14. Officially announced by the palace, the entire Jiankang City was immediately a sensation, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the entire palace is also full of festive atmosphere.

However, the joy in the palace was not brought to the court. On the contrary, since this period of time, the court has been filled with tense air. And all this because the Great Song Dynasty was about to start a war to take over Western Xia.

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Although several ruling ministers approved the plan to conquer Western Xia, not all ministers had such a strategic vision as theirs, realizing that the collection of Western Xia would have many advantages for both the future exhibition of the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Expedition. On the contrary, a considerable number of people have a **** attitude towards this, and they have written to the imperial court, demanding that the use of troops in the northwest be stopped.

In the beginning, they were mainly scholars and scholars, and some middle and lower-level officials, including some middle and lower-level officials. Most of them are the people of the Lord and the faction, and for these people, any form of war will be ****, and this time is naturally no exception. There is also a part of the people who claim to be Taoist theorists, for them, the war of the Great Song Dynasty against the Western Xia two years ago was because of the counterattack by **, and there are some reasons to be forced to do so, so now the attack on the Western Xia for no reason is completely an unjust war, which is really against the state of etiquette, the honorific title of the country of benevolence and righteousness, and it is naturally ****. There is also a small number of people from the main battle faction, and their **** reason is very simple, that is, at this time, the direction of the Great Song Dynasty's attack should be the Jin State, not the Western Xia.

Because the Great Song Dynasty is more **** than other dynasties, and it has always had a tradition of folk politics, it is not surprising that this situation occurs. However, most of the officials in the court were still monitoring the movements of the imperial court at this time, figuring out the psychology of the emperor and the ruling ministers, and did not express their opinions easily. However, Zhao Chen ignored all these opinions, that is, did not explain or stop them. He still actively prepared for the war against Western Xia in accordance with the established policy.

But in July, things changed. Jiao Jingyan, an envoy of Western Xia, arrived in Jiankang to test the movements of the Great Song Dynasty. However, the Song Dynasty was noncommittal about Jiao Jingyan's visit, and also responded to it according to the previous specifications, but for some of Jiao Jingyan's questions, the officials who received it were playing Tai Chi pushers, although they kept saying that the current relationship between Song and Xixia was good, and they should continue to maintain Xiayun, but when it came to the question of substance, they pushed each other back and forth, and Jiao Jingyan was also a little confused.

But Jiao Jingyan is not a stupid person, after a long time, the Song Dynasty is obviously perfunctory, and at the same time, he also noticed some voices of the people. Therefore, he was also able to make it clear that the Song Dynasty was really going to do something to Western Xia this time. But Jiao Jingyan also realized from these **** voices of the people that not all people in the Song Dynasty supported this battlefield. Since the Song Dynasty had a tradition of civil discussion of politics, it was possible to start from this aspect and obstruct it. Although it did not necessarily prevent the war, it could also create some trouble for the Song Dynasty.

Previously, Jiao Jingyan had twice served as a congratulatory envoy, sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty, and also made a lot of Song Dynasty ministers, after making up his mind, he immediately began active activities in Jiankang, visited the ministers he knew, and made a statement of righteous indignation, explaining how the Western Xia attached importance to the agreement signed with the Great Song Dynasty, how to hope that the friendship with the Great Song Dynasty would last forever, and accused the Song Dynasty of attacking the Western Xia this time, which was a country of unprovoked devastation, contrary to justice, unrighteous acts, and so on.

Encouraged by Jiao Jingyan, and at the same time, he also saw that some time ago, Zhao Chen's anti-war voice of the people was not clearly stopped, and some officials became bolder, and began to write to the court, quoting scriptures, not a sharp weapon of the country, not to be taken lightly, it is what kind of benevolent soldier who surrenders without fighting, in short, it is clear that the **** attack on the war of Western Xia. At first, it was one or two, but then it gradually increased, and by August, Zhao Chen's desk was full of anti-war recitals.

In fact, these officials did not really **** attack Western Xia, but because Zhao Chen himself was a firm main battle faction, so although there were still some lords and officials in the court, they generally did not dare to express their **** opinions easily. However, this is an opportunity, not only to use the voice of the people to stop this war, suppress the rising momentum of the main battle in the court, but also to improve the voice of the lord and his faction in the court in the future. At the same time, there were also a group of people who were actually dissatisfied with the new law implemented by Zhao Chen, and they also took this opportunity to express their dissatisfaction to the imperial court.

Therefore, for a while, the anti-war voice suddenly rose, among which there were also many senior officials such as squires, scholars, and scholars, and the ruling ministers who had previously supported the attack on Western Xia couldn't help but be a little shaken, although they knew that the so-called Taoism, the so-called benevolence and righteousness, between the countries and the country, was simply nonsense, but now there are so many **** people, it is obvious that they can't ignore it, so in the court discussion for a day, Zhou Kui suggested like Zhao Chen, whether he should consider the plan of attacking Western Xia.

The Great Song Dynasty has not tried to announce the war against Western Xia before, on the one hand, for the sake of secrecy, and on the other hand, Zhao Chen also knows that although in the relationship between countries, the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality are useless, but the superficial moral articles still have to be done. After all, this is not the era of Emperor Taizu, and the sentence "lying on the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly" can be fought, so it is better to find a suitable excuse to go to war, of course, if you want to find an excuse to go to war, it is naturally easier. So it's better to wait until before the war is about to start.

And when there were some voices of war among the people at the beginning, Zhao Chen didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that it was just some people who were pretentious or thought they had never met in the people, and they couldn't affect the resolution of the imperial court. After the imperial court officially declares war, it will automatically subside. It's just that what Zhao Chen didn't expect was that he hadn't found an excuse to start a war, and the **** of the **** war would be so powerful, obviously Zhao Chen didn't expect it at the beginning.

However, the current Zhao Chen is no longer the young man who has just ascended the throne and is sincerely afraid of everything. He thought that the emperor had been sitting for six years, and in these six years, there were too many things, whether it was facing the pressure of the Jin army's army when he first succeeded to the throne, the dispute between the two kings with Zhao Kai, or the difficulty of promoting the new law after entering Jiankang, and the dispute between Pu Yi, and in the meantime, the Great Song Dynasty still sent troops to collect the entire territory of Dali, and defeated the attack of Western Xia, and signed an alliance under the city. It can be said that they have all been an all-round success. At the same time, by his side, he now not only has the support of the military, but also has a group of loyal and capable ministers, so Zhao Chen has full confidence and courage to face any **** and doubts, and do what he thinks is the right thing.

Therefore, just as Zhao Chen was planning to forcibly decide on the order to attack Western Xia, two more pieces of news from the northwest reached Jiankang. First, the Mongol side responded with the scriptures, and Temujin said that everything was as before, and the Mongols made all preparations with the scriptures to cooperate with the Song army to flank the Western Xia. Although it was also expected that the Mongolian side would not change its mind easily, receiving this news still made Da Song feel a lot more relieved, and he could send troops with confidence.

The other was even more timely, Lai Wenzheng, who was lurking in the territory of Western Xia, reported that Li Renxiao, the monarch of Western Xia, joined forces with Jin and attacked Ren Dejing. For the Great Song court, this was undoubtedly the best excuse to attack Western Xia.

Zhao Chen immediately ordered Wang Yan to make a serious **** to Jiao Jingyan, the envoy of Western Xia, on the attack of Ren Dejing by the Western Xia and Jin allied forces, and directly pointed out that Jiao Jingyan's statement that "Western Xia attaches great importance to the agreement signed with the Great Song Dynasty and hopes to be friendly with the Great Song Dynasty forever" is a lie, and it is clear that he wants to be an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty. Jiao Jingyan naturally knew what was going on in his heart, but he still argued strongly, saying that dealing with Ren Dejing was the internal affair of Western Xia, and it had nothing to do with the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty should not be involved. However, Wang Yan was ordered to not argue with Jiao Jingyan at all, but forcibly ordered Jiao Jingyan to leave Jiankang, not to stay in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and to return to Western Xia immediately. That is, it is tantamount to declaring war on Western Xia.

Although this reason cannot stand on the table, the vast majority of officials of the Great Song Dynasty understand in their hearts that Ren Dejing's matter is by no means only the internal affairs of the Western Xia, but also involves many interests of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty has every reason to send troops to attack the Western Xia. Therefore, as soon as this news was announced, many sensible officials changed their stance and supported the war instead. Of course, there are still many officials who stubbornly insist, and Ren Dejing's thing is that the internal affairs of Western Xia are the main ones, and they are still **** on this battlefield.

But the day after Jiao Jingyan left, Zhao Chen immediately announced on the Golden Palace that in order to rescue Ren Dejing, the Great Song Dynasty would send troops to attack Western Xia. And solemnly declared, the previous will not be corrected, but from now on, no official in the DPRK and China will be allowed to attack the Western Xia again, and all errands related to the attack on the Western Xia must be completed conscientiously, and the offender will be held accountable. At the same time, the previous **** sent troops to the palace as a ****, in order to show the determination of this battle.

Later, Zhao Chen issued an order to appoint Yang Yan as the head of the soldiers and horses of the East and West Roads of Lizhou, and also the envoy of Lintao Road, and the envoy of Pingxia Zhulu. Fully responsible for commanding the battle to capture Western Xia. At the same time, Xin Qiji was appointed as the envoy of Lintao Road, and concurrently served as the governor of Lintao. He also took Zhao Ruyu as the minister of the Qin Mission, sat in Xingzhou, and was responsible for the coordination of the entire war.

However, after Zhao Chen's will was issued, there were still many officials who continued to write and strongly sent troops. Some people's rhetoric was very intense, bluntly saying that the imperial court's move was a reckless force, with an army without a way, to destroy the country of people, to raise an unrighteous army, and to seize people's land, how can it be justified. Others are on the table to bomb Yang Yan, Xin Qiji, Zhao Ruyu and others.

This angered Zhao Chen, and he immediately issued an order to dismiss all the six officials who took the lead in the most fierce ****, and exiled them to Lingnan, Guangxi to fill the army.

This suddenly calmed down the **** ministers. Because the Great Song Dynasty was very tolerant of the words and deeds of officials in the past, the general punishment was just that they were demoted to local officials, even if they were removed from official positions, they would also retain a few false positions. And it is precisely this from a relatively loose ring, so it has also caused the officials of the Great Song Dynasty to generally dare to speak, and even the tips of the **** court to correct the mistakes of the emperor and the court.

But from another point of view, no matter what kind of trick the court makes, there will inevitably be **** voices. Once the emperor lacks assertiveness and persistence, it is easy to cause the imperial decree to change overnight, and it is difficult to form a continuous government decree, and even some officials in the DPRK and China ignore the interests of the country and attack each other, regardless of whether the resolution is good or bad. It is also common in the history of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since Zhao Chen came to power, in general, he is not an arbitrary emperor, and he will discuss major court affairs with ministers, listen to everyone's opinions with an open mind, and try to obtain the support of the majority before implementation. However, once the decision is made, Zhao Chen will not change it easily. This time is no exception. Of course, Zhao Chen also knew that the punishment for exile and confiscation of the army was heavier, but now that the battle to attack Western Xia was about to begin, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilian servants in front, and there were hundreds of things to deal with every day******.

This time it really had an effect, and no official dared to **** attack Western Xia anymore. After all, most officials have studied hard for ten years, and it is not easy to get to this point. If you are just relegated to other places, it is acceptable to be a magistrate, but it is not cost-effective to be exiled to Lingnan for hard labor. What's more, the Western Xia is not related to himself, and the Great Song Dynasty will not lose his own head when he attacks the Western Xia, and it is really not worth it to lose his official position and abandon his post for the sake of the Western Xia.

And although Han Yanzhi also thinks that the emperor's approach is a bit too radical, he is also a person who has lived in **** for a long time, and he understands too well that if he doesn't use a little radical means, he is afraid that the officials below will become more and more fierce, and then the entire court will fall into a situation of endless debate, who has the strength to pay attention to the soldiers who are fighting on the front line. The emperor's method seems crude and simple, but it is also very effective, and he can stop this **wind** at once, and he can devote himself to the work of ensuring the victory of the war.

Of course, Han Yanzhi also understands that although it is a means of coercion, it will only temporarily suppress people's hearts and will not make people really give in. But as long as the war against Western Xia was completely victorious, then no one would dare to say anything more.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yang Yan said goodbye to the ** child at home, and led Gao Zhen, Xin Qiji and others to set off with people and horses and rushed to Lanzhou.

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