Zhang Dian listened silently and added: "The minister thinks that it is no problem for Zhang Qi to hold on. But you can't just hold on. Next year, we will resume changing the law, and the Xia people will disrupt the rhythm of our change of law again and again, and they must be hurt! ”

Zhao Xu listened to the words of the two, felt relieved, and said: "What the two Qing family said is reasonable. The first step, the imperial court must prepare enough money and food to support, this war, it doesn't matter if you fight him for a year and a half, the most important thing is to let the Xia people understand that my Great Song Dynasty is not the past! At the same time, it is also necessary to enhance the confidence of the domestic subjects and sweep away the spirit of depression! ”

Xu Jiang responded, and then said: "Please make an order from the official family, and the political affairs hall will issue a document to clarify the holy will of Huanqing Road and the surrounding five roads, and affirm the will of the imperial court." Then to the chapter and the generals of Huanqing Road, a big reward to boost morale. ”

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Zhang Dian said: "Please give your majesty a gold medal, and order Xu Shangshu to be the Qincha, inspect the five roads of Huanqing, and enter the front line." ”

Zhao Xu glanced at General Xu and said, "Accurate." ”

General Xu immediately stood up, raised his hand and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Zhao Xu raised his hand and pressed it, motioned for Xu Jiang to sit down, and then said, "Prepare first." The situation near Kaifeng City should also be more prevented. Zong Ze's side has to speed up, the river is almost receding, and the action can be a little bigger. The first group of 25,000 people, plus the 20,000 of the front division of the palace, the problem of Kaifeng City is not big. ”

Now, there's no need to hide it.

Zhang Dian glanced at Xu Jiang, but he did not expose it.

After General Xu sat down, he said: "The minister will go to see the commander of Chu tomorrow, and after the preparation of the various armies is completed, they will be dispersed and transferred away, and they will leave the closed city." ”

With so many foreign troops surrounding Kaifeng City, no one can feel at ease.

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Let Chu You come back." By the way, the Xia people sent an envoy? ”

Zhang Dian also seemed to remember, and said: "According to common sense, before the war, they would come to blackmail and threaten, and now they should be about to enter the country." ”

Xu Jiang said: "First of all, try to gain more time to prepare." ”

Zhao Xu was noncommittal and said, "You can watch it." In addition, in the case of the Yellow River embankment, you should not interfere, I will deal with it. ”

Zhao Xu wanted to know very much in his heart, who would be the person who ordered the digging of the embankment!

Xu Jiang, Zhang Dian is still not clear, looking at Zhao Xu's expression, thoughtfully, and said in unison: "Yes." ”

Putting these things aside, Zhao Xu and the two began to discuss the specific details.

The news of the 'Xia attack' spread throughout Kaifeng, and all kinds of complicated issues were suppressed, and the focus shifted to dealing with the invasion of Western Xia.

After all, it is 'the Empress Dowager of the Xia People, the Emperor's personal conquest', '300,000 troops', and 'Aiming at Kaifeng', these words are circulating, and people can't help but be shocked.

The boiling of the government and the opposition was also distracted by this incident.

Inside the Cining Temple.

The head of the Yanwang Mansion helped Zhao Hao to sit up, and said worriedly: "King, your bitter trick is too heavy. ”

Zhao Hao's face was pale and his body was weak, and the imperial doctor said that he would take care of it for half a year.

Although his expression was dry, his eyes were bright, he sat on the edge of the bed, straightened his clothes, and said with a chuckle: "If you don't have this ruthlessness, how can you get out?" ”

Changshi brought him a cup of tea and said, "But the Empress Dowager doesn't seem to be very happy, and she hasn't come to see the king for a few days." The official family did not take back their orders, and the guards are now very strict, the empress dowager can't get out, and the people who come in are also severely interrogated. ”

Zhao Hao took a sip of tea and said, "In the eyes of the queen mother, in the eyes of my eldest nephew, I am a useless person who pretends to be smart, isn't this good?" ”

Changshi was stunned, but he couldn't refute it.

Zhao Hao drank tea, felt a lot more comfortable, and said with a smile: "The official family used hundreds of thousands of troops to start a war with the Xia people, the queen mother must be angry, right?" ”

Changshi glanced outside and said in a low voice, "Yes." The Empress Dowager is said to have asked the official family to come to the Cining Palace to see him, but Chen Pi took a nap in the official house and blocked him back. It seems that this is an iron heart to fight. ”

Zhao Hao shook his head and said with emotion: "My eldest nephew is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, but it may work in Kaifeng City, after all, he is the emperor of my Zhao family, and no one can oppose him, but the Xia people don't recognize him, wait, if Huanqing Road is defeated and the Xia people attack it, all the accounts will have to be calculated." ”

Changshi's expression was awe-inspiring, and he was silent.

If the Xia people break through Huanqing Road and break in, the world will inevitably be boiling, and since the beginning of this year, the courtiers have been suppressed and angry and erupted, which is enough to tear the official family to pieces!

Zhao Hao glanced at Changshi, and then said, "However, I have to say, my eldest nephew...... Punched the old master to death, he messed up almost all my things, the officials in the court, the various armies, and now they are checking the treasury, and the troubles are one after another......"

Changshi said with some doubts when he heard this: "King, all the other roads are controlling the water, or they have been transferred to other places, but the whereabouts of the Yunjie army are a little weird, and there are still many people who can't be contacted." ”

Zhao Hao looked surprised, and said to himself: "Are they showing their feet?" ”

Changshi looked a little annoyed, and said: "They call the shots on their own, if they show their feet, I'm afraid there will be some trouble." ”

Zhao Hao waved his hand and said, "No." They want money and their lives. What's more, it is such a big thing as digging the Yellow River, I estimate that my eldest nephew still doesn't know, and even if he does, he can't find out anything. ”

Changshi was a little relieved at this time, and then said: "King, we are trapped in the Cining Hall now, and we can't do anything, so sooner or later there will be more things." ”

Zhao Hao looked out of the door, and after Xu Jiang, he shook his head and said, "It won't take long." The official family has been making trouble in the court for so long, and the queen mother has long been unbearable, this time hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting with the Xia people, if the queen mother can still sit idly by, she will not be the queen mother. ”

Changshi was taken aback and said: "Now that the official family has mastered the inside and outside of Kaifeng City, what is the Empress Dowager going to do?" ”

Zhao Hao glanced at him and said, "Don't forget, the queen mother has gone through four dynasties, if she is not ruthless enough, how can there be anything about my good nephew." Look, the queen mother must be waiting for the opportunity. ”

Changshi looked uneasy and said, "King, this, will something happen?" ”

Zhao Hao smiled, straightened his clothes again, and said, "What can it be, my eldest nephew can still kill his ancestors?" ”

Changshi looked at Zhao Hao with a smile, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

……

Zhao Xu and the Great Song court were busy waging war with the Western Xia, but the voices of the government and the opposition were very different.

There are more and more voices opposing the war, and the recital of 'peace is precious, the blessing of all people' has drifted into the political hall like snowflakes.

Even some generals in the north wrote to express their 'worries' about the imperial court launching such a large-scale war and hoped to be 'cautious'.

The Great Song Dynasty has never had such a drastic way of operation, and all institutions are like spinning tops, with whips pumping, running rapidly.

Horse-drawn carriages escorting grain, grass, armor, and weapons drove on the official road outside Kaifeng City, and groups of troops drove to Huanqing Road.

At the head of Kaifeng City, almost everyone can see it, and the atmosphere of slaughter seems to be condensed.

The mouth of the Yellow River outside Kaifeng.

The water level here is completely normal, and the occasional heavy rain does not have a big impact.

The Wucai Army was divided here, and was dispatched by the military department to govern the river in sections.

At this time, they received an order to go to Yangzhou to repair the official road.

"Why? We are soldiers, not people's husbands, let alone masons, controlling rivers and building roads, and tomorrow we will not go to dig up dung! ”

"That's right! Originally, we were eating and drinking well on Jingdong Road, free and easy, here, the wind and rain were blowing, and we worked every day, and the court didn't treat us as human beings at all! ”

"Tell you, I also heard that Wu Jiejun's Yulu has been detained and is about to be disbanded!"

"Disbanded? Disbanded, what do we eat? The old lady of the family, the mother-in-law, and the child pointed to this point......"

"Not only that, I heard that more than a dozen commanders were swept to the end because they did not complete the task of controlling the river, and there was nothing!"

"No! We are a forbidden army, not a river builder to pave roads, let's go, find the commander to make it clear! ”

"I have to make it clear, this month's Yulu hasn't been sent yet, what are we eating, shit is not as good!"

"Let's go!"

Suddenly, dozens of people were aroused and angrily looked for their command.

However, there was a disagreement, and then the number of people continued to expand, and hundreds of people rioted.

In less than half an hour, there was a major incident along the Yellow River, and the angry forbidden army detained dozens of commanders and thousands of people mutinied!

It's too close to the lockdown, and with tens of thousands of forbidden troops and thousands of mutinies from everywhere, the situation is expanding rapidly!

If the big Kaifeng City, there was a lot of noise when it landed, and countless people were nervous.

The army near Kaifeng City is even more prepared!

In the political affairs hall, Zhang Dian urgently convened an enlarged meeting and made various arrangements.

Chu You, who was on the way back to Beijing, was ordered to lead his troops back, and General Xu of the Ministry of War hurriedly left Beijing and suppressed the mutiny with all his might.

On this day, it rained a lot in Kaifeng City.

Zhao Xu stood under the eaves, looked at the guards standing upright, tilted his head suddenly, and then walked out of the eaves with a smile on his face, and said loudly: "Hu Zhongwei, bow!" ”

Hu Zhongwei was behind Zhao Xu, stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed: "Official, it's raining, I can't kick it......"

Zhao Xu ripped off the burden on his body and said with a smile: "That's good to kick, come on." ”

Chen Pi watched from behind, his face full of anxiety and didn't know what to do.

There was an army mutiny on the bank of the Yellow River not far from the closed city, how could the officials still have the heart to bow?

At this time, the palace was tense. The Praetorian Guards patrolled back and forth, and the gates of the palaces were closed.

The Empress Dowager failed to come out several times when she wanted to see the official house, and she was throwing things in the Cining Hall and scolding endlessly.

Hu Zhongwei listened to Zhao Xu's words, thought about it, and seemed to think that it was fun to bow in the rain, so he immediately shouted and called his usual teammates over.

So, Zhao Xu was in the rain and bowed with a group of people.

It didn't take long for him to kick, and a janissary ran to the side, knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the guards and horses are all Yu Marquis Honghuan who asks to see you." ”

Zhao Xu kicked the ball away and said loudly: "Pass." ”

Chen Pi listened, and suddenly his heart moved: Is the official family waiting for this Hong Huan?

Not long after, Hong Huan came, dressed in regular clothes, his face was struggling and resolute, poofed, knelt on the side of the court, and said loudly: "Minister Hong Huan asks the official family to punish the crime!" ”