I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 257: There is no discussion about cheating the Liao Kingdom, Su Liang proposes a shocking plan!

The twentieth day of the first lunar month.

A merchant ship and an official ship, one behind the other, sailed on the Grand Canal.

Su Liang stood on the deck and looked into the distance.

The ship masts on the river are like forests, and the grass on the riverside is covered with clouds.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that Da Song had changed drastically.

Although the reform strategy is said to take less than three to five years, it is difficult to see the results.

But now, Su Liang clearly felt that the people's mood was completely different.

Once there is hope for the day.

Everyone is willing to make greater efforts to make themselves and their families better off.

……

It’s nearly noon on the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month.

The sun is bright and the wind is slightly cool.

Su Liang and his party finally returned to Bianjing.

Bianhe Wharf is still noisy and busy, and many willow trees on the riverside have sprouted new buds.

Uncle Ji was already waiting in front.

To Su Liang's surprise, Zhang Maoze was also there.

At the moment, Zhang Maoze's words and deeds all represent Zhao Zhen.

Su Liang hurriedly greeted him.

Zhang Mao said with a smile: "Welcome Su Yushi to return to the capital. Since Bianjing City is missing Su Yushi, it has suddenly become less lively!"

"What kind of excitement do you want, so angry that the officials lift the table?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Both of them couldn't help laughing.

After chatting for a few words, Zhang Mao explained his intention.

"The officials appreciate your hard work and the errand you have done so well. We will allow you to be on duty again during the meeting on February 2nd. In addition, the officials have specially sent two imperial doctors who will come to our door in the afternoon..."

According to the usual practice, Su Liang's trip was on official business, and he should report immediately to the prison after returning to Beijing.

But Zhao Zhen knew that he was tired from the journey and Tang Wanmei was pregnant, so he allowed him to rest for two more days.

Such grace.

Even Wen Yanbo and Zhang Fangping are difficult to obtain.

"Thank you so much, officials!"

Su Liang was moved.

The officials are really impeccable in caring about their own lives.

Zhang Mao thought for a while and then said: "In addition, Xiao Ding, the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom, Wang Huqi, the special envoy of Goryeo, and Li Zong, the deputy envoy, have not left Bianjing City yet. They seem to want to apologize to You and Old Master Tang. Please be careful. Point them out, especially Xiao Ding, who has been asking about various reforms in our dynasty since he came to Bianjing."

Su Liang nodded.

More than an hour later, Su Liang and his party finally arrived home.

Two imperial doctors checked Tang Wanmei's pulse, prescribed some anti-fetal medicines, and then left.

The two imperial doctors had just left.

Uncle Ji brought a greeting card and walked into the living room.

"Officials, Xiao Ding, the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom, Wang Huqi, the special envoy of Goryeo, and Li Zongqiu, the deputy envoy, have met. They said they were coming to apologize and brought a carriage of gifts."

Su Liang thought for a moment and said, "Invite them in!"

As the saying goes, reach out and don't hit the smiling person.

When the other party came to apologize, Su Liang naturally couldn't refuse.

"That gift..." Uncle Ji asked.

"Accept the gift. After they leave, just bring it to Sansi intact."

Su Liang now has no worries about food and clothing.

Because the officials and the queen had given him generous rewards several times, as long as Su Zimu did not ruin his family in the future, he could spend it until his family was filled with descendants.

……

After a while.

Xiao Ding, the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom, Wang Huqi, the special envoy of Goryeo, and Li Zong, the deputy envoy, strode into Su Liang's home.

Su Liang walked quickly to the courtyard and identified the three people's identities by looking at where they were walking.

The sturdy middle-aged man at the head is Xiao Ding.

The two behind them, the little old man walking in front is the chief envoy Wang Huqi, and the young man walking behind him must be the deputy envoy Li Zong.

"Three special envoys suddenly came to visit, which suddenly made the humble house shine. Please come inside, please come inside!" Su Liang said with a smile.

Su Liang led the way, and the three of them followed.

Goryeo special envoy Wang Huqi and deputy envoy Li Zong both smiled helplessly.

They were unwilling to come to Su Liang's home to apologize and there was no need to apologize because their king had already apologized and paid compensation.

It was Xiao Ding, the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom, who forced them to apologize in order to make friends with Su Liang.

They didn't dare to offend Xiao Ding, so they had no choice but to come to Su Zhai to apologize.

After the four people sat down.

Goryeo's special envoy Wang Huqi and deputy envoy Li Zong followed the words prepared in advance and solemnly apologized to Su Liang and Su Liang's father-in-law.

He claimed that it was all Goryeo's fault and that their lack of strict control led to the emergence of thieves...

They are all stagecraft.

Su Liang was very satisfied with the result, and he kept smiling when he saw the two of them apologizing again.

After a while.

Xiao Ding, the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom, spoke.

"Su Yushi, Goryeo is a vassal state of Liao. Goryeo made a mistake, and I feel very embarrassed. I am really sorry!"

"The Korean mission will return to Korea tomorrow, but I plan to stay in Bianjing for a while to learn about the culture of the Song Dynasty and experience the customs of Bianjing. There may be people who disturb Yushi Su in the future. Place, I hope you don’t care!”

"It's easy to talk about! Song and Liao are countries of brothers, and they are not outsiders!" Su Liang said with a smile.

Su Liang understood.

The Liao envoy saw the remarkable achievements of the Song Dynasty's reform and wanted to steal the army.

Immediately, the four people started chatting.

To be precise, it should be two people.

Goryeo special envoy Wang Huqi and deputy envoy Li Zongru were on pins and needles, eager to leave Su's house immediately.

But Xiao Ding had nothing to say and kept asking Su Liang about the progress of the Song Dynasty's reform.

I even wanted to stay for dinner.

Su Liang would never let him have his wish.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Su Liang found an excuse to go out for errands and sent the three of them out the door.

……

The next day.

The Goryeo mission left Bianjing.

Xiao Ding, the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom, was wandering around Bianjing City.

In the afternoon, Su Liang also received an invitation from Xiao Ding.

He said that he had a great chat with Su Liang yesterday and wanted to chat again tonight at Fan Lou. He also used the words "a day without seeing each other is like March".

Su Liang was almost disgusted to death and declined directly.

……

In addition to harassing Su Liang, Xiao Ding also harassed officials from the Reform Department.

Fan Zhongyan and Wang Yaochen ignored him because they were busy with official duties. Liang Shi and Sima Guang politely returned after receiving his half-carriage gift.

As for Wang Anshi who knows Dongming County.

After seeing Xiao Ding's intention, he yelled and scolded Xiao Ding back.

I have to admit, Xiao Ding is extremely thick-skinned.

He acted as if nothing had happened.

The more than 20 people in the Liao mission blatantly collected the Song Dynasty's reform strategies on the pretext of understanding the customs and customs of Bianjing.

Although they couldn't take away a single piece of information about the Song Dynasty's political reform.

But it can be remembered.

Sima Guang went to Honglu Temple and asked Honglu Temple to expel the Liao mission.

However, Honglu Temple said that the Liao emperor wrote a personal letter to the officials, asking the Liao envoy to stay in Bianjing for a longer period of time to experience the customs and customs of the Song Dynasty.

The officials have already agreed.

It would be unworthy of official dignity to drive them away now. Honglu Temple is also very annoying.

After all, the other party represents the Liao Kingdom. Not only can they not drive them away, but they also have to provide some food, clothing, housing and transportation services for the Liao Kingdom envoys.

The Liao delegation dared to act so blatantly because of the Song Dynasty's etiquette in everything.

The main character is shameless.

Moreover, he obtained information openly and did not violate the laws of the Song Dynasty at all.

……

The second day of February.

All the ministers gathered at the Daqing Palace for a court meeting.

This is the first major court meeting after the beginning of the new year.

Zhao Zhen did not go into too many details.

It mainly summarizes last year's political achievements and encourages ministers to make persistent efforts this year and implement the new law and strategies in place.

As for what will be done specifically this year, it will be announced after communication and confirmation at the inter-Korean meeting.

In addition, two more people were added to the Reform Department, namely Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang, who had just taken up their new posts.

Everyone already knows.

The highlight of this year's reform is not among the people, but among the military.

……

On the fifth day of February, the Reform Department.

Zhao Zhen came in person and discussed with the officials how to strengthen the army.

The so-called strong army does not mean more soldiers than generals.

But if the general has a plan and the soldiers are brave, he can win the battle.

Zhao Zhen's arrangement was that Fan Zhongyan took the lead, Fu Bi, Zeng Gongliang, and Liang Shi wrote the strategy for strengthening the army, and others assisted.

It is hoped that a draft will be produced by the end of February.

After the task was assigned, Liang Shi on the side couldn't help but said: "Guan Guan, can you expel the Liao envoy immediately?"

"That Xiao Ding is really shameless. He stands guard at the door of my house with a smile every day. When he sees me, he will take me to drink and chat. In the past few days, I don't dare to go through the front door when I go home!"

On the side, Sima Guang also complained: "Every afternoon, Xiao Ding and some members of the Liao delegation sit in the teahouse and listen to our people talking about the reform. This is Bianjing City after all. They can hear a lot in the teahouse and restaurant. information."

"This Xiao Ding spends money everywhere to make friends. He also spends a lot of money to read many old tabloids."

……

As soon as Liang Shi opened his mouth, everyone started to complain.

Although Su Liang didn't speak.

But just last night, Liu Chang'er told him that he had received 500 yuan from Xiao Ding, and then threw him a pile of tattered newspapers about the life style of court officials.

Xiao Ding, relying on his status as the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom, has become a disaster in Bianjing City.

Although he may not necessarily be able to obtain the specific content of the reform strategy, his interference in Bianjing greatly affected the reform of the entire Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen looked embarrassed.

He did not expect that this year's Liao delegation would be so shameless.

But he had written back to the Emperor of Liao, saying that the Liao mission could stay for a while longer.

Now the Liao mission did not violate the laws of the Song Dynasty.

There is really no good reason to kick them out.

The Song Dynasty loved face.

How could he be so shameless as Xiao Ding, who didn't care about being a rogue as long as he could get benefits.

After Zhao Zhen thought for a while, he said: "In a few days, in a few days, I will order them to leave!"

At this moment, Su Liang suddenly had an idea.

"The officials, I suggest, don't drive them away." Su Liang suddenly said.

"Why?" Zhao Zhen asked in confusion, and other courtiers also looked at Su Liang.

Su Liang said with a smile: "I would like to ask the officials and colleagues, if the Liao Kingdom uses our reform strategies, can the country and the people be enriched?"

Fan Zhongyan was stunned and was the first to reply: "No, it will make Liao Kingdom worse and worse!"

Su Liang nodded in approval.

Everyone here is smart. After thinking about it carefully, they understood what Su Liang meant.

The core of all strategies of the Song Dynasty's reform was to reduce the rich and help the poor.

That is to weaken the ability of the "annexation family" to plunder the world's wealth and return it to the court and the people at the bottom.

The house of annexation is the big landowners and the big bureaucratic class.

The Song Dynasty dared to do this, and all the military forces established in the Song Dynasty were in the hands of the imperial court.

The "annexation families" did not dare to rebel at all, and the imperial court would also give them certain preferential policies in business.

However, the national conditions of the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty were different.

Although the Liao Kingdom learned from the Song system, its status hierarchy was strict.

In the Liao Kingdom, the status of the Khitans was much higher than that of the Jurchens in the Great North and the Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

It is a hundred times more difficult for poor people to get ahead by relying on imperial examinations and military merit than in the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, there were many large families in the Liao Kingdom.

These tribes have high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, and their relationships are intricate.

Whoever wants to touch their interests, they will definitely be able to rebel, and the destructive power of their rebellion is much more powerful than those who rebelled against the people in the Song Dynasty.

When people in the Song Dynasty rebelled, most of them found a hilltop, robbed food, and waited to be recruited.

But the Liao people rebelled. Some of them had horses and weapons, and they were all full of wolfish nature. They would definitely cause chaos.

"Jingming, do you mean to let the Liao envoys learn our reform strategies and then imitate them?" Fu Bi asked with a smile.

On the side, Zeng Gongliang tried not to laugh and said: "Isn't this... a bit of a loss?"

Wang Anshi leaned back and said sternly: "No harm, compared to the Liao Kingdom sending cooked seeds to Xixia, we are completely gentlemen. It is they who stole the chicken but lost the rice. They are responsible for themselves!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt no more psychological burden.

These days, being a good guy won't accomplish much.

"However, the Liao people are not stupid. If they feel that it is not in line with the national conditions, they will definitely stop. In addition, many of our reform strategies do have merits for the Liao. They can choose to implement them according to their needs!" Sima Guang said. road.

"This requires us to help them!" Su Liang had a wicked smile on his face.

"The official family, I suggest, first make Liu Chang'er an undercover agent and sell some reform strategy documents to the Liao envoy, and then find an undercover agent in Jinzouyuan and ask him to sell all the reform content to the Liao envoy at a high price. Even if the Liao mission cannot bring these documents with them, there is probably no problem in memorizing them for so many people."

"Of course, we need to rewrite these documents. The superficial content remains unchanged, but the content that is beneficial to the national conditions of the Liao country should be simplified, and more words such as "all-or-nothing and arbitrary" should be added to the documents to guide the Liao envoys to be willing adventure."

"In addition, Prime Minister Fan Lao and Prime Minister Ji wrote two false documents in their own handwriting, making the Liao envoys believe that the contents sent to them by Liu Chang'er and the undercover agents of Jinzouyuan were true."

"Scholar Liang, if Xiao Ding invites you to drink and chat again, after you refuse twice, you can agree once, pretend to be drunk, and tell some details of the reform. In addition, you must say that the reform must not be abandoned halfway, but must be done in one go!"

"Why me?" Privy Councilor Liang Shi asked doubtfully.

Su Liang smiled slightly and said: "Because you are the most polite to Xiao Ding, he thinks you can be a breakthrough."

Suddenly, Liang Shi understood.

When dealing with such a shameless person, you must reject him harshly, otherwise he will continue to pester you.

Su Liang continued: "We must make this matter real. Should the Imperial City Division follow them or follow them, and create some difficulties for them to avoid suspicion!"

"After this operation, the Liao envoys will definitely believe it. When they send my Song Dynasty reform strategy to Yelv Zongzhen, Yelv Zong is really good at it and will definitely implement it. Even if there are problems during the implementation, it will greatly weaken the national power of the Liao State. , causing internal conflicts in the Liao Kingdom!"

……

The king and his ministers were all excited when they heard this.

This is a big play, a big play that requires many people.

Not only must the Liao envoys believe that the reform strategy is true.

You also need to make him believe that only by going his own way and overcoming all difficulties to implement this method can he succeed.

The gap between rich and poor in Liao was wider than that in Song.

The war with Xixia at the beginning of the year had even hurt their vitality. They urgently needed strategies to enrich the country. However, if these new strategies of the Song Dynasty were implemented, the state treasury might increase some revenue, but internal conflicts would quickly intensify.

My honey is his arsenic.

If the Liao Kingdom did not customize its strategy according to its national conditions and blindly imitated the Song Dynasty, what they would swallow would be a chronic poison that would become more and more poisonous the longer it lasts.

Although this plan is not done by a gentleman.

However, the Liao Kingdom has always coveted the land of the Song Dynasty for a long time.

It is not considered obscene to treat them this way.

Zhao Zhen looked at Su Liang with satisfaction in his eyes.

The only person in the current government who can quickly turn troubles into things that benefit the country is Su Jingming.

On the side, Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang were also impressed by Su Liang's wisdom, and felt in their hearts: Fortunately, Su Jingming was born in the Song Dynasty.

"Just do it!" Zhao Zhen agreed immediately.

The officials were very excited, and in a daze they saw the people of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun waving to them.

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