I am not Song Qinzong

Tong Guan is very unhappy.

Well done, with an extra dad on his head, who would want it?

It's just that once Zhao Ji opened his mouth, he didn't dare to refute. If he offended the emperor, he might cause even more trouble.

Zhao Huan was quite satisfied.

No matter what, Tong Guan will not be able to send out troops in a short time.

Saving Liu Fa's life is one, and the other is buying time.

To send troops now, the crown prince would not be able to invite the supervising army even if he wanted to, let alone take the lead.

Given time, it is not impossible for the prince to conquest himself.

To be honest, Zhao Huan was not at ease with Tong Guan.

Jiaozhao sent troops to recover the four states, conquered the Jishi army, and the battle of Pingxia City, etc., are indeed coaxing.

However, seeing success but not failure, just like how Jingxia City was slaughtered, Zhao Ji had no idea what to do.

Moreover, if Tong Guan is really awesome, why would he pay to redeem You Yun?

Furthermore, with the corruption of the court, the local government must be very serious. If it is not investigated and dealt with, it will only waste a lot of money.

As for delaying rather than vetoing, Zhao Huan felt that in terms of power, the Song Dynasty was stronger than Xixia and could fight.

Keep the head, drag it for a year and a half, and then mention it when the wings are full, and restart the Western Expedition.

Even if he can't be in command, he can also serve as a supervisor and actually lead the war.

While thinking about it, I only heard Zhao Ji ask: "Imperial son, do you have any opinions on the matter of Yu Lianjin's extermination of Liao?"

21 Skip questions

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are You, Shun, Confucianism, Tan, Ji, Zhuo, Ying, Mo, Xin, Wei, Wu, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo, and Yunzhou.

Shi Jingtang rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and asked for help from Khitan because of his lack of strength. He proclaimed himself Emperor and ceded Youyun.

Since ancient times, the sixteen prefectures have been the northern gateway of the Central Plains, especially the seven prefectures in front of the mountain of "You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, and Shun", which are extremely important.

There are many mountains in the west, and the terrain is complicated. The Yanshan and Taihang Mountains are close to the north, and the terrain is steep, which is actually a natural line of defense.

In the middle, there are the Sanggan River and the Juma River. The rivers are wide, deep and fast-flowing, and they can also be used as lines of defense.

There is a saying: if Lingbei is lost, Yanyun will be in danger, if Yanyun is lost, the Central Plains will be in danger.

The states of You and Yan were created by heaven and earth to divide them into feudal vassals and Han Dynasty.

From Qizhou to the south to the Yellow River, there is a flat river along the way, and there is no danger to defend. The northern iron cavalry goes out of Yanshan, galloping freely, and can reach Kaifeng overnight.

Due to insufficient defense, the Song Dynasty built more forts and walled cities on the border, and set up defense lines in Zhending, Zhongshan and Hejian.

However, the plain is vast, and the Khitan cavalry can take detours at will.

Therefore, during the Zhenzong Dynasty, Khitan went south, defeated the enemy and broke the city along the way, and arrived in Dingzhou within ten days, which was only more than [-] miles away from Bianliang.

During the Jingkang period, the Jin soldiers went south and arrived at the city of Kaifeng without any obstacles.

Therefore, Taizu Taizong never forgot to take back Youyun as a barrier.

It's just that Taizong's personal conquest was defeated, and his descendants didn't think about making progress afterwards, and they rarely mentioned the recovery of Youyun.

Zhao Ji wanted to regain Yanyun, probably not because he cared about its effect on national security.

Zhao Huan speculated that it must be vanity.

What my ancestors failed to do, I did, am I the best?

The Taoist emperor must be better than his ancestors!

This is probably what Zhao Ji thought.

Moreover, the Liao Kingdom was declining and the Jin Kingdom was in the ascendant, and there was a possibility of regaining Youyun in the situation.

"The nine states behind the mountain can still be discussed. The five states in front of the mountain and the barriers of Yanshan Mountain and Taihang Mountain must be taken back." Zhao Huan said forcefully.

Because Chai Rong took back Mozhou and Yingzhou, only five of the seven prefectures in front of the mountain were in the hands of Khitan.

So, if Chai Rong doesn't die, can the Khitan be killed in the next week?

Hearing this, Tong Guan's old face turned into a chrysanthemum.

Playing Xixia or something is actually icing on the cake, dispensable.

Hitting Youyun is the big head.

Song Shenzong's last words: "Those who can restore Yanshan can be crowned kings even if they have different surnames."

Its intention is to encourage the military and civilians to forge ahead, but no one cares.

After Emperor Taizong's personal conquest of Yanyun failed, the Northern Expedition was hopeless inside and outside the court.

Even after more than [-] years of peace, no one felt the need to take back Yanyun.

The main reason is that in everyone's impression, the Khitan people are still super fierce.

In the first year of Zhenghe, when Tong Guan was sent as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom, the people of Liao and Ma Zhi had close opinions and stated the truth and falsehood of the Liao and Jin Dynasties.

Yoho, the Khitan people are dead?Tong Guanda was moved, hoping to win the title of king by regaining Youyun.

Therefore, under his series of operations, Lian Jin's extermination of Liao Feng's discussion became more and more prosperous, causing the shame of the Sea Alliance and later Jingkang.

In fact, Lian Jin was right in destroying Liao. What was wrong was that Zhao Ji and those in power in the court were not compelled and did not recognize their own strength.

The Liao Kingdom was indeed rotten, but the Song Dynasty was even worse.

The Jurchen saw that the state of Song was so poor and rich, how long would it take if they didn't do it?

As a result, Song Qinzong wanted to cry but had no tears when he was cheated.

"Father Emperor." Zhao Huan paused, changed the subject, and said, "Since it is decided to use troops in Liaoxia, why are the yearly coins endlessly rewarded?"

"what?"

This change of thinking was too fast, and Zhao Ji was a little too late to react.

"What the prince said is reasonable!" Zheng Juzhong echoed, "At the age of 50, the Liao Kingdom received 25 silver and silk, and at the age of 80 and [-] were given to Xixia, which is nearly [-] silk.