"It's better to be in the capital," Gao Qiong said with infinite emotion as he looked at the green willows along the way.

The two did not go home, but went to Zhongshu to discuss their duties first.

In fact, Song Jiu wanted to go home first to take a look, so he had to ask about Pan Lian'er's current situation in the capital. However, Zhao Pu was more careful in doing things, so he and Gao Qiong first came to the Secretariat.

We have finished our errands and are here to hand in the office.

Lu Duosun asked in surprise: "Duke Song, why have you returned to the capital?"

He made Zhao Pu look dirty and no longer had the confidence of the past, so he saw that Song Jiu was not called the name but called Gong.

Song Jiu whispered: "Mr. Lu, we will meet and talk in Shundian tonight."

Ludoson nodded with his eyes knowingly.

Zhao Pu and Chen Lun also came over at the same time. Zhao Pu said unhappily: "Song Jiu, you have no edict, why did you come to the capital from Dengzhou?"

Lu Duosun asked this, but the two of them had different tones when they asked.

According to the system, officials of all prefectures and counties cannot leave their territories. For example, Kou Zhun served as the magistrate of Badong, doing nothing and traveling everywhere, but his activity range has always been near Badong. Even if he goes to see the Three Gorges, he dare not go to the downstream of the Three Gorges to avoid impeachment by officials. Especially when officials go to Beijing to discuss their duties or report matters, they must have an imperial edict from the court, otherwise it will be a serious violation of the system.

Zhao Pu didn't know that Song Jiu had gone to Liaodong. He really thought he was in Dengzhou, so he didn't know where Song Jiu offended Zhao Kuangyi and looked down on him. However, Song Jiu violated the rules and had a rare opportunity. Zhao Pu was also unwilling to exaggerate Song Jiu.

Song Jiu ignored him at all.

Zhao Pu was even more displeased: "Song Jiu, I am asking you what I want."

"You are Pingzhang's affairs. I am also Pingzhang's affairs. You are not my superior. Why should I answer you?"

Liaodong is not a war, so what if it is defeated? As long as you can fight some Khitan soldiers, you can explain it. At worst, you will have to escape back to the Song Dynasty.

The real war begins now.

After Song Jiu finished speaking, he looked at Chen Lun. There were many people who actually opposed Zhao Pu. Among the big bosses, such as Wang Renshan, Chen Lun and Lu Duoxun belonged to Zhao Pu's opposition. But these people did not form a group. If there was no accident, Wang Renshan first, and Chen Lun and Lu Duoxun next.

And Song Jiu did not report any work.

This is deliberately making Zhao Pu attack and let everyone see Zhao Pu's face.

Gao Qiong smiled bitterly from the side. He was an old man in Zhao Kuangyi's vassal residence, but it was hard to say. Facing these two tigers, Zhao Kuangyi would not shelter him, and the general's status is now very poor.

This forced him to make a choice. Zhao Pu was terrible, but Song Jiu was not necessarily weak. This time he made great achievements.

In terms of relationship, the two had a fate to be together since they were in the Shu family. This time they joined forces to Liaodong. No matter how he distinguished it, they were also from Song Jiu.

So Gao Qiong stood there without saying a word.

Zhao Pu was furious and was about to leave, how to deal with Song Jiu. Song Jiu's face was calm, but a trace of coldness and fighting spirit flashed in his eyes.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyi arrived.

Song Jiu slowly put away the coldness in his eyes and stood up.

Zhao Kuangyi strode over, took Song Jiu's hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Song Qing."

If the heat in Lingnan makes everyone feel scared, then the coldness in Liaodong is the ultimate realm of the world for most Song people.

Song Jiu has been there for more than two years. As a minister, how can Zhao Kuangyi not be moved? Then he said, "You are my Ban Chao."

"Your Majesty, how dare I compare with Ban Chao? If I had this ability, I would have taken the initiative to take back Yan Yun for Your Majesty. Why should I use tricks to go to Liaodong?"

Liaodong? Zhao Pu was a little stunned.

If Song Jiu really went to Dengzhou as the prefect, and this time he returned to the capital without an edict, and Zhao Pu would be sad. However, Song Jiu did not go to Dengzhou, it was just a cover. Instead, Liaodong, which was deployed by the Liaodong cavalry camp, was secretly carried out, separated from the sea, and the edicts were not approved, so there was no need for the Secretariat to return to the capital at any time, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Zhao Pu came to make trouble, but in fact he caused a small misunderstanding.

"Song Qing, sit down and talk about the situation in Liaodong."

Song Jiu explained in detail what happened in the past two years and the current situation in Liaodong.

"You have really achieved success." Zhao Kuangyi said excitedly.

The battle of Hei Liaohe may not have the great victory in the city and the great victory in Yanmen.

But the significance is more important than these two battles. It is not only a great victory, but more importantly, it shakes the rear of the Khitan.

With this battle alone, Zhao Kuangyi allocated more than two million yuan of money from the warehouse in recent years, and Song Jiu worked hard for more than two years and was worth the money. Moreover, Wu Xuanming's power was not weakened, but it increased significantly after this battle. The Khitan may have to pay a heavier price before taking down the new Bohai Kingdom.

However, Song Jiu was worried that Zhao Kuangyi would not understand, and was even more afraid that Zhao Pu would make a fool of himself, and said, "Your Majesty, the combat power of these Jurchens should not be underestimated."

Gao Qiong also said on the side: "Your Majesty, if the situation is the same, these people's combat power will be as strong as ten."

All the soldiers who followed Song Jiu to choose carefully, and did not lose the face of the Song Dynasty. But to be honest, those Liaodong men were too fierce. Gao Qiong was suspicious that even if Song Jiu fought under the city of Xianzhou, he would not use the city offensive and defensive battle to consume the Liao army's physical strength first, and then attack food and grass at night, but instead started a war head-on, he would probably win.

"Yi'an, it turns out that you have been in Liaodong in the past two years?" Shen Lun asked in surprise.

"yes."

Zhao Kuangyi said: "If it were so powerful, how could the Liao Kingdom destroy the Bohai Kingdom back then?"

Song Jiu replied: "The Bohai Kingdom learned from the Tang Dynasty system, and gradually became rich and civilized. Once it became rich, just like the soldiers of our dynasty, the ferocious spirit was weakened. At that time, there was only competition for troops. How could it be the rising Khitan opponent? But the troops used in this industry were all Jurchen soldiers in the depths of Liaodong. The climate here is cold and water can turn into ice in winter."

Zhao Kuangyi sighed.

Of course, Song Jiu lived a very hard life in the winter of the past three years, but it was not as hard as Zhao Kuangyi thought. First of all, now he had cotton coats. Song Jiu brought a lot of fur during this trip. After going to Liaodong, he taught the locals to make charcoal. Therefore, he did not suffer much in winter. He suffered some hardships. Not only was it cold, but it also had food. The Jurchens were half-married and half-fishing, and a small amount of people planted. In addition, it was breeding. Most of them raised pigs. Eating meat was a good thing, but eating meat every day was a hard time. Especially in the first year, and the second year, Song Jiu asked someone to bring some vegetable seeds to plant, and his living conditions gradually improved.

Song Jiu continued: "Although the locals did not grow much, they mainly eat meat, and they were born in cold places, so they were wild and strong. But it was this environment that caused the sparse population and the tribes were scattered. Therefore, when the Liao Kingdom destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, the power of this Jurchen people was not exerted. Later, they fought on their own and could not be reflected. But as long as they were closely linked, whether they were born in the Jurchens or the Wugu enemy in the northwest of the Liao Kingdom Shangjing, this force would shake the rule of the Liao Kingdom."

"connect?"

"Yeah, when I was young, I thought that knowledge was power. With knowledge, I could be an official and improve my family's lives. However, I realized that this idea might not be correct after a long time. Without Your Majesty's protection, even if I had knowledge of material science, I would probably be thrown into the Yangtze River. Therefore, I have new ideas, and power is power."

"But I think this idea is wrong. I don't know where it is wrong. If this is true, I will be too bad in the art of power and strategy. If I just returned to the capital to discuss my position, I was immediately made difficult by Zhao Xianggong. There is no doubt that Zhao Rongchen was very disgusted. With Zhao Xianggong's conspiracy and tricks and achievements in power and strategy, I will definitely die without a place to die."

"Song Jiu, you are slandering. I asked you why you returned to the capital. You deliberately refused to answer and used this to frame the old minister."

"So I misunderstood Zhao? In this way, Song Jiu apologized to Zhao, but there was no joke in front of you. Zhao Gong should not make things difficult for the ministers in the future." Song Jiu said. He deliberately walked around Zhao Pu, but Zhao Kuangyi did not interrupt him. Do you still understand? Zhao Kuangyi was also afraid that Zhao Pu would threaten Zhao Kuangyi and regarded Song Jiu as his abandoned son.

"You... Your Majesty, please make the decision for the old minister."

"Zhao Qing, you are all loyal to the country, please say less to each person." Zhao Kuangyi said.

Song Jiu's eyes lit up.

Zhao Pu's methods are very good, but Zhao Kuangyi was Zhao Kuangyi in the end, not Zhao Kuangyin. Every time Zhao Kuangyin talked to Zhao Pu, he always called him politely instead of using Zhao Qing. This is a difference.

Zhao Kuangyi said again: "Song Qing, don't pull it on Zhao Qing anymore, continue talking."

"Here, so I have been reflecting on what is power? After thinking about it, I finally understand that rights are two-way. Only when people agree with each other can they be established. If people agree with each other, they must also pay. For example, a monarch must love the people, and only then will the people support them, and then the country will be stable. For example, a minister must report to the king, love the people, and do not steal public and private property, handle it fairly and reasonably, and have political achievements in politics. Then, without self-recommendation, the monarch will also promote it. Although he is good at the power and plot, he will rise faster, but it is ultimately a weird way. If he is not capable, he is not loyal to the emperor and the people, and only relies on crooked ways to make the court chaotic. Unless the monarch is alive, if he is a hero like His Majesty, he will not be able to accept it for a long time."

"Tell me the serious business," Zhao Kuangyi said with a wry smile.

But I wasn't angry either. Now in the court, Song Jiu was not worried that it would be impossible.

"Here. So Mencius said that "the truth is more helpful, but less supportive" is less supportive. In layman's terms, that is what people want. Why just now, I said that it is far less than Ban Chao. The reason why most of the Liaodong tribes were integrated together to form a powerful force is mainly because His Majesty's support. Without money, silk, weapons and materials, I cannot induce all departments to come together materially. If His Majesty's support, many soldiers and academy students were sent, and I would not have helpers and integrated the departments together. This is two kinds of nature with Ban Chao's lonely army entering the Western Regions. However, I made a one in Huanglong Mansion.

A small trick, learn from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, stuff the embroidery embroidered with Hai Dongqing into the belly of the big fish, and then send a few people to cooperate to hide from the leaders of various tribes, so that they can gain confidence. This confidence is what people want. As long as the cloth is always in Wuya City, it can be used as tens of thousands of strong soldiers. Then Xu goes south and let them win several victories, so that all the people have confidence. Then they can have the confidence and courage to fight against the Liao Kingdom for a long time, thereby restraining the Liao Kingdom's troops in the rear. The strategy formulated by Your Majesty and Messiah will be successful."

All the plans were thought of by Song Jiu, but Song Jiu gave part of the contribution to Zhao Kuangyi.

Being an emperor also requires military achievements, especially Zhao Kuangyi, who wants to prove that he is no worse than his elder brother.

Zhao Kuangyi laughed and did not deny it.

Song Jiu said again: "But after the battle, they must also defend themselves. At least ten years can be defended. In these ten years, our dynasty can calmly recover Yan Yun. Therefore, on the way back, I discussed with General Gao. If something happened in Liaodong, it was the rear of the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom would definitely send heavy troops to suppress it. If our dynasty does not support it, Wu Xuanming will be defeated. So I came up with three results, the first one is to send a large army to echo Wu Xuanming north and south. However, I think it is inappropriate, and first of all, I am worried that the Jurchens will really succeed in establishing a country, which is to drive a wolf and lead a tiger."

Not necessarily, this time is completely different from the situation in history at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.

However, Song Jiu had a psychological shadow on Jin Qing's rise.

When Cao Han's massacre of the city in Jiangzhou made Song Jiu unable to bear it. However, in history, the number of massacres was not a city or a land, but a massacre of millions and tens of millions.

In this way, it is not as good as the Song and Liao dynasties.

"And in recent years, the people have been under heavy burdens, and the treasury reserves and recommendations are consumed. At least now is not the time to dispatch a large army. This is the first plan. The second plan is to ignore them and let them fight each other. I will sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. But that is not appropriate. Once the two famous generals of the Khitan take action, the army will respond to the north. With the power of Wu Xuanming at this time, it will not be supported for a long time. This important piece will lose its effect. There is another plan, not to conquer Youzhou for the time being, and you will be wholeheartedly focused.

We will rest and restore our national strength with all our might, but we will not be immovable. We will build forts in Hedong and Hebei and increase our army, which will restrict the Liao Kingdom from being able to withdraw more troops to go north. As long as there are not many troops and I will leave many backs in Liaodong, I will be able to compete with Liao Kingdom for a long time, and even the Liao Kingdom will send envoys to win them over. Even if the win over is successful, it will eventually be a thorn on the back of Liao Kingdom. Our dynasty can remotely control Wu Xuanming through materials and weapons. The effect of this chess piece will be maximized."

"This is a good idea."

"Your Majesty thinks it's good, so please ask Your Majesty to go to the Political Affairs Hall, let the ministers of the two governments come to negotiate and issue an edict."

"Yi'an, it's too urgent."

"Mr. Shen, it's not too late. As long as you drag it out, someone will change later. In order to attack me, they don't care whether the country and Yanyun are the gateway to our dynasty, and whether your descendants can last forever."

Song Jiu was stubborn again.
Chapter completed!