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Chapter 89 The Terrible Future

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Dashi left Jinzhou and brought Li Hu to the Eastern Expedition strategy.

Li Hu did not accept the imperial edict for revenge. In his reply, he said that if the Liao Kingdom was unwilling to launch an Eastern Expedition and was unwilling to help the rebels attack Tokyo, then the revenge would be intrepidated. Using the territory of the Jin Kingdom as a vassal state to replenish the rebels was simply a joke, but the rebels understood the difficulties of the palace tent, so they took a step back and joined forces to fight against the Jurchens together. After the Tokyo-based vassal state was recaptured, our Liaodong rebels would definitely be replenished.

A few days later, Huang She came back, and Ma Kuo, Zhao Liangsi and Li Gang were also with him.

When Li Gang heard Li Gang's name and saw Li Gang, Li Hu's heart suddenly became chaotic and became a mess. The story in "The Legend of Yue Fei" suddenly appeared in his mind like lightning.

Wanyan Aguda, Jin Wushu, Ha Michi have appeared, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Li Gang, and Qin Hui are indeed some of them, and even the "Sea Alliance" is truly reproduced in front of their eyes. If... if there is some magical coincidence in the development of the situation and the story told by my father, then the land in Liaodong will be the world of the Jurchens. Soon the Jurchens' cavalry will go south to the Central Plains, and the Song and Song people will be tragically ashamed of Jingkang. Tens of millions of people will lose their homes and lives in this war. Countless grass and mustard ants are crying in the war, and are ravaged and enslaved in the war.

Li Hu is no longer Li Hu of the past. He grew up in bloody battles and he completely changed. When he saw Jin Wushu, he was full of curiosity and suddenly saw the characters in the story in reality. This made him feel mysterious and mysterious, but as his mind matured, his eyes on the world were different, and his considerations became more and more complicated. Especially today, when he heard the Emperor of Song and the Song Dynasty in Huang She's mouth, and saw Li Gang appearing in Liaodong as a special envoy, he suddenly had an epiphany and had a wonderful feeling. He felt that his father was a god and felt that his father's story might be a prophecy of the world.

How could he have a magical artifact when his father was escaping? How could he know the story of Wanyan Aguda and the Jurchens when he fled in the Song Dynasty? At that time, Aguda had not become the leader of the Jurchen Alliance, nor had he established a country. How could his father know his name and legendary story? What's even more terrifying is how could his father know that the Song Dynasty took the initiative to form an alliance with the Jurchens for the Northern Expedition and signed a sea alliance? Even if his father was whimsical, the Song Dynasty was powerful and the Jin Dynasty was weak, he would never have thought that the Song Dynasty would take the initiative to form a small wild country.

Li Hu looked at Li Gang blankly, thinking a lot in his heart. The more he thought about it, the more he became more afraid, and the more he thought about it, the more he became, the more he became more afraid.

If my father has the ability to pre-date his fortune. If the story in "The Legend of Yue Fei" is my father's prediction of the future, or the real future, where are he and the Liaodong Rebel Army? Being defeated?

This trip to Bianjing brought great rewards, exceeding Li Hu's previous expectations. Luo Qinghan, Dong Xiaochou and a group of generals were also very happy after hearing the news. Who would have thought that things would go so smoothly?

However, after hearing the request of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Li Hu, Luo Qinghan and others had the same idea as Huang Shedi, and they both sneered and ignored them at all. Although it was a surprise that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was willing to accept the Liaodong rebel army, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was really limited, and he was also very disappointed after being surprised.

The rebels had a lot of war horses, and the price was indeed very high to sell to the Song Dynasty. The two sides' Huiyi was also a big advantage for the rebels, but compared to the requirements of the Song emperor, this profit was too little. It was actually impossible to obtain the loyalty of the Liaodong rebel army and the blood and life of the Liaodong soldiers through a series of short promises.

The Song Dynasty was the Heavenly Kingdom. The Song Dynasty had the desire to regain its hometown. In order to realize this, of course it had to invest heavily. It was like a monetary man who had to invest first in order to earn greater benefits. This was also a kind of gambling. If he won the bet, he could get the greatest benefit at the minimum price. If he lost the bet, he was nothing compared to the wealth of the Song Dynasty. As a result, the Heavenly Kingdom was a rooster who was stingy. The emperor of the Heavenly Kingdom was not only stingy, but also plotted against the poor man of the Rebel Army, and he wanted to snatch the last torn clothes that covered the body and avoided the cold. This made Li Hu and a group of generals very uncomfortable.

People are actually selfish. The pauper wants to receive funding from the monuments, while the monuments do not want their investment to be wasted. Therefore, if you want to do something well, in addition to building trust, both sides must be willing to suffer losses and have a long-term vision. Unfortunately, the emperors of the Celestial and Celestial Dynasties did not. As the pauper’s rebel army, from the perspective of long-term interests, they can only accept this unequal agreement.

Zhao Liangsi was the most clear about the strategy of pacifying Yan and the Northern Expedition, so he gave a detailed explanation of the Emperor of Song Dynasty's considerations for the Northern Expedition and the required situation in Liaodong.

After hearing this, Li Hu, Luo Qinghan, Dong Xiaochou, Tie Ying, Huo Liuge, and Chai Yun all had an incredible feeling, and felt that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was very correct in his decision to fight the Northern Expedition, but the ministers of the Song Dynasty advised him based on realistic considerations and moral thinking, which was completely unreasonable.

In their opinion, the Song Dynasty was rich and powerful, with annual financial income of over 100 million yuan and millions of troops. What are the real difficulties they have? Is it a flood that once in a thousand years a real difficulty? Compared with this difficulty, of course, the Northern Expedition is more important. At this moment, Liaodong is in chaos, and the Northern Expedition is very good. It can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and it is also a great opportunity once in a century. If you miss this opportunity and want to try the Northern Expedition, you will have to pay several times or even dozens of times the current price.

As for moral considerations, it is even more nonsense. How can the covenant be maintained? It depends on strength. If the Song Dynasty was not very strong, would this covenant still exist? It is a woman's benevolence and a pedantic statement. If the Khitans were stronger than you, would they talk about morality and trustworthiness to you? They had already gone south to attack and drink horses and the Yellow River.

People in the Celestial Empire believe that the world is stable because of noble morality, not by strong strength. This is incredible and naive. Look at Liaodong today, if the Khitans could stabilize the country's destiny by virtue of morality, would there be a Jin Kingdom? Will there be a Liaodong righteous army? This is ridiculous.

The laughter of the rebel generals was filled with mockery and jokes, which made Ma Kuo and Li Gang feel ashamed.

"It's really too cheap to buy peace by spending 500,000 yuan a year." Huo Liuge smiled, "500,000 yuan is a drop in the bucket for the Song Dynasty, but don't the people of the Celestial Empire think about the shame behind this peace?"

"The people of the Celestial Empire read too much, and they read books to their stomachs." Luo Qinghan laughed, "If you want to survive and live better in this world, you have to be strong and speak with your fists. Money cannot buy peace. Not to mention three-year-old children, even beasts know this. Don't know about scholars?"

"This is all the root of the disaster planted by the Chanyuan Alliance." Zhao Liangsi said angrily, "When Emperor Zhenzong and Kou Zhun signed this city alliance, the original intention was to accumulate strength. Xu Tu counterattacked. But after a year, people forgot about this matter. Although the annual monies increased from 300,000 to 500,000, it was too small and too cheap. The cheaper made the Chinese forget the shame and regarded the shame as a gift. So their psychological balance was balanced and the sense of shame was gone. On the contrary, they were complacent and proud, thinking that they were very rich and could buy peace if they had money, just give a little charity."

"Let's make an idea. If the annual monies are 10 million trump, 20 million trump, or even half of the tax revenue of the entire Song Dynasty, will the people of the Song Dynasty still endure this shame? Will they still keep the alliance? Will they say that they cannot fight the Northern Expedition because we have practical difficulties and because we violate morality?" Zhao Liangsi beaten up to the sky, with an extremely sad and angry expression. "Shame, this is the people of the Celestial Empire today, this is the Chinese today, the Chinese who are proud of shame."

Li Hu sat behind the desk without saying a word. He felt even more confused. He was not only worried about the fate of the Liaodong rebel army, but also worried about the fate of the Song Dynasty.

He looked at the map with his eyes, took the current situation in Liaodong as the starting point, and then followed the trajectory of his father's story and calculated step by step.

Soon, his expression changed and his eyes were filled with shock.

If the Liaodong rebel army was defeated, if the Song and Jin ally formed an alliance to attack, with the current chaos in the Liao Dynasty, the defeat could be predicted, then in the future, Liaodong would be the Jurchens dominant. With the fierceness and greed of the Jin people, they would definitely go south to attack the Central Plains like the Khitans back then. If the Song Dynasty could not resist, it would be very likely that it would be like when Emperor Zhenzong of the past. Although he did not lose on the battlefield, the ministers and the people began to flee. At that time, most of the ministers persuaded Emperor Zhenzong to give up resistance and cede land and move the capital. Fortunately, the war-first-handed minister Kou Zhun dispelled the opposition, persuaded the emperor and continued to stay on the front line, otherwise the Song Dynasty would have lost the Central Plains more than a hundred years ago.
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