Chapter 608 Political Changes Caused by War
At noon, a great rout took place outside Kaijing City.
At a glance, it stretches for miles.
Countless people threw away their armor, and the rout quickly extended into the distance.
By evening, the war outside Kaijing was basically over.
Many people died.
If I had to use one adjective to describe it, it would be: corpses everywhere!
I'm afraid it will take time to calculate the exact number of people who died.
It is estimated that tens of thousands of people were killed by the Song army, and even more were trampled to death by their own people.
Before dark, Zhang Qing ran back to Kaijing City covered in blood. He said excitedly: "Han Shuai, do you think who I brought here?"
Han Shizhong looked intently and saw a man wearing royal robes being sent up.
There was also a group of people, each wearing official uniforms, and one of them, an old man, seemed to have a prominent position.
"This is Jin Fushi." Zhang Qing said excitedly. Capturing the leader of the rebels was a great achievement.
Qin Hui immediately said: "Hurry up and loosen the bonds of the King of Goryeo. My imperial army is coming to Goryeo to bring order to the chaos!"
Zhang Qing's men did not take action.
Han Shizhong said: "Relax."
Wang Kai was then released.
"All the others are being held captive."
Najin immediately shouted loudly: "Spare my life! I am forced! I want to serve the heaven!"
No one paid attention to him.
The decisive battle at Kaijing almost uprooted the main elite force of Koryo, which dealt a huge blow to the military strength of the southern part of Koryo.
Moreover, Wang Kai was caught, and even Jin Fushi and others were taken over, which meant that the overall situation was basically settled.
The most important thing is that there is a vacuum in the local army in southern Goryeo, and there is no military resistance for the Song army to implement the New Agricultural Policy in Goryeo.
In other words, it is only a matter of time before the fundamentals of Korea are stabilized.
According to Zhao Ning's macro-economic strategy, at present, all areas must be supplied for the later Northern Expedition.
Goryeo is obviously no exception. In addition to setting up military towns in Goryeo to contain more Jin troops, it is also necessary to increase the import of Goryeo products to fill the inflation problem caused by money printing.
Goryeo belongs to a self-sufficient small-scale peasant society.
However, Goryeo's commodities were also very developed, with abundant grain, handicrafts, and various medicinal materials.
This way of developing the hinterland through war and financial and economic means can lay a solid foundation for exterminating Xia and cutting down money.
On the second day of October, the Liaodong Army held a high-level meeting to discuss how to deal with Wang Kai, Jin Fushi and others.
All the generals agreed that Jin Fushi and other rebels should be executed.
Zhang Qing said: "Then the King of Korea is not a good person, so why not kill him too?"
Qin Hui said: "The King of Koryo cannot be killed. The imperial court is sending troops in the name of supporting the Goryeo state. If we kill the King of Koryo now, there will be chaos in Xijing. Let this matter be handled by me. You should not interfere any more."
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"If this King of Goryeo didn't have different intentions, how could the people below dare..."
Zhang Qing wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Geng.
After everyone dispersed, Geng Zhuo said to Zhang Qing: "Brother Zhang, please don't contradict Mr. Qin again."
Zhang Qing said dissatisfiedly: "I don't think Qin Hui has a good intention when he comes to Korea."
Geng smiled and said: "Qin Xianggong comes to Goryeo, so naturally he has a task for Qin Xianggong."
"What mission?"
"Dealing with the endgame."
"Dealing with the endgame?"
"Take care of the King of Korea."
Zhang Qing was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding: "How do you say this?"
"Brother Zhang, don't think too much about it. This is a political issue. It's not the same as fighting. Qin Xianggong is the best at this."
Zhang Qing said: "But I don't know why, I just don't like this Qin Hui!"
"No one seems to like him, so whatever."
He patted Zhang Qing on the shoulder and walked out. At the door, he suddenly said: "The court is going to make major adjustments here. Congratulations to Brother Zhang for your promotion to an important position."
Zhang Qing laughed and said nothing.
In fact, everyone is looking forward to the reward from the court from King Qi.
The third day of October, Yanjing.
Zong Wang couldn't help but sigh after reading Wanyan Wu's begging letter.
"Why did Shangshu Ling sigh?" Wanyan Jing asked.
"Your Majesty still has the idea of starting a war with Song Dynasty."
Everyone couldn't help but start talking.
Wan Yanjing said: "We have just started full-scale business with the Song Dynasty, and we are seeing a lot of money in our hands. Why does the court want to go to war again?"
Liu Yanzong said: "Yan Yun's New Deal is in full swing. Now that we are going to war with the Song Dynasty, we will inevitably mobilize people and collect grain, horses and other military supplies. This will have a great impact on the New Deal!"
"That's right! This is a critical moment. How can we just start a war?"
"This is destroying our transformation achievements!"
"Shang Shu ordered, we must not rashly start a war with the Song Dynasty!"
"..."
Everyone is talking to you and me.
Everyone looked at Wanyan Zongpan and said: "If there is a war with the Song Dynasty, all our goods will be seized, and the Song Dynasty will no longer provide tea and silk to our country!"
Wanyan Zongpan's face was also ugly, and he said: "The main war faction thinks about fighting every day. They don't consider what the nobles need now, and they don't consider whether the crops in the fields are still planted. I will report to His Majesty and firmly oppose it! "
Everyone couldn't help but praise Wanyan Zongpan.
Zong Wang sighed and said: "Song State is currently recruiting troops to attack Goryeo."
As soon as he said this, some people were calm and others were surprised.
Whether to attack the Song Dynasty or not cannot be decided by Zong Pan's memorial.
Judging from Wanyan Wu's begging letter and the intelligence sent by the Liaoyang Mansion, the main reason for the rise of the main war faction was that the Song Dynasty used troops against Goryeo.
Zong Wang continued: "Song troops gathered in Goryeo, and the court believed that this was the best opportunity to recapture Huzhou."
Everyone fell silent because they also believed that this was indeed the best time to regain Fuzhou.
But war is a chain reaction. Once a war breaks out in Liaodong, it will inevitably affect Yanyun and Hebei, causing the two countries to quickly turn against each other.
The originally fragile trust collapsed again, and all that was left was war.
If the situation develops to this point, the business opening that was finally negotiated will basically not have another chance in the future.
Once the Song Dynasty was really conquered, business collapsed, and internal resources were fully concentrated on the war, the peace faction would lose most of its political resources and be completely defeated by the war faction.
This is something Wanyan Zongpan, a man who wants to inherit the throne of the Jin Kingdom, absolutely does not want to see.
He stood up and said, "I want to go back to Beijing."
Everyone's eyes were focused on him, and Zong Wang just nodded.
Zong Wang thought that Zong Pan went back just to gain political resources. He did not expect that Zong Pan's return this time was not to do something big like he did in the past.
Just when the Jin Kingdom's leader and faction were taking action, a large amount of Jin Kingdom's war preparation resources were also quietly transported to Daizhou, Yunzhong and other places.
Chapter completed!