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Chapter 551 After a while, everyone will act according to the face of the old man (second update)
Chapter 560

It took a quarter of an hour for Zhao Xu and the others to gradually calm down, and then they sat in the hall, watching Gao Tao chattering and tsk-tsk, appreciating the thick the military newspaper.

"It's no wonder that Aijia was suspicious of a military report before. Why did Su Qing's family make it so thick? It's only now that I know that if he doesn't describe the battle history in this military report, Aijia will have to return it." Send people to Shaanxi Road to ask for details..."

"Grandmother, have you finished reading?" Zhao Xu, who had been impatient by the side, but was too embarrassed to snatch the military newspaper that his grandmother was holding, couldn't help asking.

"You, people who are about to get married, why are you still jumping off like this, that's enough, I'll give it to you..." Gao Taotao raised his head unsatisfactorily, seeing the monkey-like Emperor Song who was about to scratch his head, Dumbfoundingly, he handed over the military newspaper that was worth reading.

"Thank you, Grandmother, my grandson will definitely become calmer, so you can rest assured... Hey, why did the tigers in Song Dynasty become so powerful all of a sudden? I only lost less than three thousand, To achieve such an unprecedented victory, this is really..."

Gao Taotao smiled and looked at the pair of royal brothers who were reading military reports together and making endless comments.

"Sure enough, it has something to do with Wang Wushan, my dear, it's really..." After seeing that the strategy to encircle and suppress the Xixia army came from the hands of Wang Yang and Zhe Keshi, Zhao Xu couldn't help but his eyes shone with a deep look on his face. Take it for granted.

After reading it, Zhao Xu patted his military report contentedly, handed it to Zhao Ji who was probing around, and then walked up to Gao Taotao and bowed deeply. "It seems that thanks to you, Grandmother, if you hadn't persuaded me, my grandson would not be willing to send Wang Wushan to the fortress over there."

"Okay, don't be so obedient, these days, I'm afraid our officials have already suffocated their complaints?" Gao Taotao said with a half-smile.

Zhao Xu's face couldn't help getting a little hot, and he smiled impressively. These days, Zhao Xu really complained from the bottom of his heart why the emperor's grandmother insisted on persuading him to allow Wang Wushan to leave.

"Now it seems that you, the Imperial Grandmother, are still far-sighted. My grandson thinks that if the Song Dynasty can win such an unprecedented victory, we should worship the Ancestral Temple to comfort the spirits of our ancestors in heaven. I wonder what the Imperial Grandmother thinks?"

"Well, we should do some worship, but unfortunately it's almost late at night, otherwise, the Ai family would like to share this good news with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. It seems that we can only announce it at the court meeting tomorrow."

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In the early morning of the next day, a group of important court officials entered the main hall. The emperor and the empress dowager had not yet arrived, and they were already talking to each other in whispers.

Although the content of the military newspaper has not yet been released, the well-informed people also know some general news.

"Now I just know that the Song Dynasty won a battle, but I don't know the specific situation..." Wang Yansou, a direct bachelor of the Privy Council and a scholar of the academy, spread his hands helplessly and looked towards those who gathered around him. The old party officials explained.

"We won a battle... When did Xueshi Su understand military affairs?" Zhu Guangting smacked his mouth, his face full of doubts, as if he saw a domestic animal walking underground, and it had an extra pair of wings to fly in the sky .

"Thinking about it, it should have nothing to do with him, Su. After all, Han Zhongyan is a man who knows how to fight, and the appeasement envoy of Huanqing Economic Strategy Zhang Wei is a talented person who has been stationed in the frontier fortress. With these two, there are more of them." With nearly [-] reinforcements sent by the imperial court, it would be difficult to win a battle..."

"You can't say that. Half a month ago, there was news that Xixia had dispatched at least 30 troops, full of murderous intent, as if they wanted to take my Great Song Huanqing."

"Although Xixia is small, it has strong soldiers. It has harassed the northwest of our Song Dynasty all year round, making our border people uneasy. Since the founding of Xixia, our Song Dynasty has launched several troops to attack Xia, but all of them failed... "

"...Although my Great Song Dynasty was on guard this time, Xixia almost conquered the whole country. I am afraid that this victory is because he, Su, was worried that the court felt that he had nothing to do after he arrived on Shaanxi Road, so he took a small victory. Let’s use it as a big victory to comfort the hearts of your majesty and Your Majesty.” Jia Yi analyzed without yin or yang.

A group of senior officials from the old party heard Jia Yi's analysis, and they all agreed with it.

"Wait for a while, everyone, look at the old man's eyes and act. If he, Su Dongpo, really dared to report to the military newspaper in a panic, we will definitely stand up and demand justice. Let Su Dongpo, who is not at all knowledgeable about the army, lead the army. It would be better to let Han Zhongyan take charge of military affairs. "Liu Zhi stroked his long beard and said calmly.

Zhu Guangting blinked and couldn't help saying. "In that case, wouldn't it be the same as letting him return to the court to make trouble and destroy the unity between us?"

"Of course not. At that time, I will wait for him to go to Chengdu Fulu to appease him. Didn't those Western Xia barbarians happen to cause trouble a while ago?" Liu Zhi said pointedly. "He Su always refuses to admit defeat. I believe that even if the empress is not willing, he will personally persuade the empress to agree."

But at this moment, the eunuch hurried in, shouting loudly, the Empress Dowager and the Son of Song arrived.Many ministers and workers returned to their respective positions.

The Emperor personally helped the Queen Mother to her seat behind the curtain, and then returned to sit behind his imperial desk.

Seeing this scene, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help looking at each other in astonishment, thinking that the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Son of Heaven is really getting closer and closer, everyone knows it, but today's scene is definitely It was the first time that Gao Taotao and Zhao Xu demonstrated their close relationship in front of the civil and military officials of the court.

The young emperor was a die-hard supporter of his father's reforms, while the Empress Dowager was a firm opponent of the reforms.

But in the past half a year, it seems that the reformists are no longer so stubborn, and the conservatives, Niangniang, no longer seem so determined.

Such changes, as well as the almost undisguised joy on their faces, made all the old party officials in the dynasty faintly aware of a hint of crisis.

"My lords, today, the Ai family has some good news to tell you, it is about the battle between Shaanxi and Xixia."

Liu Anshi chuckled, and asked hypocritically after standing out of the class and saluting. "Your Majesty, could it be that our Xueshi Su won a small battle? If so, it's only natural..."

"Of course?" Hearing this, Gao Taotao couldn't help narrowing his eyes slightly, and asked meaningfully. "What Liu Qing means is that if Su Qing can win a small victory, it won't be beyond Liu Qing's expectation?"

(End of this chapter)