Bianjing City.

In September, the autumn weather began to appear in Bianjing, and the people of Bianjing have already changed into autumn clothes.

For the people of Bianjing, this is a very suitable season. It is neither too cold nor too hot, and the cool breeze is quite pleasant.

However, at this time, the court was in chaos.

Moreover, this riot did not originate from the Market Law.

The implementation of the Municipal Yi Law was to throw a deep mine into the city of Bianjing, but to affect the highest level of the court, it still lacked some efforts.

Cai Jing started quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, but his strength was excellent.

The powerful companies behind the Agricultural Bank of China, West Lake City, etc. did not take action. The targets were those companies that were extremely profitable but had no support, such as Sitong Train Bank, Yang Dechang's Piaohao Bank, etc. Although these companies are large in size, they have no background after all.

What the people in Bianjing this time are concerned about is the matter of Xixia garrisoning troops in Bianjing.

According to reports from the Western Army, the Western Xia gathered about 300,000 troops in Zhuola, the Southern Army Division, the Jingsai Army Division, and the Hengshan area. At first glance, the people came were not good.

The last time Xixia used so many troops, it was Xiningchu, and it was at that time that Ouyang Bian was the first to be in Qingzhou.

In August of that year, the Xia people and Gengchen people attacked and surrounded Dashun City, Rouyuan Village, Liyuan Fort, Huaian Town, Donggu Village, Xigu Village, and Yele Town. The number of soldiers was 300,000, and the number of soldiers was 200,000, and the number of soldiers was surrounded was 607 days, or one or two days.

Huan, Qing, and the former three prefectures were robbed. In August, Xinsi, Huanqing Road Chief Supervisor, and the East Envoy, the Zhoumen arrived at Gao Min, Ling's commander, Guo Qing, the imperial city envoy, and the commander of the General Secretary, and the third squad was appointed as Wei Qingzong and Qin Bo, and was killed by the enemy!

The entire Shaanxi Sixth Road was in chaos. Later, Ouyang Bian developed the industrial park economy with Qingzhou as the center, and then the Shaanxi Sixth Road, which was broken into ruins, was rebuilt step by step into its current prosperous appearance.

Now the Xia people are once again struggling with 300,000 soldiers and horses, staring at the border, so how can the court not be worried?

At this moment, the court had different opinions.

Privy Councilor Han Jiang and others believed that if the Xia people wanted to invade, they would give a head-on blow, and to strengthen the walls and clear the fields in the six roads in Shaanxi, striving to seriously damage the Xia people's vitality, because according to past experience, no matter who Song Xia takes the initiative to enter the other party's territory, he will definitely suffer failure.

However, Sima Guang and others believed that the reason why the Xia people came to disturb the Xia people must be because of the five ways to attack Xia. They had hatred. As long as the Song Dynasty lowered their heads and gave them money and goods to alleviate the economic situation within the Xia people, perhaps this matter would be over.

Han Jiang was very angry at the surrender of Sima Guang's faction, and criticized Sima Guang as the surrendered faction, while Sima Guang despised Han Jiang and others for being abusing the country and the people, and the two factions quarreled together.

Zhao Xu was also hesitating.

Now he has lost his former aura, otherwise Sima Guang's sect would not have returned to the court, and Lu Huiqing and others would not have been marginalized.

Of course, he was still quite angry about the current situation. Xixia requested a border with Song to hold a party for a party. Before the conspiracy was thoroughly dried, war broke out again!

Of course, Zhao Xu's anger was not entirely because of Xixia's treason, but because the blood-lost wounds in the Song Dynasty had not healed yet.

The trauma caused by the failure of the five routes to attack the Xia Dynasty is still continuously affecting the court.

Why did Sima Guang and others firmly oppose war? In fact, it was just the sequelae of the five-way attack on Xia.

Zhao Xu himself... Actually, he was also afraid.

But now that things are coming, it is useless. Even if you want to negotiate, you have to defend yourself first.

Zhao Xu set two measures, Han Jiang set out to Shaanxi Sixth Route to preside over the united front, while Sima Guang led his delegation to Xixia for negotiations.

Before Sima Guang left, he didn't communicate much with Zhao Xu, and Zhao Xu was unwilling to say too much to Sima Guang, so he just gave some instructions.

On the contrary, Zhao Xu was willing to listen more to Han Jiang.

"...We can afford to fight the defensive war. Shaanxi Sixth Road has been extremely prosperous in recent years. Although it was a little damaged during the attack on Xia, the Qingzhou Industrial Park has driven the economy, but in fact, the economic prosperity is enough to be comparable to Bianjing.

The strategy of the fortress advancement in the past few years and the cementitious infrastructure of the official road have made defensive wars easier.

Although there are many people in Xixia, it is difficult to break through our fortress group. At most, it is just to bypass the fortress group, rob the scattered soldiers and rob, and then naturally retreat, which is not a big threat.

Therefore, we have nothing to fear, but Xixia. I heard that their domestic political situation was chaotic. After Li Bingchang took power, his power was monopolized by Ouyang Junquan and the domestic aristocrats had been slaughtered.

I'm afraid this time it's because they have big financial problems and I want to come to us to blackmail.

It’s not that I don’t agree with the peace talks, but that I can’t just go to the peace talks without anything. At least I have to let the Xixia people hit a wall so that I can negotiate good conditions.”

Han Jiang's mind was still very clear. When he heard Han Jiang's analysis, Zhao Xu felt relieved.

"That's good. It's not that I don't want to fight, but I really can't fight anymore. The law of the market..."

Zhao Xu didn't continue to say it, but Han Jiang knew what Zhao Xu wanted to say.

Of course, the Market Change Law is not for anti-monopoly or something, but for making money in the name of anti-monopoly. Han Jiang didn’t understand.

It’s just that Cai Jing dared not move the Han family’s property, so Han Jiang didn’t just speak.

Han Jiang comforted: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The current situation is only temporary, just recover."

Zhao Xu sighed: "It would be great if Ji Mo was here. If Ji Mo was here, naturally there would be no need to do this bad decision..."

The king and his subject fell into silence.

After a while, Zhao Xu was still worried, "Your dear just said that the Xia people could bypass the fortress and attack the mainland. Will it cause the tragic situation in Xining at the beginning?"

Han Jiang shook his head and said, "It's much better than that time. As long as you defend the main city, the Xia people will be unable to do it. The deeper they go, the more likely they will be to suffer a crushing defeat. This tactic of going deep alone is just a harassment. Like bandits, without a foundation, there is no way to gain a foothold."

Zhao Xu nodded, but sighed.

"After that being said, the city is protected, but the people outside the city will still suffer."

Han Jiang had nothing to say.

There is probably nothing we can do about this.

Those who are generals can only be so ruthless.

The city is the foundation. Protecting the city can protect the vitality. As for outside the city, we can only expect our opponents not to be too cruel.

However, he knew in his heart that no matter what, the people outside the city would definitely not have a good time.
Chapter completed!