Chapter 443: The Wolf Smoke Rises Again

"Can you count on it? Anyway, let's get things figured out first. Even if the Khitans won't join forces with us, it's a good thing for us that the Jin army has one more enemy. I remember you said before, through Sichuan and Shaanxi, fight the Central Plains, and form a good party project to wait for the times to change. Your idea is that the weak will unite to resist the strong, but now you have to hand over the eyes to the party members, and people may not accept it, and we can't pull this face. If this Yelu Dashi really rebuilt the Liao Kingdom, we might as well give it a try. After all, there is a common enemy. Xu Wei said.

Ma Kuo also agreed with this, in comparison, Xia Guo and Jin Guo are now wearing the same pants, and Song and Xia have a century-old feud, and reconciliation is not something that can be done in a year or two. But the Khitans, with their hatred for the Jurchens, wanted to restore it, so that everyone would have a common language.

"If that's the case, then be kind to the merchants of Dashi...... Ma Kuo suggested.

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Wei waving his hand: "You don't have to tell me this, and it doesn't belong to me." Go to Qinzhou and tell Xu Xuanfu yourself. ”

Ma Kuo was stunned: "What do you mean by soliciting the public?" ”

"Thou hast traveled to various nations and have seen a great deal, and thou hast dealt with Jerodashi. Who else in Shaanxi knows these ways better than you? Now Senator Xu of the Xuanfu Disposal Division is a guest in my house, and I think I will leave for Qinzhou in the next two days, so you can go with him then. Xu Wei said.

If it had been placed in the past, Ma Kuo would have been overjoyed when he heard this, and thought that it was another opportunity. It's like when he took the initiative to ask Xu Wei to help introduce Li Gang. But now, he doesn't think so, the person in front of him will definitely be more than the current realm in the future, so he responded.

The next day, Xu Liang said goodbye to Xu Wei and returned to Qinzhou, and when he heard that someone who had met with Yelu Dashi wanted to go with him, he gladly agreed.

After arriving in Qinzhou, those Khitan merchants had not yet arrived, Xu Liang reported to Xu Shao about Ma Kuo, Xu Shao was overjoyed, so he personally received him, heard him talk about the old affairs of Yelu Dashi, and suggested that the Khitan merchants should be treated well, and immediately agreed. He was ordered to stay at the pavilion and stand by. After waiting for seven or eight days, the Xuanfu Disposal Division sent someone to summon him, saying that the Khitan merchants had arrived in Qinzhou, and Xu Shao asked him to accompany him to meet him.

Originally, these businessmen were escorted to Qinzhou, and they were so worried that they didn't know whether the road ahead was dead or alive. Unexpectedly, after arriving in Qinzhou, he first had good food and drink, lived comfortably, and was accompanied by officials to walk around. After a few days of escape, the supreme military and political chief of Shaanxi personally met with him and inquired about his state affairs.

These merchants recounted in detail how Yelu Dashi led his troops westward in the first place, how he gathered the tribes of the Western Regions, defeated the Uighur king, broke the alliance of more than ten kingdoms, and established the country. After hearing the unbelievable news of the Song people, I learned that in the past six or seven years, this Khitan remnant has laid a territory of thousands of miles in the Western Regions, and the soldiers are strong and strong. Yelu Dashi has succeeded to the throne of the emperor, changed the Yuan and established the country, and is determined to restore it. During this period, the Jurchens sent troops to pursue and suppress them several times, either because of the lack of food or because of dangers, but they all returned in vain.

Xu Shao listened to Ma Kuo's suggestion and never mentioned any joint matters, let alone the Great Song Dynasty to help Jin attack Liao. Left these Khitan merchants in Qinzhou and lived for more than a month. also briefly introduced the situation of the Great Song Dynasty to the other party, of course, only what should be said is said, avoiding the important is light, and avoiding the real is false.

Later, at his request, he let them go back, and before leaving, allowed them to purchase large quantities of goods in Qinzhou, and ordered the return of their looted goods and horses. even sent officials to personally send them out of the country, which moved the Khitan people inexplicably. After sending the other party away, Xu Shaozhi thought about it again and again, and did not report the matter to Zhenjiang Xing. It's just that there is no skimming of the eight characters, and it's not too late to wait for the general eyebrows.

Soon to the end of the year, Shaanxi received the news. Hundreds of thousands of pseudo-Korean troops besieged Tokyo, Zhenjiang was shaking, and Zhao Huan wanted to send troops to rescue, after all, Tokyo is the capital. But the problem is that at the beginning, there were only more than 30,000 people in the Xijing Left-behind Division of Zhang Shuye and his son, and Chang Jie's army led by He Ji. Later, they won the Qin Feng Army and the Zhejia Army, and the total strength was only about 70,000. Stationed in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, but also taking into account Huainan, Zhejiang, and Jingxiang, it is really inadequate.

The combined forces of Kim and Han, totaling 150,000 people, besieged the city of Tokyo, but they could not take it. Gao Xiaogong saw that this road was impassable, so he stopped the attack and sent a messenger to the city, saying that it would be easy for me to withdraw the army, and bring money and food. My heart is not black, the money is 8 million yuan, the grain is 100,000 stones, and I will go back to Hebei immediately.

Du Chong, who stayed in Tokyo, was a little moved when he received this wind. If you can avoid disaster, then it is the best. But the two deputy guards of Zongze and Zhang were unanimously opposed, and generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were even more bitter. It is said that Tokyo is a symbol of the country, although the Son of Heaven went to Jiangnan, but there is only a line, and this is the capital. The soldiers had the confidence to hold the city and did not have to bend their knees to sue for peace.

Du Chong didn't listen, and said that the Son of Heaven went south and transferred all the money and food in Tokyo, how long can we hold on? Looking at it like this, the puppet Korean army just wants to make a profit, not really want to attack the city and plunder the land, it is better to fight with the other party, take a reasonable amount, and calculate it for them. As long as the city is not broken, what is the amount of money?

Zhang Suo replied with his original words, the money and grain were transferred to Jiangnan, what do you give to Gao Xiaogong? Du Chong really has a way, he first confiscated all the property of the advocates in Tokyo, that is, the so-called "splashers", which made the city of Tokyo complain, but he was as famous as he was, and turned a deaf ear.

Then, sell the official. He was left behind in Tokyo, nominally presiding over the military and political affairs of the north, and naturally had great power. A notice was issued, now that the national crisis is at hand, the left-behind department lacks money and food, and those who are willing to donate money can be awarded an official when they reach a certain number. Of course, there is only an empty title, and there is no specific ministry.

If these two policies go on, the effect will not be too great. Those who are in the leather and meat business, selling songs and appearing on stage, earn hard money, how many can there be? As for the army sales, the city of Tokyo experienced several military disasters, martial law from time to time, and the Central Plains region was destroyed. Those who do business eat their old capital, and ordinary people are also sitting on empty seats, where can they get the money to buy officials?

Du Chong was angry, and he put his heart sideways, and assigned every household to give me such a deal, which made the people of Tokyo resentful and boiling, Zong Ze, Zhang Suo and others hated itchy, but the Han army besieged the city and cut off traffic, and there was no way to sue him. So he privately instructed the army, don't listen to the soldiers of this birdman, they are also angry in their hearts, and they are naturally not willing to collect and distribute money. As a result, the money collected was only more than 1 million yuan, which was far from the amount demanded by the Korean army.

When Gao Xiaogong heard that there were only more than one million guan, he felt a total in his heart, which was too much of a loss. At this time, someone under his command gave him an idea, outside the city of Tokyo, there are many tombs of princesses and princesses of the Great Song Dynasty and dignitaries. There are a lot of funeral treasures inside, and they are all here anyway, so wouldn't it be better to dig them up for him than to ask for them from the city?

Gao Xiaogong was in the Daimyo Mansion when he dug the ancestral grave of the Xu family. He was familiar with this, and he chose more than 1,000 soldiers, known as the sand mining team, and dug hoes and pickaxes to dig people's graves. Some people even say that if you go west for a while, it is Gong County, and the mausoleum of the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty is over there, do you want to go?

It must be a mountain of gold and silver in the imperial mausoleum, Gao Xiaogong knows this very well, but he is really a little worried. To the west, it is too close to Shaanxi, and it is not a joke in case of running into the Western Army. Moreover, it is said that the area around Tongguan is the defense area of the Purple Golden Tiger, and I picked up his ancestral grave. He wants to know that I'm going, and why don't you bring people to fight with me?

Rejected this idea, and dug up the large and small grave outside the city of Tokyo. Taking advantage of the siege, he sent troops to loot the prefectures and counties near Gyeonggi, picking up some Jurchen leftovers. At the end of the fourth year of Longxing, he got 1.5 million yuan of money sent by the Tokyo Left-behind Division, and felt that he had saved face and reaped the benefits, so he dismissed the troops and returned to Hebei. At the time of the class, hundreds of vehicles were transporting the "trophies".

After the withdrawal of the Kim and Han coalition forces, the soldiers and civilians of Tokyo went out of the city only to see the tombs destroyed and full of bones. How many people's ancestors were crying by the violent corpse, and the sound of crying resounded throughout Tokyo, and Du Chong was also dumbfounded by Gao Chong's hatred, and he didn't expect that Gao Xiaogong would even be able to do such indiscriminate things to dig people's graves, which dynasty and generation are the most despicable acts

It's okay to say that the people's graves have been dug up, outside the city of Tokyo, the concubine princess, and the graves of the clan magnates have also been dug up, if Zhen Xingjiang learns about this, the official family will not be furious?

Moreover, at this time, Du Chong also noticed that Zong Ze Zhang Suo and the generals in the army were very dissatisfied with him. So he hurriedly wrote a letter to his backstage Geng Nanzhong for help. When Geng Nanzhong saw him stabbed so big, how could he dare to protect him? He replied, "Ask for your own blessings."

The more Du Chong thought about it, the more frightened he became, and finally simply let it go, taking advance as retreat, and took the initiative to ask Zhenjiang Xingzai to plead guilty, asking him to be removed from his post in Tokyo.

Sure enough, after Zhao Huan learned that the graves of the princess concubine and the clan magnates were stolen and excavated by the puppet Han army, he was furious and immediately issued an edict to dismiss Du Chong from all dispatches, and sent him back to Zhenjiang to wait for his fate. At this time, Qin Hui, the prefect of the Imperial History Terrace, instructed the following Imperial History to dig out Du Chong's old accounts, alleging that Du Chong should be investigated when he surrounded Huazhou. Why is it still possible to serve as a senior member of the department today?

Zhao Huan became more and more angry, removed Du Chongge from all positions, demoted him to Lingnan, and instructed a thorough investigation. This investigation is not tight, and it is directly found in front of Geng Nanzhong's heels. It was through his way that Du Chong was able to avoid investigation at the beginning, and recently turned into a left-behind guard in Tokyo. When Zhao Huan heard the news, he knew that it was true, because Du Chong was recommended by Geng Nanzhong.

At this time, the public opinion of the government and the opposition in Zhenjiang was unfavorable to Geng Nanzhong. The official impeached him for more than a dozen illegal things, Zhao Huan saw this, and remembered that he had been with him in the East Palace for more than ten years, and he had no merit and hard work. only dismissed the dispatch of his Shangshu left servant and the servant of the door.

Geng Nanzhong has been in the position of prime minister for many years, but he didn't expect to be knocked out of power because of Du Chong's-stirring stick. As soon as he fell, the ministers of the main battle faction in the court saw hope, and they either played or faced the king, and asked for the color to be returned. Shangshu's right servant and Zhongshu Shilang, that is, the second minister Wu Min, originally relied on Geng Nanzhong to come to power, but now the surname Geng has gone down, and he is alone. He was originally the main battle faction, but he turned to Geng Nanzhong, so naturally the main battle faction was not tolerated. The Lord and the faction also thought that he was not authentic and a wall-to-wall grass. The two ends are not people, thinking about it, so he waited to be ousted from power, so it was better to learn from Du Chong, so he wrote a letter to resign.

Zhao Huan was enraged at this time, and he was angry and agreed to Wu Min's resignation. But the prime minister and the prime minister have all stepped down, who will replace them? Some people saw the opportunity and pushed Li Gang, who had been demoted from the country, to return to power. However, Zhao Huan didn't seem to have the intention of reactivating Li Gang, and he even thought about calling back Xu Shao from Shaanxi. But considering that Xu Shao was implementing reforms in Shaanxi, Shaanxi could not do without him at this time. In the end, he looked at the people who were qualified to be prime ministers in the court, and he really didn't provoke anything, and promoted Zhao Ding to the position of counselor and governor, and temporarily acted as the right servant of Shangshu and the power of Zhongshu Shilang, leaving the phase empty.

Zhao Ding is a very serious person, although he is the acting prime minister, but as soon as he came to power, he immediately began to plan. He believes that the Jin people have invaded the south several times, and they have openly set up different surnames in Lianghe, and the heart of death is known to passers-by. Making peace with the Jurchens is no different from seeking skin with the tiger. Tough, we must be tough, he put forward a strategy, "accumulate strength to Guanlong, confront the Central Plains", that is, pin the hope of recovery on the Western Army. Attack from Shaanxi and hold on in the Central Plains.

Not only did he have this big strategy, but he also put forward many suggestions for implementing specific measures. First of all, since there is to be a confrontation in the Central Plains, the strength of the troops left behind in Tokyo must be strengthened. The central authorities should provide support in terms of policy and financial resources. A capable Tokyo guard was selected to preside over the military and political affairs of the Central Plains. Recruit troops, enrich the ranks, and train them rigorously to ensure that the south is not directly threatened by the Jin army.

In his plan, there should be 200,000 to 300,000 horse infantry troops in the Central Plains, plus more than 200,000 troops in the Western Army, as well as the Imperial Battalion Division, and it is appropriate to maintain the total strength of the country at about 600,000.

As for accumulating Guan Long, Xu Shao is already doing this. If Xu Shao succeeds, the first step should be to expel the Jin army from Shaanxi. The second step is to recover Hedong. By this period, the Central Plains region already had considerable strength, so with the cooperation of the Western Army, the decisive battle against Hebei and the great cause of recovering the homeland were completed.

This is a military situation, and at the political level, the shortcomings of the previous dynasty will continue to be eliminated, and the restrictions on military ministers will be appropriately relaxed. Make the best use of people's talents and make the best use of things. For the Jin country, we can't have any illusions, only salvation can survive, and counting on peace talks to make concessions is a bottomless pit.

His proposition was widely supported by the ministers of the main war faction of the DPRK and China. Zhao Huan used him as the acting prime minister, just for a momentary expediency, to put it mildly, it was to fill the façade, but I didn't expect him to really do it. But for his suggestions, Zhao Huan partially agreed. Especially through the Central Plains and the protection of Jiangnan, the emperor cares very much. Zhao Ding was immediately instructed to work with Yousi to pick out the new candidates for Tokyo as soon as possible in order to implement this package of plans.

This candidate is not easy to choose, first of all, he can only be a civil servant, and secondly, he must understand military affairs, at least have relevant experience. But as far as the eye can see, there are almost no such people in the DPRK. In the end, Zhao Ding set his eyes on the two deputy left-behind guards in Tokyo, Zhang Suo Zongze. Most of the relevant ministers were inclined to Zhang Suo, because he had previously served as the envoy of Hebei Zhaofu, and compared with Zong Ze, he was in the prime of life and could take on a big job.

Zhao Huan expressed his agreement and officially appointed Zhang as a stayer in Tokyo. In addition, the functions and powers of the left-behind division were clarified. It lies in the "general affairs of Shandong and Henan, the unification of the army, the training of government affairs, and all the affairs of the soldiers and the people are predetermined, except for finance." "With the promotion of Zhang, most of the officials of the left-behind department were promoted, and Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were all assigned the dispatch of the chief of soldiers and horses.

The five years of Longxing was the time when the Great Song Dynasty made every effort to reform internal affairs and vigorously fought against the horses. At the same time, it is also a time for Jin Guo to review its strategy and recognize the situation. Prior to this, the Jurchens had focused their efforts on the southern expeditions, but the Khitan remnants often distracted the Jin state. In this year, Yelu Dashi, who renewed the Liao country, attacked the Jurchens in the east, restored the old soil, slaughtered cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the sky, and sent 70,000 iron horsemen to the east to conquer the Jin country. This surprised the Jurchens, the Song Dynasty in the south has not been destroyed, and the Liao in the west has risen again, which one should be rectified first?

Unfortunately, Yelu Dashi, composed of 70,000 iron horsemen composed of warriors of various tribes in the Western Regions, died of illness in the middle of the road and had to return the same way. This false alarm made some people in the Jin Kingdom aware of the threat of the Khitan remnants. As a result, there was a call for "and Song to conquer the big stone forest teeth". Linya is a Khitan language, which translates into Chinese characters to mean "Hanlin". Yelu Dashi participated in the imperial examination in Liao, and the first place in the middle hall was awarded to Hanlin, so it was mostly called Dashi Linya.

Some Jurchen magnates suggested turning the finger at Yelu Dashi, because this fish that slipped through the net already had the ability to fight back against Dajin and was a direct threat to the Jurchens. On the other hand, the Southern Dynasty has always been on the defensive, and it has the ability to parry, but it has no power to fight back, so it can be dried first.

But this call was quickly drowned out, and the real power figures in the country were opposed. The Minister of State believes that although Yelu Dashi has re-erected the banner of Liao, its sphere of influence is far away in the Western Regions, and even if it has the heart to recover, it is not enough. It is not difficult to see from the fact that he returned from this expedition in vain. Attacking thousands of miles is not something anyone can do. On the contrary, it is the Southern Dynasty, which cannot give it a chance to breathe, and must chase and fight fiercely

The newly rising Wushu agreed with him on this matter, and also believed that the Southern Dynasty should be attacked first, and then Tuqidan. When Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty begged to buy and contracted the disease, the major military affairs were paid to a group of nobles. After discussion, this group of people intends to launch another war of aggression against the Song Dynasty this year and next year, after the Jin army has rested enough. But in the direction of the main attack, there are serious differences.

Sticky Han believes that he should concentrate all his efforts to take Shaanxi. Winning Long and looking at Shu is the way to fundamentally solve the Southern Dynasties.

Wushu, on the other hand, believes that it should be easy first and then difficult. The Western Army was the most elite unit of the Southern Dynasties, and with its geographical advantages, it was difficult to plan for a while. It is better to seize the Central Plains first, coerce Jiangnan, and isolate Shaanxi, which is a safe policy. And he always felt that sticky Han had to draw Shaanxi first, and the negative component was relatively large. His Western Route Army was blocked by the 800-mile Qinchuan River, and after repeated defeats by the Western Army, in order to seek revenge, he advocated attacking Shaanxi. As a result of the quarrel, the pro-vultures eventually prevailed. The reason is very simple, there is no oil and water in Shaanxi.

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