Zhao Yan wanted to go to Su Song in person to ask why the imperial court would suddenly help the Jurchens, but before he could leave Huang Wude, he received a report from home, Su Song actually came to the mansion in person to ask for a meeting, probably for this matter, so Zhao Yan did not dare to delay, hurriedly bid farewell to Huang Wude, and then hurried home.

When Zhao Yan came to the front hall, he happened to see Su Song sitting in the living room drinking tea, and when he saw him come in, he immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you seem to be very interested in the affairs of the Jurchens, if I had known about it, I should have told you before." ”

"It's okay, I didn't expect the imperial court to think of aiding the Jurchens, but what the hell is going on with this matter, why didn't I hear any rumors in advance?" Zhao Yan sat down and took a sip of tea and asked.

Hearing Zhao Yan ask this question, I saw Su Song ponder for a moment before he spoke: "Your Highness, you don't know, speaking of which this matter is really a bit legendary, originally the imperial court would not have noticed a small tribe in the north of the Liao Kingdom, but because of the arrival of a person, this made the imperial court begin to pay attention to the Jurchens......"

Su Song said that the reason why the Great Song Dynasty suddenly decided to help the Jurchens was repeated, it turned out that all this was because of a Liao scholar named Wang Lun, this Wang Lun is not young, his hair and beard have turned white for most of his hair, and it is said that he still has a lot of prestige among the Liao scholars, and he is considered a Confucian master and a kind of figure, many Liao nobles want to send their children and grandchildren to study under Wang Lun, but according to Wang Lun himself, he has never accepted students of different races because of his heart for his homeland.

Originally, Wang Lun had been living in Zhongjing Mansion in Liao State, but some time ago, for some reason, he suddenly fled from Liao State quietly with his whole family and came to the Great Song Dynasty, and then entered Sima Guang's house through some doors, and impressed Sima Guang with his talents. and proposed to the Great Song Dynasty to assist the Jurchens in depleting the strength of the Liao State.

Sima Guang also attached great importance to Wang Lun's suggestion, and immediately reported it to the Empress Dowager Gao, and then the Empress Dowager Gao convened several ministers to discuss, although Su Song had not yet risen to the phase, but it was a matter of time. So he was also fortunate to participate in this discussion, but Chen Shengzhi suddenly proposed, when Yingzong Zhao Shu was in power, he had proposed a plan to aid the Jurchens, but then I don't know what the reason was, but the news provided by Chen Shengzhi made the Empress Dowager Gao very happy, and she was more optimistic about the plan to aid the Jurchens, and now the imperial court is collecting information about the Liao State and the Jurchens, if there is no problem. At that time, the imperial court will take the initiative to send people to the Jurchens to discuss the matter of peace talks.

After listening to what happened, Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh, it seems that Huang Wude's analysis is good, although the Empress Dowager Gao knew that Zhao Shu had a plan to aid the Jurchens, but they didn't know that this plan was actually because they were exiled to the Jurchens, and they didn't know that this plan was destroyed by themselves, after all, these things are absolutely confidential, except for the few people who were personally involved at the beginning. I'm afraid that the others have not even heard of it, and there is not even a record of this from the Imperial City Division. It's no wonder that Empress Dowager Gao didn't know about it.

"Brother Zirong, do you think the imperial court should help the Jurchens?" In the end, Zhao Yan suddenly asked Su Song, Su Song obviously didn't know about the grievances between himself and the Jurchens, so Zhao Yan wanted to hear his opinion on this matter.

I saw that Su Song thought for a moment after hearing his words, and then said very cautiously: "As for the matter of aiding the Jurchens, although the idea is a little bold. But the Liao State has always been a strong enemy of our Great Song Dynasty, although we have snatched back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun from the Liao State before, but we still can't relax on the Liao State, let alone let go of any opportunity to weaken them, and now the Liao State has been turned upside down by the Jurchens. Then we might as well push it on, whether it succeeds or not, we only need to pay some materials and weapons, and we don't need to worry about the rest at all. ”

The meaning of Su Song's words has been very clear, and he also has an approving attitude towards this matter, after all, the Great Song Dynasty only needs to pay a small price, and it may set up a strong enemy for the Liao State, the so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, the Great Song Dynasty gave them assistance when the Jurchens were weak, and even if the Jurchens were strong in the future, they would remember this favor, so no matter what aspect it was, this matter was very cost-effective for the Great Song Dynasty, of course, the premise was that the Jurchens' strength could not expand too quickly, let alone destroy the Liao State in just a few years, This led to a threat to the Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately these prerequisites happened in later history.

Su Song's attitude also represents the attitude of a considerable number of ministers in the Great Song Dynasty, which is what Zhao Yan is most worried about. After Su Song said the above words, he saw that Zhao Yan's expression was wrong, and he couldn't help but ask strangely: "Your Highness, looking at your appearance, it seems that you don't approve of the matter of aiding the Jurchens?" ”

Since Su Song asked so, Zhao Yan thought about it for a while and didn't intend to hide it from him, so he said with a wry smile: "Brother Zirong doesn't know, our Great Song Dynasty will never be able to help the Jurchens, and even if the Jurchens accept our assistance this time, when they become strong in the future, I am afraid that they will regard our Great Song Dynasty as a great enemy of life and death, and there is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation!" ”

"This ...... Why is that? Su Song couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard Zhao Yan's words.

"Alas, this matter is very complicated, and it is not clear in a few words, but I must not let the court assist the Jurchens, it seems that I have to go to the palace in person to explain this matter to the Queen Mother and the ministers, and it just so happens that Brother Zirong will go with me!" Zhao Yan sighed again at the moment and said, he didn't want to interfere in the affairs of the court, but now it seems that this matter is inseparable from him, and he can't go if he doesn't want to.

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Su Song didn't want to ask again, and then went out of the courtyard with Zhao Yan, got into a carriage and rushed to the palace, on the way Zhao Yan kept thinking about how to explain the original matter to the Empress Dowager Gao, Su Song wanted to ask several times, but he didn't dare to disturb him when he saw Zhao Yan's distressed appearance.

After Zhao Yan's carriage entered the city, he did not go directly to the palace, but first went to the Hanlin Academy to find Su Shi, because Zhao Yan was worried that the Empress Dowager Gao would not believe his words, so he called Su Shi, one of the parties, originally Huang Wude was also an insider of this matter, but Huang Wude's health was not good, and he had always been good friends with Zhao Yan, his words may not be believed by the Empress Dowager Gao, in contrast, Su Shi was very valued by the Empress Dowager Gao, so his testimony must be more convincing than Huang Wude.

Su Shi didn't know what Zhao Yan was looking for him to do at first, although he was a bachelor of Hanlin, but only a few ministers knew about the aid to the Jurchens for the time being, and he didn't hear the slightest rumor in his identity, but after he got into the carriage, Zhao Yan told him what happened, and Su Shi also smiled bitterly after hearing it, he knew that Zhao Yan had killed the leader of the Jurchen Wanyan Department with his own hands, and now the imperial court even had to form an alliance with the Wanyan Ministry, which was simply impossible.

After picking up Su Shi, Zhao Yan's carriage rushed to the palace, but just as the carriage was about to enter the palace gate, the coachman suddenly stopped, which made Zhao Yan stunned, and immediately opened the window and asked, "What's wrong, why did the car stop?" ”

"Your Highness, there are a few people kneeling in front of the palace gate, blocking the way for the carriage to enter the palace!" At this time, the guards stepped forward to report.

"Anyone dares to stand in the way of the palace gate?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but say to himself in surprise when he heard this, he opened the car door and looked forward curiously, but when he saw the people in front of him, he couldn't help but be surprised, because the people in front of him turned out to be his acquaintances, although he only looked at the back, he could also recognize each other.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yan hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and walked quickly to the palace gate, only to see that there were several people kneeling here, the leader of which was an old man in official uniform, it was Gu Tianjie who Zhao Yan brought back from Wanyan Department, Gu Tianjie was sick at the time, but he was rescued by Cao Tong and Zhilugu, and was later arranged by Zhao Yan to serve in the military academy, which is also an official of the Great Song Dynasty, but his health is not good, and he has retired from the military academy to go home to retire, but today he actually came to the palace gate, and he also wore a formal official uniform, it's really hard to understand.

And behind Gu Tianjie, kneeling is his daughter Bone, and Bone's husband Zhou Dong, Zhou Dong and Bone's marriage is still handled by Zhao Yan himself, and beside Bone, there are two men, one woman and three children, these children Zhao Yan has seen during the New Year, it is Zhou Dong and Bone's children, it can be said that Gu Tianjie's family is all here.

"Brother Gu, Zhou Dong, you ...... Why are you kneeling here? Zhao Yan came to Gu Tianjie and asked very surprised, Gu Tianjie and Zhou Tong both served in the military academy, and they were official officials, and it was for this reason that the guards at the palace gate did not drive them away, otherwise if they were ordinary people, I am afraid they would be arrested before they got close to the palace gate.

"Your Highness! You...... Ahem~ Why are you here too? Gu Tianjie's family was also very surprised to see Zhao Yan, but Gu Tianjie's health was very poor, and there were a few violent coughs in his sentence, and his face turned pale because of coughing, which made Bones hurriedly kneel and take a few steps to help his father pat his back.

Seeing that Gu Tianjie's health was so bad, Zhao Yan hurriedly helped him up, let the bones help him to his carriage to rest, and then asked Zhou Tong: "What the hell is going on, why did your family run to the palace gate and kneel?" ”

"This ......" Hearing Zhao Yan's question, Zhou Tong seemed to have something unspeakable, turned his head to look at Gu Tianjie's side, it seemed that without Gu Tianjie's permission, he didn't dare to tell Zhao Yan the reason for the matter without permission. (To be continued......)