After a long while, Lu Dongzan took a deep breath and asked Shen Tang with great respect, "Master Shen, for the sake of the people of the two countries, I would like to tell you how to eliminate the clues this time and how those soldiers and horses can withdraw from our Tubo army." territory!”
Shen Tang shook his head, "Prime Minister, I have already said that those soldiers and horses have nothing to do with me, the Song Dynasty.
However, if the Prime Minister can agree to my previous conditions, then I may be able to intercede on behalf of Tubo so that they can only occupy these existing territories without causing greater harm to Tubo!"
Lu Dongzan is speechless, can Shen Tang agree to his conditions?
Zanpu has already given a reply. This is simply impossible! The current Zanpu is very capable, otherwise he would not be able to forcefully unite the scattered Tubo tribes into one! However, the large tribes in Tubo have many objections to Zanpu. Decisions are made at the same time.
A large part of the reason for sending troops to Chengdu was that Zanpu wanted to divert domestic conflicts with the war against the Song Dynasty and deter other tribes with victory.
However, now that Zanpu has suffered a complete defeat, Zanpu's position is even more unstable! If there is a matter of ceding territory and paying compensation, even if it has no impact on most tribes, some people will definitely take the opportunity to set off a wave of resistance to Zanpu, and even directly disrespect the king. Ling is not surprised!
The court meeting was still as usual! In the Daqing Hall, under the cover of lights, some of the civil and military officials closed their eyes, and some secretly made a hunch!
When Zhao Shen arrived, all the ministers saluted Zhao Shen in high spirits, and the day's court meeting began again!
"Your Majesty, a doctor from the Ministry of Finance, I have something to report! It has been raining continuously for more than 20 days on Jinghu South Road. The water levels of the Xiang River and many of its branches have skyrocketed. Several prefectures have been seriously flooded and their rice harvests have dropped sharply. Among them, Changning and Hengyang. Please wait for many places to allocate money for disaster relief..."
"Your Majesty, there is friction between the border of Juzhou and Dali. More than a thousand Dali soldiers and horses crossed the border..."
Although only half of the Song Dynasty was left, it still spanned thousands of miles, so there were naturally a lot of big and small affairs involved in court meetings.
Zhao Shen listens most of the time, and occasionally makes one or two decisions. Most of the remaining matters need to be considered before taking action! Small meetings are held for big things, and big meetings are held for small things. This has always been the case!
After nearly an hour, the noisy court finally became quiet!
Wang Quan looked at the civil and military officials and saw that no one spoke, so he wanted to announce his resignation.
However, at this moment, an old man with gray eyebrows and a stern face suddenly stepped out of work!
"My lord, Ji Xingbang, the imperial censor, has something to report!"
As soon as these words came out, whether it was Zhao Shen who was sitting on the dragon throne or all the civil and military officials of the dynasty, their expressions changed!
The Yushitai is the highest supervisory organization in the entire imperial court! Its chief officer is the third-rank official of the Yushitai! And the current Ji Xingbang is the chief officer of the Yushitai, and he has been in charge of the Yushitai for several years!
The reason why everyone present looked at him sideways when he opened his mouth is because this man is the most upright person in the court, the most loyal minister, and the most ruthless person! He is also known as Xuancheng of the Song Dynasty and Wei Dynasty! Don't Speaking of those who are making tricks, even His Majesty the Emperor will give in when he sees this old master.
Moreover, as long as he opens his mouth, someone will be unlucky! As the saying goes, there is no one who Ji Xingbang dares not to participate in, and there is no one who cannot defeat him!
Everyone present secretly looked at the colleagues around them, and even thought about whether they had done anything inappropriate recently. They wanted to see which unlucky guy would fall under the "butcher's knife" of Old Master Ji today, and his achievements would be ruined. Another great achievement!
"Ji Aiqing doesn't need to be polite. What do you have to report?"
Ji Xingbang cupped his hand and shouted loudly, "Old minister, I want to participate in Shen Tang!"
Wow!
Everyone's eyes fell on Shen Tang. Some people were secretly worried for Shen Tang, but more people were extremely surprised! This guy Shen Tang has always been slippery, and he has His Majesty's full support behind him. How many people wanted to target him but couldn't. This time, for some reason, they actually provoked Master Ji. Let's see if he can survive?
Zhao Shen's expression changed slightly. Now, he is counting on Shen Tang to use troops against Tubo. He absolutely does not want anything unexpected to happen to Shen Tang! Otherwise, among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, who else can allow him to complete the expansion of territory? dream?
After a moment of silence, Zhao Shen asked slowly, "I wonder why Ji Aiqing came to Shen Tang?"
"Hmph, Shen Tang is an official of the imperial court and has the deep trust of His Majesty! However, he did not abide by his duty, used his troops to redeem his troops, and harmed the people. The court ignored him. He was greedy, barbaric, and acted like a handsome gentleman of the Song Dynasty! The crime is here! No forgiveness!"
After saying these words, the corners of Zhao Shen's eyes twitched wildly, but Shen Tang was thoughtful!
Shen Tang is not familiar with Ji Xingbang, but he does know him somewhat! This old master Ji has always taken matters into his own hands, and if he is deliberately targeting himself, I am afraid that he is not qualified to do so.
In this case, Old Master Ji must have been taken advantage of by others this time.
After a moment of silence, Zhao Shen suddenly said, "Shen Aiqing, since Doctor Ji is participating in the performance with you, how about you and Doctor Ji playing duet?"
Shen Tang came out of class, raised his hands and said, "My lord, I obey the order!"
Afterwards, Shen Tang turned around, bowed his hands towards Ji Xingbang and asked, "I entered Shen Tang after I finished my studies. Sir Ji, why do you want to join me?"
Ji Xingbang looked at Shen Tang and snorted coldly, "Shen Tang, let me ask you! Do you know how the treasury of the Song Dynasty is doing now?
Do you know how the people's warehouses are doing now?"
Shen Tang thought in his mind, "We in the Song Dynasty first went through the Northern Expedition with the Jin Kingdom, and then fought with the Tubo in Chengdu. After the successive battles, I think the reserves of silver and other supplies were insufficient. The same should be true for grain and grass! As for the people's warehouses, Although there have been disasters, overall it is still good. As long as we rest and recuperate with the people, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe!"
"Let me ask you again, how many officers and soldiers of our Song Dynasty died in the battle of Chengdu Mansion?"
"From the beginning of the war in February to the surrender of Tibet, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses of our Song Dynasty died in battle, and countless others were injured!"
"good!"
Ji Xingbang shouted loudly, and then asked sternly, "You Shen Tang is also a person who knows right and wrong, so why do you need to use troops to redeem your troops and use troops against Tubo when the country is in poverty and the people are scarce?
By acting like this, what did you do to the people, what did you do to the court, and what did you do to the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty?
Is it possible that you, Shen Tang, just want to be arrogant and domineering because of your merits? Don't you have some scruples?
Or, as a general, you only fight for merit, but you don’t care about the lives of the people and the soldiers?"
"We, the Song Dynasty, are a country of benevolence and cannot be equated with barbarians. You mobilized troops and mobilized a large number of people to start a war against Tibet without any reason. Why did you cause this to us, the Song Dynasty?"