The two important ministers of the Song Dynasty stood under the blue sky and white sun and kept greeting the ancestors of the Cao family. Yun Zheng thought that only a rough person like himself would curse, but he did not expect that a guy like Han Qi, who has been gentle and arrogant for decades, is also the same.
A master of swearing.
After the two people agreed to kill Cao Dading, Ge Qiuyan brought a pot of tea and a plate of steamed soft noodles from the house and placed them on the low table to entertain the guests.
Han Qi was not particular about it either. After taking a sip of tea and a bite of pancake, he was really hungry.
"There are good things, but I think the food in Dingzhou City is dirty, so I won't eat it. I guess you won't eat it either. I brought these pancakes from Yanmen Pass and they are very clean."
Han Qi didn't care what he ate, put down his teacup and asked, "Do you really not want to fight anymore?"
Yun Zheng wordlessly took out a document from his sleeve and put it in front of Han Qi and said: "We lost our troops and generals. Yanmen Pass was almost destroyed by Guo Hengchuan. Pianguan City was simply destroyed. I, He Yelu Flower Pagoda,
This battle has exhausted the last traces of energy and energy from my brothers. Even if I want to fight, the soldiers are exhausted and need to rest and recuperate, so I cannot continue the fight."
"Eight thousand three hundred and fifty-six people?" Han Qi looked up in surprise after reading the last number and asked.
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "Kill ten thousand enemies and lose three thousand. You don't think that the Jingxi Army only kills people but not kills, right? Fortunately, we have a relatively complete medical system, otherwise this number would need to be expanded at least three times. If
After injuring 20,000 brothers, how can I have the strength to attack Dingzhou?
I wanted desperately to attack Xijing of the Liao Kingdom, but the last of my strength was exhausted. I could only lead my troops to Dingzhou and use the heads of the Yelu Flower Tower to scare the Liao people so that this war could end as soon as possible. Yan Yunshi
It is absolutely impossible for the six states to come down in one fell swoop and need to be considered from scratch."
Han Qi chuckled and said: "I thought you were unwilling to end the war at this time of success, and wanted to continue to gain achievements and march toward the throne you had longed for."
"Others don't know, don't you know? I just want to regain Yanyun, make the Song Dynasty's territory more complete, and make it easier to defend. As for the throne, it's just an excuse. Tell me as soon as possible to avoid others thinking that I have something else.
thought."
Han Qi lay on his back on the recliner and patted his forehead and sighed: "This is your brilliance. If other generals want to seek the throne, we will definitely deal with it carefully. Only you can speak out in a big way."
, but I and the others didn’t think it was anything, and they were somewhat happy to see it happen.
By the way, after you finish all these things, do you really plan to find an island to be your solitary family? If you want to go there, let me know as soon as possible so that I can help you choose carefully."
Yun Zheng laughed loudly and said: "Can't you stand me anymore? Do you want to drive me to the island to go fishing early? Hahaha."
You're right. I really don't take this glory on land into account. I have to be constrained by you old masters in everything I do. It would be better to be the king of an island and build a fleet to travel across the sea.
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When the time comes, I can do whatever I want. I can seize treasures from all over the world. If I am happy, I can attack some small countries far away. Even if I massacre cities and annihilate people, you don’t know.
Old Han, let me tell you by the way, the sea is much bigger than the mainland, much more beautiful, much richer, and much more magical.
If you are tired of being an official, why not come to the sea, let us burn, kill, loot, travel across the sea, and savor your life in blood and fire..."
"Shut up! It's pity that the century-old Wenhua of the Song Dynasty has raised a bastard who likes to burn, kill and loot? Master said..."
"Just shut up. You are so duplicitous that you dare not admit it. How dare you pat your chest and say that you don't like an unscrupulous life? What Lao Bao said is very credible. It's a shame for you to say it. People call you Mr. Han, which shows that you
There is a ferocious beast hidden in your heart, but it is tied by the iron chain of morality. If you go to the sea and no one restrains you, God knows what you will do. You will do things like burning, killing and looting more than me.
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When I came back from Cochin and showed my treasure, your eyes turned red.
To say you are greedy for money is to humiliate you. So, you don't care about the money. What you like is the smell of blood on the money. Looking at the ferocious look on your face as you take a deep breath, I don't dare to disturb you, for fear that you will even touch me on a whim.
They were all robbed."
Han Qi laughed heartily, knocked on the table to signal the monkey waiting on the table to fill up the tea for him, and took a sip happily.
"Your Majesty had a big dream, thinking that he transformed into a dragon and traveled all over the world in an instant. He also said that he saw wolves, white elephants, and eye-catching white-fronted tigers in Dingzhou. He planned to go north for a visit.
, ended up encountering a silver dragon, and when he was blocked and preparing for a battle, he was awakened by the eunuch. He asked Lao Bao to interpret the dream. Lao Bao said that this was a sign that the emperor would go into battle shirtless, and then the emperor had the intention to retreat.
Remember this, and don't talk too much when the time comes. Your Majesty still doesn't like fighting. As for letting him go into battle in person, that would be the beginning of the Song Dynasty's nightmare. Your Majesty himself knows this too. Lao Bao said that there is an 80% chance that your Majesty will
There will be a truce in sex, and as long as you don't talk too much, the truce will be over."
Yun Zheng spread out his limbs and said lazily: "As long as we can suspend the army, I don't care what method you use. The internal coup strategy of the Song Dynasty has just begun, so we can't be harassed by the war. The internal coup strategy is the hard work of you big guys.
, I hope it will end well."
"There are many difficulties. There are obstructions from the royal family above, there are merchants in the middle who are interfering with each other, and there are uninformed people below who are resisting. Every step we take is shaky. If we want to move steadily step by step, we all need to work together."
become."
"Don't point at the bald man and scold the bald donkey. My Yun family only has a small village. The village also raises many disabled veterans. Not only does the Yun family not get any income from the village every year, it also has to subsidize a lot.
money.
So don’t come to me for your idea of paying food and paying taxes together. My place is just a place for disabled veterans to retire. They became disabled while fighting for the country. How can you bear to collect their taxes?
I’m still looking for you, hoping that you can formulate a preferential policy for disabled and orphaned veterans, so that they can at least have enough to eat without asking for wealth, and you can’t let these people shed tears after they bleed, right?”
Han Qi shook his head and said: "It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate. You know about policies. As long as we make a small opening at the top, when we implement it at the bottom, this small opening will turn into a surging river and eventually destroy the entire law."
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A small number of people will always be sacrificed..."
Yun Zheng spat out the tea leaves in his mouth angrily and said: "Damn, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are always the first to be sacrificed. If I don't get a good answer from you on this matter, I will find another way to find a way for my brothers to survive.
Don't say I'm talking big words. In my opinion, the policies you have formulated are full of holes. If you just find a loophole and exploit it, it will be enough for the brothers under my command to eat and drink. Old Han, don't forget it.
Mr. Yun's most powerful method is not to lead troops to fight, but to do business."
Han Qi spread his hands coolly and said: "The law has no regulations, the people can follow it. As long as you don't violate our laws of the Song Dynasty, you can do anything. It's amazing. If you find a loophole, we will make a new set of laws to fill the loophole. Speaking of which,
We should also thank you!"
"Shameless!" Yun Zheng's lips trembled in anger.
"Hahaha, you have finally expressed the essence of governance. You call it shameless, we call it patching up the loopholes. Do you know that the law since ancient times has been gradually improved by constantly drilling loopholes and constantly patching loopholes?
of.
The earliest laws were so simple. There were only two laws: stealing, chopping off hands, and killing people to pay for their lives. Tell me, it would be absolutely impossible to govern the Song Dynasty according to these two laws. Therefore, the laws needed to be constantly revised.
We will always wake up after suffering a loss and move forward in pain until the law is perfected."
Han Qi didn't care about Yun Zheng's unreasonableness. On the one hand, everyone had moved to the position of the big boss, and their status was almost the same, so their speeches were less rhetorical. Secondly, he didn't want to fall out with Yun Zheng because of Yun Zheng's petty mind.
He is well-known among the big guys. Wen Yanbo only cheated him once, but he cheated Wen Yanbo twice. Until now, there is no possibility of reconciliation.
A person who reached this status was basically equivalent to getting a gold medal to avoid death in the Song Dynasty. As long as he did not rebel, even contradicting the emperor was a trivial matter.
"Let's not talk about those unhappy things. Since you and I have talked about a truce, it will only happen if the people of Liao are willing. The emperor of Liao is in Anyangkou. Can you facilitate an interview between the two emperors? This will have the best effect.
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Yun Zheng shook his head and said: "Now that we have the upper hand, the Liao emperor has always been arrogant and may not be willing to do so. Besides, if the two emperors break up, we will not even have room for maneuver, and the war will only become more tragic if it resumes.
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After saying this, Yun Zheng saw Han Qi looking at him intently and quickly shook his head and said: "You don't have to think of using me as a step. My step is too hard and too high for the Emperor of Liao to bear."
Han Qi said: "No one dares to let you serve as a leader. The consequences will be too serious. People all over the Song Dynasty know that you are the invincible general of the Song Dynasty. If you fail, the people will be very depressed, so it is not advisable."
I want to say, didn’t you capture countless Liao people during the Battle of Yanmen Pass? It would be a waste of food and grass to raise them, so why not..."
"Those people are now doing hard labor and must build a new city in the meander of the river. In addition, I also plan to build a city gate in the Taihang Mountains. All those people will be useful."
Old God Yun Zheng narrowed his eyes and replied, as long as it is related to the interests of the Western Beijing Army, there is always a deal to be discussed. (To be continued)