Chapter 17: War or Peace?
The main hall was dark and crushed with a lowered head, so many people stood but the eerie silence was so strange that even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard.
Zuo Chen raised his eyebrows a little impatiently and looked at Ling Yun, who was also bowing his head, and the vacant seat beside him, he had received information from the secret guard in private last night, and he had been figuring out what those two people meant.
The wide sleeves of the court robe covered his hands as handsome as bamboo, and naturally covered a series of things he did in the sleeves.
Zuo Chen lightly held the jade pendant that Rui Yan gave him a few days ago with his left hand, and used his internal force to force it to heat up, causing a strange aroma.
Rui Yan seemed to have sensed something, glanced at Zuo Chen, narrowed his eyes, and glared at the courtiers who were a bunch of wooden ones below, and was satisfied to see them snort fiercely before saying: "A group of rice buckets, what else can you do besides eating, hurry up and find a way for me to solve the matter." ”
"The minister thinks that the reason why the Khitan dares to be so rampant now is that he bullied my new lord of the Great Song Dynasty at a young age, and my country's perennial policy of softness towards other countries has boosted the morale of other parties, and the minister proposed to send troops to encircle and suppress the Khitan thieves to uphold the prestige of the great country."
No one expected that it was not Prime Minister Zuo, who had always been favored by His Majesty, who stood in the first row to speak, but Ling Yun, the first military general who had been silent and did not like words.
Rui Yan's eyes darkened for a moment, and his black eyes without any emotional fluctuations stared closely at Ling Yun, who was also expressionless, for a long time, he didn't say yes or bad, he just shifted his gaze, turned around among the courtiers below, and his gaze fell back on Zuo Chen's body.
The thin lips opened lightly, and the feminine and bright face rarely brought a trace of gentleness, and a cold and crisp voice like a jade bead sounded: "Zuo Aiqing, what do you think?" ”
Zuo Chen, who was named, consciously shrunk his neck and arched his hand: "The minister thinks, otherwise, the foundation of the country that has just implemented the new policy is still unstable, and it is not suitable to conscript troops on the battlefield for a long time." ”
"The minister thinks that peace is the best choice, after the foundation of our country is solidified, we can carry out military affairs, the ancient Han Wen Emperor Taoguang Yang Hui to enhance the country's capital, with 60 years of peace in exchange for the great talent of Emperor Wu, to protect the family and defend the country is indispensable, but the premise also depends on the size of the matter and then adjudicated, the people are the foundation of the country, I hope Your Majesty thinks twice."
After speaking, Zuo Chen ignored the eyes of the people around him and stood back, Zuo Chen's remarks made the civil and military officials present stupid, who doesn't know that Zuo Chen is being favored now, isn't his words equal to the emperor's meaning, but ...... Isn't Ling Yun the emperor's confidant, the two of them have different attitudes, this is not a good thing, and when they think about it, some people suddenly become happy.
"You ......."
Ling Yun had always been as steady as Mount Tai's face for the first time, and he couldn't tell what Zuo Chen meant in his heart, did he know anything or was his cousin...... Knowing something, I couldn't help but think of the poem he read in the morning.
Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust.
Now most of the civil and military officials also hold two attitudes, the civil officials are the main peace, and the military attaches are the main battle, although each has a different attitude, but no one is willing to be the first to stand up and continue, and become the first bird to be targeted.
"I don't know what the other Aiqing think?" Rui Yan just glanced at Zuo Chen lightly, didn't say good or bad, turned his head and asked the people below.
"The ministers and the lord, as the prime minister said, the people are the foundation of the country, and the country does not have a too strong foundation at the moment, if it is hard to fight with the Khitan, it will damage the foundation of our country." A middle-aged man with a white face who looked like a scholar standing behind Zuo Chen said softly.
"The minister thinks that when the main battle, if this peace negotiation will only fuel the arrogance of the Khitans, it is obviously a small place, and dare to hate us for being a big country This is not looking for death, is it, we are afraid that he will not succeed, a group of guys who only have the courage of a horseman."
A young man in silver-gray armor stood up and said loudly, and his powerful words immediately resonated with many people, and many people were eager to come out and intervene.
And the person who caused this topic at this time, that is, our Lord Zuo Chen, has tried his best to hide himself at the moment, so that people can't notice that he is standing quietly on the side and looks like he doesn't care about himself.
In fact, to be honest, Zuo Chen really wanted to fight the main battle in his heart, but when he thought of sitting on the words specially instructed, he had to obediently put away his opinions, even if he wanted to know the power of Prince Xiangrui in the court, there was no need to be so troublesome.
How could Zuo Chen's obedient straight baby guess that in fact, the monarch he swore allegiance to was completely for the sake of keeping a man, and those who wanted to know what forces were just some high-sounding excuses.