Huang Shang smiled: "He is a man of temperament, and so is Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Ji's expression straightened, and he said in a deep voice: "Then I will also take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun." ”

Huang Sheng was stunned for a moment, how could he suddenly get up to this, and then smiled: "Of course." ”

The sixteen states of Yanyun can be the obsession in the hearts of every emperor in the Song Dynasty, without the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Central Plains will not have the barrier of the northern nomads. Emperor Shenzong solemnly promised to take the sixteen states of Yanyun, and a different surname could also be crowned king.

Zhao Ji stared at Huang Sheng and asked, "The teacher also supports me?" ”

Huang Sheng smiled again: "Of course! ”

In the end, he is still young, what is there to ask, he will not feel that he has a Khitan apprentice, and his heart will be towards the Liao Kingdom, right?

Zhao Ji couldn't help but ask: "Then senior brother, ...... he?"

Huang Sheng smiled: "Isn't this senior brother of Your Majesty just for this?" ”

Zhao Ji was pleasantly surprised: "Senior brother, will he return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to me?" ”

Huang Sheng shook his head: "Of course not, he doesn't have the power." Even if he had this power, as a Khitan, how could he take the initiative to give up the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in his hands? ”

Zhao Ji calmed down, and also felt that he was whimsical, and asked, "What does the teacher mean?" ”

Huang Shang said: "His role as the king of the Southern Courtyard is to win stability in the north for the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Ji asked: "But this kind of stability can't make Yan Yun come back, isn't it to fight?" ”

Huang Sheng shook his head and said: "Fighting a war is the most costly national strength, and there is no need to use troops in the west and north for the time being, how much national strength can be saved for the Great Song Dynasty?" His Majesty concentrated on solving the internal problems, and as for Yan Yun, it would just be a matter of course to take it back when the time came. ”

Huang Shang's words did not make Zhao Ji show a trace of a smile, but Huang Sheng saw a trace of hesitation in his face.

Huang Shang was stunned for a moment, thinking back to his words, there was nothing wrong with it, it was all positive and encouraging words.

Huang Shang looked at Zhao Ji and also showed an inquiry.

Zhao Ji glanced at Cai Jing and Tong Guan, turned his head to Huang Shang and said, "Teacher, this time Tong Guan sent an envoy to Liao to bring back a person to offer a plan to unite the Jurchens and destroy Liao together." ”

Huang Shang's eyes burst into light, Tong Guan really rebelled against Li Liangsi, and the alliance on the sea was not far away.

Huang Shang asked, "Then what ......is the purpose of Your Majesty's trip to Jiangnan?" ”

The purpose of Zhao Ji's trip was to study with Huang Sheng the plan to destroy Liao. If Xiao Feng was not an important minister of the Liao State, Zhao Ji would not have thought of discussing this matter with Huang Shang. Maybe Huang Sheng is not the person who knows Liao the most, but his opinion cannot be ignored.

Zhao Ji said: "I just want to ask the teacher, is it feasible to unite with the Jurchens to destroy Liao?" ”

Huang Shang said: "Your Majesty should already have the answer in his heart." ”

Zhao Ji was silent for a while, and said, "I thought it could be schooled."

Huang Sheng asked, "What is Your Majesty's purpose?" ”

Zhao Ji said: "Take back the sixteen states of Yanyun and eliminate the Liao State." It's just that the domestic law is now changing at a critical moment, and I am afraid that the war will affect the domestic backlash against the new law, so I am still hesitating. ”

Huang Shang also fell into deep thought.

Zhao Ji, Cai Jing and Tong Guan were all staring at Huang Shang, in fact, they were also testing Huang Shang's position, after all, his relationship with Xiao Feng was far above his relationship with Zhao Ji.

Huang Shang thought for a long time before he spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister has two questions, first, whether the purpose of uniting with the Jurchens is to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun or destroy Liao?" Second, Your Majesty has changed the law until now, does Your Majesty have the confidence to carry out the reform to the end? ”

The three of them also looked at each other when they heard this, not understanding what Huang Sheng meant.

Zhao Ji said: "There is no contradiction between retrieving Yanyun and destroying Liao, as for changing the law, ......"

Zhao Ji glanced at Cai Jing, Cai Jing was the main force in the law change, and he knew the way better than the emperor.

Zhao Ji glanced at this, and Cai Jing couldn't help but answer Huang Sheng cautiously.

Huang Sheng is the one who gives up the power at his fingertips, especially his close relationship with the emperor, and the emperor will definitely respect Huang Shang's opinion.

Cai Jing replied anxiously: "Although the reform has been going on, it has not been smooth, and the resistance encountered is not, and some policies are not in a hurry to be implemented, for fear of being too hasty and causing greater instability." ”

Huang Sheng nodded and said, "Taishi's." As early as when Wang Xianggong changed the law, Taishi was the backbone and knew how powerful it was. Sometimes failure is not due to being wrong, but because of being in too much of a hurry. It's just that I want to ask the Taishi, even if we are so steady and steady, step by step, will the change be successful? ”

Cai Jing was silent, many of the policies of the new law are cutting off the roots of the family, and it is not good for anyone what kind of backlash it will cause. This is also one of the reasons why the emperor does not dare to go to war with the outside easily, and internal worries are always more important than external troubles.

Huang Shang said: "If the outside is stable, they don't dare to overreact for a while, but once the war starts, it will cost a lot of money and food, and it will fall on the heads of the southern clans, and it is really unpredictable how they will react." ”

Zhao Ji asked, "It seems that the teacher is not in favor of uniting the Jurchens to destroy Liao?" ”

Is there a factor of Xiao Feng in this, no one can guess, Tong Guan is a little worried about Huang Sheng in his heart, can he pass the emperor's level?

Huang Shang said unhurriedly: "The minister does not approve of uniting the Jurchens, nor does he approve of destroying Liao, but when he takes back Yanyun, the minister thinks it is the right time." ”

Zhao Ji asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Huang Shang said: "This is also the minister's request whether His Majesty's purpose is Yanyun or to destroy Liao, the two are not contradictory, but they are not the same thing." ”

Zhao Ji said: "The teacher has straight words. ”

Huang Shang said: "The sixteen states of Yanyun are the heart disease of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, and I don't know how many people have thought about the way to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the ministers have also thought about it." Chen's idea was that it would take a moment to take back Yanyun, and the Jurchens were anti-Liao, and it was this opportunity. ”

Zhao Ji asked, "Then why does the teacher oppose the United Jurchens?" ”

Huang Sheng said: "The minister's idea is to take back Yanyun, but not to destroy the Liao State, the minister wants to keep the Liao State." ”

Zhao Ji asked, "What is the difference between the two?" ”

Huang Shang said: "The minister has always hoped that our north is not a unified country, whether they are strong or not. The minister has also been waiting for a new nation to rise in the north, which can be the Jurchen or other peoples, but the minister does not want the Liao State to fall. ”

Zhao Ji didn't have any feelings for the Jurchens, but he had rich feelings for the Liao State.

Zhao Ji was silent, and Song's long-term humiliating diplomacy with Liao and the burden of the year's coins made Song's deep hatred for Liao hidden under Song's hundred years of peace, and Huang Shang's words could not be the emperor's heart.

Huang Sheng saw that Zhao Ji was unhappy, and continued to say unhurriedly: "If we unite with the Jurchens and really destroy the Liao State, then what?" It is inevitable that the Jurchens will go south. With all due respect, in the minister's opinion, the Song army could not defeat the Liao State, let alone the Jurchens. When the time comes, the Yanyun we have in our hands will be wrecked, and they will drive straight down, and it is not impossible to drink the Yangtze River.