon as Master Pang said this, everyone's eyes fell on the face of an elderly official who looked like a friendly god of wealth, that person was Wang Xiaozhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and hurriedly bowed to the emperor and said: "If Your Majesty sends down an edict, Weichen will definitely die with his liver and brain, and he will never live up to His Majesty's trust!" All the officials were secretly amused in their hearts, and they all said in their hearts: With such a beautiful difference, you will definitely be able to reap countless benefits, and it is simply nonsense to die with your liver and brain. However, the emperor was very happy with Wang Xiaozhi's words, and only felt that this person was loyal and loyal, and he was really a candidate who could be entrusted with important tasks, so he said: "Wang Aiqing will send an envoy to Tianjing New City on behalf of the widow to announce the grace of the widow!" Wang Zhong bowed down and said, "Weichen obeys orders!" ”

After the discussion, Wang Qinruo returned home, his face was still very gloomy, and it could be said that he was even more gloomy than when he was in the court.

There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and Wang Qinruo's son, Wang Luo, came in. Seeing that his father's expression was not good, he guessed that something must have happened to his father in the court today, and he couldn't help but get nervous, walked quickly to his father's side, bent down and asked in a low voice: "Father, isn't it, is there something happening in the court today?" "Wang Qinruo's son Wang Luo is now a garrison in Bianjing, and his official position is not high, whether he is low or not, he should be going to participate in the court meeting, but Wang Luo has never liked to get up early to go to Yingmao, so he didn't go this morning, so he didn't know what happened in the court today.

Wang Qinruo sighed, but did not speak. When Wang Luo saw his father like this, he became anxious, sat down on the side, and asked angrily: "Father, what happened, why did you sigh?" ”

Wang Qinruo shook his head and said worriedly: "Son, worry about your father!" Our family's situation is not good! Wang Luo became even more anxious, and said urgently: "Father, what happened?" Wang Qinruo couldn't help but sigh again, and said: "Now that the Manchu Dynasty doesn't talk about civil and military, even Your Majesty is bent on coexisting peacefully with Yan Yun!" Then he said ridiculously: "Today, above the court, the ministers and emperors of the Manchu Dynasty actually attributed the matter of Yanyun Dangping Helan Mountain to a great contribution of the emperor, surpassing all the emperors and glorifying the future generations!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.