Speaking of this Shuhu Gao Qi, can be regarded as an important minister of the Dajin Kingdom, he entered the customs in the third year of Da'an (1211) the Mongolian army, the handsome army entered the guard, and was promoted to the right capital of the marshal. In the first year of Zhenyou (1213), due to the defeat of the Lian War, he was afraid that he would be killed by the powerful minister Su Shi Liezhong, so he brazenly launched a coup d'état and killed Su Shi Liezhong. Jin Xuanzong considered that he had just ascended the throne as the emperor and the domestic political situation was unstable, so he did not dare to touch him, but finally pardoned him, and in order to stabilize him for his own life, he was also promoted to the left deputy marshal, worshiped Pingzhang political affairs, appointed the national government, and promoted him to the right prime minister of Shangshu this year.

And Jin Xuanzong's grace to Shuhu Gao Qi made Shuhu Gao Qi also deeply grateful, since Jin Xuanzong ascended the throne, he also did his best, this time the Mongolian army risked some things to Bianjing City, he knew that Jin Xuanzong was frightened by this, and he must be worried about this matter, so he used his brain and pondered about this matter.

When he heard that Shuhu Gao Qi asked to see him, although Jin Xuanzong was in a bad mood, he still summoned him.

"Aiqing came to see me today, but is there anything important?" Jin Xuanzong sat on the dragon seat, looked down at the Shuhu Gao Qi standing below, for this guy, Jin Xuanzong is still quite satisfied at the moment, at least this guy is very respectful to him, then he should be the emperor of Dajin, otherwise, he will not let him be this Shangshu Youcheng, the prime minister of the Jin country.

Shuhu Gao Qi replied to the high-ranking Jin Xuanzong very respectfully: "The minister is grateful for the fatigue of the saint for many days, and he has been thinking about the future of the Dajin kingdom these days, presumably the saint must be worried about the affairs of the Mongolian army now!" The minister dared to offer a plan to the saint, but he could ensure that the country of Dajin would not be trapped by the Mongolian army for a short time! ”

It was really dozing and someone gave him a pillow, Jin Xuanzong was upset about this matter, and heard that Shuhu Gao Qi had a way to solve his problem, so he immediately came to his senses, leaned out from behind the dragon case, and hurriedly asked Shuhu Gao Qi: "What is Aiqing's plan, hurry up and say it!" ”

Shuhu Gao Qi saw Jin Xuanzong's virtue, and knew that his treasure was pressed right today, although he was now in such a high position as Shangshu Youcheng, but he was deprived of the military power of the Privy Council, it is good to be an official, but it is more practical to have military power in his hands, so he came up with this method!

"Initiation of the Holy Spirit, please forgive Weichen for speaking bluntly! Now that the north of Dajin is hopeless, and the civil unrest in Shandong is frequent, the situation is very dangerous for Dajin now, and if it continues like this for a long time, the future of Dajin is worrying! Shuhu Gao Qi bowed down and said to Jin Xuanzong.

This is all nonsense, Jin Xuanzong himself doesn't feel that he is a fool, and he also knows these things that Shuhu Gao Qi said, so he said impatiently: "Hurry up and talk about your methods, I naturally know these things!" If you have anything to say, don't beat around the bush! ”

"Wechen obeys! Then Weichen dared to say it! Now if the Holy Lord wants to break this predicament, it is not impossible, now the territory of my Dajin Kingdom is getting less and less, once the Mongols go south, such a plain area is a good battlefield where the Mongolian iron cavalry can crisscross wantonly, and after our Dajin Kingdom retreats from Zhongdu to Bianliang, there is no danger to defend in the north, which led to the Mongolian army driving straight into this time, and almost approached Bianjing!

This is precisely because our country's territory is becoming smaller and narrower, if the Holy Lord wants to revive the prestige of our Dajin country, we must expand the territory, strive to win more territory, and form a situation where we can attack and retreat and defend, so that the Dajin country can worry about the future! Shuhu Gao Qi bowed and replied.

Jin Xuanzong's brows furrowed, Shuhu Gao Qi's words seem to sound some truth, now the Dajin Kingdom has lost many territories in the north and has been compressed in the Central Plains, the last time he was able to move the capital from the capital to Bianliang City, but the situation is not solid, when the Dajin Kingdom destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, don't look at the Northern Song Dynasty was beaten by them and lost a large area of territory north of Jianghuai, but people can still run to the south of Jianghuai, rebuild the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty in the south, and continue to survive, But if Genghis Khan's army hits Bianjing again, where can he run?

Shandong? No way! There has long been a rebellion by the rebels and can't stay, Shanxi? No, it's too close to the Western Xia Kingdom, and the Mongols can't stay in Shanxi if they charge! Shaanxi? Don't even think about it, now the Western Xia Kingdom is thinking about that place!

If you think about it carefully, there is really nowhere to run, is it just to watch Genghis Khan destroy Dajin? Jin Xuanzong didn't dare to think about it, but this is also the world that his ancestors fought with a knife and a shot, and he lost almost half of it, could it be that the Great Jin Kingdom really died in his hands?

But to expand the territory, where is the thing that can be done in one sentence! And Jin Xuanzong didn't understand what the Shuhu Gao Qi was referring to expand the territory, which place was it, could it be ......?

"Go on! What direction should we go to expand our territory? Jin Xuanzong said to Shuhu Gao Qi.

"Yes! Your Majesty! Weichen thought that if the Holy Shang wanted to have a place to retreat, the Southern Song Dynasty was a good choice, as long as the Holy Shang sent troops and took the Jianghuai area and the Sichuan Land, he could completely rely on these places and give the Mongols a go, without worrying that the Mongols would be so arrogant, coming and going freely in the territory of my Dajin country, and when the time came, it would be completely offensive and defensible, and he would no longer have to worry about it! What's more, Jiangnan is under the management of the Song people, rich in the world, as long as Jiangnan is taken, how can it still be the same as now, the country is so empty, and there will never be a situation where it will be overstretched at every turn! Shuhu Gao Qi bowed again and replied.

Jin Xuanzong was taken aback by the words of Shuhu Gaoqi, and his heart immediately came alive, Shuhu Gaoqi sketched a very beautiful scene for him, the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty is something that everyone in the world can see, and now after his Dajin Kingdom has been defeated in successive battles, the territory has lost a five, five, six, six, and six, it can be said that the poor are already clanging, if it is really as Shuhu Gao Qi said, if you can take Jiangnan and other places, at least you don't have to be so ugly to be poor, and you reach out every day to think about the people extorting money, in that case, There will be no civil unrest everywhere, and it may be possible to revive the national prestige of Dajin at that time!

It's just that although Shuhu Gao Qi's proposal is very tempting, Jin Xuanzong was not immediately confused, and still raised his question: "Attack the Southern Song Dynasty?" Do we have the strength to attack the Southern Song Dynasty now? ”

Shuhu Gao Qi shook his head and said, "Why can't you?" Shengshang, don't look down on the Song people in the south, look back at the war history of the Song and Jin countries, when did the Great Song Dynasty get a little cheap against our Dajin country? The Song people are weak and the world knows that in the past, didn't our Dajin Kingdom repeatedly beat the Song people to the ground?

What's more, since the last time the Emperor Nanren listened to Han Yanxuan's advice and brazenly launched the Kaixi Northern Expedition against our country, but was beaten by our country and lost his armor and fled back to Jiangnan, the Song army lost a large number of elite soldiers, and it is no longer the opponent of the elite soldiers of our Dajin country!

Although our Dajin Kingdom can't defeat the Mongolian army now, but to deal with the Song army that was broken by us, it should still be a matter of being captured, and now is the time when the Song people are the weakest, as long as the saint is determined, he will be able to take the Jiangnan of the Great Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, and within the territory of the Dajin country, the world will naturally come up and sit on it at that time! Why can't you reinvigorate the prestige of my Dajin country? ”

After listening to the obscene discussion of the Shuhu Gao Qi, Jin Xuanzong suddenly felt that his chest suddenly opened up a lot, and felt that Gao Qi was right, the Southern Song Dynasty was indeed weak and pitiful, and the last time the Kaixi Northern Expedition was launched violently, and the Song army from all walks of life attacked one after another, but the result was that it was not taken away from the Jin country at all, and all of them were beaten to the ground, and fled back to the south of the Jianghuai River, and even Huaibei and other places were lost to the Jin country.

And that's not all, after the Jin army won, they didn't put much pressure on the Southern Song Dynasty, and they were in a mess over there, and the result was that even their power minister, Han Yanxuan, was ambushed by their current power minister Shi Miyuan, cut off his head and sent it to Dajin to apologize, and had to make a collegial agreement for the Song people to lose power and humiliate the country.

Since you want to pinch persimmons, you naturally have to pick up soft ones first, and now look around, Genghis Khan of Mongolia must be an iron persimmon, he doesn't come to pinch himself, he wants to get some more cheap from him, Jin Xuanzong can't even think of it!

Xixia is not a soft persimmon, because he sent troops to attack Xixia, and he has been fighting for almost half a year, and the result is that he has lost his troops and lost his generals, and he has not taken advantage of it at all, even if it is a persimmon, it is also a green persimmon that cannot be pinched!

So only the soft persimmon of Song Ningzong of the Song State can be pinched by him, and the last time the Song people were defeated by the Jin State, it is still vivid, if it was not for the lack of troops at the beginning, maybe it would really go straight to the south of the Yangtze River and destroy the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty!

Thinking of this, Jin Xuanzong couldn't help but shake his tiger body, Wang Ba's anger suddenly came out, and his heart began to move, this thought was like a balloon, and it began to swell violently when it was blown so gently by the magic tiger Gao Qi.

Jin Xuanzong had such a total in his heart, just during this time, the Mongolian army withdrew from Tongguan, and the righteous army in Shandong and other places happened to be beaten by the flower hat army of Fusan Anzhen, and the war against Western Xia in the west did not go well, but there was no big problem, but for the time being, the Jin army turned to the defensive again, just to concentrate his forces to clean up the weak and small country of the Southern Song Dynasty, if it goes well, maybe this time he can really complete the great cause that his ancestors have not been able to complete for hundreds of years, Completely destroy the Zhao family!

So Jin Xuanzong began to secretly make up his mind, and immediately summoned the courtiers to the court and began to discuss the matter of going south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.

As a result, Shuhu Gaoqi's proposal immediately attracted strong opposition from Xu Ding and other courtiers, and these courtiers understood better than Shuhu Gaoqi that the current situation in Dajin advised Jin Xuanzong not to do such a thing to find death.

And in particular, Xu Ding, the person who opposed it was the most fierce, and he objected: "Qi Shengshang, now we must not raise swords against the Southern Dynasty again, at present, our Dajin Kingdom is surrounded by strong enemies, and the national strength is weakening day by day, how can we use troops against the Southern Dynasty so hastily?"

The Southern Dynasty has been operating in Jiangnan for hundreds of years, and it has long been deep-rooted, and when we thought about how strong our Dajin Kingdom was, it could not be destroyed, let alone now?

Although the Song people are weak, they are by no means what we can swallow now, and they are clinging to the Jianghuai natural danger, our soldiers have been fighting for many years, and they have long been exhausted.

In the opinion of Wei Chen, not only can we not attack the Southern Dynasty now, but we should also form a good alliance with the Southern Dynasty and unite the Southern Dynasty to jointly resist the barbarian Mongol army, which is the best policy! Only in this way can the Dajin Kingdom be able to worry about the future and deal with the Mongol army with all its might, and hope that the saint will think twice before acting! ”

Jin Xuanzong didn't expect that this matter would attract the opposition of so many courtiers, and he was very unhappy in his heart, so he glanced at Gao Qi, the Shuhu standing on the other side below.

Shuhu Gao Qi immediately stood up and refuted Xu Ding and said: "Zuo Cheng (Xu Ding has the same status as him, and is the Shangshu Zuo Cheng of the Jin Kingdom at this time) This is different, the Southern Dynasty has been the enemy of my Dajin for generations, and a few years ago, he blatantly sent troops to attack my Dajin Kingdom, how can he be on good terms with my Dajin Kingdom?" Not to mention that they will form an alliance with us against the Mongols! It's a fool's dream!

You must know that the Nanren have always been weak, how can they be the opponent of the Xiong soldiers of our Dajin Kingdom? Now the new defeat of the Southern Dynasty is not long ago, the previous elite in our country in the first war lost, it is a good time for our Dajin Kingdom to start, and the Southern Dynasty has always had no faith at all, the first two years saw that we were busy dealing with the Mongols, so they blatantly stopped giving our country's New Year's coins, if they are not punished, do you have to wait for their wings to plump up again, to attack us?

As you said, after years of war in our country, now financial difficulties, if we lose the supply of the Southern Dynasty's New Year's currency, it will be even more sad, now we can only take advantage of the unpreparedness of the southerners, teach them a hard lesson, as long as we garrison the rich Jiangnan area, naturally no longer have to fear the southern invasion of the Mongol army, but we can defend the Jianghuai natural danger, advance can attack and retreat, how can it be so embarrassed as now?

And it is also a fact that there is a lack of food and salary in the army at present, but it is precisely because of this that we should use troops against the Southern Dynasties as soon as possible, and the army will eat, even if we can't attack the hinterland of the southern part of the Yangtze River, we only need to defeat it, and the southern people are as timid as rats, so they naturally dare not disobey our Dajin Country again, and they will automatically make up the annual currency owed to our country for several years, and will also compensate for the loss of our Dajin country, which can just enrich our Dajin treasury!

Zuo Cheng is so afraid of the Southern Dynasty, is it because he has received the benefits of the Southern People? In the end, Shuhu Gao Qi even started a personal attack, and Xu Ding received the benefits of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Xu Dingqi's hands and feet were cold, his lips trembled, and he pointed at the Shuhu Gao Qi who didn't know what to scold him, and finally only said: "Gao Qi, you are forcing my Dajin Kingdom into a desperate situation!" You...... What are you...... You're a misguide! ”

Listening to the quarrel between the two factions of Shuhu Gao Qi and Xu Ding below, Jin Xuanzong became impatient, how long will this quarrel last! So he waved his hand and said: "Let's discuss it here for the time being, retreat from the dynasty, and think about it again when I am ready!" As soon as the words fell, he turned around and went back to the harem with a wave of his big sleeves.

And this kind of controversy is still going on in the Jin Dynasty, the argument between the two sides has not stopped, and the trouble is inextricable, even the people have gradually learned about this matter, and the people are talking about it, and they don't know what to do!

Not to mention how the Jin country is making trouble, just talking about Gao Huaiyuan on the side of Daye County, it is impossible for him to know the situation in the Jin country, seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, after adding some new winter clothes for the young men in Zhuangzi and the servants in the two houses, he began to think about whether to go back to Shaoxing.

Although he didn't like the Gao family in Shaoxing at all, and he didn't have any good feelings about the family there, he was still Gao Jian's son in name, and this time Gao Jian was very satisfied after receiving the harvest sent by Gao Huaiyuan, and once again mentioned that he wanted Gao Huaiyuan to go back to Shaoxing to celebrate the New Year together and reunite.

In this way, if Gao Huaiyuan will not go, it is indispensable to make Gao Jian unhappy, and it will not sound good to be accused of being unfilial, and he can stay here in Daye County now, and develop safely and steadily, he has also been influenced by Gao Jian to a certain extent, and now he has no reason to turn his face with Gao Jian.

What's more, he can't miss home and don't want to go back to Shaoxing, but Huang Yan and Zhou Hao don't necessarily miss home, the two of them have been out with him for more than a year, it stands to reason that they should also go back to visit their families, if they don't go, these two goods will definitely not bring up the matter of going back, so it is reasonable that this Spring Festival, he will go back to Shaoxing.

After Gao Huaiyuan thought about this matter clearly, he called Huang Yan and Zhou Hao, and proposed to go back to Shaoxing for the New Year, and the two of them were overjoyed, the two of them were actually a little homesick, but because Gao Huaiyuan did not mention the matter of returning to Shaoxing, the two of them never raised it, and now that Gao Huaiyuan has brought it up, they will naturally not object.

Now that the idea has been decided, calculate the time, it is already the month of the month, and the various things on the side of Crouching Tiger Village are basically going smoothly, and the expansion project in the backyard has been more than half completed, but some craftsmen have begun to propose to go home for the New Year, as the owner, Gao Huaiyuan naturally can't ask people to stay and continue to work, so part of the project has begun to stop.

The road to the mountain is also progressing gradually, and if he wants to open up the road to the copper mine for a while, it is far from enough for him to rely on his manpower, so Gao Huaiyuan simply stopped the logging and road construction, and continued after the spring of the next year.

Therefore, after he made some arrangements, he handed over the affairs of the old man Daye to Xue Yan and Zhou Yi to take care of, and the affairs of Crouching Tiger Village were handed over to Zhou Jun, Jia Qi, and Jiang Peng to deal with together.