Because I am familiar, I am timid, and because I am timid, I am opposed.

When he found that opposition was useless, Pan Xu could only choose to bear it silently. When he was in the palace, he knew that the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun was irreversible, and unless he dragged the entire Pan family into the abyss, he had to go down one by one. The reason why I was looking for Liu Zhenglong was just to hope that this guy would give him an explanation, or psychological comfort.

Liu Zhenglong saw that Pan Xu's mood had stabilized, so he said with a smile: "Can we have a bottle of Wanyan and chat with each other while drinking in the same cup?" ”

"Okay."

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Zhenglong said: "Recovering the sixteen states of Youyun is an established policy, and it will not be changed because the forbidden army is weak, nor will it be changed because of the obstruction of the meritorious family. What we should do now is how to realize the dream of the official family, not only to win the sixteen states of Youyun, but also not to hurt the foundation of the country. ”

"Virtuous son-in-law, I can say glamorous words, but it is more difficult to do than to ascend to the sky, do you want me to tell you about the unbearable situation of the forbidden army?"

"No, who stipulates that the forbidden army must be used in the national war?"

Liu Zhenglong poured the wine for his father-in-law and said: "After recovering the sixteen states of Youyun, if Tong Guan is in charge, then the Shengjie army is the main force, if the Western Army is the main force, I hope it is the second uncle in charge, after all, in the pacification of the Jiangnan Rebellion, the second uncle is meritorious." Of course, I will choose Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, as the main commander, and the second uncle as the deputy commander. ”

Originally, Liu Zhenglong meant to be in charge by himself, and he was afraid of scaring Pan Xu, so he had to carry Pan Jing out.

"However, the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun is a national war, and it cannot be taken without four or five hundred thousand troops. Neither the Shengjie Army nor the Western Army has so many elite generals. Together, it is almost the same, but the contradiction between the Shengjie Army and the Western Army has been a long time, and when they go out together, they can only hinder each other, and they cannot exert their combat effectiveness at all. ”

Pan Xu still got to the point, without four or five hundred thousand troops, it would be more difficult to defeat the Liao State and seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun than to ascend to the sky, which is beyond doubt. And this is still a good soldier, if you choose the forbidden army to go out, even a million forbidden army may not be able to return triumphantly.

Liu Zhenglong put down the wine glass and said, "This is the core point that I want to talk to my father-in-law. Our dynasty lacks war horses, and there is a lack of mobility in battle, whether it is facing Western Xia or Liao, it is passively beaten. This is obviously not something that can be solved in a short time, but it is not impossible to solve. This time I went to the Western Front, which was to lay a place for the Great Song Dynasty where I could raise war horses. Being able to raise horses, to the point where the cavalry can be seen, and to the cavalry forming combat effectiveness, cannot be completed without ten or eight years. Therefore, the core of the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun is the improvement of weapons and weapons, and the Pan family has the most say in this regard. There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and I personally contributed 10 million of the improved weapons to be used in the war against the Liao State. “

Liu Zhenglong said so much, Pan Xu didn't care, but the last sentence of 10 million guan stopped this Runan County Gong, he was stunned for a long time and said: "Are you crazy, 10 million guan?" “

"It's not crazy, and it's ready, the next step is how to spend the money reasonably through the Pan family. Remember, the Western Xia and Liao countries have spies in the Great Song Dynasty, improve weapons, weapons, you had better come up with a plan in advance and report it to the official family, and then go in two lines, one line is from the current weapons prison, and the other line is the secret base of the Pan family, I believe that my father-in-law will do a good job in this regard. “

Only the four brothers of the Pan family knew about the secret base of the Pan family, and even their wives, children, and cousins didn't know, and now Liu Zhenglong was able to bring it up, which shocked Pan Xu, and he wondered if he had heard it wrong.

Liu Zhenglong was reluctant to let Pan Xu know that he had deduced from some clues after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty in later generations, in that case, wouldn't this guy know that he was a traverser. He said with a smile: "The huge Pan family, how can they be willing to live in the world for a hundred years, it is normal to have such preparations, but there is a lack of time!" The national war is the national fortune, not only the soldiers and horses, but also the national strength, do not forget that the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is more than ten times that of the Liao State, we can start in many ways, before the war, let the Liao State fall into trouble, and do it without a fight. “

The national war is the national fortune, this sentence can be regarded as talking about Pan Xu's heart, although he can't beat the Liao State, but the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is crushing the Liao State, if this gap can be transformed into a war, then maybe the national war can really be won.

Seeing that Pan Xu was moved, Liu Zhenglong continued: "If we want to achieve a decisive victory in the national war, it is not how to prepare for the war, but now is about to kick off. The first one, that is, to strengthen the internal division and disintegration of the Liao State, during the reign of the Liao State Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, credit? Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Delidi and other ministers, blindly hunting, living a life of absurdity and luxury, ignoring national affairs, resulting in the intensification of the struggle between the clan nobles, the people's uprisings one after another, the leaders of the tribes have also raised troops against Liao, we can use money to pave the way, open up the various reliefs inside, I will prepare for the money thing, prepare five million in advance, if necessary, increase at any time, the most important thing to pay attention to here is Yelu Zhangnu, this guy is restless and self-conscious, as long as there is a change in the Liao country, it will definitely cause trouble, we can support him to rebel and rebel. The second is to strengthen trade with Goryeo and Japan, many of Japan's islands are not inhabited, as long as we put forward suitable conditions, we will definitely be able to buy, in the name of the Pan family. It is possible to properly sell weapons to Goryeo and urge them to confront and oppose the Liao state. ”

"Wait, you said that the Goryeo trade is to let it deal with the Liao State, I can understand this, but what is the use of buying uninhabited islands in Japan, why do you have to use the name of the Pan family, not the name of the court, is it impossible to carry the court behind your back?" Pan Xu is still very sensitive on many issues, because he knows that if the imperial court knows that the Pan family is making small moves behind his back, it will be a big trouble.

"Forget it, then buy it in my name." Liu Zhenglong knew that there was a large amount of silver on the Japanese islands that had not yet been developed, and he wanted to be cheap for his father-in-law, Lao Taishan, but he didn't expect that the other party was timid and afraid. He smiled and said: "The money, I will come out, buy it in my name, if there is an island suitable for raising horses, I will buy stallions to raise, and then donate them to the imperial court." Those islands are used as transit, and if they attack Liao from the sea in the future, they can catch the other side off guard. ”

Fainting, this is okay, for a hundred years, there has never been a Great Song Dynasty civil and military official who has ever thought of attacking the Liao State from the sea, Pan Xu really suspects that his son-in-law is a demon at this time, if this is really suitable for raising horses and donating it to the imperial court, it is definitely a great merit, but it is not easy to take it back if the words have been spoken. He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let the third brother handle this matter, and I will ensure that it is done properly." ”

"There has been a lot of civil strife in Japan, the emperor is a puppet, and the princes are fighting, so what we have to do is not to intervene in their internal strife, but to get the most out of it. In a word, we are here to make money, not to occupy them. Our armor, weapons, and iron are what they desperately need. We only need Japanese gold, silver, laborers, women, horses. Liu Zhenglong's meaning is very clear, who pays more money in Japan, who gives generous conditions to who cooperates, as for who wins in the end, who loses has nothing to do with himself.

"Horses? Women, laborers? Pan Xu really didn't know what Liu Zhenglong wanted these three things to do, he felt that gold and silver were valuable hard currencies, and the other three things were not used at all, especially the Great Song Dynasty didn't even have a place to raise war horses, so what was the use of asking for horses. As for women, it's even more nonsense, it's not a war, how can any country be willing to send women out.

Liu Zhenglong didn't want to explain so much, but he couldn't convince the other party if he didn't explain, so he had to say speechlessly: "Japanese horses are small and not suitable for war, but they can be used to carry things, carry people, and be used as a means of transportation, especially when the army is mobilized, it will speed up." The official family gave me the authority to open a mine and mint money, which required a lot of labor, and the Japanese were willing to endure hardships and be obedient, and the price was cheap, which was suitable for mining. As for women, when mining a mine, someone needs to cook, someone to wash clothes, and do some trivial and flexible work, which is inseparable from women's. ”

Liu Zhenglong was reluctant to talk too much about the Japanese issue, he continued: "The emperor of the Jin State, Wanyan Aguta, is a generation of heroes, and he has been fighting with the Liao State in full swing, holding back a large number of Liao State's troops, in fact, when the real recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun is realized, we are equivalent to attacking the Liao State with the Jin State. Of course, we can't drive the tiger with the front foot and the wolf with the back foot. We just need to get the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, there is no need to destroy the Liao State, let the two countries go dog-eat-dog. Militarily, we can't catch up with Liao, and we can't catch up with Jin, but economically we will drag them down. By the way, I have already purchased a large number of real estate in Hangzhou, and the Pan family can also follow up. ”

Regardless of whether it can resist the Jin army going south in the end, Kaifeng is not suitable for being a Beijing division, this is the place of four battles, and in the face of the Jin State Iron Cavalry, the defensive pressure is too great. The current Great Song Dynasty is the sunset, the Jin Kingdom is rising, Liu Zhenglong is not arrogant enough to think that with his own rebirth, he can prevent the rise of the Jin Kingdom, after all, it is Song Huizong, a stubborn, self-serving, cowardly and incompetent person who is the emperor, it is this man who is in charge of the overall situation, not himself, in this case, he is ready to go south, he is definitely prepared.

Of course, there is another reason for buying real estate in Hangzhou, that is, after the Fangla Rebellion (Hangzhou City burned for six days), a large number of merchants and wealthy families fled, and the real estate has been cheap to the price of cabbage.

Pan Xu said with a smile: "Investing in Hangzhou is not a problem, but the Pan family is not as rich as your son-in-law." As for the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, you can find a way to formulate the overall situation, as long as the official family agrees, then implement it. ”

As the head of the Pan family, Pan Xu has his own pride, and on the issue of replacing the Cao family, he wants to rely on the strength of the Pan family with the support of the official family, and does not want his son-in-law to intervene.

Regarding the recovery of the sixteen states of Youyun, Liu Zhenglong has not yet had a mature plan, but he pointed out the ideas and direction to Pan Xu, after all, now more is thinking about the problem of Western Xia, as for the recovery of the sixteen states of Youyun, it is now the official family, Tong Guan and these people are considering.

The two brothers Mu Hong and Mu Chun finally followed Liu Dahua to recruit teenagers and form the Guards, and Li Jun's sailor training envoy finally turned positive, and this time he went to the Western Front with a warship.

Yang Zhi, Bao Xu and others took the expanded Longxiang Army of 3,000 people to follow Liu Zhenglong to Western Xia, and the expanded soldiers were selected from the Japanese Forbidden Army and the Tianlong Forbidden Army, which can be said to be the best among the soldiers and forbidden army.

Yan Shun, Bai Sheng and others began to take care of Liu Zhenglong's business, after all, it was still difficult to complete the task of 20 million guan given by the official family, and it was necessary to prepare 10 million guan for the Pan family's ordnance manufacturing, and 5 million guan for the internal disintegration of the Liao State, which required Liu Zhenglong's ideas to be converted into cash, and also to buy real estate in Hangzhou, which required money.

The helmsman of the Liu family's property is Pan Yun, the wife of the main house, and several other side rooms also began to learn business experience, Liu Rumei is responsible for taking care of the money village, and Liang Hongyu, a female general, finally chooses to go with the team.

The money village of the Great Song Dynasty is still very different from that of the Qing Dynasty, and the scale is much smaller, and the business is relatively simple. However, there is one thing that is more free than the Qing Dynasty, that is, as long as there is enough gold and silver as a pledge, the money can issue treasure banknotes, which provides great convenience for the big chaebol.

Expedition to Western Xia, Qinfeng Road, Yongxing Military Road, Xihe Road three ways of defense to set up the yamen in Jingzhao Mansion, although Liu Zhenglong, the defense envoy has not yet set off, the prefect Du Chong over there has begun to be busy, he is Liang Shicheng's person, he knows what the attitude of the official family in this matter is, and will not do anything to hinder it.

Liu Zhenglong didn't know the situation in Jingzhao Mansion, of course, he didn't care about this, he was just worried about how many of the people he took away this time, how many of them could eventually become independent talents, and how many would fall into the sand.

I don't know where the news comes from, the officials after the westward journey will be reused, so the children of the Pan family, the children of the Gao family, the children of the Shi family, and the children of the Wang family, it can be said that in addition to the Cao family, there are children of the meritorious family, especially the Gao Pet's going, which has already explained the attitude of the Gao family.

Not only did the meritorious group go to many young people, but also many new science and technology scholars, and those depressed and unambitious officials in Beijing also went. After all, it is just a matter of receiving a job, and not being able to take up a real job is a waste of time and a waste of life. In the Great Song Dynasty, civil officials were transferred every five years, but they only needed to be transferred once every three years to go to the Western Front, and the three-way defense envoy had the right to recommend, so he might be able to be released in advance to serve in the local government.