As soon as the smile appeared on his face, Eunuch Sheng turned his head with a blank look on his face and stared at Wu Zhi intently.
"Master Wu, what did you just say?"
"The voice was too low. I didn't hear it clearly. Can you tell me again?"
Wu Zhi smiled awkwardly.
"Eunuch Sheng, did I speak just now?"
"No?"
"Did you hear wrongly?"
Eunuch Sheng frowned and kept recalling the words he seemed to have heard just now.
At this moment, Wu Zhi's next question came to his ears.
"By the way, Eunuch Sheng, you haven't answered my question just now."
"I wonder why the officials are so anxious to summon me?"
Eunuch Sheng shook his head and sighed.
"Hey, they're all those nasty Jin and Liao people!"
"From years ago to now, the envoys from both countries have never stopped!"
"The purpose is nothing more than to let us, the Song Dynasty, help our own country to fight against another country."
"At the beginning, the envoys from their two countries didn't know much about the details of our Song Dynasty."
"So you are quite polite to our people."
"But gradually, when the envoys of the two countries fully understood the customs, customs, and military strategies of the Song Dynasty, they became more and more wanton."
"From the very beginning in the court, there was an angry fight."
"Gradually, it evolved into writing letters back to their home countries, suggesting that the monarchs of the two countries send a certain number of soldiers to massacre the people of the Song Dynasty on our border."
"The purpose is nothing more than to coerce our Song Dynasty into uniting with one of the countries."
"But in the past few days, the behavior of the envoys of the two countries in court has become increasingly excessive."
"They even dared to openly insult the imperial officials!"
"This arrogance is really too arrogant!"
"Master Wu, you don't know how chaotic the court is right now."
"Those groups of people have torn down the roof of Jinluan Palace."
Wu Zhi frowned, and then asked with a puzzled face:
"How many groups?
Which groups are they?"
"I don't quite understand. Could you please ask this father-in-law to explain it to me?"
So Eunuch Sheng raised his right hand and analyzed it for Wu Zhi by moving his fingers.
"A group of envoys from the Kingdom of Jin."
"Their idea is to unite with our Song Dynasty to destroy the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop."
"Although the price they offered is very tempting, that is, once the matter is completed, the sixteen states of Yanyun will be donated to our court."
"The envoys of the Liao Kingdom can also be counted as a group."
"The conditions they asked for were the same as those of the envoys from the Jin Kingdom. They asked our court to join forces with the Liao Kingdom and then destroy the Jin Kingdom in one fell swoop!"
"After the promise is fulfilled, we will share the land equally with my court."
"The other group is the main war faction."
"In the midst of this, the way of cultivating teachers is also used. The two brothers of the cultivating masters are looking at each other."
"The plan given by the two brothers, as well as the generals under their command, is that both the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom have wolfish ambitions, and they must not easily form alliances with them."
"Right now, we should step up training of soldiers, build weapons, and be ready for war at all times."
"If the two countries make any move to invade the Song Dynasty, they will immediately send their troops there to fight to the death."
"There is another faction, which is the main faction led by Master Cai, supplemented by Taiwei Gao, Privy Tong and others."
"What they have always said is that peace is the most important thing, and they have pushed hard to send envoys to the Jin and Liao countries respectively to appease their determination to attack other countries."
"As for the last faction, its views are somewhat difficult to describe."
"The main representative figure, apart from the current officials, is Su Taiwei."
"The views held by the two of them are to combine the strengths of the above-mentioned views and adopt those that are beneficial to the Song Dynasty."
"As for the specific implementation plan, we have been discussing it for a long time but have not come up with a result."
When Eunuch Sheng said this, he sighed helplessly.
"Can you imagine?"
"Every day after going to court, these major factions would take turns to squabble."
"Among them, there were also shouts and curses from the Jin envoys and Liao envoys."
"The originally solemn and solemn morning court has now become no different than a vegetable market."
After Wu Zhi listened to Eunuch Sheng's bowed sigh, the emotions in his heart became stronger and stronger.
In fact, the tone of the battle between literary masters and military masters is a phenomenon that has existed since ancient times.
Because, once the emperor demands reconciliation, then the civil servants will have a role to play.
In any peace negotiation, those eloquent scholars will always be used.
When the emperor sends those literati to negotiate peace with other countries, those literati will try their best to strive for more benefits for their country.
That would be tantamount to making meritorious service to the country.
When the time comes, it will be natural to receive titles and rewards.
Because this matter of peace will be linked to the self-interests of those literati groups.
Therefore, those literati have been willing to advocate peace talks with other countries since ancient times.
What about the general group?
Their greatest guarantee of survival is their martial arts and their ability to lead troops.
If the emperor does not order troops to conquer other countries, or gather troops to resist foreign humiliation, then these generals with heavy troops will lose their use! At the same time, they will also lose the channel for further promotion.
Therefore, whether it is to consolidate the country's national defense strength or for their future status in the DPRK.
Those military generals all hope that today's emperor will be a monarch with great talents and bold strategies, who dares to take the initiative to attack foreign countries.
Because only in this way can the interests of their general group be maximized.
After Eunuch Sheng gave Wu Zhi a concise introduction to the current situation in the court, Wu Zhi, who had never cared much about major affairs in the court, speculated on what problems he would encounter after going to court?
But he has always been puzzled as to why Zhao Ji had to call him over at this time.
So, he wanted to ask what Eunuch Sheng meant.
See if he knows what Zhao Ji is thinking?
But the answer given by that Eunuch Sheng was...
"Perhaps the officials think that you are a talented person from Wuhan University with quick thinking and unparalleled resourcefulness, and you have solved many problems for the officials."
"So I just want to hear your opinion on this matter."
After Wu Zhi heard what Eunuch Sheng said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly on his face and secretly cursed in his heart.
No matter before or after I travel, I am a Chinese citizen.
What else can you do when faced with an aggressive enemy?
Of course it’s the main battle!
After all, there is a saying that goes, the dignity of a country is only as good as the edge of the sword.
If your own national strength is not strong, your army will be weak and incompetent.
So even if you are a scholar and counselor, no matter how sharp your teeth are and your tongue is as bright as an orchid.
It is absolutely impossible to obtain even the slightest benefit in any negotiation situation.
Even though that's what he said.
But at the moment, with the military strength of the Song Dynasty court, if it rashly launches a war with foreign countries.
What is the result?
Need more to say?
When Wu Zhi thought of this, he reached out and opened the carriage door curtain.