The New Year is approaching, the city of Tokyo is more prosperous than ever, the sun in the east has just revealed a line in the early morning, the streets are already very lively, the early risers are not only some hard-working people, in addition to the high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty, today is the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, they also want to enter the palace to participate in the Imperial Meeting.

Su Song sat in the carriage, holding the stove in his hand, thinking about the things that he was going to court today, a few days ago, Zhao Yan, the king of Yue, came to him, and the two discussed a major event, whether this can be done depends on the performance of him and several other people today. Thinking of this, Su Song couldn't help but reach out and touch the fold in his sleeve.

Some time ago, Chen Shengzhi finally retired from the phase, so Su Song made up for his lack and officially became one of the prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was also Zhao Yan's spokesperson in the court, but Zhao Yan easily wouldn't let them do anything for him, everything just had to do according to their hearts, but this time it was an exception.

The carriage entered the Xuande Gate and came to the Daqing Gate, Su Song got off the carriage and was about to go to the Zichen Hall to participate in the court meeting, but he didn't expect to get off the carriage just now, but he saw Su Shi looking at him with a smile, which made Su Song also smile and stepped forward and said: "Zizhan, you came very early today!" ”

"Haha, I came so early to wait for you, the prime minister!" Su Shi also smiled at the moment, he and Su Song were old friends when they were in the Weapons Prison, and they worked together in Qiongzhou, so their friendship with each other was naturally very deep.

Daqing Gate is still a long distance away from Zichen Palace, so Su Song and Su Shi walked together, chatting about some government affairs while walking, and there were also many officials around who came to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting, and they also greeted each other when they met acquaintances. According to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, a great court meeting was held every five days, which was held in the Zichen Palace. And every day is held a small court meeting, also called the inner court meeting, is held in the vertical arch hall, of course, can participate in the inner court meeting are more important officials, called permanent officials, also called Japanese officials. And the officials who are able to participate in the Great Dynasty are called the Six Counselors, because the Great Court Meeting is only held six times a month.

"Brother Zirong, have you prepared the things that Your Highness has explained?" When there was no one around, Su Shi asked in a low voice, Zhao Yan had a conversation with them a few days ago, so he also knew what he was going to do today.

"Don't worry, the fold is ready, I will present it to the Queen Mother in person, and the rest will depend on the two of you." When Su Song said this. gestured to Su Shi with his eyes, but Su Shi followed Su Song's gaze, but saw that there were two officials in front of him who were talking about something while walking, although it was only the back, but Su Shi could still tell that these two people were Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu, and they were Zhao Yan's spokesperson in the court after Su Song.

Zhang Dian is Su Shi's friend, although the two had different positions when they changed the law before. But this did not affect the relationship between the two, so they met each other at this time. Su Shi also stepped forward to say hello to Zhang Dian, Zhang Xuan also smiled at him, and then quietly discussed a few words, and then the Zichen Hall was in front of him, so a group of people entered the main hall together.

Because Zhao Xu is young, he can not participate in the usual small pilgrimage meeting. But for a grand court meeting like today, Zhao Xu had to be present, and because of the reason that the Empress Dowager Gao lowered the curtain to listen to the government, the layout of the entire Zichen Hall was also very interesting, and Zhao Xu sat on the dragon chair. The Empress Dowager Gao sat opposite him, and the ministers stood between Zhao Xu and the Empress Dowager Gao, and when the court meeting began, the ministers first saluted Zhao Xu, and then turned around to discuss government affairs with the Empress Dowager Gao.

Every time the court meeting is very lively, the six staff officers can only go to the court once in five days, so every time they will have a lot of Taoist recitals to be presented, and then according to the content of their recitals to discuss, but today's situation is a little different, as soon as the court meeting began, Su Song, who was the prime minister, stood up first and said: "Queen Mother, the minister has something important to report!" ”

"Su Qing doesn't have to be polite, what do you have to report?" Empress Dowager Gao's voice slowly came out from behind the bead curtain.

"The Empress Dowager, the minister received an urgent report from Yuezhou in the south, and the remnants of Jiaozhi did chaos everywhere, which not only made the political situation in Yuezhou unstable, but even the neighboring Qiongzhou and Zhanzhou were affected, these three states are related to the safety of my Great Song Dynasty in Nanyang, so please also ask the Queen Mother to judge!" Su Song said as he took out the fold in his sleeve and handed it to him.

The so-called Yuezhou is the homeland of Jiaozhi before, since Zhao Yan destroyed Jiaozhi, it has become the Yuezhou of the Great Song Dynasty, as for Zhanzhou is the original Zhancheng, these two states plus Qiongzhou, where the shipbuilding and smelting industry is developed, have become the only way for the Great Song Dynasty to go to Nanyang, and now the situation in Yuezhou is unstable, which naturally affects the safety of Nanyang.

Empress Dowager Gao also looked sinking when she heard Su Song's report, if it was placed ten years ago, she didn't care about the safety of Nanyang at all, and even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty estimated that few people cared, but since Zhao Yan went to the south, he actually made the business of Nanyang bigger and bigger, and also occupied some islands in Nanyang, which increased the territory of the Great Song Dynasty a lot, and the rich products of the Southern Seas also provided a lot of financial revenue to the Great Song Dynasty, according to last year's statistics, one percent of the revenue of the Great Song Dynasty treasury is related to the South Seas, don't underestimate this success, The treasury revenue of the Great Song Dynasty has reached an astonishing hundreds of millions of guan, and one achievement is 10 million guan, if this revenue is missing, the entire Great Song Dynasty will immediately fall into a crisis of insufficient finances.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that after reading the recital, Empress Dowager Gao immediately asked the ministers below: "The situation in Yuezhou is unstable, what good way do you Aiqing have?" ”

Empress Dowager Gao's words fell, and I saw Sima Guang being the first to stand up and say: "Empress Dowager Qiyu, the situation in Yuezhou is unstable, it is nothing more than some remnants of Jiaozhi to make trouble, just send a large army to encircle and suppress it, it just so happens that my Great Song Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time in recent years, which is not a good thing for the army, so the old minister thinks that he can send troops to Yuezhou to quell the rebellion!" ”

"No!" As soon as Sima Guang's words fell, he saw Zhang Dian suddenly stand up and say, "Empress Dowager Qiqi, the minister thinks that Sima Xianggong's suggestion is absolutely impossible. ”

"Why?" Sima Guang has always had no good face for Zhang Dan's law changer, if it weren't for Zhao Yan protecting the other party, I'm afraid he would have demoted Zhang Duan to Nanyang as a native.

"The minister also thinks that Sima Xianggong's words are a little inappropriate, and there are three reasons for this!" As soon as Sima Guang's words fell, he saw Zeng Bu also stand up and speak, looking at the way he and Zhang Dian sang and harmonized, it seemed that they had been discussed a long time ago.

"Oh? The mourning family wanted to hear the three reasons why Zeng Shangshu was opposed. At this time, Empress Dowager Gao also asked, Zeng Bu is currently the secretary of the household department, although the authority of the household department has been taken away a lot by the three divisions, but it is still one of the important positions in the court.

Seeing the Empress Dowager Gao speak, Sima Guang also had to retreat temporarily, and then saw Zeng Bu speak at this time: "Empress Dowager Qi, there are three reasons for the minister's objection, the first is that although Yuezhou has been under the rule of my Great Song Dynasty for many years, the climate there is humid, hot and rainy, and there are many miasma epidemics, and most of my Great Song Dynasty's army is northerners, not adapted to the local climate, if you go to Yuezhou, maybe an epidemic can reduce the army by half." The second is that Yuezhou originally belonged to the old land of Jiaozhi, and the people's hearts were also a little unstable, if a large army was sent to go, in case it was secretly instigated by the remnants of Jiaozhi, it was likely to cause the local people's hearts to fluctuate, which would cause greater chaos. ”

When he said this, he saw Zeng Buchang take a breath and then said: "As for the last reason, it is that the terrain in Yuezhou is complicated, and if the remnants of Jiaozhi are trying to hide, even if they send a large army there, they will be powerless, and they will only empty the treasury, so the minister thinks that it is not appropriate to send a large army to conquer, but to pacify!" ”

"What Zeng Shangshu said is extremely true, since His Royal Highness the King of Yue pacified Yuezhou, he has also stationed a large army in Yuezhou, and personally sat there to appease the people, and then stayed in the south, which has made Yuezhou have been peaceful, but since His Royal Highness the King of Yue responded, the remnants of Jiaozhi saw the opportunity and took the opportunity to make trouble, so the minister thought that it was very simple to solve the problem of Yuezhou, and only needed to trouble His Royal Highness the King of Yue to run in person, as long as the King of Yue arrived, Yuezhou would definitely settle down again!" Zhang Dian also said seriously at this time.

However, as soon as Zhang Dan's words came out, the entire hall immediately quieted down, and then all the ministers looked at the Empress Dowager Gao behind the bead curtain, and no one dared to speak without authorization at this time, because Zhao Yan took the initiative to hand over the power of the court and government affairs and no longer paid attention to government affairs, but now Zhang Yan wants to invite Zhao Yan to go out of the mountain again, which is a little intriguing.

Empress Dowager Gao behind the bead curtain was also stunned when she heard Zhang Yan's words, and then her face was a little gloomy, because she knew that Zhang Yan was Zhao Yan's person, but now the other party suddenly proposed to invite Zhao Yan out of the mountain, is this Zhang Dan's own decision, or Zhao Yan's command behind the scenes? Could it be that Zhao Yan has been a little unwilling to be lonely after staying at home for a few years?

Compared with the suspicion of the Empress Dowager Gao, Zhao Xu, who was sitting opposite her, was a little bored, and the ministers were all facing the Empress Dowager Gao, and they couldn't see him, so he was almost bored to fall asleep, but now he suddenly heard Zhang Dan's words, but it made him sit up straight all of a sudden, blinking with a pair of big eyes, guessing what his third uncle was doing?

"No!" When there was silence in the main hall, I suddenly saw Sima Guang stand up again and said, "Queen Mother, although King Yue has contributed a lot to pacifying Yuezhou, but now it is different from the past, now Your Majesty is young, and the capital still needs His Royal Highness King Yue to sit in charge, so I can't leave easily, so the minister thinks it's okay to appease Yuezhou, but I need to send someone else!" ”

Sima Guang, as the main person who helped Empress Dowager Gao seize power, naturally didn't want Zhao Yan to come out to stir up the situation, so his first objection was reasonable, and this also made Empress Dowager Gao breathe a sigh of relief and said: "What Sima Xianggong said is extremely true, the mourning family also needs the assistance of King Yue, so the candidate for appeasement should be discussed by others!" (To be continued......)