In the Privy Council, Yan Shu, the Privy Council envoy who stayed behind, had a headache after seeing another eight hundred miles urgently sent by Wang De.
This Wang Deyong has other talents than others, but he is quite good at urging people.
Look, I've only been in the northern border for a few days, and the pile of memorials urging money, food, and troops has already reached half a person's height.
"Does he do nothing else every day but write memorials for fun?" Yan Shu couldn't help but think in a wicked way, and then he picked up the latest memorial and went straight to the political hall.
Yan Shu came again, and several husbands who were working here felt dizzy after seeing it.
"No need to hide from me, I also have a headache. Let's take a look. This is a new report sent by Wang Xianggong. It says that there is something strange about Meng Qi who has been hiding in Shigu Mountain. Recently, scouts have frequently appeared in Xinkou Village.
Outside, it looks like he has the intention of attacking."
Yan Shu could see that these princes didn't like him, but what could he do?
It’s true that he is a Privy Councilor, but as he gets older, he doesn’t care about too many things anymore.
In particular, his son-in-law Fu Bi was previously the deputy privy envoy. They were officials in the same department. He always had to avoid suspicion, let alone do things, and the power was in Wang Deyong's hands.
Now that Wang Deyong had gone to the north, all the pressure from the Privy Council fell on him, and he suddenly felt the pressure doubled.
"Have you not already written to tell Xianggong Wang that reinforcements are being assembled and will be sent to the north soon? Why is he still so anxious?" Wen Yanbo, the counselor and political officer, spoke, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
He is a famous compromiser and coexistence faction.
According to his opinion, there is no need to fight this war at all. Just send people to the front line to negotiate with the three tribes.
Just pay some price and let the three tribes stop fighting.
Doing this will certainly make people underestimate the Song Dynasty, but it is not a strategy.
When others look down upon you, you are often the safest, right?
By then, everyone thinks that there is no threat to the Song Dynasty, and the three tribes will probably fight each other to death. In this way, the Song Dynasty can be a spectator and slowly develop itself.
If one day, all three tribes are tired and crippled from fighting, who is to say that that time will not be the time for the rise of the Song Dynasty?
But it was Su Shi who advocated sending troops.
He even let him convince the officials and Song Chu, the iron cock.
It's fine now. The war has only been fought for less than two months, and we are already asking for money and food. If we had known that we would have to pay so much, it would be better not to fight this war at all.
At this moment, Wen Yanbo felt angry and took the initiative to ignore that the person asking for money and people was not Su Shi, but Wang Deyong, whom they recommended.
"Okay, it's meaningless to say this now. Mr. Wang is the northern territory we recommended to go to. Now he needs our support. How can we just watch on the sidelines? Mr. Han, we need to hurry up on the deployment of troops." Prime Minister
Jia Changchao opened his mouth.
After all, he was a prime minister, so he still had the power to make decisions.
Deputy Privy Councilor Han Qi showed bitterness on his face when his name was called.
He wanted to say that it was really difficult to mobilize troops now. Especially the wounded soldiers and deserters who came back from the front line to prepare for the imperial army. From their mouths, they described the battlefield as being like hell. This caused a troop near Bianliang City to
An army becomes timid before fighting.
Even if such an army is really transferred to the northern border, how effective can it be on the battlefield?
Don't run away first if the war is at a disadvantage, otherwise it will be like trapping Wang Deyong.
He opened his mouth and wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, it would be of no use. In the end, Han Qi nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Jia, I will take care of this matter."
"Yes. Mr. Pang, I would like to trouble you to go to Mr. Song's place." Jia Chang nodded towards Han Qi, and then his eyes fell on another prime minister Pang Ji.
Pang Ji was called this and wanted to curse.
Is Song Chu, the Third Chief of Staff, so easy to get along with?
He is simply a master who wants money rather than life. Su Shi said before that after giving him five million dollars, he will be in charge of the military expenses.
If you win the battle and capture something, you may be able to get the money you appropriated back.
What Su Shi said was decisive, Song Chi also listened and did the same thing.
Recently, Wang Deyong began to ask for money and food. The princes went to Song Chu one by one to communicate, but which one didn't come back with a disastrous result?
Who got the promise and benefits of a copper plate?
This is simply an impossible task. Jia Changchao clearly knows this, but now he leaves this matter to himself. Is this a joke on himself?
If I don’t get the money later, will I have to punish myself for being unfavorable in doing things?
We are all prime ministers, who is afraid of whom?
Thinking like this in his heart, Pang Ji was very unhappy. But he had no choice. Even if they were both prime ministers, they had to be ranked higher and lower.
Jia Chang's tenure as prime minister was longer than his own. Although it was not much longer, one more day was his seniority.
"Okay, don't worry, Xianggong Jia. I'll go find Xianggong Song soon. I'm just afraid there's no hope." Pang Ji had no choice but to agree, but he still got a vaccination in advance.
"How can there be no hope? This is a big deal. I also believe in Xianggong Pang's ability. The matter is settled like this. The Xixia prisoners on the battlefield have been sent. I want to go to Honglu Temple and Xianggong Wen, together?" Jia Chang came out.
Talking.
"Okay, let's go take a look together." Wen Yanbo stood up after thinking about it.
What was sent this time was the Xixia captured soldiers Gu Le and his entourage of a thousand people. The issue of how to deal with them will directly affect the subsequent relationship between the Song and Xia countries.
Although the two countries are now at war, it is said that those who catch each other's people on the battlefield can be killed or beheaded.
But even as a compromiser, Wen Yanbo certainly didn't want to see anything happen to Gu Le and the others, and he didn't want to really get into trouble with Xixia.
In the eyes of a politician like him, a war is just a war, but there are still things that can be discussed.
It was precisely because Jia Changchao knew Wen Yanbo's thoughts that he asked him to come with him. Although the officials said that the matter was left to him, he really didn't want to get involved.
Without it, if these people like Gu Le were released, would Su Shi have any objections or opinions about himself if he knew about it?
Empress Cao wanted to win over Su Shi. As Empress Cao's servant, she couldn't help but have some conflict with Su Shi now.
But as long as Wen Yanbo is called, it will be a big difference. This person has already had a stalemate with Su Shi, so he probably won't worry about offending him again.
Jia Changchao only knows what Wen Yanbo thinks about foreigners. With this person at the forefront, the rest of the matter will be much easier to handle.
Wen Yanbo, who got up, was also a smart man. He understood what Jia Changchao meant by calling him at this time, but he was really worried that something would happen to these thousand Xixia prisoners. If this was the case, it would be more difficult to negotiate with Xixia in the future.
He knew that Su Shi's memorial advocated killing people like Gu Le, saying that it was to boost the morale of the Song Dynasty, and also to let other alien races see the ferocious side of the Song Dynasty, so that they would feel afraid and not fight with the Song Dynasty.
Song Dynasty was the enemy.
If Su Shi's words were followed, the Song Dynasty would have been able to win the war.
In this case, what use is there for you?
In this way, wouldn’t the Song Dynasty’s so-called strategy of emphasizing culture and suppressing military force become ineffective?
This is what Wen Yanbo does not want to see. What he wants is that he can dominate everything. The prerequisite is that his foreign policy can be implemented smoothly.
Therefore, even though he knew that Jia Changchao was using him, he still did not refuse.
If something is beneficial, even if someone takes advantage of him, he will be happy to do so.
It can be said that there is no fool in the political hall, they are all old foxes. It just depends on who has better methods in the end.
Jia Changchao and Wen Yanbo left. Yan Shu looked at them and saw that he had nothing to do, so he smiled and shook his head, turning around and leaving with a leisurely step.
Seeing the three people leaving, Pang Ji snorted in displeasure.
They left calmly and left things to themselves, which was really beautiful beyond what they thought.
"Xianggong Pang
"Why don't you go and see Mr. Song?" Han Qi was curious when he saw that Pang Ji had no intention of getting up.
"Where are we going? Believe it or not, you can't find Song Chu at all now, and he won't be happy to see me." After Pang Ji said this, he sighed and said, "Hey, it's still Bao Zheng and Fu Bi.
Well, I had been feeling unwell for a long time and was home sick, but now I have some free time."
Pang Ji said with an envious look on his face. At this moment, he felt a little regretful. He should have known that he should have stayed home sick and not participated in these messy things.
But can he?
Fu Bi and Bao Zheng had always supported Su Shi, and even when Wang Deyong wanted to go to the north, they also vigorously opposed it.
When they couldn't stop it, the two simply took sick leave to express their dissatisfaction. The officials also knew about this and granted them leave.
But what do you mean by yourself?
To say that he has a good relationship with Su Shi is because there are interests involved. As for the route, the two of them are not in the same boat.
Pang Ji spoke directly, and Han Qi also let out a bitter smile.
It's not easy for Pang Ji to get money, but it's easy for him to mobilize troops?
Come on, let's deal with it first. Maybe he hasn't finished deploying his troops yet, and Wang Deyong will lose Xincheng and run back.
Don't tell me, Han Qi's mouth is either too good or too bad.
While he was thinking about this, the war situation in the north was changing.
Just that morning, Mengqi Alatan's troops, who had been huddled in Shigu Mountain, suddenly took action.
Alatan, who had been having a small fight and seemed to be training his troops, suddenly sent out a large number of cavalry and went straight to Xinkou Village to kill them.
Guarding here is a Song army of 2,000 men, the old, weak, sick and disabled whom Wang Deyong dispatched from nearby reinforcements.
Such an army may not be able to win even if it fights bandits, let alone facing the most elite Mongolian cavalry.
Needless to say, both sides collapsed as soon as they came into contact with the Song army, leaving behind more than a thousand corpses. In the end, less than 600 people escaped.