The news that Li Ni had captured Ezhou, an important town on the Yangtze River, had come back, shocking both the government and the public.
At the beginning of winter, the official Zhao Fu was holding a cup of warm wine, drinking it, smacking his lips, and asked me something.
"Beauties, what are we going to do today?"
This is the Furong Pavilion in the harem, and it is spring. Immediately, beauties come forward to hug Zhao Yu's arms, play coquettishly and joke, and propose various gambling and fun tricks.
"Is it okay for the slave family to accompany the official family to play horses?"
"If you don't agree or not, the official will agree to play leaf play with me."
The more coquettish you are, the more favored you will be by Zhao Yu.
He pinched the face of the one who screamed the loudest, Mei Ji, and laughed.
"Okay, okay, go get the leaf opera..."
Everyone was about to play happily when they saw Wang Qinghui of Zhaoyi hurried into the palace.
"Official!"
"Um?"
Zhao Yu raised his head from between a pair of breasts. He was slightly tipsy from drinking, and his face was flushed.
Turning around, I saw Wang Qinghui wearing a jacket.
At this time, there was a fire burning in the palace, and it was warm and cozy. The other palace residents were all wearing light gauze, showing off their graceful figures, but this coat was out of place.
"Take it off soon." Zhao Yu didn't wait for Wang Qinghui to speak and said with a smile: "Take it off soon, it's warm here, don't wear so much."
"Official family!" Wang Qinghui thought to himself, the country of the Song Dynasty is just like this palace city. It is already cold everywhere, but luxurious charcoal is still burning here.
She turned sideways, and several eunuchs dared to come in from outside the palace, bringing with them a disgusting chill.
It seems that the last peaceful place of the Song Dynasty was also leaked.
"If the courtiers have important matters, please see the officials," Zhao Yu shouted, why do they have so many important matters? Wouldn't it be better to let the minister make the decision?"
"The court officials are not convinced by Ping Zhanggong's wishes and want the officials to make the decision themselves."
Zhao Fu was surprised and exclaimed: "They are against the master again."
He remembered that this was the case when negotiating peace with Dayuan at the beginning of the year. The Queen Mother and the court officials colluded with Lu Wende to exclude his mentor.
A year has not passed yet and it is like this again.
The eunuchs looked at each other in disbelief, but Zhao Yu had already sent them away, saying: "Tell the ministers that my dragon body is not in good condition, and the state affairs will be handled by the master."
"Official family." Wang Qinghui stepped forward and whispered in Zhao Yu's ear: "This time is different from the beginning of the year."
Don't always talk to me, just tell me what to do." Zhao Fu was already impatient.
Wang Qinghui handled government affairs for him. Although it was a very small amount of government affairs, she inevitably talked a little too much, and Zhao Fu increasingly disliked her for being verbose.
"You have analyzed so much for me, why don't I still play with leaves if you don't see it? Just tell me what to do."
Wang Qinghui became embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he still did not directly say what to do. Instead, he whispered: "Last time, the opinions of the ministers were at odds with Gong Pingzhang, and they all wanted to make the decision, because the ministers were against Gong Pingzhang.
This time is different, I don’t want to make the decision this time.”
"What's the meaning?"
Zhao Fu looked confused when he heard this. Wang Qinghui had to speak more plainly and said: "Last time, Mr. Pingzhang was forced to go back to his hometown to visit relatives. This time he did it on purpose."
Zhao Fu still didn't understand and became even more impatient.
He turned around and looked at the group of beauties waiting to play with him, like fools standing on the street drooling at the candied haws.
"The official family, the queen's chariot is on the way over. We must advise the official family to take care of the state affairs. Instead of being lectured and then listening to the officials' nagging, it is better to go directly and listen to the officials' nagging.
Zhao Yu stood up reluctantly and said: "Let's go, let's go. If you want to go, go back quickly. The beauties are waiting for me to come back."
After sitting down on the imperial couch in Xuande Hall, Zhao Fu took a closer look and saw Jia Sidao sitting on the stool with a serious face, while most of the courtiers in the hall looked very unfamiliar.
He was not very good at dealing with state affairs, and the party dispute between North Korea and China was fierce, and officials were distracted.
Guanhua usually takes office and leaves office, so of course I don't know him.
Moving his butt, Zhao Fu was about to take a closer look at who was who, when he suddenly heard an extremely excited shout.
"Your Majesty, please move me!"
Move? Zhao Fu was startled and asked: "Why move? Where?"
"The fall of Ezhou has caused turmoil in the world. Your Majesty, please consider the safety of the clan and move to Qingyuan Mansion."
Qingyuan Mansion is not far from Lin'an. The reason why every time we mention the transfer is to mention Qingyuan Mansion, it is actually to make it easier to escape to Zhoushan Island.
Of course, the Jin people and Mongolian court officials who went south thought that these northern barbarians could not attack the sea, which is understandable.
But since Li Ni was able to go down the river to capture Ezhou this time, it is worth debating whether it would be useful to escape to the sea.
The average emperor can figure out many problems from this point alone. For example, did these courtiers think that Li Xia's navy was too weak? Or did they fail to consider this in panic? Or they habitually shouted to move to intimidate the king.
, to achieve other purposes? But Zhao Fu couldn't think about these at all.
He jumped off the imperial couch and sat up, as if he wanted to run away right away.
"Is it so serious?!"
Someone stepped forward and reminded in a low voice: "Guan family, Ezhou is lost. The letter has been here for more than ten days."
"Is the loss of Ezhou so serious?"
The ministers looked at each other in confusion, as if they didn't know how else to explain to this official the strategic location of Ezhou. Ezhou is located between Jing and Yang, with Jiangnan in its lap, backed by Hushan, controlling Lufei on the left, and Xianghan on the right, which constitutes the entire Song Dynasty.
The centerpiece of the defense system, these principles have been told to officials many times, but every time it is as if they have never heard them.
Fortunately, there was a minister who obviously understood this official family very well and responded: "Your Majesty, it is so serious."
Zhao Fu was so anxious that he asked: But Lu Wende said that if Li Ni rebels, he will definitely put Li Ni down!"
As he spoke, he looked at Jia Sidao.
"Master Prime Minister, right? Lu Wende told the Queen Mother, Queen."
But he saw that Jia Sidao still had a stern face and said, "Your Majesty, I forgive you. I was back in my hometown visiting relatives at the time and didn't know about this."
Zhao Fu was stunned and extremely anxious.
Although there is no point in pursuing these matters, he is like a wronged child who insists on making this matter clear.
"Master, don't blame me, okay? Because Lu Wende really said that the Queen Mother and the Empress forced me."
"I dare not blame Your Majesty." Jia Sidao said calmly.
I should give it up, cherish words like gold, and don’t say even half a word.
Zhao Fu immediately didn't know what to do. The next moment, all the officials in the palace impeached Jia Sidao.
Some say that since Jia Sidao Pingzhang's military affairs, the country's situation has been declining; some say that Jia Sidao re-employed Lu Wende, which led to the fall of Ezhou; some people also made statements about Jia Sidao's discourtesy in front of the king at this time, even Zhao Zhao
After hearing this, you felt aggrieved for Jia Sidao.
He believed that it was obviously because he did not listen to his teacher last time, which led to such a result. How could he blame his teacher?
So he ignored those ministers whom he could not fully recognize, and asked Jia Sidao again: "Master, what do you think should be done?"
Jia Sidao pondered for a moment and said solemnly, word for word: "I would like to ask your majesty to take charge of Li Ni personally."
"What?!"
Zhao Fu neither wanted to go to Qingyuan Mansion nor to go to Yujia to conquer in person. In short, he just wanted to stay in Lin'an and enjoy himself.
All the power given to Jia Sidao was for this simple request.
But even such a simple request could not be met. There had been several major incidents that Jia Sidao couldn't deal with. He vaguely discovered that Shi Xiang didn't seem to be that powerful.
Isn't there any other way?
Finally, an official said: "Your Majesty, there is no other way but to negotiate peace with Li Ni."
"Peace negotiation?"
Zhao Fu would repeat the question almost every time he heard a sentence, like a fool whose reaction was much slower than others.
But no matter how stupid he was, he gradually understood some truth.
"Why do we always negotiate for peace?
This has happened several times. Each time, we have negotiated for peace. In the middle of what I want you to say, Zhao Fu lowered his eyes, glanced at Jia Sidao, and did not dare to continue. It was not that he was unwilling to negotiate for peace, and it was not that he suddenly became tough.
. But he felt that the ministers had so much power, but the things they did were too simple. Didn't they just submit when encountering problems? Then he could make the decision himself.
However, after complaining for only half a sentence, Jia Sidao suddenly stood up.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am not feeling well. Please allow me to retire."
"Jia Sidao! How dare you be rude to His Majesty."
Zhao Yu, who had behaved badly before the emperor, was frightened again and jumped.
I can't tell how many times I have been surprised today.
His first thought was that it was over, the master was angry! Then he thought about it again and realized that he had really wronged the master.
Li Xia had previously called himself Qin Rui, and the Prime Minister was opposed to appeasing Li Xia, and it was Ye Mengding and others who made the decision. When they negotiated peace with Dayuan at the beginning of the year, the Prime Minister was also opposed to easily agreeing to Meng Yuan's conditions, and it was the officials who made the decision.
Every time, it was because I didn't listen to my teacher that I had bad consequences. How could you say that just now?
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu regretted it endlessly.
In fact, after he really understood the situation, he also wanted to negotiate a peace, and he regretted saying anything more.
This introductory incident in Xuande Hall seemed strange.
After Jia Sidao left, Zhao Fu was left alone to discuss state affairs with a group of ministers whom he didn't even know.
Normally, major national affairs would be waited for by Jia Sidao, who said, "Three days and one meeting, all affairs will be governed." But today, it was as if the monarchy was suddenly returned to Zhao Yu.
Zhao Fu was completely unprepared and did not dare to make any decision.
If Jia Sidao had asked him to negotiate peace, he might have agreed long ago so that he could go back to the harem to play. However, Jia Sidao's idea was that he should lead the expedition in person, which was the last thing Zhao Fu could agree to. Listening to the officials saying that he should move to the harem
Regarding the Qingyuan Mansion, he really wanted to advocate for peace talks, but he did not dare to disobey Jia Sidao again.
Zhao Fu then kept reminding himself, "I have already failed to listen to Master Xiang twice. I will definitely listen to Master Xiang from now on."
Suddenly, a eunuch hurriedly broke into Xuande Hall. He was so panicked that he actually fell at the threshold.
The eunuch quickly got up. For a short while, he was so nervous that he couldn't say a word. He lifted up a document with both hands and trembled.
"The military situation in Xiangyang is urgent. Your Majesty, please take a look!"