The reason is very simple.

There are many reasons for the failure of the Song Dynasty to attack Youzhou, but one reason is that after the Yanshan Mountains, most of the terrain was flat, which was conducive to the rapid use of troops by the Liao cavalry. However, it was different from behind the mountain. Except for the mostly flat places near Sanggan River and Yunzhou, most of them were mountainous terrain. This was also the reason why Yelu Xizhen took nearly three months to expel the Song Dynasty's Western Route Army after the victory of Qigou Pass in Yelu Xiuge. Such terrain was conducive to the battle of the Song army.

There are many dangerous terrain behind the mountain. If the Song Dynasty had enough troops, sufficient finance, and appropriate personnel, after obtaining the mountain, as long as we build a strong village like Hebei in dozens of dangerous places in time, it would be difficult for the Liao army to take back the mountain again.

The Song Dynasty used a conspiracy and pretended to transfer all the cavalry trained in the northwest to Hebei and Hedong, but not all, so Yang Qiong mobilized 10,000 cavalry to join the war, which wiped out Han Dewei's entire army. In addition, the new recruits trained in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty's new and old combinations in the northwest, if the soldiers of the Fan Qiang Jin Township include the soldiers, the soldiers of the Wang family, and the spontaneous British troops supporting the Song Dynasty in Shengzhou, even Song Jiu can't figure out how many soldiers and horses the Northwest Song Dynasty could use.

During the Battle of Zihe Ban, the Liao Kingdom also knew that the troops moved by the Song Dynasty in the first half of the year were good, but it was mainly in Hedong, which made Li Jilong suspicious and asked the court. There were also soldiers stationed in the Song Dynasty, Pan Meijiu, who was in Hedong, also trained a brave village soldier in Hedong. How powerful was it, you can tell from Zhang Qixian's battle.

In other words, if the two places join forces, the strength will be no less than the strength of the Battle of Gaoliang River.

Besides, Song Jiu was deported for no reason, it was not right. When the Song Dynasty's two prefectures needed to hire people, Song Jiu was a good player in the East or West Prefectures. Why did he go to Taiyuan to take on the responsibility of a military general?

If the Song Dynasty wanted to plan for the mountain, it would make sense.

It seemed to have verified everyone's guess that the Song Dynasty identified the prisoners of war from Ziheban. As long as the Qiang and Fan tribes in each tribe of Jiashan were not Khitans, whether they were the French or Han people, whether they were ordinary soldiers or chiefs of each tribe, they all gathered together and scolded them one by one.

The court treated you well. Even the whole country prohibited trade with the Liao Kingdom, but the Jiashan trade route has never been interrupted, bringing you a lot of wealth. Why attack the Song Dynasty and the Prefectures?

Thousands of prisoners of war hung their heads and were extremely ashamed.

After Yang Qiong, Yin Xian and Zhe Yuqing scolded each other, they actually did one thing, no matter who it was, they were released back.

This release is of great significance. All the troops of Jiashan sent people to the prefectures and prefectures to apologize to the Zhe family and the court.

This is the real use of kindness and power.

It is conceivable that once the northwest attacks again, how many Jiashan tribes will provide support to the Song army?

For a time, the grass and trees in the southwest of the Liao Kingdom were all soldiers.

But many people in the Song Dynasty also opposed it.

In fact, what the Song Dynasty wanted most was Youzhou. As for the mountain behind, not many people were interested, not only the Song Dynasty, but also the Tang Dynasty. The reason was very simple. Once Youzhou was obtained, there would be Yanshan and Taihang barriers, which would be easy to defend.

As for the mountain behind, there are dangerous places such as Yanmen Pass and Shiling Pass in Hedong, and there are many mountains, which blocked the attack speed of the nomadic peoples.

However, if there are many benefits after occupying the mountain, once most of the people here are farming, there will be no conflicts in civilization. As long as a few good officials are sent, the people will be willing to return after several years. If the financial permit is granted, they can even use gunpowder and some advanced mechanical equipment to rebuild the ancient Great Wall behind the mountain. Without the mountain, Youzhou will become an isolated land, and it will be very difficult for the Liao Kingdom to defend again.

This policy is also consistent with Zhao Kuangyi's Northern Expedition policy, but it is more stable. Hebei defense, Hedong and Northwest attack together, and they are not far away from each other, easy to cooperate, and do not seek to occupy the mountain behind for a while and let the people return to their hearts. Song Jiu is still very clear about this, so he let Song Jiu go to the front line. After the occupation, Song Jiu will be able to manage it in a few years. Therefore, it is safer than Yongxi's Northern Expedition and is less risky.

However, the two major defeats in the Northern Expeditions cast a shadow on everyone's heart.

Including Zhao Pu, after hearing this, they all came to the capital.

Even if Zhao Pu takes the initiative to show kindness to Song Jiu before leaving the capital, Song Jiu still has a bad impression of Zhao Pu.

On this, Song Jiu had some misunderstandings.

Zhao Pu has all kinds of bad things. He is too strong in power and has ruthless means to suppress political enemies, but he cannot doubt his loyalty to the Song Dynasty. However, no matter what his methods are, he is still a staunch conservative in his bones, and he always wants to make the Song Dynasty strong with the most stable policies.

Including the Zhao Kuangyin dynasty's first south and then north.

It may be implemented by implementing Chai Rong's policy and taking Yan Yun down by taking advantage of the incompetence of the Liao Kingdom's sleeping king, but it may not be able to take it down. Then the Central Plains will be divided into pieces, and even the stories of the Five Dynasties will continue to be staged. Now, no matter what, the Song Dynasty can basically be regarded as unifying the Central Plains.

He also punished the rebellion of the Five Dynasties, and released the military power with Zhao Kuangyin, and gradually removed the real power of the various governors. He also implemented the system of will from the control system, allowing Zhao Kuangyin to command remotely, and further concentrated the power.

He also punished the Huang Chao's uprising and implemented the policy of equiting the people. Although because of his own greed, this policy of equiting the people was a slogan and only implemented part of it, compared with Liu Bei's people-oriented and Li Shimin's theory of equiting the policy of equiting the people was more specific, and it laid the foundation for internal governance after the Song Dynasty.

When Zhao Kuangyi Dynasty arrived in the northern expedition to Taiyuan, Zhao Pu did not object, and even did not object too much before Qigou Pass. It was not until after Qigou Pass that Zhao Pu's thoughts became clear, that was the Gouhe policy mentioned by Song Jiu, but there was another nice name, guarding the inside and exaggerating the outside. So Li Jipang went back to control the barbarians with barbarians.

If you can't beat it, don't fight it. We don't want Yanyun. We should manage the captured territory. Besides, isn't the territory of the Song Dynasty large enough? Are the resources not abundant enough? Why use the blood and sweat of the people in the Central Plains to open the borders?

If this statement is not available to Song Jiu, it has a pretty stance.

That's true, but without the northwest, there will be heroes rising in the northwest and invade like Li Jiqian. Should the Song Dynasty prepare the borders of Shaanxi?

What should I do if the war horses are there?

Can Li Jipang be loyal to the Song Dynasty?

If Youzhou is not taken back, can the Song Dynasty be safe?

Being weak inside and outside, cure the benevolence inside or cruelly. Can you not give the enemy greater ambitions if you are weak outside?

No matter what Song Jiu said, this conservative Zhao Pu has not changed.

He found Zhao Kuangyi and said, "Your Majesty, is it the court intending to open the border behind the mountain?"

Zhao Kuangyi smiled.

He still believed Zhao Pu. Besides, Zhao Pu did so many things for him that even his third brother did not let him go even if he was a ghost.

So he led Zhao Pu to the Western Prefecture and handed the Feng Plan to Zhao Pu to see.

Then he said, "Zhao Qing, you repeatedly admire Song Jiu when you move forward, and Song Jiu will not disappoint you. He is also a very careful minister, which can be seen from his previous attack on Jiaozhi in Guangnan."

After watching it, Zhao Pu said for most of the day: "But you still have to be careful."

"It's okay, the most clever thing about this plan is that it does not require continuity, and can be executed in batches according to the situation. It can also be interrupted for a period of time at any time."

"That's good." Zhao Pu went back to Luoyang.

Outsiders do not know the content of the conversation between the king and the minister. Zhao Pu's health is getting worse and worse, even worse than Pan Mei, and will not leak the news and suppress Song Jiu ascend to the throne in order to return to the Secretariat. Besides, Song Jiu is no longer in the two palaces, so why bother suppress him?

So Zhao Pu didn't say a word.

But it seems that Zhao Pu's opinion played a role.

After the Spring Festival, the court issued several edicts in succession. The first edict was to exempt the interest money owed to the people of Liangzhe from the previous Wuyue Kingdom, and you don’t have to pay it back. You can live a good life.

The second edict was to relax the taxes of some disasters in the prefectures and counties last year, including some locust plagues in the prefectures and counties for half a year. The disaster was not serious last year. As long as there was no serious disaster, the national economy would save money. Therefore, the taxes of some poor living in the prefectures and counties will be lenient from time to time, so that the people can further rest and rest.

It is benevolent politics.

However, it also means that the court has no intention of managing the mountain behind, otherwise the court would have to prepare a lot of money.

The third edict issued a letter to select students to come to Beijing for the imperial examination, with as many as 17,300 students. You should know that all the travel expenses will be reimbursed by the court. This fee alone is as many as hundreds of thousands of dollars!

The scholars who read books were happy, which was a symbol of civilized governance and did not seem to be like the Northern Expedition.

The fourth edict expanded the banking regulatory filing stocks again. They were originally called "Shop" and "Gold Shop", but their scale was too large and the name was too inappropriate, so they were renamed "Shop".

Due to the huge profits, this time the expansion of shares diluted the old stocks, added some new stocks, and used the copper coins minted last year and the copper coins raised to issue 1,500 Jiaozi again. Song Jiu was careful about this kind of silk coins, and Zhao Pu was not relieved, so the issuance volume has not been large. This is only the third issuance of Jiaozi. Because it is light and used for commercial transactions, it is less private circulation. However, after this issuance, some Jiaozi finally began to circulate to the private sector. The purpose is equally simple, making business more prosperous. It is also a policy of internal governance.

There was no sign of any three Northern Expeditions on the border. Although Yin Xian served as the so-called magistrate of Shengzhou, he actually presided over the training and appeased all ethnic groups in the northwest, even the former Shengzhou area of ​​the Tang Dynasty rarely went to. Song Jiu presided over border defense and civil affairs in Hedong, which was also normal border defense and civil affairs. Like Hebei, he began to build some important forts, but this was very normal. It even had nothing to do with the Northern Expedition, but it was to eliminate accumulation and defense!

But it's not enough.

The nine Song Dynasty sent Wang Huaji as an envoy and went to the Khitan to negotiate peace.

It is peace talks.

Let’s not fight, I can’t get it if I fight you Liao, but you Liao, but you can’t get it if you fight our Song Dynasty. Let’s focus on the original territory in the early Song Dynasty. Hebei is north of Yizhou and Hedong is north of Panguanzhai. How can the two countries reconcile from now on?

Panguanzhai became the so-called idle land. Although Yizhou was temporarily occupied by the Liao Kingdom, it was also idle land. In theory, such a requirement was not excessive.

Moreover, Wang Huaji went there as the Chief Censor, and he was also an important official in the Song Dynasty and gave the Liao Kingdom face.

Even Wang Huaji brought a lot of sincerity.

In order to show the sincerity of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty would return Han Dewei and many Liao generals captured in the northwest to the Liao Kingdom. There was only one condition, and Xiao Yanyan would release Yuping and Su Xiao. Yuping and Su Xiao were good, and were good royal teachers of the Liao Kingdom, but they were no more important than Han Dewei. In this exchange condition, the Liao Kingdom took a huge advantage, and in addition, they sent dozens of people from all over the country to recruit generals from the southwest of the Liao Kingdom to recruit generals from the southwest.

Just such an exchange will arouse dissatisfaction among many ministers, although this is also a disguised reward to Song Jiu, who worked hard and made great contributions. Therefore, it is a secret contract.
Chapter completed!