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Although Immortal Master Lin said it very well, and he was willing to personally ignite the broken army star Li Yan, but Zhao Ji thought about it and felt that he should discuss with his courtiers how to deal with this matter.

Therefore, Zhao Ji, who has not been in court for some days, went to court again.

"There is a morning music, and there is no retreat."

As soon as Yang Jian's voice fell, Liang Shicheng came out and said: "Today, there is a report from Zong Ze, the former Dengzhou Tongju, and the thief Li Yan broke Dengzhou City a month ago, in addition, Zong Ze learned from the thieves that the thieves crossed the sea to capture nearly half of Goryeo, and established the Andong Protectorate, and are now moving the victims of Shandong to Goryeo, which means to occupy it permanently. ”

As soon as Liang Shicheng said this, the palace was in an uproar!

"Li Yan's thief ran away to Goryeo?"

"I said why did he stop so much for more than a year, it turned out that he went to Goryeo!"

"A gang of thieves can actually take down nearly half of Goryeo, how weak this Goryeo is, I already knew that the land should be included in the Great Song Dynasty."

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Looking at this chaotic scene, Zhao Ji couldn't help frowning, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, whoever has an opinion, you might as well say it out loud." ”

As soon as Zhao Ji said this, the hall immediately became silent!

Seeing this, Zhao Ji said angrily: "Why, didn't they all be able to say it just now, why have they all become dumb now?" ”

Cai You looked around, and then came out and said, "The official family, Weichen has something to say." ”

"At the critical moment, Cai Aiqing can share my worries." Zhao Ji said in his heart.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji said kindly: "Cai Aiqing, please speak." ”

Cai You said: "If the official family wants to exterminate this gang of thieves, Wechen asks to lead the troops, and if the official family wants to recruit this gang of thieves, Wechen asks to announce the decree." ”

"Uh...... There are worries, but there are fewer ideas. Zhao Ji said in his heart.

Zhao Ji motioned for Cai You to step back first, then looked at others and asked, "Who still has opinions?" ”

Li Gang came out and said: "The minister thinks that it is necessary to exterminate Shuibo Liangshan's stronghold in China, garrison a large army in Dengzhou to prevent Li Yan from immigrating, send a large army to the peninsula to exterminate Li Yan, and if necessary, we can unite with Goryeo to exterminate Li Yan." ”

Cai Jing and Zheng Juzhong did not agree, Wang Hao and Zheng Juzhong became friends, Cai Jing was angry, so he transferred Wang Hao to be the head of the household department.

Cai Jing's idea is that at present, there is no success, and everything is a hole, and he wants to use the lack of national funds as Wang Huang's crime.

In other words, at present, the money bag of the Northern Song Dynasty is in charge of Wang Hao.

After listening to Li Gang's speech, Wang Hao jumped out and said: "Now the rivers, Huai, Jing, Zhejiang, and Zizi are all flooded, and the Yellow River has burst its banks due to the floods, and the fertile fields in Hebei and Shandong have disappeared, so that there are disaster victims everywhere, and all places are waiting for relief. ”

Li Gang wanted to say: "If the official family's Long Live Mountain is stopped, won't there be money?" But Li Gang also knew that Long Live Mountain was Zhao Ji's reverse scales, and whoever mentioned it was unlucky, so after hesitating for a while, Li Gang said: "Li Yan can actually defeat half of Goryeo, and his strength cannot be underestimated. ”

"Humph!"

Zhao Ji snorted and said: "Don't consider the facts, discuss the government and politics indiscriminately, and supervise the taxation of Shaxian County, Nanjian Prefecture." ”

Although Zhao Ji is mediocre, he still has a point against his own family background, how can it be possible to go on an expedition now, isn't this nonsense with his eyes closed!

What's more, Zhao Ji, who already has a tendency in his heart, doesn't want to hear Li Gang's remarks!

Therefore, the unlucky Li Gang was kicked to the remote Nanjian Prefecture to manage taxes.

Zhao Ji's move immediately made the "smart" courtiers find the direction of the wind.

Wang Hao immediately came out of the queue and said: "The official family, the behavior of Li Yan is not like the anti-thief behavior, although he has also fought the state capital and county, but he has withdrawn from those states and counties after looting, and has not occupied an inch of land in our Great Song Dynasty, but went to Goryeo to expand the territory, and I heard that Li Yan fought ' In addition, although he laid down half of the land of Goryeo, but he did not call himself the king, but called himself the governor of the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, which was created by the Tang Dynasty to manage the land of Goryeo, and our Great Song Dynasty was the orthodoxy of the Central Plains Dynasty, and it was the continuation of the Tang Dynasty。 ”

Wang Hao's words made Zhao Jilong's face happy!

Seeing this, Cai You said: "Wang Shangshu is good, I think that Tianhu, since he occupied the land of Weisheng, his ambitions have been increasing, and now he has occupied forty-two counties in four states, and that Wang Qing, after defeating Fangzhou, he also laid down five military states of Zinanfeng, Jingnan, Shannan, Yun'an, and Ande, which is like Li Yan, who does not occupy an inch of our Great Song Dynasty." ”

I don't know if I don't compare, in this comparison, everyone found that Li Yan really looks like a loyal and good general.

At the same time, Zhao Ji heard that Tian Hu and Wang Qing had reached such a point, and his face suddenly sank, and said, "Why is this Tian Hu and Wang Qing gaining momentum more and more?" ”

How dare everyone say that the officers and soldiers are not trained because of the lack of food, the soldiers and generals are not afraid of the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers, when they hear the thieves, the generals are cowardly, the sergeants are weak, and the thieves are many powerful, they are all killed with their lives, how dare the officers and soldiers be hostile to them, the bold ones will run away on the spot, and the cowardly ones will kneel down and follow the thieves, so they will be made bigger and bigger by Tian Hu and Wang Qingyue.

Seeing that no one answered him, Zhao Ji pointed to Tong Guan's name and said, "Tong Aiqing, what do you say?" ”

The army of the Northern Song Dynasty was divided into three parts: the forbidden army, the box army and the township soldiers, of which the combat effectiveness of the box army and the township soldiers was almost negligible, and the forbidden army was the main force in the army.

The forbidden army is also divided into three parts - the Hebei Forbidden Army, the Northwest Forbidden Army and the Central Forbidden Army, as for the southern routes, all the forbidden armies together, their number is not as good as any of the above three parts.

Originally, the strongest was the Central Forbidden Army, but because it had not fought for too long, and Zhao Ji and other princes and nobles regarded it as skilled craftsmen, it slowly weakened, and now it is not much stronger than the Xiang Army and the Township Army.

Later, the strongest was the Hebei Forbidden Army, and the Hebei Forbidden Army did not show weakness when it fought against the Liao cavalry on the Hebei Plain, which was not in danger, and it was definitely a strong force.

Pity!

The Tanyuan Alliance was signed, Liao and Song reached a collegiate agreement, and the two sides maintained peace for more than a hundred years, so that the Hebei Forbidden Army gradually weakened, and many armies were not only scattered, but also mainly engaged in business, and lost their original combat power.

With the rise of Western Xia, the Western Army was slowly strengthened, and many troops were transferred from the Hebei Daimyo Mansion and the Bianliang Forbidden Army to garrison Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the current Western Army was slowly formed.

This is also the only force that the Great Song Dynasty can fight now.

And this army is now under the leadership of Tong Guan.

As soon as he heard Zhao Ji's tone, Tong Guan knew that Zhao Ji was really angry this time, so he said: "Now that Liaojin is talking about peace, the only one who is worried about is Xixia, even so, if the official family has an order, the Western Army can also draw out 40,000 people who dare to fight, plus some forbidden army, Xiang army and township soldiers, to make up the number of 100,000, and the minister is determined to level Tian Hu and Wang Qing Erkou for the official family." ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "It's still Tong Aiqing who can share my worries!" ”

Tong Guan said: "This is the duty of a minister...... It's just that when the army is pulled, it is necessary to make up for the previous arrears, and the officials are asked to be considerate. ”

"This ......"

As soon as he heard that he wanted money, Zhao Ji immediately stopped talking.

As a last resort, Zhao Ji could only go to see Wang Huang.

Wang Hao saw a bitter face, and said: "Now the river, Huai, Jing, Zhejiang, and Zizi are all flooded, and the Yellow River is even more broken because of the flood, and the fertile land in Hebei and Shandong is gone, so that there are victims everywhere, and all places are waiting for relief, this year's finance is only half of it, and it has been spent, and even the surplus of the previous years has now been spent, and there is only 1.22 million guan in the account of the household department, and Weichen really has no money to pay the more than 10 million guan of military salaries of the Western Army. ”

How can you fight a war without money?

Everyone was silent.

Seeing this, don't mention how troublesome Zhao Ji is.

This is the reason why Zhao Ji is reluctant to come to the court, there are troubles everywhere, how can there be meditation, chanting poems or practicing the magic of color yin and yang?

At the critical moment, Cai Jing stood up and said: "It's better to do this this year, wait for next year's finances to come up, and then look for an opportunity to suppress thieves, then Tian Hu and Wang Qing are just two clowns who jump off the beam, so they don't have to be afraid." ”

Cai Jingjing, who has been the prime minister for more than ten years, said that Tian Hu and Wang Qing are not to be afraid, and Na Tian Hu and Wang Qingding are not to be afraid.

Zhao Ji's heart was relieved, and then said, "Then how should Li Yan be treated?" ”

Cai Jing knew that Li Yan was a hundred times more difficult to deal with than Tian Hu and Wang Qing, but he knew that Zhao Ji didn't want to hear such words, so he didn't say anything.

Cai Jing didn't say anything, someone made a sound.

Who?

Cai Jing's good son Cai You.

Cai You, who was eager to show himself, rushed ahead of Wang Hao and said: "Official, Weichen thinks that when someone is sent to reprimand Li Yan for forcibly occupying the territory of Goryeo, a vassal state of our Great Song Dynasty, Li Yan will definitely take the initiative to surrender...... Wechen is willing to go to Goryeo! ”

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