After a break on the morning of the day, Xu Ping asked Su Song, who had just passed the imperial examination, to come to his home and ordered some precautions for being an official in the local area. Su Shen had already left the capital and went to Liangzhe Road to work as a transfer envoy. Xu Ping was the prime minister and his in-laws had to avoid it.

It is the late spring season, when flowers bloom and grass grows and eagles fly, and all kinds of butterflies float among the flowers.

Xu Ping and Su Song walked and talked on the path between flowers and trees, telling him about his past events as an official. In a few days, Panpan would marry and follow Su Song to Suzhou to become an official. Su Song was a Jinshi B. Su Song was the first-class official and was the first-class official in Suzhou. He was the first to be a first-class official in the selection of two envoys. Compared with Xu Ping, he was the first to be a Beijing official, and he was of course incomparable to being a general judge. Su Song had to go through the two levels of military, defense judge and Jiedu judge before he could enter the ranks of Beijing officials. Only by entering the ranks of Beijing officials could he jump out of the sea of ​​elections and truly had a political future. In this era, most officials were ups and downs in their selection, and there were many Jinshi who could not be promoted in their lifetime.

The most important thing to be a clerk is the criminal prison, and political achievements are mainly revealed from this. Only by being a judge can we help the magistrate handle political affairs. At the state level, the magistrate is the most important assistant to the magistrate, and the magistrate is the chief official, and does not belong to the magistrate. The future of most officials is actually appreciated by important officials who are local officials when they are judges, and then promoted. The first-class jinshi who are directly released to be a magistrate are directly paid attention to by the emperor and the prime minister, which is different from others.

Xu Ping has not passed this level, so Yu Xingzhuo has no experience. Theory is greater than practice, so it is actually not helpful to Su Song. He knows that it is not very helpful, but he still has to talk about who made his son-in-law half of his son?

Just as Xu Ping was in aroused conversation, the concierge hurried over and greeted Xu Ping: "Mr., the palace sent an envoy to the house. The official family ordered him to enter the palace quickly!"

Retirement is a holiday, and there is no emergency official business. Generally, officials will not be recruited to the government office, and there will be even less discussions in the palace. Xu Ping knew that Zhao Zhen did not have the habit of chatting with ministers. If he sent people to recruit him, he would definitely have important military and national affairs.

After giving Su Song instructions, Xu Ping hurriedly changed his public uniform, took the lords, and rode into the imperial city.

Because I didn't know why Zhao Zhen summoned him to the Political Affairs Hall first, I found that Yan Shu and Zhang Dexiang were already there.

When they met with each other, Zhao Zhen asked Yan Shu: "I don't know why we were summoned? But what happened in the north?"

Yan Shu nodded, picked up a document on the case and handed it to Xu Ping: "The Privy Council has just sent the document."

Xu Ping looked at it quickly and couldn't help but frown. It turned out that it was Liu Sanyu, the captain of the Khitan, who somehow suddenly escaped from the Khitan and defected to the Song Dynasty. Du Weixu, the governor of Xiongzhou, only wrote "Discord with the princess", and I didn't have time to check it out carefully.

Zhang Dexiang said: "This dynasty has just made a new affidavit with the Khitan, and has agreed not to accept each other's escape. It is indeed a bit difficult for Liu Sanyu to come here. It is a dilemma to send him back to the Khitan, and to keep him and the national oath."

Xu Ping nodded without saying anything, thinking about how to deal with it. Although the Khitan often made noises and often thought about blackmailing the Song Dynasty with force, the affidavit of Chanzhou was always implemented seriously. In the past few decades, some people in the Song Dynasty defected to the Khitan, and as long as they were transferred, the Khitan would be sent back. However, there was no precedent for people with the status of Liu Sanyi, whether it was the Song or the Khitan. How to deal with it is indeed a bit tricky.

In the words of Xu Ping in his previous life, the two sides did not accept the escape before, and most of the people sent back were criminals, and there were no moral obstacles to repatriation. This time, the person who came was a political prisoner, and his status was still very high, which was different from before.

After a brief discussion, the three of them hurried out of the Political Affairs Hall and entered the Da Nei through the Chuigongmen.

When they arrived at Chongzheng Hall, they found that Lu Yijian and Pang Ji had arrived, and the three of them stood opposite them.

Zhao Zhen promoted the palace and gave him a seat, saying to everyone: "Liu Sanji, a subordinate horse from the north, suddenly rebelled into this dynasty. According to the old rules before, we and the Khitan should not accept each other and flee, so we should send him back. But the Grand Marshal said that this time was different from before. First, Liu Sanji was a noble and noble position and should be serious about his affairs. Another thing is that this dynasty was in dispute with the Khitan because of the number of troops on the border. Because of the number of troops on the border, he set up a Xijing and the dynasty camp in Beijing. Liu Sanji came here and did not send him back again."

Seeing the three prime ministers looking at him in unison, Lu Yijian said, "I thought, take Liu Sanyan first and slowly sue the Khitan. If you are tied up with the matter of camping in Beijing, you must sell horses to us every year!"

Letting the Khitan sell horses to enhance the military strength of the Song Dynasty is one, and you can also use some to weaken the strength of the Khitan. Moreover, transporting horses from the northwest to Hebei was very expensive, so buying them directly from the Khitan was indeed saving money. The Khitan refused, and Lu Yijian was always worried.

Pang Ji said: "The affidavit is a national oath. It has been agreed that each other will not accept the escape, so how can we violate it lightly! A person cannot establish a trustless person, let alone a country! Therefore, there is no need to ask Liu Sanhe for the reason for his escape, and order Xiongzhou to send it back directly!"

This makes sense. Pang Ji is a man who is straight and stern, and he has to count what he has said. In his opinion, it is natural. It is precisely because of his disagreement with Lu Yijian that Zhao Zhen had to come forward to make a judgment.

Lu Yijian and Pang Ji are in the Privy Council, one chief and one deputy, which is not an absolute relationship between superiors and subordinates. They must agree to the consensus in order to punish major military and national affairs. The proclamation issued by the Privy Council is signed and sealed to be valid. Just like the Political Affairs Hall, the official edict must be signed by the Prime Minister, and the important thing must be signed by the Prime Minister to take effect.

Zhao Zhen felt that what Lu Yijian and Pang Ji said made sense, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while, so he called the three prime ministers over.

Seeing Zhao Zhen looking at him first, Zhang Dexiang held a scepter: "I think what Pang Taiwei said is like. If a person does not have faith, how can a country break its trust? Emperor Zhenzong set up a country to trust and handle the Northern Affairs Bureau, and the word "Xin" has no profound meaning?"

Zhao Zhen nodded and looked at Yan Shu again. Yan Shu held the scepter: "I think the country should not be violated. It makes sense to send Liu Sanyu back to the Northern Dynasties. However, if he abandoned the country and surrendered, there must be no choice. If he returned it, it may cause a disaster. Therefore, he should not be sent back immediately. Instead, he should calmly argue with the Northern Dynasties to find the best of both worlds."

After hearing this, Pang Ji wanted to refute it and forced himself to hold it back. Isn’t it just that there is no way to get the best of both worlds and call everyone into the palace on holidays? Yan Shu said, all the truth was occupied, but he just didn’t say what he should do.

Let’s look at Xu Ping together. He is the prime minister. At this time, his opinions are very critical.

Xu Ping held the scepter: "The country should not lose its trust, this is a natural reason. However, the word "faith and righteousness" can be clearly stated, and only if there is righteousness, can there be trust. Everyone finds this matter difficult to deal with. Basically, no matter how you do it, you will either lose trust or be unrighteous."

In Xu Ping's previous life, why did most countries refuse to repatriate political prisoners, and some countries refuse to repatriate death row prisoners and other specific criminals? After all, repatriation violates the morality of their country and cannot be simply regarded as a hypocritical double standard. This restriction of repatriation will inevitably be used by some people, but it is indispensable. A regime that does not speak morally will be difficult to win the trust of others, both internally and externally.

Repatriation must have conditions, but it depends on how to determine these conditions and what consensus the two sides reach.
Chapter completed!