Pirate Song

Speaking of this, Shu Hu Gao Qi can be regarded as an important minister of the Jin Kingdom. In the third year of his stay in Da'an, the Mongolian army entered the pass, the commander of the army entered the central capital of Wei, and was promoted to the marshal of the right capital. In the first year of Zhenyou, he lost the battle. , fearing that he would be killed by the powerful minister He Shiliezhizhong, so he launched a coup and killed Heshiliezhizhong. Then he reported to Jin Xuanzong to punish him. Jin Xuanzong considered that he had just ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and the domestic political situation was unstable, so They did not dare to touch him, but finally pardoned him, and in order to stabilize him to serve him, he was promoted to deputy marshal of the left. He paid homage to Pingzhang for political affairs and was appointed to the state affairs. This year, he was promoted to minister of justice and right prime minister.

Shuhu Gaoqi was also deeply grateful for Jin Xuanzong's kindness to Shuhu Gaoqi. Since Jin Xuanzong came to power, he has tried his best. This time the Mongolian army almost reached Bianjing City. He knew that Jin Xuanzong was I was so frightened that I must have been worried about this matter, so I started thinking about it.

When he heard that Shuhu Gaoqi asked for an audience, Jin Xuanzong was in a bad mood, but he still summoned him.

"Ai Qing came to see me today, but is there anything important?" Jin Xuanzong sat on the dragon seat and looked down at Shuhu Gaoqi who was standing below. Jin Xuanzong was quite satisfied with this guy at the moment, at least. This guy is very respectful to him, so he should be regarded as the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. Otherwise, he would not be allowed to be Minister Youcheng, the prime minister of the Jin Kingdom.

Shuhu Gaoqi respectfully replied to the superior Jin Xuanzong: "I am grateful to the Lord for his hard work for many days. He has been thinking about the future of the Jin Kingdom these days. I must be working for the Mongolian army now." I am worried about the matter! I am bold and want to offer a plan to the Holy Emperor, so that the Kingdom of Jin will not be trapped by the Mongolian army in a short time!"

Someone gave him a pillow when he was dozing off. Jin Xuanzong was upset about this matter. Hearing that Shuhu Gaoqi had a way to solve his problem, he immediately became energetic, leaned out from behind the dragon case, and hurriedly applied the technique. Hu Gaoqi asked: "Ai Qing, what's your clever plan? Tell it faster than I can!"

When Shu Hu Gao Qi saw Jin Xuanzong's virtue, he knew that he had made the right move again today. Although he now holds a high position like Shangshu Youcheng, he has been deprived of the military power of the Privy Council. Being an official is certainly a good thing. But it is more practical to have military power in hand, so I came up with this method!

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly! Now it is hopeless in the north of the Kingdom of Jin, and there are frequent civil unrest in Shandong. For the Kingdom of Jin, the current situation is very dangerous. If this continues for a long time, the future of the Kingdom of Jin will be worrying! "Shuhu Gaoqi bowed and said to Jin Xuanzong.

This is all nonsense. Jin Xuanzong himself does not think he is a fool. He also knows these things that Shuhu Gaoqi said, so he said impatiently: "Hurry up and tell me your solution. I naturally know these things! What can you say? Just say it directly, don’t beat around the bush!”

"Wei Chen obeys the order! Then Wei Chen said it boldly! Now if the Holy One wants to break this predicament, it is not impossible. Now our territory of the Jin Kingdom is getting smaller and smaller. Once the Mongols go south again, so The plain area is a good battlefield for the Mongolian cavalry to do whatever they want. After our country of Jin retreated from the center to Bianliang, there was no danger to defend the north. That is why the Mongolian army drove straight in this time and almost came to Bianjing City!

This is precisely because our country's current territory is getting smaller and smaller. If the Holy Emperor wants to revive the national prestige of our country, we must expand our territory and strive to win more territory to form a situation in which we can advance, attack, retreat and defend.

It will make the Kingdom of Jin worry-free!" Shuhu Gaoqi bowed and replied.

Jin Xuanzong frowned. Shuhu Gaoqi's words seemed to make sense. Now the Great Jin Kingdom had lost many territories in the north and was compressed in the Central Plains. Last time, he could move the capital from Central Capital to Bianliang City.

, but the situation is not stable. When the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, even though the Northern Song Dynasty was beaten to the point of panic and lost a large area of ​​territory north of Jianghuai, they could still run to the south of Jianghuai and rebuild in the south.

The small court of the Southern Song Dynasty was built and continued to survive, but if Genghis Khan's army attacked Bianjing again, where could he go?

Shandong? No! It’s already been disturbed by the rebels and I can’t stay there. Shanxi? Nor can I. It’s too close to the Xixia Kingdom, and even if the Mongols charge, Shanxi can’t stay! Shaanxi? Don’t even think about it. Now Xixia

Guozheng is thinking about that place!

Thinking about it carefully, there is really no place to run. Is it possible to just watch Genghis Khan destroy Jin Dynasty? Jin Xuanzong didn't dare to think about it. After all, this was the world that his ancestors conquered with one sword and one shot. He did it.

Almost half of it was lost, more than half. Could it be that the Kingdom of Jin was really going to perish in his hands?

But opening up territory and expanding territory is something that can be accomplished with just one sentence! Moreover, Jin Xuanzong did not understand what area Shuhu Gaoqi was referring to by opening up territory and expanding territory. Could it be...?

"Go on! In what direction should we go to expand our territory?" Jin Xuanzong said to Shuhu Gaoqi.

"Yes! Your Majesty! I think that if the Holy One wants to have a place to retreat, the Southern Song Dynasty is a good choice. As long as the Holy One sends troops to capture the Jianghuai area and Sichuan, he can completely rely on these

In this place, we can give it a go and fight the Mongols without worrying that the Mongols will be so arrogant. We can come and go freely within the territory of our Kingdom of Jin. When the time comes, we can advance, attack, retreat and defend, and we will no longer have to worry about anything! What’s more!

Under the management of the Song Dynasty, Jiangnan has become the richest in the world. As long as Jiangnan is conquered, how can it be like now? The country is so empty, and there will never be a situation of being stretched at every turn again!" Shu Hu Gaoqi once again

He bowed and replied.

Jin Xuanzong was startled by Shuhu Gaoqi's words, and his heart immediately became alive. Shuhu Gaoqi sketched a very beautiful scene for him. The prosperity of the Song Dynasty was something that everyone in the world could see. Now

After his Great Jin Kingdom lost consecutive battles, it lost five, five, six and six territories. It can be said that it is already very poor. If it is really as Shuhu Gaoqi said, he can win Jiangnan and other places.

, at least you don’t have to be so poor and ugly, and you don’t have to reach out every day to extort money from the people. In that case, there won’t be chaos everywhere, and maybe it will be possible to revive the national prestige of the Kingdom of Jin!

Although Shuhu Gaoqi's proposal was very tempting, Jin Xuanzong was not immediately confused. He still raised his question: "Attack the Southern Song Dynasty? Do we have the strength to attack the Southern Song Dynasty now?"

Shuhu Gaoqi shook his head and said: "Why not? Your Majesty, don't look down on the Song people in the south. Looking back at the war history between the Song and Jin countries, when did the Song Dynasty gain some advantages from our enemies of the Jin Dynasty? The Song Dynasty did it?

Everyone knows that people are weak. Didn’t our Jin Kingdom repeatedly beat the people of Song Dynasty to pieces in the past?

What's more, since the last time the Southern Emperor listened to Han Yuzhou's advice and launched the Kaiju Northern Expedition against our country, but was beaten by our country and lost his armor and fled back to the south of the Yangtze River, the Song Army lost a large number of elite soldiers and was no longer our country.

The opponent of the country's elite soldiers!

Although we, the Jin Kingdom, cannot defeat the Mongolian army now, we should still be able to defeat the Song army whose courage has been broken by us. And now is the time when the Song people are at their weakest. As long as the Holy One is determined, we will definitely be able to defeat the Mongolian army.

If the Song Dynasty conquers the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop and brings it within the territory of the Jin Kingdom, then the world will naturally come to the throne! Why worry about reviving the prestige of the Jin Kingdom?"

After listening to Shu Hu Gao Qi's obscene remarks, Jin Xuanzong suddenly felt a lot more enlightened. He felt that what Gao Qi said was right. The Southern Song Dynasty was indeed weak and pitiful. The last time he launched the Kaixi Northern Expedition aggressively,

Song armies from all walks of life attacked one after another, but as a result, they did not take any advantage from the Jin Kingdom. They were all beaten to pieces and fled back to the area south of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Even Huaibei and other places were lost to the Jin Kingdom.

And that's not all. After the Jin army won, they didn't put much pressure on the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty itself was in chaos. As a result, even their powerful prime minister Han Kanzhou was ambushed and killed by their current powerful prime minister Shi Miyuan.

He cut off his head and sent it to the Kingdom of Jin to apologize, and he had to make a Jiading Collegiate Agreement that was a loss of power and humiliation to the Song people.

Since you want to pinch the persimmon, you have to pick the soft persimmon first, and now looking around, Mongolia's Genghis Khan must be an iron persimmon. He just doesn't pinch himself. If he wants to get some benefits from him, Jin Xuanzong doesn't even think about it.

OK!

Xixia is not a soft persimmon, because it has been attacking Xixia for almost half a year. The result is that it has lost soldiers and generals, and has not gained any advantage. Even if it is a persimmon, it is still a green persimmon!

Therefore, only the soft persimmon Song Ningzong of the Song Dynasty was left for him to pinch. The last time the Song people were defeated by the Jin Dynasty was still vivid in his mind. If the military strength was not weak at the beginning, maybe it would have really gone straight.

Jiangnan destroyed the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty!

Thinking of this, Jin Xuanzong couldn't help but tremble, and his bastard energy suddenly started to stir in his heart. This thought was like a balloon, which started to expand violently after being blown so lightly by Shuhu Gaoqi.

Jin Xuanzong made this calculation in his mind. It happened that the Mongolian army withdrew from Tongguan during this period, and the rebel armies in Shandong and other places were beaten to a halt by Anzhen's flower-hat army. The war against Xixia in the west was progressing.

It's not going well, but it's not a serious problem. It's just that the Jin army has turned to the defensive again for the time being. It's just time to concentrate its forces to deal with the weak and small country of the Southern Song Dynasty. If things go well, maybe this time he can really complete the century-old task of his ancestors.

There is no great cause that cannot be completed, and the Zhao family has been completely wiped out!

So Jin Xuanzong began to make up his mind secretly, immediately summoned the court officials to go to court, and began to discuss the matter of going south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.

As a result, Shuhu Gaoqi's proposal immediately aroused strong opposition from Xu Ding and other courtiers. These courtiers understood the current situation in Dajin better than Shuhu Gaoqi, and they all advised Jin Xuanzong not to seek death in this way.

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Among them, Xu Ding was the most fiercely opposed. He came out and objected: "Your Majesty, we must not wage war against the Southern Dynasty again. At present, our Kingdom of Jin is surrounded by powerful enemies, and its national power is weakening day by day.

How could we be so hasty and use troops against the Southern Dynasty again?

The Southern Dynasty has been operating in the south of the Yangtze River for hundreds of years, and it has long been deeply rooted. When the Jin Kingdom was so powerful, we were unable to destroy it, let alone now.

Although the Song people are weak, they are by no means something we can engulf now, and they are clinging to the natural dangers of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. Our soldiers have been exhausted after years of fighting. If they are good at using swords, they will only create strong enemies in our rear. In this way, we will be at a loss.

The Kingdom of Jin is in danger!

In my humble opinion, not only can we not attack the Southern Dynasties, but we should also form a good alliance with the Southern Dynasties and unite the Southern Dynasties to jointly resist the barbaric Mongolian army. Only in this way can the Kingdom of Jin have no worries and fully deal with the Mongols.

Army, I hope your Majesty will think twice before acting!"

Jin Xuanzong did not expect that this matter would arouse the opposition of so many courtiers, and he felt very unhappy, so he glanced at Shuhu Gaoqi, who was standing on the other side below.

Shuhu Gaoqi then immediately stood up to refute Xu Ding and said: "The difference between what Zuo Cheng (Xu Ding and his status are similar, Zuo Cheng, the minister of the Jin Dynasty at this time) is different. The Southern Dynasties have been our enemies of the Jin Dynasty for generations, and they were outrageous a few years ago.

How can we form a good alliance with our great Jin country if we attack our country with troops? Let alone say that we will form an alliance against Mongolia! Such a statement is simply nonsense!

You must know that the Southerners have always been weak, how can they be the opponent of our powerful army of the Great Jin Kingdom? Now that the Southern Dynasty has been newly defeated, all its elite troops were lost in the previous battle with our country. It is a good time for us, the Great Jin Kingdom, to take action, and the Southern Dynasty has always had nothing to do with it.

There is no credibility at all. In the past two years, when they saw that we were busy dealing with the Mongols, they blatantly stopped sending annual coins to our country. If we don't punish them, do we have to wait for them to become full-fledged again and attack us?

As you said, after years of war, our country is now in financial difficulty. If we lose the supply of annual coins from the Southern Dynasty, it will be even more sad. Now we can only take advantage of the Southerners' lack of preparedness to teach them a lesson.

, as long as we have stationed troops in the Jiangnan area, which is the most prosperous in the world, we naturally no longer need to fear the southward invasion of the Mongolian army. Instead, we can guard the Jianghuai natural barrier, advance, attack, retreat or defend. How can we be as embarrassed as we are now?

Moreover, it is true that the army currently lacks food and pay, but precisely because of this, we should use troops against the Southern Dynasty as soon as possible to feed the army. Even if we cannot invade the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, we only need to defeat the southerners. The southerners are as timid as mice, so naturally

If you don't dare to disobey our country, you will definitely replenish the arrears of the money owed to our country in the past few years, and you will also compensate our country for its losses, which will be enough to replenish our country's treasury!

Zuo Cheng is so afraid of the Southern Dynasty. Could it be that he has taken the benefits of the Southern Song Dynasty?" In the end, Shuhu Gaoqi even started to attack him personally, accusing Xu Ding of taking the benefits of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Xu Ding was so angry that his hands and feet were cold and his lips were trembling. He pointed at Shuhu Gao Qi and didn't know what to scold him. In the end, he just said: "Gao Qi, you are forcing the Kingdom of Jin into a desperate situation! You...you

This is... you are a minister who has wronged the country!"

Listening to the quarrel between Shuhu Gaoqi and Xu Ding below, Jin Xuanzong became impatient. How long will this quarrel last? So he waved his hand and said: "Let's stop here today, retreat from the court, and wait for me.

Think about it again!" As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and turned around to go back to the harem.

However, this kind of debate was still going on in the Jin Dynasty. The arguments between the two sides never stopped and the quarrel was very loud. Even the people gradually learned about this matter. The common people were talking about it and didn't know what to do!

Let’s not talk about the turmoil in the Kingdom of Jin. Just talk about Gao Huaiyuan in Daye County. It is impossible for him to know the situation in the court of the Kingdom of Jin. Seeing that the weather is getting colder, he is thinking about the young man in Zhuangzi.

After buying some new winter clothes with the servants of the two houses, I began to think about whether to go back to Shaoxing.

Although he didn't like the Gao family in Shaoxing at all, and he didn't have any good impressions of the family there, he was still nominally Gao Jian's son, and this time Gao Jian was very satisfied after receiving the harvest sent by Gao Huaiyuan.

He once again mentioned that Gao Huaiyuan should go back to Shaoxing to celebrate the New Year and have a reunion.

In this way, if Gao Huaiyuan does not go, it will inevitably make Gao Jian unhappy. It would not be nice to be accused of being unfilial. Moreover, he can stay here in Daye County and develop peacefully, and there must be something behind his back.

To a certain extent, he was influenced by Gao Jian, and now he has no reason to fall out with Gao Jian.

What's more, he may not want to miss home or go back to Shaoxing, but Huang Yan and Zhou Hao don't necessarily miss home. They have been out with him for more than a year. Logically speaking, they should go back to visit their families.

If he doesn't know how to go, these two guys will never bring up the idea of ​​going back. Reasonably, he will go back to Shaoxing this Spring Festival.

After Gao Huaiyuan thought about this matter clearly, he called Huang Yan and Zhou Hao and brought up the matter of returning to Shaoxing for the New Year. The two of them were overjoyed. In fact, they were already a little homesick, but Gao Huaiyuan didn't want to go back to Shaoxing.

When it comes to Shaoxing, the two of them have never brought it up. Now that Gao Huaiyuan has brought it up, they will naturally not object.

Now that the decision has been made, calculating the time, it is already the twelfth lunar month, and various things in Crouching Tiger Village are basically progressing smoothly. More than half of the backyard expansion project has been completed, but some craftsmen have already started

Gao Huaiyuan proposed to go home for the New Year. As a boss, Gao Huaiyuan naturally could not ask others to stay and continue working, so part of the project had already begun to come to a halt.

The road to the mountain is also gradually progressing. He wanted to open the road to the copper mine for a while, but his manpower alone was not enough, so Gao Huaiyuan simply stopped the logging and road construction for the time being.

We will continue after next spring.

Therefore, after making some arrangements, he handed over the matters concerning Old Man Daye to Xue Yan and Zhou Yi, and handed over matters concerning Wohu Village to Zhou Jun, Jia Qi, and Jiang Peng.

Disposal, these three people are now able to take charge of their own affairs, so there is nothing to worry about.dd