I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 87 Bao Xiren’s contribution to the Liao Dynasty was great!

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Bao Zheng strode to the palace and looked ahead.

At this time, many officials noticed that although Bao Zheng had turned darker, he had a more heroic spirit.

"I was ordered to celebrate the New Year in Liao Dynasty and also to inspect the military. During the Lunar New Year, all etiquette and regulations were followed without any irregularity. The recordkeepers have recorded them in detail. I will not explain them one by one. This time I will mainly report to the officials. Make Liao’s harvest!”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sit up straight.

The officials also straightened their backs.

When Bao Zheng speaks in the court, many officials will become nervous for no reason.

He was afraid that Bao Zheng would suddenly impeach him.

"When I left Liao, in addition to the regular gifts from Yelu Zongzhen, the Lord of Liao, I also received [-] cattle, [-] sheep, [-] war horses, [-] pairs of bows and crossbows, and [-] pairs of heavy armor."

"what?"

Zhao Zhen stood up suddenly, wondering if he had heard wrongly.

The gifts given by the Liao to the envoys of the Song Dynasty on New Year's Day were nothing more than some gold, silver, animal skins, animal bone carvings, etc.

Cattle and sheep are food resources.

War horses, crossbows, and heavy armor were military supplies. How could the Liao Kingdom give them away?

Xia Song looked at Bao Zheng with disbelief on his face.

Bao Zheng was talking about war horses, not horses.

At this moment, he doubted whether Bao Zheng had plundered a small group of Liao troops at the border.

"Bao Qing, is there a fight between the envoy and the Liao soldiers?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

Others can't do this kind of thing, but Bao Zheng's stubborn temper makes it very possible.

Bao Zheng smiled and shook his head.

"Officials, don't be anxious, this is not a trophy. But on New Year's Eve, several civil servants in the Liao Dynasty, after drinking a few glasses of wine, relied on the fact that they had read a few poems and books, and thought of embarrassing their ministers with their literary talents. !”

"I had no choice but to fight with them. I didn't expect that they only knew some verbal poetry. I won these in front of the Emperor of Liao."

"Before I returned, the ministers of the Liao Kingdom wanted to exchange money for it, but I didn't want to, so they had no choice but to let me pull them back. Now these military supplies, cattle and sheep have been stored in Hejian Mansion, and the officials can do whatever they want!"

After hearing these words, the whole hall fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Zhen smiled.

Many courtiers couldn't help but laugh excitedly.

This move is very encouraging!

Since the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty has not taken any advantage in other aspects except relying on trade to earn money from the Liao Dynasty.

Now, Bao Zheng has brought glory to the Song Dynasty with one person's efforts, making every official feel: How proud he is.

Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but puff up his chest and murmured in his heart: If you let me go, the win will definitely not be this small!
Chen Zhizhong took the lead in handing over his hand and said: "Officials, these...these are not trophies, but they are better than trophies. This is a good story about the Song Dynasty's envoy to Liao Dynasty. It must be spread to the people, to the people!"

Zhao Zhen nodded in approval.

"Bao Qing, you have done this beautifully, I will reward the entire mission generously!"

Bao Zheng slightly cupped his hands and continued: "I also discovered some problems when I went to the Liao Kingdom. The most serious one is that the Liao people know very well about our dynasty's affairs."

"The people of Liao not only know about the important events that happened every month in our dynasty, but they also know about some indecent things."

"For example, there was a censor in our dynasty who pretended to hit the pillars, and Academician Ouyang was tainted and did not cultivate his personal ethics, etc."

"Among them, Shi Shoudao and Fu Yanguo were suspected of rebellion, and were laughed out of their minds by the Liao people. They said... they said that the officials in my court were stupid in reading, and they actually thought that a scholar who had no power to restrain a chicken could understand Liao and... It is very foolish to dig a grave and open a coffin. I really cannot argue with this matter!"

Immediately.

Xia Song, Wang Gongchen and others lowered their heads one after another. They are typical representatives of what the Liao people call "stupid reading".

"In addition, I saw transcribed editions of past issues of our imperial newspaper on the bookstalls in the streets of Liao, Su Jingming's "Ten Matters Refuting Chen Tiao", and Ouyang Xueshi's "On Untalented Officials" 》……”

"At first, I thought that the Liao Kingdom had arranged for some detailed works to be hidden in Bianjing. Later, I found out that it was a shady businessman who passed on my court reports, confidential matters, etc. to the Liao Kingdom for profit. I suggest that we should deal with this. Be strict!"

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "It is indeed time to strictly control it!"

With the popularization of woodblock printing, everything could be turned into a book.There are almost no secrets in the Song Dynasty.

From officials and nobles to scholars and merchants, most of them are very happy with their achievements.

Even if I do something as small as a sesame seed, I would like to publish it in a book to leave a name.

Then, under the management of some unscrupulous businessmen, what happened in the Song Dynasty was easily spread to Liao and Xixia.

Zhao Zhen could imagine that when the Liao people heard about Shi Jie's case, they must have been very excited. They felt that the Song Dynasty, which could do this, would only continue to decline.

Next.

Bao Zheng took out a memorial from his arms and said: "When I arrived at the border of the Liao Kingdom, I inspected the Liao garrison. After questioning some Liao people, I got some important information."

"The Liao people continued to build camps, gather troops, horses, armor and food at the edges of Daizhou and Yingzhou. Although they were attacking in the west, they probably intended to attack the east of the river. However, the border officials in Daizhou are afraid of cowardice, so I suggest sending important officials. , and guard the border to prevent the Liao army from raiding. It is inconvenient to explain the specific details. I will write it down in a document. I kindly ask the officials to read it!"

After reading the memorial, Zhao Zhen looked gloomy.

The military information that Bao Zheng mentioned was very important, but the Hedong side did not get any information at all, which was a dereliction of duty.

Privy Councilor Xia Song also looked very unhappy, which was also his fault.

At this time, Wang Gongchen stood up.

"Bao Jian Yuan, you first bet with Liao officials and then spy on the Liao military situation. It is impossible for the Liao people to not know about it. If you make the Liao people angry, you may be suspected of triggering a war!"

What this censor Zhongcheng is best at is finding fault with eggs.

Bao Zheng frowned and replied directly: "Is it because I talk to the monarchs and ministers of Liao State every day, so I am not suspected of provoking a war?"

After that, Bao Zheng took out another letter from his arms.

"Guan Jia, this is a letter written by the Lord of Liao to the officials. I have not opened it yet. I invite the officials to read it!"

Zhao Zhen took the envelope and couldn't help laughing after reading it.

"Haha, Bao Qing, this is a letter of praise from the Lord of Liao. Your mission this time has won the respect of everyone in the Liao Kingdom. The Lord of Liao even said that you, Bao Xiren, are worth eight thousand people of the Liao Kingdom." Iron cavalry!"

"Come on, let's all take a look!" Zhao Zhen said with great excitement.

Liao people are good at martial arts and straightforward, and they like people with integrity the most.

Bao Xiren alone is worth the eight thousand cavalry of the Liao Kingdom.

This is a very high compliment!

The people of Liao were vulgar. In the past two years, they always called Xia Song: "Old Xia Song."

now.

All the officials looked at Bao Zheng with envy and respect on their faces.

It is worth a lifetime to get this compliment from the leader of the Liao Kingdom.

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Bao Zheng added: "In the official family, I was very angry after learning about Yang Riyan's dereliction of duty case. At present, the people of Kaifeng Prefecture are in urgent need of relief, and the subordinate officials below are in urgent need of supplements. I am willing to go there and know about Kaifeng Prefecture!"

Bao Zheng never fights or grabs.

Now I want to inform Kaifeng Mansion because he really doesn't want to see this mess get messed up by some people anymore.

At this time, who else dares to fight!

At the moment, Bao Zheng is tougher than anyone else. Even if he wants to be admitted to Zhongshu or the Privy Council, Zhao Zhen might be able to agree.

Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction and looked down.

"Do you have any objections?"

"I have no objection!" All the ministers said in unison.

"From now on, Bao Xiren will be promoted to Yousi Langzhong, with the right to know Kaifeng Mansion, and he will be given the title of Bachelor of Longtuge. As for the Admonition Academy, he will be led by Bachelor Ouyang!" Zhao Zhen said loudly.

The officials bowed their hands one after another.

Ouyang Xiu suddenly smiled, knowing that Kaifeng Mansion might not have enough mental strength, but Zhijian Yuan would still be fine.

　Thanks to book friends Xia Xiaoyu and Zhuo Lengthorn for their tips, thank you very much!
　　
　
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