In fact, there is no need for Tang Si to withdraw from the crime. Zhao Gou himself was also confused and a little scared just now. He felt as if he had also been attacked by Zhang Jun.
Yes, the Kingdom of Jin and the Song Dynasty were clearly enemy countries. His own family was destroyed entirely because of the Kingdom of Jin. The Kingdom of Jin was unlucky and destroyed. Shouldn't he be happy?
Why is it that my heart is filled with doubts, emotions, uneasiness, and even some slight regret?
This is wrong, this is wrong, it is completely wrong...
Tang Situi's confession disrupted Zhao Gou's thoughts. Zhao Gou came back to his senses and realized that he was still above the court, so he coughed lightly.
"Tang Qing, you don't have to be like this. You only think about the country. I know all this and don't worry about it."
Although Tang Sidei was a softie, he also took the blame for Zhao Gou's compromise policy many times. From this point of view, Tang Sidei was also a qualified scapegoat. Without Tang Sidei, Zhao would have to do many things. It's not good to take the blame yourself.
Tang Sidei breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his position, looking at his nose and nose, but his dissatisfaction and jealousy towards Zhang Jun were even higher.
Give me eye drops in front of the emperor?
Old guy, just wait!
Having said that, Tang Sidei has no intention of retaliating against Zhang Jun's leisurely mood. The most important thing at the moment is to deal with the drastic changes in the north.
Whether the Liberation Army defeated the Jin Army or even whether the Liberation Army could replace the Jin Army was extremely important.
If the Jin Kingdom declined and was about to end, then the ruler of the north would be the Liberation Army, and the Northern Policy of the Southern Song Dynasty would undergo a wave of adjustments accordingly.
Regarding the Jin Kingdom, the Southern Song Dynasty was a professed minister, and Zhao Gou was a "minister" to the emperor of the Jin Kingdom. However, if the Jin Kingdom was going to end, these series of humiliating titles could of course be removed.
Of course, there is also the question of how to deal with the fact that the Liberation Army occupied the Central Plains.
Thinking of this, Zhao Gou sorted out his emotions and asked.
"I won't talk about other things. The most important thing right now is the war situation in the north. If you have any suggestions, please tell me one by one."
The ministers were silent for a while.
Of course they have a uniform attitude towards Jin Guo, "taking small matters as a big deal". If they can be soft, be soft, be cowardly if they can, and give in if they can. In short, don't make Jin Guo feel offended, that's fine.
But now the situation in the north has changed. The Liberation Army suddenly emerged and drove away the Jin people. The original experience can no longer be used, so they are a little anxious and don't know how to change their policy.
At this moment, the most reliable people are the ministers and ministers who control the policy direction of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is still up to the ministers and ministers to obtain the major policies of the imperial court.
However, the current prime ministers basically have no experience in military struggle. They are good at political struggle, but they are not professional enough to deal with the situation in the north.
So basically we can only rely on the only professional counterpart who has sufficient status, Zaifu, to take the pulse of the Southern Song Dynasty's policies.
Zhang Jun.
Feeling many eyes looking at him, Zhang Jun shook his head helplessly, lowered his head and thought for a while, and suddenly thought of the records in the Privy Council documents he had seen before.
Zhao Kaishan, the leader of the Liberation Army, once professed his vassalage to the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers were afraid of getting into trouble and did not accept it explicitly. However, they secretly accepted them and gave them informal official positions and secret recognition.
This can be regarded as the most enterprising action that the Southern Song Dynasty could do.
Later, the situation in the north changed drastically, and there was a fight within the Liberation Army. Zhao Kaishan died, and Zhao Xiang also died. Two leaders were changed one after another. The current leader is a man named Zhao Zuoliang.
After he took office, he sent people to contact the Southern Song Dynasty and said that he would continue the relationship between the Southern Song Dynasty court and Zhao Kaishan. However, among the five-member highest decision-making group of the Southern Song Dynasty court at that time, except for Chen Kangbo, the other four people were opposed.
They believed that the Liberation Army had undergone two coups in a short period of time and had changed two leaders. It was obviously internal instability and was about to self-destruct.
The external enemies are powerful and the internal instability is unstable, so there is no need to maintain the relationship at all. If the main force of the Jin army goes south to suppress the rebellion, the relationship will be broken, and the Southern Song Dynasty will be unable to argue.
At that time, Jin Bing will have a reason to go south.
Therefore, the Southern Song Dynasty unilaterally cut off contact with the Liberation Army and no longer recognized the relationship between them. This was an important decision to protect itself, and it was also complacent.
Zhang Jun believes that at the time, this was not a foolish move. Of course, it does seem a bit foolish now, but it was understandable to do so at the time.
Who knew that the Liberation Army faced huge pressure from the Jin Kingdom, and after two coups and full stacks of destruction buffs, it actually resurrected on the same spot and became super explosive, destroying the main force of the Jin Army?
Is this a game that carbon-based organisms can play?
This kind of thing is an absolutely low-probability event, and no one can predict it in advance. If it were Zhang Jun who made the decision on his own, he would probably choose the same way, and there would be no better choice.
So the current situation is indeed a bit difficult.
It turns out that the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers is gone, and he did not help in times of crisis. He waited for others to solve the problem on their own and then shamelessly picked peaches. This... seems a bit wretched.
Can such a thing really be done?
Zhang Jun felt that as a person with dignity and dignity, he was unlikely to do such a thing.
But for the national interest...
Zhang Jun looked at Zhao Gou's constipated expression, then took a step forward and spoke.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the Song Dynasty needs to do three things as urgent tasks."
Zhao Gou was very annoyed that the ministers were pretending to be deaf and dumb, and was about to get angry, but Zhang Jun stood up and spoke.
So he felt helpless.
Zhang Jun is indeed not in line with his wishes. He can't get along with him everywhere. He feels a bit conflicted. Now he has a tendency to be old and dim. However, when things happen, all the ministers pretend to be cowards and don't dare to stand up. Senior officials who dare to stand up. There was only Zhang Jun.
Where is my famous minister?
Where is my famous general?
Where is my right-hand man?
Oh, they're all dead...
It seems that he died because of me.
For a moment, Zhao Gou felt a little regretful about what he had done in the past ten years, but he immediately killed this little emotion.
How can a person who is an emperor regret his decision?
The emperor makes no mistakes.
Pushing this trivial emotion out of his mind, Zhao Gou sighed and nodded.
"Say it."
"Here."
Zhang Jun said loudly: "The first thing, of course, is to immediately send people north to verify the battle situation between the Liberation Army and the Jin Army to determine whether the rumors are true. If they are false, naturally there is no need to say more. Everything will remain as usual, and we will be strictly guarded at the border. Just stick to it, if it's true... you have to do the second thing.
The second thing is to send people north to contact the Liberation Army. I heard that the Privy Council had subdued the Liberation Army in the name of the imperial court and granted official positions. I wonder if this is true. Can Privy Wang give me an answer? "
Zhang Jun looked at Wang Lun, the Privy Councilor.
And this matter?
For a time, civil and military officials throughout the court were whispering.
This matter was indeed very confidential at the time. Except for a few big guys in Zaifu's circle and the emperor himself, almost no one knew about it, so it was not spread. Most of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty didn't know about it. This is the first time they know about it today. .
Of course, at this moment, there is no need to hide this matter.
So Wang Lun stepped forward despite the gazes of many people and said, "This is indeed the case."
Wang Lun admitted that the matter was confirmed, so the civil and military officials in the court almost breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and then the ecstasy instantly filled their hearts.
Could it be that the Liberation Army... secretly accepted the leadership of the imperial court?
Was the military operation that defeated the Jin army directed by the imperial court?
Did the land recaptured by the Liberation Army actually belong to the imperial court?
The imperial court has taken back the lost land in the north without saying a word or spending a penny? !
Just as these guys were about to stand up and verify the matter, Zhang Jun immediately poured a basin of ice water down on them.
"It is indeed true...then why didn't you insist on it later? After the two coups of the Liberation Army, the imperial court cut off contact with the Liberation Army. After that, the Liberation Army took the initiative to send people to contact, but the imperial court did not respond. Why?"
