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"Dongyi has broken through the mouth of Wusong, and blocked the river transportation, and the taxes and grain from the south can no longer be transported to Beijing by water! How can it be like this, my country is in danger!? ”

On the main hall, Honglin's eyes were red, his expression was old and swollen, and he could no longer hide his fear at this time.

The two grain transportation routes in the south, river transportation and sea transportation, were blocked, and the northern Jingshi was basically choked by someone.

Honglin miscalculated, he never thought that the situation would become so complicated, isn't Dongyi in the north? When did you go south?

"What do you think is going to be like now?"

In the face of Honglin's questioning, Baiguan already had the answer in his heart.

Needless to say? Since it can't be beaten, there is only one way to negotiate peace with Dongyi.

After all, the Han army has never closed the door to peace talks.

What's more, Daikin is currently facing more than just the invasion of the Han army.

Last month, Ban Dingyuan persuaded Sealand to send troops to the border of Jin, and 15,000 Sealand soldiers, led by Luo Song, crossed the Sealand Sea and launched a fierce attack on the border of Jin.

In addition, because of the poor performance of the Jin army, the civil anti-Jin forces in the north saw the incompetence of the Jin State and raised troops to rebel, among which Wang Lin'er's department was the most powerful.

In addition, the long-term war has led to a sharp decline in fiscal revenue, and large-scale riots have occurred in many places in the Northland.

All in all, the Jin State had completely lost in this war with the Han Dynasty.

The cutting off of the southern transport was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Honglin also knows this very well, and knows that the prosperous era he created by himself will collapse if he continues to fight, and he urgently needs an opportunity to negotiate peace with the Han army.

However, this proposal cannot be put forward by oneself, otherwise one's reputation will completely collapse, and even be nailed to the pillar of shame and be reviled by future generations.

Someone has to tell him, and he has to be of great prestige among the officials.

At present, there are many suitable candidates, among which the most suitable are Li Shen and Zhang Gui.

Zhang Gui is a hardcore main battle faction, and he will never allow the loss of the interests of the Jin State.

Then only the left prime minister Li Shen is the most suitable.

However, Li Shen is not a fool, he knows the consequences of putting forward a proposal for peace talks, that is, his future in the second half of his life will be ruined, and even Honglin will pin all this on his head in the future and end up with a full end of beheading.

Therefore, knowing that Honglin was eager to negotiate, Li Shen pretended to be deaf and dumb this time, and did not mention the matter of peace.

Seeing that no one answered for a long time, Honglin couldn't help but be annoyed: "What's wrong? Isn't it possible to speak well on weekdays? Why are we all pretending to be deaf and dumb when the national crisis is at the head of the country? What's the use of raising you minions! ”

Seeing this, the crown prince Yunyan hurriedly said: "My father is angry, and my sons think that the top priority is to quickly summon the division of King Qin from all over the country to defend the Jingshi and fight with Dongyi. ”

When Li Shen heard this, he couldn't help but close his eyes and tilt his head, and scolded secretly in his heart: Is your brain in water? When has it been, and you still talk about this nonsense to brush up on your sense of existence? Isn't this uncomfortable?

Sure enough, after listening to Yun Yan's suggestion, Honglin suddenly showed an expression of looking at the mentally handicapped, and stared at Yun Yan.

"Why did I give birth to such an unbroken thing?"

In addition to the remorse in his heart, Honglin just nodded and said, "The teacher of King Qin? That's right, let's talk about it, where to recruit King Qin's teacher? ”

Yun Yan was speechless for a while.

He just used his mouth, and he didn't know anything about the specific operation.

"Rubbish!"

Honglin scolded bitterly in his heart, then ignored him anymore, and turned his head to look at the ministers: "What else do you Aiqing have to do, what should I do now?" ”

The officials were silent.

At least ninety percent of the people present at this time were yearning to negotiate with the Han army at the negotiation table.

But no one dared to say this, otherwise when this matter was resolved, he would have been settled by the Autumn Queen.

Seeing that no one answered, Honglin was furious: "You all boast of having a big golden humerus, now that the court needs you, and when I need you, why is no one offering advice?"

I ask myself if I treat you well, in this time of national crisis, are you not willing to show a loyalty to solve this trouble for me!? ”

As he spoke, he swept his gaze to Li Shen.

Li Shen's heart trembled, knowing that he couldn't make a sound, so he could only stubbornly come out and say: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that the only way to go is to ask Dongyi for peace at the moment." ”

"Bold! Li Shen! Why do you say that you have no father and no king! ”

As soon as the words fell, Ji Yun, a university scholar, immediately reprimanded Li Shen.

"Dajin has been founding the country for hundreds of years, how can there be a precedent for asking the Yi people for peace!?"

Ji Yun stood impassionedly in the hall to refute Li Shen.

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that you must not ask for peace with Dongyi, please make peace and lose the national body, and the emperor will be infamous through the ages."

Honglin was originally very happy, and someone finally stood up to make this suggestion, but he didn't expect to be cut off by Ji Yun so soon.

Who is Ji Yun? The scholar family is just sour and Confucian, in addition to dancing and writing, it is to write and revise historical manuscripts, and he can have the ability to fart.

didn't think that at this time, he jumped out to be "loyal to the monarch and patriotic"?

Honglin was very angry, but he was not good at attacking, if he refuted it, he would be able to confirm what he said and carry the infamy of the ages.

When Li Shen heard this, he sneered in his heart, and said secretly: Ji Yun, you are really scheming.

Li Shen knows Ji Yun better than Honglin, often lingering in Fengyue places, not to mention, but also mingling with a group of literati who have no ink, and often recommending them to Honglin as local officials.

The officials recommended by Ji Yun are indeed very clean, but there is only integrity left to brag, and it can be said that they are not the same as they are for local government governance.

The person recommended by Li Shen is indeed a corrupt official, but he can still do things to solve problems for the imperial court.

This is also the reason why Honglin attaches more importance to Li Shen, it doesn't matter if the official is corrupt or not, the important thing is to be able to do good things for himself, as long as you are satisfied, even if you are hugely greedy, in the emperor's heart, you are also a good official who is honest.

What's more, Ji Yun impassionedly criticized himself for the sake of the country?

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Since the war between the Han Dynasty and the Jin State, Ji Yun has always been a hardcore "surrender faction", and more than once privately believes that the Han Dynasty is invincible, and peace talks are the best.

How can such a No. 1 person really want to resist the enemy?

This is just Ji Yun's trick to get away with.

His purpose in doing this is nothing more than to draw a clear line with himself, the "capitulation faction", and to portray himself as a good official who worries about the country and the people and has the courage to face the powerful ministers.

What's more important is that it will not be settled after the autumn, it can be regarded as a full calculation.

"Your Majesty! Don't give in to Dongyi! ”

After an impassioned performance, Ji Yun knelt directly in front of Honglin and burst into tears.

"Your Majesty~~"

The rest of the officials followed suit and knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

Only Li Shen stood alone in the hall, looking extremely lonely.