"Hey, shouldn't it be a discussion on rewarding border generals? Why did it start to argue again?"

As the helmsman of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu often got distracted in the court. There are many reasons for distractedness. For example, he wanted to be slutty and did not want to follow the ministers' ideas.

For example, ministers always disrupted his plans without any accident.

Just like the current situation, Zeng Bu and Li Qingchen had a private contest, but the man who stood out was not Zeng Bu's person, but Xing Shu's person. This forced Li Qingchen to wonder if it was Zhang Dun's conspiracy.

Since he became the Privy Councilor unwillingly, Li Qingchen felt the malice around him, especially Zhang Dun's guardianship, which made him feel helpless and heartbroken. He had previously seen Su Che's official position because Su Che's official position was only added with the Shangshu Zuo Pushe, and he was the real prime minister. His status was comparable to Zhang Dun.

As long as Li Qingchen drove Su Zhe out of the court and after he occupied Su Zhe's official position, he could start to peek at the position of prime minister.

As for Cai Bian, the younger generation, he had already made him much cheaper when he asked him to be a Privy Councilor.

But now Zhang Dun is no longer the one ten years ago. He is cautious, guarding against others everywhere, and even suspicious in private, which makes his plans fail several times.

Especially, the emperor seemed to support him, which was embarrassing.

Any minister in the court who wants to be prime minister without the emperor's nodding, the last step is to not be able to go up.

Thinking that the emperor might be prejudiced against him, Li Qingchen's obsession with wanting to be the prime minister was much less. Especially when he saw Zeng Bu eyeing him, he became even more uneasy.

Zeng Bu's family background is much better than other big bosses in the court. Not to mention his elder brother Zeng Gong, he is also one of the seven sages of the Zeng family, one of the top children of a large family in the south, and his disciples are all over the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. Especially Zeng Bu's ability overlaps with Li Qingchen, unlike an executive faction like Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu, like Li Qingchen, was once the most important think tank around Wang Anshi.

Li Qingchen led the Yuanfeng reform and changed the official positions in the Song Dynasty, which was more conducive to the implementation of the reform.

Zeng Bu helped Wang Anshi formulate the market law, and he was one of the makers of the reform.

On the contrary, talent like Cai Que and Zhang Dun are mostly responsible for specific things and become the executors of the new law.

Those who use their brains must be a little better than those who do it, which is easier to resonate among scholars. Unfortunately, both of them were pressed by Zhang Dun, and they could only swallow their saliva and quench their thirst when facing the position of prime minister.

Even as Privy Councilor Li Qingchen was not having a good life.

He couldn't understand, what was the point of this broken official? You all had a jealousy? Only by being the Privy Councilor can you understand how difficult it is to designate a strategy for the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty's military strength and military industry are naturally very strong, but the problem is that in war, they always win first and then lose. The little face they earned can even lose in a blink of an eye.

The army of the Song Dynasty was difficult to command, and the Privy Councilor of the Song Dynasty was even more difficult to be.

Li Qingchen had a deep understanding of this. Originally, he was a little discouraged. But suddenly, Zhang Dun disliked him, Zeng Bu also made small moves, and even Cai Jing seemed to have ideas about him, which made him furious.

Honest people, shouldn't they be bullied?

Li Qingchen simply refused to leave. He was frightened for a long time in this Northwest War and was about to lose. Although it had little to do with him, if it was far-fetched, he would inevitably have some blame.

But suddenly, a good news came from the front line, which made him not believe it much.

As a last resort, the Privy Council staff were arranged to go to the northwest to investigate the news, and to ensure that it was foolish. What if it was a trap? I went to report the good news to the emperor in a stupid way, and then what came from the front line was not the good news, but the bad news of a great defeat?

The crime of deceiving the king cannot be explained clearly with just a few words.

Li Qingchen looked at the court calmly, especially at Zhang Dun for a long time. Zhang Dun, who had not done anything wrong, was also looked at by Li Qingchen's sinister look, and he was behind his back and ignored him. Instead, Li Qingchen decided that it was Zhang Dun's fault. Of course, Xing Shu, who actually defected to Zhang Dun! Li Qingchen felt that it was really unlikely that someone like Xing Shu who was attached to the flames was not surrendered to Zhang Dun.

Li Qingchen stepped out and bowed to Emperor Zhao Xu and said, "I have reported to Your Majesty. I think that the Censorate slandered the important officials of the court. As a censor, he convicted the important officials of the court without any evidence. This is a treacherous slander of the country. I ask Your Majesty to go to Dali Temple for interrogation."

The other party was just a minion, and Li Qingchen didn't care at all. He paused and looked at Xing Shu with contempt: "Shangshu Xing, it doesn't matter if your niece is going to Dali Temple, right?"

After hearing this, Xing Shu's face turned green. If he followed the ordinary court rules, Li Qingchen should have defended himself, but now, Li Qingchen simply disdains to defend himself. Instead, he just asked Xing Shu with a name and asked Xing Shu: "What's your old boy's intention?"

Xing Shu shouted and said, "Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

Seeing this, Zhao Xu thought about it. Li Qingchen should not be aimless. He is sad now, mainly because Xixia's previous invasion, and the Privy Council cannot come up with an effective method.

Now Li Qingchen has broken the rules, surpassing the impeachment of the censors and stabbing his enemies directly.

It's true that the effect should be good, and Xing Shu was anxious immediately.

Zhao Xu said helplessly: "My dear friends, I have been bullied by Western Xia for a long time since I ascended the throne. Now the border army is a great blessing for us. As Li Qing said, it is difficult to convince the public without any basis or evidence, and it is hard to convince the public by impeachment based on selfishness. How reckless is it?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Xu changed his mind and said, "As for the border army's good news, I have also received a secret report from Su Qing, so there should be no mistake. If the Privy Council does not report, there may be other reasons."

Zeng Bu was instantly timid when he saw Xing Shu, so he had to go to the scene in person: "Your Majesty, since the border army has won a great victory, why did the Privy Council hide the news? What is the reason?"

Afterwards, Zeng Bu stared at Li Qingchen tightly. As long as Li Qingchen couldn't explain, it would be the time for him to attack.

But Li Qingchen was prepared and said, "The statistics in the battle report are a great victory that our dynasty has not seen. We must not be treated with caution. Secondly, in the battle report, the elite Xixia Iron Yaozi deputy commander Euqiman was killed in front of the formation, and Iron Yaozi lost more than 1,000 cavalry. More than 20,000 prisoners of Xixia soldiers were killed, but the strength of our Beijing camp was not more than 7,000. I was unable to understand such a record. I had no choice but to arrange for officials of the Privy Council to go to Fuyan Road to verify."

Silk

Silk

There were sounds of gasping in the hall everywhere.

The Song Dynasty and Xixia fought for 50 years, and had never wiped out so many Xixia troops on the battlefield. Especially the Iron Harrier, once Xixia used this elite force to appear on the battlefield, it would always be invincible.

Iron Harrier has strong defense and strong plain rushing ability. Even the Divine Arm Bow cannot do anything to this heavy cavalry with heavy armor.

More than a thousand people were killed in one go. People who were familiar with the wars between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia could not believe it. This was true. You must know that there were only 3,000 Iron Harrier in Xixia.

Zeng Bu was not clear about the actual situation, but his eyes on the Privy Council told him all the knowledge he knew.

"Is this impossible?" Zhang Dun said in surprise.

Even Zhang Dun felt that there was something wrong with the victory. Although he had never seen the power of Tie Harrier, his ears were called out when he heard the battle record. Why did he lose without any warning? And it was done by the master soldiers of the Beijing camp. Apart from causing trouble, these people have never heard of fighting!

According to the court rules, Zhang Dun was not granted the emperor the right to "know military affairs".

In other words, the Political Affairs Hall has no right to interfere in the affairs of the Privy Council.

This is also the beginning of the conflict between Zhang Dun and Li Qingchen. Li Qingchen tried his best to reject Zhang Dun, and Zhang Dun felt itchy. If he stood in the court and asked a group of civil officials: "Who do you know more about war than me?"

There is no courage, not one.

But even though he was clearly the one who knew the best in military combat, he was ruled out from the military discussion. Only Zhang Dun himself knew about this aggrievance.

So he had to hold back his thoughts, and even at the banquet outside, Zhang Dun often complained that the prime minister was incomplete without the power to govern the army.

If it were normal, Zhang Dun asked, Li Qingchen would definitely fight back.

However, at this time, Li Qingchen was also confused. The Iron Harrier was very powerful. The Song Dynasty and the Western Xia fought for fifty years, and there was no restriction on the emergence of the Iron Harrier troops.

Logically, the Iron Harrier will not lose so much.

However, in the battle report, the Iron Yaozi's deputy commander Eqiman was recorded, and the Iron Yaozi's commander who should have been the Iron Yaozi's commander who attacked the Xixia army on Fuyan Road was killed in front of the formation.

Thinking of this is strange.

Zhang Dun asked: "The Privy Council has designated a combat formation map. If it is taken out, it may be possible to see the clues." This is also a solution that Zhang Dun thought of is not a solution.

After all, when the Song Dynasty was fighting, many battle formation maps were formulated by the Privy Council. If there were combat formation maps, Zhang Dun felt that with the military talent of his own people, some clues should be able to be inferred.

But Li Qingchen sneered disdainfully: "The Privy Council has not designated a formation map for thousands of people to fight, so I can't do this. Besides, the Privy Council's command over authority is contrary to the implementation of the law of generals."

In a word, Li Qingchen retorted Zhang Dun back.

Emperor Zhao Xu also wanted to know the reason, so he asked: "Have Li Qing found anything else?"

Li Qingchen sighed and said, "I guess it may be the cause of artillery."

"artillery?"

Zhang Dun had never heard of it, so he looked back at the Minister of Works. The other party shook his head helplessly: "The Ministry of Works has never supervised the construction of weapons like artillery."

"So where did this come from?" Zhang Dun was going crazy. Is this good news serious? Why didn't such an important detail be mentioned?

Emperor Zhao Xu thought about it, but expressed his affirmation: "Su Qing's secret report also talked about artillery. Before the war, he supervised hundreds of sects in the pot and was taken to the battlefield by the Beijing camp. The main general Cheng Zhijie... may use it well and use this weapon that has never appeared to have great results."

"Cheng Zhijie lacks ability and has a passion, but he is not enough to accomplish anything." Zhang Dun's arrogant quirks are ridiculed by people he looks down on. How could a waste like Cheng Zhijie catch his eyes?

If it were normal, Liu Baosheng, the Grand Tutor, came to the court to pretend, but Zhang Dun treated his son-in-law as a waste as soon as he spoke. How could he bear it? Liu Baosheng said angrily: "Your Majesty, my son-in-law has made contributions to the Song Dynasty, shed blood for the Song Dynasty, and served the country loyally, but Zhang Xiang formed a mediocre talent. Let me ask, can you defeat the Western Xia army in the northwest? "

Zhang Dun snorted coldly: "Is it your son-in-law's credit? I'll say a little bit!"

But Liu Baosheng was very confident, either the second or the fifth. Li Kui was with Cheng Zhijie, so there was no reason to let outsiders get a bargain.

Even Su Che did not care about artillery, because in his opinion, morale was the greatest magic weapon for the army to defeat the enemy. Weapons were secondary, and even the effects that could be played in field battles were limited. Weapons like the Divine Arm Bow could only have huge effects in the battle to defend the city.

"I haven't heard of it!"

"I haven't heard of it."

As a last resort, Li Qingchen looked at Su Song who was dozing off.

"Old husband!"

"Su Qing!"

...

Su Song opened his eyes hard, glanced at Li Qingchen, and thanked him: "Bangzhi, have you retired from the court?"

After saying that, he apologized as he yawned: "I am older and I am not as energetic as before."

"Old husband, I want to ask, have you heard of the weapon of artillery?" Li Qingchen was helpless towards Su Song. This person pretended to behave in court, and the backstage was the emperor. With the emperor protecting him, no one could do anything to him.

Su Song blinked for a while and suddenly said, "It seems like this guy Li Kui has said something. What is it, I forgot."

Li Kui?

Why is it Li Kui again?

When Xing Shu heard Su Song mention Li Kui, his heart was inexplicably jumped. Li Kui made a fuss to the Queen Mother's birthday party. Not only did he not get any benefits, he was exiled from the capital. All the benefits were made possible by Xing Shu. It is said that he was guilty because he was guilty, and he did not intend to give Li Kui some benefits. Because of his guilt, he had to be afraid of Li Kui, a newcomer in the officialdom.

When I heard Su Song talking about Li Kui, I always felt that things were not simple.
Chapter completed!