Brother Congde took a sip of tea and continued: "At the beginning of the year, a Jinshiting pair said, 'Take the opportunity to settle the Central Plains'. The official family was overjoyed after hearing this, and soon, he added the title of Han Yanxuan Pingzhang military and state affairs, took over the military and political power, and ordered all the armies to prepare for the march, and then went out of the imperial court to seal the treasury of ten thousand taels for military supplies. ”

"I'm up and down in the Song Dynasty, and I'm floating in the matter. But the official family is determined, and then the Han Taifu, who has the power to lean towards the government and the opposition, pushes, these people do certain things, but they are very resolute. ”

"In the first month, the imperial court placed a water army in Jiaxing Mansion, with a total of 1,500 people, and it was subordinate to the front division of the palace."

"In April, my Song soldiers entered the border of Jinqinzhou, and then entered Laiyuan Town, Gongzhou. The Privy Council of Jin sent a letter to the court, demanding that the troops be withdrawn according to the agreement and not allowed to enter the country. Since then, incidents of officers and soldiers attacking and harassing the border areas of Jinguo have occurred incessantly. ”

"In May, the Jin State set up the Henan Xuanfu Division in the former capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and used the Pingzhang political servants as envoys to prepare for war. After the servant Sanyu arrived, he sent a letter to reproach me for the defeat of the Song court. The court flatly denied it and sent people to lobby. ”

"In September, 300 Song soldiers attacked Sizhuang in Jinbiyang County, and then burned the Yellow Stream. In October, it hit Biyang again. At this time, hey, Jin Guo is afraid that no one will dare to have illusions about Song Jin Peace. ”

Hearing what he said, Brother Yuqing said angrily: "This matter is very inappropriate for the imperial court!" ”

"My Great Song Dynasty has always been a state of benevolence and righteousness, and his Jin Kingdom is just a barbarian. Now that the alliance between the two countries is still in place, wouldn't it be a loss of righteousness to abandon the alliance in this way? I regained my homeland in the Great Song Dynasty, and I was originally a righteous teacher. In this way, he became a teacher of unrighteousness. Hmph, before such a war started, the morale of the army and the people has lost three points! ”

Brother Congde advised: "Since ancient times, there have been many undeclared wars between the two countries. If it is before the battle, send an envoy to negotiate and inform it, this is inevitably pedantic. ”

Brother Yuqing said angrily: "Okay, don't mention this." ”

"I am a scholar and don't know the art of war, but at least I know that soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. And, soldiers, sophistry. Therefore, it can be shown but cannot be used, it is not used to show it, it is near and it is far away, and it is far away and it is shown to be near. ”

"Since you are determined to fight, you should prepare for war with all your might, and try your best to confuse Jin Guocai. When you are not fully prepared, you will send 100 soldiers today and 300 soldiers tomorrow, so that in addition to startling the grass and startling the snake, so that the Jin country can be prepared, can it be of any use? ”

Brother Congde smiled bitterly: "Everyone understands this truth, and naturally no one in the court wants to see this." But the soldiers below can't manage so much. At this time, the attack is just to perceive the intention and please the above, so as to reap some benefits. ”

Brother Yuqing said hatefully: "A group of bastards who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures! The matter of my Great Song Dynasty is bad in the hands of this group of martial artists. ”

Brother Congde also sighed: "Yes." In August, under the persuasion of my Great Song Dynasty, he was sent to the court of the Jin Kingdom. Jin then dismissed the Henan Xuanfu Division, and at the same time announced the dismissal of new archers on the western front of Lintao, Deshun, Qin, and Gongzhulu. But in September, the side generals attacked one after another. This time, it can slap the faces of many people in the Jin Kingdom. You must know that the current Jin country is not the Jin country of the past, and there are many people who want peace. But in this way, who dares to say that this is the border general's own assertion, and my Great Song Dynasty has no intention of going to war. ”

Brother Yuqing asked anxiously, "Then what's the latest development of this matter?" ”

Brother Congde replied: "It's only November, how can there be any news." ”

Brother Yuqing said: "Yes." ”

"Brother Congde, you have always cared about national affairs, according to your opinion, how is my preparation for the Great Song Dynasty now?"

Brother Congde shook his head: "I have never been in the office, how can I know?" However, the last time my third uncle wrote a letter, the meaning of the letter seemed to be very unoptimistic. ”

Brother Yuqing was shocked: "How can this be? I have been sharpening a sword for decades, can't this sword be sharpened quickly? ”

Brother Congde sighed: "Brother Yuqing, I know that you have always been arrogant, and last year you also said that you would put pen to paper. But what use can national events be withstood by just one passion? ”

"Decades of sharpening a sword, hehe, this sword, you have to use it often to be fast. There is no need for this, if it is left for decades, who will seriously grind it? ”

Brother Yuqing exclaimed: "Brother Congde, listen to what you mean, are you not optimistic about this Northern Expedition?" ”

Brother Congde hesitated for a moment, and when he spoke again, he lowered his voice.

The little Taoist priest couldn't hear clearly, and he was in a hurry, and he hurriedly put his ear against the wall, which was also indistinct. When she was in a hurry, Xu Ruoxue took a teacup and buckled it upside down on the wall, and the little Taoist priest listened to the bottom of the cup, and this time he heard it clearly.

I heard Brother Congde say, "...... The letter was burned, and my third uncle repeatedly told me not to tell others. You and I are close friends, and I will speak to you. Keep your mouth tight, or you're going to get into trouble! ”

Brother Yuqing said: "Naturally, I have always been very tight-mouthed, you know this from Brother De. ”

Only then did Brother De say: "Brother Yuqing has always been proud in his heart, so this person, Brother Yuqing must know." Xin Qiji, Xin You'an. ”

Brother Yuqing's voice couldn't help but be a little higher: "But he led fifty cavalry, rushed to the golden camp of 50,000 soldiers and horses, captured the traitor alive, and plotted against more than 10,000 rebels, and finally successfully arrived in Lin'an and beheaded the traitor in Xin You'an in the city!" ”

"But Xin You'an, who wrote 'The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the person was in the lamplight', and "Xin You'an, who was drunk and picked up the lamp to look at the sword, and dreamed of blowing the horn and camping"! ”

Brother Congde said: "Exactly! ”

"Lu Fangweng and Xin You'an are well-known literati in the Great Song Dynasty, and they are also the famous main battle faction. Xin You'an has been campaigning for anti-gold all his life. Han Taifu wants to entrap the main battle officials, so naturally he will not forget him. So the year before last, Xin Youan, who had been idle for more than 20 years, was appointed as the prefect of Shaoxing and the pacification envoy of eastern Zhejiang. Last year, Xin You'an Jin saw the official family and bluntly said that the Jin Kingdom 'will be chaotic and will perish'. The official family was overjoyed, appointed him as the governor of Zhenjiang Mansion, and gave him a gold belt. ”

After arriving in Zhenjiang, Xin Youan was shocked to see that the Northern Expedition was imminent, but Zhenjiang Mansion, which was on the front line, had no fighting spirit and no armaments. Xin Youan was extremely disappointed, and while working hard to prepare for the war, he wrote to the imperial court, frankly saying that the Northern Expedition was far from being properly prepared, and he must not be in a hurry. But because of this letter, he angered Mrs. Han. So after only a year in Zhenjiang, when everything was just effective, Xin Youan was attacked by the counselor and falsely accused of 'lustful, greedy for money, lewd punishment, and accumulation', and was demoted. Xin Youan was angry and resigned! ”

Brother Yuqing exclaimed: "So, even Xin You'an is not optimistic about the Northern Expedition?" ”

Brother Congde sighed: "Yes! There is another matter, my third uncle mentioned, the Northern Expedition, the general is handsome. Han Taifu has always liked to use private in the court. This time, he recommended his teacher Chen Ziqiang to serve as the prime minister of Zuo, and quoted Su Shidan, an old bureaucrat, as the capital of the Privy Council to assist in commanding the military. And these two people, my third uncle said bluntly, only know how to accumulate money, and there is absolutely no point to learn. ”

Han Taifu was actually a little worried, so he wanted to reappoint some registered officials. However, because of the party's ban, many people hated him deeply, and they resolutely refused to obey him regardless of the country's general interests. Han Taifu planned to use Uncle Xue to command the Huaixi army, but Uncle Xue did not seem to be in office. He also ordered the Privy Council to keep Jinling, and not to keep it. Qiu Wei was transferred to Jianghuai Xuanfu Envoy, and Qiu Wei was not appointed. Han Taifu can only appoint Deng Youlong, Cheng Song and others. And these people, my third uncle's evaluation, can all be mediocre, if they are entrusted with big things, they will be bad things! ”

Brother Yuqing said in despair: "Why, how can this be? ”

Brother Congde hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The most fatal thing is that there have long been rumors in the DPRK that Wu Xi secretly harbors different aspirations. After knowing that Han Taifu was seeking the Northern Expedition, Wu Xi took the opportunity to attach himself to Han Yanxuan and asked to return to Shu. When the Privy Counsellor sensed his intentions, he tried his best to obstruct them. Just as the official family hesitated, Chen Ziqiang, the right minister, accepted Wu Xi's generous bribe and secretly supported Han Taifu, so Wu Xi was appointed as the commander of all the armies in Xingzhou and the governor of Xingzhou, and the pacification envoy of Lizhou West Road. ”

"Zhu Bu, a politician, wrote to Han Taifu, saying that Wu Xi should not command the Northwest Army. Mrs. Han ignored it. After Wu Xi arrived in Xingzhou, he immediately framed Wang Dajie, the deputy capital, Wang Dajie was dismissed, and the court did not appoint a deputy marshal, so the 100,000 troops in the northwest were all controlled by Wu Xi alone. ”

"Although there are many soldiers in my Great Song Dynasty, the soldiers that can be used in the Northern Expedition are only more than 200,000, and Wu Xi alone is more than one-third. If he really rebelled, he wanted to divide Shu and establish himself as the king, not to mention the Northern Expedition, whether my Great Song Guozuo could be protected or not was a big problem! ”

Brother Yuqing exclaimed: "How is it possible? Wu Xi is the grandson of Wu Lan, the king of letters. At that time, the two brothers Wu Luan and Wu Jue, the king of Fu, resisted the Jin soldiers in Shu and made great contributions to protect half of the Song Dynasty. My Great Song Dynasty has always been extremely respectful to the Wu family, how could Wu Xi be treason and self-reliant? ”

Brother Congde sighed: "The so-called 'groundless wind, may not be without cause'. ”

"Wu Xi was previously promoted to Tai Lieutenant, my third uncle and a good friend, who served as a staff member in the Tai Wei Mansion. Then one day he left in anger. My third uncle once drank with him, and the man said in person that after Wu Xi was drunk, he once shouted, if there is no ancestor of my ancestors, how can there be a Zhao family? The Zhao family was too stingy, but he gave it to the nominal king. According to the merits of my Wu family, I should be crowned the king and the king of Shu! ”

With such thoughts in his heart, maybe he will really do the opposite! Mrs. Han is convinced of him, if he continues to connive at him repeatedly, I'm afraid that it is, I'm afraid it is, hey! ”

Brother Yuqing was stunned for a while, and suddenly said angrily: "Hmph, such a major event for the survival of the country is still like this." Northern Expedition, Northern Expedition fart! ”

Brother Congde also said: "My two factions of the Song Dynasty and the opposition were originally evenly matched. This time the Northern Expedition was only promoted by Mrs. Han. If Mrs. Han is virtuous, it would be fine, but he is a master who can't do things. This Northern Expedition, the victory or defeat is already five or five, and then he will preside over it, hum, this is, if you are not defeated, you will be defeated! ”

Brother Yuqing said angrily: "When the news of Zunyue Pengju as the king of Hubei came last year, I was ecstatic, and I drank wine for a day and was drunk for three days. I shouted in drunkenness, and finally a generous man came out of the court. My Great Song Dynasty recovered the Central Plains, just around the corner, just around the corner. ”

"But who knew that Han Yanxuan was such a thief. He just wanted to use the name of the Northern Expedition to fight for power and profit, purely for his own selfishness. Now that he is in charge of military and state affairs, he has the overall military and political power, what else does he want to do? ”

"If my Great Song is defeated, I will be here!"