I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 206 I, Su Liang, the most favored minister of the Song Dynasty, refuse to fight!
After five days.

Su Liang finally finished reviewing the official performance appraisal documents in the four bamboo baskets.

He felt that the lower-level officialdom of the Song Dynasty was like a wild pit.

There are fish, shrimps, snakes, turtles, toads, and parasites in the pit...

These creatures were densely mixed together, making the water muddy and smelly, making it impossible for the court to distinguish who was a virtuous person and who was a traitor.

Su Liang pulled out a piece of imperial treasure seal paper specially used for Taijian.

There was a sentence written on it.

"Establish limits to examine things, hold people accountable based on things, promote promotions in an exceptional way, and promote talented people."

He referred to the examination methods of later generations and intended to change the grinding examination system of the Song Dynasty.

Grinding examinations and examinations were the mainstay of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty.

No one dared to move at the moment.

But if Su Liang finds the right opportunity next year, he will definitely put a knife to this artery that is full of copper odor and abnormal power.

Reform is impossible without bloodshed.

……

As the New Year approaches.

Merchants purchasing goods, people visiting relatives, and envoys from various countries all came to Bianjing.

Although the weather is cold.

But the main street of Bianjing City has always been bustling with people and excitement.

It’s nearly dusk on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Uncle Ji drove Su Liang in a carriage and was walking on the road when he suddenly stopped.

"Is that Su Yushi in the car?"

A young man riding a horse with a very tall and sturdy figure blocked Su Liang's path.

this moment.

The four imperial guards following the carriage immediately became alert.

At present, Su Liang is the deputy director of Yushitai.

Whenever he goes out, he will be accompanied by imperial guards, and there are also guards patrolling the left and right sides of Su's house.

"Who are you?" Su Liang's voice came from the carriage.

"On the order of my master Yeluqing, I came here to hand over the invitation. Yushi Su will know it as soon as he sees it."

"Yeluqing? Special envoy of the Liao Kingdom?"

Su Liang looked puzzled and said, "Uncle Ji, take it!"

Immediately, Uncle Ji accepted the invitation, and the man quickly left.

Since the winter solstice.

Su Liang received no less than a hundred invitations.

There are businessmen, Confucian scholars, local officials, and relatives of nobles...

Some people wanted to get acquainted with Su Liang, some wanted to ask him to do things, and some wanted to deliberately build relationships, but Su Liang basically declined them.

Taiwan admonishers must withstand temptation.

What's more, Su Liang lacks nothing at the moment.

The carriage moved on.

Su Liang slowly opened Yeluqing's invitation.

Yeluqing was the envoy to the Song Dynasty this year after being left behind by the Zhangxin army of the Liao Kingdom.

Su Liang had never met him and had no friendship with him.

The content of the invitation is: Yeluqing wants to invite Su Liang to a gathering at Fanlou tonight, saying that they have important matters to discuss.

"We have something important to discuss?" Su Liang couldn't help but become interested, and immediately changed his route and ran towards Fan Tower.

At your doorstep.

He is not afraid of what the other party will do.

Besides, in terms of playing tricks, the Song people are the ancestors of the Khitan people.

……

After half an hour.

As soon as Su Liang reached the second floor of Fan Building, he saw a sturdy middle-aged man wearing mink fur clothes striding over.

"My dear brother Jingming, I have long admired your name. Everyone in our court in Liao Dynasty knows Su Jingming, the admonisher of Taipei. I didn't expect that we would be lucky enough to meet him today!"

This person is none other than Yelu Qing, the special envoy of the Liao Kingdom.He strode up to Su Liang and gave Su Liang a solid bear hug.

"Brother Jingming, please call me Brother Yelu. A few days ago, I read your article "On the Equalization of Wealth and Poverty" which made my blood boil. It is truly a first-rate article..."

Yeluqing put his arm around Su Liang's shoulders and praised him while walking into the private room with Su Liang.

Su Liang also smiled and greeted politely, but he said in his heart: These Khitan people did not learn the good etiquette of the Song Dynasty in dealing with people, but they learned to use "fake politeness". They must have learned it from the etiquette officials of Honglu Temple. .

After a while, the food and wine were served.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a few words, Yeluqing finally got to the point.

"Brother Jingming, the current leader of the Xixia Kingdom is young, no brothers and sisters are in power, and the party members are in constant civil strife. It is the best time to destroy Xia. I bring a letter written by my lord and want to join forces with the Song Dynasty to destroy Xia. Please help me, brother Jingming. I will convince your official family to complete this great undertaking!"

Yeluqing looked excited.

The reason why he came to look for Su Liang first.

One reason is that because Su Liang had a feud with Xixia, he must have wanted to see Xixia subjugated.

Secondly, Su Liang had a dazzling title in the Liao court: the most favored minister in the Southern Dynasty.

Yeluqing felt that by taking the lead in gaining Su Liang's support, it would be more likely that Song and Liao would unite to destroy Xia.

At the moment, Liao wanted to destroy Xia more than Song.

Once upon a time, Xia Liao had a marriage.

When Emperor Yelu Zongzhen of the Liao Kingdom first succeeded to the throne, he betrothed his sister, Princess Xingping, to Yuan Hao.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Hao was cruel and lustful, causing Princess Xingping to become seriously ill and die tragically.

Immediately afterwards, irreconcilable conflicts arose between Xixia and Liao over the ownership of border tribes.

After Yuan Hao sought peace with Song Dynasty, he fought with Liao University.

Yelu Zongzhen's true imperial commander led a personal expedition and led one hundred thousand elite troops to attack Xixia. However, he was defeated by Yuan Hao in the Battle of Hequ.

Yelvzong was almost captured.

This defeat made Yelu Zong really develop the habit of "touching his nose first when he wakes up".

Because of that war, Xixia soldiers would cut off their noses after capturing Liao soldiers and then release them.

Yelvzong almost had his nose cut off.

This incident made Yelu Zong feel deeply ashamed, and he thought about destroying Xia every day.

Now that Yuan Hao is dead and the Dangxiang clan is in civil strife, it is a great opportunity.

Su Liang thought for a while and said: "Special envoy Yelu, I suggest you report such a major matter directly to my official family. I can't make a decision!"

Yeluqing was stunned. He didn't expect Su Liang to reject him.

"Su Yushi, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Don't you want to achieve great things?"

Su Liang shook his head slightly and then stood up.

"Special Envoy Yelu, thank you for your hospitality tonight and say goodbye!" After that, Su Liang strode away.

Yeluqing was confused.

Before coming, he never thought that Su Liang would reject him, because the other party really had no reason to refuse.

He thought for a moment, with a look of disdain on his face.

"Hmph, you are short-sighted. The scholar-bureaucrats of the Southern Dynasties are only good at talking. I will go find Xia Song now. He was humiliated in the Song-Xia war. He will definitely help me persuade the Southern Emperor to attack Xia!"

……

After a while, on the carriage.

Su Liang raised the window and looked at the noisy night market in Bianjing City, frowning slightly.

It was not that he was unable to make a decision on the Liao and Song Dynasty's joint attack on Xia.

But quite opposed to it.

If the Song Dynasty joins forces with the Liao Dynasty to attack Xia early next year, the reform of the entire Song Dynasty will inevitably be delayed, and the Xihe strategy designed by Su Liang will also be destroyed.

At the same time, the war was extremely draining on the people's energy.

The Song Dynasty now has the ability to protect itself, and there is no need to expend national power to attack Xixia.

The current attack on Xixia will have no benefit except to rob some livestock.

Those Dangxiang and Qiang people who seemed to be the people but were actually bandits would not obey the governance of the Song Dynasty even if they were captured. They were a huge trouble.

not to mention.

After the Liao destroyed Xia, they might send their troops southward. Yelvzong was really ambitious and had always wanted to swallow up the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty would never do a loss-making business.

"If my prediction is correct, Yeluqing will definitely go to Xia Song, and Xia Song will definitely agree to protect his position. It would be terrible if the officials get hot-headed and think about conquering Xia personally and making great achievements. Damn it!" Su Liang murmured, thinking about how to avoid this situation from happening.

(End of this chapter)