The Conspiracy of the Eight Golden Kingdoms (2)

Zhao Chen listened, and his heart was also stunned, after Yang Yan became the deputy privy envoy, he has been in charge of military affairs, when Zhang Hu sent an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, he was inspecting the defense of the imperial garrison in the Jianghuai area, and he had been gone for less than ten days.

But Zhao Chen immediately denied his idea, because now that Zhang Hu, the envoy of the Jin State, is still in Jiankang, it is unlikely that the Jin State will ignore the life of this envoy, and if it is really an invasion of the Jin army, Yang Yan should stay at the border, command the Song army to resist, and only need to send a messenger back to Beijing to report the news, and will never let go of the military situation and rush back in person.

If it's not military, then it's for something else. In recent years, Yang Yan rarely took the initiative to enter the palace to ask to see Zhao Chen, although Zhao Chen gave Yang Yan, Zhao Yueru, and Zhao Qianru the right to enter the palace directly to see him in an emergency, but the Great Song Dynasty has not had any urgent events in recent years, but when Shi Miyuan rebelled, Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru only exercised it once. In this way, the three of them entered the palace overnight to ask for a meeting, and they had never been. As you can imagine, it must not be a trivial matter.

Zhao Chen's heart moved, is it difficult to redeem the lost land agreement proposed by Jin Guo this time? Thinking of this, Zhao Chen hurriedly put down the soup bowl, and the attendant who reported it said: "Please, please come to the Ruisi Palace, I will go to see them immediately." ”

After the waiter left, Zhao Chen stood up from the bed and said to Yue Ying: "Even if my sister and brother-in-law are here together, the queen will go with me." ”

Yue Ying nodded and said, "The official family will take the first step, and the concubine will prepare some snacks for you, let you talk while eating." ”

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"What did my brother-in-law come to the palace to see me for?" Because he had something in his heart, Zhao Chen couldn't be polite when he saw Yang Yan, and after Yang Yan finished the ceremony, he directly began to ask questions.

Yang Yan smiled slightly, and said: "The minister in Jianghuai also heard that during this period of time, the government and the opposition have been arguing endlessly over the proposal of the Jin State to redeem the lost land with silver money, and His Majesty seems to be difficult to decide on this. Therefore, the minister rushed back to Jiankang overnight and entered the palace with the two princesses, just for this matter. ”

Seeing that Yang Yan really entered the palace for this matter, Zhao Chen was also a lot relieved, he was still full of confidence in Yang Yan, and believed that he would be able to make a wise decision for himself when he entered the palace this time.

At this moment, Yue Ying personally carried a large tray into the Rui Si Palace, and said with a smile: "It's rare for my sister and brother-in-law to enter the palace together, so let's eat some snacks together." ”

Yang Yan, Zhao Yueru, and Zhao Qianru hurriedly got up together and said, "How dare Lao Shengren personally bring snacks." Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru had already greeted each other, and took the tray from Yue Ying's hand, only to see four plates of dim sum and a pot of tea in the tray.

Yue Ying smiled: "My sister and brother-in-law are not outsiders, what does the family pay attention to in the palace?" As he spoke, he helped them put the snacks and tea on the table one by one.

After the things were put away, Zhao Qianru smiled and said: "I don't know if Niangniang is sleeping peacefully now, official, my sister and I will go to see Niangniang first, and then come over later." ”

Yue Ying also said: "It's still early, Niangniang shouldn't have rested yet, I'll accompany the two sisters over." He said to Zhao Chen: "The official family, the concubine will retire first." ”

Zhao Chen knew that Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru had just accompanied Yang Yan into the palace, and now they were leaving under the pretext of letting him talk to Yang Yan quietly, so he nodded and said, "You guys go." ”

After Zhao Yueru, Zhao Qianru, and Yue Ying left, Zhao Chen asked, "Brother-in-law thinks it should be agreed or refused." ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly: "I don't know what the official family thinks of Jin Guo's proposal?" ”

Zhao Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Shu is also in a dilemma now, in fact, this proposal of the Jin Kingdom is still good, and although this amount of money is huge, our Great Song slowly pays, divided into twenty Chinese New Year's Eve, it is still supplied." Although it took a long time, I was still young and could afford to wait, after all, I could recover the lost territory without using swords, hurting the soldiers, or disturbing the people. What's more, as soon as the army starts, my Great Song Dynasty has no reason to win, and the cost of time and days spent on the war may not be lower than what the Jin State requires. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said with a smile: "What the official family said is not unreasonable. The discussion of the Jin State is not only safe, but also can recover the lost ground without injuring a single soldier. But even if this is the case, why didn't the official family just decide, but now they are still in a dilemma and can't make up their minds? ”

Zhao Chen said: "First, I am also afraid that the Jin Kingdom has no faith, just to suspend the domestic emergency, and the expedient measures, and secondly, I am also afraid that the financial resources of the Great Song Dynasty will be used by the capital country, and thirdly, I always feel a little unreliable in my heart, and there seems to be some conspiracy behind the Jin State's resolution." That's why it's hard to decide. ”

Yang Yan said with a straight face: "The official family is really right, according to Weichen, Jin Guo's move is obviously to solve the dispute between the two countries, but it is actually a hidden conspiracy, which is far more serious than Your Majesty is worried about, and for my Great Song Dynasty, it is really harmful and not beneficial." ”

Zhao Chen couldn't help but be surprised, although he was always unsteady in his heart, he didn't expect Yang Yan to say that the matter was so serious, and he couldn't help asking: "May I ask my brother-in-law, what conspiracies are actually hidden in Jin Guo's move?" ”

Yang Yan said: "The first evil is to break up the alliance between my Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia. ”

Zhao Chen's body was shocked, and he suddenly understood. Now the Great Song Dynasty has taken the initiative in the situation of the Jin State, largely because of the Song-Mongolian Alliance, the two countries are each other's horns, and the Jin State has formed a north-south flank situation, so that the Jin State can only be trapped in the belly and back to suffer the enemy, exhausted. And once the Great Song Dynasty agreed to the Jin State's proposal to redeem the lost land with silver money, then during the period when this proposal was fulfilled, there would naturally be no war between the Song and Jin, and the alliance between Song and Mongolia would be destroyed.

On the contrary, the Jin State could not only stabilize the southern border, have no worries, and deal with Mongolia wholeheartedly, but also invest the silver wealth obtained from the Great Song Dynasty into the war against Mongolia. At the same time, without the containment and support of the Great Song Dynasty, it may be difficult to compete with the full force of the Jin State by relying on the strength of Mongolia alone. Once the Jin State destroyed the Mongols, only the Great Song Dynasty was left, even if it was to cede part of the land, it would be easy to deal with. The Jin State could tear up this agreement at any time and renew hostility with the Great Song Dynasty. Without the help of Mongolia, it would be much more difficult for the Great Song Dynasty to recover the lost territory alone.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chen couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart: "Brother-in-law is really eye-catching, and he saw through the tricks of the Jin Kingdom at once." ”

Yang Yan said: "The official family, it's not that the ministers are paying attention, but most of the ministers in the court now only look at this proposal of the Jin State from the standpoint of the Song and Jin countries, and as far as the ministers know, in the eyes of most people, they still regard Mongolia as a barbarian race and don't pay attention to it, so they ignore Mongolia intentionally or unintentionally." Chen had personally sent an envoy to Mongolia, and without Mongolia's help, it would have been difficult for our Great Song Dynasty to achieve a complete victory in the Western Xia War. The current general trend of the world is the wrestling between Song Jinmeng and the three parties, so when making any decision, we must start from the perspective of the Song Jinmeng tripartite, only in this way can we make the right choice. ”

Zhao Chen listened, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Brother-in-law said yes, it seems that I will also pay attention to this in the future." So brother-in-law, what is the second purpose of the Jin people? ”

Yang Yan said: "The second purpose of the Jin people is to make my Great Song Dynasty force relaxed, light and strict, and return to the previous road of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force. ”

Zhao Chen's whole body was like a huge shock, Yang Yan's words made him sober up like an initiation, the Great Song Dynasty since the beginning of the country, the force has been sluggish, on the one hand, because the imperial court adopted the national policy of emphasizing literature and suppressing force, on the other hand, it is also because after the alliance of Lanzhou, the court has also reached a common understanding, that is, peace can also be exchanged for money, so after the alliance of the Yuanyuan, for nearly a hundred years, the exchange of money for border peace has always been regarded as a very effective method by the Great Song Dynasty.

And if peace can be bought with money, then the Great Song Dynasty, which has always paid attention to guarding against military generals, will naturally further suppress the military force. Although a large army is raised, it is only to prevent popular unrest, not to improve the country's combat effectiveness. Although there were occasional emperors who wanted to change the situation, they were also constrained by the tradition of guarding against military generals and the false idea of exchanging money for peace, so they did not have much success.

But Zhao Chen, who has experienced the disaster of almost destroying the country, knows very well that the peace of the country lies in the strength of its own national strength, and it can never be exchanged for money. Without the protection of a strong army, the more wealth the Great Song has, the more jealous the other countries on the border will be, and the more they want to annex the Great Song.

Therefore, after Zhao Chen took power, he has been focusing on changing the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty emphasizing literature and suppressing military force and guarding against military generals, and strive to advocate both civil and military affairs. After Jingkang's difficulty, the Jin State repeatedly betrayed the alliance, which also made some people of insight realize that it is unreliable to exchange money for peace, and the consequences of over-suppressing military generals are very dangerous to the country, so they are also gradually changing the concept of disregarding military people, such as Yang Yan can serve as a privy deputy envoy as a military general, which is simply impossible in the past.

Zhao Chen succeeded to the throne for eight years, in the army armament has achieved a very significant effect, the current Song Dynasty not only has a strong army, but also a group of excellent generals, military strength can be said to be far more than Taizu Taizong back then, enough to deter the surrounding countries and regions, to protect the safety of the Song Dynasty.