The Liao lord Yelu Hongji died, and the Great Song Dynasty was calm on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly preparing intensively;

The production of flintlock pistols has not increased much, and the production of flintlock pistols has not increased much, and the production of only thirty or forty pistols on the first day has only fourteen thousand, and in the past year, only fourteen thousand have been produced.

In order to avoid the crisis that might result from the heavy external and internal lightness, the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army was equipped with 7,500 troops; Quang Nam West Road was equipped with 2,500 guns;

The remaining 4,000 were equipped to Hebei and Hedong.

But in fact, the two roads were only divided into two thousand branches, which was too few, which was one of the reasons why the imperial court quickly recruited Yang Yi back. Bao Yi's fourth general was the first batch of troops equipped with flintlock pistols, and it was personally trained by Yang Yi, so it was not appropriate to stay in Lingnan at this time.

In addition, the imperial court also began to increase the hoarding of military resources and grain and grass in Hebei and Hedong, in any case, once the Liao State changed greatly due to the death of Yelu Hongji, even if it did not fully recover all the territory of the Liao State, but the Great Song Dynasty of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures was determined to win.

In the political hall, Yang Yi and Zhang Dian and others were listening to Ma Hanqing's report, Ma Hanqing was more calm than before, facing the prime minister and Shangshu who were seated, he was not in a hurry, and he was sputum: "Ten days ago, Yelu Yanxi had been enthroned in front of Yelu Hongjiling, and there was not much turbulence in the enthronement ceremony.

This move was opposed by Ye Lu Yan, the Pingzhang Shi of the Tongzhong Shu Sect, and Ye Lu Yu, the privy envoy of the Northern Yuan. Yelu Yanxi still withstood the pressure and transferred Lu Sili back to Shangjing to serve as the governor of the government.

Next. Yeluate was reappointed as the privy envoy of the Southern Yuan, and Yelu and Lu Wei, the kings of the Song Dynasty, took over the position of privy envoy of the Northern Yuan. The morale of the army was unstable, and the governor took this opportunity to break the Liao army in two ways. In one day, Yuerluo, Taizhou, and Changchun Prefecture were captured in the north of Shangjing. The soldiers are approaching Fengzhou and Lotus Silk Lake, which are less than 200 miles away from the capital.

The officials and people in Beijing were in an uproar, and the people were panicked. Yelu and Lu Hui sent 50,000 troops from Shangjing to counterattack Changzhidi and recaptured Lotus Silk Lake, but then the Bohai people in the upper reaches of the Liao River raised troops against Liao. The situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for Liao, and Shangjing is in danger. There have already been many officials who have advised them to go on a southern tour. ”

After Ma Hanqing finished speaking, he retreated to the next head and stood, waiting to ask when there was a big man sitting there and a question.

Cai Jing, the head of the household department, spoke first: "At present, Annan has just sent officials to take over the governance, the local area has not yet stabilized, and the development of Lingnan and the control of the river have consumed most of the energy of the imperial court.

Only on military words. It should not be a problem to go all out to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun, the key is that I am afraid that I will not be able to spare the energy to govern it for a while, in view of this, this official suggested that Yang Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, should be passed on. Let him come out and make some mediation first, try to ease the war between the Khitan and the Hinder Division, and buy some time for our dynasty. ”

The privy envoy Xu Jiang said: "I am afraid it is not so simple to mediate between the Khitan and the Divination Department, the long jurisdiction is eyeing Shangjing, as the so-called opportunity cannot be lost, the time will not come again, let him stop at this time, it is almost impossible, unless the Great Song Dynasty promises to provide him with assistance, and jointly flank the Khitan, it is possible to let him support the offensive." ”

Liu Qingjing, who was sitting at the top, suddenly interjected: "Then the ministers will see if my Great Song can provide some assistance to the Khitan so that it can last longer." ”

Li Qingchen said: "Although the queen mother's words are reasonable, but it is difficult for our dynasty to provide effective help to the Khitan, in terms of grain and grass materials, our dynasty did not provide less support to the Khitan, and at the beginning of the spring and the Khitan traded a large number of horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock, which itself is to open the door to the Khitan, but the material assistance can not restore the Khitan's military decline, unless our dynasty directly sends troops to help the Khitan, but this is unrealistic. ”…,

In fact, now the Liao State is far from the time when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, the Chang Jurisdiction occupies the area north of Shangjing, and the war potential of the Liao State is not large, and the north is mostly inhabited by a few tribes and nomads, and the Jurchen tribes have been in a state of bondage, and they pay tribute to the Khitan a few Haidongqing every year, and the loss of these tribes is not fatal to the Khitan.

The key is that the various factions within the Khitan are still fighting each other, and the fists cannot be clenched together externally, and Yelu Yanxi does not have enough prestige and ability to integrate internally, so that when the national disaster is at hand, the Khitan is still a mess of scattered sand.

Of course, the Great Song Dynasty did not want to see Yelu Yanxi integrate the internal factions, if that was the case, the Divination Department would definitely be defeated soon, and the Great Song Dynasty would lose the opportunity to make profits.

Now the Great Song Dynasty is indeed in a dilemma, neither does it want the Liao State to become strong, but also does not want it to fall too quickly, this balance is difficult for the Great Song Dynasty to grasp, and a group of bigwigs in the political hall can't help but feel a little difficult.

Zhang Dian looked at Yang Yi and asked, "What do you think?" ”

What can you think? It is really difficult to start from the political, military, and diplomatic aspects, and Yang Yi does not have a good way, so he thought of his old profession again.

"It's really not good, then I can only find an opportunity to get rid of one or two capable generals at the bottom of the long jurisdiction, the composition of the army at the bottom of the long jurisdiction is complicated, now he is strong, and all the small tribes are attached to him, if he loses one or two profitable generals, the long jurisdiction will control these tribes that depend on him, it will definitely become difficult, and the combat power will be greatly reduced."

For the prime minister seated, Yang Yi's proposal is indeed a different way, which seems to be light, but after thinking about it, I have to admit that it works very well.

Yang Yi turned his head and asked Ma Hanqing: "Governor Ma, is it possible to do this with the people placed by the staff pavilion in the army under the jurisdiction of the chief and push it on the Khitans?" ”

Ma Hanqing bowed and replied: "Assassinating one or two capable generals under the jurisdiction of the chief governor, this should be possible, but you have to use the most important secret of the staff pavilion, whether it can be pushed to the Khitans, this subordinate really does not dare to rashly guarantee, it has to be determined according to the actual situation over there." ”

Yang Yi bowed his head to him, turned back to Zhang Dian and said: "It is not easy for the staff placed in the staff pavilion to gain the trust of the chief jurisdiction, this chess piece was originally intended to be used in the future, but if there is really no other way, it has to be used in advance, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Duan glared at him fiercely, as if he was blaming him for why he didn't say it earlier if he had a way.

Yang Yi secretly smiled bitterly, the important secret that Ma Hanqing said should be Yang Zhi, after the fall of Western Xia, Yang Zhi led hundreds of men and horses to defect to Chang Zhidi, because of his brave combat, and often helped the chief to give advice, won the trust of the long jurisdiction;

Now that Yang Zhi himself is one of the important cadres under the Chang Jurisdiction, it is not difficult to use him to kill one or two people, but it is estimated that he will also be exposed.

Yang Yi has always wanted to bury Yang Zhi's chess piece to the end, and when the Great Song Dynasty was about to face the Divination Department, it was used to kill the Chang Zhidi, but now it is a pity that it is exposed. Although it solves the immediate urgency, it is likely that Da Song will pay a greater price in the future.

But the bigwigs present all agreed to use Yang Zhi, and Yang Yi didn't say anything, after all, the matter was settled like this, and everyone talked about it for a long time, all about the coping measures for the big changes in Liao.

By the time the evening dispersed, Yang Yi and his father-in-law went out of Xuande Gate together and went to the Su family, although Su Song's health was not bad, but after all, he was more than seventy people, and now there were many affairs in the Great Song Dynasty, and he already felt a little powerless.

As soon as he got into the carriage, he sighed: "Old, old! ”

Hearing his exclamation, Yang Yi couldn't help asking, "Father-in-law?" ”

Su Song took a long breath and said: "The old man is approaching the year of the war, he is really powerless, as the saying goes, the fallen leaves return to the roots, and the old man will return to his hometown at the end of the year. ”…,

"Father-in-law, what are you...... If you don't ask your father-in-law to send a more leisurely dispatch, you will resign if you say that you will resign, and the son-in-law is really a little caught off guard. ”

"You were caught off guard? The old man is so old, are you still caught off guard? ”

"No, no, the son-in-law means that if the father-in-law resigns and returns to his hometown, the son-in-law will not be able to listen to the teachings sooner or later."

"Don't say these flattering words, when have you listened to the old man's teachings? If you could listen to the old man's words for a sentence or two, the old man would have resigned and gone home with peace of mind, and he would have survived to this day because of you? ”

"Yes, yes, it was the son-in-law who made the father-in-law suffer, but this thirteen mother-in-law is reluctant to give up on your father-in-law, you return to your hometown this time, and the thirteen mother-in-law is afraid that she will cry into tears."

"Crying for what? The old man is not dead yet! What does she have to cry about? ”

"This ...... Father-in-law, look at what you said, isn't it reluctant for you to return to your hometown! ”

"The water spilled by the married daughter, she is already a member of your Yang family, you don't talk about these useless things, listen to the old man's words."

"Yes, please ask my father-in-law for advice." Yang Yi hurriedly lowered his head to listen.

Seeing him like this, Su Song had a thousand words, but he didn't know where to start for a while, and finally replaced it with a long sigh: "You can do it yourself!" The old man didn't bother to tell you those big truths. But there is one thing, no matter how many women you get back, you will remember that you have wronged Thirteen Niang. ”

Yang Yi immediately replied: "Father-in-law, rest assured, your second elder has taught the Thirteenth Niang to be gentle and virtuous, and being able to marry her is a blessing that Xiaomei has cultivated for several lifetimes, how can the son-in-law not hesitate to be blessed?" This...... The few women brought back, the son-in-law has already asked Thirteen Niang to send them out. ”

Su Song didn't say anything more, it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and he himself has raised more than a dozen concubines, so how can he talk about Yang Yi?

"In the future, Shide and Xiao Wu will count on you to take care of it, if they don't fight, you don't have to look at the old man's face, what should I do, my Su family can't tolerate useless people who can only drill camps!"

"Father-in-law, don't worry, these sons-in-law will take care of it."

In fact, Su Song's resignation was expected by Yang Yi, after all, at this age, he really shouldn't work hard, but Su Song's resignation really made him very reluctant.

In the past, he was with Su Song, and his opinion was easy to pass in the court, but if someone else was to be the right servant of Shangshu, I am afraid it would not be so easy. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )