Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

But if the emperor wants to say such things, as a courtier, you must not take it seriously, otherwise the people in the clan will not even dare to eat the banquet.

"No matter how the folks spread the difference between the north and the south, you must not have it in your heart."

"If there is a difference between the north and the south in the heart of the chief executive of the imperial court, there must be a difference in his actions, and if the north and the south are treated differently, there will be great chaos."

The crowd said: "Your Majesty is wise, I will be taught."

Everyone didn't mention Zongwang's matter any more, and we'll talk about it later in the storm.

Zhao Ning said: "Zong Shuai, what do you have to say about the deployment of Hebei and Hedong next?"

Zong Ze stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the map and said, "If Your Majesty wants to conquer the Kingdom of Jin, he must take Yanyun. If he takes Yanyun, he must take back the three towns. If he takes back the three towns, he must stabilize Hebei, Hedong."

"At this time, the military administration and the people's livelihood in Hebei and Hedong are equally important. If the military administration is favored over the people's livelihood, the successor will be weak.

Zhao Ning nodded repeatedly.

What the general thinks about is how to make the army charge forward, and what the handsome thinks about is strategizing, and the audience sees the overall situation.

Zong Ze is undoubtedly handsome.

"The imperial court has issued many decrees to Hebei and Hedong. If all of them are implemented, taxes will be lightened and corvees will be lightened, and people's livelihood will be restored slowly. The biggest obstacle now is banditry."

"That's why, I believe that we should eliminate banditry first to calm people's hearts, and then lock the city and deploy defenses."

"How to lock the city?"

"Among the prefectures of Taiyuan, Zhending, Zhongshan, and Hejian, seize the city and lock it up."

He said this, and everyone knows it, because the Jin army used the "lock city tactic" when they attacked Taiyuan City at that time, and later attacked Tokyo, and also used the "lock city tactic".

What Zongze meant was not to attack their main city first, but to occupy the surrounding counties and blockade the main city from resources.

"If this is the case, it will be a direct conflict with the Jin army."

Zong Ze said: "Use the soldiers to act as the local people and do the rebellion."

"Good!" Zhao Ning couldn't help admiring.

Isn't this the development of armed forces behind enemy lines?

Song and Jin ceased fighting, and Jin Guo secretly supported Liu Yu. Da Song could also develop manpower in these places and revolt as common people, thus dealing a blow to the Jin army and the puppet army.

Historically, this was part of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition strategy.

Yue Fei followed Zongze in his early years. Zongze started his business by gathering rebels from Hebei. Yue Fei knew how to develop armed forces behind enemy lines. He was also influenced by Zongze to some extent, right?

"What does Li Xianggong think?"

Li Gang said, "I agree with what Zong Shuai said."

"Where is the great minister?"

"I have no objection, it is feasible."

Now that Zhao Ding said it, it means that the Zhengshitang will fully cooperate in logistics.

Zhao Ning said: "What Zong Shuai said is very true, I also have two points to say."

"[-]. In the past, when our Song and Jin armies played against each other, we always focused on defense. Even if we won, we couldn't take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Why?"

"Because there are no horses!"

"I assure you that I will definitely provide you with a large number of war horses!"

"Second, looking at the current situation, Taiyuan, Zhending, Zhongshan, and Hejian are all in the enemy's hands, so if the people there are willing to be used by the court?"

Everyone didn't speak, they all waited for Zhao Guan's family to speak.

"Prospering the people's livelihood in Hebei and Hedong, and caring for the people, the people of Taiyuan, Zhending, Zhongshan, and Hejian are willing to love the Song Dynasty. If the court regards the people as grass, then the people regard the court as a bandit, and they will definitely join the Jin army. Death to me, Da Song."

Class conflicts are always more terrifying than ethnic conflicts.

"Your Majesty is wise, I'm waiting to be taught."

"Let Zongze handle the strategy of locking the cities of Hebei and Hedong."

Zhao Ning knew that if Zong Ze was asked to do this, a considerable part of the work must be carried out by Yue Fei.

And Yue Fei is the best person to do this.

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Zhao Ding: "Where is Xixia?"

Zhao Ding said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the green and white salt of Xixia has already appeared in Tokyo City. According to the preliminary inference of the Huizhou Banyan Department, the amount of money we have flowed into Xixia in the past two years has reached millions."

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help discussing immediately, they were all shocked by this statistic.

One million pennies flowed into Xixia, this is crazy capitalism!

Every copper coin may be stained with the blood of Song soldiers!

"Your Majesty, do you want to suspend the exchange with Xixia?" Xu Han said.

"It cannot be suspended. Once suspended, Xixia will immediately defect to Jin. Once Xixia sends troops to Shaanxi, our western front will be restrained. The Jin army stationed in Hebei and Hedong will definitely tear up the armistice contract overnight and go south!"

Wanyan Wu begging for money always dreamed of breaking up with Song Xia.

Once Song Xia breaks apart, the balance reached by the three parties will immediately tilt.

"Your Majesty, do you want to tighten the trade market?"

"At this point in time, don't touch the relationship between Song and Xia lightly." Zhao Ning said calmly, "The reason why Xixia Qingbai salt is so popular in our dynasty is because of its good taste and its cheap price. Come down, Xixia won't be able to make any money!"

Xu Han insisted: "Your Majesty, the income from salt is the top priority of the national treasury."

Yes, during the Xuanhe period, the annual income from salt was as high as 1500 million guan.

The annual salary of officials in the Song Dynasty was a little more than 1600 million yuan, and the income from salt alone could almost cover the salaries of officials all over the country.

In the past two years, Salt's annual income has almost halved.

If the price is further lowered, the income of salt will be terrible, and the annual income of the Song Dynasty will directly decline like a cliff.

This is undoubtedly worse for Da Song, who is already in a tight financial situation and needs money everywhere.

"I have ordered people to refine sea salt. If there is no problem, there should be a very good output by now."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ning thought of that beautiful little lady Qian, the girl standing in the snow with an oil-paper umbrella.

"Will sea salt work?"

"It's feasible!" Zhao Ning said firmly, "The most important thing now is not to cut off Xixia's trade, but to prepare for a war with Xixia."

Everyone was taken aback: "War?"

Zhang Jun said: "The Xixia people recruited a large number of people in Hengshan, stationed troops, and mined iron ore."

As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions changed.

Li Gang said solemnly: "Could it be that the party wants to use troops against me?"

If Xixia uses troops now, the Jin army will also take the opportunity to go south.

"No, Xixia has not yet maximized its benefits." Zhao Ning looked calm, "Qingbaiyan still has a big gap in the northwest area, and their income is still growing rapidly. They should wait for more than a year. Once At that time, when they find that the growth of their books has slowed down, they will think about fighting."

Xixia is a salt dealer, isn't salt dealer just thinking of selling things to make money every day?

"Therefore, it is imperative to increase troops in Shaanxi."

As he said that, Zhao Ning picked up a letter from the table and handed it to Zhang Jun. He said: "Yang Yizhong Zoushu, please behead Xi Gong and Liu Guangshi."

Chapter 318 The Battle of the Western Army (Part [-])

As soon as Zhao Guanjia said this, the atmosphere at the scene became dignified.

Zhao Ning looked around, Zhang Shuye came out and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is quite controversial and needs to be dealt with expediently."

Xu Han also came out and said: "Your Majesty, I agree with what Zhang Xianggong said, the matter of Xi Gong is too involved, and there are many disputes in it, so it is inconvenient to make a one-size-fits-all."

The problem of Xi Gong and Liu Guangshi is a big problem.

They are not just military issues, but also involve very deep political issues behind them.

Let’s talk about Xi Gong, Xi Gong, the former envoy of Jingyuan Road, escaped during the earth-shattering Chang’an battle on December [-], the second year of Jingkang!

It caused the army on the left to collapse like a thousand miles.

Is this a capital offense?

This crime deserves death by a thousand swords!

However, military issues are often political issues.

How many people were killed on the western front of the third Song-Jin War is still a secret.

But even if it is a secret, it is still being debated in the court.

For example, Cai Mao once said: Zhang Jun didn't know the soldiers, so he rushed to the battle, which not only caused the tragic death of [-] soldiers in Yan'an, but also the chief culprit of Chang'an's defeat.

Even centrists like Xu Han said: Zhang Jun is determined to achieve success, if not for the rescue on the eastern front, Shaanxi would have fallen.

Even Zhang Shuye expressed such emotion: If Shaanxi can be steady and prudent, there will be no need for death or injury!

This shows that there is great controversy about the situation in Shaanxi during the third Song-Jin War.

This controversy is not only at the grassroots and middle levels, but also at the top.

After all, in the third battle between Song and Jin, the Northwest Forbidden Army did not defeat the Jin Army.

Back to the controversial point of the question, Shaanxi was defeated. Is Zhang Jun's decision-making a problem, or Xi Gong's responsibility?

You must know that at that time, all economic and strategic envoys in Shaanxi opposed Zhang Jun's decision to rush to the battle.

Before Xi Gong fled, the Song army was almost unable to hold on.

Moreover, after Xi Gong fled, the rest of the roads fled quickly.

If Xi Gong is to be dealt with, wouldn't other parties also have to deal with it?

It involves a wide range of levels, almost covering most of the top commanders of the Western Army.

The Northwest Forbidden Army itself is the most complicated faction of the Song Dynasty. Before the Song and Jin Dynasties, the situation was extremely tense, and the relationship between Song and Xia had just stabilized.

Therefore, it is not so easy for a country to deal with military and political issues at any time.

Those who want to keep Xi Gong are also divided into two factions:

One faction really believed that Zhang Jun was mainly responsible for the defeat of Shaanxi in the third Song-Jin war, and Xi Gong was also responsible, but he deserved his death the most.

Representatives of this faction are mainly Zhang Shuye and others.

As for whether Zhang Shuye had the idea of ​​deliberately protecting Xigong in order to win over the people in the Northwest, it is not known.

There is also a faction that believes that the third Song-Jin war, Shaanxi's defeat was all because of Zhang Jun, and all the responsibility was on him.

There are many people in this faction.

For example, the envoy Fan Zhixu on the Yongxingjun Road, Zhang Shen on the Yanyan Road, Wang Si on the Huanqing Road, and Zhao Dian on the Qinfeng Road.

Of the six roads in Shaanxi, there are four routes that make Zhang Jun dissatisfied.

What is the level of an economic envoy?

From the point of view of authority, the Economic and Strategic Envoy is the highest military and political officer along the way.

The Ming Dynasty also had strategies, for example, Xiong Tingbi had a strategy for Liaodong.

In the Ming Dynasty, the position of Jinglue was higher than that of the governor.

Look at the Song Dynasty without a governor. Jinglue is the supreme commander of the local military region.

All the four major strategists refused to accept Zhang Jun, thinking that it was all his responsibility. What do the people below them think?

Now that Zhao Guanjia proposed to ask Xi Gong and Liu Guangshi to kill Xi Gong and Liu Guangshi, the atmosphere at the scene naturally changed.

"Zongshuai, what do you think?"

Zong Ze said: "The veteran feels that this matter should not be too controversial, so as to avoid unnecessary complications. Since the emperor has promulgated the "Jingkang New Military Law", it will be handled according to the new military law."

"Where is the great minister?"

Zhao Ding said: "I agree with what Zong Shuai said."

Zhao Ning said: "Then it will be dealt with according to military law."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Guanjia said: "It's getting late, gentlemen, please step back."

Everyone got up and said: "I will leave."