Qiming 1158

Chapter 410 Selling Kaifeng to the Southern Song Dynasty

After the main force of the Jin army was destroyed and Su Yonglin led the main force north to Yanyun, how to stabilize the Southern Song Dynasty was a very serious issue that should not be slack off.

Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui were thinking about it for the first time, they were not prepared, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

However, Su Yonglin thought about it many times and thought of many ways, and finally he came to an interesting conclusion.

"You said, if we really overthrew Ginting and succeeded in occupying Kaifeng, should we discuss with the Southern Dynasty and ask them to make a price to buy Kaifeng back from us?"

"what?"

Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui were both stunned, not sure what Su Yonglin's intention was.

"I think it doesn't make much sense for me to master Kaifeng at this stage. Kaifeng is no longer the Kaifeng it used to be. After it was destroyed by the Golden Army, Kaifeng is not as good as before, and there is no danger to defend.

Occupying Kaifeng requires extra troops to garrison and a lot of money. My goal is to go north and then south. I definitely want to bring the main force to the north to retake the sixteen states of Yanyun. Money and food, it's better to leave this big trouble to the southern country. "

Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui thought little by little along Su Yonglin's line of thinking, and after thinking about it, they felt that what Su Yonglin said was indeed reasonable.

Apart from its political significance as the imperial capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Kaifeng actually does not have much geographical advantage or other advantages.

On the Great Plains, there is no danger to defend. Although the transportation is convenient and the four links are developed, it can be a commercial hub city, and vigorous investment and development can be used as a commercial hub, revitalize the economy of the surrounding areas, and become an economic center.

But as an imperial capital, political and military significance must be present at the same time, and in terms of politics and military, Kaifeng's terrain is really bad.

Not to mention that the cavalry is coming soon, just to keep the imperial capital requires a large number of troops in exchange for a sense of security, which is too expensive.

Especially now that Kaifeng City has no economic benefits to obtain, and its political significance is only relatively large compared to the Southern Song Dynasty. For the Restoration Army, even occupying Kaifeng will not have much significance.

Su Yonglin's goal at this stage is to go north, retake the Great Wall, further capture Guanzhong and Liaodong, and completely wipe out the Jin Kingdom.

Before consolidating the northern line of defense and completely eliminating the threat of the Jin Kingdom to the new regime, he had no interest in Kaifeng, a city that was safe and would only deplete its troops.

However, in the eyes of Yelu Chenghui and Yelu Yuanyi, this is indeed a bit unacceptable.

"Kaifeng was captured, and it's not meaningless. Does the general really not intend to occupy it?"

"Kaifeng is the ancient capital of the Song Dynasty, and it is of great significance. The general really intends to return it to the southern country?"

The two Khitans were clearly suspicious of the idea.

Of course, Su Yonglin didn't really want to discuss this deal with the Southern Song Dynasty.

His real purpose is to let the Southern Song Dynasty start a century-old debate and divert their attention.

Because the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty is still the schizophrenic Zhao Gou, if he proposes to let the Southern Song Dynasty pay to buy Kaifeng back, he will definitely be in a dilemma.

I want it, I don't want it, I want to go back to the Central Plains, I don't want to go back to the Central Plains, I want to enjoy the reputation of the liberation of Kaifeng, but I doubt the motives and intentions of the Liberation Army.

The emperor's ambivalence will inevitably be reflected in the debate in the court, so Su Yonglin can almost sit and watch them arguing with each other, dog bites dog.

Based on the virtues of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is bound to be another century of debate, which has been delayed for a long time, and an accurate answer cannot be obtained for a long time.

So Su Yonglin briefly described his true purpose.

"You think, if I offered to sell Kaifeng to the South, how would the South would react? First of all, of course, it's a question of accepting or not. Acceptance or not can lead to doubts about us. What are we going to do? For what purpose they want to sell Kaifeng to the southern country, they will definitely argue.

While arguing about this issue, we also have to debate whether Kaifeng should be or not, or not, it is unreasonable, the old capital of the Song Dynasty, the birthplace of the emperor, can we not?Yes, it is hard to say, what a big deal to move the capital back?

Let’s quarrel, let’s keep arguing, and see what kind of quarrel they can make, those who want Kaifeng, those who don’t, those who are willing to spend money, those who don’t want to spend money, those who want to move the capital, those who don’t want to move the capital, let’s quarrel! "

Su Yonglin said this, Yelu Chenghui and Yelu Yuanyi suddenly felt that the road in front of them suddenly became clear.

Isn't that the truth?
First of all, you can't beat it yourself. Now that I have beaten it down, I want to give it back to you. You have to be mean no matter what, otherwise it will be too ugly.

Of course, the key issue may not be about money. Before talking about money, we should talk about whether they want this Kaifeng.

I want to return Kaifeng to you, do you want it?
Your old capital, where Zhao Gou was born, do you want it?
Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui could even imagine that there would be fierce debates within the Southern Song government over the question of whether or not Kaifeng was needed.

Of course, support will be required, because this is the old capital of the Song Dynasty, which symbolizes Song's rule and radiation over the Central Plains, and is of great significance.

Of course, those who don't support it will not want it, because if you want Kaifeng, it means investing, garrisoning troops, dispatching officials, and... spending money!
The most important thing is to spend money, spend a lot of money.

Even if there is an agreement on this issue, there is still the following - if you want Kaifeng, do you want to move the capital back to Kaifeng?
How much preparation do I need to do to move the capital back to Kaifeng?

How much will it cost to complete the preparations for moving the capital back to Kaifeng?

Once the political center of the Song Dynasty returned to the north, who would guarantee the political power and economic interests of the southerners?
These are all questions!

They can start quarreling, the more fierce the quarrel, the better, so that they will fight each other and delay time. Su Yonglin will take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and spread some rumors. By the way, the political cadres of the Renaissance Society can be sent to the Southern Song Dynasty to start activities.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, one after another Fuxing Association branch was established, from scratch, from weak to strong.

In this way, when they were almost fighting each other, the internal rebellion should also begin, and Su Yonglin also beat Jin Guo to the brink of death.

As long as Jin Guo's ability to resist is completely eliminated, even if Su Yonglin has a firm foothold, his rule in the Central Plains will be unshakable.

At that time, you can have a good talk about the past with the Southern Song Dynasty.

In short, as long as the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty is still Zhao Gou, there is a high probability that he will not have to worry about any active military actions he will initiate.

Unless Zhao Gou took the wrong medicine, or the Southern Song Dynasty changed the emperor, then the possibility of the Song army going north could almost be considered.

What Su Yonglin intends to do now is to arrange for the Beiwei Army with Li Xiao as the main general to be deployed in Caozhou and Shanzhou, and confront Kong Yanzhou's troops across the river. As long as the opponent does not take the initiative to fight, Su Yonglin will not choose to take the initiative to fight.

But Su Yonglin was really interested in the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty. He didn't know how this round of turmoil would change the political situation in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Will Zhang Jun, the deprecated soul of the main war faction, really "return the king"?

To be honest, a person with great political prestige still had a great influence on the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although Zhang Jun didn't make much credit, he was a die-hard main fighting faction. With his attitude and will here, in the chaos, he was one of the few people who were willing to raise their arms.

Even if such people have no actual merits, but people have a steel scale in their hearts, who can lead them out of the quagmire, and who can only make them sink deeper and deeper, they all understand.

If Zhang Jun really returned to the center of the Southern Song Dynasty, he might make some changes in the Southern Song Dynasty, but Su Yonglin was still not optimistic about him.

The Southern Song Dynasty had already systematically resisted the Northern Expedition and restored the Central Plains. No matter how much Zhang Jun raised his arms, he could not change the situation.

After discussing some things, Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui retired together and left Su Yonglin's general's residence.

After returning to the clerk's office, the two reported relevant matters to Lin Jingchun together, and then they were given new tasks and busy again.

It was not until the sun went down and the matter was finally settled that Yelu Yuanyi walked out of the official office very tired and was ready to go home to rest.

On the way, they met Yelu Chenghui who was going home from get off work, so the two walked side by side for a while.

(End of this chapter)