Wanyan Liang’s worries are definitely not unreasonable.

Zhao Gou did not have the courage to fight the Northern Expedition, but he never lacked the courage to take advantage of the situation.

He did not dare to break up with Jin Guo's father, but he was indeed a little unhappy. He was still happy to do something secretly.

News of a rebellion in Shandong spread to the Southern Song Dynasty in May.

In mid-May, this news was placed on the tables of relevant departments of the Lin'an court.

After inspection by the officials of relevant departments, they felt that this was another boring rebellion and would not last for a long time, so they did not take it seriously and directly put the specific information on the shelf.

The senior officials and nobles of the Southern Song Dynasty naturally had their own affairs to do. How could they share their precious energy to care about a doomed rebellion that took place on the enemy's land?

What they care more about is how to gain more benefits, gain greater power, and seek benefits for themselves and those around them.

By the end of June, more news came.

Various information shows that the Shandong rebels were not only not eliminated, but also intensified. Several states such as Haizhou bordering Song were occupied by rebels. They raised the banner of the Restoration Army and expelled the Jin people.

By August, it was basically a fact that the Restoration Army became stronger and stronger in Shandong. The relevant departments could no longer ignore this, so they sent the relevant news.

So in early August, the Privy Council learned about the news.

After learning about it, Chen Chengzhi, the Minister of the Privy Council, and Wang Lun, the Minister of the Privy Council, were very surprised by this, thinking that this was an unusual rebellion and had great value for discussion.

So they continued to send the news together, and the prime ministers of the Song Empire finally learned about the news.

The first person to know this news was Chen Kangbo, the political affairs officer of the Communist Party.

Chen Kangbo was very happy when he learned of the news of a large-scale rebellion in Shandong of the Jin Dynasty.

Especially when he learned that the rebels were intensifying and even had seized Pizhou, Haizhou, which bordered the Southern Song Dynasty, and raised the banner of the Restoration Army. He was even happier when he publicly broke with the Jin Kingdom.

He felt that he had seen an opportunity to change the deadlock.

So he immediately made the matter public and submitted it to Emperor Zhao Gou, hoping that the emperor could do something in the future when he knew about this matter.

For example, send troops north to Shandong, attack north based on this, and restore the Central Plains.

Of course, Zhao Gou learned about this soon and was surprised that the strong combat power of the rebels in the Central Plains this time actually took down Haizhou and Pizhou, directly breaking through the border defense line of the Jin Dynasty, which was a huge military benefit for the Southern Song Dynasty.

If you go north to Shandong, join forces with the rebels, take back Shandong, and continue to fight with this foundation...

He was immediately moved.

So on August 16th, Zhao Gou convened a military meeting and invited the prime ministers and two bigwigs from the Privy Council to discuss the matter.

Zhao Gou now has three prime minister-level assistants, namely the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe, the Minister of Pingzhang, the Minister of Shangshu Youpushe, the Secretary of Shangshu Youpushe, the Secretary of Pingzhang, and the Minister of Pingzhang, and the Political Affairs Officer Chen Kangbo, who is the Deputy Prime Minister.

These three are currently the heads of the highest political decision-making body of the Southern Song Dynasty under Zhao Gou, while Chen Chengzhi and Wang Lun are the two heads of the highest military body of the Southern Song Dynasty.

These five people combined are the highest decision-making team of the Southern Song Dynasty and the master of the military and political power of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Of course, the real military and political power is still controlled by Zhao Gou. Although Zhao Gou has no courage to disobey the Jin Kingdom, he still attaches great importance to his own power.

The fifty-one-year-old Zhao Gou has experienced thirty years of ups and downs and downs, and has shown his oldness and fatigue, but his eyes are still full of calculating, which is enough to prove that he can still take on the position of emperor.

After so many years of ups and downs, his mind has already become pathologically matured, and reflected in his behavior, it is almost schizophrenia-like neural operation.

This time, the same goes for the same.

When he learned that there was a big chaos in Shandong, he wanted to take advantage of the situation and gain benefits, and by the way he also had the idea of ​​returning to the Central Plains.

But this idea was immediately hindered by the fear of the Jin Kingdom that was deeply rooted in the bones.

He began to worry again whether he would take this opportunity to do something and would be considered by the Jin Kingdom to violate the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement", so that after the rebellion was suppressed, he grabbed the little braids for the Jin people.

When will this rebellion last? If it is pacified soon, he will undoubtedly ask for trouble at this time, and will also give people a handle, so that the peaceful life he had finally obtained was destroyed.

So it's better to watch, right?

But if you watch, he feels unwilling to accept it.

It was like a little wild cat tickling his heart, making him itchy and itchy.

He was unwilling to just watch coldly, and he couldn't get any benefits.

But I was really afraid of the Jin people and didn't want to lose the peace that has finally been maintained until now.

So what should I do?

He invited five important officials to ask the five people's opinions. Anyway, the five people, both opinions will never tie. At that time, they will listen to the other side. In short, he doesn't want to make this decision by himself.

After the five people arrived, the meeting officially began, and Zhao Gou put Chen Kangbo's table on the table.

"Chen Qing's report, I saw that there was a big chaos in Shandong. The person who was in charge of the uprising called himself the Light of Refusing Army. He had occupied Haizhou, Pizhou, and Shandong border defenses in the Jin Dynasty no longer exist. It can be seen that the scale and scope of this uprising are so large. How do you view this matter? You can speak freely."

Zhao Gou set off and waited for the answers from the important officials of the auxiliary country.

The above-mentioned person, Chen Kangbo, stood up first.

"Your Majesty, I think this is a good opportunity for God to come to Shandong and restore the Central Plains. The Shandong Jin army has collapsed. You only need to promise an official position to the Shandong people who are invading the rebellion and recruit them, and you can get a 100,000 army without any effort.

It is easy to launch the Northern Expedition based on this, and Shandong can obtain it. Once it obtains Shandong, it can use it as a basis to attack the Central Plains. By then, it is not impossible to regain the Central Plains and restore it to the old capital."

As soon as Chen Kangbo's war remarks came out, he was strongly refuted by the Lord's Prime Minister Tang Situi.

"All nonsense! Whether the Shandong Jin army collapsed is still between the two. The news I have learned is only Haizhou and Pizhou occupied by the invaders. In such a large Shandong, it is also the location of the Shandong Army Command of the Jin Dynasty. It has excellent garrisons and strong combat power. How could it collapse easily?

In the past, such incidents have occurred several times, but every insurrection will be defeated, ranging from several months to one year. In the past, we have also tried several times to recruit people, all of which ended in failure. If the action was not hidden and unknown to the Jin Kingdom, the Shaoxing peace agreement would have been destroyed long ago!"

Chen Gao, who is both the dominant and the sect, also agreed with Tang Situi's view.

"Changqing, I know your ambitions, but your ambitions also depend on the actual situation. Whether the chaos in Shandong is sustainable is still between the two. If I involve it too early, I will not say whether I can make a profit. If I am involved and cause anger to the financial owner, what should I do?"

Although Chen Ji's words are gentle, their meaning is the same.

Chen Kangbo was quite indignant about this.

"If everything is not successful, but I think about defeat, how can I succeed? I am afraid of wolves in front of me and tigers in the back? Is there anything I can do in the world? If we can provide them with considerable support, we will definitely expand the results of the battle and will not be defeated and lose our troops and land! The chaos in Shandong has already affected the border, which is enough to prove that the chaos is quite big. It is the time when we lend a helping hand!"

Tang Situi confronted him with tit-for-tat.

"The two countries have not had any war for more than ten years, and peace is rare. You have to do something that cannot be successful, which will arouse dissatisfaction among the financial owners and restart the war. By then, life will be devastated and the people will be displaced. What you want to see?"

Chen Kangbo said angrily: "Jun-gong Tang is so sure that he will be defeated rather than defeat?"

"You, Chen Changqing, should have some thoughts in your heart if you lose or win."

Tang Situi retorted without mercy.

The two of them have the battle, and the other has the harmony. Water and fire have always been incompatible. If they had not been mixed in the mix, they would have probably fought long ago.

Seeing that the two were arguing, Zhao Gou turned his attention to Chen Chengzhi and Wang Lun.
Chapter completed!