Bianliang, Daqing Palace, early dynasty.

The news of the fall of Shangjing spread, and the entire Great Song Dynasty realized that its old neighbor, the invincible Great Liao Kingdom, was really coming to an end.

The Khitan has been strong for too long, starting from the Tang Dynasty to the present, so long that the Song people have become accustomed to the feeling of the Khitan pressing on their heads.

In the competition of the Liao and Song dynasties, the Great Song Dynasty almost never took advantage, and to this day the Great Song Dynasty is still paying the annual coins.

One hundred thousand taels of silver a year, two hundred thousand horses, is not a small amount. But if it is compared with the money and grain that the war needs, this transaction is actually not a loss, because before the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Great Song Dynasty spent 30 million yuan for the Song-Liao War that year.

Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty did not have that force, and could deal with the Khitan and Western Xia at the same time, and if it continued to fight the Khitan, it might make the Central Plains fall.

This prosperous Central Plains Dynasty has too many stubborn diseases, and it can be said that it is terminally ill. There must be a radical change, otherwise it will be like the Great Song of the original time and space. History gave the Song Dynasty two chances, but it failed to grasp them.

Whether it was Jin annihilating Liao or Meng annihilating Jin, the Great Song Dynasty held a good card from heaven at the beginning and played it into a pot of paste.

The two sides were accustomed to the false peace that Song Liao looked down on each other, and suddenly a Jurchen came out and beat the Khitan into this appearance, which caught the Song court off guard.

Liang Shicheng has been shouting for several years to fight Liao, but when it really came to the time of tension, he didn't move.

The heavy atmosphere overwhelmed the people, and the powerful Khitan, which had suppressed the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, was beaten down in this way.

The current land of Youyan is a place of hope for the Khitan people to turn the tables on their own; In the eyes of the Song people, it was the homeland and the gateway to the Central Plains that must be recaptured; In the Jurchen's view, it was a piece of meat on the chopping block.

There are the eight battalions of the resentful army of Yeluchun, the king of Yan of the Great Liao, and hundreds of thousands of Khitan soldiers and horses, whether it is the Song, Jin, or Liao, they all want to occupy Youyun, which is a real place where soldiers must fight.

Zhao Ji looked at the atmosphere a little dull, so he asked, "Yang Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Yang Lin took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, now the northern grassland is turbulent, with ups and downs, and continuous attacks. If our Great Song Dynasty does nothing, when the dust settles in the dispute in the north, we can only face a strong enemy and be passive.

Moreover, this is a God-given opportunity, and the vicissitudes of the sea show the true character of the hero, and the missed opportunity will be blamed.

The minister proposed to go to Datong Mansion to contact the Liao lord Yelu Yanxi, negotiate with the Khitan to re-conclude the alliance, and first take the land of Youyan as the top priority. ”

Wang Ning stepped out of the ranks and said with a smile: "Shaozai's words are wrong, now Jin is strong and Liao is weak, the Liao lord went to the country and fled, the soldiers were defeated again and again, and the country was almost wiped out." On this occasion, Jin sent envoys several times to meet to attack Liao, why should he abandon the strong and be weak.

The minister proposed to form an alliance with the Jin people to jointly destroy the Khitan and reclaim the land of clouds. ”

When Zhao Ji heard it, it made sense and he was entangled.

Yang Lin said in a deep voice: "Wang Shangshu, today's Jurchen soldiers are fierce and brutal, I believe you should have heard of it." Since ancient times, how can there be a foreign race in the north who does not covet the Central Plains, since you propose to attack Liao with Jin, then if the Jin people go south to attack the Song Dynasty on another day, are you willing to bear this crime? ”

"I..." Wang Ning blushed and went to see Liang Shicheng, but found that the old eunuch and the old god were there, and there was no intention of being out of the ranks.

Wang Ning snorted coldly and was silent, if Liang Shicheng does not bear this burden, he will definitely not go up to the pole to take it down. After all, the credit for charging into battle now is everyone's, and the big head is still Liang Shicheng, but if the boat really capsizes in the future, he will be 100% withdrawn and carried on his shoulders.

As soon as he retreated, whispers suddenly sounded in the main hall, and some of them couldn't afford to look at the military department.

Yang Lin's waist was straight, his sharp eyes swept around, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

"Chen Yang Lin is willing to make a military order in the Jade Palace Tong Court, and he will take the homeland of Youyun and dedicate himself to the official family."

There was an uproar, and there was chaos in the hall again, and Cai Jing looked at Yang Lin, and his color was a little complicated.

It seems to say, little brother, there's no need to fight so hard, right?

Now the power is not low, living a chic and free life, enjoying the boundless elegance and richness of Bianliang, what are you trying to do?

Even if you win the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, you are a civil official, and you have already achieved Shaozai at this age, can you go further?

From the perspective of a powerful minister, Cai Jing couldn't figure out Yang Lin's purpose, but some people, from the perspective of serving the country and the people, suddenly woke up to the fact that Yang Lin was the one who had been attacking and insulting them, and it seemed that they were the first to rush ahead in every major event.

There is Western Xia in the distance, and there is Tibet in the near distance.

Among the ministers, there are many people who are a little moved.

In this officialdom, it is a scheming, scheming and scheming right and wrong, vanity fair. Shaozai Yang Lin played a good game, defeated Han Zhongyan, defeated Zeng Bu, killed Wang Huang, and suppressed Liang Yinxiang.

Unexpectedly, people not only have a good game of power, but also have the courage to ask for their lives for the country.

The people in the palace were complicated, but Zhao Ji on the dragon chair was not surprised at all, he understood it in an instant.

Yang Aiqing is the Heavenly Star Monarch who descended to earth, assisting himself, the Immortal Emperor of the Shenxiao Palace, it is normal to be able to do this step, it seems that this time I have the opportunity to sue the Taimiao again.

Zhao Ji smiled and admired Yang Lin as the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses, proclaimed Shaanxi, Hedong, Hebei, and Yanshan, and presided over the recovery of Youyun.

Although Zhao Ji was a hanger, his father, Emperor Shenzong Zhao Ji, was ambitious, he first enabled Wang Anshi's reform, and then he was bent on recovering Western Xia and Youyun.

Emperor Shenzong is indeed good, he has just succeeded to the throne and is impressive, and the first edict issued is actually the simple funeral of Emperor Daxing. also kindly explained that when Emperor Renzong was in Bintian, the first emperor did not dare to cut it because he was not Renzong's own son to avoid suspicion. I don't have this concern, I was born to the first emperor, and I happened to inherit the legacy of the first emperor and practice economy.

A very simple, honest image of the emperor came out, reigned for 16 years, three times to use troops abroad: Xihe opened the border to expand the land for thousands of miles, although the self-defense counterattack of Jiaozhi did not destroy the enemy country but also defeated the enemy army, the five roads of the summer success but also occupied an area of thousands of miles.

Shenzong was unlucky to be born when the civil official group was the most powerful, and he failed to do this group of inferior goods, and was forced to die of grief by Sima Guang and the Queen Mother and other birdmen.

Zhao Ji, whose ambition was not rewarded, before he died, unwillingly left a testament: Those who recover the land of Quanyan will be rewarded with a fief and a king!

What kind of expectation and obsession is this, so that even the prince and fief can be taken out. It's a pity that my Emperor Shenzong didn't see a glimmer of hope before he died, and now the dawn has appeared.

He seems to have left all his luck to his son Zhao Ji, who is not a fourth or sixth.

Now the opportunity is in front of Yang Lin, although it is very difficult, but if he succeeds this time, he may be able to be crowned a king.