In the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty, the Jinguo Tokyo Province generally failed to harvest. This poor harvest was very "timely" for both Jinmen and Huining. Because it gives both sides one more reason for a temporary ceasefire. At the suggestion of the Han officials, Wu Qimai announced his first virtue after taking office: to reduce the tax of half of the rent of the field and the city rent in Tokyo.

Yang Yingqi also has corresponding relief measures in southern Liaoning, despite this, the economy of Tianjin is still a little weak, in the territory of the Han Dynasty, on the contrary, Tanggu shows a relatively strong development strength, the reason for this situation, on the one hand, is because the gradual development of the outer city provides a broader development space for this port city, on the other hand, it is also because some industries in Liaokou moved into Tanggu due to the war.

"The seventh general, the second general has arrived."

Yang Yingqi hurriedly put down the report from Tanggu and went out to greet him. Cao Guangbi is thirty years old and still unmarried. This is unthinkable if it is placed in the Great Song Dynasty, but now that others are in the northern country, their status is somewhat special, and the people in the Han Department are not easy to take care of him, and he has few friends among the Jurchens, and there is not a single person who is qualified to take care of his idle affairs and is willing to take care of his idle affairs! Although the eldest queen also asked about this matter several times, and introduced him to a few daughters of good families, it was all over after all.

"Second brother!"

"Seventh brother."

A very meaningless opening remark, and then Ying Qi personally made tea and invited Cao Guangbi to taste tea. The tea is Lao Junmei, and the water is the peak snow collected by the students of Guanning School in winter, Cao Guangbi drank three lamps, and then stopped moving, Yang Yingqi ordered someone to withdraw the tea set, and said: "Second brother has been to Liaokou, right?" Seeing Cao Guangbi nodding, he asked again: "I don't know how the city defense is progressing?" ”

Cao Guangbi said: "The city wall has been fenced off, and the wharf has been formed. Alas, after several years of operation, it was ruined! This war is really harmful! ”

Yang Yingqi said: "War can cost money, and sometimes it can make money. ”

Cao Guangbi said: "It's okay if you don't make this kind of money." ”

Yang Yingqi nodded and said, "I understand what the second brother means, but unless all countries are unified, it will be difficult to put an end to war." ”

Cao Guangbi waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it, I'm going to see my eldest brother later, and discuss the Jurchens forcing us to invade the Song Dynasty." But I want to ask you what you think first. ”

Yang Yingqi said: "The Chinese sect can be replaced by Zen, destroyed and established, but it cannot die in the hands of Yidi." ”

Cao Guangbi said: "Is it possible to prevent the Great Song Dynasty from being involved in the war in the north at the moment?" ”

Yang Yingqi thought for a while and said, "It depends on what kind of situation it is!" ”

"For example?"

Yang Yingqi said: "For example, we have learned from Huining's proposal to attack the Song Dynasty, and as the vanguard of the southern invasion, the Great Song Dynasty naturally has to be involved." ”

Cao Guangbi nodded and said, "Not bad." ”

Yang Yingqi said: "For another example, we refused to attack the Song Dynasty, and as a result, the Jurchens tried their best to attack southern Liaoning in the name of this, and we were unable to defeat the Jurchens and were forced to abandon southern Liaoning and sail into the sea, then the Jin people have no opponent in the north, as long as he still has the power to expand, he is bound to invade the south." ”

Cao Guangbi sighed and said, "In this way, no matter how we choose the Great Song Dynasty, we must be involved." ”

"Not necessarily." Yang Yingqi said: "If we launch an offensive now and win by luck, the Great Song Dynasty may be able to temporarily retain the old frontier." ”

Cao Guangbi shook his head and said, "Impossible! We are in the current situation, but we are afraid that we will not be able to win. Besides, if you really want to fight, the price of Hanbu is too great! We can't afford to take that risk. ”

Yang Yingqi said: "What we did in Yanyun has actually been a complete failure. If this third path doesn't work, then I really can't think of how Da Song can stay out of this chaos. ”

Cao Guangbi said: "If Da Song is involved, how deep do you think it will be involved?" ”

Yang Yingqi remembered the scene in the dream and sighed: "On both sides of the river, I'm afraid that my body will be incomplete." ”

Cao Guangbi also seemed to have expected this possibility, and there was no shock on his face, and said, "What do you mean, do you mean that the Jurchen can't eat the Great Song Dynasty?" From this sentence, it can be seen that in Cao Guangbi's expectation, the situation will be more serious.

"I shouldn't be able to eat it." Yang Yingqi said: "The Great Song Dynasty is faint, but the people of the Great Song Dynasty are not very weak. If one or two good people can defend by the river, they should be able to limit the Jin soldiers to the north of the Jianghuai. ”

"Jianghuai ......" Cao Guangbi muttered for a while, and said: "The people of the Great Song Dynasty are connected to us by blood, but now it is the Zhao family court that is responsible for them after all. ”

"Body-wide harm?" Yang Yingqi smiled bitterly: "Now we can't stand by and watch!" ”

Cao Guangbi said: "No matter what, my bottom line is here." When I went out of Xiongzhou and walked with you, I thought you should not be innocently victimized. After that, I joined the Han Department, and on the night when everyone walked out of Daxianbei Mountain, I still remember what my eldest brother said when he stood on a high place! I hope he hasn't forgotten what he said either! I'm going to tell him now that I became a member of the Han tribe because of what he said, and that I followed him because of those words. I hope that the Han Department is a Han Department that does something and does nothing, a Han Department that can protect the country and the people, rather than a Han Department that conquers for the sake of conquest! ”

Yang Yingqi said a little gloomily: "Now that we have come to this point, we are afraid that we have to bow to reality." ”

Cao Guangbi said: "Bow your head? How to bow your head? Lead the Jin people to fight the Great Song Dynasty? Ying Qi! If that's the case, I can't take it! He paused, and then said: "If the dominance of the war is in the hands of the Han Ministry, then I can say to myself: You led the troops south to overthrow the corrupt Zhao dynasty and let the people who were poisoned by it live a good life." But I couldn't find a reason to convince myself to be a lackey of the Jurchens! Tienu may say: We can establish our own territory in the process of invading the Song Dynasty! But I know it won't work! Once we invade the Song Dynasty as the vanguard of the Jurchens, we will be no different from the Jurchens in the minds of the Central Plains scholars, and all the backbone Song people will spurn us, and then we will only be able to recruit a group of villains who are only interested in profit! Of course, such people will surrender to us, but they will also surrender to the Jurchens! And I don't believe that the joining of this gang will do us Hanbu any good! Maybe we will be stronger, but when we first came out of the Great Xianbei Mountain, was it just about being strong? Is there any point in being strong and at the same time going further and further behind the back of the kingdom we swore to build? My strength and your intellect can only be an aid to righteousness, not a captive of might! ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Second brother, I know what you mean, but it doesn't work!" Our power has not yet reached that point, at least in the process, it cannot be so idealized. ”

Cao Guangbi said: "If you can't get it completely, then give it up partially!" ”

"Give up?"

"Give up! Give up some of the interests that are holding us in a dilemma! ”

Yang Yingqi lowered his head and said: "However, that is not the interest of a few of us, it is the interest of the Han Department, and the interests of all the people who make up the Han Department." Second brother, you can't make others give up their interests for the sake of your ideals! ”

"My ideals?" Cao Guangbi said: "Isn't that the ideal of our Han Department? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "After the Han Ministry became bigger, the ideals of the people also changed. Nowadays, there are not many people who still think like you, Second Brother--in fact, I always thought that Second Brother, you don't think like that anymore. I thought that all these years of war would change you. ”

"Hey! Change? Cao Guangbi said: "I have indeed changed, but that doesn't mean that I can accept a concession without a bottom line." In any case, I will stick to my opinion, as for what the eldest brother will do, it will be up to him. ”

After Cao Guangbi left, Chen Zhenghui walked over from next door. said: "Zhenghui can't imagine that the second general would be so pedantic!" In my heart, I always thought that although he was a little persistent, he did not lack flexibility in dealing with major matters. "He's been listening next door, but not eavesdropping. Cao Yang didn't need to avoid him when he said it, but he felt that the two of them would get along more calmly in his absence.

Yang Yingqi listened to Chen Zhenghui's two words, but sneered again and again.

Chen Zhenghui said curiously: "What are the seven generals laughing at? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I laugh at you, you don't understand the second brother at all!" ”

Chen Zhenghui said: "Is there something wrong with Zhenghui? ”

"You're not wrong, you just haven't figured out a thing." Yang Yingqi said: "The second brother is not ignorant of the stakes, he just spoke like that, just because the object is me!" In fact, he also knows the difficulties of his eldest brother, my difficulties, and the difficulties of Hanbu. ”

Chen Zhenghui said: "In that case, why did he still say so...... So leave no room for it? ”

"Because there are now people in the Han Department who stand on the position of naked interests, he wants to stand on another position to speak." Yang Yingqi said: "Moreover, there are some things that he doesn't have to say, at least he doesn't have to say to me!" ”

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