There were already ministers who wanted to go out to interrupt Xu Jiu's words, but they were worried that the emperor was asking for his opinion, so it might not be appropriate to stop him rashly, and besides, Xu Liang was the prime minister again......

"Therefore, in order to gain the initiative, the Jin army must make gains in the south!" , Xu Weilang said.

Finally, when I heard that there were people here who couldn't listen to it anymore, I went out of class angrily and said, "King Xujun! The Jin army you are referring to wants to gain something in the south, is it to return the Central Plains and Huaidong? Is this the capture of the golden people? A deliberately suppressed laughter sounded in the hall, Xu Liang's face collapsed, and he turned his head to repay the angry gaze. Xu Wei was calm, glanced back at the official, raised his voice and said: "This colleague, the Holy Lord asks Xu's opinion, whether you agree or not, let me finish!" ”

The man looked at him a few times, but finally returned to his class. Seeing this, Zhao Jin also said: "Zhu Qing should be impatient for a while, and let Xu Qing finish his words." ”

Xu Wei turned his head and continued to play to the emperor: "Your Majesty, my Great Song Dynasty has experienced twenty years of arduous and extraordinary resistance against Japan, and today, with the efforts of several generations of monarchs and ministers, the Jin people have long been unable to form a mortal threat to our dynasty!" We know this, and the Jurchens also know it. Therefore, the purpose of the Jin State is to negotiate peace. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was another commotion in the court. A member of the Privy Council came out to question: "King Xu Jun, if you talk about it, you still admit that the Jurchens are determined to negotiate peace." In that case, why are you opposed to peace talks with Kim? Xu Wei didn't even bother to reply, and continued to say to the emperor: "However, if we negotiate peace now, our dynasty may not agree." Even if they agreed, the price paid by the Jurchens was bound to be great. Therefore, when our army was about to launch a large-scale northern expedition, they sent a mission to the south and promised to return to Huaidong in the Central Plains. If His Majesty asks the minister, if he agrees to negotiate peace, whether the Great Song Dynasty can obtain the Central Plains Huaidong as he wishes, then the minister's answer is yes! ”

Lose your marbles! King Xu Jun must be crazy! After a two-month journey, he rushed back in more than ten days, overworked and mentally disordered! You don't match the preface and the afterword, and all your opinions are supporting the "feasibility of negotiation", are you confused?

The ministers who were originally on the same front as Xu Liang and opposed the peace couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat at this time. They began to wonder if Xu Xiang was right to urgently recall the king of Dongguan County, this was a typical help! Xu Liang was unmoved, he knew what his cousin was going to say next.

Zhao Jin was also confused, and couldn't help but question: "Xu Qing, what did you say?" Since our dynasty was able to take back the Central Plains and Huaidong as desired, then why did you say that you were opposed to peace talks with Jin? "Your Majesty, the minister is not worried about the peace talks, and even, if the DPRK agrees to the peace talks, then it will definitely go well. The minister heard that Zhang Tonggu can represent the captive lord with full powers, and as long as I nod my head, Zhang Tonggu will definitely complete the delivery in the shortest possible time. Xu Wei continued to be as steady as Mount Tai. However, the voice of discussion in the palace had already resounded, and the ministers no longer listened carefully to his opinion, but began to speak their own words, and discussed with each other that the matter of peace must be decided today.

The more Zhao Jin listened, the more he didn't understand, but the hall was so noisy that he had to stand up, raise his voice and say: "Zhuqing, listen to Xu Xuanfu's words, be quiet!" Quiet! It took a few calls to suppress the chaos in the hall slightly. Then, he said to Xu Wei with a suspicious face, "Xu Qing, you continue." "Your Majesty, what the minister is worried about is the matter of the peace and the future. Xu Wei said this very loudly. Sure enough, after hearing this, the senior palace suddenly fell silent.

What will happen after the peace? Where does this begin?

"Once peace is negotiated, it is inevitable that our dynasty will send officials to take back the Central Plains and Huaidong, and the master of ceremonies will inevitably send troops to protect the territory and the people. The minister consulted his colleagues in the DPRK and China on this matter, and if he wanted to send troops to Huaidong in the Central Plains, the Shenwu Front Army, the Shenwu Rear Army, and the troops of the Huaixi Pacification Division were all among them. Xu Wei said.

"Yes, so what?" , some ministers protested.

"That's the key!" , Xu Wei said quickly. "Our army has blocked the onslaught of the Jin army several times in the south, on what basis? Xu asked his colleague Tao, what are we relying on? What else is there besides the courage of the soldiers? "Nature is the solidity of Xianghan and the danger of Huaishui. ", someone replied.

"That's right, in a word!" , Xu Wei affirmed loudly. "By virtue of this, the strategic location of Xiangyang City is extremely important, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is only one attack point in Xiangyang City in the entire Xiangyang area! Relying on it, it is the blocking of Huaishui! This made Wushu attack Xianghan twice in vain! Your Majesty, imagine that the Wushu has gone south several times, which can be described as a great achievement for the Jin Kingdom! Once hit the edge of the Yangtze River! However, he has never been able to surpass Xianghan, isn't this his heart disease? "If we now promise to negotiate peace with the Jin people and take over the Central Plains and Huaidong, we will send troops to garrison them. As a result, the troops of the Jinghu, Jiangxi, and Huaixi divisions will leave their current defense areas and enter Huaidong in the Central Plains. If it comes true, our army's Northern Expedition will inevitably run aground, which will allow the Jurchens to gain time, which is the so-called, delaying the army. Xu Wei said eloquently, whether it was someone who understood or not, he couldn't think of any reason to refute him, so he could only listen quietly.

"However, the most terrible thing is that once the southern armies leave the danger of the Xianghan region, leave the barrier of Huaishui, and enter the Central Plains, which is a place of all directions, it is tantamount to abandoning their martial arts and giving the Jin army an opportunity to take advantage of! The infantry army is advantageous, the horse army is conducive to the wilderness, and the Central Plains is flat, which is suitable for the large-scale cavalry corps of the Jin army. Once our dynasty places the southern armies in the Central Plains, the Jin people will definitely tear up the peace talks and betray the alliance! At that time, without the danger of Xianghan and the obstruction of Huaishui, the southern armies will be at a disadvantage! This is the reason why the Jin people suddenly proposed to negotiate peace and generously return the Central Plains to Huaidong! Xu Wei ended his speech in a slow but firm tone.

The palace could hear the needle drop for a while, and the monarch and the minister were speechless for a long time. Xu Wei's words shook them, and no one thought that behind the Jurchens taking the initiative to return the Central Plains to Huaidong, there was such a mystery!

Xu Liang came out at the right time and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the minister has always vigorously opposed peace with Jin is precisely because of this! Now, the negotiation of peace is the plan of the golden people! "Exactly! Your Majesty, please expel the golden envoy and declare war immediately! The squire of the military department, Hu Xuan, once again made his suggestion.

Zhao Jin couldn't make up his mind, since Xu Wei, who had commanded the army for many years and fought a hundred battles with the Jin army, said so, then there was a problem with this matter. But what if you don't negotiate peace? Is it really as Hu * said, expel the golden envoy and declare war immediately?

Just as he hesitated, he suddenly heard a person: "These are all the words of the King of Xu Jun's family, and they are just speculation!" Your Majesty is expedient to hear, but not convinced! The emperor regarded it as the editor of the Pivotal Mold, Wei Shixun.

Xu Liang was a little angry, "My brother has been fighting with Jin for 20 years, if you talk about "knowing gold", who is stronger than him? You little privy councillor editor dare to speak outrageously! Just as he was about to refute, Xu Wei had already asked: "This colleague, have you ever served as a magistrate on the border?" ”

Wei Shixun is about forty years old, this person is fake, not to mention thin, his chin is very pointed, "and protruding forward, and his face is flat, which is really obscene." Hearing Xu Wei's question, he seemed a little stunned, and was stunned for a moment before replying, "No." ”

"Then you have been sent to the Jin Kingdom by edict?" , Xu Wei asked again.

Wei Shixun didn't understand the other party's intentions, and replied, "No." ”

Xu Wei smiled when he heard this: "You have neither served as the governor of the border nor sent an envoy to the Jin State, so dare to ask you that you think you know the Jurchens more thoroughly than Xu?" Wei Shixun hesitated, "I can't answer." Seeing this, someone came out to help: "Although King Xu Jun has been on the border for a long time, what he has done is nothing more than marching and fighting. Although my generation is in the middle of the court, but when Taizu was "Zhao Pu ruled the world with half of the treatises, and there was a common saying among the people, and scholars did not go out" to know the affairs of the world......

"What do you call this colleague?" Xu Wei interrupted him.

"Xianmo Pavilion Straight Bachelor, Servant of the Ministry of Officials, Zheng Zhongxiong." Although this person's rank is far worse than Xu Wei's, he does not call himself a "lower official".

"That's right, the minister was sent by the Son of Heaven to sit on the border, and the main thing he did was to lead the troops and lead the battle. It is better than the public to chant and sing in a low voice, "Pointing out the country." I have a poem here, and I haven't read it, "How about teaching me?" When Xu Wei said this, he turned back to the emperor and waved his "request."

What can Zhao Jin say? Nodding frequently.

Zheng Zhongxiong didn't know what he meant, so he didn't answer. I only heard Xu Wei chanting: "Thousands of miles of car books are mixed, how can there be other frontiers in Jiangnan?" Raise millions of troops on the West Lake, the first peak of Wushan Mountain. ”

As soon as the words fell, the whole hall was in an uproar! Who wrote this! Anti-poetry! Standard anti-poetry! Great rebellion! What an arrogant tone! Who is it! Who wrote it!

"This poem is so arrogant! I don't know who did it? Zheng Zhongxiong asked.

"This poem is widely circulated in the north, and the author is the current Jin Guopingzhang political affairs, Wanyan Di Gu Nai." Xu Weidao. Zheng Zhongxiong couldn't answer the words again, and retreated curtly.

Xu Wei turned to Zhao Jin and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have a thousand words in one sentence, the fathers and elders of the north are looking forward to it, and the south is looking forward to the king!" Now that the Great Song Dynasty has prepared food and salaries, the soldiers are brave, do not take this opportunity to recover the Central Plains, and attack the Jurchens in the north, when will they wait? This is a good opportunity from God to help Your Majesty achieve the cause of Zhongxing, do not hesitate! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the ministers represented by Xu Liang, Qin Hui and other ministers came out one after another to echo him, and Lijuan should seize the opportunity to raise troops for the Northern Expedition! And those ministers who were originally inclined to negotiate peace, after Xu Wei said this, were also indecisive and hesitant.

Zhao Jin saw that the opinion of the DPRK and China was tilted, and he had no choice but to ask: "Xu Qing, according to your opinion, you also want to expel the golden envoy and declare war immediately?" "Back to Your Majesty, you don't have to! Detain the golden envoy and fight without declaring it! I am a dignified teacher, recovering the foundation left by my ancestors, and I don't need to explain it to anyone! Xu Wei said.

A word shocked the temple!

Zhao Jin changed color and said: "If so, what are the chances of winning?" ”

Xu Wei didn't answer this, but said: "This is not known to the minister." ”

Xu Liang couldn't wait to play: "Your Majesty, the three divisions of Jinghu, Jiangxi, and Huaixi have mobilized nearly 180,000 Mabu water troops, and the soldiers are full of food. And the Western Army has always been fierce and good at fighting, and now it has the eastern half of the river in hand, and the minister believes that it is not difficult to attack Yanyun directly! ”

Xu Wei frowned when he heard this, what about you making a military order? Do ten things, say seven points, you haven't done this work yet, first boast about Haikou, don't you put yourself in it? You don't count going around yourself and pulling me into the water? As soon as he thought so, he heard a voice sounding later: "Your Majesty, since Xu Xiang is so sure, this Northern Expedition will definitely succeed!" Xu Wei looked at it urgently, and after seeing the person who spoke clearly, he was not surprised, it was Qin Hui! Qin Huizhi also found that Xu Wei was staring at him, lowered his head, and did not look at him.

Xu Liu didn't care at all, only when Qin Hui echoed him, and said impassionedly: "As long as the Holy Lord sends down a personal edict and goes to Zhenjiang Mansion, the soldiers will be encouraged, how can they not move forward bravely?" The Great Song Dynasty is in the middle of the rise, in one move! Zhao Jin saw that the matter had come to this point, and it was almost a foregone conclusion, so he turned his heart sideways and said vigorously: "In this case, according to what Qing and others played, the edict will be passed on immediately, and I will drive the expedition in person!" As soon as the words came out, the ministers visited the shrine and shouted long live!

Xu Wei really lived up to expectations, and finalized the Northern Expedition as soon as he came forward. Although the decision power is not in his hands, what he said in the Senior Minister's Hall was to override public opinion, which tilted public opinion in the DPRK and China. On the same day, Xu Liu instructed the general to detain Zhang Tonggu and others, and when the news came out, Hangzhou was excited!

As soon as Xu Wei returned to the pavilion, Xu Churen, Wang Shu, Zhe Keqiu, He Guan and others came to see him one after another.

These old-timers and old commanders did not hesitate to praise Xu Wei for his praise of the Northern Expedition. In addition to these people, many courtiers also rushed to the pavilion to meet Xu Wei. But Zijin Hu is measured in this matter, he is a foreign minister, and it is not suitable to marry courtiers, so he refuses all except for the old ones.

But not everyone is pleasing to Xu Wei. Some stubborn and rigid ministers were not satisfied with the court's decision-making, and they actually wanted to listen to the opinions of a military minister. Later, Xu Wei's words in the Senior Administration Hall made these people feel that Xu Wei was a little flamboyant, and there were even signs of contempt for Wenchen. This made them very unhappy, especially the few who were questioned by Xu Wei in the palace that day.

However, while they were grumbling, they did not know that disaster was coming. For Wei Shixun, Zheng Zhongxiong and other ministers who embarrassed Xu Wei in the palace, Xu Liang was very dissatisfied! Of course, first, it is because he and Xu Jiu are cousins, and more importantly, it is these few who are blatantly and clearly opposed to him! So, afterwards, he began to think about demoting several major figures such as Wei Shixun and Zheng Zhongxiong from the court and getting them to the local area.

However, at this time, Qin Hui came out to persuade him, saying that the current war was imminent, and it was not appropriate to deal with the courtiers, and what was there to wait until the battle was over in the future. Moreover, if you demote these people out of the center now, it will inevitably make people think that this is angry for King Xujun, and the impact on you and King Xujun will not be very good. Xu Liang gave up for the time being, and focused on the Northern Expedition!! ~！