Cai still doesn't want to fight Japan, at least not yet.

It's not that Cai is still afraid of Japan, but it's already the autumn of the seventh year of Xuanhe.

If history does not change, this winter, the Jin people will go south for the first time, Zhao Ji will pass the throne to Zhao Huan, and then under a series of manipulations by Zhao Huan, the Northern Song Dynasty will perish within two years.

In this case, of course, what Cai still thinks is to take the opportunity to seize the Central Plains, and then win the world.

But the problem is that Japan has been too arrogant recently, not only detaining merchant ships in Liaodong, but also refusing to negotiate peace.

Of course, this is also because the conditions of the Liaodong peace talks are a little higher - Liaodong demands that Japan must unconditionally release all merchant ships in Liaodong, and the losses caused will be compensated by three times, and in addition, the Japanese side is required to open up trade channels and create common prosperity for everyone in the Great East.

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Cai is still asking for a sky-high price, hoping that Japan will pay back the money on the spot - Cai Ying's real bottom line is to hope that Japan can allow Liaodong merchants to smuggle into Japan as before.

But King Baihe didn't know what kind of wind he was pumping, but he didn't let go at all.

The merchant ships in Liaodong have private merchant ships, but there are more state-owned merchant ships - at least seventy percent are state-owned merchant ships, that is, ships of the Ministry of Commerce.

The Ministry of Commerce now pays 50 or 60 million yuan of fiscal revenue to the Liaodong government every year.

The key is that the Ministry of Commerce can bring back a large amount of gold and silver to the Liaodong government.

Now that it has been choked by Japan, the Liaodong government can be said to have lost a large part of its financial revenue, and more importantly, the Liaodong government has no place to get gold and silver, which makes the Liaodong government, which is already financially tight, even more difficult.

In this case, even if a war broke out between Song and Jin, it would still be difficult for Cai to take advantage of the fire.

You must know that the current Central Plains also has a lot of messes that need to be cleaned up.

And if you want to clean up these messes, you can't do without money.

The key point is that money is needed to fight a war.

And if Cai can still defeat Japan, and then vigorously mine gold and silver, even if Cai still lays down the Great Song Dynasty in the future, there will never be a shortage of gold and silver, and even Cai can still abolish the gold and silver double standard to implement a stable gold standard, completely popularize paper money, launch a monetary revolution, and make history take a big step forward.

In addition, Japan also has good land resources, such as the area around Lake Biwa, the Nobi Plain, and Ise Province, all of which are large grain production areas, and there are nearly 10 million people.

What's more important is that the hometown is unstable, and it is impossible to talk about hegemony and competition.

And for now, the only unstable factor in Cai Ying's hometown is Japan.

As long as Cai can still defeat Japan, and then accumulate heavy troops in the northwest, then Cai Zhen's hometown will be impregnable.

At that time, if the Central Plains region has the opportunity, Cai can still enter the Central Plains and ascend the throne as the emperor, the Central Plains has no chance, and Cai Zhen, who owns the Korean Peninsula, the whole of Japan, Taiwan Island, Jiaodong Peninsula, Hainan Island and other places, can also be called emperor.

After thinking about it again, Cai still made up his mind to make a quick decision against Japan.

In the golden autumn and August, Cai still drew half of the soldiers and horses from the ten carriages of Liaodong, and then gathered an army of 250,000.

Cai still took Yue Fei, Wu Jue, and Han Shizhong as the capital of the left, center, and right armies, and then personally conscripted troops to Japan.

Early September.

An army of 80,000 led by Yue Fei attacked the Japanese island of Kyushu under the escort of the navy, and then headed north, targeting Kyoto on the Japanese island of Honshu.

The 70,000-strong army led by Han Shizhong, escorted by the amphibious army, directly attacked Kyoto on the Japanese island of Honshu.

And the Middle Route Army is the reinforcement of the two armies, and acts at the opportune opportunity.

This battle -

The route taken by the Right Route Army, passing through Tsushima Island and landing directly in Kyushu, Japan, was a very mature route, and many sailors knew it.

However, it is precisely because there are many people who know this route that the Right Route Army will inevitably fight one tough battle after another.

The route taken by the Left Route Army was a completely new route, and they set out from Pusan, went straight to the Japanese island of Honshu, and made a surprise attack on Kyoto on the island of Honshu to behead them.

When formulating the route of this surprise attack, Cai still described the location of Fukui Port to Li Bao as much as possible.

But even so, Cai was still worried that the Left Route Army would not be able to complete this surprise attack, after all, the navigation technology of this era was so backward, and it was a strange channel.

The good thing is that -

There were merchants who had been running to Japan all the year round to act as guides for the army, and even if Han Shizhong and Li Bao could not land at Fukui Port, they would definitely be able to land somewhere on the island of Honshu, and then they would have to take the land route instead.

In any case, the left and right armies set off on time, and Wu Jue also led the middle route army to gather in the southern region of Liaodong, ready to reinforce at any time.

As for Cai Ying, he has not yet set off - this matter is not urgent, Liaodong is too small, so small, if Cai still marches in a hurry, he can reach the southern region of Liaodong in two days.

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The reason why Cai still chose to start a war against Japan at this time was not only because Cai was still short of money, but also because Cai still wanted to give the Jin people some space - Cai was still afraid that he would peep on the side of the Jin country, and the Jin people did not dare to invade the south as they did in history.

Cai is still right to do so.

Hearing that Cai was still launching a war against Japan, Jin people were overjoyed, and then relaxed their vigilance against Liaodong.

After Wanyan Wu begged to buy and ordered Wanyan Zonghan to send someone to send Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi to Shangjing, he issued an edict to cut Yelu Yanxi as the king of the seaside, and then sent Changbai Shandong to house arrest.

At this time, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan, who were holding heavy troops, suggested to Wanyan Wu to send troops south to attack the Song Dynasty.

Front-line generals such as Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Hulu also expressed their support for Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan's suggestions.

Wanyan Zongwang, the initiator of the Song Dynasty, said to Wanyan Wu Qimai: "The Song people who asked for the hukou did not give it, and Wen Tongguan and Guo Yaoshi were vigorously governing the Yanshan area, if we don't do it first, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles." ”

Wanyan Zonghan supported Wanyan Zongwang's proposal, and he also believed that Da Song should be taught a lesson, otherwise Dajin would not be able to develop with peace of mind.

It just so happened that at this time, Liaodong's war against Japan began, and even Cai still drove the expedition himself.

Wanyan Wu Qimai felt that he could take this opportunity to teach the Great Song a lesson, so he agreed to Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan's proposal.

The reason why Wanyan Zongwang proposed to go south to attack the Song Dynasty had a lot to do with the officials of the Liao State.

After the Great Song Dynasty took over Yanjing, it implemented the policy of "changing officials" and transferred a large number of Han officials from Liao who had previously served in various prefectures and counties to serve in the interior.

These Han officials were unwilling to wade through mountains and rivers to become officials in the unfamiliar hinterland, and their relatives in Yandi were treated inhumanely, so they fled to Pingzhou one after another under resentment, and told Wanyan Zongwang all the truth and truth of Yandi and even the Great Song Dynasty.

Shangjing was the political center of the Jin Kingdom.

In addition, the Jin people also had two military and political centers in the northeast and northwest of the Great Song Dynasty, forming two military and political groups.

In these two places, there are many strategists and generals.

One is centered on Nanjing (Pingzhou), presided over by Wanyan Zongwang, which controls the strategic places around Ping, Ying, and Luan in Guannei, and has elite soldiers and strong generals.

Wanyan Yan's mother was the half-brother of Wanyan Aguta and Wanyan Wu Qimai, and was the deputy capital of Nanjing Road at the time.

Wanyan tart lazy is Wanyan Chang, is the son of Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Wu Qimai's uncle Wanyan Yingge, then the commander of the Xi Sixth Road, responsible for the affairs of Jingluo Xidi (the border area between Hebei and Liaoning in later generations).

The other is centered on Xijing Yunzhong (later Shanxi Datong), presided over by Wanyan Zonghan, controlling Shanxi and the northwest region.

Wanyan Hulu is the son of the impeacher of Wanyan Aguta and Wanyan Wu's uncle, the younger brother of Wanyan Sagai, and the uncle of Wanyan Zonghan.

Wanyan Lou fought bravely, repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and was given an "iron coupon" by Wanyan Wu for capturing Yelu Yanxi: but the crime of treason is not forgiven, and the remaining sins are not asked.

He was not only a man of military prowess, but also a political vision.

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Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wanyan Gao and other top decision-makers of the Jin State did not have a bottom in their hearts about how many chances they had of winning by sending troops south to attack the Song Dynasty.

In order to paralyze the Great Song Dynasty, to secretly investigate the military and political situation of the Great Song Dynasty and the terrain of the mountains and rivers, and to make full preparations for sending troops southward, Wanyan Wu Qimai successively sent three groups of envoys to the Great Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Wu's practice of begging is exactly the same as Wanyan Aguda's practice of continuously sending envoys to Liao before raising troops to attack Liao.

The first batch of envoys was the envoy of Xuqing, that is, the envoy who reported and celebrated the capture of Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Tianzuo, who arrived in Bianliang City, Tokyo in July of the seventh year of Xuanhe, and handed over to Zhao Ji a "Report to the Southern Song Dynasty to Obtain the Khitan Dusk Lord", enumerating the sins of Yelu Yanxi.

Zhao Ji attached great importance to the arrival of the envoy of the Jin State, and immediately transferred Ma Kuo to Beijing as an accompanying envoy.

Zhao Ji himself was also very enthusiastic about the golden envoy and personally set up a royal banquet to entertain him.

On this day, just after the banquet ended, Zhao Ji suddenly issued an order to summon Zhang Xubai, the "Golden Gate Feather Guest", to enter the palace.

The so-called "Golden Gate Feather Guest" is a Taoist priest.

Since the beginning of Zhenghe, Zhao Ji has been deeply obsessed with Taoism, so he has recruited many Taoist sages to discuss with him.

And this empty white is one of them, this person "likes to learn a lot, and he is not enlightened in the number of techniques, especially good at ether to blame, but more in wine." Said: Of course, after something. And it did. ”

Zhang Xubai was different from other Kinmen Yuke, and Zhao Ji called him "Zhang Hu" every time, instead of calling him by his name.

Zhang Xubai likes to drink, and every time he wants to say anything after drinking, he has nothing to hide.

Zhang Xubai once lay on Zhao Ji's lap after getting drunk, and Zhao Ji said very tolerantly: "Zhang Hu, you are drunk." ”

Soon, Zhang Xubai came to the palace, and Zhao Ji told him that Yelu Yanxi had been captured by the Jurchens, and asked him to speculate on good fortune and misfortune.

Zhang Xubai then used Taiyi to calculate for a while, and then said: "Tianzuo will build a palace room on the sea and wait for Your Majesty for a long time." ”

People on the left and right were shocked when they heard this!

But Zhao Ji was not angry, but looked at Zhang Xubai and said slowly: "Zhang Hu, you are drunk again." ”

The second group of envoys from the Kingdom of Jin was the envoy of thanksgiving, and this group of envoys arrived at Bianliang Castle in Tokyo on September 24.

Zhao Ji ordered Yuwen Xuzhong and Gao Shi to serve as the deputy envoy of the embassy and was responsible for the reception.

On the same day, the Zhao and Song Dynasty courts received a report from Hedong Road, saying that Yan Zonghan had returned to Yunzhong and had the intention of operating Nankou.

When Ma Kuan heard the news, he immediately suggested to Tong Guan: "Sticky Han must have different ambitions in this future, and it is advisable to patrol the border with 100,000 soldiers from the west, not only to prepare the border, but also to suppress the situation." ”

But Tong Guan didn't listen, and was still celebrating his becoming the prince.

The third group of envoys of the Jin State was the envoy of He Tianning.

Tianning Festival is the tenth day of October, that is, Zhao Ji's birthday.

Zhao Ji's original birthday was the fifth day of the fifth month of May, but it was changed to the tenth day of the first month of October due to avoiding customs.

The birthdays of the emperors of the Song Dynasty are all festivals, for example, the birthday of Song Taizu is called "Changchun Festival", the birthday of Song Taizong is called "Qianming Festival", the birthday of Song Zhenzong is called "Chengtian Festival", and so on.

At this time, on the one hand, the envoys of the Jin State frequently visited, and on the other hand, the border espionage reports of the Song Dynasty were frequent.

This is a very peculiar phenomenon.

It is said that this should attract the attention of Zhao Jijunchen.

But Zhao Ji Junchen just didn't care about these things.

On October 5, the Zhao and Song Dynasty courts received a report from Zhan Du, the prefect of Zhongshan Prefecture: they had discovered that the Jurchen Prime Minister Zonghan and the deputy commander Yu Jian had led their generals to Liudian, Ulzhou, to hold a military parade.

On 18 October, Zhan Du reported that the Jurchens had selected 15,000 Jurchen soldiers, 5,000 from the Bohai Navy, 2,000 from the Xi Army, and 2,000 from the Tieli Army along the Liaodong Road, and stationed them in Pingzhou and Yunzhongfu Road.

On October 21, Zhan Du once again reported that the Jurchens had selected their own regular army and the Han army, and gradually came to Yunzhong Mansion and other places to station, and also found that the Jin army was stationed in Ulzhou and Feihu County, where they gathered military horses and collected grain and grass, and the locals said that the Jurchens wanted to invade the border.

It is a pity that these situations have not attracted the attention and attention of Zhao Jijunchen.

Tong Guan and Cai You, who shouldered the heavy responsibility of the northern border defense of the Great Song Dynasty, were even more indifferent to this.

This cannot but be said to be a serious dereliction of duty.

What is even more puzzling is that on 24 October, Tong Guan actually went to the slasher to ask for the abolition of the Ansu, Yongning, Baoding and other armies.

In mid-October, the second batch of envoys of the Jin State returned to China, and Shang Shuyu sent a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to accompany the envoys, and when he sent the Jin envoys to the border, he found that the Jin people were assembling for a military parade.

After returning to Yanjing, Wailang, a member of Shang Shuyu's department, reported the situation to Cai Jing, the prefect of Yanshan.

Cai Jing didn't believe it, and said angrily: "How can there be such a thing? Show me the evidence, or I will behead you for disturbing the morale of the army!" ”

Shang Shuyu's member Wai Lang was afraid and did not dare to say anything more, and soon after, he pleaded with the outside to make up for it, and then went to Fujian to serve as a small sentence.

At the beginning of November, the third group of envoys of the Jin Kingdom, the envoy of He Tianning, returned to China, and another envoy saw a different scene on the way. The township soldiers in the Taoist are all wearing belts, jumping horses, forcing the big gold to make people carry, the township soldiers on the horse to take their sheep with guns, uncover it and go, the Jin people dare not compare. There are also village soldiers who meet people's envoys and go forward, and Dajin pedestrians are frightened and avoid the road. ”

For Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun, Tong Guan and Cai You have always attached great importance to them, and they have told Zhao Ji many times that they can rely on them.

Now after listening to the report of this accompanying envoy, Zhao Ji feels even more that the strong enemy is afraid of me, and Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun can rely on it, so the mainland can no longer spend money and effort to repeat the defense.

On November 3, Zhan Du, the prefect of Zhongshan Prefecture, reported again: "The state minister Zong Han went down to the county under the jurisdiction of Yunzhong Mansion, and ordered the township army to be in charge of each person, and each of them should be sent to Yunzhong Mansion and send troops and horses to Shanxi. ”

Zhao Ji felt that Hedong Road was close to Yunzhong, and in order to prevent Yan Zonghan from leading his army south, he immediately ordered Tong Guan to go to Hedong, Hebei and Yanshan again.

Tong Guan did not set off immediately after receiving the edict.

Soon, Zhao Ji received a statement from Zhang Xiaochun, the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture: "The Jin people sent a small envoy to Taiyuan, wanting to see through, and discussing the delivery of Yunzhongdi." ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed, so he issued an edict urging Tong Guan to go to Taiyuan quickly.

Zhao Ji and his ministers probably didn't expect that in fact, Wanyan Wu had already issued an edict to the Song Dynasty as early as October.

Specifically, in October Jiachen, after Yan Wu begged to buy the generals of the Song Dynasty, he was also the marshal of the capital with the knowledge of Ban Bo Ji Lie Wan Yan Xian, and moved to the Bo Ji Lie Wan Yan Zonghan and the left deputy marshal vanguard, and after a little bit of the envoy Yan Hulu as the marshal of the right supervising army, the left Jinwu general Yelu Yu Jian was the marshal of the right capital, from Xijing into Taiyuan. The commander of the six road armies, Wan Yan Chang, was the commander of the six roads, Wan Yan Zongwang was the capital of Nanjing Road, and the deputy of Yan Yan's mother entered Yanshan from Nanjing.

By November, the Jin army's deployment was basically in place, and it was about to launch an attack on the Great Song Dynasty......

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