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259 Let's make a thunderbolt

Sure enough, Zong Shu still figured out a way.

"Your Majesty, if we cooperate with the Liao people, no matter how many troops we send, the Liao people will definitely give us as many horses as possible!" Zong Shu said.

The purpose of this guy is to cooperate with the Liao people and attack the Jin people.

After careful analysis, everyone felt that Zong Shu's method was absolutely feasible.

For the Liao people, reinforcements were urgently needed.

As a nation on the grasslands, the Khitan is indispensable for horses.

"When we send troops to help the Liao people, they have to provide us with military expenses. We only send troops and nothing else. The Liao side is responsible for the logistics supply."

This guy really comes from a merchant family and is a shrewd calculation, which saved money for the court.

"We have to fight to support the war. We can't let the sergeants feel comfortable for too long. We can send out two thousand people first, fight for two months and come back to rest. After that, send another two thousand people. This is called a rotational battle."

"Every time the sergeants who take a break come back, they bring their horses with them. The next batch of sergeants who take over will enter the Liao territory on foot. All horses, food and grass are still supplied by the Liao army."

Zong Shu is very good at calculating. If this happens, won't the good horses of the Liao people continue to enter the Song Dynasty?

Zong Shu is really good at blackmailing people. He not only wants to blackmail Cai Jing, but also Tong Guan's money. Now he wants to take advantage of the crisis of Liao Kingdom and blackmail Liao's good horses!

Objectively speaking, Zong Shu's strategy is indeed feasible. The Liao Kingdom is in urgent need of reinforcements. Taking this opportunity, they can get a large number of good horses.

But Zhao Gou, Tong Guan and others thought, so what if they have a good horse?

As a result, the Jin people were angered, and the disaster of the Song Dynasty was about to come.

"Your Majesty, what Zong Shu said was purely for the sake of grandstanding, but in fact it was a disaster for the Song Dynasty. If we send troops to help the Liao Dynasty, the Jin people will definitely retaliate."

What Tong Guan said immediately made everyone realize that Zong Shu's plan was good, but it was only for the sake of horses. It seemed not worthwhile to offend the Kingdom of Jin for the sake of horses.

Kang Wang Zhao Gou snorted and said: "Song, the Jin alliance has just been consolidated, and the Jin people gave me the land of the six states. How can we not be loyal and take advantage of others' danger and regret it?"

"Give you the land of six states? Look, I will take it back to you after a few days! Because," Zong Shu decided to make a surprise: "The alliance between Song and Jin will no longer exist! The relationship between Song and Jin is about to break down!"

Zong Shu’s thunder is so shocking!

The relationship between Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty broke down immediately? How is this possible?

Princess Wanyanping of the Kingdom of Jin had just entrusted the Song Dynasty with the land of the six states of the Song Dynasty. The imperial court had just established the Yanyun Prefecture and appointed the prefect of Yanyun.

To show his sincerity, Huizong also sent Princess Yingluo to make peace with the Kingdom of Jin.

The two countries of Song and Jin were clearly still in the honey stage. How could it be possible that they would break up if they broke up, or fall out on each other if they fell out?

Some people doubt it, but some people believe it, such as the prince Zhao Huan and the imperial censor Chen Guoting.

Especially in the prince's opinion, every prediction made by Zong Shu has been fulfilled, and this time, there should be no exception.

If the relationship between Song and Jin Dynasties breaks down, wouldn't Yingluo be in serious trouble?

When the time comes, the amiable country turns into a hostile country, how will Yingluo deal with it?

What is certain is that Yingluo will have a very miserable life in the Kingdom of Jin.

Therefore, at present, rescuing Yingluo is a top priority.

But these things cannot be said openly in the court. As soon as they are said, the Jin people will get the news immediately.

Thinking of this, Zhao Huan said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not."

This was the first time that Zhao Huan took the initiative to speak in the court. His voice was not loud, but it attracted everyone's attention.

The ministers who were discussing each other stopped and wanted to hear what the prince wanted to say.

Huizong raised his slanted eyebrows: "If you have any suggestions, it doesn't matter."

"Your Majesty, I believe that the Grand Master's words can be adopted. Talk freely about important matters and make decisions behind closed doors. Secrecy of state affairs is the first priority."

Zhao Huan quoted what Wan Zongshu once said and put forward his own suggestions:

"Major military matters should be decided by His Majesty. Even secret decrees should not be disclosed to the public. From now on, the court meetings can discuss industry, commerce, farmers, salt, wine, iron tea, but not military matters or military armaments."

What Zhao Huan said, Huizong nodded, and Chen Guoting and Li Ruoshui also agreed.

Huizong had long been tired of this kind of back-and-forth court meetings, because no matter what was discussed in the court, they were always divided into two groups and bickering with each other.

After retreating from the court, Huizong specially called the prince and Zong Shu to Chui Gong Hall.

When Huizong heard what the prince said just now, he also felt that it was not appropriate to discuss state secrets in a gathering of ministers, especially in the court where decisions could not be made on the spot.

Because there are so many people at the court meeting, it is inevitable that there will be a mixture of good and bad. If the enemy knows about the countermeasures, will it still be effective?

Huizong felt that Zong Shu had not said a lot of words and it was not convenient to say them in the court, and wanted to hear what he really thought.

Zong Shu judged that the alliance between Song and Jin would no longer exist! The relationship between Song and Jin was about to break down!

Huizong wanted to understand how Zong Shu made such a judgment.

Zong Shu said: "The Kingdom of Jin encountered setbacks in its attack on Liao, and the gold master was seriously ill. In order to prevent Song Dynasty from inserting a knife in the back, the land of the six states was given to us."

"Actually, Your Majesty, the people in the six states have been taken away by the Jin people in advance and become their slaves. The land of the six states is just six empty cities."

Huizong didn't expect this, and the veins on his pale face were particularly obvious: "Are you serious about this?"

"If you lend me a hundred leopard courages, I won't dare to tell lies. This is absolutely true. There are some refugees coming to the Mi County base. They escaped from the six states."

Huizong sat down silently. Sure enough, the Jin people had backup plans.

The Jin people were so cunning. They said they were giving land to the six states of the Song Dynasty, but what was the use of only the land?

What the Song Dynasty lacks now is population! Especially in the North, the population is the most sparse.

Without people, no matter how vast the land is, there will be no one to sow seeds.

No one, no matter how high the city is, there is no one to defend it.

The Jin people were so vicious that they kidnapped all the people in the six states and made them slaves!

All the people were taken away, not to mention all the food and livestock, including the wooden planks of the houses, etc., were also taken away at once.

When Zong Shu asked the captured Liao people to dig coal in Mi County, many ministers said it was too cruel.

Zong Shu objected at the time. Wouldn't it be cruel to let people from the Song Dynasty dig coal?

"I'm afraid Tong Guan and King Yun don't know this either. The Jin people looked down on them in the past." Huizong sighed.

Zong Shu said: "The Jin people came out from the white mountains and black waters. They endured for many years under the rule of the Liao Kingdom and have been accumulating strength. From a small tribe, they defeated the huge Liao Kingdom. How could it be so simple? The Jin people had long ago

No longer a straight man!"

"What do you think the current situation should be like?" Huizong asked.

"There is only one way to help the Liao Kingdom. Let's not talk about Xixia and Tubo. Let the Song, Liao and Jin try to form a balance of power. Buy time for me and the Song Dynasty."

Zong Shu's position has never changed, and it is the same as Zong Ze, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao and others: unite with Liao to resist Jin.

"Didn't you say that we have lost the opportunity by joining forces with the Liao Kingdom?" Huizong thought again of the disastrous failure of the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom.

"By joining forces with the Liao Kingdom, the imperial court does not need to come forward at all. We send troops to help the Liao Kingdom, and the Jin people have nothing to say. Once we show our prestige, the Jin people will also re-evaluate us."
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