Qiming 1158

Chapter 543 Zhao Gou Has Entered the Comfort Zone
In the second year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong formed a maritime alliance with the Jin Kingdom in order to fulfill the Song Dynasty's sad wish of occupying the sixteen states of Yanyun.

The two sides agreed that the Kingdom of Jin would take Dadingfu in central Liaoning, and the Song Dynasty would take Xianjinfu in Nanjing.

After the fall of Liao, Song transferred the old coins originally given to Liao to Jin, and Jin agreed to return the sixteen states of Yanyun to Song.

However, at that time, the Jin Kingdom had already achieved an absolute military advantage over the Liao Kingdom, and the alliance with Song was mostly promoted by Wanyan Agu, but the Jin Kingdom ruling group was not very concerned about this.

Song Huizong underestimated the rising Jin Kingdom's desire for land and wealth, and overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Song army, and had unrealistic illusions about himself.

Later, the Jin Kingdom sent troops to launch a decisive attack on the Liao Kingdom, preparing to destroy Liao in one fell swoop, and the Northern Song Dynasty also agreed to send troops north to Yanyun, trying to stage a robbery against the soon-to-be-shattered Liao Kingdom, and also completed the agreement of the sea alliance by the way.

But I didn't expect the Song army to be abolished to the extreme. Even the Liao army, which was about to be destroyed, was defeated by a wave, and the whole army was scattered.

The temperless Liao army was beaten by the Jin people, but they were still able to defeat the reckless Song army. Seeing that the Song army was so incompetent, the Jin people were both contemptuous and malicious to help them break through Youzhou and other places.

Although they still handed over Youzhou to the Song Dynasty according to the covenant, they removed all the population and property, so that the Song Dynasty spent a lot of military expenses and only got one empty city.

Not only that, Song Guo also had to pay for Jin Guo's purchase of Youzhou and other places and the Jin army's hard work in defeating the Liao army.

It means that the Northern Song Dynasty spent twice the money to buy an empty city that didn't make much sense.

At that time, the whole country rejoiced in the Song Dynasty, thinking that they had finally fulfilled their ancestors' sorrowful wishes and returned to the land of Yanyun. Zhao Ji himself surpassed his ancestors for his credit and was a temporary sage.

However, Wanyan Aguda, who advocated an alliance with the Northern Song Dynasty at that time, had died of illness. Wanyan Wu Qi bought the throne, and the main war faction within the Jin Kingdom had the absolute upper hand.

What happened next, everyone knows.

This story taught all Song people a lesson - if the military strength is not enough, don't rashly try to expand the territory, or you will be smashed into slag, smashed to the ground, and you can't pick it up.

Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty who accepted this lesson have since engraved this lesson in their bones. Any aggressiveness will be regarded as a very risky action. Unless there is a political strongman forcibly pushing it, they will definitely not be aggressive.

Enterprising is tantamount to suicide, meaningless, it is better to close the door and live a good life.

But it is not always the case to force the current situation into that time.

The Guangfu Army was not a Jin man, and there was no comparison between the two sides. Kaifeng was the old capital of the Song state, and Youzhou was a rather unfamiliar place to the Song state. Forcibly linking the two matters together and discussing it would be a bit forcibly worried about being persecuted. It is detrimental to the status of a great country.

Therefore, the Saisuke team discussed for a long time, quarreled seven or eight times, but did not reach a conclusion that could convince the other party.

In general, Tang Situi and Shen Kai did not support the proposal of the Restoration Army, and felt that it was too dangerous to do so.

Zhang Jun said that he could continue in-depth discussions with the Liberation Army on this issue, and judge the true intentions of the Liberation Army during the discussion, and do not give up the possibility of actually achieving the goal.

The trio of the Privy Council held a neutral attitude and believed that maintaining the status quo was the best way to reach a non-aggression agreement with the Restoration Army to give Song Da Song time to rectify his armaments.

Because Da Song's armament is really bad, many troops are not yet full, and it is very difficult to forcibly dispatch.

Zhao Gou felt very helpless in the face of the split opinions of the Zaifu team. In fact, he himself did not want to negotiate with the Restoration Army on the Kaifeng issue.

Kaifeng is the old capital. For Zhao Gou, if he can return to the old capital, it will undoubtedly be a great strengthening of his legitimacy of ruling. He should be very happy and vigorously promote this matter.

But this day came too late for him, and it was too unfortunate.

If Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan had died 20 years earlier, and this day had come 20 years ago, then he might not hesitate to promote this matter.

But recently, this has changed.

As a result, he has entered the twilight of life, young and fashionable and has no ambitions, let alone now.

Second, he finally learned the news of Zhao Huan's death. Zhao Huan was dead and the crown prince had been established. There was no internal force or individual that could threaten his throne, and externally, the Jin Kingdom had perished.

So he's completely safe, he's gone into a safe state, and he's quickly building his comfort zone.

Zhao Gou, who has entered the comfort zone, no longer wants to toss.

Changes in the world situation directly affected Zhao Gou's personal situation, and his situation directly affected his psychological state.

Zhao Gou didn't want to toss anymore, Zhao Conceived a few days to have a happy birthday, and wanted to return to the dreamy life before the change in Jingkang.

No stress, no toss, no risk, that happy life.

Chen Kangbo had previously thought that the demise of the Jin Kingdom would bring unknowable risks to the Southern Song Dynasty, but he did not expect that the most unknowable risks would come from His Majesty the Emperor.

At this moment, Zhao Gou, who has entered the safety and comfort zone, already has the idea of ​​[lazy government].

After thinking about it, he felt that it didn't matter whether the Liberation Army surrendered or not, as long as the Liberation Army did not go south to trouble the Southern Song Dynasty, it didn't matter.

He thought that the Guangfu Army was not a Jin person, and the Guangfu Army was also a Han Chinese, so they should be able to negotiate.

So instead of trying to get them to surrender, and then having to consider serious political issues, it is better to simply coexist peacefully with the Restoration Army.

It doesn't matter whether he establishes a country or proclaims himself an emperor, as long as he is not hostile to the Song Dynasty, he is fine.

Everyone should stop thinking about returning to the Central Plains, just let him spend his life like that. As for what will happen in the future... As long as he dies, whatever happens to love will happen.

He just wants to live the rest of his life in peace and quiet, live a comfortable life, nothing will happen, nothing will appear, and it will continue until he dies.

With this assumption in mind, Zhao Gou's reaction to this matter was very negative, and he was quite satisfied with the generally negative attitude held by the Saisuke team.

And Zhang Jun, the man who pushed the northward all the way...

Zhao Gou began to regret calling him back.

If he didn't come back, the current situation should not be so embarrassing.

But the man has come back, and he has already taken the high position of participating in political affairs. How can he be driven away without a proper reason?

And the most important thing - whether the Restoration Army is an enemy or a friend has not been finalized.

As long as this problem is confirmed, Zhang Jun has no value in existence.

With inexplicable thoughts, Zhao Gou gave his own advice.

"Although Kaifeng is the old capital of the Song Dynasty, it has been in ruins for a long time, and the situation in the Central Plains has not been determined, so rashly returning, not only to pay a lot of money, but also to seek governance, this is another large amount of money expenditure, the gain is not worth the loss, I think, still forget it."

At the meeting of the Saifu team on August [-], Zhao Gou gave his final opinion that he had thought about for a long time.

"And for the Restoration Army, I think that as long as they can make a peace treaty with them, they won't invade each other, and the rest is not important. They calm down the Central Plains, and they are arrogant and arrogant, not to mention whether they are willing to be included.

Even if they are willing, how to control this group of arrogant soldiers is a problem, what kind of treatment is given, where to settle them, what should they do if they have excessive requirements, etc. These are all problems, rather than worrying, it is better to simply Don't talk about these things. "

Zhao Gou not only decided not to Kaifeng, but also decided to give up negotiating the surrender with the Restoration Army, and instead sought the possibility of entering into a peace treaty with it.

The Song Dynasty does not need the surrender of the Restoration Army, but only needs the Restoration Army to sign a non-aggression agreement with them, and everything will be fine.

In the future, it doesn't matter whether they build a country or call themselves emperors.

Anyway, Zhao Gou thinks so.

This idea surprised Tang Situi and Shen Gai for no reason, but Zhang Jun was surprised and quite dissatisfied.

Zhang Jun immediately objected.

"Your Majesty! Kaifeng is the old capital of my dynasty, and it is also an important town in the Central Plains. Returning to Kaifeng means that our dynasty will return to the Central Plains. For the people of the Central Plains, they are looking forward to the return of the Great Song Dynasty. If the Great Song Dynasty does not return, what should they be? How desperate?"

(End of this chapter)