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"What do you think, do you agree with Lianjin to destroy Liao and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?"

Cai still heard this, was silent for a while, and said, "Now is indeed the best time to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. ”

Cai Jing said casually: "So, do you agree with Lianjin to destroy Liao?" ”

What Cai Jing didn't expect was that Cai still shook his head and said, "I don't agree." ”

Cai Jing said: "Oh? Didn't you say that now is the best time to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun? ”

Cai still said: "The opportunity is good, if you miss it, there may never be such a good opportunity again, but the question is, can our Da Song really grasp this opportunity?" ”

Cai Jing said: "Tell me your reasons." ”

Cai still said: "Our army of the Great Song Dynasty is mainly divided into three parts, the Central Forbidden Army, the Hebei Forbidden Army, and the Northwest Forbidden Army...... What is the situation of the Central Forbidden Army, I won't say, uncle, you must know in your heart that it can no longer fight, at least before it is reorganized and retrained, it can no longer fight, and the Hebei Forbidden Army, because of the Song Liao hundred years of peace, has not used swords for a hundred years, although the little nephew has not been to the Hebei front line for field investigation, but the little nephew still dares to assert that the Hebei Forbidden Army may be worse than the Central Forbidden Army, and now the only thing that can fight is the Northwest Forbidden Army, but the Northwest Forbidden Army has fought one after another in the past two years, wounding 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 self-losses. What's more, now the Northwest Forbidden Army still has to guard against the Western Xia counterattack and prepare to recover the Western Xia, dare to ask my uncle, what will our Great Song Dynasty use to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun? ”

Cai still said it well, but he underestimated the Northern Song Dynasty a little, and he also underestimated Tong Guan a little.

Since Tong Guan advocated the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, then of course he could muster an army.

In fact, Tong Guan has been preparing for a long time - in the past few years, he has expanded the Northwest Forbidden Army by a third.

In Tong Guan's mind, the extra third, plus the Central Forbidden Army and the Hebei Forbidden Army, should be enough to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Therefore, Cai Jing was noncommittal about Cai Ying's point of view, he said: "Is there anything else? ”

Cai still said: "The economy is ...... My uncle was in charge of the entire Great Song Dynasty, and it was impossible not to know that the economy of the Great Song Dynasty should have reached the verge of collapse, and if the war with the Liao State turned into a protracted war, it would be a heavy blow to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

When Cai Jing heard this, his eyes flashed!

He looked into Cai Ying's eyes and asked, "Where did you hear that the economy of the Great Song Dynasty is on the verge of collapse?" ”

Cai Jing is best at managing money.

He is open-minded and innovative when it comes to economics.

At the beginning of his visit, six or seven wealthy merchants came to collect debts.

They took the IOU and asked Cai Jing for money and said: "During the Zhezong Dynasty, the imperial court sent troops to attack Western Xia, and borrowed more than 3 million yuan from us, but it has not been repaid yet, you are now the prime minister, see when the imperial court can repay this money?" ”

Cai Jing made a truthful report to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji's face was embarrassed: "What should I do about this?" ”

Cai Jing replied confidently, "Give the minister some time." ”

Soon, Cai Jing ordered to take stock of the treasures of the imperial city, and package those superfluous and useless things as a price to pay off debts.

Within half a year, Cai Jing paid off all the money owed by the Northern Song Dynasty.

Then, Cai Jing's changes in the economic system, especially the reform of the tea law and the salt law, soon saw results, and a steady stream of tax wealth was gathered in Beijing.

In just a few years, the Northern Song Dynasty court went from making ends meet to having a deposit of 50 million.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Ji began to become poor and extravagant, and his appetite is getting bigger and bigger.

In order to keep his own position as prime minister and maintain his own power, Cai Jing can be said to have racked his brains to help Zhao Ji find money over the years.

In the eyes of outsiders, Cai Jing's ability is extremely strong, and he has a good way to make money, and the current Great Song Dynasty is rich and strong.

But only Cai Jing, who is in charge of the current Great Song Dynasty, knows that because Zhao Ji is too extravagant and wasteful, extravagant, and reckless, the economy of the Great Song Dynasty is now on the verge of collapse.

This is what Cai Jing is most worried about now, and he is also racking his brains to solve and cover up this problem.

I don't want to, this problem is still being seen!

Moreover, it was his nephew who saw the problem, a young man who was only seventeen years old!

Cai was still silent for a while before he said vaguely: "The official family has spent too much." ”

As soon as Cai Jing heard it, he understood how Cai still judged it.

Thinking about it, Zhao Ji is so fanfare, wasteful, and spends countless amounts, how can someone with a heart not calculate this account?

Cai Jing said: "I have my own opinions about money, so let's talk about something else." ”

Cai still changed the topic directly with great interest, and said: "Although the strength and money are the reasons why I disagree, they are not the main reason for my disagreement. ”

This time, Cai Jing was really a little surprised and puzzled, he didn't understand what was more important than troops and money, was it because the division was unknown?

How could Cai still sell a relationship with Cai Jing, he quickly took the initiative to say: "The main reason why I don't agree is that I am in alliance with the Jurchens. ”

Cai Ying's words were really unexpected by Cai Jing.

In fact, there are quite a few people who oppose Lianjin's extermination of Liao.

Like Zhendinglu, Hong Zhongfu went up and said: "The scholars and wealthy families in the land of Yanyun actually have no intention of joining our Great Song Dynasty, and the so-called pot pulp is groundless. Looking at today's Great Song Dynasty, the political style is corrupt, the money and food are insufficient, the army lacks combat effectiveness, and the commanders and ministers of all roads do not know the soldiers. Today, after a long period of peace, the soldiers will be lazy, and once the war starts, the army will be defeated. What is the difference between attacking another country with undisciplined arrogance and seeking fish? Failure is inevitable. If you send troops, you will bring shame on yourself and leave you in trouble......"

There is also a Baozhou general sentence Zhang Yu also wrote: "Although the power of the Liao people has been frustrated by the Jurchens, but the upper and lower levels have not rebelled, and their country is still standing, saying that the Liao State is going to perish, it is a matter made up by the border ministers in order to cater to the officials, and it cannot be taken seriously." ”

But like Cai Zhen, who said that the biggest problem is from Jin Guo, there is really none.

Cai still explained: "The Jurchens grew up in the bitter cold, such a person, suddenly rising, will inevitably be insatiable, if Liao dies, then our Great Song Dynasty will be with it, and then I am afraid that there will be endless disasters." ”

Cai Jing heard this and asked, "Do you know the Jurchens very well?" ”

Cai still replied: "The little nephew has studied them specifically and has a certain understanding of them. ”

Cai Jing asked, "Then what do you think of the Jurchens?" ”

Cai still said without hesitation: "They are a group of wolves and a group of robbers!" ”

Cai Jing really didn't expect that Cai would still give such a low evaluation to the Jurchens.

He couldn't help frowning a little, and said, "What did the Jurchens do to deserve such a low evaluation from you?" ”

Cai still said: "Soon after the founding of the Jin State, immediately attacked the Huanglong Mansion of the Liao State, the Lord of Jin personally led the troops into the ancient city of Dalu, defeated the Liao army, and plundered countless gold, silver, cattle, horses, and women and returned, soon, the Jin army took advantage of the Liao army's unpreparedness, marched to the Huanglong Mansion, captured the Huanglong Mansion City, the Huanglong Mansion is an important town in the north of the Liao State, the Liao Lord learned that the Huanglong Mansion was lost, and led the Khitan and Han armies of more than 100,000 people, and cut down the gold on a large scale, and the Jin Lord led the troops of 20,000 Jin troops to meet the enemy, the Jin and Liao armies met in Hubu Dagang, the Liao army was defeated, and the Jin army plundered a large number of property, cattle and horses, Women, looking at what the Jurchens did, are not robbers, what are they? ”

didn't want to, but Cai Jing said: "The victor is the prince and the loser Kou, the Jurchens have won the Khitans, of course they have to take the spoils that belong to them, which is understandable." ”

Cai Jing's words swallowed back all the words that Cai Yi wanted to say later, "The winner, the prince, the loser, Kou? Should you take your own spoils of war if you win? ”

What Cai Jing didn't know was that his point of view would still have a profound impact on Cai in the future......

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