Before, Li Xin asked Qian Sheng to come over to Taikang Tianzi to present the map of the northern land, what he said to Qian Sheng was that he asked Qian Sheng to donate the map in his personal name as much as possible, if the Son of Heaven asked, as a last resort, he could blame the motive on Li Xin, the official, but it was obvious that Qian Fat Man was positive in offering pictures, and he was also positive in his confession, looking at the appearance of the Son of Heaven, most of the dead fat man told the Son of Heaven about everything.

Li Xin pondered for a while, and finally bowed his head slightly, and said: "When the minister returned to Beijing from the southwest five years ago, he once mentioned the matter of the north to His Majesty, and since then, the minister has been recuperating at home and has not asked about the affairs of the court again. ”

"Since two years ago, the minister also often went to the military department to have a look, and stayed in the staff department for a period of time, although there is a lot of information about the north in the staff department, but it is all complicated and chaotic, and many of them are still in conflict between two and two, so the minister asked the staff department to start sorting out the information on the north border, and at the same time, the staff department also began to send people to the north to collect information outside the customs, until a few days ago, Qian Sheng, who was in charge of the staff department, came up with these things."

"These things may not be accurate, but they are confirmed by detailed investigation, even if they are not accurate, they will not deviate there, after Qian Sheng handed it to the minister, the minister felt that there was no problem, so he told him that he could give it to His Majesty."

The Son of Heaven sat in his seat and said with a smile: "I didn't ask how these things came from, the Ministry of War is in charge of the map, and it's normal to have these things, I asked Chang'an, let Qian Sheng hand these things to me, what do you mean?" ”

The Son of Heaven looked at Li Xin quietly,

"Chang'an wants to let me go north?"

Li Xin shook his head, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty has misunderstood. ”

"Your Majesty also said that this is an errand for the Ministry of War, and it is natural for the Ministry of War to do a good job, and the reason why the minister asked Qian Sheng to hand it over is not to persuade Your Majesty to do anything, but to give Your Majesty one more choice."

The Son of Heaven motioned for Li Xin to sit down and speak, and then smiled: "What a choice." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an was also not polite, and after sitting on the chair, he bowed his head and said: "With these things in the imperial court, the difficulty of the Northern Expedition can be reduced a lot, and Your Majesty can choose whether to fight or not to fight at will, without worrying about whether you can fight or not." ”

"You mouth..."

The Son of Heaven smiled helplessly and said: "I can tell you my own truth in anything, according to me, there will be no more than three people in the entire court who can say anything about you Li Changan." ”

Li Xin said with a smile: "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, the reason why Your Majesty thinks that the minister's words are powerful, it is because what the minister said makes sense, if there is no reason in the words, it means that the sky is falling, and it is not moving Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled, then looked at Li Xin, and his face became serious.

"Chang'an, I ask you very solemnly."

Li Xin bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty asks." ”

Taikang Tianzi knocked on the table with his hand, and said slowly: "To tell you the truth, I have been preparing for the Northern Expedition for more than three years, and at this time, as long as I give an order, at most three months, the imperial court can prepare everything properly, and then start to attack the remnant Zhou, and now I am thinking about a problem." ”

"This battle should be fought or not."

Li Xin slowly stood up from the chair and smiled at the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, should you fight or not, when you started preparing three years ago, you had the answer in your heart, this matter should not be asked to the minister, you should be asked yourself." ”

"And this question, no courtier in the Great Jin Dynasty is qualified to answer Your Majesty, it is a matter of national fortune, and it should be decided by Your Majesty alone, and others have nothing to say."

"Don't talk about this kind of empty talk."

The Son of Heaven scolded with a smile: "When is this world my own world?" Of the five Zaifu in the three provinces, which one is not ruling the world? None of the officials in the capital and outside the capital are shepherding the people, I just sit in this position and help the people of the world to get an idea. ”

"Besides, even if this matter should be decided by me alone, it is not a sin for you, as a courtier, to give some advice, right?"

I have to say that Taikang Tianzi's thinking is still very detached.

He saw very clearly in his heart that this world was not the emperor's alone, nor could it be the emperor's alone.

However, his thinking still did not reach the level of "the world of the people of the world" in later generations, but only reached the level of the imperial power and the scholars sharing the world.

Li Xin was stunned, then bowed his head and said, "That minister just said?" ”

"You say it's what it is."

The Son of Heaven said lightly: "There are just two people here, there will be no third person who knows, even if things go wrong in the future, I will bear it alone, and I can't blame you." ”

The Emperor has already acquiesced in the Northern Expedition.

The meaning of this sentence is that if the northern expedition fails, Li Xin is not to blame.

The Marquis of Jing'an lowered his head and secretly spat in his heart.

This sentence is pure to coax children, since ancient times, the emperor is the person who can dump the pot, no matter what happens, he will not, and he can't blame the emperor, because "the world is the monarch's father"!

No matter what is wrong, it will not be the emperor's fault, but it will be bewitched by the "traitor", this so-called traitor is often the biggest betrayer.

In other words, if Li Xin suggested the Northern Expedition, and then the Northern Expedition failed, there was a high probability that this matter would be deducted from his head, and he would become the "traitor" who deceived the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, Li Xincai refused to express his position and kept shirking.

He took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, you have been preparing for three years, and it would be a pity to give up at this time, and my Great Jin is now rich and strong, and it is a good time to expand the territory." ”

"Your Majesty has been looking north for more than three years."

The Marquis of Jing'an said in a deep voice: "According to the minister's intentions, the northern expedition can be carried out in the north, but there is no need to use the power of the whole country, Jimen Pass or Yunzhou City, there are soldiers and horses of my Great Jin, Your Majesty can give an order, let these two soldiers and horses go out, slowly advance to the north, and try and test first." ”

"And you don't have to fight hard."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "Forty years have passed, what is the situation of the Yuwen tribes in the north, no one knows it now, Your Majesty can first find out what the situation is in the north, and when the investigation is clear, you can use both grace and power, while sending troops to advance, while sending people to persuade people to surrender, the best situation is that you can surrender without a fight." ”

"If the Yuwen tribes of the remnant Zhou are cowardly, Your Majesty will not be able to complete the great cause of expanding the territory without much effort."

The Son of Heaven squinted his eyes and glanced at Li Xin appreciatively.

"Don't hide it from Chang'an, you said, in the past few years, many people have made ideas in front of me, and I have heard everything, but what you said in Chang'an is the most in line with my heart."

The Son of Heaven stood up from his seat, walked in front of Li Xin, and said with a smile: "Chang'an, don't leave today, stay in the palace and accompany me to discuss and discuss, what kind of regulations should be made." ”

The third generation of the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu needless to say, is a ruthless man who will blow up his hair at the first touch, as long as he wants to fight, he will fight to the end in one go.

But the emperor of Chengde after Emperor Wu was much gentler, and he did not raise a sword for twenty years.

Today's Taikang Tianzi is not a reckless soldier, he is even a little cowardly, in comparison, this kind of "gentle attack" proposed by Li Xin is naturally more in line with his heart.

The Marquis of Jing'an bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if the minister is there, but the dog is still in the palace......"