"We really have to ask a warrior about national affairs..."

"Even if the war is critical and we have to ask the generals on the front line, why not let Han Shizhong come to the Political Affairs Hall and ask him openly in front of the prime ministers of the East and West Ministries, the scholars and censors, and the heads of the six ministries?"

"This Han Shizhong is unreliable! You may not know that his nickname is Po Han Wu. Apart from his first wife who has passed away, his current wife and concubine are both prostitutes... He is almost forty years old and doesn't even have a son. He can only take his wife to the army day and night to have a child..."

"Why talk about his personal morality? Han Shizhong is unreliable and untrustworthy. It's not about his personal morality. What kind of personal morality does a warrior need? The key is that incident at the beginning of the month... If the emperor hadn't been so wise and brave, and used both kindness and power to personally intimidate Han Shizhong, I'm afraid we would have died in Shuizibu Town... In my opinion, Han Shizhong may not be as reliable as Liu Yu!"

"Stop talking... The key point at this moment is what to do next. What's the point of saying all this?"

"Don't we know this truth? Isn't it because the emperor didn't listen to us and listened to a warrior that things have come to this? Don't you know how much the emperor favors this guy? He even tied the jade belt of the emperor himself, but the emperor only came back wearing a cowhide belt. How can this be? Not to mention the words of the prince!"

"It's fine to make him a prince, there are precedents in our dynasty. If Han Shizhong can really stop 200,000 Jin cavalry for the emperor in the Central Plains, he would be the reincarnation of Guo Ziyi. What's wrong with giving him the title of a prince? I'm afraid that the emperor is young and warlike, and he has been bewitched by Han Shizhong and is actually prepared to stay in the Central Plains to fight against the Jin. The Song Dynasty is really..."

"Be careful with your words!"

"You and I came from Tokyo. What have we experienced in the past two years? Is there anything to hide? If you ask me, it's destiny... What is the real Huaixi bandit Ding Jin? If he had come out two months earlier, he would have been pacified long ago; if he had come out two months later, he might have been able to delay the Jin army. How come it just happened that he became so powerful just when Li Xianggong started to make up his mind to go to Nanyang? First, he delayed Li Xianggong's way here, and now he delayed our way back!"

“…”

In the lobby of Shunchang Prefecture's government office, a group of important officials of the Song Dynasty, who had slightly restored the rituals, were talking in a flurry, and seemed to have different opinions and positions, but in fact they all empathized with me - it was obvious that all factions, whether they were pro-war or pro-peace, old and new, or from Yangzhou and Nanyang, had reached a consensus at this time, that is, they could not delay any longer, and they had to mobilize the officials to go to a safe place first!

Otherwise, once the Jin army broke through Liu Guangshi's defense line on the east and west roads of Beijing, they could really launch a surprise attack on Shunchang Prefecture with 500 soldiers in three days. Then the best outcome for the emperor at that time would be to learn from Han Zhaolie's defeat in Dangyang.

So what about the civil and military officials at that time?

"The emperor is back!" Lan Gui, the chief escort of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, hurriedly ran in from outside to tell the news.

"Silence!" Shang Shu You Cheng Lü Haowen, who had been keeping silent, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted. "Where is the Imperial Censor in the Palace? Get ready to correct the court rules!"

There is no need to correct the court rules. Upon hearing that the emperor has returned, all the ministers have already kept quiet and held their breath, waiting for the emperor to go to the "palace", and then they will risk their lives to make a remonstrance!

And a moment later, as Yang Yi Zhong led the imperial guards to stop in front of the hall door, Emperor Zhao, who had been away for a long time, finally came in from outside, and sat directly in the hall. The important ministers in the hall also came out one after another, led by Lu Haowen and Wang Boyan, and bowed their heads to pay their respects. After the emperor and his ministers finished the ceremony and faced each other, the ministers discovered that Emperor Zhao, who had just had a lively expression for a few days, had turned into the wooden sculpture of emperor again.

I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse?

Moreover, facing this expressionless official, one inexplicably misses the rough and warrior-like Li Xianggong... After all, Li Xianggong is a minister, right? And a minister who can suppress the official!

But no matter what, at this point, the safety of the Song Dynasty is hanging by a thread and we can no longer hold back.

"His Majesty!"

After a strange silence, just as Lü Haowen, as the deputy minister of the East Palace, was about to preside over the meeting to explain the situation and present the opinions of all officials at this critical moment, the Imperial Censor Zhao Ding stepped out first and spoke with a serious face, and got straight to the point. "The situation is already very urgent. I request Your Majesty to visit Huaidian and temporarily transfer to Yangzhou!"

Seeing this, Lu Haowen immediately swallowed back what he was about to say... He was not the kind of person who sought power, and although Zhao Ding's statement to consolidate his favor was a bit hasty, it was ultimately the same as everyone else's intention.

Zhao Jiu sighed slightly when he heard this: "I remember Zhao Qing always said that we couldn't make peace with the Jin people and that we had to recover our lost territory..."

"Good instructor, you know my feelings. I said the same thing today." Zhao Ding's words became more and more earnest, even a little out of control. "I am from Hedong. When the Jin people arrived, my whole family was displaced. My old wife and children went from Hedong to Tokyo, and followed me out of Tokyo and wandered here. I have never forgotten my hometown of Hedong, and my determination to resist the Jin has never wavered! But Your Majesty, to resist the Jin, you must first have the power to resist the Jin, and have the foundation to resist the Jin... I have the honor of accompanying Your Majesty these days, and I know that Your Majesty is worried about the people in the Central Plains, afraid that they will end up like the people in Hebei, and even more worried that if you retreat this time, you will lose the hearts of the people in Hebei and the Central Plains..."

"Isn't that so?" Zhao Jiu said in a flat tone.

"That's right." Zhao Ding responded immediately. "But if your majesty and the emperor make a mistake, and the world returns to the situation of the Five Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty, then I dare to ask your majesty, who can organize Jiangnan, Bashu, Jingxiang, and half of Guanzhong to deal with the 200,000 cavalry of the Jin people? Besides, the country has fallen to this point, the two rivers have fallen, and the Central Plains has no soldiers. Is it your majesty's fault?"

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