Chapter 272 I was deceived again! (Here we come!)

Author: The Cat on the Wall 1

Faced with Zhao Zhen's excuse, Zhang Heng said: "Your Majesty, although Nong Zhigao conquered more than a dozen states and counties, he did not harm the people. He was careful about the scale. His purpose was to attract the attention of the court, so naturally he would not do those things.

Something he couldn't turn back.

In addition, the so-called inability to explain to the subjects..."

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "... Who are the subjects your Majesty is talking about? I have not heard of anyone criticizing this."

Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "You don't know that before you came back, all kinds of memorials to impeach you have been piled up on my desk. In order to protect you, I kept them in place without dealing with them. I just wanted to wait.

Come back and listen to your explanation personally."

Zhang Heng shook his head and said: "Only people like me who have first-hand information on the front line know the details about Nong Zhigao. I have also handed over this detailed information to your Majesty. Your Majesty can naturally make some twists and turns in it."

People go investigate...

Oh, yes, the Imperial City Department has already gone to Yongzhou to investigate. I believe you will receive the information soon. After understanding the twists and turns, Your Majesty will naturally make a judgment.

When the time comes, Your Majesty, you will announce these detailed information to those dissatisfied subjects, which will naturally calm everyone's doubts."

Zhao Zhen's face looked a little ugly when he heard this. He felt that Zhang Heng's words were a little disrespectful to him. How could he open up the investigation of the Imperial City Division and ask the dissatisfied subjects face to face? This was doubting his words.

What?

Zhao Zhen's tone became a little ethereal: "Zhang Qing... regarding Nong Zhigao's matter, I know the rights and wrongs in my heart. Of course the officials on Guangnan West Road were at fault, but the majesty of the imperial court cannot be offended by anyone.

Regardless of whether Nong Zhigao harmed the people of the Song Dynasty, the damage he caused to the Song Dynasty was real. In order to quell the war, the court spent tens of millions of dollars in food and wages, and how many elite soldiers and generals were damaged?

Can this simply be said that Nong Zhigao's motives can be exposed without any problems? I'm afraid this is not possible. Even if I can accept it, others cannot.

Zhang Qing, it's not easy for you to reach this point. Your mentor Zeng Xiang and your mentor Wu Xiang are willing to go to the local level in order to make you the prime minister. Don't waste their kindness."

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhang Heng with deep meaning in his eyes.

Zhao Zhen's words are very simple, that is, right and wrong are not important, face is the most important. What he warned Zhang Heng is that if you continue to confront everyone like this, your deputy privy envoy may not be able to do it for a long time.

Zhao Zhen's words were a quite direct warning.

However, Zhang Heng was not angry, but said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have never known Nong Zhigao, and I have no serious relationship with him. The reason why I want to protect him is, on the one hand, because it is the Song Dynasty that is at fault in this matter, and secondly...

"

Zhang Heng paused and said: "...I want to lay a solid fence for the southwest of the Song Dynasty, so that the Song Dynasty will no longer have any worries about the southwest in the next few decades, so that the court can focus on the northwest."

Zhao Zhen was stunned when he heard this and said: "Zhang Qing, what do you mean?"

Zhang Heng raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Zhen and said: "Guan Jia, Nong Zhigao's matter is not an isolated case. The root of this matter lies in Annan. If Annan's hand extending to Guangyuan Prefecture is not cut off, there will be no real peace between Guangdong and Guangxi.

There will be no real development.

Regarding the development of Guangdong and Guangxi, officials also know that it has great potential. If there is no war in Guangnan East Road, it will become the southern economic center of the Song Dynasty in the next few decades.

Driven by Guangnan East Road and Xiangzhou, the Jinghu area will also develop. When the Guangdong and Guangxi areas and the Jinghu area are connected, they will grow into an economic center that is not inferior to the Jiangnan area. Just imagine, the Song Dynasty

There is another Jiangnan..."

Zhao Zhen's breathing suddenly became heavier, and he hesitated and said, "What does this have to do with you wanting to keep Nong Zhigao?"

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "If Guangdong wants to develop, Guangxi must play two roles. One is to provide more food to Guangdong, and the other is to provide a security barrier for Guangdong.

There are not only Annan in the southwest, but also Dali and Tubo, as well as many cave barbarians in the southwest. These are all unstable factors, and they have to knock on the edge from time to time.

It would be fine if it was before. Anyway, the southwest of the Song Dynasty was a wild land for the Song Dynasty. Even if it turned into a pot of porridge, it didn't matter, as long as the court finally cleaned up the mess. Anyway, a few broken dishes.

, it won’t hurt even if it’s broken.

But now that Guangnan East Road is like this, you don’t want it to become depressed again, do you?”

Zhao Zhen was silent for a moment and said, "Do you want to turn Nong Zhigao into a Zhe family in the southwest?"

Zhang Heng held up his palms and smiled and said: "Guangyuan Prefecture has four major surnames. It may not be that there is only one Nong Zhigao, but Nong Zhigao can be the leader, unite the four major surnames and Zhudong to stabilize Guangyuan Prefecture, fight against Annan together, and cut off Annan's intrusion

Guangyuanzhou’s hand.”

Zhao Zhen frowned: "Didn't the four major surnames fight against Annan together before? Now that Nong Zhigao's elite have been severely damaged by you, can they still be able to fight against Annan?"

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise and can see the problem at a glance! This is the problem I am thinking about.

This time it was a simple matter for me to kill Nong Zhigao. I could even lead my army into Liting, Guangyuan Prefecture to sweep the caves and wipe out all the four major surnames. However, in this case, who would go?

Against Annan?

Do you rely on the Song Dynasty’s army?”

Zhang Heng shook his head and said: "Most of the Song army is from the north. If you go deep into the south, there will be various acclimatization problems. When a hundred thousand troops enter, it will be good if 30 to 40% of them come out alive."

Therefore, the best way is to let Nong Zhigao lead the four major surnames to fight against Annan!"

Zhao Zhen nodded and let out a sigh of relief. He was gradually convinced by Zhang Heng. He frowned and thought for a moment: "It's still the same problem. The power of Nong Zhigao and the four major surnames is no longer enough to fight against Annan. Now

what to do?"

By this point in the conversation, Zhang Heng had already mastered the rhythm. The question was no longer whether letting Nong Zhigao off would cause public outrage, but how to enhance Nong Zhigao's strength to fight against Annan.

Zhang Heng naturally had a complete plan for Zhao Zhen's problem. He explained the plan in detail. Zhao Zhen nodded repeatedly. At the end, Zhao Zhen praised: "Ju Zheng is really an unparalleled national scholar. He has such a set of strategies."

, the southwest is forever solid."

Zhang Heng was naturally humble about Zhao Zhen's praise.

After the conversation, Zhang Heng left the Chongzheng Palace calmly. Zhao Zhenwu was immersed in the national policy of setting the southwest that Zhang Heng described to him. When he thought of something happy, he even raised his hands and praised it. When he saw Concubine Zhang in the evening, he suddenly realized it.

:Damn it, Zhang Heng fooled me into it again!
Chapter completed!