Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Is Your Highness feeling better?"

"much better."

Qin Hui asked very modestly: "Your Highness, how do you think the current situation in Liaodong should be handled?"

"Qin Xianggong is unparalleled in strategy, do you still need to ask Xiao Wang?"

"Your Highness has broken down on me, and I can only rely on His Highness's promotion to make me what I am today."

"Xiao Wang has never promoted Qin Xianggong, it was all promoted by His Majesty."

"Your Highness, the King of Liao can no longer be in Liaodong!" Qin Hui said solemnly in a low voice, "Your Majesty has already given birth to the intention to move the King of Liao."

Chapter 1161 Kang Wang's chance? (third change)

Zhao Gou said: "Mr. Qin, don't talk nonsense. King Liao is His Majesty's son. How can His Majesty deal with King Liao?"

"King Liao has been in Liaodong for six or seven years. Does Your Highness think that His Majesty will let King Liao continue to stay?"

Zhao Gou was silent.

"If you stay any longer, you will be a vassal king." Qin Hui said, "The rules for vassal kings in fiefdoms have long been abolished, and it is even more impossible for this dynasty to have one. The time and power of the Liao king in the local area have reached their limit."

Zhao Gou remained silent, knowing it in his heart.

The Zhao official family will indeed not allow local princes and kings to appear.

He, Zhao Gou, is the best example. Zhao Gou went to the Northwest for a few years, isn't he also called back?

After being recalled, he found a reason and was even dismissed from his post.

The Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty had too much influence, and it was impossible for the Song Dynasty to have a vassal king.

"What does this have to do with Xiao Wang?" Zhao Gou asked.

Zhao Gou is no longer the hot-blooded and ignorant boy 12 years ago. He knows that Qin Hui is an old fox and has no good intentions.

"Your Highness, don't you want to go to Liaodong to replace King Liao?"

"This king goes to Liaodong to replace the Liao king, so what?"

"Liaodong is the front line, Your Highness can contribute to the country."

Qin Hui's words were very cryptic. If you translate it, it should be like this: Liaodong is the front line, you need money to give money, you need people, you can often drag the army out to practice, and establish a good relationship with the army. In the future, there will be only advantages and no disadvantages.

Zhao Gou hesitated for a moment, and said, "Forget it, Xiao Wang has no ambitions, and just wants to enjoy time in Bianjing."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Gou turned and left: "Farewell."

When Kang Wang returned home, Wang Boyan was waiting for Kang Wang to come back at home.

"See Your Highness."

"You came."

"Did Your Highness go hunting with His Majesty today?"

"Yes, Zaizhi and the princes have all gone."

"I heard that the third prince asked His Majesty for the crown prince?"

Zhao Gou froze for a moment, frowned and asked, "How do you know?"

Immediately thinking about it, Wang Boyan must have bribed the servant, and he continued: "Do you dare to arrange eyeliner in the palace?"

"It's not just the lower officials who have made such an arrangement."

"What do you know about this?"

"Your Majesty now has the heart to establish a crown prince. There used to be voices in the court to fight for His Majesty's crown prince, but now there is no more."

"If you don't have it, you don't have it. The crown prince is not my king's. Why not be a prince of Taiping?"

"However, His Highness has offended many people in the court these years. If His Highness really doesn't fight, after a hundred years, His Majesty, I'm afraid..."

"Afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid that those who hated His Highness before will frame His Highness. What will the next emperor do if he fears His Highness's prestige?"

When Wang Boyan said this, Zhao Gou could not help but shudder.

Zhao Gou participated in the implementation of the new agricultural policy at the beginning, and he offended not only the royal family, powerful bureaucrats, but also local landlords, who hated him deeply.

It's just that Zhao Gou has been in power these years, and has the potential to become the heir apparent. Countless people are optimistic about him, so naturally no one dares to touch him.

But if one day, he really loses his power and the protection of Zhao Guan's family, those former enemies will inevitably attack him together.

"What do you want to say?" Zhao Gou asked impatiently.

"Your Highness is at home now, so you should make plans for yourself."

"How to make plans early?" Zhao Gou asked, "This king has lost all his positions, so how can we make plans?"

"Doesn't Your Highness know that Yue Fei has gone to the Anbei Protectorate?"

"So what?"

"This is the beginning of the rotation of the imperial court. Now that the Song and Jin Dynasties are negotiating peace, the frontier army will inevitably be mobilized, and the King of Liao will not stay in Liaodong for long."

"You think so too?"

Wang Boyan immediately said: "Did Mr. Qin say something to His Highness?"

"He asked this king to succeed the Liao king."

"This is a good move. If Your Highness can go to the border and make friends with generals, it would be the best."

"But the prince of this dynasty is not allowed to make friends with side generals."

"That was before, the King of Liao had a close relationship with the border generals in Liaodong. Didn't you also have friendship with Zhe Yanzhi in Longyou? Your Majesty didn't say anything, and the ministers in the court didn't mention anything either."

"King Liao is back, how can I get this king to go to Liaodong?"

"There is not only Fuzhou in Liaodong, but the Protectorate of Andong covers the former Koryo. It is a huge territory. Now that the side affairs are temporarily suspended, what is the next focus?"

"what?"

"Korea's enlightenment, the trade between Goryeo and the Central Plains, and Goryeo's support for Liaodong's military resources and supplies, these are the key things to do next. If His Highness can make a statement, criticize the current problems, and relieve His Majesty's worries, His Majesty is more willing Do you believe in Han Shizhong, or do you prefer to believe in your own brother?"

"What you said makes sense, but this matter is very sensitive, how can I mention it to His Majesty?"

"There is no need to mention the king of Liao, and there is no need to mention the law of defense. Now that the Song and Jin Dynasties are negotiating peace, Liaodong will inevitably become the eastern center of Song and Jin trade because of its proximity to the sea. As the matter of trade is gradually extended, it will certainly not arouse suspicion, and then the lower officials will arrange some people to recommend His Highness to go to investigate Song and Jin maritime trade, and gradually advance."

It has to be said that Wang Boyan is a master in officialdom.

Sure enough, there are thresholds for being a traitor.

"Let me think about it."

"Let me take my leave first."

At night, the stars are like dust, and the night wind is gentle.

Zhao Ning was sitting in the gazebo drinking, not long after, Qian Jinshu came.

"Officials."

"Sit down and have a drink with me."

Immediately, Zhao Ning retreated to the left and right, leaving Qian Jinshu and herself alone.

Qian Jinshu sat down, picked up the wine glass and drank, she said softly: "Why do the officials still drink in the evening?"

"The war between Song and Jin ceased, and the world gradually stabilized. I also breathed a sigh of relief."

"The golden man is cunning and impermanent, and officials must not be fooled by the golden man."

"It won't be coming in a short time." Zhao Ning sighed, the pressure in his heart was indeed much less.

He suddenly said: "Now Song and Jin commerce has several centers of gravity. One is Yanmen Pass, the other is south of Youzhou, and the third is Liaodong. Liaodong relies on water conservancy and is the hinterland of Liaoyang in the Kingdom of Jin. It can also cover Ji Dengzhou, Bohai (the Bohai Sea was called Bohai in ancient times) will inevitably be presented as the commercial center in the east, and Dengzhou will become the largest port connecting the Central Plains to Liaodong.”

"It stands to reason that it is true," Qian Jinshu said.

"Then Dengzhou and Liaodong must be places where a lot of money and goods are exchanged."

Seeing that there seemed to be a trace of worry in Zhao Ning's eyebrows, Qian Jinshu asked: "The officials are worried that the money will leak to the Liaodong Army?"

Zhao Ning was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "No one knows me better than Jinshu!"

"It is indeed possible to infiltrate into the Liaodong Army. Interests are fascinating. Where there are people, there will be people who will pursue interests."

Chapter 1162 The game between the black-bellied emperor and the treacherous officials (first update)

Zhao Gou's example tells us that once you join the arena, it is very difficult to get out.

Even if you disembark temporarily, someone will tell you that if you don't want to get on the ship, you will be finished when the captain dies.

And Zhao Ning's example tells us that there is no perfect way to solve all contradictions in this world.

At that time, he opened up the Liaodong battlefield, undertook the eastward movement of the grand strategy, constrained the Kingdom of Jin in the eastern battlefield, and won strategic space for Hebei, Hedong, and Anbei Prefectures.

The completion of the defense lines in Hebei and Anbei prefectures won time and space for Mi Xia.

From this point of view, opening up the Liaodong battlefield is a move that has to be taken.

Liaodong has been hanging overseas alone for a long time, but it's nothing before. After all, Liaodong relies on the imperial court to import logistics and also rely on the imperial court to distribute salaries.

Before that, it was very difficult to rebel, after all, the risk of rebellion was too great.

However, don't forget that Goryeo is already the territory of Song Dynasty, and Goryeo has sufficient food.

If the Liaodong army wants to rebel, they can secretly transport grain from Koryo and store it in Liaodong.

As for salaries, if Song and Jin trade flourished in Bohai and a large amount of money circulated in Bohai, would there be anyone in the Liaodong Army who would do business in private and hoard money?

If both food and salary are settled, the basic conditions for rebellion will be met.

Of course, only the basic conditions are met.

Zhao Ning did nothing to the Liaodong Army.

For example, the appointment of the middle-level and basic officers of the Liaodong Army came from the Military and Political Academy, and they had studied in the Military Academy, and each of them had to be assessed and deployed for defense after three years in his official position.

Assuming that Han Shizhong really wants to rebel in August this year, he must face a problem. Maybe in July this year, a group of mid-level and low-level officers transferred from other places will be transferred to his army. rebelled with him.

This creates a disconnect at the executive level internally.

In short, the difficulty of rebellion is not low.

This does not mean, however, that rebellion is completely avoided in this way.

If the rebellion succeeds, it means separatist regime and self-reliance as king. Normal men can't even resist beauty, so how can they resist the temptation of power?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ning couldn't help saying with emotion: "Fortune and misfortune depend on each other."

He also said: "I often think that a good policy can solve past problems, but once it takes a little longer, it will inevitably give rise to new problems, but we cannot completely reject this policy because of new problems. , This is the charm of dialectics.”

"Most people can't see the essential laws of things clearly. For example, if there is a problem in Liaodong, they will deny the strategy of Liaodong in its entirety. This difference of opinion is not going to resolve.”

"Haven't all the officials read the official "Dialectics"?" Qian Jinshu asked.

"Do you know the difference between memorizing and learning? Memorizing is the ability to memorize the sentences in the book, that's all. If you change the case and use the memorized sentences to interpret, you will be at a loss. Reading and practicing are two different things , what comes on paper is always shallow.”

"It sounds like there is no cure?" Qian Jinshu said with a wry smile.

"No, no, it's not hopeless. People are often obsessed with how to solve the specific problems in front of them. This is good and necessary, but don't forget that problems will never disappear, because conflicts will never disappear. Problems do not destroy a person or a country, only avoiding conflicts and problems will do.”

Zhao Ning said thoughtfully: "Li Shimin was able to create the rule of Zhenguan in just a few decades because the court's speech was smooth, and all discussions were recorded and made public. In the later stage, Li Longji thought that he had reached the Tang Dynasty he wanted, and there was no problem."

His tone was very calm, and these words seemed to be speaking to himself.

"If I think that I have really solved all the problems, and then play the pipa and dance with you in the back garden, wouldn't that be another Li Longji?"

Qian Jinshu said: "The officials know it well, and it is a blessing for the common people."

The next day, the Qin residence.

While Mrs. Wang was changing Qin Hui's clothes, Ding Hu (si), the steward of the Qin Mansion, walked outside and said softly, "Mr.

After Qin Hui changed his clothes, he said, "Come in."

After Ding Yu came in, he said, "There is news from the palace."

Qin Hui took a look and was overjoyed.

Wang asked, "What's wrong?"

"The officials want to move Han Shizhong!"