A powerful minister of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 28 Fishing Plan
Yan Shu was kicked out from the center.

Firstly, it was the trend, and secondly, he did it on purpose.

Now that the emperor is dead and the young emperor has ascended the throne, power has fallen into the hands of others and no one can protect Yan Shu.

Yan Shu temporarily stayed away from the power vortex of the court, which was also a way to protect himself.

Now Yan Shu listened to Song Xuan's three-step plan, stroked his beard and said nothing.

In fact, the Song Dynasty has always spared no effort to sow discord between Liao and Xia.

But so far, no effect has been seen.

Even though the fact that the Liao emperor was defeated by Li Deming was not widely publicized, it had already been spread among the people of the Song Dynasty.

When there is enough discussion among the people, the voices from the market will be transmitted back to the Liao Kingdom, and perhaps they will be able to influence those high-ranking Khitan nobles.

They are used to being arrogant.

I will definitely not swallow this anger easily.

In other words, they will not easily accept failure, especially being defeated by a vassal state!

In recent years, the Song and Liao countries have been at peace for a long time. The border troops of the Song Dynasty have become rotten. Could it be that the Liao Dynasty has not become rotten as well?

Only when everyone is relatively rotten can we maintain a balanced state where no one is rotten.

But it seems that the Khitans want Li Deming to go to war with the Song Dynasty so that they can benefit from it.

As for training troops while on the border, it is indeed a cliché.

But the court still failed to produce any results.

The imperial court has always been engaged in business.

Yan Shu also had no idea what new tricks Song Xuan would come up with if he really went there in the future.

Is it possible to get both the Western Xia and the Liao Dynasty to send money continuously?
difficult!
However, it is really rare to find students like Song Xuan who like to go to the northwest to eat sand.

It’s second only to going to Lingnan to eat lychees and mushrooms, or even going to Hainan to drink some coconut.

Fan Zhongyan nodded slightly.

He thought Song Xuan's three steps were very feasible, so he took the initiative to ask:
"Twelfth Brother, whether it's training troops or building a city, it requires a lot of manpower and money. Establishing a trading post and so on is also to prevent Li Deming from leading his troops to destroy it. Do you have a specific plan for this?"

Song Shou also added:
"Yes, the imperial court will not easily approve so much money. Once a border war begins, it will cost even more money. The imperial court's tax revenue is not as high as before."

Hearing their questions, Song Xuan smiled and shook his head:

"My dears, I have only proposed an idea. Whether it succeeds or not, I must pass the imperial examination before I can talk about anything else. Otherwise, it will all be empty talk."

Several people agreed.

The most important thing for Song Xuan is to pass the Level 3 exam smoothly, otherwise everything will be in vain.

Not all candidates can complete these three times in one go, and countless candidates fail in the last two times.

It was not until the imperial examination in the second year of Jiayou that Song Renzong ordered that candidates who failed the palace examination would not be dismissed, which reduced the difficulty of the imperial examination.

"You are quite self-aware."

Song Shou breathed a sigh of relief.

He was a little worried that the genius Zhang Fangping would be influenced by Song Xuan.

It doesn’t matter if Song Xuan goes to the northwest in the future, but how can Zhang Fangping, with his weak body, compete with Song Xuan, a strong young man.

Song Shou felt that even the soldiers in the imperial guards were not as elite as Song Xuan, let alone the other wing troops.

"That's all."

Yan Shu asked someone to fill him with ice beer:

"Let's not talk about those far away people. Let's talk about those bad guys first. Do you really plan to kill them all by yourself?"

"I'm not that arrogant, Mr. Yan, I also have helpers."

Song Xuan pointed at several guys present, all of whom were friends he had known since childhood.

Besides those rescued from the kidnappers, there was also a young man who didn't want to be a beggar and shamelessly begged to be taken in. "Plus, with Mr. Fan here, I guarantee they won't get close to us."

Fan Zhongyan had no reason to refute.

When he was young, he traveled around and studied swordsmanship, so he had some swordsmanship skills, but he didn't have resources like Song Xuan to strengthen his body.

Barely enough for self-defense.

Poor in literature and rich in martial arts.

Practicing martial arts requires a lot of money.

When poor students like Zhang Fangping show talent in their studies, there are people willing to help them.

At least many people showed kindness in lending him books for his enlightenment.

If someone goes hungry because of practicing martial arts, do you think the local gentry and powerful people will treat you the same way they treat scholars?
Throughout the Song Dynasty, from top to bottom, warriors were considered inferior to others.

Even if the army doesn't force you to get a tattoo, you still have to get one just to let you know that you are inferior.

"Don't be too arrogant."

Song Shou shook his head and called a servant to call some soldiers over.

"Wait, I have no objection to calling the police, but the reinforcements must not show up in official uniforms, lest they scare away these desperadoes. If they see they can't deal with me this time, they will look for opportunities to kill other innocent people."

"That's right." Fan Zhongyan nodded slightly.

How can we proceed if we don’t wipe out this group of people?
"We must do as Song Twelve said."

"Here."

Song Xuan's words sounded very reasonable, and even Song Shou thought they made sense.

Only Yan Shu could see that Song Xuan wanted to kill this group of people deep down.

The thief was killed immediately to prevent him from being plotted against again in the future.

It is not only that the policies he envisions are so radical, but his own style of doing things is also extremely radical.

However, in court struggles, radicals often become the enemy's breakthrough point.

"We need to be more cautious in this matter. After all, this is a matter of life and death."

Yan Shu knew how to protect himself best, so how could he allow Song Xuan to act so recklessly?

"Tell me what your plans are."

Song Xuan explained his idea in detail to Yan Shu, and the easiest place to take action was on the river.

In this way, once you control the ship, you will have nowhere to run and will be beaten into a pulp.

On the other hand, we can also do the same to this group of bad guys.

"Then we can lure them into the river and catch them in a trap."

Yan Shu thought about it, and asked his servants to call a boat from Songcheng, set up an ambush in the cabin, and use several other boats as guards to arrest the gang of criminals.

Song Xuan listened to Yan Shu's arrangements but did not respond.

At that time, I must go fishing with great fanfare and money. I don’t believe they won’t be tempted!
"It's late, so we won't stay overnight." Yan Shu stood up and said:
"It's a good time to take a stroll around Lema Town at night."

The curfew in the early Northern Song Dynasty allowed businesses to operate until midnight, but not long after, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin abolished the curfew.

The night market in Bianjing City is still bustling at night, and various commercial activities and entertainment continue, so there is no curfew in many places.

"Then I won't see Mr. Yan off."

Song Xuan stood up and saw them out.

The streets were still bustling with people at this time. It was difficult to fall asleep in such a hot summer.

Yan Shu had something on his mind, so he plunged into the crowd.

(End of this chapter)