After Yan Shu and the others received Zhao Zhen's edict, they walked quickly towards the Zichen Palace.

"Yan Xiang, you see that the Holy Lord has held a cabinet meeting a lot during this time, what is going on today? Can you give the subordinates a breather! Chen Zhizhong, the secretary of the ministry, followed Yan Shu and asked in a low voice.

Zhang Yaozuo, Lu Yijian and others also hurriedly came to the front and looked at Yan Shu with blank eyes.

"Why do you all look at the old man like this?" Yan Shu glanced at a few people: "The old man is with you every day, what does the old man know, you don't know?" Speaking of which, Xi Yuan, didn't the Holy Lord tell you to set up a military intelligence bureau, and you didn't receive any rumors? ”

"Hey, hey!" Zhang Yaozuo said with a smile: "Prime Minister Yan, you are joking, this military intelligence bureau has only been established for a short time, how can there be any news!" Besides, the Holy Lord's subordinate officials can only inquire about military intelligence, but they can't have an overview of the world's major events like you! ”

His words seemed to be flattering, but there seemed to be a trace of sourness in Yan Shu's ears, but he pursed his lips and did not return the favor, which made the atmosphere of the scene a little dignified.

At this time, Xiao Shunzi spoke: "A few adults, the Zichen Palace has arrived, and the emperor is already waiting inside, everyone go in quickly!" ”

Several people nodded towards Chao Xiaoshunzi, for the emperor's number one follower, although they are all pillars of the Great Song Dynasty, at least face still has to be given.

After greeting the monarch and ministers, Zhao Zhen also got to the point, and he handed the information that Zhao Zhong had sorted out to Yan Shu: "This is the latest information I have received, all of you Aiqing should take a look!" ”

After Yan Shu read it, he frowned and handed the information to the ministers around him, and after reading it one by one, his expression was the same as Yan Shu's.

Only Yang Zongbao, the old man, slapped the information on the table after reading it, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, please allow the old ministers to take people to destroy them!" ”

Zhao Zhen pressed his hand: "Old Yang, don't be too excited, you don't need to deal with these little deflated people, I decided to go on a personal expedition this time to complete the unfinished journey of my ancestors' Northern Expedition!" ”

Yan Shu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you want to fight the Liao State, the ministers do not object, and my Great Song Dynasty now also has the strength to teach them a lesson." But if you want to recruit in person, the old minister resolutely disagrees! You are concerned about the safety of my Song Dynasty, safety is the most important thing, leave the matter of the war to those soldiers, you just need to strategize, please think twice! ”

"Please think twice!" "Please think twice!" The rest of the ministers also continued to persuade them.

No matter which dynasty it is, few ministers agree to the emperor's personal levy, and I don't know how they developed this habit. Other dynasties may have only considered the emperor's safety, but the ministers of the Song Dynasty subconsciously regarded suppressing the emperor as a self-righteous duty, so they opposed Zhao Zhen's personal conquest and estimated that he would prevent him from exceeding his prestige.

Of course, Kou Zhun is an outlier, not only did he not object to the emperor's personal conquest, but also personally conscripted Song Zhenzong to "trick" to the front line. Although, he did this to lay the foundation for the Yuanyuan Alliance, but Song Zhenzong did not appreciate it, and was frightened by the Liao State, so naturally he would not have a good face for Kou Zhun, and Zhao Zhen also took advantage of the situation at that time to "capture" Kou Zhun.

Zhao Zhen will even miss Kou Zhun a little, if he is here, someone will help him come out today. Thinking of this, he not only looked at his henchmen, but he didn't expect Fan Zhongyan and a few others to be opposed.

White-eyed wolf!

Zhao Zhen glared at Fan Zhongyan and the others, and the latter hurriedly lowered his head to avoid the edge: "What did I say you are doing one by one?" I have hundreds of thousands of elite troops, and you are still worried about my safety? Besides, I won't charge into battle, just stay in the city, what can I do? ”

Yan Shu: "Your Majesty, you also said that my Great Song Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of elite troops, just let them go!" Why bother to be bumpy and tired! ”

Zhao Zhen: "You don't understand! I know that you have been singing praises to the Abyss Alliance, showing off that the Emperor had created a peaceful situation that had not been seen for decades. I admit that the first emperor did this to put an end to the war of our dynasty for more than 40 years, brought decades of peaceful life to the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and allowed the country to recuperate, so that it has today's prosperity. However, did you know? When I was a child, my father muttered to me, he thought I was young and didn't know anything, but I remembered everything. My father has always been obsessed with the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and I must fulfill this wish for his old man, and you can't do anything you say! ”

Zhao Zhen didn't achieve his goal, and he also began to brag nonsense, anyway, they couldn't go to their father to confront him, they could make it up as they wanted.

"This ......" Yan Shu still wanted to refute it, but everyone brought his father out, no matter how much the emperor said that this is filial piety, it seems that there is really no good reason for this time.

Zhao Zhen: "What is this!" I think it's settled. Let's get down to business, Yan Xiang still takes care of the political affairs to me. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will definitely live up to your trust!" Although Yan Shu was unwilling, he still accepted the job honestly.

Zhao Zhen: "Sun Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I order your ministry to immediately start a propaganda offensive, be sure to make the evil behavior of the Liao people public, and be sure to let my Song Dynasty army and people work together to make a big plan!" ”

Sun Fu: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Fan Zhongyan, the head of the household department, ordered your department to assist the military department in preparing military supplies and be responsible for logistics supply. ”

Fan Zhongyan: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Privy envoy Zhang Yaozuo, I order your ministry to immediately formulate a plan to attack Liao, and you are limited to come up with the plan within five days and submit it to the cabinet meeting for approval." And awarded the second batch of field army the title of "White Tiger Legion", and was transferred to the border with the Blue Dragon Legion to standby. At the same time, the forbidden army Tianwu Army, which was on duty on the frontier, was transferred back to guard the capital, and the Japanese army was included in this battle sequence as my personal guard. ”

Zhang Yaozuo: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"That's it!" Zhao Zhen patted his chair and stood up: "This meeting will be here today, everyone hurry up and go back to prepare, find a good day and auspicious day, I want to take the stage to pay respects to the generals, and the Northern Expedition to Liao!" ”

"Wait, Your Majesty! Why did you ignore the old minister again! Yang Zongbao stood up suddenly, he didn't know that he was so old, and he wasn't afraid to flash his waist.

Zhao Zhen thought about it in his heart, it seemed that he had really neglected this old man! You can't blame yourself for being careless, you also respect the elderly. Yes, that's what it looks like!

Zhao Zhen put on a smiling face: "Old Yang, what are you talking about!" I just see that your prestige is very high, and with such a big field, you must always come to the center to take charge! ”

Yang Zongbao pounced over and took Zhao Zhen's hand, and said with emotion: "Your Majesty, you have to have an opinion on arranging the old minister like this, you said that the old minister Yang family has been fighting with the Liao State for generations, and now it is hard to encounter such a big field, you can't do this!" ”

"Calm down! Calm! Zhao Zhen comforted him while winking at Yan Shu and the others.

After receiving the call of the boss, Yan Shu and several people had to take turns to come forward to persuade them, and finally Yang Zongbao was forced to be helpless and left a sentence, that is, this matter cannot be missing the Yang family's share. After some bargaining, and then considering the actual situation of the Yang family's current talents, Zhao Zhen was finally forced to agree to take Yang Jinhua on the Northern Expedition.

After Zhao Zhen negotiated with the minister, the huge machine of the imperial court also began to start, and the situation of the Song and Liao relations soon spread to the north and south of the river with the times and the court notices. At the beginning of the period, the people were still a little panicked by this sudden change, coupled with little confidence in their own country's army, and even some people thought that the disease was coming again, and ordered to pray to God and worship the Buddha, but let the Taoist and Buddha families prosper.

However, with the intensification of the propaganda offensive, the attitude of the common people towards the war also gradually changed, from the original anxiety to a severe condemnation of the atrocities of the Liao State. Especially those of the older generation who lived longer, some of them also experienced the hardships of the Song and Liao wars, and they don't know who found them out and showed up, which caused a strong resonance. It's almost a heinous portrayal of the Liao State, it can be seen that these literati are really very good at playing with their pens, and Zhao Zhen has to admire it.

When this propaganda war first took shape, two things happened that surprised Zhao Zhen. To talk about the first thing, after Chong Shiheng heard the news, he was the first to run to the palace and stubbornly wanted to participate in the war. Zhao Zhen originally just wanted to teach Liao a lesson on land this time, so that the melon lady of Liao Guo would be a little more restrained, so he didn't plan the navy. After all, the emaciated camels of the Liao Kingdom are bigger than horses, and it is a bit uncost-effective to fight them now, but they can't stand the first-class kung fu of Shiheng, and Zhao Zhen was finally forced to agree to his invitation to fight.

As for this second thing, Zhao Zhen really didn't think about it in that direction, and he didn't think that the people under his rule could have this awareness. However, unexpectedly, after the Siqi Group's donation of money and materials to support the Northern Expedition of the imperial court was published in the Royal Times and Jinling Times (renamed from Jinling Evening News), it caused a strong response across the country, and many businessmen and ordinary people followed suit.

Of course, this does not mean that all of them are dedicated to the country, and some people are trying to use these two major times to make themselves famous. But no matter what, the atmosphere was stirred up by them.

Now it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!

Finally came to the auspicious day of the zodiac that Yan Shu and they made up, Zhao Zhen took a group of ministers to worship the heavens and worship the ancestors, and officially took the stage to worship the generals, and for this ceremony, the relevant major generals also rushed back in advance.

"It's finally coming!" Zhao Zhen stood on the newly built point platform, stared at the north and sighed silently, and then shouted loudly: "Originally, my Song Liao was a brotherly state, and the two countries coexisted peacefully, and our dynasty also had many gifts. However, now the wicked woman of the Liao State is treacherous, occupying the land of my Great Song Dynasty, and killing the people of my Great Song Dynasty, which is unbearable or unbearable! I decided to go north to the Liao Kingdom and unjustly kill the people of the Great Song Dynasty for my revenge! ”

"Revenge! Revenge! The Japanese army who participated in the Northern Expedition was naturally very face-saving and echoed loudly.

Zhao Zhen then roared a very refreshing word: "Those who offend my Great Song Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!" ”

"Those who offend my Great Song Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!"

"Those who offend my Great Song Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!"

……

After everyone's cries passed, Sun Fu stood up and shouted: "Play music, raise the national flag, and sing the national anthem!" ”

Go to my rivers and mountains, the blood will not be dried, and there will be no truce to die.

Go to my rivers and mountains, the blood will not be dried, and there will be no truce to die.

The Great Song Dynasty of the Central Plains, like the sun rising, a hundred years of national hatred, the sea is difficult to peace.

The world is in turmoil, how can Kangning, Song has a sharp soldier, who competes with him?

There is the Great Song Dynasty in the east, such as the sun rising, a hundred years of national hatred, and the sea is difficult to peace.

The world is in turmoil, how can Kangning, Song has a sharp soldier, who competes with him?

……

After the thunderous drumbeat, Zhao Zhen's so-called national anthem resounded over the suburbs of Beijing again. It's still the same people who used to perform on the docks, and this simple military band has been trained to be impressive.

A red and blue background embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with a dragon and tiger "national flag", fluttering in the wind in the song, slowly rising......

At this moment, the people of the Great Song Dynasty still can't understand Zhao Zhen's intentions, but Zhao Zhen believes that one day, they will be full of excitement because of the raising of this flag, and they will condense the soul of the Great Song Dynasty because of such a banner, instead of just watching "jokes" like now.

No matter what the others were, Zhao Zhen calmed down his emotions before saying: "I ordered, in this Northern Expedition, the commander of the Qilin Guard, Zhi Weizheng, will serve as the commander-in-chief, the commander of the naval army, Chong Shiheng, will be the deputy commander-in-chief, and the privy envoy Zhang Yaozuo will serve as the supervisor. ”

Zhen Weizheng: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Chong Shiheng: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Zhang Yaozuo: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Zhao Zhen waited for the three of them to take over the military order, and he said: "I will drive the expedition in person, and lead the post of chief of staff, and go on the Northern Expedition with you!" Listen to the order, light up the troops, and start on the same day! ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

Zhao Zhen waved his hand, and when all the sergeants were about to start, a rapid sound of horses' hooves rushed from far and near.

The herald flew off his horse, and before he could catch his breath, he held a letter and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the Chengdu Mansion has passed through the road to send a report to Master Gao Jixuan, and Lord Wu Ren of the Research Institute has found traces of 'smallpox' in Tubo, and requests that the trade channel be closed to prevent the spread of 'smallpox' to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty." Please instruct the Holy Majesty! (To be continued.) )