Hu Yanyan lived here in Huyanqing for two days, during which the two brothers talked about a lot of things, and when they left, Hu Yanqing gave Hu Yanyan a lot of things, many of which were all kinds of food purchased from Hejian Mansion, because the drought in the county managed by Hu Yanyan was too serious, Hu Yanyan took out all the family funds for disaster relief, and as a result, the whole family could only drink gruel, Hu Yanqing felt sorry for his nephews and nieces, so he bought a lot of eating utensils, Hu Yanyan was not polite to this, and hired a carriage to pull them all back.

However, after sending Hu Yanyan away, Hu Yanqing suddenly closed his door and thought hard, and even missed the usual drills for the first time, which made the Hebei military camp in Hejian Mansion also greatly shaken, and the soldiers in the army were discussing what happened in private? But fortunately, Hu Yanqing usually has very strict military discipline, so even if he is not a director, the drills in the army are still carried out as usual.

In fact, it is not to blame Hu Yanqing for not coming out, but Hu Yanyan came to tell him a big thing this time, the court is actually preparing to move troops to Liao, although this matter has not been completely determined, but according to Hu Yanyan, there are already several important ministers in the court who are asking His Majesty the Emperor for this matter, if Zhao Ji nods, then it will not be long before the Great Song Dynasty will mobilize troops to attack Liao, and Hu Yanqing and their Hebei army are preparing to attack Liao.

Attacking the Liao State to recapture the land of Yanyun has always been the ancestral training of the Huyan family, Hu Yanqing came to the Hebei Army to prepare for this matter, and now the imperial court is preparing to attack the Liao State, according to Hu Yanqing should be very happy, but in fact it is not the case, after Hu Yanqing learned about this from his cousin, instead of being happy, he couldn't sleep for a few days.

Hu Yanqing is not an ordinary general, he is the most outstanding student in the first class of cadets of the military academy. Yang Wenguang praised him as a rare handsome talent in the Great Song Dynasty, handsome and generals are completely different, as a commander, not only must know how to lead troops to fight, but also understand the time, place and people, so Hu Yanqing has also been paying attention to the movements of the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State in all aspects, looking for a fighter to attack the Liao State.

That's why. So no one knows better than Hu Yanqing, now is far from a good opportunity for the Great Song Dynasty to attack the Liao State, first of all, the internal instability of the Great Song Dynasty, after the change of the law, not only the old and new party disputes in the court have intensified, but the people have also become panicked because of the new law, coupled with the drought that swept the Great Song Dynasty before, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty has declined, so for the Great Song Dynasty. The most important thing now is to recuperate, and we must not raise troops without permission!

In addition to the internal reasons of the Great Song Dynasty, in addition, under the leadership of Ye Lujun in recent years, the national strength of the Liao State has recovered very quickly, although it has not yet returned to the state before the civil strife, but it is not easy to provoke, according to Hu Yanqing's estimate, even if the Hebei army they rebuilt is all used. I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat Yanyun, let alone hit Shangjing in Liao.

It can be said that if the Great Song Dynasty is attacking the Liao State now. Even if the Great Song army has firearms, the Liao side has long been prepared, so it is not certain whether firearms can play a miraculous effect like the Western Xia, in case the Liao State finds a way to restrain firearms, then the Great Song Dynasty will lose its only advantage. In this case, the Great Song Dynasty had no chance of winning at all, so when Hu Yanqing heard that the imperial court was preparing to attack the Liao State, his first reaction was not joy, but anxiety and horror, in case the imperial court really made a move against the Liao State. The life and death of these soldiers is still a trivial matter, and if this leads to a counterattack by the Liao State against the Great Song Dynasty, it may cause the danger of destroying the country.

It was precisely because of the above that Hu Yanqing tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and finally he couldn't help but write a letter to Zhao Yan, hoping that Zhao Yan could persuade Zhao Yan not to start a war, otherwise it would only bring endless disasters to the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Yan actually got the news that someone on the court persuaded Zhao Ji to the opponent of the Liao State earlier than Hu Yanqing, and he didn't care much at first, because he felt that with Zhao Ji's wisdom, he would definitely not listen to this kind of nonsense at such a time, but with the follow-up news, he was a little uneasy, and his confidence in Zhao Ji began to weaken, and he began to be really worried.

Speaking of such a stupid thing as attacking Liao, it is still related to the party struggle between the old and new parties, and the initiator of this is the pin Huiqing who betrayed Wang Anshi, since Wang Anshi restored his phase, Wang Anshi also suppressed Lu Huiqing, the person who betrayed him, and even deprived most of the power in his hands, and now the people in the court are waiting to see Lu Huiqing's jokes, and some people even assert that Lu Huiqing is likely to be relegated to the newly occupied Zhancheng, which is even farther away than Qiongzhou, If Lu Huiqing goes there, I'm afraid she won't want to come back for the rest of her life.

However, Lu Huiqing is not a person who can be caught with his hands, seeing Wang Anshi take away the power in his hands little by little, making his influence in the court smaller and smaller, Lu Huiqing is also red-eyed, he is a person who is extremely good at figuring out other people's thoughts, in the court in the past few years, he has figured out Zhao Ji's mind very thoroughly, and knows what Zhao Ji's biggest ideal ambition is, so in order to keep his position, he actually braved the world's disapproval and proposed to Zhao Ji to attack Liao.

Lu Huiqing is very smart, he knows that Zhao Ji is not a faint king, and he also knows that with the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, it is actually not conducive to the mobilization of troops, but he persuaded Zhao Ji from the other side, that is, because of the change of the law, the people of the world are complaining, and they are also quite complaining about the court, so it is better to raise troops to attack the Liao State now, the first is to divert the attention of the people of the world, the second is to recover Yanyun and complete the great cause that the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty cannot complete, and the third is to deter the people of the world and enhance the prestige of the imperial court.

When Zhao Yan first heard Lu Huiqing's suggestion to raise troops against the Liao State at this time, he also felt that he was messing around, but when he waited for the three reasons listed by Lu Huiqing, Zhao Yan was a little hesitant, because the reason why he was determined to change the law to become strong was mainly to enhance the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, so as to recover Yanyun, and even destroy the Liao State, and be a male lord like Tang Taizong, but now the failure of the change has also caused a lot of damage to him, so Zhao Ji also wants to increase some confidence in himself, and the best way is to prove himself with a big victory.

It is also this kind of thinking in Zhao Xu's heart, coupled with the so-called benefits listed by Lu Huiqing on the surface, that Zhao Ji is very tempted by the proposal to attack Liao, and even specially convened the ministers to discuss the matter, but this time the main figures of the old and new parties were unexpectedly unified, both Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were resolutely opposed to attacking Liao, even if Wang Anshi was very stubborn that the reform did not fail, but he had to admit that the Great Song Dynasty was now greatly injured by the change, and it was really not the time to use troops.

Zhao Yan was also taken aback when he learned that Zhao Yan was tempted by the proposal to attack the Liao State, and then received letters from many people, all asking him to persuade Zhao Ji not to be impulsive, and Hu Yanping's letter was one of them, because they all knew that only Zhao Yan could change Zhao Yan's mind in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

In fact, even if these people don't say it, Zhao Yan will not let Zhao Ji attack the Liao State at this time, so he immediately wrote a long letter to Zhao Ji, analyzing the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty to him, and the serious consequences that may be caused if he is defeated, at the end of the letter, Zhao Yan is even more earnest to persuade Zhao Ji not to be impulsive, even if the change fails, it does not mean that the Great Song Dynasty has no way to eliminate domestic evils, and Zhao Ji is now in the prime of life, and there is time to find a solution.

Zhao Yan's letter was quickly delivered to Zhao Yan's hands, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi were both waiting for Zhao Yan's letter, in fact, the two of them were the first batch of people to write a letter to Zhao Yan and ask him to persuade Zhao Yan, and now they finally waited for Zhao Yan's letter, and they also immediately entered the palace to persuade Zhao Ji, and participated in Lu Huiqing's confusion of the lord, and should be punished!

After Zhao Ji received the letter of Zhao Yan's persuasion, his mind to attack the Liao State was also a little shaken, and Wang Anshi and Sima Guang came to persuade together, which made him feel the huge resistance in the court, and finally put away the idea of attacking the Liao State, but this was only temporary, because he did not listen to Wang Anshi and Sima Guang's proposal to punish Lu Huiqing, but still appointed Lu Huiqing as the governor of the political council, as the prime minister's deputy to hold an important position, which shows that he did not give up on attacking the Liao State.

"Alas, the eldest brother is really not giving up, what can I do now?" In the study, Zhao Yan took Zhao Ji's reply, although Zhao Ji said in the letter that he had given up the idea of attacking Liao, but Zhao Yan saw between the lines that Zhao Ji was not reconciled, maybe when the situation in the Great Song Dynasty improved a little in the future, he would bring up the old things again, and Lu Huiqing was not liquidated is one of the proofs.

"Your Majesty is indeed a little anxious, with the situation of our Great Song Dynasty, it is best not to make a move against a strong enemy like Liao State for a few years, otherwise the danger is too great!" At this time, Xu Yuan, who was sitting in the room, also spoke, he had just returned from Luzon some time ago, and after receiving the weapons from the two soil countries allied with the Great Song Dynasty, he immediately launched an attack on the Liuke Kingdom, after nearly a year of fighting, now only the capital of the Liuke Kingdom has not been conquered, but it has been surrounded by the armies of the two countries, and the day of destruction is not far away, Xu Yuan has nothing to do in Luzon, so he came back.

"No, we can't wait!" Zhao Yan suddenly stood up at this time and said, with his understanding of Zhao Xu, as long as his stubborn temperament comes up, no matter how big the resistance is, he must do it, such as the previous change, and now the attack on the Liao State, Zhao Ji will definitely not hit the south wall and will not look back, so he must make some preparations, in case the Great Song Dynasty is defeated, he must not let the Liao State invade south! (To be continued......)