Regarding Zhang Jun's awe-inspiring statement, Zhao Gou actually didn't feel cold at all.
He had heard this too much, starting decades ago.
But at that time he could not openly oppose it and openly express his disgust.
Now that Zhao Huan is dead and the crown prince is confirmed, his position is finally firm and unshakable.
So he can.
"Of course the people of the Central Plains miss the Song Dynasty, but Deyuan must also consider the actual situation of the Song Dynasty. The land of Henan has been dilapidated for a long time. Why did the Liberation Army hand over the land of Henan to the Song Dynasty? Isn't it because there is not enough money to govern it? ?
They were unwilling to govern themselves, so they wanted to throw this burden on the Song Dynasty and let the Song Dynasty spend a lot of money to govern Henan and rectify the Yellow River. How much manpower, material and financial resources would be consumed by such a thing? Deyuan, you have to carefully weigh the pros and cons! "
Seeing the indifferent expression on Zhao Gou's face, Zhang Jun was stunned for a moment before expressing his views anxiously.
"Your Majesty, it is precisely because the old minister weighed the pros and cons that he felt that Kaifeng must be returned and Henan must be captured. Our country cannot always settle in a corner. We must always return to the Central Plains, re-establish our status in the Central Plains, and restore our homeland. Only in this way can we You are worthy of your ancestors!"
Before Zhao Gou could say anything, Tang Situi's eyes lit up and he stood up to be angry with him.
"Xianggong Zhang, there is something wrong with what you said, right? Is it possible that His Majesty has gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers to stabilize half of the Song Dynasty and continue the Song Dynasty? If you come here, you will be disgraced to your ancestors? Then is your defeat at Fuping that day also? Are you ashamed of your ancestors? You mishandled the Huaixi Army that day. Isn’t that considered a shame of our ancestors?"
Tang Si Tui found an opportunity to counterattack Zhang Jun. When he caught the opportunity, he dealt with Zhang Jun very quickly and caught Zhang Jun off guard.
Zhang Jun was shocked when he heard this, and realized that he had said something wrong. When he looked at Zhao Gou again, he found that Zhao Gou was looking at him with an extremely dissatisfied look, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
So he quickly apologized to Zhao Gou.
"Your Majesty! The old minister is confused! The old minister made a mistake! The old minister has betrayed your majesty's trust! The old minister is bound to die!"
After saying this, Zhang Jun knelt down and apologized to Zhao Gou.
Zhao Gou suppressed his displeasure, snorted heavily, and said angrily: "After thirty years of hard work, my duty is to stabilize half of the Song Dynasty and continue the Song Dynasty. That's it. As for restoring the homeland, Zhang Xianggong and others Let’s talk about it after the new emperor ascends the throne!”
After finishing speaking, Zhao Gou walked away with a puff of his sleeves.
Tang Sidui and Shen Gai looked at Zhang Jun with gloating, sneered for a while, and turned to leave.
The Privy Council trio left without saying a word.
Only Chen Kangbo, who had not spoken a word, was left for a long time.
After everyone left, he stepped forward to help Zhang Jun who was lying on the ground.
"Deyuan, get up."
Zhang Jun stood up in despair, looked at the place where Zhao Gou disappeared, and asked puzzledly: "Why did your Majesty suddenly say this? Didn't your Majesty still hope that the Liberation Army could be included?"
Chen Kangbo has been watching with cold eyes.
When he heard Zhao Gou's statement, he was surprised and puzzled at first, and then quickly understood the root cause of everything.
He invited Zhang Jun to his home and held a banquet with Zhang Jun. During the dinner, he talked about his guess.
"Your Majesty may have some intention of neglecting his duties."
"A desire to neglect government affairs?"
Zhang Jun said with a face full of disbelief: "Why? The motherland has not yet been restored, the situation in the north is unclear, and it is not clear whether the Liberation Army is an enemy or a friend. Why is Your Majesty slacking off?"
Chen Kangbo drank a glass of wine in one gulp and sighed: "Because the Kingdom of Jin fell and the late emperor died."
"this……"
Zhang Jun didn't react just now, but when he suddenly heard Chen Kangbo mention this matter, he suddenly reacted.
"you mean……"
"The Kingdom of Jin has fallen, the late emperor has passed away, and the crown prince has been established. Deyuan, what do you think your majesty would think under such circumstances?"
Zhang Jun lowered his head and said nothing. After a while, he said: "We should cheer up our spirits. Xu Tu should restore the Central Plains, restore his homeland, and comfort his ancestors in Kaifeng."
"well……"
Chen Kangbo sighed: "Your Majesty was in the midst of the crisis of the Song Dynasty. He was facing many difficulties and dangers to stabilize half of the country and continue the country. What he did after that was just to survive under the coercion of the Jin Kingdom. He only wanted to survive and he wanted to survive." , just to survive, to survive, anything can be done.
When I wake up from the dream, the Kingdom of Jin has fallen, the late emperor has passed away, and the crown prince has been established. Who else will threaten the safety of His Majesty? Gone, Deyuan, all gone. As long as you are sure that the Liberation Army is a friend and not an enemy, as long as you make a peace treaty with the Liberation Army, Your Majesty will definitely neglect your government! "
What Chen Kangbo said was actually a bit presumptuous and a bit slanderous.
But in his room, the words came out of his mouth and reached Zhang Jun's ears, and no other person heard them.
Zhang Jun was sitting at the edge of the table, holding a wine glass in his hand, looking confused and struggling.
After a while, Zhang Jun put down his wine glass and looked at Chen Kangbo.
"Then why did your Majesty call me back to Lin'an?"
"The Kingdom of Jin was still there at that time, and His Majesty called you back to fight against the Kingdom of Jin. Now that the Kingdom of Jin has fallen, as long as the Liberation Army does not go south and the Song Dynasty has no foreign invasion, then..."
Chen Kangbo didn't finish his words, but Zhang Jun already understood what Chen Kangbo meant.
"Without foreign aggression in the Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun would have no place in Lin'an. Chang Qing, is this what you mean?"
Chen Kangbo sighed and nodded.
"Deyuan, you are the minister who saves the time. I admire your ambition and your character, so I hope you can decide whether to stay or go, and start well and end well."
"Is this what someone wants you to say to me? Chang Qing?"
"This is what Chen Kangbo himself wants to say to Zhang Deyuan."
Chen Kangbo sighed: "When I was in Shandong, I had a premonition of this day. The Jin Kingdom would fall, and the Liberation Army would no longer be an enemy of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty would have no foreign troubles, so it would inevitably indulge in stability. No one would try to go north. Swords and guns are stored in the warehouse, horses are released in Nanshan, martial arts are practiced and literature is cultivated...
Of course this is good. I didn’t say that stability is bad, but if you don’t have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. This is true for people, and it is also true for countries. In the past, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom signed a peace treaty, and the two sides have not had large-scale wars for more than a hundred years. As a result, once the Jin Kingdom gained power, the two countries collapsed in a matter of seconds! "
Zhang Jun looked at the worry on Chen Kangbo's face and slowly closed his eyes.
After a while, he opened his eyes again.
"If that's true, what can we do?"
"Nothing can be done."
Chen Kangbo shook his head and said: "Once the peace treaty is signed, His Majesty will definitely neglect his administration. The people in power are just like Tang Sihui. What can they do? They just want to be stable for a day."
"In this case, what's the point of staying in Lin'an?"
Zhang Jun drank the wine in one gulp, feeling unhappy and unable to quench the sadness in his heart, so he simply picked up the wine bottle and poured it into his mouth.
Chen Kangbo silently watched Zhang Jun's drinking spree.
But the wine in the pot was drained, and Zhang Jun was still unhappy, so he got angry.
he roared, slamming the table.
"My lifelong ambition is just to restore the Central Plains! Just to restore the Central Plains! I know that I don't have great talents, so there was the defeat of Fuping and the defeat of Huaixi. I know! I know everything! But I am not willing to accept it!
I am not willing to let the mighty Song Dynasty be insulted by the Jin people! I am not willing to let Chinese orthodoxy be trampled under the feet of border barbarians! I am not willing to let the prince of China surrender to the barbarian lord! I can not be reconciled! I'm not willing to give in! Chang Qing, are you willing? Are you willing? ! "
Chen Kangbo looked at Zhang Jun with pity.
"I'm not willing to give in, but it's all over, Deyuan, the Jin Kingdom is over, the barbarians are over, and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty no longer needs to surrender to the barbarians."
"If it was not done by the Song Dynasty army, it does not count! It was done by the Liberation Army, it was done by the Liberation Army! What does it have to do with the Song Dynasty! The Liberation Army defeated the Jin Kingdom and restored the Central Plains. Does anyone think that Is this the credit of the Song Dynasty?"
Zhang Jun slammed the table hard: "Even if the Liberation Army is now friends and not enemies, who can guarantee the future? Who can guarantee it? Chang Qing, can you guarantee it? Can you guarantee it?"
"No one can guarantee that."
Chen Kangbo shook his head.
"That's right! No one can guarantee that! No one can guarantee that the Liberation Army will always be friends with the Song Dynasty! You can't practice martial arts and cultivate literature! You can't waste armaments! We must actively prepare for war, train troops, replenish ordnance, and be ready for war at all times. Ah! We must prevent the founding of the Liberation Army from becoming the second Jin Kingdom!"
Zhang Jun cried while talking, and the more he talked, the louder he cried. Finally, he buried his head on the table and cried bitterly.
Chen Kangbo stayed with Zhang Jun silently, waiting for him to finish crying without disturbing him.
