"Sir, it has been confirmed that not only severe droughts occurred in the Hebei routes of the Song Dynasty, but also locust plagues appeared. At the same time... At the same time, the news that Xiao Wang's son-in-law paid for the purchase of locusts in the Hebei routes was also true. It is also said that a few days ago, the Song Ting Dynasty discussed that Sima Guang wrote to the court to pay for the purchase of locusts in the Hebei routes. This matter is relatively secret. It is still impossible to confirm it yet. However, the secret envoy of the Song Dynasty emperor had already gone to Daming Mansion to meet Han Qi!" The young staff member of the Liao Kingdom who was watching the hot air balloon performance at the top of the Kaifeng Imperial City that day bowed to the man in green.

"Yi Qing, what do you think?!"

The young aide who just spoke, named Xiao Ming Bowen, was less than thirty years old. The Xiao surname is a big surname of the Liao Kingdom and also the surname of the Hou tribe. Xiao Bowen's identity is indeed from the Hou tribe, but he has a far-reaching relationship with the Hou tribe. This middle-aged scholar in green is Xiao Youdan, who enjoys the "fair name" in the Liao Kingdom. He is Xiao Bowen's distant uncle. Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie colluded and excluded the virtuous. The foolishness of the emperor Yelu Hongji made the knowledgeable people in the Liao Kingdom feel very disappointed. They can only hope for the prince who was only fourteen years old.

Xiao Youdan enjoyed a reputation in the Liao Kingdom. Because his surname was from the descendants, he had always been on the side of the prince. He was not tolerated by the King of Wei. Xiao Youdan could not stay in the Liao Kingdom and was able to ping for three years and came to Kaifeng, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty. He lived as the permanent envoy of the Liao Kingdom to the Great Song Dynasty. Xiao Bowen and Aslian were both Xiao Youdan's left and right arms, and his civil and military Su was valued by Xiao Youdan. The two of them worked together to plan the assassination of the prince-consort and cleverly erased the traces. The Great Song Dynasty most doubted the heads of Xixia.

After Xiao Youdan came to the Song Dynasty in the third year of Zhiping, in addition to being the famous Sima Guang and Wang Anshi in the Liao Kingdom, the only thing that attracted his greatest attention was the deeds of the Xiao Wang Prince Consort Wang Jinghui. After so many years of careful observation, Xiao Youdan believed that the Xiao Wang Prince Consort Wang was far more dangerous than Sima Guang or Wang Anshi who was valued by the Song Dynasty emperor. Especially after Wang Jinghui returned to Kaifeng, Biandu from Chuzhou, everything he did fell into Xiao Youdan's eyes. After Emperor Zhao Xu ascended the throne, the increasingly fierce friction between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang once made Xiao Youdan ecstatic, but soon he found that the conflict between the two sides had been eased by Wang Jinghui. From that time, Xiao Youdan wanted to get rid of Wang Jinghui.

"Sir, the strategy of the prince-consort of Xiao Wang is not to destroy locusts to reduce the impact of locust plague. No matter what the Song people do, the will of heaven is not enough to compete with manpower. The grain of Hebei this year is not a grain of grain, but a large reduction in output is expected. In addition, the Song officials in Hebei are insatiable and take the opportunity to arbitrarily annex the land, which will inevitably lead to the people of Hebei's miserable life!"

"Yeah!" Xiao Youdan seemed absent-minded and just spoke out to agree with Xiao Bowen's opinion.

"Sir, this is the best time for me in the Great Liao Dynasty! As long as there are 100,000 Iron Cavalry of the Great Liao Dynasty, we will definitely be able to recreate the spectacular scene of our Great Liao sweeping north of the river in the 21st year of Tonghe!" Xiao Bowen said excitedly.

In the 21st year of Tonghe, in the first year of Jingde of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Chengtian of Liao and Emperor Shengzong of Liao Yelu Longxu sent troops south to defeat the Song army in the name of recapturing the ten southern counties of Waqiao Pass (now the old Nanguan of Xiongxian County, Hebei). In November, he arrived at the north of the city of Chanzhou, an important town by the Yellow River, threatening the capital of the Song capital Kaifeng. The savages of the Song Dynasty were in panic. After a fierce quarrel, Song Zhenzong finally decided to lead the army in person, and the main force of Song and Liao fought in a small place in Tanyuan. A very serious accident occurred while the Liao Kingdom was singing triumphantly along the way - Yang, a famous general of the Song Dynasty.

The Liao army pioneer Xiao Dalan was actually shot and killed by the Song general Zhang Huan with an amazing bed crossbow. Now it is hard to imagine what consequences would be caused by a person like Xiao Dalan who was known as the number one warrior in the Liao Dynasty. For a time, the Liao army's morale was fluctuating. At this time, the Liao army's lonely army penetrated deep into the heartland of the Central Plains for a long time, with a long supply line, and food and grass continued. In addition, the shooting death of the Liao army vanguard Xiao Dalan had a great impact on morale, so Empress Xiao suspended the attack. On the Song army, the Song army personally led the army to Emperor Zhenzong's command, and the morale was high, and concentrated in the military and civilians near Chanzhou. As many as hundreds of thousands of people.

The Chanyuan Alliance is a painful memory of the Song Dynasty and also a pain point in the hearts of the Liao people. Although they achieved their original purpose, they did not occupy the north of the river. It has been sixty-eight years now, and no major military conflicts occurred between the Song and Liao people. However, not everyone will forget the Chanyuan Alliance. The king of the Song Dynasty, Jinghui, did not forget, the descendants of the Yang family who once fought in the bloody battle of the Jinsha Beach, did not forget, and the people of the Liao people also did not forget, Xiao Bowen was obviously one of them. Now the large-scale natural disaster in the north of the Song Dynasty this time is obviously an excellent opportunity. Although Xiao Bowen also knew that the combat effectiveness of the Liao country was definitely not as strong as the time of Empress Dowager Xiao, he even disdained the Song Dynasty's army - we are not good, you are even worse!

After hearing this, Xiao Youdan raised his eyebrows, and Xiao Bowen's words moved him, but he also understood that this was impossible!

"Yi Qing, this is a good opportunity, but Da Liao is now...hello! Forget it!" Xiao Youdan sighed, "Write a letter to His Majesty the Emperor. Although you can't drink horses and the Yellow River, you can't make the Song Dynasty happy! Even if my 100,000 cavalry of the Great Liao Dynasty are on the border of Song and Liao, we can also get more benefits. Now this is the only thing we can do!"

Xiao Bowen bit his lip and took out his pen and wrote a letter according to Xiao Youdan's intention. After writing it, he handed it to Xiao Youdan. Obviously, Xiao Youdan is not interested in this letter now. In his eyes, the annual tribute given to the Liao Kingdom every year is worthless. What he wants is the entire Song Dynasty! Before coming to the Song Dynasty, he thought Zhongjing was already prosperous enough, but after seeing the prosperity of Kaifeng, Bian capital, he felt that he had lived in the toilet before. In the past ten years, the Dading Mansion of Beijing was not as good as Kaifeng, Bian capital in Kaifeng, and Xiao Youdan lamented that he was born at the wrong time. If he had been born seventy years earlier and was born in the most powerful period of the Liao Kingdom, he would never give up the idea of ​​conquering the Song Dynasty!

"Sir, a messenger came out of the embassy of the Liao Kingdom this morning and returned to the Liao Kingdom!" Qingliang bowed to Wang Jinghui and said. Guan Liang was the actual host of the huge overseas intelligence network in the Song Dynasty at this time, and his teacher Wang Jinghui was the boss behind the scenes. He would not interfere in the domestic affairs of the Song Dynasty, but he was still resentful of Wang Jinghui's assassination in Kaifeng, Biandu. He was not a fool. He had never seen his master have had such a deep hatred with others for many years. The only explanation was that the assassination of the land people from abroad, and the Song Dynasty's old enemies Xixia and Liao Kingdom were the biggest suspects. Therefore, after he was in charge of the work of the Intelligence Bureau, he had never relaxed the surveillance of the embassy of Xixia and Liao Kingdom in Kaifeng, Biandu. He also fought a lawsuit with the people of the Imperial City Department in the Privy Council.

Nirishi, who was standing aside, closed his hands and heard the folding fan and said with a smile: "It seems that the Khitans are reacting quite quickly, and now they are thinking about robbing!"

"Do you want to remind Duke Wei to avoid being frivolous when Liao Dynasty was in trouble when it was held on the border?!" Although Yansheng and Nie Xin were both counselor-type disciples trained by Wang Jinghui, they had a lot of differences in personality - Yansheng was introverted and not as cheerful as Nie Xin, and Nie Xin's personality was easier to accept, so they were often sent by Wang Jinghui to contact some important figures, and Yansheng stayed by himself for a long time as a counselor.

"Last year, Han Qi used up half of Hebei's firearms in one breath and performed more than half of them. I believe he already knew that the court did this to deter the north. Now it is another year of disaster. He must have mobilized soldiers to guard against the Khitans!" Wang Jinghui said.

"Do you want to send someone to kill the Liao messenger on the way?" Guan Liang asked.

"No, let him deliver a letter! In fact, it's useless for us to kill him. Hebei is so close to Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom must have known that Hebei was hit by disaster. I'm afraid Yelu Hongji wants to fight Qiu Feng too!" Wang Jinghui stopped Guan Liang's thoughts with close hand.

"Sir, for the sake of safety, the student should go to Hebei to meet Duke Wei!" said Nirhin.

Wang Jinghui pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, it's a pity that Wuxin. Jicheng and Tianji went to the northwest to listen to Fuhan Public, otherwise they could help Han Qi make some arrangements. Peicheng, call Luo Xin, Yongren and... Bingfeng, I have something to do!"

The people in the room heard the names of others and found nothing. Luo Xin inherited Wang Jinghui's medical skills. Yongren has always been in charge of business affairs, but Bingfeng also came, so the matter was more serious. Their brothers knew each other very well. Although Wang Jinghui issued a ban order, they all knew what Bingfeng did in Dangxiang. This time the master wanted to use Bingfeng, and probably someone was listed as the target of assassination.

"Luo Xin, you are familiar with Duke Wei. This time, when you go to Daming Mansion, you must not only ensure the health of Duke Wei, but also recommend Nie Xin and Yongren, and cooperate with them in their actions!" Wang Jinghui said. Han Qi is also an important figure on his list. Moreover, Han Qi is old and has passed away in the past few years according to history. However, Han Qi is very important to Wang Jinghui. In addition to being the adopted son of Han Qi in his nominal son, it is also because Han Qi's identity as an old minister in the three dynasties is an important pawn that restricts Wang Anshi. The relationship between him and Fu Bi is mediocre, and sometimes he doesn't even have a big match. But as far as he knows, Fu Bi has a long life. Convincing Fu Bi to take action against Li Qing is the credit of Han Qi.

"Students know!" Luo Xin is usually obsessed with medical skills. He hopes to have a medical skill like Wang Jinghui. Wang Jinghui is busy with affairs. Although he goes to civilian clinics as much as possible, it is very few than before. When the teacher has something to do, the disciples are convinced. Luo Xin hopes that he can treat more people for Wang Jinghui. He is not interested in politics, but he also understands that as Wang Jinghui's disciples, he has to bear more responsibilities. What's more, he ranks fourth, and Nirxin and Yongren are younger than him, so taking care of them is unwilling to Luo Xin.

Wang Jinghui nodded. He was still the same doctor in his heart, but the world was so hard that he could not help but reach this point. It was impossible to be a doctor in peace. Among the many disciples, his care for Luo Xin was the most special. He poured all his hopes in medical skills on Luo Xin.

When I saved these children, I didn't expect that I could use them today. At that time, I was just a doctor's instinct to save lives and heal the wounded. However, as time goes by, these children have grown up and inherited their important tasks. He has also felt much more at ease in doing things. Now he can basically stand alone, which really makes him very relieved.

"Yongren, this time you went to Hebei with Manager Li, and studied hard with Manager Li. After you get there, you will take over all my business in the north, regardless of profit or loss. The most important task is to provide disaster relief and provide money for Duke Wei!"

"Don't worry, sir, students will not let suppose sir!" Yongren is only nineteen years old. He was the best at math at the beginning. Wang Jinghui wanted to train him to be a talent like Tianji at the beginning, but he didn't expect that this little guy was very interested in doing business. Wang Jinghui also felt that his economic dependence on Xu was too serious. Li Bujian is now in his forties, and it would be no problem to work for another ten years. However, Liu Chanfang is in his sixties, which made him realize that he should train his younger generations to succeed him, and at least he should cultivate a qualified Chanfang to replace Liu Chanfang who is about to retire.

Wang Jinghui waved his hand and said, "From Bingfeng, you all go out!"

Several disciples walked out of Wang Jinghui's study. Only Wang Jinghui and Bingfeng were left in the study. Wang Jinghui looked at Bingfeng with a firm face, and didn't know what to say in his heart. After Bingfeng came back from the northwest for a period of time, his body became much stronger, but he always felt that he couldn't bear to let Bingfeng, an eighteen-year-old child, become a killer, and maybe he shouldn't have had this idea at the beginning.

Wang Jinghui took out the pistol he brought from his sleeve and placed it on the desk, saying, "This time you still have to travel to the northwest, the goal is Li Qing! Although the army designed a bureau to destroy Li Qing's Poxi Army, it is not sure whether it can be guaranteed to kill Li Qing. Whatever the ending of Li Qing is a big problem. Only the dead Li Qing can reassure me!"

Bingfeng didn't say anything, walked up to pick up the pistol and checked it, carefully put the bullets left on the table in his arms, turned around and walked outside. For him, his life was saved by his master, and his brother and sister could live in this world. No matter what the master asked him to do, he would work hard to complete it, and the others were not important.

When Bingfeng walked to the door, he looked at Bingfeng's lonely figure. Wang Jinghui felt a little sore in his heart and said, "Children, don't force it, just try your best. The result is not important. If you don't become a teacher, you will think of other ways, but you must come back alive!"

Bingfeng paused for a moment when he heard his body pausing, but he still opened the door of the study and walked out without looking back. However, tears were already flashing in his eyes... For an orphan who had been wandering around since childhood, the silent care of Wang Jinghui and his wife was his most precious thing in the world.

Dong Taishi Lane, Wang Anshi's brother-in-law.

In a pavilion in the back garden of Wang Anshi's home, Wang Jinghui and Wang Anshi sat opposite each other. There was a chessboard between them, with black and white on it, but they were obviously not on the chessboard. Wang Anshi's Go level is really too smelly, and Wang Jinghui's name of "chaotic battles" has long been infamous. He wanted to refuse, but when Wang Jinghui came to visit him alone this time, he would not have had nothing to do to entertain himself. There must be something to say, so he reluctantly went barefoot to fight with Wang Jinghui in this inch. Wang Jinghui also used chess to talk about it, but he did not expect that Wang Anshi's chess skills were extremely stinking. When he found this in the layout stage, he put water so that the irritable old man would lose too ugly later and then turn over the table and leave.

The one who is most interested in Wang Jinghui's visit was Wang Yun. He didn't understand what Wang Jinghui did this time, but it was not difficult to guess. It was mostly for the implementation of the new law. Without Wang Jinghui's interference, and with the resoluteness of Emperor Zhao Xu, the reform faction led by Wang Anshi finally started to take action. The Qingmiao Law, the exemption from service, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law was fully implemented, the Horse Protection Law, the General Law and even the Fangtianjun Tax Law were also actively preparing. Although there were many different voices outside, and even the conservative officials led by Sima Guang were worried about the new law for different purposes and the voices of opposition had never stopped, but this had no impact on the reform faction. Their difficulties were only temporary. When the effect of the new law was revealed, everyone would understand them.

Originally, Wang Yun wanted to hear what Wang Jinghui had to say to his father, but obviously this action was not welcomed by Wang Jinghui. When Wang Anshi saw his face, he knew that he must have something to say to him alone. It was not convenient for his son to be present, so he found an excuse to send Wang Yun away and play chess with Wang Jinghui alone in the back garden. Wang Anshi knew very well that although Wang Jinghui was an alien relative, there were many senior secrets involved in the court. This time, Wang Yun should have been inconvenient to see Wang Jinghui's expression, but Wang Yun was very angry with this approach. Unfortunately, his father's insistence was something he could not refuse, so he walked away.
Chapter completed!