Yun Zheng did not have Zhuge Liang's ability to quarrel with the Confucian scholars, not to mention that everyone here was an elite scholar of the Song Dynasty. After a group of people quarreled with each other for a while, Yun Zheng realized that he should go to Yanmen Pass now and wait for an opportunity to attack Xijing of the Liao Kingdom.
However, the name Wu Zang Yipang always lingers in his mind. Yun Zheng has seen Wu Zang Yipang and has personally fought against Wu Zang Yipang. He has personally experienced the insidiousness of this person. In order to escape,
The six tribes of Yuanzhai were betrayed without batting an eyelid. No matter who this hero is, he must be taken seriously.
"Who will help me monitor whether there is any hidden evidence?" Yun Zheng asked softly.
Everyone in the room shut their mouths. It was one thing to persuade Yun Zheng to go north. It was one thing to assure Yun Zheng that Pang would attack the Liao Kingdom honestly and would not secretly stab the Song army again.
It's something else.
From the current point of view, instigating Yunzheng's Northern Expedition is in the best interest of everyone. As long as you strive for benefits, there will be risks. If you don't hide the truth, you will be dishonest. There is no problem in everyone sharing the risk, but it is up to one person here alone.
If you take it, there will be a big problem.
Han Qi asked in a low voice: "Since Yun Shuai knows that Pang Pang is unreliable without hiding anything, I wonder if Yun Shuai has any way to check and balance this person?"
Yun Zheng shook his head and said: "Bu Zangying Pang can be said to have a hand over the sky in Xixia now. Even the Xixia royal family can only tremble under his lustful power. The Empress Dowager of Xixia and the just ten-year-old emperor of Xixia are only symbolic.
Just a power puppet.
I tried to send people to stir up the dissatisfaction of the nobles in Xixia against Wu Zangpang, but in the end, it had no effect. It was like a stone thrown into the sea, without causing a single ripple.
I regret now why I accepted the six tribes of Yuanzhai in the first place. If I had not accepted them in Qingtang, it would have taken at least three years of hard work for the Xixia Kingdom to quickly calm down and unite.
We brought the six tribes of Yuanzhai to Qingtang by using the method of pulling the fire from the bottom of the cauldron, but in the end, Wu Zang and Pang got a big advantage, discarding the unsubordinate tribes, making Xixia become more united and purer, no matter how you look at it,
This deal can be done."
Wen Yanbo looked at Yun Zheng and said, "So, in the Qingtang War, not hiding the enemy was not considered a failure?"
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "On the surface, it looks like I won, but military affairs aside, I think that the gains from hiding Pang are greater than mine! A pure Xixia Kingdom is more powerful than a loose tribal alliance.
Too much."
"We have gunpowder bombs..." Zeng Gongliang said quietly.
Wang Anshi shook his head and said: "Gunpowder is no longer an untouchable secret. The Song Dynasty has relied on gunpowder to dominate the world in recent years, but people are also paying attention to gunpowder. Now, some merchants have taken gunpowder to distant rivers and even spread it.
I have only handled two cases like this even further afield. The methods were cruel, but they could not stop those people from seeking money."
Pang Ji said slowly: "So the Xixia people also have gunpowder in their hands?"
Zeng Gongliang said with a look of shame: "This is the official's dereliction of duty!"
Pang Ji sighed: "This is not your fault alone, it is the fault of all of us. Since the first year of Duangong, the style of merchants in the Song Dynasty has prevailed. In the pre-Tang Dynasty, scholars were still ashamed of doing business. But in the
Now, among all of you here, which one doesn’t own two or three merchants in his family?
Even my own company, Ruifu Trading Company, has spread its business all over the country. How can someone who makes a fortune every day have the dignity to control others?"
What Pang Ji said made Yun Zheng twist his lips. Such seemingly frank words can only be said here. When the emperor is in the hall again, Pang Ji will not say this even if he is beaten to death.
, the so-called gentleman's style in the Song Dynasty is also very limited.
The gunpowder workshop has long been spied on by Xixia and Liao spies like a honeycomb. Those who helped the spies attack the gunpowder workshop were all the top nobles of the Song Dynasty. A piece of secret recipe could be exchanged for as high as a mountain.
Only a fool would not engage in such a business without capital and a pile of wealth.
As for the impact of the spread of gunpowder on the Song Dynasty, that is not among their considerations. The Song Dynasty army is now looking at the world, and a little damage is not a big problem. There are peerless generals like Yun Shuai and Di Shuai, Xixia and Liao people.
Even if I have gunpowder, I'm afraid I won't be able to use it. At most, it will only kill a few more Qiu Ba, which is not a big deal.
Yun Zheng had despaired of the Song Dynasty's confidentiality work a long time ago. He regarded the production supervisor as the top crafts confidentiality unit in the Song Dynasty. His boss Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du compiled the general outline of the Song Dynasty's craftsmanship "Martial Classics General".
"", not only did they not put such things in the most secret place and preserve them, but they personally copied many of them and distributed them everywhere to those who they thought were helpful to the completion of the book. They even became famous in Shu.
Unknown Yun Zheng has a trick.
Yun Zheng just glanced at the content and was startled into a cold sweat. Can such a thing really be shown to others casually?
It would be fine if there was only one Zeng Gongliang. Those careless literati selfishly believed that these crafts were copied by themselves, so they naturally became their own things. They only care about enjoying their own eternal reputation.
But they forgot what kind of damage this thing would cause to the Song Dynasty if it spread.
Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan" has also been published. Now only "Bi Tan" has come out, and the subsequent "Supplementary Bi Tan" and "Continued Bi Tan" have not yet appeared, but Yun Zheng knows that the later ones will definitely appear.
Just written talk, there are twenty-six volumes, divided into seventeen categories, in order: "story, dialectics, music rhythm, image and number, personnel, official affairs, wit, art and literature, calligraphy and painting, skills, utensils, magic, and strange things"
, fallacy, ridicule, magazine, medicine discussion”.
Shen Kuo was a very scholarly fellow. He practiced all the published theories and techniques over and over again. He was considered a very great scholar.
But for this scholar, Yun Zheng wanted to strangle him alive with his own hands.
The political reform of Xixia was based on the rearrangement of official affairs in "Mengxi Bi Tan". The responsibilities of each department were clearly defined. Xixia had gradually evolved from a tribal alliance to a centralized country.
Talking about this made Yun Zheng have the urge to vomit blood. After Shen Kuo finished writing "Mengxi Bi Tan", he wanted to publish it for printing. As a result, his family wealth was not enough to support him in such a willful way, so he carried the manuscript around.
Looking for someone to fund printing.
According to his own words, it is common for him to chase rich people in the morning and chase fat horses in the evening. It is a pity that those noble families are not interested in his ingenious and obscene skills at all...
The Yun family sent people to his door, hoping to buy his manuscript and publish it secretly, but Shen Kuo ruthlessly refused. He took all the anger of the rich family's humiliation on the Yun family's shopkeeper, and his words were extremely harsh.
Those nobles looked down upon him, but he looked down upon the Yun family. He thought that selling his blood to Butcher Yun would make him firmly nailed to the rack of shame, and he even specifically said that he would rather be burned than burned.
Willing to hand it over to the Yun family...
Then, a Hu merchant came to the door, paid Shen Kuo 160 copper coins, and took the manuscript away. Then, it was printed all over the world in Xixia...
Shen Kuo was proud of this for a long time, thinking that he had taken an important step on the road to subduing the barbarians.
Time is the panacea that heals all wounds. Who in the Song Dynasty knew better than Yun Zheng what kind of status Shen Kuo would have in later generations?
His book finally belongs to the whole world and is a precious treasure of all mankind... As a Song Dynasty person, Yun Zheng wanted to cry.
Pang Ji saw that Yun Zheng was deep in thought, and the expression on his face became intense. He sighed softly and stopped talking. The others did the same, lowering their heads and thinking about their own thoughts.
Di Qing has made preparations in Hebei. Now as long as the disciples of the Kong family are withdrawn from Yanyun, they can clear the obstacles on the offensive road. Zhending Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture have gathered troops. At this time, Hebei has cut off all the obstacles.
The business road and the army are ready to fight. The dark cloud of war has firmly shrouded both sides of the Xiaoliang River. It only takes one spark to explode.
"Wait a minute!" Yun Zheng finally said these three words through gritted teeth.
"How long?" Han Qi sat up straight and stared at Yun Zheng.
"I don't know. Judging from the reaction of the Xixia people, if the Third Secretary can make the Xixia people take action now, I will rush to Yanmen Pass at starry night."
Han Qi held his breath and said stiffly: "What are you waiting for? If it weren't for you being Yunhuhu, I would think you were cowardly!"
"I will leave after the news comes from Lanzhou. This time, I want to conquer the name of General of Peking University!"
Wang Anshi said: "General Zhengbei is just a title. Although I, the Song Dynasty, do not have this position, we must obey the authority in urgent matters. Since you need it, we will unite the left and right to re-draw the authority of this position. It doesn't hurt to give it to you.
It’s just that I really want to know why it’s the news about Lanzhou. It’s already my Song Dynasty city. I can just send an envoy to ask. Why bother?”
"It's different. There are two very smart people who have lived there for five full years. Five years is enough time for them to draw a detailed dynamic picture of the Xixia people. With this picture, we can gain insight into the Xixia people's behavior.
Real dynamics, and finally a relatively accurate answer!"
"Why don't you send someone to urge you?"
"Because they are not my staff at all, and it is precisely because they are not my staff that they can comment on this matter from a relatively objective standpoint. The five-year agreed time has not yet come, so now we can only wait.
On the other hand, since they did not send the chart, it means that there must be new developments there recently, and this matter cannot be rushed."
Pang Ji opened his eyes, looked at Yun Zheng and asked, "Who are those two people?"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "Two evil people, real evil people!" (To be continued)