Inside the banquet hall, the officials looked furious.
"Wang Lian is really incompetent. He talked with Xiao Xi for ten days, and then he realized that the Khitan's intention was not to fight for Guannan, but to let our dynasty cede Hedong!"
The chief ministers also looked like they thought Wang Lian was a fool.
Wang Lian used to be a disciple of Fu Bi, but now Feng Jingshao has to speak for him: "In the second year of Qingli, the Liao people once asked for the land south of Guannan."
"This time Xiao Xi went south with the order of the general envoy, and kept saying that the construction of the exhibition gate city in Xiongzhou violated the original Song and Liao oath. At that time, His Majesty personally told Xiao Xi that the oath stated that no city should be built, but he did not say that no exhibition was allowed.
Trust me, but these are minor matters, and it won’t hurt if I order them to be removed.”
"At that time, His Majesty asked Xiao Xi twice if he had anything else to do, but Xiao Xi only said that the Northern Dynasty did not want the Southern Dynasty to break the alliance oath for a long time, and that there was nothing else."
The official nodded. This was the situation at the beginning of the year.
Feng Jing added: "This time Xiao Xi suddenly changed his mind and wanted to seize the land east of Hedong. Although Wang Lian did not foresee it well, it is true that the Liao people are cunning and changeable."
Wu Chong said: "In the land east of Hedong, our dynasty and Liao Dynasty have always been bounded by Changlian City and Liufanling. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Pan Mei stationed on the border and followed Emperor Taizu's method of pacifying the Northern Han Dynasty and setting up forbidden areas. This was for the two countries between Liao and Song Dynasty.
They stopped cultivating the land and moved people from forbidden areas to the interior for resettlement."
"As a result, people were not allowed to enter this forbidden area, but the Liao State did not prevent its people from migrating south. Today, many Liao people are farming and making a living here. When Yingzong ascended the throne, the Liao State invaded the land to test the reality, and invaded and built twenty
The remaining fort was in the forbidden area. When the dynasty was using troops in Xihe River, the Lord of Liao sent tens of thousands of troops to the border of Daizhou. Last year, he ordered General Xiao Yulu to garrison two Pishi troops in Tailao Ancient Mountain, intending to intimidate the dynasty."
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Hearing this, the official clenched his fists and thought: The Lord of Liao took advantage of the dynasty to raise troops in Xihe, and invaded and humiliated the dynasty again and again, regardless of the alliance between the two countries.
The officials thought of Zhang Yue's words to recuperate for three to five years, but the Liao Kingdom bullied him so much that the officials couldn't swallow this sigh of relief.
As Wu Chong said, in the second year of Qingli, when the Song Dynasty was most embarrassed by Xixia, the Liao Kingdom threatened to beat you, and finally settled with an increase of 200,000 years of coins.
After Yingzong ascended the throne, the Liao Kingdom continued to encroach on its borders and bullied you into unstable political situation.
When the Song Dynasty opened the Xihe River, the Liao Dynasty repeated its old tricks.
Although the general direction is to destroy Xia, the Liao Kingdom also saw the Song Dynasty and deliberately stabbed you every now and then to draw some blood. There is a bottom line for all patience.
Now the Song Dynasty sent a team to negotiate at the border. It was originally to discuss the demarcation of the border between Hebei and Guannan. But suddenly the conditions of the Liao Kingdom changed. The Liao Kingdom requested to renegotiate the Song-Liao border from Hebei to Hedong, which is thousands of miles away.
delimitation.
When the officials learned the news from Wang Lian, they were very angry.
In fact, from the bottom of my heart, the official family does not mind giving up a little bit of land to maintain relations with the Liao Kingdom for the time being, and then let the Liao Kingdom see my face after the Xia is destroyed.
But the problem is that the Liao Kingdom knows what you want, and is no longer satisfied with a little bit of land. It wants to renegotiate the demarcation from the Song-Liao border thousands of miles east of Hebei and Hebei. And Wang Lian, who was in charge of the negotiations, was fooled by Xiao Xi.
Going around and around, even the other party's intentions are known at the last moment.
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At this moment, Zhang Yue, who was in the Bachelor's College, was drinking tea.
His first ten days as a Hanlin bachelor were indeed the most leisurely time for him.
In the past few days, Zhang Yue drafted five edicts in total in the Academy, and earned 120 guan just for writing them.
This writing fee is an honest income, and this is a rule set by Emperor Taizong himself, and it is also engraved on a stone in Sherenyuan. Officials at different levels should pay Hanlin bachelors how much money for writing writing fees. This is blatantly allowing Hanlin to ask officials
Beat the autumn breeze.
Among them, the maximum fee for refining the edict of canonization of the queen is 200 guan in total. As for other officials, the fee is calculated in descending order.
Others asked about the edict for ascending to the throne? Or the edict for establishing the crown prince?
I'm really sorry, I don't have any money.
From this we can see that the old Zhao family is also very stingy. Hanlin bachelors can ask the queen for writing fees, but they cannot ask the emperor himself.
Zhang Yue had done nothing these days and was busy writing edicts in the Academy. The others were Zhang Zhi, Cai Que, and Xu Jiang who came to chat from time to time.
Occasionally, he saw Wang Lian returning to the hospital with a worried look, and Zhang Yue felt even more relaxed in his heart.
This feeling is like watching others work overtime and get criticized by their superiors, but you sit there drinking tea and chatting, and still get paid.
Living this kind of life is really extremely comfortable and comfortable.
At this time, the eunuch arrived at Zhang Yue and after saluting, handed him a small note. The small note read, "Zhang Zhi adds Longtuge to be made, and knows Daizhou; Han Weijia adds the bachelor of Duanming Palace, and knows Heyang."
Zhang Yue thought for a moment after reading it and immediately wrote the edict in rough draft.
The eunuch, who was familiar with Zhang Yue, also whispered in a low voice: "Nei Han, let me break the news to you. I heard that this time Wang Lian was in bad luck, and the officials and ministers were dissatisfied with him."
"Wang Lian was also anxious, and actually argued with the officials, 'By crossing the Xihe River, the land taken will not be worth the cost. It is better to fight with the Khitan to win or lose, so that the Liao people will no longer have the intention to peep south.' Look.
Is this also nonsense? Seizing Xihe is the official's first proud thing after ascending to the throne. Doesn't Wang Lian say this to bring shame on the official family?"
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Wang Lian was not slandering the officials' face, but also his own face.
However, he was promoted by Fu Bi, so it is not surprising to say this. In this regard, the interests between himself and Wang Lian are forever irreconcilable.
Zhang Yue smiled when he heard this, and immediately waved away the edict, and then asked Peng Jingyi to stuff the official with a small ingot of golden beans.
The eunuch was not surprised and thanked him.
Every Hanlin writing has a polishing fee, but according to the rules of the Academy, this money must be divided between the top and the bottom. Even the driving grooms in the Academy must share a sum.
However, it is up to the officials to decide how much of the refinancing fee they should keep for themselves.
Zhang Yue has always been very generous with money, sharing 90% of the writing fee. As for the eunuch just now, Han Wei was the one who Zhang Zhi wanted to pay for his writing fee.
This rule is a rule, even if Zhang Zhi is his nephew, he still has to give this money.
During the meal, Zhang Yue arrived at the Privy Council.
He approached Wu Chong and asked him to record the border document Han Qi had made in the second year of Jiayou for him to review.
He knew that Wang Lian had made a big fool of himself in the Song-Liao negotiations this time, and the court might have to reconsider the candidates for negotiation. Although he might not be sent as an envoy, as a Hanlin scholar, he would definitely do his homework in preparation for the emperor's consultation.
Therefore, it is also a good idea to come to the Privy Council to borrow materials for a rainy day.
This is also the reason why Zhang Yue has been rising through the ranks as an official. He thinks ahead to everything and never waits for things to become urgent before he thinks of solutions.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that in another time and space, the Song Dynasty made a lot of concessions in this negotiation. At that time, it was because Xihe was facing the attack of Dong Fei and Xia State, so it ceded the land.
Later, it was said that the Song Dynasty ceded 700 miles of land, but in fact this was an exaggeration.
But now that the Song Dynasty has negotiated peace with Xixia, and Dong Zhen is willing to submit to the Song Dynasty, the pressure in the northwest has been greatly relieved, and he is not afraid even if he falls out with the Khitan.