If he didn't explain this long live, others would make a fuss about it, but Wang Ju didn't care too much. As long as he said it in advance, the problem wouldn't be big. Zhao Xu was confused. After listening to Wang Ju's explanation, he laughed and said: "My talent and bravery are not as good as those of our ancestors, but my abilities are not much inferior to those of our ancestors." This saying also has a historical background, that is, Song Zhenzong was A story about the prince's birth. Zhao Kuangyin had four sons, two died young, but there are still two sons alive, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang, but they did not establish a prince for a long time. According to Wang Ju's guess, the eldest son Zhao Dezhao may have been born to the He family. Zhao Kuangyin was not happy, and Zhao Kuangyin was not happy. He always wanted to make Zhao Defang the crown prince, but Zhao Defang was too young, so the matter of establishing the crown prince was delayed for a long time. The evidence to support Wang Ju's idea is that Zhao Kuangyin once wanted to move the capital to Luoyang in his later years, and the official who built Luoyang City was Zhao Defang's father-in-law Jiao Jixun. " Then Zhao Kuangyin played with the balance between Zhao Pu and Zhao Kuangyi. After Zhao Pu went down, he came from Luoyang City. Zhao Kuangyin personally visited the third brother Zhao Tingmei's mansion three times, and then the candlelight and ax shadow tragedy happened. The eldest brother¡¯s mistake led Zhao Kuangyi to do two things after he came to power. One was to send the third son to Fuling, and the other was to support the eldest son Zhao Yuanzuo very early. However, Zhao Yuanzuo, a little kid, didn't know the cruelty of political struggle, but he knew a lot of inside stories. Seeing that his father's position was unfair, he forced Zhao Dezhao's brother to death after he came to the throne, and brought his third uncle to Bashu. He couldn't accept this method. , went crazy. The eldest son died, and the second son took over, so Zhao Kuangyi made the second son Zhao Yuanxi the King of Chen and the governor of Kaifeng. Historically, he was said to be handsome and taciturn. In fact, in the face of his father's pressure, Zhao Yuanshe was too scared to dare. Speak. Under this kind of suffering, Zhao Yuanxi died of illness. After his death, it was revealed that his concubine Zhang was a lawless person and beat many slaves to death. In this case. No minister dares to propose the establishment of a prince anymore. As long as a prince is established, the prince will be miserable, and the ministers who propose it will also be in misfortune. Until Kou Zhun came to Beijing. At Kou Zhun's suggestion, Zhao Heng, his third son, was made the crown prince. Once, Zhao Kuangyi took Zhao Heng to visit the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the road to the imperial city, many people swarmed out and crowded on both sides of the road. While vying to see the crown prince, some people shouted for the young emperor, "Long live the mountain." Why did this situation occur? When Wang Ju talked about the Rebellion of the Seven Kings of the Han Dynasty, he also deliberately analyzed the reasons. From the perspective of the history of the Western Han Dynasty, the significance of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty's reduction of vassal status was not as great as imagined. Without this reduction of vassalage, later Wang Mang may not have taken power and usurped the country so easily, but looking at the entire history. The significance of reducing the vassal this time is not trivial. Let's look at the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty. So many princes in the Southern and Northern Dynasties conspired to rebel. This also analyzes the reason why the Song Dynasty put the clan children in the capital to be raised as pigs. As a feudal country, it was very important for the smooth transition of imperial power. Even Taizu recognized its importance, so he repeatedly praised Lu Duan for his uncompromising work. In fact, Lu Duan's contribution ensured that Song Zhenzong could succeed smoothly. The imperial power of the Song Dynasty. But at that time, Zhao Kuangyi was very unhappy. He even publicly asked Kou Zhun, "Where do you put me when people's hearts turn to the prince?" Kou Zhen said. The crown prince chosen by His Majesty is deeply popular, which is a blessing to the country. Only then did Zhao Kuangyi clear up his doubts, drank with Kou Zhun, and then ended up drunk. Wang Ju said in his heart, you two have similar personalities, of course. Unable to say it out loud, I had to say: "Yes, yes." Then he looked at Maid Zhao and asked, "Your Highness, what have you learned from this case?" "Most people have ordinary dreams, so there are many mediocre people." Maid Zhao After thinking for a while he said. "That's right, there's more." "If you want to be extraordinary in the future, you must have lofty dreams when you are young. Therefore, Zhuangzi said, a sparrow can only know the ambition of a swan." "Your Highness is right, but why do you think so? Call it a dream rather than an ideal?" Maid Zhao shook his head. "It is not easy to make a difference in your life. For example, there are millions of scholars in our court, and hundreds of thousands of scholars take part in the imperial examination each time. They all want to pass the imperial examination, but in fact, every scholar in our court Only two to three hundred Jinshi were admitted in each class. Even under Renzong, the imperial examination was liberalized, and the number of Enke and Zhuke was included, and the number of people in one class would not exceed 1,000. And that young man's dream was to become a general. , I can understand that most of his generals refer to generals. However, our dynasty has hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, but there are only more than 300 generals, plus other senior military ministers, there are only 500 people. So I want to achieve this. Dreams are extremely difficult. Your Highness, do you still remember Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao? " "Remember, Han thieves!" "They are indeed Han thieves. However, if they do not defect to Xixia and continue to stay in our country, can our country give them a try? Talent?" Maid Zhao thought for a long time and finally shook his head. "It is said in history that talented people will eventually come out of their pockets. Of course, that kind of talent that is rare throughout the ages"No matter what the system is or what the environment is, it will eventually come out of the bag, but first-class talents may not necessarily have that ability. Since ancient times, there have been too many people who have not been recognized for their talents! Even a talent like Han Xin would have been lost to everyone if he had not met Xiao He. But how many talents like Han Xin are there today? " " If you want to realize your dream, if you don't have enough qualifications, no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to achieve your dream. But if you have talent and no hard work, you still won't be able to achieve your dream. However, with talent and hard work, without opportunities, you still cannot realize your dreams. This road is too difficult. Just like your father and the ministers, they all want to work hard for the rise of the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty is the king of a country and the king of the world. I am the prime minister of the dynasty, and I must be respected by your Majesty. , However, this is the case. In terms of internal affairs, His Majesty and his ministers do not dare to engage in annexation, but in terms of martial arts, they do not dare to talk about regaining Yanyun. But how hard it has been for Your Majesty to go all the way to this point." Zhao Xu was moved by hearing this, and held Wang Ju's hand, sighing. "Zhao servant must not understand it now, he said: "By the way, Jiefu wrote an article The article is called Shang Zhongyong. " "Your Highness, yes, that Zhongyong is the best example. He has talent, but if he doesn't work hard, he won't be able to pass the first hurdle. But even with hard work, he may not be able to achieve anything in the future. He still needs opportunities. But given the opportunity, we still have to face the next hurdle and persevere! Without perseverance, those who fall early are like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and those who fall late are like Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty. " "A one-year plan is better than planting a valley; a ten-year plan is better than growing trees; a lifelong plan is better than planting people? " "good. It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Wang Ju turned his head and said to Zhao Xu: "What a blessing for the Song Dynasty, given your highness's qualifications." The Song Dynasty is bound to be better than the next. "Because this sentence comes from Guanzi, it shows that Zhao Xu has read a lot. It is not unusual to say it in the mouth of a minister, but now Zhao Xu is still very young, which is also very remarkable. But Zhao Xu is still talented. Yes, he also read a lot when he was young. He was famous for his knowledge and memorization, and he was very proud of having a good son who would not threaten his status for the time being. Wang Ju added: ¡°Talent, hard work, opportunity, and perseverance are the four major difficulties. In fact, throughout the ages, there are only those who can overcome these four difficulties. Very rarely, in the military camp, in order to motivate ordinary soldiers to improve, I once said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. He encouraged them to train hard and improve, and created a fair environment for them as much as possible. . However, I did not dare to increase the number of generals. On the contrary, in order to save money, I repeatedly reduced the number of generals. Having a big dream is a good thing though. Just like Chen, if he didn't have the dream of making the Song Dynasty powerful, he wouldn't be what he is today, but Chen. Only half of the dream has been realized. Other people's dreams may not be as lofty as your majesty's, nor as lofty as my dreams. Their dreams are just to become a Jinshi, and after becoming a Jinshi, they want to be a prime minister. Or you want to be a captain, and after becoming a captain, you want to be a general. But this is the dream. There are only a few people who can realize it. On the contrary, more people have delayed their lives and implicated their families in order to realize their lofty dreams. The best example is the imperial examination. In order to win the Donghua Gate, many scholars studied hard all their lives and their families also lived in suffering. " " Taibao, do you encourage people to be content and happy? " "Your Highness, if all the people were contented, had no dreams, and lived a life of inaction, would the Song Dynasty still have talents to govern the country? " "This" servant Zhao was in a dilemma. In fact, Zhao Xu was also confused. "This is the focus of what I just wanted to say." Just now, Wang Ju went to Xun's house to prevent the people from blocking it. When he got home, De Xun took servant Zhao with him. Gong explained, there was no time to elaborate. ¡°It seems contradictory, but it is not contradictory in fact. Having a lofty dream must be supported, and contentment must also be supported. Your Highness, let me give you another example. Just like in Confucianism, the Master believes that being wise and protecting one's life is an act of a wise man. However, the Master also supports killing one's life to achieve benevolence. Therefore, it is said that a person with lofty ideals and a benevolent person will not harm his benevolence by seeking life, but will kill himself to achieve benevolence. The two seem to be in conflict, but in fact they are not. But when it comes to kings, it is this very thing that puts many kings in a difficult position, because everyone has different motivations, different opinions, and different ideas. Therefore, every time when major decisions are made, each minister has his or her own point of view. " "Choose the important thing and discard the light? " "It can be said that choosing the important and discarding the light is too vague. To be precise, it is what Zhuge Liang said, listening and understanding, but these four words Zhuge Liang said are still very vague. Let me tell you another metaphor. . Wang Ju told the fable about the pony crossing the river: "The squirrel is right, and the cow is right, but the squirrel cannot use the cow's words."You cannot use the words of a squirrel to describe your own body. In the face of different voices, the king needs to have independent thinking ability to rationally analyze these different voices and make decisions based on different situations. The right choice. "Zhao servant held his head and thought hard. Zhao Xu looked at the sky and said: "Wang Qing, please stay in the palace and have dinner. " He was still very happy. Not only his son, but also himself felt benefited a lot from the principles Wang Ju said. However, Zhao Xu added on the way: "These principles are a bit profound for servants. " "Your Majesty, Your Highness has such a natural beauty, and His Highness is not an ordinary person, just like my son, I will not teach them like this. On the contrary, I occasionally take them to play. Therefore with great power comes great responsibility. "Your son will be the emperor in the future, so he must teach him this way!" Zhao Xu smiled, felt very relieved, and patted Wang Ju on the shoulder. Many fruits and vegetables came, and Wang Ju even secretly instructed many wealthy people to refrigerated the summer and autumn fruits and vegetables in their own ice cellars to achieve the purpose of keeping them fresh. A few months later. After taking it out, almost all of it was frozen. Of course, it was still very fresh for the Song Dynasty. Although the taste was not so delicious, the Song Dynasty also had summer vegetables. Morning market vegetables, such as a gourd, even if they are on the market for a month, the market price has reached the same price! Wang Ju suddenly had an idea and thought of a way to harm Gao Taotao. After going to the other side, his mission will be over. There will still be struggles at that time. If you want to do what you want, you can't let Gao Taotao ruin it one by one. You must set up one difficulty after another for Gao Taotao. Wang Ju arrived home, and then Wang Ju Ju was impeached by some ministers. These ministers were not trying to deal with Wang Ju, but in their inner world, Wang Ju took the prince, or the actual prince of the Song Dynasty, around the capital and gave lectures. , It¡¯s a violation of the rules of the past dynasties. It¡¯s okay if no one recognizes it. Now that someone recognizes it, it can¡¯t continue. At least it has threatened the safety of Zhao servant. But if this kind of thing happened, Wang Ju did. I can no longer carry Zhao servants around. But Wang Ju starts to do something else. The Spring Festival is coming in the blink of an eye. The messengers from the Liao Kingdom are arriving one after another. The envoys were Xiao Yongjie, the envoy of the Liao Security Army, and Yelu Kuan, the envoy of the Changning Army. However, in addition to them, there were also a group of envoys, including the Xixia envoys Zhu Nengye Wu Yushi, Wei Mingyu Mi, Lai Kama, and the Han people. The envoys Lu Ning and Mao Shiyu, however, together in disguise, allowed the Song Dynasty to place Zanpu's residence in the capital under house arrest. Although the Song Dynasty followed Wang Ju's suggestion and appointed Mu Zheng's second son as the new Zanpu of Tubo, Zhao Huaiyi was not immediately placed under house arrest. There are two reasons for summoning him to the capital. The first reason is that Zhao Huaiyi continues to stay in Qinzhou to facilitate the meeting with the chiefs of various tribes, so that the court can further appease the Hehuang tribes. This time is a bit long and has to be extended to this year. Zhao Huaiyi would not be summoned to the capital until the large-scale dispatch of troops to Xixia, which may not be until the end of summer. The second reason was that the imperial court chose a place on the bank of the Bianshui River to build a Zanpu mansion for Zhao Huaiyi. It will also take some time. Not to mention building a palace, it must be at least more luxurious than ordinary ministers' residences. This way, when the Tibetan tribes come to the capital and see it, they will think that their "Zanpu" has not been wronged, and it will also provide further comfort. The mansion has not been repaired yet, but now it can barely accommodate the Xixia envoys and their party. Therefore, Xiao Yongjie and Yelu Kuan were a little stunned when they saw the five Xixia envoys. But besides these five summer envoys, there is another person named Ali Gu! Everyone sat down one by one. Zhao Xu arrived late. All the ministers and envoys from Liao and Xia stood up to pay their respects to Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu looked stern, but he just waved his hand and sat down. Yelu Kuan and Xiao Yongjie looked at each other, and Ye Lu Kuan asked: "Your Majesty, why did the Song Dynasty invade Yinzhou?" This is wrong. If it occupied the Hengshan area, it could still be called defense. Now the Song Dynasty has captured Yinzhou. , Yanzhou, Hongzhou, Youzhou and Xiazhou were also swept into no man's land by the Song army. Xixia was already in danger. Zhao Xu didn¡¯t answer. Wang Ju stood up, walked to several envoys, looked at Yelu Kuan and said: "Emissary Yelu Kuan, youThe Liao Kingdom said three things in the country. The first thing was that the Song Dynasty should not take Yinzhou and must return Yinzhou and Huizhou to Xixia. The second thing is that our court sent people to instigate the Jurchen rebellion in Liaodong. The third thing is that Xixia promised to send a number of war horses to our dynasty every year and cede the lands occupied by our dynasty. It was such a humiliation, but our dynasty still did not agree. The implication is that your Liao Kingdom intends to send troops to our court. " Dozens of important ministers knew this, but other ministers did not know it. After hearing this, they all discussed it together below. Several Xia envoys were stunned, what the hell is Liaodong doing? "A certain substitute. Your Majesty will give you the answer. Let me first talk about Liaodong. According to someone¡¯s knowledge, Jiaozhi invaded Yongzhou, our country, and killed more than 100,000 people. It was your Liao Kingdom who sent troops to support us and provided a large number of weapons, otherwise Jiaozhi would not have had the courage. " "You are talking nonsense, how can we Khitan put our troops in Jiaozhi! "Yelukuan became angry, stood up and shouted. "Why can't we put our troops in Jiaozhi? " "Jiaozhi is far away in the south. How can we, the Liao Kingdom, send troops to Jiaozhi! " There is no problem in saying this at the moment. The people of the Liao people are not used to the hot weather in the south. They did not even defend the city of Kaifeng, let alone Jiaozhi in the farther south. However, the refutation and misunderstanding are here. Wang Ju asked in reply: " Envoy Yelu, your Liao Kingdom cannot place its troops in Jiaozhi. How can we Han people place our troops deep in Liaodong? ¡± Even when the Han and Tang Dynasties were at their peak, the Han people were only active in the southeastern part of Liaoning. When did they reach the point where they were able to give birth to girls? In fact, it is wrong to say this. For example, Yuan and Mongolia used their troops on Sanfoqi, and where did later generations The Han people may be a little uncomfortable at first, but it is definitely not a restricted area. "Yelu Kuan is at a loss for words." In fact, our Song Dynasty has just received the news from Liaodong. Goryeo sent envoys to report it. They also asked us whether the Song Dynasty supports the Jurchens. After the Korean envoy returned, I analyzed it carefully and found two situations. The first situation was secretly instigated by the Japanese people. " "The Japanese slave country? "Yelukuan was dumbfounded again. Wang Ju repeated what he had said to the Korean envoy. "Does the Japanese slave country have a lot of gold and silver? " "Yes, not only is there gold and silver, this country is also rich in excellent timber. Nowadays, when it comes to the prosperity of the people in several countries, it is not our Song Dynasty, but the Japanese slave country. And they, like Goryeo, have an advanced shipping industry. . But the possibility of this situation is very small. There is another situation, and that is Goryeo's bitter plan. We in the Song Dynasty don¡¯t know the specific things that happened between you two countries, but when you, the Liao Kingdom, sent troops, Goryeo felt that it was far outnumbered, so it carried the stolen goods to the Song Dynasty, hoping that the Song and Liao countries would fight fiercely, just like Goryeo did in the past. The envoy persuaded Taizong to use troops against you Khitan, and they wanted to reap the benefits of Goli. What exactly is going on is because your officials in the Liao Kingdom have not made it clear. The Korean envoy also didn't tell the truth, so I can't analyze it. "Yelu Kuan was suddenly convinced and doubtful. "There is also the country of Xixia, it must be this country. "Wang Ju took out the kingdom sent by Liang Yibu from his sleeve and handed it to the two Liao envoys. Let them watch it. Several Xia envoys and guards were placed under house arrest by the Song Dynasty. Liang Yibu misjudged the situation and reported it with a fast horse. The Liao Kingdom is not stupid, and the Song Dynasty will definitely not agree to it. After reading it, the two Liao envoys agreed with Liang Yibu. At most, the conditions Liang Yibu wrote to the Liao Kingdom were slightly exaggerated. , they all nodded. "The same goes for Xixia. They have the same idea as Gaoli, they always want to fight with Song and Liao so that they can reap the benefits. " "We Daxia don't have such thoughts," Zhu Nengye Wu Yushi shouted. "Shut up, you Xixia have reached this point, how dare you run rampant here! "Wang Ju shouted. "It's too vulgar, some ministers thought, but most ministers did not think it was too much, but were happy. To deal with barbarians like Xixia, you need ruthless people like Wang Ju! But this trick really works, Zhu Nengye and Wu Yushi immediately sat down bitterly. ¡°Messenger Yelu, it¡¯s not that our Song Dynasty couldn¡¯t agree. After Guan Jian agreed, our Song Dynasty abided by it. Will Xixia abide by it after they regain their strength? This has always been the case in these years. They repeatedly provoked and invaded our Song Dynasty. Once defeated, they immediately made peace. Our Song Dynasty valued peace and agreed to their request, and also restored mutual trade and annual gifts. However, once they recovered their strength, they immediately tore up the alliance and invaded our Song Dynasty again. In these years, they in Xixia killed and robbed at least one million soldiers and civilians on the border of our Song Dynasty. I would like to ask the envoy Yelu, how can we in the Song Dynasty believe their words? ¡± ?Lu Kuan was speechless again, and after a long time he said: "The Xia Kingdom has suffered such a defeat this time, and they will never invade your country again in the future." "What if there will be another invasion in the future?" "No." "What if." Will it happen?" Wang Jupian asked. "If they invade your country again in the future, we Khitan will serve as soldiers to help your country, and we will send troops together to Xixia," Yelu Kuan asked through gritted teeth. ?????To be reasonable now, the main reason is not with Xixia, so he has no good solution. "If your country can do this, Xixia will keep its own integrity and no longer plot against us, the Song Dynasty. I will immediately agree to Xixia's peace terms." Zhao Xu suddenly said. Most of the ministers below did not know the truth and were puzzled. One minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you can't do that." Xixia has been defeated like this. Seeing that the recovery of Xixia is in sight, how can they agree to negotiate a peace? Zhao Xu said: "Queens, don't say too much!" However, several Xia envoys cheered together. They all knelt down and said: "You must obey the order of the Emperor of China." They were happy, but the ministers of the Song Dynasty below were not happy at the same time. Wang Ju turned his back to several envoys, looked at them, and just smiled. The ministers who were about to stand up to stop them sat down one by one. Is there any conspiracy in this? Wang Ju turned around again, looked at the five Xia envoys and said: "Please remember that from now on you will be our vassal state honestly. Don't think that after a year or two of prevarication, if I am not in the court, you Xixia can do whatever you want. First of all, I am not the only one who uses troops in our court. Zhang Zhifu's military skills are far superior to mine. At the same time, I can leave the Song Dynasty and return to the Song Dynasty at any time!" The faces of several Xia envoys became gloomy again. The faces of the two envoys from the Liao Kingdom also turned gloomy. This god of murder is still alive, which is not only detrimental to Xixia, but also a big hindrance to the Liao Kingdom. "Why have you entered the capital at the end of October and been detained until now? You Xixia are so untrustworthy and have ulterior motives. You have always wanted to instigate Song and Liao to war. Even I don't know that you Xixia are fighting against Liao in the country. What did he say? Therefore, I detained you and said it to your face in front of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom." Yelu Kuan "suddenly realized" and asked: "Does the Song Dynasty really stop sending troops to Xixia?" "This is exactly what happened. The third thing I want to say is Ali Gu,¡± Wang Ju said. Ali Gu had no choice but to stand up bravely. After he was taken to the capital, he also captured a Duke of the State, but this Duke was not very nice, and his name was Rong Guo Gong. "Messenger Yelu, before the battle of Pingxi Fort, I will send troops to Xixia." "We don't know for sure." "Zhu Neng Ye Wu Yu Shi Shi, you answer." "No," Zhu Neng Ye Wu Yu Shi Gang He replied with his scalp. "Ali Gu, I am building a fort in Pingxi Fort. You led an army of 80,000 to besiege Pingxi Fort. How many thousands of these 80,000 troops are Xixia troops?" "Fifty thousand." "Messenger Yelu, not only Xixia sent 50,000 troops The commander who wanted to harm someone was Renduo Baozhong, who we released last year. At that time, there were only 6,000 officers and soldiers in Pingxi Fort. Not only were they besieged by 80,000 troops and horses, but some tribes in Kuozhou were also bewitched by Ali's bones. Liu continued to join. In order to besiege the enemy, I fought bloody battles in the unbuilt Pingxi Fort for more than thirty days. Not only was I forced to stand on the top of the city to fight, but even the guards around me were killed. According to what your country said. Yes, Xixia can only invade our country, and our country is not allowed to use troops against Xixia, otherwise you, the Liao Kingdom, will use troops against me, the Song Dynasty?" How did Yelu Kuan respond? He had to look at the five Xia envoys angrily. "I don't know the specific situation in Liaodong. I only learned from the envoys from Goryeo that your Liao Kingdom suffered serious losses this time in order to quell the chaos. I don't know whether this is true or not." The faces of several Xia envoys were gloomy. No wonder Xixia was defeated like this, and there was no movement at all in Liao. "But even without the Liaodong Rebellion, how could our country be afraid of your Liao Kingdom? Aligu, please answer, if the Liao Kingdom invades our Song Dynasty, with certain talents, who will win and who will lose?" How much combat power does the Liao Kingdom have now? The Song Dynasty is not very clear, and the Ali Gu is also not very clear, but there is an example that can be compared, and that is the Battle of Hequ when Liao Xingzong conquered Xia. As for the combat effectiveness of Xixia and Tubo, they are at least 50 to 50. Although this reference cannot be taken seriously, it can at least serve as a reference. And after the failure of the Battle of Pingxi Fort, Ali Gu also came to his senses. He said bitterly: "Messenger Yelu, if the Taibao continues to take charge of the army, your Khitan will be defeated in the war with the Song Dynasty now. It will be a disastrous defeat!" (To be continued. ) ¡ô.¡ô