"This guy is very kind, but he must keep his useful body even if he has the character!" Wang Jinghui sighed in his heart. Although he has been together for so many years, he has disagreed with Sima Guang's actions for most of the time. Although they have cooperated many times, especially the joint efforts of tax laws have led to a considerable friendship between them, Sima Guang's stubbornness and conservatism have also made Wang Jinghui extremely annoyed.

But if we say it again, what Wang Jinghui admires from the bottom of his heart is nothing more than Wang Anshi and Sima Guang. They are very persistent in their ideals. For their ideals, they can sacrifice their future and reputation, which is very valuable. After all, even if people at low levels are not as great as theirs, they have begun to cherish their feathers and refuse to put themselves in danger at this level. However, Sima Guang does not value his future. Because Wang Anshi is a famous scholar in the "Laozi" of Shizhi, he has his own understanding of the struggle for power and skills. He will pay attention to protecting himself, but he can sacrifice his reputation to open up the way for the new law.

In view of the different characteristics of these two people, Wang Jinghui also cooperated with them in a very targeted manner. In the tax law, Sima Guang's strong attitude was used to put pressure on the top leaders of the Song Dynasty; in the new law, Wang Anshi's name was borrowed to re-open the new law. It was precisely with such a layout that Wang Jinghui was able to maximize his strength to influence and even promote the Song Dynasty to develop forward.

However, whether it is Wang Anshi or Sima Guang, Wang Jinghui admires these two people, and he will not go to learn from these two people. After all, he does not have the strong capital of these two people, and the status and position between the two are very different. The three of them have their own plans, and Wang Jinghui often achieves his own goals by reconciling these two people.

Without absolute certainty to convince the emperor or truly realize the emperor's true intentions, Wang Jinghui did not want to expose his intentions in the entire face of the emperor and other ministers. Although he expressed his views implicitly here, it does not mean that he would not "change with the wind" and the emperor and ministers' meaning. As long as this sacrifice would not cause serious blow to the foundation of the Song Dynasty, he did not mind that the Song Dynasty would take some detours when necessary, just as he could tolerate Wang Anshi's incomplete new law provisions and directly put into trial implementation. Politics requires advancement and retreat. After so many years of training, Wang Jinghui has had some instinctive understanding of the special profession of "politics". This will also prompt him to become more mature and achieve his goals in a more effective way, even if the process requires certain repetition!

Wang Jinghui didn't care about Sima Guang's attitude. What he cared about was Emperor Zhao Xu's attitude towards whether to continue to advance to Yan Yun. Especially after Sima Guang made a clear statement, Emperor Zhao Xu still did not show any expressions such as frowning or nodding on his face. This made Wang Jinghui feel a little annoyed, and he also felt a little relieved about the maturity that Emperor Zhao Xu should have as a truly emperor.

It should be said that the process of Emperor Zhao Xu's growth into a mature emperor and Wang Jinghui's gradual political maturity basically maintains a relatively stable balance. Perhaps if the Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu had always been healthy and became the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Wang Jinghui might not have the influence today to promote the development of the Song Dynasty. It was precisely because of the succession of Emperor Zhao Xu that this young emperor could tolerate a son-in-law who was both a teacher and a friend to do all kinds of extraordinary things when he was in power. If it were Emperor Ying Shu, he might not have been able to tolerate Wang Jinghui as "unrestrained".

In the past decade, the Song Dynasty has created a large number of young and successful generals through a series of foreign wars. In addition to the "protecting the Lord", it has the greatest military achievements. Continuous promotion has really stimulated some ambitious people in the bureaucratic class of the Song Dynasty. At this time, the truce will cut off their rapid promotion methods?

Wang Jinghui has not considered the officials who thought this way, but when it comes to the issue of regaining Yan Yun, the senior officials of the Song Dynasty understood that Wang Jinghui should be the first to establish a strategy, and the rest of the people were just following the trend. As for blocking others' path to promotion, Wang Jinghui didn't think so. The Liao Kingdom was so weak that it could no longer pose a threat to the Song Dynasty. The reason why he kept it was just a shield for the Song Dynasty. In the future, the Song Dynasty could find a reason to send troops to the Liao Kingdom for the Second Northern Expedition at any time, which would make more people promoted because of this. Why not do it?!

"It is a war or a war and depends entirely on my will?" Emperor Zhao Xu did not respond much to Sima Guang's words. It is estimated that he had already been mentally prepared for his choice to meet the ministers here today. Ministers like Sima Guang absolutely opposed continuing to advance against the Liao Kingdom. Especially under Wang Jinghui's statement that "turning the Liao Kingdom into a barrier between the Song Dynasty and the northern nomadic peoples", he probably even stronger than that he wanted to stop the Song Dynasty from continuing to advance. Moreover, this argument is quite influential among the top leaders of the Song Dynasty rule. At least Wang Anshi and Wen Yanbo now expressed their views with a silent attitude, which somewhat reflects their argument.

"Okay! OK! OK!" Emperor Zhao Xu said with a smile. Emperor Zhao Xu is already in his early thirties. In the past few years, he has made a lot of efforts for the prosperity and strength of the Song Dynasty. He used to admire Emperor Wu of Han, but the actual conditions of the Song Dynasty had to let go of his fantasy and do some practical things down-to-earth. Wang Jinghui's words made him find some of the confidence he should have as an emperor. A flattery was slapped without a trace, which was in line with his wishes, and he couldn't help but feel much more happy.

"Actually, I summoned several beloved ministers today to talk about how the Song and Liao dynasties should end. I also think that the son-in-law thought it was very necessary to continue to retain the Liao Kingdom. Last night, I carefully looked at the map of Liao Kingdom again. The area of ​​Liao Kingdom is so large that I had never thought before. I didn't think of it when I looked at the map before, but now the Yanyun area recovered by the Song Dynasty only accounts for one tenth of the Liao Kingdom's area! Thinking about the size of Liao Kingdom, if we defeated the Khitan people in one go, maybe there would be some obstacles tomorrow or other tribes to replace it and pick up the advantage of the Song Dynasty. In a few years, I am afraid that even if another Liao Kingdom will not be formed, it is still no problem to be a Western Xia!" Emperor Zhao Xu said with a smile.

"Keeping the Liao Kingdom will not pose a threat to the Song Dynasty, but it can also restrict the development of other tribes. This will not be harmful to the Song Dynasty. Of course, it will not eliminate the Liao Kingdom. It will work hard to achieve a comeback. However, with Yan Yun in hand, and our Song Dynasty is strong and powerful, when it has a turning point, it will take action again to continue to weaken the Liao Kingdom. Although this is a little troublesome to the Song Dynasty, it is still a good way to stabilize the balance of the north!" Wang Anshi said.

"It can be foreseen that there will be many tribes under its rule in the Liao Kingdom in the future. Suppressing these rebellions is enough for the Khitans to be busy for a long time. Whether these rebellions can be quelled is another matter!" Wen Yanbo said from the side.

"Yes! This is a war and a harmony between my Song Dynasty. Although I want to destroy the Liao Kingdom, I am afraid that I will plant the root of disaster for future generations, so I have to bear to let go of the Khitans. What do you think about the future, but it doesn't matter!" Emperor Zhao Xu said with a smile.

"I think we can first release Yelu Jingui, the envoy of the imprisoned Liao Kingdom to the Song Dynasty, back to the Liao Kingdom, and let him convey the Song Dynasty's intention to seek peace. Now the Liao Dynasty is empty and there is no ability to fight again. I believe that the Liao Lord Yelu Hongji will definitely respond to the request made by our Song Dynasty." Wang Anshi stepped forward and said.

"In dealing with the issue of Liao, I think it is necessary to use both soft and hard as the best way!" Wang Jinghui said with a smile: "If you put Yelu Jingui back now, it may not be good to encourage the delusion of the Liao Dynasty's ruler's top leaders. This will not play the due role. It may prompt the Liao Dynasty's top leaders to push more than 300,000 Khitan elite troops from the north south, which will be very unfavorable to our Song Dynasty! My suggestion is to allow the Northern Expedition Army to tentatively attack the heartland of Liao, causing chaos within it, and then convey the Song Dynasty's 'peaceful wish' through Yelu Jingui!"

"If the Northern Expedition Army advances northward, the area there will be very wide open, and the only capital that can threaten the Liao Kingdom's status is Dading Prefecture. If this is the case..." Wen Yanbo closed his mouth halfway through his words.

"Mr. Wen said it very reasonably. If it develops in this way, it will become an "destroy Liao", not a threat! However, the Northern Expedition Army of the Song Dynasty was not only Yang Chongyue's central army and Wang Shun's western army. Have the emperor and all the priests forgotten the 100,000 East-Road Cross-Sea Landing Combat Forces in Laizhou and Jinzhou? They are fully capable of taking on this task. After all, what they have to do is just a gesture, not a real attack. However, the cross-Sea Landing Combat Forces still have their limitations. If the Privy Council can allow the Dingxi Army of the Western Route Army to form a complete army, and then set off from the Great Wall with enough supplies to threaten the Dading Prefecture in the West, it will inevitably make the Liao Kingdom surrender and can sit at the negotiating table and honestly negotiate with us to sign the city alliance!" Wang Jinghui said with a smile.

After hearing Wang Jinghui's words, everyone smiled bitterly in their hearts. After the war, the Song and Liao negotiations really needed to take action. Even such a method could be imagined. They had no such plan. It seems that the son-in-law might have to make a big comeback in the negotiations. The son-in-law merchant's true nature was the greatest manifestation of his handling of the relationship between countries. Although there were many statements in the Shilin, Wang Jinghui himself did not care. Making profit for himself is just a small way, and making profit for the country and the people is the greatest goal of a gentleman. Besides, the stories of Wei Zheng and Emperor Taizong of Tang were supported there, who could argue with him in the face of justice, so that the slave trade that the top leaders of the Song Dynasty had previously disliked became the best way to weaken the potential of the enemy country under the influence of Wang Jinghui.

Lu Dafang, who was a cross-sea landing combat force, and Wang Shun of the Western Route Army immediately followed the plan after receiving the order. Although Wang Shun was close to each other due to distance, he gathered his troops and brought enough supplies before setting off. On the map, he was still inferior to Lu Dafang. Moreover, the special forces led by Wuxin, who were also a cross-sea landing combat force, had already begun to plunder the heart of the Liao Kingdom, which had already posed a vague threat to the Dading Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom.

Now the main force of the Liao Kingdom has arrived near Dading Prefecture. Although we cannot figure out how many cross-sea landing combat troops of the Song Dynasty were, the top leaders of the Liao Kingdom have begun to stabilize. As long as these more than 300,000 troops are around Dading Prefecture, and some city defense soldiers come to guard the capital, I believe that even if the main force of the Song Dynasty comes here, the special forces led by Wuxin also felt the pressure doubled because the main force of the Liao Kingdom went south. Some time ago, they had already begun to draw arcs to the south in the design of the attack route.

Since the Central Army had already controlled the area south of the Great Wall, the easternmost troops of the Central Army were not far from Laizhou, and could even provide supplies to the Song army in Laizhou. During this Northern Expedition, although the Eastern Army did not break through important cities like Datong Prefecture and Xijin Prefecture, Jinzhou and Laizhou pose a greater threat to Dading Prefecture. After the defeat of Yanyun, a considerable number of Liao troops rushed to Laizhou, but they were attacked by Lu Dafang, causing the Liao army to be full of soldiers. This also made the senior ruling leaders of the Liao Kingdom learn that Laizhou was also captured by the Song army, just like Jinzhou, which shocked the Khitans in Dading Prefecture. For a time, the "Song Army's theory of attacking Liao by land" gained the upper hand again.

Since the Liao army learned that Jinzhou was captured by the Song army, they have been thinking about driving the Song army here back. However, because their army is still in the north, it will take time to get here. Just when the Liao army returned south, Wuxin's special forces had already blown by the heart of Liao Kingdom like a whirlwind. Except for the slightly larger cities they could not break, the rural and towns of Liao Kingdom were their targets. At the beginning, they could also trick the Liao army's soldiers guarding the city through makeup and other means, and then use sudden attacks to occupy some not-so-large small cities. However, as time went by, the small cities in the Liao Kingdom were informed, and the Khitans immediately raised their vigilance, so that Wuxin's special forces could no longer use this loophole to carry out the raid tactics.

Although the cross-sea landing combat troops of the Eastern Route Army were not as brilliant as those of the Western Route Army and the Central Route Army in terms of military achievements, the spoils were not inferior to the other two fronts. Because they landed directly in the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom, in addition to obtaining the supplies pre-saving for them in Laizhou, the biggest gain was to rob Jinzhou. The battlefield they were in was the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom. This place had not been baptized by war in nearly a hundred years and had a stable life. In addition to the heavy taxes being imposed on the Liao government, their wealth was still considerable. It was precisely because the Liao government imposed heavy taxes on the people under its rule that the unintentional special forces had gained a lot and the combat efficiency was also improved by a level.

Every time the stolen goods is confiscated, the Liao government's treasury is just opened. The troops equipped by Lu Dafang have completely become the exclusive transportation convoy of the special forces. Their task is to escort the most important items back to the State and hand them over to the Song Dynasty fleet for processing. Whenever the special forces conquer a place, they plunder all their property and searched a large number of wealthy Khitan households, and took away all the things they could take away. If they encountered it,

If the bulk of grain cannot be transported back to the state in time, in addition to being able to take away and serve as military rations, they will distribute all the remaining grains in the Liao Dynasty's granary to the local people and become a thief who robs the rich and helps the poor. After all, the spoils harvested by the combat troops across the sea landing have reached a very amazing level. If these spoils are counted, it will be a huge wealth for the senior leaders of the Liao Dynasty's rule.

Before all the troops of the Song Dynasty set out, all the generals of the Song Dynasty received a list of very mysterious contents - some of the things they explained were necessary to obtain, and they also made corresponding measures to obtain these wealth after capturing a certain place. In the era of the Song Dynasty Intelligence Bureau led by Wang Jinghui, although its systems and means were still very immature, due to the extremely "greedy for money", the Song Dynasty Intelligence Bureau had compiled all the nobles and wealthy people in the Liao Dynasty. For Wang Jinghui, they were all mobile treasuries of the Song Dynasty, and he did not forget how he made a fortune. The wealth of the Khitan Ma Shang back then left a deep impression on him. Perhaps the property he held now may be ten or even a hundred times that of the Ma Shang back then, but the Khitans used their geographical advantages to set up great obstacles to the livestock trade in the Song Dynasty to make money, and he did not forget it until now.
Chapter completed!