Song Gexing

Chapter 180 How to Place the Enclosed Questions
"shut up!"

Zhao Fang suddenly became angry. He stood up and stared at Sima Guang, who was holding his neck, and said grimly: "What you said is just an excuse for the world to accuse me of Song Dynasty's betrayal. Is this how you are loyal to Song Dynasty?"

Sima Guang was startled, and then he remembered that something was wrong. He was a gentleman but not a fool. Everyone knew some things, but as long as they didn't tell the truth, everyone could pretend to be stupid.

But once the window paper is punctured, you will no longer be able to save your face.

Doesn't Xixia know that the Song army must be involved? But as long as you don't have evidence, the Song Dynasty can deny it. Countries don't need a gentleman who can't chase after a word.

When the old prime minister Fan Zhongyan saw this, he did not dare to hesitate any longer. He stepped forward and said, "You are wrong. The elites of Xixia were not on duty during this battle. It was reported that there was no Tibetan rebellion. Manmei led the elites of Hengshan to rush for reinforcements." , so it is understandable that those tribes took the opportunity to attack."

Naturally, Zhao Fang could not accuse Sima Guang of this controversy. He had not yet ascended the throne. His father would not agree to punish the minister, and it was not appropriate to punish him at this time.

The big day is coming soon, and many things will be let go.

After glancing at Sima Guang, Zhao Fang nodded and said, "Sima Qing must have known this time. The Imperial City Division has long reported the civil strife in Xixia, and this matter was also explained in Zhejizu's memorial."

Sima Guang, who understood that he had almost caused a big disaster, did not dare to persist. He bowed his hands and said, "I wrongly blamed the soldiers of the Western Army. I plead guilty."

Zhao Zhen, who had not yet abdicated, sat there and quickly said: "Ignorants are not guilty. Let's not mention this matter. Please talk about the internal affairs of the Banbu."

Regarding the internal affairs of the Fanbu, there have always been two voices in the Song Dynasty, one is for support and the other is for opposition. It just depends on which voice prevails.

In fact, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were mainly responsible for the rebellion of Xixia. It was not without reason that Li Jiqian chose to betray.

During the Song Taizu period, the central government supported the inward attachment of ethnic groups in the northwest. Therefore, many Dangxiang people and Tubo people supported the Song Dynasty in its fight against the Liao Kingdom.

However, starting from the late Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, voices opposed to internal affiliation gained the upper hand, believing that the imperial court would spend a lot of money and food to settle these tribes.

Moreover, the Fanbu people do not know etiquette and justice, and often have disputes with the local Han people. The sharp increase in civil cases has increased the difficulty of governance.

Therefore, when Taizong came to the Zhenzong Dynasty in his later period, he rejected the requests of most of the tribes, the largest of which was the Hexi Uighur tribe.

This caused resentment among the Dangxiang people, Tubo people, and Uighurs, and gave Xixia the soil to grow. Otherwise, according to Zhao Kuangyin's policy, the Tuoba tribe would have no chance of being supported by the Liao Kingdom.

Because the land west of Hexi has been surrendered to the Song Dynasty since the Song Dynasty, even if the Uighurs were isolated, they still remained obsessed with it.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Uighurs were annihilated by the Shygar Xia, and were subsequently divided into three major branches, namely the Karakhanid dynasty in the northern Tianshan Mountains of the Western Regions, the Gaochang Uighurs in the southern Tianshan Mountains, and the Hexi Uighurs in the Hexi area of ​​Ningxia, Gansu.

The Hexi Uighurs lived together with the Dangxiang people, Tubo people, and Han people. It was precisely because of the inaction of the Song Dynasty that they were gradually conquered by the Dangxiang people.

Only the Yellow-headed Uighurs that rely on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are left, but whether it is the Hexi Uighurs or the two Uighurs in the Western Regions, they still consider themselves to be tributary states of the Song Dynasty outside of being isolated from the Central Plains.

As powerful as the Liao Kingdom, the neighboring Xixia could not make them willing to surrender. It must be that the Uighurs looked down on the nomadic people like them.

Only the Song Dynasty was considered by them to be the direct successor of the Tang Dynasty, so they were willing to surrender. At this point, they had to admit that the power of culture was sometimes more terrifying than force.

Now the Song Dynasty is once again faced with a choice, accepting the annexation of Hengshan Banbu, which is likely to cause a series of chain reactions.If you refuse, I'm afraid it will really block the thoughts of other series in the future. After all, the impact this time is too great.

And human beings' emotions of disappointment are superimposed. After being rejected again and again, people will give up after too many times. Just like chasing girls, if you are too shameless, you will lose your dignity as a human being.

It’s not that I can’t live without Da Song, I just think you are worth pursuing.

"Don't you think that you should be a benevolent king after Gu ascends the throne? If you refuse to join the Fanbu at this time, where will the benevolence come from? It will confirm that Gu is an unvirtuous successor."

Zhao Fang decided to use a big move. Who wouldn't say that moral kidnapping is the magic weapon to deal with these stubborn ministers?

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty wanted opponents, so they opened their mouths and no one dared to refute. This is a big deal, and other things are nothing compared to this.

Who doesn't know that the prince of his family is used to cheating, and saying this will be an excuse in the future. If it interferes with what he wants today, he may really ignore the government affairs in the future.

Anyway, if you think I am unvirtuous, then I will be a foolish king. Then it will be the ministers who will have a headache. As the emperor, he will not have a headache at all.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhao Fang has the factors that will prevent the country from being in chaos if he is a faint king. One is the accumulation of Zhao Zhen, and the other is the emergence of famous ministers in this era and too many talents.

"Hey! Forget it, I won't argue with this bastard."

Bao Zheng sighed secretly, stepped forward and said: "I second your Highness the Crown Prince's suggestion! This move is meant to show favor to the world, and it is also a gift from the people of Fanbu for His Highness's succession to the throne."

The big troll surrendered. Sima Guang had been defeated for a while before, and now he didn't have the confidence to be stubborn anymore. He glanced at Bao Zheng, lowered his eyelids, closed his eyes and went to rest.

In short, he doesn't support this matter, but he doesn't oppose it either. Whoever you love, don't let this bastard prince turn the blame on himself when the time comes.

Seeing that his in-laws supported him, Fu Bi grinned in pain as he pulled his beard, stepped forward and said, "Second minister!"

He didn't want to say any unnecessary words, so he took a step back silently and went to rest.

Han Qi looked at Fan Zhongyan and saw that he was hinting at him. He gave him a clear look and then stepped forward to agree: "I second the proposal!"

As he said this, he gave Di Qing a wink. The silly old man was agitated, and then he remembered that he should be the first to support this matter.

If it hadn't been for Zhao Fang, he would have died a few years ago. Even if he hadn't died, he wouldn't know where he would be retiring now, and he would still be sitting in the positions of Privy Councilor and Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Palace.

Although these two positions are now empty for him, Zhao Fang urged Emperor Zhao Zhen to hand over the military power of the left wing of the Japanese army to him.

This was a huge amount of trust in him, and it directly dispelled his suspicion that he was not trusted by the emperor. The emperor was tantamount to entrusting half of his wealth and life to his protection.

"I second your Highness the Crown Prince! May I ask how Your Highness will arrange those tribes?"

Di Qing is the most aware of the importance of those tribes in the Hengshan Mountains. He spent his youth fighting there. He knows very well that after the Song Dynasty gets there, Xixia is basically not far away from being subjugated.

(End of this chapter)