Not only did the Director of Military Intelligence mention Liu Yu's name, but for time travelers like Zhao Ning, Liu Yu was famous.

This guy was one of the biggest traitors at the turn of the Song Dynasty.

The puppet Qi he established spread across the Central Plains. As the lackey of the Jin Kingdom, it brought catastrophe to the Central Plains.

Li Gang continued: "This Liu Yu was originally the prison chief of the Hebei West Road. He abandoned the city and fled in the first year of Jingkang, and then defected to the Jin Kingdom. For this reason, a group of officials in Hebei were also instigated by him and surrendered to the Jin Kingdom."

Zhao Ning asked: "How many troops does Liu Yu have in Hejian Mansion?"

"I sent someone to inquire and found out that Liu Yu's people in Hejian Prefecture are no less than 100,000. His people are plundering and plundering people's property in Hejian Prefecture. They are also supported by Jin people."

"Has Liu Yu ever proclaimed himself emperor without authorization before?"

"This thief is very ambitious. In the third year of Jingkang's reign, he planned to proclaim himself emperor in Jinan Prefecture."

Zongze said: "Your Majesty, why don't you send a large army to conquer and destroy this thief!"

Li Gang said: "This bandit has surrendered to the Jin people and is considered a Jin army. If we go to conquer, we will be the first to tear up the armistice contract."

Zongze nodded and said: "It would be fine if this thief is still in Hejian Mansion and wants to be emperor, then it has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Jin!"

Zhao Ning said: "We'll wait and see what happens on this matter, but the Cangzhou area really needs to strengthen its troops. I plan to dispatch Yue Fei to garrison in Fucheng to help you train your troops. Li Qing, you can take drastic measures in Cangzhou's military affairs. Anyone who disobeys military orders will be punished by military law."

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"We don't have much time, so we should use thunderous means to show the bodhisattva's heart."

Li Gang suddenly felt less stressed: "I obey your order!"

Zongze said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing that we must pay attention to."

"What's the matter?"

"In the past two years, many thieves have gathered in various places in Hebei and Hedong. These thieves took advantage of the fact that the court had no time to pay attention, and they gathered in local areas to cause trouble for one party and became more and more powerful."

"Among them, there was a big thief named Wang Shan in the east of the river. In the first year of Jingkang, King Qin issued an order. The rebel troops of King Qin from all over the country came upon hearing the news. However, there were many mixed people. Some retreated and refused to disperse. They were gathered by interested people and gradually grew in strength in the local area.

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"In the fourth year of Jingkang's reign, Wang Shan claimed to have gathered a crowd of 700,000 people."

As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.

Zongze added: "But this is not true. I have sent people to investigate and found that Wang Shan's tribe does not exceed one hundred thousand. They are all refugees and bandits. They are entrenched in the Pingding Army and Liaozhou area."

"There is another big thief named Zhang Huaizhi who gathered 80,000 people in the Shenzhou area on Hebei West Road."

"There is also a big thief named Li San'er who has gathered tens of thousands of people in Qizhou."

"This is interesting." Zhao Ning not only didn't get angry, but also laughed.

Everyone was confused.

Zhao Ning pointed to the map and said: "Pingding Army, Liaozhou is bordered by Taiyuan Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture, Shenzhou and Qizhou are between Zhending Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture, which are very close to the Jin people's sphere of influence.

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Li Gang said: "Your Majesty means that they all have the support of golden people behind them?"

"We signed an armistice contract with the Kingdom of Jin, but the Kingdom of Jin is not willing to really give us time to recuperate. If I guess correctly, the Kingdom of Jin will push Liu Yu out and continue to establish the Puppet Qi, with Liu Yu as the emperor of the Puppet Qi

, to recruit these big thieves for his use."

Everyone fell silent, what Zhao Guanjia said was not unreasonable.

Zongze hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I have something here, which was sent by the gold thief."

"Oh, what?"

Zongze took out Wanyan Zongwang's "Song Xing Lun" and presented it to him.

Zhao Ning took it and read it quickly.

After reading it, he said nothing and asked Zhang Jun to read it again.

Everyone stopped and couldn't help but look solemn.

Zongze said: "This article has been circulated in Hebei, and I am afraid it will reach the capital soon."

Zhang Jun sighed: "This is a heart-breaking theory!"

Zhao Ning did not expect that Wanyan Zongwang actually had such a skill.

To be honest, this move really hit Zhao Ning's pain point.

The geographical gap between the north and the south in the Song Dynasty was very serious.

For example, during the Zhenzong Dynasty, Song Zhenzong wanted to use Wang Qinruo as his prime minister.

Prime Minister Wang Dan actually publicly stated: I see that in my ancestors' dynasty there was never a southerner in charge of the country. Although it was said in ancient times that there is no way to establish a virtuous man, it is necessary to have virtuous men. As a prime minister, I dare not suppress others. This is also a public discussion."

In the end, Zhenzong gave up.

It was not until Wang Dan's death that Wang Qinruo was able to take the position.

The same is true for the imperial examination.

Jiangnan scholars studied hard, but some southerners such as Yan Shu and Xiao Guan who passed the exams were suppressed and discriminated against by northern officials.

Even Kou Zhun, an important minister in the Zhenzong Dynasty who was known as an "upright gentleman", strongly opposed allowing southerners to participate in politics.

There was the "Guanlong Group" in the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the main dignitaries in the court were the Guanlong Group.

Similarly, the Song Dynasty had the "Central Plains Group". The Song Dynasty inherited the basic system of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the system of the Later Zhou Dynasty was in the Central Plains area.

Those who followed Zhao Kuangyin to conquer the world were all from the Central Plains.

Later, when the Song Dynasty was annihilating the Shu Kingdom, the Song generals massacred the city in Shu, causing a great resistance. When Zhao Kuangyin learned about Lei Lei, he was furious and dismissed the commander-in-chief of the attack on Shu.

But it also illustrates the barriers between regions.

The so-called northerners are people from the Central Plains, who are our own people, while southerners are outsiders.

When Wang Anshi carried out his political reform, the dispute between the North and the South intensified.

Sima Guang, the leader of the northern faction, once told Shenzong: The Fujian people are narrow and dangerous, and the Chu people are easy-going. Now the two prime ministers are all from Fujian, and the two political officials are all from Chu. They will definitely recruit people from the provincial party to fill the court. How can the customs become more honest!

Wang Anshi was from the south and Lu Huiqing was from Fujian, and they were both scolded by Sima Guang.

At this time, Wanyan Zongwang launched such an incendiary article on regional discrimination, which undoubtedly sprinkled a pinch of salt on the wounds of the Song Dynasty, which already had severe conflicts between the north and the south.

If this article spreads to the South, won’t it arouse collective resonance among southerners?

We work hard and pay heavy taxes to help the north?

What did those northerners say about us? How did they suppress us?

Xu Han said: "Your Majesty, do you want to suppress this statement among the people?"

Zhao Ding said: "Since ancient times, the people's mouth has been better protected than the river. How to seal it?"

Zhao Ning said calmly: "The Grand Prime Minister is right. Such comments cannot be blocked. There is no need to worry. The taxes under the New Deal have been reduced a lot. If the New Deal is also implemented in the south, who will blame the imperial court for the new deal?"

What about taxing the South heavily to support the North?”

Zhao Ding pondered for a moment and said: "I am afraid that the New Deal will fall to the south, and some large households will use heavy taxes to support the north as an excuse to resist the imperial court."

Zhao Ding's words are on point. The new tax regulations stipulate that those with more than 50 acres of land will be taxed at 50 per acre.

Here it is above 50 acres, and below 50 acres it is 1 out of 10.

Drawing five out of ten is definitely a heavy tax.

As long as the new policies of the imperial court are in line with the south, those large households in the south that own a large amount of fertile land will inevitably use Wanyan Zongwang's article as an excuse to make a big fuss and gather local interest communities to fight against the imperial court.

He even threatened the imperial court in disguise to give up the land of Hebei and Hedong.

At that time, the secretive old factions in the DPRK and China will definitely come forward to build momentum in order to fight against the New Deal.

Wanyan Zongwang's political offensive was not weak.
Chapter completed!