Wan Yan Xuan sat on the dragon chair, and on both sides of the hall sat Wan Yan Shouxu, the privy envoy Wan Yan Chen Shang, the left and right ministers of Shangshu Province Zhang Tiangang and Wan Yan Chenghui, and the privy deputy envoy and marshal Miao Daorun.

Wan Yanxuan had already said the current predicament twice, but these confidants were still sad and did not provide him with any advice.

As a last resort, Wan Yanxuan had no choice but to ask by name, and the first thing he asked was Hanchen Miao Daorun.

"Miao Qing's family is a Han Chinese, and Da Song's old ministers, what do you think about Da Song's huge denunciation and claim this time? This matter has been fermenting in the two countries for more than a month, and if it is not dealt with, it is afraid that there will be chaos. Wan Yanxuan looked at Miao Daorun and said.

Among the court officials and local officials at all levels in Donghu, there are very many Hanchen ministers who praise the old ministers, but in the court, the ones who became Wanyan Xuan's henchmen were Miao Daorun and Zhang Tiangang. It's an honor, but it's also a pressure.

Miao Daorun became Wan Yanxuan's confidant and Zhang Tiangang was different, Zhang Tiangang relied on the idea of specifically giving Hu Ting a trick to harm the Song Dynasty and won Emperor Hu's appreciation and trust. And Miao Daorun is because he is a famous general in counterinsurgency.

It has been a hundred years since Hu Ting's rule robbed half of the country, and the aborigines have gradually acquiesced to the rule of the Hu people. However, in recent years, due to the emptiness of the national treasury, the increasing taxation and the behavior of local officials, many people have been forced to rebel. Of course, it is not only the Han people who are forced to rebel, even the Hu people are also opposed. For example, Yeluge, the king of Eastern Liao, who established himself as king after opposing Hu, is not a Han Chinese.

In recent years, there were rebel armies in the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Hu Ting, mainly Han people in the south, and most Hu people in the north. Miao Daorun led the troops to quell the rebellion, and successively exterminated the rebels in Xijing Road, Hedong Road and other places, and also led the troops to conquer the West Gorge to resist the attack of Northern Mongolia. Miao Daorun is actually a Confucian general, but he governs the army rigorously, uses soldiers like gods, loves soldiers like children, and refers to soldiers, not only the rebels are fearless. To the north of the Bianjing line, Miao Daorun's reputation is very strong, and it is said that the main reason is that his soldiers and horses have never harmed the people.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has always been obsessed with military affairs, and rarely asks about political affairs, especially international affairs. But with Weichen's understanding of the Great Song Dynasty, what they want may just be face. Miao Daorun thought for a moment and said.

Of course he doesn't understand, he just doesn't want to say too much, as a Hanchen, he can't say more and can't not say it, it's really difficult.

"Face? Qing family, what does this mean? Wan Yanxuan and the others didn't understand, and looked at Miao Daorun together.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is enough to severely punish all parties in Jingzhao Mansion who sent troops to the south without permission, and then send an envoy to apologize to the Song Dynasty. As for the actual compensation, the minister believed that only a symbolic little silver grain would be sufficient. Miao Daorun's performance is based on Hu Ting's reality, and he thinks that Da Song is just fighting for face.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have a performance." Zhang Tiangang jumped out.

This product likes to be different from other Hanchens, and likes to harm the Song Dynasty to please the Hu people.

"Oh? Zhang Qing's family also thought of a way to share their worries with me? Come on. Wan Yan Xuan glanced at him and said, he was a little unhappy in his heart, bastard, you didn't speak after I asked twice just now, and now Miao Daorun has an idea, and you are talking nonsense again.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that they must not indulge in the Song Dynasty. The minister thinks that the border conflict is not entirely the fault of my border army, as the so-called slap does not make a sound, and our border army is also highly disciplined, how can they rush south without the Privy Council, the military department, the marshal's mansion or the emperor's holy decree? Now all the soldiers of our dynasty have been captured or killed by the Song Dynasty, and the real reason may have been covered up by the Song people. The minister believes that we should first return our border army to Song Chaosuo, and then talk about other matters after we find out the original situation. Zhang Tiangang's words surprised everyone in the hall, and even Wan Yan felt that he was extremely shameless.

Hehe, Zhang Tiangang's remarks, if placed in modern times, people are not surprised at all, after all, there is an ugly country in modern times, which specializes in this kind of shameless thing of pointing deer as horses, spreading rumors and smearing, Zhang Guan Li Dai, and blind talk.

"Zhang Qing... What you said... Feasible? I... How is the secretary handling it? Wan Yanxuan looked at Zhang Gang and said.

"Your Majesty, this matter... Hanchen can't do it, and Huchen has to be Huchen to do it. "Hehe, this guy doesn't dare to do anything, because this is too shameless and impossible to do well.

"Zhang Tiangang, despicable and shameless villain, do you want the Pope and me to let the people of the world scold shameless? Get out, get out. "Hehe, the emperor didn't let him go, who was so bold to let Zhang Tiangang go?

Others really don't dare, but someone dares, he is Wan Yan Xuan's younger brother, and his half-brother Wan Yan Shouxu.

Wan Yanxuan knew that Zhang Tiangang just wanted to fight for Hu Ting, in order to send the Song Dynasty, not to let the world scold him or Hu Ting. Therefore, he knew that this was a shameless strategy and could not be realized, but he didn't scold him, but Wanyan Shouxu couldn't help it.

Why is this imperial uncle so awesome that he dares to scold the minister in front of the emperor? Although he is not a court official, he is the most powerful person in Hu Ting except for Wan Yan Xuan.

Why is it that a person who is not a court official has so much power? Because, he controls the Zongzheng Mansion, what is this Zongzheng Mansion for? It is to manage the relatives of the emperor. Hu Ting's relatives are not afraid of the Imperial Historical Tower, not afraid of Dali Temple, and not afraid of the Criminal Department. However, they are definitely afraid of Zongzheng Mansion, because Zongzheng Mansion can handle them at any time, and there is no need for any reason and evidence. For example, if you don't like anyone after Yan Shouxu, you can just say that whoever doesn't respect your elders or something, you can take him and beat him up.

Although the relatives of the emperor and the state did not serve in important departments and institutions in the court, they were relatives of the emperor and the country, so they naturally had great power. And Wanyan Shouxu can control these royal relatives who hold great power, which shows how terrible his power is.

The emperor's relatives were afraid of him, and the courtiers and officials were also afraid of him, because he also helped the emperor control the emperor's own institution, the speed room.

What is this speed room? To put it simply, it is an institution that is directly controlled by the emperor like the Imperial City Division.

Why did Wan Yan Xuan ask Wan Yan Shouxu to help him manage the speed room? This is its own direct management organization.

Because Wan Yanxuan believes in him.

This kind of thing has never happened in all dynasties. Historically, the emperor has been reluctant to hand over the strength institutions and strength departments to the control of the royal family. Because, people in the royal family are the easiest people to grab the throne. It's disturbing to think about, but if the royal family in charge of the real power department has a different heart, wouldn't it be easy to seize the throne?

But Wanyan Xuan believed in Wanyan Shouxu, because the first emperor, that is, his uncle, originally intended to pass on the throne to Wanyan Shouxu, but Wanyan Shouxu gave it to him. Another reason is that this younger brother also passed on a very smart daughter to him.

The throne was given by someone else, and he would take it back if he wanted to, so Wan Yan Xuan was relieved to hand over the speed room and Zongzheng Mansion to Wan Yan Shouxu, and it was also thanks to this Wan Yan Shouxu's strict law enforcement, managing a group of imperial relatives who had brought disaster to the country and the people, and he had gained a lot from operating the speed room, otherwise, Hu Ting would have declined faster.

"Your Majesty... Emperor... Death... But the minister ....... Zhang Tiangang is also very afraid of this imperial uncle.

"Zhang Qing will return to class." Wan Yanxuan waved his hand and said.

Zhang Tiangang bowed his head and returned to his seat, there was no sadness on his face, he knew very well that the emperor needed him.

Wan Yan Xuan glanced at Wan Yan Chenghui and Wan Yan Chen Shang, and said, "Isn't there anything good for the two Qing families?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that the Song Dynasty envoy was blinded." The privy envoy Wan Yan Chen Shang said suddenly.

"Hmph, Song Chao is really ashamed, he actually took the initiative to go out of my Northern Barbarian Land." Zhang Tiangang whispered disdainfully, "They are just making this gesture to put pressure on our dynasty, and Beimeng may not cooperate with them." ”

"Your Majesty, the latest news from the speed room, the team of the Song Dynasty envoy to Beimeng, all the way to the west, not up to 100 miles a day, walked more than 20 days to reach Xiangfan, obviously, they are for Li Zhixiao, who sent my dynasty to build momentum." Wanyan Shouxu interjected.

"So, do you think they will cooperate with Beimeng?" Wan Yan Xuan said irritably.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that they will cooperate." Privy Envoy Wanyan Chen Shang said, "In recent years, Northern Mongolia has annexed many small tribal states in the surrounding areas, and its strength has become stronger and stronger. It has always been their dream to go south, because even if they take all the land in the west and north, it is not as good as the land of the Central Plains, those places are just a barren land, but the land of the Central Plains is different, there are people, and there are outputs. Where no one is there, what's the use of more? ”

"And it is our Donghu that prevents Beimeng from going south. Therefore, Beimeng will definitely offer very tempting conditions to tempt the Song Dynasty and its north and south to attack our dynasty. The emperor and the ministers believed that our dynasty just took advantage of the matter of Rao Fengguan to take a step back and reconcile with the Song Dynasty, form an alliance to stabilize the southern border, and resist the Northern Mongolia with all its might. "Wanyan Chen is still worthy of being a privy envoy, and he can see Beimeng's intentions clearly.

"Yes, the cardinal is right. It's just that I don't understand, could it be that no one in the Song Dynasty, who has always been known for his vertical and horizontal skills, understands Beimeng's intentions? He actually took the initiative to send an envoy to North Mongolia. Wan Yanxuan said.

Hehe, who said that no one in the Song Dynasty understands the intentions of the Mongolian people, a lot of people understand, it's just that many people are blinded by hatred, and would rather destroy Donghu with Beimeng first and then deal with Beimeng. And those who oppose it are far less powerful than those who are in favor of Lianmeng's annihilation.

Of course, these people's ideas are naïve, the current Donghu Dasong can't deal with it, and can they deal with the even more ferocious Beimeng?

However, fortunately, the emperor Lao Er believed in Mahanshan and obeyed Mahanshan's Lianmeng control of Hu.

There is a difference between the United Mongolian and the United Mongolian eradication, but the entire strategic intent and situation are completely different. Moreover, Lianmeng is very confusing, and it is definitely a clever trick.

"Your Majesty, but the ministers have different opinions." Yan Chenghui, who had not spoken, spoke.

"What do you think, tell me quickly." Wan Yanxuan said urgently.

"The minister thinks that maybe, Song Chao is not incomprehensible, but just pretending to put pressure on my court, and their purpose is to claim compensation." Wan Yan Chenghui said.

Oh? Pretended?

After listening to Yan Chenghui's words, everyone had different expressions, and after Miao Daorun's eyes flashed with surprise, he shrunk his neck, pretending not to understand, and sat on the side without squeaking.

In fact, he thinks the same way.