He reprimanded him harshly, but Qu Duan couldn't refute a word, but at this time, he replied in a loud voice: "Your Majesty's words, the minister can't agree with it." ”

He ignored the faces of Qingke and Zhe Yanshi and the others next to him, and raised his head and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, where the responsibility and power of the ministers are, how can you let them go lightly because the Mongols are Your Majesty's domestic slaves?" Besides, the soldiers of the forbidden army are also for His Majesty's country, how can they favor one over the other? ”

Zhao Huan didn't expect him to dare to contradict him in person, so he immediately reprimanded: "People are still close to each other, the forbidden army is definitely my courtiers, but the Mongolian guards are even more extraordinary, if it weren't for them that day, I would be able to return safely?" Where was the forbidden army at that time, how could I blame one over the other? ”

Qu Duan subconsciously continued: "Your Majesty needs the Mongolian cavalry to escort back, and the non-forbidden army does not dare to fight." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a dead silence in the field, and everyone was pale and looked at the end of the curve, as if it were a dead person. It is true that Zhao Huan's gray "Northern Hunting" that day was his father and son who destroyed the Great Wall, messed up the government and cowardly, and corrupted the dynasty, so he became a prisoner of Chu, but in front of the emperor to accuse him like this, among the ministers and generals of the government and the opposition, there was only Qu Duan.

Zhao Huan sneered: "Hundreds of thousands of troops are defeated by 60,000 Jurchen soldiers, is it the fault of my father and son?" ”

Having said this, Qu Duan also felt that there was nothing to say, so he had to kneel on the ground without a crown, kowtow and apologize: "The minister is talking nonsense, no one is courteous, please forgive your majesty." ”

Although Zhao Huan loves his talent, he is also angry at this time, and he had to put away his words for the time being, glanced at Qu Duan with hatred, and waved his hand: "That's it, I have never sinnered people with words, and if today's matter is not passed on to Liu'er, it will be fine." ”

After saying that, he got up and wanted to go, but Qu Duan kowtowed again, and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, may Your Majesty think carefully about Tang Dezong's matter of leading the Huhu soldiers into Chang'an and plundering them." Yin Jian is not far away, and His Majesty Shang Qi pays attention. ”

Seeing that Zhao Huan still ignored it, he brushed his sleeves and wanted to act, Qu Duan said again: "Three hundred Mongolian soldiers are not enough trouble, I heard that Your Majesty intends to beg Mongolia." The minister thought it was unwise. Now that the forbidden army is strong, and the recovery of Yanyun is just around the corner, there will be a small setback, and Xu Tu can recover. There is no need to reject the wolf at the front door, enter the tiger at the back door, and the matter of the Tang Dynasty can still be a ring today. ”

Zhao Huan turned around and turned around, with a contemplative look on his face. He asked, "You are because of my alliance with the Mongol Hebul Khan." Only then did he deliberately punish the Mongolian soldiers who made trouble? ”

Qu Duan shook his head and said, "This is not it." Offenders should be punished, and they should not be left unpunished for any reason, nor should they be punished for any reason. The subordinates punished the Mongol soldiers and reduced their arrogance, and there were only 300 people on the left and right. In fact, His Majesty has always been very strict in discipline, and there has been no trouble. However, he mentioned 100,000 Mongol soldiers to help in the war, just like the Tang Emperor begging the Uighur soldiers that day, it was easy to borrow troops, but it was very difficult to deal with the aftermath. After the destruction of gold, don't you know that there will be another strong enemy? The Liao Dynasty was a disaster for hundreds of years, and it was destroyed in one day. Then the Jin country is even more troubled, don't you know that Mongolia is stronger than Jin. When the time comes, it will be even more difficult to deal with the aftermath, since His Majesty borrowed the army to say it, the minister thought about it day and night, but he was worried about this matter, and there were some complaints today, because His Majesty had not summoned him, and the minister could not talk about this matter, so it would be like this. ”

Zhao Huan's face had become more and more gentle, he turned back to sit down, and asked Qu Duan Wenyan: "I see, but I misunderstood Qing." ”

He looked pensive, and smiled at Qu Duan again: "But the borrowing of troops you rumored is not true. When I made an agreement with Hebule, I was able to regain power, and when I was able to return to Yanyun, he used the cavalry of the Mongolian tribes to invade the rear of the Jurchens out of the grassland, messing up the enemy's position, and thought it was helping. This Old Testament is also for the good of the Mongols, the Jurchens are arrogant, in order to prevent the Mongol tribes from sitting big, every year they send cavalry to the steppe to burn and loot, called Jianding, the Mongols are deeply affected by it, and they have long been dissatisfied. Even if I have no appointment with this person, with this Hebul Khan and his ability, I will definitely not be bullied like this. So this time, I sent Li Xianzhong to the steppe and found the Mongols to restate the previous covenant, which was also refreshing, and immediately agreed. It's just that it's not very clear how they sent troops and where they invaded. ”

Qu Duan is such a smart person, the information revealed in Zhao Huan's words, others still don't understand it, Qu Duan already knows everything.

It is true that Zhao Huan and Hebule made an appointment, but this time they sent people to go, first, they did not declare their interests, and demarcated the territory of the two countries after the destruction of gold in the future, and second, they did not promise benefits, and lured each other with gold and silver, but they only sent a military minister as an envoy, and the other party actually agreed so readily, the meaning of which is self-evident.

Hebule is a rare politician among the Mongols, long-term vision, rich in skill, when Zhao Huan was down, he helped heavily, saw Zhao Huan regain power, and the Great Song Dynasty was strong, then the previous agreement prevailed, and the whole country will help each other. Don't want benefits, don't talk about the territory, don't take gold and silver, so it's already very abnormal.

Abnormal is a demon, if the other party is not obsessed with some benefits, he is looking forward to a greater return, if there is nothing in Zhao Huan's words, he has clearly understood these points, Qu Duan understands in his heart, and it is already white.

He immediately replied: "The Hebei War is imminent, Wang Shi will definitely win, Zong Bi is not an immortal, at this time, even if he is an immortal, he will not be able to recover the defeat, the elite of the Jin soldiers are all lost, even if the tribe is temporarily drawn from Shangjing and other places to become strong, and it will take time to gather into an army." Therefore, after Hebei's victory, Wang Shi could go north with his whole division, seize all parts of Yanjing, and even smash Huanglong. In this way, whether the Mongol army will go straight to Shangjing or attack the rear of the Jin State will need to be determined as soon as possible. The minister thought that His Majesty should send envoys again, or hand over the front generals to discuss with the Mongols on the spot, so that everything could be done. ”

Zhao Huan saw that he understood, and when he saw that a big stone in his heart had landed, seeing that Qu Duan was still kneeling on the ground, he couldn't help but help him up with his own hands, and then Fang smiled: "I know that I can only use it today." ”

Seeing Qu Duan's happy face, Zhao Huan smiled meaningfully: "However, it is too rigid and easy to break, and the test language that I said is still counting." If Qing insists on not changing, it will be very difficult to see each other in the future. ”

He said that Qu Duan can only be used, but he insisted on the previous examination language, and added the last sentence, which is to clearly tell the other party that the resumption is imminent, and it is of great use, but if it is still difficult to change, it will never be used again.

Qu Duan understood when he heard it, and at the moment solemnly arched his hand and said to Zhao Huan: "The minister was woken up by His Majesty, and he has been constantly introspecting in the past few months, and it is easy to break if he is rigid, Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister will definitely change his temper in the past, and live up to His Majesty's grace today." ”

"Well, that's for the best."

Zhao Huan came out to hang out, but inadvertently decided the commander of the army, his heart was very happy, and he even said that it was good, and discussed the details of the Hebei war with Qu Duan for a while, seeing that the other party was like a fluent answer, and he was also very familiar with the situation of Hebei Zhucheng's geographical advantages and military preparations, obviously he had used hard work before, and he was even happier in his heart, although he did not say it explicitly, but everyone in the audience already understood in their hearts that the recruitment of the post of Hebei marching commander was none other than Quduan.

Zhi Yanshi stood solemnly and waited, because he saw that it was getting late, and seeing that Zhao Huan's words were about to run out, he stepped forward and bowed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is happy, but it is too late at this time, and I won't go back, I'm afraid that the palace or the prime ministers can't rest assured, and they have to send someone out to look for it. ”

Zhao Huan didn't have much to say at first, but when he got up with a smile, he comforted Qu Duan a few words, and then went down to the restaurant, and the guards immediately surrounded him and hugged him in the direction of the palace. After Qu Duan and others sent Zhao Huan and his party out, they couldn't rest assured that the emperor would go back on his own, so they secretly transferred their guards to accompany them, seeing that Zhao Huan and his party arrived near the Dexing Palace, the palace guards greeted them from afar, and embraced Zhao Huan into the palace, and then scattered back.

Zhi Yanshi saw that although Zhao Huan was proud, there was tiredness between his eyebrows and eyes, knowing that he came out to relax because of lack of political discussion, who expected that he had talked about military affairs for another night, and his spirit was already extremely tired, so he arranged for the palace servants to boil water and incense, prepare the mattress, and let Zhao Huan go to rest.

Zhao Huan was happy in his heart, but he was not in a hurry to go to bed, he stood outside the dormitory, although it was the height of summer, the east of the river was extremely high, and the weather was cooler than the rest of the place.

In the past few years, every time I live in the Chang'an Palace, in order to erect the image of the Holy Son, I can't play and have fun at all, and there is the queen mother in the palace, I need to settle the province in the morning and dusk, and make a filial piety appearance, plus the intrigue between the harem concubines and concubines, competing for favor, as an emperor, the pleasure is actually not as good as an ordinary rich businessman, but when I arrived in Taiyuan, I was alone and left free. The ministers stood on the left and right, the guards stood around him, and hundreds of thousands of troops inside and outside the city waited for orders, ready to go, both with the majesty and power of the emperor, and with a lot of restraints, he was really happy physically and mentally, like a cage bird in Chad. On a whim, standing in front of this step, he actually thought that he would raise hundreds of thousands of troops to go straight to Youyan, eliminate foreign Yi, and leave a name in history in the future, which is also a great joy in life.

It's just that thinking that everything is ready, many ministers and generals in front of me have been preparing for a long time, and they have no intention of letting themselves go on a whim, but they have to teach many people to turn their backs, so they have to sigh and just ask to give up.

Seeing his expression, Zhi Yanshi knew that he couldn't sleep for a while, so he had to start a conversation and asked Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, looking at today's situation, do you have to worship Qu Duan as handsome?" ”

Zhao Huan stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Yes, his talent is not under Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, and he only let him be the commander of an army, which is too condescending." If this person commits the mistake of arrogance, his achievements will not be below the rest of the commanders. ”