There is even less to say about these two, but it is interesting that Feng Yi's return did not shake Lan Gui's identity at all.

"These are a few important matters that have been discussed. As for the Imperial Censorate and the Academy of Scholars, they are simple in nature and will not change. They will still be directly under me like the two eastern and western prefectures." Zhao Jiuyan slowed down his tone at this point, as if thinking about something. "In fact, there are also the governors of various military states, governors, and judges, the governors of border counties, the mayors of the villages and cities, and the transport envoys, the generals, the pacification envoys, the governors, and the pacification envoys. There is still a suspicion that the powers and responsibilities are unclear, and there is too much emphasis on qualifications, which makes the names inconsistent and the functions overlap and cumbersome. I also intend to change it. However, time is short, and the imperial court has just decided, so it is not easy to shake the place. It can only be discussed later... That's it for now."

Without any hesitation, everyone stepped out of the line immediately. Then, under the leadership of the four ministers, they bowed their heads solemnly and performed great courtesy. Lan Gui, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also immediately shouted for peace.

"Gentlemen, please wait a moment. I have something in my heart to tell you." Lan Gui had just finished speaking when Emperor Zhao on the throne saw everyone stand up, but he did not let them return to their lines. Instead, he spoke again, which was quite surprising.

"First of all, I must hold court in Fangcheng Mountain, rather than wait until we enter Nanyang, which is right in front of us. In fact, there is only one purpose, which is to cut the Gordian knot. I hope that you will cut off all the rights and wrongs, grudges, political disputes, rewards and punishments in the court since the Jingkang period." Zhao Jiu sighed slowly, but raised his voice as much as possible. "We must travel light and start anew in Nanyang... It is for this reason that we must deal with Fan Zhixu here and make the prime ministers of the East and West Palaces take their positions."

"Your Majesty has good intentions, but I am the one who has not thought it through." Lu Haowen, who had previously thought that Emperor Zhao acted rashly, was slightly stunned, and then quickly became the first to admit his mistake.

Wang Boyan and Wang Yuan were completely relaxed.

"Wait for me to finish." Zhao Jiu raised his hand to stop him. "Next, regarding the war and peace between Song and Jin, I have already said it at Bagong Mountain. No peace talks are allowed until one side is destroyed... But based on this, there are two more sentences that I must tell you seriously... Let you know that the Jin people only had one Wanhu to make Jingxi like this, but now the Jin people have more than 20 Wanhu, so the Jin people's troops are strong, which is a fact; at the same time, the Song Dynasty has been defeated in succession, first losing Hebei and Hedong, and then the Jingkang Shame, and just now Jingdong, Jingxi, and Guanzhong have all collapsed together. Our army is weak and unable to fight in the field, which is also a fact."

"Not only that, the Jin Kingdom was established only 17 years ago, and it defeated the Liao and Song dynasties, which were thousands of miles apart. It dominated the world for a time, and was arrogant and invincible. But our Song Dynasty had its capital destroyed last year, and lost a hundred years of savings. Even the emperor was abducted. I have traveled around and seen many wealthy military states that were ruined after the war, and countless people were displaced and scattered. There were casualties everywhere, and there were countless ambitious people who took advantage of the situation and shook the local areas. The danger of national destruction is not an empty talk."

There was an instant of complete silence within the tent, with only the sound of the south wind blowing the tent, bringing a rustling sound that matched the words of Emperor Zhao.

"However, Zong Liushou resisted the enemy in Huazhou, Yue Fei and Zhang Rong defeated the enemy in Liangshanpo, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun fought against the enemy in Huaishang, and Li Yanxian just recovered Shanzhou. This made the world see clearly that the Jin people are also human beings, with the same appearance as the Song people. As human beings, we can win, and as human beings, we can also lose... At the same time, our population, wealth, culture, and system are far superior to theirs, which is beyond doubt!"

"So, there are only two sentences in a thousand words." Zhao Jiu said solemnly. "First, no matter how difficult the situation is, the Song Dynasty will always have a solution! Never give up! Second, although the Song and Jin have been fighting for three years, from me down, you must be prepared. It will take another ten, eight years, or even until your death, to succeed! This is a national war, you can't hope for luck!"

The four gentlemen bowed their heads in silence.

After saying these two sentences, Emperor Zhao seemed to be very tired, and simply stood up and waved his hand: "That's all for today, and we will sort out the rest of the chores on the way to Nanyang tomorrow!"

After saying this, Emperor Zhao ignored the ministers who had not yet stood up, and directly held his belt and walked out of the tent with Lan Gui, Yang Yizhong and others.

However, when passing by Han Shizhong, the official stopped again, as if he remembered something: "Good minister, it seems that you have something to report before?"

"Yes..." Han Shizhong quickly stood up and answered carefully.

"I just happen to have two things to tell you." Zhao Jiu said seriously. "When you arrive in Xijing, you will inevitably see the mausoleum of the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty... As for the mausoleum, we must do our best to protect it. But as Prime Minister Li said when he talked about the two saints, if we want to get the two saints back, we must defeat the Jin Kingdom militarily. Then by the same token, if we want to keep the mausoleum for a long time, we must make Xijing completely stable. So when you get there, you must tell General Lu and Generals Da Zhai and Xiao Zhai not to force military action because of the mausoleum, which will lead to the loss of soldiers and generals. That is putting the cart before the horse. If there is any damage in the battle, it is naturally because I and the two saints are unfilial sons of the Zhao family, and it has nothing to do with them!"

The ministers around Han Shizhong were in a commotion for a moment, but soon calmed down. Han Shizhong was also stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded.

"The second thing... I heard that you like to give nicknames to scholars. You used to call him Zi Yue, but you suddenly changed it later?" Zhao Jiu asked with a frown, still holding his belt.

As Emperor Zhao asked this question, Scholar Kobayashi, who was not far away, suddenly raised his head and stared at this place.

"Yes, I call them 'Meng'er' now!" Han Shizhong did not dare to lie, but as soon as he said it, the ministers around him ignored the solemn atmosphere and countless people laughed out loud.

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