Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

Kaifeng City, the Imperial Palace of the Song Dynasty.

When Zeng Bu rushed to report Dali's movements to the imperial court, all the officials in the imperial court were immediately shocked.

"The officials are wise, our Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette. Maintaining the orthodoxy of the Dali royal family will definitely make the officials' names famous all over the world!" The ministers complimented one after another.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but look arrogant. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, military virtues had not been strong, and the title of the Celestial Kingdom had been snatched away by the Liao Kingdom. But now, the Song Dynasty first helped the young emperor of Goryeo to stabilize the imperial power, and then helped the Duan family of Dali to seize the throne. Coming back was enough to make the name of the Great Song Dynasty famous far and wide.

"Ask the officials, although Dali is the last step in the great detour strategy, Wei Chen believes that we only need to support the Duan family in Dali to control the real power. In this way, the Duan family in Dali will definitely be grateful, which will not only ensure the stability of the southwest, but also make the country more peaceful. The reputation of an official’s kindness spreads far and wide.”

Yang Wei, the censor, bowed down to report. Yang Wei adhered to Confucianism and believed that no matter how big the country was, it would perish if it was warlike. Now that the Song Dynasty sent troops to help the Duan family in Dali recover, it demonstrated the demeanor of the Song Dynasty. This is the greatest harvest.

"I agree with Master Yang's strategy. Now that the Duan family of Dali has been restored, our Song Dynasty has already sent troops to Wuming. If we forcefully send troops again, we will definitely become enemies with Dali. Now our biggest enemy in the Song Dynasty is still Liaoxia. We can only be friendly with Dali. Don't make enemies." Zhang Dun said worriedly.

The current enemy of the Song Dynasty is still Liao Xia. If the Song Dynasty focuses its main energy on Tubo and Dali, once the war goes unfavorably, the Song Dynasty and Dali will completely turn against each other, and the Song Dynasty will face the risk of fighting on two fronts between the north and the south, not to mention Delaying the recovery of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Xixia may even destroy its own good situation.

"Reporting to the officials, now that the Duan family of Dali has been restored, why should the Song Dynasty continue to be evil? It is best to take advantage of this favor to make the southwest worry-free and concentrate all our efforts on Liao and Xia. Besides, the southwest is full of miasma and it is inconvenient to march. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Just in the southwest, it fell into the sand, and the Song Dynasty was worried about its defeat."

Cai Jing and other members of the New Party persuaded him one after another.

In their view, the current situation is the best outcome. The Duan family of Dali has real power and has the right to help them restore their country. Dali will be grateful to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty has obtained Qingtang, an excellent horse breeding land. And after solving the threat of Tibet, it was a good time for the Song Dynasty to gather all its forces to deal with Liao and Xia.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also nodded slightly, and even the Medical Party could not help but waver. According to the proposals of the old and new parties, it is indeed the plan with the least risk and the greatest benefit.

Zhao Xu suddenly fell into hesitation. The situation in Dali now made him quite satisfied. However, with Dali at his fingertips and Liao Xia, the Song Dynasty's number one enemy, Zhao Xu was immediately caught in a dilemma.

"Hahaha! Now I finally understand why the Song Dynasty suffered repeated defeats. It turns out that the whole court is just a bunch of weaklings!"

Suddenly, a burst of extremely mocking voices sounded in the court, and the expressions of all the officials in the court suddenly changed.

"You traitor, don't talk nonsense!"

Fan Chunli's face changed when he heard this. He could not recognize the voice of his son Fan Zheng. Although he knew that Fan Zheng would be dissatisfied with this proposal, he did not expect that Fan Zheng would directly fire the map cannon and openly attack the ministers of the court, even him. The father was also involved in the attack.

"What? Did Fan say something wrong? Now that Tubo has been pacified, the Southwest Army has been preparing for a long time, and the Duan family in Dali supported a puppet emperor Duan Zhengchun. You actually said you would not fight, worried about what would happen if the war was defeated. Fan can Frankly speaking, if the Song Dynasty was so weak, it would be a fantasy to destroy Xixia and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun." Fan Zheng said frustrated.

"Fan Taicheng is too warlike. Dali is different from Xixia. It has always been on good terms with the Song Dynasty and does not pose a threat to the Song Dynasty. How could the Song Dynasty destroy the country at every turn? How could it be the behavior of a heavenly country?" Yang Wei retorted. .

"Back then, the Southern Tang and Southern Han posed no threat to the Song Dynasty. Why did Taizu Taizong want to destroy the two countries?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

Yang Wei disagreed and said: "How can the Southern Tang and Southern Han be confused with Dali? This is a battle for unification and the general trend is."

Fan Zheng sneered: "Dali was inherited from the Nanzhao Kingdom that flourished in the Tang Dynasty. The original Nanzhao also belonged to the Tang Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty inherited the Chinese orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty and considered itself to be the kingdom of heaven, destroying Dali was also a battle for unification. ."

Yang Wei was immediately speechless. He had just praised the Song Dynasty for its demeanor as a Heavenly Kingdom, but now Fan Zheng stopped him saying that he was a Heavenly Kingdom.

"As the saying goes, one can make great efforts, then weaken, and then exhaust three times. At the beginning, Taizu adopted the strategy of first easy and then difficult, first to destroy the Southern Dynasty, then to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, to unify the world, and finally to confront the Liao Kingdom. Although he was defeated, the overall strategy was correct. But now that the Song Dynasty has destroyed Qingtang Tubo, but it has taken advantage of Dali, it will definitely make the morale that the Song Dynasty finally built up plummet. If the Song Dynasty does not destroy Dali, there will be no talk of defeating Xia and Liao in the future." Fan Zhengzheng Words.

"No, the army of the Song Dynasty is an army of benevolence and righteousness. Now that the Duan family has restored the throne, the Song Dynasty will definitely encounter resistance from Dali if it sends troops forcibly, and it will also damage the official reputation. Moreover, the Song Dynasty has been engaged in small and large battles in recent years. The department has already been overwhelmed." Cai Jing finally revealed a killer weapon, which was the reputation of the emperor.

When Zhao Xu heard this, he immediately worried about gain and loss and said: "Fan Taicheng, Dali is the last step of the great roundabout strategy. If it can be completed at the minimum cost, it might not be a good thing."

He didn't want to annex Dali in one fell swoop. However, since he came to power, the Song Dynasty has experienced successive wars and suffered a lot of losses. If it had been the case before, the finance of the Song Dynasty would have been ruined long ago. Now it is all thanks to the success of the reform, and the Royal Bank issued national debt.

Other ministers also nodded one after another. Suddenly, the direction of the court was biased towards the current situation in Dali, and Fan Zheng's view of the main war suddenly became a minority.

"Speaking of wealth! Fan has some good news for you, that is, after more than a year of sailing, half of Eunuch Tong's maritime fleet has returned." Fan Zheng suddenly changed the subject.

Cai Jing snorted coldly: "The national debt in the Song Dynasty is very high. Even if the merchants can bring back a lot of wealth, it will still be a drop in the bucket. How can all of it be used to attack Dali?"

Other officials also agreed. They couldn't just bring back a little wealth from the Maritime Silk Road and have it misappropriated by Fan Zheng to fight the war.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "No, what Fan is talking about is not the wealth brought back by the maritime merchants, but a nautical chart brought back by Eunuch Tong on behalf of the maritime merchants."

“海图？”

All the officials couldn't help but be surprised. They didn't understand why Fan Zheng was so solemn about a sea chart.

At that moment, Fan Zheng waved his hand, and a huge sea chart appeared in front of the officials.

"It goes without saying that the importance of sea maps is Fan Mouduo. The benefits and potential of the Maritime Silk Road are a hundred times greater than that of the land Silk Road. It also allowed the Song Dynasty to directly benefit without going through layers of exploitation by the countries passing through. It was enough to gather together The world is good for the Song Dynasty." Fan Zheng said proudly.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Through the opening up of the Maritime Silk Road, the Song Dynasty had gained huge benefits. Even the Maritime Silk Road was related to the national destiny of the Song Dynasty, which had already become a consensus between the government and the opposition.

"However, although the Maritime Silk Road has huge benefits and extremely high carrying capacity, it has one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, the long distance and the threat of sea storms. Sir, please see, even if it starts from Quanzhou Port and passes through Champa, Chenla , Siam, Java, and then through narrow straits to reach Bagan, Tianzhu and other countries. The sea route is thousands of miles away, and it requires the help of monsoons to move forward. It takes at least a year to travel." Fan He was interpreting the sea chart sent back by Tong Guan in detail.