Ouyang Xiu, who was in the left hall, couldn't help but shook his head and sighed when he saw Zhang Yue like this.
It is true that the Xia envoy was provocative in the previous incident at Chongyuan Pavilion, but the Xia envoy had already been so arrogant.
Xixia has indeed risen in recent years.
It is indeed inappropriate to humiliate the emperor, but it is also inappropriate to lead the envoys to raise millions of troops and wipe out the Helan Mountains. Zhang Yue poured wine on the envoys of Xia, which has indeed given the Xia people a solid handle.
However, Li Ding and other officials were also selectively blind. They only cared about other officials. Even the cooks and waiters were punished, but Zhang Yue was not mentioned at all.
Everyone has their own concerns in their hearts. Someone like Zhang Yue has an unlimited future and will become prime minister sooner or later. Everyone has a tacit understanding not to offend him.
But no one else bothered Zhang Yue, but Zhang Yue came to him on his own initiative. He went straight into the political hall and stood in front of Han Qi. He not only defended the punished officials, but also kept saying that he must go to war with Xixia.
Han Qi knew Zhang Yue's intention, so it was good that he didn't blame Zhang Yue, but Zhang Yue instead took the initiative to come to argue with him. Han Qi didn't want to argue, so he pushed him to Zeng Gongliang and politely declined. However, he didn't expect that Zhang Yue didn't even look at him and insisted on pulling Han Qi to ask for an explanation.
Ouyang Xiu shook his head, he was so expressionless, but being so straightforward was very similar to that of Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi. On the contrary, this would make Zhang Yue win the scholarly public opinion.
Han Qi sat on the armchair and listened to Zhang Yue's loud speech.
He already knew the rights and wrongs of Chongyuan Pavilion last night. Even if Zhang Yue didn't say it, he also knew that Qu was the Xixia envoy and intended to provoke him first.
Han Qi understands Xixia. . After all, he is a strange man among Xixia people, known as "Xia Song has never stood up, but Han Qi is not so strange". He had many interactions with the Xixia people. However, it was under his leadership that the Song army was defeated again and again, which led to the subsequent Qingli New Deal.
Now the court situation does not allow him to fight.
You must know that the imperial court suffered a deficit of more than 12 million yuan last year. Where did the imperial court's money go? More than 80% of the expenditure is spent on military expenditures.
But can the millions of soldiers and horses raised by the imperial court spend so much money be fought?
Han Qi was not an actor by background, but an old bureaucrat who was skilled in politics and military affairs. He knew exactly what was going on with the Song Army.
What's more, the Song Dynasty's enemies are not only Xixia, but also the Khitan in the north. Now the Song Dynasty can be said to have two diseases. If one of them is used with all its strength, there is no guarantee that the other enemies will not peek.
Han Qi said to Zhang Yue: "When Yuan Hao proclaimed himself emperor, the Xixia envoys to Song Dynasty were unruly and extremely arrogant. Some people advocated killing him. Cheng Lin, who participated in politics, advocated military exchanges between the ancients. During the envoys, he sent them as a sign of good deeds. Generally speaking. After the political participation was announced, some people advocated pushing down the wall of the post station and killing him, but Cheng Lin also disagreed."
"In the end, Emperor Renzong sent the Western envoys out of the country with gifts, and everyone praised his virtue."
Xixia was originally an army that decided to conquer the country, and its independence completely destroyed the face of the Song Dynasty at that time. Li Yuanhao sent an envoy to Bianjing to announce that he was very rude and arrogant. Emperor Renzong at that time tolerated it and did not kill the envoy in order to respect the dignity of a great country.
After Li Yuanhao became emperor, the Song army originally thought that Li Yuanhao could not help but suffer from skin diseases, so there was nothing to fear, but as a result, the battle at Sanchuankou...
Han Qi was the deputy envoy for economic strategy and pacification of Shaanxi after the First World War in Haoshuichuan. At that time, he was in charge of the battle, while Fan Zhongyan, who also served as the deputy envoy, was in charge of the defense.
At that time, Han Qi told Fan Zhongyan that when using troops, he should put his superiority first rather than his own. He insisted on attacking, but Fan Zhongyan always opposed it. In the end, Renzong expressed his support for Han Qi, and the Battle of Haoshuichuan followed. After the war, the parents of the soldiers who died in the Haoshuichuan battle picked up their old clothes and paper money to summon their souls and said, "You followed Han Qi to the battle, and now you are dead." Han Qi returns, will your souls recognize Han Qi? Return home from him together.
After hearing this, Han Qi was filled with grief and anger. He covered his face on horseback and cried. This scene replayed in his dreams countless times, making his conscience uneasy and the greatest shame in his life.
Facing Zhang Yue, who made an impassioned speech and refused to show weakness to Xixia, Han Qi seemed to see the same version of himself... At this moment, he seemed to have seen the scene in Jingzhou where young and old cried together. His chest was so clogged that he could hardly breathe.
Finally his eyes fell on Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue talked for a long time, and Han Qi suddenly said: "Zhang Duzhi's true face..."
Suddenly Han Qi covered his chest...
Zhang Yue suddenly saw that Han Qi's face was extremely pale and said quickly: "Ms. sir..."
Han Qi waved his hand and continued: "Duzhi, are you in the third division? Let me settle an account with you. Before Baoyuan, Shaanxi's annual income was 19.78 million, and its annual income was 1,550. Ten thousand. Since the Xixia border provocation, the annual income has been 33.9 million guan, and the output has been 33.63 million guan. How much food will we need to spend on this matter?"
"What if the Khitan takes advantage of the situation again?"
The Song Dynasty was unfavorable to the war in Xixia, and the Liao Kingdom took advantage of the situation and increased the annual currency from the original 300,000 to 500,000!
At that time, it was Fu Bi, the current privy envoy, who negotiated on behalf of the Song Dynasty in the face of Liao's extortion and blackmail.
After Han Qi explained, he looked at Zhang Yue and said, "That's what I am like as Prime Minister. If you despise me for being patient and shrinking, sit on my seat and teach me how to deal with it? I will abdicate and let you do it." how?"
After saying this, Han Qi stood up from his chair and made an invitation gesture to Zhang Yue, as if he wanted to be the prime minister.
Zhang Yue was thinking in his heart at this moment. He rubbed his hands and said, half pushing and half rejecting: "Ms. Han, why are you so embarrassed? That's all, let me do what I want!"
But after thinking about it, Zhang Yue took a step back and said with a face full of shame: "I don't dare!"
Han Qi showed a slight expression of seriousness and said: "After the peace negotiation in Xixia, I was in power, and my uncle Xun Gong was the prime minister. He told others that he was watching the play of me and the rich man dancing like a child, and he couldn't stop it. As soon as he hit the wall, he killed himself. Pull back your ears. When Fu Gong and I are very good at dancing, it will be difficult to contain the situation."
Of course Zhang Yue had heard this from others, but it was quite different to hear it said by the person who had experienced it.
Zhang Dexiang was close to Lu Yijian, and he couldn't deal with Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, and Fu Bi.
Han Qi said: "At this age, I will surely become prime minister in the future. I hope you will remember what I said."
Seeing that Han Qi expected him to be the prime minister, Zhang Yue also took advantage of the situation to give him a step down and said: "My lord, you are considerate and considerate, so I have resigned from the position of Meng Lang."
Han Qi nodded and was about to see off the guests when Zhang Yue took advantage of the situation and said: "But I still think that we must fight against Xixia! This is not a momentary remark. Because no matter whether we win or lose this battle, the benefits of Qingyan can be for me. It belongs to the dynasty, and the passage of Xixia Kingdom and our dynasty’s market will make this dynasty’s salt banknotes.”
After hearing this, Han Qi thought for a moment and understood what Zhang Yue meant and said, "I understand."
Zhang Yue meant that if he won, the imperial court could force Xixia to use all Song Dynasty salt banknotes when conducting transactions with the Song Dynasty.
If it fails, then the imperial court can also agree to the Xixia people's request to let green salt enter the market, and just settle the settlement with the salt banknotes of the Song Dynasty.
The ultimate goal was to use Xixia and the surrounding foreign countries as the place where the salt banknotes of the Song Dynasty were issued, so as to dilute the negative impact of annual inflation of the salt banknotes.
We will attack anyone who dares not to use the salt banknotes sold by us for border trade settlement and foreign exchange reserves.
What is domineering, this is it.
In short, this was a currency war with the Xixia people.
