The ministers lined up outside the Chui Gong Hall to enter.
Zhang Tao, the Minister of War, poked Yin Xing, the Minister of Rites, and said, "Isn't this grand meeting supposed to be held in Daqing Hall?
Why was it changed to Chui Gong Hall?"
Yin Xing replied helplessly: "Even our Ministry of Rites doesn't know about this."
When all the ministers filed into the Chui Gong Hall, they were all extremely surprised.
A long table was placed on the originally empty main hall of Chui Gong Hall, with two rows of chairs on both sides.
At the end of the long table is the dragon chair.
What's even more peculiar is that there is a tea set on the table in front of each person's seat.
Everyone was at a loss as to what to do, crowded together and standing in the narrow remaining space on both sides of the hall.
At this time, with the sound of "The Emperor has arrived," Yue Fei came out from the back of the palace and sat on the dragon chair with a carefree attitude.
Seeing that the ministers were still standing, he said, "Why are you standing there?
Sit down."
Yin Xing said hurriedly: "I don't dare.
This is not in line with etiquette."
"It does not conform to the old etiquette, but it will conform to the new etiquette in the future.
I will give it to you to sit down."
Seeing that everyone did not sit down, Yue Fei had no choice but to explain.
The ministers then sat down cautiously.
Yin Xing didn't dare to refute, but she muttered in her heart: This is not like a court, but like the Juyi Hall in the Liangshan Mountain King's Camp as told by street storytellers.
After everyone sat down, Yue Fei said: "Today, I invite you to come to discuss the Northern Expedition and the recovery of the Central Plains."
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers sitting there were shocked.
Yan Dun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, first objected: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible.
This new dynasty has only been established for a few days, and the people of the world have not yet obeyed.
Not to mention that half of the country has not yet been unified.
It is the two areas east of Zhejiang.
There are many people who are dissatisfied.
It is obviously too early to talk about the Northern Expedition at this time."
Fang Tingshi, the Minister of Rites, also reminded Yue Fei: "Wu Lin from Sichuan and Sichuan has recently been crowned with monkeys, ascended the throne in Chengdu and proclaimed himself the Great Qin.
Lian Nanfu, the prefect of Guangzhou, and Han Jing, the prefect of Xunzhou, found a Zhao The younger son of the family clan supported him as the emperor and took control of Guangdong and Guangxi.
In addition to these two areas, there were also some counties in southwest Fujian that refused to surrender to the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Xian, who was sitting opposite Fang Tingshi, frowned when he heard Han Jing's name and said, "Han Jing, this old man, was also a man in the Yue family army back then.
Why is he so stubborn now?"
Then he raised his face to look at Yue Fei, and then said: "Your Majesty, I also believe that the top priority should not be to go to the Northern Expedition to the Jin Kingdom, but to send troops to expedition to Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and Shu, and only after unifying our Han Dynasty can we go to the Northern Expedition to the Jin Kingdom and regain the Central Plains. ."
Yue Yun beside him also said: "My minister seconded Zhang Dutong."
Seeing that they had finished speaking, Yue Fei calmed down and said, "I made such a decision not on a whim, but after a long period of deliberation."
"My northern expedition to the Jin Kingdom is not only to regain the Central Plains, but also to regain the hearts and minds of the people.
If I were to use force to regain Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and Shu, even if I could succeed, I would only be able to make the people who oppose me feel unconvinced, and it would also cost a lot of troops and people. " "On the contrary, if I use this military and civilian power in the Northern Expedition and unify the Central Plains, I will be able to prove to the Chinese people that I am the most upright country.
People like Han Jing will naturally submit to the Han court.
What's more, being The Song Emperor Zhao Huan who was captured by the Jin Kingdom also had a secret edict.
After the Han Dynasty regained the Central Plains, some people no longer had any reason to rebel against the Han Dynasty in the name of the Song Dynasty. " Yue Fei's continuous words made many of the ministers present slightly nod their heads in agreement.
At this time, Zhang Tao, the Minister of War, who had been silent for a long time, expressed his concerns about the Northern Expedition from another angle.
Zhang Tao bowed to Yue Fei and said: "Your Majesty, do you know why Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, was defeated in the conflict between Chu and Han?"
Yue Fei smiled slightly and replied: "You want to tell me that one of the reasons for Xiang Yu's defeat was the lack of geographical advantage, because the Jianghuai and Huanghuai areas were the four battlegrounds and there was no danger to defend them.
At that time, Peng Yue Nao Chu, let the overlord take care of this loss He was unable to advance and retreat.
However, Liu Bang was able to win the final victory through repeated defeats and repeated defeats.
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The Han Empire, which actually only had two lands east of Zhejiang, was very similar to the Chu Overlord who raised troops in Jiangdong at that time. " Zhang Tao looked surprised.
He thought that although Yue Fei had been marching and fighting for half his life, he was a man who knew the military.
But in terms of this grand strategy, front-line generals like Yue Fei and Han Shizhong did not understand it thoroughly.
He saluted and said, "Your Majesty is wise, this is what I mean."
Then he waited for Yue Fei to explain.
Yue Fei said confidently: "It is not geographically advantageous to launch the Northern Expedition from Jiangdong now.
Logically speaking, I should first recover Sichuan and Shu, march to Guanzhong Jingzhao, and then recover the Central Plains.
But the current situation of the Han Dynasty is different from that of Western Chu. ” "Firstly, today's Jiangdong is no longer comparable to the Jiangdong of the Overlord of Chu.
It is the most prosperous place in the world.
Secondly, Wang Ying of Jiujiang rebelled against the Overlord, which opened the door to the south of Western Chu.
Now Jiangxi still has the control of Jinghu and the northern capital.
In the hands of my big men, especially in Jinghubei, Niu Gao and the Yue family veterans stationed in Ezhou can Let me rest assured.
The third Kingdom of Jin is a barbarian from the north.
At that time, the princes could unite against Xiang Yu.
But today, if someone joins forces with the Jin army to regain their homeland, , then they may succeed for a while, but they will lose in the end.”
Yue Fei took a sip of tea before slowly saying the next point: "The most important thing is the fourth point.
The Chinese people in the occupied areas are not willing to shave their hair and change their clothes, and become naturalized as Rongdi.
They are always looking forward to representing the righteousness of China."
The King of Shuo, during my Northern Expedition to the Central Plains last year, I went deep into the Central Plains.
I know that these people are not as great as the scholars here in terms of traditional etiquette and knowledge, but they have simple national righteousness.
If we delay the Northern Expedition, we will neglect them.
Heart."
After listening to Yue Fei's words, the ministers were silent for a moment, and finally joined in praise, and there was no more opposition to the Northern Expedition.
In fact, Yue Fei had one more reason he didn't say.
He knew that many years later, the Jin people would move their capital from the distant Shangjing to Daxingfu in the central capital and begin the process of Sinicization.
If the Northern Expedition is delayed until that time, the simple national sentiments of the northern Han people will be exhausted, and the difficulty of the Northern Expedition will increase by several levels.
At the same time, the Jin Kingdom, thousands of miles away, came to Beijing, and its leader Wanyan Dan also convened ministers to discuss how to deal with the Han Empire.
More than half a month ago, he received news of the Lin'an mutiny that broke out two months ago.
Originally he didn't pay attention to this matter, nor did the Yanqing heroes of the Wanyan tribe, thinking that this was just a replica of the Miao and Liu rebellions, and that Zhao Gou would be restored to power soon.
But the subsequent development was beyond their expectations.
Yue Fei quickly defeated Zhang Jun's 50,000 Qinwang army and firmly controlled the two eastern parts of Zhejiang.
There was no force in the Southern Song Dynasty that could clearly threaten Yue Fei.
Only then did they become nervous
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