After the ministers arrived at the Chongzheng Hall, they found that the officials had not arrived yet, so they communicated in a low voice. Lu Yijian moved a few steps slightly and came in front of Ding Wei.
"Does Prime Minister Ding know why the officials summoned us in such a hurry?"
"The true nature is also unknown."
Ding Wei glanced at Lu Yijian expressionlessly, he was still angry now.
It has only been a few days, but you have forgotten the good things you, Lu Yijian, have done?
Are you still embarrassed to come forward?
On the other side, Zhang Shixun asked Cao Wei the same question.
"I don't know either."
Cao Wei shook his head slightly. He was also puzzled. According to common sense, the envoy should have informed them of the specific matters in advance.
But the envoy summoned today did not mention any specific matters at all.
It's really confusing.
Snap!
At this moment, the sound of a whip sounded in everyone's ears. Upon hearing this sound, the ministers present quickly returned to their seats and stood in their own places according to their respective official positions.
"Your Majesty is here!"
"Join Your Majesty!"
After the polite greetings ended, Li Jie looked around and said.
"I want to restore my reputation as a martial arts lecturer. Do you think so?"
As soon as these words came out, the civil servants present were suddenly shocked.
The original name of Chongzheng Hall was not Chongzheng Hall, but "Jiangwu Hall".
Later, the God of War of the Song Dynasty ascended the throne, and in the eighth year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign (983), the Jianwu Palace was renamed the Chongzheng Palace.
As we all know, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were particularly keen on changing their names.
For example, the main hall of the outer dynasty, Daqing Hall, had many different names. During the Taizu period, it was also called Chongyuan Hall and Qianyuan Hall. During the Taizong period, it was renamed Chaoyuan Hall, Zhenzong was renamed Tianan Hall, and Renzong was renamed Daqing Hall.
However, the name change is not random. For example, the War God of the Song Dynasty changed the Wu Palace to the Chongzheng Palace. In fact, it is in line with the national policy of emphasizing culture over military affairs.
After all, the word "武" is included in the word "Martial Arts".
In fact, not only the Song Dynasty, but also many palaces in the past dynasties had palaces named after "武" to show that the emperor was advocating martial arts.
On the other hand, Ding said that this sycophant would certainly not object to the name change, and he would not care even if the name of Jiang Wu was reinstated.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
"The major affairs of the country are in sacrifice and military affairs. For example, the 'Zhengwu' in the Han Dynasty and the 'Wude' in the Tang Dynasty both have the meaning of advocating martial arts and advocating martial arts."
Ding said it was better not to speak, but when he did, he immediately offended a large number of civil servants.
Don’t you, Ding Wei, know why Taizong changed his name to Wu?
Why did the officials return to teaching martial arts? Do you not know?
'This guy has no shame!'
Hearing Ding Wei's words, Lu Yijian couldn't help but blush for him.
For the sake of power, you will really do anything.
You can even make this decision to betray your ancestors!
Evil!
'well.'
Thinking of this, Lu Yijian couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Originally, if Ding Wei and other civil servants could work together, it might not be impossible to prevent the officials from changing their names.
But now.
The highest-ranking civil servants all took the initiative to change sides. It was like a battle between two armies, and one's own general was the first to switch sides. How could this battle be fought?
Therefore, even if Lu Yijian stood up and expressed his opposition, the result would not change in the end.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
Thinking of this, Lu Yijian could only hold his nose and admit it.
Anyway, it's just a name change. As long as the officials like it, that's fine.
Moreover, the emperors of Zhao and Song all had this tradition. In a sense, the official family inherited the legacy of their ancestors.
Seeing that Ding Wei and Lu Yijian agreed to the name change one after another, other court officials also followed suit.
For a moment, in the Chongzheng Hall, no, it should be the Jiangwu Hall, there were only shouts of 'Your Majesty's Holy Ming'.
Seeing everyone's performance, Li Jie smiled and nodded.
good.
good.
There is a rebel, and the effect of political training is indeed much better.
The existence of people like Ding Wei is still meaningful.
"Today's summoning of ministers to the Jiangwu Palace to discuss matters was mainly due to the secret report sent back by the Imperial City Division."
"The Khitan has recently mobilized a large amount of food and grass, and will soon go south to the border area."
As soon as this news came out, the officials had various reactions, with the majority of them being worried.
This is also normal.
Fear of Liaoning is no longer something that happens every day or two.
The last time Song and Liao fought, if it hadn't been for internal problems within the Liao Kingdom, I don't know what the outcome would have been.
Now, the Liao Kingdom is coming again.
I'm afraid this invasion will be difficult to avoid.
"Vice-Chair Cao, you are a general, what do you think of the Liao Kingdom's move south?"
Offstage.
Hearing the official name him directly, how could Cao Wei still not understand what the official meant?
Why did the officials promote him to the rank of Deputy Privy Envoy?
Of course, it was to improve the status of military officials, or to show the importance of martial arts, just like renaming Chongzheng Hall to Jiangwu Hall.
Therefore, Cao Wei will of course pick out nice things to say.
"Fight with war, this is the way of a prosperous king!"
"Our army is guarding the pass. This is called the geographical advantage. At the turn of spring and summer, the ice and snow melt. This is called the weather. Last year, we won a great victory in the northwest. Our morale is high. This is called harmony!"
"The weather, the right location, and the right people, all three benefits belong to our dynasty. In this battle, our army will win and the Liao army will be defeated!"
Although Cao Wei said something nice, he was different from Ding Wei. What he said was not for the sake of agreement.
This is indeed the case.
During the Jingde period, Empress Dowager Xiao and Emperor Liao personally led an army of 200,000 people southward. Those who accompanied them in that battle were all the elites of the Liao army.
What's the result?
The Liao army went too deep and had poor logistics, and there were almost signs of a major defeat. If the country had been more resolute at that time, it would not have been impossible for the Liao army to suffer a major defeat.
We were able to withstand it during the Jingde years, so how could we not be able to withstand it now?
Moreover, the Liao Kingdom had just experienced an internal turmoil. Although it subsided quickly, most of it was due to the prestige accumulated by the Liao Emperor for many years.
If the Liao and Song Dynasties fought, and the Liao Kingdom declined slightly, or its advance was not smooth enough, this would definitely be a huge blow to the Liao Emperor's prestige.
At that time, victory or defeat on the battlefield no longer matters.
What matters is what’s behind!
Once a fire breaks out in Liao's backyard, the front line will most likely collapse without a fight.
In fact, this is why Cao Wei was so surprised when he heard that the Liao army was marching south.
With the Liao emperor's mentality, it was impossible not to see the dangers of the Song-Liao war.
But Emperor Liao still chose to send troops south.
Really weird.
After listening to Cao Wei's speech, Li Jie nodded with satisfaction.
Cao Wei is indeed smart and knows what he is thinking.
Then, he turned his eyes and looked at Ding Wei.
"Ding Qing?"
"I think what Vice-President Cao said is true, and I also feel that our Emperor Song will definitely win this battle!"
On the other side, seeing Ding Wei's statement, Lu Yijian shook his head secretly.
The whole room was filled with compliments!
This is not okay!
If it's a small matter like changing your name, that's it.
Major military and national affairs are related to the country, the country, and the country, so we must not be careless.
In desperation, Lu Yijian had no choice but to stand up and act as the white face.