Chapter 331 Forward or Backward

After hearing this, Chen Guan stamped his feet and sighed, "This..., Song and Liao have been living in peace for a long time, and the border people in the two places are safe. Now Zhao Li people cannot stand the teasing. If the troops break into Liao territory, will the two countries have no choice but to leave endless disasters?!"

Fan Chuncui gloated: "It's okay, the Liao people in the past knew that he was called 'can't be provoked' - the Xixia people told them. In the future, they will definitely remember it more!"

Tong Guan smiled with a quack smile and said confidently: "The Zhanpo people robbed Zhao Liren's boat, and the Zhao Liren destroyed their country; the Tubo people wanted to take advantage, and the Zhao Liren killed all the young and middle-aged people in their country. Are these Liao people trying to die? They actually came to rob Zhao Laohu... What if he doesn't matter, I will not suffer any loss in the Song Dynasty."

Tong Guan's words actually had a hint, and what he meant was: Zhao Xing's army was suppressing the Yellow River Port, and now the Liao people attracted him. Zhao Xing won, and the Liao people suffered a loss; Zhao Xing was defeated, and the Song Dynasty eliminated Zhao Xing's threat. Anyway, no matter what, it was someone else who suffered a loss!

Tong Guan forgot that Zhao Xing was commanding the Suzaku Army of Guangnan, the Song Dynasty.

Chen Guan glanced at Tong Guan in disgust, moved his body and tried to keep a sufficient distance from Tong Guan. Zhang Dunli ignored Tong Guan's interruption, as if he hadn't heard it, and smiled and said, "My family brother Zhang Yong had said a long time ago that he would not be happy about quarrel with Zhao Liren. Later, the clan brother Zhang Tian came back and said as if he was right and wrong in this war. Let the Liao people talk to Zhao Liren. Hehe, Zhao Liren is now staring at the Liao people. It is really a lucky Song Dynasty and a misfortune of the Liao people!"

Zhang Dunli said it bluntly, but Chen Guan was still worried: "If the soldiers spontaneously landed on the shore to chase the Liao soldiers, we can make sense. Sir, please send someone to the boat to express condolences and let Zhao Li come to receive the orders... No. All the officials on the boat need to accept the condolences of the court, let the civil servant stay, and the military officers let him go!"

Fan Chuncui turned around and ordered the soldiers behind him to board the ship to inform Zhao Xing. The order was issued, and four medium-sized sea ships appeared on the river in the distance. They opened their sails and walked very quickly. They probably heard the sound of gunfire here in the distance and rushed to reinforce. The ships did not hesitate after arriving. While contacting the stranded ships in the river, they adjusted the stern and aimed the ship's side at the bank of the river, looking angry.

The ship contacted the stranded boat in flag language. The people on the riverside could not understand the flag language. They only felt that the two sides raised the flags and lowered them later. After a while, the four medium-sized clutches also began to lower the boats and chased the north shore where the Liao people belonged. The Liao soldiers, who were originally entangled with the people on the boat, saw the warships in the river coming to help, they whistled, turned to the depths of the river bank, and fled at the end of the horizon.

"Hurry, hurry up. Call Zhao Li people here." Chen Guan urged anxiously.

When Zhao Xing was called ashore, he looked like he was hunting. He held a dog in his hand and was neatly dressed. The calf-sized dog was still roaring excitedly. Chen Guan was a literati. When he saw this miniature lion roaring, he hurriedly hid behind Tong Guan and covered it with Tong Guan's tall body. Tong Guan was also afraid of his legs trembling. Fan Chuncui tried his best to remain calm, but Zhang Dunli looked as usual. He called the middle-aged man who came with him and whistled. He touched the head of the little lion with his hand, and turned his head to introduce the middle-aged man beside him.

"Brother Cao, this is the Tubo golden mastiff that my two brothers like. This thing is fierce. You can eat a sheep in one meal. Don't you often think about getting one to play with? Now this is ready-made. If you want it, just talk."

The "Brother Cao" also stretched out his hand, trying to touch him but not daring to touch him. Zhao Xing rolled his eyes impatiently and greeted Zhang Dunli: "I seem to have seen you - you are the most failed prince-in-law of the Zhang family, right? Tell me quickly. Why do you come to me? Don't delay my hunting."

Zhang Dunli laughed: "Brother Zhao, don't talk nonsense. This brother Cao is named Cao Yu. He is the Cao family of the aristocratic family, his ancestor Cao Bin, his father Cao Shi, the general of the left commander guard, and his mother Princess Lu."

The so-called "family family of the soldiers" is what modern times called "master family". In the Song Dynasty, such a father family of the soldiers was also a son-in-law family. All descendants born in all dynasties had to marry princesses and become the palace guards. The Cao family's generals can be said to be the first general in the Song Dynasty. The family has been passed down continuously, and even Qin Hui, the descendants, were proud to marry the woman from the Cao family's generals as their daughter-in-law.

Zhao Xing smiled slightly, looked at Cao Yu with interest, then turned around and glanced at Zhang Dunli, and said with a laughing: "It's strange, this time, a prince consort, a child from the prince consort came - if there is anything, tell me, my soldiers are fighting."

In fact, the guns and cannons had stopped at this time. About fifty soldiers came down from the two stranded ships. The medium-sized ships that arrived later also sent more than a hundred sailors. They had already climbed to the north shore. From here, you can see that the sound of people and dogs were heard on the north shore. Each team of soldiers who landed on the shore were holding a big dog, looking like hunting. They were looking at the place impatiently on the shore, preparing to chase the Liao soldiers.

Liubeishui River is a canal, and the river surface is not wide. Earlier, the river banks on both sides have built dams to bind the river channel. However, the dam belonging to the Song Dynasty was still intact on the south bank, while the dam belonging to the Liao people on the north bank had already completely collapsed. When Zhao Xing spoke, everyone stood on the slightly better south bank and looked at the scene opposite. They watched the soldiers wade on the water and went ashore. They began to wring their clothes and check the gunpowder bags...

Zhao Xing whistled, and the roaring dog in his hand lay down obediently. Zhang Dunli finally landed his hand on the dog's head. Cao Yu squatted down and stroked the dog's fur that was as golden as satin. Zhao Xing handed the dog's reins to Zhang Dunli. Zhang Dunli pointed behind him. Chen Guan received a hint and hurriedly stepped forward to hand over the imperial edict, saying, "Mr. Zhao, I am not very polite. These are the new imperial edicts issued by the official family, look."

Zhao Xing casually opened an imperial edict, and first saw that the land was to pardon the thirty-three demoted lands. He sighed and pointed to the thirty-three people on the list, saying, "Mr. Chen, everyone says that demotion to Lingnan is like a death penalty. Look at the thirty-three wise men on this list, how many of them are still alive in the world? Who else needs others' pardon?"

Chen Guan reluctantly replied: "Didn't the court have pardoned Duke Po and Su Che? In addition, the four Su family members have also pardoned them one by one. Lord Zhao, this is not enough? What else do you need?"

Zhao Xing replied lightly: "I need 'fairness'. I hope the court will treat every different opinion fairly in the future. Wei Zheng of the Tang Dynasty once said that if you listen to both sides, you will be clear, and if you listen partially, you will be foolish. To govern the country, you should regard the country as a whole and take into account the interests of all aspects. Only in order to ensure that our local policies are not at the cost of hurting some people. I hope the court will take this party disaster as a lesson, take this as an example and never blame the scholars and officials for their speech!"

Chen Guan stepped forward and replied: "The court has appointed Zhang Dun and Zhang Gong as the envoy of the mountain tombs, and issued an edict to refer to Han Zhongyan as the prime minister. Now, in the court, only the treacherous Zeng Bu has not left. But I think Zeng Bu's good days will not last long."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "Look, this happens to be not the justice I need! Justice. It is not that one group of people is in power that will try their best to retaliate against another group of people and suppress the other group of people's speeches and thoughts. I think the new party's past proposals are indeed extreme, but there are still many capable officials in the new party. What I need is not 'cleaning', but what I need is 'harmony'. Now the Song Dynasty can no longer make trouble."

Chen Guan didn't like this. In the education he received, there was no concept of "harmony". He accepted it since childhood as "the Master killed Shao Zhengmao Yi" - the political proposition was different from himself. He could only kill the other party to eliminate different opinions. The "political proposition" can be changed at any time. Today is this proposition, and maybe tomorrow will change. Friends from the past can become objects that need to be clear in the blink of an eye. For example, Chen Guan was recommended by Zhang Dun as an official. In terms of camp, he belonged to the new party camp. Now Xiang Hao intends to attack the new party. So he jumped to the old party camp. In order to draw a clear line, he naturally spared no effort to persecute his past accomplices.

Chen Guan is worthy of being the successor of the new party. The most distinctive feature of this faction is that he hates those who teach their own knowledge. Zhao Xing's words were in conflict with his worldview and he disliked them very much. However, Zhao Xing is now in the hands of the army, and even the court has to lower his voice and deliberately please him. Chen Guan is full of anger and can only endure it. He resisted the rebuttal idea and asked in a depressed manner: "Mr. Zhao, what do you mean by your opinion?"

After a moment of pause, Chen Guan added: "People say that Mr. Po is a person who is not pleased with both sides. No matter whether he is new or old, he will exclude Mr. Po. I thought Mr. Po had suffered so much, and the disciples trained should be sensible, but he did not expect that Mr. Zhao was still so ignorant of the current affairs and still liked to 'harmony'."

Zhao Xing replied coldly: "I am not a sabotage! I do not agree with trying my best to drive away a group of sabotages just to let another group of saviors take power - I need construction, the Song Dynasty needs construction. At the beginning, the New Party spared no effort to eliminate dissidents, and they could not listen to the opinions of governing the country. If you come to power, you will be the same as the New Party, what will happen if the New Party takes the stage again? How many times can I withstand such troubles in the Song Dynasty?"

At this time, the Song soldiers on the other side had already started to set off in a whole team, and many of them were holding the golden mastiff in Zhao Xing's hand in their hands. On the surface of the river, another small boat leaned on the embankment that belonged to the Song Dynasty. A strong man who was not inferior to Zhao Xing led a group of people to the embankment. When the soldiers behind Fan Chuncui saw this man landing, they saluted each other. Of course, this salutation was very unruly in Chen Guan's eyes.

Chen Guan frowned and replied: "Mr. Zhao, in the early years of Yuanyou, why didn't Sima Xianggong want to live in harmony with the new party and serve state affairs, but what's the result?"

After hearing the second half of the conversation, Shuai Fan approached Zhao Xing and whispered: "He was right. There were no 'feudal people' in the court - that is, what adults often said 'no team consciousness'. They did not have a concept of a country, and the cost of the demise of a country was not a cost in their opinion, but a Confucian avenue that conforms to the theory of the "Five Virtues Cycle". Therefore, when they fought, they never spared the demise of the country.

In their eyes, they only have their own interests. The hostile parties are in power, and they only have dissatisfaction in their hearts. It is good to not cooperate, but they prefer to make trouble behind their backs, with the highest goal of "damaging your affairs" - this is like this in the new party, this is like this in the old party, and it has always been like this. Adults often say that my Song Dynasty is "glorious on the edge of the blade". In my opinion, it is not just that my Song Dynasty dances on the edge of the blade with old shackles. Our biggest enemy is not the strong enemy in the four realms, but our own old thoughts."

After Shuai Fan finished speaking, he grinned and said with a smile: "Speaking of all, did this in Guangzhou, did you do the same? The new law you promoted is just a shell of the new law, and the contents in it have nothing to do with the new law. Isn't you also flattering it on the surface, but in fact you can 'stirring' it? Therefore, adults can't blame others for thrusting their legs."

What Shuai Fan meant was that after the New Party came to the stage, although they did whatever they wanted in the court and called the wind and rain, in fact, they were strongly resisted among the people and local governments. Because as local officials, taxes in the territory were closely related to their careers, and Wang Anshi's reforms were already a proven failure strategy, so local officials were perfunctory on the surface, but in fact they were slanderous. In addition to those new party officials who were determined to make money for themselves, they would use the name of reform to plunder the people. The remaining local officials who had moral constraints in their hearts simply adopted a fooling strategy.

Among them, the most powerful fooling around the new party is the Guangdong-Guangxi area. Zhao Xing implemented the new law on the surface and worked hard, and even claimed to be a member of the new party. But in fact, in terms of academics and local policies, Zhao Xing was in a Shu party reconciliation faction, and he was a slightly inclined to the old party.

Shuai Fan mocked that even Zhao Xing himself could not be consistent with the court. How could he ask others to spare no effort to implement his reform measures? What's more, those losers in the political struggle are frustrated officials with resentment? Therefore, if you want to change, you must completely clean up the court, and now it is the only opportunity to change the past and renew it. Therefore, even Shuai Fan did not understand Zhao Xing's leniency.

Zhao Xing snorted in his nose and replied in a low voice: "How can you compare me with others? I should be the guardian of this civilization, not the destroyer. I am here to protect all this glory, to make things right, and to let it return to the right path, not to destroy it!"

Shuai Fan replied with a laugh: "Your Madam is just a local official who is slanderous in the local area. If you have such slanderous officials in the court, don't you know if you are willing to? Don't you raise the broom for cleaning?"

Zhao Xing asked in a low voice again: "What do you mean?"

Shuai Fan replied in a low voice: "Two paths: move forward, or retreat. I tend to retreat."
Chapter completed!