Qiming 1158

Chapter 517 Su Yonglin's malice towards the Southern Song Dynasty is quite strong
Faced with the ironclad truth, many people who once expressed disbelief have to believe it.

Jin Guo really took the pill.

Zhao Gou had nothing to say about this detailed and reliable information. He convened an imperial meeting to reiterate the three-step strategy that Zhang Jun insisted on before, and asked Zhang Jun if he had anything to add.

Zhang Jun was silent for a long time, leaving only a sigh.

"I only hate that this victory was not obtained by the Great Song King Master. If the Great Song King Master achieved this victory, he would be ashamed and comfort his ancestors..."

Zhao Gou listened and was speechless.

Now that the situation has been determined, the next step is to act according to the second step of Zhang Jun's three-step strategy.

Send a delegation of envoys with a certain size, representing Lin'an and the Great Song Dynasty, to meet the high-level officials of the Restoration Army, contact them, and test their words.

At the same time, observe whether Shandong and Hebei are stable and whether they are properly managed. There may be thieves rampant and troops in chaos.

Through different contacts at two levels, it can be judged whether the Liberation Army group can negotiate, whether it can be subdued, and whether there is a military threat to Song Dynasty.

In fact, the Lin'an court didn't have much information, because they didn't care about the Liberation Army before, and felt that it was not worth investing too much energy in the Liberation Army taking jujube pills.

As a result, a large amount of information is suddenly needed now, which is obviously embarrassing.

However, the Lin'an court still has some personal information about the two important leaders of the Restoration Army.

The No. [-] figure in the Restoration Army, the leader of Zhao Zuoliang.

The No. [-] figure in the Restoration Army, General Su Yonglin.

For these two people, Zhao Gou specially organized the Zaifu regiment to conduct a wave of intelligence sharing, trying to open a gap between these two people.

The premise of opening the gap is to understand the other party, understand the other party, and prescribe the right medicine.

According to intelligence, the two are Weng's husband-in-law, and Zhao Zuoliang is Su Yonglin's father-in-law. They have different surnames, but they are actually a family, and the family does not speak two languages.

"According to the information obtained earlier, Zhao Zuoliang, the leader of the Liberation Army, does not actually hold real power. The one who holds real power and dominates the military is this general, Su Yonglin, and Zhao Zuoliang's superior position has a great relationship with this person."

Wang Lun shared the few valuable information obtained by the Privy Council before.

Zhang Jun nodded.

"Then where is this Su Yonglin from? What is his background? How old is he? Do you all know all this?"

Zhang Jun looked at Wang Lun.

Wang Lun was a little embarrassed.

"This...I really don't know much, because before this, the connection between my dynasty and the Liberation Army stopped at Zhao Kaishan, the former commander. I have limited understanding of Su Yonglin. He is like a sudden emergence of an army. ."

"There has never been a sudden rise in momentum. Only after careful consideration, thorough preparation, and full confidence will it take off. This Su Yonglin must have been deeply cultivating in the Liberation Army for a long time, and he can achieve success with enough fans."

Zhang Jun said solemnly: "The lack of understanding of this aspect is our weakness. In addition to Zhao Zuoliang, we must understand Su Yonglin thoroughly so that we can prescribe the right medicine, negotiate with him, and strive for him to belong to the Great Song Dynasty. , for my use."

Zhao Gou nodded, and then acted according to Zhang Jun's plan, selecting the right person to represent the Restoration Army.

This person does not need to be too high, but he must be smart, clever, and courageous. Zhao thought about it and thought of a person.

This person is Yu Yunwen, who was recommended to Zhao Gou by Zhao Kui, a close official whom Zhao Gou trusted very much.

Zhao Kui died of illness two years ago, and Yu Yunwen was the last person he recommended, so Zhao Gou was more impressed by this Yu Yunwen.

He was born in Shu, and was a Jinshi in Shaoxing's 24th imperial examination. At that time, Qin Hui was in power, and without Shu officials, Yu Yunwen was suppressed all the time. After Qin Hui's death, Zhao Gou wanted to gather the suppressed Shu officials. Yu Yunwen is recommended.

Zhao Gou met with Yu Yunwen, and Yu Yunwen advised Zhao Gou on the strategy of eliminating the maladministration of Shu, and showed his administrative talent, which was recognized by Zhao Gou and began to be appointed by his side, giving him attention and some political resources for training.

Zhao Gou is still very optimistic about Yu Yunwen.

The only thing that made him unhappy was that this Yu Yunwen was also a staunch main fighting faction, and a Northern Expedition faction who took the initiative to attack. Over the years, he has been writing about various matters concerning the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, quite a bit like Zhang Jun's second position.

But at this time, the situation in the Central Plains is unclear, and the future of the Southern Song Dynasty is also unclear. It is indeed time for this group of daring officials to do something, so Zhao Gou thinks of Yu Yunwen.

So Zhao Gou ordered that Yu Yunwen, the official of the Ministry of Rites, borrow the Minister of the Ministry of Workers, and lead a delegation of 23 envoys north to Shandong under the banner of senior officials to seek contact with the leaders of the recovery army.

Yu Yunwen was ordered to prepare immediately, and soon after the preparation was completed, he led the delegation into the territory of the Restoration Army under the banner of the Great Song Dynasty and met with the top officials of the Restoration Army.

After the Restoration Army occupied Shandong, the Haizhou area bordering the Southern Song Dynasty was always guarded by the generals of the Zhao family, and opened the border to do business with the Southern Song Dynasty.

At the beginning, it was just a simple business to collect taxes and make some money to subsidize Zhao Kaishan's military use.

It was only later that Zhao Kaishan heard about the sale of illicit salt on the border between Song and Jin. He felt that there was a lot of fun in it, so he let the Zhao family's relatives take the lead in selling illicit salt to salt merchants in the Southern Song Dynasty, taking advantage of the salt price difference between Song and Jin. Salt business.

The private salt business is of course very profitable, and Haizhou's business has made a lot of money, making Zhao Kaishan and the Zhao family's mouth full of oil.

After Su Yonglin seized power, he took control of Haizhou and took down all the generals of the Zhao clan. Taking into account the special status of Haizhou, he changed the local officials and decided to set up a ruling pilot.

He promoted some good local instructors to county magistrates, and asked them to try to defend the local area, starting from the county magistrate to see how well they could govern.

In order to prevent troubles, he sent Qi Shaohui, a young officer and brigade commander from the Hu Ben Army, to Haizhou to lead the garrison and control the commercial order of Haizhou.

The main responsibilities are to impose strict tax rates and business scope, crack down on illegal business operations, and at the same time eliminate local armed groups and establish a ruling order in Haizhou.

As for the original private salt sales business... He has established himself in the north and became the owner of Shandong and Hebei, can he still be considered private salt?

That's called a serious salt seller!
Can your Southern Song Dynasty still control my Liberation Army?

It was unacceptable to give up his share of private salt sales in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was actually quite reluctant to give up such a generous income, but he had to do it.

Now that he occupies the dominant position in the Central Plains, he has sufficient confidence to do business with the smuggled salt dealers in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The income from the sale of salt in the Southern Song Dynasty was assigned to the Lin Jingchun Department of the Grain and Rate Department, and the salt transaction with the Southern Song Dynasty was carried out by the Grain and Rate Company.

In just a few months, the income from selling salt in Haizhou really gave him a mouthful of oil, fattening the grain and rationing department, and also providing a lot of funds for the subsequent tactics of hardening the wall and clearing the field.

Before the uprising of the Restoration Army, the border between the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty was an important area for private salt sales, as was the case in Haizhou, Pizhou, Sizhou and Suzhou.

After the Great Uprising, the private salt dealers and private salt groups in this area were all destroyed by the war, and the scale of private salt trade between the two countries dropped by more than 70.00%.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, because they could not get cheap gold salt, the price of salt on the black market, which was relatively cheap, also rose for a while, which caused public resentment and many private salt sales groups to close down.

Later, Zhao Kaishan sent his own people to reopen the smuggled salt trade, which gave back to the smuggled salt dealers in the Southern Song Dynasty.

And to really restore the scale of Haizhou's private salt trade to its pre-war state, that's what happened after Su Yonglin took control of the locality.

Judging from the current financial revenue, the revenue from selling salt in Haizhou is indeed very important, so for a long time to come, Su Yonglin intends to use the low salt price in the area under his control to start a price war against the Southern Song Dynasty.

Using his own low salt price to attack the salt market of the Southern Song Dynasty fiercely, and make him a fortune, for this situation, unless the Southern Song Dynasty uses troops against him, it will not be possible to solve it.

And if the Southern Song Dynasty used troops against him...

Well, in time, if he can pacify the Central Plains and gain a firm footing, then it will be a golden reason to start a war.

Su Yonglin's malice towards the Southern Song Dynasty was quite strong.

(End of this chapter)