Chapter 290: Clever Acquisition

The emperor urgently summoned him, and Li Jun and Zhao Ren hurried into the palace without even having lunch. Zhao Ren just participated in the small court meeting and still had a little score in his heart, considering that it might still be a matter of Goryeo, the emperor had something difficult to say in front of everyone, so he summoned himself privately. Li Jun was unprepared, he didn't know what Emperor Lu Dao was suddenly looking for him, and when he entered the palace and saw that Zhao Ren was also there, he muttered, his business and Zhao Ren did not match, how could he be summoned at the same time?

"The meal is ready for you, let's talk while we eat!" The two entered the hall and saluted, and Zhao Ta pointed to his subordinates and asked them to sit down and said.

"Your Majesty!" While talking, a waiter entered with a food box and put the meals on the table, and the two hurriedly thanked them.

"It's not an outsider, thank you for not being too troublesome, like in the past, it's not enough to eat yourself!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said impatiently.

"I don't know why Your Majesty is so anxious to call his subordinates?" The little yellow door sent hot water, Li Jun cleaned his hands and asked with a smile.

"How is Ah Shu doing now?" Zhao Ta looked up and asked.

"Your Majesty, after all, the age is not forgiving, Ah Shu had a serious illness last year, although it is no longer a big problem, but it is not as good as before!" Li Jun replied, wondering why Emperor Lu Dao suddenly asked about Ah Shu today.

"Well, he is also eighty years old, but he can't die before his wish is fulfilled now, I will grab some medicine for him, and promise to be twenty years younger immediately after taking it, and he can still get on the horse and carry the knife with the end of the face!" Zhao said with a smile.

"His Majesty's prescription must be an immortal prescription, how can it be bad for him to eat it, but I don't know what kind of medicine it is, whether his subordinates can find it!" Li Jun said with a smile. Zhao Ren on the side was confused, he had heard of the name of 'Liao Destroying Ghost' Ah Shu. I also heard that the emperor had saved him, but that's all. I didn't know the details, so I couldn't interject, and slowly ate and listened to the two of them.

"Ah Shu has been operating in western Liaoning for more than ten years, and now his strength is gradually increasing, and he has been able to stabilize his position, right?" Zhao Ta nodded to Li Jun and said while eating.

"Your Majesty, now the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms has been integrated and absorbed by Ah Shu, especially in recent years, there has been more turmoil in Jin, and many Jurchens have rebelled from the imperial court and come under it, and their strength has increased. Now he has 110,000 people. It is still organized into five departments, of which it is the largest of the Sushilie Division, and there are more than 40,000 soldiers who can fight in the tribe, and its troops account for thirty percent. Li Jun replied.

"Well, although the Ministry of the Five Nations sends people to see me every year, what is the attitude towards our court?" Zhao Ta asked again, but Li Jun glanced at Zhao Ren on the side and stopped talking, "Oh." But it doesn't hurt to say that today's events need your cooperation! ”

"Hehe, the villain is too careful, please forgive the privy envoy!" Li Jun smiled apologetically at Zhao Ren and said. He abides by the rules of the 'underground' line, and the Intelligence Department is only responsible to the emperor alone, without the emperor's approval. Naturally, he won't say more than half a word, even if the other party is an important minister of the DPRK. The emperor's henchmen will not be an exception, even when he is the prime minister, he will eat closed-door soup.

"Lord Li is polite. You are the duty, but the young general is abrupt! Zhao Ren hurriedly replied. He knew that Li Jun was the head of the Intelligence Department, and his actions had always been low-key, and even many important ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee only knew his name and did not meet him. Although they have intersected since the period of Beifu, they have no deep friendship and maintain their independence, but Zhao Renzhi said that his official position was under him, but the emperor's reliance on him was not under him.

"Returning to His Majesty, Ah Shu knew that his ability to have today's situation was all due to His Majesty, and he did not dare to forget it, and the people in the clan also regarded His Majesty as a benefactor. He said several times that the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms would always be grateful for the grace of His Majesty, but he was driven to never refuse, and was willing to assist His Majesty to destroy the gold and return to the Song Dynasty! Li Jun said.

"Well, Ah Shu also sent several letters to attach, but I refused because the time was not ripe!" Zhao Ta nodded and agreed with Li Jun's statement.

"Yes, every year, His Majesty assists him with millions of food, weapons, and materials, and buys them at a high price, so that they can maintain the current situation, if they don't have the heart to repay their kindness, they really become white-eyed wolves!" Li Jun said with a smile.

"Well, what about our people?" Zhao Ta took a sip of soup and asked.

"Your Majesty, they respected the emperor's order to stay in the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms, took the Jurchen name, married a wife and had children over there, and lurked there, from the appearance of the Jurchens, and some of them were reused, some of them have achieved the high position of the commander of ten thousand years, and there are many people in the commander and centurion, they are waiting for His Majesty to summon him, as long as you give an order, they will respond from it!" Li Jun said, but he was still cautious, with reservations in his words, and did not say the number of people and their names.

"These people are all unsung heroes of the Great Song Dynasty, you must treat them well!" Zhao Ta nodded.

"The subordinates have thanked His Majesty on their behalf, and they will truthfully convey the holy will to them!" Li Jun got up and saluted.

"Wangfu, warm the food for them, just talk, the food is cold!" Zhao Ta saw that the food of the two of them had only moved a little, and it was already cold, and he didn't have enough to eat......

The two thanked them, they couldn't let the emperor wait for them to eat in a hurry and go to the apse to discuss the matter, just now the emperor asked about Ah Shu for a long time, and neither of them understood what it was for. Zhao Ren is even more of a question mark, the emperor has been operating under the nose of the Jurchens for more than ten years, and he has laid down such a strange army, even he knows very little, but now he doesn't know what the purpose is when he says it in front of him? But he was also amazed by the emperor's foresight, not only could they provide first-hand information for the Great Song Dynasty and harass the enemy's rear, but once a decisive battle was launched against the Jin State, with such a friendly army behind the enemy's back, victory could be a little more certain.

"The war in Goryeo is about to break out, but in order to preserve its strength, it does not hesitate to use two states to threaten my Great Song Dynasty, they think that in such a situation, we have to accept this dumb loss, but I want to tell them that there is no such cheap thing in the world!" Zhao Ta stood still in front of the long table, and said to the two henchmen straight to the point, first expressing his attitude, and they were confused and guessing.

"What does Your Majesty mean by being determined to occupy Bao and Yuan Prefectures?" Zhao Ren immediately understood that no matter what the outcome of the court meeting was, the emperor of these two places was occupied.

"Yes, but now that the two countries are fighting the enemy together, they can't surface the conflict, since they are playing with us, then they don't have to be rude, and we don't have to be benevolent and righteous with him!" Zhao Tan sneered.

"Your Majesty's intention is to use Ah Shu's hand to do this, and to treat others in the way of others!" Li Jun's eyes rolled twice, and he knew what Ah Shu meant.

"Well, you see, Goryeo thinks that we only occupy two states and can't gain a foothold for a long time without their support, so we have nothing to fear, but if we take this triangle on the south bank of the Yalu River and north of Goryeo's Qianli City, we will have strategic depth and room for maneuver, and rely on the Yalu River to resist the enemy and gain a firm foothold!" Zhao Ta summoned the two to the table, pointed to the map and said.

"Your Majesty's intention is to let Ah Shu take the opportunity of the battle between the two armies to enter the Lazy Dian area, and he has already intended to return to the Song Dynasty, and his occupation of this place is equivalent to the ownership of my Great Song Dynasty, and Bao and Yuan Erzhou can be firmly in our hands!" Li Jun's eyes lit up and said.

"We occupy this place and go north to threaten the Jin State and control a large area of western Liaoning; To the south, you can cut off the land connection between Goryeo and Kim, and if there is a change, you can quickly sweep the whole territory of Goryeo south! Zhao Ren said.

"Your Majesty's plan is very clever, Goryeo may be able to maintain its strength in this battle by borrowing the strength of our army, re-entering the Lazy Dian when the Jin army is defeated and retreating, and putting the south of the Yalu River into his own pocket, so that Goryeo not only can not usurp the Lazy Dian, but also lose the two states, it can be said that he lost his wife and the army, and he can't say what he suffers!" Li Jun said with a smile.

"Don't be happy too early, if this matter is noticed by the Goryeo side, it will definitely be reversed and claimed back to the two states, we are just busy, so we need to plan in detail, and the two of you cooperate with each other to avoid causing conflicts between the two sides before the decisive battle!" Zhao Ta waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates think that when the Ministry of the Five Nations enters, they should enter Haoladian under the banner of 'resisting the tyranny of Wanyan and joining forces to resist Jin', and he used Goryeo as a base to carry out activities in the early days of his return, so it will not arouse the suspicion of Goryeo!" Li Jun thought for a while and said.

"Very good, but the timing of entry must be grasped well, after the start of the war, when the Goryeo defenders and the Jin army reinforcements have no time to take care of it after the war, take advantage of the chaos to quickly gain a foothold!" Zhao Tan nodded approvingly, very satisfied with Li Jun, "Zhao Ren, your Privy Council should send competent people to coordinate the relationship between our army and the Five Nations Ministries under the premise of secrecy, and must not cause misunderstandings, but also clear the obstacles for them, and if necessary, send troops to assist, until the two states are ceded to Ah Shu, and then announce that the Five Nations Ministries have been attached to our dynasty and are our allies." ”

"Your Majesty, what if the Koreans ask them for something after the war?" Zhao Ren nodded to indicate that he understood, and asked again.

"Hmph, the area north of Haoladian and Xijing has long been the homeland of the Jurchen Five Kingdoms, and then it was ruled by the Bohai people and the Xi people and the Khitan people successively, and Goryeo occupied this place after the Jurchens were expelled during the northern expansion, not what they wanted!" Zhao Ta snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, after the war subsides, we can let Ah Shu speak first and ask Goryeo for the land north of Xijing!" Li Jun said with a wicked smile.

"Hehe, Lord Li's plan is very clever, let's muddy the water first, so that Goryeo has a difficult mouth, and the Great Song Dynasty can 'mediate' from it to delay time, and when the time is ripe, this place will be included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, if they turn their faces, they can destroy the country!" Zhao Ren clapped his hands and laughed, he didn't expect his idea to be even more ruthless!

The three ministers talked and laughed and decided the fate of Goryeo, and then they were destined to live only under the wings of the Great Song Dynasty, although it seemed unfair, but in the face of national interests, no one could laugh at anyone, and justice would always be in the hands of power...... (To be continued......)