Zhao Gou's words not only reminded the ministers of the court, but even Song Huizong was enlightened and suddenly realized. If he hadn't been so mediocre in the past, maybe the Great Song Dynasty wouldn't have been so dark, with factional disputes, factional formations, and many other problems.

Now these problems seem to be cleared, but in fact they are hidden in the depths. As long as it's not revealed, it doesn't matter. The most important thing at the moment is to form an alliance with the Jin State and discuss the crusade against the Liao State. Now, Zhao Gou has said Zhao Ji's words, so the effect is better.

Everyone is silent, and everyone understands the truth of being prepared for danger in times of peace, but it is just a long-term habit and fixed thinking, and they feel that the Liao State is stronger than the Great Song Dynasty. Even if he talks about a big country every day, at the critical moment, others are still powerful, which is also the most angry thing for Zhao Gou.

If the whole Song Dynasty is united, no matter how strong the Jin soldiers are, nothing like that in history will happen, it will be the shame of the entire Great Song Dynasty, which will always be remembered in the long river of history, lingering, and irrefutable national shame.

Because of this, Zhao Gou refuted it, leaving people speechless. At this moment, Zhao Gou's body was full of evil spirit, even if Song Huizong was here, he did not hide the anger in his heart. Not only were the ministers stunned, but even Song Huizong and those who were familiar with Zhao Gou looked at him in surprise.

"Emperor Taizong's failure to conquer the Liao State is due to many reasons!" Zhao Gou solemnly analyzed, "The Great Song Dynasty was also at its peak at that time, but the Liao State was not the same, compared with the two, it is immediately clear which is stronger and which is weak!" ”

"The Great Song Dynasty expedition, but the Liao State only needs to wait for the tired Song army, and wait for the tired Song army, how not to win. The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were strong and strong, and there were generals who fought on the battlefield, just because the Liao State had occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun for many years, and they knew the situation of the Great Song Dynasty well. ”

"The Great Song Dynasty doesn't know anything about the Liao Kingdom, and if you eliminate the strengths of one or the other, you can not be defeated!"

Zhao Gou talked eloquently, everyone was silent, quietly listening to Zhao Gou's analysis, even the emperor looked at it with a smile, and did not want to disturb Zhao Gou. Because there are some things that he also thinks Zhao Gou has a long-term view than himself, so he let him continue.

"In my opinion, the alliance of the abyss is simply a mistake, a chance to give the Liao Kingdom a chance to cultivate and recuperate!" Zhao Gou judged angrily, regardless of the purple face of the minister of the court, and then said: "Although the alliance of the Yuan Yuan has allowed Song Liao to have peace for a hundred years, it has made Liao better understand the national conditions of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty provides Liao with 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk every year to help the army, which will be delivered to Xiongzhou. ”

"Isn't this a matter of raising tigers and paying tribute to the Liao State, is this what the adults think is very good? In Zhao's view, this is simply bullying the Great Song Dynasty. Since it was a peace covenant, the Great Song Dynasty should not have to pay these fees, but these were all counted in the imperial court, and then distributed to the people! ”

"If it weren't for the unstable domestic situation in Liao, I'm afraid that these silver taels, cloth, and understanding of the Great Song Dynasty would have torn up the alliance and invaded the Great Song Dynasty. If you think that such a peace is true peace, then you will read these books of the sages in vain! ”

Zhao Gou's rhetoric became even more intense, not only denying the covenant made by Emperor Taizong, but even vetoing the so-called tax tribute. At this time, everyone realized that Zhao Gou was far from being as indifferent as he appeared, and mentioning this matter seemed to be a different person.

Zhao Gou was full of arrogance, standing proudly, not squinting, staring at everyone, glancing at everyone, and everyone lowered their heads. Because they really didn't think about these things, they always thought that the previous covenant could never be broken.

"Then what do you think you should do about negotiating an alliance with Jin Guo?" Everyone was silent, but Song Huizong asked out loud, because he felt that this time was right.

Zhao Gou replied: "Return to the emperor, you should refuse to back down!" ”

"How to refuse to back down, you can tell me about it!" Song Huizong asked again.

Zhao Gou said in a deep voice: "This alliance between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and biasing towards the tigers, just because this is a necessary thing." The Jin Kingdom is becoming stronger and stronger, but the Great Song Dynasty has been stagnant, and there are some rebellious ministers and thieves who are fighting for the tiger. ”

"This alliance is just to listen to the reality of the Jin State, the Jin State thinks very highly of itself, and the Great Song Dynasty has a very clear purpose, and only wants to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, so I am afraid that the Jurchens will not easily agree, and they will definitely ask for the same tax tribute when they conclude an alliance with Song Liao."

"Since the Song and Jin have formed an alliance, then they can refuse to back down, and they don't have to worry about the Jin State going back on their word, let alone giving tax tribute, so that the Jin State can see the combat effectiveness of the Great Song Army and make them afraid, so that it is truly once and for all."

Song Huizong didn't answer, looked at everyone, and asked lightly: "What do you adults think the king of Guangping said?" ”

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, all of them were silent, only Zhao Yougong echoed loudly: "Back to the emperor, the ministers approve!" ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu and others also followed suit and echoed what Zhao Gou said, and then everyone in the court and China also echoed it, and there was no longer any rebuttal. It is only because of the courage shown by Zhao Gou that it has never been seen in the past, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, no one has dared to make such bold statements, which is somewhat subversive of their ideas.

"Since all of you have no opinions, then Zhao Gou, the king of Guangping County, will listen to the order!" Song Huizong nodded with satisfaction and said: "I order you to be the envoy of this peace negotiation, negotiate with the Jin State, discuss the major affairs of the Liao State, and the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, all matters are handled by you with full authority, you don't have to play, you will deal with it on the spot!" ”

Zhao Gou said respectfully: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"King Zhao Yougong of Chu obeys the order!" Song Huizong appointed again, "I ordered you to be the deputy envoy for peace talks, and the two of you must complete it." ”

"Obey the order!" Zhao Yougong, the king of Chu, replied.

Zhao Gou continued: "Your Majesty, the minister has another request, I hope the emperor will grant it!" ”

"Quasi-play!" Song Huizong smiled.

Zhao Gou replied: "The minister implores the emperor to send Lu Junyi, Yue Fei and other generals back, this time it is at sea, and they need to answer on the shore." In addition, it is also to prevent the Liao State from sending people to make trouble after it knows, I don't know what the emperor thinks? ”

Song Huizong replied directly: "Yes!" ”

Song Huizong's original intention was to let Zhao Gou take over this matter, and he just took this opportunity to push the boat down. In addition, Zhao Ji did not hesitate to agree directly to what Zhao Gou did. Moreover, Song Huizong immediately planned to send orders to various garrisons, as long as Zhao asked for people, Zhao Ji did them one by one, without any displeasure.

Zhao Construct Song Huizong mentioned the names of Lu Junyi, Yue Fei and others, also just in case. In fact, Zhao Gou's real purpose was to let Yue Fei and a few others come back, just because Yue Fei was destined to fight with the Jin soldiers, and if he was there, he could understand the enemy situation very well, and the emperor did not object, in fact, it had been discussed a long time ago, and everything was just a favor.

(End of chapter)