[Comprehensive] Feasibility report on the restoration of the country

Sima Guang's use of his official position to blackmail Empress Dowager Gao was a good defense, but unfortunately, what he met was Murong Fu, a scheming master who is well-versed in the past and present.Seeing Sima Guang's resignation, all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty thought he was surrendering, but Murong Fu could tell at a glance that Sima Guang was advancing in order to retreat.Immediately, he said to Zhong Er with the method of passing in the secret voice: "Zhong Jinglue, stop him!"

Although Zhong Er didn't know why, he still jumped out based on his trust in Murong Fu and shouted: "Officials, empress, I have something to say!"

"Your Majesty Chong has something to say, you might as well speak up." This time, before the Empress Dowager Gao could speak, the little Emperor Zhezong had already agreed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhong Er clasped his fists and saluted, repeating loudly the words that Murong Fu passed into his ears with his inner strength. "Sima Xianggong's words, I understand. It's nothing more than the official and the empress. If he listens to him, he will continue to be the prime minister; if he refuses to listen, then he will resign. In my opinion, Sima Xianggong is a really good butcher, even the officials and empresses will look at his face, the civil and military courts in the whole court without him, Sima Butcher, everyone will eat that hairy pig, I admire you!"

The court battle is like a shopping mall negotiation. You must not let your opponent lead you away from your rhythm.Before, Sima Guang wanted to use his personal prestige to overwhelm the civil and military officials of the imperial court, so as to facilitate the cession of land as soon as possible.Murong Fu tried every means to disrupt his rhythm, turning this moral dispute into a protracted battle, crushing Sima Guang's personal prestige with the hearts of the people in the world.Now, Sima Guang wants to delay the decision of the court with the formula of dragging words, and the calculation will be done later.Murong Fu wanted to anger Sima Guang and make a quick decision, forcing Empress Dowager Gao to issue an order not to return Wuzhai today.

For this reason, as soon as Zhong Er's swear words came out, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't wait to burst out laughing.

Shangshu Youcheng Lu Dafang and Sima Guang are close friends. Although he did not agree with Sima Guang's proposal, he couldn't bear to see Zhong Er's words of ridicule. It’s different, do you have the word ‘rule’ in your mind when you arrange the prime minister in this way?” Shangshu Youcheng is in charge of the officials of the three departments of the Bing, Punishment, and Industry, and it is also his duty to correct the words and deeds of the kind.

Zhong Er obviously understood this truth, and did not argue with Lu Dafang, he just loudly said the "dry goods" he had prepared earlier in the morning. "My minister is often a rough man in the army, and I don't know the truth of those sloppy words! But my minister has guarded the border for [-] years, and I am confident that no one can be more experienced than my minister when it comes to the border affairs between Song and Xia. Wuzhai Although the land is less profitable, once it is ceded, the offensive and defensive momentum will change immediately. It is difficult to garrison from Tongyuan to Xizhou. The actual land ceded by our Song Dynasty will be far more than Wuzhai. There is also no natural land from Tongyuan to Xizhou. It is dangerous, if you want to garrison, you need to add [-] troops and build defenses along the way. These [-] soldiers eat horse chews every month, and it is a waste of money, so I ask the ministers of the Duzhi Division to figure it out!"

Although the Song Army was defeated in the Song Xia War in the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Chong Er still proved his reputation as the god of war in the west with his series of Shangshu who opposed Xu Xi's strategy and the last magical rescue of Yongle.So much so that now he has said that whoever cedes land lightly will have to increase his troops by [-], but no one can refute it and no one dares to refute it.

After a long time, only Yushi Yang Wei jumped out and said: "Four years ago in Yuanfeng, our Great Song Dynasty never occupied the land of Wuzhai, and the border gates were still as solid as gold. Even if we return Wuzhai now, it's just restoring the old view. How can we understand?" You can't defend it as far as Xizhou? Kindly, what should you do to deceive the Holy Majesty, Jun Qianlang?"

Yang Wei thought he had a plan, but he didn't know that this question was asking about such a professional field.I saw that he dug up the border map on the spot, and from the perspective of military defense, it was a real lesson for the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. Knows well.After the first lesson, the military generals all sighed that they had benefited a lot, but the civil servants were all in a fog.Although Emperor Zhezong didn't know about military affairs, he was a young man with a good temperament and a strong martial spirit. He still praised him sincerely: "General Zhong is experienced in military affairs, and he is worthy of being my great Song leader!"

Zhong Er was proud of himself, but still tried his best to put on a calm look, clasped his fists and said: "The reward of eating the king is the matter of being loyal to the king!"

Sima Guang couldn't see the rampant appearance of Zhong Er, so he dismissed it immediately and said: "The country is solid, but virtue is not in danger. The Song Dynasty has a vast land, and the land of the Five Villages belongs to our dynasty. The benefits are not great. If the Xia Kingdom loses, the loss will be great. If I will send back Wuzhai to eliminate the war disaster, Xia Guo will definitely repay with benevolence and justice."

Zhong Er laughed out loud when he heard the words.This time, he didn't need Murong Fu to teach him how to deal with it anymore, and only said to Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao: "If the officials and empresses firmly believe that our Great Song Dynasty and Xia Kingdom are brothers' kingdoms, and entrust the vision of world peace to the Xia people, "Benevolence and righteousness", then the humble minister has nothing to say. Not to mention the land of Wuzhai, it is also appropriate to offer the city of Bianjing to the favor of the country of Jiexia! Please disarm and return to the field, and return to your hometown when you are old. But if the Song Dynasty I regard the Xia Kingdom as a heartache, and I must get rid of it so that the world can be at peace, please kill this dog traitor who flatters the barbarians and steals my position as Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty!"

As soon as Zhong Er's words came out, there was an uproar in the hall.Seeing Sima Guang's face was pale, he suddenly took off his crown and put it aside, knelt down and bowed three times to Zhezong and the Queen Mother.In the Song Dynasty, it was traditional that the emperor and the scholar-officials shared the world, and the courtiers only had to bow to each other when they played against each other in the hall. Now Sima Guang, the prime minister, was making such a grand ceremony, and everyone was at a loss for a while.Unexpectedly, when Sima Guang stood up, he slammed his head at the Panlong Yuzhu in the hall.

"Sir, no!"

"Sima Xianggong!"

"Stop him!"

Seeing this situation, Dian Zhongwu immediately started clamoring.Many ministers who were acquainted with Sima Guang yelled a few words, then suddenly regained their senses, and hurriedly chased out of the team to try to drag Sima Guang.

However, Sima Guang was the head of civil servants, and he was quite close to the Panlong Yuzhu in the hall. At this time, it was too late for the imperial guards stationed at the gate of the hall to catch up and prevent him from committing suicide.Seeing that Sima Guang was about to splatter blood on the spot to prove his innocence, several senior officials could not bear to close their eyes.

But at this moment, everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and a green figure flashed past, blocking Sima Guang's body.

Sima Guang slammed into the man's arms, he failed to beg for death, his will to die was gone for a few minutes, he only said with tears: "Murong Tanhua, why do you stop me?"

Murong Fu was hit by Sima Guang, his chest hurt, and he was so frightened by his begging for death that he broke out in cold sweat, he couldn't answer for a moment.For a long time, all the battles that Murong Fu has seen have the ultimate goal of destroying the enemy. In order to achieve this goal, they even use all means to destroy humanity.Unexpectedly, today he saw with his own eyes that there is still a kind of struggle that can make people willingly sacrifice their lives for the morality they uphold in their hearts, even though this morality is also wrong.Murong Fu looked at him with pity, and said softly: "Since Mr. Sima is not even afraid of death, why is he so weak towards the barbarians and is ridiculed for no reason?" His admiration is no less than that of Su Shi.If it is not a last resort, Murong Fu is not willing to deal with him under huge psychological pressure.However, there is no turning back when the bow is opened. At this point, Murong Fu must let him bow his head alive instead of becoming a dead victor.

Murong Fu stopped him, and Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongzhu, who were also at the head of the civil service team, had already caught up. The two supported Sima Guang on the left and the right to persuade: "Jun Shi, it's easy to leave this body lightly. The world is hard!"

Empress Dowager Gao, who was just in shock, also said something to persuade: "Sima Aiqing, you know your loyalty and mourning family well, so you don't have to take the words of the market and the village to heart."

Sima Guang smiled bitterly, shoved Wen Yanbo and Duke Lu tremblingly away, straightened his clothes and bowed deeply to Emperor Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao in the palace: "The official house and empress dowager, Wuzhai is located in a remote place. How can we support the people? The former emperor’s recovery of the Wuzhai is of course a glorious sight, but the annual cost of running the Wuzhai land is no less than 300 million guan. In the long run, the country’s taxation and the people’s burden are increasing. Isn’t it a cocoon?”

As soon as Sima Guang finished speaking, Murong Fu's eyes could not help but sink slightly.According to historical records, most of the funds of the Great Song Dynasty Jinglue Wuzhai came from young crop interest, labor support money and surplus money.And these are all paid by the new law, which Sima Guang desperately wants to abolish.As soon as the new law is eliminated, the funds for managing Wuzhai will be gone immediately.It is inevitable that some people will slander that the old law is not as good as the new law. This cannot solve the problem, and the only way to make the problem disappear.Perhaps, this is the real reason why Sima Guang insisted on returning the land of Xia Kingdom.In the Ming Dynasty, because of party disputes, civil servants could say that the generals' big victories were big defeats, so in the Song Dynasty, because of party disputes, it was common for civil servants to give away the land captured by military generals.Thinking of these, Murong Fu's heart gradually hardened.

Kind of a martial artist, who didn't know that Sima Guang insisted on returning the Wuzhai on the surface, but actually pointed his sword at the New Party. He just snorted coldly and said, "The land of Wuzhai is not the end of our western army, but the bridgehead for my westward strategy. It's just waiting for a day." After destroying the Xia Kingdom, the annual military pay will naturally decrease."

"One day, but I don't know what year and what day it will be?" Sima Guang waited for this sentence, and immediately asked back. "Although I don't know about military affairs, I also know that it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. In the first battle of Yuanfeng five years ago, our dynasty was defeated and suffered many casualties. Will the blood of Song Zimin be consumed in the west from generation to generation, until the vitality of our Han family is exhausted?"

This time, even Zhong Er couldn't answer.The Song Dynasty was congenitally deficient. In the cold weapon era, there was no good horse to win the battle, so it could only be filled with human life and money.And these human lives and money will eventually be passed on to the common people, bringing great suffering to the common people.

"Your Majesty, the land of Wuzhai has become a hot potato now. If you stay in our dynasty, it will waste our national strength. If you don't want to be a favor and return it to Xia Guo, this is also a benevolent act of the Holy Son of Heaven to nurture the four barbarians! As the saying goes Those who know me say I am worried, those who don't know me say what I want, that's all I have to say!" Sima Guang finally said with a bow.

After Sima Guang finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the Daqing Hall.After a long time, Empress Dowager Gao sighed and said, "What Mr. Sima said is old-fashioned..."

"Officials, empress, I have something to say!" Before Empress Dowager Gao could finish her words, Murong Fu stood up helplessly.If Sima Guang was tricked, Su Zhe would never conspire with him to cheat, and Murong Fu would no longer be able to stand behind the scenes. "Sima Xianggong has great strategy, but he has forgotten the hearts of the people. Since Emperor Taizong ordered the rescue of Lingwu, the people in the west have been eating and drinking to welcome the king. If the king is defeated, the people will follow him all the way. When I returned to my homeland, I burst into tears. To this day, it is still the same, which shows that the hearts of the people are with me. This time Xia Guo sent a letter of state to ask for the land of Wuzhai, but the court has not yet answered, and the people all over the world have spoken out against it. In this situation, if the court lightly talks about abandoning the land, the people will inevitably be renounced, the officers and soldiers will be cold-blooded, and the officials and empresses must pay attention! You must know that the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world!"

Sima Guang didn't expect that Murong Fu would intervene at this critical moment even though he tried to save his life, and he couldn't help but hate him and said, "Murong Fu, you mere eighth-rank official, what do you know about family and country affairs? Governing a country depends on more than just A cavity of blood!"

Murong Fu couldn't help a sneer when he heard this, and said word by word: "I am an eighth-rank official who doesn't understand the important affairs of my family and country, and I think the people in the world don't understand even more, so I was deceived by you and pushed you to be the prime minister. The land of the stronghold was difficult to defend, so I abandoned Wuzhai, and Xizhou was difficult to defend in the future, so I abandoned Xizhou. I am afraid that one day even Bianjing will also be abandoned. It is too easy for you to be a prime minister who abandons the soil and shrugs off responsibility. Already!"

Zhang Dun, who had been made invisible by Empress Dowager Gao for more than ten days, couldn't help feeling a sense of confidant when he heard Murong Fu's words, and laughed loudly at that moment: "Sima Junshi, you're just a village master, what can you do?"

"You!" Sima Guang pointed at Murong Fu angrily. He knew Murong Fu and Su Shi's master-student status early in the morning, and regarded him as half of his own.Seeing Murong Fu's blatant betrayal now, Sima Guang couldn't help feeling angry and hated.

Now that Murong Fu has broken up with Sima Guang, he will be harmed instead of killing the snake. He didn't even look at Sima Guang, but bowed to Emperor Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao and said, "Officials, your wife, Mr. Sima I want to control the government as a traitor to the country and seek glory, but I don’t want to be a marionette in his hands as he wishes. I beg the historian to make a note. Murong Fu, editor of the Academy of National History, is firmly opposed to the matter of ceding Wuzhai! Teach future generations to know my innocence a hundred years later!" He bowed deeply to Emperor Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao, and raised his voice. "A mere eighth-rank official is not worthy to stay in the palace to influence state affairs, and I will resign!" After finishing speaking, he walked away in a huff.

Regardless of Empress Dowager Gao's ugly face, Zhang Dun said without hesitation: "I know that Zhang Dun, who is a member of the Privy Council, is a mere second-rank official, and he is not worthy to stay in the palace to influence state affairs. I will resign!"

Zhong Er also imitated the example, bowed deeply and said: "The governor of Wenzhou Zhong Er, a mere fifth-rank official, is not worthy of staying in the palace to influence state affairs, and I will resign!"

With these three people taking the lead, in the blink of an eye, the court was full of civil and military officials, and in the end only Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Fan Chunren and other ministers and their party members remained in the court.

Emperor Zhezong, who had always been sitting in the hall like a puppet, suddenly sighed softly, and recited in a low voice: "Grandfather Sijue, exposed to frost and dew, cut thorns to make a place of size. , It’s like abandoning weeds. Cut five cities today, cut ten cities tomorrow, and then have to sleep overnight, start to look at the four realms, and the Qin soldiers are coming. Sima Xianggong, if I abandon the five villages today, the Xia people can let me How many days do you have to sleep in peace?"

"Officials..." Sima Guang's face turned pale when he heard the young emperor's anxious question, and then suddenly turned red after a while, as if he had been slapped in the face twice.

Before Sima Guang could answer, Emperor Zhezong gave Sima Guang a disgusted look, and asked sharply: "One day, when the Xia people come to attack, what other ideas do you have besides abandoning the soil? Historian, write it down for me, and cede the five I am determined not to follow the matter of the stronghold! Withdraw from the dynasty!"

The old Sima Guang watched Emperor Zhezong get up and leave, but finally couldn't hold on anymore, he spit out a mouthful of blood and fainted in the hall.

The author has something to say:

Sima Guang: There are actually two main reasons why Wuzhai must be cut off.First, I will oppose whatever the New Party supports!Second, the main thing is that there is no money! TT

Murong Fu: If you want money, you want it from me!