The court also had different opinions on whether to curb the rise of the Jurchens. Supporters believed that the Liao Kingdom was in danger and that the Jurchens were likely to replace the Liao Kingdom and became another powerful enemy of the Song Dynasty. Opponents believed that the Jurchens had restrained a considerable number of the Liao Kingdom's troops. Therefore, the Song Dynasty could not curb the development of the Jurchens, but also had to find a way to support them. These two completely opposite views were debated in the court, and no one could convince anyone. In the end, everyone's eyes looked at Fan Chunren and other husbands who had not spoken.

Fan Chunren and Lu Dafang and other ministers were also very confused at this time. Only Su Song clearly expressed his support for the Jurchens, but Su Song was Zhao Yan's person, but they were not. And they also knew that Zhao Yan must be manipulating behind the throne of the Jurchens. If they objected, they would definitely offend Zhao Yan for this, but if they supported them, they were a little reluctant. After all, in their opinion, the threat of the Jurchens was really a bit vague.

Just as Fan Chunren and others were hesitating, they suddenly saw Zhao Xu sitting on the dragon throne suddenly speaking: "When I was studying with Uncle Wang before, I had heard Uncle Wang analyze the situation in the northern part of the Liao Kingdom, and I was very afraid of the rise of the Jurchens, so I also deeply agree with Mr. Zhang's memorial!"

As soon as Zhao Xu said, all the ministers in the court were stunned. Although Empress Dowager Gao asked Zhao Xu to participate in the government affairs because she was seriously ill, she was only allowed to let Zhao Xu go to the Political Affairs Hall to walk around. She followed Fan Chunren and other couples to learn how to deal with government affairs. After all, this is also a major issue, but in the usual court, Zhao Xu still didn't speak much. At most, the ministers took the lead in the memorial and took a look at him a few times, and then asked the ministers to discuss it, and then agreed after the discussion results. It was the first time that he had actively expressed his opinions on the government affairs like this.

When the ministers woke up, the atmosphere in the court immediately became a little weird. The ministers looked at each other for a few moments. No one spoke again in a short time because many people were guessing. The little emperor above suddenly spoke, expressing his agreement with the proposal of King Yue. It seems nothing on the surface, but if you think about it carefully, many people feel that there is something to do with it!

Empress Dowager Gao is old and will sooner or later hand over the power. In addition, his serious illness during this period makes the ministers believe this. Moreover, the disagreement between the little emperor and the empress dowager is also well-known for his close relationship with the King of Yue. If the little emperor wants to take power, he will definitely rely on the support of the King of Yue. Today, King of Yue suddenly proposed a proposal that many people think is unnecessary to curb the Jurchens, and the little emperor suddenly expressed his support, which made many people think that this is Zhao Xu's attitude of testing the ministers and see how many of them are on their side?

The above guess is reasonable and well-founded. Many people think about it more and more and more that it feels like this. This makes many officials who have expressed opposition secretly regret it. If they had known this before, they should have expressed their support just now. After all, compared to the seriously ill Empress Dowager Gao, the little emperor above is the master of the Song Dynasty in the future, and they don’t want to stand in the wrong team.

"Well, your majesty, I think that the Jurchens have risen several times and the Liao Kingdom is also becoming weaker. In the long run, I, the Song Dynasty, have to be careful, so I also agree with what Mr. Zhang said!" At this moment, Fan Chunren finally spoke. His character is generous, as long as it is not a matter of principle, he is generally unwilling to offend people. The fact that the Jurchens is related to Zhao Yan and the little emperor Zhao Xu, so after he thought about it for a while, he also chose to agree.

As soon as Fan Chunren said, many people immediately followed and expressed their approval. Even many people who opposed it before changed their words. On the surface, they agreed with this matter, but in fact they were expressing loyalty to Zhao Xu. With Zhao Xu's intelligence, this can naturally be seen, so he still looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was secretly happy. After being an emperor for so long, he finally realized this feeling of responding to it.

With Fan Chunren's statement, the other husbands were naturally happy to get off the bus and said that Fan Chunren's words were reasonable, which made many officials change their words. However, at this moment, Lu Dafang suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, maybe I am short-sighted. In my opinion, the Jurchens are too far away from my Song Dynasty and cannot threaten my Song Dynasty at all, so I think there is no need to waste my energy to curb the Jurchens!"

It is reasonable for Lu Dafang to object, because he was an extremely square person, one is one, two is two. No matter who this matter is related to, he will only speak according to his own judgment and never be afraid of offending others. There are such loyal ministers in any dynasty, and they are also indispensable people in the court. If there is a dynasty with fewer such people, it would be the misfortune of this dynasty.

However, a loyal minister like Lu Dafang is a minority after all, and his opposition only attracted the approval of a few ministers, which is far less powerful than Fan Chunren and others before. As a result, the court's call for silencing the Jurchens is getting higher and higher. Finally, Zhao Xu said with a final say: "Since all my dear friends agree with this matter, then let's discuss how to silence the rise of the Jurchens?"

As soon as Zhao Xu's question came out, most of the people who were fighting to show their loyalty just now closed their mouths. As soon as most of them actually didn't agree with this matter, it was even more impossible to think of any good idea in a short time, so naturally there was nothing to say at this time. However, Zeng Bu suddenly stood up and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the Jurchens and my Song Dynasty are separated from the Liao Kingdom. If you want to stop the Jurchens, you will definitely not be able to avoid the Liao Kingdom. So I think you can form an alliance with the Liao Kingdom in this matter!"

"What Secretary Zeng said is extremely true. I also think that this matter must be united with the Liao Kingdom. Our Song Dynasty can send some supplies, and even send troops directly to eliminate the Jurchens." At this time, Zhang Dun stood up again and said.

However, just as Zhang Dun finished speaking, Lu Dafang stood up again and said, "Is Mr. Zhang a little too wishful thinking? How could the Liao Kingdom believe me so easily? And even if you take a step back, the Liao Kingdom really has an alliance with us, but who can guarantee that the materials that our Song Dynasty shakes are used to clear out the Jurchens, not to guard against our Song Dynasty?"

Lu Dafang is worthy of being the prime minister and suddenly saw the key to the alliance with Liao. However, Zhang Dun and Zeng Bu are not Yi people. They only looked at each other and then Zhang Dun stood up and said, "What Lu Xianggong said is right. It is indeed difficult to form an alliance with Liao, but these details can be discussed in the future. Now, it is mainly necessary to send envoys to contact Liao first. As long as Liao also has the intention to form an alliance, it will not be too late to discuss these details at that time."

Zhang Dun's words were immediately approved by Zeng Bu and others. The officials who just expressed their support for this matter also expressed their opinions. After all, they had already expressed their loyalty just now, and it was not bad for this time. In this way, most of the officials in the court also agreed to form an alliance with the Liao Kingdom. Now they only need to select an envoy to serve as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom.

There was no effort to choose the envoy, but someone took the initiative to stand up and was willing to serve as the envoy. This person was Zhang Dun. With Zhang Dun's current position, he was enough to be the envoy this time. He was also able to speak good deeds and was extremely brave. Even Su Shi praised him for his courage to kill, so it was most appropriate for him to serve as the envoy.

After confirming the candidate for the envoy, even if this matter was settled, Zhao Xu on the dragon throne would relieve himself. There was no joke in the court. As long as it was passed by the ministers, Empress Dowager Gao's illness would be cured in the future, and it would not be so easy to overturn this resolution.

The resolution in the court was also quickly passed to the palace. When Empress Dowager Gao heard about this, she was not angry, but showed a thoughtful look. After a while, Empress Dowager Gao slowly whispered to herself: "It seems that Your Majesty has really grown up and he actually knows how to take advantage of the situation!"
Chapter completed!