In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...
"What do you mean?" Hu Yin was suddenly stunned.
"First, learn from Li Gongxiang who expelled Li Yanxian and Li Anfu during the Jingkang period, and forced Li Anfu to change his name and flee, and fight against the Jin Dynasty with his crime!" Liu Ziyu responded sternly. "Then learn from Li Gongxiang who expelled Yue Fei and Yue Zhenfu at the beginning of Jianyan period, and forced the latter to join the army with nothing on the bank of the Yellow River!"
Hu Yin's face flushed, but he was unable to respond for a moment.
"How can Yue Fei's escape be blamed on Prime Minister Li?" Li Guang, the Imperial Censor in the palace, hurried out to explain, but got stuck. "Yue Fei's escape was because Huang Qianshan was in power at the time, so he expelled him without authorization..."
As the Imperial Censor in the Palace, Li Guang was ready to impeach Liu Ziyu immediately after hearing what Liu Ziyu said, but doing so would obviously be in line with Li Gang's intolerance, so he quickly suppressed the idea as soon as he opened his mouth. But even if he avoided this, he got stuck in the middle of his words because he suddenly realized that his hasty response not only acknowledging that Li Yanxian's expulsion was the fault of Li Gang, the benefactor, but also acknowledging that Yue Fei's impeachment that day was correct.
But to a ghost?
Yue Fei impeached Li Gang for "not resisting the Jin" and demanded that Li Gang cross the river and head north. How can this be right? Just because Yue Fei won a battle and is now in need, it doesn't mean that everything this young man did since childhood is right, right?
But no matter what, when Li Guang got stuck, Liu Ziyu took the opportunity to sit back and sneer:
"You two, justice is justice, and doing things is doing things. In a war, we should talk about doing things first, and justice second... And how do you know that we don't understand justice? When Hu Canjun and I were fighting the Jin army in Jingkang, where were you talking about justice? How come you are still talking about justice after two years?!"
After being scolded, Hu Yin instinctively looked at Emperor Zhao. Only now did he realize a problem... that is, this quarrel should not have happened, because Emperor Zhao and the two Lu ministers at least had the ability to control the situation, but these three people did not say a word. Instead, they all stood there thinking about something.
"That's good." Zhao Jiu was frightened by Hu Yin's look, and finally stopped thinking about it, and spoke immediately. "For the time being, we should stay in Nanyang... Send a small group of soldiers across the river to meet Zhang Jing as a test, and let him be careful and guard against it."
Liu Ziyu, who recently served as the Chief Secretary of the Privy Council, did not dare to be negligent and responded immediately.
However, at this moment, another important member of the Privy Council, Wanqi Xie, suddenly stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something that I cannot tolerate. Please meet with your Majesty in private..."
Zhao Jiu was slightly stunned, and the people around him were also stunned.
However, as Zhao Jiu waved his hand, everyone in the hall watched the newcomer of the Privy Council quickly follow the emperor into the back hall.
"Go ahead!" Turning into the open space behind the hall, Zhao Jiu stood on the snow and asked seriously... Facing this person, it was impossible for him not to be a little wary.
"I shouldn't have said this, but I have to." Wanqi Xie gritted his teeth and saluted. "Your Majesty, do you remember that before summer turned to autumn, the Jin army assembled in large numbers, but was restrained by the Hebei righteous army?"
"Of course I remember." Zhao Jiu thought the other party was going to impeach someone, but when he heard the other party talking about business, he relaxed instead.
"The Privy Council and the Nanyang Central Government were not expecting this at the time, and I also thought that this matter should have been done privately by General Manager Ma of Wuma Mountain who failed to report it in time." Wanqi Xie mustered up the courage to say. "But a few days ago, I looked through the past reports of the Privy Council and found that as early as the midsummer of this year, General Manager Ma mentioned this matter in a letter, saying that if the Jin army made any unusual moves in the autumn and winter, he should try his best to delay it for a while..."
The more Zhao Jiu listened, the more confused he became... What was this?
The expansion of the team was just a hypothesis and possibility. It was normal that the Privy Council and the Central Government did not think of it later.
"I originally thought that the Privy Council was negligent, but I didn't expect this." Wan Qi Xie stole a glance at Emperor Zhao, and finally got to the point. "But a few days ago, the Emperor said he wanted to rescue General Han and asked about the available troops. I talked to General Liu and asked him if he could mobilize the Taihang Mountain Volunteer Army to cross the river to help, but he severely rebuked me... and belittled the fighting power of the Hebei Volunteer Army in every way."
Zhao Jiu was slightly stunned, and finally figured out what was going on... It turned out that he was here to tell tales.
"Just tell me what's going on!" Thinking of this, Emperor Zhao was of course a little bored.
"Your Majesty, I just found out yesterday that General Liu and General Manager Ma have a personal grudge!" Wan Qi Xie stared at Zhao Jiu and said seriously. "General Manager Ma was imprisoned in Zhending because of General Liu and his son... What General Liu and his son did that day was exactly the same as what General Li did to Li Anfu in General Liu's words today! It was because of this that I couldn't help but be indignant and asked for a private interview. But these are nothing, they are all old things. At this time of national crisis, I shouldn't mention them too much, so as not to be regarded as a villain! But the key is that I am worried that General Liu repeatedly ignored the Hebei Volunteer Army when formulating strategies because of this relationship! Your Majesty, the Hebei Volunteer Army may not be useful! Please keep this in mind!"
Zhao Jiu was stunned for a long time before he nodded slightly: "I understand, you can go back now."