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Chapter 950 Retirement, this is a good strategy (first update)
Chapter 959

"How are the officials going to deal with Zhu Guangting?" Hugging her granddaughter, raising her hand to tease her little hand, seeing that festive round face, the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao felt extraordinarily happy, her whole body They seem to be much younger.

"Grandson hasn't figured it out yet. After all, this matter is really too embarrassing. The dignified envoy of the Song Dynasty actually did such a thing. If it is spread outside the court, I really don't know..." Zhao Xu's face was extremely ugly, and only when his eyes fell on his wife, Meng Shi, who was making small clothes for her children stitch by stitch, was there a bit of tenderness.

"Yeah, the dignified envoys of the Song Dynasty were bought by the defeated country, and even did a lot of things that would damage the interests of the Song Dynasty. If it wasn't for the officials, you would find out in time and replace the candidates. I don't know how many complaints will be caused."

The Empress Dowager Gao Taotao looked at her grandson Zhao Xu in front of her. She knew very well that Zhu Guangting's actions were really nothing in the past.

But the problem is the past, not the present, not to mention that the Song Dynasty is the winner now, and Xixia is the defeated general. It would be fine if Zhu Guangting's methods are not exposed.

But it happened to be exposed in broad daylight, and let the civil and military people on Shaanxi Road find out the truth. Then at this time, you can't turn a blind eye, but have to show an attitude.

As for the small court meeting, the opinions of the important officials in the court were to be demoted or relegated. However, Zhao Xu felt that this would be too easy for him, so now a stalemate has temporarily formed. situation.

Gao Taotao, who knows everything about the world without leaving home, doesn't want the stalemate between the monarch and his ministers to continue over this matter, so he came here specially today, taking the opportunity to visit his great-grandson and great-granddaughter, and by the way, ask Zhao Xu what it is kind of thinking.

"That's right, the important ministers of the court, such things happened, really made Ai's family sad. Zhu Guangting is also a capable minister. He didn't want to be so stupid at such a time. Under such circumstances, But it is only for selfishness, and the interests of the country are put under it..."

"Grandmother, do you think it is better to deal with Zhu Guangting like this?"

"Actually, it mainly depends on what you think as an official. After all, the important minister committed such a wrong thing, and he should have dealt with it severely. It's just that this matter is like a family scandal, and it is really difficult to explain it to outsiders..."

It is indeed very embarrassing for a dignified third-rank official of the Song Dynasty to do such a thing, and Zhao Xu himself felt very ashamed, so he didn't make it public in the court, but only discussed it with the important officials in the court, because if it spread to the people, Ha ha, that makes people feel even more blushing.

"So, how to deal with it depends on what the officials think. However, my Song Dynasty has the ancestral system of not killing scholar-bureaucrats, and although Zhu Guangting's behavior is disgusting, it is not a felony such as rebellion or rebellion. you……"

Gao Taotao's hesitant words, Zhao Xu naturally understood what she meant, the Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats, this is the ancestral system, and this ancestral system has never been violated by any emperor.

And Zhao Xu also understood that although he was very angry with Zhu Guangting's actions, if he wanted to slaughter this guy, Zhao Xu would not be willing.

Of course it's not that he is reluctant, but Zhao Xu is also unwilling to bear the burden of violating the ancestral system and bearing a bad reputation.

After Zhao Xu sighed for a long time, his eyes rolled. "Emperor Grandmother, why don't I let him become an official..."

"To become an official? This is a good law. First, it not only gives an explanation to the ministers in the court, but second, it also allows Zhu Guangting to be punished as he should..." Gao Taotao couldn't help but nodded slightly to show his approval.

"Then it's decided. I'll go to draw up the decree in a while." Zhao Xu slapped himself on the thigh, young man, action-oriented, he will do it if he says it.

"Officials, is it too urgent for you to do this? Now that you have decided to deal with this matter in a low-key manner, then this imperial decree should not be made public, and you cannot even let him take office at this time." Gao Taotao was very It was Zhao Xu who had no choice but to remind him.

Zhao Xu hehe a little embarrassedly. "What the emperor's grandmother said is that the grandson is too impatient."

"Young people, it's okay to be impatient, but when it comes to major issues, you still need to be cautious and think twice before acting." Gao Taotao smiled and patted the back of his great-granddaughter in his arms, watching the little guy happily He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

"That's great, this little appearance is really festive, and you see, this girl looks like you, a full-fledged official."

"I've heard people say that a daughter looks like her father, that's a blessing." Zhao Xu also had a smug smile on his face, carefully took the daughter from Gao Taotao's arms, and then murmured in a low voice.

The grandparents and grandchildren chatted quietly here, teasing the children, and the joyful scene was really unbearable to disturb, and Xu Degong couldn't help but sigh a little standing not far away.

It seems that when the first emperor was alive, there was no such scene of peace and tranquility.Today, the reconciliation between the emperor and the empress has given the empress comfort and sustenance in her later life.

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Negotiations went smoothly, and after a tacit agreement had been formed between Xixia and the Song Dynasty on the ownership of Shizhou, the defenders and people of Shizhou were evacuating in the direction of Xiazhou.

The navy of the Great Song Dynasty was on the Wuding River, closely monitoring all this, and the Xixia defenders at the pass outside Shizhou had all withdrawn.

It can be said that the Song army occupied these dangerous places effortlessly.However, they also guarded the stronghold tacitly, and did not move on, so as to leave enough space for Xixia soldiers and civilians to evacuate.

Although in the end, Song Dynasty no longer pursued the old coins given to Xixia in the past, Xixia still had to donate thousands of good horses as compensation to Song Dynasty.

In addition, the Song Dynasty will send an envoy to Xixia to receive the border residents and captured soldiers who have been plundered by the Song Dynasty in recent years.

Of course, Da Song will also return some prisoners of war. Well, among the prisoners of war captured by Da Song, there are at least thousands of disabled people. Instead of wasting food, it is better to return such people to Xixia. Can get a good reputation.

In addition, every year in the future, Xixia will present [-] horses to the Song Dynasty. Although there are not many horses, it represents Xixia's tribute and obedience to the ministers, which is very important.

Of course, Shizhou will become the land on the Shaanxi side of the Song Dynasty, and the south bank of the Wuding River will be completely controlled by the Song Dynasty.

But even if all the items were finalized smoothly one by one, it still took a full half a month to get everything done.

When the two parties finally took out the finalized credentials to sign, Zhu Guangting, who was about to recover from his illness but with a haggard face, signed his name and stamped the envoy's seal on the peace treaty like a walking corpse.

It was just a few simple actions, but it seemed that Master Zhu had exhausted all his strength. Zhu Guangting did not even stay to participate in the follow-up celebration after doing all this. Instead, he went back to his residence directly and ordered his followers to start packing their luggage. .

(End of this chapter)