Qian Song

Chapter 181 Ascension to a throne and proclaiming an emperor (ask for a monthly ticket!)
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Li Cun's conditions for dispatching troops have been sent back to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

At first glance, Zhao Ji was extremely angry!
Ceded land!

indemnity!

And pro!

It is a loss of power and humiliation of the country!

But thinking about it carefully, Zhao Ji felt that this was not unacceptable.

First of all, the cession of land is not a real cession of land, it is only used to exchange Yanyun Sixteen States.

As for the compensation, it cannot be said to be compensation. Whoever fights does not need money. Doesn’t the Song Dynasty need money to recover the Yanyun Sixteen States by itself?
The Song Dynasty currently has millions of troops on the border between Song and Liao.

The daily consumption of food, grass and luggage alone is an astronomical figure.

More importantly, the deficit in Hebei is too great.

This made it necessary to transport all the food, grass and supplies of the millions of troops from other places, and the cost was too high.

Let's put it this way, since Tong Guan led his troops to patrol the customs north, he has spent more than 2000 million yuan.

Do not believe you count.

According to calculations by Cai Xiang, who was the envoy of the third division at the time, in the early days of Emperor Yingzong, there were more than 110 million imperial troops and Xiang soldiers in the country, and they needed to spend 800 million yuan a year to maintain soldiers. On average, each person was about [-] yuan a year, an average of Every month, it is about [-] per person per month.

100 million troops (the real number may not be so many, but on Zhao Ji's paper, this number must be a lot more), during the four months of going north to patrol the border, the military salary alone is almost 500 million.

The point is, it is wartime now, regardless of whether the front line wins or loses, the cost is very high.

Take the last defeat as an example, Zhao Ji spent millions of dollars in pensions and funeral expenses alone.

This is also normal, let me ask, what is more expensive than fighting?
After the two years of fighting in the Great Song Dynasty, all the wealth that Cai Jing had saved for the Great Song Dynasty was completely wiped out.

In comparison, Li thief only asked Zhao Ji for 1000 million yuan, and he also prepared his own armor, horses, ships, food, grass and supplies, and Zhao Ji was not responsible for the deaths and injuries, which is really conscientious.

The only problem is that thief Li only wants gold and silver.

This is a little troublesome.

Of course, this trouble means that if Zhao Ji is willing to use Fengchun Treasury when Zhao Ji does not use Fengchun Treasury, this matter will become easier.

Ordinarily, this can also be regarded as the recovery of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun for the Song Dynasty, which is in line with the conditions for activating the Fengchun library.

But Zhao Ji was unwilling to use the Fengchun library for this.

This is not only because Zhao Ji's personal psychology is very awkward, but also because the Fengchun Library is not specially set up for the recovery of Yanyun Sixteen States. It has evolved into the last emergency fund of the Song Dynasty. Once it is used , which means that the Song Dynasty will not have any emergency capabilities.

As for the marriage, as Zhao Ji expected, Li Thief was not active.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about this, or even to think about it.

And first give Li thief Qinling-Huaihe South Five Road and temporarily lend Jiaodong Peninsula to Li thief?

If it is possible, Zhao Ji is definitely not willing to lend the Wulu and the Jiaodong Peninsula to Li Thief first.

But just like what Li Thief said and what Wu Min imagined, if Zhao Ji didn't give Li Thief the five ways first, wouldn't Li Thief take it for himself?

The final difference is probably that Li Thief can get a complete Qinling-Huaihe South Five Road, or a broken Qinling-Huaihe South Five Road.

This is different for Li Thief, but is it much different for the Song Dynasty?
Yes.

The five roads here cause some troubles to Li Thief, which will definitely affect Li Thief's development.

But in doing so, wouldn't the Song Dynasty have no cost?
Again, money is needed to fight wars.

And the Song Dynasty is really out of money now.

Besides, thief Li borrowed Jiaodong Peninsula.

Zhao Ji didn't want to borrow it.

But other conditions have been agreed, can you still borrow the Jiaodong Peninsula to Thief Li?
Now, all Zhao Ji's expectation is that Li Thief can go north to interact with Liao and Jin, so that the fisherman of the Song Dynasty can benefit.

Otherwise, if Li Thief is allowed to develop steadily for a few more years, the Song Dynasty will definitely be destroyed by Li Thief.

For the survival of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji will give Li Thief whatever he wants, as long as Li Thief is willing to go north to bloodletting each other with Liao and Jin.

Endure this wave, and wait for Li Thief, Liao Kingdom, and Jin Kingdom to fight all three defeats, this world will still belong to Zhao Ji, eat Zhao Ji's, spit it out for Zhao Ji, take Zhao Ji's, give him Zhao Ji return.

After all, for Zhao Ji, the biggest problem at present is still lack of money, other things are easy to talk about.

Zhao Ji brought Wang Fu over and asked Wang Fu, "Li Bangyan and Wu Min negotiated terms with Thief Li, what does Ai Qing think?"

Wang Fu had already learned from Liang Shicheng that Zhao Ji was ready to agree to all the conditions proposed by Li Cun.

So Wang Fu followed Zhao Ji's meaning and said: "In the confrontation between great powers, one should not look at the gains and losses of one moment and one place. It should be far-reaching. I think that as long as Li Thief can lead his army to the north to compete with Khitan and Jurchen snipe and clam, it is not impossible for our Great Song Dynasty to make great achievements." It is a wise move to make some concessions and temporarily lose part of the territory in exchange for the final victory."

Seeing that Wang Fu also agreed, Zhao Ji decided to issue a stern edict when he turned around: those who make false comments on the imperial court's plan to drive away wolves and tigers will be punished without pardon!

In the past two days, officials of the Song Dynasty had a heated discussion about whether to exchange the territory of Qinling-Huaihe South Five Routes for Li Cun to send troops to recover Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Some people support this strategy of repelling wolves and tigers, thinking that it is a good strategy to save the country.

Some people object to this strategy of driving away wolves and tigers, thinking that this is seeking skin from tigers.

There are also people who advocate that the millions of troops on the border of Song and Liao should be withdrawn and fight to the death with Thief Li.

There are even more radicals who believe that the Song Dynasty can borrow troops from the Liao and Jin Dynasties to fight the Li thief, and they will never die with the Li thief.

Wang Fu felt that such a chaotic and heated debate might scare the snake, and more likely disturb the morale of the army and the people. A decision should be made as soon as possible, and then a strict order should be issued to unify the thinking.

Zhao Ji felt that what Wang Fu said was very reasonable. Now that he has made a decision, this strict order must be followed. If the words "drive away wolves and chase tigers" reach Li Thief's ears, it will ruin the only one in the Song Dynasty. If there is an opportunity, the Song Dynasty may not have a chance.

Zhao Ji also asked what he was most worried about: "The wars have cost a lot in successive years, and now the Li thief is asking for 1000 million gold and silver. I am worried that my Song Dynasty's finances will be dragged down. Does Aiqing have a good plan?"

Of course, Wang Fu knew that the Song Dynasty's finances had already encountered very serious problems.

In fact, Wang Wei has already made some countermeasures, such as streamlining some organizations, laying off a group of redundant staff, etc...

But this drop in the bucket cannot solve the financial problems of the Song Dynasty at all.

There is no way, without the financial revenue of Jiangnan Sixth Road, the financial revenue of the Song Dynasty has already been cut off.

Another two years of fighting in a row, spending money like water.

Today, the Song Dynasty not only has to pay the military expenses of its own one million and hundreds of thousands of troops, but also has to pay 1000 million military expenses to the Huben Army.

In addition, the Song Dynasty was used to extravagance and waste from top to bottom.

How could the Song Dynasty still be rich?
In fact, the finances of the Song Dynasty had already experienced extremely serious deficits.

Let's put it this way, in order to solve the financial problems of the Song Dynasty, Wang Fu racked his brains every day to find a good solution, and he hadn't even had a good night's sleep for several months.

Even, Wang Fu finally understood why Cai Jing did not agree with the plan of uniting Jin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

Fortunately, the emperor paid off. One of Wang Fu's staff members named "Zhang Shili" gave Wang Fu a "good idea" that seemed to be able to solve the financial problems of the Song Dynasty.

At this time Zhao Ji asked, Wang Fu said according to this plan: "Whether it is to recover Yanjing, or to seek to defeat the Li thief and regain the lost land in the south, these are all important affairs of the Song Dynasty. It is not the imperial court that can support it alone. Everyone in the Song Dynasty should Contribute, if you can't, then you should contribute money to share the court's worries, the minister suggested that it is better to collect husband-free money from the whole country according to the head."

The so-called husband-free money advocated by Wang Fu is actually asking for money from all the people in the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

If one person pays one fee, even if only half of the territory of the Song Dynasty is left, it can still collect 6000 to [-] million yuan in free money.

After hearing Wang Fu's idea, Zhao Ji hesitated: "Aiqing is going to solicit donations from the people of the whole country?"

Wang Fu said: "This is not a collection of donations, but a tax. In order to ensure the implementation of this policy and its effective use, I propose to set up an economic support room, which will be headed by the minister, who will be fully responsible for solving the military expenses needed to recover Yanjing and the south."

Zhao Ji instinctively felt that Wang Fu's method might be inappropriate, but he also had no better solution to the financial problem, so Zhao Ji, who was eager to collect money for Li Cun to send troops, finally agreed to Wang Fu's request.

After persuading Zhao Ji, Wang Fu immediately issued an order to officials at all levels of the Zhao Song Dynasty, requiring all prefectures and prefectures across the country to complete the collection of husband-free money within a time limit.

In order to ensure that the money can be collected quickly, Wang Fu also sent supervisory officials to conduct strict assessments of the progress of collecting money from officials in various prefectures, and clearly pointed out that this is linked to the officials' performance and promotion.

Soon, tens of millions of exempted husband's money were sent to the Jingfu House one after another, and Zhao Ji and Wang Fu finally had money.

With a swipe of his pen, Zhao Ji asked Wang Fu to send the 1000 million gold and silver that Li thief asked for as soon as possible, and told Li thief to send troops quickly.

Now Wang Fu, who is rich and powerful, quickly sent someone to send the 1000 million gold and silver to Li Cun, and said that the military expenditure had arrived, the troops of the Song Dynasty had withdrawn from Huainan and Xiangyang, and the nobles and gentry had begun to leave. Withdraw from Jingnan South Road, Jinghu North Road, Jingxinan Road, Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road [-]th Road. Jiaodong Peninsula can also be handed over to Dengzhou Zhizhou Wang Shizhong at any time. The Yanyun army is urgent, please send troops quickly.

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Let's talk about the Tiger Army.

Seeing the Zhao Song Dynasty so happy, the civil and military officials of the Huben Army were mixed.

Fortunately, the Huben army obtained all the territory south of the Qinling-Huaihe River without bloodshed.

Moreover, the territory of the five roads, including Jingnan South Road, Jinghu North Road, Jingxinan Road, Huainan East Road, and Huainan West Road, which were recovered later, has not been damaged too much, and will not bring too much financial pressure to the Huben army.

The most important thing is that since then, the Huben Army has become a real new dynasty that can stand up to the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Li Cun will be a veritable emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and all the civil and military officials of the Huben Army can also fight against each other. Turning positive, a brand new big country is about to be born.

Undoubtedly, for the Huben Army, this is definitely an exciting and happy event, and it is worthy of the Huben Army's celebration.

However, there is a price for the Huben Army's acquisition of the Jinghu South Road and other five-way territories without bloodshed and intact.

The price is that the emperor Li Cun, who has not yet ascended the throne, is about to set off again.

Many ministers objected to this.

Some ministers believed that the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were too far away to be conquered, so they should not agree to the deal proposed by the Zhao Song Dynasty. The Jinghu South Road and other five-way territories were returned to the Zhao Song Dynasty, and then the Huben Army defeated them by themselves.

Some ministers believed that even if they were going to conquer the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, they did not necessarily need Li Cunyu to personally conquer, and sending a general would be enough.

Some ministers believed that even if Li Cun wanted to conquest himself, he had to be enthroned first before leaving.

For the first group of people, Li Cun directly ignored them.

These people simply take national affairs as a trifling matter.

The point is, Li Cun has already eaten the fat in his mouth, and if he wants Li Cun to spit it out, is it possible?

More importantly, Li Cun had a reason to go north.

Li Cun, who is familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty, knew very well that the Northern Liao Dynasty could not stand it.

Yes.

Due to the appearance of Li Cun, the Zhao and Song Dynasties failed to carry out the second Northern Expedition, and the Northern Liao may support it for an extra month or two.

But Li Cun dared to conclude that if he didn't go north, Beiliao would definitely not survive this year.

Wanyan Aguda is definitely the most outstanding statesman and military strategist of this era. He will never let go of annexing the Northern Liao Dynasty, eliminating future troubles forever and making the Kingdom of Jin grow stronger.

If Wanyan Aguda annexed Beiliao, Jin Guo would grow into an opponent that even Li Cun dared not confront head-on.

Some people may ask, isn't Li Cun's military strength very strong?Didn't Li Dynasty and Zhancheng be destroyed in one battle?How could he be so afraid of the Kingdom of Jin?
Li Cun's current military strength is very strong.

But there is a limit to this strength, that is, Li Cun can only rely on the southern terrain to fight a defensive counterattack.

And if you cross the line of the Qinling and Huaihe Rivers, you will be in the Central Plains.

On the plain, it would be extremely difficult for Li Cun to defeat the Kingdom of Jin, which had at least a large number of elite cavalry.

Firearms are powerful, but they also have a range.

If it exceeds the range of the firearm, the Huben army is also staring, isn't it?

A minister suggested to Li Cun to develop slowly for a few years, then destroy the Zhao and Song Dynasty, and then fight a decisive battle with the northern barbarians.

How to develop slowly?

Do you have good war horses in the south?Or are there cavalrymen on horseback?

Li Cun's current power is a pure southern power. On the three-acre land at home, relying on a powerful navy and a passable infantry, he can fight whatever he wants.

But once the Huben army crossed the Qinling-Huaihe line, Li Cun's military strength would be greatly reduced.

To put it bluntly, after passing the Qinling Mountains-Huaihe River, on the flat land of the Central Plains, it is hard to say whether the Huben Army can beat the Song Army.

Don't think that Li Cun is underestimating the combat effectiveness of his own army and overstating the combat effectiveness of the Song Army.

Do you really think that the Song army has no fighting power at all?
Speaking of the last battle where the Song Army was defeated by the Liao Army, didn't the Song Army have anything remarkable about it?
How did the 5 horses of the Liao army become less than 3 horses now?
Also, where did the Song troops in the Southern Song Dynasty who were on par with the Jin army come from?
I thought that the Song Army did not have the Ma Army, and I thought too much.

Not to mention, at this time there were at least [-] to [-] war horses in Bianliang City, Tokyo—there were at least [-] war horses in Moutuogang alone.

The Zhao and Song Dynasties were not defeated repeatedly because they had no horses. The real reason was mistakes in command and decision-making and tactical failures.

But Li Cun really has no horses, let alone a powerful horse army.

Let's put it this way, it has been almost two years, and Li Cun has almost defeated half of the Zhao Song Dynasty, but Li Cun still only has two horse troops with 3000 troops each between the first and second ranks.

If Li Cun didn't take advantage of the near demise of the Northern Liao Dynasty, he would go north and get some elite cavalry.

Then the general trend after that will be, either Li Cun will spend his whole life in the south, and sit back and watch the Jin Kingdom destroy the Liao Kingdom, and then destroy the Zhao Song Dynasty; or, when the Zhao Song Dynasty really comes to an end, Li Cun and Jin Guo The north and south attacked and wiped out the Zhao and Song Dynasty, and then the two sides competed for supremacy in the Central Plains.

Needless to say the former, Li Cun is basically equivalent to another Zhao Gou, just in a corner.

Only the latter-

At that time, it had digested the entire Daliao Empire, subjugated the Tatar and other grassland tribes, and annexed half of the Zhao and Song Dynasty's Dajin Kingdom. It may already have 20 or even more elite cavalry, plus the gold-investing troops. The Liao people, the tribes of the grassland, and the Han people in the Liao and Song Dynasties may have millions of elite troops.

On the flat land of the Central Plains, Li Cun, not to mention that he may not be able to win against such a strong and powerful Dajin Kingdom, even if he wins, it may be ten or eight years later.

After ten or eight years of war, the land of the Central Plains must be in ruins, and there are refugees in need of relief everywhere.

At that time, the land of the Central Plains was no longer a good territory, but a heavy burden.

Li Cun may have to work hard for 20 years to restore the Central Plains to its original state.

Rather than doing this, Li Cun of course wants to take advantage of the last breath of the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom has not yet transformed to the strongest point, go north to the Yanyun area, annex the Northern Liao Dynasty, and get tens of thousands of elite cavalry who can confront the Jin Kingdom's elite cavalry head-on Elite cavalry.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if the greedy and vicious Jinren could be completely kept out of the pass.

In addition, there is the most troublesome possibility, that is, the Zhao Song Dynasty fell to the Jin State after it failed to defeat the Jin State (for the three weak bones of Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and Zhao Gou, when they are in a desperate situation, it is absolutely possible to do this. Such a thing), and then Li Cun will fight two, so it is really not sure who will win the game.

All in all, if Li Cun did not lead his army to the north, in the battle for the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, Jin would definitely win, then Li Cun might have to spend 30 to [-] years, or even his whole life to make up for this huge loss. strategic error.

Therefore, Li Cun had to go to Yanyun Sixteen States.

Then can Li Cun send someone to go to the Sixteen States of Yanyun for him?

who?

Han Shizhong and Wu Jie who just became the capital of the previous generation?Or Zhao Haner, Kong Lengzi, Su Dong?
Can these people beat Wanyan Aguda and Yelu Dashi, the most outstanding military strategists in the world, or can they count against the most outstanding politicians in the world, Wanyan Aguda and Yelu Dashi?

Li Cun could only go to meet Wanyan Aguda, Yelu Dashi and others in person for a while.

As for ascending the throne and proclaiming emperor?

To be honest, the current conditions are really not met.

The first is that it was too hasty.

The second is that Li Cun's palace is really not repaired, and even the Daqing Hall that Li Cun is going to use to ascend the throne has not yet been fully built.

But Li Cun thought that after he left, he didn't know how long it would be before he came back. If he didn't ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, it would be really difficult for the left-behind family members to manage this large-scale country.

"Forget it, let's ascend to the throne and become an emperor."

"No matter how urgent you are, you can't miss this time, so as to save trouble, or be taken advantage of by someone."

"As for so many unsatisfactory places? Alas, life can't be perfect everywhere. If it doesn't work, I'll just find a chance to make up a more grand ceremony in the future."

"Those who achieve great things don't stick to small details."

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