Shi Songzhi led Yin Zhiping and Lu Wende straight to the back garden, and today's luncheon was set up in a pavilion in the back garden. When they arrived at Dexuan, the three of them sat down as guests, and Shi Songzhi immediately ordered a banquet. At today's luncheon, he only invited Yin Zhiping and Lu Wende, and did not invite others to accompany him.

At the banquet, tea, snacks, seasonal melons and fruits, etc., were first served, and after persuading a cup of tea, Shi Songzhifang opened his mouth to talk about business. First of all, he expressed high appreciation for the Xiangyang victory created by Lu Wende and Yin Zhiping, and said that this Xiangyang victory is of great significance, and the credit lies in Sheji.

After hearing this, Lu Wende hurriedly said modestly: "The reputation of the minister is too good, and Wende does not dare to take credit." The great victory in Xiangyang was achieved by Yin Zhenren who assassinated the enemy chieftain Kublai Khan in the midst of a 100,000-strong Mongolian army, leaving the enemy army leaderless and demoralized, so that he was able to achieve this great victory; Otherwise, if Xiangyang has insufficient grain and poor soldiers, and has already been defeated by the Mongols in a war, how can we achieve today's victory?"

Lu Wende's words were not all flattery to please Shi Songzhi. In fact, when Shi Songzhi was in the local government, he did serve as an official in the Xiangyang area for a long time, and he successively served as the general judge of Xiangyang Prefecture and the envoy of Jinghu Prefecture and the governor of Xiangyang Mansion. The rest of the ascending tones are also mostly on Hubei Road.

In the first year of Shaoding, Shi Songzhi was in Xiangyang Tuntian, and the accumulation of valley reached 680,000 stones, and the results were indeed not small. In the third year of Shaoding, he was also successful again in Zaoyang Tuntian, a subordinate county of Xiangyang. It was also because of the merits of Xiangyang Tuntian that Shi Songzhi was promoted two levels in a row.

Shi Songzhi was able to sit in his current position, in addition to the shadow of his uncle Shi Miyuan, but also because he had indeed made a lot of political achievements. He was promoted step by step by virtue of actual government. He has been carefully managing Xiangyang for more than ten years, making Xiangyang have enough grain and grass. The armament is excellent, and it does have an indelible merit.

When Shi Songzhi was appointed as the envoy of Jinghu and the governor of Xiangyang Mansion. It's only been seven years. And because of the political achievements he made when he knew Xiangyang Mansion, this victory in Xiangyang is indeed indispensable to his part. Moreover, he is now serving as the right prime minister and privy envoy, supervising the military horses of Lianghuai, Sichuan, Jingxi, and Hubei, and the military affairs of Xiangyang are already under his supervision.

These are also all on the way to Lin'an, Yin Zhiping learned from Lu Wende. It's just that Lu Wende's words are also true. But it is also indispensable to be suspicious of sycophancy. In Shi Songzhi's position, the quality is also from two aspects. The battle in Xiangyang, this great victory, is indeed considered meritorious. But if it is a great defeat, this fault will also be counted on his head.

Since Shi Miyuan, the prime minister and privy envoy have been the norm, and anyone who is the prime minister has grasped the military and political power, and the power is very great. But with great power comes great responsibility. If it is a phase period. If there is any major mistake, it is indispensable to hold the prime minister accountable. If something goes wrong, often the prime minister has to take the blame and resign, and if he doesn't resign, there are also people below who attack and impeach. If the emperor still wants to let you be your prime minister. But if the emperor doesn't want to keep you and wants to change you, then you can only step down. And sometimes the fault is too great. The Manchu Dynasty discussed and asked for a change of appearance. Even the emperor can't keep it.

During the Duanping period, the then Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi presided over the "Duanping into Luo" plan failed. And it caused the Song Dynasty to suffer great losses. Zheng Qingzhi had to take the blame and resign, although Li Zong issued an order to retain, but because of the Manchu Dynasty discussion, the impeachment was many, and Zheng Qingzhi still had to step down after the worst.

It is a pity that Duanping's plan to enter Luo failed. At that time, the pioneer of the Song army, Quan Zi, had regained Luoyang and marched to Bianliang. It was only because of the lack of grain and grass that the Song Dynasty lost a good opportunity to recover Henan.

The failure of Duanping into Luo was not entirely due to the Song army's poor combat strength and lack of food and grass. The main reason for the failure of this march to regain Henan and guard the river was not at the front, but in the imperial court in the rear.

At that time, the Jin Kingdom had just been destroyed by the Mongols and the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Mongol army retreated north to recuperate, and Henan was empty, which was a good opportunity to recover Henan. Zhao Kui, who was the envoy of Huaidong at the time, saw this good opportunity and proposed to march into Henan, defend the Yellow River according to Tongguan, recover the old capital of Kaifeng in Tokyo, Luoyang in Xijing, and Guide in Nanjing, and recover the Central Plains. It's just that although the plan is good, the implementation is not in place, so that the whole situation is defeated and suffers great losses.

At that time, Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi was very supportive of Zhao Kui's plan, and he also made every effort to promote it in the court. It's just that as soon as the plan was proposed, it was opposed by a lot in the court, especially many officials headed by Vice Minister Qiao Xingjian. Although the objection they put forward was that this plan had a bearing on the survival of the Southern Song Dynasty and should not be neglected, and that if the plan failed, it would inevitably offend Mongolia and give Mongolia a pretext to attack the Song Dynasty, but in fact Qiao Xingjian was acting out of selfishness. He had already planned to replace Zheng Qingzhi's phase, and if the plan supported by Zheng Qingzhi was successful, it would be a great achievement, which would make Zheng Qingzhi's phase more stable, so he strongly opposed it.

Shi Songzhi was also one of the people who opposed it at that time, but his opposition was not for Qiao Xingjian, but for himself.

First, he was at odds with Zhao Kui in Huaidong, and if the plan was successful, Zhao Kui, who proposed this plan, would definitely be the first to make the plan, and he would inevitably be on top of it because of his merits; second, he was the envoy of the Jinghu system and the governor of Xiangyang Mansion, and he had been running Xiangyang for more than ten years, and he had great success in Xiangyang Tuntian, and he also made a great contribution to the joint Mongol attack on the Jin State, which was also a great achievement, and he already had the prestige, political achievements, and qualifications to enter the dynasty and seek a position.

If Duanping's plan to enter Luo is successful, not only will Zhao Kui be on top of it because of his merits, but Zheng Qingzhi, who supports and presides over this plan, will also be more stable because of his merits, and he will have no possibility of competing for the dynasty. Therefore, he also strongly opposed.

However, because Emperor Lizong also supported Duanping's plan to enter Luo, this military strategic action was finally successfully implemented. Shi Songzhi has been operating Xiangyang for many years, and has achieved great success in Xiangyang Tuntian, and Xiangyang is rich in grain and grass. In order to comfort Shi Songzhi, Li Zong also gave Shi Songzhi the title of secretary of the military department, and the prime minister Zheng Qingzhi also personally wrote to Shi Songzhi, hoping that Shi Songzhi could take charge of this post and work together. Make the plan successful and recover the homeland of Sanjing. But Shi Songzhi did not agree. Tried to resign from this position, but in the end it was under the strict orders of the emperor. Still reluctantly agreed.

Shi Song served as the envoy of Jinghu and the governor of Xiangyang Mansion, and operated in Xiangyang for more than ten years, with the most abundant grain and grass on Jinghu Road, and Jinghu was the closest to Sanjing, the most convenient to enter the army, and the logistics supply was also easy to solve. At the same time, the instability of Jinghu will inevitably hinder the advance of troops to recover Sanjing.

Shi Songzhi has been operating in Xiangyang for more than ten years, with deep roots and great influence. If Shi Songzhi is temporarily removed from the post of Jinghu envoy. With the substitution, it will be difficult for the new appointee to control the situation in Jinghu in a short period of time, which will be unfavorable to the dispatch of troops into Los Angeles. Therefore, Emperor Lizong and Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi finally handed over the important task of transporting grain and grass to Shi Songzhi and encircled him.

But Shi Songzhi is a person who does not hesitate to use means to achieve his goals. At that time, the emperor strictly ordered, and Zheng Qingzhi was also powerful, and it was difficult to stop the plan to enter Luo, so he had no choice but to agree. But in the ensuing battle, he supervised the transportation of grain and grass in the rear, but he put it off a lot. In the end, the front-line soldiers and horses were short of food and grass, resulting in a great defeat. At that time, there was not no food in the rear, but there was food, but Shi Songzhi found all kinds of excuses to delay, so that the front line was short of food and grass.

The failure of Duanping's plan to enter Luo Ji was that the officials headed by Vice Prime Minister Qiao Xingjian in the DPRK and China had more constraints on Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi. The second and most important thing is that Shi Songzhi, the grain supervisor in the rear, is not effective in transporting grain. deliberately caused a shortage of food on the front line, so that the soldiers and horses on the front line were defeated due to lack of food.

can do the position of prime minister. Zheng Qingzhi is naturally not stupid. Duanping into Luo's failure, what are the reasons for it, Zheng Qingzhi also understands. But since ancient times, heroes have been judged by success or failure. Zheng Qingzhi's full support and single-handedly presided over Duanping Luoluo failed, and caused the Great Song Dynasty to suffer great losses, so he could only resign and resign in the end, and he also ended up with a reputation for greedy merit.

It's just that Zheng Qing stepped down, but the phase did not fall into the hands of Shi Songzhi, but was corrected by Qiao Xingjian, the deputy minister whose prestige and status was second only to Zheng Qingzhi. However, Shi Songzhi also knew very well that compared to Zheng Qingzhi, Qiao Xingjian was much easier to deal with. And Qiao Xingjian is quite old, and he can't live long, even if Qiao Xingjian wants to occupy the phase, he can't occupy it for a few years, but he is still young and can afford to wait. But Zheng Qingzhi's age is not much older than him, if Duanping's plan to enter Luo is successful, so that Zheng Qingzhi's phase is more stable, he will have to wait for Zheng Qingzhi to die of old age and illness, I am afraid he will have to wait for one or twenty more years.

On the road to seeking a phase, who is his opponent, Shi Songzhi sees it very clearly. In fact, he saw it accurately. In the second year of Jiaxi, he worshipped to participate in political affairs, which was already the actual vice minister. At this time, Qiao Xingjian was already more than eighty years old. In three years, Qiao Xingjian resigned due to illness, and he worshiped as the right prime minister and privy envoy, and entered the phase.

It is now the fourth year of Jiaxi, and this is what happened last year, and Shi Songzhi has only been in power for a year. And not long after he took the throne, he had a great victory in Xiangyang, I have to say, it really made him a great glory, especially this victory happened in Xiangyang, which he had been operating for more than ten years, and it gave him a long face, which also made his phase in the court more stable. So when he looked at Yin Zhiping and Lu Wende, who had created a great victory in Xiangyang, he was also very happy in his heart, and he praised the two of them.

Regarding the beginning and end of Duanping's entry into Luo and the background of the battle in the court in the rear, Yin Zhiping also learned from Lu Wende. In fact, Lu Wende was originally a stubborn general who was made by Zhao Kui, who was placed by Huaidong, and Zhao Kui really had the grace of knowing him. In the battle of Duanping into Luo, Lu Wende also followed Zhao Kui to participate, and he knew the details clearly.

And Emperor Lizong also saw Shi Songzhi's influence on Xiangyang clearly because of the failure of Duanping to enter Luo, so after transferring Shi Songzhi to Beijing as an official, he deliberately installed Lu Wende, a subordinate of Zhao Kui who did not deal with Shi Songzhi, to Xiangyang. At the same time, the officials under Shi Songzhi in Xiangyang were also transferred to different places, so that Shi Songzhi's power in Xiangyang could no longer be hugged together, and the tail could not be lost.

And if Shi Songzhi wants to enter the dynasty as the prime minister, he can't have too strong influence in a military town like Xiangyang, so as not to be suspected of supporting the army and respecting himself. Occupy the phase, and then hold heavy troops in the place, how dare this emperor use it with confidence. Regarding the emperor's dismantling and dispersal of his power in Xiangyang, Shi Songzhi could only turn a blind eye, and had to take the initiative to cooperate when necessary. When you enter the court, you can no longer support the army and respect yourself, which is also the meaning of the title.

However, at this time, Lu Wende patted Shi Songzhi's sycophants, but he had the intention of casting another way, changing the court, and wanting to be the prime minister of the dynasty. (To be continued......)