Chen Kangbo has always been a staunch pro-war faction and an anti-Gold fighter, and he has never feared the Jin people.

But he also couldn't understand what those who fear the Golden Man thought.

He could not understand those who were timid, so he could not prescribe the right medicine to solve their chondroitosis. He did not know that violent methods could not cure chondroitosis, and could only aggravate the condition.

He just blindly asked to go north, go north, or go north.

So he filed a motion.

"Zhao Kaishan's 100,000 troops are ready to attack Kaifeng. A considerable number of the Jin thieves' forces have been restrained. If they do not take the opportunity to go north to regain the old capital and restore the Central Plains, when will they go north?"

Tang Situi, a severely ill patient with chondropathy, still acted the same and firmly opposed it.

"Not to mention whether Zhao Kaishan can accomplish anything, the Jin thieves' military strength on the border has not been reduced and they are still very powerful. What does this mean? This shows that Zhao Kaishan has not threatened Kaifeng's Jin thieves at all, otherwise they would have drawn border troops back to aid long ago!"

Chen Kangbo was very indignant of Tang Situi's disbelief in pretending to understand.

"The Jin thieves did not move the border army because they were afraid of our Song army heading north, so they did not dare to move. They were not sure whether our Song army would go north. If they were sure that the Song army would not go north, you see that they would move at all!"

Tang Situi was very unhappy and decided to present the truth and reason.

"Chen Changqing, after all, don't you just want the Northern Expedition? But do you think the Northern Expedition is just a simple thing that you say two words at once? Choose the army, mobilize people, prepare food and fodder, military supplies, transport civilians, relevant officials, commanders, etc. Do you know how much effort it takes?

Not to mention anything else, just talking about the number of troops sent by the Northern Expedition, once the Northern Expedition sends troops, the number of troops cannot be less than 30,000. In a war of 30,000, the court will have to spend 30 million yuan in military expenditure! 30 million! Do you know how difficult it is for the court to recover these 30 million?"

Chen Kangbo argued with reason and refused to give in.

"If everyone just like you, they will first check the accounts before fighting, and then discuss whether they should spend so much money, there will be no war in the world! Yes, war costs money, but we spend money for more population, land and income!

How important is the Song Dynasty's income to overcome the Jin thieves' Nanjing Road and regain Kaifeng and even the Central Plains? How many millions of fertile land and tens of millions of Han people are the source of taxation. Why don't you consider this?"

Tang Sibu sneered.

"I thought about this and said this. Do you really think that the Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains can really bring huge benefits to the court? If I don't say anything else, I will ask you, what should I do if the Yellow River?"

As soon as these words were said, the expressions of the king and ministers in the hall were not right.

Chen Kangbo's expression was wrong, Chen Chengzhi and Wang Lun's expression was wrong, and even Tang Situi's "like-minded" good partner Shen Zhao had a little bit of a look, let alone Zhao Gou.

Tang Situi said something that no one was willing to mention.

In the Jingkang year, Du Chong, left-behind Tokyo, dug the Yellow River dam in order to give himself time to escape, causing the Yellow River to flood and become uncontrollable, and further prompted the Yellow River to change its course, abandon the old path, and seize the Huai River into the sea.

From then on, the Yellow River water became extremely irritable and uneasy and often flooded.

During the period when the pseudo-Qi Qi was controlled, it was a headache for this. When the Jin Dynasty directly ruled the Central Plains, the Jin Dynasty was even more troubled and was unable to live in peace. It spent a lot of money on this, and it had to rest every few years and rescue disasters every few years.

The Jin Dynasty was not without knowledge and proposed a proposal to completely renovate the Yellow River. It also had a good plan to renovate the Yellow River in one go, and the province would flood every year.

But at the first glance, this plan costs too much money and the treasury cannot afford it.

Secondly, the political situation of the Jin Dynasty has always been unstable, and internal struggles are frequent. On the outside, Jin Ting has always been worried that the Southern Song Dynasty would regain its old land in the Northern Expedition, so he is not willing to completely renovate the Yellow River.

The Yellow River is just so relaxed.

The Jin Kingdom was unwilling to do it. Seeing the Southern Song Dynasty having a headache and a fever, he didn't want to take over the market.

It can be said that the mess of the Yellow River is an existence that the Southern Song Dynasty would never want to touch.

It is of course good to return to the Central Plains. A peaceful and stable Central Plains will certainly make it easier for them to go back to exploit and gain greater benefits.

But if the Central Plains we obtained was not peaceful and stable, but a place of four wars with frequent disasters and floods, then they naturally had to think carefully about whether they could afford the cost of governing the Central Plains after taking back the Central Plains.

In this court dominated by scholars in the south, restoring the Central Plains means that southern landlords and powerful people would have to give blood transfusions to the Central Plains on a large scale and spend a lot of money to restore the productivity of the Central Plains.

The benefits of recycling are still between the two.

This is definitely beneficial to the country, but it is not conducive to the southern landlords and powerful people.

We are not close friends or forefather, we don’t know each other at all, and we have never had much contact, so why do we have to spend so much money to help you restore your hometown?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that once the Central Plains is recovered, the first thing you have to face is the raging Yellow River water. The Yellow River must be governed and the Yellow River must be managed quietly and steadily, otherwise you will not be able to rule the Central Plains steadily.

The Jin people had worked so much to manage the Yellow River. Is it worth it to go back to take over that mess?

Not to mention whether it is worth it or not, it really comes to that point, who is paying for it?

This is not just a political issue, nor a military issue, but an economic issue, a very fatal economic issue.

Tang Situi's words were actually mainstream opinions, while Chen Kangbo was completely non-mainstream, and was a Northern Expeditionist idea, which was rarely seen among the pro-war factions and was not popular.

This is great, Chen Kangbo doesn't know what to say.

He was sad and angry in his heart, and glared at Tang Situi in anger for a while and didn't know what to say.

In the end, Chen Chengzhi stood up to smooth things over.

"Restoring the Central Plains to the Old Capital is of course a good thing for the Song Dynasty. If the fallen old land can be restored, the government will undoubtedly have more benefits than disadvantages. However, considering the actual situation in the Central Plains, it may be still to be discussed, but..."

Zhao Gou glanced at Chen Chengzhi and felt that he had something to say.

"But what? Chen Qing, but it's okay."

"yes."

Chen Chengzhi said, "I think that even if the court does not have the budget to renovate the Yellow River, Zhao Kaishan will occupy Nanjing Road, which is better than the Jin people occupy Nanjing Road. If our dynasty can send troops to help him occupy Nanjing Road, it would be better.

Moreover, Zhao Kaishan was also an official in our dynasty. Even if it was just nominal, the official could check and balance him in his name. If he was in the north, someone could block the disaster for our dynasty. If the Jin people wanted to go south, it would not be easy. What do the official thought?"

Chen Chengzhi's words made Zhao Gou start to think about the pros and cons of this.

The Jin Kingdom had troops stationed on Nanjing Road, which was always a threat to the Southern Song Dynasty. Whether to fight or not is not important, what is important is whether there is one or not.

At the moment, if Zhao Kaishan could form a confrontation with the Jin Kingdom in the north and isolate the Southern Song Dynasty from the Jin Kingdom, then for the Southern Song Dynasty, there would be an additional barrier.

Isn't that a good thing?

Zhao Gou did not dare to go north, and the mainstream forces of the court were unwilling to go north, and they did not dare to take risks or assume that economic responsibility, but if someone could isolate them from Jin Guo, that would be a good thing.

At least the Southern Song court did not have to worry about the Jin soldiers heading south and pointing directly to the Jianghuai River, so that they were unprepared.

There is an isolated buffer in the middle, which can't be better.

But Zhao Gou thought again, can Zhao Kaishan succeed?

Can we isolate the Song Dynasty and hold on to the Jin Dynasty?

Can it provide strategic support for the Song Dynasty?

If not, is there any support necessary?

After he was destroyed, wouldn’t it be an excuse for the Jin people to go south to conquer the Song Dynasty?

By that time, the Song Dynasty would be forced to fight with the Jin Kingdom, the nightmare of that year would reappear, and Zhao Gou would be prepared to hide at the sea again. Zhao Gou had enough of the feeling of being displaced and in danger of peace. He didn't want to do it again.

If he can hold on and gain a foothold...

Will that become a threat to the Song Dynasty?

This kind of military leader who was not controlled by the imperial court has always been the most difficult to deal with. Zhao Gou, who was coerced by the military leader many times in the early days of Nandu, was deeply touched.

You have control over food and wages, administration, and control everything yourself. You have strong independence and can reach this point without the help of the court, let alone get help from the court?

Zhao Gou thought about it carefully and felt that the problem was not simple.

Back then, Yue Fei was so capable, the court was inseparable from the extra-standard financial support of Yue Fei, allowing his troops to eat, drink and get rich. This was the invincible material basis of the Yue family army.

The Yue Family Army does have its own industries, but the Yue Family Army's own industries are not enough to support the normal consumption of the entire army, and at most it is icing on the cake.

So when the court decided not to let Yue Fei continue to fight, Yue Fei actually had no better choice.

If he does not retreat, the court will cut off his logistics supply and rely on himself to go no far, and will destroy the elites he has finally trained.

So Yue Fei is still controllable.

But Zhao Kaishan is different.

He himself brought up a large army of 100,000, not with the financial support of the court. This is a serious uncontrollable factor. If he was allowed to grow bigger in the north, would it become a threat to the court?

Even if they are all loyal and kind, it is hard to say. Yue Fei is also loyal and kind, but he is determined to welcome the two saints back and does not consider him or Zhao Gou at all. If Zhao Kaishan is the same, he will get Zhao Huan back after defeating the Jin Kingdom, what should he do?

Then isn’t my throne unstable?

In just a short moment, Zhao Cong had a lot of ideas, who didn't know that Zhao Huan was dead.

About himself, about the Southern Song court, about the future.
Chapter completed!