In fact, since the beginning of July, as long as you are not blind, you can find that the road of the Daimyofu is not normal, there will be tank ships docking every three or five days, and the delivery is no longer the merchant but the new army. No one knew what the goods were, and after loading them into the box trucks, a team passed through the streets of the city and continued to go north.

Not to mention that the people of Daimyofu Road have never seen so many box cars, it is also a spectacular wonder to put it in Kaifeng City. The only people who don't feel too surprised by this are Huangzhou and Ganliang passers-by, in their eyes, the box convoy represents war, and the horse Wang Shu is about to shoot again.

That's right, the Northern Expedition, which had been prepared for three years and cost almost half of the emperor's internal money and all of Hong Tao's property, was finally about to begin. Before appearing on stage, Hong Tao had to do something that would make the court noisy, arresting the Liao.

All the Liao people on the Daimyo Mansion Road, no matter what they are here for, as long as they do not have a household registration, they will be arrested without any charges, including of course, the Liao delegation in the pavilion, and some Song people who have been confirmed by the Shanchuan Inspectorate to have close contact with the Liao people.

The purpose of this is not only to fear that they will leak the news in advance, but also to completely drag the Northern Song Dynasty into a state of war. Aren't you hesitant? Well, I'll help you decide.

The ancients paid attention to the confrontation between the two countries, and once the envoy on behalf of the country was not courteous, it was basically the same as declaring war. Wait until a few days before the dispatch of troops to release these Liao merchants and missions, give them time to return north, and bring back the news that the Song people are going to attack, and this matter will be considered solid.

No matter how the Northern Song Dynasty court explained, it was useless, and it would be impossible to fight if you wanted to. I'm playing alone in the front, and you're all watching the excitement in the back? Don't be funny, we're-stirring sticks, you're, don't be idle together.

Shuaiji-sama is going crazy again! This is the feeling of the common people of Daimyofuji. But this time, no one dared to fight blatantly, and the legend that this adult had a relationship with the gods was in vogue, who would dare to do it against the gods.

Besides, it is not wrong to arrest the Liao people, and those Song people who are too close to the Liao people deserve to be arrested, and it does not affect the lives of the people.

The mad colt is crazy again! This is the feeling of the courtiers. Who would die like this if he's not a madman, just kill yourself, and drag everyone to die together, Zhen Nima is hateful!

Can you bear it? I really can't, this time no matter what the emperor says, he can't agree, he must transfer this madman back and strictly control it, he can't give a single soldier, he won't be allowed to touch the slightest right, and it's better to take away the title.

At the same time, he had to quickly send someone to the Daimyo's Mansion to deliver the decree, so that the madman would release the Liao State Mission, apologize and apologize, and then send him out of the country. If the madman can't put it on the table, then he has to come forward in person to give up his face, and if he talks badly, he has to take the misunderstanding seriously, and he must not cause a war.

Of course, Emperor Shenzong would not transfer the horse Wang Shu back, and at the same time, he also knew what Wang Shu was doing this for, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only fight with the ministers every day. He promised to immediately send someone to the Daimyo Mansion to investigate the matter thoroughly, but he still had to carefully consider the selection of candidates.

This deliberation came to mid-August, and finally reached a reluctant agreement, and Pei Ying had to come forward, and there was always someone else who disagreed. By the time Pei Ying slowly left Kaifeng and arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion, the autumn wind in September had swept across the land of Hebei from the north, blowing all the leaves yellow.

As a result, Pei Ying hadn't seen the horse king yet, and he wasn't in the Daimyo's Mansion City at all. Where exactly...... The Daimyo's Mansion that stayed behind said on Monday and Sunday that he did not know, and that this was a military secret.

However, on Monday and Sunday, he said that Lord Shuai Si had confessed before leaving, and if the imperial court sent someone to ask about the Liao State Mission, he would say that he would be released soon, and it was not clear what day it was, because the Liao State Mission was also taken away by Lord Shuai Si.

Pei Ying is so angry, and he can't understand it on Monday, so he simply goes to find Wang Shao, the second-in-command of Daimyofu Road. As a result, the door was closed, Wang Shao was not there, and the housekeeper in the house said that he didn't know.

The only thing I know is that the 8,000 cavalry of the forbidden army on the Daimyo Mansion Road also left with Wang Shao, and at present, the entire state city is an empty shelf, completely relying on the officials of the government office, Cao Division, Xian Division and Cang Division to maintain order.

At this point, Pei Ying also understood that Wang Shu would not deliberately hide from him, but really led the troops to the battle. Do you still need to worry about the safety of the Liao State Mission now? Even if everyone in the mission was crowned the Duke of Guo, the Liao and Song dynasties would have to meet each other.

What needs to be anxious now is not the mission, but the arrangement of the three military routes at the border pass, and it is impossible to really let the lone army of the horses go deep into the Liao State to fight, and the others are all watching the excitement in the back.

Pity this old man who is nearly seventy years old and has to run to Kaifeng again, this time it is really running, the carriage does not sit, change to a fast horse and dare not stop for a while, and slip into the palace.

Showdown, on September 22, 1087, Emperor Shenzong made an exception and convened a great court meeting and announced a stunned decision to the civil and military officials, declaring war on the Liao State! The war book has already used the emperor's seal, just waiting for the Zhongshu Province to stamp it.

It's okay if you don't cover it, after the dispersal of the dynasty, the war book will be sent to the Liao State Pavilion Station, and you will declare war on the Liao State as the emperor himself. And persuasion is useless, because the horse Wang Shu has already taken the new army to prepare to stop, and he has to fight whether he has a war book or not.

The purpose of this great court meeting is to ask the civil and military officials if they want to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, if they want to, don't hold back, everyone first abandon the previous suspicions and unanimously agree with the outside world, who is right and who is wrong, and then slowly judge after the battle.

If you don't want to, the emperor doesn't force it, and immediately resigns from the official position and plays it in court, if even the interests of the nation and the country are not enough to cover your selfish desires, the emperor doesn't want such an official.

Whoever withdraws is a villain who only cares about personal honor and disgrace and ignores the country's gains and losses, or publicly announces it in front of hundreds of officials, who dares to retreat.

But the ministers are not given in vain, you can use righteousness to suppress us, and we can also use righteousness to scare you. Don't bite the righteousness of a country, what if you lose? You can't just make a sin and be done. You have already destroyed the order of the court by doing this, and it is impossible to easily escape responsibility.

"If this battle is not decided, I will abdicate! Pei Ying, show the prepared decree to all the ministers. From today onwards, this decree will be hung in front of the door of the Daqing Palace, announcing to the world! ”

Emperor Shenzong is also hard-hearted, showing a killer weapon, he wants to advance and retreat with the founding marquis, and if he loses, he will give up the throne.

Bet on the throne, none of the courtiers can afford to gamble, and they can't just slap their butts and leave, so how can they worry about the country and the people? The result is that he is stubborn, and no matter how reluctant he is, he has to finish this battle first.

Of course, there are not a few people who want to force Emperor Shenzong to abdicate through this matter, and in their eyes, this emperor is really unqualified, and he has not stopped since the day he ascended the throne.

Supporting Wang Anshi's new policy, using the horses to use troops against the Western Xia, reforming the official system, and now the Northern Expedition, the country has to toss how much vitality it has. It's better to give way quickly, and change to someone who is willing to listen to the minister's advice, and it is best to have a spit and self-drying demeanor, so as to show the loyalty of the courtier and the virtue of the king.

Since you have to go to war, you have to go first, and you have to pull the account book like this, hey, there is really a lot of money in the treasury. Where does all this money come from? The New Deal has played a certain role, and the land reform and the bureaucratic reform have the effect of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. But if you do the math, it seems like you have to mention that damn crazy colt.

Since he went to Huangzhou, the Great Song Dynasty has lost a state capital that eats subsidies from the central government, and a state road that pays taxes every year. The newly established Ganliang Road not only paid taxes, but also increased year by year, and at the same time became the main supply of military horses.

In addition, after the defeat of the Xia State, the pressure from the outside was greatly reduced, and the military spending on the northwest roads plummeted, which was the main reason for the surplus in the national treasury.

This is not the end of the story, the workshop in Weiqiao Town, no, it really can't be called a workshop, and the workshop group is not suitable. Who has ever seen a workshop with tens of thousands of craftsmen and an area that is about to catch up with the size of Chang'an City? Or the name of the crazy horse is more appropriate, industrial base!

The taxes paid by this industrial base exceed those of Qinfeng Road and Xihe Road combined, not counting the taxes of other state capitals that have been driven by its existence.