The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Seeing Zhao Zhen's hesitation, it was obvious that he had no idea about this issue. As Su Jin expected, Zhao Zhen was bored for a long time, and then said: "What do you think should be done?"

Su Jin said in his heart: "It's too easy for this emperor to be an emperor. If you can't make up your mind about anything, you can just say, 'Your Excellencies see how to handle it'. It's completely inaccurate."

Yan Shu, Du Yan and Xia Song looked at each other, and they had the same opinion on this matter: "Your servant waits for Yulu, please ask the emperor to judge."

Su Jin almost laughed out loud, kicked the ball over, and was kicked back by a few old foxes, what should Zhao Zhen do this time?

"Su Aiqing, since you are so thoughtful, you must have some calculations in your heart, why not say it, let me and you adults refer to it." Zhao Zhen kicked the ball towards Su Jin without hesitation. Suddenly dumbfounded. [

"Yes, Mr. Su, tell us your opinion, let's think it over." The three old foxes quickly agreed.

Su Jin cursed secretly, he didn't want to say something like 'but with the Holy Judgment' to some old fox yyng, in fact, when Zhao Zhen reported the matter, Su Jin's mind didn't stop thinking about how to deal with it Dao, at this point, I already have some ideas.

Under the eyes of Zhao Zhen, Yan Shu and others, Su Jin slowly got up and paced, his brows were furrowed tightly, as if he was struggling with deep thinking, not because he was playing tricks, but because the thoughts in his mind were too shocking , he wondered if he should say it.

"Su Aiqing, do you have any countermeasures?" Zhao Zhen asked with a smile.

Su Jin stopped in his tracks, cupped his hands at Zhao Zhen, Yan Shu and Xia Song, and said, "Your Majesty, my lords, I have an idea, but I'm afraid that after I say it, you will think I'm whimsical. If you want me to say it, it's fine. What is inappropriate, or incomplete, you just pretend I didn't say it, and don't laugh at me."

"Where did you say that, when the imperial court is brainstorming for great plans, how can it be like this? Many good ideas are extracted and integrated from immature ideas, as the saying goes, 'three cobblers are worth one Zhuge Liang'. But that's it, I'm all ears." Du Yan said with a smile, it seems that this kid is going to make a fool of himself today, although the relationship between him and Su Jin has tended to improve recently because of Xia Song, but he can see Su Jin make a fool of himself It is still a pleasing thing, as long as Su Jin speaks nonsense, I will humiliate him greatly, and let his impression in the emperor's mind plummet.

Su Jin sighed and said: "In this case, I will make a fool of myself; I thought about it, given the current dilemma, we should not turn against the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom is determined to attack the Xia Kingdom, even if we If you don’t join them, you will still attack, so let’s just let them go and let them send troops together!”

"What? Just now you said that the three kingdoms stand together, but you deny your own words in the blink of an eye. This is not your own..." Du Yan said anxiously.

"Yes, Su Aiqing, how do you explain this?" Zhao Zhen also felt unreliable.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, listen to me. I just said half of what I said." Su Jin waved his hand and said, "We promised them, but it doesn't mean that we will really send troops. How could my Song Dynasty be driven by the Liao people; the Liao people didn't want to attack Is it? Let them attack, we stand still in the south..."

"You mean to lead the Liao people to attract the main force of the Xia Kingdom to go north to meet the enemy, and then our army will move north? It's a good strategy, but I'm afraid it won't work." Yan Shu twisted his beard.

Su Jindao: "Mr. Yan misunderstood. If we jointly attack the Xia Kingdom, Xia Kingdom will certainly not withdraw its troops and go north. The south is where the main city of Xia Kingdom is located. They will definitely send heavy troops to guard it."

"Master Su, don't be a fool, what do you mean, tell me quickly." Du Yan was in a hurry.

Su Jindao: "Combining the Liao people to attack Xia is the worst strategy. Our purpose is to provoke the Xia-Liao war, but we must not allow the Liao people to capture Xia. Otherwise, it will be the disaster of the enemy in the north and the south. The Liao people are not meek. The little sheep, once the Xia Kingdom is destroyed, and my Song Dynasty is in the south of Nongzhigao again, how can they miss such a good opportunity; in addition, after occupying the Xia Kingdom, they will be driven by a large number of Xia Kingdom captives, and there will be a large number of people. The supply of horses is likely to turn against us directly."

Su Jin watched the faces of the people getting more and more serious, and continued after a pause: "So, what we have to do is to encourage the Liao people to attack Xia, so that the Liao people have no chance to turn against us. At the same time, we have to let Xia Liao The two tigers and wolves bit each other so hard that they couldn't fight each other until their skin was torn and their flesh was rotten, and we can take the opportunity to deal with them by waiting for the right time to take action."

Everyone was shocked. Su Jin's heart was so big that they didn't think about it at all. In the hearts of Zhao Zhenjun and his ministers, what they thought was how to protect themselves and how to prevent the current situation from getting worse. Su Jin's strategy , the target is obviously directed at the two countries of Liao and Xia, and the words seem to have the meaning of destroying the two countries.

"This... this seems a bit whimsical." Du Yan stammered.

Su Jindao: "What questions does Privy Du have?"

Du Yan said: "You mean to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but in fact this kind of situation will not happen, because the Xia Kingdom must guard against us and the Liao Kingdom. They are not the opponents of the Liao people. How can they be like you?" Do you wish to inflict heavy damage on the Liao people? Even if we stand still, the Liao people can destroy the Xia Kingdom in a destructive manner, and by then we will have lost nothing?" [

"Yes, I have the same question." Zhao Zhen looked at Su Jin and said.

Su Jin waved his hand: "You misunderstood, this is not to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, this trick is called the strategy of driving away the wolf and the tiger, we promised the Liao Kingdom to attack together, that is a strategy on the surface, but in fact we have another strategy One option is to form an alliance with Xia Guo secretly, so as not to restrain Xia Guo's southern defense army..."

"Even so, it's not..." Xia Song interrupted again.

Su Jin prepared his words and said: "Couldn't Privy Du listen to me? I know what you want to say, even so, Xia people still can't stop Liao's attack, but don't forget, there are us, the reason why Xia is now They are not opponents of the Liao people. It is not that there is too much lack of food, armor and weapons, but the party members are good at fighting and brave. Wan, once these 30 soldiers and horses fight against the Liao people, will the life of the Liao people be better? Even if the Liao people finally win the Xia Kingdom, at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses will have to be exchanged for their lives. Are the Liao people still our wexe? On the contrary, they should be afraid of us."

Zhao Zhen said in surprise: "You mean... to fund Xia Guo's grain, grass, armor and weapons?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "Exactly, we can treat Xia Guo as our dog, feed them well, and let them bite the Liao people for us."

The shock in everyone's hearts can't be described in words. Su Jin's heart is so big that even Zhao Zhen, a few famous ministers and self-proclaimed sages, can't keep up with his thinking. But I have to say that this strategy is both bold and It's very tempting, and it seems feasible.

"But... isn't it too bright and aboveboard to do this? There were peace talks between Song Xia, Song Liao, and such a way of doing things in the open and in the dark, which is not good for my great Song Dynasty." whispered.

Su Jin smiled and said: "What the emperor said is indeed a bit unreasonable; but how many countries take this into account in order to survive and become stronger? When Yuan Hao rebelled against the Song Dynasty, it was because he disregarded morality and Song's kindness to him. Qinglong? There was a severe drought in the first year of Qingli. Didn’t the Liao people take advantage of the fire in spite of the morality of the brotherly country? During the Battle of Weizhou, the craftsmen who built the catapult for Yuan Hao were all Liao people, although it was later said that they were offered by the traitors of the Liao state. Yu Yuanhao, but who knows that the Lord of Liao did not give it to Yuan Hao on his own initiative? All these can be seen from the heart of Liao people and Xia people. My Great Song Dynasty is like a piece of fat, and they are so greedy that they drool. My Great Song Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful, and the consequences are self-evident."

Zhao Zhen frowned and said nothing, and gently pointed his fingers to me

Su Jin said again: "The current situation of the world is self-evident. The Xia people are nothing to worry about now. The Liao people are a strong enemy. What we have to do is how to contain this strong enemy, or wipe it out in one fell swoop when it is weak. Taizu Taizong Zhenzong I have a long-cherished wish to unify the world, but it is a pity that the time has not come and I have not made any achievements. Could it be that the Taizu Taizong and the others disregarded morality when they attacked Liao? The territory of Tang Jianguo, Li and Tang should have been the land of our Great Song Dynasty, this is a matter of course; if the achievement of unifying the world is realized in the hands of the emperor, the emperor will be the first emperor of our Great Song Dynasty, and he can be called the first emperor through the ages."

Zhao Zhen's heart skipped a beat. As an emperor, he naturally wanted to be a sage king who will go down in history. Unfortunately, the situation at home and abroad gave him a sense of strength. If he can really take advantage of this opportunity, it may be the time to achieve greatness.

Zhao Zhen took a breath, calmed down, looked at Yan Shu, and asked slowly: "Yan Xiang, do you think Su Jin's plan is feasible?"