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Recently, Zhao Ji has been in a very good mood.

Zhao Song has been thinking about recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun since the founding of the country, and it is very likely that it will be achieved in his dynasty.

If that's the case, judging from the merits, he Zhao Ji is the emperor of the Song Dynasty second only to Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and he will definitely go down in history.

In addition, because Zhao Ji did not understand geography, he wrote the codex for Wanyan Agu, "According to Yanjing and Guanzhou City, it was originally a Han land, if it is allowed to restore the old, it will be transferred to the Khitan silver silk, and it can be discussed, although there is no national trust, forgive me for not speaking falsely." The error has also been preliminarily resolved.

- Zhao Ji didn't know that the sixteen states of Yanyun included two major areas of Yandi and Yundi, he thought that Yanjing and the state were the sixteen states of Yanyun, but as a result, he asked for Yandi in the handwritten letter he wrote to Wanyan Agu, but he didn't ask for Yundi.

This is undoubtedly an extremely serious diplomatic mistake.

Fortunately, after the mediation of Zhao Liangsi and other envoys, Wanyan Aguda relented, saying that after they caught the Liao Emperor Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, Yundi could also be returned to Zhao Song.

Although even so, there are still the Liaoxi corridors in Luan, Ping, and Ying that can allow the Hu people to go south, if the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun can be recovered, it will be enough to greatly reduce the defensive pressure of Zhao and Song.

The key is that the three prefectures of Luan, Ping, and Ying can also plan slowly, step by step.

It seems that everything is developing in favor of Zhao Song.

In this case, Zhao Ji certainly has reason to be happy.

Zhao Ji summoned Wang Hao, Tong Guan, Zhao Liangsi and other ministers who supported the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun to plan the Northern Expedition together.

Zhao Ji said: "The recovery of Yanjing is a foregone conclusion, the major events of the country of soldiers, the place of death, the way of survival, must not be observed, everything is pre-planned, it will be abolished, what are the regulations of your Aiqing?" ”

Wang Hao echoed at the first time: "What the official family said is extremely true, the temple is considered the winner without a fight, and it has to be counted as a lot, and now the Khitan civil strife is not stopped, the people are not happy, and my Great Song Dynasty is peaceful and prosperous, the soldiers are strong and strong, and the Lianjin destroys the Liao, which is a God-given opportunity to restore the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and ...... in one fell swoop."

The strategy of Lianjin to destroy Liao was first developed by Tong Guan.

Even, Zhao Liangsi, who has been threading the needle for Lianjin to destroy Liao, was personally dug by Tong Guan from Liao.

It is said that at this time, Tong Guan should be very interested.

But at this time, Tong Guan was silent.

Zhao Ji saw it, restrained his smile, and asked Tong Guan: "Tong Aiqing, if you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Tong Guan listened to the words, took out the "Ping Yan Ce" that had been prepared a long time ago, and reiterated his own attitude: "The official, the old minister thinks that the clouds should be taken first, and then the Yandi. ”

Zhao Ji did not agree with Tong Guan's views.

Zhao Ji felt that the mountains and rivers in the Hedong region were full of dangers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the recovery of the cloud land above the east of the river was just the icing on the cake, and its importance was far from being comparable to that of Yandi.

You must know that as long as Yandi is not in the hands of Zhao Song for a day, the cavalry of the Hu people in the north can run wild in Hebei at any time, and it will not take a few days to reach the city of Bianliang in Tokyo, which is really unsafe.

Therefore, Zhao Ji directly rejected Tong Guan's claim: "I think it is better to take Yanjing first." ”

Wang Hao immediately agreed: "What the official family said is extremely true! Attack the city first to break the strong, if you take Yanjing first, Xijing or can not be attacked. ”

But Tong Guan still insisted on his opinion: "Yanjing City has a strong defense, and it is heavily guarded by the Liao army, which is not easy to attack, and the defense of Yunzhong is weak and the strength is limited. ”

Seeing that Tong Guan insisted on his own opinion so much, and counted on Zhao Ji of Tong Guan to help him recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, he said: "Let the generals brainstorm ways to win." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ji glanced at Wang Huang without a trace.

Wang Hao understood and nodded lightly.

Soon after, senior generals of the Zhao and Song dynasties, such as Seed Master Dao and Liu Yanqing, came to Bianliang City in Tokyo one after another to hold a pre-war conference.

Then two plans were placed in front of the senior generals of the Zhao and Song dynasties, such as Seed Master Dao and Liu Yanqing:

One plan is to go north from Daizhou, first take the three states of Wei, Ying, and Shuo, and then capture Liaoxijing.

Another plan was to go north from Xiongzhou, cross the Baigou River, occupy Zhuozhou, and then capture Yanjing.

For these two plans, senior generals of the Zhao and Song dynasties, such as Seed Master Dao and Liu Yanqing, debated endlessly.

But after a few days of debate, it turned out that the plan to capture Yanjing won the support of more high-ranking generals of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Zhao Ji was very satisfied with this result, and then officially issued an edict, ordering the forbidden army of Huanqing Road and Juyan Road to change guards with the Hebei forbidden army.

-- The two forbidden armies of Huanqing Road and Yanyan Road were the main force of the Western Army, that is, the elite of the elite, and they were transferred to the Hebei front line to assemble in preparation for the Northern Expedition.

The forbidden armies of Huanqing Road and Juyan Road had just been assembled in the Daimyo Mansion in Beijing and were about to march to Hebei.

"Fang La gathered the people to be strong, and his tiger army captured Hangzhou in one fell swoop, and many of the officials and gentry in Hangzhou were killed by the main general Li Cun, and the family members of the fields and the people used to gather thieves, and the southeast soldiers were weak, and they quickly transferred the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army to prevent it from growing."

The fall of Hangzhou surprised Zhao Ji, and the Zhao Song Dynasty encountered an unprecedented crisis since its founding!

Zhao Ji was worried about the instability of Sheji, so he hurriedly sent his henchman eunuch Tan Zhi to the southeast to lead the local military and civilians to quell the rebellion and arrest the bandits Fang La and Li Cun.

Tan Zhi is tall and burly, if you only look at his appearance, it is really difficult to imagine that he is a eunuch, and most people's first impression of him will definitely be that he is a military general.

And Tan Zhi has also been packaging himself in terms of military generals - he pays great attention to dressing, neat appearance, and usually likes to talk about military affairs, as if Sun Wu is reincarnated and Han Xin is reborn, and he has the ambition to swallow the sky and the earth, and the ability to turn rivers and seas.

In this way, Tan Zhi seems to have become the second child Guan, and Zhao Ji is even ready to train Tan Zhi as Tong Guan's successor.

Since Tong Guan's old partner Wang Hou died of illness, the military situation in the northwest frontier of the Zhao and Song dynasties mainly relied on Tong Guan to support.

And Tong Guan led the army to fight in Tibet, fought in Western Xia, and made outstanding achievements in war, and shocked the northwest.

It is said that Tan Zhen, who can only talk on paper, is not qualified to be compared with Tong Guan at all.

But who made Tan Zhi have a very close relationship with the eunuch Liang Shicheng, who Zhao Ji particularly favored, and Liang Shicheng helped Tan Zhi build momentum, Zhao Ji really felt that Tan Zhi could replace Tong Guan in the future, just like Wang Hao replaced Cai Jing.

Who is this Liang Shicheng, who has so much energy that he can turn his hands into clouds and turn his hands into rain?

According to Liang Shicheng himself, he is Su Shi's son.

The so-called son is the kind of child who is pregnant and gives birth to a son after being abandoned.

Many people do not believe Liang Shicheng's statement.

But it's really possible.

During this period, literati with a particularly high reputation like Su Shi generally had a group of wives and concubines, and women were playthings or even goods for them.

What's more, Su Shi is a merry genius in the waves.

It is said that when Su Shi was in Huizhou, he dismissed all the concubines around him, leaving only one Wang Chaoyun as his companion.

Maybe, among the concubines who were dismissed by Su Shi, one of them happened to be pregnant, and then gave birth to Liang Shicheng.

And Su Shi didn't become a cheap old man for nothing.

Because of the party dispute, Su Shi's articles were banned, and the imperial court ordered the search for Su Shi's works to be destroyed.

Liang Shicheng complained to Zhao Ji and said: "What is the crime of the ancestors, so that people have passed away and are still targeted? ”

This made Su Shi's calligraphy and paintings preserved.

In addition, Liang Shicheng often helped Su Shi's descendants.

Moreover, Liang Shicheng is indeed a bit talented.

In the third year of Daguan, Liang Shicheng participated in the imperial examination, and he was the eleventh in the first class of the high school jinshi, which made Zhao Jilong Yan happy.

Since then, Zhao Ji has trusted Liang Shicheng very much, and all the edicts issued by Zhao Ji have come from Liang Shicheng's hands.

And Liang Shicheng chose those minor officials who were good at calligraphy to practice imitating Zhao Ji's font, which was mixed with the edict and promulgated, and the court officials could not distinguish the authenticity.

In other words, Liang Shicheng could even change Zhao Ji's edict.

In short, Liang Shicheng, who is very favored by Zhao Ji, is in power leaning towards the government and the opposition, and he can promote whoever he wants.

Even Wang Hao was able to replace Cai Jing as Zhao Ji's prime minister because he treated Liang Shicheng as his father and always called Liang Shicheng "Mr. Enfu".

Even Cai Jing and Cai You, the father and son, have to flatter Liang Shicheng.

The people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, regard Liang Shi as a "hidden phase", which means the first person under the emperor, and his status is even above the prime minister.

Liang Shicheng is also extremely magically concurrently serving as one hundred and ten official positions.

Tan Zhi was picked up by Liang Shicheng, who didn't deal with Tong Guan.

In fact, Liang Shicheng wanted to brush up Tan Zhi's military merits so that he could replace Tong Guan in the future and said to Zhao Ji "unintentionally": "If Tong Shumi is asked to go south, I am afraid that Yanjing will not be recovered." ”

Zhao Ji first appointed Tan Zhi as the envoy of the Liangzhejiang Road, and first went to Hangzhou to try to see if he could suppress the uprising in the southeast without sending troops.

In other words, Zhao Ji still had a trace of illusions about recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun.

This also shows from the side that although Zhao Ji is already very worried about the situation in the southeast, he obviously still does not pay enough attention to it.

After Tan Zhi received the order, he immediately set off for the south.

The goal is directly aimed at Zhenjiang!

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