Zhao Huan kept holding his hand and leading him to his seat.

He sat down first, then looked at Li Gang and the others, and said with a smile: "Let's all sit down and talk." ”

While speaking, Xue Qiang and the others had already moved chairs in and placed them one by one.

Li Gang and the others thanked each other and sat down one by one. Although Li Gang is over seventy years old, his energy and eyes are still very good, and he looked at Zhao Huan a few times under the candlelight, and said: "Your Majesty has lost a lot, although you are working state affairs, you also need to take care of your health." “

In fact, although Zhao Huan is thinner than before, in the past half a year, he has insisted on exercising every day, and his body has been much better than before, but this old minister advised, Zhao Huan knew his good intentions, and replied with a smile: "What Li Qing said is very true, I know." ”

After that, he asked a few more words about Li Gang's daily life and persuaded him to pay attention to his body.

Seeing that Li Gang answered calmly, he did not regard the emperor's current attitude as a special honor, and when he mentioned the Jingkang incident in his words, he did not show a dissatisfied expression. When mentioning the current situation, although there are few words, they are often to the point, extremely clear of the interests and stakes, and to the point.

Zhao Huan secretly admired in his heart, he had also seen a lot of high-ranking officials in later generations, and only in front of this Li Gang did he really feel what the style of an ancient minister was!

After talking for a while, he said to Li Gang: "Li Qing is the hope of people in the sea, if you listen to Qing's words that day, there is absolutely no matter of hunting in the north." Every time I think about it, I regret it. ”

Li Gang frowned slightly, and replied: "Your Majesty is dusty, and the ministers are incompetent. Now that His Majesty has returned, the minister thinks that it is okay not to mention the past. ”

When he mentioned this, he originally apologized to him publicly, but Li Gang gently took off the words, also saying that he didn't want to care.

Zhao Huan smiled slightly, appreciating the other party's attitude in his heart. Because he said: "I know the past at this time, and I want to make Li Qing for the military affairs of Pingzhang and the important matter of resisting Jin, and entrust Yu Qing." ”

Li Gang hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister will never dare to take on this important responsibility. ”

Zhao Huan frowned and said: "Qing can't bear it, who else can take it in this world?" ”

Li Gang said calmly: "According to the minister's humble opinion, Your Majesty wants to fight against the Jin people, but it is necessary to save redundant expenses, real power and responsibility, and train elite soldiers." My Great Song Dynasty national strength is far above the Jurchens, as long as Your Majesty eats and wears good clothes, works hard, selects talents and appoints, according to Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hedong and Hebei, and slowly plots it. Ministers, but ordinary old ministers, how dare they order military affairs. If His Majesty insisted on this, the minister had no choice but to resign and return to his hometown, and would never dare to stay in the court for half a day. ”

He was so resolute, but he was also expected by Zhao Huan. smiled at the moment: "Li Qing doesn't have to refuse, I have made up my mind." Do extraordinary things. With Li Qing's popularity, it shows my determination to resist the war. Since Li Qing, he no longer confers ministers on military and state affairs in Pingzhang, and the edict is clear, and future generations are not allowed to follow it, and that's it. ”

Li Gang wanted to say more, Zhao Huan asked with a smile: "Can Li Qing think that I am the master of mediocrity?" ”

As soon as he said this, not only Li Gang couldn't sit still, but Zhang Jun and the others also stood up and said in unison: "The ministers don't dare." ”

Zhao Huan said again: "I am not the lord of darkness, even if Li Qing is a military and state affair of Pingzhang, I am not afraid, as long as I declare my intentions, the future generations will not be able to set it up, why should the Qing be afraid?" ”

At this point, everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Li Gang didn't want to become an existence similar to the minister, and Zhao Huan weighed the current overall situation and the backlash of the people's hearts, but no matter what, he had to push him to the foreground and become a target.

The emperor is determined, Li Gang has nothing to say, he is happy that the emperor is so determined to resist the war, but on the other hand, he is also faintly uneasy, feeling that there is a deep meaning in this, but he can't think of it for a while.

At that moment, he had to bow his head, kneel on the ground, and thank Zhao Huan: "The minister is afraid, I am afraid that I will have a negative sacred heart." ”

Seeing him with white hair and trembling and kneeling in front of him, Zhao Huan was unbearably unbearable, he stood up, helped Li Gang up with his own hands, and said with a smile: "I will never doubt Li Qing, and Li Qing does not have to doubt himself." ”

It is extremely rare for the emperor to have a heart-to-heart relationship with his courtiers in this way. Li Gang stood up, but his eyes were exactly opposite to Zhao Huan's eyes, only to feel that the waves were shining, warm and blushing, which was completely different from the pair of eyes full of fear, indifference, suspicion, arrogance, and cruelty in his image.

He was moved in his heart, and he couldn't speak for a while, only felt choked in his throat, and almost wanted to cry.

Looking at his expression, Zhao Huan felt slightly satisfied. This old minister of the sea has a deep and steep cliff, but he finally opened his heart, and it is not difficult to make this person serve wholeheartedly after that.

He returned to his seat with a smile, and was in a good mood for a while, and was happy, but when he saw Zhao Ding come forward a few words, he arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty." ”

"What's the matter with Zhao Qing?"

"Your Majesty has a heavy responsibility, entrusted with the important task of privy council, Your Majesty returned to Chang'an, how to garrison the Sanya pro-army, the commander of the army and the general neither came to the minister to report, nor greeted, and even the minister heard that the Sanya pro-army will not be under the control of the cardinal in the future. The minister thought that His Majesty had mishandled this matter. ”

To manage the army with the privy council of Wenchen, this is the rule set by Taizu back then, Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun were angry, the tone was extremely disrespectful, if the emperor refuted, he immediately spoke with the ancestral system, if the emperor still did not follow, he decided to resign.

He was in a nervous mood, and the atmosphere in the field was extremely solemn for a while, but Zhao Huan smiled slightly and replied, "What's the matter?" Zhao Qing is a privy councilor, whether it is the forbidden army or the Sanya pro-army, it is naturally all under Zhao Qing's control. I didn't inform Zhao Qing before, but I wanted to hide my whereabouts and didn't want to be known too early, so I did this. ”

Zhao Ding's face was proud, and he turned his head slightly to squint at Zhang Jun, but he saw that the other party's angry face was pale, and his heart was even happier.

At that moment, he said to Zhao Huan: "Since this is the case, the minister will naturally live up to His Majesty's trust." ”

Zhao Huan smiled: "This is natural, Zhao Qing is my master, and I believe it without doubt." ”

Seeing that Zhao Ding was about to retreat, Zhao Huan stopped him, picked up the paper manuscript that he put on a few cases, and smiled at him: "Before Qing and the others came, I was reading Zhao Qing's new words, and I liked it very much." ”

After that, he took a few more glances at the manuscript, but the smile on his face slowly closed, and he whispered: "Xiangleng Golden Furnace, Dream back to the mandarin tent is fragrant and tender." No one asked, a pillow of Jiangnan hatred. Lost weight and rested, and suddenly felt that the spring shirt faded. Qingming is near, the apricot blossoms are blowing away, and the twilight east wind is tight. ”

Zhao Ding's face was slightly embarrassed, this little word was not in high style, it was originally a sad work, and it was just chanted among scholars and doctors, and there were still good things handed to the emperor, which really made him feel that he had lost the minister's system.

But seeing Zhao Huan's solemn face, he sighed: "I know that this word was written after the Yangzhou Incident, and it should be Zhao Qing's sad and angry work. ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Ding's eye-opening boss was surprised and inexplicable in his heart, and he didn't know how the emperor understood a poem of spring flowers and snow moon, a graceful word that was sentimental when he was sad, so deviant.

He was surprised to himself, Zhao Huan ignored him, and only said: "No one asks, a pillow of Jiangnan hatred." With just these two sentences, the tragic situation in Yangzhou seems to be vivid, and I also feel sideways. ”

Except for Zhao Ding, where do others know his state of mind when he made words.

It was inconvenient for him to explain it himself, and others naturally agreed with the emperor's analysis. Everyone talked about it, when it came to the changes in Yangzhou, more than 10,000 Jin soldiers killed on the side of the Yangtze River, and the corpses were lined up across the entire riverbank, and the river was blood-red.

And the large amount of materials accumulated, even the surviving palace honor guards, classic items, and food armor, were also lost.

It is inconvenient for everyone to openly accuse Zhao Gou, and outside the words, they still point the finger at him.

Zhao Ding felt wronged in his heart, but he just said it in front of him, even if he was bold at this time, he didn't dare to deny it, looking at his colleagues who were spitting around, he just couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

Zhang Junshi lost face, how could he follow the emperor to praise Zhao Ding's poems, only kept looking at Zhao Ding, seeing that his expression was different, he was also a very smart person, and in an instant he knew that Zhao Ding was yin by the emperor, and his heart was extremely happy, and he couldn't help but smile.

Zhao Huan knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, and immediately said: "I have made up my mind, except for Zhao Qing's words, when Hanlin is sent to search everywhere, anyone who mentions satirical current affairs, no matter how it is written, will be printed in a book and distributed everywhere." ”

After that, he picked up a pamphlet on a few cases, ordered someone to hand it to everyone to read, and said with a smile: "This is recently collected by my close attendants, I see, although the style may not be very good, as long as it is beneficial to the overall situation of the people, it can be published and distributed." ”

Li Gang took a look, turned a few pages, and saw dozens of poems at the beginning, all of which praised the great victory in the Battle of Fuping, the emperor's personal conquest of might, and there was no shortage of excessive praise, and it was obviously not carefully carved, many of them were mediocre works.

It's just that he and Zhao Huan have the same thoughts, and feel that as long as they can encourage people's hearts, even if the artistic conception is a little worse, there is no need to force it.

The emperor and Li Gang both agreed with this matter, and although the rest of them felt that it was inappropriate, they couldn't think of anything wrong for a while, so they had to give up.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Zhao Huan was very excited, and then said: "In addition to poetry, I also have clear edicts, which are published together, and I also need to compile more novels, and even use vernacular pictures to distribute them everywhere." In short, I want everyone in the world to know that I have made up my mind, and I will never allow Hu Chen to go south and insult my Huaxia! ”

Led by Li Gang, everyone in the room had different thoughts, with a feeling of indescribability, bowed down together, and said to the emperor in a uniform voice: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”