Not to mention how wonderful Yue Fei's three strategies are, Zhao Huan is now having a headache.
"Your Majesty, the court has already decided on our strategy before. Now that peace is the best way, why is it that Your Majesty still refuses to send an envoy!"
Bai Shizhong, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, was in Zhao Huan's study, shouting righteously, hoping that Zhao Huan could send an envoy to the Jin army as soon as possible to sue for peace.
"Why are the Bai Qing family in such a hurry? This Jin Tuo can't move in Cizhou. Now it's time to let him see the heroic spirit of our Song Dynasty. Even if he sues for peace in the future, it will be more beneficial to us, right?"
Zhao Huan tried his best to smile and comforted Bai Shizhong softly.
It's just that this prime minister doesn't intend to give him any room for relaxation.
"Your Majesty, it is not a question of how the war is going in Cizhou now, but that we have no soldiers and generals to mobilize, and most importantly, we have no food to support us.
When the old minister came before, His Majesty always felt that the old minister was prevaricating His Majesty, but now the old minister doesn't want to say anything more.
All the details of the imperial court's money transactions are already here.
This is the military expenditure of our Song Dynasty in the past few decades, repairing many rivers, and even changing the course of the Yellow River five times, appeasing the people along the way, providing relief to the victims of the disaster in the north, and the support of the princes in the court and the royal family of our Song Dynasty.
It's all here.
Your Majesty, please take a look for yourself and see if I, the Song Dynasty, can still fight this battle! "
After Bai Shizhong finished speaking, he had hundreds of accounts brought up. The dense records in them made Zhao Huan feel desperate after just one glance.
But Bai Shizhong didn't stop yet, so he continued talking.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't know your Majesty's intentions, but this fact really does not allow Your Majesty to make such a decision.
Does your Majesty know the situation in the world?
Even if Your Majesty is reassured by the many generals in the northern land, can they be assured of His Majesty by their large armies?
Furthermore, there are more than 100,000 thieves and bandits gathered in the Taihang Mountains, and they are all eyeing our Song Dynasty.
Yang Yao of Taihu cut off my taxes from Jiangnan, so that I, the Song Dynasty, could not collect the money, grain, cloth and silk from Jiangnan.
In addition, there are the remnants of Fang La and many bandits and bandits. They are all our future troubles, Your Majesty.
The ancestors and sects have placed such great power in the hands of Your Majesty. Is it possible that His Majesty doesn’t want to protect this position well? "
Bai Shizhong's words even made Zhao Huan wonder if this guy was threatening him.
But he couldn't refute it, because the current situation was exactly what he said.
The taxes in the north can be collected, so the people in the north who have been collected cannot survive. The taxes in the south cannot be collected at all. It is not that the people in the south are too poor to pay taxes.
But...they put all the problems on Yang Yao of Taihu.
Seeing Zhao Huan's increasingly gloomy expression, Bai Shizhong also knew that he could not continue talking. He bowed directly, said goodbye to Zhao Huan and left.
When Zhao Huan thought he could calm down, something surprised him again.
There was a knock on the door, and an extremely beautiful palace maid came to Zhao Huan with soup, served him delicious soup, and gently touched his forehead.
This is the privilege of being an emperor, with beauties by his side, delicious food in front of him, and boundless power. In the past few days, he has really enjoyed this kind of respectful treatment.
Under this kind of massage, Zhao Huan quickly relaxed and fell asleep slowly.
When he woke up again, he found that he had been covered with a warm and soft blanket, and beside him was the palace maid just fanning herself with the slight cool breeze.
This kind of treatment made Zhao Huan once again feel what the happiness of an emperor is.
"You are very good!" As the emperor, Zhao Huan's praise is better than countless rewards, because it is called favor. "You will serve me in the future."
Such a considerate woman had to be said to have won Zhao Huan's heart.
But after the palace maid thanked her, she whispered again, "Your Majesty is the supreme king in the world. As long as you are still your Majesty, the world will naturally revolve around your Majesty. It will take a few lifetimes for the slave family to be praised by your majesty." Glory earned."
The woman's words were really gentle and touching, but the meaning behind her words made the smile on Zhao Huan's face completely freeze on his face.
"As long as I am still me... Huh~" The last long sigh made Zhao Huan sigh helplessly again, "Just step back."
"The slave family receives the order."
After the final salute, the palace maid took away all the blankets on Zhao Huan's body and the swaying white feather fan, leaving an empty hall for Zhao Huan to continue to calm down alone.
"Fancy clothes and delicious food, beautiful singers, glory and wealth, incomparable enjoyment. How can you give up after you have tasted this?"
"First, the officials in the court were dismissed, the scholars kowtowed, and the students sat in meditation and told me that without them, without the princes and princes in the court, the court of the Song Dynasty would become like a joke."
"Tell me again, the Song Dynasty's money, food, supplies, people's mouth, and even the soldiers, horses and generals are all in their hands."
"I... am a puppet who can enjoy glory and wealth and be a legitimate emperor..."
"Hehehe...what a beautiful thought!"
Zhao Huan sneered and directly picked up the memorial in front of him. His forehead was covered with cold sweat after just one glance. After slamming the memorial shut, he could not catch his breath for a long time.
"Come here, please invite Prime Minister Bai Shizhong to come into the palace to meet the Holy Spirit!"
Zhao Huan gave the order, and the decree was conveyed outside the palace as quickly as possible. In just one stick of incense, the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty came to Zhao Huan dressed neatly, smiling and amiable.
"Did this memorial come from Aiqing?" Zhao Huan took the memorial he had just read in his hand. The ordinary cover made Bai Shizhong nod firmly, "Old Chen It’s just that I don’t want His Majesty to be deceived by traitors.”
"Do you know what you are going to say again and what is being said in this memorial?"
"Old minister, of course, he knows what he is talking about. The current Emperor Tong Guan, who is in charge of the Imperial City Division, not only has the power of spying in the Imperial City Division, but also has tens of thousands of personal troops!
Tong Guan recruited young people to form the Shengjie Army on the western border. There were nearly ten thousand people. He used them as personal soldiers to guard his residence. It was also because of their protection that Emperor Daojun was able to go south to burn incense.
I'm afraid your Majesty doesn't know this. "
Zhao Huan looked at Bai Shizhong in front of him. Of course he knew that the old guy was trying to sow discord, but at this moment he really remembered that Tong Guan really had such an army in history.
As if he was afraid that His Majesty the Emperor would not believe it, Bai Shizhong continued to add something to him.
"Your Majesty, you must know that there are many people in this court who hate traitors like Tong Guan to the core, but why have I waited for so long and could only dismiss him from office but failed to kill him.
I am just worried that these soldiers and horses will harm Dao Lord...and His Majesty's dragon body. "
Taking deep breaths and taking deep breaths continuously, Zhao Huan slowly calmed down.
"Tong Guan oversaw the army in the northwest, regained the land of the four states, and quelled the Fangla Rebellion. He had been in charge of the army for many years. Even if he has some soldiers and horses in his hands, it is reasonable and reasonable. I still know these soldiers and horses."
At the critical moment, Zhao Huan still suppressed his nervousness. Tong Guan was a very important person to him. At this time, he was deep in the Imperial City Division and did something quite sophisticated.
After his cleaning up, the imperial city has now become much quieter. It was also because of his suppression that he dared to release Li Gang, the leader of the main war faction, to expand his power.
At this time, Zhao Huan didn't care whether there were 10,000 or 100,000 Tong Guan, as long as he didn't rebel, Zhao Huan would not do anything to him.
Even trying to protect him!
Seeing that Zhao Huan was not fooled, Bai Shizhong knew that His Majesty had not been deceived by Wenrouxiang, so he could only bow and salute.
"Your Majesty knows what's going on, so that's the best thing. But your Majesty must be careful. Recently, some of my friends told me that Emperor Daojun has been lamenting that the war situation in Cizhou has stabilized and wants to return to Kaifeng.
I don’t know if His Majesty is ready to welcome His Majesty Daojun, and what will the scale be like? "
After hearing these words, Zhao Huan finally understood that these guys were really connected, and this should be the ultimatum.
"Didn't my father go to Bozhou to burn incense? I heard that he is also going to Zhenjiang to visit. Why do you suddenly want to come back?"
"His Majesty Daojun is sincere. He must have moved the heavens to make the battle of Cizhou go so smoothly. Therefore, Emperor Daojun may want to return to Kaifeng and sit here personally to direct the war..."
"Click..." With a crisp sound, Zhao Huan cut off the pen in his hand. He was still trying to suppress his anger and calm down.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, it's time for me to retreat."
Everything that needs to be said has been said. Bai Shizhong knew that his mission was completed, and the rest depended on His Majesty's thoughts.
If His Majesty understands the truth, then he will honestly become a wealthy emperor, negotiate peace, cede enough land, give away money and food, and everyone can continue to live peacefully.
Anyway, the Song Dynasty had a lot of land, so he was not afraid of giving it away.
As for myself, I can still get a lot out of it.
Of course, if he is not willing...I think His Majesty the Dao Lord is also willing. It doesn't matter how Li Gang let this guy come up back then, and how he will let him come down again.
Is it really good to be the emperor of the Song Dynasty?
Looking at Bai Shizhong's retreating back, Zhao Huan fell into silence for the first time.
"Someone, go find Tong Guan..."
