[Comprehensive] Feasibility report on the restoration of the country

There is no doubt that the full text of Duan Zhengchun's memorial was written by Murong Fu.But even so, it does not prevent Zhao Xu from sincerely thinking that the writing of the memorial touches people's hearts and makes him deeply sympathize with it.He glanced complicatedly at Murong Fu who was standing in the front row, and asked the servant beside him to present the memorial.

After all, Hu Zongyu was loyal, and when the servant sent the memorial to the imperial case, he hurriedly reminded him: "Officials, this memorial is written in blood. Look at it... it is really scary."

Hu Zongyu expressed his kindness, but Zhao Xu didn't appreciate it, and immediately his face sank.

However, before Zhao Xu could open the memorial, the envoy of the Dali Kingdom had come to his senses, and hurriedly fell to his knees with a "puff", crying loudly, "Don't dare to hide anything from the officials, my country is in charge of you!" Prince Nan has been missing for many years and there is no news of it, and in our country there are wise rulers and ministers who have cultivated the government, this memorial must be fake!"

"Oh?" The envoy was originally ordered by Duan Yu, Zhao Xu never expected that he would have different opinions.He hid in the harem for two years, and the government affairs of the court were all handled by Murong Fu single-handedly.Now that there was such a big mistake, Zhao Xu immediately became interested, sat upright and stared at Hu Zongyu. "Hu Shangshu, what's going on?"

Hu Zongyu knew the cause and effect earlier, and immediately stepped forward and bowed, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Qizuo the official family, Dali Zhennan King Duan Zhengchun and his elder brother Baoding Emperor have a deep brotherhood, but Gao Shengtai was afraid of Baoding Emperor's popularity and forced Baoding Emperor Chan to sit in the town. Nanwang. Zhennan Wang would rather die than die, and fled with his cronies and guards, hoping to have the opportunity to meet the officials and ask for help from them. However, Gao Shengtai was so powerful that he sent people to chase him all the way. Duan Wangye sneaked in plain clothes, which took time It took many years to get rid of the pursuers and find the Ministry of Rites to avenge his grievances. Now, Prince Duan is waiting for an order in the outer court, and the officials can summon him at any time."

"This... This is absolutely impossible! Absolutely impossible!" The emissary was even more panicked when he heard the words. This matter was beyond his expectation, and he couldn't cope with it for a while, so he just kept repeating it. "The king of Zhennan in our country has been missing for many years..."

"Your envoy, when King Zhennan came to the Ministry of Rites, he had all the seals and seals. You might as well go and see if this person is real or not." Hu Zongyu was full of glory.

The messenger nodded again and again, sweating profusely: "Thank you, Mr. Hu! Thank you! Thank you!"

Seeing that there was no conclusion on the matter for a while, Murong Fu immediately stepped forward and said: "Officials, this matter is of great importance, let's discuss it later!"

As soon as his words fell, all the ministers in the hall immediately responded in unison: "Officials, let's discuss again!"

This kind of situation where the ministers follow Murong Fu's lead, Zhao Xu has been used to it for the past two years, but he couldn't get angry anymore, so he lazily waved his hands and said, "Retire!"

After a while, all the officials and the envoys of the Dali Kingdom dispersed together, but Zhao Xu moved to the Chuigong Hall with all the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall.

Once all the ministers sat down, Hu Zongyu told Zhao Xu the situation of Dali Kingdom. "The Dali Kingdom has only been established for more than a hundred years, but it has changed fifteen emperors. The Gao and Yang clans in the country are powerful, and the Duan emperor is a puppet instead. In the third year of Yuanfeng, Yang Yizhen killed Duan Lianyi and usurped the throne, and Gao Shengtai raised troops He supported Duan Lianyi's nephew, Duan Shouhui, as the new emperor. At this time, all the power in the country was in the hands of Gao Shengtai. Duan Shouhui wanted to cheer up, but was feared by Gao Shengtai. He was forced to surrender to Duan Zhengming, the grandson of Duan Silian, only four months after becoming emperor. Emperor Baoding was kind-hearted and politically wise, and he was very popular in Dali. On the contrary, his younger brother Duan Zhengchun, the king of Zhennan, only knew that looking for flowers and asking willows was not the appearance of a wise emperor. Gao Shengtai was also afraid of Emperor Baoding, so he wanted to change Duan Zhengchun to replace him Unexpectedly, Duan Zhengchun and Emperor Baoding had a close brotherhood, so they ran away. At the beginning of this year, Gao Shengtai saw that Duan Zhengchun could not be found, and forced Emperor Baoding to take the place of Duan Zhengchun's only son Duan Yu. It is a matter of envoy seeking title. Now, Emperor Baoding has become a monk in Tianlong Temple, what a pity!"

Zhao Xu himself is also an emperor, and this emperor is well-behaved, it is extremely difficult for him to become a monk.Hearing now that Hu Zongyu said that Emperor Baoding became a monk, he immediately decided that this was forced by the powerful ministers out of necessity, and he also firmly believed in Duan Zhengchun's memorial to Gao's crimes. "Is this piece of Zhengchun true or false?"

"Identity seals and documents are all available, and they cannot be faked." Hu Zongyu said firmly.

Although Zhao Xu and Murong Fu have always disagreed, they do not lack basic political wisdom. He nodded immediately and said: "Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, Dali has always been very respectful to the king. Now that the Duan royal family has encountered a catastrophe. It's what it should be." The ministers were about to nod for Zhao Xu's sobriety, but he changed his voice and said again. "It's just that it's unnecessary to bring the people of Dali to the Song Dynasty. If I agree to Duan Zhengchun's request, wouldn't it be inhumane?"

As soon as Zhao Xu's words came out, the entire Chui Gong Hall fell silent.All the ministers in the Political Affairs Hall cast strange eyes on Zhao Xu with aspirations, and thought in their hearts: "Officials, are you hysterical again from being frightened by Duan Zhengchun's blood book memorial?"

In November of the second year of Shaosheng, Nanjing in Daliao has ushered in the first snow of the year.Due to the bad weather, Nanshikou, which has been open for a year in Nanjing, closed its business early.Because after the market closes today, the Hanliao Mutual Market in Nanshikou will reopen after next spring, as the person in charge of leading the development of the mutual market, Xiao Feng made a special trip to Nanshikou to inspect the situation.

After the end of time, the sky became more and more gloomy.There are few people in Nanshikou, and many merchants of the Han family have closed their doors early to avoid the wind and snow.Xiao Feng walked in the market for a long time, only then saw a Khitan dressed as a herdsman at the westernmost side of the market finalize a big deal of thirty furs with a merchant who bought furs.Seeing that the Han merchant took out several Huitong bank notes and handed them to the herdsman, and the two ended the transaction amicably in the form of a hug, Xiao Feng couldn't help but frowned slightly.

After A Zhu's death, Xiao Feng stayed with her for half a year in a cottage next to A Zhu's tomb.During this period, Lord Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dynasty summoned him several times, Xiao Guanyin also sent letters, Xiao Feng ignored them.Although he still bears the title of Great King of the Southern Courtyard, he doesn't even go back to the palace. Instead, he goes to the grassland with a group of Khitan herdsmen passing by by chance, herding horses and sheep for a living.Herdsmen live in freedom, but this freedom does not last long.Soon, winter came, and every severe cold was a cruel test for herders' families and livestock.Xiao Feng saw these poor herdsmen had to tearfully kill the livestock that were doomed not to survive the winter due to disease or emaciation, and he felt uncomfortable.Herdsmen live by grass, and these livestock are their only property.One day when their property ran out, they could no longer make a living and could only sell themselves as slaves.

Thinking of Yelu Hongji's luxurious and dissolute life, and looking at the herdsmen of all ethnic groups who were suffering from the wind and snow, Xiao Feng suddenly realized that he really couldn't turn a blind eye.Therefore, after half a year of living a carefree herdsman life, Xiao Feng had to return to Nanjing to try to open a market entrance near the Hejian Mansion of the Song Dynasty to guide Han people and herdsmen to trade.The value of those wild ginseng, fur, dried meat, and mountain products to the herdsmen can only be equated with food, but in the eyes of the Han people, they are all valuable things.The two sides traded each other, the Han merchants earned money, and the herdsmen got enough food, which can be described as mutual benefit.

Xiao Feng was willing to come back, Yelu Hongji was naturally happy to see the result, and soon agreed to his request.What is rare is that the prefect of the Hejian Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty quickly responded that he was willing to trade with Khitan, the only condition was that Xiao Feng ensure the safety of the lives and property of the Han people in Nanjing.Xiao Feng had lived in the Song Dynasty, and he also knew the temperament of the various tribes on the grassland very well.If the Han merchants are too gentle, the herdsmen will shoddy, and even switch from herdsmen to guest robbers.Although the Han merchants did not dare to confront the herdsmen, their business experience was by no means comparable to that of the herdsmen who blatantly took advantage of it and were complacent.Xiao Feng believed that if the herdsmen lacked the necessary morality in the transaction process, then the advantages they gained would soon be returned by Han merchants with their own business wisdom.It is still the herdsmen of all ethnic groups who suffer in the end.How to ensure fair trade in Nanshi is the key to the problem.

Having personally managed this place where the Han people traded with each other for a whole year, Xiao Feng knew that besides his superb martial arts, what he wanted to thank was the various management systems and systems that Murong Fu had repeatedly mentioned in his ears back then. business rules.At that time, Xiao Feng always laughed at Murong Fu's nagging and overthinking, as if everyone in this world could sell everything for profit.It wasn't until he was in charge that he deeply regretted that he didn't comprehend these golden and jade words thoroughly, so he walked many wrong paths.

Over the past year, the Han-Liao mutual market in Nanshikou has gradually gotten on the right track.At least this winter, the survival pressure of the herdsmen on the grassland will be greatly reduced.It stands to reason that Xiao Feng's simplest wish when he opened up the mutual market has been fulfilled, but at this moment when everyone is happy, he has to think about Murong Fu's motive.In the first year of Shaosheng, Murong Fu brought his contribution to destroying the Xia Kingdom and finally regained his position. The prefect of Hejian Prefecture agreed to trade with the Liao Kingdom, obviously in compliance with Murong Fu's intention.

Well, the problem is coming.

Would a prime minister of the Song Dynasty, who boasted of his achievements in destroying other countries, be so kind to care about the life and death of the herdsmen in the Liao Kingdom?

Murong, what are you thinking?Xiao Feng murmured unconsciously, and set his sights on a Han shop with the largest signboard and the most eye-catching in Nanshi City——Huitong Bank.It only took one year for the herdsmen to go from only paying the bills for grain to readily taking the Jiaozi from Han merchants to buy their own necessities.Will it be related to Huitong Bank?A few vague words suddenly floated across Xiao Feng's mind, but when he tried to distinguish them carefully, he couldn't find any more scaly claws.

"When the book is ready for use, there will be less hatred!" Xiao Feng scratched his scalp in distress, and sighed a long time.

As soon as he finished speaking, Brother Yelumo's voice came from not far away: "Your Majesty, Great King Xiao! A guest has arrived!"

Xiao Feng really doesn't like this title, but now, he is no longer the former Gang Leader Qiao who is happy to be kind and enmity.After four years in Khitan, he has understood too many truths.And one of them is: If you want to make something, identity is very important.The Great King Xiao Feng of the South Court suggested that the trade with the Han people would be successful, but if the herdsman Xiao Feng put forward this suggestion, obviously he would not even have the chance to listen to it.Therefore, when he heard that Brother Yelumo still stubbornly called himself King Xiao, Xiao Feng just frowned slightly and didn't bother to correct him. "What guest?"

"Your sworn brother..." Speaking of this, Brother Yelumo obviously hesitated, as if he didn't know what to call him. "Xia Kingdom's son-in-law, Mr. Xu Zhuzi."

"Second brother is here?" Xiao Feng didn't notice Yelu Moge's hesitation, he just responded with overjoyed, grabbed Yelu Moge's horse and galloped towards the palace.

Seeing his long-lost righteous brother Xu Zhu in the palace, Xiao Feng immediately beamed with joy, strode forward and shouted: "Second brother!"

"Brother!" Xu Zhu also had a happy expression on his face, but it was not very obvious.

Seeing Xu Zhu's forced smile, Xiao Feng immediately calmed down and asked: "But what happened?"

Xu Zhu has a lot of things on his mind, upon hearing Xiao Feng's question, he hesitated for a while before saying: "Brother, younger brother wants to go back to Song Dynasty..."

"What's the matter?" Xiao Feng asked again.

"Go and see what Da Song looks like now." Xu Zhu said bitterly.

Xu Zhu grew up in Shaolin since he was a child, he is a monk with pure six senses, he only knows that the Buddha does not know his homeland.Afterwards, by chance, he became the son-in-law of the Western Xia Dynasty and lived with his wife in the Vulture Palace in Tianshan. Although he was still a Han Chinese, he might not be a Song native.Even if he feels nostalgia for going to the country, he should go back to Shaolin, why did he have the idea of ​​going to see what Song Dynasty looks like now?As soon as Xiao Feng saw Xu Zhu's gloomy appearance, he knew that there was a lot of insider behind it, he quickly pulled his arm and said: "Second Brother, you have worked hard all the way here, why don't you rest for a night first. If you have anything to say, let's go tomorrow Say it again!"

To Xiao Feng's suggestion, Xu Zhu only smiled wryly, and said in a low voice: "Brother, do you have any wine?"

Not long after, the two sat down in the side hall, and one of them unsealed a jar of burning knives and drank together.Until most of the liquor in his hand was gone, Xu Zhu sighed deeply, choked up and said: "Brother, my baby is gone..." Ever since Xuanci and Ye Erniang subdued, Xu Zhu has no relatives.It's not easy for his wife to become pregnant, he thought he was finally looking forward to a blood relative, but he didn't want to lose it again, Xu Zhu couldn't help but burst into tears from this.

"What's going on?" Xiao Feng had never heard of Li Qinglu's pregnancy, now that Xu Zhu said that his child was gone, he was even more puzzled.

But Xu Zhu cried for a while and gradually calmed down, he wiped his face and said slowly: "Since I got married with the princess, I have lived in Vulture Palace, there is no news about the Xia Kingdom for a long time." Longer than the temple, the other is in the deep palace, but they are also ignorant of world affairs.The relationship between the two was very good, and after they got married, they lived a fairy life isolated from the world in the Vulture Palace.It was the end of the first year of Shaosheng when we got the news that Xixia was destroyed by the Song Dynasty. "I was shocked when I learned that the Kingdom of Xia had been destroyed. At that time, the princess was three months pregnant. I was afraid that she would not be able to bear the excitement, so I kept hiding it from her..."

Xiao Feng nodded quickly when he heard the words: "You did the right thing! What happened next?"

I saw Xu Zhu clenched his fists tightly, with regret on his face. "Little brother is stupid, let the princess see it..." The maidservants in Vulture Palace used to beg for a living under the Tianshan Child Elder, Tianshan Child Elder was not easy to serve, and the maidservants who managed to live in peace naturally had their ears and eyesight.On the contrary, Xu Zhu himself, who is clumsy and unable to tell lies, has become the biggest loophole.

Hearing this answer, Xiao Feng was speechless for a while.

But Xu Zhu felt ashamed and remorseful, he couldn't help crying bitterly again.When Li Qinglu learned that she had lost her country, she was so stimulated that she had a miscarriage.As a man and husband, Xu Zhu has taken good care of his wife for several months, even though he grieves for the unfavorable child, he dare not show it to make his wife feel sad, only today when he is in front of his sworn brother can he let go of his burden and cry happily.

Although Xiao Feng has quite a lot of experience in being sworn brothers, he really doesn't know how to comfort a crying man of the same sex, so he can only sit by the side silently.

Xu Zhu cried for a while, finally regained his breath, and said bitterly: "Later, the princess begged me to take her back to Xia country to look for her family and relatives, but I refused but I had to go. I don't know... I don't know...not only None of the family members of the Li family were preserved, and all members of the Dangxiang clan who were related to the Li family were also exterminated! Brother, there is nothing wrong with the two countries fighting each other to the death, but the Great Song Dynasty established the country with benevolence and righteousness, why did you kill them all like this?"

Because only in this way can the land of Xia Kingdom truly belong to Song Dynasty.Xiao Feng thought to himself.

"The princess has been in a trance since she returned to Vulture Palace, begging me several times to avenge her family..."

Xiao Feng's arm trembled, and the wine bowl he was holding instantly fell into pieces.But he couldn't care about that much anymore, he just jumped up and asked sharply: "Are you going to kill Murong?"

Although Xu Zhu has acquired peerless martial arts, but he has a kind heart and never kills.I saw him silently looking at his white, flawless and sin-free hands, and said in a low voice: "I know he is the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and I want to go back to the Song Dynasty...to see what kind of person he is." ... If he plays power tricks and makes the people miserable, then my younger brother killing him is not against chivalry." Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his head to look straight at Xiao Feng, and said every word. "Big brother, would you like to go with the little brother? The little brother doesn't want to be blinded by personal enmity, and he doesn't want to be confused by others!"

With Xu Zhu's invitation, Xiao Feng's heart trembled slightly.He was in a daze, not knowing how to answer, when Xiao Yuanshan came in at some point, and replied firmly: "Of course!"

The author has something to say:

Xiao Feng: Murong, I have two sworn brothers...

Murong: Hehe!