With those thoughts in his heart, Lu Gongzhu walked forward with a phoenix in his hand and said: "Master Chen, I am going to play this to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Emperor..."

"On the day of the Yuanzheng festival, the bandits came from Jiaozhi, which really made people and gods angry!"

He must say these words!

If he didn't say anything, he wouldn't be able to withstand the pressure from public opinion, let alone the palace!

Especially the discussion among the students - there are a total of 2,400 scholar-bureaucrats, including 100 quasi-officials, 300 quasi-jinshi, and the remaining 2,000 people are all qualified to participate in the rites examination!

The public opinion formed by these people is loud enough that even the palace must listen!

Therefore, Mr. Lu must first show his tough attitude.

Seize the high ground of political correctness!

Otherwise, let alone the emperor, he would not be able to pass the test of public opinion.

Lu Gong bowed and continued to play: "However, Jiaozhi is a small country in the south. It is just a remote place. During the Xining period, the late emperor attacked it and gained thousands of miles of land. However, soon after, Guangyuan Prefecture, Shun Prefecture, etc. were conquered. The land was given back to Jiaozhi..."

"Did the late emperor abandon the land on purpose?"

"Otherwise!" Lu Gongzhu raised his head and said with awe-inspiring justice: "I heard that in the past, the late emperor granted the land of Jiaozhi. Zhao Xing, who was the governor of Guangxi at that time, was uneasy and asked to stay in Shunzhou, Silangzhou, etc.... The late emperor's imperial decree taught He said: Shunzhou is now a desolate and swine-ridden land. The imperial court has gained nothing to gain, and lost Jiaozhi without causing any harm. How can we drive the garrison and throw it into the miasma? If we don't gain a single man, I still have Min Yan, and I will suffer ten losses. Five or six?"

"The places like Shunzhou and other places here are desolate and plagued by miasma, and the soldiers often get sick and die!"

"It is of no use to our government... It is better to return Jiaozhi to secure the border..."

"The Empress Dowager Fuqi, the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Emperor is aware of this!"

After saying this, Lu Gongzhu was deeply impressed.

When Lu Gongzhu's words were heard in the ears of the two palaces, they both sobered up from their initial anger.

The two palaces looked at each other - yes, the Jiaozhi side is even more desolate than the barren land of the Western Thieves!

What’s more serious is that there is miasma in Cochin!

Soldiers are sick and prone to death.

In other words, even if you win, what will you get?

A large jungle?

A wasteland that is completely uninhabitable?

And countless mosquitoes?

What did the Song Dynasty want a place like this?

Just to vent your anger?

Not suitable!

But before the two palaces had time to express their positions, Li Qingchen, the minister of the Privy Council, had already come out: "I am going to report to the two palaces, your majesty... I believe that what the right prime minister said is true!"

"In the past, the late emperor had a holy heart, thought about the common people, and cared about the whole army, so he gave the land to Jiaozhi. However, the Jiaozhi thieves were ungrateful and instead cursed, slandered, and slandered the late emperor..."

"The Master said: It is tolerable, but what is unbearable?"

"If we appease Jiaozhi now, I fear that Jiaozhi will become domineering from now on! It may be a disaster for our descendants in the future!"

"What's more, the late emperor's precious instructions to His Majesty the Emperor said: Guihua Prefecture is the place where Youjiang controls the throat, and it is also the key road to control Jiaozhi, Dali, and the nine white-clad barbarians!"

"The late emperor was a sage! His foresight was beyond the world!"

"The Guihua Prefecture is to Jiaozhi, just like Guazhou is to the Western Bandits!"

"If it falls into the hands of the enemy, I am afraid that the southern border will be uneasy from now on. There will be wars in Yongzhou, Guizhou and even Guangzhou. It will be too late to regret it by then!"

Li Qingchen's words are reasonable, beneficial and restrained.

The two palaces suddenly hesitated again.

In particular, he secretly pointed out the poem about the Jiaozhi people - because they were greedy for the Jiaozhi elephant, they lost their Guangyuan gold.

The two palaces immediately remembered the report of the Nong Zhihui - Guangyuan Prefecture could mine thousands of taels of gold in the past, and Nong Ni and others used it to establish a country and rebel against the Holy Dynasty!

A large gold mine that mines thousands of taels of gold a year?

If the two palaces are not moved, then there is something wrong.

After all, they have been in power for ten months.

They knew what the Song Dynasty's finances were like.

If we can really get a large treasury with an annual output of thousands of taels of gold, it will be a supplement to the national treasury!

Then, the two palaces began to whisper among the curtains.

Mr. Lu in the hall saw the movement behind the curtain, and he immediately became anxious and hurriedly came out to report: "What Privy Li said is great!"

"Since Xining, Jiaozhi has always been respectful to our dynasty. The king sends envoys to pay tribute every year..."

"Didn't An Zhi Jiaozhi follow the old wisdom of the Western thief Li Deming?" A childish voice sounded.

Lu Gongzhu quickly lowered his head.

Then I heard the official say: "Therefore, Gan Xianren and others, who took over the official duties in Guangxi, reported to Xining seven years ago..."

"Yan Jiaozhi captures the city year after year and loots it all the time!"

"The emperor tried to recruit troops and punished them, and then he restrained himself..."

"Now that they are attacking our dynasty again, how can we know that they have invaded and occupied the city, and we no longer have any worries?"

"If so, it's really Li Deming!"

For the current Song Dynasty, there are two scars.

One: Beibei!

Liaophobia is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people! Especially the hearts of the royal family!

The second one is the Western thief Li Deming!

When Li Deming was in power, he had to be as respectful as possible.

However, when the Western bandits attacked and destroyed the Guazhou Uighurs who had been on their side, they immediately turned against the Song Dynasty.

As a result, the Song Dynasty fully learned Li Deming’s lessons from then on.

He began to look at all other foreign vassals, especially Dali and Tubo, with colored glasses.

Especially Tubo!

From the time of Zusiluo to the present day, generations of Tubo co-lords have tried their best to wink at the Song Dynasty and express their determination.

But Song Dynasty turned a deaf ear and pretended not to see it.

I always feel that the Tubo people are here to fool us again.

This kind of Li Deming Syndrome also affected the Song Dynasty's view of the Nongzhihui brothers and the local tyrants in Guangyuan Prefecture - Are you afraid that you are here to fool me again? Am I so easy to fool?

Therefore, in the eighth year of Xining, Liu Ji, the magistrate of Guangyuan Prefecture in Jiaozhi, invaded Guihua Prefecture. Nong Zhihui led his troops to fight hard and repelled Liu Ji's invasion.

But in the court, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty looked at the war through colored glasses.

Liu Yi, the economic envoy of Guangxi at that time, reported: Zhihui was able to cut off the Maima Road in Jiaozhi and act as a barrier to the Yongzhou vassal. Liu Ji was worried that it would cut off the Maima Road, so he fought with it!

He also said: The Zhi Hui cannot be protected, so if the two of them face each other, there will be victory or defeat for each other, which is in the interest of the court!

What's the meaning?

Dog bites dog, let them bite. Let's keep Nongzhihui and contain Jiaozhi.

But in the court, it is even more interesting.

Zhao Xu's father and the then Prime Minister Wang Anshi held a small meeting specifically on this matter.

At the meeting, Zhao Xu's father said to Wang Anshi: Since Yi said that Zhi Hui can cut off the road of buying horses in Cochin, it is a hindrance to our vassal, and he also thinks that victory or defeat is in the interest of the court. Attack, and let the two sides win or lose. Those who adhere to me will not be used, and those who rebel against me will succeed. It can be said that the approach is good!

Although he felt that Liu Yi was acting recklessly and thought that doing so would hurt Nong Zhihui's heart, he later issued an edict to praise him, promoted him to an official position, and rewarded Nongzhihui generously.

But he did not stop Liu Yi's plan.

Because Wang Anshi looked more carefully.

"Just like the holy edict, the Zhihui is not pure yet, so it is especially suitable to tie it up to strengthen its internal attachment. And the moral character is young and weak. If Liu Ji breaks the Zhihui and takes advantage of the victory, it will be a disaster for China. , it is appropriate to assist the Zhihui at this time to contain Liu Ji so that he will not have time to seek Jiaozhi, which is in China’s interest!”

In Wang Anshi's eyes, everyone looks like another Li Deming!

I want to use Da Song's support for nothing!

Don’t even think about it!

Give up as soon as possible!

That is to say, Nong Zhihui has always been submissive, otherwise, he would have been abandoned to the Cochin people long ago.

For the same reason, during the reign of Zhao Xu's father, the Song Dynasty's Jiaozhi policy was always to preserve Guihua Prefecture and contain Jiaozhi.

The main task of successive Guangxi economic envoys is this!

Now, Zhao Xu is playing the Li Deming card, which suddenly arouses the fear and worry in the hearts of the two palaces.
To be continued...