Not long after Song Yongchen left, the Queen Mother sent someone to invite Zhao Xu.

The reason...

Khotan has sent envoys to the DPRK!

Khotan was a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty and a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty.

Even after the founding of the Song Dynasty, there were only a few traditional vassal states that were still tirelessly paying tribute to the Song Dynasty.

only……

Zhao Xu lowered his head: "Khotan has been destroyed long ago!"

Little China in the Western Regions was destroyed by the Black Khan (Karahan Khanate) during the Jingde reign of Zhenmiao due to internal and external troubles.

By now, even Black Khan has split into two parts: east and west.

Therefore, people who come to perform Hajj in the name of Khotan are either Black Khans or businessmen from the Western Regions who come to deceive.

All in all, nothing good.

However, for the Song Dynasty, even if they knew that Khotan had been destroyed, they still had to hold their noses and pretend that Khotan was still there!

Why?

As long as Khotan is there, the legal system of the Western Regions will be there.

There is hope in the future, under the banner of restoring Khotan, they will march into the Western Regions.

Although, this seems to be an unattainable dream.

But even a salted fish has dreams, let alone a big country!

Besides, what if it comes true? Right!

Arriving at the Chui Gong Hall, Zhao Xu saw the envoy from Khotan who had come to court.

Two men who looked quite Western in style but were wearing Chinese clothes were accompanied by a monk.

When they arrived at the temple, they bowed their heads and bowed.

Then he respectfully presented gifts, including jade, blankets, cloth and other handicrafts from the Western Regions.

Zhao Xu pretended that they were from Khotan, and after a few words of comfort, he ordered the Ministry of Rites to entertain them and then reward them according to customary practices.

However, after returning to the palace, Zhao Xu wrote the word "Khotan" on the screen.

After thinking about it, I added another line of words behind it: Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army!

Looking at the words on the screen, Zhao Xu slowly closed his eyes.

"If I cannot rebuild the Guiyi Army as a military governor in my lifetime, I will not be worthy of being king!"

The Guiyi Army was the last remnant of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

It is also the last tragic song of the Han people in the Western Regions.

The Han army had to wait until the Qing Dynasty to return to the Western Regions again.

…

The coming of Khotan to the DPRK was just a small episode for Zhao Xu.

For the Song Dynasty, it was nothing more than a text recorded in the history books: In the ninth month of the ninth month, the Khotan Kingdom came to court.

For the Song Dynasty, what is really important now is the adjustment and reform of military laws led by Right Prime Minister Han Jiang.

After several months of investigation, visits, inquiries, and constant solicitation of opinions from the government and the opposition.

Han Jiang finally decided to take this crucial step.

It is also a step related to his historical evaluation!

He has asked for enough opinions!

Wen Yanbo, Zhang Fangping, Sun Gu, Li Chang and other ruling veterans, as well as new party leaders such as Zhang Dun, Zhang Hong and Li Qingchen.

He has asked several times and made adjustments and modifications based on their opinions.

At the same time, Han Jiang also sent his draft of the military law to Luoyang, Chenzhou, Damingfu, Suzhou and even Jiangning.

Asked for opinions from Feng Jing, Han Wei, Han Zhen, Sima Guang, Wang Anli, Wang Anshi and others.

Most of them have a neutral attitude.

Supported, but not fully supported.

This is already pretty good!

There are only two people, which gives Han Jiang a headache so far.

One is Wang Anshi. The letter he wrote to Wang Anshi and the draft of the draft law he sent have all been unreadable.

He had no idea whether Wang Anshi supported him or opposed him.

This is considered good.

Sima Guang of Chenzhou replied to him with a long letter.

He criticized him heavily in the letter.

I think he, Han Zihua, betrayed a gentleman and surrendered to the villain and evil party. This is shameful and despicable!

Then, he criticized his draft.

It is said that he has increased the burden on female households, single households and monks, but these people did not need to pay a penny more in the past.

Now it has become the main burden!

However, at the end of the letter, Sima Guang still admitted that his military service method had at least "not lost his conscience" in terms of reducing the burden on the fifth-class households.

But only to this point.

In Sima Guang's view, it would be better to give up on military law.

Then think again and come up with a solution that satisfies everyone.

It is not like it is now, although it has reduced the burden on families below the fifth class, with less than two men in the family, and less than 20 acres of land.

However, the burden of these people was placed on female households, single households and monk households.

Thinking of Sima Guang, Han Jiang shook her head: "This Sima Junshi...you can't get enough of it!"

A viable method is already on the horizon.

Han Jiang didn't want to argue with Sima Guang anymore.

I’m tired! I can’t win the argument!

He put down the pen in his hand, then looked at everyone in the entire Service Law Review Office, and said: "I think that the current regulations have almost been reviewed..."

"It's time to formulate the text and report it to the two palaces and the emperor..."

"Then try it out in Kaifeng Mansion!"

Kaifeng Prefecture has been the testing ground since the Xining Reform. Almost all new laws were first piloted here and then implemented nationwide.

Following Han Jiang's words, all the officials of the Military Inspection Office stood up and bowed respectfully: "We are willing to submit a letter to the two palaces, the emperor..."

Han Jiang's behavior over the past six months has earned him a lot of respect.

Especially in the Service Law Review Office, he won the admiration of a large number of officials.

After all, in these days, we can have a prime minister who neither favors the old party nor the new party, and is willing to seek truth from facts and tell the truth.

It's really rare.

After Yuanfeng, the atmosphere in the court where party members were united and opposed by different parties actually made many people unhappy.

After all, most people are actually just living people.

These people actually have no attitude towards the new party or the old party.

They just go to work to earn a salary and support their families.

As a result, someone forced me to ask: Do you support Prime Minister Sima Junshi or Prime Minister Wang Jiefu?

Who can bear this?

What makes them even more uncomfortable is that usually, as long as they choose a side, they are not allowed to repent.

Anyone who supports the old party agrees with the new party on certain issues.

Then everyone will be despised.

The old party scolded the villain, while the new party happily added insult to injury.

Similarly, if you elect a new party and then agree with the old party's opinions, you will be attacked by the new party, while the old party will gloat: Hmm, dog bites dog!

It’s been many years since a prime minister like Han Jiang squinted and smiled all day long, didn’t care about the new party or the old party, and only thought about doing things.

Therefore, in Han Jiang’s military law review center.

Many people feel the long-lost peace.
To be continued...