Great Song, Tokyo.

Due to Zhao Xu's physical reasons, the Great Song Dynasty has not held an early dynasty for half a year, and all major military and political events are reported to Shangshu Province first, and Zhang Dian cannot be arbitrary, and then recruit the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries to discuss together, sort out the charter and send it to the Baowen Pavilion, and Zhao Zhao will finally approve the seal.

If Zhao Xu thinks that the alternative plan reported by the prime minister is unreasonable, he can recruit relevant officials to discuss it in Baowen Pavilion, or simply make an arbitrary decision and directly follow his own opinions and issue a holy decree.

Although Zhao Xu's health is not good, he has a resolute personality and is extreme, and he often does things that are arbitrary, as long as it is not too out of line, Zhang Dian and others will often carry out the order.

In Shangshu Province, Su Song frowned, thinking that after Yang Yi became an official in the local area, he would be a little safer, but it turned out that a thorn is a thorn, and he can make waves wherever he goes.

Su Song, as Yang Yi's father-in-law, Yang Yi's every move in Huanzhou, he is very concerned, Yang Yi went to Huanzhou for more than a month, opened a salt well, and reported to the imperial court to take care of Huanzhou in terms of opening Zhongfa, which is okay; and Zhang Qi jointly signed a petition to build a city on the front line of the Hulu River, this is nothing to do, and to take care of yourself; raised troops to attack Xia, fell out with Huanqing Road to appease the envoy, and recruited Yin Ce and the transfer envoy An Dingbang's impeachment, this stinks so much that Su Song doesn't want to come up to help him wipe his buttocks.

The battle in the summer is not clear, and the above table asks what staff system to pilot in Huanzhou, this is simply ...... Endless!

Huanzhou is too far away, Su Song has a feeling that the whip is out of reach, His Majesty let this thorn go to Huanzhou, could it be ...... Su Song was still thinking about whether Zhao Xu had ulterior motives for kicking Yang Yi to Huanzhou, and the little eunuch Xi'er of Baowen Pavilion stepped in lightly and sang: "The official family has a purpose, please Shangshu right Su Song to Baowen Pavilion to discuss matters!" ”

When Su Song arrived at Baowen Pavilion, the chief officials of the three provinces and the two courts and the six Shangshu had arrived, Su Song was very old, Zhao Xu signaled Liu Ying to come over and help him to sit down, in fact, although Su Song was over seventy years old, his body was still quite strong, Zhao Xu did this, completely out of a kind of care for the elderly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Su Song finished saluting Zhao Xu's long body before sitting down.

Zhao Xu's face was as pale as ever, and in front of the ministers, he tried his best to be stronger, and when Su Song sat down, he coughed lightly and said: "Today, I invite all the ministers to come over, mainly to discuss the matter of Zhang Qi and Yang Yi's joint request to build a city in the Hulu River, what are the opinions of the ministers, please come!" ”

Han Wei, the secretary of the ministry, first said: "Your Majesty, the front of Yongle City is not far from Che Yinjian, and the ministers who built the city in the Hulu River thought it was not feasible. ”

"The minister thinks that the city should be built, the Hulu River has always been the main route of the Xia army's invasion, more than the Wuding River line of the Yanyan Road, if you can build a city here, not only can block the Xia army's attack route, but also play a role in the cultivation and pastoral areas of the western summer capital, Xing, and Ling." It was none other than the privy envoy Xu Jiang who said this, Xu Jiang was vague internally, but he was definitely a hardliner externally, which may be the main reason why Zhao Xu asked him to serve as the privy envoy.

Fan Chunren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, at present, the implementation of the new policies of the Great Song Dynasty is too frequent and too hasty, and the domestic people's hearts are already unstable. ”

Fan Chunren's words were very sincere and neutral, and no matter what position he occupied, he did not change his political opinion that he should ease both internally and externally. Zhang Dan, Yang Yi and others have always been unable to agree with the practice of seizing the day.

"The minister also thinks that it should be slowed down, the current treasury is not abundant, the military funds are lacking, and it is still inappropriate to know that the construction of the city will start a full-scale war with the Western Xia." This is Su Song's opinion.

In this matter, on the contrary, Cai Bian and Huang Lu kept silent about the new party, this matter is too related, from the perspective of the domestic situation, it is okay to encroach on Western Xia at this time, but it is really not appropriate to start a full-scale war with Western Xia.

Cai Jing knew this very well about Cai Bian's thoughts, but he had different ideas: Zhao Xu must be tied to the chariot of the new party, both internally and externally.

Cai Jing has a deeper understanding of this point than anyone else, and Zhang Qi and Yang Yi are now the most direct representatives of the New Party in the military, and once the plan they put forward is rejected by conservatives such as Han Wei, it will greatly hurt the prestige of the New Party.

"Your Majesty, in terms of military funds, the ministers will try their best to raise, Your Majesty's dragon body is not safe, it has not been to the early dynasty for half a year, and the domestic people's hearts are indeed a little unstable, at this time a big victory is needed to calm the world, Yang Yi has won many battles in Hebei, has won 20,000 to 40,000, Zhang Qi has won 10,000 to 100,000, in the face of the Xia army has not been defeated, there are these two people working together, as long as Your Majesty lets them let go, the minister believes that they will be able to win a big victory for Your Majesty!"

Cai Jing is worthy of being Cai Jing, this translation directly hit Zhao Xu's heart, he is sick and can't go to the early court, what is he most worried about? Needless to say?

If the army can continue to achieve victories, even if he does not go to the early dynasty for ten years, who will dare to ignore him?

Han Wei and the others also wanted to refute, but were immediately stopped by Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu finally looked at Zhang Xuan, although Zhang Xuan had gone to Baowen Pavilion to force the palace before, but Zhao Xu's extreme personality made him believe that a person could believe that until the day of death, before and after, there was Zhang Xuan, he was getting sicker and sicker, but his ability to control the court did not fade at all, just on this point, his trust in Zhang Xuan would not be shaken in the slightest.

"The minister thinks that the city should be built, no matter how my Great Song Dynasty retreats, the state of the jackal in Western Xia has never given up invading my Great Song Dynasty, my Great Song Dynasty is not ready, and the Western Xia is also not ready, the death of Liang Yiqi has made the military and political affairs of Western Xia more unstable, and the tribes are more eager to fight for power and profit, and the Liang family wants to regain control of the overall situation of Western Xia, and will be more unscrupulous to the parties and tribes.

As soon as Zhang Dan's words fell, a eunuch shouted eight hundred miles to hurry and rushed into the Baowen Pavilion.

Xia general Agulu claimed to have 30,000 people to enter Huanzhou, and Meile claimed to have an army of 70,000 people along the Hulu River to the south and directly attacked the Zhenrong army, and the Northwest War broke out again.

In order to get more food and support, the border generals usually play according to the enemy's fictitious number of troops, which everyone in the Baowen Pavilion knows, but even if the number of false reports is removed, the strength of the Xia army in this invasion is also fifty or sixty thousand, and a solemn atmosphere suddenly spreads in the Baowen Pavilion.

However, this urgent report from the northwest did not directly urge military funds, but urged the imperial court to pass the Hulu River city construction plan on the grounds that it was to better resist the Xia army.

The implication is very subtle.

First, the Xia army's 100,000 army attacked, and Zhang Qi and Yang Yi did not directly urge for food and ordnance, which would give the imperial court a feeling: they were very confident in the battle, which was equivalent to giving the imperial court a reassurance.

But in fact, they urged the approval of the city building plan, as long as the imperial court passed, a large amount of military funds must be allocated, and at the same time, the troops of the northwest roads were gathered in the hands of two people for unified dispatch by the two to ensure the smooth implementation of the city building plan.

This rush is even the old scheming Xu Jiang, and the slippery Cai Jingjing is not stunning.

The war was provoked by Yang Yi, if it was at the court meeting, Yang Yi would definitely be attacked by a group, but now none of these important ministers in the Baowen Pavilion are stupid, and they will never stand up and mention this at this time.

Everything is focused on the war, and the rational way is to wait for the end of the war to end, and then investigate the merits and demerits of everyone, so even the impeachment of Yang Yi by Yin Ce and An Dingbang has been temporarily suppressed.

There is no more controversy, Zhao Xu brazenly approved the city building plan of Hulu River, and after being reminded by Cai Jingyi, no one is more eager for a victory than him.

The prestige of the monarch comes from the rule of culture and the second from the martial arts.

Wenzhi can not be achieved in a short period of time, but Zhao Xu's physical condition determines that he is eager to continuously strengthen his personal prestige, so he can only hope for martial arts, as Cai Jing said, Zhang Qi and Yang Yi's past achievements did give Zhao Xu enough confidence and confidence.

Zhao Xu's dictatorship made Su Song more sure that Zhao Xu kicked Yang Yi to Huanzhou, and soon after agreed to increase Yang Yi's official position under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses on Huanqing Road, which had other intentions, and Yang Yi also found out that Zhao Xu urgently needed to increase his personal prestige.

Su Song had to re-examine these two monarchs and ministers, who were also nineteen years old, Zhao Xuqiangang's plan to build a city through the Hulu River was really forced by the war? Yang Yi has only been in the northwest for more than a month, and he provoked the Song and Xia wars, is it really as reckless as it seems?

Perhaps, these old guys in the Baowen Pavilion have been fooled and kidnapped by the two monarchs and ministers!

Zhang Xuan was beside Su Song, and when he saw the suspicion that flashed in his eyes, he was secretly amused, in fact, not only did Zhao Xu need victory to strengthen his prestige, now the domestic new policies are in full swing, and all kinds of opposition have not subsided, and the new party also needs continuous military victories to increase its prestige, in order to prove the correctness and rationality of its governance, and at the same time divert the attention of the people in the country, pay more attention to the war between Song and Xia, don't keep tangled in the issue of internal affairs.

It is very clever to use military expansion to divert resistance to the new policy at home.

But the premise is that victory can be guaranteed militarily, otherwise it will backfire and put the new party in a more passive position; In order to ensure victory, just one Zhang Qi is not enough to reassure, so, plus a Yang Yi who has just defeated the Liao army in Hebei, these are the two sharpest swords that the new party can come up with!

One is placed on Jingyuan Road, the other is placed on Huanqing Road, the two roads are close to each other, relying on each other, and the two cooperate as the greatest guarantee for victory.

(To be continued)