The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

Liang Shicheng leaned on the bed, rubbed his naked eyes, and said, "Don't chatter here, as for this city bureau, our family has already made a decision."

When the three of them heard this, they immediately pricked up their ears and looked at the old eunuch nervously.

When several people were thinking about each other, suddenly a small servant hurried in, bent down and said: "Eunuch, the son-in-law Pan Yi has entered the palace."

"What? Shouldn't it be Yang Lin who entered the palace? Did the government send someone to detain him?"

"No, Princess Xu Guochang brought her son-in-law Pan Yi into the palace and reported to the officials, saying that he is not good at business and wants to hand over the three city bureaus to the Long Live Camp so that the Long Live Camp can complete the construction of Genyue Shoushan as soon as possible. Officials As soon as Longyan was delighted, he immediately rewarded the princess and the son-in-law with a pair of Jade Ruyi. He also decreed that the shipping departments of Hangzhou, Mingzhou, and Fuzhou should be placed under the jurisdiction of Longevity Camp."

With a bang, Liang Shicheng slammed his fist on the table, and several confidants were also ashamed.

Who would have thought that Yang Lin, who is usually so crazy and would take the initiative to tease the troublemaker when he had nothing to do, would be able to bear it even after being assassinated.

"This must be the reason why Pan Yi and Yang Lin got together, Father En, we all underestimated Yang Lin."

Liang Shicheng said bitterly: "This time, he won."

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At this time, Yang Lin had brought the Khitan mission to the imperial city, and was preparing to hold a state banquet to welcome these missionaries.

Xiao Baoxian had a gloomy expression on his face, they had already figured out the details of the young master of Song Dynasty, Xiao Baoxian came to such a conclusion that he was an out-and-out traitor.

Relying on charming this new top scholar, he was promoted to six ranks in a row, and the official came to Song Ting Shaozai, and he was already a very popular figure in the court.

Such a person's attitude will directly affect Song's foreign policy. From the current point of view, his rise is not a good thing for Khitan.

Looking at the back of Yang Lin's foolishness, Xiao Baoxian took the initiative to ask: "Yang Shaozai, what do you think of the Song Xia battle?"

There has always been such an argument in the Song Dynasty. Starting from Sima Guang, those old-fashioned civil officials felt that the Western Army's war was a waste of national finances, and it also produced a group of generals who were not under their control.

They even strongly advocated that the land that the Western Army had worked so hard to conquer should be handed over to the party members.

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Where did the battle between Song and Xia come from? The northwestern states are originally the land of the Han family. Some rebels took advantage of the chaos to stand on their own, which is a conspiracy. My determination to suppress the rebellion in the Song Dynasty is like a towering mountain. Will be shaken by anything."

Xiao Baoxian said coldly: "Many of the northwestern states are owned by the party members. They were confiscated during the Tang Dynasty. There was no Song Dynasty at that time, so how can there be a theory of rebellion?"

The ancestors of Xixia, Dangxiang, originally lived in the Songpan Plateau of Sichuan, and moved to northern Shaanxi during the Tang Dynasty.Because of his meritorious service in calming the chaos, he was named Xiazhou Jiedushi by the Tang Emperor, and he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty successively.However, many of the current Xixia lands are the territories of the Song Dynasty that were seized by the Khitan after the founding of the country, such as Lanzhou and the Hexi Corridor.There are millions of Han Chinese in these places, living under the rule of foreign races.

When the Xixia people fought, they always liked to gather a group of "hit sons", that is, to forcibly force the Han people as cannon fodder, walk in front of the team, and use the flesh and blood of the Han people to consume the bows and arrows of the Song army.

Instead of being angry, Yang Lin was overjoyed, stopped in his tracks, turned around and said, "What your envoy said makes a lot of sense, I think the Sixteen States of Yanyun can make the same judgment, right?"

Xiao Baoxian's expression changed, he sneered and said, "Young Master Yang, I hope you will be cautious in your words and deeds, do you want to provoke a dispute between Liao and Song Dynasties?"

"Hahaha, how is it possible, Daliao and Song have always been a country of brothers, neighborly and friendly, I, Yang Lin, are too happy, how could it destroy our traditional friendship. Don't worry, whoever dares to make trouble with the Song and Liao alliance is me, Yang Lin's enemy."

Chapter 1 Ten

The state banquet is held in the Wenhua Hall. Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, occupies the top position. Below him are Cai Jing, the left servant who is also the political master of Pingzhang, Han Zhongyan, the right servant and the servant of Fengyi, Gao Qiu, the privy envoy, and Yang Lin, the young governor. , Shaobao Cai Bian, and civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty were all present.

The Liao envoy presented a collar of snow jade mink fur, a collar of fiery red fox fur, a pot of beizhu, and ten horses.

With a wave of Zhao Ji's hand, he gave back gold dendrobium jade beads, ten pieces of brocade, and ten boxes of porcelain.

Yang Lin is the protagonist of this state banquet, and the official has long ordered that he is fully responsible for receiving the Khitan envoy this time.

Yang Da Zhuangyuan is wearing a crimson official robe today, with a Jinxian crown on his head, a square heart and a curved collar, decorated with jade ribbons, a whitebait bag hanging around his waist, white silk socks and black official boots.

Xiao Baoxian came here with a mission, mainly to mediate the war between Song and Xia, but during the banquet Cai Jing, Han Zhongyan and other ministers kept persuading him to drink, so he had no chance to speak at all.

After getting drunk, Xiao Baoxian finally seized a chance to toast the emperor of Song Dynasty who looked handsome and handsome like a fairy: "A few days ago, the ministers sent the letter of credence, and I hope the emperor of Song Dynasty will make a decision soon. , as long as your country can spare that Xixia, and stop fighting as soon as possible, I believe that the friendship between your neighbors and our two countries will become closer. With the blessing of longevity, your two countries will surely enjoy the blessing of peace forever."

Zhao Ji watched the singing and dancing during the banquet with a smile. He didn't listen to these words at all. He just declined and said: "I have entrusted the full power to Yang Lin to handle this matter. You can discuss it with him as much as you want. He understands my thoughts best."

Yang Lin smiled lightly, stood up, raised his glass and said, "Your envoy has come to our Bianliang, Tokyo, have you ever imagined that there is such a vast place in the world? Play for a few more days, enjoy the scenery everywhere, let you enjoy it."

Xiao Baoxian snorted coldly: "Yang Shaozai, I don't know what decision Shaozai made on what I said?"

Yang Lin pointed to Cai Jing and said, "This matter is no small matter, let us discuss it and give you an answer."

Cai Jing nodded with a smile, and said, "That's right, such a major national military issue needs to be carefully considered, so don't be careless."

Xiao Baoxian kindled hope in his heart, as long as there was an answer, even if it was a little later, he asked, "I don't know when we can negotiate a result."

Yang Lin and Cai Jing looked at each other, and said with a frown, "Oh, I can't say for sure, this kind of thing is not due to the family's fault, nor is it the state government's case. I can't give an exact time. Please be patient. wait."

Wait patiently?Xiao Baoxian gritted his teeth in his heart. If this group of people dragged on for a year or so, it would be difficult to say whether there would be Xixia. The current situation is very unfavorable to the Xia Dynasty army. A little carelessness may lead to an irreversible situation of the collapse of the whole country.

He was not mistaken, Yang Lin had already made up his mind to delay it for another ten or eight years.

Anyway, Daliao is like this now, if it doesn't work, just fight one game, there may not be no chance of winning.

As long as there is a powerful enough commander who can coordinate the various forces at the border and ensure the supply of food and supplies, if you talk about the current army, there is no doubt that the Jurchen individual soldiers of fishing and hunting are the strongest, but the Great Song Dynasty is by no means a weak force.

Some people used the Song Army's continuous cession of land and compensation in foreign wars to prove the combat effectiveness of the Song Army, but they never thought about who led these soldiers.A group of people, who recite poems and compose Fu, hang around in brothels, romantic scholars, bureaucrats and civil servants.

In the Song Dynasty, there were indeed some soldiers of extremely poor quality. This was also because the Song Dynasty emphasized civility over military affairs, which led to good men not serving as soldiers. "Refugees" and lower-level "idle personnel" constituted the main source of soldiers.In times of famine, Song Ting recruited tens of thousands of exiled peasants into the Forbidden Army or Xiang Army.A large number of soldiers have nothing to do for a long time, idle, and the quality of the army is low.

The ability of the commanders of the Song Dynasty was not as good as that of the previous generation.Why?Because of the hereditary system of generals in the Song Dynasty.

Excessive reliance on background and family merits and lack of battlefield training made the commanders of the Song Army have little actual combat ability. This situation became more obvious in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty.Once these generals' children set foot on the battlefield, they showed a look of incompetence. This situation not only did not change until the late Northern Song Dynasty, but even worsened.

According to Pan Yi, this kind of waste snacks may not be able to catch up with Tong Guan when it comes to the battlefield.

No matter how good his great-grandfather Pan Mei was at fighting, it was impossible for him to tell him in a dream how to command the three armies. It would be no wonder that this kind of honorable son was in command and commanded countless idlers without losing.

As for the Western Army, they are really strong soldiers, but they have not been able to receive food for several years, and they are desperately fighting against the Xixia people on a hungry stomach.

The opponents of the Song Dynasty were constantly changing, and all of them were the existences that crushed the slaves at the end of the Ming Dynasty. If the Khitan, Jin, Xia, and Mongolian armies were as bad as some people thought, they would have perished long ago.

Now that Xiao Baoxian saw Yang Lin's smiling face, he wanted to throw the sole of his shoe in his face. This young marshal of the Song Dynasty did not have the temperament of a Song court official, but looked like a veteran of the Khitan army.

Yang Lin seemed unable to see that the envoy of Liao didn't want to see him, so he continued to push forward, opening his mouth and shutting his mouth meant that the friendship between Liao and Song Dynasties had lasted for thousands of years.

Looking at the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty again, it was nothing to do with him at all, and the envoys between the Liao and Song Dynasties were extremely frequent. It was not the first time Xiao Baoxian came to Bianliang as Khitan Lin Ya, but this situation is See you for the first time.

Cai Jing went too far, directly refusing to mention the Song-Xia War, and only talked about the customs and customs of the two countries with a smile.

After Xi dispersed, the group hid far away, and Xiao Baoxian couldn't even see Yang Lin's face.

Back at the Li Hotel, Xiao Baoxian sighed: "It seems that Song Dynasty is determined to fight Xia Dynasty to the end this time. Princess Nanxian is going to marry Xixia soon. What should I do?"

Tong Shisheren of the Liao Mission came forward and said, "Lin Ya, since the people of Song Dynasty are so rude, why don't we go back to the court to invite your Majesty, Daliao Chen Bingxi Southwest, do they dare to act rashly?"

Xiao Bao first looked around, then lowered his voice and said in Khitan language: "Our Khitan is also suffering from internal and external troubles now, and several great kings are ambitious, and there are constant swords everywhere. It is very difficult to mobilize a large army to serve the Xia people. I am afraid it will be very difficult to succeed."

"Tomorrow I will see Yang Lin again. I will make the last effort, and it will not be considered as a betrayal of the court's trust."