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Chen Junqing sighed lightly and said: "If you talk about governing the country and securing the country, being diligent and exempt from governance, legislating and teaching the people, and promoting benefits and eliminating harm, I am not as good as you, this time the Son of Heaven invited me back to worship the prime minister, and now it is difficult to do so." ”

Yu Yunwen also sighed, waved his hand lightly and said: "Brother Yingqiu, you don't have to be arrogant, in fact, you are filial piety and loyalty, strict and courteous, this is all good, and the distinction between evil and good, reprimanding power and power without avoidance, is also beyond my reach." It's a pity that you are too clear about good and evil, but those who are in power must be broad-minded and can tolerate the intolerable before they can ......" Speaking of this, Yu Yunwen stopped, because he found that he was talking and talking, and unconsciously talked about the differences between the two again.

Chen Junqing also smiled bitterly and said, "Lin Fu, don't worry, I will try to conflict with Long Dayuan and them as little as possible in the future." However, I am not very proficient in military affairs, and now the Jin country is now increasing the number of military horses on the Jianghuai line, and I heard that the gold lord Wanyan Yong wants to go to Mount Tai to seal the Zen, I don't know what the intention is, and I hope that Binfu will teach me. ”

Yu Yunwen thought in his heart that "the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change" Chen Junqing even if he could endure it for a while, but after a long time, he couldn't help it, but he didn't say it after all. just said: "In terms of military affairs, Han Ziwen is in charge of the Privy Council, he is from a general's family, and he has experience in leading the army to fight. Although the Jin country increased the number of military horses on the Jianghuai line, stockpiling grain and grass, it does seem to have the intention of invading the south, and the gold lord Wanyan Yong wants Mount Tai to seal Zen, maybe it is just to cover people's eyes and ears, but it is also necessary to guard against it, but now the strength of the Song and Jin sides is comparable, and Li Xianzhong is in charge of the Jianghuai line. Or maybe I just want to force my Great Song Dynasty to cut the Tuna coin, and I don't know if I surrender my hand. ”

Saying that, Yu Yunwen took a breath and said: "But even if the war has not started, as soon as there is a stir, Liang Kejia, Shi Hao, and Long Dayuan will definitely persuade His Majesty to negotiate peace with the Jin State. ”

Chen Junqing said angrily: "Binfu, don't worry, as long as I, Chen Junqing, am in the court, I will never negotiate peace with the Jin people." ”

Yu Yunwen said again: "However, if the Jin people have no intention of invading the south, my Great Song Dynasty should not start a war lightly, but should accumulate grass and grain, train soldiers, repair good armor, and prepare for war." When the country of Jin changes, it will wait for the Northern Expedition. ”

Chen Junqing nodded, and said: "I wrote it down, the things in the north are done like this, so what about the things in the south?" ”

Yu Yunwen took a breath and said: "Guangnan is still the foundation of my Great Song Dynasty, if Guangnan is uncertain, then there is no need to talk about the Northern Expedition, taking advantage of the fact that the Song and Jin Dynasty have nothing to do now, the south should be completely pacified, and in the future, whether it is to prevent the Jin people from invading the south, or the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry." ”

Chen Junqing said: "Now Yang Yan is pacifying the pirates in the South China Sea, did he recommend him?" ”

Yu Yunwen nodded and said: "I was about to say him, although Yang Yan is young, he is a rare general, this time to pacify Manichaeism, restore Dali, force land on Jiaozhi, and eliminate pirates, all of them are planning and then moving, planning well, and using soldiers like gods." Now Li Xianzhong, Wu Gong and others are old, whether it is to prevent the southern invasion of the Jin people in the future, or the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, are indispensable, although it is said that there are many achievements, but the sudden rise to the position at a young age is not a good thing after all, and it is inevitable to be jealous, my Great Song Dynasty will not have many materials, and in the future, I should ask my brother to do more to make the best use of his talents. ”

Chen Junqing said: "Binfu, don't worry, I've written it down." Is there anything else to be told? ”

Yu Yunwen sighed again and said with a wry smile: "That's all I have to say, other things are beyond your ability to predict." ”

On 25 July, Lin'an, with Zhang Xiaoxiang as his envoy, went to Guangzhou to deliver the decree, on the one hand, to convey to officials at all levels in Guangdong that Yu Yunwen was seriously ill and could not serve as a director, and that Chen Junqing would replace Yu Yunwen as prime minister, and on the other hand, after listening to Yang Yan's plan for the next step in purging the plague of piracy in the South China Sea, Zhongshu decided to continue to adopt Yang Yan's plan, which could be regarded as reassuring Yang Yan.

In addition, Zhang Xiaoxiang also explained that because the Jin State has now increased a large number of troops on the Jianghuai, Huxiang, and Sichuan-Shaanxi borders, because there are more than 40,000 people and horses of the Sanya Forbidden Army concentrated in Guangnan, which is also an important force in the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Yan should also be prepared, and he may be transferred back to Lin'an at any time to resist the invasion of the Jin army, and at the same time, the matter of purging pirates should also be dealt with as soon as possible to prevent accidents in the north.

After arriving in Guangnan, after Zhang Xiaoxiang finished reading the holy decree, Yang Yan knew that the news that the Jin State was increasing troops on the border was true, and he was also a little surprised, and immediately asked Zhang Xiaoxiang for details.

Zhang Xiaoxiang said: "Yang Zhizhi, as far as this official knows, Jin Guo used Su Shi Lie Zhining as the Xuanfu envoy of Nanjing Road, Nanjing Left-behind Division, Zhikaifeng Mansion Yin, and the head of Nanjing Road soldiers and horses, and a large number of troops have been increased in Guide, Chenzhou, Linying, Fangcheng and other places, and now the Jinxin troops on the Jianghuai front line are no less than 150,000, plus the Xiangying, Sichuan-Shaanxi line, a total of nearly 300,000 troops have been gathered, and grain, grass, baggage, military supplies and other materials are also being transported one after another. It seems to be an intentional invasion of the south. ”

Yang Yan frowned, and said: "If the Jin Kingdom intends to invade the south, then the mobilization of military horses and grain and grass will inevitably try their best to conceal it in order to achieve unexpected results, how could it be so uproarious in advance, everyone knows it?" Didn't I hear a while ago that the gold lord Wan Yanyong planned to go to sea to seek immortals? ”

Zhang Xiaoxiang said: "Although Yang Zhizhi said yes, but the dispatch of hundreds of thousands of horses and millions of stones, grains and grasses, no matter how to cover up, there will always be traces exposed, but after Yan Yongzhi not only wants to go to the sea to seek immortals, after listening to Yan Yong's night dream immortals, he taught him three volumes of the Book of Heaven, and wants to perform the gift of Mount Tai Feng Zen." ”

Yang Yanzhi was taken aback, from going to sea to seek immortals to Mount Tai to seal Zen, Wanyan Yongzhi was getting bigger and bigger. However, Taishan Fengzen is indeed a prosperous ceremony pursued by every emperor, and Wan Yan Yong is no exception.

Chen Liang frowned and said: "I have seen that Yan Yong is not arrogant, and if he wants to practice Mount Tai Feng Zen, I am afraid that there is fraud in it." ”

Zhang Xiaoxiang nodded and said: "What Tongfu said is very true, and several ministers in the Chinese book also think that this is still a bluff and a move to hide people's eyes and ears, and the real goal is still about to invade the south." Seeing that it is approaching the golden autumn, if the Jin people want to invade the south, it is the right time, so Chen Xianggong and Han Shumi asked Zihao to eliminate the trouble of pirates as soon as possible and make preparations in case of unforeseen needs. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said: "That's natural, in order to protect the Great Song Dynasty and fight against the Jin Army, I will never give up." ”

Yue Lin said: "Then the imperial court has come very well now. ”

In fact, Yang Yanzhi was not only concerned about the defense line of the Great Song Dynasty, because he knew that since Yu Yunwen visited the prime minister for the second time, the preparations for the border had not stopped, and Chen Junqing was also a minister who strongly advocated resisting Jin, so the defense of the Song army was still reassuring. Moreover, for the Jin army, which is dominated by cavalry, August and early September is indeed the best time for the southern invasion, and if it is only a few months late, it will enter the winter. In other words, I only have a month at most. But Yang Yan always felt that there was something wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say where he was.

Sure enough, Zhang Xiaoxiang said with a smile: "Shang Qing, don't worry, since the four years of the Northern Expedition, Yu Xiang has been operating the Jianghuai defense line, which can be described as impregnable, and the Jin people want to invade the Great Song Dynasty, but it is not easy." ”

Yang Yan's heart moved, and he suddenly said, "Master Zhang, I don't know what Yan Changzhi is doing now?" ”

Wan Yan Changzhi is now an important minister of the Jin military, Yang Yan asked him, Zhang Xiaoxiang was not surprised, and replied truthfully: "Wan Yan Changzhi last year as the Beijing Left-behind Division, the governor of the Dading Mansion Yin, and the head of the Beijing Road Soldiers and Horses, in Jinzhou for Wan Yan Yong to supervise the construction of dragon boats, said that after Wan Yan Yong planned to Mount Tai to seal the Zen, he took a boat to the east and returned to Zhongdu from the sea. ”

After listening to Yan Changzhi's news, Yang Yan still didn't know the essentials, but what Guangyan said was not wrong, and the Jin State was sure that it was intended to invade the south. It seems that his plan to eliminate the pirates is indeed ahead of schedule. Fortunately, now Manichaeism has been pacified by the scriptures, and Jiaozhi has also been declared a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, so there are finally two less confidants, and although the trouble of pirates has been longer, it is only at sea after all, and it cannot endanger the stability of the south.

At this moment, an errand came in to report that there was Meng Peng, the shopkeeper of Meng Ji Firm, asking to see him.

When Yang Yan heard this, he hurriedly asked him to come in. After a while, someone sent Meng Peng in. After Meng Peng came in, he first gave Yang Yan a big gift, and then handed over a letter written by Meng Heng to Yang Yan.

Yang Yan took the letter, opened it and saw that it was a letter from Meng Heng Yang Yan asking for peace. In the letter, Meng Hengzhi said very bluntly, not playing tricks, but directly stated: willing to offer a number of gold and silver property, make peace with Yang Yan, and agree to accept the Great Song Dynasty's policy seal, but still live on Zanglong Island, never serve in the Great Song Dynasty, and his subordinates will never accept the reorganization, but promise that from now on he will never rob any merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty, nor will he invade the coastal areas of the Great Song Dynasty again. At that time, Yang Yan was also asked to stop attacking the pirates, and the two sides would not interfere with each other from then on. Of course, at the end of the letter, Meng Heng also said that if Yang Yan did not agree to make peace, then Meng Heng would send warships to continuously attack all parts of the coastal areas of Guangnan, even Fujian, Liangzhejiang and other places, to confront Yang Yan to the end.