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Chapter 1550: Fan Zhongyan's Confusion

After staying in Cai Boyi's son-in-law's mansion for three days, Fan Zhongyan "discovered" or it was more appropriate that someone leaked the news. Sancai looked at Cai Boyi's eyes as if he was looking at the expression of a traitor.

Zhao Zhen looked at Cai Boyi with a bad look. During these three days, he had a very comfortable life in Cai Boyi's mansion, and even felt a little happy...

Cai Boqi stood beside Zhao Zhen, looking at the bad eyes of the master and servant of the Tian family, who thought he was unlucky, said, "Official family, you asked me to spread the news. Those people must have guessed that you are in the mansion of Weichen."

Zhao Zhen nodded. There is nothing wrong with this. The husbands in the court are all smart people. It is obviously impossible to hide it from them. Letting Cai Boqi go is equivalent to telling them that they are in Cai Boqi's mansion.

Cai Shi, the manager of the Prince Consort's Mansion, came over respectfully. He knew the emperor's arrival. If he didn't know how to serve him?

"Official family, Fan Zaizhi is here."

The title of Prime Minister, which seems to be the title of Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, is different from the title of Gong Gong who is the same as that of all the officials who are in charge of the magistrates and political affairs...

Fan Zhongyan came, and he was still calm compared to other people who knew the news. Although Cai Boqi's expression was obscure, he quickly understood the meaning. As the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, he could be said to be the person who knew the power of the Song Dynasty the most clearly except Zhao Zhen.

But he still wanted to confirm this in front of the official family.

When Fan Zhongyan saw that Zhao Zhen was indeed in Cai Boqi's son-in-law's mansion, he felt relieved. It was not because of anything else, just seeing that confident face, Fan Zhongyan seemed to have a clear idea.

It’s strange. From when, as long as you see the imperial appearance of the official family, Fan Zhongyan will feel at ease and feel that he is not afraid of "the sky falls". Most of the time the official family gives people the feeling of "the mountain of Tai collapses before the color remains unchanged"!

At this time, even if Cai Boqi wanted to escape, he couldn't escape. He could only laugh at him, but he couldn't tell a smile on his face.

One is the Emperor of Song, and the other is the prime minister of the dynasty. The two of them dared not speak, as if they were as great as Mount Tai. The three talents on the side could no longer see them. They instantly transformed into clay sculptures, looking at their eyes, noses, and hearts silently. Even standing behind Zhao Zhen, they gave people a sense of no existence.

Cai Boyi was quite envious of his move. His relatives were "bitten" by civil officials, but compared to the eunuch, he was in heaven, and the civil officials in the harem were also supervised. However, it was the Tian family's own business and there were very few opportunities to intervene, but the eunuch was different.

All the eunuchs, whether they are the lowest-ranking or the emperor's close servants who are as talented as his three talents, were stared at by civil officials. Once they rarely surpassed them, they would be criticized and would become treacherous people who could be punished by everyone.

But the officials never cared about this. Cai Boqi knew that it was done on purpose by the officials, using civil officials to suppress the eunuchs, so that they had no possibility of overreaching power, let alone involving political affairs.

At this time, Cai Boqi also chose to remain silent and listened to the dialogue between the emperor and the minister without saying a word.

"The official family's holy will have been decided?"

Fan Zhongyan was straight to the point. If the unaware of the matter, he would not know what he was saying, but everyone present knew it.

Zhao Zhen nodded and responded: "What Fan Zaizhi said is right. My holy intention has been decided. It is not only to conquer the Black Khan, but to destroy the country!"

Although Fan Zhongyan already had the answer in his heart, he still had a sudden attack when he heard the three words "destroy his country". Destroying a country is different from attacking. Attacking can make revenge, and it can promote the power of the Song Dynasty, with advances and retreats, and a detour.

The battle to destroy the country is to perish and swear to destroy the country's cauldron and the country... The steps are lengthy, and the capital is captured, the garrison is stationed and cleared, the land is returned to the territory, and the troops are retreated to the court.

Even though the Song Dynasty had such strength, Fan Zhongyan and most of the officials could not understand it: "Your Majesty, my Song Dynasty was rich in all directions, from the south to the Sanfoqi, from the north to the east to the sea, from the east to Ningxia, why did you cut off the barren land? Hei Khan was only a small country in the Western Regions, with a mantis arm blocking the chariot and shaking the trees. He used the battle of Khotan as a precaution, and he had lost the demeanor of a great country!"

Zhao Zhen nodded. It was indeed as Fan Zhongyan said, but he also had reasons to refute it, and it was very sufficient.

"The Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom...... Why is it the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom without using its martial arts? How can it be the Supreme Kingdom without using its national strength? The Han and Tang dynasties were powerful in the world with their brave soldiers. There is a saying that the Han and Tang dynasties was strong and prosperous. Our Song Dynasty fought in all directions, but foreign barbarians still invaded it? Isn't that a lack of it?"

This question is difficult to answer. The territory of the Song Dynasty was narrower than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the Han and Tang Dynasties gradually expanded their territory under the external counterattack. Of course, Fan Zhongyan knew the intention of the government, but if you put the Liao Dynasty, the Western Regions, and Tubo did not attack, you would instead use troops to fight against the distant Black Khan. Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse?

"Your Majesty, the Liao Dynasty is on the north of our Song Dynasty, and the Tubo is on the plateau in the west. Here, it is like a tiger or wolf, why not………………”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "Of course I know, but the Black Khan is located in the northwest, connecting to Khotan, and lives in the north of the Western Regions. If you get the Black Khan, consolidate it. You can attack the Western Regions from the east, and the Liao Dynasty, and go straight to Tubo in the south."

"Your Majesty! Black Sweat is far away! Isn't it... Isn't it a lot of trouble to turn the troops?!"

Zhao Zhen's mouth hangs slightly, and he already knows Fan Zhongyan's attitude, not because he refuses to war, but because he feels that the cost of attacking Hei Shan is high and the benefits are small.

He stood up slowly from the flower hall, looking at the quietness of the flower hall, pointing to Cai Boqi, who was pretending to be an ostrich, and said, "The heavy black sweat, Deputy Envoy Cai knows it is amazing!"

Cai Boqi complained in his heart by throwing the problem on himself in one sentence, but looking at Zhao Zhen's threatening eyes, he turned his head and showed his most confident smile and said to Fan Zhongyan: "The Prime Minister doesn't know that Black Khan is the middle section of the Silk Road, and the recovery of the national strength of the Liao people relies on the prosperity of the Silk Road!"

Seeing Fan Zhongyan showing his thoughts, Cai Boqi struck while the iron was hot: "The Liao people occupied the Western Regions like guarding the gateway of the Silk Road, and foreign trade domestic and foreign countries, restored their national strength, reorganized various departments in the Beijing area, and restored their rest. The black sweat is located in the middle of the Silk Road. Once taken down, it will be like a choking place in the throat, and the Liao people will be in chaos!"

The reason is simple and simple. Fan Zhongyan certainly understood, but for him, the Black Khan in the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty was too amazing and too bold, but he really couldn't come up with a reasonable excuse at this time.

He knew that Zhao Zhen had made up his mind to attack Hei Khan in the north.

"My destruction of the country can be promoted, on the one hand, the great Song Dynasty's majesty can shock the country behind the ill-conspiracy, on the other hand, the Liao people can be blinded by one, the Yeye can be blinded by Mount Tai, on the third, the prosperity of the Silk Road, on the fourth, and the left room for future military use!"

Zhao Zhen listed these four points, and even Fan Zhongyan could not refute it. He thought about it and said: "If the Liao people had any abnormal movements, they would join forces with the Black Khan to attack..."

"She Xiao Tali didn't dare. Once the Liao people have any abnormal movements, my army will abandon Hei Khan and conquer the Western Regions in the east. This is not worth the loss!"

"The official family is wise!"
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