The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

The memorial was delivered quickly, and the leaders of the Zhongyong Army also returned to their stations to convey orders to officers at all levels to prepare for departure. However, Zhao Tong could not take any time off. He had to worry about his own business. They knew that people

Following the rules of Cha Liang, when he is favored, no one dares to show his teeth to him. Once he loses his favor, his past enemies will find various reasons to make things difficult for him.

At this moment, while it's a bit hot and you can still hold on, it's better to shrink the front and switch to defense. The first person to be affected by this is Shengyi Tang. Their business scope is Hebei and Gyeonggi areas, and their targets are mainly dignitaries, relatives of the emperor and the country.

These people who are not short of money mainly buy luxury goods. The small profits and large profits of these transactions are second only to the salt factory, but it is because of this that many people are jealous.

Although he was reluctant to part with it, Zhao Tong knew that with the war, the Jurchens might arrive at the Bian stables at some time. He remembered that the court carried out a large-scale search of the stables in order to pay compensation, and all the wealthy households were forced to donate their wealth, even those who

The prostitute didn't even spare her skin or money.

Therefore, Zhao Tao ordered Zheng Shou, the general manager of Shengyi Hall, to immediately find a way to sell the prosperous shop in the bustling city while the situation was good. The money from the shop was no longer released outside, and only the function of turnover and acceptance of banknotes was retained.

There are only one or two inns and restaurants in Zhoucheng around the stables and in Hebei Province to collect news and receive their own caravans. The rest will be sold as soon as possible and they will be safe!

As for Jiangnan, which may be the refuge of the Song Dynasty and the golden land in the future, Zhao Tao ordered Zheng Fu, the manager of Shengdetang, to anonymously develop Jiangnan Road and Liangzhe Road, especially Quanzhou and Hangzhou, which are close to the seaport.

Various workshops in Xiangyi were also evacuated to the south of the Yangtze River. With the workshops as the backbone, shipyards, wine shops, perfume workshops, glass workshops, etc. were established in the south of the Yangtze River and rebuilt in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, forming a new agricultural and industrial industry centered on Suzhou and Hangzhou.

A business base, leaving a way out for yourself.

After more than ten years of development, Shengzhongtang has grown to have ten "Shenzhou" class ships with 10,000 hu, 40 "passenger boat" class ships with 5,000 hu, nearly a hundred small ships with 2,000 hu, and a crew of more than 10,000 sailors.

It has a large fleet of people, including thirty armed merchant ships, equipped with 500 cannons of various types, and its sailors have undergone strict naval combat training. It also has two brigades of 4,000-man marines, becoming an important maritime force in East Asia.

The initial task Zhao Tong gave them was to establish a base in the Bohai Bay area, which has now been completed. The next step is to establish a squadron to open up a route southward. Develop overseas trade in Southeast Asia and provide financial support for a possible protracted war!

Hedong will become the battlefield of the Song and Jin Dynasties. Zhao Tao moved part of Shengrentang north to Xijing Road under his control, taking on most of the military tasks and material turnover; while Shenghetang, which mainly operates in Hezhong, Hexi and the Western Regions,

It is the rear base. The important task of raising funds for various ministries will fall on them, and they will also make preparations for the loyal army to settle in the river...

"Your Majesty, my subordinate is back!" Li Jun reported to the Prince in the post house.

"Thank you, have the things been delivered?" Zhao Tong waved his hand for Li Jun to sit down and said.

"Thank you, Prince, for delivering it to him!" Li Jun replied respectfully. He has been with the Prince for several years, but as a person who spends his days in conspiracy and walking in the dark world, he is still timid towards the Prince.

Because it seems that I can't hide anything in front of the prince.

"Well, how is his situation?" Zhao Tong asked, pushing a glass of water to Li Jun.

"He is not very good, and his position is awkward. Although he is called the commander of the internal and external armies, he has no right to mobilize the army. It is just a name for nothing!" Li Jun said.

"How is he feeling?" Zhao Tong picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

"He regrets not listening to the prince's advice. He regrets it too late!" Li Jun said with a smile.

"If we keep cutting off, there will be future troubles. It's my fault that I was soft-handed during Operation Tiger Massacre. If the plan hadn't changed that day, what happened today wouldn't have happened!" Zhao Tong also regretted that he really should have blown up Wu Qimai to death that day.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself. Zong Han is becoming more and more powerful in Xijing, and he has the potential to be strong. Wu Qimai can't be restrained. I think even if Xie is in power, I'm afraid he will be restrained by him!" Li Jun said. Spring Shan in the Northwest It was late, it had been raining for two days and it finally came down.

"Well, Zong Han is a character!" Zhao Tong nodded and said, gold always shines. Although Nianhan was defeated by Xi Mangxia, his rise is still unstoppable...

Zong Han was an important politician and military strategist in the Wanyan family, and he was very ambitious. He was the eldest son of Sa Gai and was not a direct descendant of Aguda, but he was closely related by blood and was Aguda's nephew. As early as ten years ago, Aguda formulated the Zong Han played an important role in determining the aggressive policy of "unifying China and foreign countries" to destroy the Liao Dynasty. He repeatedly proposed to Aguda that he pursue the Liao Emperor Tianzuo, which promoted the formulation of the Jin regime's aggressive policy of "unifying China and foreign countries".

When Aguda was engaged in the war to destroy the Liao, although he determined the strategic and aggressive policy of "unification of China and foreign countries", his original intention was to occupy the Liao land and make the northeast, northwest and other regions become the Jin Dynasty to unify the world, leaving the cause of unifying China to descendants. Therefore, he signed a "maritime alliance" with the Northern Song Dynasty regime and insisted on returning the Yanyun land to the Song Dynasty.

However, Zong Han's attitude was completely different from Aguda's. He always stood on the standpoint of the Jurchen slave-owning aristocracy, took the aggressive policy of "unification of China and foreign countries" as his own responsibility, insisted on the plan to destroy the Liao Dynasty and attack the Song Dynasty, and made every effort to make it Put it into practice.

When the Song and Jin Dynasties signed the "Sea Alliance", Zong Han adopted Gao Qingyi's opinion and used Pingzhou as a separate road as an excuse. He believed that Pingzhou, Luanzhou and Yingzhou did not belong to Yan, and insisted not to return Pingzhou to Song Dynasty. In fact, This was because the Jin regime left a military stronghold in the pass for future development. The Song envoys were not allowed to return despite repeated requests. This strategic intention was very obvious, and this opinion was later supported by Aguda.

After the Jin soldiers occupied Yanjing, the Song government immediately negotiated with the Jin to return the Yan land. During the negotiations, Zong Han also adopted the opinions of a certain member of the Han bureaucracy in Yanjing who did not want to return to the Song Dynasty, and made a speech to Agujin. The land of Yan was returned to the Song Dynasty. Although at Aguda's insistence, Jin Fang returned Yanjing and nearby areas to the Song Dynasty, Zong Han always disagreed. He not only opposed returning the land of Yan to the Song Dynasty, but also opposed returning the land of Shanxi to the Song Dynasty. The purpose was "There will be a strategy," and this strategy should be an aggressive strategy to promote "unification of China and foreign countries."

After Aguda died, he was appointed commander of the Jin army, garrisoned in Fengshengzhou, and took control of the military power. Wu Qimai succeeded to the throne in order to consolidate his position, and to counter the influence of Wanyan Xieye, who had been in charge of military power for many years, he began to re-employ the clan. Han, which made him more powerful, not only allowed him to control the military power of the southwest and northwest routes, but also Wu Qimai granted him a hundred empty-name propaganda heads to remove local officials and gave them administrative rights. He garrisoned The area became an important military and political center of Jin...

"Your Majesty, Zong Han is hateful, but several of his Han ministers are even more hateful. They instigated the Jurchens to attack the Song Dynasty, and even went to Beijing to persuade Wu to buy. According to Xie Ye, he seemed to have been moved. He said that the prince's parting words came true.

We are going to meet the prince on the battlefield!" Li Jun looked at the silent prince and said again.

"Traitors... tell me what they have done!" Zhao Tong said with a wry smile. These things appeared in endlessly in every dynasty. They surrendered to the enemy for their own personal grudges and betrayed the entire nation to the enemy.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Jun said, "There are two people who are most active. One of them is Liu Yanzong, a Wanping native. He is a descendant of the Liu family of the Han people in Youyun. When the Jin army entered Yan, he signed a letter from Liao and held the official position of Privy Council and Zuo

Qi Gong surrendered together, and later escaped the difficulty of Pingzhou because he followed Aguda northward to pursue Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Dynasty. When the Jin Dynasty handed over the Yanjing area to the Northern Song Dynasty, it wiped out all the big households in the area in accordance with the agreement with the Song people.

His family property was awarded to the Ever-Victorious Army by the Song Dynasty, so all the blame was attributed to the imperial court. From then on, Liu Yanzong became the person who encouraged the Jin Dynasty to attack the Northern Song Dynasty most hard, in order to avenge the Northern Song Dynasty imperial court, and also hoped to return to Youyou.

Yun’s hometown!”

"Well, Liu Yanzong, go on!" Zhao Tong nodded and offered Li Junman water. He knew that this was also a policy mistake of the Song Dynasty. He ignored the other and kept Guo Yaoshi as a future trouble, but all the gentry among the Han people in Youyan were eliminated.

Pushed into the arms of the Jurchens.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Jun picked up the cup and drank half the glass of water and then said, "The other person is Shi Liai, a native of Xincheng, Zhuozhou. He was promoted as a Jinshi official. After the death of Yelv Chun, he was sent to Pingzhou to manage the military affairs. However, he

He disagreed with Zhang Jue, often claiming to be ill and ignoring political affairs. When the Jin army came to Pingzhou to recruit surrender, he secretly communicated with the Jurchens and clearly expressed his distaste for the Northern Song Dynasty and was willing to follow him to "attack the Song Dynasty". Later, Zhang Jue rebelled

Jin, Shi Liai did not want to participate in the uprising and returned to the new city and countryside. Our court tried to recruit him as an official many times, but he stayed behind closed doors and warned his clan members not to serve the Song Dynasty until the Jin army conquered Youyun.

He resumed his official career in the Jin Dynasty and was appointed as a member of the Privy Council by Zong Hanzheng. He tried his best to assist the kings and ministers of the Jin Dynasty."

"These people are all old foxes. They have understood the Jurchens' thoughts a long time ago, so they fanned the flames and added fuel to the flames!" Zhao Tao tapped the coffee table and said. With the fall of the Liao Kingdom, the Jurchens' ambitions were accompanied by the strong desire to obtain a large amount of property in the war and looting.

The excitement was also increasing day by day. These traitors could not understand the thoughts of their masters, and since the Song regime's active defensive strategy conflicted with it, it gave them an opportunity.

"What the prince said is true. After the Liao Emperor was captured, they became even more wanton. They encouraged the Han forces in Youyan to persuade Zong Han to attack the Song Dynasty, and actively lobbied the Liao and Han troops who surrendered to the Song Dynasty to drop gold. The situation became even more unfavorable for us!" Li Jun

said.

"We can't let them cause trouble and kill their right and left arms. Your intelligence department will conduct a detailed investigation and make a list!" Zhao Tong slammed the teacup on the table and said in a deep voice. Sometimes the harm of traitors is greater than that of enemies, and that's also true.

It’s time to kill one to serve as a warning to others!