Lu Dafang very much agreed with Fan Chunren's point of view, and muttered, "According to this, the key to using troops in the west is not the use of troops themselves, but the first way to think of countermeasures to deal with the north, and only by using troops can we have no worries." ”

Speaking of this, the three of them fell silent, and Yang Huairen knew that when it came to real national affairs, he didn't have any decent ideas.

To start a war against the Western Xia, unless the Western Xia can be defeated in one fell swoop by means of a blitzkrieg, it is impossible for the Great Liao to allow the Great Song Dynasty to destroy the current balance in the first place.

But thinking about it, this is almost impossible to do, in ancient times, it was not as good as later generations, preparing for a large-scale war, it took a long-term preparation process, and there was any change in the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was impossible for the huge number of Khitans in Tokyo to not be aware of it.

And when it comes to the real fight, it is even more impossible to fight quickly, although the Western Xia lost a battle last year, but it cannot be judged because of this accidental event that the military strength of the Western Xia has declined, and it has reached the point where it is inferior to the Great Song Dynasty.

In terms of the number of troops, the Western Xia may not have an advantage, but in other aspects, such as combat experience, geographical advantages and other factors, the Song army fighting across borders will definitely be at a disadvantage, and it is impossible to end the battle in a short period of time.

As the two ministers said, if you want to hit the military strength of the Western Xia hard, you have to use the power of the whole country to do it, and this process must be quite long.

If that's the case, how can Da Liao be left unattended and ignored for so long?

Yang Huairen couldn't think of a specific idea, but he thought of the key to the matter, and he spoke, "If you want Da Liao not to intervene with troops, it seems to the boy, unless Da Liao has no time to take care of this matter at all, and Da Liao has no time to take care of it, unless there is internal strife within them." ”

Fan Chunren cast an approving look at Yang Huairen, "Well, that's right." If a country has constant internal and external troubles, what heart does it have to take care of other people's affairs? ”

Lu Dafang stood up, walked to the window, and looked into the distance with his hands behind his back, "For the Liao State, they do not pose a great threat to them, but throughout the history of the Liao State, their internal worries are still quite frequent. ”

Yang Huairen doesn't know much about the history of Liao, but from Lu Dafang's words, he also understands the meaning.

All the Han states and regimes in the Central Plains in Chinese history, almost without exception, were threatened by nomads from the north, and throughout the history of ancient Chinese warfare, it is almost a historical process of fighting against these northern nomads.

However, if you think about it carefully, although the Central Plains has been harassed by the northern nomads for thousands of years, and the wars have never stopped, except for the last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, which was the Manchu regime, there is no other dynasty in which the northern ethnic minorities can rule the Central Plains stably.

The Yuan Dynasty was relatively short, and the rule of the Yuan Dynasty was really not stable, they were busy expanding their territory, and the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River were only a temporary calm under strong pressure, and the large-scale resistance of the Han people continued throughout the Yuan Dynasty and never stopped.

The rule of the Qing Dynasty was actually almost copied from the system of the Ming Dynasty, from the early high pressure to Huairou, and later a series of Manchu and Han integration, and the policy of vigorously promoting the development of Han culture made their entire rule over the Central Plains relatively stable.

From this point of view, the biggest problem of these ethnic minorities in the north in establishing a state is that they have not established a centralized state system and do not have a profound cultural heritage, which is the reason why they have not succeeded.

From the early Yidi, to the later Xiongnu, Turkic, and then to the Khitan in the Northern Song Dynasty, the countries they established did not actually have a perfect state system.

It's more about a powerful tribe, ruling over a group of other relatively weak tribes, the state system is relatively simple, and that tribe is stronger, whoever is the ruler.

Therefore, the countries under this system, on the surface, their warriors are brave and strong, but in fact, the stability of this power is quite fragile, and it is easy to gain and easy to lose.

Therefore, while they are constantly invading and threatening the Central Plains to the south, they are also quite chaotic internally, and the struggle has never stopped.

Let's just say that the current Liao State, now because there is a strong emperor like Yelu Hongji, the Great Liao court and all the ministries in the country are safe, but the invisible places are the same turbulent clouds, and there are more people who secretly covet power.

If Yelu Hongji is gone, what will the political situation in Liao be like? Yelu Hongji has no children alive, and only one grandson can inherit the throne, but when the time comes, the lord Shaoguo doubts whether the young Yelu Jun can control many forces, it is really not good.

Yang Huairen suddenly felt that this might be the internal weakness of the Liao State, as long as he grasped this weakness, he might be able to drag the Liao State and let them have internal strife, so that they had no time to take care of the war between Song and Xia.

Yang Huairen thought of this, and suddenly said to himself, "I may not be enough to do big things, but if I make trouble for others, I have a little experience." ”

When Fan Lu heard him say this, he seemed to immediately understand the meaning of this sentence, and Fan Chunren said, "Oh? I don't know what the trick of the little minister is there? ”

Yang Huairen was called "Little Xianggong" by him again, and he only smiled bitterly, "I haven't come up with a specific idea yet, but if you do bad things, the kid still has some experience." ”

Lu Dafang suddenly opened his mouth and praised, "There is knowledge and righteousness, the luck of the country and the people." ”

Yang Huairen was stunned by his brainless compliment, and said in his heart that he was worthy of being an old man, and he praised his buddy so well, buddy was embarrassed.

But what happened next was a bit unexpected for Yang Huairen, Lu Dafang suddenly walked to the desk, personally laid out the paper and ink, picked up the pen and began to write something.

Yang Huairen was a little puzzled, walked over and looked at it, and almost dropped his jaw, Lu Dafang was writing a note for Zhao Xu.

The content above is roughly a detailed account of his officialdom life, and uses his political experience to advise the officials to work hard, and other scenes, it seems that an old minister is saying goodbye to the emperor.

But later in writing, the conversation changed and discussed several major events of the imperial government, emphasizing that if the official family made up their minds to start a war against the Western Xia, the Central Plains would be relatively empty at that time, and they must beware of the threat of the Liao State.

Finally, he gave advice to the official family, and mentioned Yang Huairen by name, to the effect that the main force of the Song army would participate in the war against the Western Xia at that time, and at the same time, it was said that Yang Huairen recommended himself to lead a small number of elite forbidden troops to secretly Chen Bing's northern border, and ordered Yang Huairen to send an envoy to the Liao State, waiting for an opportunity to make trouble for the Liao State, so as to drag the Liao State from interfering in the Song and Xia Wars.