Chapter 245: Burning the piano and boiling the crane is so elegant

A national border is separated by two heavens and earths.

Liang Yibi was in the territory of Xixia, and he had no choice but to face the words of the gaze. When the words of the gaze, Zhao Xing put down his telescope and greeted the person happily: "Come on, take the horse's leg I treasure, and I'm going to hold a barbecue banquet."

The servants excitedly carried a shriveled horse's hind legs. Sun Cong frowned and asked in disbelief: "Li Ren, this horse's legs are not very good. I heard that you like exquisite food, so why do you also collect this thing?"

Zhao Xing was like offering treasures, full of showing off his pride: "Zi Shu (Sun Cong), although the horse's legs are not good, its origin is extraordinary. This is the war horse of the Helanyuan County Magistrate. Originally, the war horse was white, and the one riding on it was the prince charming. When we broke through the Helanyuan, the prince charming rode this horse to command the Xixia people to fight to the death, but we shot it into a hedgehog by ours and our horses.

Later, I inquired that the prince charming was the eldest son of the Helan Yuanfu. In order to express my memory, I cut off the hind legs of the horse, demolished the house of the Helan Yuanfu County Magistrate, and used his house beam to carefully bake the horse's legs into smoked meat according to the secret method of Jinhua ham.

It's not easy, so precious. From now on, the people of Xixia have no Helanyuan. If you want to find the Helanyuan County Magistrate, you will never have any... That beam is pure basswood, what a good beam, what a good war horse, what a good prince charming - these things are put together, how precious?! The smoked meat made in this way is also something that has never been seen in a century. I usually don't want to take it out and give it a look. Today, the Prime Minister of Xixia is under the city, and we cook this horse leg on the city - what else is more elegant than this!"

Ya, it is indeed Ya! When Zhao Xing said this, Sun Cong's crazy spirit of literati pursuing elegance also broke the situation. He repeatedly urged: "Create fire, quickly create fire. Don't wait for the Prime Minister to leave. Let's look at the smoke and dust left by him, eat meat and drink wine."

Taking advantage of the time when the soldiers were making fire, Zhao Xing looked at the Xixia soldiers under the city and asked Sun Cong proudly: "Zi Shu, remember when you met me in Mizhou, Wang Dingguo (Wang Gong) once said that I was: the level of being an official in the ninth rank, the level of being an essay in the eighth rank, the level of being a doctor in the seventh rank, the level of being a businessman in the sixth rank, the level of being a fifth rank, the level of being a farmer in the fourth rank, the level of being a chef in the third rank, the ability to build houses in the second rank, and the first-class pleasing women.

Now, I am from the fifth rank, you are only the seventh rank, and Wang Gong is repeatedly demoted, so I won’t mention it… From this we can see that my 'nine-rank official level' is far better than you. Well, it is also far better than Wang Dingguo - this guy has been greedy and demoted all the way, and now he is a sixth rank official, haha!"

Sun Cong rolled his eyes: Are you still laughing at Wang Gong? It is said that Wang Gong was just crying when he looked at your corruption record in Mizhou... Alas, people are so angry that they are both greedy. Why do you do so well as a corrupt official? Now I am as honest as tofu, and I am still a seventh-rank official. It seems that my official job is not as good as a ninth-rank official...

Sun Cong was sighing, and Zhao Xing continued, "What I am most annoying is that Wang Dingguo said that I was 'Eighth-grade poetry' and 'Five-grade governance level'. Are my poems bad? All the poems are rumored throughout the ages. Where is the difference? Also, how can I count as the fifth-grade management skills? If I am 5th-grade, who is above the fifth-grade? Let's listen?"

When Zhao Xing said this, Sun Cong was convinced, and even the Lord of Guide Fortress was convinced. He was helping Zhao Xing grow a furnace at the time. After hearing this, he immediately said: "Yes! It only took me a year to comfort me, Huanqing, and I turned into defense to offense... It's all right! I can benefit from the war, and I can't fight hard, but everyone is brave... With this ability alone, how many people can there be in ancient and modern times?"

Zhao Xing was not fainted by the flattery of the lord of Guide Fortress. He held the wine glass and said truthfully: "We cannot attribute all the credit to me - the 'Deep Left and Shallow Attack' plan came from Lord Zhang. Without me, Lord Zhang could accomplish things, but it was just a matter of time; and the restoration of vitality on Huanqing Road was not on me, but the reason why the court allocated 500,000 guan of subsidies and 500,000 guan of tea and medicine money. Without me, Huanqing could restore vitality, but it was just a matter of time. People say that a good wife could not cook without rice. I just got things done because of people, and accelerated the evolution of things.

As for the words "to make the soldiers brave and enjoy fighting" - I'm not polite, indeed, this is my credit."

"Papapapapapa!" Sun Cong slapped and exclaimed: "The transformation from defense to attack is based on Zhang Jingluo; Huanqing restores vitality, and the achievements are based on the court; he said that 'causes are accomplished by others' - Throughout history, he has made such great achievements in opening up borders and exploring territory, and he is still sober, not greedy, not arrogant or impatient, and only Zhao Liren. As for what you said, "Make the soldiers brave and have fun fighting," I will not fight with you, and I will barely count your achievements in education."

"Look, we have a common point of view." Zhao Xing laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth and greeted him repeatedly: "Eat meat and eat meat - follow me, there is definitely meat to eat!"

What Sun Cong didn't want to see the most was that he didn't expect to meet him. Zhao Xing ate wine and ate meat here, and Liang Yi-bing on the opposite side did not dare to stop. He passed through the three hundred miles of fire, and the soldiers of the war horses drank a few times on the way. He didn't know the truth about the silence of the opposite side, but he knew that Zhao Gouguan on Huanqing Road was a stupid and bold person. At this moment, the soldiers and the war horses were hungry and thirsty. If they set up camp outside the silence, Zhao Gouguan would be as bold as Zhang Yue, and he would definitely "disguise and escape" like Empress Dowager Liang.

Queen Mother Liang was a woman, and she changed to men's clothing to escape without anyone to blame. He was a man, so it was a great humiliation to let him escape in women's clothing. Therefore, Liang Yibu circled around the Guanyikou and found a bonfire rising on the Guanyikou city wall. The soldiers seemed to be burying a pot to make rice. This was a sign before the attack. He did not dare to stay and returned to the army immediately!

Liang Yipeng left, and the gunpowder demonstration that Sun Cong wanted to see was no longer possible. He stayed for two days on the reward and saw that the people of Xixia would never return, so he wanted to leave. This time, he was not satisfied with his business, and only obtained a few samples and three craftsmen, plus a prisoner in a carriage - Zhang Pu and his wife. But Zhao Xing compensated him hard for his private matters. When he left, he was in a golden style, and his luggage was filled with ten large carts...

Sun Cong's departure means that Zhao Xing has already dealt with the imperial court. The officials of Jingyuan Road and Fuyan Road immediately rushed over like evil wolves. Their plundering on Huanqing Road was even more ruthless than the Xixia people. They wanted everything. Of course, with Zhao Xing's harshness, they could not give it to them for nothing.

In addition to these two officials, even the army far away in Lanzhou also sent people to inquire about the military academy here in Zhao Xing. The record officer they sent was a young man, in his 20s, named Zhang Shuye, and his courtesy name was Ji Zhong...

This group of people was like a hurricane blowing through Qingzhou. Afterwards, Zhao Xing was left sitting in the warehouse full of copper plates with a sad face, spreading his hands to the belated Hedong Road. The officials of Jingzhao Prefecture cried: "No more, nothing more. Except for the houses and copper coins, there is no grass seed, a sapling, and a bow and arrow left in Qingzhou... If you don't believe it, go to the warehouse to find it yourself. If you find those things, I will buy them at a high price."

At the end of December of that year, Cai Que died of depression on the road to exile in Lingnan. After his death, he collected manuscripts for him, Su Shi and Fan Chunren.

At the same time as the news of Cai Que's death, there were also belated Xia people asking questions about the arson in the grassland. Faced with this accusation, Fan Chuncui urgently summoned Zhao Xing to return to Jingzhao. Because Zhao Xing faced such severe accusations and impeachment, Zhang Shi, who was busy in Dingbian Town, was also urgently recalled, so that if Zhao Xing was suspended, Zhang Shi could urgently manage civil affairs. In this regard, the Xixia people who were overwhelmed by the attacks on Huanqing Road finally took a breath.

Zhao Xing first arrived in Jingzhao. When Fan Chuncui saw Zhao Xing, he asked: "The Xia people said that you set fire on the grassland. The fire spread a thousand miles. There was no grass growing within five hundred miles. It was full of ashes. Hundreds of thousands of livestock died in the fire. Hundreds of tribes could not be found after the fire was extinguished, and hundreds of thousands died in the fire. They said that you were as cruel as Jie and Zhou, who ignored the people's livelihood and destroyed the homes of the people... Tell me the truth, did you release this grassland fire?"

Zhao Xing bowed: "My elder's question is out of public or private?"

Fan Chuncui was stunned for a moment and understood the answer. He raised his face and replied seriously: "For the sake of the Duke, the people of Xixia sent a letter to cry sadly, and said earnestly, accusing you of setting fire on the grassland. The court transferred the letter to Jingzhao, and you were allowed to defend yourself in the chapter."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "There is no need to defend himself! The people of Xixia said that I did not care about the people's livelihood, but he deliberately omitted a keyword - I did not care about the people's livelihood, the people of Song? The people of Xia? When did the people of Xia care about the people of Song? He said that I "destroyed all the people's homes" - he deliberately omitted. I harmed the people's homes? The people of Xia? When did the people of Xia care about the people of Song?

The Xia people are enemies! Do our Song dynasty officials need to defend themselves for the people's livelihood and the destruction of their homes? What I am not receiving is the salary of the Xia Kingdom, nor is it the official of the Xia Kingdom. What I am doing with the hardship of the Xia people?

Master, I think the court's request is ridiculous! Who came up with the idea to defend myself for the suffering of the Xia people? Is it the Song official? Is the Xia official? Did he receive the salary of the Song Dynasty or the Xia Kingdom? Why did he ask me the Song officials to defend myself for the civil affairs of the enemy country when the fierce battles were in full swing on the front line? If I speak up, what is the face of the Song Dynasty?

As for the fire in the grassland of Xia Kingdom, it has nothing to do with my Song officials. This year, my Song officials have never entered the country every year. How did I have a Song people step on that grassland? Who? Tell me and listen?

Lord, before this fire broke out, I had already wondered in my heart: Confucianism often says "the response of heaven and man". But the Xia people have no faith and righteousness. They invade my home every year, capture my people, kill my officials, and occupy my home. They also ask for our gifts with a calm face every year, congratulate our Tianning Festival as if nothing had happened. Why don't God punish such a shameless person? Whenever I think of this, I often feel very angry and think: Maybe, God will punish me, I will punish me!

Now, if you are angry today - OK, very good! The people of Xixia accused me of doing this. To be honest, I really hope this is the case, but how dare I beg for the achievements of heaven?"

"Okay! What a greedy achievement!" Fan Chuncui praised the situation. The staff in his mansion also slapped the table excitedly.

Fan Chuncui rolled his eyes and waved his hand to let the staff retreat. When there was no one on the left, Fan Chuncui lowered his voice and asked again: "What if this question is out of personal friendship?"

Zhao Xing walked around the house and confirmed that there was no one around, so he returned to Fan Chuncui and said vaguely: "I have been celebrating a bumper harvest of grass this year. In order to prevent the grass from hurting farmers, Qingzhou Prefecture decided to purchase a batch of them by the government and store them in the treasury..."

"Tell me the key points, quickly talk about the key points," Fan Chuncui urged: "Don't mention your 'grass'!"

"After the plan of the grass and trees, some people say: When the winter is dry and dry, if the grass in the Western Xia ignites a fire, will the grass in our treasury be more valuable? So, a 'Liaoyuan Plan' was found - because this plan is too cruel, the heads of the front-line cities and villages also called it the 'no grass' plan... Anyway, it is all about grass, so I won't correct it."

Zhao Xing did not admit from beginning to end that he did it. He just vaguely said that there was such a plan, and the leaders of the castles on the front line participated... Fan Chuncui knew it very well. He happily took out the Xixia people's stamp and pointed to a place on the stamp and said, "Here, here I need to explain it: The Xixia people said that they had seen a fortress watering flowers in Guidebao. How should I explain it?"

Zhao Xing showed incredible surprise: "Water flowers with arson - the Xixia people can even think of this reason. Whose flowers like to be roasted with fire? Is this accretion or 'raising fire'?"

Zhao Xing also used the same "omitting method" here. He grabbed the grammatical problems of the Xixia people and deliberately vaguely removed the difference between the sprayer and the sprayer, which might spray oil or water, and bit the Xixia people. The Xixia people said that they saw someone using arson in Guidebao, but are there anyone in this world using flames to water the flowers?

Those who do this are either fools or idiots, and they must be one of the two!

As long as Zhao Xing deliberately omitted the various uses of the sprayer, the accusations of the Xixia people became completely nonsense.

Fan Chuncui immediately woke up. He placed the Xixia people's seal on the ground and said contemptuously: "Yes, the people in the court were fainted, and they didn't think about whether the Xixia people were talking about human words - what arsoners do, of course they are used for arson. What is sprayed out of it is either hot oil or fire. Use arsoners to water flowers. Whose yard is willing to use an arson to water flowers? He doesn't want a house anymore? The ministers in the court can't even tell this point. What are their brains doing?"

"Maybe they can tell the difference," Zhao Xing fanned the flames with ulterior motives: "When I retreated with Zhang Jinglei, the people of Xixia can have a safe winter this year. I guess a minister in the court did this on purpose. As for whether he has Western Xia blood, it is hard to say... Well, I heard that the Zhang clan of the Li surname of Xixia was originally a child who failed the palace examination in the Song Dynasty. Do they have relatives and friends in my Song Dynasty?

This time I captured Mr. Zhang Wu again. Will they think about doing Xixia people a favor so that Mr. Zhang can keep his life... I can't be sure of this!"

This statement made Fan Chuncui angry. He jumped up and summoned his aides repeatedly: "Come, come, come, prepare for the pen and ink, I want to write a stamp. The Xixia people have such a ridiculous stamp, and there are still people in the court to take it seriously. Let us recall the front-line generals - even if I have been fooled by them, I cannot give up this matter."

Zhao Xing said lightly: "Young Master Zhang Wu may know the secret of his father's relationship with ministers in the court. I am afraid that someone will attempt to murder. If the old man writes the seal, this matter cannot be published through an explicit memorial..."

Fan Chuncui immediately realized: "Yes, if something happened in the court, what is the face of the court? You must not make a clear report... Li Ren, please send more soldiers to escort Mr. Zhang Wu. No, let them stay in Daming Mansion, and I will talk to Liu Zhi. When the court knows this, I will send someone to take over them."

Zhao Xing rolled his eyes quietly.

He asked Fan Chuncui to go through the secret route because he knew that the court would pay more attention to such secret memorials and handle them more seriously. Unexpectedly, Fan Chuncui first thought of protecting the face of the court, so he followed Zhao Xing's advice.

"Jia Yi..." Zhao Xing said this name gently: "I know that Jia Yi and I are always wrong. They like to attack the family masters with all their might. This time he pointed the finger at me and took the lead in provoking disputes... Of course, I don't think he is indeed involved with the people of Xixia, nor do I think that his bloodline does have Xixia bloodline, but what Jia Yi does is indeed defending our enemies everywhere.

I know that Jia Yi cannot blame him alone, because this is how traditional Confucian education teaches - to be kind to our enemies. I am worried that Jia Yi's example will be imitated by many people. If this guy doesn't solve it, I am worried that in the future I will work in front of me, this guy will still shoot hidden arrows behind me. Because this guy is a person whose personal hatred is higher than national interests, he even dares to perish the country for this reason, so he can comply with the "five virtues throughout". Mr. Fan, are you not going to kill the chicken for the monkey to see this time?"

Zhao Xing said this viciously. Fan Chuncui's aide was gradually coming in. When he heard Zhao Xing's words, he consciously stopped a few meters away. When Fan Chuncui heard this, he smiled: "Get rid of Jia Yi and let Li Ren concentrate on dealing with the people of Xixia - to exchange Jia Yi for the other Xixia, it's worth it. Even if I frame it this time, I did it."

Zhao Xing was revenge. He accused Jia Yi of disregarding national interests because of his personal grievances. In fact, he was also magnifying his personal grievances infinitely. Because it was not Jia Yi who attacked Zhao Xing first, Jia Yi was just an echoer, but Zhao Xing aimed all the attack firepower at Jia Yi, which was "killing the chicken for the monkey to see". Because Jia Yi was a demoted official, the least resistance to attacking him was the easiest to succeed.

But this attack cannot be initiated by Zhao Xing, because Jia Yi has a grudge with Su Shi. Everyone knows that when he attacks Jia Yi, others can easily think of the grudges of teachers and students. Because in the past, Jia Yi came forward to retaliate against Su Shi because his teacher was humiliated. Now Zhao Xing came forward as a disciple of Su Shi, and the matter between the two was just ordinary personal grudges.

It would be different if Fan Chuncui came forward, and Fan Chuncui did have a reason to come forward - he privately detained the envoy and the gift of Xixia, and the attacks of the court made him angry. With Zhao Xing's reason, he attacked the censors righteously and sternly, so that the censors could learn from the lessons and dare not criticize him again. This is the matter of "giving convenience to others and being convenient for themselves".

Fan Chuncui immediately recruited a staff member, shook his head full of white hair, and angrily dictated impeachment articles in the government office. He upheld Fan Zhongyan's literary talent, and did not even contain a dirty word when scolding others, which was completely worthy of the idiom "bloody slandering people". He even sarcastically and sarcastically at the absurdity in the Xixia chapters, and deeply doubted whose salary the instigator was receiving...

After suffering this deep humiliation, the court ministers had to find a scapegoat if they wanted to find a fig leaf. Fan Chuncui pointed out the scapegoat to them. Isn’t this a sleepy encounter with a pillow? Isn’t it just right?

Zhao Xing listened to the music next to him - no wonder Fan Chuncui deducted the gift of Xixia, now he knows the reason.

Mr. Fan's mouth, hehe...

Jia Yi is over! The ministers in the court who were intriguing Shaanxi are over! They bear the suspicion of a spy in Xixia, and their career is completely ruined. Even if it is clear that this matter has nothing to do with them later, but with this reputation as a "spy", they will not want to become officials in the future, and they may even be despised by the villagers when they go home.

Fan Chuncui was in good spirits, and he still held up the teacup with an unsatisfactory feeling and chatted with Zhao Xing with a smile: "I am old, I can still eat! I heard that Li's family also treasures a white horse baked with Fangliang, the former prefect of Helan. Sun Zishu (Sun Cong) was on Guidebao, facing the prime minister of Xixia, cooking meat and drinking, which was a very elegant thing. Why didn't Li's think of such a good thing? Did he think Lian Po is old?"

Zhao Xing quickly stood up, crossed his hands and answered respectfully: "My lord, the war horse was only divided into one hind leg. He cooked it with Sun Cong and Sun Zishu into the pot that day... Maybe there was still left in the hands of other soldiers. If the old lord wanted to eat, I asked them to offer it immediately."

Fan Chuncui was very curious: "I heard that Zhang likes elegance. The beams of the Helan Prefect's former prefect is made of good basswood, and carved beams and painted pillars, which amazed the people of Xixia. I also heard that you seized hundreds of Dayuan horses from Helan Prefect's former prefect's former prefect's former prefect's former prefect - that is, the horse you barbecue, right?"

Zhao Xing replied: "There are people in my house who are good at raising horses. They saw it. It is said that twenty of the seized horses are Dayuan breeding horses. The Dashi side called this horse "Dun hippo", also known as "Ahdash", "Akhardjin", which means "Eye of Gem" - I am quite suspicious that this is what the Han Dynasty called "sweat and blood BMW."

Fan Chuncui jumped up suddenly, sat down slowly, and said, "You actually roasted the sweaty and bloody BMW. It's a pity for that horse, it's a pity for that good beam."

"Yes!" Zhao Xing Youran was fascinated, smacked his lips shamelessly, and added with unsatisfactory feelings: "That's a good taste that's hard to taste in a thousand years."
Chapter completed!