Li Yanqing hurriedly urged him to step forward, clasped his fists and saluted: "See the general!" ”

"Yanqing, this is your first time going to court!"

"Exactly! However, some basic rules are already known. ”

Cao Ping glanced at the silverfish bag on Li Yanqing's waist, smiled and nodded, since he knew that he would hang up the silverfish bag he was given, it meant that he knew the rules.

Cao Ping said again: "Yesterday, my granddaughter caused you trouble again. ”

"I'm willing to take her shopping on holidays, but it's not very convenient for me to do so."

Li Yanqing implicitly told Cao Ping that he should control his granddaughter and not let her break into the imperial stage again.

"Yes! In fact, my house is very strict, she can't get out of the house alone, yesterday it was her brother Cao Xing who took her out without authorization, I have scolded him hard last night, and I promise that there will be no next time, in addition, I will make up for the money that Yanqing spent for her. ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "It's my intention to buy her something, don't talk about money." ”

Cao Ping was quite apologetic, he thought for a while and said: "I have a family banquet on the tenth day of the first month of this month, all of which are attended by some relatives and friends, and the number of people is very small, I wonder if Yanqing can appreciate his face?" ”

Li Yanqing hesitated slightly, but nodded in agreement, "Since the general has spoken, how dare Yanqing not come!" ”

Cao Ping smiled, "Let's go!" Don't delay the court. ”

Li Yanqing saluted him with a fist and urged the horse to continue to Xuande Gate........

Arrived at the Xuande Gate, except for the prime minister can sit in a sedan chair to continue to move forward, other officials must dismount and walk until they cross the north corridor, there is a horse card for the prime minister, and the prime minister will also get off the horse and walk, but through the north corridor is Daqing Square, which is the temporary waiting area of the last dynasty.

Now there is still about a quarter of an hour before the time of the last court, and the Daqing Square is full of officials waiting for the court, there are more than 1,000 people, and they gather together in twos and threes, discussing what they are talking about.

Although Li Yanqing can win the favor of Liang Shicheng, Cai Jing and others, his connections in the imperial court are still very weak, and in various circles large and small in the imperial court, he is still outside for the time being, even the high-ranking officials who know Liang Zhongshu, the squire of the Criminal Department, and Zheng Zhi, the secretary of Dali Temple, only smiled and nodded when they saw Li Yanqing, and then continued to chat with the people around them.

"Li Yushi!"

Someone finally called him, Li Yanqing turned around, but saw that it was his boss Deng Yong running over, "I'm really sorry, I happened to be not here yesterday, I didn't expect that there would be a temporary dynasty today, and I couldn't notify you in time." ”

"Master Liu has already told me."

"He just told you that you were going to the court today, but he didn't tell you the content of the early court."

Li Yanqing was stunned, "Could it be that the early dynasty has something to do with lowly duties?" ”

"It's not directly related to you, it's related to the Imperial Tower."

Deng Yong looked at both sides, pulled Li Yanqing aside and said in a low voice: "The Son of Heaven has decided to strengthen the supervision army, and is preparing to set up a second supervision army to supervise the army's logistics materials, and is ready to hand over this authority to the Yushitai." ”

"Why did you have this idea?"

"It's not because the treasury is seriously empty, the army consumption is a bottomless pit, this time to prepare for the war to conquer Liao, the imperial court is ready to recruit 200,000 soldiers, all kinds of armor materials, food and military salaries are innumerable, the imperial court is almost unaffordable, I heard some internal news, salt, wine, tea, grain are going to rise, and Wang Xiangguo plans to launch' when ten dollars ", so many high-ranking officials proposed not only to open source, but also to throttle, and the proposal to supervise the army's logistics materials came out."

Li Yanqing sighed secretly, salt, wine, tea, and grain are basic materials, and if they increase in price, other prices will inevitably rise in an all-round way, and the livelihood of the small people will be more difficult.

"Have you made it clear that the logistics materials of the Imperial Historical Observatory will supervise the army?"

"The participation of the Imperial History Observatory must be clear, otherwise how could the Imperial History be allowed to attend the court today, but I heard that the Privy Council and the Ministry of War also asked to participate, but it was not finalized."

At this moment, the Jingyang bell on the Daqing Hall rang, and hundreds of civil and military officials stood in line, Li Yanqing had already discovered that there was a rank line in front of the steps, and the officials could stand in line against their official ranks.

Li Yanqing found the six-rank official line, which is already the last of the team, and only six servants have been added today, in addition to Li Yanqing, the remaining five servants have already stood on the seat early, Li Yanqing is embarrassed to compete with his colleagues, he has to stand to the end, as if he has become the last place in the entire early dynasty.

At this time, from the top of the steps, the official of the temple shouted: "Enter the temple!" ”

Prince Zhao Huan is the first civil official, the second is Liang Shicheng, the third is the prime minister Bai Shizhong, and the first military attache is Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, the second should be Tong Guan, but Tong Guan is not in the capital, Cao Ping, who has the title of prince Shaobao, ranks second in the military attaché, but the number of military attaches is small, only less than half of the number of civil officials.

The two columns of civil and military marched silently up the steps, and on each side of the steps stood two palace attendants, who watched all the officials sharply, but any officials who were incomplete, untidy, or did not abide by the rules of the court, such as being late, noisy, standing in line at will, and so on, they would record them as the basis for impeachment.

Compared with the Sui and Tang dynasties, the palace of the Song Dynasty is still too far behind, not only covers a small area, but also the palace is not very grand, Daqing Hall as the main palace of the Song Dynasty, no matter the depth, the height is far from being able to compare with the main hall of the Sui and Tang Dynasty Palace, Daxing Hall and Hanyuan Palace, Li Yanqing has been unable to stand at the end, the team can only be divided into several rows, Li Yanqing stands at the end of the third row.

The top of the hall is full of lanterns, illuminating the hall as if it were day, the hall is very quiet, only for a moment, there are guards shouting, "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" ”

Immediately the music sounded, and in the melodious music, I saw Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, walking in from the side of His Majesty Dan under the escort of the sixteenth palace and eight guards.

Zhao Ji slowly sat down on the dragon chair, glanced at the ministers with a majestic gaze, and the ministers bowed together, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Ji showed a tired smile on his face, and waved his hand, "Zhong Aiqing is flat!" ”

Everyone was flat, the hall was silent, and Zhao Ji said slowly: "Today is a temporary court meeting, and I invite all the ministers to come to discuss a major event." ”

Zhao Ji spoke very slowly, although his voice was not loud, but he could hear it in the front of the hall, although it was difficult to hear it outside the hall, but Li Yanqing was deaf and clear, and he could faintly hear Zhao Ji's voice when he stood at the end.

"Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun has always been the national policy of my Great Song Dynasty, although through the unremitting efforts of the emperors, ministers and thousands of soldiers, it has never been able to recover the lost land of my Han family, and the sixteen states of Yanyun have been invaded by foreign races.

Now the situation has changed drastically, the Jurchen rise, the Khitan gas has been exhausted, it is a good opportunity for us to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, last year we have a truce with the Western Xia, the Western Xia surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, the threat of the Western Front is lifted, then we can concentrate our forces on the Northern Expedition, this matter I have been thinking about it for two years, whether we can achieve the great cause of the ancestors in us, it depends on whether we have the courage to take this step......"

Li Yanqing heard it clearly, it turned out that today's temporary court meeting was actually to discuss the Northern Expedition, nominally for discussion, but in fact, Zhao Ji had already made up his mind, and at most there was only the difference between plan A and plan B.

In the distance, the high-pitched voice of Cai Xing, the young eunuch in the palace, was heard, "Please give advice to the Prime Minister!" ”

At this time, the ministers of the main hall couldn't hold back any longer, and began to discuss in a low voice, the so-called proposal is to come up with a plan, since the Northern Expedition has reached the level of coming up with a plan, then the so-called court discussion is just a form of walking, making Wang Hao's Northern Expedition plan more legitimate.

At this time, Wang Hao walked out of the group of ministers and bowed to Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, and saluted, "Weichen Wang Huang is willing to offer the Northern Expedition plan." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "Wang Xiangguo announced it to the hundred officials!" ”

Wang Hao took out a scroll, slowly unfolded it, and read loudly to the ministers: "Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun is the national policy, but after a hundred years, the monarchs and ministers have fought unsuccessfully, and the sixteen states of Yanyun are still sinking, and since the Ming Jun ascended the throne, he has repeatedly climbed high to the north, with the great ambition of recovering the Han family's rivers and mountains, and made great efforts to govern the time, the Liao monarch was tyrannical and abused, the people were not attached, and the Jurchen tribe was unbearable to oppress. Its strategy 1: prepare for war, a total of seven and twenty-four strategies........"

Wang Hao read it impassionedly, but countless ministers frowned, and Wang Hao proposed in the countermeasures that the government and the people should share the burden of the Northern Expedition, obviously to damage the interests of hundreds of officials, or to cut salaries, or cancel many subsidies.

As for appropriately raising the official prices of grain, salt, iron, wine, and tea, or even issuing ten yuan, this is directly plundering the people's wealth to raise military expenses.

After Wang Huang finished reading, Zhao Ji asked slowly: "Regarding Wang Xiangguo's Northern Expedition policy, can Zhong Aiqing object?" ”

At this time, Liang Shicheng walked out of the column and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has a little doubt. ”

Zhao Ji glanced at Liang Shicheng with a little dissatisfaction, the two factions have been fighting fiercely in the past few months, and Zhao Ji is also happy to see their disputes, but in the matter of the Northern Expedition, Zhao Ji does not want factional struggles.

But Zhao Ji still restrained the unhappiness in his heart, and asked lightly: "Taifu, please speak!" ”

Of course, Liang Shicheng will not be stupid enough to oppose the Northern Expedition, he is just against Wang Huang, to put it bluntly, he is to pick Wang Huang's thorn.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is not against the Northern Expedition, but he just thinks that Wang Xiangguo's policy is still a little rough, and some places need to be discussed."

Wang Hao couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "What's wrong, please speak up!" ”

"For example, Wang Xiangguo proposed to raise five million guan for military spending, so how did these five million guan be calculated, as far as I know, last year we attacked Western Xia, and spent a total of 6.5 million guan on military expenditure, not counting other armor, materials, and food, is it not as good as last year's Song Xia battle to attack the sixteen states of Yanyun? I'm afraid that in the middle of the battle, I suddenly find that the money and food are exhausted, and the northern expedition will not be able to continue, isn't it a mistake for the imperial court? ”

Wang Hao was speechless for a while, and Cai You, a scholar of Xuanhe Palace, next to him, explained: "The five million guan military expenses are only the initial recruitment expenses, and the imperial court has decided to recruit 200,000 soldiers, at least five million guan, and the follow-up military expenses are far more than that." ”

"I see, then this Northern Expedition plan is a bit hasty, this is a great dynasty, Wang Xiangguo should come up with a perfect plan."

Wang Hao was publicly criticized by Liang Shicheng, his face was red and white, and he really couldn't get off the stage, at this time, Zhao Ji was also a little annoyed, and said coldly: "The details of the plan can continue to be improved, but the Northern Expedition plan has been decided, does Taifu have any comments on this?" ”

"Lao Chen has no opinion on the plan for the Northern Expedition!"

"Do the other ministers have different opinions?"

The hall was silent, and at this moment, a cold voice came from the entrance of the hall, "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to say!" ”

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