"What about Wang Qing and Tian Hu?"

Chao Gai shook his head and said, "The two of them haven't moved yet, but maybe the news has just been passed back." After you left, you dragged the messengers of the two of them for two more days before you made your attitude clear to them. It's only five days now, and the news is passed back, and they have made a decision, and it will take a while to spread to the front line. I don't want you to defeat the Liao State so quickly, it seems that you are going to let Di Bao go all out to promote the fight against Western Xia. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "What my father said is that we have always taken the righteousness into account, and if they want to attack my Daliang, they must also consider the hearts of the people in the world." ”

Chao Gai thought for a moment and said, "You said that we can ask them to send troops together to resist Western Xia, if they refuse, they will lose the hearts of the people even more; If they agree, they can also take some of the stress off your shoulders. ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "By no means, if they don't agree, it's fine, if they agree, they go to the front line to plot against us, or take the opportunity to grab territory in the Yongxing Army and Qinfeng Road, we have to beware of them instead, and we can't use our troops with all our might." Or if they have casualties on the battlefield, and it is difficult to say afterwards that we deliberately depleted their forces. ”

Chao Gai also hated these intrigues the most, nodded and said: "What you said is also that you must not have the heart of harming others, and you must not have the heart of preventing people." It's just that the Western Xia sent 400,000 troops, and Weizhou has 50,000 of our soldiers and horses, 50,000 of the old breed of Jingluo, 100,000 of the Western armies of all routes, plus the 40,000 people you reinforced, it is only 240,000, I am afraid it will be a little difficult to repel the Western Xia. ”

Chao Yong said: "Although we have a little less soldiers and horses, we have black powder, and it is not difficult to repel Western Xia." I am afraid that Wang Qing and Tian Hu will make trouble in the back, and we will easily defeat the Liao State, and if we achieve some results in the northwest, Wang Qing and Tian Hu will definitely be afraid that our Great Liang will sweep them away with a great victory and dominate the world. At that time, I am afraid that they will risk the condemnation of the world and directly cut off our food supply, or send troops to disturb us. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "Your worries are not unreasonable, there is no shortage of grain and grass in Tokyo, so we will let the navy send more grain and grass to Qinfeng Road while they haven't torn their faces yet." Then you don't have to worry about the food being cut off. ”

Chao Yong said: "Well, if the grain and grass are continuous, the army's heart will not be chaotic, and it will be easy to sweep away the ugliness." I'm afraid that Wang Qing and Tian Hu will use the excuse to send troops to help us fight against Western Xia to seize territory, or plot against us behind our backs. If they really want to send troops, my father must not agree to them. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "I know, but with the vision of Wang Qing and Tian Hu, most of them will take the opportunity to snatch the state capital of the Central Plains, and they should not look so far." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "The two of them are naturally short-sighted, but I'm afraid that there are masters under them." By the way, where are the two soldiers and horses attacking Gyeonggi and Jingdong now? ”

Chao Gai said: "Jingdong is the place where we started our army, plus half of Jingdong has been laid down before, Luan Tingyu and Qin Ming have already laid down all the state capitals of Jingdong. In fact, there was no battle, Zhao Ji's holy decree and our army went hand in hand, and all the state capitals were looking down on the wind. They have already been ordered to be a teacher, but there are not many rogues in Jingdong, so they can return. Hu Yanzhuo and Shi Wengong encountered some resistance along the way, but there was gunpowder to break through the city, and both of them had the courage of ten thousand people, but they also captured the Gyeonggi area, but there were many defeated soldiers and rogues in the territory, and it would take some time for them to sweep it away. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "What about the situation in Jiangnan?" ”

Chao Gai frowned and said: "Tong Guan's eunuch invited Zhao Ziyan, the sixth grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, to be the emperor, and said that there was a prophecy back then, 'Taizu should have the world again'." Spread the word to the world, we are making chaos in the world, but we are just returning the throne to the descendants of Taizu, and when they rectify their troops and horses, they can send troops north to destroy us. Many state capitals sent messages of allegiance to the Southern Song Dynasty emperors. ”

Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, died mysteriously, and Zhao Kuangyin's two sons were adults, and they should have been passed on to their sons. But in the end, it was his younger brother Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi who succeeded to the throne, and for a while, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

Zhao Guangyi said that it was the mother of the two, Empress Dowager Du, in view of the lesson that Zhou Shizong lost the country because of his infancy, and made a "golden alliance" with Zhao Kuangyin before her death, so that Zhao Kuangyin passed on the throne to him, the purpose of which was to consolidate and develop the Zhao and Song dynasties. But this covenant is unknown to no one, and it is full of loopholes.

Although Zhao Kuangyin is older than Zhao Guangyi, it is difficult to say that Zhao Kuangyin will die before Zhao Guangyi. Moreover, when Zhao Kuangyin died, his son Zhao Dezhao was already twenty-six years old, and he could not be said to be a young son. Even if Empress Dowager Du and Zhao Kuangyin really have an agreement, there will inevitably be a time agreement, and it is impossible for Zhao Kuangyin's son to pass on the throne to Zhao Guangyi no matter how old he is.

In addition, Zhao Kuangyin made Zhao Dezhao successively serve as the defense envoy of Guizhou, Xingyuan Yin, Shannan Xidao Jiedu envoy, inspector Taifu, Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi and other official positions, so that Zhao Dezhao was familiar with the affairs of the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty, obviously cultivating him as a future emperor.

Coupled with the rumors of "candle shadow axe" in the palace, many people think that Zhao Guangyi killed his brother and usurped the throne. Si Tianjian Miao Chang was ordered to observe the stars, and he said the prophecy that "there should be a world after Taizu".

Zhao Guangyi finally snatched his brother's world, how could he return the world to his brother's descendants again. But Si Tianjian represents God and is very influential among the subjects of the world.

Zhao Guangyi was afraid that someone would use astronomy to talk about things and shake his rule.

In the second year of his succession, he ordered all prefectures and counties to escort Xi astronomical scholars to the capital, and if there were "those who concealed and did not report, they would be killed", and a total of several hundred people were escorted to the capital before and after.

Song Taizong's statement is to assess the astronomical knowledge of these people, and those who really master the scientific astronomical knowledge, that is, those who can "test and calculate" the eclipse, lunar eclipse, eight knots, and twenty-four qi through observation data can stay, while those who use astrology to fill up the number are stabbed on the island.

But another saying is that "those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die", feeling that Song Taizong's succession was legitimate, he stayed in the court as an official, and did not want to be his wing.

The second argument is obviously more reliable than the first, otherwise if it is just an assessment, even if the assessment fails, they can be forbidden to talk about things with astronomy, so as not to stab it.

Zhao Guangyi later forced Zhao Kuangyin's son Zhao Dezhao to death, and Zhao Kuangyin's other son, Zhao Defang, also died suddenly two years later, at the age of 23.

Zhao Guangyi's other brother, Zhao Tingmei, was repeatedly belittled in the name of rebellion, and finally died of depression.

In this way, according to the "Golden Kui Alliance", Zhao Guangyi has no one to pass on, because his younger brother and Zhao Kuangyin's son are dead, so Zhao Guangyi passed the throne to his son.

The names of Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Tingmei were originally Zhao Kuangyi and Zhao Kuangmei, but after Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, the brothers wanted to avoid their brother's ridicule, so they changed it to Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Guangmei. After Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, Zhao Guangmei wanted to avoid Zhao Guangyi's words, and changed it to Zhao Tingmei.

Zhao Tingmei is also a poor person, in order to avoid secrecy, the name was changed again and again, but in the end, because of Zhao Guangyi's fabricated "Golden Kui Alliance", he was named a rebel and died depressed.

The strange arrival of the Jinkui Alliance, coupled with the fact that Zhao Kuangyin and his two sons also died strangely, and Zhao Guangyi's father died and his son succeeded, in fact, there are still many people who despise it.

In history, the Northern Song Dynasty perished, and after the only son of Song Gaozong Zhao Gou died, there were no more children.

There are rumors among the people that after Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin conquered the world, the descendants could not inherit the world, so they brought Jin soldiers to retaliate. Many courtiers in the court also suggested that Song Gaozong choose a descendant to be the crown prince in the line of Song Taizu, and he was also a descendant of Taizu.

Song Gaozong is the son of Song Huizong, and his other brothers have been taken captive by the Jin people, and there are no relatives close to him. So he also found the descendants of Song Taizu to be the prince and block the mouth of the world.

This led to the later Song Renzong, who was the son of Zhao Ziyan and the seventh grandson of Song Taizu.

Therefore, Tong Guan took out the descendants of Taizu to talk about things, but it was very marketable and attracted some people to take refuge. In addition, many state capitals in the Song Dynasty were corrupt officials to gain power, and if they took refuge in the Great Liang, they might even have to be headed, but they could still increase their officials and enter the knighthood if they took refuge in the new dynasty. Therefore, after Tong Guan issued a message, there were many state capitals that were loyal to him.

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Tong Guan's previous extermination of Fang La was all due to the bravery of the Western Army, and now that the Western Army has arrived at Qinfeng Road, after I fight back the Western Xia with them, the Western Army will inevitably be loyal to my Daliang." If Tong Guan loses the Western Army, he will occupy the entire Jiangnan, so why be afraid. When the retainers repelled the Western Xia and wiped out Tian Hu and Wang Qing, they could lead their troops south and wipe out the remnants of the Song Dynasty. As long as the eunuch does not jump into the sea, the retainer will definitely be able to catch him. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "Okay, with you leading my Daliang army, I believe it won't be long before this world will be my Chao family." Wu Yong also thought of a plan, and we also caught some descendants of Song Taizu, including Zhao Zisong, who is also the sixth grandson of Song Taizu, and the same generation of Zhao Ziyan who was supported by Tong Guan, is a Jinshi of Chongning for five years, and was previously Zongzheng Shaoqing, in charge of imperial affairs, and has some prestige in the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Wu Yong suggested that this person be sent to Jiangnan and hijack him to establish another Southern Song Dynasty court to divide Jiangnan, so as not to prevent Tong Guan from sitting on the throne. ”

Chao Yongqi said: "What is this person's surname?" ”

Chao Gai frowned and said: "This person's surname is a bit strong, and he is both civil and military, I'm afraid it's not easy to control, so I hesitated." ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "Since this person is not easy to control, we don't need to support him to be the emperor, so we will let him go back to Jiangnan." Tong Guan's eunuch is in charge of the army, and he must have just made a puppet out. Let this man go back and help the emperor fight with Tong Guan. We will send all the descendants of Song Taizu back, lest the emperor be weak and become a puppet of Tong Guan. Tong Guan is in charge of the military power, and he single-handedly established the Southern Song Dynasty, and he will definitely not be willing to let go of power, and there will be infighting at that time. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said, "We don't have to do anything about this, I'll let them go south tomorrow." ”

(To be continued)