Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 118 Han Qi, shut up!
The decision on how to deal with Wang Gongchen has been decided.

Wang Gongchen is simply the type of person who won't die if he doesn't seek death.

Wang Gongchen has never had a good relationship with people.

Therefore, no one spoke for him after that.

then……

Wang Gongchen could only be responsible for what he had said and had to really set off for Lingnan.

And with the incident of Wang Gongchen.

The court seemed to gradually realize that something was amiss.

Because if it were according to the normal temperament of their officials, it would be impossible for them to impose such a severe punishment.

of course!

They couldn't figure it out either, this was what Zhao Xin asked them to do.

after all……

It’s impossible that the government would really listen to a six-year-old child, right?

can only say……

I’m afraid it will become increasingly difficult to survive in the officialdom in the future.

……

February.

After dealing with Wang Gongchen.

Immediately afterwards...

Zhao Xin had to deal with people like Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi.

The cause was the northwest border. Fan Zhongyan proposed to build a water city, which could be used for transportation between Weizhou and Qinzhou, and could also be used to prevent the enemy from penetrating into the national border.

Han Qi, on the other hand, said directly that even if such a city was built, it could not be used to stop the enemy, and it would cost a lot to build a city, and extra people would have to be sent to garrison there.

The key point is... there are still a large number of feudal lords living in the area.

This Shuiluo City is located in the territory where the vassal people live. If you build it, won't it be built for free? What if these vassal people rebel? What should you do?
Originally, things would have ended here.

After all, Han Qi said so, and Fan Zhongyan did not refute.

But unfortunately, something unexpected happened in October of the previous year.

The incident happened when Zheng Jian, accompanied by the local nobleman Liu Hu, went to inspect Shuiluochuan.

Two waves of vassal states lived in Shuiluochuan, some of them were willing to surrender to the Song Dynasty, while others were unwilling.

Of course! Liu Hu had fought hard to get this.

The biggest wish of those vassal states who were willing to surrender was to have a stable base, which was Shuiluo City.

In the process of Liu Hu persuading these vassal states to surrender, he must have explained to the local vassal states countless times the benefits of repairing Shuiluo City.

Use Shuiluo City as a guarantee for them.

after all……

Now that you have a city to rely on, you won’t have to worry about attacks from the Xixia people or other vassal states.

Exactly!

At that time, some vassal tribes who were unwilling to surrender brought more than 10,000 people to attack the inspection team.

Liu Hu was also a capable man. He was not afraid at all. He led more than a thousand Song soldiers and calmly repelled these vassal troops.

Zheng Jian saw that these vassal states who said they wanted to surrender to the Song Dynasty did not surrender directly to others when they encountered such a big scene, but were still able to stand with the Song army. They did not show any signs of being fence-sitters.

This has already proved their sincerity in surrendering.

Then I felt that this vassal might be useful.

and……

Liu Hu even made a boast to others, saying that if you surrender to us, we will build Shuiluo City here, and then we can live together, it will be good for you, me, and everyone!
Zheng Jian would naturally be happy to see a win-win situation like this.

then……

In the previous year, with the help of Liu Hu, Zheng Jian proposed to the court to rebuild Shuiluo City.

Fan Zhongyan naturally supported it at this time.

Moreover, Fan Zhongyan believed that the conditions at this time were much more mature than when he first proposed them.

After all, we can now recruit local vassal states.

But Han Qi doesn’t support it!
Han Qi felt that he was invincible in strategy and that Fan Zhongyan, Zheng Jian, and Liu Hu all had to stand aside in front of his civil and military strategies.

I just feel that rebuilding Shuiluo City would be extremely costly and would have no strategic value.

It is not like the Great Wall that can block an entire road. It only adds a fortress between two places. And this fortress is in the middle of a road of nearly 200 miles. It can be said that one more or one less will not make much, and it cannot defend against anything.

Anyway, even after it was repaired, it still leaked.

Although Fan Zhongyan had told Han Qi that they had obtained the support of the local vassal states, Han Qi still stubbornly believed that building such a city was just a waste of manpower and would be of no use in blocking the attack of Western Xia.

Look at this!

After the construction of Shuiluo City started again, Han Qi began to oppose it again. Not satisfied with opposing it alone, he also joined forces with Wen Yanbo, Yin Zhu, Di Qing and others to oppose it.

Then... Zhao Zhen showed the memorial to Zhao Xin.

He asked, "How do you think we should deal with this?"

Zhao Xin also tilted his head and replied to his father: "Exiled to Lingnan?"

His father rolled his eyes at him.

If someone like Zui Xinglai were to be exiled to Lingnan whenever something happened, how many people would be enough for you to exile?

After rolling his eyes, he said, "Han Qi is not alone. He has also joined forces with Wen Yanbo, Yin Zhu, Di Qing and others. Are you planning to exile Wen Yanbo, Yin Zhu, Di Qing and others to Lingnan as well? Then wouldn't the soldiers in the northwest be discouraged? Who will defend the city in the future?"

Zhao Xin thought so too.

Then he said, "I don't need your teaching, Daddy!"

Zhao Zhen said, "Come here and take off your pants yourself."

Zhao Xin stepped directly on the table above the bed, looked down at his father, and even snorted!
Zhao Zhen really wanted to beat someone up more and more.

After a while of chaos, Zhao Xin finally came up with an idea: "Han Qi is a troublemaker. Based on past experience, I prefer to trust Fan Zhongyan. Although Fan Zhongyan cannot win a battle, at least he will not lose. On the contrary, Han Qi is incompetent at everything he does, but he speaks in a very arrogant tone. Otherwise, let's transfer him back."

Zhao Zhen then said, "But Han Qi is the leader of a group. If you transfer him back, who will take over his group in the future?"

Zhao Xin said, "This Di Qing is very talented in leading troops. But that doesn't work. From their joint petition, we can see that this Di Qing is definitely Han Qi's lackey. Maybe Han Qi is in the court, and he can command Di Qing to do things from thousands of miles away."

"It's true that the Song Dynasty has no great generals, and Han Qi is called a hero. The key is that he has already lost the battle, how can he still have the nerve to speak?"

Zhao Xin thought about it and said, "Let me write a letter first. If the other party still doesn't know how to restrain himself, then we can only forcibly transfer him back from the front line."

Zhao Zhen was also curious, frowned, and asked, "What letter are you writing?"

Immediately afterwards...

Zhao Xin brought the brush, ink, paper and inkstone. His father even took the initiative to grind the ink for him. Zhao Xin bit the brush and looked at the roof. Then, the first sentence he wrote was: "Han Qi, shut up!"

(End of this chapter)