"The behavior of the officials yesterday was too absurd... The Dangxiang people have been secretly separatist in the Hetao since the late Tang Dynasty and have formed their own system. How can it be possible for 50,000 elite soldiers to cross the Hulu River and march down the river steadily?"
"What the officials mean is that the dynasty has not destroyed Xixia for hundreds of years. Instead, it has lost troops and generals, which has led to today's obstacles. It does not mean where to attack."
"In my opinion, the officials are not talking about losing troops and generals. They are talking about Xiang Zhuang's sword dance with Pei Gong in mind!"
"How to say?"
"The key lies in the four words of civil and military control... Today's official anger started with the cavalry, extended to horse politics, and finally fell to Xixia, but it was only based on these things as a driving force, and the final place where the force was exerted was in the control of civil servants
Army, mistreating the country and misusing the army..."
"That makes sense."
"What is torque?"
"The vocabulary, the principles of torque and leverage, and the original article about how to move a thousand pounds with four ounces were in the newspaper the other day... I tried it at home."
"oh……"
"There is also Qu Duan. This guy's last words are really abominable. He must be impeached... Worry before the world's worries, then rejoice after the world's happiness. Fan Wenzhenggong, a famous official through the ages, has become incompetent.
Senior?"
"Who is Qu Duan? What's the point of impeaching him? This person is just a talkative martial artist who has read a few books and is not worth mentioning."
"Moreover, this person is in the imperial camp. If the officials can't touch him, no one can touch him!"
"Xiaoguan feels that the official intention of Xiangzhuang's sword dance is Pei Gong, but Pei Gong is not a civil and military institution!"
"How to say?"
"What can I say? Do you still remember that day when Han Shizhong's troops made a ruthless act and killed the censor? Mr. Zhao narrowly escaped from it, and then took the officials to see Han Shizhong. Only then was he appointed as the second officer of Huainan.
The matter of transporting envoys... Moreover, the officials themselves said yesterday that when the world is stable, it is right to use civility to control military force."
"So what?"
"So what? This shows that the officials are well-informed and know that the military men are acting absurdly. At this time, the emphasis on civil and military systems is intended to emphasize wartime. In the final analysis, it is still about the Northern Expedition! In other words, it is about war and peace.
Two words on!"
"Is it true that we can't make peace?"
"Not only is it impossible to make peace, I'm afraid that in the future, in addition to the Jin people, we will also focus on Xixia, Dali, South Vietnam, and maybe even Goryeo."
"That's right."
"Against what?"
"The theory of the unity of China and the unification of Kyushu in the Di newspaper roughly means that the place has belonged to this dynasty since ancient times. If you cannot take it away, you will be an unworthy descendant...Don't you all read the Di newspaper?"
"Of course I read the newspaper, but if you didn't say it, you didn't even think about it. It seems today that the officials are all planning, but it's just a sentence... There are many obstacles, but they just want to fight?!"
"The Di newspaper is becoming more and more important, but Hu Quan has that kind of temper."
"Although Hu Quan is the main battler, he is a serious scholar after all, and he doesn't like people like Qu Duan. It's like Wang Butang is also the main battler, but he and Qu Duan are life and death enemies... Can you borrow some money?
The strength of these two people is to focus on criticism and impeachment based on the theory of civil and military affairs and the affairs of Xixia?"
"Maybe it can be so, but after all, it is difficult to make a difference in the overall situation. Even the twists and turns may not be able to shake it. After all, the officials are too protective of these military ministers."
"Hey, I wonder who can persuade the officials?"
"Of course I know that I can't persuade the officials, but can I use this to cause chaos among them? It should be noted that the people who are in charge of the battle are also divided into civil and military people. Not everyone is as clean and self-sufficient as Yue Pengju, and not everyone has them.
Han Shizhong has made such a huge contribution! Qu Duan is the biggest flaw among the generals..."
"This statement is a bit excessive..."
"I have something to say to my subordinates, why can't the officials just get angry due to the hot weather and encounter the war horses, and then they really get angry and curse at will? Why must it be Xiang Zhuang who is dancing the sword with Pei Gong in mind?"
"Well……"
"What's the commotion outside?" Just as the scene was getting colder for some reason, Liu Dazhong, the Minister of Staff, suddenly heard a commotion outside the window and asked curiously.
"Don't forget, tomorrow is the Buddha Bathing Festival." Without even looking, Li Jing (the third brother of Li Gang), the supervisory censor, blurted out. "Except for Xiangguo Temple, among the ten major temples in Beijing, no major rituals can be performed.
, the other nine families still have to do it, the city is the busiest these days."
"That's right." Fan Zongyin, a member of Zhongshushe, also laughed. "After the Buddha Bathing Festival, there will be more fruits and vegetables, and new wines brewed by major stores will be on the market, and the market scene in Tokyo will be completely new.
… In the past, when I was in Beijing, what Xiaguan liked most was the new wine from Qingfenglou paired with new apricots.”
Everyone present, except for the imperial censor Zhongcheng Li Guang and below, mostly laughed along with them. They all said that they would take a rest for the next ten days and must come here to taste the new wine and new apricots. The lower-level officials who had the opportunity even called directly.
The boss who came to Qingfeng Building ordered a new wine for the building.
In the midst of the commotion, everyone temporarily suppressed the wanton and unprovoked remarks made by the officials today. After taking a short break, they talked about the various scenery in Tokyo that were gradually recovering. However, after talking about it, they still couldn't help but talk about the officials.
The one who said that on the first day of March the officials were supposed to inspect Jinming Pool and Qionglin Garden to have fun with the people and scholars, but instead they went to Zhang Rong's army on the Yellow River in the north to appease the imperial navy; the one who said that the cold food in mid-March was
On Qingming Festival and Tomb Sweeping Day, the officials were supposed to go out of the city to offer sacrifices, but they only asked Concubine Pan to serve as Li Feiyan to distribute to hundreds of officials and various government offices. They still only sent Da Zongzheng to replace them... The reason was that the north was undecided and there was no face to offer sacrifices to.
Ancestors.
However, in the midst of the commotion, Liu Dazhong, the Minister of Rites, suddenly remembered something and said curiously: "Isn't the Buddha Bathing Day the Buddha's birthday? Then dare I ask when the official birthday (the emperor's birthday) is? Now the official birthday has been taken
what name?"
It turns out that according to the rules of the Song Dynasty, the emperor's birthday is a birthday, and each emperor's birthday has a separate name.
But what is interesting is that as soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked, and then no one knew it, but they had to look at Fan Zongyin, who was always accompanying him.
However, after Fan Zongyin thought about it, he was sweating profusely and was speechless for a moment.
Seeing this situation, Chen Gongfu, who had never spoken at the Imperial Academy's offering ceremony, blurted out: "I do know about this... The name of the new birthday is Tianshen Festival, which should be on May 21st... The reason why you don't know is because
The four Tianshen Festivals before and after the official ascended the throne only happened once, but it was because it happened to be a Christmas festival shortly after he ascended the throne in the first year of Jianyan, and all of you, even the Fanshe people, arrived in Nanjing after the Tianshen Festival.
, so I don’t know. But it is the Tiansheng Festival, which is the birthday of Empress Dowager Yuanyou. She has a regular holiday in four years, and there are still rewards."
Upstairs in Qingfeng Tower, the officials of the imperial court, who had a lot more money due to the reissue of their salaries, were silent for a while, not knowing how to react. Even Chen Gongfu's close friend, Zhongcheng Li Guang, the censor with the highest official position here, also pinched his beard and remained silent for a while.
"You guys have been talking for a long time, but I just didn't say anything. It's not because I think what you said is not good or wrong." In the silence, Chen Gongfu also continued to sigh. "On the contrary, I am from the southeast, and I have always known that the Northern Expedition was indeed a waste of people and money.
, and I do know that there will be all kinds of difficulties in the Northern Expedition, and I also know that the officials are indeed willful and partial to the military attachés, but so what? You can't beat someone who leads by example. They say that the imperial court now emphasizes military force over literature, and I think so too.
Of course it's not right to spend 80% of the money and food on the imperial camp! But now that you and I have paid up our salaries, we are drinking in the Qingfeng Tower, and the officials are still eating sheep heads on the stalks of the harem's fish ponds, how can we have the face to impeach such things?"
Everyone knew that Chen Gongfu was a close friend of Li Guang and a minister of the Imperial Academy, and he had deep qualifications. They did not dare to refute easily, so they had no choice but to go see Li Guang and Liu Dazhong.
"I want to say one more thing." Just when Li Guang was about to say something, Chen Gongfu poured himself a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp, and then turned to his old friend coldly. "Do you think that all the ministers are useless? That's it.
It's Zhang Jun, who has always flattered the officials. Zhao Yuanzhen (Zhao Ding) and Liu Zhifu (Liu Ji), two serious ministers in the province, can they have half the virtue and are inappropriate in government affairs? But today's Ma Zheng and Xixia theory,
Why didn't they refute it face to face? In my opinion, there were officials who were angry and wanted to avoid his sharp edge for a while, but Qu Duan's fellow "officials don't eat tens of thousands of sheep now" still hit the target with one shot, which made Mr. Zhao
Mr. Liu and the others can’t say anything!”
Many people, including Li Guang and Liu Dazhong, felt the same way.
"Fan Sheren." Chen Gongfu looked at Fan Zongyin again.
"Chen Jijiu." Fan Zongyin quickly raised his hands to each other.
"You are a well-known young man in the imperial court. You are white, plump, and have a flawless face. You have to apply powder on your face every day when you go out. Every time you enter the palace and go to court, you have to take a bronze mirror in your sleeve and take a photo of yourself several times in private.
, everyone calls you Sanzhao Sheren..."
Fan Zongyin was extremely embarrassed.
"Moreover, you are like me. You have been traveling with the emperor since the first year of Jianyan. Since Nanyang, you have been regarded as a close minister of the emperor... Then I have a question for you today. Officials are also famous for their dignified appearance, and they are very good at dressing up.
It’s hard work for you? And do you dare to write a memorial to impeach officials for their vanity and extravagance?”
Fan Zongyin became increasingly speechless.
As soon as Chen Gongfu finished speaking, he simply left the table and stood up. Then he cupped his hands and faced each other. The whole audience was so surprised that they all stood up together.
Chen Gongfu also calmly said: "At least half of the people here today are old friends and close friends of mine. We should have a very happy conversation. Even if we come to drink new wine and taste new apricots in the future, I have no reason to refuse... But I also have
I speak to you from the bottom of my heart."
The rest of the people looked at each other, most of them at a loss.
"Since Jingkang, I have been with you for four years, from the rush to the Huai River, to the strong establishment of Nanyang, and then to the revival of the old capital. I have witnessed the country's rejuvenation with my own eyes. I have long had a prejudice in my heart, that is, the country cannot be at peace until now!
" Chen Gongfu continued to speak boldly. "Now, with the world as the foundation and the two rivers as the two rivers, we insist on the Northern Expedition. Although we have some distracting thoughts, we know that if we cannot change the minds of the officials on such a major matter, we should all be content with ourselves.
If there is something wrong with the officials or the military officials are domineering, they should remonstrate and impeach, but do not try to shake the overall situation, let alone use any devious means to provoke party disputes.
! Otherwise, you will be harming the country and the people, and you will be seeking your own death!"
After saying this, Chen Gongfu turned around and left, leaving many people behind who were temporarily eclipsed.
After a long time, Li Guangfang smiled bitterly and sighed: "The word Chen Guozuo (Chen Gongfu) is still so wanton... It seems that we are all motivated by selfishness."
Liu Dazhong also shook his head: "Actually, he has been saying this for a long time. Doesn't it mean that the officials are determined to go their own way and there is no way to deal with it?"
"Emperor! Emperor!" Someone else sighed and shook his head. "No wonder the officials were so angry yesterday that no one dared to speak out..."
"Then should we recommend that Wang Butang and Hu Quan impeach Qu Duan together?" someone asked again.
"It's disrespectful and absurd, and it still needs to be impeached, but as the censor Zhongcheng, I don't need to borrow the help of others!" Li Guang decided in one sentence.
Everyone nodded and looked at each other, but no one responded.
The eighth day of April is the Buddha Bathing Festival.
In Tokyo, nine of the ten major temples were celebrating vigorously and staged "Mu Lian Saves His Mother" on a large scale. At the same time, Zhao Guan's family watched a newly rehearsed "The Legend of White Snake" at Gyeongbokgung Palace.
In the next few days, this new play quickly became popular in Tokyo, but it also caused strong dissatisfaction among the monks because it seriously affected the ritual activities of the Buddha Bathing Festival.
Finally, the monks, led by Fa He, the abbot of the Shaolin Temple branch in Tokyo, jointly submitted a letter requesting the court to stop this kind of play that slandered Buddhism... because according to their research, the story of the White Snake obviously originated from the Luoyang Python Incident in the Tang Dynasty.
In that incident, it was obviously the giant python who wanted to help the Anlu Mountains and rivers flood Luoyang, but was subdued by the eminent monk Shan Wuwei, but unexpectedly spread the rumors and caused the eminent monks of the Shaolin Temple to break up human relations, and the white snake flooded the Shaolin Temple. In the end, the eminent monk Fahai suffered retribution.
A ridiculous play that escapes into the belly of a crab.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu immediately personally approved that the Shaolin Temple serves the country and the people and has made many contributions when the court was in trouble. He must not be slandered easily. However, he personally asked the person who wrote the play and said that the outline of the story came from the Five Mountains.
The Taoist priest from the Wuyue Temple came out immediately to explain to Fahe.
Immediately, the leader of Wuyue Temple came forward in person to explain to Fahe. First, he said that the white snake was not a giant python from the Tang Dynasty, but the disciple of Lishan Mother. He also said that Xu Xuan, who opened a pharmacy in Tokyo in the play, was also a person from the Renzong Dynasty.
, Jin Mingchi borrowed an umbrella when it rained, these things were all told by Xu Xuan's brother-in-law to his master personally... Of course, his master lived a hundred years old and became an immortal last year; finally, he also said that the eminent monk of Shaolin Temple surrendered
The snake demon also asked Xu Xuan to build a pagoda to suppress the snake demon. Naturally, the merits are immeasurable and it is a good thing. But in the end, Xu Xuan's son succeeded in sacrificing the pagoda to save his mother, and the eminent monk Fahai fled five thousand miles and could only escape to the south of the Yangtze River in embarrassment.
The reason why Crab Belly is still alive is because Mother Lishan has boundless magical power, and her disciple Bai Suzhen is better than the eminent monks of Shaolin Temple once she has no worries because of Xu Xuan's death.
As the saying goes, my Buddha's Dharma power is boundless, of course Fahe did not accept this explanation! So the two sides came and went and debated all day long. One said that my Buddha has three thousand worlds in the palm of his hand, and the other said that the ancestor's purple energy came from the east thirty thousand miles, which attracted countless topics of discussion.
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However, Fahe and the monks in the temples in the city knew what was interesting and only went to settle accounts with the Taoist priests at Wuyue Temple, but it did not mean that other people knew what was interesting. Moreover, a play was insignificant and the monks were just looking for a sense of existence. It was a joke.
In contrast, some court strategies should not be so ignored... For example, after the Buddha Bathing Festival, Zhao Guan's family has been sitting in the palace for the past few days, but they have received many memorials about the events at Yuetai that day.
These memorials can be roughly divided into three categories.
The first group is naturally the remonstrating officials such as Li Guang. Their main purpose is to admonish the officials and impeach Qu Duan. They are just to let Zhao Guan maintain his dignity and be less rude like that day at Yuetai. At the same time, Qu Duan maliciously smeared him.
Xianda... Among them, Fan Zhongyan's descendants Xiaofan Tongzhi and Han Qi's descendants Meihua Han also wrote letters one after another, asking the court to repay the honor of their ancestors... This is nothing.
But the latter two categories are interesting.
One group is represented by Zhao Ding, Prime Minister of the Province, Liu Ji, Deputy Prime Minister, Hu Shijiang, Secretary of the Ministry of War, and Zhai Ruwen, Minister of Honglu Temple. Each of these people wrote a letter detailing the rise of Xixia from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and told the story of Hetao. The process and current situation of the region's "Fanization", it is bluntly stated that the founding of Xixia was not a fluke. On the contrary, if you try to plot Xixia by luck, you will only lose troops and generals, and the real Northern Expedition will be frustrated for no reason.
The other type is headed by the privy envoy Zhang Jun, the deputy privy envoy Chen Gui, the Minister of Punishment Wang Shu, the imperial cavalry commander Qu Duan, the deputy commander Liu Qi, and the deputy commander Li Shifu. They write that they can attack Xixia to enrich themselves. The imperial cavalry's lack of horses will lead to self-defeat.
These two opinions, with almost opposite views, immediately put Zhao Guan's family into a dilemma, which made the blisters on the corners of his mouth even more serious.
You must know that, to be honest, Zhao Jiu had the idea of destroying Xixia first after being cornered by the lack of horses in the cavalry. But the problem is that according to the current intelligence, Li Qianshun is not a waste, but Even though Xixia lost 30,000 cavalry to Lou Shi, it still maintained sufficient combat power.
Doesn't seem to be a soft persimmon.
So, Zhao Jiu simply called the two groups to the Wende Palace and asked them to debate in public. However, the debate between the two groups in the palace was just like the debate between the Buddhist and Taoist families in the city, and it quickly fell into an endless loop.
The thing is like this... Zhao Ding and others believe that if the dynasty cannot defeat Xixia in a hundred years, it will inevitably fail if they rush for success this time, and if they fail to achieve success, the overall situation will be frustrated and the gain will not be worth the loss; while Zhang Jun and others believe that, At this time, after being tempered by fighting against the Jin people, the army's combat power was not comparable to that of the previous hundred years, so it had a high probability of success. Chen Gui especially pointed out that with the sealing and power of today's gunpowder bags, as long as The army pressed in front of Lingzhou City and could break the city immediately without firing cannons.
However, as the saying goes, practice is the only criterion for testing truth. For now, illusory indicators such as combat power cannot be quantified. Only by touching Xixia in person can we verify who is right and who is wrong.
But the problem arises. Once the verification is wrong, it will be a result that outweighs the gains. It is even possible that Xixia, which is currently cautious and neutral, will be pushed to the Jin people. Once Xixia unites with the Jin people, considering that Yan'an is still there In the hands of the Jin people, if Jin Xia is connected to the north, it will put huge military pressure on the direction of Guanzhong... Let alone war horses, it will be difficult to cross the river to the east of the river.
In a word, although practice is the only criterion for testing truth, the cost of this practice is too high. It is so high that no one can make a decision based on the words of a few ministers because the overall situation of the Song and Jin Dynasties is at stake.
Therefore, the matter quickly reached a deadlock.
But soon, something happened to break the deadlock... In late April, "Mu Lian Saves His Mother" and "The Legend of White Snake" were still in full swing in Tokyo city. New fruits on the market and new wine brewed by various stores had just been launched in Tokyo city. When the vitality of the world reached a higher level with this seasonal change, the golden envoy Wulin Dazanmo came to Tokyo again.
Also accompanying him was Han Xiaozhou, the head of the Meihua Han family and former envoy who had been detained by Nianhan in Daming Mansion for nearly half a year.
Not only that, including the Shunde Emperor Zhao Yingluo who was forcibly taken over by Wanyan Nianhan, the Jiade Emperor Zhao Yupan who was taken as a concubine by Wu Qimai's eldest son Puluhu, and the Rongde Emperor Zhao Jinnu who was taken as a concubine by Talan. , Emperor Xunde's concubine Zhao Fujin was taken as a concubine by Nianhan's eldest son She Yeman, Emperor Yifu's concubine Zhao Yuanzhu was taken as a concubine by Wushu, Emperor Ningfu's concubine Zhao Chuanzhu was taken as a concubine by Lu Guan (the sixth brother of Wushu), As well as Zhao Duofu, the concubine of the Roufu Emperor, who was in the Wu Qimai Palace at this time, and more than a hundred robbed ancestral daughters, noble daughters, and common women were also brought back... This should be in Yanjing City. All the captive women in Jingkang who could be found in the mansions of dignitaries in the Kingdom of Jin.
Zhao Jiu had no reason not to allow these people to come back, and there was no reason to refuse Wulin Dazanmo who sent these people back.
After Wulin Dazanmo entered Tokyo, news soon spread with the resettlement and return of these robbed clan daughters and civilian daughters... The Kingdom of Jin wanted to negotiate a peace, and was willing to unconditionally return the two saints and all the people. All the plundered royal relatives, nobles, concubines and eldest daughters below the prince are to show their sincerity.
Even the two saints and the princes can be released immediately after the peace negotiation is concluded... and then they will become brothers like the Liao Kingdom.
After the Ministry of Rites, who was still unaware of this, hurriedly contacted him, Wulin Dazanmo not only took the initiative to tell the news, but also further stated that the new Emperor Jin Tianjuan was willing to sign a secret agreement with the Song Dynasty to depose Liu who proclaimed himself emperor. Yu... to reach a peace treaty between the two countries.
The news was transferred to the capital, and the elites of the empire understood it almost instantly... At this time, directly talking about abolishing Liu Yu's throne, it means that several counties in Jingdong are completely negotiable... In this peace negotiation, there is really hope for the north. Great sincerity!
As a result, people inside and outside the court, as well as among the people, were almost shaken together.
Of course, when the news reached the palace, the Zhao Guan family, who had not yet had time to meet Han Xiaozhou and the concubines, immediately fell into a state of incompetent rage... How could they care about Xixia and the cavalry at this time?
For him, the main mission is about to fail! Who cares about a side plot?
PS: Thank you to classmate Slyshen for being cute, this is the 117th cute... Then I will sacrifice a new book as usual, "Six Doors 2077"... Isn't the name very touching?