In the study, Zhao Yan was holding a tea bowl in one hand while tasting tea, while looking at Zhao Ji's letter to him with bared teeth, just looking at his expression, he knew that the content of Zhao Ji's letter made him very embarrassed. In fact, this letter is a letter written by Zhao Yan to Zhao Yan after seeing the diagram of the displaced people all night, telling Zhao Yan about his shaking confidence in the change of the law and what to do next, hoping to listen to Zhao Yan's opinion on this.

"Giggle~, the husband doesn't know how to pay attention to his behavior, he is already a prince, but he still has this expression when he looks at the letter, if he sees it, I'm afraid it will make people laugh!" At this moment, Cao Ying pushed open the door and came in, and couldn't help but smile when she saw Zhao Yan's appearance.

"Jokes are jokes, I don't care anyway." Zhao Yan showed an indifferent expression, and then handed the letter in his hand to Cao Ying and said, "Lady, look at the letter that the eldest brother just sent, this is a problem for me!" ”

When Cao Ying heard that it was a letter from Zhao Ji, she was also a little curious at the moment, took the letter and read it, but her eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she pondered for a moment before she spoke: "Big brother is shaken by the change, and even he is already planning to stop changing the law in his heart, but he can't make up his mind for a while, so he wants his husband to help him make a choice." ”

"Alas, I think so too, speaking of which, the eldest brother can listen to persuasion in other aspects, but only he is so stubborn in marriage and law change, when his father was alive, he could still let him make concessions in marriage, but when his father was gone, there was no longer anything to stop him from changing the law, but I didn't expect him to regret it now, I knew that this was the case. Why didn't you listen to persuasion in the first place? Zhao Yan complained that when he left the capital, he was also a little resentful of Zhao Ji. Now that Zhao Ji finally knows his mistake, he is also a little happy in his heart.

However, Cao Ying looked at the letter in front of her at this time, and finally sighed and said: "But now is definitely not a good time to repeal the new law, there is a drought in the whole country, if the new law is abolished now, it will definitely cause unprecedented turmoil, and with Wang Anshi's temper." will definitely resign directly, but there are only three ministers in the imperial court, among whom Chen Shengzhi is sick. If there is one less Wang Anshi, I am afraid that the court of the Great Song Dynasty will be difficult to support, and how can there be any energy to rescue the disaster at that time? ”

Cao Ying's words were exactly what Zhao Yan was most worried about, originally if Zhao Yan usually came to ask his opinion. He would certainly approve of his repeal of the new law. Although this may attract the hatred of the law-changers, he doesn't care at all with his identity, anyway, he was dissatisfied with the law-changers when he was in the capital, which is also a well-known thing. It's just that now that there is a natural disaster like a national drought, any shock in the court may bring serious consequences, so Zhao Yan doesn't want anything to happen in the court at this time.

"Lady, the eldest brother has been upset and irritable by the new law, especially now that the public resentment in the Great Song Dynasty is boiling. So he wanted to rush to repeal the new law to appease the people's grievances, but that's it. But it may lead more people to die in natural disasters, how do you think I should persuade him? Zhao Yan pondered for a long time but still had no clue, so he habitually asked Cao Ying for advice.

"Giggles, how confused is the husband, he used to be too obsessed with changing the law, so he couldn't listen to anything, now that he sees the disadvantages of the change, the husband only needs to tell him the truth, presumably the eldest brother will also consider the impact of the abolition of the new law now." Cao Ying smiled again.

Zhao Yan also patted his head when he heard this, he was indeed a little confused, but this can't be blamed on him, because of the change of law, there was a bit of a stiffness between him and Zhao Yan, fortunately they were brothers, and they had deep feelings, so they didn't turn their faces, but even so, Zhao Yan was not as direct as before when Zhao Yan spoke, and now when he encountered this matter, he also reflexively wanted to turn around and say, but he didn't expect that it was not necessary at all. In addition, Zhao Yan can also be sure that when Zhao Yan wrote this letter to him, he also did not think about it seriously, he thought about abolishing the new law to calm the people's grievances, but he did not think about the consequences of the repeal of the new law.

At that moment, Zhao Yan began to write a reply to Zhao Yan, analyzing the current situation to him in detail, and asked him not to be too impulsive, the abolition of the new law is not a matter of one or two days, let alone a holy decree that can be solved, so it is best to wait until this catastrophe is over.

After the letter was written, Zhao Yan immediately asked people to send it out with carrier pigeons, but at this time, Cao Ying asked again: "I heard that you have encountered obstacles in the purchase of grain in Zhancheng, I don't know what is going on now?" ”

Hearing Cao Ying ask about this, Zhao Yan's face also flashed a trace of anger, in order to alleviate the food crisis caused by the drought, Zhao Yan organized a fleet to go to Zhancheng to buy rice, only to find that Yu Niang said it was really good, Zhancheng is simply a big granary, and even Zhao Yan estimated that if he could buy all the rice stored in Zhancheng, he should be able to let the Great Song Dynasty survive this great drought safely.

At the beginning, the purchase was very smooth, the amount of rice stored in the city was too much, and every year there were a lot of old grains that were rotten and spoiled due to poor storage, so many merchants in the city were very willing to sell rice to the Great Song Dynasty, but it didn't take long for the merchants in the city to suddenly be reluctant to sell the grain to the Great Song Dynasty, at first Zhao Yan didn't know what was going on, and then he found out that it was the king of the city who secretly ordered those merchants to prohibit the sale of grain to the Great Song Dynasty, otherwise they would be punished by raiding their homes, so that those merchants wanted to make money, But he didn't dare to take such a big risk to trade with Da Song.

After learning that it was the king of Champa who was making a ghost in the back, Zhao Yan was also furious, last time Xu Yuan in order to show his strength, he captured the coastal area of Champa in one fell swoop, and later Xu Yuan attached the Great Song Dynasty, and the King of Champa also once asked the Great Song to severely punish Xu Yuan, but was rejected by the Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that this time he refused to sell grain to the Great Song Dynasty, but also to retaliate against the Great Song Dynasty, and maybe even put forward a request to the Great Song Dynasty to severely punish Xu Yuan again.

It's a pity that this time the king of Zhancheng is planning to calculate, the drought of the Great Song Dynasty is too big, and a bad handling may lead to the danger of losing the country, plus the reason why Xu Yuan attacked Zhancheng at the beginning, mainly because Zhancheng and Jiaozhi colluded together to prepare to fight against the Great Song Dynasty in the south, so this time Zhao Yan knew that the king of Zhancheng actually forbade the sale of grain to them, and immediately became murderous, he was merciful to the people of the Great Song Dynasty, but for these small overseas countries, there has never been any mercy.

It is precisely because of this that he immediately wrote to Zhao Xu, explaining the whole thing, and then asked Zhao Ji to agree to him to wage war against Champong, after all, Champa is different from the small native country on the Luzon side, Champa is not only an ancient country with a long history, but also one of the subject countries of the Great Song Dynasty, so if you want to start a war against such a country, you must get the consent of the imperial court.

"I have already sent a letter to my eldest brother, asking for instructions on the use of troops against the city, and there should be a reply after calculating the time." Zhao Yan said to Cao Ying at this time, and at the same time looked in the direction of the capital, he believed that Zhao Yan was not an indecisive person, and he should have a decision soon.

In fact, Zhao Yan's guess was right, after Zhao Yan received his letter, when he saw that there was a master's grain on the side of the city, which could alleviate the food crisis caused by the drought in the Great Song Dynasty, he was also ecstatic, but when he saw that the king of Zhancheng actually forbade the sale of grain again, it made Zhao Yan furious, since the Great Song Dynasty destroyed the Western Xia and defeated Jiaozhi, no small country dared to provoke the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty like this.

With incomparable anger, Zhao Ji immediately convened the ministers to discuss the matter, and then focused on attacking the city, although the other ministers objected, but now Zhao Ji is now in power, and the courtiers can't influence his decision at all, so in the end, this resolution was quickly passed, and then a holy decree was sent to Guangzhou, ordering Zhao Yan to handle the war with Zhancheng with full authority.

Because the holy decree can only be delivered by a fast horse, the speed is a little slow, so Zhao Ji also used a flying pigeon to send a message to Zhao Yan, so that he does not have to wait for the holy decree, and he can immediately move troops to Zhancheng after receiving the news.

Zhao Yan also knew that Zhao Yan would agree to use soldiers, after all, for an emperor, what benevolence, righteousness and morality are his means of ruling the world, if someone dares to threaten his world, then any benevolence, righteousness and morality may be abandoned, after all, these are all false, only the world is true, so after he sent a letter to Zhao Ji, he immediately asked the army of sailors to prepare.

Originally, the best candidate to attack Zhancheng should be Xu Yuan, firstly, Xu Yuan was proficient in naval warfare, and secondly, Xu Yuan had captured the coast of Zhancheng and was very familiar with there, but unfortunately Xu Yuan went to Luzon to deal with the affairs over there, and he couldn't come back for the time being, and the evil ghost was also there, but in the end there was only one choice left to Zhao Yan, that is, Yu Niang, although she was a woman, but she was Xu Yuan's most powerful assistant, she was also proficient in naval warfare, and she was also familiar with the situation of Zhancheng, so she was the best candidate.

It was Zhao Yan who selected 50,000 sailors, with Yu Niang as the commander, and 30,000 forbidden troops, these forbidden troops were the troops of the Western Xia, after they fought with Guo Kui, because Zhao Yan felt that the defense of the south was weak, so he left them in the south and scattered them to the cities to garrison, and now they were called up again, with Hu Yanping as the commander, taking the ships of the sailors, and killing the city in a mighty way.

Zhao Yan originally wanted to go with the sailor, but as soon as he talked to Cao Ying about it, the other party immediately called a bunch of children over, and then looked at him pitifully, meaning nothing more than to say, they all rely on Zhao Yan, in case he is in danger on the battlefield, what can they do?

Looking at these children and Cao Ying's pitiful eyes, although Zhao Yan knew that she was pretending, she finally relented, and finally promised that Cao Ying would not go to Zhancheng and stay in Guangzhou to wait for the battle report on the Zhancheng side. (To be continued......)