At the morning meeting, Xiong Shangshu listened to the briefing with some absent-mindedness. He couldn't help but think about the speeches made yesterday by the three members of the Academy of Rites who criticized the cool officials.

When it was Xiong Shang's turn to give a briefing, Xiong Sheng said, "Goryeo sent someone to come privately to please us. Mongolia recently asked Goryeo to provide a large number of craftsmen and people, but Goryeo could not afford it, and felt that Mongolia was so desperate to fish that it probably couldn't survive. ”

It was the first time for these important ministers to hear such news, and since the Zhao Guanjia came to power, the foreign issues discussed in the Great Song Dynasty were all related to war. In the face of the existence of defecting to the Great Song Dynasty, it was obvious that everyone's interest was stimulated.

"Our Ministry of Rites told Goryeo that if the Mongols were defeated and our Great Song Dynasty recovered the old land of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the land of Goryeo would only be the size of the three Hans of the Tang Dynasty. What the Goryeo wanted was to inherit the current Mongol province of Dongxing. So the Goryeo envoy left angrily. Xiong Shang continued to give a briefing.

The news did not cause much repercussions. The Central Plains has not bordered Goryeo for too long, and everyone has the feeling that Goryeo is an overseas country, and everyone has no idea about the three Koreas of the Tang Dynasty and the current Mongol expedition to the eastern provinces. What's more, after New Year's Day comes the new year. It's still cold, but it's getting warmer day by day. The war for the Hebei Plain will break out just in sight. It is a bit inexplicable to consider a so-called Goryeo question at this time.

When this was said and the meeting was about to end, no one moved. Xiong Sheng himself has no intention of defending his subordinates, but looking at the current atmosphere, it seems that someone wants to say something for some people.

"Official, this New Year's Day, some people are confused, so they can't control themselves. But are we going to do that? Hubu Shangshu Sun Qing said with some stumbling.

Hearing this, Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "Oh. I've heard something said. It's very interesting, so I'll take it out and share it with you. ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the staff pushed out a blackboard, and first took down the left half of the paper where the magnet pressed the four corners. But I saw a few words written on the blackboard.

At first they chased and killed Song traitor, but I am not Song traitor, so I don't speak;

Then they drove away the irresolute, and I was not an irresolute, so I didn't speak;

After that they rejected the idealists, I was not an idealist, I still did not speak;

Then they purged the religious and came to me, but no one stood up and spoke for me.

As the crowd read these words, the more they read them, the more they felt that there was some truth. This incident really made many people feel that Zhao Guanjia was too harsh. Everyone just goes to the temple to make a vow, and it doesn't necessarily mean to open their eyes for monks and Taoists, is it necessary to get to such a point, is it necessary to have a bad future?

Just when everyone was thinking so, Zhao Jiaren asked people to open the paper on the other side, and a few words were written on it.

At first, some people propagated the theory of gods and ghosts, but no one explicitly objected to it, so I believed in gods and Buddhas.

After that, some people rejected materialists, and they did not recognize and oppose them, so I believed in idealism;

Then the newspapers began to overturn the case for the stalwart, and I became the stalwart when I didn't recognize the opposition;

In the end, the Mongols came, and I found that there was no other choice but to be a traitor.

“…… Official, isn't this a bit harsh? Sun Qing plucked up the courage to express his opposition.

"Harsh, a lot of people think it's harsh. But I want to say that you can stand up to the critical juncture of my Han people, will you fight separately, or will you all gather under the same banner? Zhao Jiaren asked.

"Of course, it is gathered under the banner of the official family." Sun Qing replied quickly and fluently. As a scholar, although Sun Qing has his own strong will, he is not stunned.

"Then we distinguish between different debutants, just to make everyone better united. Let me ask you, after the surrender of President Lin'an, which of you really believes in the theory of luck. You might as well make it clear. Zhao Jiaren asked all the attendees. Saying that, Zhao Jiaren glanced around the group of people, these participants are all a group of people who know to be disciplined, and those who are not disciplined have been called for questioning. Zhao Jiaren hopes that his judgment is correct.

Xiong Sheng was shocked, and he suddenly found that Zhao Jiaren had pointed out a problem. That is, Xiong Sheng himself really didn't think about any destiny or luck in that critical era. As soon as he mentioned this ethereal thing, Xiong Sheng felt a strong sense of panic.

Providence is unfathomable. If you leave your fate to the will of heaven, you will be in a situation that is completely out of your control. And from the perspective of providence, the Great Song Dynasty is inevitably going to perish.

From this point of view...... providence seems to be harmful. Xiong Shang had to make such a logical judgment. As for the reason for saving Da Song, Xiong Sheng is very clear. It was Zhao Jiaren who took out a lot of money, and Zhao Jiaren threw the army into the war. With the successive victories, the Mongols were beaten away, and the Great Song Dynasty turned the corner.

Look up at the words to the right of the blackboard. believed in God and Buddha, believed in idealism, became an undetermined element, and became a traitor......

Looking at such a string of words again, Xiong Shang felt a little familiar. In the case of the public trial of Song traitor, many Song traitors said so. They thought that the Great Song Dynasty was exhausted, so they had to be Song traitors for the sake of their families.

Sun Qing didn't dare to argue anymore, and when it came to reasoning, Zhao Guanjia took out logic. When it comes to logic, these officials are numb. So he could only continue: "Official, those people just did something wrong, why can't we apply for them." Is it too much to deprive them of their membership in the society like this? ”

"Don't just look at those who believe in ghosts and gods, you also look at those who don't believe in ghosts and gods!" Zhao Jiaren said with some annoyance.

In the 21st century, Zhao Jiaren found that the state often supported the scumbags, and never took into account the feelings of socialists and never took into account the feelings of materialists. This is the reason why Zhao Jiaren and many materialists who believe in socialism hate it extremely and even feel that the imperial court pills.

And now Sun Qing's words undoubtedly made Zhao Jiaren feel the taste of the pill again. He lowered his face and said, "Who is supporting us?" Most of them are people who spell their names. Some of these people who put their lives on the line really believe in ghosts and gods. Now instead of leading these people out of the poison of demons and gods, we are going to support those who believe in demons and gods. I really can't do this kind of thing! ”

Seeing that Zhao Jiaren's attitude was so clear and firm, Sun Qing didn't dare to say anything more.