Han Qi said: "Wang Ju, let's talk about the battle in Dashun City first."

This is also official.

The victory in the Battle of Dashun City is the main one, and the one who sells prisoners of war is the auxiliary one.

Furthermore, Wang Ju did not put the money into his pocket. In addition, compared with the previous rewards and pensions, the court this year is not very rich, and the money is also timely. No matter what method, if the sacrifice of the family members of the soldiers and the disabled soldiers, they will not have much resentment. Otherwise, if they make such great contributions, the pensions and rewards cannot keep up, and some unnecessary conflicts arise, and the prime minister will be sad again.

"Duke Han, first of all, feel the trust of the officials and Han Gong for the lower officials and strong support for Huanqing Road. If there is no trust of the officials and Han Gong, and if there is no support from the imperial court, this battle will be dangerous."

"There is no need to thank you for this. It is what the court and I should do. Do you still talk about the serious business?" Han Qi frowned. Why did he mean the same to Cai Ting?

"Here." Wang Ju told the story as it was.

I will only talk about this year's battle, and I won't mention that last year's battle, which will embarrass Ouyang Xiu, but I don't know who is Ouyang Xiu among the few people here.

Finally, he said: "After Xiaguan came to the capital, he heard many rumors, and was ridiculous. In fact, in that battle, Xiaguan only killed four people. Then the strong men of the Fans and the Poche soldiers were desperate to protect Xiaguan from being in danger. However, in those battles last year, Xiaguan shot and killed seven people. Therefore, this was the merit of the court, the merit of the official family, the merit of Han Gong, the merit of Cai Gong, and the merit of the soldiers of the three armies. The merit of the officials was really ashamed of the little achievements of the officials."

Several old guys frowned again.

They were all civil officials, and they went into battle to kill the enemy themselves. That was too far away. Even if they could kill four people, that was amazing.

Han Qi suddenly thought of that sad and innocent.

After eating a mysterious dry vinegar, can I fight with Wang Ju on the street?

"You don't have to be humble. You have indeed made contributions in this battle, but I ask you why you sold prisoners of war after the war?"

"Han Gong, it is true that this matter has nothing to do with the officials. This spring, the edict was issued, requiring the officials to release the prisoners of war, and the officials were also ready to release them. However, the envoys of Xixia came over and were unruly. The officials were dissatisfied and denied them intentionally. However, the envoys of Xixia actually sent troops to the border to intimidate the officials and civilians on the border, and went directly to Qingzhou to scare the Duke of Sun. And they also banned the sour wine on the border and prevented me from using some means to replace the horse. Han Gong, if there is no war horse, there will be no cavalry. But then the envoys of Xixia would be about to send troops in Xixia after the autumn. They originally had few troops and lacked cavalry. How could they win? The officials were so angry that they blackmailed some war horses."

"Wang Ju, why can't you change horses from Tubo? You have to arouse the anger of Xixia?" Sima Guang asked from the side.

"Sima Gong, the official is ignorant. I didn't expect that at that time, Mr. Cai came to Qingzhou to think of this method." Wang Ju said calmly.

I am just a small magistrate. Don’t talk about me, who would have thought of you guys?

"Continue to talk about it." Han Qi said.

"Here, in fact, I and Mr. Sun dare not take many horses, only a few dozen. When the prisoners of war were released, the Xixia people continued to be arrogant. I was so angry that I said, if I offend my Song Dynasty again, I will sell the prisoners of war to the mine owners as mine slaves. This is an unintentional word, but I didn't expect it to be spread, and some people took it seriously. And some people saw the victory last year, and they were full of confidence. Before the war broke out, some merchants arrived in the territory. Because of private merchants and border merchants, how could the officials know?"

Sima Guang's expression was immediately unhappy. This kid really wanted to tell where he was.

"Before the war broke out, Xiaguan and Gong Cai and others planned day and night, and then several battles started. The next morning, Li Liangzuo was seriously injured and retreated. Our army won a great victory. Xiaguan and Gong Cai and other officials had not slept for several days and nights, so they fell to bed. As a result, these merchants saw that our army had indeed captured many prisoners of war, so they negotiated with the soldiers. On the third day, I and Gong Cai and I learned about this and blocked it repeatedly, but there were only 5,000 prisoners of war left."

"Wang Ju, how many days will it take to walk from Dashun City to Huachi County or Qingzhou?" Sima Guang asked immediately.

"It's two or three days fast, and it's four or five days slow."

"Then why don't you and Mr. Cai recover the prisoners of war?"

Perhaps this issue can make the angry young people scolded to death in later generations. But in the Song Dynasty, there was a market for humanity, peace, and benevolence and righteousness...

"Sima Gong, Xiaguan only talks about two things. The first thing was last month. Du Zhubo, who told me that Xiaguan's father was also a martyr who died heroically on the battlefield. At that time, Xiaguan was still young, and a mother, Xiaguan, and his younger brother and sister, were weak and his family were hungry, but he did not see a penny for the court to pay for it. Even though Xiaguan brought his younger brother and sister to Wangjiazhai to farm, Xiaguan was only thirteen years old at that time, and he was weak and could not afford to carry a 50-pound load. However, the clerk still came down to collect some taxes."

"What happened?" Zhao Jiao said angrily.

Even if the pensions are greedy, this tax cannot be levied. Not to mention how the three little kids in the family survive, even if there are adults in the family, they cannot be levied.

"Who is this man?"

"I'm Zhao Shuping."

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhao, who has been admired for a long time. But Mr. Zhao should not be angry. I also said that the day that the officials and important officials in the court wanted everyone and the people to be good. However, when they came to the hands of corrupt officials below, the imperial edict was not strictly enforced. The officials were not angry, but were grateful, thanking his mentor Mr. Zhang for taking over the officials as his disciples and teaching them. Thanks to the imperial examinations of the court and giving the officials the opportunity to serve as officials. But not every family member and child of the victim is like a minister. Therefore, Mr. Cai was worried about sending people to secretly track down the pensions and rewards that were delegated. I am afraid that this is the case, and similar incidents will happen."

Zhao Jia sighed.

This problem is a headache and cannot be solved.

"The second thing is about Sima Gong. After the official ascended the throne, Sima Gong once reported that the country should be in line with the army and the barbarians, and he liked to take care of the last ranks. However, he was unruly and condone it. Those who are near the west disasters arise from Gaoyi, and those who are in the north have a disaster in Zhao Zi. At that time, these two people are wise. Therefore, the border officials all regard the cause of their affairs as their ability, and they cannot be promoted to the border officials. Therefore, those who are often punished by arrows and blades on the battlefield are punished."

So Sima Guang is very awesome.

Look at this memorial. It is really confusing. Border ministers like to cause trouble. Well, when the enemy comes, you will fight if you have sex. When you have nothing to do, you will cause trouble. If the matter is really here, you dare not fight. Therefore, an edict must be issued. If the frontline soldiers dare to cause trouble on the border, they will immediately deal with the serious crime.

It seems to make sense.

But then move this background westward and northward to see the truth.

Who is causing trouble at the border, who is constantly invading and harassed?

Then let’s see Gao Yi and Zhao Zi. Wu Zong came and did not obey etiquette in the palace. Is it allowed? Don’t say how important the etiquette system was at this time. I just said that the envoy of the Song Dynasty went to Xixia. Don’t talk about the capital. You can’t even go to Xingqing Prefecture. Could it be that the Song Dynasty was so despicable?

Then look at Zhao Zi again.

His battlefield is not in Shaanxi, but in Baozhou, Hebei.

The Song Dynasty was weak, and the border was the Jima River. The Liao Kingdom was in the north and the Song Dynasty was in the south. The Song people did not dare to go into the river to catch fish, but the Liao people dared to catch them and caught them.

This made Wang Ju think of his previous life.

It’s really similar to that when the Chinese navy and fishing industry were underdeveloped, several countries in the east quickly rushed into the Yangtze River. When the fishing industry was developed, Chinese fishermen caught a little by little, and even caught fish in disputed waters, and then began to capture, shoot and punish fines.

Can it not make people feel suffocated?

However, it was not finished yet. First, there were small boats and then large boats, which directly arrived at the Juma River from Haikou. These boats not only fished, but also private merchants, and also sold Liao salt to the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, these ships swaying by the river every day, really don’t put pressure on the border?

Zhao Zi couldn't bear it anymore and sent soldiers to patrol the river. How you do it on the other side of the river. When he arrived in Henan, the soldiers boarded the boat, caught and killed the people, and sent the boat back. The fisherman disappeared immediately and the river calmed down. The Liao Kingdom also lacked the reason for this matter. When the envoy came to the capital, he only said lightly, and did not blame the Song Dynasty. This must have been better than the American Empire. The American Empire was similar to the Liao Kingdom, but they were even more shameless. I sent a plane to fly over you. This is to help you, and it would be wrong to block it.

The Liao Kingdom didn't care, and the Song Dynasty itself started to make trouble. Tang Jie, who was as famous as Bao Zheng, and Peng Siyong, the chief censor in the court, began to be indignant and wrote to Zhao Zi to apologize. And Peng Siyong was sitting here, but Wang Ju didn't know him.

At that time, Han Qi was the prime minister and immediately sent someone to investigate the matter. This matter was done correctly, and the Liao Kingdom didn't care about it. Why did it behave in the same way? So Zhao Zi was moved to the commander-in-chief of the Dragon God Guard, Jiazhou Tuanzheng.

This is what the two of them did, either saving the face of the Song Dynasty or regaining the losses of the Song Dynasty. However, when Sima Guang's mouth was in the mouth, there was a guilty person.

However, Wang Ju didn't want to argue with Gao Yi and Zhao Zi for his merits and demerits. Although he decided to do things, he would sooner or later have a greater conflict with Sima Guang, but he still didn't want to offend Sima Guang deeply.

This is a very headache-inducing character.

He took Sima Guang's memorial as an example, just to explain it for himself, so he continued, "But why did Sima Guang write a few border ministers to a letter to him that were cowardly? Because of this, when Li Liangzuo first succeeded to the throne, the country was unstable and suffered some disasters, so he respected our dynasty more. This is not that he really wanted to respect our dynasty and be peaceful and friendly, but that he won time and stabilize the political situation for him, and wanted to win the annual gifts and trade, restore the economy, and restore national strength. Therefore, the border was relatively peaceful in the past few years, and the lower officials thought that this was the reason why Sima Gong did not want to cause trouble on the border and provoked war again."

"However, the fact is that the people of Xixia want to give the gifts, the officials give the gifts, they want to trade with each other, and even acquiesced to the prefectures and prefectures to trade. Let's look at the frontline officials, the people of Xixia come to burn, kill and loot, including Sun Gong. The real order they issued was not a counterattack, but to let the soldiers not come out in various forts and forts, let them burn, let them rob, and let them rape women at will! That's why Sima Gong appeared in such a contradictory memorial, first seeking peace, asking for condolences, and then hoping that the border ministers would do something."

In fact, Wang Ju was already using Sima Guang's spear to attack Sima Guang's shield.

But now Wang Ju doesn't want to offend Sima Guang deeply, so he has a little bit of affection and is quite obscure.

Peng Siyong spoke: "Now the court is not prosecuting you for being guilty of the Battle of Dashun City, but why did he acquiesce the merchants to take away the prisoners of war? And the other sold the prisoners of war?"

"This man is..."

"I'm Mr. Peng Ji."
Chapter completed!