The early dynasty finally ended with Liu Chan's defeat, and none of the ministers supported him, so it was no wonder if he was not defeated. Liu Chan had never seen such a united courtier, and when he surrendered to Wei, there were still people who opposed it. Why did you put it here, and they all agreed on it.

Liu Chan was very unwilling, he felt that if he wanted to conquer in person when he was in Shu, it was estimated that Jiang Wei would be happy to die. The more I think about it, the more angry I become, and I finally want to do it once, and I must not give up like this. So after Liu Chan went down to court, he immediately summoned Han Shizhong again.

Han Shizhong hadn't gone far since he left the court, so he came over quickly. When I walked into the emperor's heart cultivation hall, I saw Liu Chan eating with a bowl of porridge, but he didn't see other dishes.

When Liu Chan saw Han Shizhong coming, he beckoned to him with a smile and said, "Liangchen, you haven't eaten, come and try the skills of the imperial kitchen." Liu Chan spoke in a gentle tone as much as possible, but in Han Shizhong's opinion, it was too surprising or weird.

"The minister is terrified." Han Shizhong felt that this was not a good thing in his heart, he had never seen His Majesty's attitude like this. An emperor can talk to you in this tone, and even a minister has to worry about himself. Han Shizhong thought to himself, don't be this early today.

"Hey, you and I don't have to be so polite between the monarch and the minister, sit down."

When Han Shizhong sat down on the chair in a tangled way, Liu Chan personally sandwiched a piece of tofu for him: "Come and taste this tofu, the craftsmanship of the imperial chef is still quite good." ”

"It's good for the minister to come by himself." Han Shizhong was even more panicked, he was courteous and attentive when he had nothing to do, and he was either a traitor or a thief. But how could the emperor's things be something he could refuse, so he picked up the piece of tofu, tasted it, and thought it was really good.

Liu Chan saw Han Shizhong eating the piece of tofu and smiled: "Liangchen, after eating my tofu, you have to agree to my request in the court today." ”

"Ahem, ahem." Han Shizhong coughed violently when he heard this, he knew that there was nothing good about this meal, and it was really a matter in the court. "Your Majesty, the minister really can't call the shots in this matter, let the minister go, this matter has to be agreed by the prime minister of the court himself." Han Shizhong was about to cry, he was a small military secretary, where did he get so much power.

"Liangchen, you say, it's not like I haven't personally conquered, why are the courtiers so opposed this time? I just went to the northern front line to boost the morale of the soldiers. Liu Chan was very puzzled and couldn't understand what was going on.

Han Shizhong smiled bitterly in his heart, it wasn't that the Song Dynasty had won a big victory recently, and the courtiers felt that the singing and dancing had been leveled down and safe, and they didn't want to make any more moths. In addition, Your Majesty, you are no longer so fickle recently, and your attitude towards the courtiers is also different from the past, and those ministers in the court are afraid that something will go wrong again.

In fact, even Han Shizhong himself was unwilling to Liu Chan's Northern Expedition. After all, there is a lesson from the past, in the early days of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou was not also a firm main battle faction, and the courtiers at that time felt that Zhao Gou had the mandate of heaven, and there was hope for the future of the Song Dynasty. As a result, after Zhao Gou fought a few battles with Jin Guo and Pseudo-Qi, he would only blindly negotiate peace when he came back. And, for some reason, it became particularly cowardly and unreasonable. Even the lords and factions looked down on Zhao Gou's operation.

Fortunately, now that Zhao Gou has become Liu Chan, his attitude is different, and the court has become more vocal. The Lord and the faction are not so incompetent, at most they have different positions, but they will not do anything to harm the country. All of a sudden, the overall strength of the Song Dynasty was upward. Now, if Liu Chan is allowed to conquer again, I don't know what will become when the Northern Expedition returns.

"Your Majesty, you might as well think about your attitude towards the Jin Kingdom before and after the Northern Expedition, so it is not difficult to imagine why the courtiers are so opposed to you." Han Shizhong felt that the current Zhao Gou was not the Zhao Gou of the past, so he was also willing to say some confidant words. If it were Zhao Gou before, you see if Han Shizhong would say that.

Liu Chan thought about it, and it seemed that his attitude before and after had changed quite a lot. But that's all Zhao Gou, what does it have to do with him. He looked at Han Shizhong again and said, "Aiqing, that's all in the past, not as good as now." My heart of the Northern Expedition will never change, Aiqing might as well persuade Zhao Xiang, I also plan to promote you to the right minister after this Northern Expedition, you are a little cold. ”

Although Han Shizhong's heart was moved, he also knew the priority of the matter, if Liu Chan's attitude really changed again, he would be a sinner for the ages. "Thank Your Majesty for your kindness, but after all, the stakes are very high, and without the consent of the prime ministers, the ministers really dare not agree to Your Majesty."

"You."

Liu Chan looked at Han Shizhong with some anger, but Han Shizhong looked at Liu Chan calmly, and both sides refused to bow to each other. After a while, Liu Chan gave up and said helplessly: "Really? ”

"Not really."

"Hey, let's go, let's go, since you don't agree to my request, I don't want you to eat this meal." At this moment, Liu Chan was like a child, he couldn't get what he wanted, and he had no choice but to lose his temper.

"Then the minister withdrew." Han Shizhong didn't want to stay here for a long time, how could he eat with the emperor and eat comfortably with his family, and he had to be careful of some unreasonable requests made by Liu Chan.

Liu Chan looked at Han Shizhong's departing back, and felt a little unbearable: "That's it, that's it, I'll let the imperial chef make you another one, you can take it home and eat it." ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Han Shizhong's mouth, and he felt that if he didn't say anything else, he would say that Liu Chan's attitude was also unique. So he also smiled and said: "Don't, Your Majesty is very loving, the minister doesn't dare to accept it, the minister should go home and eat." ”

"Let's go, let's go, don't let me see you again today." Liu Chan could also see that Han Shizhong didn't care, and directly waved his hand to drive him away.

"That, Your Majesty, the minister will report to you on the Northern Expedition plan in the afternoon." Han Shizhong said with a forced smile.

"I thank you."

There was a joke between the monarchs and ministers, and the atmosphere in the palace became much more relaxed. Zhao Hao saw that Liu Chan was not angry, so he quietly asked, "Your Majesty, did you withdraw these meals?" ”

The emperors of the Song Dynasty all went to the court after eating, and of course Liu Chan had already finished breakfast. This was specially prepared by Liu Chan in order to let Han Shizhong agree to his personal conscription, who would have thought that Han Shizhong would be so faceless.

"No, you go and invite Qin Xiang over, there are so many dishes, you can't waste them." Liu Chan instructed Zhao Hao, this was carefully prepared by him, and it would not work if it didn't come in handy. Since Han Shizhong can't do it, let's change to Qin Hui, who is not firm.

Qin Hui, who was preparing to eat at home, suddenly received an order from the palace, asking him to enter the palace immediately. Although Qin Hui complained in his heart, he immediately changed his clothes and went to the palace with the eunuch.

"Minister Qin Hui knocks to see Your Majesty."

"It turned out to be Qin Xiang." Liu Chan said lightly while drinking the porridge in the bowl. Qin Hui was a little confused by this look, and he couldn't figure out what the situation was. I can't get up yet, it's uncomfortable to kneel.

"Prime Minister Qin, today the people of the Imperial City Division intercepted a secret letter from the Jin Kingdom, do you want to take a look." Without waiting for Qin Hui to speak, Liu Chan asked Zhao Hao to hand the letter to Qin Hui.

Qin Hui suddenly felt bad in his heart, opened the letter and saw that it was so. This letter was written by Jin Wushu to Qin Hui, asking him to conspire with Yue Fei. Qin Hui scolded in his heart: "Damn the Golden Vulture Technique, Lao Tzu is obviously Wanyanchang's person, and it's not yours." Why are you writing a letter to Lao Tzu, don't you want to kill yourself! Moreover, if you write a letter, why don't you be careful, you have to let the people of the Imperial City Division intercept it. ”

"Your Majesty, this is the Jin State framing the minister, as the minister of the central and right side of the court, how dare he conspire with the Jin State to kill my Song Dynasty general. And what was said in the letter is that Yue Fei is very popular in the north, and I don't know if it's true or not. Qin Hui said sobly, this secret letter could not convict him. Moreover, Yue Fei's behavior could easily cause the emperor to be jealous, and Qin Hui didn't look at Liu Chan like he wanted to dismiss him. Qin Hui felt in his heart that if he had guessed correctly, His Majesty wanted to condemn Yue Fei.

Of course Qin Hui guessed wrong, Liu Chan didn't care about Yue Fei's behavior at all, what was that behavior. "I also know Aiqing's loyalty, but the people of the Imperial City Division have not only discovered this secret letter." Liu Chan pointed to the other letters on the table and said, "Take a look, these are all evidence collected by the Imperial City Division, how can you let me do it." ”

Qin Hui understood that these evidences were probably fake, except for the secret letter. However, he did not dare to deny Liu Chan's words, after all, his status depended on Liu Chan's support. As a result, Qin Hui could only remain silent.

Liu Chan was much more satisfied when he saw Qin Hui's expression, it's good not to speak, if you don't speak, then I will open the conditions. Liu Chan picked up the letter on the table and burned it with a candle flame along with the secret letter: "When the Jin State was powerful, even the first emperor was captured by it. Aiqing was also inevitably affected by this, but fortunately, it did not make a big mistake. I burned this letter, and I am not to blame for Aiqing's past. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qin Hui said with tears in his eyes, this is really crying with joy, so he has no handle.

Liu Chan picked up the kneeling Qin Hui again: "Aiqing, get up, you haven't eaten yet, this is what I have carefully prepared for you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

"Hey, what is this, I still plan to promote Qing to the left minister of the central government after this Northern Expedition."

This sentence was like an arrow, straight into Qin Hui's heart. He covered his chest: "Your Majesty, you can't laugh at this." ”

"How can you joke, you see that Zhao Xiang is already old, and his ability can't keep up. The current Song Dynasty is in need of talents like Aiqing to help, and Zhao Xiang is still stealing the power of the left minister, how can this be. Therefore, Aiqing must not make a mistake in the allocation of grain and grass this time, otherwise I will not be able to give you the position of the left minister. ”

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will never live up to Your Majesty's high expectations."

"The matter of grain and grass, I am very relieved to you, but I am a personal conquest, Aiqing should not refuse."

"This." Although Qin Hui didn't understand why Liu Chan had to go to the army in person, he understood that this was a transaction, a transaction that would make sure that he would not lose money. "Your Majesty rest assured, after the minister goes back, he will definitely persuade his colleagues to support His Majesty's Northern Expedition, but Zhao Xiang is there, and the minister is probably powerless."