Gengxu (23) in April of the first year of Yuanyou.

Zhang Dun, Di Yong, Miao Shizhong, Gao Zunhui, Cen Ziting, Tian Shiru and other high-ranking officials from Guangxi jointly submitted a memorial, reporting the terms of the peace negotiation with Jiaozhi and requesting the imperial court's approval.

Once these terms are made public.

Suddenly, the government and the public were excited!

The entire Bianjing city is as lively as the Chinese New Year!

This was the greatest victory the Song Dynasty had achieved since Wang Shao opened the border.

Moreover, it is different from Wang Shao's side, which cost tens of millions and lasted a long time.

This time, Zhang Dun's southern expedition lasted more than a month.

Even if you include the time spent in the temple in the capital and on the road, it only lasts five months.

The total military expenditure was also controlled within the budget set by Zhang Heng, the Minister of Household Affairs - the military reward could not exceed one million guan.

It can be said to be fast and cheap, which touches everyone's heart.

Especially the scholar-bureaucrats, after they read the terms of the peace agreement, they learned from the Ministry of Revenue that the moment the army moved south, the Ministry of Revenue had already made a budget for the first general Yulong.

Military expenditures, all kinds of dizzying expenses in the name of rewards, add up to one million yuan listed in the Ministry of Revenue.

So, everyone fell silent.

"Are the Cochin people really so weak?" they asked each other.

Many people have the urge to give it a try.

Zhang Zihou only spent a million dollars and spent more than a month to accomplish such a great achievement.

What about me?

I am better than Zhang Zihou!

For a time, many people looked at the south with complacency and their eyes changed.

In modern terms: the rain has passed, the sky has cleared up, and I feel like I can do it again.

For literati, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a new party or an old party.

Even those who say something every day: "Soldiers are deadly weapons, and saints use them as a last resort."

However, if you have the opportunity to make a contribution.

That's another story.

Moreover, in the eyes of many people, Zhang Dun's behavior in the south was too rough.

Not a scholar-official at all.

They actually went on a killing spree against Jiaozhi scholars and officials.

If it were me, I would be gentle with him, win him over with kindness, and influence him with great righteousness.

Make them grateful.

Then he made them enemies of local officials and wealthy families in the Jiaozhi prefectures.

If you can change the situation from earth to flow, try your best to change it from earth to flow.

Even if you can't, you should bury nails in these places and leave backup options.

How could he be like Zhang Zihou, swinging a knife and cutting off the arm that might have helped him?

On the other hand, they were generous to those local officials who were powerful and tolerant.

It is said that anyone who comes to vote will be given an official position.

For example, a wealthy family that has been entrenched in a state for generations directly recognized its status, petitioned the court, granted it the title of governor, governor of the state, etc., granted it an official seal, and ordered its family to inherit the state hereditary, making it the place of control in the Song Dynasty.

In the eyes of many scholar-bureaucrats, this Zhang Zihou was completely ignoring the fundamentals and pursuing the weak.

It is entirely for selfish interests and at the expense of the overall interests of the country and society.

Hum!

If it were me...

It must not be so!

…

Wen Yanbo's Mansion.

Wen Jifu was entertaining guests.

The guest is Wu Anchi from Huazhou, a powerful official who has just returned to Beijing.

This is his good friend and brother.

The kind that can't be more iron than iron!

Because the two of them squatted on the censor's stage together and were interrogated by those crows.

The two haven't seen each other for a long time, and now that they meet, they naturally have endless topics to talk about.

As we talked, we inevitably talked about the news that caused a sensation in Bianjing today.

Of course, how could Wen Jifu and Wu Anchi think highly of Zhang Dun?

Zhang Dun's life experience, status, and camp can all make them pick on him.

After drinking a few cups of horse urine, the two of them began to point out the world.

"This Chapter 7 is the result of an affair between his father and his ancestor's concubine..." Wen Jifu blushed and said, "He acts wantonly and has always been bold...sooner or later he will suffer the consequences!"

Wu Anchi also had a gloomy face and said: "Zhang Qisu and Cai Zhizheng were on good terms. During the Yuanfeng period, these two people worked together and harmed countless loyal people!"

"Now, Zhang Qi is lucky enough to have performed meritorious service. If he really returns to the imperial court to worship as prime minister, I'm afraid it will be just around the corner for Cai Chizheng to return to the imperial court."

"Huh!" When Wen Jifu heard Cai Que's name, he jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "How can Zhang Qi be the prime minister?"

"The Shilin Materials Discussion, the first one will not agree!"

In recent days, Bianjing Xinbao and Bianjing Yibao have published long and lengthy reports on the bad things that happened to the Wang family in Huayang.

Under the exaggeration of these two monopoly tabloids with the greatest influence in Bianjing City.

All the bad things that Wang Gui did during his lifetime were uncovered and left in the sun for people to comment on at will.

Wang Gui's reputation was completely ruined.

If everyone else hadn't died, I might have been expelled from the ranks of scholar-bureaucrats.

This is different from Bianjing Newspaper which focuses on reporting and digging into the past bad things of Wang Gui family.

The Bianjing Yibao, chaired by Sima Kang, quietly began to bind Wang Gui, Zhang Dun, Cai Que and others.

A lot of dirty stuff has been released.

"That's right! That's right!" Wu Anchi blushed.

Although, his current position as an official with the power to know Huazhou was still recommended by Cai Que's memorial to Zha before he resigned from the capital and left the capital.

But this made Wu Anzhi feel deeply humiliated.

In Wu Anchi's eyes, what Cai Que did was a gift to him.

But scholar-bureaucrats are not just food!

So, under the influence of wine, Wu Anzhi said: "Cai Zhizheng and Zhang Zihou are both in the same boat."

"This Zhangzi is thick in Jiaozhi, killing scholars wantonly and insulting his clothes. How can he be a prime minister?"

Wen Jifu nodded fiercely, agreeing very much with Wu Anzhi's words, and using the strength of his wine, he loudly said: "What I said is true!"

"It is said in the public that Zhang Zihou has made some great contributions... not worth mentioning! Not worth mentioning!"

"The so-called meritorious service can be achieved by you and me, no matter who it is, even if you go to Guangxi."

The two of them became more and more excited as they talked, but they didn't notice that at some point, the singing and dancing music in this wing had stopped.

The singers who had been invited to accompany them all trembled and knelt on the ground.

Wen Yanbo, who was leaning on a few sticks given by the current official family, did not know when he appeared in the side room.

He just watched quietly as Wen Jifu and Wu Anzhi talked loudly about the ministers of the country.

Until Wen Jifu said the stupid words without shame: "The so-called credit, you and I, no matter who it is, can still achieve success even if we go to Guangxi!"

Wen Yanbo took a deep breath.

"Idiot! Treason!"

Otherwise, news came from the palace today.

Yesterday, the Lord of Ganquan County accompanied the officials on a visit to the garden, and they talked loudly. Some people also said that they saw the Lord of Ganquan County serving the officials in the imperial garden, and they were very intimate.

Wen Yanbo felt that he might be angry to death by this stupid son's ignorant words.

He doesn't even look at how much he weighs, and just criticizes the minister here with others.
To be continued...