Chapter 393 Pulling
However, even if Wang Jinghui knew that the manipulator behind the regulatory reform was the Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu, he knew that his father-in-law would not do anything to him, but he still did not regret giving up the Intelligence Bureau. After all, there is no undefeated god in the power field, and his ambition is not here. Since there are latecomers who can take over his position, he will never be in a position of power.
After making up his mind, Wang Jinghui said frankly: "I have already made clear the structure and regulations of the Intelligence Bureau. In addition, I have also cultivated a lot of talents in the past few years. The Song Dynasty's foreign intelligence network has spread throughout the Liao Kingdom, Goryeo, Jiaozhi and even the Tubo tribes. In this way, the intelligence network of the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty has been roughly completed. I can also retire successfully. I hope the emperor and the emperor will be grateful!"
The Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu pondered for a long time and said, "Your dearly insisted on doing this. My royal family is not easy to take away your ambitions. But you are begging me to go, but who can take responsibility?"
"The appointment of officials is the responsibility of the emperor and the Secretariat. I should not say too much, but the nature of the work of the Intelligence Bureau is very special. I suggest that Nirhin or Yansheng can recommend the Intelligence Bureau, or choose the outstanding ability within the Intelligence Bureau to recommend the recommendation, and must not be easily selected!" Wang Jinghui replied.
Zhao Shu nodded and said to Emperor Zhao Xu: "The son-in-law's words are for the blessing of the Song Dynasty. The emperor can do it according to the son-in-law's wishes. I heard that Nirvana is a student of his beloved minister, but he still goes deep into the Khitan and has not returned?"
"Nie Xin was originally an orphan. When I saw their twelve brothers wandering on the streets, I felt very reluctant and brought them back to teach them some skills. I originally thought that they could have a stable future with their own hands and abilities. Unexpectedly, they are all good now. My intentions are not in vain. Nie Xin is good at strategy. When I was busy, I asked him to manage the affairs of the Intelligence Bureau on his behalf. His talents were competent. Since last year, he has entered the Khitan in Dading Prefecture in Dading Prefecture.
He personally directed the deployment of the Song Dynasty in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the information of the internal factions of the Khitan palace, the Khitan military and financial intelligence, etc. The most important thing is the planning of the assassination of the Khitan Crown Prince and the Crown Prince in the past few months. Since Khitan Yelu Hongji had only this son, the incident had a far-reaching impact. He could almost reach the level of shaking the Khitan foundation. He recommended him to serve as the intelligence bureau to preside over the work." Wang Jinghui said respectfully.
Emperor Zhao Xu smiled and said to Zhao Shu: "Father, everyone of the son-in-law's students have different abilities. Over the past few years, they have become talents and made merits for the court. Bingfeng, Wuxin and others have been promoted to higher vocational positions in the army through military industry, and the others are also good!"
The Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu smiled and nodded and said, "The emperor should give them a great reward! Change it. Although I live in the palace, the news outside can still be heard. Don't have too many concerns in your heart. The students you teach should try to use for the court and not hinder their future!"
After hearing this, Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "This is all obtained by their efforts. However, we cannot give up because of the affairs of our ministers. They are still very young. I am afraid that the great reward from the emperor will affect their talent and intelligence!"
This trip to Chonghua Palace made Wang Jinghui know that his father-in-law had a much greater influence than he had imagined at the beginning. Although he had not deliberately managed it, those who could be emperors would not be ordinary people. Thinking that there were no cases of the Supreme Emperor in history, he subconsciously ignored it. Emperors of ancient China all emphasized that filial piety was governed by the world, and "filial piety" occupies a very important position in Confucian ethics and morality.
.Imagine that in later history, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty was also the emperor, and his son was Emperor Xiaozong of Song. Emperor Xiaozong even brought the word "filial piety" to the extreme. Because of his "filial piety" to Emperor Gaozong, he gave up on the Northern Expedition and negotiated peace with the Jin Dynasty; because of his "filial piety" to Emperor Gaozong, he was willing to give up the throne and keep filial for three years. If the only thing Song Gaozong did right, who indulged the treacherous prime minister Qin Hui, who indulged in the dynasty, killed Yue Fei and his son, and paid tribute to Jin Dynasty, did the right thing that Emperor Gaozong did was probably that he chose the right heir.
Thinking about the history of the Southern Song Dynasty in later generations, Wang Jinghui was somewhat enlightened. The actions of Emperor Xiaozong of Song can be said to be worthy of "filial piety", but it is a bit weak to ignore the people of the country and the people. But on the other hand, we can find the great influence of the Supreme Emperor on the emperor. In this regard, the emperor Zhao Xu, who was originally deeply influenced by Mrs. Cao in history, was very different from that in history because Zhao Shu did not die of illness and became the Supreme Emperor.
Although the evaluation in world history is very high, she is still a female. Although she has good talent and vision, her "foresight" is still greatly restricted. This is also due to the suppression of women in ancient times - can you say that Empress Dowager Cixi in later generations be incompetent? However, her talents are all used to the struggle for power. If it were placed in a stable historical period, Empress Dowager Cixi might not be able to make the country fall so uncontrollable...
Wang Jinghui doesn't know whether he was right or wrong in trying to save Zhao Shu. However, in the face of the Liao Kingdom, which is already in the sky, Zhao Shu will definitely not be the Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty. At least in the current perspective, what he did at the beginning is worth it. No matter what, he would not regret Wang Jinghui's rescue of Zhao Shu. After all, Zhao Shu is also his father-in-law. Without Zhao Shu's promotion and partiality, he might not have been able to reach this day. At least his marriage with the Princess of Shu might be destroyed by Mrs. Cao. He might not say that his wife would follow the old path of history again, and ended up with a very regrettable ending...
"My dear, I believe I'll see the situation in the north now. What are some good suggestions for this?" Zhao Shu said with a smile.
Han Qi made such a big noise in the north, and in the eyes of many people, he was almost the perpetrator of the war between the Song and Liao countries. Although Han Qi had a high reputation, there were still many officials of the northern faction who presented their own bullets to Han Qi without any mercy. Of course, this could not cause the collapse of the northern faction officials. However, the northern faction, which has always been a backbone force in the court, also had such a big gap for the first time after Wang Anshi's reform. This indirectly affected the changes in the Song Dynasty.
Wang Jinghui disagreed with the condemnation of Han Qi by the Northern faction officials. For example, what capital does Han Jiang have to blame Han Qi for his greed and fear of death? It was just because he was afraid that the north would become a war zone and destroy the foundation of his family! Wang Jinghui has always looked down on people like Han Jiang - he used his education for free every year, and the funds for public welfare facilities were almost half of the Han family's business. Han Jiang's actions were really cold! However, not all of them were people like Han Jiang. Han Wei, the brother of Han Jiang, did not have any extreme behavior in this matter. Instead, he spoke for Han Qi in the court, opposing the officials who wanted to revoke Han Qi's claims, and insisted that Han Qi continue to preside over the north against the Khitan.
Wang Jinghui didn't understand that the same father was so different from the child born like this. No matter what, based on Han Wei's long-term actions and performance, this was not intentional to let the Han family take two boats. It should be that Han Wei's own claim had nothing to do with the family.
"I think it is appropriate to have different political views. The evaluation of Han Shizhong should be viewed from a more perspective. Judging from the current situation between the Song and Liao countries, Han Shizhong's approach is still very commendable. However, in the long run, it has increased the difficulty of our Song Dynasty to recover Yan Yun in the future, but overall it is 82!" Wang Jinghui bowed and said.
"Oh? How can I explain this meaning of my dear?" asked Emperor Zhao Xu.
"The Liao Kingdom should take tough measures at this time, so that it can also support the negotiations between Lord Su and the Khitans. As long as Lord Su makes good use of it, it can seek more benefits for the Song Dynasty. At least the territory occupied by Shizhong Han belongs to the Song Dynasty! This is the benefit that the Song Dynasty can get now." Wang Jinghui said with a smile, "Shizhong Han's actions this time are too big. It is estimated that even if the Khitans are in a tight financial situation, it will be fine if they send 100,000 new troops to reinforce. This has made the Khitan troops concentrated in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which were originally stationed in important places, more heavy Khitan forces are added, which also adds a little obstacle to our Song Dynasty's recovery of Yanyun's old land in the future!"
"What I plan for the long term is the long term. It is the wish of the ancestors and ancestors to recover Yanyun's former land. If I can successfully achieve what I want, Han Shizhong did something wrong!" Emperor Zhao Xu said with a pity.
However, Wang Jinghui noticed that the Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu only raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and he continued to say, "The emperor's patience is much better than a few years ago!"
Emperor Zhao Xu also smiled bitterly after hearing this, but Emperor Zhao Shu said, "There should be some later things to change, but it's okay to say it!"
"What is the biggest crisis in Liao Kingdom now?!" Wang Jinghui asked back, but he said without waiting for the two emperors in front of him to answer: "The biggest crisis faced by the Khitans is money! Yelu Hongji is arrogant and extravagant, and the officials of Liao Kingdom are corrupt. All this makes the already difficult finances of Liao Kingdom even more difficult to bear. If Liao Kingdom hadn't had money at hand, Liao would have been on the border long ago, and I think Han Shizhong would not have acted rashly!"
"Although the Liao Kingdom now sends heavy troops to stabilize the border situation, this has intensified the Liao Kingdom's fiscal expenditure and made its finances more difficult. To put it very badly, even gods cannot save the Liao Kingdom's finances. The Khitans can only struggle dyingly in this vicious cycle, but they just put on one more breath!" Wang Jinghui said with a smile.
"This is also something I have considered! This economic aggression was created by my dear when I was in power. I didn't expect that in a few years, my dear strategy was successful!" said the Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu with a smile.
"The Khitans are very powerful. Although they have gone through decades of decline, they still have the trend in the future. But despite this, through the information transmitted by the Song Dynasty in the Liao Kingdom's intelligence network, we can see that the level of military decline in the Liao Kingdom's military power is not very large. To be honest, if it were the level of the Song army seven or eight years ago, it would be impossible for the Song Dynasty to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!" Wang Jinghui said coldly.
Emperor Zhao Xu and Emperor Zhao Shu frowned slightly after hearing this, but they didn't say anything, because it was the case and there was nothing to avoid. The relatively good tradition of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was to not specifically avoid their own weaknesses. A weak national strength was weak. Although it was very depressing, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was still relatively realistic.
"The military strength of the two countries has reached this point today. Since the combat level of the Song Dynasty's military strength has risen very quickly, it can be said that the gap between the two sides has gradually begun to widen, but it has not yet reached the point where it completely overwhelms the Khitans. If both sides fight head-on, the price they pay to achieve our goals is still unbearable. Now, in addition to strengthening the strength of the Song army, we also need to think of more ways to widen the gap between the two sides. This includes developing more powerful weapons, coming up with more combat methods, etc. In this regard, our Song Dynasty has made great progress very fast, in my opinion,
The newly developed artillery and the cross-sea landing combat troops that are being trained are all secret methods prepared by our Song Dynasty against the Khitans. Although these methods and weapons can greatly increase the chances of victory in the Song Dynasty, this is not enough. We must come up with more solutions around the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The so-called 'work is beyond poetry' must do everything in order to achieve our strategic goals. This is a life-and-death battle between countries, and there is no axiom at all. Those ministers who impeached Han Shizhong's ministers obviously forgot about the allusions of the saints!"
Although Han Qi has received a lot of criticism now, fortunately, Emperor Zhao Xu is not a foolish monarch and still has no action against Han Qi, but his confidence is a little shaken. Wang Jinghui knew that he could not leave Han Qi on the northern issue. Even if Han Qi died, Fu Bi must be overtaken. These two people are the key to the final solution to the Khitan. As for the Wang Anshi faction or the Sima Guang faction, it is not reassuring. Perhaps Yang Chongyue, who is just over thirty years old, is also a good choice, but obviously Wang Jinghui can no longer wait for Yang Chongyue to ascend to the first place in the Song Dynasty military. Now, in order to strengthen the position of Emperor Zhao Xu, Wang Jinghui will not blame Han Qi no matter what. At this time, only Han Qi can withstand the pressure. As for those who make up the stamp, he tried to excuse Han Qi.
"Shizhong Han has attracted so many additional troops, which has exacerbated the situation in the border between Song and Liao. I am afraid that these additional troops will be stationed for a long time. Didn't my dear just now that Shizhong Han was a long-term mistake in the point?!" Emperor Zhao Xu said.
"What Shizhong Han thought was not something I could not predict, but in my opinion, even if the Liao Kingdom doubled its troops, it would not pose any threat to the northern defense line of the Song Dynasty. After all, the firearms and equipment of the Song army belonging to the various routes in Hebei are second only to the Biandu garrison troops among the Song army. All the dangerous roads have been managed by Shizhong Han for many years. It is obviously not realistic for the Khitans to go south and take risks. I believe that the Khitans are just doing it. They want to use this to get back the three cities occupied by Shizhong Han at the negotiating table, so there may not be too much action!" Wang Jinghui said: "As for the newly added Khitan troops, it is indeed an obstacle to the Song Dynasty's future recovery of Yan Yun. However, the General Staff Headquarters of the Song Dynasty has designed several plans to mobilize Khitan troops, which is not worth worrying!"
"Do you mean landing across the sea to fight?" asked the Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu.
"This is part of it, but in my opinion, the difficulty of regaining Yanyun's former land and destroying Liao is not much different. It can be said that the war must be done by both countries, so it is naturally comprehensive in terms of military force mobilization. The Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty are not just one Nanjing Road. In addition to the Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom, a considerable number of the Hebei routes of the Song Dynasty are Xijing Road. If you want to understand the Yanyun Khitan defenders, in addition to landing across the sea, the Dingxi Army in the Hetao Plain can also participate. With the combat effectiveness of the Dingxi Army, it should not be difficult to cross the Liao Kingdom's Xijing Road. Of course, the prerequisite must depend on the negotiation results of Lord Su!" Wang Jinghui replied with a smile.
"What kind of result do you want when Jiezhi wants?!" Zhao Shu asked meaningfully.
"Of course, the Song army has the right to launch a retaliatory counterattack against the tribal army that invaded the Song Dynasty, even if it enters the territory of Liao!"
Emperor Zhao Xu smiled and said, "It turns out that the change has been set up a trap. No wonder my dear friend wrote me a letter to me some time ago, but it turned out to be for this matter!"
"This is also the foreshadowing for the Song Dynasty to send troops in a more reasonable way in the future. However, it depends on whether the Khitans are willing to be fooled. However, at this time, the Han Shizhong's attack was probably not expected so much. Besides, the matter of Mogus is not far away. The Khitans may also hope that the Song Dynasty will transfer its troops to the Hetao Plain and fight with Mogus. However, they did not expect that we would mobilize troops, but they targeted the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom - there was also a 'power' that relied on Mogus!" Wang Jinghui said cunningly.
Chapter completed!