In a side hall in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, there are already ministers gathered together, in addition to the three ministers of the political affairs hall, there are also the chief and deputy envoys of the Privy Council, the commanders of the three ya, the scholars of the six departments, the officials above the fourth grade, and the royal family and the noble family.

In addition, at this time, Meng Ming also came with an injury, and Yang Wenguang was summoned to the court by exception.

At this time, Emperor Zhao Zhen and Empress Dowager Liu E sat down on the main throne respectively, and the letter sent by Huichang had been placed in front of Zhao Zhen's case, and he had already read the letter, and also knew the news that the Liao Emperor had moved to Nanjing and raised troops on the Song-Liao border.

He was also shocked, and hurriedly summoned the minister to discuss in order to formulate a countermeasure.

He didn't care about saying some polite words, so he went straight to the point and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the urgent military information from the Hebei Road Defense Envoy, the Liao lord has begun to drive the Nanjing Xijin Mansion for the robbery of the three princesses of his country, and he has ordered 30,000 leather room troops to advance to the Song-Liao border, preparing to claim the land of the ten counties in Guannan. Call all the ministers together today to discuss the matter. ”

He added: "All the ministers can speak freely and express their hearts directly, so that they can brainstorm and come up with a practical and feasible response." ”

At this time, I saw Tongping Zhangshi Lu Yijian and said: "Official, the alliance between Northern Liao and my Great Song Dynasty is good, there has been no war for twenty-one years, and peace is still precious, and no more wars can be started; This time, the Liao army went south, and it is said that the princess of Chen Guo of Liao was abducted to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and on this ground, she created an incident and coerced my Great Song Dynasty to submit to it; Weichen thought that it would be better for us to find Princess Chen as soon as possible, so that Da Liao would have no excuse to raise troops and suppress the border. ”

At this time, Zhao Zhen said again: "I forgot to say one thing, the defense envoy also made another thing clear, that is, four days ago, the Liao army pretended to be horse bandits and went to our Great Song Dynasty territory to "fight the grass valley", and the battalion commander of the firearms battalion on our side made Chong Huichang cross the border to rescue the kidnapped people of the Great Song Dynasty, and then completely annihilated the Liao army, about 700 people. The Song and Liao armies were already fighting sporadically on the border. ”

Qian Weiyan, the governor of the political affairs, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Official, Weichen impeached the Hebei Road defense envoy Chong Shiheng, connived at his subordinates, and started a war without a reason, which will lead the Great Song Dynasty into the war for no reason, and then cause misery and displacement. ”

Xia Zhu, the governor of the political council, also said forward: "The official family, Weichen believes that it is the natural duty of the border army to protect the family and defend the country, and this matter was caused by the Liao army crossing the border into the territory of our dynasty to fight the grass valley, and the defense envoy is just doing what a general should do, does he let him watch my Great Song people being burned, killed, and plundered?" ”

At this time, Qian Weiyan retorted: "The Liao army "fights the grass valley" every year, although the people of our dynasty were burned, killed and plundered, but sacrificed the lives of a small number of border people, but protected the peace of the entire Great Song Dynasty; Giving up a small family to achieve everyone is the way of a saint? ”

This was an angry shout: "You are talking nonsense, have you seen the tragic scene of the Liao army fighting the grass valley, have you seen the misery of the border people being burned, killed, plundered, crying and grabbing the sky and land, and having no way to survive?" Why can't our army protect them? How can you, who are in charge of the court, pampered and pampered, understand the suffering of the border people, and when they are hurt and ravaged, the state should stand up and protect them, and disperse these enemies with the army; Instead of watching them being bullied, they say some bullshit "giving up their small family to achieve everyone"; Why don't you go into what you call a "little home". ”

The ministers immediately looked for a voice, and saw a young general with a crown like an angry King Kong, this person was a kind of Huichang, and he was spitting and scolding Qian Weiyan, the governor of the political affairs.

I saw that Qian Weiyan's face turned red at this time, and he shouted angrily in annoyance: "It's the other way around, just a martial artist dares to insult the important ministers of the court in the court, and he is really a big crime and cannot be punished."

Lu Yijian was dissatisfied and said: "Official, Qian was insulted by a military general for participating in politics, how can the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty be embarrassed?" If it is not punished, when the meeting will be effective, the civil ministers will be weak, and the generals will be arrogant; At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties, the military generals of the five dynasties made the chaos of the country as yesterday, not far from today. ”

Xia Zhu, who participated in the governor's political affairs, retorted: "Lu Xiang and Qian participate in politics, don't go online, what you say is all heart-wrenching, right?" You are just trying to cover up like this, this young general said "the words are not rough", the country is everyone, it is composed of thousands of small families, without everyone, the small family will "have no skin, and the hair will be attached"; Without a small family, everyone loses their skeleton, like a pavilion built on the beach, which overturns in an instant. ”

In the imperial history, Chenglu Zongdao said at this time: "The official family, Weichen thinks that the young general is also roaring at the court, and he is guilty of losing his honor in front of the king; However, Weichen believed that Xia Shenzheng was right, and that he could not sacrifice the lives of the border people in exchange for the so-called peace and tranquility, which was purely an enemy behavior of raising tigers to cause trouble, just like drinking a donkey to quench his thirst. ”

At this time, Meng Ming also stepped forward and said, "Official, Weichen also said a few words. For example, in order to save ten people who are about to starve to death, it is right to kill an unrelated passerby to make food? Short-term

Look, eating one person and saving ten people seems to have earned nine lives in vain, but in the long run, if this practice becomes popular, the society will become restless and everyone will be terrified, so the overall happiness will decline, so it is not right to kill one and save ten. ”

He added:

"We have been saying that people are very good at self-rationalization, and when people cross the bottom line, they will inevitably find a fair and honest reason for themselves. For example, "For the sake of the many, the few can be sacrificed." ”

The majority can decide the life and death of the minority. It is reasonable if the interests of the majority take precedence over the few; They will find a reason for themselves to think they are "in accordance with the holy way", no matter how "dehumanizing" the result is.

The border people who were burned and captured because they were beaten by the Liao army were "a few", which is good.

And we ourselves may be a minority, our family, our friends, our colleagues, even those we don't know.

In some "special periods", it is possible, all, all, to be a few.

may be seen as a "few" to be sacrificed.

At this time, I have a feeling of "cold lips and teeth, and a rabbit and a fox."

What Qian Shenzheng said was not a holy word, but simply a fallacious doctrine that exterminated human nature. ”

After Meng Ming finished speaking, he let out a long breath, and suddenly felt that the wound hurt a little more, and suddenly bared his teeth a little.

At this time, Li Di, the third envoy, said: "Master Meng, the officials and scholars rule the world together, not with the people. ”

Meng Ming smiled bitterly at Li Di at this time: "Lord Li, the people can carry the boat or overturn the boat, and the skin will be attached if there is no hair?" Let's not do a battle of words, the immediate thing is how to deal with the invasion of Daliao. ”

He also said: "This is inseparable from the lives of the soldiers of the border army, whose flesh and blood protect the long-term peace and stability of the Great Song Dynasty." Do you want to let Qian participate in politics, just a civil servant, and go on the battlefield alone, to repel the aggressive ambitions of Da Liao, and one person can be worth a million soldiers? ”

At this time, when Zhao Zhen heard Meng Ming's words, he couldn't help laughing, and suddenly burst out laughing.

At this time, he heard the queen mother pretending to cough, just to remind him to pay attention to the emperor's majesty, not to make a mistake, Zhao Zhen heard the cough and immediately sat upright.

At this time, Zhao Zhen said: "Master Kou, what do you have to say. ”

Seeing it, Kou Zhun hurriedly said: "It's good to tell the official family, this matter is not a big deal, the old minister believes that Da Liao will not attack the Song Dynasty, but it is just a bluff and pretending to be blackmail."

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In the end, he said: "Weichen believes that the current task is to transfer troops to the border. ”