The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 196 Proposal to associate with Khitan

Whether it's south before north, or north before south, the main topic is the direction and orientation of the Song Dynasty's unification of the world. To put it bluntly, this is just a matter of strategy. The key is to have your own strength!
If you don’t have any strength, the results are the same if you go south and then north and go north and then south. No matter how good the strategy is, it won’t work. Without absolute strength, it’s just empty talk. significance?

To say so much is still to solve the problem of military power, which is to say that we have gone in a big circle, and finally we still have to solve the problem of military leadership.

This is really a big deal, everything is ready and it is only due to Dongfeng, these things still need to be resolved, sooner or later.

A more specific plan can only be implemented if it is resolved one day earlier, otherwise it can only be discussed on paper. Although this is the case, it still needs to be done step by step.

Don't act too hastily, otherwise it will be really troublesome if you are in a hurry. You must know that rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone these people?
After the father and son finished their discussions, a special eunuch helped them to rest, because both father and son were drunk.

Zhao Xu was naturally helped to the prince's east palace. Although Zhao Xu was the prince, he could not just spend the night in the palace. This was the rule.

Zhao Xu, who returned to the East Palace, fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already the next day. When he opened his eyes, he found that he had returned to his East Palace.

After a night's rest, my head still hurts a little. Anyone who has ever drank alcohol knows that this is the aftereffect of being drunk.

Although he was completely sober at this time, it still hurts for a while. Who told him to drink a lot yesterday?

And with a group of Song Yunting lying on the side, it seemed that he took care of Zhao Xu all night, and only lying on the side to rest when he was tired, thinking of this, Zhao Xu felt warm in his heart.In fact, Zhao Xu liked this girl quite a lot.

She is really not an ordinary woman, after all, she is a tiger girl with extraordinary martial arts, and sometimes even the masters in Ouchi are no match for her.

They were on the street a few days ago, and it was Song Yunting who took the initiative to teach a few people who were misbehaving on the street.

It was only then that Zhao Xu knew that she was also a master, even if Zhao Xu sometimes lost to her in sparring.

The key point is that she also knows military and political affairs. If she hadn't been a daughter, Zhao Xu would have wanted her to enter the center.

It seems that she is also a strange woman, but she did not expect to become her own wife. She was a bachelor in her previous life, but now she has four wives.

Zhao Xu got up quietly, and helped him onto the bed. Lying on his stomach like this is not good for his health. After all, this daughter-in-law is his own, and he doesn't love her. Do you want others to love her?
Zhao Xu's voice was very soft, but it still alarmed Song Yunting. After all, martial arts practitioners are quite sensitive.

At this time, Song Yunting, who was still dreaming, felt that her body was moving, as if being hugged, so she slowly opened her eyes.

"What are you doing so early in the morning, come down quickly, it's time to get up and eat, don't make trouble, I was tired after taking care of you last night." Song Yunting still complained.

She thought what Zhao Xu was going to do to her, but Zhao Xu just wanted her to have a good rest, but she misunderstood her.

"What are you thinking? I just want you to take a good rest. You've been lying here all night, and your body is always uncomfortable. What do you think I'm going to do? Be obedient and take a good rest here, otherwise I also want to take care of my family."

After Zhao Xu said such a thing, Song Yunting didn't dare to talk anymore, so she let Zhao Xu cover herself with a quilt, closed her eyes and began to rest.

Zhao Xu got up to have breakfast alone, but Zhao Xu had a habit before breakfast, which was to exercise. This was also a habit he had formed over the years, and there was really nothing he could do about these habits for a while. It can be changed, but he has no intention of changing it, after all, this is also a good habit.

Zhao Xu had to go to the court today, not the morning court. It stands to reason that the morning court would have gone down early at this time, but some special things were postponed today, so it is not too late for Zhao Xu to go at this time.

This time, Zhao Kuangyin was going to probe the tone of the Khitan side. Although the Khitan and the Central Plains had enmity, and there was no precedent for sending envoys to each other, but it didn't mean that it didn't happen now.

"My son is willing to go in person, please grant permission from the emperor." Zhao Kuangyin and several ministers talked so much, but no one took the initiative to go, which made Zhao Kuangyin very depressed. Don't they understand what I mean?

In the end, it was Zhao Xu who said he was willing to go. Zhao Kuangyin was not happy when Zhao Xu said this.

Zhao Kuangyin saw that those ministers were silent, so he understood in his heart, snorted coldly, and cursed in his heart:

"You guys are pretending to be confused. If you have any troublesome or dangerous things, let others do it. What do you want? Zhao Xu is not only my son, but also the prince of Song Dynasty. He can easily take risks. ?"

Zhao Kuangyin thought so, he didn't speak, he winked at Zhao Pu next to him.

Zhao Pu also saw the emperor winking at him, and his thoughts turned:

"What does your majesty mean?" After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, and suddenly a dense layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his brows were furrowed.

Seeing that Zhao Pu didn't understand, Zhao Kuangyin felt a little disappointed in his heart. This Zhao Pu knows me best, but what happened today, he didn't understand the real meaning. It seems that these people are always trying to figure out their own thoughts!

Thinking of trying to figure out his thoughts, Zhao Kuangyin thought of a person, this person is usually the most observant person, he should know what I mean.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin looked at Tao Gu again, and gave him a wink. Tao Gu didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't dare to speak rashly. What do you mean.

Tao Gu, who was standing behind, took a peek at Zhao Kuangyin, and then at Zhao Kuangyin whose eyes were rolling around. With a little understanding in his heart, he said:
"The emperor's lesson: His Royal Highness is outstanding in all aspects, no matter what you do, you can do it the best."

Tao Gu's flattering is really good, everyone despises him in their hearts, but they despise and envy him at the same time, why didn't he praise the prince on such an occasion!

This is such a good opportunity to show merit, and the other ministers also thought in their hearts that no matter who said this, the master above would be happy.

"But Your Majesty, Khitan is a barbaric and uncivilized person. They can do anything. Although His Royal Highness is not afraid of these things, we still have to prevent them from having vicious thoughts and not let His Highness suffer any harm. , even if it is our guess.”

In short, Tao Gu's meaning is very clear, that is, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise and powerful, don't rule out the barbarism of Khitan.

It was said that troublesome people came out of poor mountains and bad waters, and no one knew what these people dared to do. Besides, Khitan and the Central Plains Dynasty had a big enmity. If Zhao Xu went, who would be responsible for any accidents.

"So I implore Your Majesty, you must not agree to this request of Your Highness, you can send ministers to go." After Tao Gu finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Kuangyin.

He really didn't know the bottom line in his heart. He was really not sure whether Zhao Kuangyin meant this, but from a father's point of view, he thought it was the most appropriate thing to do, so he took a gamble.

Seeing the smile on Zhao Kuangyin's face, Tao Gu knew that he had won the bet, the emperor meant that, it seems that the emperor should be satisfied with me.

Everyone, after seeing Zhao Kuangyin's realization, he also recalled it. According to the past, His Majesty made a decision directly. Why didn't he make a decision today? It turned out to be because of this.

They looked at Tao Gu, this man really knows how to read words and deeds. When Zhou was proclaimed emperor, it was his imperial decree that came out, and now he speaks to Zhao Kuangyin's heart. This man is not simple.

This Tao Gu is really good at observing words and expressions, and understanding the holy will. When these words came out, Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed, and he valued Tao Gu even more.

Although Zhao Kuangyin sometimes dislikes such people very much, but sometimes he has to rely on such people. Any kind of person has his own position, the key depends on how the emperor employs people.

Even corrupt officials can do great things under the leadership of a wise monarch, so people are useful, the key is to see how they are used.

"For Your Majesty, this is just an idea of ​​yours. It hasn't been fully decided yet, but it's a bit early for His Highness to actively go to the north. It's a big matter with Khitan. You must be more careful."

Zhao Pu also stood up immediately at this time. The emperor just made a proposal. Zhao Xu stood up to support his father's proposal when he saw that no one responded.

But it can be seen that Zhao Kuangyin didn't want his son to go, but he was already on the verge of riding a tiger. He didn't understand the meaning of his boss at that time, and he didn't stand up. On the contrary, Tao Gu felt that he was so accurate with his boss' pulse.

But we must do our best to remedy it afterwards. Zhao Pu stepped forward to speak. This is just a proposal of His Majesty, and it has not yet been finalized. Everything is still a proposal.

As soon as Zhao Pu said this, Zhao Kuangyin also had a step down. Yes, he just had such an idea. As for whether it can be implemented, it is still unknown, but none of the ministers supported him.

My son supports it, but he can't go. Are these ministers a little old? This Tao Gu is not bad and can be cultivated in the future.

"Okay, I just came up with this opinion. Let everyone discuss it. There is always an unresolvable hatred between us and the Khitan, but sometimes necessary exchanges are still necessary. We can exchange the exchanges between the two countries for our big Something Song doesn’t have!”

What Zhao Kuangyin said meant that he supported temporary contact with Khitan. After all, he could get benefits from Khitan, and doing so would benefit the development of Song Dynasty. How could he disagree?The emperor has an idea in his heart!

(End of this chapter)