Northern Expedition, hearing the word Northern Expedition, Pan Xu was angry, he patted the table and said, "The Liao State is really rotten to the extreme, and in the face of the attack of the Jin army, it is simply vulnerable." Zhongjing was lost, Emperor Liao Tianzuo fled west like a lost dog, and the current Liao State became a nest of porridge. Xijing was also lost, and Xiao Xiamo, the king of Xi, also died, I really don't know how long the Liao State can hold out. ”

"Ye Luchun, this idiot is still the emperor, this is a good two emperors of the Liao State, I really don't know that the Liao State will completely collapse that day." Liu Zhenglong showed a look of disdain on his face, and he said coldly, "The Liao State will fall in one to two years at most, and in the end, the Jin State Iron Cavalry will go south, not to mention the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the capital will fall in the end." ”

If he had said this before, Pan Xu would not have believed it, but now the Liao State is vulnerable in front of the Jin State Iron Cavalry and cannot form an army, which makes him feel the crisis, and the Liao army is all over the place, so the more corrupt Song army is not to mention, it is not afraid to flee.

The atmosphere in the room became tense, and after a long time, Pan Xu said, "Is there room for maneuver?" ”

"Yes, but it's hard." Liu Zhenglong also lost his previous self-confidence, he said a little frustratedly, "The Northern Expedition can't be stopped, the Maritime Alliance has been signed a long time ago, and the official family dreams of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and whoever stops it is the enemy of the official family, so it can't be stopped." ”

"Since you can't stop the northern expedition, how can you say that there is room for maneuver?"

Liu Zhenglong poured tea and said, "Unless, I lead the Western Army to the north, with the combat effectiveness of the Western Army, at least I can deceive the Jin Army, so that the Jin Army does not dare to rush south." Give the Great Song Dynasty two or three years to relocate the imperial court to Jingzhaofu, or Jiangnan, with the help of favorable terrain and the Jin army, I dare not say that the Jin army will be defeated in a short time, at least ten years later, if there is chaos within the Jin country, we will definitely be able to counterattack and drive the Jin army out. ”

These questions are very simple to say, but they are too difficult to do, Pan Xu was silent for a while and said, "When Tong Guan fought against Western Xia, he also made great achievements, why couldn't he go on the expedition?" You must know that your qualifications are not enough to go north, and there is still a threat from Western Xia on the Western Front, so the officials will not let you go rashly. ”

Liu Zhenglong opened the map and pointed to the map and said, "The battle between the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty is not how wise Tong Guan's command is, nor how powerful the Shengjie army is, the most important thing is that under the deterrence of the Western Army, the Western Xia can not devote all its energy to the war. The northwest was originally barren, and the war was a war of attrition, and the Western Xia could not afford it, so Tong Guan took the lead. When the Song army occupied an inch of land, it forced the Western Xia to retreat an inch, and this kind of step-by-step pressing was too effective for the Western Xia, and it was a victory piled up with countless money. But on the other hand, if you look at the area bordering the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State, what is the situation? ”

Almost all of them are plains, once the city is conquered, the cavalry can drive straight in, straight into the hinterland of the Central Plains, the capital is almost impossible to defend, this is the Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi said that the solidity of the country is not in danger, the most deadly, but also the most stupid mistake. Once the cavalry breaks through the Yellow River moat, then the capital will be attacked, and the consequences are immeasurable.

Pan Xu was born in a family of military merits, and is still very familiar with the military, and has always been able to beat the Song army in combat effectiveness of the Western Xia army, the reason is because of the mobility of the Western Xia cavalry, but the combat effectiveness of the Liao cavalry is greater than that of the Western Xia cavalry, but now it can be accurately said that the combat effectiveness of the Jin cavalry is far greater than that of the Liao cavalry. Once the Jin cavalry breaks through the Yellow River, it is really hard to say whether the capital can hold it.

Liu Zhenglong saw the worries of his father-in-law, and he continued, "Wanyan Aguda is a generation of male masters, quite the style of our dynasty Taizu, and his younger brother Wanyan Wu begged to buy a majestic talent, which is slightly higher than that of my dynasty Taizong." The two generations of male lords had powerful armies and were destined to fight a hundred battles in the south, and the Jin army was almost invincible in the battle against Liao. However, I only know that the Son of Heaven is greedy for pleasure, reuses the six thieves, the forbidden army is rotten, and the most important thing is the civilian commander, and there are few generals who can pull them to the battlefield, and there is no one who is eloquent and strategic. Marshal Jin Guodu's strategy is far above me, and this gap is uneven. I can only wait for this guy to grow old before I can have the confidence to defeat the Jin Army, which is why I emphasize ten years later, fight back. ”

Pan Xu only knew that the Jin army was strong, but he didn't know anything about Wanyan Aguta, Wanyan Wu begging, and Wanyan Xian, but he knew that Liu Zhenglong had established a powerful intelligence system, and it was not surprising to have this information.

"How does Wan Yan Xian compare with Cao Bin, the founding general of our dynasty?"

"Much stronger." Liu Zhenglong didn't want to say any more, when it came to Yan Zonggan, Yan Zongwang, Yan Zongbi and other fierce generals, maybe the old man would collapse.

"Tell me, what can we do now, how can we stop the tragedy from happening." Although Pan Xu didn't quite believe that the Jin army would be able to go south to conquer the capital, it was better to be prepared and prepare in advance than to move the Jin army south.

Liu Zhenglong had already straightened out his thinking, and he said, "The first step is to reunite the meritorious families, after all, when the war comes, the heroic fighting of the army is not the intrigue of the ministers of the political hall, let alone the nonsense of civilian officials; The second step is to find a way to persuade the official family to let me lead the expedition to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, establish a buffer zone between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State, and prevent the Jin army from moving south; The third step is to establish a strong naval division in Laizhou to threaten the rear of the Jin State from the sea, so that it will not dare to rush south. No matter how strong the cavalry of the Jin State is, the absence of a water division is the biggest weakness. The Jin State could get siege equipment, gunpowder, and armor from the Liao State, but they could not get enough warships to deal with naval battles, because the Liao State did not have any. In the fourth step, the capital moves south, Jingzhao Mansion is the first choice, followed by Jiangnan, and the worst is to Luoyang, Xijing. The fifth step is to recruit troops on a large scale, train elite soldiers and strong generals, and let the generals lead the army to resist the Jin army's southward movement. ”

It seems that the five simple ones are actually difficult to achieve one. Pan Xu said, "This is the reason why you accepted the Cao family, since this is the case, why did you instigate the Pan family to break up with the Cao family in the first place?" ”

Obviously, Pan Xu was very dissatisfied with Liu Zhenglong's repetition, in his opinion, the entire meritorious family has become a stepping stone for this guy's promotion, and he can be abandoned at any time, which is simply a shameless bastard.

Of course, Liu Zhenglong couldn't say that all this was designed for his own mastery of military power, and he said helplessly, "I don't have a backlash, how can I know that the Liao State is vulnerable, how do I know that the Jin army is already outrageously strong." Originally, I thought that it would be okay to recover the sixteen states of Youyun with the north and south of the Jin Kingdom, of course, I also wanted the Pan family to be big, and I didn't want the Pan family to be behind the Cao family. However, now the Jin army is strong enough to destroy the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty. In order to resist the southward movement of the Jin army, the meritorious family must unite, and of course, the Pan family must be respected. ”

Pan Xu walked to the door, opened the door, looked out, and then closed the door.

Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "Father-in-law, please rest assured, my Que Yunlou's secrecy and sincerity exceed that of the White Tiger Hall of the Privy Council, and it is absolutely safe, just say what you have." ”

"You tell the truth, what is your ultimate goal, there are only two of us here, so don't hide it."

"Maybe it's Cao Mengde, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, maybe he will learn from Taizu's yellow robe, the key is the result of the final war with the Jin State, but there is one thing, Jiangshan will no longer be surnamed Zhao after the war."

This is the first time that Liu Zhenglong has unabashedly said his ambitions, maybe he is the emperor, maybe he is creating an opportunity for his son to be the emperor, no matter what, he will cut off the Zhao family.

Pan Xu poured Jinshan, pushed the jade pillar to kneel on the ground and said, "The lord is above, and the Pan family is willing to swear to the death." ”

"Father-in-law, what are you doing here, hurry up." Liu Zhenglong just said it, but he didn't help Pan Xu, this action has confirmed that he wants to change the dynasty.

After Pan Xu got up, he said, "Then there will really be a day in the future, what about the prince?" ”

After Pan Yun gave birth to her daughter, due to physical problems, it was difficult to have children in the future, which was Pan Xu's heart disease. If this is solved, he is really dead, after all, this matter is to put the future of the entire Pan family on the ground.

"The prince will be out of the Pan family, I am the emperor, Pan Yun is the queen, my son is the emperor, Pan Yun is the queen mother." Liu Zhenglong is sincere in this, and he really pays his feelings to Pan Yun.

"Then you can marry another girl from the Pan family." Pan Xu knew that it would be a little inappropriate for Liu Zhenglong to marry his daughter Pan Jing again, so he said, "Marry Pan Jin of your second uncle's family, this girl is the most beautiful girl in the Pan family." ”

"However, this time to marry his wife Zheyue Xian, Liu Ruyan has already reported it, and the official family has also agreed to give marriage, marrying Pan Jin is destined to be a concubine, isn't it wronged her, and the second uncle will agree?"

For Liu Zhenglong, marrying the glamorous Pan Jin is indeed a beautiful thing, but according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, there are only three equal wives, which also has the saying of three wives and four concubines, and it is indeed a bit unreasonable to let Pan Jin be a concubine.

"When you become the prince in the future, you will be crowned Pan Jin as a side concubine, if you are called the emperor and she is crowned the imperial concubine, there will be no grievances, anyway, it will be settled, if you marry Pan Jin, I am afraid that your second uncle will have a gap in his heart."

Now that he knows Liu Zhenglong's ultimate goal, it is necessary for Pan Jin to get married, and this is probably also the condition for Pan Jing to be willing to support Liu Zhenglong, which is why Pan Xu insisted.

"Alright! I will definitely fulfill my promise to you, father-in-law. Liu Zhenglong had already accepted the delicate Pan Jin in his heart, so there was no need to be polite and hypocritical, he said with a smile, "Father-in-law, the five steps we said earlier, to be honest, it is a bit difficult, if it can't be realized, implement the alternative." ”

"And what are your alternatives?" Pan Xu also thinks that it is difficult to achieve, and to reconcile with the Cao family, it is not a big problem to unite the meritorious family, which shows that the sailor can also be realized. However, moving the capital and letting Liu Zhenglong go on the expedition, it is unrealistic to recruit troops on a large scale, at least the official family will not agree to it now.

Liu Zhenglong said, "The alternative is that the meritorious family moves south rhythmically, anyway, more than half of the land in Hangzhou City has been bought by us, and then contact relatives and friends to go south, as long as the Jin army takes the Daimyo's mansion, the wealthy families in the capital will go south one after another, and then tens of millions of wealth will fall into our hands." If the imperial court goes south at that time, the place where the imperial palace is chosen will need to be obtained from us. Recently, the pace of buying land has been accelerated, and the disciples of the Cao family have already gone south to Hangzhou, so the Pan family should not intervene, and it is more about grasping military power around Hangzhou, the faster the better. When the time comes, the official family will go south, and it will be under our control, and if it doesn't go south, then bring back King Kang from Luoyang and set up a new king. ”

"Didn't you say that Jingzhao Mansion is the most suitable, why is the layout in Hangzhou?"

"When the official family arrives at Jingzhao Mansion, they are destined to be set aside, and they will never go to Jingzhao Mansion, and if the official family goes to Jingzhao Mansion, they will transfer me out, so it is most appropriate to go to Jingzhao Mansion, but the official family will definitely not go." Liu Zhenglong continued, "If the official family goes to Jingzhao Mansion, then I will choose to go to Hangzhou, where am I in the end, and where is the real center of power." When the country changes dramatically, the army is the ultimate direction, and what is the use of the monarchy not leaving the capital. ”

At this time, Pan Xu saw the most insidious place of Liu Zhenglong, the so-called five-step walk is just a disguise, but the real plan is the so-called alternative, to put it bluntly, this guy has given up on the official family and is determined to be a rebel and thief in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Why did you choose King Kang, and what if you can't control it in the end?"

"Taizu has a lot of heirs left outside, and he can find one to replace King Kang at any time." Liu Zhenglong is not optimistic about King Kang Zhao Gou, this is the choice of history, he does not want to forcibly change history, since the old man asked, so he explained, "The seventeen or eighteen-year-old hairy boy is easy to control, and the civil and military officials around him are my cronies, and if he gets out of control, he will be killed, which is why he insists on making Hangzhou the capital, the Cao family controls the capital, and the Pan family controls the periphery, and I am afraid that King Kang will set off some storms." ”

Weng's son-in-law's dialogue seems simple, but it is actually related to the national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty.

Liu Zhenglong did not go to the Pan family in the end, but Pan Xu discussed with the relevant people of the Pan family, after all, it is related to the future of the Pan family, and if it is not good, it will fall into the abyss.

Pan Jing's wife Cao has always disliked Liu Zhenglong, and feels that this guy is not from a wealthy family, the most important thing is that he is too attentive, there are too many women around him, and he is afraid that after marrying, his daughter will be bullied.

In order to marry Pan Jin, Liu Zhenglong chose to invite Pan Jing and his wife to Que Yunlou as guests, he prepared a large number of gifts that Cao liked and more importantly, this guy relied on his incorruptible tongue and finally won the appreciation of his future mother-in-law.

In fact, what moved the Cao family in the end was not a gift, nor was it any rhetoric, it was the reconciliation of the Pan family and the Cao family, and Liu Zhenglong put a lot of thought into it.

Although he is a concubine, Liu Zhenglong is already the prince of Qinling County after all, if he is promoted to the prince of the country and the king of the county, then Pan Jin's status will go up, and no one will be a wife or a concubine.

The most important thing is that as long as Pan Jin gives birth to a son, he is the son of the county prince of Qinling, which is the most critical and the most optimistic of the Cao family, you must know that the title of the county prince can be hereditary, and his nephew is destined to be the county prince in the future, what is not satisfied?

The core secret is only known to Pan Xu and other brothers and several adult sisters-in-law, and the female dependents will not know, but Liu Zhenglong finally married Pan Jin according to the etiquette of marrying a wife, and the weight of the dowry is far greater than that of marrying Pan Yun at the beginning, which can be regarded as giving Pan Jin enough face.

It's just to marry a concubine, the scale of the wedding is not very large, but almost all the heavyweight tasks of the meritorious family are complete, especially the heads of the four major families are all present, even the seventy-year-old Cao Lao Cao Cao Ping is present, on the surface it is just a wedding banquet, but in fact, how can there be a wedding banquet. It's just that the secrecy work is so good that the Imperial City Division hasn't found out what it is.

The wedding is just a situation, but the meeting of the four major families is crucial, and the meeting is held in Que Yun Tower. At this time, Zhu Wu realized the importance of his work.

The day before the wedding, Liu Zhenglong visited the Cao family at night and met the old man of the Cao family for the first time.

Meritorious families have their own channels, and the Jinliao War has long been no secret to them, and these people have the most say in the sincerity of the Great Song Dynasty, because a big reason is caused by these people.

The official family is still dreaming, and the civil officials are still whitewashing the peace, but the old foxes of these meritorious families are not so optimistic, they firmly believe that the Jin army will go south, no matter whether they can finally hit the capital, what the final result will be, and it will not be wrong to prepare in advance and deal with the drastic changes.

The most fatal thing is that a piece of information came from the northwest, that is, Li Qianshun, Chongzong of Western Xia, personally led 100,000 cavalry to aid the Liao State, but was easily defeated by the Jin State cavalry, which is shocking information.

Of course, this information was concocted by Liu Zhenglong, in fact, the Western Xia sent troops until the New Year, but now no one has verified this matter, after all, the war between the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty has only ended, and the news is very tightly blocked.

The Liao State is vulnerable, and the Western Xia is vulnerable, in this case, how can the Great Song resist the invincible Jin army. Now, these pampered old men are a little afraid of Jin Jun, and they also begin to believe what Liu Zhenglong said, which is why everyone is willing to come forward to participate in this meeting.

Everyone doesn't want to question anything, as long as they want to know what they can do and what they can get when they divide interests in the future, this is what everyone cares about.

Loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, that is the business of the poor, and this has been the case in all dynasties. These magnates are loyal to their families first and patriotic second. If the family's wealth cannot be preserved, then what is the point of patriotism. Moreover, no matter who becomes the emperor, it cannot change the fact that the powerful are always the powerful, and the poor are always poor.