At night, Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Dun is a harsh person and naturally has a harsh face, so it is difficult for everyone to get close to his family. Except for Mrs. Zhang, everyone else is afraid of Zhang Dun and dare not speak more in front of him.

Zhang Dun seemed to be used to sitting alone in the pavilion, drinking by himself, with a regular and serious expression. Everyone familiar with him knew that he was thinking.

Soon, footsteps sounded outside the quiet pavilion.

Pei Yin entered the pavilion and raised his hand and said, "Teacher, Xiao Tiancheng is out of Kaifeng."

Zhang Dun's face remained unmoved and said, "Sit down."

Pei Yin responded and sat down opposite him, still looking at him, saying, "Teacher, Xiao Tiancheng has been moving around in Kaifeng City these days, and many people have been persuaded to write to the officials and ask for the withdrawal of troops to avoid angering the Liao Kingdom and going to war on both sides."

Zhang Dun glanced at him and said, "What do you think?"

Pei Yin knew that this was the school entrance examination, and thought for a while, saying, "Teacher, the students thought that the situation in front of him seemed to have won a great victory in the Song Dynasty, but in fact there was a hidden crisis. The Xia Kingdom was not so easy to destroy, and once Xia was destroyed, it would completely face the Liao people. The border line was too long, so I was afraid that Xia Tu could not defend it? What's more, the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun."

Zhang Dun took a sip of wine? He said, "Continue."

Pei Yin became more careful and said, "So? The students thought that Xia Kingdom, whose national strength was severely weakened, would be better to keep it and destroy Xia? The disadvantages outweigh the benefits. In addition, the purpose of our battle in the north is to strive for border peace? The time for reform. Destroying Xia, from various aspects, is not worth the loss."

Zhang Dun nodded slightly and said with a rare smile: "It's good that you can see these things. Xingqing Mansion is too far away? Through the grassland? The desert is rugged and far, and if you don't have enough preparations, you can't completely destroy Xia in one fell swoop."

Pei Yin listened and said, "Teacher? The situation is a bit subtle now. The Liao people seem to be inactive? In fact, it is about to break out. If they really send troops? The one who is in a difficult situation is my Song Dynasty."

Now the northern army of the Song Dynasty is almost all targeting the Western Xia. If the Liao people suddenly send troops? The Song Dynasty may be difficult to resist for a while. By the time the troops are dispatched, the north will surely be in full swing!

Zhang Dun's eyes lit up and said, "No need to worry, the reaction of the Liao people, in the deduction between the officials and us, wait and see. If the Liao people did not move abnormally within five days, then they would not have it. The situation is on my Song Dynasty."

"Five days?"

Pei Yin said to himself, feeling a little worried.

Zhang Dun looked at the sky and said, "What's going on outside?"

Pei Yin's expression was refreshed and said, "There is no movement in the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Justice. Li Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites is out of Beijing, and the Ministry of Works has a lot of voices. Their main attitude is to hope that the officials will return to the court."

"Wang Cun?"

Zhang Dun's sword eyebrows moved and he didn't say anything.

After the reform of the Song Dynasty last year, the system was clear and simple, and the Political Affairs Hall governed the six ministries, and the six ministries governed the politics of the world.

The Zhengshi Hall is a decision-making body, and the six ministries are an executive body. Now there are eight people in total, which makes the six ministries, ministers who were originally under the Zhengshi Hall become important and have a very high status.

Therefore, any of them speaks very heavily and countless eyes are staring at them.

The only person who stayed in the court in the "old party" naturally paid more attention to the court and the public.

Zhang Dun took another sip of wine and said, "Okay. By the way, how has the 'Fang Tianjun Tax Law' been implemented in Kaifeng Prefecture?"

Pei Yin didn't understand what Zhang Dun meant, so he paused and followed the topic: "He is currently ascending the throne. I hope it will be completed before the end of the year?"

Suddenly a breeze blew, stirring up a strand of white hair in Zhang Dun's ear. He didn't care and said in a plain tone: "A Kaifeng Mansion can't be completed in a year."

Kaifeng Prefecture said it was big or small, but compared to the Song Dynasty, it was definitely small. But it was impossible to complete Kaifeng Prefecture in one year, so how can the "new law" be fully launched next year?

Pei Yin understood Zhang Dun's thoughts, poured Zhang Dun a glass of wine and said, "Teacher, now we still have to deal with the matter of Xia State. The official army's personal expedition has already made the court and the people worried. Now the situation is subtle, and the government and the people are surging even undercurrents. What should we do?"

Zhao Xu was not in the capital, and there were too many people and matters. Zhang Dun and the court were worried and could not make decisions.

Zhang Dun looked up at the moon again and said, "It's not that nervous. Xiao Tiancheng went to Qingzhou and would definitely not get any advantage in the official family. At most, the official family would be able to return to Beijing in mid-September."

When Pei Yin heard this, his heart was relieved and he smiled and said, "That's better. The students heard that the empress in the palace was getting bigger and bigger, and many people said it was a prince."

But after saying that, he regretted it.

He actually knew that Zhang Dun did not like Empress Meng, or that at most 30% of the people in the court had "identities" with Empress Meng.

Empress Meng was born into a family of the "old party" and was appointed by Empress Dowager Gao. How could she like the "new party" who hated the "old party" to the core?

If Zhao Xu hadn't kept suppressing him, Empress Meng would have been abolished long ago.

Zhang Dun was unmoved and said, "You go to Kaifeng Prefecture later and ask Cao Zheng to sort out the progress of the "Fang Tianjun Tax Law". I want to see. I may have to go down before the official family comes back."

Pei Yin looked slightly shocked, and then hesitated: "Teacher, the official has not returned to Beijing yet, so Kaifeng Prefecture should not make big moves. If there is any change, we will not end with the rebound."

Zhang Dun picked up the wine glass, wanted to drink it, but then put it down, and said lightly: "This great victory depends entirely on Your Majesty's wise and magical power. If someone in Kaifeng Palace doesn't open his eyes, it's just a disobedience to the emperor. I also want to see who else has the courage to do this?"

Pei Yin thought about it and nodded secretly.

This great victory, nearly 100,000 enemies were annihilated, and they fought all the way to Lingzhou, and even captured important officials of the Xia Kingdom like Wei Ming Ama. Such a great victory was not achieved in the founding of the Song Dynasty!

The great victory that the emperor personally came to the battle will inevitably be booming and the people's hearts are rising. Who dares to blame?

Zhang Dun heard footsteps not far away, stood up and said to Pei Yin: "You will enter the palace tomorrow and send some things to the Queen."

Pei Yin was stunned. Is this showing goodwill to Empress Meng?

Before he could speak, he saw Madam Zhang coming, and Pei Yin hurriedly saluted.

Mrs. Zhang held a single dress and said angrily: "It's still cold tonight. Why are you drinking? I forgot about what happened a few days ago? How old is it? I want to care about your children and grandchildren. I want to care about you, old man, and you are going to exhaust me to death?"

Zhang Dun took the clothes and put them on his clothes, said nothing, and went straight back to the room.

Mrs. Zhang smiled with Pei Yin, followed Zhang Dun, and said, "What I said, the Li family wants to get married, what do you say? They are not trying to be a high position and power, but they are attached to my Zhang family. They have been noble for generations and don't care about any power..."

Zhang Dun waved his hand and said, "I don't like that boy. I'm only in my teenage years, why are you married..."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said, "How old do you want to be? When you are twenty years old, you will become an old girl? For children, can you, a father, be concerned about..."
Chapter completed!