Zheng Lang took the letter and handed it to Sima Guang and Wang Anshi. Those who are capable work hard. After passing the Ji River, they are in Hebei. In addition to Cangzhou, there are more and more powerful families from Qizhou to the north, and He Tan also shouts that they can't bear it.

Fortunately, I didn’t dig a lake in the north, otherwise it would be even more difficult to deal with.

So He Tan automatically delegated power to Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, asking them to take over the Northern River Engineering.

That's it. Zheng Lang had also come here to take charge, for fear that he would not be able to control himself.

After seeing the letter, Sima Guang sighed and said, "It's difficult to act."

The four words made Zheng Langda feel relieved.

Pang Ji only realized this truth in his old age. He told Zhao Zhen that if he didn't do anything, he would not do evil and would have a good reputation. Once he did things, he would have a dispute over interests and a good reputation, he would not be able to get better. Fu Bi's reputation was still very good, but he was a little inaction. That's it, he was impeached by some ministers.

Pang Ji didn't say it thoroughly enough.

Not only will you offend your work, but you will also have to do practical things well, and you may have a reputation that will be bad. For example, Lu Yijian and Fan Zhongyan, one has unparalleled political achievements and the other has established a moral monument for the descendants. It is difficult to say the disadvantages. Fan Zhongyan often leaves a misunderstanding for the descendants, and learns more about his impetuousness in his early years. This is a disadvantage. Learners do not have the heart of fairness, so they develop anger. Lu Yijian also leaves a misunderstanding for the descendants. Some join the congregation to use Lu Yijian's life as a role model. If you want to do things, you must be in power, and if you want to be in power, you must learn to plot tricks. In fact, he has learned to plot tricks, but he has not learned to deal with government affairs, and has produced more young people. Also, it has left hidden dangers of party struggles. However, seeing Sima Guang and Wang Anshi like this, Zheng Lang gradually released his worries about party struggles.

According to history, it is difficult for ordinary people to see the truth clearly, so Lu Yijian was far less famous than Fan Zhongyan in later generations. Xia Shu made more contributions than his faults in his life, but he was portrayed as the five ghosts and a famous minister of the Song Dynasty.

It is this sentence that many ministers have difficulty understanding throughout their lives.

Including Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, if they understood this sentence, there would not be such a serious dispute in history.

Now Sima Guang took the initiative to say it, which made Zheng Lang overjoyed.

Sima Guang emphasized again and said, "Pang Gong has suffered in the past few years."

That's true. Zheng Lang devoted himself to recommending, saying that the only one treasure left in the entire Song Dynasty. Except for Pang Ji, who is suitable to be prime minister, no one else is suitable to be prime minister. He doesn't do it himself. Zhao Zhen thought carefully that Pang Ji is good.

This king, minister and force Pang Ji to the fire, and he had to work hard without retreating, and he had to work hard. Pang Ji in history was not as good as Pang Ji now. But it would be very tiring to be a good prime minister. Zhao Zhen sighed and did not leave Zheng Lang in the capital, so that he could float around. Cui Xian did not regret it. Although he wanted her husband to be the prime minister again, he could not see him. Every time he was busy, Cui Xian felt very sad. In terms of official positions, Cui Xian would rather her husband wander around like he is now, and she would not want her husband to enter the Secretariat again.

Pang Ji has no golden fingers and is not as famous as Zheng Lang. It is even more difficult to be a good prime minister.

It was a pain. But Sima Guang obviously didn't mean that. Zheng Lang looked at Sima Guang with a smile and said, "What do you want to say?"

"In fact, there is a plan, and Mr. Pang has no intention of retreating."

"What plan?"

"If Pang Maoxian comes to manage the river, Pang Gong will no longer worry about the descendants."

Zheng Lang laughed.

Pang Ji had five sons, which were amazing. They all passed the Jinshi exam. The eldest son Pang Yuanlu was even more amazing. He was in high school with Sima Guang at the age of 22. It was not easy. When Pang Ji was in high school, he was 27 years old, which was amazing. Many people were in their thirties, forty, and fifties. Even if they were in high school, they were not easy to pass the Jinshi exam. The average annual ranking of Jinshi was only more than 100. The average annual enrollment of Jinshi in the Song Dynasty was only tens of thousands of years old. What is the probability of this? However, Pang Yuanlu had a short life and died early at the age of 32. Pang Maoxian was named Pang Yuanying, and he was Pang Ji's second son. He also had a prominent father-in-law, Ouyang Xiu.

The children and in-laws may not be together all the way. Ouyang Xiu and Wang Gongchen are still in love.

However, although Pang Ji's five sons were all high school Jinshi, they were not as good as Fan Zhongyan and Lu Yijian's sons. Training the river was not Pang Yuanying's strength.

What should I do if I want to keep Pang Ji and prevent Pang Ji from quitting? I said: "It's up to you."

He personally wrote a memorial and asked the court to transfer Pang Yuanying to the canal.

When the memorial reached the Secretariat, several bigwigs looked at each other, which was openly using power for personal gain. Pang Ji smiled bitterly, but said in his heart that this tragic ghost would not let go if he didn't tie himself to death. Of course, he also felt complacent.

No more mention of retirement.

The two groups of envoys have not arrived yet, and the Song Dynasty is not in a hurry. You fight happily and we are happy to see.

In August, another round of fighting was opened. Mozang Epang controlled the territory east of Yanzhou, but lacked food. This was a big problem. To the west of Yanzhou, the Qiangs in Hengshan were the most powerful races in the Western Xia. They leaned between Song and Xia and lacked loyalty, but they were the most dependent on the soldiers of Mozang Epang. Xia Yinyou and several states had loyalty, but the one who entered the family was the Western Xia royal family, not the great minister. If you want to make good use of the Qiangs in Hengshan, you must make them full.

Therefore, it was true that the army was brought into Lingzhou. If it was fake, it was true that it was robbed of grain. First, occupy the various ferries of the Yellow River, and then let the generals and soldiers cut sorghum barley beans with soldiers. Wei Minglang was anxious when he saw it, and had to gather the army and forcefully cross the Yellow River. The two armies occupied the saline-alkali beach in the northwest of Lingzhou. Li Liangzuo had few troops, but Wei Minglang made up for his command ability, and each other won and lost. Wuzang Epang threw away thousands of dead bodies and carried the grain back to Yanzhou.

After this battle, two groups of envoys came to Kaifeng.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not take it seriously. The west of Linzhou was originally our place, so why do you need to let it go? If you don’t let it go, you can eat it in the future. If you give it, you still have to build a fort and send troops to defend it. However, Wu Zang Epang’s proposal was a little moved, but you also have to consider the feelings of Tubo’s entry. If you accept it, whether to hand it over to the blind felt or not, you will have conflicts with Tubo. You will be enemies from all sides, Jiaozhi, Khitan, and Xixia. There is no need to be enemies from Henan and Tubo again.

And this situation is so good. It's better for you to fight slowly. After ten or eight years, no matter who succeeds in Xixia, you will get a lot of ruins.

However, the conditions brought by Li Liangzuo were not **.

Also fascinated.

His conditions were not to give, but to ask. He said that his country had stolen Han clothes and hats, and now the country did not use foreign etiquette. Next year, he welcomed the imperial envoys with Han rituals. He also begged for clothes and hats from the Song Dynasty. This was not a way to buy them. He also begged for craftsmen from the Song Dynasty and asked the Song Dynasty to teach the Western Xia craftsmen to make Han clothes and hats. Lingzhi was a music official, and taught the Western Xia music officials to play Han music to Ming Han rituals.

He also begs for scriptures, history books and various Buddhist scriptures from the court.

These two things that moved the ministers quite a bit. The boy is good and has value. If you can long for Central Plains civilization, it will probably be the second Li Dezheng, not Li Yuanhao.

What I think of is this.

The fact is that Li Dezheng is not a good thing either. Li Liangzuo's desire for advanced Central Plains civilization is true, but it is not a good thing. Moreover, behind him is a more cruel Queen Mother Liang.

It was just a temptation, but no official would agree with the Song Dynasty, regardless of governing the Yellow River, and helped Li Liangzuo or Mozang Epang to fight a confused battle.

But it was Zheng Lang's head at the beginning. Zheng Lang was also familiar with military affairs and informed Zheng Lang of the matter.

At this time, Zheng Lang stayed in Qingzhou, closer to the capital.

After receiving the news, I wrote a very long memorial, not talking about the Western Xia first, but started with the Khitan.

To be far away, let's talk about the relationship between the dead Liao Xingzong and Yelu Chongyuan. Yelu Chongyuan helped his elder brother so that he was not harmed by his mother. Liao Xingzong was very kind to Yelu Chongyuan and appointed Yelu Chongyuan as the crown prince. Once he was slightly drunk at a banquet, he passed the throne to him. Another time, he went to Shuanglu to play with the residents' cities and towns as a bet. Liao Xingzong was not lucky and lost to Shuanglu. The civil and military ministers around him dared not speak out, so he was afraid of offending Yelu Chongyuan. After losing Shuanglu, the famous actor Luo Qingyi shouted: "Shuanglu Xiuqi, you will lose with you." Stop playing, if you continue playing like this, you may not even lose your throne. Liao Xingzong woke up.

This period is when Brothers Two enters their honeymoon.

The son grew up and the pressure from Empress Dowager Xiao made Liao Xingzong feel rebellious and gradually automatically forgotten what he said when he was drunk. There is also an important evidence in this history, Wang Gongchen.

Wang Gongchen was sent to the Khitan, and there was a very interesting conversation at the Changchun River hook fish banquet. Xiao Nojin asked Wang Gongchen, "Who is the relative of Taizong of the Southern Dynasty?" Wang Gongchen had no choice but to answer, brothers. Xiao Nojin praised: "What is the meaning of good territory."

Liao Xingzong was anxious and asked, "What kind of relatives are Taizong Zhenzong?" Wang Gongchen had no choice but to enter the Liao Kingdom and what qualifications are there to get involved in the battle between the emperor's heirs of the Liao Kingdom. He replied with a tough bullet and said, "It's father and son." Liao Xingzong comforted his hands and said, "What a good thing, what a courteous person."

When Wang Gongchen talks about righteousness and etiquette, he can't help but laugh and cry.

After the banquet, Liao Xingzong general Wang Gongchen deliberately called him behind the screen and said, "I have a stubborn brother. He is afraid that the Southern Dynasties will not be able to rest assured."

It is not necessarily true that no matter whether Yelu Hongji or Yelu Chongyuan was the emperor, as long as the Song Dynasty did not provoke the Khitan, the Khitan would not send troops to the Song Dynasty. Because of the lack of support for sending troops, all the powerful did not want to fight. How could they invade the Song Dynasty?

This is why Emperor Xingzong of Liao was afraid that the Song Dynasty would forcefully interfere in the case of the imperial heir.

When Wang Gongchen came back, he would report truthfully that the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers had the time to manage the Khitan. This matter was revealed.

Later, Yelu Hongji inherited the throne and was granted the title of Emperor Taishu of Yelu Chongyuan. If the war was not initiated, the Khitan was still very rich. The annual monies given by the Song Dynasty every year were not small, but because of the war with the Western Xia for several years, the Khitan economy was tight. However, the Khitan nobles fell together and were content to enjoy themselves. The taxes of the people were invisibly increasing, especially in the Yanjing area.

After this period of history was explained, it was suddenly transferred to Xixia.

It is wrong for the Song Dynasty to not express its opinion, and it must express its opinion quickly. The lean camel is bigger than a horse. Why did Tubo not send troops? The ambition of Khitan made Tubo worry, and it would be a barrier to staying Xixia in the middle. Why didn’t the Xixia sides beg for the Khitan? The situation in Xixia is very bad now. If you don’t ask for Khitan, you can still win in half. Once you ask for Khitan’s help, you will face the real danger of overthrow of the country. By then, both sides will have nothing.

When writing this passage, Zheng Lang felt uncomfortable. Look at the family and then look at the Song Dynasty in history. He first defeated the Jin Dynasty, and then defeated the Liao Dynasty, then defeated the Mongolians, destroyed the Jin Dynasty, and destroyed it, and first became half of the country, and then directly destroyed the country.

You can be said to be stupid, but the infighting is so awesome.

Speaking of the Khitan again, Yelu Hongjichun is a loser who likes Confucian culture and a nation on the back of a horse. Can it be successful when learning from the Han people? He admires Buddhism and Buddhism has a positive side, but he attaches too much importance to Buddhism together. Who will engage in farming and production? Who will defend the country? It is right to like hunting and not forget to keep martial arts. Moderate hunting is a good thing for the Khitan, but excessive hunting and still have the heart to deal with government affairs? The National Political Council is gradually abandoned.

This is the original entry of the little Khitan emperor.

But there were some good ministers of the Khitan, who were also worried that Yelu Chongyuan and his son would be in turmoil. The previous troops sent to the Western Xia were useless, and it was an extraordinary period. Although they heard that the Western Xia split, they would continue to hesitate. However, if they woke up, the Khitan would definitely send troops. A complete Western Xia had major hidden dangers, and the Khitan rulers and ministers would not be moved. If it was a Western Xia that was divided and the people were living in poverty, the Khitan might not want to repay the shame of the previous few years.

Zheng Lang explained what kind of trouble it would cause to the Song Dynasty if the Khitan destroyed the Western Xia, but this time he did not explain it again.

This is one of the reasons for making decisions as early as possible.

Wuzang Epang and Li Liangzuo were in a stalemate, but Wuzang Epang lost his righteousness. Sooner or later, this Yaoping would fall violently towards Li Liangzuo, and sending troops at that time would lose its meaning.

As for whom to help, Zheng Lang chose Li Liangzuo. If he helped Mozang Epang, don’t think that Mozang Epang is now strong and loses morality, the Song Dynasty will eventually be dragged into the whirlpool. The war will not last long. When the dog is in a hurry to jump over the wall, if the Western Xia asks the Khitan for help, the general situation will be gone.

He could only help Li Liangzuo, but he had to let Li Liangzuo cooperate and attract the main force of Mozang Epang. Di Qing suddenly sent troops to attack Wu Tibetan's nest in the rear. Wuzang Epang's subordinates were shaken and the outcome was decided in one fell swoop.

The reason for this is that neither side can attract Khitan.

One of the key reasons is left to the end.

How to do it is handed over to Di Qing to handle it, because there are some confidential matters, and Di Qing, who is engaged in military affairs, should be the leader.

Zheng Lang now knows a little about military affairs, and in terms of overall situation, Di Qing is not as good as Zheng Lang. However, when it comes to details, no one can match Di Qing now.

We cannot refuse the envoy sent by Wu Zang Epang. We first dragged the envoys he sent, and then built three or four forts west of Quye River to expand our territory. We cannot be greedy. Even if Xixia handed the Quye River to the court afterwards, once it recovered, Xixia would still ask for it, but it would take different ways to ask for it, such as asking for the place occupied by the Song Dynasty, the Beihuluchuan occupied by the Huaide army and Wuyan Gorge.

This is a nation that cannot be better, no matter how the court appeases it.

To build a fort first, we will first build a tight line of defense on the west bank of the Quye River. We will not care whether it can be managed or not. We will use these forts to protect the Quye River and allow the people on the Linfu Road to farm with peace of mind. If the people can farm with peace of mind, the soldiers and grass in the two states of Linfu will not have to worry about supply of food and grass. If the Linfu Road is controlled in our hands, there will be no danger in Hedong.

In addition, the Song Dynasty also occupied morality.

With the help of timely help, Xixia became enemies again. The Song Dynasty occupied morality, and no matter how it treated Xixia, it was all right. At that time, it was a righteous army and a king's army. Once the morale was established, the court and the government would support it.

However, Di Qing also needs to pay attention to when sending troops. The first thing is that the loss should not be too large. If the loss is too large, the gain will not be worth the loss and the finances cannot bear it.

Secondly, no plunder or burn or kill at will. Bijing will take it back later, and it is best not to form too much hatred. In order to appease the people, the warehouses in Suzhou Prefectures and County, except for the existing money, silk and valuable materials, other things, such as food and grass, or valuable fur, are distributed to various tribes to win the hearts of the people. There is probably not much valuable thing.

Then we will conduct screening. Some tribes that hated the Song Dynasty, used this to crack down on and weaken them, and captured their leaders and children to the Song Dynasty, and handed them over to some major households to serve as divisions. In the future, they would be allowed to redeem these tribes with money and silk.

But you can't count on this money. In fact, Zheng Lang has also done it in Jiaozhi. He really got a lot of money, hundreds of thousands of dollars. Xixia is not good, it's too poor. The main thing is to influence it. He borrows the time of redemption and puts it in the family to enter the family, and the court secretly sends it to influence it. When will the influence be good and when will it be released? But if it cannot be directly influence it, it is not called influence it, it is called weakness, but it will be despised in the future. This is the reason why they want money to redeem it.

Finally, there is the aftermath.

After this battle, Xixia will be washed like water.

As all industries die and people live in poverty, many tribes will take the initiative to ask for a return to the Song Dynasty. However, the court strictly ordered the soldiers on the border to not accept it. Just a little limited arable land and materials. The more entrances the greater the pressure, the greater the pressure, and the less the entrances the less the pressure. The Song Dynasty did not accept it, the Khitan did not dare to surrender, and the Tubo would not accept it. These people had to continue to stay in Xixia, and their lives were extremely difficult and many conflicts would arise. This would be conducive to the rule of the Song Dynasty in the future.

But some food can be moderately supported to warm the hearts of some tribes. We cannot support more, but a small amount of support. The same is true for redemption. There is also a saying among the people that giving one foot of cloth is kindness, and giving one foot of cloth is hatred. Let them be half hungry and half full, and they will hate the rule of the Western Xia and think about the goodness of the Song Dynasty. If they give more, they will think that the Song Dynasty owes them a white spoon.

It is best to set the time for next year. At that time, the war was beneficial to the Song Dynasty, and there was also time to take the opportunity to build three forts west of Quye River. Next year, let alone build three forts, five forts and six forts have also been built.

The ending is about Khitan.

The Khitans were as civil and military as they played, but they still held the dream of being the most powerful country in the world.

Including his attitude towards the Song Dynasty, when he heard that the court governed the river, he immediately sent envoys to question and then blackmailed them.

But the Khitan still cannot underestimate it. If the Western Xia army is led to war and defeat, the Khitan will accumulate more conflicts. Once successful, the Western Xia will destroy the country, the Khitan will immediately be excited. This light inspiration will make the Khitan think that they will continue to be an invincible power. In the future, the conflicts accumulated in the country will be released, and the cohesion between the upper and lower levels will be stronger, and all tribes will not dare to betray them.

The important thing is to awaken the awakening of a strong country. Once the Khitan monarch and ministers wake up and strive to improve, they will gain the entire Western Xia and the Song Dynasty will be in danger.

Therefore, we cannot delay it for a long time. This time, the Song Dynasty had already gained too many benefits and was content.

You can't just wrap the Khitan in. Khitan is dreaming of a powerful country, so let them continue to sleep. When the dream is sunken, it may be very fragrant and sweet, so when you wake up, it will become very desolate.
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