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Chapter 85 The Emperor's Bet

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Zhao Liangsi, Cai Jingdu and Huang She discussed the specific aid plan. Generally speaking, this plan is still a reply agreement.,

Although the Song Dynasty was a rich man, it was not as generous as giving alms at will. In the face of the short-selling promises of the Liaodong Rebel Army, the Song Dynasty also made short-selling promises, and the so-called aid was just a matter of horses. The Song Dynasty needed war horses, and the rebel army needed food and weapons. During the process of returning to the Yi, the rebel army raised the price of war horses, while the Song Dynasty agreed and completely relaxed the coastal courts. Many prohibited materials were also included in the Hui Yi.

Cai Jing was already generous. After all, regaining his hometown is related to the country's destiny and his own fame. There is no return without investment. This truth is very simple. Therefore, although Cai Jing was skeptical about the strength of the rebel army and the possible role in the future, he still did his best to provide the rebel army with the greatest material assistance.

The emperor was even more generous. This was a gamble, a very exciting gamble, and the bet was very large. In order to win this game, the emperor spared no expense. Therefore, after listening to Huang She's demands, he decided to give the rebel army more support.

The rebel army has formed a huge force in Liaodong. No matter what success or failure, this force will affect the development of the situation in Liaodong. There is no doubt that this is why once the rebel army is defeated and goes south to the Song Dynasty, it will definitely affect the relationship between the Song and Liao countries. However, at present, Song and Liao cannot turn against each other. On the contrary, they must maintain better relations to deceive the Khitans. Therefore, the Song Dynasty cannot accept the rebel army's rebel army. The emperor needs the rebel army to persist and develop in Liaodong. It will help him regain his hometown. For this reason, the emperor needs to give more support to the Liaodong rebel army to ensure that the rebel army can not only survive, but also develop.

The emperor decided that Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army would directly obey their own commands in the future, and Ma Kuo and Zhao Liangsi would be responsible for the contact between the two sides.

The emperor granted Ma Kuo and Zhao Liangsi the privilege of not being restricted by the prime minister. He also traveled between Jinzhou and Bianjing as a secret envoy, and reported to the emperor about the movements of the rebel army and the dynamics of Liaodong at any time. The governor also led the Pingzhangshi, Pingzhou and Liaoxi routes, the governor of the two routes of the Liaoxi routes, the Duke of Yan, the hereditary Pingzhou Road and Liaoxi Road.

This handwritten confessed Li Hu's identity as a vassal state.

He was appointed as the junior guard of the school and ranked third, which was an additional official and an empty title. Kaifu Yi and the three officials, which was a first-rank literary official with an empty title. Jiedushi, Jiedushi, Jiedushi, is the highest official position of a military general. It is a kind of honor. Jiedushi, the commander of the military commander, is called the prime minister, the title of a virtual title, and the honor is just a glory. Duke of Yan, the title of a master, the title of a strategic and pacifying envoy, this is the real official position, and is in charge of the affairs of the military and civilians along the way.

The emperor gave all the official positions, titles and honors that could be given to Li Hu, and they were all of the highest levels. Even in the Song Dynasty, there were only a dozen ministers of the same level.

However, all of this is empty. Pingzhou Road is still the territory of the Great Liao Dynasty, and the rebel army only occupied the western Liao Road. The so-called western Liao Road is the eleven prefectures and counties occupied by the rebel army. For convenience, the emperor collectively called it the western Liao Road. As for the title of king, it cannot be conferred by the royal family. Unless Li Hu recovered Yan Yun and had great achievements, the emperor can be conferred the orders of the late emperor.

Because there was an alliance between the Song and Liao dynasties and this matter was still confidential in the court, it was not possible to send a seal for the time being, and only this handwritten edict was used as a basis.

Huang's trip to Bianjing was achieved, and it far exceeded expectations. The excitement in his heart was imagined. He knocked his head out of a "bang" sound, and he wanted to cut off his stomach to express his loyalty, but he knew that the emperor's patience was very limited. Like his priests, the emperor would have to get rewards if he paid. If the rebels could not conquer Pingzhou Road this year and did not change the current situation in Liaodong, then nothing would be left.

Sure enough, the emperor then proposed his idea of ​​the Northern Expedition and the situation in Liaodong that was needed.

The emperor planned to transfer the Northwest Army to Hebei as the main force of the Northern Expedition. The Northwest War had just ended, and the Northwest Army needed to rest and replenish its troops. It would take about half a year, and then it would take a long journey to Hebei, which would take several more months. At the same time, the court would also recruit troops in Hebei, train troops, and hoard food, grass and supplies. In this way, it would be estimated that the Song Dynasty would not be able to meet the conditions for the Northern Expedition until at least next winter.

The Song army's northern expedition divided the two battlefields in front of the mountains and behind.

The battlefield behind the mountain is north of Taiyuan, which is used to restrain the troops in western Liaoning. In front of the mountain is the main battlefield of the Northern Expedition, and the target of the attack is Yanjing.

Starting from this attack strategy, the emperor needed the Liaodong rebels to go south to occupy Pingzhou Road as soon as possible to threaten Yanjing, consume the Liao army, and form a force of attacking north and south with the Song army. At the same time, in order to ensure that the Song Dynasty had enough time to launch a northern expedition and seize Yanjing, the emperor asked the rebels to do two things in the Zhongjing battlefield. One was to restrain the Liao army's troops in the direction of Shangjing, and the other was to block the Jurchens and not let the Jurchens enter the Zhongjing Road, so as not to take advantage of the situation and rob the Jin army.

Huang She was a little dizzy.

The emperor demanded too high a reward, and the Liaodong Rebel Army could not do it at all. The 100,000 troops had to fight in Youyan, attack in Zhongjing, and block the Jurchens. This was equivalent to dragging all the troops of the Liao and Jin countries. With the current strength of the Rebel Army, it could not do it at all.

Huang She couldn't help but want to ask, what did the Song army do? The Song army beat Yanjing with hundreds of thousands of troops? It would be too comfortable to pick up this cheap one? Is it too comfortable to push all the dangers to the Liaodong rebel army and leave all the benefits to himself. This plan... It's not leaking.

Huang She did not dare to express any dissatisfaction or doubts, and slapped his chest out loud, "Don't worry, by next winter, the rebels will definitely create the situation His Majesty needs in Liaodong."

In fact, this is impossible, but Huang She didn't care. He came to make a fortune. As long as he got the food and weapons and helped the rebels to overcome the difficulties temporarily, let alone cooperate with the Song army's northern expedition, even if you ask me to seize Yanjing and give it to you, I will agree confidently.

The emperor was in a very good mood and was also awarded the title of Huang She, a direct scholar in Longtu Pavilion, which was an additional official. He was from the third rank and had an honorary title to show respect and favor. He also gave many rewards.

Huang Shehuan is happy and full of joy.^^First release^^

"You will leave Beijing tomorrow." The emperor acted resolutely and did whatever he said, "Go to Jinzhou as soon as possible to announce the imperial edict and ask Li Aiqing to go south immediately to attack."

The three of them knelt down to receive the order. Huang She originally wanted to take a walk in Bianjing and appreciate the prosperity of China, but he didn't even leave the gate and was going back to Liaodong again. Unfortunately, the emperor decided to go to the north, and this matter just solved the emperor's knot and followed his wishes, and everything went smoothly.

Zhao Liangsi wanted to sue Tong Guan for this matter urgently, so he went back to write a letter first and packed his luggage.

Ma Kuo took him around Bianjing City in response to Huang Shudi's request. The carriage had just driven out of the imperial city. The eunuch hurriedly chased and passed the order. The emperor hurriedly summoned Ma Kuo.

The two of them suddenly became nervous and didn't know what happened. Huang She was even more frightened and worried that all the efforts would be ruined.

The emperor was writing at his desk. After Ma Kuo knelt down, he waved his hand and signaled Ma Kuo to come in front of the desk.

"Have you heard of Li Gang?" the emperor asked. Ma Kuo nodded, very confused, not knowing what the emperor meant.

Li Gang was a Jinshi in the second year of Zhenghe. He initially served as a professor at Zhenjiang Prefecture School. Because he wrote a letter to support the Northern Expedition, he was promoted to the Supervisor Censor and the Attorney of the Hall of Power by the emperor. After arriving in Bianjing, Li Gang gradually saw the situation clearly and his ideas changed. Although he still supported the Northern Expedition, he also believed that the timing was not good. At the beginning of the year, the Jin envoy came to Beijing and the court debated fiercely about the Northern Expedition, and Li Gang said an astonishing sentence.

Zhao Liangsi's plan to pacify Yan was completely correct. But the key problem was that Zhao Liangsi offered a correct strategy to a wrong emperor and a group of wrong ministers at a wrong time and in a wrong place. Therefore, the strategy of the Northern Expedition naturally turned into a wrong decision. It was all wrong, it was wrong, it was wrong, it was completely outrageous.

This sentence offended the emperor, but Li Gang was a war-oriented faction and promoted it by the emperor. Moreover, this sentence obviously means venting anger, so the emperor is magnanimous and laughed it off.

This sentence also offended Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu and other gangs of prime ministers. Li Gang was the censor and the censor. He might not dare to blame the emperor, but he did not dare to scold these prime ministers. The result was self-evident. After just a few days, he was dismissed from his position as a censor, demoted to a minister, and lived with his salary. You should be a good person and be more scheming. He was stubborn and meddled with other people and continued to report, saying that Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others were traitorous and constrained power, clamped the emperor, cultivated their confidants, spread their followers, eliminated dissidents, and harmed the country and the people, causing internal and external troubles in the Song Dynasty, and the people were living in misery... Now that the matter was a big deal, the official position was reduced again and again, and finally he was demoted to the taxation of Sha County, Jianzhou, Jiannan.

Li Gang was beaten down, and someone immediately stepped forward and reported to impeach Cai Jing's abuse of power and avenge his personal revenge. The instructor behind this was Liang Shicheng, the favorite official around the emperor. Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian and others, Cai Jing and Wang Fu (fu, Gao Qiu, were all the emperor's right-hand men. In order to fight for power and profit, there were endless struggles and common things. Especially Liang Shicheng, who was an opposing Northern Expedition, of course he had to take the opportunity to attack Cai Jing.

Li Gang then became a tool for powerful officials to compete for the competition and could not go anywhere, so he had to stay in Bianjing and be slaughtered.
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