Chapter 416: Voting
In fact, Liu Yong's wives never asked him what his plans were. Because Liu Yong's plan is very reassuring to them. All they have to do is eat and drink spicy food and live a carefree life.
Ten days passed.
The morning dynasty in the main hall was held as scheduled, and at this time there was already a quarrel in the court, which was naturally divided into two parts. Part of it is the right prime minister, and some part is the left prime minister.
His issue is also very simple, the current treasury is empty, whether to build an army.
Views of both sides: Liu Yong's view is that the country's security is ultimately important. The view of the right prime minister is that the financial security of the imperial court is more important. They also played the people's card. They believe that the security of the country's finances is also a guarantee of people's livelihood.
In the main hall, you say a word to me, and the debate is very lively.
Emperor Lizong after the case shook his head back and forth like watching a ball. But it sounds like both sides make sense. He was confused.
The entire early dynasty did not debate the ugliness of the people, and Emperor Lizong announced that the debate would continue the day after tomorrow.
The courtiers were also divided into two groups. I have to say that even if the right prime minister comes back, Liu Yong will be able to fight against him.
Liu Yong wanted to fight for it, because he didn't want to admit defeat, and he also wanted to give himself and Da Song a chance. But he was still a little hesitant. Even if he wins the phalanx debate this time, no matter what plan is implemented in the future, he will be blocked by the right prime minister. The right prime minister is still very important in the eyes of the emperor and the ministers of the court. The most important thing is that Emperor Lizong wants to use the right prime minister to hold the left prime minister hostage, and vice versa. This was the emperor's management strategy.
Liu Yong discovered that the current Emperor Lizong had inherited the lessons of Ning Zong, and did not want a prime minister to monopolize power and finally empty himself.
Therefore, Liu Yong concluded that no matter how hard he worked and worked hard, Emperor Lizong would not abolish the right prime minister. This is also the aspect that makes him most discouraged.
If you want to fulfill your ambition for the Great Song Dynasty, you have to wait until the right prime minister is old and can't walk and can't go to court. But that won't be until the Year of the Monkey!
The debate on the third day was already undecided, and Emperor Rijong was somewhat inclined to the right prime minister. Because he is most concerned about his money bag. However, Liu Yong's argument is also straightforward and cannot be refuted. Emperor Rijong also knew the importance of national security. He also knew that the reason why the Zhao family had changed from the original huge territory to the current corner of peace was because of the lack of military strength.
But the problem is that the current Great Song army has not let the Jin State take any advantage, and it is not difficult to find urgency.
Once again, the day's debate ended in the indecision of Emperor Rizong.
Emperor Lizong announced that the great court meeting would be discussed again in fifteen days, because at that time, there would be more than a dozen transit envoys to the court, as well as the prefect of Lin'an Mansion who also came to the court, and some military generals from the border gates would also come, in short, it was a great court meeting once a quarter. At that time, Emperor Lizong wanted more people to discuss it together and see which path was right to take next.
In fact, this is not a difficult thing to do, but the hesitant Emperor Lizong has been delaying it again and again. It doesn't matter if he drags on, the happiest person is the right prime minister. And the most anxious is Liu Yong. Because the soldiers he had worked so hard to recruit began to lose heart. Some want to go home, and some want to join other armies. It's easy to go home, but it's not easy to go to other armies. Because the army doesn't want people at all.
Liu Yong hasn't moved around in the past half a month, and his subordinates have helped him contact various transfer envoys, so that they have to make a choice in the face of major rights and wrongs.
The passage of time little by little also eroded Liu Yong's confidence in the imperial court. He still cheered himself up and told himself not to give up.
This half month is the longest half month Liu Yong's life.
But time will always pass, and finally waited for the Great Pilgrimage, although there were many people. But it's useless! The situation is still the same, and the people who hold both sides of the argument are still about the same. This gave Emperor Lizong a headache.
In the end, Liu Yong suggested that everyone vote to make a decision. This is a method that has never been used in previous dynasties. In ancient times, it was all a word. And the decision-makers are all emperors.
As soon as Liu Yong's suggestion came out, it attracted the discussion of the ministers. In fact, this is also a method that does not take Emperor Lizong into account. The vote was a sign of Emperor Rijong's incompetence.
To the surprise of the ministers, Emperor Lizong agreed. In the end, when he couldn't make up his mind, he had to resign himself to fate. Then vote, and whichever side has the most votes will follow the policy of whichever side.
Just do it and get ready right away.
All the ministers of the previous dynasty have one vote in their hands, and of course, Liu Yong and the right prime minister are to be removed here. There are a total of thirty-two ministers, and there is exactly an even number, and it seems that there is a draw, but it is very small.
But this very small thing actually happened, and the votes of the two sides turned out to be really equal.
This made Emperor Lizong very disappointed, and it seemed that he had to make his own decision. But he still had to think about it again, so he said to the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, I still have to think about it for three days, and I will announce the results in the morning in three days." ”
This time, the court meeting broke up without discussing other topics.
Liu Yong smiled all the way back to his house, and Lin Qingrou and the others were surprised, they thought that their husband had won in the court.
When Liu Yong told what happened, it really shocked all the ladies! They couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Liu Yong was even more helpless, he had been dragging on this issue for more than a month, and he really admired Emperor Lizong. Great Song Dynasty, if you want to blame it, blame the emperor you chose!
Liu Yong had no choice but to sigh like this in his heart.
Sigh and sigh, Liu Yong is actually discouraged. He was now thinking about going to sea, and it gave him another passion. He began to ask Chen An to send people to gather the selected sailors and first mate together to prepare for the voyage.
Chen An went to do it.
Liu Yong didn't even go out of the house in the past three days, so he stayed at home with his wife and children. Eat and drink, drink tea, walk around the garden and drink. It's also at ease!
Lin Qingrou and the others are also very happy because of Liu Yong at home, usually they are bored, but the sisters embroider and play chess together, and they go out shopping when they are really bored.
But overall, it's still quite fun, but it's not as good as Liu Yong at home.
Three days passed quickly. This morning, Liu Yong was preparing to go to court, but someone came to report that Mongolia had filmed the envoys.
Liu Yong was taken aback, he knew that Mongolia had come to ask for an alliance. So he hurriedly changed into his official uniform and went out to the court.