[Since the Khitan army moved south and invaded the hinterland of the Central Plains, the people, soldiers and civilians in all parts of the Song Dynasty began to bravely resist the enemy. I have to say that although the most voices in the Song Dynasty are fleeing and avoiding the war, the people of the Song Dynasty have been bravely and tenaciously resisting the invasion of the northern enemy.

Although the Liao army claimed to have a large army of 200,000, they were alone in the depths, the supply line was long, and it was difficult to maintain food and grass. 】

[After October, the Khitan army began to lose on the battlefield.

Especially when Zhenzong came to Beicheng in person, Xiao Tzulan, the vanguard of the Liao army, was shot and killed by Zhang Huan, the general of the Song general Li Jilong, with an elite bed crossbow under the city of Lanzhou, which greatly shook the hearts of the Khitan army.

The Empress Dowager Xiao and the Great Prime Minister of the Liao State, seeing that they no longer seemed to be able to make any gains on the battlefield, turned to the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty to "negotiate peace" in an attempt to obtain benefits from the negotiating table that they could not get on the battlefield.

Song Zhenzong actually had no determination to resist the enemy, and the Khitan people's "peace" was in his arms. 】

"This emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is really a soft egg, at this time, he doesn't want to eat all his opponents, and he even plans to negotiate peace??" Liu Che was a little difficult to understand Song Zhenzong's thoughts.

Yang Guang also felt a little unbelievable, and said: "Isn't it good to beat the water dog?" Negotiate and ??? ”

"That's right, this is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, you can always believe in their weakness when it comes to foreign enemies," Zhu Youzhen complained.

[The Khitan proposed peace condition was to ask the Song Dynasty to "return" the "land of Guannan" that was captured by Zhou Shizong Chai Rong during his Northern Expedition.

The conditions of the Song Dynasty were that as long as the Liao State withdrew its troops, it could give Liao some silver and silk every year, but it would not agree to territorial claims.

The negotiations took place in a confrontation between the two armies, but in the end an agreement was reached on the terms of the Song side, and the remaining question was the amount of silver silk to be given to Liao each year. 】

[Kou Zhun has always opposed the negotiation of peace, advocating taking advantage of the situation to send troops to recover the lost territory.

The generals of the main battle faction, the Ningbian army, have deployed Yang Zhi and have already captured Youyan several states, but because Zhenzong is bent on negotiating peace, the compromise faction is arrogant.

They attacked Kou Zhun for supporting his own troops, and even said that he had bad intentions.

Under the slander of these people, Kou Zhun was finally forced to give up the idea of the main battle, which greatly contributed to the arrogance of the compromisers.

So, under the planning of the compromise faction, in December of the same year, the two sides of Song and Liao signed a peace treaty.

This is the famous "Abyss Alliance" in history. 】

"I'm really convinced of these stupid forks!"

"When the soft bones can still be so high-profile and so proud. Except for the officials of the Song Dynasty, I really can't think of anyone else. ”

"Alas, it's a pity that these soldiers and civilians who protect the country with their blood and lives are only a humiliating treaty in exchange for their efforts."

"I'm sorry, my Song Dynasty made everyone see jokes again."

The people of all parallel spaces were lamenting and scolding those compromisers, and even the people of the Song Dynasty felt ashamed and ashamed of this.

[After this battle, Kou Zhun received many rewards for his meritorious service in resisting the enemy, and Song Zhenzong also valued him even more.

However, everyone knows that in the Song Dynasty, all those who had merit and were meritorious to the outside world not only attracted envy, but also easily attracted the suppression of the civil and official groups.

In addition, Kou Zhun himself is a little persistent, and he usually speaks too bluntly sometimes, so he still offends some people. 】

[In 1006 AD, just over a year after the conclusion of the Tanyuan Alliance, Kou Zhun was dismissed from the post of prime minister and sent to Shaanzhou to be the governor.

In the next ten years, Kou Zhun has been working as an official outside, while Wang Qinruo and others who stayed in the court gradually grasped the power of the court, and because they were good at flattery, they were quite loved by Song Zhenzong.

If he was simply exiled and never returned to Beijing, Kou Zhun might not be too miserable in his later years. After all, he is a person who has been the prime minister for many years, and he is deeply rooted in the DPRK, and it is not so easy to completely defeat Kou Zhun.

However, in 1019 AD, Kou Zhun returned to the capital again and served as prime minister, and this time it brought a painful blow to him. 】

[What does it mean for a person to sit at home and a pot from heaven?] Just look at what happened to Kou Zhun next. 】

[The reason why Kou Zhun was able to return to the court as the prime minister again was actually because the prestige and qualifications of Wang Qinruo and Ding Wei, who were in power at that time, were not enough, and if they wanted to be promoted to Zaifu, they were not qualified at all, so they had to invite Kou Zhun back first, and use Kou Zhun's reputation to do things for themselves.

However, after Kou Zhun returned to Beijing, he didn't eat their way at all, and he didn't want to go along with them, so he aroused their resentment.

And the court at this time is also completely different from before Kou Zhun left.

Song Zhenzong is now suffering from illness and handed over the power of the court to the Empress Liu to deal with.

Empress Liu is a Wu Zetian-like figure, and she is very eager for power. Wang Qinruo, Ding Wei and others were all people who supported Empress Liu's rise to power; After Kou Zhun returned to Beijing, he supported the crown prince to take power.

Kou Zhun's return has drawn him into the whirlpool of a sinister political struggle. 】

[However, at the critical moment when the two sides come and go, no one can help anyone.

A dramatic event suddenly changed all that.

At that time, there was a eunuch named Zhou Huaizheng, who had a personal grudge with Ding Wei and their group.

However, this person is not a good person, because he wants to launch a coup d'état, respect Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng as the emperor, make Kou Zhun the prime minister, and the crown prince ascends the throne. The result was revealed before the coup d'état.

After the matter was revealed, Ding Wei, who was in power, naturally would not let Zhou Huaizheng go, but at the same time, he did not forget Kou Zhun who had no knowledge in advance.

Ding Wei framed Kou Zhun and said that Kou Zhun also wanted to rebel, although there was no evidence later, since Zhou Huaizheng planned to make Kou Zhun the prime minister, Kou Zhun naturally couldn't get out of the relationship.

In this way, Kou Zhun was demoted from the capital and exiled to the frontier as an official. 】

Liu Bang was stunned and muttered to himself: "! Conspiracy! Kou Zhun is the one who is behind this pot and is called that injustice! ”

Guan Yu said with some empathy: "So, if you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates, they don't seem to be teammates, this is really a disaster from heaven." ”

[In the fourth year of Tianxi (1020 AD), Kou Zhun was expelled from Beijing for the last time, and after that, he never returned to Kyoto.

Kou Zhun lived a very desolate life in his later years, and finally died in September of the first year of Tiansheng (1023 AD). 】

[As Kou Zhun spoke, he often made the emperor and his colleagues angry to death, but Kou Zhun's contribution to the Song Dynasty was indelible, and it was the stubborn resistance of the resistance faction led by him that allowed the Song Dynasty to get the "Tanyuan Alliance" and greatly extended the life of the Song Dynasty.

Kou Zhun has suffered losses in his life, but he has no loss of righteousness, ranking ninth among the top ten famous ministers in history, and he deserves his name! 】

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