"I'm back!"

Kaifeng West City Gate, a team of horses returned.

Looking at Kaifeng City, which had not long been parted, Fan Zheng had a feeling of being suddenly separated from the world.

Although it was less than two months for Fan Zheng to return from the expedition, from the front line of Song Xia in the soldiers and iron horses to Bianjing in singing and dancing, this kind of gap made Fan Zheng feel very emotional.

Kaifeng City can have today's prosperity and prosperity, and it is the front-line soldiers who are moving forward with heavy loads.

Fan Zheng entered Kaifeng City and went straight to the palace.

"Weichen Fan Zheng is seeing the official family, this trip is fortunate not to be dishonored!"

In the vertical arch hall, Fan Zhengzheng repeated his fate.

Seeing Fan Zheng's safe return, Zhao Xu was overjoyed.

"Good! Fan Aiqing revitalized the Great Song Guowei, and I was not mistaken. ”

The victory in Pingxia City certainly made him ecstatic, and Fan Zheng's safe return also made him breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

"Fan Taicheng has worked hard!"

Hundreds of officials also congratulated Fan Zheng on risking his life to build Pingxia City to resist the Western Xia army, and no one could erase such a contribution.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said, "Weichen doesn't dare to take credit!" The strength of the Great Song Dynasty can have the victory of Pingxia City, and Weichen is just a little bit of effort. ”

It is true that Pingxia City has his plan, but whether it is the people who built Pingxia City, the blacksmiths of the cities who made the shells of the earth-shattering thunder, or the soldiers who defended the city fought desperately, and he just led the forbidden army all the way, and rescued some wounded people in Pingxia City, without even firing an arrow.

The hundred officials couldn't help but sigh, there was no shortage of people, gunpowder, blacksmiths, and soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, who would have thought that a small Pingxia city would find a way to resist Liaoxia for the Great Song Dynasty.

Many officials stared at Fan Zheng with complicated eyes, and Fan Zheng once again proved that his evil side has never been defeated.

Zhao Xu was excited, and then he remembered the matter of recalling Fan Zheng.

"Fan Aiqing, this time Pingxia City defeated Western Xia, but Liao took the opportunity to mediate! I wonder what you think? Zhao Xu said solemnly.

Fan Zheng frowned and said: "Qi Qi Guan's family, the mediation of the Liao State must be uneasy and kind, and even took the opportunity of mediation to coerce the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Xu said helplessly: "I naturally know that the Liao State is uneasy and kind, but the Great Song Dynasty has been fighting for many years, and the front line needs a lot of money to change the fortress into a fortress, and the treasury has long been empty. ”

If you don't belong to your family, you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and during the reign of Empress Dowager Gao, it seems that she is singing and dancing, but in fact, she spends money to buy peace and whitewash peace.

The household department has a serious deficit, and what he is left with is a mess.

Now he also wants to continue to be tough, but unfortunately it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, once Liaoxia attacks, the Great Song Dynasty may be difficult to resist.

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "I don't know how the imperial court wants to negotiate peace?" ”

Lu Dafang said solemnly: "At least the New Year's coins of Western Xia should be abolished, and the Liao State should maintain the status quo, so that the official family can explain to the world and appease the Liao State." ”

Fan Zheng Huoran raised his head, unable to believe that the imperial court had an attitude of surrendering to the Liao State.

"No! The New Year's coin must be abolished, and if you can't even do this, the Great Song Dynasty can only die day by day! Fan Zheng categorically objected.

As long as the bottom line of a person is broken once, there will be countless times until it completely sinks! It was not easy for him to establish the backbone of the Great Song Dynasty, how could he let the Great Song Dynasty fall again.

Zhang Dian explained on the side: "Lord Fan has been on the expedition for two months, and I don't know that according to the detailed news of the Liao State, the Liao Emperor has begun to gather 200,000 iron horsemen because of the severance of the New Year's currency in the Great Song Dynasty, and I am afraid that he has the intention of going south. ”

"There is something wrong with Liao?" Fan Zheng frowned.

The ministers of the Great Song Dynasty couldn't help but nod their heads, once Liaoxia attacked at the same time, the Great Song Dynasty was afraid of being in danger.

"Now that the official family has revived the Great Song Dynasty, it only takes time, the Great Song Dynasty is strong, and it will definitely not be afraid of the Liao State, and it is logical to abolish the Liao State New Year's coin." Su Zhe also agreed.

All of a sudden, the court agreed to a temporary compromise with Liao.

Zhao Xu frowned suddenly, and fell into the battle between heaven and man.

Lv Dafang persuaded: "The official family thinks twice, when the Turkic army pressed the border, Tang Taizong also bribed the Turkic Khan with a lot of money and signed the Weishui Alliance, which is an expedient measure.

Fan Zheng sneered: "Tang Taizong had already fought to Chang'an by that time, and now the Liao State is still sending troops, and we are already ready to present gold and silver peace talks, so afraid of Liao like a tiger, let alone three years, even thirty years, don't want to defeat the Liao State." ”

"There is no natural danger to defend the Song and Liao frontiers, once the Liao army goes south, even if there are fortresses in the cities to defend, the people of the Great Song Dynasty will definitely be devastated, and this battle is not good for the Great Song Dynasty." Zhang Dan also said solemnly.

Seeing this, Fan Zheng frowned and said: "There is one side of the minister, which can not only abolish the Liaoxia New Year's coin, but also divide the Liaoxia." ”

"Is that true?"

Zhao Xu said in surprise.

Fan Zheng nodded solemnly and said, "You know the Silk Road!" ”

"The Silk Road?" The Manchu minister nodded.

They are people who have read poetry and books, and naturally know that the famous Silk Road in the Han and Tang dynasties is just that the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia occupied the right place of Longyou, and the trade between China and the West was cut off, and the Silk Road had already existed in name only. ”

"No, the Western Xia is only isolated from the Silk Road of the Great Song Dynasty, and from the Liao State to the north, the territory is vast, and it can also lead to the Western Regions. Fan Zhengdao.

"Are you saying that the Song and Liao countries jointly opened up the Silk Road?" Zhao Xu said suddenly.

"Yes, the profits of the Silk Road are more than one million per year, much higher than the annual currency of the Liao State, if the Liao State is only for money, the profits of the Silk Road are enough to make its heart move, if the Liao State insists on going south, it means that the heart of the Great Song Dynasty is not dead, and the Great Song Dynasty will definitely resist the whole country, not only the profits of the Silk Road, but also the profits of the Silk Road, our army has the earth-shaking thunder and the divine arm crossbow, and the victory or defeat is unknown." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Wonderful!" Zhao Xu clapped his hands and exclaimed, the Great Song Dynasty could not enjoy the benefits of the Silk Road, but it had the ability to lift the table.

If the Song and Liao are peaceful, the benefits of the Silk Road will naturally be shared, and if the Liao State invades, not only will the victory or defeat be unknown, but the interests of the Silk Road will also be in vain.

Fan Zheng continued: "At the same time, the Great Song Dynasty will close the Song Xia Field and transfer all the Silk Road shares of Western Xia to the Liao State. The military toughness against Xia was used to train troops, and economic exchanges with Liao to increase the feud, and at the same time to divide Liaoxia, so that the Great Song Dynasty could get a respite and become stronger and stronger. ”

After Fan Zheng finished speaking, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but think.

"You can give it a try." Zhang Dian nodded slightly.

Lu Dafang also nodded slightly, this law not only allowed the Great Song Dynasty to abolish the New Year's currency to save expenses, but also allowed the Liao State to obtain more benefits from the Silk Road, this is a win-win situation, of course, the only thing that suffers is the Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty is naturally happy to see it, and the Liao State may not share the benefits in its hands to the Western Xia.

"Passing the decree, the imperial physician Cheng Fan Zheng, the official is promoted to the fifth grade, and he is appointed as the Cheng of Honglu Temple, and he is responsible for the peace talks in Liaoxia." Zhao Xu immediately ordered.

Fan Zheng was promoted from a seventh-grade imperial doctor to a fifth-grade official in less than a year, more than most officials have endured for 20 years.

However, none of the 100 officials of the Manchu Dynasty objected, the seventh-grade imperial doctor to the sixth-grade imperial physician Cheng was Fan Zheng's superb medical skills, and the sixth-grade to fifth-grade was the merit of Pingxia City.

Fan Zheng's contribution is enough to be treated with such kindness.

(End of chapter)