"You don't have to guess, you just need to figure out one problem."

After Zhao Yu spoke, the other three looked at him.

If you want to say something, the one with the most say among the four is Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu was also a descendant of the Zhu Kingdom. He knew the aristocratic group of the empire better than Bai Zhizhan, especially the families founded by the eight pillar countries.

Strictly speaking, there are actually only six large families.

"Old Zhao, what you said..."

Zhao Yu only said one sentence and shut up, which made Li Yunxiang feel speechless.

"If Xue Yuanzheng left the Prime Minister's residence, who do you think would be the one who is most qualified to live in?"

Now, Bai Zhizhan and the other three frowned.

"It's obvious that it's not Situ Jingde and Peng Huaisheng. To say that you don't like to hear, both commanders in chief are both martial artists, so there's no problem in charging into battle, but when it comes to looking at the overall situation and strategizing, it's far from it. Take Situ for example, if he wants to do it, I'm afraid the emperor will not agree."

After Zhao Yu said this, Lian Xusheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Obviously, Zhao Yu was right.

Situ Jingde is a martial artist, and the current emperor knows him very well. Don’t forget that when the current emperor was the crown prince, he served under Situ Jingde and went to the northwest front with Situ Jingde. He almost fought desperately with the army of the Luosha Empire in the last war.

Although the imperial emperor had lost the right to inquire about political affairs after the constitutional reform, according to the imperial laws, the emperor still had to appoint the imperial chief minister. Even if it was usually represented by the Privy Council, the emperor had the right to abolish the candidates for the chief minister elected by the two houses of discussion.

In short, if Situ Jingde cannot pass the level of the emperor, he will definitely not be able to live in the official residence of the Chief Auxiliary.

According to what Lian Xusheng said before, it was in accordance with the instructions of the emperor that Situ Jingde stated at the imperial meeting that if the two houses of discussion elected him as the chief minister of the cabinet during the war, even if he was in charge of the excessive guarding work, he would immediately resign from the position of commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard.

Even Situ Jingde is not qualified, and Peng Huaisheng is even less qualified.

"What you said is the one who is in charge of foreign affairs?"

Zhao Yu smiled faintly, which was considered to be a question from Li Yunxiang.

After Xue Yuanzheng, the one who was qualified to serve as the chief minister and came forward to form a guardian cabinet was after the outbreak of the war, to be precise, when the wartime cabinet was formed, Song Jiaowen, who was elected as the imperial foreign minister, in order to unite all political parties, was elected by the largest opposition party.

He was one of the eight pillar states of the empire, the great-grandson of the Song Kuang Kingdom of Xianzhi Duke, and the leader of the Song family in the contemporary era.

The "Northern Tang and Southern Song" that the imperial political circles often talk about, among which the "Northern Tang" refers to the Tang family, while the "Southern Song" refers to the Song family.

Although the "performance" is worse than the Tang family, and only two prime ministers have been born so far, and they are both very "short-lived", the influence of the Song family is not inferior to that of the Tang family.

The key is that the Tang family tends to be internal affairs, while the Song family is good at diplomacy.

After the constitutional reform, two-thirds of the foreign ministers came from the Song family, or were related to the Song family.

This is true, in most of the time, especially when the Tang family was in power, the cabinet chief minister was often in charge of diplomacy.

Before the war broke out, the throne of the Foreign Minister was idle for more than ten years.

In addition, most of the main diplomatic officials, especially the ambassadors abroad, are from the Song family.

When establishing a wartime cabinet, in order to unite all forces that can be united and to reconcile with the Song family, and declare that the empire has entered the most critical moment, Xue Yuanzheng took the initiative to invite Song Jiaowen to serve as the Foreign Minister, whose main job is to interact with allies.

This also reflects from one aspect that Xue Yuanzheng does not trust Song Jiaowen.

Even if Song Jiaowen was nominated as Foreign Minister, Xue Yuanzheng still held the power of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For example, diplomatic activities related to war must be approved by the Chief Secretary.

The secret talks about the post-cup are also arbitrarily determined by Xue Yuanzheng, and they have nothing to do with Song Jiaowen.

In addition, several cabinet ministers were handed over to the opposition party.

The key is here.

If Xue Yuanzheng is driven out of the official residence of the chief minister, it means that the ruling party, which accounts for the majority of the two houses of discussion, has been questioned. Because it is a war period and it is impossible to hold a general election in advance, according to unwritten rules, the largest opposition party should elect the chief minister who guards the cabinet.

The most qualified person to serve as the chief assistant of the cabinet is Song Jiaowen.

Let Song Jiaowen come forward to form a cabinet?

Thinking of this, even Bai Zhizhan couldn't help but sigh!

Although Song Jiaowen is not a "surrendering faction", everyone knows that he is a real "appeasement faction".

Song Jiaowen has always advocated the importance of maintaining peace and proposed that even if some of the interests are sacrificed, it is worth it.

Of course, it was not Song Jiaowen himself, but the "diplomacy department" headed by the Song family.

After the last war, the Song family actually advocated reconciliation with the Luosha Federation.

In addition, the Song family was also the one who forced Xue Yuanzheng to retire from the army at that time. The Song family asked the then chief assistant Tang Zude to be responsible for the defeat of the empire, and pointed the finger at the then commander-in-chief of the army Ma Zhongyi. In order to maintain the political stability, Tang Zude, the most trusted nephew, was Xue Yuanzheng, to act as a whistleblower. As a result, Xue Yuanzheng was unwilling to do such dirty things, and retired from the army angrily and entered politics after Tang Zude.

If we say that it was the Song family who forced Xue Yuanzheng to abandon Rong Congwen.

The golden decade after the war made the Song family feel like a fish in water.

Even after the Great Depression, the Song family still advocated "peace model" and used various methods to discredit Xue Yuanzheng, who actively promoted reforms.

According to the Song family, Xue Yuanzheng was a war madman, and his actions were not to defend peace, but to prepare for war.

In love, Xue Yuanzheng is responsible for the war!

After the war broke out, the Song family restrained a lot. After all, the enemy was outside the country and there was no reason to continue fighting in the village.

But the problem is that if Song Jiaowen really lives in the Chief Auxiliary’s residence, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Here, Zhao Yu mentioned one thing.

In the late stage of the last war, it was actually the Song family's people operating behind the scenes, forcing Tang Zude to accept the proposal of a ceasefire, thus ending the war in negotiations.

Although judging from the final result, the armistice was the only choice at that time, this incident also showed that the Song family was more inclined to exchange for peace with compromise.

In Zhao Yu's words, diplomats can only have the value of existence in peacetime and make money and make money.

The Song family can stand firm because of a large group of enterprises mainly engaged in import and export trade. To be precise, it should be commercial companies.

As the war broke out, import and export trade was strictly regulated, and even if it was not completely cut off, it became unprofitable.

The Song family and the import and export merchants united around the Song family must have suffered heavy losses.

More than 20 years ago, compromise could bring peace, what about now?

The answer is obviously no.

In the late period of the last war, except for the Newland Federation, which participated in the war later, the other great powers were exhausted. In addition, the Luosha Empire had a war chaos and the Luosha royal family, which had a history of thousands of years, were destroyed, so they were willing to sit down and negotiate and finally reached a ceasefire agreement.

Now, the war has just begun!

If the imperial authorities now propose negotiations, it will only make the enemy feel weak.

Not only will the negotiation not be reached, but it will also lead to unpredictable results.

But for the soldiers who are still fighting on the front line, this is a heavy blow, and morale and fighting spirit will probably fall to the bottom quickly!
Chapter completed!