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Chapter 1088 I, Da Song, I'm afraid I'm going to hurt both sides (second update)

Chapter 1097

"Your Excellency is justified, but no one knows whether those ministers in the court will be united with His Majesty to face the current situation..." Zhong Shidao thought for a while, but still looked a little frowning.

He is also very aware of the diabolical nature of those ministers in the court, beating life and death in other towns, bleeding and sacrificing for the country, no matter how much they pay.In the eyes of those courtiers, it seemed that the matter was irrelevant.

Their mouths are kingly, Confucianism, benevolence and filial piety.What Confucius said, Mencius said, when it comes to great principles, one set of one set, but in reality, selfishness is more important than the other.

As far as those guys are concerned, maybe they dare to agree to any kind of conditions in order to calm things down, just like Zhu Guangting who went to North Shaanxi Road to negotiate in the past.

The worries of Wang Yang and a group of Shaanxi Lu Wenwu are not unreasonable.It can even be said that their worries completely represent the reality of the Song Dynasty today.

Especially in the old party, which still accounts for nearly two-thirds of the imperial court today, there are a large number of capitulators and pacifists among them.

On the contrary, among the new parties that are determined to innovate and enterprising, almost everyone is a militant. At least in terms of fighting will, they are far stronger than the old party.

But even so, they were too few in number after all, and they couldn't form the mainstream in the court at all.

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"Your Majesty, I think that although the Liao Kingdom is asking for a lot of money, it has proved a problem, that is, the Liao Kingdom does not want to fight with my Great Song. Therefore, my Great Song should hold its ground and don't retreat timidly. "

Zhang Dun, Su Dongpo's former friend and now the most important figure in the New Party, is standing in the court hall and talking.

This buddy is definitely a character, he looks extremely handsome and handsome, his manner is elegant but free and easy, and his voice is loud.Now he has just returned to the court not long ago and was entrusted with the post of minister of the Ministry of Industry.

However, how could a mere servant of the Ministry of Industry be able to fall into the eyes of Mr. Zhang Dunzhang? Think about his elder brother Zhang Yi, who used to be as famous as himself in the past, but now he has become the privy secretary of the Great Song Dynasty.

The weight in the court is far above his own, how can Zhang Dun, who has always been proud and arrogant, bear it, but when he first entered the court, he could only temporarily commit himself to the Ministry of Industry.

Now, the envoy from the Liao Kingdom came to speak loudly, but one or two of the old parties in the court wanted to calm things down, and most of them persuaded the emperor to sit down and discuss with the Liao Kingdom.

Seeing that the emperor was displeased, Zhang Dun also realized that this was his opportunity, so he jumped out and expressed strong opposition.

The emperor Zhao Xu was also quite pleased to see that the former leader of the political reform bravely stood up and refuted those old party bosses not long after he returned to the court.

At least in terms of diplomatic concepts, these new parties are far stronger than those old-fashioned ones who stand still.

"Master Zhang, in your opinion, what should I do, Da Song?" Liu Anshi couldn't help standing up, and asked sinisterly.

"Naturally, we should expel the envoys from the Liao Dynasty, strengthen the military preparations in the border towns, and wait for the enemy in a strict formation. If he dares to send troops to the Northern Liao Dynasty to attack, I will be able to keep the enemy out of the country." Zhang Dun glanced at Liu Anshi. , Disdainfully authentic.

"Master Zhang said it so lightly." Liu Anshi couldn't help but sneered.

"You must not forget that the Northern Liao is not like the Xixia. The Northern Liao has millions of troops, which is no less than that of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, the number of cavalry in the Northern Liao is far greater than that of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty has been at peace for a long time, and all sides have The town capital has been out of battle for a long time, and its military equipment has been abandoned."

"If Northern Liao raises troops to replace them, at that time, the families of the common people will be destroyed and displaced. Can you bear this responsibility?"

"So what if I come to take on this responsibility? At least I won't be like some people. When they heard that the Liao people wanted to invade the south, they would be so frightened that they trembled. Li Li dared not speak." Zhang Dun waved his sleeves, Said with a heroic posture.

"You! Zhang Dun, what do you mean?" Liu Anshi's nose almost turned to the back of his head in anger.

"Why, Zhang didn't name or give a surname, why is Lord Liu so furious? Could it be, what Zhang said?" Zhang Dun smiled gracefully.

"Master Zhang, if you do this, you are putting our Great Song Dynasty in a dangerous situation. If the Liao Kingdom brazenly launches an attack, what can you take on this responsibility?" Naturally, other old party bosses jumped beside him. Come out to reinforce your comrades.

"That's better than when the Liao envoy comes, and you all want to agree quickly, hoping to calm things down and betray the interests of our Song Dynasty." The old party has comrades in arms. The two sides of the old party once again attacked each other in the court.

While the neutral faction in the imperial court and the Shu Party among the old parties watched with cold eyes, our Mr. Su Dongpo, Grand Master Su, was watching a play with his long beard stroking his expression and looking very gossip.

If he, the prime minister, does not come forward, naturally no one can suppress this increasingly fierce battle.From the verbal attacks at the beginning, it gradually developed into pointing fingers at each other and cursing each other. Later, even both sides began to roll their sleeves, as if they were going to perform a full-scale martial arts.

After receiving the emperor's instruction, Ma Shang immediately stood up and raised his voice and shouted for silence.Master Su, who understood, also cleared his throat and stood up, sternly shouting with a serious expression on his face.

"Quiet, Your Majesty is in front of you, and waiting for such a market behavior, what is the order?! Now the Liao Kingdom is here, intending to raise troops to invade the Song Dynasty. At this juncture, all of you should work together to discuss state affairs instead of attacking each other. The court hall is full of filth and smog..."

Su Dapao is Su Dapao, with a brilliant literary talent, and his words are definitely not covered up. In addition, he is the Prime Minister of Song Dynasty, and what he said is reasonable.

The ministers who had already quarreled and had no choice but to bow their heads and plead guilty to His Majesty, and the Son of Heaven naturally appeared to be very magnanimous and benevolent, and then, um, naturally announced his withdrawal from the court.

Anyway, such a major issue as the negotiation between the two countries cannot be resolved overnight. More importantly, the attitude of the Liao Kingdom really made the emperor Zhao Xu feel a little dizzy.

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"The people of Liao really bullied me, Song, and the emperor of Liao was so insane. He put forward such conditions, and he did not put us in an equal position at all." Stroking his long beard, he calmly analyzed.

"The people of Liao have always been arrogant and arrogant, especially Yelu Hongji. In the past, only the Liao Kingdom had the role of arrogating to other countries. When will it be preemptively attacked like it is now, and, in a short while, it will lose the new Xiazhou, the administrative office of the Hedong Road." Su Dongpo analyzed while stroking his long beard and drinking tea with gusto.

"This is an absolute shame and humiliation to the Liao Kingdom and the Liao Emperor, who has a high regard. How can he not be angry and mad, so he will have such a reluctance."

"But in this way, the Liao Emperor does not care about the cost. It is also a big problem for my Song Dynasty. The soldiers and horses in Zhubian Town are mobilized, and people are panic... If the Liao Kingdom really does not hesitate to attack at all, I am afraid that the Song Dynasty will also It’s going to hurt both.”

(End of this chapter)