What this means is that it is a vague accusation that the navy regime has not changed its reckless nature. It seems that it is focused on the sea, but in fact it is based on robbery?
Before Guo Ning could say anything, Xu Ding's face darkened, he interrupted Jia She's words, and rebuked angrily: "How dare you! How dare you, a mere foreign minister, to slander the Duke of Zhou of Jin Dynasty like this?"
Jia She immediately stopped speaking.
He is not the kind of person who is very courageous and dares to confront the heroes of the world. Otherwise, Li Yun and others would not have forced him to come to the Northern Kingdom through some small tricks. But there were some words that he had been holding back for a while and wanted to say. These financial speculations were just the beginning. He suppressed the rest of it, feeling a little resentful in his heart.
Xu Ding, who had been traveling with him these days, admired his talents, but couldn't bear to see an official who also did practical things rashly offend Guo Ning and lose his head. Therefore, his angry rebuke had more of a protective meaning.
However, Guo Ning was not actually angry.
It seems to ordinary people that once a heroic figure who started from humble beginnings reaches a high position, he will always be a little taboo about his family's past. But Guo Ning is really not taboo. It can even be said that he is very proud of his humble background, and does not think there is anything wrong with Ding Haijun's cleaning and squeezing of the stomachs of the Zhongdu Jurchens.
On the day Guo Ning invaded Zhongdu, he indeed used the Mongols' looting and looting as a cover. He also blamed Shuhu Gaoqi for a lot of things. The profits he made, including food, copper coins, and various supplies, were astronomical. number.
When the Mongolian army besieged the city, Xu Ding tried his best to think of a way out, even at the expense of his reputation as a salesman, but failed to obtain enough supplies. Guo Ning was furious and grabbed it with a knife, and it was easy to get it.
In the opinion of the generals of Ding Haijun, if Guo Ning had not defeated Genghis Khan in one fell swoop and then invaded Zhongdu, everything in this great golden capital would have fallen into the hands of the Mongols. Not only Zhongdu City, but also Dajin itself was snatched back from the Mongols by Guo Ning, so I harvested it wantonly, so what?
In fact, Guo Ning really didn't care about what Jia She thought was an unbearable act, or what Xu Ding thought was doable but unspeakable. However, considering maintaining the relationship with many Jurchen generals and chiefs in the northeastern hinterland, there is no need to publicize this kind of thing.
If you delve deeper into Ding Haijun's experience of starting up, a smart person should know that Ding Haijun had already robbed him once when he supported the previous emperor on the throne. That robbery established Ding Haijun's foundation in Shandong, which is quite satisfying.
If I have to explain...
Seeing that the change of dynasty is just around the corner, how many more lives can the Jurchens expect to be rich and prosperous? Unless they take sides politically and show sincerity as soon as possible, Ding Haijun will act viciously, so what if he grabs something openly? When the Liao Dynasty and the Da Jin Dynasty changed, was the Da Jin Dynasty particularly self-denial? Or was it that when Da Jin invaded Kaifeng, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was particularly graceful?
He thought for a moment, then smiled and shook his head at Jia She: "Jichuan, you should be familiar with history books. You should know that I am already very polite."
Xu Ding laughed loudly beside him. When he was about to interrupt, Jia She gritted his teeth and finally said, "Duke Zhou should also know that what I care about is not what happens to the Jurchens."
Jia She was a citizen of the Song Dynasty, and he would never forget the shame of Jingkang. If he said he didn't care what happened to the Jurchens, he really didn't care.
The key to what he said just now is actually to point out that the Ding Navy is promoting maritime trade in name, but in fact, it relies on military power to continuously obtain looting profits and maintain the huge spread of the business; in order to maintain the spread of the business, the Ding Navy will sooner or later turn to the Troops were used outside the territory, and the wealthy Song State was the first to bear the brunt.
Jia She has recently been in Zhongdu City and has undergone many inquiries from the relevant yamen of Dinghai Navy. Xu Jin from the Recording Department personally took action and repeatedly inquired clearly about the layout of the Song Dynasty and the Huaihe River and even the internal affairs of the central military and political affairs.
Jia She also heard that his eldest son Jia Sidao, who was fresh and hot, had now become a powerful person in the sect of Prime Minister Shi. He was gathering with several defeated generals of the Red Coat Army, planning to form a new army to control the situation. Jianghuai, as part of the historical and political territory.
Until that time, Jia She still felt that for Zhongdu, it was only right to destroy the forces on Nanjing Road with all their strength. Guo Ning was so concerned about the situation in the south because he was worried that the decisive battle between the East and the West would give the Song Dynasty an opportunity to make profits, so he had to make military preparations in advance.
But now I saw that Guo Ning had set up naval training subjects in the Imperial College, and even went into battle to practice gang fighting with others, this was almost ready. Jia She really couldn't deceive himself.
While Xu Ding was watching the drill with great interest, Jia She was distracted. He suddenly thought of a historical fact:
If we compare the current situation of the world to the situation hundreds of years ago when the Yuan and Wei Dynasties were divided into east and west and Xiao Liang was in the south, we can find that the reason why the Eastern and Western Wei families formed a situation of continuous battles and endless battles is that there is one key point. That is, the two Wei Dynasties in the East and West will compete for the orthodoxy of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, and then use this to promote their destiny and maintain the stability of their own regimes.
The so-called "must correct the name" is true.
However, after the transition between the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Wenxiang and Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty were in power and the country was strong, but they rarely took the initiative to fight against the Yuwen family in the west. In particular, Emperor Wenxuan Gao Yang was extremely skilled in martial arts and had an unusually violent personality. He mobilized the troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty to attack Kumoxi in the north, drive the Khitan in the northeast, defeat Rouran in the northwest, conquer Shanhu in the west, and conquer Huainan in the south, defeating enemies from all directions. , but still ignored the enemy to the west.
There is also a key point in this, that is, the appeal of the Xianbei Yuan clan is no longer insignificant, and the Northern Qi Dynasty has become its own orthodoxy and does not need to conquer the Western Wei Dynasty to gain its own stability. Under this circumstance, Northern Qi's foreign conquests naturally had the primary goal of seizing actual benefits.
Isn't this situation very similar to the current situation where the East, West and Jin are in the north and the Song Dynasty is in the south?
It was obvious that the Emperor of Xijin in Kaifeng Mansion was not taken seriously by Guo Ning. The Jurchens, who are constantly weakening and notorious, are probably not as good as Tuoba Xianbei, who was constantly Sinicized and weakened hundreds of years ago. The entire Dinghai navy regime, even people like Xu Ding who are attached to the Dinghai navy, have not been able to treat the Xi Jin Dynasty at all. The emperor's appeal was taken seriously.
Therefore, their top priority is not to restore the old territory of the Jin Kingdom. Guo Ning is a tycoon who came to power by plundering actual benefits step by step. He knows very well what operations are most beneficial to his regime, and he knows even better where the next step of benefit lies.
This evil tiger is waiting for the opportunity and will attack Da Song at any time!
Jia She's guess was almost the truth, and Guo Ning didn't even bother to pretend.
He waved his hand and said easily: "When it comes to the Song Dynasty... I specially chose the name Zhou Guogong. A smart person like you should have understood what I mean. The wealth of the Southern Dynasty is indeed what I need, and some Sooner or later, the goal will always be achieved.”
Jia She shook his head: "Dong Zhou, the word goal you mentioned actually means two different things."
"How come they are two different things?" Guo Ning became interested: "Tell me about it."
"If one day the kings and ministers of the Song Dynasty were greedy, violent and confused, and the Duke of Zhou responded to the fate of the sky and raised the king's army, hoping to save the people on the river bank from water and fire, so as to confuse the world and bring peace to the world, then I, Jia She, would naturally be happy and prostrate myself. , working in front and behind the saddle in order to gain wealth. I think the people of the Song Dynasty would also eat pots of pulp to welcome the king's master. But at present, the politics of the Song Dynasty has not declined, and the hearts of the people of the Song Dynasty have not faded. If the Duke of Zhou sent his troops south just to plunder, he would treat the Song Dynasty as Make a way to make money..."
"So what? Jichuan, will you be my enemy?" Guo Ning seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"I, Jia She, am greedy for life, fearful of death, love money, and love fame. In the face of Zhou Guogong's might, I will naturally be delighted, bow to the ground, and work hard to gain wealth."
Jia She chuckled twice, stood up and saluted Guo Ning again, his posture was extremely humble, and his tone was very firm: "But the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty are not all people like me, and they will not give in easily. The soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty I will fight to the death against Zhou Guogong's troops, just like what happened in the Jianyan, Shaoxing, and Kaixi years."
