But he said that in Tokyo, after Cai Jing recovered, just because he was old at the moment and his old eyes were dim, he even needed his youngest son to help deal with the acting government affairs. It was when discussing how to send troops to attack Liao, Cai Jing didn't think of this plan to kill people with a knife for a while, but it was only after Tong Guan's letter that Cai Jing and his party woke up.

A few years after the opening of Liangshan, both soldiers and horses, money and grain were very rich, compared with the Xia State before the self-reliance, and it was a problem for the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty to think that they were confidants. Tong Guan proposed at this moment to order the Shandong Road army and horses to send troops to attack Liao, which was ill-intentioned, hoping that the Liangshan army and horses would fight with the Liao army, and it would be best to lose both, even if they couldn't, they could also let Liangshan lose some soldiers and horses.

It was Cai Jing and his party who obeyed Tong Guan's plan, and the court turned to support Su Yuanjing, advocating that Shandong Road should first send troops to the north, and the Jiangnan Tong Guan army swept the remnants of Fang La, and after resting for ten months, they would go north.

So, after Su Yuanjing received the decree of the imperial court, he rushed to Jeju Mansion in Shandong Province to deliver the decree in the starry night, but he didn't want to get there and pounced, and Zhang Shuye, who received Su Yuanjing, said that Hu Sanniang had led the army to the sea to Yanjing.

Hearing that Hu Sanniang personally led the army to the north, Su Yuanjing was surprised and delighted, happy that the will of the court has not yet been made, this Sanniang has a keen eye, has thought of the northern expedition in advance, there is a mistake, what is surprising is that Sanniang sent troops without authorization, and did not put the law of the court in his eyes at all, you must know that before the will of the imperial court, Liao is still a country of the alliance, she is so north, and she is not afraid of causing the two countries to go to war?

Seeing Su Yuanjing's surprise and uncertain look, Uncle Zhang was busy asking the reason at night, Su Yuanjing sighed and said: "Ji Zhong (Uncle Zhang's night table), you know, when Zhao'an Liangshan and Shandong were opened, it was the old man who made it happen, that is, looking at these three ladies, she was loyal and filial, and she would not oppose the court again after Zhao'an, but now she has opened the town for several years, opening up wasteland, economy and industry, recruiting troops and buying horses, and her ambition is not small." You said that if she was full-fledged in the future, she really rebelled against the court and did that thing without a king and a father, then wouldn't I become a sinner in the court? ”

After hearing this, Uncle Zhang said: "I have been worried about this matter before, after she opened the town, she made great efforts to recruit troops and horses, but I personally talked to her about this matter, she said that there are only three reasons for the whole army to prepare for war, one of which is because of the traitorous ministers such as Cai Jing and Tong Guan in the middle of the court, after the opening of Shandong Road, the army and the people live and work in peace and contentment, she is only afraid that there are those traitors in the Shandong Road, if there are no military horses on Shandong Road, I am afraid that the traitors of the court will start to cut the heart of the domain, and raise troops to conscript, her soldiers and horses are the weapons to protect the soldiers and civilians of Shandong. The second is that the destruction of Liao by the northern Jin State has become a foregone conclusion, and Song Jin has not made peace before, she is only afraid that the Jin army will go south in the future, so the Shandong Road army and horses are also prepared to guard against the Jin army. In the end, she also said bluntly, just because all the old departments in Liangshan were born in military horses, and they were all generals with troops, how could these generals be placed without soldiers and horses? ”

After Su Yuanjing pondered for a moment, he raised his head and asked, "Ji Zhong, do you believe this?" Uncle Zhang smiled bitterly: "I naturally don't believe it, her three reasons are very far-fetched, and later she got the son of heaven, and she made a big splash, regardless of the military and civilians in this Shandong Road, now they only know that she has a star destiny, and they don't know that there is a Great Song Dynasty." ”

Su Yuanjing was flustered, and hurriedly said: "If she is really against her and becomes the second Xia Kingdom, what can she do?" Zhang Shuye sighed and said: "But she has made an oath on many occasions, saying that she has been recruited by the imperial court, unless the imperial court betrays her, otherwise she will not take the initiative to stand on her own, she has sworn in front of the military and the people, I don't think she is like a person who actively rebelled against the imperial court, but I am only afraid that under the persecution of the traitors in the court in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not be as self-reliant as Xia Guo." ”

Su Yuanjing took the case and said: "Ji Zhong, you are here, you must stabilize the three ladies, and I will have my own way to deal with the court, and I will definitely not be able to teach Shandong Road to become the second Xia Kingdom." Uncle Zhang answered at night, and Su Yuanjing asked again: "Then why did she send troops north this time without the will of the imperial court?" ”

Uncle Zhang said: "Grace Xiang doesn't know, in the past three years, there are many businessmen on Shandong Road to the north and the Liao people trade market, so Yanjing stayed the most businessmen, this trip Yanshan Liao general Guo Yaoshi suddenly lowered the gold, the Jin army drove south, many businessmen did not return to the south, trapped in Yanjing City, the news came, the three ladies will be sent north to meet the merchants to the south, she sent troops to save the merchants on the Shandong Road, not to go to the Liao army or the Jin army as enemies. The third lady once said that it is the military and civilians under her rule, no matter who it is, it is her responsibility. ”

Su Yuanjing's eyes widened when he heard this, and he was stunned for a long time, before he sighed and said: "She is worthy of being a heroine of both loyalty and righteousness, and she is so righteous that even ordinary businessmen and people refuse to give up, no wonder the military horses on Shandong Road only know her but don't know that there is a court." ”

Zhang Shuye also sighed: "Exactly, in terms of treating the people, the court is not as good as hers." The two were relatively speechless for a moment, and Su Yuanjing said: "In this case, can Ji Zhong help me, I will also go north to announce the decree in front of her army, but I am afraid that she will not know about the Song and Jin alliance, and she will fight with the Jin army on impulse." ”

Uncle Zhang immediately agreed, and then found Lu Junyi, who stayed behind, Su Yuanjing announced the will of the imperial court to the generals who stayed in Shandong, and said that he would go to the army to personally announce the decree to the three ladies, Lu Junyi immediately agreed, and sent military horses to escort Su Yuanjing to the Laizhou Military Port, and arranged for the navy to send several ships to escort Su Yuanjing to the mouth of the Gu River. Haicheng arrived at the open sea in a few days, and Su Yuanjing immediately got on the Liqing to see Sanniang.

Yang Tinghe arrived in the inner cabin, and saw that Sanniang, Gongsun Sheng and others were receiving a minister of the imperial court, and after seeing each other, they introduced each other, only to know that it was Su Taiwei who recruited An Liangshan at the beginning, Yang Tinghe had also heard of Su Taiwei's gentlemanly demeanor, but he was also extremely respectful.

After continuing, Sanniang asked, "Didn't General Yang take the soldiers and civilians out of the city?" What's going on now? Yang Tinghe hurriedly told the situation, and finally scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "Just because the Liao Emperor begged bitterly, the soldiers and civilians in the city all begged, asking us to take their children and families away for resettlement, and the last general was soft-hearted, so he brought many people out, and the last general did not dare to bring more, they were all begged before they were brought back, Rao is so, there are more than 28,000 people out of the city, several times more than expected." ”

Su Yuanjing sighed when he heard this: "Since ancient times, the people who have suffered are the people, and most of the people in this Yanjing City are still my Han people, only because Shi Jingjiao shamelessly sacrificed the sixteen states of Yanyun back then, they have become the people of Liao, and now they can save one more one, so it's good." ”

Gongsun Sheng frowned and said: "Su Taiwei is a benevolent and righteous gentleman, but I don't know that so many people have come, but I am afraid that our sea ships will not be able to accommodate those many people, and how much food is needed to settle these people?" Su Yuanjing sighed, but he didn't expect this layer.

After Sanniang pondered for a while, she ignored Yang Tinghe, and asked Su Yuanjing instead: "The right talent and grace have already declared the will of the imperial court, and according to the meaning of the imperial court, is to ask my Shandong Road military horses to send troops to the north first?" ”

Su Yuanjing said: "Exactly, now the army under the command of Tong Shumi is in the south of the Yangtze River, after sweeping the head and tail, it still needs to rest for ten months, and it will take two or three months to go north, and the northern soldiers and horses of the imperial court have no army to adjust except for guarding against Xiqiang, Xia Guo, and Tubo, so there is only Sanniangzi who still has a soldier and horse available here. ”

Sanniang hummed and said: "In this case, then our military horses will not leave first, they will all stay here, vacate the sea ships here, and ship the people of Yanjing." Gongsun Sheng said: "This is exactly what kills two birds with one stone." ”

Then Sanniang said: "General Yang went back to give an order, and Marshal Teach Lin to open up a part of the camp and come out, first settle the people from Yanjing, and then there are military and civilian people from Yanjing, no matter how many, take them out and settle them together, and we will arrange sea ships here to transport them back and forth, and they will all be taken back to Shandong Road." ”

Yang Tinghe was overjoyed and took the order, Su Yuanjing arched his hand and said: "It is worthy of being the third lady of benevolence and righteousness, and the old man admires it." Sanniang said a few polite words, and arranged for the cabin to invite Su Yuanjing to rest first, and then arrange a wine banquet for hospitality. Su Yuanjing said a few polite words, and went down to freshen up and change clothes first.

After Su Yuanjing left, Gongsun Sheng frowned and said: "Lord, if you come like this, I will have to spend a lot of money and grain on Shandong Road, and once Yanjing is allowed to accept the people out of the city, I am afraid that no less than 100,000 soldiers and civilians will leave the city and come." ”

Sanniang smiled faintly and said: "Dao Chief, this world is in turmoil, and when there is a lot of war in Liaodi, the Central Plains will only be in flames in the future, and in this world, population will be the first priority in the future." As the saying goes, agriculture is unstable, and there is no business and no wealth, but everything is built on the abundance of the population, and without the population, there will be no agricultural business, let alone a source of soldiers. Over the years, our Shandong Road has sheltered many people who fled from the south of the Yangtze River, so that the place can be rich. Now that my Shandong Road is widespread, hundreds of thousands of people can be fed, and the people of the north can accommodate more of the past, which is harmless. What's more, after I did this benevolent and righteous thing in Yanjing, I can spread the name of benevolence and righteousness of our army, and I can gather the population and enrich my place, why not? ”

Gongsun Sheng muttered: "The lord thinks more far-reaching, if we take in more refugees from the north this time, our reputation will definitely spread far and wide in the north, and the future Northern Expedition will definitely be a response." Moreover, most of the women who went south from the north to the south were women and children, and the women who went south could marry the men we had there, and the children would grow up to be labor and military power, which was a way to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Sanniang said with a smile: "And our first general Ma stayed here, which can be regarded as respecting the will of the imperial court." Gongsun Sheng frowned and said: "But this imperial court has bad intentions, it seems that it wants to teach our army to fight with the Liao army first, and after Tong Guan comes, he can pick peaches, one to weaken us, and the other is to weaken the Liao people first, if the court urges us to send troops to attack the Liao people, what should we do?" (To be continued.) )