The mountain roads were winding, the rivers were blocked, the horses along the way were not replenished in time, it rained, thundered, there were landslides, and someone was seen getting married at the intersection...anything would cause the news to be delayed.
Then turning around, Yelu Yudu entered Taoluo Village on October 2nd, and then told Guo Hao everything according to his prepared ideas. On October 5th, the news was delivered to Wu Jie in Dashun City, which was on the border of Qingzhou next door... because they had to take a detour to avoid the Jin army-controlled area between the two.
It was not until October 7th that the news was learned by Hu Yin of Fangzhou.
On October 13, Yuwen Xuzhong in Chang'an and Wanyan Wushu in Taiyuan learned the news together... Next, Wushu naturally went to deal with the girl according to the plan, while Yuwen Xuzhong, who did not dare to make the decision, had to pass the news to Tokyo at the highest level.
The journey was much easier now. All they had to do was run along the Yellow River. Theoretically, it was only a distance of more than a thousand miles and a little over two days, but it actually took them four and a half days to run. The news was delivered to the Privy Council in Tokyo on October 18th... and Zhao Jiu only learned the news that afternoon.
In other words, it took eleven days for the message to reach Taiyuan, and seventeen days to reach Tokyo. If it were to be delivered back again, it would probably take a similar amount of time.
It's very slow and troublesome, and there are too many unexpected events. This is why many things these days cannot be planned before implementation. To put it bluntly, one trip takes seventeen days, and a month to go back and forth, which is enough time to complete two rounds of the winter Cuju game.
But there is really no way, things are so tricky and helpless, Zhao Jiu must guide the experts as an amateur in a short period of time, so as to reach strategic predictions and make strategic decisions remotely.
The only good news is that the situation should be the same with Wanyan Wushu, let alone Dalang and Erlang.
"Call the four ministers and Li Zhongcheng to discuss the matter." Zhao Jiu thought for a moment, knowing that he could not delay any longer, so he immediately gave the order in the stone pavilion. "Call Minister Wang (Wang Shu) of the Ministry of Justice and Minister Hu of the Ministry of War... Wait a moment, call the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp Cavalry Qu Duan, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp Central Army Wang De, the commanders Zhang Jing and Qiao Zhongfu, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp Wang Yuan, and the officers of the Privy Council Hu Hongxiu, and call them all."
"Your Majesty." Liu Yan, the attendant, reminded him sternly. "The ministers and the military officers of the Privy Council are in front of the Chongwenyuan. The Censorate and the heads of various departments are outside the Xuande Tower. Most of the generals are in the Yuetai camp outside the city..."
"Then let's go to Wende Hall and talk. We'll talk later and wait for the military officer." Zhao Jiu said as he stood up from the pavilion and walked two steps, but then looked back. "Go find Yang Yizhong. You and Yang Yizhong should also be present for questioning. Call Hu Quan and Yu Yunwen, as well as the training officers from the Western Army of the Wushu School, and then move the puzzle sand table of the Wushu School to the Wende Hall!"
Liu Yan had no idea what was going on, but when he heard that he was going to summon all the ministers and many generals to discuss matters, he knew that things were not simple. He became even more nervous when he heard that they were going to go to a place like Wende Hall. In the end, even he and Yang Yi Zhong would be present for questioning. He had no more thoughts and just called for Banzhi outside the pavilion and hurriedly delivered the order.
As for Zhao Jiu, he himself probably didn't realize that as his tone became more and more severe, it was obvious that he was taking this matter more and more seriously in his heart.
Moreover, the man walked a few steps, then turned back into the pavilion and began to think.
"Yelu Yudu was indeed an important official of Liao and Jin in the past, but now he is just a fugitive and a stray dog. Can his words be trusted? Moreover, Yelu Dashi is just a remnant of Northern Liao. Although he has some information and statements, how can they be used?"
In the evening, all the ministers met in the Wende Hall. As soon as the civil and military officials arrived, they knew from the others present that this matter should be related to military strategy. The ministers and important officials knew the whole story long ago, so after Officer Lan gave a brief introduction to the situation, Prime Minister Zhao Ding directly raised questions.
Moreover, Zhao Ding directly pointed out the crux of the matter right from the start... To put it bluntly, Yelu Yudu himself and his act of fleeing were nothing between the two great countries thousands of miles apart. The crux of the problem lay in the news brought by Yelu Yudu, the possibility of the Jin man giving northern Shaanxi to Western Xia, and the feasibility of the plan proposed by Yelu Yudu that the remnants of Northern Liao could attack Western Xia from both sides.
Yes, one point must be emphasized here. At this moment, everyone still regards Yelu Dashi and his troops as the "remnants of Northern Liao" rather than the emerging ruler of Western Liao.
"I also thought that the Jin people would not necessarily do this..." As soon as the Prime Minister finished speaking, Liu Ji, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Capital Province, also saluted. "This move is too unbelievable. This is not the Warring States period. How can they use several counties to blame Dongshui?"
"But what if it really happened?" Upon hearing this, Chen Gui, the deputy prime minister of the Western Palace, frowned and stepped out, refutating it on the spot. "This kind of thing is ambiguous, but can military and national affairs be gambled?"
"I have something to say." After a moment's thought, Prime Minister Zhang Jun immediately expressed his opinion. "Even if we don't care about the counties in northern Shaanxi, it is reasonable to link up with Western Liao! Since ancient times, the two Han dynasties conquered the northern barbarians by using the Western Regions as a key to cut off the northern barbarians' arms and form a pincer attack. Even when Emperor Shenzong opened up the Hehuang border to contain the Western Xia, it was the same reason."
The four gentlemen came up and opposed each other in pairs, with completely different views, which made the atmosphere a little solemn, but almost all the smart people in the hall understood that this was just a difference in thinking and attitudes caused by different positions of both sides, rather than the so-called party struggle.
After all, after Lü Haowen left office, the relationship between Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun was obviously greatly eased, and Chen Gui and Liu Ji had always been recognized as the so-called "Nanyang faction" - Liu Ji had recommended Chen Gui.
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