Mo Ji was transferred back to Bianjing to serve as the governor of Hedong because of his meritorious service in governing Hedong, and the Northern Expeditionary Army had no major events in Hedong for the time being, and Xin Qiji was also transferred to Bianjing later.

Although Xin Qiji's official position is not high, Zuo Shilang holds real power in his hands, which is also Zhao Yan's compensation and reward for him.

Everyone knew that Xin Qijian and Mo Ji were not on good terms, and in their surprise, Xin Qiji stood still in the palace, only to hear him say: "Mo Xiang's words are really unreasonable, if it is said that the emperor has the worry of stepping into the footsteps of An, then the lower officials dare to ask Mo Xiang, at this time, among the hundreds of military officials in the palace, which are rebels and which have two hearts?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, and no one dared to speak, but it was up to Mo Ji to refute it.

Seeing that the emperor was staring at him, all the ministers looked at him, and they were shocked and anxious to justify, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, whether there are rebel ministers in the court, the old ministers don't know, but the hearts of the people are separated from the belly, so I have to guard against it, and I have to be cautious!" It is not advisable to drive the personal conquest, and the old minister asks the emperor to take back his order! ”

Zhao Yan was silent and did not mean to answer.

So without waiting for the emperor to speak, Xin Qiji said: "Mo Xiang, since you know that what the emperor said is already a fate, at this time, Mo is quite a crowd to let the emperor take back his fate, what is his intention?" If the order is withdrawn, where is the majesty of the emperor? ”

As soon as this remark was excited, Mo Ji was suddenly speechless, and he didn't know how to refute it.

"Recovering Zhending Mansion and unifying Yanyun is a great cause for the ages, the emperor personally went to the front line to boost morale, and my Great Song Dynasty soldiers were inspired, and they will be able to move forward bravely, and drive the Jin people out of Yanjing in one fell swoop! As for Mo Xiang's concern about the safety of Bianjing, there is no need at all, the north of the Huai River is in the hands of the emperor, the people are wanting, the world is stable, the people live in peace, and no one can shake Bianjing. If he stays as an important minister of the court and assists the prince to stay in Bianjing, he will not have any worries. Therefore, the minister agreed with the emperor to drive the expedition and recover Yanyun as soon as possible! ”

Xin Qiji stood on top of the main hall, speaking generously, and the aftermath echoed.

Zhao Yan's eyes showed approval, it seems that it is still useful to transfer Xin Qiji from Xinzhou, thousands of miles away, to Bianjing, at least his momentum and words have left these old ministers speechless.

In the past, these old ministers relied on their seniority, opposed this, opposed that, and many times made Zhao Yan unable to get off the stage, and there was no way to be angry in his heart, who let the Great Song Dynasty have always been the emperor and the scholars share the world, it is impossible to suppress these old ministers, but now it is feasible to find an opponent for them and divert their attention a little.

Although many of the officials thought that the royal expedition was too child's play, but seeing that Mo Ji was speechless, no one dared to speak at will.

Zhao Yan saw that the ministers were silent, and seemed to agree with him by default, so he coughed lightly, and then said: "Xin Qiji, don't talk nonsense, the people above this hall are all my Great Song Dynasty pillars, all Great Song loyal ministers, and no one is a rebel!" ”

"The emperor forgives the sin, but the minister lost his words." Xin Qiji raised his hand to apologize, and then quickly returned to the train.

Zhao Yan continued: "All Aiqing, no matter what position you are in, no matter what you say in this court, it is for the strength and stability of the Great Song Dynasty, and you are a rare loyal minister, and I will not pursue what you say is right or wrong." But there is one thing, you Aiqing must know that the unification of Yanyun is the grand wish made by Taizu Taizong two hundred years ago, and all dynasties have been striving for this, and we are no exception! Now that the Jin Kingdom is in decline, the opportunity is rare, and it is the time for the Great Song Dynasty to achieve a century-old ambition and unify Yanyun! ”

"Your Majesty, as the old saying goes, people do not stand without faith, and the country declines without faith, in the past ten years, we have made many covenants with Xijin and Dongjin, and have provoked disputes many times, which is really ominous, and the old minister thinks that it is not appropriate to continue to use swords. Zhending Mansion used to be the land of the Great Song Dynasty, so we can negotiate with Xijin and let them exchange it back, as for Yanjing, we have never owned that place, and now it is occupied by Dongjin, and it is not impossible for us to spend some money to redeem it from them. The world was initially decided, and the people still needed to recuperate, and the old minister thought that it was better not to use the sword soldiers, or not to use the sword soldiers. As soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, suddenly a white-bearded old minister walked out of the queue slowly.

The expression on Zhao Yan's face changed slightly, his biggest headache was such a senior minister, his protégés were all over the world, he couldn't say it, he couldn't move, but they often put forward some strange theories that were unacceptable.

"Lord Zhang's words are wrong! People do not stand without trust, and the lower officials deeply agree. However, applying the country's lack of trust to the current Great Song Dynasty, the lower officials thought it was very inappropriate. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and they couldn't help but look back to see who dared to oppose Scholar Zhang.

The person who walked out of the train was none other than Xin Qiji, who was dressed in red.

After seeing Xin Qiji stand still, he continued: "As the old saying goes, Cangqiao actually knows etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace. But what should we do before the warehouse is real and the food and clothing are not enough? In order to survive, in order to live, Ru Mao drank blood, and he did not hesitate! We have just recovered Hedong and Guanzhong, Zhending Mansion is still in the hands of the Jin people, and the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are firmly occupied by the Jin people, and these places should have been the land of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhending Mansion was originally ours, and was forcibly occupied by the Jin people for 50 years, as for the sixteen states of Yanyun, the original Song-Jin covenant, agreed to destroy the Liao State, the sixteen states of Yanyun belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, it was the Jin State that did not keep its promises to seize Yanyun, and then it betrayed the Song-Jin Covenant to attack the Great Song Dynasty in the south, so that there was a shame of Jingkang, and the Great Song Dynasty not only lost Bianjing, but also lost nearly half of the land north of the Huai River. ”

Xin Qiji said and turned around to look around, facing the other courtiers and said: "The Jin people are from the barbarians, and there is no faith at all, but the Great Song Dynasty wants to talk to them about Xinyi, which is tantamount to playing the piano to the cow, and the result is that everyone in the world has seen it, we have paid an extremely painful price, does Lord Zhang still want the Great Song Dynasty to experience the Jingkang Rebellion again?" The lower officials thought that since the Jin people had no faith, there was no need to talk to them about faithfulness, and it was our duty to destroy them and safeguard the interests of the Song Dynasty court and the people, instead of using faith and righteousness to tie our hands and feet, let the Jin people slaughter and make the world laugh! ”

As soon as this theory came out, there were whispers and discussions in the main hall, and many people began to remember the disaster fifty years ago, and some people even said that they had the unbearable experience of serving as an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, and they couldn't help but sigh.

"Shallow! If you destroy your faith today, how can you serve the countries of the Quartet! People are like the country, the country is like people, if people have no faith, the country has no faith, the country has no faith, the country has no faith, the people have no faith, the monarch and the people, the upper and lower are one, the king has no faith, the ministers have no faith, the ministers have no faith, the people have no faith, if the Great Song Dynasty destroys its faith, what is the difference with the barbarians? Scholar Zhang spoke out angrily and rebuked and retorted.

"Master Zhang's remarks are suspected of self-deception and generalization." Suddenly, a person in the front row flashed out of the ranks.

After everyone saw it clearly, they were shocked again, and couldn't help muttering, are the civil and military finally going to meet head-on?

The person who came out of the ranks was none other than Yang Congyi, the leader of the martial arts of the dynasty and the privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty.

I only heard Yang Congyi say: "Master Zhang said that the Great Song Dynasty is famous all over the world, how many so-called states are there?" In my opinion, it is nothing more than Jin, Xia, Liao, Tubo, Dali, Li Yue, Champong, Zhenla, Srivijaya, Waguo, and Goryeo, these ten countries are not too far from the Great Song Dynasty, but which of them admires the Great Song Dynasty from the heart? Jin, Xia, Liao, Tubo, Dali, Li Yue, these six countries bordered the land of the Great Song Dynasty, except for Dali and Tubo, the other four countries were forcibly robbing the people and land of the Great Song Dynasty. It is not easy to say whether the other countries are far away from the Great Song Dynasty and have the heart to rob the land of the Great Song Dynasty, but from fifty years ago, after the Jingkang Rebellion, the number of envoys sent by various countries to the Great Song Dynasty, the level of envoys, and the number of gifts they brought, it can be seen that they have lost their original respect for the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"The small countries around the Great Song Dynasty are still disrespectful, and have repeatedly provoked wars with the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention the Western countries that have heard the name of the Great Song Dynasty through the exchange of ships back and forth with the Yi fleet, what they want is only the silk, tea, and porcelain produced by the Great Song Dynasty, not respect and attachment, if one day they are strong and have the ability to cross the ocean to the Great Song Dynasty, they will also use force to rob the Great Song Dynasty like the northern barbarians, instead of spending real money to buy, not to mention the belief of righteousness, equivalent exchange. What do you think is that every time you go back to the Yi fleet and go to sea, you bring five or six thousand soldiers and weapons that can fight three major battles? To put it bluntly, isn't it just that you are afraid of being robbed? ”

Yang Congyi reasoned and laid out the facts here, and then looked back at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military ministers, and said: "If you don't have enough ability to protect yourself, you are not qualified to speak of faithfulness, unless you are ready to wash your neck and let others slaughter you, this is the case for a single person, and the same is true for a country." As a saint, he can die willingly for the sake of faith, but he is not qualified to ask the general public to die with him. ”

In addition, whether or not to speak of faith and righteousness, after making a decision, is only related to himself, whether he is for his own interests or the interests of those involved, and it will not affect the survival of the general public and all the people in the world. As a country, any decision of the imperial court is related to the interests and survival of thousands of people, so the decision-making of the imperial court is very complicated, and the interests involved are even more difficult to sort out. ”

After Yang Congyi finished speaking, Scholar Zhang was about to refute, but Xin Qi hurriedly said: "The lower official seconded it!" Now that the Great Song Dynasty has not even recovered Zhendingfu, and the sixteen states of Yanyun have not been unified, it is really not the right time to talk about faithfulness. After the Great Song Dynasty unified the world and the four states surrendered, it was right to talk about faith and righteousness, and to restrain all states with faith. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

As soon as Xin Qiji's words fell, Shi Hao stepped out of the ranks and made his position clear in public.

The Northern Expedition has been prepared for many years, and now the arrow is on the string, and it has come to the time when it has to be sent.

Moreover, the great cause of unifying Yanyun through the ages will definitely be able to leave a name in history for future generations.

Scholar Zhang was refuted by Xin Qiji and Yang Congyi successively, and seeing that Shi Hao also stood on the opposite side, he left the hall directly in a fit of anger.