…

"The battle will be nine places first, and the decisive battle must be defended by five rooms."

The so-called nine lands, there are scattered land, light land, contentious land, handover land, Qu land, heavy land, enclosed land, enclosed land, and dead land.

And the so-called five rooms are the five kinds of spies in Sun Tzu's Art of War - "Cause", "Nei", "Anti", "Death" and "Life", they are also called "Five Leisure".

Causetime refers to the use of ordinary people in enemy countries to be our spies;

"Inside" refers to the use of enemy officials as our spies;

On the contrary, it refers to the use of enemy spies to be our spies;

Death refers to a spy who infiltrates the enemy camp, creates and disseminates false information, and induces the enemy to be fooled.

Ikuma refers to a spy who can come back alive to report the enemy's situation.

Among the dozen or so people in Ma Kuo's line, basically all types of spies are included.

Li Cun glanced at a person who looked like a weak literati without a trace, if it wasn't for the accurate secret report from the secret agent of Wu Desi in advance, Li Cun would not have believed that this person was a living person who cut shares and collected books.

The so-called cutting of strands is to cut a hole in the thigh, hide the wax pill in it, and then sew it on.

Historically, at the beginning of the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a famous Praetorian Guard mutiny - Miao Liu Zhi Mutiny, that is, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, who really couldn't get used to what Zhao Gou did, and forced Zhao Gou to give up the throne to his three-year-old son.

At that time, Zhao Gou was closely monitored, and Zhao Bufan used the method of cutting shares and collecting books to pass on Zhao Gou's secret decree, so there was the later Qinwang behavior of Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and others.

This kind of pain is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear.

Moreover, this weak literati, no matter how he speaks or walks, there is no flaw.

Li Cunxin said: "This is a ruthless person!" ”

At the same time, Ma Kuo continued to chatter over there, Zhao Ji bought things such as flowers, stones, bamboos, and wood, all of which were paid by the imperial court in advance, ordering state and county officials to buy them at private prices, and strictly prohibiting forced buying and selling. He also said that the imperial court has now stopped all the acts of buying flowers and stones and all kinds of things to make offerings, abolished all the institutions such as the Fengying Bureau and the Creation Bureau that had been set up before, and dismissed all the officials of the former Fengying Bureau and the Creation Bureau.

After Li Cun heard this, he pursed his lips and said in his heart: "It's clean to pick Zhao Ji, but this kind of nonsense is to deceive the foolish people who don't understand anything and have illusions about Zhao Song." ”

Be.

At the beginning of Cai Jing's efforts to make things such as flowers, caryophyllum and wood for Zhao Ji, he spent money, and even bought them at a high price.

But at that time, Cai Jing, who was good at financial management, open-minded and very innovative, made a lot of money for Zhao Song in the changes in the economic system, especially the reform of the tea law and the salt law, which made Zhao Song's treasury full, and of course he could spend a little money to buy some toys for Zhao Ji to ensure that Cai Jing's power position was stable.

Not only that, Cai Jing, who was carried away by the victory and floated, also put forward the concept of "Fengheng Yuda" to govern the country.

Abundance means abundance, and to govern the country must first grasp the economy, and let the state finance be full and prosperous, which is the economic foundation for governing the country.

Heng means Hengtong, and it is necessary to ensure the smooth implementation of government decrees, so that the law can be effective, and this is the political foundation.

Yu means happiness, and it is necessary to create a peaceful and happy social environment and atmosphere, which is the foundation of society.

Big, that is, Hongdae, to establish the demeanor of a great country, to reflect the spirit of a great country, this is the foundation of the national image.

Cai Jing's concept of "Fengheng Yuda" stems from his understanding of the rich philosophy of the Book of Changes, and also reflects his thinking and longing for ideal politics.

To put it bluntly, it's just a dream.

But Zhao Ji took it seriously, and his appetite became bigger and bigger, so big that he wanted to use the flowers and stones in the southeast to pile up a long-lived mountain.

Moreover, Zhao Ji was very happy, not only sent Tong Guan and Wang Hou to launch a war to recover the Qingtang Dynasty, but also launched wars with the Western Xia again and again, hoping to recover the Western Xia.

Cai Jing is capable and can make money, but he can't help Zhao Ji with such a trick.

Soon, the little money that Cai Jing saved for Zhao Ji was defeated by Zhao Ji.

But Zhao Ji kept asking for it.

And once Cai Jing can't give Zhao Ji what he wants, Zhao Ji will immediately let Cai Jing get out.

In order to keep the power and status in his own hands, and in order to realize his political ambitions, Cai Jing could only find ways to satisfy Zhao Ji's extravagant desires, and enable Zhu Mian and them, who could get Zhao Ji the flowers, stones, bamboos, wood and other things that Zhao Ji wanted without money from the imperial court.

It has to be said that Cai Jing also struggled, and the result was that Cai Jing was ousted three times.

If the person who succeeds Cai Jing can also satisfy Zhao Ji's black hole-like desires, it will be impossible for Cai Jing to reappear three times.

After tossing three times, Cai Jing completely understood that only by satisfying Zhao Ji's desires could he sit firmly under his buttocks.

And Zhao Ji also saw that others really couldn't do it, and they couldn't earn the money he wanted to spend at all.

In this way, Cai Jing was able to sit in the position of prime minister for nearly 20 years.

However, this also made the Huashigang a disaster in the southeast for nearly two decades.

It is true that in order to maintain his own power and status, Cai Jing not only did not stop Zhao Ji's extreme desire for poverty and luxury, but also aided in the abuse, talented but not virtuous; Zhu Mian and other corrupt officials in the southeast took advantage of Huashigang to expropriate and extort money, and the crime should be cut with a thousand cuts.

But in the final analysis, the initiator is still Zhao Ji's extravagant heart that seems to be never satisfied.

Therefore, as long as Zhao Ji is the emperor, even if there is no Cai Jing, there are Zhao Jing, Qian Jing, Sun Jing, and even if there is no Zhu Mian, there are Gou Mian, Yang Mian, and Ji Mian.

To be honest, Zhao Ji can't be the emperor, but his life is actually quite good.

Wang Anshi's change to Cai Jing saved a lot of money for Zhao Song, and also allowed Zhao Song to occupy the Hengshan area, the key place in the Song-Xia dispute, because of the management of three generations, the key is that the Jurchens rose strongly, established the Jin State, overthrew the Liao State, and gave Zhao Song the opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

If Zhao Ji was not poor and extravagant, loved flowers and stones, hollowed out Zhao Song's treasury, forced the people in the southeast, and finally shook the foundation of Zhao Song, but used Cai Jing's unparalleled talent to relieve the pressure and contradictions of the people, and recuperate with the people for one or two decades, then it is really possible for him to destroy the Western Xia, recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, leave a name in history, and become an emperor through the ages.

It's a pity that Zhao Jikong had a great God-given opportunity, but he was defeated by himself, the problem is that he has no awareness of this, and in the end he harms others and himself.

In this way, Zhao Ji, Ma Kuo is advocating flowers, and Li Cun cannot have any respect and expectations for him.

After Ma Guang finished speaking, Li Cuncai raised his eyelids and said: "Okay, right and wrong, merit and demerit, there are descendants to judge, no matter how you talk about it now, it will not help the things in front of you." ”

After a pause, Li Cun continued: "I'll only say it once, I don't want Zhao Fujin's head, but in the land of eight roads south of the river, I am determined to win, so you can go back and tell Tong Guan willingly." ”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Ma Kuo to argue again, Li Cun waved his hand and drove Ma Kuo and the others away.

After Ma Kuo and them left, He Shi, Lu Yi and others wanted to persuade Li Cun to change his mind and accept Zhao Song's recruitment.

But before He Shi and Lu Yi could speak, Li Cun drove them away.

After waiting for only Li Cun and Li Cun's absolute henchmen to be left in the room, Li Cun changed his previous laziness and said leisurely: "The bait has been released, let's see if I can attract a big fish for me?" ”

……

new