Zhao Zhen hesitated and said, "No...it's necessary."

There are many inside stories in this. Faced with the impeachment of many ministers, Fan Zhongyan wanted to take into account the overall situation and said that Your Majesty sent envoys to Xixia. There were no gentry in the court. No one of the soldiers asked for permission. The court summoned Zhang Zishi as an envoy. Wang Zhenglun dared not be afraid of his actions... He returned and received a letter from Yuanhao. He was quite in line with the previous report. He was willing to leave and claim to be a minister. He could also reduce the affairs of the matter. The desert was in poverty and entered an unexpected place. He could forget his life and not be disgraced. The court promoted the two resources, and could not wait to be regular. Rong Di was greedy, had no desire to be disgusted with profit, and the soldiers were disturbed. This was the normal situation of Rong Di, which was not the fault of Zishi.

It was Fan Zhongyan who made some concessions to "take into consideration the overall situation".

The focus is on the new policy. As long as the country is done well, it is believed that everything can be solved. It is best not to start a war at this time, otherwise all his efforts will be wasted.

Therefore, he retreated back to his true nature and sought peace.

At this time, Fan Zhongyan was not the prime minister, but actually took on the responsibility of the prime minister. He did not understand anything without understanding. After that, he might understand Lu Yijian's various difficulties.

This is a saying, and there are many behind it. Zhang Zishi came back and wrote some reports from Bao Zheng in front of Zhao Zhen. On the other hand, Wang Gongchen probably also cared about Bao Zheng, so this "Bao Heizi" has not yet occurred.

Zheng Lang said lightly: "If you listen to both sides, you will be clear; if you listen to partially, you will be secret. The peace between the two countries is related to the overall situation of the country. Bao Zheng is the deputy envoy, why don't he listen to his words? Your Majesty, want to be the master of the future?"

He was not like Ouyang Xiu, who never criticized Zhao Zhen, praised the right ones and was also ruthless when he said the wrong ones, but he never talked nonsense.

Zhao Zhen was helpless and said, "Tell me that Bao Zheng is very careful."

He brought Bao Zheng to the capital, and after he gave his respects, Zheng Lang said, "Bao Zheng, the reason why I recommended you as an envoy was that I had heard of you. When you came to the capital to replenish your official position, I made a vow to be a clean official. And you did a good job in Duanzhou. That's why Doctor Wang recommended you as the Censor of the Supervisor. The two countries' peace talks are related to the general matter. Cao took advantage of his arrogance and was still fighting for the country when negotiating with the Khitan. But this time your envoy was quite disappointed. I'll ask you first, why did your envoys take more than three months?"

Bao Zheng made Zheng Lang blush and said, "Your Majesty, my grandfathers, this time I went to the envoy to disappoint Your Majesty. The reason why I delayed more than three months was that we went to Xiazhou. Yuanhao was almost under house arrest for more than two months, and then he sent an envoy to inform us that Yuanhao was in poverty and was eager to govern the people, and could not be distracted to discuss peace, which delayed us for so long. He changed his attitude and sent a large number of beautiful prostitutes to send exquisite food and warm hospitality."

Zheng Lang interrupted him and said, "Yuan Hao has done a good job. You are placed under house arrest first and scared you. Otherwise, you will be warmly entertained first, and you will think they are afraid of our dynasty. This will make you overjoyed and facilitate negotiations. Although Yuan Hao's country is small, its strategy is flexible. Compared with our dynasty, he pays nearly 30 million chunks of huge salary to officials a year, but his diplomacy is clumsy."

He insinuated Yan Shu.

But it was not directly said that Yan Shu was indeed the most incompetent prime minister when he became this prime minister. Changing Zhang Dexiang and Du Yan would do better than him. However, Zhang Dexiang was not good either. Or Pang Ji, who grew up later, was slightly competent, and Han Qi had always lacked some. As for Fan Zhongyan, it was not even more pedantic and fearful moral integrity.

Being a prime minister is not easy. Being a peaceful prime minister is easy to be. The rise of Western Xia and the country is full of disasters and difficulties, so the prime minister must have a view of the overall situation, not the self-righteous view of the overall situation like Fan Zhongyan. You must be able to weigh the pros and cons, and count them all over the place, only Lu Yijian!

Although this old treacherous minister sometimes disgusted Zheng Lang.

He quickly changed the topic and said, "But it is not a clever plan. As a missionary, although it is difficult to learn from Su Wu, at least you must learn from Fu Bi. Fu Bi was sent to Khitan. The Khitan was aggressive, but Fu Bi was reasonable and concise. Bao Zheng, this time he was on the mission to win glory for the country and make a name for himself, but you are so cowardly and I am very disappointed."

Bao Zheng's face turned purple and red, and he said, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial."

Zhao Zhen said: "No need to report, let's discuss matters about the peace talks of Xixia."

If you can't argue, you'd better fight and fight until that day.

Zheng Lang suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, what is the position of supervising the censor? He is a polite minister. Bao Zheng was an envoy from Xixia, and returned to Beijing to speak out as a polite minister. Supervising all officials missed and missed political affairs. He said that he had a memorial, why didn't he listen to his memorial?"

Then he sternly said, "Bao Zheng, is that what you are the honest official?"

I'll give you courage!

It is impossible to say that Bao Zheng does not struggle. After all, he has just arrived in the capital for a while and his eyes are vast. Besides, the court is messy, which makes him confused, and even many of the right and wrong have not yet figured it out.

Zheng Lang's angry shout was like a revelation, his nature broke out and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister will report."

These two people yelled fiercely than the other.

Zhao Zhenwuzi said, "You report."

"I impeached Zhang Zishi and Wang Zhenglun and reported that Xixia is a foreign country, a minister and a small country, and came to our court to go to our court. Our court treated well all the way and wanted to come to Beijing and meet them immediately. Your Majesty sent them to the ranks of the Privy Councilors. However, when I went to Xixia, I detained me and others in Xiazhou. However, the King of Xixia was not the former Western Xia, but was Xingqing Prefecture. I have repeatedly proposed to Zhang Zishi that Zhang Zishi would suppress me with his official position, mocking me for being a short person, a village man who did not understand the rules of the court, so he was humiliated by the peace talks of Xiazhou, which made the enemy look down on our court more."

Zhao Zhen frowned.

Zheng Lang said, "Bao Zheng, you said it well."

Once the short people grow up, see who dares to say that Bao Zheng is a short person and will be desperate. But now Bao Zheng is still a little tender.

Ouyang Xiu murmured on the side: "Based on this, these two people are enough to be demoted."

One is to lose one's integrity, and the other is not to be ridiculed. What's wrong with being short? Everyone wants to have Di Qing's appearance, how is it possible?

Bao Zheng bowed and said, "Thank you Ouyang Zhigui. Your Majesty, I impeach you two. Your Majesty is about to go forward and said that you should not mention the increase of the annual monies until you are absolutely sure. However, the people of Xixia did not force you. Zhang Zishi himself started selling the country and seeking honor and told you about the 200,000-year-old monies. Even though Xixia was insatiable, I pulled his clothes many times, but shouted at me angrily. So Xixia sent the ban on troops to force me to pull me down, not allowing me to participate in the negotiation table. I am an envoy, but Xixia actually humiliated me. It can be seen that Xixia's power does not take me to heart. It is a representative of His Majesty. If I don't take me to heart, I don't take me to heart. I'm also mistaken for me to die of mediocre and cowards. These days, I feel ashamed and want to die. I feel uneasy day and night. I am sorry for Your Majesty, and I am sorry for the conscience of heaven and earth, and loyal ministers are righteous."

Speaking of this, he leaned down one after another, hitting his head against the ground, and blood stains appeared on the top of his head.

Zheng Lang went over and helped him up and said, "Bao Zheng, you are the deputy envoy. You are helpless because of Zhang Zishi's pressure. However, if the problem arises, you will reflect the problem and let us deal with it with Your Majesty, so you don't have to blame yourself."

"Yes. Your Majesty, I impeached San, and Yuanhao sent many beautiful prostitutes to bribe Zhang Zixi. I also advised him, but Zhang Zixi refused to listen. He was full of ugly behavior in the Xiazhou Posthouse and was filthy outside the country. This is a shameful humiliation."

"But take it seriously?" Zhao Zhi finally stood up.

Zheng Lang groaned in his heart. This is a psychological tactic. You cannot underestimate Yuan Hao. You first put a house arrest for more than two months, which makes Zhang Zishi worried and afraid, and then use beautiful money to reward him with generous rewards. He tightened his front and loosened his back, and his mentality suddenly changed, so it was difficult to control his own **.

But no matter what the reason, Zhang Zishi is dead this time.

"Every sentence is true. If there is a half false statement, the heaven will be punished by the earth. It will not stop. I heard that Xixia sent Zhang Zisheng, Wang Zhenglun's golden crown, Hu Fengsheng and other valuable gifts, so I threw out 200,000 yuan in Xiazhou at once. After returning to the capital, I reported to Your Majesty that the Qiang people had new support and did not dare to go against their intentions. I also said that the court would not blame the security officers for their patronage, and the court would not blame them for all their fake officials. Your Majesty was willing to fulfill their benevolence and righteousness, but the two sons were against the country. Please punish him severely, otherwise the envoys would learn from the two of them in the future and sell all the national interests."

This problem is serious.

It is not a big problem to receive gifts. I have to give me gifts like Wang Song. I will accept them, but I will do it. If you accept gifts and sell them to the country, the matter will be different.

Zhao Zhen murmured to himself: "No, Zhang Zishi is Zhang Qixian's grandson, and his family is not cold..."

Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, Long gave birth to nine sons. Some people are greedy and cannot be satisfied. For example, Yuanhao and Zhang Zishi are not impossible. Bao Zheng's statement is the same. Whether it is true is to ask Kaifeng Prefecture. If it is true, the two envoys did not lose their national system. If Bao Zheng said, it was a sell-off by the country. Even if they were scholars and officials, they could be killed. Otherwise, many people would learn from Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, betray me, Song, and seek honor. These lives are in our dynasty, and they are familiar with the lengths and terrain of our dynasty, and they are flocking to Western Xia. Only then will our dynasty be truly in danger."

How could this kind of thing be missing? Ouyang Xiu? Ouyang Xiu's big eyes spewed out sparks, walked out from the side, and lay on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, if it is true, this is a truly absurd thing. The consequences are not what Zheng Lang said. It is these slaves, evil and dirty ministers who have lost all their faces. Tens of thousands of soldiers have lost their blood. Although the court is successful, they are weak and incompetent, and are deceived by the younger generation. He delays hesitation and the soldiers are depressed. Once the matter is on the side, the soldiers will refuse to fight to kill the enemy. Great worries will come. The weaker they are, the more they will be unable to seek peace. Today is 200,000, tomorrow, the people will be suppressed, and the robbers will be fired again. Internal and external enemies will soon be destroyed. We must not ignore it."

Ascend to the level of national demise.

But Zheng Lang was happy. When this was the case, he had to torture and torture the people of Xixia. He slowly said, "Ouyang Xiu, more than 200,000 pieces of silk, 50,000 taels of silver, 30,000 kilograms of tea, and then transported it to Xixia, with a discount of nearly 400,000 kilograms of green salt. Also, he promised that the market would make 500,000 kilograms of green salt. Sun Fu said that he would make a profit of more than 100,000 kilograms of salt. In fact, it is not only not. Our dynasty has no shortage of salt, including me, and I have a wonderful plan to open a salt, and I can get it even if I want tens of millions of stones of salt."

"What strategy?" Zhao Zhi asked.

“Salt dry.”

"Salt dry?"

"It is a strategy to dry salt. This method is not difficult. However, our dynasty does not have less salt. The price will fall. A large amount of salt will appear, and the salt profit will be damaged. Although it is for the people to make profits, the country is in the autumn of lack of money and silk, and the important officials have not thought about it, so it did not say that there is no shortage of salt. Sun Fu said that it is only the cost of salt removal from the salt pond, freight, security arms sales and the income from our dynasty. If it includes merchants, salt, salt, salt, salt, and salt, the country will be even more severe. That is, our dynasty may lose more than 200,000 guan again due to salt. Furthermore, Xiyan asked our dynasty to release the salt quota and sell 100,000 guan to merchants. Once agreed, at least 300,000 guan would be profitable by Xixia at least 300,000 guan. In addition, Xiyan also asked our dynasty to release the salt quota and sell 100,000 guan to merchants. Once agreed, the Xixia would benefit at least 300,000 guan. In other words, our dynasty would have lost more than 200,000 guan again due to salt. In addition, Xiyan also asked our dynasty to release the salt quota and sell 100,000 guan to merchants. Once agreed, at least 300,000 guan would be profitable by Xixia.

, Our dynasty suffered a huge loss of 400,000 yuan. It was said that the Khitan gave 500,000 yuan, but in fact it was nearly 1 million yuan. But in the Western Xia, if it was accurate, we would benefit at least 900,000 yuan, and our dynasty suffered a loss of more than 1 million yuan, which exceeded the number given to the Khitan! Zhang Zishi actually said that the Qiang people did not dare to go against their wishes. Your Majesty, I said three months ago that a 100,000 yuan is enough. In my opinion, a hundred thousand yuan is more. How come 200,000 yuan? How can Qingyan Market Yi come? As a political affairs officer, I don’t know at all, but now there is another 100,000 stone of salt. The thief is not satisfied and asks to return to Yiyu. Your Majesty, what do you want the prime minister to do? How do you ask the ministers to contribute to the country?"

Zhao Zhen was surprised and looked at Zheng Lang and thought to himself, "You don't know the reason, but you can't blame me for doing things like this."

Zheng Lang pretended not to know, glanced at Ouyang Xiu and said, "Ouyang Xiu, you have said that the priest is incompetent, and you don't know the priest. How can you let the priest act?"

Xiao Yangyang, I'm leaving it to you!

Let's make a fuss, even if it's to be continued. (To be continued)

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