Just as everyone was arguing over the proposals of Lu Zongdao and Xia Song, shouts and shouts came from outside the Daqing Palace. Chen Tong ran in first, causing the censor in the palace to shout: "How dare you! How can you do it in the court meeting..."

The gold medal is delivered in a hurry?!"

Before the censor had finished speaking, the court fell silent instantly. Everyone knew what it meant to have the gold medal handed to him in such a hurry.

There are three levels of post offices in the Song Dynasty: daily delivery, horse delivery, and urgent-foot delivery. The urgent-foot delivery is the fastest, traveling four hundred miles a day, and is used only when the army is prosperous.

The gold-lettered plaques are handed over in a hurry, just like the ancient feathers. The wooden plaques with red lacquer and gold characters are dazzling and pass by like flying lightning. Everyone who looks at them avoids the road. They travel more than five hundred miles a day. If there is an army in front of the machine to deal with it quickly, they will automatically

The emperor issued an order, and the three provinces and the Privy Council were not allowed to cooperate.

This thing can only be issued by officials, and it was reserved for the border troops earlier...

Zhao Zhen walked down the imperial steps, grabbed the cylinder from Chen Tong's hand and opened it. The seal was intact, but it was stained with blood. The cylinder was not the vermilion paint cylinder it should have been, but a replacement one. It seemed that the rider

He was injured during the delivery.

Breaking open the seal with his hands, Zhao Zhen quickly began to look at it. At this time, the dusty knight was carried into the hall. Zhao Zhen shouted: "The imperial doctor must save him for me."

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Yanzhou City is under siege!

The words of a living person are far more important than letters. He wants to know the true situation of Yanzhou ministers!

Hu Yuan came, and a simple bowl of water sprayed on the knight's face slowly woke him up. After opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was the official wearing court uniform standing in front of him...

The tall Tongtian crown showed that he was different from others. Niu Er immediately turned over and knelt down, crying loudly: "Start the official! On the seventh day of August, party leader Li Deming led an army of 100,000 to besiege Yanzhou City!"

His words were exactly the same as the description in the urgent delivery. Zhao Zhen shouted angrily: "Li Shibin led 100,000 Tibetan soldiers to garrison, how can we let the party members succeed?"

Yanzhou is an important border defense area of ​​the Song Dynasty. The northern gateway, Jinming Village, has a dangerous terrain and is surrounded by thirty-six villages. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Li Shibin led 100,000 Tibetan soldiers to garrison. Taking advantage of the terrain and dangerous terrain, not to mention 100,000 Tibetan soldiers, it was

Fifty thousand can be tolerated!

Niu Erna did not say anything. In the end, he could only kowtow and say: "I don't know the reason. I only know that Fan Jiedu ordered me to rush for help with a gold medal..."

Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "Take him down to have a good rest."

The chamberlain helped Niu Er out of the Daqing Hall. At this time, the ministers in the hall could not sit still, and everyone expressed their opinions and began to discuss how to deal with the siege of Yanzhou.

Zhao Zhen watched the civil and military officials talking and arguing with each other without saying a word. He just ordered Sancai: "Go and ask Peng Qi to lead people to ask this servant what is going on. I want to know the truth about Yanzhou City."

What's the situation! There were some things he didn't dare to say just now in the main hall."

"My servant obeys the order!" Sancai winked at Chen Tong and left the side hall to find Peng Qi.

He could clearly feel the anger and entanglement in the official's heart, and how could he dare to waste time at this time.

Zhao Zhen looked at the ministers expressing their opinions and shook his head slightly. He didn't know what the situation was, so he started to discuss whether it was war or peace. Does this make sense?

In his opinion, the first priority now is the situation of Yanzhou. How many enemy troops there are, how many elite troops there are, what is going on with the 100,000 Tibetan troops led by Li Shibin, etc. All these must be clarified first.

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And the servant named Niu Er obviously knew more about the situation and didn't dare to say anything.

But Zhao Zhen did not dare to do anything in the court. Instead, he raised his hand to quiet the hall: "Ding Xianggong, can the current Third Division afford a defensive battle?"

Ding Wei nodded without thinking: "Yes!"

This unthinking statement must have made Zhou Zhonghe, the Minister of Rites, dissatisfied: "Two days ago, Mr. Ding said that he had no money to repair the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace. How come he has the money today?"

Ding Wei sneered and said: "If you want to repair the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, I still have no money, but if the government wants to defend the Song Dynasty, I can still deduct the money even if I squeeze it with all my life."

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"You!" Zhou Zhonghe said for a moment, but he couldn't refute Ding Wei's words, so he could only retreat to the morning class and sulk.

Zhao Zhen applauded and said: "Well said! The fire in Yuqing Zhaoying Palace burned down many buildings some time ago. Although I have the intention to repair it, I really feel that it is meaningless. Can a palace protect the country of the Song Dynasty?

I don’t believe it! What I believe is the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, what I believe is the civil and military officials in the court! What I believe is the people’s united will!”

"The sage of the official family! One word that speaks volumes about the governance of the world!" Lu Zongdao went out again and bowed down.

Xia Song, Ding Wei, Wang Zeng, Cao Wei and other ministers of the two houses all bowed down. Although they had their own thoughts, they expressed their attitude, and the remaining courtiers also agreed.

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly and said: "In this case, Ding Xianggong is responsible for the preparation of money and food for the three divisions, and all the four guards of the front division of Privy Cao's Xingwen Hall are in a war-ready state, waiting for orders to go to Yanzhou at any time.

Other ministries, departments, yamen, and public affairs should do their own things well, and they must not eliminate mistakes at this time, share the worries for the Song Dynasty, and share the worries for me!"

"I obey the order!"

A court meeting originally discussing road construction was interrupted, and was replaced by pre-war preparations and mobilization. Many courtiers were still a little confused when they left the Daqing Palace. When did the court of the Song Dynasty become so resolute?

Then I was surprised to find that since the official family took over the government, and since the official family brought down the aristocratic family and generals, the entire court has been operating according to the official family's will. Even if there are some objections, they will be quickly convinced by the official family.

Even refuted.

Lu Zongdao felt very comfortable at this time, not because he was speechless when he saw Zhou Zhenghe being squeezed out of the court, but because he enjoyed this kind of efficient court meeting, without shirk or entanglement. When he came, Kung Fu Xianggong quickly came to the official meeting.

Reach a consensus under the leadership of the family.

Especially Ding Wei's words made Lu Zongdao, who originally hated him, look at him with admiration.

Lu Zongdao was an honorable man and did not bother to speak ill of people behind their backs. However, he did look down on Ding Wei's tendency to follow others' favors before. Even after leading a food war with aristocratic families, Lu Zongdao did not let Lu Zongdao face him. But today is different. Ding just now

What Wei Wei said at the meeting really made Lu Zongdao begin to re-examine what Ding Wei had done.

If you think about it carefully, it seems that Ding Wei has become a different person since he took charge of the government. Although he is the counselor of political affairs and concurrently serves as the envoy of the third division, he still manages the affairs of the third division and rarely speaks about the government affairs.

, this is not like the original Ding Wei.

Moreover, when it came to matters such as succumbing to party members, Ding Wei clearly stood on the side of the main militant faction, without any intention of being a facilitator. This would have been impossible before.

Looking sideways at Ding Wei, this guy seems to have a cool look on his sleeves now, but everyone knows that he has the highest salary because he does the most and handles official affairs best.

The current high-efficiency trend in the Song Dynasty also started from Ding Wei.

Gentlemen have the same good qualities, and reason is greater than emotion. Lu Zongdao was such a rational person, so he naturally changed his view of Ding Wei based on reason.
Chapter completed!