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

"Tong Guan has returned from his voyage to the West!"

Before Tong Guan returned, the news had already spread throughout Kaifeng City. What's more, the first batch of Western treasures had appeared on the market in Kaifeng, arousing the pursuit of Kaifeng's powerful people.

Not to mention the six million pounds of goods brought back from the voyage to the West, which amazed countless people.

"Six million strings!"

All the people in Kaifeng couldn't help but be shocked and marveled at the huge profits of the Maritime Silk Road.

"Six million guan is nothing. The next voyage to the Western Ocean will be followed by more ships, probably more than tens of millions of guan."

"It's not surprising that Tong Guan brought back so much money. What interests me is that Tong Guan also captured a Western king."

A group of Kaifeng citizens gossiped.

"What, captured the King of the West!"

As soon as this statement came out, Kaifeng City was in an uproar.

Although there were King Qingtang and Duan Zhengchun, King of Dali, in Kaifeng City, Zhao Xu personally ordered the troops to attack them, while Tong Guan was just a eunuch who went to the West to promote the country's prestige and open up the Maritime Silk Road. He actually captured one of the opponent's kings.

"I heard that this king was motivated by wealth. When he saw the millions of dollars in Tong Guan's merchant ship, he became greedy and wanted to seize the ship to make money. As a result, Tong Guan noticed him, broke into his country, and escorted the king back. To the Song Dynasty." A scholar clicked his tongue.

"He deserves to be arrested. He dares to steal the wealth of the Song Dynasty! It is simply an unpardonable crime."

"Fortunately, Fan Taicheng was wise and had foreseen this situation a long time ago, so he asked Tong Guan to lead the Song Dynasty navy to the West. If it were an ordinary Song Dynasty merchant ship, wouldn't it be a disaster, the money would be robbed, and the life would probably be lost."

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One by one, Kaifeng citizens were filled with indignation.

After successive great victories in the Song Dynasty, the people of the Song Dynasty had long been proud and erect, and their backbones had long been straightened. Today, the Song Dynasty is not even afraid of the Liao Kingdom, even a small Western country.

"I am guilty of destroying the country without permission from Wang Zhao!"

In the Chui Gong Hall, Tong Guan respectfully apologized.

At this moment, Tong Guan felt uneasy. Although there was a reason for the incident, he was a eunuch after all, and it was a bit too much to escort a king back.

The other ministers also frowned. It was okay for Tong Guan to lead the soldiers to fight against the small Western countries. However, it was inappropriate to take the initiative to escort the king of a country back. After all, the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty were strong and adhered to the principle of king as minister. The king of Nanyang After all, you are also you!

Not to mention, Tong Guan was a eunuch, and his identity was even more sensitive. In addition, Tong Guan was now in the limelight due to his voyages to the West. Many scholar-officials did not like Tong Guan and wrote letters to impeach Tong Guan.

"The purpose of Eunuch Tong's trip is to promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty, and secondly to escort the country. The small barbarian country in Nanyang is not civilized. Although it has offended, it can only be taught a lesson, but how can it be possible to capture the king back? This makes the Nanyang countries How does the country view our country, the Song Dynasty?"

"Tong Guan is a eunuch. It is a taboo for eunuchs to have the power to imprison the emperor. Tong Guan acted so boldly and should be severely punished."

"I sincerely request that Tong Guan be removed from his post as a soldier on his voyage to the West, and that someone be replaced by someone who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic."

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Many scholar-bureaucrats have impeached Tong Guan. Now that the benefits of going to the West are too huge, Tong Guan's position is too conspicuous, which naturally arouses everyone's jealousy.

Tong Guan's expression suddenly changed. He did not expect that he would be besieged by the court.

If he had not been afraid before, however, he had been wandering overseas for these years and was somewhat alienated from the official family. Not to mention that if he secretly captured the Western King, he might have violated the official's taboo. This time, he might not be able to escape.

At this moment, Fan Zheng stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that Eunuch Tong not only has no fault, but has made meritorious deeds."

"Oh! What do you mean by this?" Zhao Xu asked calmly when he saw Fan Zheng's words.

The other ministers also frowned. Tong Guan's move violated the taboos of the emperor and scholar-bureaucrats. In addition, Tong Guan had been alone overseas for these years and needed to be beaten. However, Fan Zheng actually defended Tong Guan in public. This made Tong Guan All the scholar-bureaucrats were very dissatisfied.

Fan Zheng solemnly said: "This small country is called Ceylon. It is a small island country, and it is also a foreign country. It does not understand etiquette and fears power but not virtue. If it is not severely punished, other countries will follow suit in the future. Eunuch Tong brought the culprit back to the country and handed it over to the officials for trial. On the one hand, it can frighten the Western countries, and on the other hand, it is a reflection of his loyalty to the emperor."

Zhao Xu suddenly fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Tong Guan quickly took the opportunity to argue: "The officials have learned that the ministers shoulder the important task of promoting the prestige of the Song Dynasty. If they are cowed by the small country of Ceylon, wouldn't it be a loss of face for the officials? However, after all, the King of Ceylon is Sir, I don’t dare to make decisions privately, so I will capture him and let the officials handle it.”

Zhao Xu's expression softened slightly. What Tong Guan followed was the emperor's etiquette for visiting various countries, which represented the majesty of the Song Dynasty. If the Ceylon country dared to offend, it would naturally be severely punished.

"We, the Song Dynasty, are a country of etiquette. You, Tong Guan, wantonly destroyed the country and captured its king, especially the right way to promote the country's prestige. Wei Chen believes that although there is a reason for this, Tong Guan is also responsible, and I sincerely ask the officials to choose another good person. I just went to the Western Ocean." Yang Wei said proudly.

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "Master Yang is too naive. What Tong Guan leads is worth millions of property. Not to mention the small country of Ceylon, I am afraid that even the powerful Bagan dynasty will not be tempted. Now If the matter is not punished severely, this will not be the first attack on the Shenzhou. From a humble perspective, Tong Guan has merit and fault."

Tong Guan looked at Fan Zheng and suddenly felt like a confidant. He also knew that his behavior would be controversial at the beginning, but he understood that he was alone overseas. If he could not take a tough stance, he would have endless troubles in the future.

He traveled through various countries and saw countless greedy eyes staring at Song Shenzhou.

Zhao Xu nodded solemnly. The Song Dynasty had now won consecutive victories. He had already developed arrogance and did not have much reaction to destroying Ceylon. After all, Ceylon was only a small island country. Compared to the Great Song Dynasty, Song's enemy, Liao Xia, is not worth mentioning at all. The so-called king is probably not much better than the chiefs of the thirty-six tribes in eastern Yunnan.

All the ministers immediately looked at Fan Zheng unkindly. This was a great opportunity for them to intervene in the Western voyages, but now they were disturbed by Fan Zheng.

"Secondly, there is another important reason why Fan thinks that Eunuch Tong has merits and demerits, and that is that this incident gave the Song Dynasty a God-given opportunity to establish a foothold in the West." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Meeting in the West!" The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty frowned and stared at Fan Zheng in confusion.

"The West is thousands of miles away from the Song Dynasty, so why did the Song Dynasty base itself on the West?" Fan Chunli frowned.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "On this voyage to the West, Eunuch Tong brought back six million guan of wealth. Next time, it may reach tens of millions. In the future, it may increase day by day. I'm afraid it is not impossible to reach tens of millions guan in the future. "

"Wanwanguan!"

All the officials in the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but hold their breath. Although Fan Zheng's statement was an exaggeration, it was not impossible. After all, according to the sea map presented by Tong Guan, the land and countries in the West were much larger than those in the Song Dynasty, and there were even many powerful countries. .

"The so-called huge wealth is no less than that of a child holding gold bricks walking in the bustling city. It will definitely arouse a lot of covetousness. I heard that on the Silk Road, the armies of many small countries turned into sand pirates, and this was the case when sailing to the West. With such huge wealth, I am afraid that the Western countries will turn into pirates and rob the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty." Fan Zheng said solemnly.