"The old man said it a long time ago! We must first settle the people in the city, settle the people in the city, and make them have no worries about food and clothing, so that we can have enough time to do other things! Otherwise, what would we do if the weather suddenly turned cold like it is now? This is Yanyun! Northland! Do you still think that this place is as warm as spring in the south of the Yangtze River?! Fortunately, tens of thousands of people have no food and clothing, so they can only hide around the porridge shack, not only without labor, but also become a burden! It also made the people of Yanyun extremely dissatisfied with the Great Song Dynasty! Who bears such a responsibility! ”

Li Gang was furious, and shouted and reprimanded the ministers who had opposed him before in the court, the court was solemn, everyone was very nervous, Wu Yong stood up and retorted angrily: "The people of Yanyun are important, and the Great Song army is not important?!" The Great Wall is missing everywhere, and at this time when it is bitterly cold, it is the most serious season for the grassland soldiers to go south! If the Great Song army lacks food and clothing, and if the Great Wall is lacking everywhere, once the grassland soldiers are allowed to go south into the hinterland of Yanyun, how can our army resist! When the time comes, it will not be starvation and cold, it will be a loss of life! ”

Li Gang blushed and roared angrily: "People-oriented! What are the good considerations for the Great Song Dynasty to choose Beijing as the imperial city! Wu Shumi, don't you know?! If there is no support from the people of Yanyun, without the assistance of the people of Yanyun, how can we gain a firm foothold here! If we don't let the people live well, how can we rebuild Yanyun, and how can we stabilize the rule of the Great Song Dynasty in Yanyun?! Don't you understand that?! ”

Wu used-for-tat: "Li Xianggong! Then you're going to cut back on the army? Let the army lack food and clothing, wear single clothes and go hungry to fight with the steppe soldiers and gold thieves?! In the end, it is important to have a military affair! Or is the food and clothing of tens of thousands of people important?! Now the coldest time has passed, and the first month is coming soon. It's spring, and soon the weather will warm up. I survived the coldest time, but now I can't survive it!?

What's more, the people are not without food now. It's not that we don't have clothes, we are all cutting back on food and clothing, so that the people can eat porridge and rice, and they can survive until the day of the south-to-north grain transfer, we still have time and opportunity, but once the northern enemy breaks through the Great Wall, everyone will lose their lives!

Yesterday, I just received a report from the Great Wall Army. In recent days, there have been steppe cavalry hovering around the Great Wall, and the situation is very tense! Is this time to think about something else?! The Great Wall is in disrepair, and many places cannot play a role in resisting, if it is not repaired, if the steppe cavalry goes south, or the golden soldiers make a comeback, what will I resist! ”

Li Gang was even more angry: "Then you can disregard the lives of the people? Yesterday I went out on my rounds. I found that many people only have a bowl of gruel every day to feed their stomachs, and it is difficult for six-year-old children to eat, let alone young men! You also want them to keep working, how can they hold on! You're a careless person. What is the difference between the steppe cavalry and the gold thief! And you! Zhang Shangshu! You are from Yanyun, don't you care about the people of Yanyun! Why agree with Wu Shumi's opinion!? ”

Zhang Liang's face was full of anger: "It is precisely because of his concern for the people of Yanyun that the lower officials will agree with Wu Shumi's opinion." Lee Sang-gong has never fought the gold thieves head-on, so he doesn't know how terrible they are! Once they break through the Great Wall Pass. The Great Song cavalry did not succeed, and it was difficult to resist! Then it will be a misery! There will be more casualties! ”

Sun Sheng, the head of the household department, retorted: "Li Xianggong and this official have both fought head-on with the gold thief!" Although the golden thief cavalry is strong. But our army is not powerless to fight back, otherwise, how would Yan Yun recover?! ”

Wu Yong said angrily: "That's different! The battle to defend the city is not the same as the field battle! The battle of expulsion is not the same as a frontal attack! If it weren't for the fact that Prime Minister Xiao Yue led the Western Army to burn the gold thieves in Fuping and destroy their main force, if it was a head-to-head duel, it would be difficult to determine who would win or lose! The combat effectiveness of the gold thief is not comparable to that of our army at present! A golden thief cavalry, five soldiers of our army! They must not be allowed to enter the Great Wall! That's for sure! Otherwise, it's a disaster for us! ”

Li Gang was even more angry, and just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, he heard the angry rebuke of Zhao Huan above: "Okay! Above the court, you are so rude! When this is a wet market! Give me silence! You are ministers, ministers who have to deal with state affairs and make decisions on state policies! Not a shrew in the street market! ”

As soon as the emperor spoke, the court was temporarily quiet, this is the only thing Zhao Huan can do at present, other things for Zhao Huan, the pressure is really not small, he does not have enough prestige to suppress the ministers, more importantly, suppressed, he is also a mess, he can't find the answer he wants, he has been the emperor for too short a time, although he is determined, but he lacks the necessary literacy.

He needed the help of a minister who was not in the court.

So Li Gang just glanced at Wu Yong very dissatisfied, didn't look at him, but pointed the finger at Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty!" In any case, at this moment, the most important thing for us to do is to immediately allocate some of the military supplies to the people, and if the military materials cannot be mobilized too much, then the old minister's house will be demolished! Donate all the money of the old ministers, build houses and buy clothes for the people! ”

Wu Yong stared at Li Gang deadly, feeling more and more that Li Gang was very hateful, Zhao Huan had a headache, and said: "Li Qing, don't be rash!" The livelihood of tens of thousands of people is not something that Li Qing can solve alone, even if I demolish my palace, I can't do it! Wu Qing, you can't just focus on military affairs, if the army wants to go out to fight, it can't do it without food, grass and other materials! These things come from the people. ”

Wu Yong said: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of this that the minister will propose to consolidate military affairs first, and then develop Yanyun's national policy, this point, Xiao Yue Xianggong also agreed when he was there, only by holding the Great Wall, can we talk about other things, otherwise once the northern enemy goes south, not to mention the misery, all the efforts we have spent will be in vain!" This is really thinking about the people! And not that shabby house! ”

Wu Yong glared at Li Gang, Li Gang's angry one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas came out of the shell, Zhao Huan's eyes were fast, and he said angrily: "Enough!" Stop arguing! Wu Qing, Li Qing is old, how can you stimulate Li Qing so much? Penalty for January! Li Qing, you are the prime minister, the head of a hundred officials, you must have grace, and you can't quarrel with others at will! Penalty for January! Set an example! ”

Wu Yong and Li Gang glanced at Zhao Huan, and could only bow their heads to admit their mistakes, but they still glared at each other to show that this matter was definitely not over.

Hubu Shangshu Gongsun Shengsheng came out of the ranks, glared at Wu Yong, and said: "Your Majesty, Li Xianggong is not wrong about one thing, the weather is getting cold, tens of thousands of people can't live in the house, they can't keep out the cold, in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, it is always a hidden danger, and it is very likely to cause dissatisfaction among the Khitans, because more than 10,000 people among the tens of thousands of people are Khitans, this matter is not trivial, and it must be solved immediately!" ”

Zhao Huan held his forehead and sighed deeply: "Then Gongsun Qing, is there a good plan?" ”

Gongsun Sheng said under Wu's murderous eyes: "The minister will verify the total amount of materials needed for this relief, half of the military materials will be borne and half of the household department will be borne, this is the best way!" We have to do it! ”

Wu looked at Gongsun Sheng with murderous eyes: "Gongsun Shangshu! What about the Great Wall?! ”

Gongsun Sheng didn't give an inch: "Human life is a matter of heaven!" ”

Wu Yong said angrily: "A soldier's life is not a human life? Soldiers aren't people?! ”

Gongsun Sheng said angrily: "But at this time, it is imminent! Right under our noses! ”

Zhao Huan was furious: "Enough! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! ”

Zhao Huan was really angry, Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng shrank in momentum, glared at each other, and retreated to their original positions, Zhao Huan trembled angrily, and scolded angrily: "You are ministers!" Not a vixen! One such thing was actually argued for more than ten days and couldn't be decided! It's all about fighting for the will! Do you still think of yourself as a minister? And didn't you take me into account! ”

Zhao Huan is the emperor after all, and Li Gang took the lead in bowing and apologizing: "Your Majesty, please calm the wrath of thunder!" ”

Zhao Huan shouted: "Then you should give me a plan, a practical plan!" After so many days of quarrelling, what did the quarrel turn out of?! ”

The ministers were silent, indeed, for more than ten days, the court has never come up with a feasible plan for this issue, but the more noisy it is, the more fierce it becomes, and even the other issues have not been discussed, let alone unifying opinions, starting to do things, arguing for a day, arguing outside the court after arguing, and there is no result in the quarrel, Zhao Huan has endured to the limit.

was about to go crazy, the big eunuch next to him suddenly presented a plate of files, Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "This is?" Yue Qing? ”

The big eunuch nodded and said, "Exactly, Your Majesty, take a look, don't get angry." ”

Zhao Huan sighed, took the dossier and looked at it, the ministers were curious, I don't know why the emperor suddenly turned off the fire, I saw that the emperor was holding a volume of dossier and looked fascinated, his face became more and more relaxed, the heavy rain turned to light rain, the light rain turned cloudy, cloudy turned sunny, and after watching it for a while, Zhao Huan slowly raised his head, looked at the ministers underground, and said: "If you can have half of Yue Qing's work efficiency, I will thank God!" ”

Then, Zhao Huan stood up and slowly announced his results: "For the people to keep out the cold, Wu Yong, you immediately order, all the troops in Beijing who are training immediately take turns to go out to cut wood, the cavalry rides, the infantry runs, don't come back if one person can't bring back fifty catties of wood, don't come back if the officer doesn't have a hundred catties of wood, and the general will be demoted immediately if he doesn't have three hundred catties of wood!" Immediately mobilize all the ox carts and carriages in Beijing and set off with the army immediately!

Li Gang immediately ordered to mobilize all the craftsmen in Dongfu, all on standby, looking for a suitable address, and preparing to build houses for the people to keep out the cold, Gongsun Sheng, immediately took people to various porridge sheds to recruit young men who did not have houses, and built houses with the craftsmen of the imperial court, and those who did not participate in the construction of houses had no houses to live in, in addition, when the houses were built and the people all moved in, you came back, otherwise, don't come back to see me! (To be continued.) )