The issue of military capital supervision was solved within half an hour of the dynasty meeting. Zhao Ji severely punished Liang Fangping, and immediately issued an order to appoint Prime Minister Bai Shizhong as the Hebei Xuanfu Envoy, temporarily taking over Liang Fangping's position, and to find out other problems in the Hebei military capital case.

The topic quickly turned to the Northern Expedition, which was the focus of today's dynasty meeting. The Northern Expedition was actually the second discussion. In the last Northern Expedition discussion, it was Li Yanqing who proposed to abolish the Tanyuan Alliance first to discuss the Northern Expedition, so that the Northern Expedition did not reach the decision to the Northern Expedition.

However, today's Northern Expedition is shrouded in the shadow of Hebei's preparations for fraud. It is impossible to reach an agreement, but it depends on which faction can gain the upper hand.

Fan Zhixu took the initiative and fired the first shot. He took the lead in starting the remark: "Your Majesty, the ministers and many ministers have exchanged views on the Northern Expedition. We unanimously believe that after the Song and Xia wars and bandit suppression wars for several years, the national strength has been difficult for us to fight another large-scale battle, especially the serious Hebei war readiness incident. With our current combat readiness to go to the Northern Expedition, we can say that there is no chance of victory. Everyone unanimously hopes that the court will suspend the Northern Expedition plan, focus more energy and resources on people's livelihood, reduce taxes, and cancel the top ten money, especially to restore the people's livelihood of Jingdong and Liangzhe Roads."

Speaking of this, he submitted the joint letter, "This is a joint letter from 133 court officials. I hope Your Majesty will carefully consider the Northern Expedition."

A eunuch stepped forward and presented the joint letter to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji looked at the joint letter and his face suddenly became particularly ugly. He knew that Fan Zhixu contacted many ministers to oppose the Northern Expedition, but he did not expect that Fan Zhixu actually made a joint letter.

Since ancient times, written expressions have been much more formal and serious than oral expressions. Especially if you want a joint letter, this nature is almost equivalent to an ultimatum. There is no room for maneuver. It is extremely lethal, but the side effects are also extremely great.

There was a silence in the court, and only the noisy protests outside Xuande Building were heard. Tens of thousands of people led by the Ethereum students were shouting against the Northern Expedition.

At this time, Tong Guan stood up and said, "About the Northern Expedition, I also hope to express my views. Please forgive me!"

Zhao Ji's face looked ugly, but he nodded slightly. Tong Guan said to everyone: "I understand everyone's mood of opposing the Northern Expedition. In the past two years, there are two bandit suppressions, which are costly. The court's financial resources are indeed a bit tight, but I want to tell you that this is the only opportunity for us to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. If we missed this opportunity, we will face the stronger Jin Kingdom in the future. It is impossible to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun again. Who will bear this historical responsibility? How do you explain it to your descendants?"

Tong Guan's words are very suppressive, especially the morality of "taking will lead to a thousand years of opportunity, and giving will lead to historical responsibility", which makes many people unable to refute it.

At this time, Li Yanqing stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, please let me say a few words!"

Zhao Ji also nodded, "Authentication!"

Li Yanqing bowed to Tong Guan with fists and bowed, "Taiwei Tong's idea is very good, but the premise is that the Song army won a great victory and completely defeated the Liao army. But if the Song army could not defeat the Liao army and was defeated by the Liao army, can Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures be taken back? Who should bear this historical responsibility?"

Tong Guan was furious. Li Yanqing, a bastard, dared to refute him in the court, which was so courageous that he was so angry that he looked at Li Yanqing. He glared at Li Yanqing and said, "Before the battle, I will show my weakness. If I were in the military camp, I would have to behead you and show my head to the public!"

"It's a pity that this is not a military camp, but the Emperor's Daqing Hall. It's not your turn to show your power to the Censor!" Li Yanqing did not show any weakness, and he also pushed forward to the point.

Zhao Ji was also a little dissatisfied with Tong Guan. He coughed gently, "Tong Aiqing, everyone is a courtier who shares my worries, don't be emotional."

Tong Guan also knew that he had lost his composure and hurriedly said, "I know my mistake!"

Zhao Ji said to Li Yanqing again: "Censor Li, please continue talking!"

Li Yanqing continued: "Sun Tzu said that war is a major event in the country. It is a place of life and death, and the principle of survival and death. It must be observed! A thousand chariots are chariots, a thousand chariots are chariots, and a thousand miles of food are fed. Then the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the materials of rubber paint, and the delivery of chariots are a thousand gold a day, and then a hundred thousand troops will be promoted. The two countries are fighting against national strength, the war preparations in Hebei are worrying, the imperial court and the treasury are empty, and the southeast is not determined to suppress bandits. How can we support dozens of troops to work hard for the expedition? This is a very realistic problem. Tong Taiwei led his troops for twenty years. Doesn't he even have this consciousness?"

At this time, Zhong Shidao also listed: "The old minister also supported the words of the Censor Li. The Song army was against the alliance and the Northern Expedition, and the Liao army was worried about destroying the country and the moral indignation. If the battle was against the water, the combat power would be even stronger. The so-called Ai army was difficult to win. Besides, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan still had 100,000 elite troops in their hands. The victory and defeat of the Song army was unknown. The situation would never be as expected by Taiwei Tong. The Liao army fled when they saw the wind and the Song army was unstoppable. We must be careful."

Zhong Shidao's fifty-year military career was a veteran, and only Cao Ping could compete with him. Even he expressed that this battle was difficult to win, and no one supported Ying and Tong Guan. At this time, the Censor Wang Anzhong, the censor Wang Shen and Zhang Wenxiao also expressed their opposition to the Northern Expedition.

Zhao Ji was extremely disappointed. He looked at the joint opposition letter on the imperial case again, and could no longer bear it. He stood up angrily, "Retreat the court!"

After saying that, Zhao Ji walked away with his sleeves. Hundreds of ministers in the court looked at each other. Everyone felt the emperor's anger, but one thing was certain. No matter how dissatisfied the emperor was, he would have to accept the objections of all officials.

At this time, the Crown Prince Zhao Huan was very excited. Although he did not say a word this time, he was nervous than anyone else. Seeing that the opposition to the Northern Expedition won a great victory in the court debate, how could he not be ecstatic? He glanced deeply at Li Yanqing and Fan Zhixu, then stood up and left from another side.

In the afternoon, the Danei issued an order to suspend the Northern Expedition plan, stop the circulation of "Dong Shiqian", and ordered Tong Guan to end the war in the southeast as soon as possible. When the news came out, the scholars in front of Xuande Building suddenly felt a thunderous joy, and then they each withdrew to end the demonstration.

When he looked into the room, Tong Guan slammed the inkstone on the table to the ground, and suddenly a 'bang' sound broke. Tong Guan said furiously: "I took him out of the county town and asked him to study at the Imperial Academy. This is how he repays me. Do you really think that I, Tong Guan, is a clay Buddha?"

The officials around were so scared that no one dared to say anything. This time, Li Yanqing completely turned against Tong Guan for the sake of the Northern Expedition, but he was the censor. Tong Guan really couldn't move him for a while, and he was holding his anger in Tong Guan's heart.

At this moment, a guard reported at the door: "The King and Prime Minister ask for a meeting!"

Tong Guan vomited heavily and said angrily: "Please come in!"

After a moment, Wang Fu walked into the official room. He looked at the shattered inkstone on the ground and frowned, "Why should the Taiwei do this?"

"Hmph! I hate Li Yanqing for being ungrateful, and I dare to let me get out of Taiwan in the court."

"He is a small sixth-rank official, and he is not worthy of being so angry with the Taiwei. It's not as simple as we imagined!"

Tong Guan was stunned, "How do you say this?"

"The Grand Marshal might as well think about it carefully. Who is the biggest winner in abolishing the Northern Expedition?"

Tong Guan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized, "You mean it"

Wang Fu immediately waved his hand to stop him, looked at the followers on both sides, and Tong Guan hurriedly said, "You all retreat!"

Tong Guan invited Wang Fu into the inner room again. A child came in and served tea and immediately stepped back. Tong Guan lowered his voice and said, "Is it really the prince instructed him behind the scenes?"

Wang Fu smiled coldly, "Although I have no evidence, just when the official stood up and left angrily, I clearly saw the pride in the eyes of the prince. The official made Prince Yun the commander of the Northern Expedition army. How could the prince not be anxious? How could he be indifferent? He must have a connection with Fan Zhixu behind his back. It is very likely that this opposition to the Northern Expedition was planned by the prince."

"Does the official know?"

"I went to see the official family after retreating from the court, and I felt that he didn't realize it."

Tong Guan was slightly stunned, "Have you ever seen the official family?"

Wang Fu snorted softly, "It is me who advised the officials to retreat to advance and suspend the Northern Expedition. After the three major unfavorable factors are eliminated, no one dares to object to the Northern Expedition."

"What are the three major adverse factors you mean?"

"First, end the war in the southeast; second, strengthen combat readiness and sufficient material; third, reduce opposition court officials."

Tong Guan walked a few steps behind his hands and said to Wang Fu: "I can end the war in the Southeast within a few months. Strengthening combat readiness and sufficient material will be a smooth matter. It will be almost done for a year to accumulate, but I think it is a big problem to reduce the opposition officials. Where do you plan to start?"

"Didn't the Taiwei find out? Although there are many opponents today, they are actually singing two plays. One play is Fan Zhixu who is good at dancing with a long sleeve, and the other play is Liang Shicheng and Cai Jing who is behind the scenes. We only need to make concessions in some important links, such as Liang Fangping's successor, such as after overthrowing Fan Zhixu, the new prime minister will be appointed by them, and for example, give up some key positions. Liang Shicheng has always wanted to be the appointment of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Cai Jing wants the appointment power of several southeastern states, and use these as exchange. Once Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng no longer support them, or even secretly destroy the stage, Fan Zhixu will be unable to speak out. If Fan Zhixu is overthrowing Fan Zhixu, who dares to oppose the Northern Expedition?"

Tong Guan squinted his eyes for a while, "This is not what Wang Prime Minister wants!"

Tong Guan knew Wang Fu too well, and he could not give up so many practical interests for a Northern Expedition that had little to do with him. This must be the hint of Emperor Zhao Ji.

Wang Fu nodded slowly, "The Grand Marshal is right. This is actually what the official family means. He asked me to discuss with you and find a way to defeat Fan Zhixu!"

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