Chapter 713 News from the West
But Lao Fu still liked Wang Ju's comment.
Needless to say, Emperor Renzong of Song was the only benevolent master in ancient Chinese history who could truly use benevolence as his posthumous title.
Needless to say, Fan Zhongyan is the first moral gentleman in the Song Dynasty for three hundred years.
Zhang Zai is a little inferior, but Zhang Zai is also impeccable in terms of moral integrity, and he is Wang Jushiru's mentor.
Compared with these three people, I can actually be among them. Can I not make the rich happy?
Therefore, his words also changed, from something to me.
"The rich man is gentle and gentle. If we look at this point, the rich man should be a gentleman, but the rich man is short because he lacks the heart of a great prince."
"The Heart of the Lord?"
"This man refers to the entire Song Dynasty, the country, the literati and the powerful, and the common people."
"Do you also think that Wang Jiefu's reform is flawless?"
"But at the beginning of Xining, the Song Dynasty was poor and weak, and there were huge debts. Even if the drought came, the court could not take out money and grain to provide relief to the victims. At that time, the country had to change. Even if Mr. Jiefu's reform had many disadvantages, the rich man came to Beijing as prime minister, what did he do?"
"King Ksitigarbha said to the Buddha, "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? Hell is not empty, I will not become a Buddha. A benevolent man; he does not seek to survive to harm benevolence; he has the highest moral standard of Confucianism, killing oneself to achieve benevolence. Has the rich man shown the spirit of killing oneself to achieve benevolence?"
Fu Bi shook his head and smiled, "Zi'an, I didn't say it, but what I said, Your Majesty did not obey."
"As Fu Gong said, twenty years of tranquility and inaction, will the country be governed naturally? But let me say again, how many years did Renzong be quiet and indifferent? The rule of Wen and Jing was really quiet and inaction? In the past, when my mentor came to Beijing, I talked about Shang Yang's reforms. Since ancient times, I have looked down on Shang Yang in all respects, but there is nothing else. One is the record of Sima Qian's historical records, and the other is that Shang Yang was a Legalist, not a Confucianism. But Fu Gong thought carefully, if it were not for the foundation laid by Shang Yang, how could the Qin Dynasty be strong and how could it be unified? Sixteen
If Shang Yang was alive, would he agree to Qin Shihuang’s construction of the Afang Palace, the Great Wall, and the people of the six countries? Why did Sima Qian record Shang Yang in such a way that he was castrated, so he hated the Legalists. Therefore, he was a little ugly about Emperor Wu of Han, and too beautified the rule of Wen and Jing. There were also many words that praise Huang and Lao inaction. However, when reading historical books, is it a reference for historical facts, or is it a historian's evaluation even influenced by historians? Is Sima Qian a qualified politician?"
"Well said!" Li Ding said happily.
"It's okay, but the rich and public are impeccable in their ethics."
Whether Fu Bi, Feng Jing, Fan Chunren, and Lu Gongzhu, they were all gentle old parties. If it were not for the time when they were absolutely unsuccessful, Wang Ju would not want to get into evil.
The doctor's forehead was also covered in cold sweat.
It was not because of Wang Ju's injury, but because he was not supposed to hear these words.
So he quickly bandaged Wang Ju's wound and immediately took his leave. He moved to other wing rooms to treat the remaining guards.
Wang Ju said: "Senior, please ask."
"Young Guardian, can you tell me the specific situation at that time?" Li Ding said. In fact, Li Ding's attitude towards Wang Ju was not too friendly. For no reason, Big Su and Xiao Su were also. However, in this case, the two had a common enemy.
"Shituo, you draw out the original terrain."
"Here."
After a while, Zhang Nantuo drew the terrain of the incident.
Wang Ju said, "I have been wandering in the south for a long time. It was only because Qiong Niang was sick on the road that she delayed a lot of time. After Qiong Niang's condition improved, she rode all the horses and quickly set off to the capital. Either she delayed some days in Hengqu, and she would cooperate with her mentor to write three articles. Qiong Niang, take out the three articles of her mentor and give them to Fu Gong and Li Zhongcheng to read."
Qiong Niang took out the three articles and asked Fu Bi to read them first, and then Li Ding to read them.
The three articles were all a bit ahead of their minds, and the two couldn't help but think deeply after reading them.
I don’t care about what Wang Ju doesn’t care about it. The reason I let them see it is because there is a saying outside. Wang Ju is a bitter plan, and it is because he has been delayed in Hengqu for ten days, so he has time to arrange it. Now with these three articles, it is a disguised explanation of the reason for the delay.
After reading the two, Wang Ju continued: "After the mentor wrote them, I copied them down, and then took them with me to take them to the official family for a while. Then he quickly left Hengqu and set off for the capital without stopping."
This is also important, only ten days. If it is a bitter meat plan, it is still very nervous to arrange it. At least there is no need to rush on the road. Now you are rushing all the way and are riding a horse quickly, so the statement of a bitter meat plan is not valid.
"Then we arrived here, Li Zhongcheng, if you are interested, you can also take a look. The road here is not very good, and although we rode horses, we did not get faster. Of course, this terrain is the best ambush terrain. If it is a flat road, even if they ambushed in front of us, we can forcefully ride horses and rush over. However, this terrain also made me escape by chance. Because of the slow speed, we saw these bandits in advance. I was wondering at that time, since the implementation of the Baojia Law, the bandits and water bandits have almost disappeared.
I disappeared, and it was the most important official road, the bandits who came from here. But we finally stopped the horses in time. At this moment, the bandits on the top of the slope shouted that they would kill me. Rich Gong, Li Zhongcheng, I finally stayed in the military too much. Therefore, compared with other civil officials, I was more alert. So I saw people flashing in the forests on both sides. At that time, I ordered to immediately run back. Maybe we saw that we had turned the horses in time. The bandits ambushing the forests on both sides rushed out of the forests and started shooting arrows. That was about this."
“How many people are there?”
"I'm not very clear. There were about sixty or seventy or seventy or eighty. But I can provide a few clues. At that time, in order to escape, we left many horses, including a few Dali pony, which were gifts I brought to my children. Although there were horses in the Central Plains, most of them were hors breeds from Shaanxi and Bashu, the two were slightly different in size. In addition to these horses, there were also a few pack horses. There were some specialties I brought back from Dali, including Dali's Yunnan tea, sarot blankets, bamboo sticks, and golden vine weaving. They were all rare luxury goods in the Central Plains. If they took action, they could also find their whereabouts. In addition to these, there was also chain mail, but chain mail was probably not dared to sell them."
"Chainmail?"
"Senior, I pacified Dali. I led my troops to Dali City. Xiong Gong led his troops to pacify it to the west of Dali City. But after I returned to Beijing, the official family would definitely ask me about the details of Dali. Therefore, after leaving Dali, I divided my family into two routes. Women, children and ordinary servants went from Guangnan West Road to the Li River to return to Beijing from the waterway. I took the guards and Qiongniang to detour the western region of Dali, and then went to the Qiongzhou in Yazhou to enter Beijing. The main purpose was to take a look at the situation in the western and northwest regions of Dali and have a rough understanding."
Actually, it’s just for the scenery, but how can this be said?
"However, the western part of Dali is still dominated by barbarians, so my rank is all covered with armor. Until I arrived in Yazhou, this place belongs to the real Song Dynasty. At the same time, in order to test the tax on entering the city, our rank is not allowed to remove the armor and place it on the back of a pack horse. But this clue has no effect."
The people of the Song Dynasty also had some weapons. Some standard weapons, such as elephant god arm bows, some powerful crossbows, regular standard bows, combat swords, and armor were still under control.
No matter how stupid those bandits are, they will not be able to sell their armor. Wouldn't that be seeking death?
But Li Ding also got many clues.
First of all, Wang Juku's chances of making a meat plan are not high. His mission is not only to capture bandits, but also to find out the real murderer behind the scenes. This is also important.
The second is the approximate number of bandits.
These pony and valuable specialties from Dali may also play a big role.
After listening to Wang Ju's words, a glimmer of excitement flashed in Li Ding's eyes.
As long as it is not Wang Ju’s bitter plan, it will be easy to deal with. Look at how many "stubborn" are "hiding" in Luoyang now.
Fu Bi looked sad, but what could he say?
The two of them said goodbye in a completely opposite mood.
Wang Ju whispered: "No one can reveal my breastplate."
When he was in Chengdu, after Doctor Li's warning, Wang Ju forced the rapist to say it in the tile, using this to ridicule Wang Anli, and then quickly left Chengdu.
But the subordinates of the group were very worried and repeatedly persuaded Wang Ju to put on his armor and then put on his public uniform.
However, Wang Ju still had to test the silver tax on the city. He did not agree. Finally, after everyone persuaded him, he only barely put on a piece of breastplate.
A set of armor is divided into five parts: helmet, chest armor, arm armor, knee pads, and neck guards. If subdivided, there are two parts: combat boots and belts, and there are also face armor. As for the general's armor, there are also cool battle robes.
The other parts of Wang Ju did not wear a hanger, but only wore this breastplate, which was the armor on the upper body. It was gradually heading north and the weather became colder. Pedestrians were mostly wearing two or three clothes, so Wang Ju put on a breastplate inside and put on an outer suit outside, and not many people paid attention to it.
But in order to test the money, only Wang Ju put on his breastplate, otherwise he would definitely see it when putting on his armor together.
Of course, this is just a precaution, but I didn’t expect to be really a precaution.
But according to Wang Ju's later speculation, these bandits must have standard bows and arrows in their hands, otherwise the Tianwang Ju would not be seriously injured.
But in order not to make people feel bitter, Wang Ju refused to let his subordinates say it. Even if the bandits had standard bows and arrows in their hands, Wang Ju did not reveal it. Will it work if he revealed it? But when he said that, if the Heavenly King Ju was not wearing a breastplate, it would be really dangerous. After arriving in Shanzhou, the group was covered in cold sweat when they thought of this festival.
Wang Ju left Luoyang the next day.
Han Yun caught up in Zhengzhou.
"Zi'an, the king of Xixia really wanted to restore the Han rituals. According to the information I found out, Li Bingchang repeatedly violated the border of our Song Dynasty in recent years. He often got the son of Han people and used it more and asked about the Han system. Last year, he planned to restore the Han rituals in Xixia. However, Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Yizhong disagreed... It is precisely because of this dispute that the two sides had serious conflicts."
After saying that, Han Yun's face looked strange.
As Dangxiang people, Li Liangzuo and Li Bingchang and his son liked Han rituals. As Han people, the Liang siblings liked Fan rituals.
"Brother Han, don't think too much. Li Bingchang's desire to govern the country with Han rituals does not mean that he wants to express closeness to me, the Song Dynasty."
For example, Modi, after he took office, Chinese slingers cheered together, and China-India friendship has arrived. In fact, I was really wrong. Modi likes China because he likes China's governing model, and wants to use this model to make India stronger. This is the truth. But because he knows China better, he is more alert and hostile than his predecessor...
Therefore, Li Bing often likes Han rituals, which does not mean that he wants to express friendship with the Song Dynasty.
As for Li Qing later proposed to give up the land of Henan, this land of Henan was probably the Xicheng area controlled by Yu Zang Huama. However, the Song Dynasty had already obtained the Xihe area at this time, with Xihe in the south and Deshun Army in the east. The area controlled by Yu Zang Huama was not very helpful to Xixia.
Yu Zang Huama itself was in love with the Liang family, so Li Qing and Li Bingchang's real purpose was to sacrifice the "Henan" area controlled by Yu Zang Huama in exchange for support from the Song Dynasty and achieve the goal of defeating the Liang family group in one fell swoop.
Li Qing was also the main target that Wang Ju asked Han Yun to inquire.
Han Yun said next to Li Qing: "That Li Qing was originally a small military general of the Shaanxi Roadside Army. Later, I didn't know whether he surrendered to Xixia because he was captured or surrendered to Xixia. I only knew that this person is now in his forties and is the deputy commander of the Sima Army of the Xixia Guard and the deputy commander of the sixth squad of the Imperial Siege. He has certain strength, but he cannot pay too much attention."
The deputy commander of the Sima Army of the Xixia guards and the deputy commander of the six squads of the imperial encirclement, was equivalent to the deputy commander of the Ma Army of the Song Dynasty and the deputy commander of the Zhongzuo cavalry in the imperial front.
This organization means that there are tens of thousands of elite troops under his command, and it is also a Dianyin army, including the powerful Paoxi army, which also belongs to this Dianyin army.
But it should be noted that there is also a commander and Zhi Dutong above Li Qing. Although there are tens of thousands of elite troops, Li Qing cannot control all of this tens of thousands of elite troops. Even if Li Qing can control some of it, he is capable of it.
In addition, although Li Qing was valued by Li Bingchang, the power of Xixia was not strong enough by Li Bingchang, but was in the hands of the Liang brothers and sisters.
Han Yun also said: "Li Qing himself may have some Chinese feelings, some hometown feelings, and he may even have the idea of Song Xia's friendship. But according to my guess, in his heart, although he may have a good idea of our Song Dynasty, he is loyal to Xixia, not our Song Dynasty. But it is not surprising that our Song Dynasty did not give him anything, but Xixia gave him real wealth."
"Shaobao, there is another thing. According to my guess, because Li Qing is one of the main figures in restoring the Han ritual, it will definitely make the Liang brother and sister dislike it... It is probably not long before long. Shaobao has been in the south again, and it is probably too late to contact him now. And although Li Qing wants to restore the Han ritual, or has the idea of peace and friendship between Song Xia, no matter what we do, it is impossible to instigate the rebellion."
One is Li Qing’s own attitude.
Another Li Qing can now be regarded as a big figure with a heavy weight. Wang Ju wanted to instigate the rebellion, but he was treated poorly. Li Qing would not agree. If he gave the treatment higher, he would probably not support him in the court. Maybe many people would impeach Wang Ju and make trouble...
Wang Ju pondered after hearing this.
What he pondered was not whether to instigate Li Qing, but another decision, whether to watch hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians jump into the fire pit.
From the perspective of Wang Ju, I am working so hard for the Song Dynasty. As the emperor, even if you ignore the friendship in the past, you cannot make any disagreements about me.
But if you come from Zhao Xu's perspective, you can also say that you, Wang Ju, are more arrogant than Han Qi. If it weren't for my protection, could you grow up smoothly?
So this principle cannot be explained clearly.
However, if you want to make the Song Dynasty strong, including successfully destroying the Western Xia, Zhao Xu had to give Wang Ju more rights and more trust. But Zhao Xu was not a reborn person! This is more trust and real power than Wang Anshi during the Xining reform. Will he give it? If it is given, will the court minister agree?
Therefore, since Wang Ju heard that rap, he has been racking his brains, not dealing with Wen Yanbo, but by the way, what he really thought about was how to break this situation. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!