Are Sima Guang and Zhang Hong sick?
Zaizhi was surprised.
Then he no longer hesitated and followed Feng Jing into the inner east gate, passed through the palace, and all the way to the front of Zichen Hall.
When the governors arrived at the Zichen Hall, they saw that Di Yong, who had just been appointed as the first general of Yulong, as well as Yanda, the commander of the capital in front of the palace, Miao Shu, the deputy commander of the guard's pro-army Ma Bujun, and other military ministers, had already
He stood in front of a sand table and was discussing the situation around the sand table.
They all also have a booklet in their hands.
The governors are no longer unfamiliar with this.
Since Shen Kuo presented the sand table, every time the two palaces and officials wanted to discuss specific matters, they would order the relevant sand table to be sent to the palace for the prime ministers and relevant ministers to discuss it together.
With the sand table, many things do have a three-dimensional space for discussion.
Just take a look at the landscape of the sand table and you will see that many things that used to take days or even months of discussion to come to fruition can now be decided with one word.
For example, not long ago, the governor of Tanzhou, Wang Lingtu, persistently submitted a letter asking for permission to return to the river.
This guy saw that he had been detained despite his petition, so he sent someone to Pingzhang, who was in charge of the military affairs, and Taishi Wen Yanbo wrote the petition on his behalf.
Wen Yanbo, like Wang Lingtu, was a staunch Huihe faction and immediately went to the palace to seek an audience.
Then, the officials asked people to bring the relevant sand table to the palace.
Taishi Wen only took one look at the current situation of the old Yellow River route on the sand table, and then looked at the sand table where the North and East streams now flow. He stopped mentioning the matter of returning to the river, apologized and left the palace.
As a result, Wang Lingtu was transferred away from Tanzhou and changed his name to Taizhou.
This is equivalent to transferring him from his favorite front line of river management to the Yangtze River Basin where he can't even smell the smell of the Yellow River.
The governors stepped forward and took a look at the sand table, and they already knew where it was?
Guangnan West Road!
Guizhou, Yongzhou, Guihuazhou, Shunzhou...
Even the outlines of Guangyuan Prefecture and other places in Jiaozhi appear on this sand table.
Obviously, this thing has just been made.
Therefore, it is not as real as those carefully crafted and repeatedly verified sandboxes.
The geography of mountains and rivers and the direction of rivers are basically not clearly marked.
"Guangnan West Road... Jiaozhi has been invaded again?" The officials looked at each other.
Yanda already nodded and said: "This morning, after the ministers and Liao envoys paid their congratulations, the Tongjian Division received an urgent report from Nongzhihui, the Zhizhou Zhizhou of Guihua Prefecture, saying that they had entered into a bandit and killed and plundered the officials and people..."
"Not only that, Nongzhihui also sent Jiaozhi traitors to slander the late emperor, slanderous poems and articles, and poems that blasphemed our dynasty!"
"The two palaces of mercy are so angry!"
"Your Majesty was even more furious and ordered us and other military ministers to enter the palace to discuss matters!"
The governors all frowned when they heard this.
Lu Gongzhu even asked: "How did Jiaozhi slander and slander the late emperor? How did he blaspheme our dynasty?"
Yanda raised his hands and replied: "I dare not speak out the dirty words of the Jiaozhi thieves..."
Then some ministers handed over the copied pamphlets to all the ministers.
Mr. Lu also got a copy. He took it and lowered his head to read it.
When he saw it, he frowned.
To be honest, Lu Gongzhu was very reluctant to start a war.
In his eyes, what the Song Dynasty needs to do most now is not to go to war with other countries, but to repair its internal affairs.
Only when the country is strong can it be qualified to fight.
Otherwise, it will only resort to militarism, increase the burden on the people, and even trigger unpredictable civil uprisings.
But……
Mr. Lu looked at the pamphlet and copied it from Nong Zhi's report.
I also looked at the texts that recorded the conversations between the Cishengs of the two palaces and the officials.
Especially the teachings of the late emperor as stated by officials.
Once Jiaozhi becomes a naturalized state and opens up land connections with Dali, will it become a new Western traitor?
Lu Gongzhu expressed doubts about this.
How could Jiaozhi become a Western thief?
Does he have that condition?
But he dare not say it!
Because if indulgence in Jiaozhi really leads to a catastrophe, then everything that the Lu family has worked hard for for generations will be destroyed in one day!
He, Mr. Lu, will also become a criminal in history!
The most important thing is the attitude of the officials.
Mr. Lu is not Sima Guang, and his head is not strong at all.
It is impossible for the Lu family to confront the Guan family.
The Lu family has always positioned itself as a 'close assistant to the official family' and a loyal minister who 'is anxious for the official family's urgent needs'!
Rather than a minister who goes against the officials.
This can be seen from his father Lu Yijian.
This can also be seen from Lu Gongzhu's career trajectory - he was the Privy Councilor during the Five Route Expedition to Xia and the Battle of Yongle City.
A minister who, although opposed to the use of troops, still did what he was supposed to do conscientiously and worked hard to cooperate.
Lu Gongzhu put down the book in his hand, looked at the other ministers, and then he said righteously: "Jiaozhi thieves are indeed hateful!"
"In my opinion, we should send an envoy to Jiaozhi and reprimand him so that everyone in Jiaozhi will know the importance of it!"
Send someone to scold them to make the Cochin people restrain themselves, and at the same time strengthen the defense of the naturalized state.
That’s almost it!
However, none of the other governors agreed with him and remained silent.
Left Prime Minister Han Jiang looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose. He just lowered his head and looked at the pamphlet distributed to him by the ministers.
Li Qingchen, who knew the Privy Council, and An Tao, who also knew the Privy Council, stood in front of the sand table and pointed, as if they knew a lot about military matters.
Zhang Dun was also among the crowd, looking at the sand table on Guangnan West Road, looking eager to try.
He probably recalled his exploits when he opened Hunan!
Lu Gongzhu had no choice but to raise his voice a little and asked: "What do you think, sir?"
Zhang Dun suddenly turned around, looked at Lu Gong and said, "Youkui, do you want to alert the Jiaozhi bandits?"
"Shen Qi, Liu Yi's lesson is not far away!"
As Mr. Lu listened, his expression suddenly darkened.
The cause of Xining's southern expedition was Shen Qi. Liu Yi, who served as the economic envoy to Guangxi, cut off trade with Jiaozhi. At the same time, he began to train troops and horses in Guangxi in an attempt to gain side benefits. However, he failed to achieve the side benefits and instead caused The king and ministers of Jiaozhi were frightened, so 80,000 people from Jiaozhi invaded.
However, Guangxi at that time did not have enough troops.
As a result, Jiaozhi attacked cities including Yongzhou, massacred, and robbed hundreds of thousands of people.
The late emperor then sent Guo Kui and Zhao Xi to lead the army to march south, and then they hurt Jiaozhi.
Lu Gongzhu sighed and looked at Li Qingchen and An Tao, who were all red-faced, and then at Zhang Dun, whose mouth corners were slightly raised.
He knew that these Xifeng rulers dreamed of provoking a war and using the blood of others to gain promotions and titles for themselves.
and……
The experience of Xining's southern expedition showed that the Jiaozhi people were vulnerable to the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.
The only thing that could stop the progress of the Song Dynasty, apart from the climate of Jiaozhi, was the environment of Jiaozhi fever and diseases!
But for these big shots, the fever and diseases of Jiaozhi will not affect them.
And they also have sufficient medical conditions and are not afraid of these minor injuries.
Therefore, Lu Gongzhu was not afraid to speculate maliciously on these rulers of the Xifeng era - since all the people who died were others, and Jiaozhi's combat power was so weak.
So, why not give it a try?
Anyway, no matter how bad the situation is, defeat is impossible! At least we can fight to the front of the Furang River again!
Therefore, Lu Gongzhu could only seek help from Han Jiang: "Prime Minister Zuo, don't talk about war lightly!"
Han Jiang hummed, his thoughts completely stuck on the conversation with Zhang Dun under the Neidong Gate.
"Is it really an official family?"
"impossible!"
He knows the Zhao Guan family very well.
Don’t they all like to make a fool of themselves and pretend to be fat, and like to whitewash peace and prosperity?
Why, that official is already shameless at such a young age?
Have you even begun to learn how to use your own face to threaten and blackmail ministers?
This unscientific!
Lu Gongzhu thought that Han Jiang agreed with his idea, so he immediately said: "Prime Minister Zuo, please take a step to speak!"
Only then did Han Jiang react, looked at Mr. Lu and cupped his hands and said, "What did the right minister just say?"
Lu Gongzhu had no choice but to say: "Prime Minister Zuo, don't talk about war lightly!"
Han Jiang took out his ears and asked again: "What did the right minister just say?"
Lu Gongzhu had no choice but to walk up to Han Jiang and said loudly: "I say, don't talk about war lightly!"
Han Jiang looked at Mr. Lu and knew that he could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he could only nod his head: "What the Prime Minister Zuo said makes sense!"
"It's just that this Jiaozhi traitor has blasphemed the late emperor and slandered the Holy Dynasty..."
"What's more, today is the first day of the official family's change of reign after they take the throne!"
"I'm afraid, just sending an envoy to reprimand is not enough!"
"Otherwise, how do people in the world view me, the Song Dynasty?"
The officials themselves are shameless.
If he, the prime minister, still wants to be shameless.
That’s too disrespectful!
He, Han Zihua, still thought that a hundred years later, he would be able to accompany the late emperor in worship and get a posthumous title starting with the same text.
Naturally, he will never become a roadblock in the way of what the officials want to do.
As long as it is confirmed that the official family is indeed interested in conquering the south.
Then Han Jiang will definitely support him fully.
If he hadn't been old and suffered a big loss in Luowu City, he wouldn't have dared to lead his troops on another expedition.
Otherwise, he might take the initiative to ask for help!
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Han Jiang does not think Jiaozhi has any combat effectiveness.
In Han Jiang's eyes, little Jiaozhi would naturally apologize and beg for surrender as soon as the army arrived.
Maybe, this southern expedition will be an armed parade.
Even if the Cochin people want to resist stubbornly, if the elites of the Western Army rush in, they will know how powerful they are after a few battles.
Therefore, this is an action with a winning rate close to 100%.
Mr. Lu listened to Han Jiang's words and felt his attitude.
Couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, he began to miss Sima Guang.
At least, if Sima Guang were here, he would definitely support it fully, and could even veto the military option against the attitude of the two palaces and the emperor.
It's a pity that Sima Guang was ill today and couldn't come!
This makes Lu Gongzhu full of regret!
I was also full of worries about the upcoming imperial meeting.
Because all the generals he saw were eager to try!
"I can only hope that the two palaces and the official family can act with benevolence, put the country first, and treat Jiaozhi first with courtesy and then with military force..." Lu Gongzhu prayed in his heart.
This chapter has been completed!