Martial Arts: I am in the Ming Cult and I am building a dynasty

Fan Zhongyan's beard trembled, his face flushed with anger as he said, "Your Highness, Prince Zhao, and all my colleagues, our Song Dynasty has been on a downward spiral for two hundred years, and is only now beginning to regain its vitality. This is the critical moment for us to work hard and restore the Song Dynasty to its former glory. How can you indulge in personal relationships?"

"In the side hall, the Liao and Jin countries have come with ill intentions. The envoys from Western Shu Chen Zhibao and Northern Liang Xu Xiao are even more eager to see us. They are all watching our every move. Gentlemen, please learn from the past and be a teacher for the future."

Fan Zhongyan's roar was deafening.

This is Fan Zhongyan, who worries about the world before he enjoys himself.

Everyone was ashamed.

After Zhao Shirong came to power, he became thicker-skinned and said, "Mr. Fan is right. You should take Mr. Fan's words as a warning."

Everyone: "..."

The two people whom Fan Zhongyan advised the most were undoubtedly Zhao Shirong and Yang Zhao.

However, there is absolutely no way Zhao Shirong and Yang Zhao would admit it.

After mercilessly putting the blame on everyone, Zhao Shirong coughed lightly with a hint of embarrassment and said, "Since everyone has already known the mistake, then let's discuss the purpose of the people from Liao and Jin, Western Shu, and Northern Liang."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Shirong looked at Fan Zhongyan, Cao Wei, and Zhuge Zhengwo.

Fan Zhongyan was the prime minister and almost controlled all the civil affairs of the Song Dynasty.

Cao Wei is the Privy Councilor, in charge of the military and political affairs of the Song Dynasty.

Zhuge Zhengwo was the Six-Five Divine Marquis, in charge of the military affairs of the martial arts world in the Song Dynasty.

Be it the Liao and Jin Kingdoms, Western Shu or Northern Liang, no matter what these forces want to do, they cannot get around Fan Zhongyan, Cao Wei and Zhuge Zhengwo.

Seeing everyone's eyes focused on me.

Cao Wei was the first to speak: "Your Highness, Liao and Jin have not resorted to war, the northern border is stable, and Xu Xiao in Beiliang is also very quiet. Only Chen Zhibao in Western Shu seems to have joined forces with Li Yan. Now in Shuzhong, there are rumors of a secret decree. The person behind this may be related to the current emperor. Chen Zhibao seems to be trying to clear the emperor's side."

Hearing Cao Wei's words, everyone was stunned.

Although the current emperor Zhao Ji completely lost his imperial dignity after the Jin army besieged the city and hid himself in the Gen Palace and refused to go out, no one has ever restricted Zhao Ji's range of movement, let alone a trivial secret decree.

Yang Ye was a little silly, and said, "What the hell, isn't this thing called the Secret Edict only used after being placed under house arrest?"

Kou Zhun was the first to react and said, "This is just a childish trick, deliberately throwing dirty water on us."

Han Qi also said: "Yes, it is estimated that after Chen Zhibao and Li Yan joined forces, they were ready to leave Sichuan to fight us, so they just found an excuse to go out with a legitimate reason."

Zheng En glared and said, "Damn it, this Chen Zhibao is simply courting death. Your Highness, I am willing to ask for troops to fight. It only takes 100,000 troops, and we will surely win."

At the beginning of Zheng En, a large group of military commanders from the Zhao Kuangyin era began to ask for battle.

Chapter 239 Dealing with Western Shu and Ignoring Liao and Jin

If we say that before Yang Zhao completely solved the evil dragon spirit in the secret realm of the imperial mausoleum, the court of the Song Dynasty had always been strong in civil affairs and weak in military affairs, there were few people in the military who could stand on their own.

But after Yang Zhao subdued Long Ling, the number of famous generals and warriors in the Song Dynasty suddenly increased.

The former Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin also established the country through military force.

When Zhao Kuangyin conquered the world, he relied on many loyal brothers and brave generals, but he only had one reliable civil official, Zhao Pu.

Moreover, Zhao Pu was a talented candidate who had little education but relied on half of the Analects to rule the world.

Under Zhao Kuangyin's command, the Ten Brothers of Yishe, the generals of the Cao family, the generals of the Pan family, the generals of the Gao family, the generals of the Hu family, the generals of the Yang family, the generals of the Zheng family, etc., were all famous generals who led troops to fight.

Most of them have died completely in the secret realm of the imperial mausoleum.

But those who survived include Gao Huaide, Zheng En, Huyan Zan, Yang Ye and others. They all have family inheritance, and they have a large number of brave generals under their command. Each of them has his own way of training troops and is very powerful.

The consequence of the overflowing military power in the court was that the war tendency of the entire Song Dynasty became increasingly strong.

A group of military generals from the early days of the Song Dynasty were shouting so loudly.

After all, even the younger generations of the Cao family, such as Cao Bin, Di Qing, and Zong Ze, have made great contributions and are among the best among the military generals in the court.

How could these original group of military generals be willing to accept this?

Moreover, these military generals are predecessors such as Cao Bin, Di Qing, Zong Ze and others, so it is not easy to persuade them.

For a moment, even Zhao Shirong had a headache.

It is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to send troops.

Now, the biggest goal of the Song Dynasty court is to thoroughly promote and popularize the new policy so that it will benefit the people of the world, thoroughly enhance Zhao Shirong's reputation and prestige, and then find a way to make Zhao Ji abdicate and push Zhao Shirong to the throne.

At this time, as long as troops are sent out, whether they win or lose, it will damage the promotion of the new policy and lose some public support.

The emperors in Taizong's lineage were all incompetent. Occasionally there were one or two wise rulers, but they all died young.

Especially the current emperor Zhao Ji, who has almost pushed the entire Song Dynasty to the brink of defeat. Under the hypocritical prosperity, there is a court full of holes.

Rest and recuperation is the biggest need of the Song Dynasty court today.

Looking at the group of military generals who once served under Taizu making a lot of noise.

Kou Zhun, as the top cannon among the civil officials, could no longer bear it and said, "Why are you fighting? You are all old and weak. Have you recovered your strength? Have the soldiers been trained?"

"You are clamoring to start a war without being fully prepared. Are you going to play with the lives of my men of the Song Dynasty?"

He was stabbed in the back by Kou Zhun.

All the military generals looked embarrassed and looked towards Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun was not at all inferior. Even though he was just a civil official, he led troops to fight against Western Xia.

Gao Huaide, who had the highest prestige among the generals, said, "You old kid..."

Kou Zhun was a man of bad temper. He retorted directly, "Sister, you old bastard. If it weren't for my help, your Gao family, the Yang family, and the Hu family would have been killed by Emperor Taizong. Now that Emperor Taizong is dead, you are jumping up and down again, right?"

Gao Huaide: “…”

Hu Yanzan: "..."

Yang Ye: “…”

These military generals have obviously not experienced the power of the civil officials of the Song Dynasty.

For a moment, all the military commanders were so shocked that they began to doubt their lives.

Fortunately, at this time, Xiao Qinyan suddenly spoke up in the crowd, and thought of a bad idea, saying: "My fellow colleagues, now is not the time to argue. Regarding the unusual behavior of Chen Zhibao in Western Shu, I have an idea. Why not send the current emperor to Western Shu? Bah, why not let the emperor tour Western Shu? In this way, the secret decree and the matter of clearing the emperor's side will fall apart, and the war can be temporarily suspended."

Zong Ze was instantly furious and said, "Xiao thief, what kind of bullshit idea is this? Letting the emperor enter Xishu and unite with Chen Zhibao is like letting a tiger go back to the mountain, isn't it?"

The consequences of Zhao Ji running away from Bianliang were very serious.

Because Zhao Ji is still the nominal emperor of the Song Dynasty. Even a broken ship still has 3,000 nails, not to mention that Zhao Ji has been the emperor for more than 20 years.

Xiao Qinyan was not annoyed and said, "It's okay. We will temporarily leave your children and grandchildren in Bianjing. When you tour Western Shu, there will always be some ties."

What a sinister strategy, using the lives of the princes and grandchildren to threaten Zhao Ji so that he would not act recklessly.

He also released Zhao Ji to wander around to shut up Chen Zhibao and the people of the world.

This strategy is not unusable, but it is too vicious and would undermine the dignity of the court and the prestige of Zhao Shirong.

A group of people were about to quarrel again.

At this time, Yang Zhao suddenly said, "Everyone, the matter of Chen Zhibao from Xishu can be temporarily suppressed. My beloved wife Wang Yuyan and Wu Xingyun both have considerable influence in the west. If necessary, we can ask Xixia, Dali, and Tianshan Lingjiu Palace to work together to deter Chen Zhibao from Xishu."

Xixia, Dali, and Tianshan Lingjiu Palace are the top forces in the northwest and southwest of the Song Dynasty.

Perhaps these three parties cannot kill Chen Zhibao, but it should not be a problem to scare the other party and buy two years' time.

After hearing Yang Zhao's words, everyone in the court quickly stopped talking.

Undoubtedly, this is the best method at this stage.

With Yang Zhao's influence, even Fan Zhongyan, Kou Zhun, Han Qi and others had a more relaxed impression of Yang Zhao.

After dealing with the matter of Chen Zhibao in Western Shu.

The military and political affairs in the court were almost resolved.

Next, it was the forces and intentions of the Liao and Jin kingdoms and Xu Xiao of Northern Liang.

Han Qi quickly reported: "The envoys from Liao and Jin have come to see me. They seem to be interested in forming an alliance and are ready to discuss increasing the annual tribute with me!"

Upon hearing this, a group of military generals in the court became furious again.

Di Qing was the first to shout angrily: "How dare the Liao and Jin countries bully us like this? If the more than 200,000 heads killed in the battle in the northern border are not enough to deter these Liao thieves and Jin dogs, I am willing to lead my troops into the grasslands."

It's rough. This young man has no moral principles. He actually took the initiative to ask for a fight and even dared to take credit for his previous achievements.

Gao Huaide, Zheng En, Yang Ye, Huyan Zan and others were immediately excited and were about to clamor for battle again.

Unfortunately, Kou Zhun had anticipated the enemy's move and said, "Your Highness, Prince Zhao, and all my colleagues, the alliance between Liao and Jin is absolutely abnormal. The Khitan and Jurchen tribes have been enemies for hundreds of years. The Mongols are behind this alliance. It is just a provocation and test of our Song Dynasty. Don't pay any attention to it."

Han Qi also said: "This is a safe statement. Liao and Jin were defeated in the previous battle and lost a large number of main forces. They are unable to embarrass our Song Dynasty again. This is just bluffing and can be ignored."

Fan Zhongyan took the opportunity to speak up and said, "Okay, let's put an end to this now. Next, let's talk about Xu Xiao from Beiliang."

Kou Zhun, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan cooperated with each other extremely well, which directly eliminated the urgent desire of the group of generals to fight.

The military commanders: "..."

Chapter 240 Beiliang Plan

In terms of martial arts strength, any one of the great generals in the Song Dynasty court can suppress Fan Zhongyan, Kou Zhun, Han Qi and others with one hand.

But it's about talking and scheming.

Even if each of these military generals had three hundred mouths, they might not be a match for the civil officials.

It is impossible to fight a war, and only by farming can we barely make ends meet.

Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Kou Zhun and others joined forces to put an end to the Liao-Jin affair.

The old boys of the group of military commanders were all furious and were laughed at by their own tiger-wife. They felt extremely aggrieved.

In a sense, this can also be regarded as a confrontation between new and old forces in the court.

In terms of seniority and age, the group of military generals undoubtedly had a huge advantage. After being resurrected from the imperial mausoleum, they naturally wanted to regain their power in the court and gain some say.

But in terms of qualifications and merits, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Han Qi, Kou Zhun and others are Zhao Shirong's core base. Even new military generals such as Cao Wei, Di Qing and Zong Ze are unwilling to get involved.

The clash between civil and military officials, and the replacement of the old with the new, this is the norm.

What's more, the group of military commanders do need time to recover their strength and understand that they cannot act rashly after two hundred years.

After completely suppressing all the members of the military generals group.

Zhuge Zhengwo, a neutral person, just stood up and said, "Regarding the forces of Xu Xiao in Beiliang, the person coming to the court this time is Xu Xiao's second daughter, Xu Weixiao."

"But the people accompanying them are a bit complicated. They include Nangong Guye from the Xie family in the northern border, Lu Chengyan from the Lu family in Qingzhou, Jiang Ni from the Western Chu tribe in the south of the Yangtze River, the White-robed Guanyin from Mount Lantuo in Xiangyang, and Zhenwu Hongxi Xiang from Mount Wudang in Jingchu. Most of them are martial artists who have secluded themselves from the world in the Song Dynasty."

As soon as Zhuge Zhengwo finished speaking.

Wang Anshi also stood up and said, "After the people from Northern Liang entered the capital, all the powerful martial saints, such as the Shangyin Academy in the northern border, the Confucian sage of the Kong family in Qingzhou, the Neo-Confucian Zhu Xi of Lianghuai, the Peach Blossom Sword God in the south, the holy monk Longshu in Xiangfan, and the head of the Wudang Sect in Jingchu, spoke out and expressed their willingness to help the court implement the new policy."

The subtext of this statement is to support Beiliang.

If the people of Beiliang cannot achieve the purpose of this trip, it means that the implementation of new policies in the northern border, Qingzhou, Lianghuai, Jiangnan, Xiangfan, Jingchu and other places may be hindered.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the court became solemn.

The previous Song Dynasty court had always been distracted by issues such as the Six Bandits, Liao and Jin.

No one expected that Beiliang, which had been silent for many years, had already spread its tentacles to so many key places in the Song Dynasty.

It has to be said that the invasion route chosen by Beiliang was very ingenious.

He did not disrupt government affairs or get involved in military affairs, but started from the martial arts world.

Unknowingly, the people of Beiliang even managed to win over several very low-key martial arts masters, and they all occupied a very large force in the martial arts world.

Once these people get angry, their influence is enough to spread from the underworld to the court, and even to the countryside.

If the new policy is obstructed, Zhao Shirong's prestige will instantly fall from its peak.

After tasting the sweetness of the new policy, the people of the Song Dynasty could not get the ultimate satisfaction and benefits, which would certainly cause unrest among the people of the entire Song Dynasty.

Zhao Shirong's face was stern, and he said, "The people of Beiliang first assisted Cai Jing in his rebellion and then threatened the implementation of the new policy of the imperial court. They are really a group of courageous people."

"Xu Weiyao from Beiliang, what is the purpose of this person coming to Bianjing?"

Hearing Zhao Shirong's question.

Li Gang, who was in charge of the Honglu Temple, stepped out immediately and said, "Your Highness, Xu Weiyi submitted a very strange request to the court, hoping that the court would open the way and allow the prince of Beiliang to travel southwards."