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Chapter 318 The war begins!Let the war begin! (3)

Sima Guang and Zhang Hong are sick?
Zaizhi was surprised.

Then he no longer hesitated and followed Feng Jing into the inner east gate, passed through the palace, and all the way to the front of Zichen Hall.

When the governors arrived at the Zichen Hall, they saw that Di Yong, who had just been appointed as the first general of Yulong, as well as Yanda, the commander of the capital in front of the palace, Miao Shu, the deputy commander of the guard's Ma Bujun, and other military ministers, had already Standing in front of a sand table, they were discussing the situation around the sand table.

They all also have a booklet in their hands.

The governors are no longer unfamiliar with this.

After Shen Kuo presented the sand table, every time the two palaces and officials wanted to discuss specific matters, they would order the relevant sand table to be sent to the palace for the prime ministers and relevant ministers to discuss it together.

With the sand table, many things do have a three-dimensional space for discussion.

Just take a look at the landscape of the sand table and you will see that many things that used to take days or even months of discussion to come to fruition can now be decided with a single word.

For example, not long ago, Wang Lingtu, the governor of Tanzhou, persistently submitted a letter asking for permission to return to the river.

This guy saw that he had been detained despite his petition, so he sent someone to find Wen Yanbo, the military affairs official in Pingzhang, and petitioned on his behalf.

Wen Yanbo, like Wang Lingtu, was a staunch Huihe faction and immediately went to the palace to seek an audience.

Then, the official asked people to bring the relevant sand table to the palace.

Taishi Wen only took one look at the current situation of the old Yellow River route on the sand table, and then looked at the sand table where the North and East currents flowed. He stopped mentioning the Huihe River, apologized and left the palace.

As a result, Wang Lingtu was transferred away from Tanzhou and changed his name to Taizhou.

This is equivalent to transferring him from his favorite front line of river management to the Yangtze River Basin where he can't even smell the smell of the Yellow River.

The governors stepped forward and took a look at the sand table. They already knew where it was?

Guangnan West Road!

Guizhou, Yongzhou, Guihuazhou, Shunzhou...

Even the outlines of Guangyuan Prefecture and other places in Jiaozhi appear on this sand table.

Obviously, this thing was just made.

Therefore, it is not as real as those carefully crafted and repeatedly verified sandboxes.

The geography of mountains and rivers and the direction of rivers are basically not clearly marked.

"Guangnan West Road... Jiaozhi has been invaded again?" The chief ministers looked at each other.

Yanda already nodded and said: "This morning, after the ministers and the Liao envoys paid their congratulations, the Tongjian Division received an urgent report from the Nongzhihui of Guihua Prefecture, saying that they had entered into a bandit and killed and plundered the officials and people..."

"Not only that, the Nongzhi Society also sent Jiaozhi traitors with poems and articles that slandered and slandered the late emperor, as well as poems that blasphemed our dynasty!"

"The Merciful Saints of the Two Palaces are furious because of this!"

"Your Majesty was even more furious and ordered us and other military ministers to enter the palace to discuss matters!"

The governors frowned as they listened.

Lu Gongzhu even asked: "How did Jiaozhi slander and slander the late emperor? How did he blaspheme our dynasty?"

Yanda cupped his hands and replied: "I dare not speak out the dirty words of the Jiaozhi thieves..."

Then there were ministers who handed over the copied pamphlets to all the ministers.

Mr. Lu also got a copy. He took it and lowered his head to read.

When he saw it, his brows furrowed.

To be honest, Lu Gongzhu was very reluctant to start a war.

In his eyes, what the Song Dynasty needs to do most now is not to go to war with other countries, but to repair its internal affairs.

Only when the country is strong can it be qualified for war.

Otherwise, it will only resort to militarism, increase the burden on the people, and even trigger unpredictable civil uprisings.

but……

Mr. Lu looked at the pamphlet and copied it from Nong Zhi's report.

I also looked at the texts that recorded the conversations between the Cishengs of the two palaces and the officials.

Especially the teachings of the late emperor as mentioned by officials.

Once Jiaozhi becomes a naturalized state and opens up land connections with Dali, will it become a new Western traitor?

Lu Gongzhu expressed doubts about this.

How could Jiaozhi become a Western thief?

Does he have that condition?
But he dare not say it!
Because if indulgence in Jiaozhi really leads to a disaster, then everything that the Lu family has worked hard for for generations will be destroyed in one day!
He, Mr. Lu, will also become a criminal in history!
The most important thing is the attitude of the officials.

Mr. Lu is not Sima Guang, and his head is not strong at all.

It is impossible for the Lu family to confront the Guan family.

The Lu family has always positioned itself as a 'close assistant to the official family' and a loyal minister who is 'anxious to the official family's needs'!

Rather than a minister who goes against the officials.

This can be seen from his father Lu Yijian.

This can also be seen from Lu Gongzhu's career trajectory - he was the privy envoy during the Five-Road Expedition to Xia and the Battle of Yongle City.

A minister who, although opposed to the use of troops, still did what he was supposed to do conscientiously and worked hard to cooperate.

Lu Gongzhu put down the book in his hand, looked at the other ministers, and then he said righteously: "Jiaozhi thieves are indeed hateful!"

"In my opinion, we should send an envoy to Jiaozhi and reprimand him so that everyone in Jiaozhi will know the importance of it!"

Send someone to scold them to make the Cochin people restrain themselves, and at the same time strengthen the defense of the naturalized state.

Almost done!
However, none of the other governors agreed with him and remained silent.

Left Prime Minister Han Jiang looked at his nose with his eyes and his nose with his heart. He just lowered his head and looked at the pamphlet distributed to him by the ministers.

Li Qingchen, who knew the Privy Council, and An Tao, who also knew the Privy Council, stood in front of the sand table, pointing, as if they knew a lot about military affairs.Zhang Dun was also among the crowd, looking at the sand table on Guangnan West Road, looking eager to try.

He may have recalled his exploits when he opened Hunan!

Lu Gongzhu had no choice but to raise his voice a little and asked: "What do you think, sir?"

Zhang Dun suddenly turned around, looked at Mr. Lu and said, "Youkui, do you want to alert the Jiaozhi bandits?"

"Shen Qi, Liu Yi and Yin Jian are not far away!"

Lu Gong's expression suddenly darkened as he listened.

The cause of Xining's southern expedition was that Shen Qi and Liu Yi, two economic envoys to Guangxi, cut off trade with Jiaozhi. At the same time, they began to train soldiers and horses in Guangxi in an attempt to gain side benefits. However, they failed to gain side benefits and instead caused The monarchs and ministers of Jiaozhi were frightened, so 8 people from Jiaozhi invaded.

However, Guangxi at that time did not have enough troops at all.

As a result, Jiaozhi captured cities including Yongzhou, massacring and plundering hundreds of thousands of people.

The late emperor then sent Guo Kui and Zhao Xi to lead an army to march south, and only then did they hurt Jiaozhi.

Lu Gongzhu sighed and looked at Li Qingchen and An Tao, whose faces were red, and then at Zhang Dun, whose mouth corners were slightly raised.

He knew that these Xifeng rulers dreamed of provoking a war and using the blood of others to gain promotion to their ranks.

and……

The experience of Xining's southern expedition showed that the Jiaozhi people were vulnerable to the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.

The only thing that could stop the progress of the Song Dynasty, apart from the climate of Jiaozhi, was the environment of Jiaozhi fever and diseases!

And for these big shots, the fever and diseases in Jiaozhi will not affect them.

And they also have sufficient medical conditions and are not afraid of these minor injuries.

Therefore, Lu Gongzhu was not afraid to speculate maliciously on these rulers of the Xifeng era - since all the people who died were others, and Jiaozhi's combat power was so weak.

So, why not give it a try?
Anyway, no matter how bad the situation is, defeat is impossible!At least we can hit the Furang River again!
Therefore, Lu Gongzhu could only ask Han Jiang for help: "Prime Minister Zuo, don't talk about war lightly!"

Han Jiang hummed, his thoughts completely stuck on the conversation with Zhang Dun under Neidongmen.

"Is it really an official family?"

"impossible!"

He knows the Zhao Guan family very well.

Don’t they all like to make their faces look fat, whitewash peace, and decorate a prosperous world?
Why, that official is already shameless at such a young age?

Have you even begun to learn how to use your own face to threaten and blackmail ministers?

This unscientific!

Lu Gongzhu thought that Han Jiang agreed with his idea, so he immediately said: "Prime Minister Zuo, please take a step to speak!"

Only then did Han Jiang react, looked at Mr. Lu and cupped his hands and said, "What did the right minister just say?"

Lu Gongzhu had no choice but to say: "Prime Minister Zuo, don't talk about war lightly!"

Han Jiang took out his ears and asked again: "What did the right minister just say?"

Lu Gongzhu had no choice but to walk up to Han Jiang and said loudly: "I say, don't talk about war lightly!"

Han Jiang looked at Mr. Lu and knew that he could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he could only nod his head: "What the Prime Minister Zuo said makes sense!"

"It's just that this Jiaozhi traitor has blasphemed the late emperor and slandered the Holy Dynasty..."

"What's more, today is the first day of the official family's change of reign after taking the throne!"

"I'm afraid, just sending an envoy to reprimand is not enough!"

"Otherwise, how do people in the world view me, the Great Song Dynasty?"

The officials themselves are shameless.

If he, the prime minister, still wants to be shameless.

That’s too disrespectful!

He, Han Zihua, still thought that a hundred years later, he would be able to accompany the late emperor and earn a posthumous title starting with the same text.

Naturally, he will never become a roadblock in the way of what the officials want to do.

As long as it is confirmed that the official family is indeed interested in conquering the south.

Then, Han Jiang will definitely support him fully.

If he hadn't been old and suffered a big loss in Luo Wucheng, he would not have dared to lead his troops on another expedition.

Otherwise, he might take the initiative to ask for help!

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Han Jiang does not think Jiaozhi has any combat effectiveness.

In Han Jiang's eyes, little Jiaozhi would naturally apologize and beg for surrender as long as the army arrived.

Maybe, this southern expedition will be an armed march.

Even if the Cochin people want to resist stubbornly, if the elites of the Western Army rush in, they will know how powerful they are after a few battles.

Therefore, this is an action with a winning rate close to 100%.

Mr. Lu listened to Han Jiang's words and felt his attitude.

Can't help but sigh.

At this time, he began to miss Sima Guang.

At least, if Sima Guang were here, he would definitely support it fully, and could even veto the military option against the attitude of the two palaces and the emperor.

Unfortunately, Sima Guang was ill today and couldn't come!
This makes Lu Gongzhu full of regret!
He was also full of worries about the upcoming imperial meeting.

Because all the generals he saw were eager to try!
"I can only hope that the two palaces and officials can be kind-hearted, put the country first, and treat Jiaozhi first with courtesy and then with soldiers..." Lu Gongzhu prayed in his heart.

(End of this chapter)