Although there are some meanings of letting Yelu Yanxi go, if you don't look at the future, just say that now, the benefits are absolutely obvious.

Since Yelu Yanxi left with the Liao people who were willing to go with him, the hearts of the people in Yundi have finally settled down - after all the people who are loyal to the Liao monarch and love the Liao country are gone, the vast majority of the rest are people who want to live a stable life, in this case, as long as the policies introduced by Cai are relatively fair and just, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment, they will not rebel.

And Cai still has knowledge far beyond this era, and the key is that he still has the experimental field in the city.

Cai still moved all the proven reforms of the city to Yundi, such as stamp duty, value-added tax, inheritance tax, like a whip law and apportionment into the mu, and the replacement of the inherent currency with military tickets, and so on and so forth......

Li Gang and others are rare talents in this era, although in the process of promotion, they also had heated discussions with Cai Zhen, but after being persuaded by Cai Zhen, they all gave full play to their talents and promoted all Cai Zhen's ideas, so that these good strategies took root here in Yundi.

It can be said that in Yundi, it is the gentleman who is wise and the minister is good, and the policy is advanced.

In addition, Cai still played a lot of tricks.

For example, Tsai still vigorously promoted cement, ball bearings, four-wheeled carriages, running water, flush toilets, bicycles, advanced arsenals, and the simplest steam engine, which had been proven and vigorously promoted in Taiwan, to the people of Yundi who were shocked by this immediate change.

For example, at Cai Ying's instructions, the Propaganda Department frequently attacked - they preached Cai Zhen's greatness, told about the darkness of the old society, showed the beauty of the present, remembered the bittersweet and bitter, and complained about the bitterness.

For example, Cai still encourages and even forces ethnic intermarriage to accelerate ethnic integration.

For another example, Cai still has begun to plan for six years of compulsory education - in Cai Zhen's plan, regardless of Han people, or Khitan, Xi, Bohai, and Zubu people, as long as they are children in Yundi, as long as they are of appropriate age, they must go to six years of basic education for free, and the most important course in their classes is ideological and moral education.

Of course, the foundation of all this is based on Cai Ying's very good preparation - Cai still not only prepared a large amount of grain, but also seized a large amount of grain and livestock in the process of attacking Yundi.

In addition, as soon as Cai still laid the clouds, he began to try his best to resume production, and in the process, advanced farming tools such as rice seedlings, curved plows, and cylinder carts were introduced, which greatly improved the farming technology, making the number of plantings this year far exceed that of the past, giving hope to the people of Yundi.

In this way, whether it is the Han people, or the Khitan, Xi, Bohai, and Zubu people, they gradually began to accept Cai Zhen's rule......

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The news of the Song army's rout soon spread to Yundi.

Without waiting for Cai to still recruit each other, Cai Ying's important ministers, such as Li Gang, Chen Yu, Wu Yong, Chen Hoop, Zhao Liangsi, Lu Jiang, Chen Gongfu, Li Guang, Zhao Kai, Xiao Ang, Liu Ziyu, Bao Kang, Yan Shun, etc., gathered in Yunzhong Mansion.

Not only that, but generals such as Yue Fei, Wu Jue, and Han Shizhong also gave Cai still a fold and asked to return to Beijing to go to Que.

Cai still summoned Li Gang, Yue Fei and others to Jiying Hall for a court meeting.

At the beginning of the court meeting, Cai still gestured to Li Gang.

Li Gang, who still had a more and more tacit understanding with Cai, saw this and said: "Our Great Song Dynasty retreated and was attacked, and suffered a big defeat. ”

Chen Gongfu was the first to stand up and said: "The Great Liao is already dying and the West Mountain is about to be destroyed, in such a situation, it is really self-defeating to dare to use troops against my Great Song Dynasty, and the lower officials think that the Hou Ye can immediately send troops to Yanjing to help the imperial court recover Yanjing." ”

Hearing this, General Lu stood up and said unceremoniously: "Let the soldiers of Yundi be born and die, and snatch the Yan Land for Zhao Song, does Lord Chen think it is appropriate?" Are the soldiers willing? Master Chen can't help but be too whimsical, right? ”

Chen Gongfu was not angry, he directly ignored General Lu and said: "Master Hou, life and death are small, and the name and festival are big, and the lower officials can't influence your decision, but I hope you can consider it carefully, whether it will be famous for thousands of years, or it will be stinking for thousands of years, it is all in your thoughts, Master Hou." ”

Without waiting for others to speak, Cai still said: "My merits and demerits are evaluated by my descendants, so I don't have to talk about it now." ”

Chen Gongfu sighed when he heard this, and then retreated.

In fact, Cai Ying's heart has long been exposed.

But Li Gang, Li Guang, and Chen Gongfu, who are still loyal to Zhao and Song, still have expectations for Cai - they hope that Cai will still be able to change his mind, at least as Cai Yi said before, follow the example of the Fuzhou Zhejia, Linzhou Yang family, and Fengzhou Wang family, and accept the provincial and local Zhengzhou ruling system and mechanism with a strong feudal town division and feuding tribal color, which is also an acceptable result.

It is precisely under such expectations that Li Gang, Li Guang, and Chen Gongfu, who are still loyal to Zhao Song, accepted Cai Ying's leadership and helped Cai still build a cloud land.

And in this process, Li Gang, Li Guang, and Chen Gongfu, who were still loyal to Zhao Song, saw Cai Ying's wise and wise side, and Cai still let them all show their strengths, apply what they have learned, and find their respective life values, and then make Yundi, a place that has just been regained for a long time, rejuvenated.

This made many people feel a sense of achievement, among which Li Gang, Li Guang, and Chen Gongfu, who were extremely valued by Cai, were the most.

Li Gang and Li Guang won't talk about it, they are now equivalent to Cai Ying's execution, and they feel the deepest, only Chen Gongfu.

Chen Gongfu advocates integrity, is loyal and outspoken, never looks at other people's faces and acts, it can be said that it is a stone in a pit, smelly and hard.

Chen Gongfu stinks so hard that his friends can't stand him.

But here in Cai Ying, although Chen Gongfu will make up some things to fill in Cai still every day, sometimes even Cai is still a little annoyed.

And yet—

Even so, Cai still never angered Chen Gongfu because of what Chen Gongfu had done.

Not only that, but Cai still gradually increased Chen Gongfu's power.

Chen Gongfu took the Shangshe exam and won the first place (the Song Dynasty once adopted the "three rounds" examination method, and the "Shangshe" was the highest grade exam, and the first place was equivalent to the champion of the Jinshi test), how could such a person be a stupid person?

Soon, Chen Gongfu saw that Cai was still asking him to form the Yushitai.

To put it simply, the Imperial Historical Observatory is a state-level "supervisory body", and its scope of functions is to supervise and supervise and impeach proposals for "special and major activities, imperial examinations, judicial trials, administrative affairs, daily attire, and code of conduct" nationwide.

This is supposed to be a very powerful department.

But in the Song Dynasty, especially in the Song Huizong Dynasty, the imperial history platform was almost equivalent to nothing, not only did the emperor not listen, the prime minister didn't care about them, and even the ministers with a little power didn't take them seriously.

One day, Cai still brought Chen Gongfu to him, and said to Chen Gongfu: "The reason why the Great Song Dynasty has come to this point today has a lot to do with the failure of the supervision agency. ”

Cai still said again: "I hope you can be my Wei Zheng, the Wei Zheng of the world." ”

Without waiting for Chen Gongfu to speak, Cai still let Chen Gongfu go down.

At the moment when Chen Gongfu was about to go out, Cai still said again: "You can do it with confidence, below me, you and your subordinates can impeach anyone or anything, and I guarantee that you will all be fine." ”

Chen Gongfu didn't promise Cai Yi anything.

But from that day on, if there was anything he couldn't get used to, Chen Gongfu immediately gave Cai still a twist.

(There are no folds in this era, (the folds were first used in the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and they were generally adopted later, and a fixed system was formed during the Kangxi period), but it doesn't matter, Cai can still "invent". ）

For Chen Gongfu's recital, Cai still carefully reviewed each one, and if it made sense, he immediately corrected it, and of course, if Cai still did not approve, he would immediately reject it.

In this way, Chen Gongfu was put in charge of the administrative supervision organ of the Cai regime, which is also one of the central judicial organs, responsible for picketing, impeaching officials, and enforcing discipline.

This made Chen Gongfu, who was once not reused, faintly find the value of his life.

Therefore, on the issue of Cai still and Zhao Song, although Chen Gongfu will still bring it up at the right time, he is no longer as stubborn as before.

Of course, Chen Gongfu is like this, also because he already knows that Cai will never listen to him in this matter.

Let's put it this way, Chen Gongfu is now more like taking a situation and doing his duty.

Seeing that Chen Gongfu was still blocked back by Cai, Chen hoop bucket came out of the queue and said: "The Song army can't even defeat the Liao army that was defeated by the Jin army, and it is impossible for Zhao Song to recover Yanjing, so if Hou Ye does not take Yanjing, Yanjing will inevitably be occupied by the Jin people. ”

Wu Jue said: "Now that the Song army has been defeated and the Liao army has also been hit hard, it is the time for us to send troops. ”

Lu Qing said: "The minister inquired, because there has been no war between Song and Liao for more than 100 years, the generals of Heshuo are arrogant and lazy, and they never practice battle formations, and there is no one in a hundred who can be used." Grain reserves are seriously insufficient, and most of them are far away, so it takes time and effort to transport them. There is a huge shortage of weapons, although it can be transported from Taiyuan, Daimyo, and Kaide, but it is also time-consuming and labor-intensive, and as for the siege equipment, there is absolutely none. From these, it is not difficult to see that Zhao Song was unable to recover Yanjing at all. ”

Lu Qing said again: "The minister also heard that Zhao Song led the army north this time, not really to start a war with the Liao State, but to show the military might, deter the Liao State, and hope to recover Yanjing without a fight." ”

Wu Yong took Lu Qing's words and said: "Now that the Song army is in a big collapse, its hopes will inevitably be disappointed, if the Liao State is not internal and external troubles, take the opportunity to kill Hebei, then Zhao Song will definitely face the catastrophe of annihilation, so, Zhao Song is now too busy to take care of himself, how can he recover Yanjing, this is the time for Hou Ye to forge ahead, recover Yanjing, calm the Yanyun war, and sweep the world!" ”

Wu Yongyi bowed to the ground, and said: "Master Hou, if you don't take it, you will be blamed for it, and if you can't do it, you will suffer from it, and you will hope to send a large army quickly, kill Yanshan, recover Yanjing, and return the world to peace!" ”

Seeing this, Han Shizhong came out and said: "Before the end of the future, the whole army will let the last general convey that as long as Hou Ye gives an order, they are willing to kill Yanshan immediately and recover Yanjing for Hou Ye!" ”

Wu Jue also came out and said: "The same is true here for the last general, the whole army wants to let the Liao people know that the Song army cannot represent the people of the Central Plains, and the Central Plains is not without people who can fight!" ”

Seeing that Han Shizhong and Wu Jue both stood up to ask for battle, and then thought of the eagerness of his generals to ask for battle, Yue Fei also stood up and said, "The last generals are also asking for battle, and they all hope that Hou Ye can kill Yanshan." ”

Li Gang, Li Guang and others at this time don't mention how much they complain about Zhao Song's lack of anger, if Zhao Song can recover the desperate Yanjing in one fell swoop, and then force it with a great victory, then Cai can only be honestly bowing down.

But now, Zhao Song's weakness has been completely exposed, how can Cai Ying's subordinates not persuade Cai to still forge ahead?

And if Cai still really occupies Yanjing, then Cai still has the capital to compete with Zhao Song.

Moreover, compared with the two sides, Li Gang, Li Guang and other people who are familiar with the reality of the two sides are not very optimistic about Zhao Song.

Li Gang, Li Guang and others had the intention to come out to stop Cai Ying, but the situation was like this, how could they stop it.

The key is that Li Gang, Li Guang and others are just insignificant little people in Zhao Song, but here in Cai Yi, they are all important personnel, which also makes them hesitate a little......

Just when Li Gang, Li Guang and others were hesitating, Cai still finally spoke up, and he said: "First capture Confucianism and Concubine Erzhou, and then wait for the opportunity to capture Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass, as for whether to reinforce the Song army, whether to attack Yanjing, wait and see what happens." ”

"The land of Youzhou, fertile fields for thousands of miles, the north limit of the mountains, the heavy mountains and obstacles, there are five passes, Juyong can drive a big car, through the transfer. Songting, Jinpo (i.e., Bauhinia Pass, in present-day Yi County, Hebei Province), Gubeikou stop passing people and horses, and cannot be driven. There are eighteen small roads outside, as far as the rabbit path and bird road, which can only pass people, and cannot drive horses. In the south of the mountain, the land has grains, fruits, good timber, and beautiful wood. Out of the customs only dozens of miles then the Tongshan water turbidity, all barren halogen, the yellow grass, white grass, do not know the extreme, how can the sky set this limit Huayi also. ”

It is precisely because Juyong Pass is the most convenient among the five passes of Gongwei Yanjing, so it has become the best way to attack Yanjing.

Although Bauhinia Pass is not as spacious as Juyong Pass, it can also pass through people.

As long as Cai can still get the Yong Pass, take a step back and say, even if Cai can only get the Bauhinia Pass, whether to attack Yanjing or not, and when to attack Yanjing, it is up to Cai to still say.

It is not difficult to see from this order given by Cai still that Cai is still peeping at Yanjing's ambitions.

Li Gang, Li Guang and others couldn't help but think: "Your Majesty! Don't give Cai another chance, otherwise, I'm afraid the world will change hands! ”

At the same time, Li Gang, Li Guang and others were also considering that they could no longer let the people of the Zhao and Song courts be kept in the dark, and they had to let them know that their enemies were not only Liao, but also Cai Yi, who was watching from the sidelines.

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People who have the same idea as Li Gang, Li Guang and others are Ma Kuo.

As soon as he said that the Northern Liao was called Tibet, Ma Kuo immediately left Yanjing with the Northern Liao envoy Wang Jieru and others and returned to Xiongzhou.

Ma Kuo was so anxious, in addition to the fact that Ma Kuo wanted to tell Tong Guan and the imperial court that Beiliao was preparing to call Tibet, Ma Kuo was also anxious to report Cai Ying's affairs to Tong Guan and the imperial court.

No, on the way, Xiao Gan actually sent Yelu Dashi to intercept Ma Kuo, who was like an arrow.

Seeing Ma Kuo, Yelu Dashi asked: "Our two countries have been on good terms for more than a hundred years, why did your Great Song Dynasty raise troops to invade my Daliao land?" ”

Ma Kuo said: "A few years ago, the Jurchens sent people to our country from the sea many times, saying that they wanted to dedicate Yandi to our country, and our officials answered them with gentle words every time, perfunctory to them. Recently, our country has received a document from the Jurchens, saying that they have occupied Shangjing, Tokyo, and Zhongjing, and if our country does not want Yanjing, they will capture it themselves. Our officials had no choice but to send troops to save the people of Yandi. ”

Yelu Dashi listened to it, and said angrily: "Xia Guo has given me a table of Da Liao many times, and asked me Da Liao to send troops to attack your Great Song Dynasty, and Da Liao has sealed the book of the above table every time, and sent someone to send it to you Da Song. ”

Ma Kuo said: "Although the Xia Kingdom has spoken many times, how can it rob an inch of my Great Song Dynasty land in the past few decades? The Jurchens are different, what the Jurchens said has been fulfilled, and the Great Song Dynasty sent troops, not only to save the people of Yandi, but also to defend our Great Song Frontier. ”

Yelu Dashi looked at Ma Kuo, who was able to argue, for a while, and said: "Because the two countries have been reconciled, I am not difficult for you, you can go back after dinner, but you have to help me bring a message to Tong Guan: If you want peace, you will make peace, if you don't want peace, please send troops to see the battle." ”

It can be said that at this time, Yelu Dashi had actually moved the idea of a decisive battle with the Song army.

Ma Kuo never knew that Yang Keshi was ambushed by Yelu Dashi in Langoudian, that Seed Master Dao was attacked by Yelu Dashi in Baigou River, and that Xin Xingzong was attacked by Xiao Gan in Fan Village.

It wasn't until he returned to Xiongzhou that Ma Kuo heard about these things.

Based on these three battles, the subordinates of the Xuanfu Division deduced that the strength of the Liao army was still very strong and difficult to attack, so they retreated.

Ma Kuo is very sorry!

He felt that if these defeats had not occurred, Northern Liao would probably become a vassal of their Great Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, this can only be wishful thinking.

Really!

The Xuanfu Division no longer mentions that Northern Liao is a vassal and brings humiliation upon himself.

Liu Ju, Jia Ping, Wang Lin, Li Zongzhen and other officials of the Xuanfu Department came to the post house to visit Wang Jieru and others with gold and jade tea sets, accompanied by Ma Kuo.

Liu Ju said to Wang Jieru: "The Xuanfu Division has reported the situation to the imperial court, and hopes that the relationship between the two countries will remain the same as before, but it has not yet been approved by the imperial court. ”

Wang Jieru, who had already learned about yesterday's victory over the Song army from Yelu Dashi, also changed his attitude, and he no longer mentioned the matter of claiming the vassal, but said a little toughly: "If your country really wants to send troops to attack Yanjing, our army will definitely fight to the death, and in that case, the people of the two places will suffer." ”

Wang Jieru's deputy, Wang Zhongsun, said: "We have such a proverb in Yanjing: one horse does not have two saddles, and one daughter does not marry two husbands. Being a minister can't be a second master, how can the scholars and doctors in Yanjing not have such a concept? ”

Ma Kuo smiled and said: "In this way, the Yan people marry the Khitan first, and I am afraid that they will have to remarry the Jurchen in the future." ”

Wang Jieru and Wang Zhongsun were speechless.

Subsequently, Wang Jieru and Wang Zhongsun greeted Tong Guan as a guest.

Wang Jieru said to Tong Guan: "The Jurchen's betrayal of the country not only endangers the country's regime, but also harms the Great Song Dynasty. Now, it would be unwise for your country to abandon the good fortune of a hundred years in order to seek temporary gains, and to bury the calamities of others in order to make new neighbors, and still think that you have a plan. Disaster relief and compassion for neighbors, ancient and modern, I hope your country can think about it! ”

Soon, Wang Jieru and Wang Zhongsun went back.

As soon as the Liao envoy left on the front foot, Ma Kuo couldn't wait to say to Tong Guan: "Xuan Xiang, something may have happened, and the champion Hou may have the heart to stand on his own......

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