Tonight, Zhao Dezhao set up a sumptuous banquet in Guangwei Restaurant, and Wu Lingqing and Shang Haobin were completely drunk. Mother's hearty.

"I wish our days in the Great Song Dynasty are getting better and better, dry ......" Shang Haobin had already drunk a lot of meat and vegetables, and he was dizzy for a while, and he couldn't distinguish the person opposite, the wine glass in his hand fell down all of a sudden, but fortunately it was borrowed by Zhao Dezhao, who was quick-eyed.

Although Zhao Dezhao and Wu Lingqing drank a lot, the two of them were still very sober, and the two shook their heads and laughed.

By midnight, Wu Lingqing had already returned to his house in the city, and Shang Haobin had not yet solved the problem in the place where he lived in Kaifeng, so he and Zhao Dezhao took a four-wheeled carriage back to the Wei Palace.

It's almost time, as soon as he saw the carriage and horses of the King of Wei returning to the house, Zhang Pengpeng impatiently walked out of the door of the Wei Palace, and saw Zhang Pengpeng coming, Zhao Dezhao immediately ordered the little guy to carry him back to the West Wing, and Zhang Pengpeng also went to the West Wing.

Zhao Dezhao smiled bitterly, this Shang Haobin's alcohol volume is surprisingly poor. Although he drank a lot of wine, he only felt a little dizzy, and he went back to his room under the guidance of Xiao Guizi.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Dezhao was just about to blow out the lamp and go to bed, when suddenly a figure passed by the window, and a movement made the drowsy Zhao Dezhao wake up suddenly, and he immediately got out of bed and walked to the window.

It turned out to be a carrier pigeon, and it was I who made a fuss. Zhao Dezhao immediately grabbed the pigeon, took off the letter and removed the fire paint, and immediately read it.

This is a letter from the north, and the "eight" character seal on the fire paint represents the old eight of the Northern Han Dynasty and Jinyang, and Changchun Hall is set up in a different way in each place.

Kaifeng is "Nine", but since Uncle Nine stepped down, he handed over the seal to his righteous son.

The old Bahu Kangxi in Jinyang City is also the person under his father-in-law, he has a lot of dynamics from the (Northern) Han Dynasty, under the operation of Changchun Hall, the dignitaries and gentry in Jinyang City have also installed some secret agents of Changchun Hall.

This time, the eighth man wrote to say: Liu Jun has recently been sick; The fight between the righteous son Liu Jien and the righteous son Liu Jiyuan is also in full swing in secret; Changchun Hall handed over a letter to Prime Minister Guo Wuwei, and the next thing to see Guo Wuwei's reaction was, as for the other old eight, there was no mention in the letter this time.

In history, the Great Song Dynasty destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty was a protracted war, and although the Han Dynasty in the northeast of Hebei was weak, but its location was indeed strategically located in Hedong, when the Great Song Dynasty was established, the Northern Han Dynasty harassed the border every year, and the Song army was in the north to attack the Northern Han Dynasty for a long time.

The immortality of the Northern Han Dynasty and the immortality of the Liao Kingdom have always been the troubles of the Great Song Dynasty, but now the situation is much better than in history, but Zhao Dezhao also knows that this must not be taken lightly.

On the issue of the Northern Han Dynasty, it was somewhat relaxed, during the reign of Liu Jun, on the issue of the Liao State, his father Liu Min's attitude towards the Liao State was different, and he did not serve the Liao State as respectfully as his father, so that the aid of the Liao State decreased in the later part of his reign.

And there are many contradictions in the Northern Han Dynasty, on the issue of heirs, Liu Jun has no heirs, his adopted sons Liu Jien and Liu Jiyuan are not outstanding heirs, and although the two sons are half-brothers, but in the face of the tempting throne, what is the blood relationship.

In the officialdom of the Northern Han Dynasty, Guo Wuwei is a complete pro-Song faction, he is a chess piece planted by his father Zhao Kuangyin in the Northern Han Dynasty, at an important moment, he will also plan for the Great Song Dynasty, although Guo Wuwei was killed by Liu Jiyuan in history, but now Changchun Hall can secretly guarantee his safety.

According to historical development, Liu Jun will die of illness next year, and then there will be a small chaos in the Northern Han Dynasty, and the new lord Liu Jien was killed by Hou Barong, and then Guo Wuwei killed Hou Barong and supported Liu Jiyuan as the emperor.

On the issue of Liao, Zhao Dezhao's current use is to support the forces of other ethnic groups in Liao, compete with the Khitans of Liao, and keep Liao in civil strife.

Whether to attack the Liao State first, or the Northern Han Dynasty, this is a question.

However, Zhao Dezhao believes that attacking the Northern Han is the first priority now, if the Great Song Dynasty attacks the Northern Han, whether the Liao State will help each other and how much it will benefit, but Zhao Dezhao also vaguely guessed that the Liao State will not help much, because at the moment the Liao State is also too busy to take care of itself, and it is lucky for the Northern Han to be able to contribute a certain amount of troops to help; And the Liao State, as long as it is allowed to mess up and consume its national strength, all depends on the efforts of those generations such as Wukubu and Goryeo.

As for other aspects, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty and the merchants of Fanbang also entered the territory of the Liao State, and engaged in some profit-making activities of selling low and selling high, and shoddy, and some slaves in the Liao State were also sold to various places through sea ships, and now the shadow of these Liao slaves can be seen in Liuzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and the Champa region and the country.

The salt and iron of the Liao State were not developed, and in order to completely cut off the foundation of the Liao State, some secret agents under the Changchun Hall turned into merchants, and their purpose was to completely collapse the domestic economy of Liao.

Changchun Tang has its own sphere of influence in Shangjing, Liaodong, Youdu and other places, they befriend local officials, gentry, they can not only speak Chinese, but also Khitan, Jurchen, Goryeo and other languages, and they are moving between the various ethnic groups, taking root in these forces, expanding the power of Changchun Tang.

In a country, the economy is the foundation. If the economy collapses, no matter how strong the country is, it will die. History proves all this, and the Liao State was the first target of the Great Song Dynasty.

After reading the letter, Zhao Dezhao immediately wrote a book, fed the pigeons some food, sent the pigeons away, and then blew the lamp and went to bed.

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At the same time, in the Funing Palace, the candle flame was still lit, and there was a sound of knocking on the back one after another, only to hear Zhang Dejun, the head of the inner chamberlain, pinching and beating the back of Zhao Kuangyin, who had just finished reviewing the performance.

At the bottom, there were two officials in official robes, the two of them stood up straight, looking at Zhao Kuangyin in front of them, and were reporting some news from the north to Zhao Kuangyin.

The two officials belonged to the Privy Council, one of them was in charge of the military affairs of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the other was in charge of the military affairs of the Liao State.

The official in charge of the Northern Han Dynasty was the man dressed in merchant clothes who appeared in Guo Wuwei's mansion that night, and now he had just finished handing Zhao Kuangyin's letter to Guo Wuwei, and conveying Guo Wuwei's letter and promise to Zhao Kuangyin.

"I met Brother Guo in my early years, and I am relieved of this." After listening to the official's introduction, Zhao Kuangyin read Guo Wuwei's letter again, and he continued, "However, the secret agent sent by the staff pavilion wants to ensure Guo Xianggong's safety in Jinyang. ”

The official's name was Zhou Quan, he was very young, and he looked less than thirty, and he asked: "Don't worry, the official family, we will naturally protect Guo Xianggong." However, when does the official family plan to attack Han? ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "I already know a little about Jinyang now, that Liu Jun is seriously ill for more than a day, and his two adopted sons, you should also be secretly close to them, and put some people in them." As for the timing, I think that after discussing this year, we may be able to play next year, and we will need the cooperation of Jinyang City at that time. ”

Zhou Quandao: "Yes, official." ”

On the other hand, there is an official in charge of the military secrets in Liao, his name is Li Xin, he is ten years older than Zhou Quan, he looks calm, respectful and respectful, when Zhao Kuangyin asked, he talked eloquently: "Back to Your Majesty, in the Khitan country today, there are rebellions of large and small tribes such as the Wuku Department in the north, and Goryeo invades Liaodong, Dandong and other places in the east. ”

When Li Xin said this, he didn't have a happy expression, and his face was tense throughout the whole process, because it was a matter of a big country, Li Xin and his other subordinates in the Privy Council had carefully discussed all the military affairs between the Liao State, and they thought that the Liao State was a piece of meat that was difficult to gnaw, and the Great Song Dynasty would not be able to fight against the Liao overnight in the future, and it would be very difficult to recover the sixteen states in front of the mountain and behind the mountain.

If this situation continues, Li Xin feels that it is somewhat difficult to attack Liao, but in the past two or three years, the Wuku Department and the rest of the large and small tribes in the Liao State seem to have suddenly risen for a while, and then fought against the Khitans.

But now Li Xin thinks that it is also a choice for the Liao State to slowly plan for it, Li Xin is not like other corrupt Confucians, and thinks that it is noble not to attack other clans.

It is really a big joke to stop because of the war and close the country and call yourself the Celestial Empire, and then let others submit to this Celestial Empire, in front of the Khitans, the weaker you are, the more you will be bullied, and you yourself become stronger, so that others will stop.

Zhou Quan turned his head, he listened to Li Xin's words, and said to Zhao Kuangyin: "Official, what Li Xin said is, but now although the Khitan power has weakened a lot, the camel that can be killed is bigger than the horse, and a self-satisfied person will often be damaged in his own heart. ”

Zhao Kuangyin praised: "Torture, this word is used well, for the people of Kaifeng, the Khitan people are still the nightmare in their hearts, when Yelu Deguang entered Kaifeng, in Kaifeng wantonly burned and looted, the people suffered, Kaifeng was full of mourning, and the surviving people were also separated from their wives and families, this hatred, the people of Kaifeng will not forget for generations. The immortality of the Northern Han Dynasty and the immortality of the Liao Kingdom are all a disease of my Great Song Dynasty and a disease of my heart. ”

Li Xin arched his hand and said: "What Your Majesty said is that if the imperial court recruits soldiers to go to war, the families of these people will also try their best to let their family members go to the war, and the people of the older generation still have this hatred, and the separated flesh and blood were also taken to the north by the Khitans, where they took root, they may choose to forget on the surface, but in the bottom of their hearts they will still remember some suffering." ”

Zhou Quandao: "The Liaohan issue is the key to my Great Song Dynasty in the future, and now that Jiangnan is stable, the Great Song Dynasty will target the north." ”

Zhao Kuangyin saw that it was late, he was a little sleepy, and Zhou Quan and Li Xin below also stood for a long time, and he said: "What you said is right, tomorrow I will summon the Privy Council courtiers into the palace to discuss military affairs." It's not early today, so let's go back first. ”

"Your Majesty takes her leave."

After the two left, Zhao Kuangyin said: "Zhang Daguan, come up with the water for washing your feet." ”