When he returned to Qingfeng Ju, he had just made half a pot of tea, and Zhao Liangsi's scholar came in a hurry, saying that Zhao Liangsi wanted to see him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Liangsi was not in the living room, but in the study.

When Qin Hao came in, he was burying his head in sorting out some messy manuscripts.

Zhao Liangsi and Qin Hao seem to have the same habit, that is, when they are in a bad mood, they like to tidy up some things, and when they tidy up those messy things, their mood will become happier.

Therefore, when the scholar led Qin Hao to the study and was about to report to Zhao Lianghei, he was stopped by Qin Hao's silent action, and the scholar did not stay in it for a long time, tiptoed out of the study, and gently closed the door.

After the scholar left, Zhao Liangsi slowly raised his head, glanced at Qin Hao casually, and simply said hello to him, still burying his head in sorting out his manuscript.

Qin Hao only nodded lightly, in response, and did not speak, but came to the right side of the desk, where there was a coffee table with chairs on both sides.

The tea on the coffee table was cold, and Zhao Liangsi cleaned up his things inside, and did not let his subordinates change the tea until Zhao Liangsi cleaned up the desk, which allowed the scholar to come in from the new and replace the tea with a new one.

Qin Hao sat on the right, Zhao Liangsi sat on the left, he could see that his mood was heavy, his face was very solemn, and after silently drinking a cup of tea, he sighed softly and said: "We finally signed the credentials, but I didn't expect ......"

"Alas......" Speaking of this, Zhao Liangsi sighed heavily, "But I didn't expect that the Songjiang thieves had just subsided, and the Fang La thieves had rioted in Qingxi, killing Cai Zun and Yan Tan, the soldiers and horses, and conquering Hangzhou all the way." ”

Zhao Liangsi's mind has been recovering Youzhou in order to fulfill his great idea, seeing that Song Jin was about to send troops, but he didn't expect to kill Fang La halfway and completely break the deployment of the imperial court.

Qin Hao did not answer Zhao Liangsi's exclamation immediately, because he knew that Zhao Liangsi's words were not finished, and it was obviously impolite to interrupt others in the middle of the conversation, let alone interrupt the speech of a court official like Zhao Liangsi.

The previous words are just Zhao Liangsi's opening remarks, and the next is his focus, "Now that the official family is being disturbed by Fang La, the bedroom is uneasy, and he seems to be interested in recovering Youzhou, I don't know what Brother Qin thinks about this matter?" ”

As a person of later generations, Qin Hao certainly knew that the Fangla Uprising, although the impact on the Song Dynasty was not fatal, but it seriously affected the Northern Expedition later, whether it was Fangla in the south or Youzhou in the Northern Expedition, it was the Western Army that the Song Dynasty was the most capable of fighting at that time.

From the northwest to the south of the Yangtze River, and then from the south of the Yangtze River to Youzhou, it was this kind of indiscriminate use of troops by the high-level of the imperial court that crippled the field troops that had once been the generals of the Yang family, the Folding Army, and the Seed Army, and finally folded their wings and disappeared into the long river of history.

After pondering for a long time, Qin Hao slowly raised his head, his eyes were particularly clear and resolute, and he took a deep breath and said: "There is no turning back from the bow, since we have signed a joint alliance with the Jin State, we cannot be allowed to retreat." ”

"Not really!" Zhao Liangsi took Qin Hao's words, "When we negotiated with the Jin State, we had already interrupted the New Year's currency of the Liao State, which was equivalent to cutting off our own retreat, and if we broke the trust of the Jin State again, we would inevitably be attacked." ”

After listening to Zhao Liangsi's words, Qin Hao's mood also became heavy, "The current Liao State is about to collapse, and the iron hooves of the Jin State are like a broken bamboo, if the Jin State is allowed to seize Youzhou first, it will definitely pose a great threat to the safety of our Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Liangsi sighed heavily, "The question you are talking about is an issue of controversy in the imperial court, and it is precisely because the official family is worried that the Jin State will seize Youzhou first, so they are anxious to sign a contract with the Jin State, but the current situation is that our Great Song Dynasty has no troops available." ”

These words came out of Zhao Liangsi's mouth, and Qin Hao really didn't believe his ears.

You must know that when he was discussing politics in Penglai Pavilion, Zhao Liangsi was full of confidence, and he swore that the Great Song Dynasty had millions of soldiers and a population of hundreds of millions, and that Kaifeng City alone was enough to crush the entire Dajin Kingdom.

How long has it been since you have become so timid?

In fact, it is no wonder that Zhao Liangsi, since he returned from Yandi, has long been shocked by the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty he saw is the treasure Tianhua, the fire tree and silver flower, the people's living and working in peace and contentment, and the song and dance of officialdom.

The prosperity on the surface has long covered his eyes, so that he only sees the lush branches and leaves of the Great Song Dynasty, but he has never seen that the roots of the Great Song Dynasty have long been rotten, and this towering tree has long been free from wind and rain.

It wasn't until Fang La of Qingxi rose up, shouted the slogan of Zhu Zhu Mian, and led a group of peasants with hoes and flat burdens in their hands, and actually beat the kings of the Great Song Dynasty to retreat, and in just a few months, they gathered millions and even went down to 58 states.

This result was completely unexpected, he grew up in Yandi, and he knew the combat power of the Liao State, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty could not even deal with these untrained peasants, so what could they use to fight against the Liao State, which was dominated by cavalry?

Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that even the official family that has always supported the recovery of Youzhou began to waver, you must know that although his idea is great, the will of the official family directly determines his success or failure.

Ping Yance was the first to be advocated by him, and there were originally a group of ministers in the imperial court who strongly opposed it, such as Zheng Juzhong, and those who were small and low, such as Hong Sicheng, if there was a mistake in the process of recovering Youzhou, what the consequences would be, he couldn't imagine.

He has always compared Ping Yance with Longzhong in the Three Kingdoms, and Qin Hao said when he first met him that Cheng Ye Longzhong was right, and defeat was also Longzhong's right, but he didn't think so at the time, but now looking at the attitude of the official family, Zhao Liangsi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind him.

Qin Hao looked at Zhao Liangsi, who was pale and drenched in cold sweat, and had to admire his wisdom, the biggest characteristic of this person is that he can see the big from the small, and can deduce the big trend from small events.

Before Wanyan Aguta had no intention of rebelling, he saw from the harm of the silver angels of the Liao State to the Jurchen people that the past was promising, and proposed that the Great Song Dynasty should help the Jurchens fight against the Liao State.

Now that he saw the weakness of the Great Song Dynasty from Fang La's riots, and at the same time felt his own crisis, at this time, he finally understood why Qin Hao said in Penglai Pavilion that the Great Song Dynasty was a swollen fat man.

At this time, he finally understood why Qin Hao wanted to talk about the Three Kingdoms in Penglai Pavilion, why he instigated Lai Balai to rob and kill him, befriending himself is one aspect, and the most important thing is to remind himself, and at the same time, he is also reminding Wang Shizhong.

It is indeed a great diplomatic strategy to have a long-distance close attack, but a long-distance close attack must be backed by strength, Zhao Liangsi looked at Qin Hao, and suddenly remembered what he said in Penglai Pavilion.

It is clear that the Great Song Dynasty lacked such strength.