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"Use Song people to deal with King Wei?"

Wanyan Quan was stunned for a moment, Wan Yanchang's proposal, he had never thought about it, it was completely beyond his expectation.

"Yes, use Song people to deal with King Wei and protect His Majesty's great gold."

"Song people are wolfish ambitions, I'm afraid..."

"You only need to promise to return Yanyun to the people of Song Dynasty, and the Zhao family will definitely agree to your majesty's request." Wan Yanchang said in an eloquent manner.

Wan Yanquan said: "But the land of Yanyun is the most affluent place of my Dajin, how can I give it to others at will?"

However, Wan Yanchang said: "Your Majesty, the problem of my big gold now lies here. This most affluent place cannot be controlled by Your Majesty. Not only has it failed to provide Your Majesty with good finances, but it has caused conflicts and conflicts in the state affairs. Split."

When he said this, Wan Yanliang on the side immediately expressed his opinion: "Your Majesty, Duke Lu is right, besides, the land of Yanyun was promised to be returned to the people of Song Dynasty as early as the time of Taizu. In the land of white mountains and black waters, if Yanyun can be used to quell the internal chaos of the dynasty, I think it is worth it."

Wan Yanquan fell into deep thought.

On June 22, a secret message was transmitted in a restaurant in Shangjing, and the sender disappeared in the misty summer rain.

If it wasn't for the matter of the grassland, Wanyan Quan wouldn't be in this situation.

The Song army's victory in the grassland had a great impact on Jin's foreign enemies and internal affairs. The sudden increase in external defense pressure often intensified internal conflicts.

The voices of discussion on Wushu in the ruling and opposition parties are already raging.

In addition, Wushu has carried out a large-scale cleansing in the past few years, eliminated a group of people, and seized power forcefully, which caused even more intense antagonism.

It's just that the antagonism was temporarily suppressed.

If the system of the Jin Kingdom at this time was like that of the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor could gather all the power in one person, and the power of the court would be divided and weakened, Wan Yanqian would not be so desperate.

The bad thing is that the emperor is in Shangjing, but two-thirds of the army is in Yanjing.

Wanyan Quan will definitely not be able to quickly unify the interior under the pretext of fighting against foreign enemies like when Zhao Ning first crossed over.

But often the influence of things is by no means single.

The Battle of the Grassland made Shangjing Boyun treacherous, how could Yanjing be as usual?

On the first day of July, a secret report from Shangjing was placed on Wushu's desk.

The content of this secret report is exactly the conversation between Wan Yanchang and Wan Yanquan at that time.

Wu Shu's expression was ugly, he never thought that Wanyan Quan, whom he supported up with one hand, would actually want to use Song people to deal with him.

On the fifth day of July, under Wushu's secret order, Wanyan Zongmin's [-] troops approached Shangjing.

On the evening of the fifth day of July, Wanyan Quan received the news. He was surprised, but also angry.

Surprisingly, why did Wanyan Zongmin suddenly command 1 people to go to Beijing? Isn't he in Liaoyang Mansion?

What angered him was that Wanyan Zongmin was able to command an army of [-] to approach the capital without the emperor's order to dispatch troops.

Don't think about it, this must be Wu Shu's order.

When it was just getting dark, Wanyan Quan urgently summoned the King of Chu, Wanyan Zongqian, and even the King of Jin, Wanyanyu, who was too old to walk.

Naturally, there is no shortage of Lu Guogong Wan Yanchang, and the Imperial Guard Meng An Wanyan Liang.

Wanyan Quan said angrily: "Wanyan Zongmin has entered Huining Mansion with an army of [-], who gave him the order!"

"It must be the King of Wei!" Wan Yanchang said, "The King of Wei is planning to rebel!"

The others didn't speak, Wan Yanquan said: "King Chu, do you have anything to say?"

"Right now everyone in the capital is talking about the grassland. Your Majesty should give everyone an explanation on this matter, not Wanyan Zongmin."

"It's clear at a glance who is responsible for the matter of the grassland!" Wan Yanchang said angrily, "Wanyan Zongmin has arrived at Huining Mansion with soldiers and horses. The Minister of the Tang blamed him, so he did not do anything! This kind of behavior is rebellion!"

The hat was basically finished, Wanyan Quan looked at Wanyan Zongqian, and suddenly said: "If you, Uncle Chu, were to coordinate the Privy Council, this situation would definitely not be like this."

"What is the virtue of my minister." Wanyan Zongqian said, "Since Wanyan Zongmin has come, I will call him into the city, as long as he enters the city alone."

"What about after entering the city alone?"

"Catch him for violating the military system."

"I'm afraid this will lead to civil strife." Wan Yanquan said tentatively.

Wanyan Zongqian said again: "Wanyan Zongmin came here this time, obviously the person who came here was not kind, if His Majesty doesn't punish severely, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe for me inside."

Wan Yanchang immediately raised fire on one side: "Your Majesty, leave the overall situation to the King of Wei, but he has caused the situation. If Your Majesty shows kindness to him again, the world may be in danger of collapse!"

After saying this, Wanyan Quan received Wanyan Zongqian's statement, and sent a call to Wanyan Zongmin, summoning him to the palace to meet with His Majesty.

On the morning of the sixth day of July, after Wanyan Zongmin received the call, he did not leave, but sent someone to send the memorial letter written by Wushu to Wanyan Quan in advance.

This attitude is already very obvious. His Majesty will not go back when he sees me in the palace, and I will definitely not enter the city. I came this time because the King of Wei asked me to ask for a word.

By the way, put the army here, and ask His Majesty for a few people.

Who?

Duke Lu's family!

After reading Wushu's memorandum, Wanyan Quan angrily smashed all the items on the table.

Wan Yanchang said to Wan Yanquan: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the letter has been sent to the south, and the Zhao officials will get the news soon. Once the Song army moves, the main force of King Wei will be dragged to Yanyun. Wanyan Zongmin made a move, he is only a mere [-] people, and His Royal Highness King Chu has His Majesty's Imperial Guard!"

Only then did Wanyan Quan come to his senses, but he no longer lied to Wanyan Zongmin, but procrastinated!

On July [-]th, after a heavy rain, the sky was green and misty and rainy on the Bian River.

A very important person arrived at the Hall of Wende and had an audience with Zhao Guan's family. This person was Yue Fei.

"The time is ripe for the Northern Expedition to the Kingdom of Jin. I want to command all the troops in Hebei and Jingdong as the Marshal of the Central Northern Expedition."

When Zhao Ning made this decision, Yue Fei knelt on the ground excitedly and said, "I am willing to go through fire and water!"

"Come on, get up and talk." Zhao Ning helped him up, and continued, "At that time, Liaodong, Anbei, and Hedong Yanmen Pass will all take action. What I want to know most is the situation on the grassland."

"There are [-] soldiers and horses in the grassland, mainly commanded by Yang Zaixing. If they are recruited from the Tataer and Hongji assassination tribes, and sent to the Qiyan tribe, the number of troops can reach [-]."

"Is it okay to use Yang Zaixing to advance eastward to threaten Beijing?"

"feasible!"

"Okay! Here is a secret letter from the north, you can take a look."

Chapter 1399 Jin Kingdom's internal and external troubles (second update)

After reading Yan Chang's letter, Yue Fei was both shocked and puzzled.

"I have something to say."

"Let's just say it's okay."

"Is this person trustworthy?"

Zhao Ning smiled, Yue Fei's worries were naturally normal, he didn't understand Zhao... oh, Wanyan Chang's past, naturally he couldn't trust the Jurchens, let alone Wanyan's family.

Zhao Ning said: "Wanyan Chang has provided us with precious information many times over the years. When Wanyan Wushu's 20 troops invaded Yinshan Mountain, it was he who informed us that we were able to defend Anbei Mansion."

Recalling the situation at that time, Zhao Ning is still a little scared now, Wu Shu's move was too tricky.

If it wasn't for the timely delivery of Wan Yanchang's information and the timely deployment of troops within the Song Dynasty, Dongsheng would definitely not be able to hold it, and there would be no such thing as the current Anbei Prefecture Governor's Mansion.

Without the Anbei Protectorate, there would be no grasslands.

Unable to touch the grassland, the Jin people can encourage all the tribes in the grassland to send troops without any pressure, which undoubtedly strengthens the military strength of the Jin country.

Now the threat of the Chuohe area to Shangjing is even more impossible to talk about.

What's even more frightening is that as long as the battle between Song and Xia starts, the Jin army can support Xixia without any resistance.

Even the Kingdom of Jin has more room for maneuver strategically, such as pressing heavily on Fuzhou, rushing into Guanzhong from the west, and uniting Jinxia.

After all, the Battle of Yinshan that year changed the whole situation of Song Jinxia.

Wan Yanchang did contribute to Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ning continued to say to Yue Fei: "I heard that Wanyan Wushu had long suspected Wanyan Chang, and even sent people to hunt him down. Later, when Song and Jin negotiated a peace, Wanyan Wushu did not touch Wanyan Chang due to the development of Song and Jin trade. , but the Hongji assassination was defeated by our army, and the power of the Jin people completely withdrew from the grassland, you should know what this means?"

"So that's how it is." Yue Fei nodded, "I never imagined that there would be such a person in the court of the Kingdom of Jin who made such a contribution to my Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ning said: "This time our army defeated the Jin army on the grassland and broke the short-term peace agreement between Song and Jin. Wanyan Wushu must have a fighting spirit in his heart. Before he does it, he will definitely attack Wanyanchang. Wanyanchang should also feel it. He felt that he was in danger, so he encouraged Emperor Jin to ask us for help, so as to attack Wanyan Wushu, a rebellious official and traitor of the Jin Kingdom!"

Yue Fei was even more surprised. Zhao Guan's family was sitting in Tokyo City, but they knew so much about Jin Guochaotang, and there was a complete intelligence network in the north.

This gave Yue Fei a first-mover advantage in the confrontation between Song and Jin, and gave Yue Fei a clearer understanding of the Northern Expedition.

Zhao Ning continued: "We must release our attitude before Wanyan Wushu cleans up Shangjing, but we can't immediately make Wanyan Wushu believe that we will go to the Northern Expedition, or we have to hide our motives, let The Jinren guessed that we might go to the Northern Expedition, but it might just be a deterrent."

This is not talking about military affairs, but politics.

Wan Yanquan wanted to use the Great Song Dynasty to threaten Jin Wushu, and Zhao Ning wanted to use this as an excuse to confuse the Jin people, but in fact he had already begun preparations for a full-scale Northern Expedition.

Before a war breaks out, no one is sure that a war will break out.

Just like the Song Dynasty, it would not be sure that the Jin State destroyed the Liao State and turned around to destroy itself.

More like Ermao and the onlookers all over the world, they will not be sure that Da Mao really did it.

In the final analysis, the operation of war itself involves many factors. It is a very complicated matter, and there are also many accidental factors in it.

As for Zhao Ning's intention of making the Jin people unable to guess the Song Dynasty, from the perspective of implementation, it is a combination of military and politics.

Yue Fei said: "There is no battle between our army and the Jin army in Hebei. Small-scale conflicts have always existed. We only need to increase the small-scale conflicts a little bit to put some pressure on the Xijin government. This matter will be properly arranged. good."

"Well, with you in Hebei, I feel at ease. You go home and rest for a few days, and the war will start soon."

"Yes!"

In late July, Wu Jie, the commander-in-chief of the Hebei Front Army, received a secret order to quietly leave Hebei and go to Yanmen Pass. Yue Fei replaced Wu Jie.

Yue Fei's return to Hebei is also a secret, and has not been announced to the public, and even the secrecy work has been done very strictly.

At this time, another person was also transferred to the post.

Han Shizhong, who was originally in Japan, received a secret transfer order from Zhao Guan's family in June. He was transferred back from Japan. After meeting with His Majesty in Beijing in late July, he went to Cangzhou to preside over the overall military and political affairs.

At this time, Yang Zaixing, who was far away in Chuhe River, also received the highest military and political order from the Military and Political Yuan.

Liaodong is no exception.

Beginning in June, the daily merchant ships from Hangzhou Bay to Liaodong, grain, cloth, medicine and other commodities seem to be the same as before, but if you check the books carefully, you will find that the number will increase.

The increase of this kind of material is done in an extremely concealed way, and there is no way to keep an eye on the number of ships one by one without carefully checking the books.

This preparation process must take time, and at this time the Song and Jin trade has also entered an extremely weird stage.

The price of food in Yanjing has risen to five per stone.

But on July 25th, a less noticeable thing happened in Yanjing.

A scholar named Zhang Shi was beaten to death on the streets of Yanjing. It is said that the murderer was a group of beggars and lunatics.

Later, the government of Yanjing investigated, and this Zhang Shi played drums in the Yamen of Xijin Prefecture many times during this period of time.

The reason is simple: plead for the people!

Because the price of goods was too high, it is said that there were a large number of refugees in Zhang Shijin's mansion. These refugees did not have enough to eat, and many of them starved to death.

But after drumming several times, they were all thrown out.

Finally, when passing the gate of the most luxurious brothel in Yanjing, he was beaten to death by a group of passing beggars.

The walls of Yanjing City have been weathered and weathered for a long time. People walked on the streets as usual. Zhang Shi's death was like a pea thrown into the sea, without even a small splash.

It's just that the yamen caught a few crazy beggars and closed the case hastily.

However, there are more and more refugees outside Yanjing City unconsciously.

At the end of July, some people began to speak out about the refugees: Let the refugees find a place to log and settle down, so that they can store the food they carry with them so that they will not be robbed by bandits.

Isn't the problem solved?

Of course, the elders of Yanjing would only mention this kind of thing, and there would be no shortage of people who should go to the brothel to drink Yulu fine wine every day.

Wushu, on the other hand, began to write memorials to Wan Yanquan frequently from the end of July.

Zou Zhali mentioned many times that Wan Yanchang was a spy of the Song people, and Wan Yanchang must be killed immediately.

Of course, while Wanyan Wushu wrote a letter to Wanyan Quan, he also wrote a secret letter to Wanyan Zongqian.

Chapter 1400 Northern Expedition Yanyun (first update)

At the beginning of August in the 17th year of Jingkang, the summer heat faded somewhat in the late summer rain.