Supporters believe that the Liao State is in danger, and the Jurchens are likely to replace the Liao State as another strong enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, but the opponents believe that the Jurchens have contained a considerable part of the Liao State's troops, so the Great Song Dynasty not only cannot stifle the development of the Jurchens, but also has to find ways to support it. These two diametrically opposed views were debated in the court, and no one could convince anyone, and in the end, everyone's eyes looked at Fan Chunren and the other ministers who did not speak.

Fan Chunren and Lu Dafang and several other ministers were also very entangled at this time, among them, only Su Song clearly expressed his support for the suppression of the Jurchens, but Su Song was Zhao Yan's person, but they were not, and they also knew that Zhao Yan must be manipulated behind the scenes of the Jurchens, if they objected, they would definitely offend Zhao Yan because of this, but if they supported it, they were a little reluctant, after all, in their opinion, the threat of the Jurchens was really a bit ethereal.

Just when Fan Chunren and the others were hesitating, they suddenly saw Zhao Xu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, suddenly spoke: "When I studied with Uncle Wang before, I once listened to Uncle Wang analyze the situation in the north of Liao, and I was also very afraid of the rise of the Jurchens, so I also thought deeply of Zhang Shilang's performance!" ”

As soon as Zhao Xu's words came out, all the ministers in the court were stunned, although the Empress Dowager Gao let Zhao Xu participate in the government because of her serious illness, but it was limited to letting Zhao Xu go to the political hall to walk around, and follow Fan Chunren and other ministers to learn how to deal with government affairs, after all, this is also a university question, but in the usual court, Zhao Xu still doesn't speak much, at most, the minister sent a few glances, and then let the ministers discuss, and then agree after taking out the results of the discussion. It was the first time that he had taken the initiative to express his views on the government in this way.

After the ministers came to their senses, the atmosphere in the court immediately became a little weird, and the ministers looked at each other a few times, and no one spoke again for a short time, because many people were guessing that the little emperor above suddenly spoke. Expressing his approval of King Yue's proposal, it seems to be nothing on the surface, but if you think about it, it makes many people feel that there is a lot of article in it!

Empress Dowager Gao is old, sooner or later she will have to hand over the power, coupled with the serious illness during this time, the ministers are even more convinced of this, and the relationship between the little emperor and the queen mother is not harmonious, but it is also a well-known thing that he is close to King Yue. If the little emperor wants to be pro-government, he will definitely rely on the support of King Yue, and today King Yue suddenly put forward a proposal that made many people think that it was unnecessary to curb the Jurchens, and the little emperor suddenly expressed his support, which made many people think that this was Zhao Xu testing the attitude of the ministers, to see how many of them were on their side?

The above conjecture can be said to be reasonable and well-founded, and the more many people think about it, the more they feel that this is the case, which makes many officials who have expressed opposition secretly regret it. If they had known that this was the case, they should have expressed their support just now. After all, compared to the seriously ill Empress Dowager Gao, the little emperor above is the future master of the Great Song Dynasty, and they don't want to stand on the wrong team.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, the ministers thought that the Jurchens were rising in numbers, and the Liao State was also weakening day by day. In the long run, my Great Song Dynasty also has to guard against it, so the minister also agrees with what Zhang Shilang played! At this moment, I saw that Fan Chunren finally spoke, and his personality was generous. As long as it is not a matter of principle, he generally does not want to offend people, and the matter of curbing the Jurchens is related to Zhao Yan and the little emperor Zhao Xu, so after thinking about it again, he also chose to agree.

As soon as Fan Chunren's words came out, many people immediately followed suit to express their approval, and even many people who opposed it before changed their words, ostensibly agreeing with this matter, but in fact, they were showing loyalty to Zhao Xu, with Zhao Xu's intelligence, he could naturally see this, so he still looked calm on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly happy, and he had been an emperor for so long, and this time he finally experienced this feeling of being in a hurry.

With Fan Chunren's statement, several other ministers were naturally happy to get off the bus, and they all said that Fan Chunren was reasonable, which also made many officials change their words, but at this moment, I saw Lu Dafang suddenly stand up and said: "Your Majesty, maybe the minister is short-sighted, in the minister's opinion, the Jurchens are too far away from my Great Song Dynasty to threaten my Great Song Dynasty at all, so the ministers think that there is really no need to waste their strength to stifle the Jurchens!" ”

It is reasonable for Lu Dafang to speak out against it, because he is originally an extremely square person, one is one, two is two, no matter who this matter is involved, he will only speak according to his own judgment, and he is never afraid of offending people, such a minister has in any dynasty, and he is also an indispensable person in the court, if there is no such person in any dynasty, it is the misfortune of this dynasty.

However, after all, ministers like Lu Dafang are in the minority, and his opposition has only attracted the approval of a few ministers, which is far less powerful than Fan Chunren and others before, so that the court's call for curbing the Jurchens is getting louder and louder, and finally Zhao Xu said with a final word: "Since all Aiqing agree to this matter, then let's discuss how to curb the rise of the Jurchens, right?" ”

As soon as Zhao Xu's question came out, most of the people who were still vying for loyalty just now closed their mouths, and most of them actually didn't agree with this matter, let alone think of any good way in a short time, so naturally there was nothing to say at this time, but at this time, Zeng Bu suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Jurchens and my Great Song Dynasty are separated by the Liao State, and if they want to contain the Jurchens, they will definitely not be able to bypass the Liao State, so the minister thinks that he can form an alliance with the Liao State in this matter!" ”

"What Zeng Shangshu said is extremely true, and the minister also thinks that this matter must be united with the Liao State, and my Great Song Dynasty can send some materials, or even directly send troops to clear the Jurchens." At this time, I saw Zhang Dian stand up again.

However, as soon as Zhang Dan's words fell, he saw Lu Dafang also stand up again and said: "Is Zhang Shilang a little too wishful thinking, how can the Liao Kingdom believe me so easily?" And even if we take a step back, the Liao State is really allied with us, but who dares to guarantee that the materials that our Great Song Dynasty shakes are used to purge the Jurchens, not to guard against our Great Song Dynasty? ”

Lu Dafang is worthy of being the prime minister, and he immediately saw the key to forming an alliance with Liao, but Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu are not easy to match, I saw the two of them look at each other, and then Zhang Dian stood up and said: "What Lu Xianggong said is good, it is indeed difficult to form an alliance with Liao, but these details can be discussed later, now the main thing is to send envoys to contact Liao, as long as Liao also has the intention of forming an alliance, it is not too late to discuss these details." ”

Zhang Dan's words were immediately approved by Zeng Bu and others, and the officials who also expressed their support for this matter just now also expressed their attitudes, after all, they had already expressed their loyalty just now, and it was not bad this time, so that most of the officials in the court also agreed to form an alliance with the Liao State, and now only one envoy needs to be elected to the Liao State.

For the candidate for the envoy, it didn't take much effort, but someone took the initiative to stand up and be willing to serve as this envoy, this person is Zhang Dan, with Zhang Dan's current position, it is enough to serve as the envoy this time, and he himself can speak good ways, and he is very courageous, even Su Shi praised him for having the courage to kill, so it is most suitable for him to serve as the envoy.

The candidate for the envoy was determined, and this matter was decided, which also put Zhao Xu on the dragon chair at ease, there was no child's play in the court, as long as it was passed by the ministers, then it would be the Empress Dowager Gao's illness in the future, and it would not be so easy to overturn this resolution.

The resolution of the court also quickly spread to the palace, when the Empress Dowager Gao on the hospital bed heard this, but did not get angry, but showed a contemplative look, after a while, I saw that the Empress Dowager Gao slowly whispered to herself: "It seems that Your Majesty has really grown up, and he knows how to take advantage of the situation!" ”

Half a month later, Zhang Dian led the prepared delegation to leave the capital, in addition to the letter of alliance between the imperial court and the Liao State, there was also a letter from Zhao Yan, as for whether the mission to the Liao State could succeed, it all depended on whether Zhao Yan's letter could work. (To be continued.) )