A good Tianshen Festival was destroyed by Gao Jingshan, who came to congratulate him.

The Manchu civil and military forces and the emperor were angry at this time? Wrath? Or fear?

It seems to have both.

Soon after Gao Jingshan left, a fierce controversy broke out in the Great Song Dynasty.

Chen Kangbo, the left minister, took the lead in speaking, only to hear him say loudly to Zhao Gou: "Your Majesty, the Jin people are arrogant, there is no one in their eyes, and they want the land, which is really hateful, we should immediately send troops to prepare for war, and strictly guard against the Huai River line, if the Jin people are cheeky to attack, they will definitely face the attack and give them a lesson!" ”

Zhou Linzhi, a member of the Privy Council, immediately replied: "Your Majesty, don't start a war with the Jinren!" The Jin people are strong and strong, and we don't have many soldiers and horses north of the Yangtze River, and we can't afford to compete, the two Huai regions are full of soldiers, less than 50,000 troops, and there are only 40,000 or 50,000 troops in the Jingxiang area. If we start a war with the Jin people, the Lianghuai region will be occupied by the Jin people in less than a month, and when they come to the Yangtze River, this natural danger will not last long, and we must not start a war with the Jin people now. Twenty years after the peace of Song and Jin, now that the Jin envoy is provocative, there must be a reason, we should immediately send an envoy to the north to eliminate the misunderstanding with the Jin State, and the peace treaty cannot be broken! ”

As soon as Chen Kangbo heard this, he immediately became furious: "Why? Misunderstand? What's the misunderstanding? Didn't Master Zhou understand what the golden man just said? Before September, we will hand over the land north of the Yangtze River to the Jin people, and if we don't give them the land, we will come to rob it! People clearly want a large piece of land, and this is the reason, whether you want to give it or not, if you don't give it to them, you have to grab it. A rude and shameless bandit like Jin Ren must be beaten back! ”

Zhou Linzhi retorted: "Prime Minister Zuo, how can we have an army in our hands, what can we use to fight the Jinren?" Once the fight starts, the Huai River can't be held, and the Yangtze River can't be held, I'm afraid that even Lin'an will be gone, can you not talk to Jin He? If they want the land north of the Yangtze River, should we give it all to them? This is just their asking price, the two sides sit down and have a good talk, give them a few states and counties, maybe they will clear up the misunderstanding, and there is no need to use the sword soldiers, after all, the sword soldiers together are not beneficial to the two countries, they should understand this truth. ”

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, when the two of them clashed, also discussed a lot and had their own thoughts.

As soon as Zhou Linzhi's words fell, an imperial doctor suddenly answered: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Zhou said is reasonable, we can't fight it, we have fought for more than 20 years, the Great Song Dynasty was beaten to tatters, the people were displaced, the fields were barren, and finally the war ended with peace talks." Therefore, this time we should learn a lesson, do not fight, directly send people to the peace talks, kill all the generals on the front line before the peace talks, dismiss all the soldiers, and tell the Jin country that we have no army, and the two countries will not have to fight, and if we do not fight, we can only negotiate peace. As long as there is enough sincerity, just like twenty years ago, the peace talks will definitely succeed! Peace will surely continue to live in peace between the two countries! ”

"Shameless!"

As soon as he heard this, Chen Kangbo's lungs were about to explode, his eyes were on fire, and he immediately scolded the imperial doctor angrily.

The generals of the court turned pale in an instant, and they couldn't help clenching their fists, casting a fierce and resentful gaze at the imperial doctor.

As soon as the imperial doctor scolded, he immediately felt the pressure, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to raise his head again.

"How do we prepare for war?" The right prime minister Zhu Zhuo felt the strangeness of the atmosphere in the court, as soon as the golden envoy came to provoke, someone suggested killing the general, it was really stupid, if such remarks spread to Jiangbei, it would force the soldiers to flee or defect.

Chen Kangbo withdrew his gaze from the imperial doctor, turned to Zhu Zhuo, and replied in a loud voice: "The Jin people want to move the capital to Bianjing in September and ask for the land of Jiangbei, of course they know that we will not give it, and this battle is inevitable. Judging from past experience, the Jin people must go south this time in parallel, there are at least four roads, the west side of the road to contain the Sichuan and Shaanxi North Army, the middle road from Caizhou to Jinghu, the east road straight down to the two Huai, there will also be a navy on the sea, and the coast goes south. Therefore, our defense and resistance should also be divided into four routes, the west road let Wu Luan supervise the army out of Sichuan, stick to the monk Yuan, prevent the Jin people from going south to Sichuan, and divide a part of the troops into Xiangyang, to help defend Jinghu, and not let the Jin people's middle route army go south to the Hanshui and the Yangtze River, and the Jin people's east route army must be the most powerful, but the east road front is wider, the Jin people may be divided from the Huaidong and Huaixi two fronts, we have a lot of troops in the two Huai regions, several fortified cities, as long as hundreds of thousands of elites south of the Yangtze River cross the river to the north to support, in the Huai River line or the north bank of the Yangtze River in Hezhou, Yangzhou insisted, this victory should be five or five, once a tug-of-war is formed, the Jin people will sooner or later retreat to the north of the Huai River! And the Jin people on the sea route don't have to worry at all, as long as the Mingzhou Navy guards Hangzhou Bay, or the coast goes north to block, it is impossible for the Jin people to land, even if they are lucky to land, the number of the Navy is extremely limited, so there is no need to worry! ”

As soon as the words fell, the Inner Servants knew Zhang Quwei but said: "Zuo Xiang should know how long the Jin people have been preparing for this battle, since the first time I heard the news about the Jin people preparing for the war in the court, it has been more than three years ago, plus the sporadic news we got from time to time before, we can deduce that the Jin people have been preparing for this battle for at least three years, and we have not even decided whether the war is or the peace, can this battle be won?" ”

Without waiting for someone to answer, Zhang Quwei continued: "Zuo Xiangfang just said that the method of arranging troops to deal with the Jin people's four-way army was the method more than 20 years ago, and at that time we were able to win and lose with the Jin people, because we had three powerful garrisons in Jinghu and Lianghuai and the Northwest Army with strong soldiers and horses, and there were countless famous commanders and generals who were in the prime of life, brave and fearless, and now the garrison is all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have neglected training for 20 years, and the famous generals are withering, Zhang Jun is gone, Liu Guangshi is gone, Yue Fei is dead, Wu Jie is dead, Han Shizhong is nowhere to be found, and now there is only one elderly and sickly Liu Jian left, Yang Cunzhong, the king of Tong'an County, has just been deposed, and now he is idle at home, he is not young, and it is difficult to fight again, how many can the entire Great Song Dynasty find out who can still fight? Wu Xuan of the Northwest Army counts one, Liu Jian counts one, who else can lead the army besides them? The commander of the front division of the palace? Infantry Divisions are all commanders? Ma Junsi is the commander of the envoy? Even if they can go to lead the army to fight, who will guard Lin'an, and the emperor's safety will not matter? ”

After Zhang Quwei finished speaking, he immediately said to Zhao Gou: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the current time for peace is not ripe, and it is impossible to win the war with the Jin State in a hurry, Lin'an is too close to the Yangtze River, once the Jin people cross the Yangtze River, Lin'an has no danger to defend, and the ending will not be better than the Jingkang Rebellion, we should immediately move the capital and move to the south, Fuzhou, Quanzhou in Fujian, or to the west, move into Sichuan and Shu, in short, we have to move to the place where the Jin cavalry went, and after the court is stable, gather the world's soldiers and horses to confront the Jin people with all their might, and temper the army in the war." One day, we will be able to drive the Jin people back to the north of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, and when the Jin people retreat, it will not be too late for us to move back to Lin'an! ”

As soon as the voice fell, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites immediately answered: "The minister seconded the proposal!" Zhang Duzhi said reasonable, the Jin people have long been prepared, and we are unprepared, no food and grass, no troops, at this time the war is simply not enough to confront the Jin people, we take retreat as advance, slowly Tuzhi, the Jin people thousands of miles south, long journey, must not fight for a long time, we avoid its edge, it will not be long, they themselves will retreat to the north of the Huai River. It is the safest thing for us to move the capital immediately and leave Lin'an to go south! For the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, I hope that the emperor will make up his mind as soon as possible, leave Lin'an as soon as possible, and avoid disasters for the time being! ”

Zhao Gou was on the royal couch, he was already sweating through the back of his clothes, frightened, his heart was in a mess, what the ministers were arguing about, he didn't hear it clearly at all.

But he heard the ten words "leave Lin'an as soon as possible and avoid disasters for the time being", so he cleared his dry throat.

After hearing this voice, the court hall that was talking immediately quieted down, and they all looked at Emperor Zhao Gou on the imperial couch to see what he had to say about today's events.

"All of you Aiqing are the pillars of the Great Song Dynasty, this time Jin is powerful, and he is not good, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, or leave Lin'an with me for the time being, and avoid it, how about it?"

Zhao Gou's voice was not high, and after he finished speaking, he looked at His Highness's ministers, as if asking for their opinions.

As soon as they heard this, the governor of the Inner Chamberlain, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and other courtiers immediately raised their hands and shouted: "The emperor is sage! ”

The left, right, and other courtiers stood still.

After they finished chanting, Chen Kangbo, who was pale, immediately came out of the ranks and retorted loudly: "Your Majesty, the Jin people are still nowhere to be seen, and the two armies have not yet fought, so they will move the capital to the south, where do we put tens of millions of people in Jianghuai?" Where are the hundreds of thousands of Jianghuai soldiers? If the emperor and the civil and military officials are gone, and Jianghuai is still defending, will this battle still be fought? Do you want to give up all the land north of the Yangtze River or south of the Yangtze River? If this is the case, why move the capital, directly according to what the Jin people said, cut off all the land north of the Yangtze River, isn't it simple? But this is the land left to us by our ancestors, for which we shed the blood of tens of millions of people, exhausted the bones, or lost the Yellow River, lost Bianjing, fought for decades, spilled countless blood, only to hold the land south of the Huai River, now we can give the Huai River, the Yangtze River to them? Not to mention asking for land with a mouth and a piece of paper, even if you put a knife on our necks, you must not give them to them! We still have four months to prepare, and if the Jin people go south, this battle must be fought! No matter what the war situation in Jiangbei is, the emperor must stay in Lin'an, and you are the same, no one can leave, and whoever wants to leave will leave the official uniform! ”

Without waiting for Chen Kangbo to retreat, Chen Junqing, the servant of the imperial history, quickly stepped out of the queue, raised his hand and said, "The minister seconded the proposal!" The Jin people are ambitious, after moving the capital to Bianjing, the southward invasion is inevitable, blindly escaping is not the way, we must rise up to fight! ”