The scholars of the Song Dynasty, many of whom were impeccable in their personal sentiments, but their biggest problem was their public and private use, as well as the wanton suppression of martial artists under the stick of "using literature to control martial arts".

Even Di Qing, an important minister of the country, when the country was peaceful, could be wantonly attacked by the ministers, and finally died of depression.

Even the mainstay of Yue Fei and the Great Wall of the country, when the two countries are at war, they can kill them with a sentence of "unnecessary", where are the discipline of these scholars, it is shattered!

Of course, this is also the courage and courage given to them by the Great Song Dynasty, so that they can wantonly humiliate and frame the generals whose positions and importance are far above them.

It's no wonder that the Jurchens can kill all sides, with these-stirring sticks that are not successful enough and more than defeated, how can the Song people not be defeated!

Ma Kuo also wants to protect Wang Song, after all, he is an unborn general, his edge is too exposed, his meritorious service is too great, and many civil and military generals are likely to have regarded him as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, and they must want to get rid of him first and then quickly.

"Sergeant Doctor Chao, don't pay attention to it yet!"

Wang Song shook his head and said: "Ma Xuanzan, now that the country is broken and scattered, personal honor and disgrace have long been taken to heart. I just hope that I can get rid of Hu Lu and restore my hometown in China. That's what I'm willing to do. As for the capital, when I came out, I didn't plan to go back! ”

In fact, it was the same in his heart. He is fortunate to have another life, and he just wants to do his best to save Chinese civilization and do something for the Chinese people. As for himself, it is best to die on the battlefield, and the horse leather shroud will not be in vain for him to be reborn.

"Xianggong is high and bright, and I admire it below."

Ma Kuo's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly persuaded: "It's just that Xianggong has never thought that once Xianggong encounters an accident in the field, or is degraded and reprimanded, who will take over the burden of resisting gold?"

Wang Song couldn't help but be a little surprised, I don't know what Ma Kuo's intention is to say this?

Could it be that in this government and the opposition, there is no other material to use except himself?

In history, Yue Fei, Liu Qi and others were all martial artists, and the Jurchens who killed them lost their armor. Besides, now that the Son of Heaven has changed, he is no longer Zhao Gou, Qin Hui and the like, and the shame of Jingkang has not happened. Could it be that Ma Kuo was not optimistic about the Great Song Dynasty court?

"Ma Xuanzan, don't you have confidence in the officials and the ministers in the court?"

Facing Wang Song's questioning, Ma Kuo smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Confidence, this word is used well!"

He bowed solemnly and said in a deep voice: "Xianggong, eight years ago, I went to Jin across the sea and formed a maritime alliance with the Jurchens. Five years ago, Liao was destroyed, and two years ago, the Jurchens invaded the south. It can be said that the danger of the Great Song Dynasty has long been investigated. ”

Seeing that Wang Song listened carefully, he continued word by word.

In that year, he made a gold envoy and promoted the "maritime alliance". When Zhang Jue surrendered to the Song Dynasty, he and Zhao Liangsi tried their best to prevent Emperor Daojun from accepting it, but he was reprimanded by degraded officials. The new monarch ascended the throne, during which the mastermind ministers such as Tong Guan, Wang Huang and others were first exiled, and then all of them were killed, and even Zhao Lianghe, who had been with the Jin State many times, could not escape the order of being killed, and it was the Daojun Emperor who made the decision, what to do with the courtiers, and how violent the court was!"

Zhao Liangsi was an outsider, admired Chinese civilization, and ran up and down for Zhao Song, but finally ended up being degraded and killed, and his family was exiled. Regardless of whether he had the idea of soaring or not, the defeat of the Great Song Dynasty was completely due to military and political corruption and self-inflicted blame, but he put all the blame on a foreign minister who was actively campaigning for the restoration of Yanyun, and the shameless cowardice of the Zhao and Song Dynasty courts can be seen.

And the culprit is Zhao Ji. This gentleman's incompetence, arrogance and lasciviousness can be said to be a precedent in history, no ancients before, no one after him.

Wang Song nodded and said: "Zhao Liangsi is a meritorious minister, and the court really treats him unfairly. I'll arrange for someone to check the place of exile of his descendants later, so that the local authorities can take care of it. ”

"Xianggong, don't do this!"

Ma Kuo immediately stopped: "Xianggong does this, it will definitely spread to the imperial court soon, if this matter is known to the officials, I am afraid it will bring disaster to Xianggong!"

The execution of Zhao Liangsi was an edict personally issued by Zhao Huan under the strong advice of ordinary scholars and doctors. Wang Song wants to take care of Zhao Liangsi's descendants, and it is really unwise to blatantly oppose the entire imperial court.

When the Great Song Dynasty court accepted Zhang Jue, Zhao Liangsi fought in court: "The new alliance between the country and the Jin Guomeng will lose its joy and regret it later." No one heard that Song Huizong did not listen to Zhao Liangsi's dissuasion, belittled Zhao Liangsi, and accepted Zhang Jue, so there was a golden disaster.

"Ma Xuanzan doesn't have to be dissuaded, I will be careful in this matter."

Wang Song nodded and said: "Zhao Liangsi is just a scapegoat for the failure of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is a strange injustice through the ages. His descendants, because of the righteousness of the official, have to take care of themselves, and Ma Xuanzan does not need to persuade him again. ”

When Zhao Liangsi was executed as a scapegoat and his descendants were exiled to the sea, I don't know how sad he was in his heart. If you want to describe his mood at that time in one sentence, I am afraid it can only be "entrusted to non-people".

Ma Kuo shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Xianggong is the same as Zaixia, he is a stubborn person. I don't know who in the world is friends with you and me?"

When Ma Kuo said this, his heart relaxed. From this point of view, this Wang Song is really a loyal and righteous person, and he is quite surprised and admired.

"Weisi people, who am I going to return?"

Wang Song laughed and said: "Courtesy, righteousness and shame, how can you avoid it because of misfortune!" I can't imagine that you and I are in the same way, and the stones in the pit are smelly and hard, and they can be regarded as fate!"

There is such a famous person in history to assist him, and he also learned that I was lucky, and I was not hurt by it.

After all, there are a lot of generals around him, but there is really a lack of staff, and this Ma Kuo is just such a talent.

"What the minister said is very true!"

Ma Kuo also said with a smile: "I also feel that I have a feeling of hating each other with my father-in-law." Just ......"

He paused for a moment and continued: "Xianggong wants to recover the lost land, or part of the lost land, maybe it's okay. If Xiang Gong wants to recover the smoke and clouds and smash the Yellow Dragon, I am afraid it can only be a dream. ”

Wang Song couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "Ma Xuanzan, why is this?" Hasn't the imperial court always hated that it couldn't restore Yan Yun, could it be that the current imperial court, the official family, doesn't want Yan Yun to be taken back?"

Yanyun Ten Prefectures, the seven states in front of the mountain centered on Yanjing are part of the Hebei Plain, and the seven states in front of the mountain cannot be obtained, and the two roads in Hebei are not in danger to defend.

Yasango Kyushu is centered on Datong, which is an important horse-producing area, and on the other hand, it can provide a strategic buffer space to form support for the seven prefectures in Yamagae.

The horses needed for cavalry were produced on a large scale in two parts of China. One is the northeast area of the so-called Jibei no Ye, that is, the area of Recha today. The first is the northwest area of the Ganliang Loop. These two places, the northeast was taken by Liao, and the northwest was controlled by Western Xia, which also caused the natural defects of the Song Dynasty's military.

It can be said that the situation in the sixteen states of Yanyun is precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the northern barrier of the Great Song Dynasty. Without the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Central Plains was directly exposed to the iron hooves of the northern ethnic minorities, which had a significant impact on the decay and even demise of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Recapturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun has always been something that the Great Song Dynasty has always dreamed of getting back. Do they really not want to take it back?

"Xianggong is really the purest person!"

Ma Kuo shook his head and said, "Now the state affairs are difficult, and the Jurchens are raging. If Xiang Gong wants to defeat the Jurchens, he needs to gather tens of thousands, or even more than 100,000 people, before he can fight head-on. Perhaps in the danger of destroying the country, the imperial court will allow you to lead a large army and fight against the Jurchens. ”

Wang Song nodded and said, "Ma Xuanzan continues."

"Once the Song and Jin form a confrontation and the immediate threat is removed, can the prime minister know how the imperial court will deal with a commander like you who holds a large army and looks like a feudal town?"

In November of the 11th year of Shaoxing (1141 AD), Song and Jin Yu reached the "Shaoxing Peace Conference" in writing, and the two countries were bounded by Huaishui-Dasanguan. The Song ceded most of Tangzhou, Dengzhou, Shangzhou, and Qinzhou, which had been recovered by Yue Fei, and paid an annual tribute of 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 horses of silk.

Just one month after the Shaoxing Peace Conference, on Chinese New Year's Eve (January 27, 1142) in late December, Zhao Jian and Qin Huan killed Yue Fei, his son Yue Yun, and his general Zhang Xianyu in Lin'an on "trumped-up" charges. The "Shaoxing Peace Conference" was immediately realized, and Song Huizong's coffin and Zhao Gou's biological mother Wei were sent back to the Southern Song Dynasty.

Song Gaozong paid tribute to the Jin State in exchange for the right to rule the southeastern half of the country.

However, the signing of the "Shaoxing Peace Conference" was based on the frequent successes on the battlefield of resistance against Jin, and the Jin soldiers were defeated and retreated.

In order to show the "sincerity" of the peace negotiation to the Jin State, Zhao Gou relieved the three marshals Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Jun of their military powers, and abolished the special agency for fighting against Jin. Sent an envoy to Jin to sue for peace, and under the envoy's kowtow and begging, Jin agreed to make peace on the condition of "killing Yue Fei".

When the Jurchens learned that Yue Fei was dead, they celebrated with wine and wine. Jin then canonized Gaozong as Emperor of the Song Kingdom.

As a latecomer, Wang Song knew the shame of Jingkang and the various filthy and despicable performances of the Zhao and Song royal families after Zhao Gounan's escape. Especially Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, afraid of gold like a tiger, self-destructing the Great Wall, angry and resentful, known to future generations.

But this Ma Kuo has no hindsight, all relying on his own understanding of the court, his person can be described as wise.

"The Law of the Ancestors!"

The two blurted out in unison, glanced at each other, and both laughed.

The law of the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty ruled the world with literature and martial arts, and the king and the scholars ruled the world together. Once the current crisis is removed, it is how to "release the military power with a glass of wine", unload the mill and kill the donkey, and deal with Gou An.

At this time, Wang Song still had a little hope for Zhao Huan. I hope he can be different from other kings, at least different from his father, Daojun Emperor Zhao Ji, and can have some blood.

"If Ma Xuanzan said this, please advise me on where to go next."

Wang Song's expression was solemn, staring at Ma Kuo, his face was very serious.

Ma Kuo looked around, Wang Song waved his hand, and everyone retreated.

"If Xianggong wants to restore Yanyun, he must leave a way back for himself."

Ma Kuo said in a low voice: "Xianggong trains troops and walks alone in the world, Zhao Song is weak, and he can't rely on him." There are some things that still need to be decided by oneself, otherwise, the great cause will be abandoned halfway, and it will be the thousands of Song people who will suffer!"

"Cadre Gang is arbitrary!"

Wang Song stared at Ma Kuo in front of him tightly, and his heart was at a loss.