Just when Yang Yan was still lingering with the two beauties, Zhao Yan, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, had already gathered the ruling ministers to discuss whether to send troops to aid Dali.

This time, Zhang Gongdan, the head of Honglu Temple, was also listed, and informed Zhao Yan of the reception of the Dali delegation yesterday, and presented the credentials submitted by Dali to the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Yan took the letter of state and read it again, this letter was written earnestly and quite touching. After Zhao Yan read the letter of resignation, he asked the inner minister to take it down and hand it over to several other ruling ministers for review.

After several ruling ministers took turns to read it, Han Yanzhi took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is feasible to send troops to assist Dali in recovering the country. ”

Zhao Yan was slightly stunned, in the past few days, Han Yanzhi has always supported Yu Yunwen and advocated aiding Dali, but he has not provided a general implementation plan for sending troops, just now it was clearly said that it was feasible to send troops, so Zhao Yan immediately asked: "Han Qing, why do you think it is feasible to send troops?" ”

Han Yan said straightly: "As far as the minister knows, at present, Gao Jianming only occupies seven places in the most Ning Mansion, Xiushan County, Jinghao, Yongchang Mansion, Weichu Mansion, Dali, and Nongdong Mansion, which is only half of Dali's territory, and there are only about 25,000 people, which is less than forty percent of Dali's total strength. The Dali royal family still has Shicheng County, Shanxian Mansion, Dongchuan County, Huichuan Mansion four state cities, a total of more than 12,000 to 15,000 soldiers and horses, and Tengchong Mansion, Shanchen County, Jianchang Mansion, Moutong Mansion and other places are ruled by the Dali tribes, and now they are still neutral. It can be seen that the Dali royal family is not defeated at present, and there is no way to fight back, and this time Gao Jianming's rebellion against Dali is also unpopular, but with the help of Jiaozhi soldiers, he succeeded for a while. As long as the Great Song Dynasty sent troops to aid Dali, it could win the support of other neutral tribes, and it was not difficult to help Dali restore the country. ”

The situation in Dali that I had heard before was just some rumors, and now it is the first time that the ministers have heard the analysis report of the domestic situation in Dali. According to what Han Yanzhi said, the situation in Dali has not really reached the point of no return. Da Song can use a small number of people to help Dali.

At this time, Liang Kejia spoke: "Han Shumi, I don't know where you got this news from?" Liang Kejia's question also asked the thoughts of ministers such as Hong Shi and Long Dayuan who opposed sending troops to help Dali, because Han Yanzhi had to prove the reliability of the source in order to convince everyone.

Han Yanzhi smiled slightly, took out a booklet from his arms, raised it above his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is the news provided by Yang Yan, the envoy of Guangxi. As soon as the Dali delegation arrived in Jingjiang Mansion, Yang Yan immediately sent people to Dali to inquire about the news and compile it into a book for the reference of the imperial court's resolutions. It wasn't until noon yesterday that it was rushed by 800 miles and delivered to Yang Yan. Yang Yan and his entourage arrived in Lin'an yesterday afternoon, and yesterday the minister went to pick up his daughter outside the city and went home, and Yang Yan personally handed it over to Weichen, and asked Weichen to forward it to His Majesty today for the use of the ministers. ”

The chamberlain took the booklet and handed it to Zhao Yan. Zhao Yan put it on the dragon book case, looked through it, and said, "Yang Yan is thoughtful." ”

Han Yanzhi explained the source, and Liang Kejia, Hong Shi, Long Dayuan and others had nothing to say, because Yang Yan's place of office was close to Dali, and he was also the first Great Song official to receive the Dali mission, and no one dared to say that there would be problems with the information he provided.

After a long while, Hong Shicai said: "Han Shumi, although the Dali Duan clan can still hold on now, don't forget that Gao Jianming still has the help of Jiaozhi State." If I dare to send troops to aid Dali, I will inevitably be the enemy of Jiaozhi, and Jiaozhi's national strength is far above Dali. ”

Yu Yunwen opened his mouth and said: "Hong Shumi's words are wrong, as soon as my Great Song Dynasty sends troops to help Dali restore the country, it will inevitably hit the arrogance of Jiaozhi." Imagine that Jiaozhi can't even pacify the country of Dali, how dare you send troops to attack my Great Song Dynasty. After the restoration of Dali, it will inevitably have a feud with Jiaozhi and attach itself to my Great Song Dynasty, once Jiaozhi really dares to send troops to invade the Great Song Dynasty, Dali can be made to march from its flanks and rear and attack from both sides. Although Jiaozhi's national behavior is stronger than Dali, it is not a big country, and it can never resist the joint attack of the Great Song Dynasty and Dali, so it is not necessary to attack the Great Song Dynasty with a heart-to-heart. ”

Hong Shi said again: "What Yu Xianggong said is also reasonable, but I don't know how many men and horses Jiaozhi has dispatched to help Gao Jianming, if I want to send troops to help Dali, how many men and horses do I need to use?" ”

Han Yan said straightly: "According to Ju Yang Yan's report, the number of Jiaozhi people is about 25,000 to 30,000. Together with Gao Jianming's people, it is only about 50,000, and at present, there are about 10,000 horses in the Great Song Dynasty in Guangxi, and it seems that Yichen will dispatch 30,000 or 40,000 horses, led by Yang Yan himself, and it is enough to aid Dali. ”

Hong Shi shook his head and said: "If there is nothing to do in the south, this proposal is naturally feasible, but now the Manichaean rebellion in the south has not completely subsided, once Yang Yan leads the army to aid Dali, then who will Guangxi hand over?" What if Manichaeism were to attack again? Therefore, the minister thought that even if he wanted to help Dali, he would have to wait until the Manichaean rebellion was completely quelled before he could act. ”

Zhao Yan frowned when he heard this, and said, "Although Manichaeism is now weak, it may not be possible to achieve complete pacification in the short term. I wonder if the Dali Duan Chamber can hold out until Yang Yan pacifies Manichaeism? ”

At this time, Yu Yunwen said: "Your Majesty, there is no one who knows the situation in Guangnan better than Yang Yan, and now that Yang Yan has returned to Lin'an, His Majesty will not visit Yang Yan to enter the right, and when the palace asks him, you can know." ”

At this point, Zhao Yan was in his heart, and immediately passed on the decree and ordered Yang Yan to enter the palace.

After a while, Yang Yan went to the palace, and after paying homage to Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan said: "Yang Yan, you have a remarkable record in quelling the Manichaean rebellion in Guangnan, and you have a great record of success, which is greater than the imperial court, and you escorted the Dali delegation back to Beijing all the way, and it was the way, you should have been allowed to rest at home for a few days, but now the imperial court is making a decision on whether to send troops to aid Dali, you are familiar with the situation in the south, so you need to ask you."

Yang Yan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers will do their best for the country, and they will never give up." I don't know what Your Majesty and your ministers have to ask Weichen, and the ministers should know everything they know, and they don't know everything. ”

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( This chapter was published by Reader's Bar - reprinted)