The old minister has three strategies for the reference of the official. ”

Hearing Tong Guan say that there are three strategies, Zhao Ji asked: "Which three strategies?" ”

Tong Guan said: "The best policy, take the military power of the champion uncle, let the champion uncle transfer to a civil official, and after the champion is fifty years old, let the champion uncle take charge of the army as appropriate." ”

Zhao Ji never expected that Tong Guan would support Cai still for thirty years later, and he would want to refrigerate Cai for thirty years, and let Cai still be in charge of the army after thirty years!

"This ......"

Zhao Ji couldn't help but hesitate!

If you want to deal with Cai Yan according to what Tong Guan said, that peerless genius will be silent for thirty years!

Zhao Ji couldn't help but think: "Is Tong Guan so jealous of Cai Ying?" Cai is still so good that he is so good? ”

After thinking about it again and again, Zhao Ji shook his head and said: "Up to now, the champion uncle has no merit in the imperial court, so I can't treat the champion uncle like this just because the champion uncle is young, which will chill the heart of the champion uncle, and it will also chill the hearts of the people in the world." ”

Actually, this is just Zhao Ji's excuse.

The real reason is that Cai can still fight, and now Zhao Ji needs Cai to help him recover Yanyun.

Let's put it this way, if you want to recover Yanyun and fight this national war, Zhao Ji must do his best to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

On this basis, Zhao Ji is bound to use the invincible Cai Yi and the Jinwu Army, which now has a complete structure and can be dispatched immediately - except for Cai Yi, no matter who is sent to control the Jinwu Army established by Cai Ying, it will inevitably be resisted by the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Army, and then disobey the Yin and Yang, the general orders are not unified, and they will be divided, at least in a short period of time, in this way, at least in a short period of time, it is possible to lose this golden opportunity, and at worst it may lead to a major defeat or even the loss of the country.

Under such circumstances, at this juncture, Tong Guan asked Zhao Ji to hang Cai still and let Zhao Ji change generals in battle, which was unacceptable to Zhao Ji no matter what.

After Zhao Ji's reply, Tong Guan couldn't help but be a little disappointed!

But Tong Guan also knew that Cai Ying, who was the only one who could immediately go to the army, was almost irreplaceable in this period, and it was almost impossible for Zhao Ji to refrigerate Cai Ying.

After being silent for a while, Tong Guan said: "The middle strategy is to cancel the number of the Jinwu Army, merge the Jinwu Army into the Shengjie Army, and then send some reliable future commanders to the Champion Bo and the Jinwu Army." ”

"This ......"

Although Tong Guan's middle strategy is not as radical as the best strategy, it is also a temporary change of generals, and it is also a taboo for soldiers.

That's it, the key is where do you ask Zhao Ji to find someone who can control Cai Ying?

Cai is still running too fast, and pure military attachés such as Seed Master Dao and Liu Yanqing are not enough to control Cai Ying at all.

And it is not for nothing that there are many people with higher positions and positions than Cai Ying, such as Gao Yu and Tan Zhen, and many civil officials are also higher in rank than Cai Ying, but their qualifications and prestige cannot suppress Cai Ying.

The only one who can barely suppress Cai Yi in all aspects is Tong Guan.

But if Tong Guan was the commander of the battle to recover Yanyun, it would be impossible for him to control Cai Ying's 50,000 horses.

What's more important is that no matter who is sent to control Cai still and Jin Wujun, as long as Cai still refuses to cooperate, it is useless.

In this case, instead of sending someone to control Cai Zhen and Jin Wujun, it is better to let Cai still control Jin Wujun himself, otherwise, it will be useless, and it may cause Cai Zhen's disgust, and then it will be self-defeating.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji kicked the ball back to Tong Guan: "Who does Aiqing think can be qualified for the position of the capital of the merged Shengjie Army?" ”

Tong Guan said: "The old minister thinks that Liu Yanqing may be competent. ”

"Or can it be done?"

Zhao Ji tasted these four words, and said noncommittally: "If I am not mistaken, Liu Yanqing is now a doctor of Xuanzheng (the fifth level of the martial rank), right?" ”

Tong Guan said: "Official, you are not mistaken, Liu Yanqing is three levels lower than the champion. ”

Zhao Ji didn't speak, he asked Tong Guan to say to himself, how could Liu Yanqing, who was three levels lower, control Cai Yi.

Tong Guan said: "Liu Yanqing has fought with the Western Xia for more than 20 years, and he has been the commander of the Yanlu Road and the deputy commander of the Ma Army. ”

Zhao Ji thought to himself: "Liu Yanqing is not better than Cai Yi except that he is older than Cai Yi, let him control Cai Yi...... It's not beneficial at all, and it may cause Cai to still resent self-defeating. ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji asked Tong Guan: "If the champion uncle and Liu Yanqing are not in harmony or the champion uncle can't stand this grievance and let it go, how are you going to fight this battle?" ”

Tong Guan was speechless for a moment - Zhao Ji's words went straight to the point, with Tong Guan's understanding of Cai Ying, there is such a possibility, and it is very likely.

Seeing that Tong Guan stopped talking, Zhao Ji shook his head and said, "Is this self-restraint, does Aiqing think it's appropriate?" ”

What Zhao Ji could think of, how could Tong Guan not think of it?

But Liu Yanqing is already the biggest card that Tong Guan can come up with, and others are even more inappropriate.

After a while, Tong Guan took the initiative to say: "The next strategy is to let the champion Bo lead the troops to recover the clouds." ”

"Oh? Reclaim the clouds? Why is that? Zhao Ji was puzzled.

Tong Guan explained: "Regarding Xijing and other Kyushu behind the mountains, the Emperor of the Jin State also verbally promised to our Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Liangsi also specifically pointed out that the three prefectures of Wei, Ying, and Shuo are the closest to our Great Song Dynasty, and the Jurchens are not allowed to arrive, so that the champion Bo can lead the troops to Hedong first, and wait for the opportunity to occupy the three states of Wei, Ying, and Shuo, first, this can be regarded as our Great Song Dynasty sending troops as promised, and second, lest the Jurchens not recognize that the Kyushu behind the mountains belongs to our Great Song Dynasty in the future, and third, what ......."

Zhao Ji asked: "What are the three comings?" ”

Tong Guan said: "Sanlai, Yunzhou, the left is the party, the right is the Khitan, the back is our Great Song Dynasty, and the front is the Dadan Zhubu, and the champion can only regain Yundi for the official family wholeheartedly." ”

Although Tong Guan said vaguely, Zhao Ji also understood what Tong Guan meant that Yundi was a place of four wars, and Cai still went there, even if he had different intentions, he didn't dare to act rashly.

In fact, Tong Guan still has two points that he has not said.

The first point is that Hebei is not under the control of Tong Guan, Cai still went to Hebei, can unify the Hebei Forbidden Army, get the help of the Hebei Forbidden Army, and complete further growth, at that time, Tong Guan will not be able to control Cai Ying, and Hedong belongs to the northwest, under the control of the Western Army, it is also controlled by Tong Guan to a large extent, the key is that Tong Guan understands the extremely xenophobic characteristics of the Western Army, if Cai still goes to Hedong, it is impossible to gather the soldiers of Hedong and complete further growth, in Tong Guan's mind, Cai still as long as he does not grow further, With Cai Ying's existing 50,000 horses, it is impossible to recover Yundi Kyushu, and after he recovers the seven states of Yandi in the future, he will cross Taihang Mountain with the power of great victory, and he can concoct Cai still how he wants.

The second point, the land of Yanyun, the important thing is the Yandi that chokes the throat of the North China Plain, and the land of clouds is just the icing on the cake, in this way, even if Cai still recovers the land, it is not better than Tong Guan, who has recovered the land, Tong Guan can still stabilize Cai Yi's head and get the greatest benefit of recovering Yanyun.

Tong Guan's strategy made Zhao Ji tempted.

But—

As an emperor, Zhao Ji can't just listen to Tong Guan's words and pat his head to make a decision.

Therefore, Zhao Ji did not agree to use Tong Guan's strategy on the spot, he still had to listen to the opinions of others, such as Cai Ying......

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Banjingguan is located in Chenqiaoyi in the northern suburbs of Tokyo, which is the town where Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe, about forty miles away from the capital.

Although the Banjing Pavilion is located in the suburbs, the building, accommodation conditions, and service level are almost the same as those of other pavilions in the capital.

Wu Xie is a Jurchen, tall and burly, thick eyebrows and big eyes, bold personality, he thinks that the Banjing Pavilion is very good, blue bricks and blue tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, pavilions and pavilions, which makes him dizzy.

Gao Qingyi is a native of Bohai, he is very familiar with the culture of the Song Dynasty, and his mind is also very shrewd, and Zhao Liangsi is an old acquaintance, last spring, when Zhao Liangsi and Wanyan Aguta negotiated in Beijing in the Liao State, he served as an interpreter by Wanyan Aguta's side, and it was he who prevented Wanyan Aguda from giving Pingluanying Sanzhou to Zhao Song.

Gao Qingyi was very dissatisfied with Zhao Song's arrangement, and he said to Zhao Liangsi with a displeased face: "According to the old practice of the Great Song Dynasty, aren't the envoys from the north all arranged in Dutingyi?" Why did you put us outside the capital? ”

Located in the most prosperous part of the city, it is the largest, best-conditioned, and highest-standard state guesthouse in Tokyo. Because of the large number of Liao envoys, the largest one was more than 600 people.

Gao Qingyi thinks that there are post houses in Tokyo that are not arranged, but they have to arrange for them to live in post houses outside the capital, isn't this clearly despising them?

Zhao Liangsi is a very mature diplomat, he knows that diplomacy is no trivial matter, and he can't promise anything easily, so he found a conversation to temporarily miss the post house.

The next day, Zhao Ji met with the golden envoy in the Chongzheng Palace.

Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi knelt on the ground and played: "The foreign minister pays a visit to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. When the foreign ministers came, the emperor asked the foreign ministers to spread the word to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, because the Khitan was unconscious, so he raised troops to attack the Khitan again, and now the general trend is now, and the Khitan is about to fall. Therefore, I have sent two of us to discuss with your country the specific time of dispatch and other related matters. ”

With that, Uche presented the credentials.

Zhao Ji said amiably with a smile on his face: "Thank you Emperor Dajin for sending envoys to the Great Song Dynasty." The Khitan did not abide by the covenant, and took advantage of the time of my Great Song Dynasty to extort New Year's coins from my Great Song Dynasty. Regarding the time of sending troops and the matter of the old Han land, the major matters have been decided, and you can go to the residence of Prime Minister Wang Huang to discuss the details. ”

Zhao Ji then rewarded the golden envoys with a large amount of gold silk, and even rewarded them a lot of tea he drank and the ointment for maintaining the jade body, which made Wu Xie very happy, while Gao Qingyi remained silent.

Wu Xie and Gao Qing were grateful, and Tan Yi sent them back to Banjing Pavilion.

Another round of diplomatic warfare between Song and Jin officially began......

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