Han Gang hadn't come to the Chongzheng Hall for several days.

There has been no major event in the imperial court, and Han Gang is naturally happy.

He has a lot of things to worry about, and he has no intention of competing for power and profit with the current Zaifu. Those trivial court affairs, he avoided them.

However, the changes in the direction of the East China Sea, Han Gang can't stay out of it.

Today's Chongzheng Hall is rare and tense.

"Wang Xun is the king of Goryeo who has been canonized by the imperial court, how can a group of courtiers be deposed privately?!"

"But Wang Xun is not loyal to the king's affairs and is too happy to be happy, how can he still keep him in the seat? Since the Goryeo ministers have been invited, the imperial court should grant their request. This is also to contain the Liao State. ”

For a long time, Cai did not use such a tough attitude to quarrel with a colleague of equal status. For a few months, the east and west mansions have been like a family, and there has been no fighting, and the sound of Zhang Dian and Cai Qu arguing has not sounded in the Chongzheng Hall for a long time.

Empress Xiang felt that the dull atmosphere seemed to have lasted for many years, and it was too peaceful. Even though she is still not very handy with the government, she also understands that the relationship between the courtiers is too harmonious, and it is not a good thing that the court is too peaceful. The current quarrel is somewhat reassuring. It's just so noisy, but it's annoying, and the minister should be more stable. Could it be that this is what the so-called mixed arguments look like?

"The abolition of the vassal king is the authority of the imperial court, and it is not the turn of the courtiers of the vassal state to act as their behalf. And this matter is chaotic, if the court agrees, how can it be tempered? Never possible! ”

It's really a farce, Han Gang looked at Zeng Bu coldly with a face, rushed at Zhang Dun, and besieged Zhang Dian with Cai Qu.

Jin Yi and others did not overstep their bounds, but invited the Empress Taishang and the Son of Heaven to abolish the throne of Wang Xun and set up a new monarch for Goryeo. Goryeo is a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, and the ministers of Goryeo are the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, and Wang Xun is a vassal of China and a minister of the Song Dynasty, and both sides are Song ministers, how can it be said that they are blaspheming the monarch and the ministers? ”

Zhang Dan said eloquently. However, in Han Gang's view, he only defended Zeng Bu's words, but did not fight back at all. And no wonder that this is not a quarrel at all for the king of Goryeo.

"Wang Xun is admittedly unfit for office, and it hinders the planning of the imperial court. But if you change to another person, will you be able to do the job? ”

Zhang Qi has always rarely expressed his attitude, and he is even more reluctant to open up his fellow members of the criminal class, but although his tone is relaxed, he is also expressing his opposition.

"The worst will not be worse than Wang Xun. It is not a trivial matter to depose the ruler of the country, only a few months after he took the throne, he made so many mistakes, and the ministers of Goryeo could not bear it before they asked the court to give justice. If you change to another clan as the king, you will definitely take it as a warning and dare not slack off again. ”

"But what did Yang do first? The imperial court ordered him to garrison overseas, but he was not asked to depose the vassal king. ”

"Yang Congxian lived in Tamluo, and all the affairs of the Goryeo Kingdom needed the help of the Goryeo monarchs and ministers, and Wang Xun was obsessed with pleasure and had no intention of the king's affairs, so that the Liao army could not grasp the matter of crossing the sea and invading Japan in time, Yang Congxian was anxious or some, but it was also inevitable."

The new king of Goryeo, Wang Xun, had nothing to do to restore the country, and he was so happy that the Goryeo courtiers could not bear it, and the contract demanded that Wang Xun be abolished. Whether or not to agree to their request is hotly debated. Basically, Zhang Dian alone agreed, and the governors of the Eastern Mansion all objected. The rest of Su Song and Xue Xiang did not express their position.

And Han Gang was also watching from the sidelines - because the situation was not right.

Now what Zhang Dian is arguing with Cai Qu and others is not the issue of the monarchs and ministers of Goryeo, but the sin of Yang Congxian, whom he recommended.

On the bright side, the concerto of the Goryeo ministers did not look unusual. However, Yang Congxian, a naval general stationed on Tamna Island and with the exiled court of Goryeo, joined the concert to express his agreement with the Goryeo ministers. His statement is completely unreasonable.

As a general sent by the upper kingdom to help, he had no direct relationship with the Goryeo court, and only had to act according to the orders of the court. If he just feels that Wang Xun is not suitable, it is enough for him to write his opinion on Wang Xun, and the rest is to wait for the decision of the imperial court, and there is no need to directly agree with it and involve himself.

Promoted to his position, even a military attache should know the truth of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, and under normal circumstances, he will never let himself be in danger.

Obviously, Yang Congxian already had an inextricable entanglement of interests with the Goryeo ministers, and even in the matter of abolishing the throne of Wang Xun, he had already stepped into it, so Yang Congxian would say so. According to the report of the soldiers stationed in the army, Yang Congxian entered the Goryeo royal court several times, allegedly to inquire about the Liao invasion of Japan, but there were no more details.

However, this information is enough, enough to make Yang Cong unable to turn over at first, and at the same time make Zhang Dian behind him suffer a big loss.

Why did Zhang Dian insist on agreeing to the request of the Goryeo ministers? It is precisely because he doesn't want Yang Cong to become a weapon to attack him first, at least let himself be less implicated.

Han Gang could see that Zhang Dian was already angry, but he still had to agree to the request of the Goryeo ministers in order to keep Yang Congxian.

Yang Congxian was only a military general, but he participated in the replacement of the king of the foreign domain. His behavior, whether active or passive, was intolerable to the imperial court. If it is in the court when the party fights, it is enough to make a prime minister fall from power, and the entire faction will collapse. And Yang Cong was recommended by Zhang Dian first, and he also had an unclear relationship with Han Gang. If you really want to think about it, they don't even think about it.

Fortunately, now the ministers of the two prefectures don't want to make a big deal out of it, forcing Zhang Dian to break the net, and Han Gang turned against him. Maintaining the stability of the court is good for everyone. But this does not mean that there is still a lot of harmony, and when there is a chance, no one will give up. Between the east and the west, and between Zai Fu and himself, there is an indispensable struggle for power and profit.

Under the leadership of Cai Cheng, Zhang Dian was defeated and retreated, listening to the rhetoric without falling behind, but in fact, he couldn't even fight back. To confine this matter to the court of Goryeo and clear his and Yang Congxian's responsibilities, it will take a lot of benefits in exchange.

As for whether to change to a suitable Goryeo king, as long as Zhang Dian expressed concessions, several governors would not object. It is too easy to find a reasonable reason to bypass the so-called general righteousness. After all, they didn't want to see the Liao State annex Goryeo and invade Japan without restraint.

It is precisely with this selfishness that Zhang Dian can barely maintain the battle line and minimize his losses. And Su Song and Xue Xiang refused to wade into the muddy water, neither side wanted to offend, so they didn't want to get involved. But when the two sides argued, several Zaisuke who did not express their stance were particularly conspicuous.

Empress Xiang was annoyed by the noise, and when she saw that there were still people in the palace watching the excitement, she asked, "Han Xuanhui, Su Qing, Xue Qing, I don't know what you think?" ”

Han Gang looked at Su Song and Xue Xiang, and saw that they had no intention of standing up, so he had to take a step, "Dare to ask Your Highness, what is the purpose of the imperial court canonizing the new king of Goryeo and sending a sailor?" Is it just survival? ”

"It's to contain the ...... of Liao," Xiang responded to the queen.

"Your Highness Mingjian, it is precisely to contain the Liao State. Goryeo is just a small overseas country, and its survival is not enough. However, China could take advantage of the bad relations with Liao for many years, so after cutting off contacts for more than 100 years, he sent envoys back to China and gave him a golden book. Now the annexation of Goryeo by Liao is also intolerable to China. ”

Nodding to the queen, "Xuanhui's words are reasonable. ”

What the imperial court needed was to make it impossible for the Liao State to annex Goryeo smoothly. Otherwise, once the Liao State is given the strength of the sea, there will be no peace in the sea frontier. If Goryeo can be used to hold the Liao State, the northern border will be much more peaceful. But before that, the Liao State not only successfully occupied all the territory of Goryeo, but even crossed the sea to attack Japan without interference. In the original purpose of canonizing Wang Xun as the king of Goryeo, the imperial court had already failed.

"To confirm the goal of the imperial court is to grasp the fundamentals. As long as it is not conducive to containing the Liao State, any request cannot be agreed. If it is conducive to containing the Liao State, it can be accommodating according to the situation. ”

Han Gang's words immediately caught fire. Han Jiang turned his head and stared at Han Gang opposite: "Could it be that in your eyes Han Gang, the Three Platforms and Five Constants are not fundamental?" ”

Zeng Bu immediately followed: "Xuanhui spares no effort to preach qi, is it not in qixue?" ”

Zhang Qi also said: "Xuanhui is a famous Confucian, this kind of disregard for the monarch's general festival, the teacher of the Son of Heaven should not say it." ”

Who doesn't know what is the most important key to the Godo Imperial Court's strategy in Goryeo and even in the East China Sea? There is no need for Han Gang to talk a lot at all. Yang Congxian's matter, Han Gang also has to take a responsibility. Originally, when he was standing next to him, he could have temporarily let him go, but now that he jumped out, he would deal with him like a Zhangdun .

"Discipline is, of course, a fundamental section. The Goryeo ministers did not have enough knowledge, so they ignored the festival. Yang Congxian was a military general, he didn't know the general situation, and he was confused by Jin Yi. This is all undeniable. ”

There is no need to mention the examples of Yi Yin and Huo Guang, and the examples cited by the Goryeo ministers when they abolished Wang Xun were Yin and Huo. Fang Cai Zhangdun argued with the Dongfu Governors for a long time, and there was no less dispute about these two precedents. All Han Gang wanted to do was divert attention.

Han Gang said it lightly, but how could Yang Congxian's responsibility be so simple to clear him? Cai did even said: "Then what should I do with the invitation of the Goryeo ministers, do you want to reject it?" ”

"It depends on the Empress Taishang's execution." Han Gang turned to the empress: "In the opinion of a minister, a good minister should be selected from the court, and a group of soldiers and horses should be sent to Tamna to take care of the internal and external affairs of its prime minister, Goryeo. After that, it doesn't matter whether to let Wang Xun abdicate or let him continue to be the lord of Goryeo, if you really want to talk about it, it is better to let him stay in the position of king. ”