Chapter 317
Zhao Zhen did not expect Xu Ping to come for this matter. Although he was a little unhappy, he nodded and said, "This is true. Before the New Year, I met Weiliang in Shan Xiang and wanted to join the dynasty, so he ordered Li Shibin, the governor of Yanzhou to reject him. But for some reason, Weiliang was unable to stay at Dangxiang, and he still led his family members to join the Baoan Army. The Baoan Army Song Ji, the governor of Yanzhou Guo Quan and the chief of Yanlu Li Wei jointly submitted a report, believing that Dangxiang should not be surrendered, and Weiliang should return."
Xu Ping couldn't help but frown: "When Weiliang met the mountain and set fire to destroy his family, the whole family came to surrender, so he naturally made great determination. The court refused to accept it, but what if Weiliang refused to reply? What should he do?"
"The Privy Council has made up the plan for this matter, and the border ministers have their own ideas. Xu Ping, if you are in the Third Division, you should not interfere in the Privy Council's affairs."
Xu Ping stood there holding the scepter, silent for a while, and said, "Your Majesty is right. The official has a special responsibility. I should not take care of the affairs of the Privy Council. However, there is another saying: If the road is unfair, people will step on others, and people will speak unfairly. I believe that the Privy Council's handling this time was extremely inappropriate, not only did it lose people's hearts, but also the decency of the dynasty. As a minister, how can I keep silent!"
Zhao Zhen did not want to discuss this issue, and said to Xu Ping: "The three departments have a lot of affairs recently, so don't be distracted by him. It is like border areas and other matters, and the Privy Council will deal with them. They have the secrets in their hands, and many things are unknown to other government agencies."
Xu Ping said in anti-voice: "I naturally don't know the secret of military information, but the matter of Shanhui Weiliang is clearly there, so what can't be said? It's just that the Privy Council and the border ministers do not want to cause too much trouble, so they insist on accepting Weiliang and others. I just ask, if Shanhui Weiliang dies and Wuliang will not return to Dangxiang, what should the court do? The border ministers have their own ideas. Should they let them take the Weiliang clan as prisoners and send them back in prison carts? In that case, if Yuan Hao kills Shanhui Weiliang's family, how can the court face them!"
Seeing Xu Ping's mood a little excited, Jia Changchao coughed lightly and said, "Xu Jianyi, the Privy Council has agreed on this matter, why do you have to cause trouble? Why should you cause more trouble? What's wrong with a barbarian chief, and sending back equipment? You can't beat Yuanhao for such a small person, causing the border to be unstable. Since Deming paid tribute to this dynasty, he has never heard of military wars in the northwest for 40 years. Anyone who comes from Dangxiang has never accepted it. The Privy Council's move is just to follow the old rules. Even if there are some inappropriate places, it is only a last resort!"
"Old case? The old case is that this dynasty does not accept traitors from Dangxiang, and Dangxiang does not accept people from this dynasty! But since Yuan Hao succeeded to the throne and publicly recruited Song people, it has become even more serious in the past two years. Last year, the two failed Jinshi named Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao. Yuan Hao not only accepted them, but also favored them for a high position and made a big public publicity. Yuan Hao did this, undoubtedly slapped our dynasty in the face in public. Now he sent Shan Yu Weiliang's clan back, is he changing his face to let him continue to beat him?"
Jia Changchao was outstanding in his knowledge, but he read too much sages, but he did not read himself as a sage. In fact, Jia Changchao was not only not broad-minded, but also had a lot of thoughts. He was just a minister who was a lecturer and was useless. At this time, he saw Xu Ping not giving him any face in front of the emperor, and he couldn't help but get angry and said, "Xu Jian'an, you and I are ministers, how can you speak so vulgar? This dynasty treats Dang Xiang, just like elders treat children and nephews, and should be conquered with virtue. Our dynasty treats Deming, Yuan Hao and his son caress and feed them like parents treat babies, without any burden. The beasts still know how to be grateful. Even if Dang Xiang makes small mistakes, it will not cause great chaos."
Xu Ping said coldly: "Beasts also know how to be grateful, but I am afraid that Yuan Hao's heart is more vicious than beasts, so what if it should be?"
"The Heavenly Kingdom treats small countries like a father treats his son. He should repay his grievances with kindness. Even if there are minor mistakes, there is no need to punish them. It is okay to wait for them to correct their mistakes."
"The Master said, how can we repay kindness with virtue? Dangxiang can enlist troops to plunder our dynasty and recruit traitors from our dynasty. Now we have to let the border ministers be careful, for fear of causing Yuan Hao's unhappiness. If the son does not teach, the father's faults will be true. If there is a father who raises a son like this in the world, he will also be criticized! Besides, when this dynasty regards Dangxiang as his son, he will be regarded as the grandson of our dynasty when he meets Weiliang and other barbarian chiefs in the mountains. Isn't it normal for the grandson to come to the grandson to find the grandson? Not only does the grandson ignore the grandson, but also tied up the grandson and tied up the son to death. Is this kind of thing in the world?!"
Seeing that Zhao Zhen had not spoken, Jia Changchao had to blacken his face and said, "Xu Jianyi, you are making a fuss about it!"
"Stressive words? This is considered arguing. So what should the court say if it is determined to send Shan Yu Weiliang's clan back? It is actually not worth mentioning when talking about the great truth! A metaphor for being inappropriate and being sloppy, but it is just a fear of trouble! Jia Shi said, I ask you, do you believe in the truth you are talking about? Can it make sense? A real man is open and honest, and if you want to speak clearly, don't hide half of it! Is the Privy Council not accepting Shan Yu Weiliang because he wants to show kindness to Dangxiang or is he timid and afraid of things? If he wants to show kindness, it is not a glare to the blind man!"
Jia Changchao was a little regretful, why should he talk too much to answer Xu Ping's words? What does the affairs of the Privy Council have to do with him? Zhao Zhen has not spoken, obviously it was through Jia Changchao's mouth that Xu Ping told him to express his opinions.
Now that the court has money in its hands, its confidence is more than before, but its opinions on Dangxiang's appeasement and peacekeeping are still mainstream. Some have not changed their concepts yet, but more people have no confidence in the army and do not believe that they can destroy Dangxiang. If the battle ends up like the Zhenzong period, it is nothing more than peace talks. Then what is the point of fighting a war besides spending money and food?
Dangxiang's interior is not a monolithic part. If Yuan Hao wants to rebel, there are naturally people who don't want to rebel. Shan Yu Weiliang is the most representative one. Yuan Hao's mother's family is Shan Yu. Shan Yu Weiliang should be Yuan Hao's uncle. His family has a great influence in Dangxiang. Because he has always opposed the opposition to the Song Dynasty, Shan Yu Weiliang was suspicious and excluded by Yuan Hao. In the end, there was no way, so he decided to leave Dangxiang and join the Song Dynasty. At first, he gave treasures to the governor Li Shibin. As a result, Li Shibin was greedy for money. Guo Guan, the governor of Yanzhou, denied it when he asked. There was no way, Shan Yu Weiliang burned the family with his closest children, relatives and tribe members to the security army. Guo Guan and the chief secretary Li Wei, who was in charge of the place, suggested not to accept the words of Jia Changchao, and he would send the Shan Yu tribe back to Dangxiang again, so as not to cause trouble on the border.
This matter has been repeated for several months. Finally, at the firm request of Guo Guan and Li Wei, the court agreed to Yanzhou to send Shan Yu Weiliang's tribe back to Dangxiang. In fact, Shan Yu Weiliang's tribe left so firmly, that no one knew that he could not be willing to go back, and going back was a dead end. Although the imperial edict did not clearly state it, it was actually Mo Yu and Li Wei who used force to send Shan Yu Weiliang's tribe back. As for how Yuanhao dealt with it, of course he would be happy.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Ping felt that this matter was outrageous. What is showing his kindness? It turns out that the old examples are actually excuses and are simply untenable. To put it bluntly, the guards and generals in the border areas were afraid of angering Yuan Hao. They raised their troops to attack in anger, and they could not resist it, so they tried every means to send people back regardless of their shame.
Seeing that Jia Changchao stopped talking, Xu Ping held Zhao Zhen's scepter: "Your Majesty, how can you be safe if you are alone? If this matter is handled like this, people will inevitably be ridiculed in the future. The court will lose its face and lose the hearts of the Han people in the northwest. Please let the Privy Council temporarily take back the orders, and the court will discuss this matter again! Now there is no shortage of money and food, and everything in the northwest is ready in an orderly manner. Why be afraid of Yuan Hao, a clown,? If you retreat again and again, you will have no way to retreat. If you bear it again and again, you will be unable to bear it! This dynasty is in my country, and you should be in my mind! As long as you occupy a word of reason, don't care what Yuan Hao thinks!"
Chapter completed!