In Mo Jun's official room is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a long beard, he looks very elegant, although he has waited for an hour, he is still not impatient and quite self-contained.

When he saw Li Yanqing coming in, he got up and said with a smile: "Li Xianjun is finally back." ”

"What is Your Excellency?"

"In Xia Wu Min, currently in office, he was ordered to inspect the people in the Jiangnan area and pass by Guixian."

Li Yanqing had heard of Wu Min, this person was a second-year jinshi in Daguan, talented, Cai Jing wanted to marry his daughter to him, but he refused, Li Yanqing hurriedly saluted, "It turned out to be Bachelor Wu, disrespectful!" ”

Wu Min nodded with a smile and said, "Li County Commander should already know about the defeat of the Song Army's Northern Expedition!" ”

Li Yanqing didn't know his intentions, and he was not sure that he was the prince's person, so he was silent for a moment and said: "I have specially ordered a court newspaper, and I already know about the defeat of the Northern Expedition. ”

"What does County Commander Li think about this?"

Li Yanqing laughed, "I'm just a small county magistrate, dare to discuss military affairs?" ”

Wu Min knew Li Yanqing's caution, if he couldn't make him trust, don't want to get his reply, he stepped forward and closed the door, turned around and sat down and said in a low voice: "There are only three people who know Zhao Keats's channel, and I am one of them. ”

Li Yanqing believed it at this time, he knew that Zhao Keats's channel was the result of persecuting Zheng Fatzi, not that the crown prince Zhao Huan took the initiative to find him, it seems that this Wu Min is the real henchman of the crown prince Zhao Huan.

"I see, I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is okay now?"

"The failure of the Northern Expedition has made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince desperate, and the official family has lifted the surveillance of His Royal Highness the Prince, and also allowed him to participate in the deliberations of various military affairs, it should be said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to normal."

"The official family decided to give up His Royal Highness King Yun?"

"It's hard to say this, I can only say that I don't think about it for the time being, now the voice of the DPRK and China criticizing the Northern Expedition is getting louder and louder, and the official family is under great pressure, I heard that the Son of Heaven has issued an order to the Yushitai to investigate the cause of Zheng Juzhong's death, does Li Xianjun understand the meaning?"

Li Yanqing smiled, "This is just a gesture, with the support of Wang Huang's henchmen, it is not easy to restore the reputation of the Fan Party." ”

Wu Min pondered and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to ask you, is there any possibility of winning the Northern Expedition?" ”

Li Yanqing sighed softly, "Undefeated can be done, but winning is absolutely impossible!" ”

Wu Min was stunned, "I don't quite understand what the county jun means?" ”

"It can be done to fight a draw with the Liao army, but because of the Jin soldiers, it is impossible to really win, how can the Jin soldiers give up Yanjing to the Great Song Dynasty, if I expect it to be good, as long as we go on another northern expedition, the Jin State will definitely send people to express the joint attack on Yanjing."

Wu Min thought for a while and asked, "How can I be undefeated?" ”

"Remove Tong Guan and replace him with an experienced general, or you can't let Tong Guan interfere in the Northern Expedition, Tong Guan's selfishness is too heavy, as long as he is there, even if the Northern Expedition is another one, it will definitely be defeated."

Wu Min nodded, "I understand, I'll send the letter to Zhao Keats and say goodbye!" ”

"Is Master Wu leaving?"

Wu Min said with a smile: "My entourage is all in Jiangxia, I came here under the pretext that I want to take a look at Yuyue Mountain, and I will have a sip of tea here at your most?" ”

"I see, I'll send Master Wu on the boat."

Li Yanqing kept sending Wu Min to the riverside, and at this time, Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "I have a personal question, I don't know if I can open my mouth?" ”

"Li Xianjun, please speak?"

"Between Master Wu and the Prince"

Li Yanqing just asked him, how did he become the prince's confidant?

Wu Min smiled slightly, "I have been a waiter in the East Palace for many years, and I have a master-apprentice friendship with him. ”

Li Yanqing immediately understood, it turned out that Wu Min was the master of the crown prince Zhao Huan, no wonder Zhao Huan trusted him so much.

"Please get on board! I wish Mr. Wu a smooth journey. ”

"Li Xianjun, please take care!"

Wu Min got on the boat, hugged his fists and saluted, and the boat gradually sailed away, at this time, Li Yanqing suddenly had a very subtle feeling in his heart, as if history was about to have a small fork.

Shortly after Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan defeated the Song army, major changes also occurred within the Liao State.

After the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi was captured in Zhongjing, he led the remnants of the army to flee to Jiashan, at this time, the Liao State had lost four of the five capitals, leaving only Nanjing, that is, Yanjing, which the Great Song Dynasty was bent on seizing.

The ministers of the Liao State have resented Yelu Yanxi for a long time, if it weren't for his short-sightedness, how could the Jurchens rise so fast, if it weren't for his mediocrity, how could the powerful Liao army be defeated again and again?

At this time, the ministers of the Liao State finally found an opportunity, under the pretext that Yelu Yanxi had disappeared and the country could not be left without an owner for a day, they supported Yelu Yanxi's uncle Yelu Chun, the king of Qin and Jin, as the son of heaven, and changed the name of the country to Northern Liao.

However, it was also the exhaustion of the Liao state's qi, and Yeluchun died of illness at the end of June less than two months after he ascended the throne, less than a month after the Liao army defeated the Song army in Xiongzhou.

In early July, news of Yeluchun's death reached Bianliang, Tokyo.

Zhao Ji, the Son of Heaven, paced back and forth in the imperial study with his hands in his hands, the news of Yeluchun's death made him feel excited, he seemed to see the opportunity of the Northern Expedition again, but the fiasco of the Northern Expedition a month ago made him embarrassed, and the voice of the government and the opposition and the people criticizing the Northern Expedition became louder and louder.

Zhao Ji was very anxious in his heart, he had been thinking about it for two whole days, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

At this time, a eunuch reported, "Mrs. Liang is here!" ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "Let him in!" ”

Maybe Liang Shicheng can give himself a better suggestion.

After a while, Liang Shicheng walked in quickly, knelt down and bowed to pay respects, "Weichen see my majesty!" ”

"No rudeness!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liang Shicheng got up and said: "Wechen heard that His Majesty has not thought about tea and dinner in the past two days, Wechen is very worried about His Majesty's dragon body, please take care of your Majesty's dragon body, and if there are any troubles that can be handed over to your subordinates to solve." ”

"Yes! Taifu is also right, I can't make up my mind about something, and I want to hear Taifu's opinion. ”

Of course, Liang Shicheng came from the Northern Expedition, Zhao Ji has been worried for two days, how could Liang Shicheng not know what it was for?

"Wechen is willing to share his worries for His Majesty!"

Zhao Ji sighed and said: "Emperor Liao has died, the Liao country has fallen into civil strife, I want to take this opportunity to go on another northern expedition, but I am worried that the ministers will oppose it, I don't know what good way Taifu has?" ”

Liang Shicheng is most anxious to get the prince's understanding now, he did a stupid thing during the first Song Army's Northern Expedition, he actually ran to visit Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and hinted to Zhao Kai that he was willing to help him enter the East Palace, but he never thought that the Northern Expedition would fail miserably, Zhao Kai was forced to take responsibility and resigned as the commander of the three armies of the Northern Expedition, and at the same time the Son of Heaven lifted all restrictions on the prince, which means that the position of the prince Zhao Huan's East Palace was stabilized.

This made Liang Shicheng very remorseful, if the news of the defeat had come three days earlier, he would not have done that stupid thing.

It's useless to regret it now, he can only do everything he can to win back the prince's trust in him.

"Wechen is willing to bear all the pressure for His Majesty, but this kind of pressure Wechen is not qualified to bear, in fact, Your Majesty can let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince take charge of this matter"

This is Liang Shicheng's plan to kill two birds with one stone, he recommended the prince to lead the Northern Expedition, if it succeeded, that is, he recommended meritorious, if it failed, the prince would also lose his prestige, King Yun is very likely to make a comeback, and more importantly, Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, will be grateful to himself.

Zhao Ji suddenly woke up, he could push the prince to the front, the Northern Expedition was successful, he was the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and he could naturally pick the fruits of victory, if he failed, he could completely put the responsibility on the prince's head, and only the prince could replace himself to bear the responsibility of the monarch.

Thinking of this, he nodded approvingly to Liang Shicheng, or Liang Shicheng knew his own mind, Zhao Ji immediately ordered: "Prince Xuan is coming to see me!" ”