Seeing him like this, Concubine Jia was even more confident in her previous guess. Although she was already extremely anxious, she did not show any signs of her face. Instead, she leisurely picked up the jade bowl and scooped a spoonful of ginseng soup.

She was waiting for Dong Songchen to say it herself. She also believed that Dong Songchen would definitely say it.

...

Hall of Qinzheng.

"The Secretariat said that the King of Dali wrote to me for reinforcements?"

Zhao Yun frowned at Shi Songzhi who was standing bent and said in suspicion.

"I returned to the emperor's words. The Liyuan received a letter of help from the envoy of the Dali Kingdom today. It is said that the envoy of the Dali Court had been living in the Liyuan Court's Residence Garden for three days." Shi Songzhi did not forget to give Qiao Xingjian some eye drops.

"absurd!"

Sure enough, when Zhao Yun heard Shi Songzhi's words, he was immediately furious.

"Liu Hai is really bold. How dare you hide such a big thing and not report it, and eat the court's salary, but raise such useless people? Go out of office and investigate."

Liu Hai is the magistrate of the Privy Council's Li Yuan, and Zhong Xiang, who sent the Dali State request for help from Mo Ye to Shi Songzhi, was the magistrate of the Li Yuan, and was considered Liu Hai's deputy.

Zhao Yun's words have already determined the fate of Liu Hai.

"Sage, this Dali Chinese document was sent to the Wei minister's house by Zhong Xiang, the supervisor of the Judicial Court. I asked the Emperor to sue him."

Shi Songzhi calmly pointed Zhong Xiang out.

Hearing Shi Songzhi's words, Zhao Yun, who was still furious, turned his head and looked at Shi Songzhi, nodded and said, "What's the crime of Zhong Xiang? Liu Hai is incompetent, so let Zhong Xiang take over as the Judicial Court."

He did not ask Zhong Xiang why he didn't send the documents directly to Qiao Xingjian, the Privy Councilor's Mansion, but to Shi Songzhi, the co-minister of the Privy Councilor. Without asking, he knew that Zhong Xiang was Shi Songzhi's man. Qiao Xingjian, as the Privy Councilor, could not even control a small ceremony, which made Zhao Yun extremely dissatisfied.

Therefore, even though he knew that Shi Songzhi was deliberately giving Qiao Xingjian his eyes, and that Zhong Xiang had sent the letter of state from a foreign country to Shi Songzhi, the mansion of the co-prime envoy, was obviously a bit unruly. When Shi Songzhi took the initiative to apologize, he still chose to fulfill Shi Songzhi's wish.

"Your Majesty's wise!"

This result was not beyond Shi Song's expectations.

"Did the letter to Dali State tell me what the situation in Dali State is now?

The small Judicial Court of the Liberation Academy is just a sixth-rank official, and Zhao Yun would not care about it at all. Similarly, he was too lazy to interfere in the intrigue between Qiao Xingjian and Shi Song, as long as it did not destroy the foundation of the Song Dynasty.

"Sage, Dali Kingdom has been besieged by more than 100,000 Mongolian troops for several months. This time, it is said that there are only two envoys coming to Lin'an, and they are not very old. I am afraid that it is... worrying now!"

Zhao Yun walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, stopped and looked at Shi Songzhi and said, "Shi Qing, what do you think about this?"

"I think that the Dali Kingdom is the chest and abdomen barrier of the three prefectures of Chengdu Prefecture, Tongchuan Prefecture, and Guangnan West Road in the Song Dynasty. Once the Dali Kingdom is lost, the Chengdu Prefecture will be trapped in a state of being attacked from both sides of the country and the west. The Mongols will inevitably attack large numbers from the north and south, and the forces of Chengdu Prefecture are probably in danger." Speaking of this, Shi Songzhi paused and continued: "It would be fine if the Mongols invaded Chengdu Prefecture. After all, the terrain of Chengdu Prefecture is dangerous, with high mountains and dense forests. The most elite cavalry of the Mongols cannot gallop freely, and their combat power will inevitably be greatly reduced.

What I am worried about is that if the Mongols gave up the difficult and easy way, they continued to go south, captured the Great Yue Kingdom, and attacked the southwest hinterland of our Great Song Dynasty from Guangnan West Road, which was the real concern of our Great Song Dynasty.

Now our Song Dynasty has more than one million troops, all of which are located across the Jinghu Lake, Huaixi, Huaidong, and Sichuan on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the inner part is empty. From Guangnan West Road to Jinghu South Road, there is no large army that can stop the Mongolian army on Jiangnan South Road. Only a few imperial frontiers near Lin'an City have only more than 300,000. The outside is more important than the inside, which is really the biggest embarrassment of our Song Dynasty.

Therefore, I think that if I don’t do Dali, but only for my Song, I will have to rush to Dali, and I must not let the Mongols occupy Dali. Otherwise, my Song Dynasty will be in danger."

After hearing Shi Songzhi's words, Zhao Yun did not speak for a long time. He paced back and forth for two steps and suddenly turned around and said, "Shi Qing, have you ever been to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Shi Songzhi was not surprised. He said for a long time that he did not show the Dali National Book of Zhao Yun. What's more, Zhong Xiang could violate the rules of such a matter, but as a minister and a magistrate, he could never do it.

"Your Majesty is wise. Before I met, I sent the letter of the Dali Kingdom to Qiao's mansion."

"Qiao Qing, is that... opposes rushing to Dali Country?"

Zhao Yun frowned. Although he was asking, he almost affirmed Qiao Xingjian's attitude in his heart.

Thinking about it, we know that since Qiao Xingjian already knew about this and Shi Songzhi came to see him alone, then it is obvious that the two of them had never reached an agreement. If they had an agreement, then it should be Qiao Xingjian and Shi Songyi who came to ask for a meeting at this time, and there would not be only Shi Songyi.

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Zhao Yun frowned even deeper when he heard Shi Songzhi's words.

Needless to think about it, I also know why Qiao Xingjian opposed rushing to Dali Country. Zhao Yun naturally would not simply think that Qiao Xingjian would support him because of his disagreement with Shi Song, as long as he opposed it, and Shi Songzhi supported it, so he would oppose it. Qiao Xingjian would probably have been out of bed and out of bed.

As the emperor, Zhao Yun is undoubtedly the most clear about the current situation of the Song Dynasty. He has not yet reached the point of being ambitious and just wants to drink and have fun every day. When he is just a matter of mediocrity, otherwise he would not have agreed to Meng Gong to launch the battle in Xiangyang.

Zhao Yun could think of the reasons that Qiao Xingjian said, and he thought more about them. The Battle of Xiangyang is now imperative. This is not only an act to strengthen the prestige of the Song Dynasty, but more importantly, it is to win a chance to breathe for the future decades of the Song Dynasty.

As Meng Gong said, the Mongols did not have many naval armies nowadays, and the only one that had the advantage of the Mongols in the Song Dynasty was the naval army. If the Mongols did not take back Xiangyang when the Mongols were weak, once the Mongols later realized the importance of the naval army, then it would not be so easy to retake Xiangyang, which is located in the heart of Jinghu.

Xiangyang is located on the edge of the Yangtze River, with the Han River directly connecting to the Yangtze River. As long as the Mongolians stood firm in Xiangyang, once the navy was strong enough, they could be able to cross the Yangtze River at any time. At that time, the fate of the Song Dynasty would be over.

Whether to save or not is a headache. If you don’t save, your lips will be lost and your teeth will be cold; if you save, you will have no strength to save. Only Zhao Yun can make that decision. After all, this Song Dynasty was still from the Zhao family.

When Zhao Yun didn't speak, Shi Songzhi naturally knew that Zhao Yun was weighing the pros and cons of rushing to Dali Country. In fact, Shi Songzhi had already considered it when he went to the prime minister's mansion. The only person who needed to make up his mind was just Zhao Yun.
Chapter completed!