Li Qianshun said: "What was the purpose of the Jin State instigating Goryeo to kill the Song envoy behind the scenes?"

"It is to instigate war and push Song into exhaustion." Brother Richard said, "Your Majesty, think about it. The Jin Kingdom has repeatedly asked us to go south to attack Song and instigate war between Song and Xia. What is the purpose?"

"It's also to make us consume the Song Dynasty."

"That's right." Brother Richard continued.

"Why didn't Goryeo reject the Kingdom of Jin like we did?" Li Qianshun became curious. "It would be detrimental to itself to anger the Song Dynasty and become a pawn of the Kingdom of Jin. Doesn't the leader of Goryeo understand such a simple truth?"

"Your Majesty!" Brother Richard said very seriously, "No one would be so stupid as not to understand this truth. The reason why the Goryeo people killed the Song envoy and provoked the Song-Li war was not that the Goryeo king was stupid, but that the situation was better than the people. powerful."

"The situation is stronger than the person?"

"Goryeo is adjacent to the Kingdom of Jin. The cavalry of the Jin army can reach Goryeo in just a few days from Liaoyang Prefecture. There is no barrier in Goryeo and can only be conquered by the Kingdom of Jin. But we are different..."

Li Qianshun understood what Brother Richard meant.

There are many people who easily rise to the level of personal IQ to analyze complex events, and the final conclusion they come to is: Why are they so stupid! They actually do such stupid things!

But many times, it's not that they are stupid, but that many people look at problems from a single perspective.

It is extremely unreasonable to analyze personal IQ apart from the general environment.

The reason why the Xixia people had the confidence to reject the Jin Kingdom was because all the Xixia people were soldiers, and they still maintained many of the habits of the party people, with abundant war horses, strong fighting power, and extremely special terrain.

The north of Xixia is desert and the east is Helan Mountain.

At that time, the Liao Kingdom attacked Goryeo and captured the capital of Goryeo.

But when the Liao Kingdom attacked Xixia, they were counterattacked by Xixia.

If the Kingdom of Jin wants to threaten Xixia like it threatened Goryeo, the risk is extremely high.

If the Jin State insists on being tough, but Xixia refuses to comply, and the Jin State raises troops to attack, even if they win, they will shed a layer of their skin and ultimately benefit the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, in many cases, it was not that the Goryeo monarchs and ministers were stupid at all, but that others were bound to be strong.

Those who always overemphasize the role of people have a incomplete understanding of the world and can easily fall into the awkward position of looking at everyone as stupid without realizing it.

Li Qianshun became thoughtful. He walked back and forth a few times, then suddenly stopped and said, "But now is really the perfect time to return to Yinzhou."

"Your Majesty thinks that the Song Dynasty is marching eastward to Korea and a large amount of domestic resources are moving eastward, so there is no time to fight with us anymore, so you can take the opportunity to send troops?"

"I do mean this." Li Qianshun said, "Yinzhou is in the hands of the Song Dynasty, and I can't sleep at night."

"But the Song army in Shaanxi is rich in resources. The Song army in the Eastern Expedition was not dispatched from Shaanxi. If our government sends troops, we may not be able to recapture Yinzhou immediately. The two sides are in a deadlock. Aren't we falling into the trap of the Jin Kingdom?"

Li Qianshun continued to walk back and forth without speaking.

After feeling well for a while, he asked: "Do you know why I agreed to the peace negotiation between Song and Xia two years ago?"

Brother Richard was stunned for a moment. He did not expect Li Qianshun to suddenly raise this question. He said: "The Song Dynasty is willing to fully open up the market and make profits for us, which meets our needs."

"This is just one of them." Li Qianshun said, "If the Zhao Guan family and I sit at the same table and bet, that time, the Zhao Guan family used all the trump cards in Shaanxi. This is what we can see, and he and we can see It can’t be reached.”

"can not be seen?"

"The territory of the Song Dynasty is larger than ours, and the military buffer zone is deeper. This is an intangible advantage of the Song Dynasty, which is often ignored when the war breaks out. As a result, the Zhao Guan family has more confidence than us."

"We have concerns, and our only concern is that if we are weakened and without a military buffer, the Jin Kingdom will take advantage of it. This is the main reason why the Zhao Guan family convinced me at that time. I have more concerns than the Zhao Guan family, but the current situation

It’s different.”

"Why is the situation different now?" Brother Richard asked his elder brother curiously.

"Now that the Zhao Guan family is spending a lot of troops and financial resources to conquer Goryeo, the Zhao Guan family will have concerns in their hearts. Even if the Song army in Shaanxi has not moved, if we have all the troops in the country and go south to attack the Song Dynasty, when the Song Dynasty is dealing with Goryeo, the war situation will be comprehensive

Pull away, what would you think if you were Zhao Guan's family?"

"I will think about how long it will take to conquer Goryeo, how long it will take to fight the Song-Xia war, and whether there is so much money in the treasury?" Brother Richard answered truthfully, "And the time of the war is not controlled by individuals. As time goes by,

After huge financial and human resources have been put into it, it is difficult to end it. To end it forcefully means admitting defeat, and admitting defeat means having to bear the conditions proposed by the other party, which will lead to many financial problems later."

Brother Richard's thinking is still very clear, and he is worthy of being in charge of the entire military affairs of Xixia. No wonder Liu Fadu was defeated by him back then.

"More importantly, once there are many problems on the front line, people's hearts are confused, causing more problems, and even affecting the struggle in the court, officials will definitely take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents."

Li Qianshun smiled and said: "As a result, the so-called New Deal that Zhao Guan's family has worked hard for many years will inevitably be in vain with the failure of the war on the east and west fronts."

Brother Richard said: "But it also affects us."

"This is why I said that the Zhao Guan family has more concerns than me now. It does have an impact on us, but compared to the consequences, the Song Dynasty will bear more serious consequences. It is impossible for the Zhao Guan family not to know this truth. He dared to speak against him several times.

Do you want to bet on me about the New Deal that was implemented in 2010 and the possibility of the Song Dynasty’s demise?”

"He won't. The Zhao Guan family is not that stupid. Not only is he not stupid, but he is also very smart." Brother Richard said, "But I don't understand. Since we can think of it, why didn't the smart Zhao Guan family think of it?"

Li Qianshun fell silent again. Brother Richard's question really hit the mark.

Since Li Qianshun, after learning about the Song Dynasty's eastern expedition to Goryeo, immediately analyzed the situation in Song and Xia and concluded that Xixia had the active advantage, then did the Zhao Guan family not consider this issue?

Brother Richard continued: "What your Majesty just said is correct, but what your Majesty said is based on the information that Jin Envoy gave us, and the information that Jin Envoy gave us may not be true."

Li Qianshun looked at Brother Richard and said, "How do you say this?"

"I just said that it is true that the Song Dynasty conquered Goryeo, but it was instigated by the Jin State. The information that the Jin Envoy said before that the Song State spent a lot of manpower and financial resources on the eastern expedition is probably inaccurate. It was the Jin Envoy who deliberately exaggerated.

The purpose is to make us think there is an opportunity."

Li Qianshun fell into silence again.

In order to deal with the Song Dynasty, the Jin State repeatedly instigated small neighboring countries to deal with the Song State. This is nothing new.
Chapter completed!