Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"Jinmingzhai!"

Jinmingzhai is a fortress on the border between Song and Xia, but it has always been related to the national destiny of the Song Dynasty.

During the Renzong period, Li Yuanhao destroyed Jinmingzhai, forced the Song Dynasty to surrender, and signed the Qingli Peace Treaty. Fan Zheng did not expect that Queen Mother Xiaoliang's target was still Jinmingzhai.

"Report! Hurry up for eight hundred miles, Jinming Village has fallen! Two thousand eight hundred soldiers in the village were killed."

Suddenly, an urgent message from 800 miles away reached Kaifeng City, and the whole city was in an uproar.

"Jinming Village has fallen!"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but turn pale. Although he had already expected victory and defeat in the war, he still fell into panic when he heard that Jinming Village had fallen again.

"Informing the officials, Xixia came again and said that this time they would only take Jinming Village to teach them a lesson. The lion even opened his mouth and asked for the same amount of annual coins as the Liao Kingdom to be given to Xixia." Tong Guan said with a worried expression.

Fan Zheng sneered: "Xixia gathered fifty troops, but they just captured the small Jinming Village, so how dare they boast so brazenly.

Zhao Xu's face softened slightly and he said solemnly: "Yes, Jinming Village has less than 3,000 defenders, and Xixia's army is 500,000. We can win without force. The main force of our Song Dynasty has not been defeated. The outcome of this battle is unknown."

"But where are the officials?" Tong Guan frowned.

Zhao Xu's expression changed. He took the initiative to cut off the Sui coins and attracted Xixia's attack. If the wind and water went smoothly to stop Xixia, everyone would be happy. Now that Jinmingzhai has fallen, it will definitely cause some controversy.

"I will personally appease all the officials!" Zhao Xu said solemnly, and immediately took Fan Zheng to the Chui Gong Hall.

In the Chui Gong Hall, hundreds of officials had already gathered. The old party officials all looked frightened and talked a lot, while the new party officials looked solemn.

"Officials, Xixia is coming fiercely. Please restore the coins and restore peace to Song and Xia." Lu Dafang led a group of old party members to request.

Zhang Dun's expression changed and he said, "No! Now it's just a city that has fallen. If we surrender to Xixia, wouldn't we make the world laugh at us!"

"Xi Xia went to war with all its strength. If the Liao Kingdom used weapons again, we, the Song Dynasty, might be in danger of destroying our country." Lu Dafang begged with tears in his eyes.

Zhang Dun looked embarrassed and said: "If you and other members of the old party had taken the initiative to offer the Mizhi Four Strongholds to make the Song Dynasty passive, why would we be in trouble today?"

At that moment, Zhang Dun wrote to Zhao Xu, taking the opportunity to impeach the courtiers who agreed to sacrifice Mizhi Sizhai back then, including Fan Zheng's second uncle Fan Chunren and father Fan Chunli.

Lu Dafang immediately frowned and retorted: "Today's situation is not our responsibility. I impeached the imperial doctor, Prime Minister Fan Zheng, and deceived the officials to cut off the annual coins. How could we have caused today's disaster?"

Suddenly, the Fan family became the target of public criticism, and both the old and new parties focused their anger on the Fan family. Fan Zheng, in particular, who took the initiative to provide advice, became the target of public criticism, attracting concentrated impeachment by the new and old parties.

"I have something to say!" Fan Zheng suddenly came out and said.

"Fan Aiqing, please speak!" Zhao Xu frowned but still nodded.

Fan Zheng stepped forward solemnly and said: "Fan knew that interrupting the Sui coins would cause dissatisfaction between Liao and Xia, and even lead to war. However, Fan never regretted offering this strategy, because Fan was a doctor and prescribed the medicine." The prescription is a cure, never a cure."

"A cure?" Baiguan frowned.

"The Song Dynasty can continue to give annual coins to Liao and Xia and maintain a false peace. However, the ministers are far away in the court and may not know about the bullies among the people. One hundred people are weak and their neighbors are bullying them, and Liao Xia is the villain of the Song Dynasty. Neighbors, Xixia attacked and plundered the Song Dynasty for many years, and returned after defeating the plundering. If they were defeated, the Song Dynasty would give them coins to restore their vitality. I wonder who would not want to step on such a neighbor."

All the officials looked embarrassed, Fan Zheng's words were rude or not, Song Dynasty was such a weak neighbor.

"The Liao Kingdom pretended to be a good person on the surface. When Xixia won a great victory, it took advantage of it. When Xixia was defeated, it immediately intervened and forced the Song Dynasty to continue to give Xixia years old coins. Its purpose was not to let the Song Dynasty die by cutting off the sun and the moon. , once the Song Dynasty is weakened to the extreme, the Liao Kingdom will pounce on it like a hungry wolf and completely destroy the Song Dynasty. Faced with such a vicious neighbor, if you continue to send Sui coins, you will only fall into the trap of Liao Xia, and the Song Dynasty will surely perish. !”

"Instead of dying, it is better to resist and fight with one punch to avoid hundreds of punches. Even if you grit your teeth and endure the pain, you can't surrender to Liao Xia. Let Liao Xia's gains from attacking be far less than the losses of sending troops. The Song Dynasty thought To defeat Liaoxia, we must fight a protracted war. The population of Song Dynasty is several times that of Liaoxia, its soldiers are several times that of Liaoxia, and its financial resources are several times that of Liaoxia. As long as the stalemate between the two countries continues, Liao and Xixia will definitely not be able to consume the Song Dynasty. We will definitely win against the Song Dynasty."

Fan Zheng looked ferocious, thinking that in later generations he was weak and thin, and was often bullied by his classmates. Once he rose up to resist and caught a classmate and beat him severely. Although he also suffered miserably, no one dared to bully him since then. .

"Protracted war!" Zhao Xu couldn't help but think deeply.

Fan Zheng recalled the works of great men of later generations and couldn't help but generously said: "Compromising blindly is the only way to subjugate the country. If you resist the Liao Xia and the Song Dynasty, you will win. As long as the foundation of the Song Dynasty is still there, it is impossible to subdue the country. Of course, the Song Dynasty has been weak for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to quickly do so." To defeat Liao and Xia, only a protracted war was the only way for the Song Dynasty to defeat the Liao and Xia. In Fan's view, the protracted war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty had three stages. The first stage was for the Liao and Xia to attack and the Song Dynasty to defend. , this is the situation we are currently facing.

The officials were moved and nodded slightly. Renzong and Shenzong wanted to defeat Xixia quickly, but they all suffered heavy losses. Later, the Song Dynasty turned to defense and repeatedly defeated Xixia's attacks.

The second stage is when the Liao and Xia are unable to attack for a long time and the Song Dynasty is preparing to counterattack. The third stage is when the Song Dynasty has the advantage and its strength increases. When the Liao and Xia are on the defensive, this time may be very long, ten years, twenty Years, even centuries! However, as long as the Song Dynasty persists in the protracted war, the Song Dynasty will definitely win the final victory in this battle. "

"What a protracted war!" Zhao Xu suddenly felt excited, and the new party, which was determined to forge ahead and forge ahead, nodded frequently. If Fan Zheng said it, the Song Dynasty could indeed win, but of course the Song Dynasty would pay a heavy price.

However, Lu Dafang's expression changed and he said: "It's just talk on paper. Xixia is coming fiercely, Jinming Stronghold has been destroyed, and the people of the Song Dynasty have been ravaged by iron cavalry. Have you ever thought of their pain?"

"The kindness of a woman! If you want to defeat Liao Xia, you must make sacrifices. Not to mention that even if the Song Dynasty sends coins, Xixia will still attack the Song Dynasty. The winner between Song and Xia must be determined." Zhang Dun said coldly, The New Party insists on a side-opening strategy, and Fan Zheng's protracted war suits him very well.

Lu Dafang glared at Fan Zheng and said: "Fan Taicheng thinks he is a doctor, but doctors are willing to help the world. Do you know how many people in the Song Dynasty died because of you? All the soldiers in Jinming Village died because of you. Where is your medical ethics!"

Fan Zheng closed his eyes in pain. He naturally knew that if the protracted war between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty broke out, countless soldiers would be killed and many families would be torn apart. However, if the Song Dynasty did not fight today, the Song Dynasty would suffer a hundred times the pain of the humiliation of Jingkang in the future. .

No, there may be a way for the Song Dynasty to defend against the Xixia attack and prevent the tragedy of Jinmingzhai from happening again, and that is the strongest shield in the cold weapon era - the bastion

Fan Zheng was shocked and said solemnly: "I have a way to build a city to control Xixia!"