Emperor Zhao Ji's mouth was crooked.

It was not angry, but was stunned and stiffened by Zhao Gonglian's ambition, courage, foresight, and confused questioning.

He knew that Da Song Liguo was indeed stingy.

From the beginning of the founding of Taizu, the Great Song Dynasty has never had the ambition and goal of expanding the territory of the Han and Tang dynasties, sweeping the desert of the Western Wilderness, and Weijia being far away.

Even the Dali Kingdom, the Annan Kingdom, and the Great Song Dynasty under their noses have no intention of conquering and occupying it, not to mention the more distant and difficult distant world.

If you want to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, you are worried about the lack of this territory, and the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty is flat, and there is a lack of mountain passes to prevent the northern barbarians from flying south. The Taizong Dynasty was defeated in the first battle and failed to achieve its strategic goals, and it was even more incapable in the future, and recovering Yanyun became a rhetorical ambition to govern the country.

Just talking, no one even in the royal family is serious, and how can the subjects below who are comfortable, safe, and happy look forward to the days when they tighten their belts and are nervous and devote themselves to a big battle, and no one will really strive to do this goal.

Who knows that there are really fools in the world, who not only want to do this, but also really do their best to work hard for it.

And this fool is actually the person who is vaguely recognized as the smartest and most wise person in the world - Zhao Gonglian.

Angry, ashamed, shocked, moved, jealous, angry......

Zhao Ji read the resignation and sat on the dragon chair for a long time, for a long time, his heart was churning, his emotions were stirring, and he didn't know what it was like.

Then he understood Zhao Gonglian, but he hated it even more.

is even more determined to find an opportunity to execute Zhao Manmen led by Zhao Gonglian, instead of repenting and trusting and reusing from now on.

Because he is the emperor who likes to enjoy erosion, and has neither the heart nor the support of conquering distant places.

He could not endure the industrious and hard work that would inevitably lead to the great war of the whole country.

He came to this world to indulge in wealth and happiness, and by the way, he cultivated the Tao to make up for the foundation of the Tao, so that he could fly to the immortal realm and return to the immortal class to enjoy the immortal blessings of eternal life.

He also knew that these so-called loyal and patriotic civil servants and military generals crowded the court, and following him, the king, was only for wealth and glory, and he did not have the courage and ambition to travel thousands of miles.

This did not begin with his dynasty.

It was when Taizu released the military power with a cup of wine that everyone enjoyed wealth and prosperity that he had no great ambitions, and since then it has become like this.

Including the Western Army, which could endure a difficult and difficult life, no one in the Manchu Dynasty from top to bottom was really willing to risk their lives to kill their country.

I can't bear that bitterness.

I can't stand that sin.

No one wants to risk their country with their heads in their hands.

The Manchu Dynasty is so reluctantly rich and noble, and Zhao Gonglian is brave to take on it alone, which is out of place and is not allowed to enter the officialdom.

The whole country is so obsessed with comfort and wealth, but the Cangzhao family and his subordinates want to rush out of the country and swallow thousands of miles like a tiger, which is not in line with the world and cannot be allowed in society.

Zhao Gonglian alone made every effort to rectify the people and horses of the four military states in Cangbei, who had the ambition to go on expeditions, and had the courage and enthusiasm to subdue the four soldiers, what use could this be?

Without the support of the imperial court, without the investment of the whole country, and even without the support of anyone from other places, Zhao Gonglian could not do anything, and the dream he wanted to do would only be a joke when everyone was drinking, chatting, entertaining, and having fun.

Questioning that officials are selling their assets to enemies is a foreign race, saying that the vast ruling stratum of the world is serving a foreign race and a foreign country, and doubting that the country is a puppet regime of a foreign race......

Zhao Ji was also in a trance and confused what Zhao Gonglian was confused about, but he soon came to his senses and denied it.

Of course, the Great Song Dynasty was an independent and upright power.

All those people do is to enjoy comfort, wealth, and wealth for themselves and their families, and they are not secretly and faithfully following the aliens.

That's the reality.

Then Zhao Gonglian, who is incompatible with reality, and his relatives are pursuing and insisting on it.

It can't be all wrong, he's right, right?

So what?

It doesn't matter if many things are right or wrong. No matter how far-sighted and sagacious you are, if you are limited by the current situation and do not conform to the contemporary trend, it will be meaningless and ignorant of current affairs.

Not tolerated by the national conditions and society at that time, there was only one fate for the maverick, that is, the whole world was the enemy, and there was no doubt that he would die, and the Manchus would be wiped out, and the blood would not exist.

It only makes the difference whether he dies in grief and helplessness, or whether he dies in being framed by someone who excludes dissidents.

Zhao Ji's mood quickly shifted to the shame and anger that Zhao Gonglian showed in the twists and turns.

In an instant, he made up his mind.

Since most of the Qingzhou army ran away and could not hold the border pass, Zhao Gonglian brought huge losses to the Great Song Dynasty and unprecedented harm to the North Pass, causing a big disaster, so it was just the right time to ask for the crime and be executed.

He sat down angrily, gritted his teeth, and took up his pen to write the decree.

I want to order Zheng Juzhong to immediately transfer the Cangzhou army to arrest Cangzhao Manmen and his cronies, send them to prison, and interrogate them severely. If in this process, the people of Zhao Zhuang dare to resist by force, then they will be questioned as a whole, not to mention killing, killing all the people of Zhao Zhuang, and killing no matter how many people who believe in and follow Cangzhao.

There is no mercy.

In the midst of anger and excitement and even a little inexplicable excitement, Zhao Jiwen's thoughts were surging, his thinking was very quick, and the holy decree was waved and immediately sent to the Zhongshu Province for general consultation.

However, Bai Shizhong's prime minister-level boss came with this holy decree and another urgent report from Cangbei in the blink of an eye.

The Jizhou army, which was guarding the sea in the east of Cheongju, not only failed to stop and exterminate the Cheongju soldiers and civilians who defected to the pirates, but even their own soldiers and civilians also defected frantically after hearing the news.

This news was enough to shock and panic the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and his ministers.

Unexpectedly, the Jizhou army collapsed, and in the west of Qingzhou, the Xin'an army, which was farther away from the sea, also heard the news and immediately broke out the same defection disaster, not to mention the Qianning army, which was sandwiched between Cangbei and Cangzhou and guarded the Liaobian Pass and the coast. It is also a non-agricultural enterprise in the prefecture and county, and all the people who have no crops to worry about have defected.

And the rural people in the four military states of Cangbei have not yet defected on a large scale, and it is not that the loyal Great Song Dynasty does not want to flee.

According to the county newspaper, it was only feared that the villagers were reluctant to abandon the crops that had worked hard for several months and were ripe for autumn harvest, so they temporarily stayed. I am afraid that as soon as the autumn harvest is over, the villagers will decisively roll up everything and defect to the pirates without waiting for the grain to dry and be able to collect.

After listening to Bai Shizhong's frightened and angry report, Zhao Ji was so shocked that he sat on the ground, his face was bloodless, and he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened.

"What should I do?"

"You, what do you think you should do? Well? ”

"Tell me quickly, say, how can we reverse this crisis? Tell me quickly, what are the good policies for you capable ministers to determine the country? ”

These civil and military forces can have a good strategy.

Bai Shizhong is a response insect who followed Cai Jing to become an official and do things to mix wealth and wealth, he has no knowledge and political ability to govern the country of his own at all, and it has long been proved in history that he is not a prime minister at all, and he is not even as good as the corrupt but capable Cai Jing, at best, he is just a minister who cooperates with people to do something, and he is afraid that he can't govern a state.

Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang is a master of the key to being the second boss in the officialdom, never making the first rafter, and never being the first to take responsibility.

Officials such as the privy envoys of the Ministry of War either used the means of scholars and doctors to suppress the military attachés, or they were shrewd military officials and insects who were corrupted by wealth and lewdness.

These people are all holding the emperor and mixing the rich.

If they want to play with power, engage in infighting, and seek personal interests and harm anyone, then there are ways and tricks, as for Jingcangbei?

Uh-huh.......

They only shook their heads desperately and stuck out their tongues and saliva, saying that they couldn't do this, and they couldn't do anything.

Of course, at this moment, they must not show their ugliness in front of the emperor like such clowns and idiots.

Squeak, squeak, I'm thinking about how to deal with the emperor's questioning, I don't want the emperor's idea to come quickly, and I am determined to make a big decision, saving them things.

"Hmph. The entire Cangbei has collapsed, the military is gone, and the northeast border can't be defended? Okay, that's good. In my opinion, it is better to simply give up the border fortress, so that Liaokou can smoothly enter and cause all the disasters in Cangbei Cangzhou. Anyway, those Diao people are not loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, and they deserve to be killed and robbed by the Liao army. ”

"Decree that those soldiers and officials who are still loyal to the king's order should withdraw from the Cangbei border pass and the county seat, and all of them will be concentrated in the state city to do a good job of defense. Don't worry about anything else. “

"Order Hejian Mansion to deploy heavy troops at the Yingcang junction to prevent the Liao army from invading Hejian Mansion. Ordered Gaoyangguan Road and the armies of some state capitals in Shandong to deploy troops on the periphery of Cangzhou, and cooperate with the army of Hejian Prefecture to cut off the passage through which the Liao army might take the opportunity to move south. In this way, the army was blocked and intercepted layer by layer, and the Liao army was confined to Cangzhou, which could only be used to commit murder in Cangzhou, Cangbei, and after doing evil, he could only go back if he was satisfied or dissatisfied. ”

As soon as the ministers heard this, they understood that the emperor wanted to use the butcher's knife of the Liao army to get rid of the Zhao Gonglian family and all the people of Cangzhou in Cangbei who followed Cangzhao.

Killed Zhao Gonglian in this way, got rid of the prestige Cangzhao family, and the Great Song Dynasty lost the huge political threat brought by this powerful family, once and for all, the people of the Great Song Dynasty despised Zhao Gonglian and were unhappy for the Cangzhao family, but they could not blame the emperor and the court for being ruthless. That was the sin of Liao Kou, it was not that the imperial court could not tolerate Cangzhao and killed this family. People in the world have resentment and hatred, and if they want to do something for Cangzhao, they can only go to Liao, and they can only hate Liaokou even more. This result was completely favorable to the imperial court.

The plan is a good plan, the means are good means and good courage, and it can be called a high-level trick with deep power.

But can you really do that?

One of the most important factors in the emperor's clever strategy was whether the Song army that surrounded the Liao army could stop the iron cavalry army of others from brazenly flying south.

The emperor was happy in the deep palace, he didn't know what the world was like, he naively thought that there were many soldiers, and he was calculated with a heart or not, and he was carefully arranged to wait for the battle, and he should be able to succeed. But these powerful ministers still have a rough idea of what the Great Song army is like.

Not to mention the arrogant Tian Hu and Wang Qing, the Song army couldn't clean up people, and transferred those generals in the Western Army who were not deep-rooted, had simple relationships, and could be tried by the imperial court to call the mainland, as well as young and brave backbone generals who had no background at all, and only relied on their ability and military exploits to join the army, so that they could block the pace of expansion of the territory of the two thieves. Just talking about the robbers and thieves in Erlong Mountain, who are sitting in Qingzhou, the Shandong Song army has so many troops, financial and material resources, and so much effort and time can't help others. The Shandong army is not yet the worst army in the world. From this, we can see what the combat effectiveness of the Song army in the interior was.

The robbers of Taohuashan in Qingzhou were much weaker than the bandits of Erlong Mountain, and the officers and soldiers were still helpless, so they still went south to send them to death and provoked Liangshan before they were exterminated.

These Song troops have superior forces and equipment, but they can't even deal with robbers and thieves, and dare to expect them to be able to block the fierce and brave Liao cavalry who are better at fighting than the bandits?

What's even more terrifying is that the officers and soldiers are still well-trained and loyal to the imperial court before the summer national disaster, and what are the officers and soldiers now?

The main body of the foundation of the army is all military ruffians, who are greedy for life and afraid of death in wars, and will never move forward bravely.

The rest were forcibly recruited to recruit new additions to the barracks.

Who are they?

ruffians, criminals, gangsters, ruined bureaucrats, minions and slaves who have nowhere to live......

It is really a rabble, and it can even be called a bandit army wearing official skins, and they have just formed an army, the training time is too short, and the morale of the army is still uncertain, who dares to expect them to fight Liaokou?

What if the Liao army is not intercepted at that time?

The Liao army will definitely kill the city of Tokyo in one go and threaten the imperial court.

It's just a matter of extortion when the lion opens his mouth, for fear that the appetite is too big and the Great Song regime will swallow it in one gulp.

I heard that the Liao State was being beaten by the small state of the Jin State, and it was almost impossible to support it, and it was trying to avoid the edge, which should have escaped to the bitter cold west, but now that there is an opportunity, I am afraid that it will take the opportunity to go south to occupy the Song Dynasty and re-establish the country, and completely give up the vast bitter cold region in the north to the Jin State to entrench.

The population of Jin is too small, and if the territory is large, it will inevitably be unable to continue to expand. At least, how can the Liao State get enough respite in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

If you want to reverse this disaster, the western army can't move, and the forbidden army in the capital can't be relied on, so I'm afraid you have to count on the help of Cangzhao.

As the saying goes, the bell needs to be tied to the bell.

At this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to kill Zhao Gonglian.

……

But no one is willing to resist the emperor's excitement and smugness to deny this clever plan to kill people with a knife, and Bai Shizhong, the prime minister, has nowhere to push, but he can only be hard-headed.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this strategy is not feasible."

Zhao Jixing's head was swept away, his eyes suddenly widened, and he stared at Bai Shizhong and asked angrily: "Why is my decision not feasible?" ”

Bai Shizhong can only talk about the fact that the world has just experienced great chaos, the people's hearts are unstable, and the combat effectiveness of the new army is insufficient, and wake up the emperor euphemistically, your military plan is just a pipe dream.

……

No tricks.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Zhao Ji was also afraid that if he messed up, he would be killed by the Liao army and killed in Tokyo, so that he would not be able to sit on the throne.

But there is still some time before the autumn harvest, and the Liao army should not immediately go south to loot and threaten him, and he is very unwilling to let Zhao Gonglian act so presumptuously, but not only was he not convicted and executed, but he could still be proud. So although he listened to Bai Shizhong's suggestion and ordered Zhao Gonglian to return to Qingzhou Town quickly, the benefit was that he continued to fool people.