Great Song Pirate

Chapter 575

These people are all good ministers that Zhao Xu has made friends with in the past few years, and they are deeply trusted by Zhao Xu, but the strange thing is that when Zhao Xu mentioned to them Xu Yi who recommended them at the beginning, these people shook their heads, expressing that they had never heard of it. Zhao Xu was quite puzzled by Xu Yi, and after making friends with them, Zhao Xu also found that the talents of these people were really extraordinary, and he could only be quite moved by Xu Yi's knowledge of people.

Zhao Xu and the others had a careful discussion in the secret room about the incident caused by the Fubo army in Bohai Bay, and finally Li Gang said: "I don't think this matter is what the prince thinks, and it cannot be dismissed." All the blame is on those pirates. They are nothing but pirates. They have nothing to do with us in the Song Dynasty. They are just a group of rioters who are not taught by the court at all. Can this matter be imposed on our Great Song Dynasty? In my opinion, this is just an excuse for the Jin people. Even if there is no such thing, the Jin people will definitely find other troubles, so this matter may not be simple. I am afraid that the Jin people will really turn against us, Song Dynasty, as the Seven Kings expected!"

Zong Ze, who was sitting beside him, also nodded, and said with a worried expression: "Master Li is right, I am afraid that things are really as Mr. Li said, and this matter is just a pretext made by the Jin people. Being killed has nothing to do with it. The golden man's wolfish ambitions are now clearly revealed. Now that they have wiped out the Daliao, how can they let it go? After more than ten years of fighting, the Jin man has already been strong and strong, so how can he let Nanshan rest like this? Soldiers stop fighting? And this is what I am worried about. Now that I am up to the current emperor and down to the people of Li, I have no such awareness. If this continues, our northern border may be in danger!"

And Zhang Suo also immediately interjected: "Before the humble job, I still remember that the prince said one thing about the generals of the Liao Kingdom who guarded Yanshan Mansion in the northern Xinjiang. The prince wrote a letter to the emperor for this, please be careful, but that Old Tong Guan actually firmly believes that they are good ministers who are loyal to our Great Song Dynasty, and let them continue to control hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the northern border. Once these people have objections, it will be even more troublesome! You know Back then I was on Zhang Yu's affairs, but I felt ashamed of these Liao surrendered generals!"

After hearing what Zhang said, everyone looked even more worried, and the atmosphere in the secret room became dull.

"Then, as you can see, what should we do now? My father is still obsessed with the achievement of recovering Yanyun, and he has no guard against Jin people at all. How can I keep pouring ecstasy soup to my father every day without caring about Song's life or death!" Zhao Xu said to the people present with a worried face.

Zong Ze suddenly got up and said: "Zong is not talented. Although Zong Ze is considered old now, he still wants to do what he can for the Song Dynasty. Now Zong stays in the capital, so it can be said that he has nothing to do. Zong prefers to go outside Putting him as an official in the northern border, at least if the Jin people invaded me in the Song Dynasty, they could do a little bit for our court, and I hope the prince can help lobby and find an official place for Zongmou in the north!"

As soon as Zong Ze finished speaking, Li Gang and Zhang Suo also got up one after another, saying: "The humble officials are also willing to release the capital to find an official in the north. If the Jin people really come to invade, we must do our best to defend against the enemy!"

Looking at these loyal ministers, Zhao Xu felt quite moved in his heart, and said, "If you all leave the capital, wouldn't this king not even have anyone to discuss with? It's a pity that I, as an idle king, don't have such a Chance, if I'm just an ordinary person, I can be more free!" Zhao Xu showed a melancholy look.

Li Gang hurriedly said: "My lord's words are wrong. Although my lord is unwilling now, my sincere heart to Da Song is enough to make us look up to him. Now the situation is critical. If it is really as we expected, Jin If people come to commit crimes, as long as the prince raises his arms, it will surely boost the morale of a large number of soldiers, which is much more effective than going to the battlefield in person! The prince must not underestimate himself!"

After discussing secretly for a while, everyone left Zhao Xu's palace one after another. Zhao Xu also got people to be carried out of the palace and headed towards the East Palace.

Within a few days, under the instruction of the Prince of the East Palace Zhao Heng and the lobbying of his trusted ministers, Zong Ze was appointed as the magistrate of Xingzhou and the training envoy of the Xingzhou regiment. He was appointed as the envoy of the West Hebei Road. , and took office immediately, both of them took up these two official positions more than half a year earlier than in the original history, and the history that has shifted began to move forward speciously.

However, because Li Gang had no suitable place to go, he stayed in Beijing for the time being and was not able to be released as an official, which made Li Gang sigh. When Zong Ze and Zhang Suo left Beijing to take up their posts, Zhao Xu went to see them off in person. The two entrusted them with an entrustment, and at the same time recommended a person to them. This person's name was Yue Fei, whose name was Pengju, and he was currently serving in the army in Hebei. Let the two of them pay attention to this person, because according to Xu Yi, this person is a The talents of generals with both civil and military skills may be of great help to them. In addition, after they arrive at the territory under their jurisdiction, they are asked to prepare their armor as soon as possible, drill their soldiers and horses, and make all preparations for the enemy. Don't.

Xue Tu, who was far away in Hangzhou, soon also received the news from the capital. Xue Tu didn't take it as a big deal for the slander that Miao Fang and others had brought out, didn't he just kill a few golden men?Their Fubo army has been down for a year, and they don't know how many people they have to kill. What's the big deal?But unexpectedly, what happened next began to exceed his expectations. When the news was delivered to him one by one, Xue Tu began to realize the seriousness of the problem. The golden man was actually as Xu Yi expected. At the beginning, he was ready to move, and actually used this incident as an excuse to threaten Da Song to send troops to attack Song!
Now things are getting bigger!While he was busy arranging ships and people to go to Japan to inform Xu Yi, another news came from the capital that the imperial court would conscript ships from Huainan East Road and Jingdong Road to conquer Miao Fang's troops in Laizhou, Bohai Bay. Xue Tu was shocked, so he quickly sent someone to send a letter to Miao Fang to inform Miao Fang of the news, so that they could prepare early. As for what to do, Xue Tu had no idea.

Wang Anzhong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot in Yanshan Mansion. The Jin envoy repeatedly urged him to give Jin Guo an explanation.I could only keep saying good things and sending money to manage these golden men. After more than ten days, the gold envoys finally made trouble again.

The envoy of Jin received Jin Taizong Wu begging to buy the letter, found Wang Anzhong, and finally put forward their conditions. The Kingdom of Jin asked the Song Dynasty to compensate the Kingdom of Jin for 300 million guan, and at the same time ceded all the areas south of the Yellow River to the Kingdom of Jin. Wang Anzhong almost fainted at that time, the pirate killed a small purchasing envoy, and the golden man was so open-mouthed, doesn't it make it clear that he is going to turn against Da Song?

Not to mention that he didn't dare to agree to such a condition, even the current emperor would never agree to it. It turned out that the golden man didn't want to drink, but he had long been thinking about the fat of Song Dynasty!Such a request is simply to force Da Song to turn against them and give them an excuse to attack Song. Once the Jinren send troops, and he, the Jiedu envoy of Yanshan Prefecture, is the first to bear the brunt, he does not regard himself as a ruthless character. The flustered Wang Anzhong first declined the envoy Jin's request, and then sent Kuaiqi to report the matter to Taiyuan and the capital. He was really scared and fainted by such a big matter!
The courier did not know how many horses were exhausted before delivering the news to Tong Guan and Huizong. Tong Guan jumped up on the spot, scolding the Jin people for being unscrupulous, treacherous, etc., but such a big matter, it's a nuisance He realized that things might not be cleared up, so he made an excuse to go back to the capital in person, so he took his bodyguards and prepared his chariots and horses overnight, and hurried all the way to the capital, this guy was so panicked that he didn't even have a defense After finishing the arrangement, he ran all the way back to Bianliang, Tokyo.

Gen Yuezhong in Bianliang, Tokyo was already in chaos at this time. Zhao Ji slammed the dragon case, clapped Wang Anzhong's memorial, and then threw it down. His lips trembled and said: "The Jinren Bear me, the golden man bear me! Betrayal, treachery!" After speaking, his legs gave way, and he fell down on the dragon chair.

His ministers were recruited into the palace. After Zhao Ji told everyone about this, the whole hall was shocked, and everyone was very angry. When it came to how to deal with it, Cai You came out and said: "I'm afraid there is still a misunderstanding about this matter. Today, our dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin are allies, and their emperor of the Kingdom of Jin is just angry that his envoys were killed by pirates in Song Dynasty at sea. I think it's better to send someone to the Kingdom of Jin to negotiate with him first, and he has no choice but to use weapons lightly, otherwise it will only make the people suffer. We have made mistakes in this matter first, so we might as well show favors and make this matter small. It’s the best! It’s the best policy not to use soldiers and horses lightly, or not to use soldiers and horses lightly!”

So a group of Cai You's buddies immediately echoed, saying that what Cai You said was right, and asked Zhao Ji to send envoys to the Kingdom of Jin to apologize to the Jin people for what happened, and to compensate some silver taels. It's better not to go to war or not to go to war!This can be said to have reached Zhao Ji's heart!
However, some ministers objected, saying that Chen could not give in. He should recruit soldiers and horses from all over the country to Hebei West Road, Hebei East Road, Jingdong Road and other places to strengthen the defense force as soon as possible. In the end, Cai You and others denounced it as wronging the country!Said that they deliberately wanted to anger the Jin people, this matter must not be done, and the compensation should be negotiated. Zhao Ji quickly adopted the suggestion of Cai You and others, and decided to send envoys to the Jin Kingdom to negotiate peace with the Jin people. Now he can He didn't want to start a war with the Jin people. After finally killing Fang La and the Songjiang riots, Daliao was destroyed by the Song and Jin countries. It was time for him to enjoy his blessings. How could he start another war?
So he asked: "My dear friends, who is more appropriate to go to the Kingdom of Jin to negotiate peace with the people of Jin this time?"

(I don’t want to spend too much time on the court, so that everyone will be bored! Keep it simple, don’t be picky! Otherwise, if you write it, you may not be able to finish it without tens of thousands of words!)
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