choke element

Although the Eastern and Western Kingdoms of Jin are incompatible with each other, they are inextricably linked.

Since last year, Guo Ning's power has become stronger and stronger, and his posture as a powerful minister has become more and more powerful.The Jurchens in Zhongdu, Hebei and other places saw it and were unavoidably terrified.When the emperor died tragically, the court was of course righteous and strict, preaching that the loyalty of Marshal Du was unspeakable; but the Jurchens everywhere were not fools, and they set off waves of fleeing south one after another.

In particular, the management of Zengde Pusan ​​Anzhen in the states on the East Hebei Road is a place where the Meng'an Mouke organization is relatively complete.Li Ting, who is in charge of this place, does not recognize the existence of the local Jurchens at all. Although he forcibly broke up the attempts of many people to form a group, it will inevitably intensify the restlessness of the local Meng'an Mouke.

Guo Ning didn't particularly mind this situation of fleeing, and even sent a letter to Li Ting, who was sharpening his sword, asking him to show his respect.According to Yousi's statistics, in the short six months that followed, about 40 to [-] Jurchens fled with their families from Zhongdu, Hebei and other places to Daming Mansion, Xingzhou, and Xiangzhou, and then a considerable number of them crossed the south and gathered in Kaifeng. around.

These are all Dajin's inner clan and countrymen, and they can do this only because of their loyalty to Dajin.From any angle, the Kaifeng imperial court could not treat them harshly, but spent a lot of money to settle them.And these people included many officials and nobles, their relatives, friends, old disciples, still living in the area controlled by the imperial court in Zhongdu.

After the second half of last year, with the retreat of the Mongols, the social order in the Central Plains and Hebei has gradually stabilized, and the collapsed road traffic has also begun to recover.There are fewer refugees everywhere, and pedestrians don't have to worry about being slaughtered by them halfway to make human candied meat; Taking farming as a profession.

In this way, it is difficult to block the flow of personnel on the border between the East and the West that stretches for thousands of miles.Since the communication was convenient, the Jurchens who fled south began to call for friends, which caused another wave that was inevitable.

Fortunately, at that time, King Sui Wanyan Shouxu ascended the throne and established a business, recruiting heroes from all over the world, and the expenses were already huge. At this time, there were hundreds of thousands of Jurchens in Nantou, and Kaifeng could not afford to supply them.In addition, although the Kaifeng court claimed to inherit the order of the Great Jin, there were Han officials such as Tian Zhuo and Hou Zhi who held power in the court.The scale of the storm this time is far less than before.

Even so, the number of Jurchens who fled south has never been less, and the more Jurchens who arrived in the south, the stronger the ability of the Kaifeng court to inquire about the inside story of Zhongdu.

Even though Guo Ning eliminated a lot of suspicious elements by excuses, the effect was limited after all.

For a long time, the Ding Naval regime has tried to fully inherit the operation of Dajin in the southern grassland and the interior of the Northeast. This is a military and political requirement, as well as an economic guarantee.To win over the countless alien races in the Northeast, he couldn't always yell at the Jurchens.

Daliao and Dajin have ruled the north for hundreds of years, and most of the Ding Navy are Hu'er or have Hu'er blood, and it is impossible for Guo Ning to issue an order to kill Hu'er, just to pull out the Jurchens and kill them.

As a result, in Kaifeng's view, the military and political information in Zhongdu is rarely classified.

Guo Ning resumed Jiehao Tunbao after Monan Mountain, migrated soldiers and civilians to garrison fields, and his efforts to recruit rebel tribes on the grassland could not be hidden from Kaifeng.

He promoted the Jurchen warlords on Beijing Road and in the Northeast, and continued to use financial resources to buy many chiefs and Qushuai, but he could not hide it from Kaifeng.

Centering on Zhigu village on Zhongdu Road, he mobilized a large number of civilians to build a hegemony, named it Tianjin, and tried to expand maritime interests based on this, which still cannot be hidden from Kaifeng.

To some extent, these inside stories continued to spread, which even prompted the Kaifeng court to go south to plunder.

After all, Ding Haijun's bravery and toughness are well known in the world.If Guo Ning took 30 to [-] soldiers and horses to stare at him, and put on a posture of eager to conquer the world, the Kaifeng court would not only dare not act rashly, but also had to do everything possible to strengthen the army from Datong Mansion to Daming Mansion. State defense.

But with so many news coming in, and then summarized in Kaifeng Center, everyone can understand:
After the entire north was swept away by the Mongols, it was already a mess.Now that Guo Ning has taken over this mess, he has to work hard to maintain it.

Since ancient times, maintaining a mess has consumed huge political and economic resources.What's more, when Guo Ning took power at the beginning, he saw many things as simple. He not only maintained it, but also seemed to be trying his best to repair it, wanting to restore people's livelihood, and then lay the foundation of the new dynasty.

Not to mention anything else, just the management of the Tianjin government and the restoration of the Monan defense line are almost bottomless pits.The results of King Hailing pouring all the wealth of the world to build the Central Capital, and the past events of Emperor Zhangzong exhausting the manpower and material resources of the country for the boundary trenches are still vivid in my mind.How much money does Guo Ning have to do this?

The important ministers of the Kaifeng court had calculated the accounts for Guo Ning many times. They were very sure that if Guo Ning wanted to create new sources of income, he could only start from the sea, and the first thing to do was a huge investment in the sea. Balance accounts.

Furthermore, the ministers also determined that in this situation, in a short period of time, Ding Haijun has no possibility of taking major actions.

So, what if it's just an offensive of [-] to [-] soldiers and horses?

Genghis Khan suffered a disastrous defeat in the frontal confrontation with Guo Ning's more than ten thousand elites.There are many veteran generals in Kaifeng, but no one thinks that they are better at fighting than Genghis Khan.

However, the Shandong side of the Ding Navy had previously dispatched 1 soldiers and horses with the intention of intimidating the Southern Dynasties. In the end, there was loud thunder and little rain.They failed to attack a small Baoying county town for three days, so they could only retreat angrily!
This shows that the wealth accumulated by the Ding Navy has indeed been consumed a lot. Their food is not enough to support long-term operations, and a large number of elite soldiers have been scattered to the newly formed army, resulting in a decline in the combat effectiveness of the army.

In contrast, Kaifeng's control area has mountains and rivers in the north, the important town of Daming Mansion in the south, and a series of solid military strongholds along the Yellow River such as Weizhou, Huazhou, and Caozhou.Since Guo Ning's small force can't help the weak Song, it can't help Dajin even more.

This is a rare opportunity for the Kaifeng court, and it is also an opportunity that must be seized.

It's not that they are going to attack Shandong and Hebei. After all, the Ding Navy is fierce, and even if the attack is insufficient, there is more than enough defense.Even if the Kaifeng court wanted to die, it would not do so.The way they came up with was to send troops south while Guo Ning was busy rectifying internal government affairs.

If you go south, you can plunder, and use the plundered wealth to maintain the new army of the thirteen captains.

You can train your troops when you go south. Through the fight with the Song people, you can take the opportunity to adjust the candidates for the generals of the two commanding divisions in Shaanxi and Henan, and then test whether your own military strength is effective.

Going south can force Song Guo to hand over the old coins, and even make the Kaifeng court have the capital to continue to organize the army!
Today, the world is divided into three parts, and the force of the Southern Dynasty is the weakest.This plan of the Kaifeng court is almost their inevitable choice, and it cannot be said that it is unreasonable.

Even if there is a little risk in it, it is necessary to fight for the unification.

If you don't dare to take any risks, but just sit and guard Kaifeng as the dog of the household, then there is really no need to establish another Dajin court, it is better to just bow your head and surrender to Guo Ning.

Because the soldiers of the thirteen captains gathered in Kaifeng, the training was very tight; the Kaifeng Jin army suddenly went south, and the Song people were not prepared in advance, let alone the central capital which is far away.

But the Kaifeng court did not expect that the Song State was indeed weak, but still had the power to protect itself.What they didn't expect was that Guo Ning's infiltration into Song State was very smooth, so the time to learn about Kaifeng's Jin army was actually earlier than Song State's trip to Lin'an; The court imagined more.

Zhongdu Marshal's Mansion.

Xu Ding, who had been busy in Tianjin Mansion for several months, entered Fengyi Gate with his front foot, then turned into the Marshal's Mansion with his back foot, and came straight to see Yelu Chucai.

He backed away from the left and right, and said in a low voice: "No wonder there is always insufficient food and fodder in the Tianjin government! We spent a lot of money to buy merchants in the direction of Huainan, and this opened up the route for smuggling grain through the canal... But the grain shipped from there It never reached the north, nor did it reach Dengzhou or Laizhou!"

He took two steps closer, and lowered his voice a bit: "I checked the copy of the left and right department's books myself! The records of Haizhou Qushan Port clearly have these fodder... Where did they go?"

Yelu Chucai looked up from the pile of documents and laughed.

Yidu Privy Council.

It was a rare time for Wanyan Chenghui to come, so he approached Du Shisheng familiarly: "Mr. Jinzhi, we haven't seen Master Huifeng for a while, right? At the beginning of the month Zhou Guogong passed by Yidu, and he didn't come out to greet you. You You know, where did he go?"

Du Shisheng pretended to be stupid: "Yes, yes, I haven't seen him for a while. Where did he go?"