Lu Yijian didn't know Zhao Zhen's true purpose. After leaving the Imperial Garden, he went straight to the gate of Donghua.

When the courtiers saw him, they stood on tiptoes and looked behind him.

After looking for a long time, they didn't see the figure they expected appearing.

"Don't look, the officials are not here..."

Lu Yijian returned to the line of courtiers and said in a stiff tone.

The courtiers instantly became excited.

"How can the officials not come?"

"The officials are indulging these two old guys in their mischief..."

"If we let these two old guys succeed this time, if they do the same thing in the future, how can we still be officials?"

"..."

The courtiers were talking all over the place.

Lu Yijian shouted, "That's enough!"

The courtiers all shut their mouths.

Lu Yijian said with an unhappy expression: "You can stop Cao Wei from being crowned king, but why do you want to bring Kou Ji along with you? If you provoke Cao Wei, I can still handle it a little, but if you provoke Kou Zhun, who will deal with it? Turn back Kou Ji.

When Ji Banshi returns to court and looks for trouble with you, who of you can deal with it?

You don't even care how much you weigh, you dare to offend anyone."

When the courtiers heard Lu Yijian's words, some lowered their heads and some frowned.

Someone said: "Prime Minister Lu, Kou Ji's current achievements are unmatched by anyone. If we don't take action against him and let him grow up, I'm afraid he won't be able to lose his position by then."

Lu Yijian stared and scolded: "As if you can control and direct him now?"

The man looked a little ugly and said: "Mr. Lu, you should understand that this is not what we mean."

Lu Yijian's face darkened, "I know what you mean, but the official family has great trust in him. As long as the official family's favor for him continues, you will not be able to deal with him."

When the man heard this, his expression became even more ugly.

Zhang Zhibai said from the side: "Now is not the time to talk about this. What needs to be done most now is to ask those two people to leave. If we let them block us any longer, I'm afraid you will lose all face."

The news that Cao Wei and Kou Zhun had blocked the door must have quickly spread to the entire Bianjing city as Zhu Neng, Wang Shu and others left.

Those of them who are blocked will definitely have their faces damaged.

The longer Cao Wei and Kou Zhun are stuck in the situation, the greater their facial damage will be.

When Lu Yijian heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Cao Wei wants a king's title, so give it to him. This king's title can be given to him or not, it depends on whether Cao Wei can withstand the pressure."

If Cao Wei is granted the title of king, he will be the only living king with a different surname in the Song Dynasty.

Everyone in the government and the public will be watching him, and he will become the target of public criticism.

The Cao family will also be looked at with a magnifying glass by everyone in the government and the public.

Once someone in the Cao family makes a mistake, a memorial to impeach the Cao family will float into the palace like snowflakes.

If the Cao family cannot withstand it, then Cao Wei, a king with a different surname, will not be able to sit down.

Therefore, being granted the title of king is not a good thing for the Cao family and Cao Wei.

However, some courtiers still disagreed, "Prime Minister Lu, this case cannot be made. Once this case is made, there will be no obstacles for successive officials to grant kings with different surnames.

When the time comes, if some slanderous ministers and favored ministers become kings with different surnames through flattery, then the court will be doomed."

Lu Yijian said coldly: "It's not easy to make a king with a different surname. The officials want to make Cao Wei a king with a different surname, and we won't stop him. But some rules still have to be set.

Unless he has contributed to the destruction of the country, he cannot be crowned king.

We should ask the officials to make this rule an ironclad rule.

When the time comes when other people want to be crowned kings, they must first conquer a country for me, the Song Dynasty."

When the courtiers heard this, they looked at each other and finally nodded in unison.

If there is a rule that one cannot be crowned king unless he has contributed to the destruction of the country, then the king will not be crowned indiscriminately in the future.

The Song Dynasty's enemies on all sides have been almost wiped out.

In the future, if someone wants to be crowned king, he will have to go to far away places to fight in order to achieve the goal of destroying the country.

The key problem is that, with their restrictions, it is not easy for some military officials to go to distant places to fight.

First of all, as long as the Ministry of Revenue is stuck with money and food, it will be impossible for the military ministers to go on expeditions.

Seeing the courtiers nodding in agreement, Lu Yijian continued: "Don't mention the matter of asking Kou Ji to be crowned king in the future. Don't try to tease Kou Ji for now. Kou Ji can control all the elite soldiers of our Song Dynasty. If he

If we are confused and do something wrong, we cannot bear the consequences."

When Lu Yijian said this, he paused for a moment, and then said in an unprecedentedly serious tone: "I just went to meet with the officials, and the officials said bluntly that the military strength of our Song Dynasty can sweep across all barbarians, and it can also sweep across our Song Dynasty.

"

The courtiers were all shocked.

The implication is that if Kou Ji wanted to lead his troops into the Song Dynasty, no one could stop him.

Seeing that the courtiers were speechless, Lu Yijian continued: "I've said everything I can say. It's best to discuss with me what you want to do in the future. If you don't discuss with me and just make the decision without authorization, then don't blame me for not guaranteeing it."

you.

When people deal with you, don’t ask to come to my door.”

The courtiers looked at each other and bowed in response.

"Here..."

Seeing this, Lu Yijian's expression softened a bit, and he told the courtiers, "You guys stay here later, I'll go negotiate with those two old guys..."

After saying this, Lu Yijian stepped onto the Jinshui Bridge again.

When they arrived at the Jinshui Bridge, Lu Yijian didn't mince words. He went straight to the point and said to Cao Wei and Kou Zhun: "The officials will then crown you Cao Wei king, and we will not stop it.

The courtiers will no longer petition to crown Kou Ji the king."

Cao Wei and Kou Zhun heard Lu Yijian's words, looked at each other and laughed.

Then each of them waved to their entourage and gave a very comfortable order.

"Go home!"

"..."

The two old guys stood up slowly, ordered their followers to pack their things, and left.

Lu Yijian's teeth started to itch when he saw the two old guys looking so satisfied.

As Lu Yijian and the courtiers compromised, the voices in the court that prevented Cao Wei from being crowned king and petitioned Kou Ji to be crowned king were instantly silenced.

Just when everyone thought that Zhao Zhen would take advantage of the situation and crown Cao Wei the king, Zhao Zhen actually did nothing.

It was as if the matter of being crowned king had never happened.

No one knows what Zhao Zhen is selling.

Kou Ji, who was far away in Gubeikou, paid a little attention to this matter at first, but when a large number of murderers, driven by the nine new Khitan tribes, appeared outside the Great Wall.

Kou Ji had no intention of paying attention to this matter.

On Gubeikou Pass City.

Kou Ji, Zhong Shiheng, Liu Heng, and a Jiaozhi general named Li Si stood side by side. The four of them frowned and stared at the huge team of thugs outside the city.

"A rough estimate... there are two hundred thousand..."

After carefully observing the murderers outside the city, Zhong Shiheng gave a relative number.

Kou Ji stared at the murderers outside the city and said: "There are no rules and regulations, and there are no better armaments. Many people only have one sword in their hands. They are barely stronger than the mob, but their strength is limited. The only saving grace is the quantity."

huge."

Zhong Shiheng, Liu Heng and others nodded.

In their eyes, the thugs outside the city have no other merits except their numbers.

After Kou Ji said this, he seemed to remember something, and his eyes fell on Tojo Chuichi who was behind Liu Heng.

Kou smiled and said: "Tojo Chuichi, what do you think?"

Tojo said with a humble face: "I think what the generals said is right."

Tojo Chuichi was quite arrogant when he first arrived at Gubeikou.

After Kou Ji asked someone to take him to see several burned mass graves, when he saw Kou Ji again, he immediately knelt down to Kou Ji.

In the Japanese country, those who led thousands of soldiers and horses were all great generals.

Killing thousands of enemies would be a great victory that would go down in Japanese history.

However, on the battlefield between Song and Liao, everything about Japan seemed not enough.
To be continued...