Two notes and a record of conversation not only made several prime ministers and deputy ministers who had just arrived home rush back to the imperial city, but also alarmed the Dongyuan Emperor. The emperor, who had never been very concerned with the affairs inside and outside the imperial court, heard that the Fujiwara clan, a relative of the Eastern Wa Kingdom, was tyrannical and bullying the weak lord, and he was immediately filled with righteous indignation, and for the first time proposed to "fulfill the proceedings" and personally attend and preside over the meeting. As a result, this temporary meeting was transferred from the Prime Minister's Mansion to Hanyuan Palace.

Because it was an impromptu meeting, not all important courtiers could attend it. For example, the old Xiangguo Tang Xing, who was sick in bed, was not in good health, so the Prime Minister's office did not inform him; Another example is Yang Du and Yan Gu, who were stationed in the Yuanki Liyuan camp, because the road was too far, so they were not notified. However, all the prime ministers and deputy ministers, as well as the important officials in Beijing in the six ministries, hurriedly changed into the court clothes they had just taken off and hurried back to the imperial city as soon as they were notified.

But not all officials' homes were close to the imperial city. The homes of several important members of the six departments were in the outer city, and when they arrived at the Hanyuan Palace, it was already completely dark. There was also a waiter, who happened to be outside this evening to hold a banquet to entertain a classmate and old friend who had not seen each other for many years. He didn't know what was going on, and he couldn't go home to change his clothes temporarily, so he found a good university scholar on the way to borrow court clothes and boots, but when he arrived at Hanyuan Palace, he found that he had made a mistake in his busyness, and the official rank of the fourth grade borrowed the robe from the third grade. Although Emperor Dongyuan said "no problem" and instructed the prime minister's public office not to keep records, this squire always felt awkward in his heart. While regretting it in his heart, he secretly scolded Gu Shishang for being the culprit......

After all the people who received the notice arrived, the first thing that was fortunate enough to attend the meeting was to read out two notes and a record of the conversation in public. The first note did not cause much repercussions. The first three monks of the Eastern Wa Kingdom who wrote this note, even if the people here don't know each other, at least they have heard that the purpose of his coming to Beijing is to ask Da Zhao for help, which has also been heard, and the words in the song are just old words. Everyone is just a little strange, why would the Eastern Yuan Emperor suddenly be so interested in a small country overseas? While people were pondering the samadhi, the rest of the conversation was not repercussive.

However, the next "About Iwami Ginzan of the Eastern Wa Province and Kagoshima Kanayama Dense Mountains" is different. When the Chinese New Year read that Iwami silver mine could mine 20,000 taels of official silver, and Kagoshima Jinshan could mine more than 10 million taels of official gold, the atmosphere in the side hall was stagnant, and all the people who heard the news for the first time felt that the blood all over their bodies was surging to their faces, and in an instant, their faces were hot and their ears were ringing, and the beams, pillars, lanterns, and candles in front of them seemed to be shaking......

“…… In view of this, the Ministry of Rites has made a special performance to open the Eastern Wa State Division in addition to the existing four divisions of the Ministry of Rites, so that all the exchanges between the officials, the people, the monks and the laity of the Eastern Wa Kingdom, or the entry and exit of goods, or the return of ships, or disputes and disputes, and other matters, will be brought into accordance with the law. ”

In the silence, the recital of the Ministry of Rites was finished. When the attendants beside him took the Chinese New Year's return and put it on the imperial case, Emperor Dongyuan coughed and asked, "Aiqing and others, did you hear clearly?" Let's talk about what they think. ”

This is a meeting in front of the king, if the Son of Heaven does not open Chrysostom, everyone will not be able to lose his honor in front of the king, and no matter how doubtful he is, he can only be stuffed in his stomach. But the meeting is the meaning of "gathering and discussing", as long as the Dongyuan Emperor opened his mouth and spoke, then everyone could naturally express their opinions and speak freely.

In the past, in the face of the Son of Heaven's consultation, even if everyone has no opinions and opinions worth saying, they will try their best to say a few words, even if they change what others have just said and learn to say it again, they must not be cold The scene is not solved one by one, if the Holy Monarch's consultation is actually unanswered, what is the face of the Son of Heaven? But today is different from the past, even if the Holy Monarch is now, whether he should speak or not, everyone has to weigh it in their hearts. The Ministry of Rites clearly stated that the news that the Eastern Wa State had gold and silver mountains was all said by Shang Yanshan, the county uncle, and the reason why Shang Yanshan was able to know these two places was also because he listened to others one by one; As for who said it, it was not mentioned in the song, and obviously Shang Yanshan couldn't remember it. There's a problem. Is what Shang Yanshan said credible? Everyone in this side hall knows that this Shang Yanshan does have a set of military skills, and his ability to train troops and fight wars is directly after Xiao Jian and Yang Du; But the other aspects of this man are not so safe, at least the glass he instigated the Ministry of Industry has become a complete joke. At present, in addition to the Ministry of Works, where the loess covers the neck, and the glass is sure to be fired, who else believes that there is transparent and colorless glass in the world? It is also rumored that this person also suggested to the Ministry of War a while ago that he wanted to engage in some skills to go to sea, but he was coaxed and deceived by the Ministry of War's squire Zhenqian and refused. Zhen Huaichun and Shang Yanshan, what kind of friendship is that? At the beginning, Zhang Pu wanted to confiscate Shang Yanshan's military power, and Zhen Huaichun was the only one in the Manchu Dynasty who stood up to speak for Shang Yanshan. is such a friendship, Zhen Huaichun doesn't believe in the so-called glass, obviously believes that what Shang Yanshan said is extremely inappropriate. So, according to analogy, is the gold and silver mountains of the Eastern Wa Kingdom credible? Dare to be faithful?

The answer is unified: dare not be faithful.

Some people have already secretly scolded Shang Cheng in their hearts. But no one was willing to stand up and publicly accuse him of lying false. Who here doesn't know Shang Yanshan? That is a mad dog, who dares to bite Yang Du and Gu Shi in front of the Son of Heaven at the Zhengdan Dynasty, who dares to provoke it? Even with it, no one accused the Ministry of Rites of being biased and biased. The Ministry of Rites will definitely push the matter on Shang Yan Mountain, and it seems that someone who dares to eat a dog with Shang Yan Mountain doesn't seem to have such courage, right?

There are also people whose minds go further. As the saying goes, "everything can be one but not three", Shang Yanshan first has glass is not credible, and then there is a sea skill can not be trusted, and the third has the gold and silver mountains of the Eastern Wa Kingdom...... Do you dare to believe this? According to the old saying, you should believe; But if you rely on Shang Yanshan's ability to tell nonsense and coax people to be fooled, you must not believe it! But if you don't believe it, what if there really is a mountain of gold in the Eastern Wa Kingdom? At present, the market price of gold for silver is one to twenty-five, and tens of millions of taels of official gold are 250,000,000 taels of official silver, which can be converted into 60,000,000 taels of money at the market price, and the treasury income of 21 years of Eastern Yuan shall prevail, and it should be worth 70 years of treasury revenue......

After some summing, people all have one mind, today's meeting, if they can not speak, then resolutely do not speak. Everyone also has a common wish, at this time, as the prime minister, Zhang Pu should take the lead in making a statement, he set the benchmark, and everyone will make a statement one by one If it is wrong anyway, it is also Zhang Xiang's mistake.

But on such an occasion, Zhang Pu would definitely not speak first. The recital originally wanted everyone to express their opinions, and he came to set a direction, so can we still talk about it?

Emperor Dongyuan was waiting for everyone to speak, Zhang Pu was inconvenient to speak as the prime minister, other officials were reluctant to speak, and Shang Cheng, who had something to say, could not take the initiative to speak as a suggestor, so the side hall suddenly became cold.

The night was already deep. In the distance, the drumming of the third watch was heard. There was an inaudible rustling sound outside the hall, and it should be the forbidden army patrolling in formation. On the mountain of several large candles burning in the hall, the large wax flames with thick arms jumped several feet high, and the wax smoke suddenly rose and the candles and tears flowed; The brilliance is reflected, and the figure is dragged thin and long on the paving big green bricks......

In the silence, someone suddenly said: "The minister Qi Shengjun: The minister thinks that the affairs of the Eastern Wa Kingdom should be done." ”

Brushing the ground, from Emperor Dongyuan to Zhang Pu to the ministers of civil and military affairs, everyone's eyes looked at the person who spoke.

It was Shangshu Zhai Cuo of the Ministry of Industry who spoke.

Seeing that he was the first to speak, everyone couldn't help but smile and knew it. Other people may not be willing to stand up and speak for Shang Cheng, but the Ministry of Industry must stand up. At the beginning, the Ministry of Industry mistakenly believed Shang Yanshan's nonsense and invested a large amount of money and grain to burn glass. Now the glass is already a tiger riding a difficult trend, if it can't be fired, Zhai Cuo, Chang Xiu and the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, they all have to move places, a little better maybe they can go to be a wind watcher, almost have to pack some luggage to prepare to return to their hometown to cultivate their aspirations, so Zhai Cuo They are now fighting against the water, they don't care about anything, they are desperate to throw money into the kiln, and they just want to burn out the empty glass before the official document of the Ministry of Officials comes down. The reason why they are still insisting on throwing money at the water is that Shang Yanshan has seen glass with his own eyes, since Shang Yanshan has seen it with his own eyes, then glass must be a real thing, but the money smashed into the kiln by the Ministry of Industry is not enough, so the glass cannot be fired. Glass is a real thing, and Shang Yanshan never lies, so the gold and silver mountains of the Eastern Wa Kingdom must be faithful! As long as the imperial court believes that Jinshan Yinshan is really something, then of course the glass cannot be fake, and the Ministry of Industry will have more reason to throw money into the kiln!

Emperor Dongyuan was also clear about Zhai Cuo's thoughts, but Zhai Cuo saved his face in an embarrassing coldness, and he was still grateful. He asked with a pleasant face: "Zhai Qing thinks that the affairs of the Eastern Wa Kingdom should be done?" ”

"Yes." Zhai Cuo lowered his head, bowed his hand respectfully, and then said, "Since the Sui Dynasty, the Eastern Wa Kingdom has paid tribute to our Heavenly Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, it has repeatedly presented its national credentials, claiming to be a vassal state. Until the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the national strength of the Central Plains was almost exhausted, the Wa King still sent envoys to the court, obviously with a sincere heart to China. He only hated the Fujiwara clan of the Eastern Wa Kingdom, and he was rampant, bullying the Wa King, and causing the Wa King to be in danger and suffer. Now the king of the Japanese is secretly sending an envoy to the court, but asking for help, how can I sit idly by? The minister thinks that my Da Zhao is the co-lord of the world, and the contemporary heaven acts, and it is the right thing to raise the heavenly soldiers to punish the tyranny and eliminate the abuse, and send troops to the east to raze the Fujiwara clan. This is not only to avenge the grievances of the king, but also to relieve the people of the people in the upside down, which is a righteous act, and it can be seen that long live the heart of the people inside and outside the world with the blessing of the world! ”

Zhai Cuo's words were not much, but he was to the point. Great Zhao sent troops to the Eastern Wa Kingdom, neither for the gold mountain of Kagoshima nor for the silver mountain of Iwami, but to rescue the people of the Eastern Wa Kingdom who were in dire straits, which was the responsibility of the kingdom and the morality, and no one could blame it. A few of the explicit sycophants taught Emperor Dongyuan to open his mouth and laugh, and casually gave him a bronze gilded dragon paperweight on the imperial case.

Zhai Cuo not only supported Shang Cheng, but also patted Emperor Dongyuan's sycophants, and also got a small lottery, which set an example for others. One after another, two or three more people came forward to say that it was not impossible to send troops to the Eastern Wa Kingdom.

Where there is support, there will naturally be opposition; If there are those who are in favor of sending troops, there will inevitably be those who are against sending troops. There are more people who oppose it, and the reasons are more sufficient; starting from the overseas expedition of laborers, what sea routes are difficult and dangerous is a problem, logistics support is another problem, and whether the troops can be sure to win is also a big question; There are many other problems, such as the deployment of troops, the coordination of commanders, the financing of food and salaries, the gathering and dispersal of ordnance, and the distribution of ships...... There are dozens of items in total, and Zhai Cuo and others are speechless. Don't look at these people who oppose sending troops are civilian officials, it's not okay to teach them to go into battle shirtless, but they are all Zhao Kuo on paper......