The emperor's wine table is no different from other people, the only difference is that there is no attendant to serve, and it is not the inner attendant who surrounds him, but the capable guard from the inside out.

Even if he summoned the ministers of the two provinces at the wine table, he still had to eat and drink, and Zhao Zhen didn't want the ministers of the two governments to have a sad face for the New Year, so he raised his glass with a smile and said: "You ministers drink this cup full, one is to cheer for this festival, and the other is to pray for the New Year." ”

Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, and wished Zhao Zhen from afar: "The benevolence of the official family is the blessing of the world and the wealth of the people!" ”

In their opinion, to congratulate the emperor is to congratulate the entire Great Song Dynasty and the whole world. The emperor is the leader of the people of the world, and he is also the father of everyone......

After all, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month every year, the official family also has to go to the outskirts of the city to worship the sky and pray for the blessings of the people.

Zhao Zhen is accustomed to this kind of compliment, but he is used to it, he does not enjoy this kind of courtesy, this era of the world is tied to one person, from the words of the courtiers can see how high the expectations are for themselves, the emperor is wise and the world is governed!

It is a good thing to be expected to be expected, but Zhao Zhen had to say something that disappointed the ministers of the two governments at this time: "You should know that this time I am not only feasting you to celebrate the festival, but also discussing important matters. ”

Here it comes!

Everyone exclaimed in their hearts, the official family still mentioned the Northern Expedition, how many years have the Northern Expedition become a nightmare haunting the head of the Great Song Dynasty, lingering and entangled in every way!

Taizu died before he had time for the Northern Expedition, and Taizong's two Northern Expedition defeats squandered the hundred battles accumulated at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen understands the thoughts of the courtiers, and also understands the fear surrounding the head of the Great Song, but he must go on a northern expedition! Excluding all the prerequisites, this fear alone Zhao Zhen has to break it!

As a dynasty, an empire, if it does not have the invincible courage and courage of the soldiers, then the dynasty has lost its pride! How to talk about the majesty of the Celestial Empire?

Since the Qin Dynasty, which of the Central Plains Dynasty has not been outwardly exposed? Lao Qin went to the national disaster together! Those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away! The Tang Dynasty soldiers dare not be enemies! Even the Sui Dynasty, which was only 38 years old, was able to send troops to defeat the Turks, and a great victory of Baidaochuan took advantage of the victory to pursue the Turkic Empire, which caused the Turkic Empire to turn from prosperity to decline, and the glory of the past is gone!

In Zhao Zhen's view, the Central Plains Dynasty must defeat the nomads on the grassland, and only in this way can it be called the kingdom of Huanghuang Tianwei and the real overlord of the four seas and eight wildernesses! In order to let the people in the country gain the self-confidence of the Heavenly Empire!

Zhao Zhen can see clearly, the so-called people's will is very simple, the country is prosperous, and foreign enemies dare not attack its edge, this is a prosperous era, which is hundreds of times stronger than the so-called civil rule!

The ministers of the two governments have their own thoughts, some people are excited or even excited, such as Ding Wei, Xia Zhu and others, and some people are worried in their hearts, such as Pang Ji, Lu Yijian and others.

"Your Majesty, my Great Song Dynasty is now full of treasury, the armor is strong, the soldiers are strong, and all the soldiers are not tigers, and the Northern Expedition is determined to win!"

Xia Zhu's words aroused Pang Ji's dissatisfaction: "Xia is not good at participating in politics, soldiers, major events of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival!" The Northern Expedition Yanyun is the power of the country, the cost is not only huge, the soldiers are incalculable, the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty is not easy to come by, does the Northern Expedition outweigh the losses? ”

This is the conservative view, and it is also the main point of view that is popular in the Great Song Dynasty today, in the eyes of many courtiers, is the Northern Expedition really necessary?

Now the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is far better than that of the first emperor and Taizu Taizong Dynasty, the people are healthy, the people are rich, and the country is war-free as long as the territory is defended.

Zhao Zhen sighed lightly: "I all know what you think, but the so-called gains outweigh the losses, but I don't know what it means, what does it mean that the gains outweigh the losses?" My Great Song Dynasty took back the homeland, resisted the strong enemy in the north, got the Central Plains barrier, and restored the Huaxia Jinou, what is the gain outweighs the loss? ! ”

Zhao Zhen's tone is getting louder and louder, full of generosity, angry and angry, telling about the power of Huaxia Tianwei, the awe-inspiring air is like a god, and everyone has a feeling, as if the words of the official family are heavenly principles, they are the great road, and no one can disobey them......

For a while, the conservative Xianggong was shocked, they felt as if they were a weak sheep, Pang Ji and Lu Yijian looked at each other and saw their own cowardice and cowardice, no one wanted to be a weak person, Pang Ji and Lu Yijian naturally didn't want to, Zhao Zhen's words gave them a great shock, thinking about the current Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, slowly they also felt that they were too cautious?

Even they don't know what they're worried about, just a sense of uneasiness lingering in their hearts.

This feeling can't be said to be clear, but as soon as Yan Shu opened his mouth, they found the problem: "What Your Majesty said is understandable, my Great Song Dynasty should naturally take back Yan Yun's hometown to complete the golden ou, but Your Majesty intends to drive the ...... in person."

With his words, the faces of the two ministers changed, and they finally knew what they were worried about.

Generally speaking, the emperor personally drove the expedition, with the weight of ten thousand times, the division of millions, the natural people's hearts are enthusiastic, and they should win the battle, and the battle will be defeated, but the strange thing is that the imperial driving in Chinese history is always half and a half......

Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was the first emperor to drive the expedition, and since him, a total of 18 emperors have been on the expedition, and the victory and defeat are mixed!

In the eyes of the ministers of the two provinces, for the current Great Song Dynasty, it is completely unnecessary for the emperor to drive the expedition in person, because it will increase the danger of the Northern Expedition, and once the emperor is captured or killed, it will bring serious disasters to the Great Song Dynasty.

Even if you are surrounded by a large army, this kind of thing is not accurate, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, and sometimes you will catch up with this 10,000 in case!

For the ministers of the two provinces, even the insignificant probability cannot be ignored, and they must completely eradicate this eventuality, which in their eyes is infinite......

Pang Ji and Lu Yijian got up and left their seats, and bowed in front of Zhao Zhen: "The ministers implore Your Majesty to think twice!" ”

The role of the prime minister was to maintain the stability of the country and carry out the emperor's orders, while the duties of the scholar were much simpler, assisting the king.

Lu Zongdao and Yan Shu naturally followed suit, and the ministers of the two prefectures were like this, even Ding Wei and Xia Zhu were no exception, in their opinion, the Northern Expedition Yanyun was naturally understandable, but the official royal expedition could be avoided......

The two ministers bowed down in front of him, Zhao Zhen felt that this was testing himself, to be honest, since he ascended the throne and pro-government, he had never encountered such opposition, the ideas of the two ministers must represent the thoughts of the vast majority of courtiers, and even all courtiers, but Zhao Zhen still felt that he could not compromise.

"I've made up my mind, there's no need to discuss it! Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Taizu drove his own expedition to the south and the north to open up the territory for my Great Song Dynasty, although Taizong's northern expedition to the Liao Dynasty failed twice, but he did not regret it until death, the first emperor was the enemy in Tanyuan, and I was the same! I want future generations of kings to remember that there has never been a lack of fighting spirit in the blood and bones of my Great Song Heavenly Family, and I also want the people of the world to know that my Tianshui Zhao family has no cowards! ”