The candle flame in the Li Tang Palace was not extinguished all night, and Zhou Zong, the crown prince Li Yu and several other important ministers of the court had been kneeling in front of Li Jing's sickbed for a whole night.

Situ Zhouzong, who returned from the Song court's envoy, did not bring any good news to Li Jing on the sickbed, on the contrary, it was a very humiliating news.

When the Emperor of the Song Dynasty said that he wanted the Zhou sisters to be the candidates for this marriage in front of the envoys of the whole world, it meant that there was no possibility of maneuvering in this matter. Otherwise, what follows will be a battle between soldiers, or even a battle to destroy the country.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have a good plan?" Li Jing, who was leaning on the sickbed, had obviously begun to lose his physical strength after staying up all night, and his voice carried a sickly weakness.

"Returning to the country, if I don't want to accept such a humiliating marriage, there is only one ...... for now" After a major minister saluted Li Jing, he glanced at Li Yu in front of the sickbed, and then looked at Zhou Zong beside him, and then continued: "The only plan for today is that there is no such person as Emperor Zhou E in the world." ”

"Bold!" Li Yu stood up and shouted angrily.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry, it is a matter of the country and the society, and Weichen is just speaking outright." The important minister replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Emperor Zhou E is the crown princess of my dynasty, how can I let you slander him." Li Yu said angrily.

"This matter is related to the safety of the people, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not be emotional." The important minister bowed slightly.

"You ........," Li Yu said tremblingly.

"Yu'er, don't be rude!" Li Jing interjected: "Diao Qing's family is also thinking about the country's society. ”

"Father, but ........"

Li Jing interrupted: "Father knows that you and Emperor E have a deep relationship, and you have added a new dragon grandson, but state affairs are state affairs, and they should not be mixed with personal feelings. ”

“........ Yes, Father. Li Yu endured.

"Is there anything else you can do?" Seeing that Li Yu was appeased, Li Jing continued to ask.

"Returning to the country, I have been a minister to Emperor Shizong of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and now it has been five years, and the people have been recuperating and resting, and the national strength has long been improving day by day. Weichen believes that our dynasty is now capable of fighting with the Song court, after all, Zhao Yuanlang of the Song court is a conspiracy to usurp the throne, and the position is not right, and it is really difficult for the world to return to the heart. If you take the opportunity to draw a clear line with the Song court, you can not only get rid of the identity of our court's vassal country, but also raise the banner of righteousness and call on the heroes of the world to fight it together. A goatee-bearded minister said impassionedly.

"Erchen agrees with Sun Shangshu's opinion and asks his father to decide." Li Yu was overjoyed. For a young man who is about to inherit the treasure, such advice is a good suggestion. is already an emperor, who would want to have a emperor sitting on his head, the identity of this subject country makes Li Yu feel really disgusting.

"Sun Shangshu, his ambition is commendable, he can really be said to be old-hearted, and the official admires him. It's just that this official wants to ask, after the war with the Song court, I don't know who Sun Shangshu plans to let lead the army to fight with the Song court? The official surnamed Diao snorted coldly.

"The famous generals of my dynasty are like clouds, and the people who can fight with the Song Dynasty are like the Qing who crosses the river, is there some unfounded worry about the Diao Jiedu?" Sun Shangshu fought back.

"Haha~~~ What a famous general is like a cloud, is the famous general of my dynasty called like a cloud?" Diao Jiedu sneered.

"Isn't Diao Jiedu a famous general in my court? If Diao Jiedu thinks that he can't defeat the Song Dynasty, it's better not to have a vegetarian meal and resign early and return to his hometown to retire! Sun Shangshu said-for-tat.

"For the sake of our dynasty's country, don't say that you are resigning, even if you want the life of this official, this official will not hesitate to do it. If Sun Shangshu thinks that he can defeat the Song Dynasty, how about this official resign immediately and let you be virtuous? Diao Jiedu said angrily.

Sun Shangshu distinguished: "This official is a civil minister, and the position of a military general, after the resignation of Diao Jiedu, there will naturally be a talented person to replace him." ”

Diao Jiedu sneered: "The virtuous talent that Sun Shangshu said can't be your younger brother in the family, right?" ”

Sun Shangshu strived and said: "The sage has a saying: the virtuous do not avoid relatives!" ”

Diao Jiedu laughed and said: "The sage is talking about Xian, but this official remembers that the reason why our dynasty paid tribute to the Zhou Dynasty was because Brother Ling led the army to defeat the Zhou army, right?" It's only been a few years! Could it be that Sun Shangshu had forgotten so quickly? Do you want the official to remind you? ”

"If you hadn't deliberately delayed the military plane at that time, how could you have lost your brother's defeat later."

“........”

Seeing that the two important ministers were arguing, but the rest of the important ministers were just watching from the wall, Li Jing, who was leaning on the sickbed, clenched his fists and supported his tired body and shouted: "Do you still have the lonely lord in your heart?" ”

"The lord of the country is angry, and Weichen is guilty!" The crowd hurriedly pleaded in unison.

"We must discuss a countermeasure today, otherwise you will stay in this palace as guests!" Li Jing said angrily.

Feeling the attitude of the ministers, Li Jing's heart at this time was really extremely tired and helpless, lingering on the sick bed for more than a year, and his influence among the Manchu courtiers was getting weaker and weaker.

In order to deal with the persecution of the Song court, he consulted with these courtiers all night, and quarreled all night, not only did not discuss any useful countermeasures, but made himself angry.

Li Jing thought about this, and his heart was irritable, and he couldn't help coughing loudly. Seeing this, Li Yu hurriedly picked up a bowl of pear soup from the tray held by the waiter next to him and slowly fed it to Li Jing.

"Father, you must pay attention to the dragon body, why don't you go and rest first?" Li Yugui persuaded.

"I also hope that the lord of the country will take the dragon body as the key." The ministers exhorted in unison. I haven't closed my eyes all night, and I really can't hold on anymore, and these ministers present are not already bearded. Once you stay up late, you will inevitably lose energy, slow thinking, if you accidentally make a mistake and say the wrong thing, then there will be big trouble.

After all, the lord of the country in front of him is already possible to control Bintian at any time, and if he lets himself go to the funeral by the way, it will really outweigh the losses.

Li Jing sighed and said, "How can Lone rest with peace of mind, this is not far from the wedding date designated by Emperor Song." If our dynasty agrees to this marriage, it will be the greatest humiliation to our dynasty........ If we can't even protect the crown princess of the dynasty, how will the people of the world think of me Li Tang. But if he refuses, I'm afraid he will fall into Emperor Song's heart.

This emperor of the Song Dynasty has the world in mind! ”

"What the lord of the country said is very true, the current Song Emperor is bent on subduing the sixteen states of Youyun as a barrier, and the purpose is to resist the enemy according to the danger of Youyun mountains and rivers. Otherwise, this Song Emperor may not be able to sleep for a day, after all, as long as the Liao cavalry steps through the Yanmen Pass, he can go straight to the Song Tingjing Division and Kaifeng Bianliang ........" Diao Jiedu said.

"Since Emperor Song's purpose is to be in the clouds, why is he always aggressive towards me." Sun Shangshu interjected: "The Liao State is strong, and it is still invincible to deal with it with all its might, but it is still distracted to be the enemy of our dynasty, and this official looks at this Song Emperor as nothing more than Erer." ”

Diao Jiedu made Zhengse and said: "This is about to talk about Zhao Pu, the strategist of the Song court, who gave a recital to the Song Emperor, in which he said: China is self-sufficient, and the people are self-serving." If the deceased husband wants to go outside first, he must first settle inside. And what made me set sail for Wen who fell into such an embarrassing situation, I also said: The horse's hooves go south, and people look north!

Emperor Song adopted the advice of these two people, to first settle inside, and then outside. Our dynasty was very unfortunate and became the first target of the Song Emperor, so this marriage is fake, and finding fault is true.

Sometimes we have to admit that the situation is stronger than others, which is not to destroy our own ambition and increase the prestige of others. Only by facing ourselves squarely can we take it in stride. Therefore, even if it is for the sake of our dynasty, we can't let the Song court seize any of our handles this time.

Sun Shangshu, this official is a soldier, of course, he hopes that he can use the army to protect the country of our dynasty, but the problem is that the strength of the enemy and us is now here.

Since the Song Dynasty came out of the divine thunder, any city in this world has been vulnerable. Until we find the way to restraint, we have no other way but to forbear.

For the sake of the country, for the thousands of people of our dynasty, even for the face of our dynasty........

Weichen dared to implore the lord of the country to issue a decree to abolish the crown princess of Zhou E on the grounds that he was incurable, and he would be buried on a certain day. ”

"Presumptuous........" Li Yu said angrily.

Diao Jiedu made Shi Li fearless and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, for the sake of the country of my dynasty, for the people of the world, and even for the lord of the country and His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Weichen can die generously, soldiers can charge into battle, and the people can pour out their wealth, why can't Emperor Zhou E, as the crown princess of our dynasty, be loyal to my court! ”

"........" Li Yu only felt that his lips were trembling, his hands were trembling, and his heart was trembling at this time, but he couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

(End of chapter)