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The six people then glared and stopped talking.

Du Zhu, the nephew of the Queen Mother Du, the right sank cavalry attendant, stepped out and bowed, "I thought that Xiang Gongxiang had said very clearly before that the official family had been captured by the Liao army. Later, the Liao army had not known why, and released the official family and a thousand guards. As the teacher saw, the purpose of the Liao army was obvious. They wanted to hold the official family hostage and command me to the Song Dynasty! This point is very clear from the official family's secret decree on cede land and compensation, so, from what I saw, the official family must have been hostage by the Liao army. At that time, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms used the emperor to order the princes, and the Liao army also wanted to use this trick. The official family could no longer make his own decisions, and his imperial edicts must have been written intentionally under the coercion of the Liao army!"

These words attracted the ministers in the palace to nod and express their agreement.

Du Zhu continued: "Since the official family has been held hostage by the Liao army, we obey the so-called imperial edicts of the official family under such matters. What's the difference between obeying the orders of the Liao army?"

All the ministers nodded again.

Prince's Grand Tutor Wang Pu praised: "Mr. Du said it was right no matter how right! Therefore, we cannot handle it according to this imperial edict! Instead, we should handle it according to the Golden Chamber Covenant of Empress Dowager Du!"

Cheng Yu sneered: "We can ignore the content of cede land and compensation, but the imperial edicts like the regent of the throne are definitely not coerced. If the Liao army coerced, they should not let the officials designate one person to exercise the imperial power on their behalf, but should directly obey the official orders. Then, wouldn't we be able to directly command the Song Dynasty?"

Seeing the heated debate, the ministers made a list of statements of their opinions:

Shi Xizai, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, stepped out and said: "I think what Lord Cheng said makes sense. Although the official family has been surrounded by many people, his will should not be forced. Therefore, the official family's imperial edict should be followed, otherwise it would be against the imperial edict."

The brother of the second empress of Zhao Kuangyin, Empress Xiaoming, Wang Dexian, the Imperial Prince, came out and bowed and said, "The official family is a man of heaven and earth. If he was not hostage and forced, he would not have accepted humiliating conditions such as cedes and compensation. Therefore, he should have been hostage. His imperial edict does not represent his own wishes. We cannot do it according to this."

Hanlin Deputy Envoy Chai Yuxi, said: "We can only speculate whether the will of the official family is held hostage, and there is no evidence. Since there is no evidence, it cannot be determined. Since there is no evidence to prove whether the official family's decree was written in the case of hostage, it cannot be speculated for no reason. Therefore, the Wei Minister thinks that it should be handled according to the imperial edict of the official family, and the third prince Zhao Yuankan will be regent and exercise the emperor's power on his behalf."

"This is a bad statement!" The old minister of the Song Taizu Dynasty, Zhang Mei, left the guard general, stepped out and bowed, "Whether the official family has been held hostage, it is a foregone conclusion. The reason why the Liao army did this was that we obeyed the official family's wishes, if we really did this, it would be equivalent to obeying the Liao army's orders! This is absolutely not possible!"

Yang Shousu, the envoy of the Dongshang Pavilion and the Privy Council, came out and said: "We are arguing whether the inheritance of the throne or the exercise of the throne, rather than whether the imperial edicts of the official family are true or false. The ministers think that the official family is still alive and cannot be given another emperor. The example of Li Yuan and King Wuling of Zhao mentioned earlier was that the previous emperor took the initiative to pass the throne to the latter emperor. It was not like us now. The first emperor is still there, but our ministers supported a new emperor. This is not in line with the rules!"
Chapter completed!