The three of them sat in silence in the hall.
After a while, Guo Ning tugged on his mustache and made a soft rustling sound. He turned to look at Xu Ding: "This...when were Jianyan, Shaoxing and Kaixi? What old things happened?"
Xu Ding coughed and said: "During the Jianyan period, it was Grand Master Zongbi who linked up with Jianjian and Lin'an, and the Song Dynasty master Yu Hai Island, who made a treaty with Huaihe River. During the Shaoxing period, Brother Jia should be talking about King Hailing's plan to conquer the world. Later, he was inspired by his anger and ended up in evil. As for the Kaixi year, the Song Dynasty betrayed their alliance and invaded. We, Dajin, fought back and attacked the Song Dynasty with a nine-pronged army, forcing the Song Dynasty to redeem Huainan. "
"Didn't we win the first and last two battles? In this one, King Hailing did lose two battles at the hands of the Song Dynasty. However, he still fought to the riverside, it seems because Emperor Sejong occupied Zhongdu , is this why the army is having internal strife?"
As soon as Guo Ning finished speaking, Jia She asked: "The Duke of Zhou is a master of military affairs. Do you think that is really the case?"
Xu Ding sneered slightly: "The soldiers and generals under Zhou Guogong are strong and far ahead of the ancestors; the Song generals are just weak, lazy and weak, and they are vulnerable to a single blow."
"I heard people say that the millions of people in the Jin Kingdom were defeated by the Mongolian army of 100,000; the Mongolian army of 100,000 was defeated by the Duke with more than 10,000 elite soldiers in one battle. The reputation of the Duke determines the bravery of the naval officers. It has already shocked the world. With my little talent and cowardice, I dare not boast that the Song Dynasty can rival the Duke's elite soldiers. The reason why I am willing to come to Zhongdu and serve the Duke is because I have seen through it. The Song Dynasty was weak, knowing that a corner of the Yangtze River was full of insects and ants, and now it has become a dirty and filthy quagmire..."
"Stop bragging. I guess this sentence will have the word 'but' at the end. You might as well say it more directly."
Jia She bowed slightly: "But please think about it, Duke. Since the Song Dynasty is already a quagmire, if the Duke steps into it, his boots will be dirty. When he gets out of the quagmire, his robes and armor will be dirty." The stomach must be too fishy to be used again. So, if the money that Da Jin received from the Song Dynasty was only enough to buy a new suit of clothes, new armor and new boots, then why would there be any need to step into the quagmire before? It is better for each family to protect themselves. On the national border, the Song Dynasty offered money for a pair of boots every year."
"These boots are really not cheap. They cost three hundred thousand taels of silver and three hundred thousand bolts of silk."
"If the Duke feels that it is not enough, he can send envoys to the Song Dynasty to negotiate, or he can send merchants to do business to make money. But if the two families start fighting, the Song Dynasty will inevitably be embarrassed in the end, and all they will get is the boot money."
"Business needs to be done, but there is nothing to talk about." Guo Ning said calmly: "I have always felt that fighting is more effective than talking. Moreover, as long as I win, others will beg me to talk. I don't need to open my mouth. , they will obediently offer very good conditions, and by then, my business will be better."
"Really?"
Guo Ning laughed: "Can this still be fake?"
"Dong Zhou, you still don't understand the Song Dynasty after all."
Jia She sighed repeatedly: "There is a huge difference between the Song and Jin Dynasties. That is, the Jin Dynasty and the people can talk about interests calmly, while in the Song Dynasty, those who talk about interests like me are villains. All the benevolent people in the dynasty are called by morality. Because morality is mixed into political disputes, each political force must morally overwhelm the other. Just like the current Xianggong Shi Miyuan, Zhou Guogong should feel that this person is weak, and he can overwhelm him with a little use of force. He grabbed huge profits in his hands. But if the Ding Navy really moves south in a large scale, and both the government and the public use war as a reputation and the main battle as great, then Prime Minister Shi will not be able to reverse the huge trend of the government and the public taking the main battle! Just like Back then, Prime Minister Han couldn’t win back the ruler of the country, just like Julan!”
"In this case, it's nothing more than a fight, and the winner will be determined immediately."
"Then it goes back to the confrontation between Song and Jin during the Taihe period. The Song Dynasty provoked the conflict and had to make peace. It lasted for two years. If the Song Dynasty took the initiative to provoke the Song Dynasty, the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty would fight for it. Self-protection, treating everyone who makes peace with the court as thieves of the country... How long will the ensuing war and disaster last? If it doesn't end in two or three years, what kind of business are you planning to do during this period? No. It is absolutely impossible for the Song Dynasty to obtain an income of 10 million yuan from the sea through the cooperation of the Song Dynasty. Duke, how do you plan to maintain such a huge expenditure?"
When Xu Ding was about to refute, Guo Ning raised his hand to signal, and he continued to sit.
Guo Ning pondered for a moment.
In front of Dajin, the Song State of the Southern Dynasties has never been a strong enemy. Over the past hundred years, the people of Dajin have crossed the Yangtze River several times, but they have never seen the Song State's troops threaten Dajin's core territory.
However, the Southern Dynasty's ability to coexist with Dajin for a hundred years actually has its advantages.
Although their attack was insufficient, they were more than capable of defending. With the unique climate, hydrology, and geography of the south, they were able to fight against the mighty generals of Dajin. The further Dajin's troops move south, the more likely they are to encounter fierce counterattacks without the right time and place.
What's even more troublesome is that although the people of Song Dynasty were weak, and those who dared to fight and were good at fighting would always be harmed by their own dynasty conflicts, at the juncture of every war, a few talented generals would always emerge from some corner. Winning victory in certain battlefields.
In the eyes of the warriors of the Kingdom of Jin, the Song Kingdom was like a weak enemy. Every time they were beaten by Da Jin, they were bruised and swollen, but they refused to fall to the ground and died, and occasionally they could bite back a few bites. What's even more annoying is that with the decline of Dajin's own family, the Song Dynasty may not be the only one who suffers a bruised nose and face after every fight.
For example, in the scene during the Kaiju Year mentioned by Jia She, Da Jin had actually brought up all his old foundations. While beating the Song people with his fists, he was almost suffocating himself.
Of course, Ding Haijun Group's bravery and proficiency in fighting were ten times that of Daikin at the time. Guo Ning has full confidence in the force of his own army, so he has recently focused his attention on the south and has successively made moves in this direction.
But he really never thought about what he must do to the Song State. His goal was exactly what Jia She said was the second, which was to use the Song State as the financial source of the navy, trying to use some degree of military pressure to Extract enough money from this wealthy neighbor to support the army and cultivate political affairs.
In this regard, Ding Haijun's officials all believed that Guo Ning was still adhering to the policy of "accumulating grain widely and building walls high", striving to gain a firm foothold before trying to expand.
But Guo Ning himself knew there was another reason.
That's because, although the content of the big dream three years ago became more and more confusing, Guo Ning always remembered that the Song Kingdom was much older than the Jin Kingdom, and even fought with the Mongols in their heyday. For decades! This weak enemy is really the kind who won't die no matter how hard he fights!
If Ding Haijun took action, Song State refused to admit defeat or negotiate for peace, gritting its teeth and wasting away...
Unless a group of Qin Hui and Shi Miyuan came from the Song Dynasty to unswervingly reverse the situation, wouldn't Ding Haijun's situation be very embarrassing?
The trade in horses and furs at sea will naturally disappear; the channels for food import will also be cut off; the commercial routes around the Bohai Sea may even be threatened by the Song Navy. And if the navy has no financial support, how can it continue to maintain its advantage in force?
Let’s go back to the original topic. What should Ding Haijun do to put the right pressure on the Song Dynasty, make them surrender, and make them kneel down and give money? To this end, to what extent should the Navy’s military superiority be exerted? Can the navy's naval fleet play a role in time? What should Li Yun, who was already jumping up and down in Lin'an City during the Song Dynasty, do?
This series of problems is a bit complicated, and may require extremely subtle operations to get just right. So Guo Ning has high hopes for Jia She, who is obsessed with money, but if Jia She insists that it is not possible...
Guo Ning felt a little headache.
As Ding Haijun's sphere of influence gradually expands, it is actually becoming increasingly difficult to maintain this seemingly fiery system.
Dajin was already rotten. Guo Ning boarded the ship that was riddled with holes. He stretched out all ten of his fingers and toes to barely block the holes in the ship. He doesn't want to just survive, he hopes he can do something for the people and the world.
That cannot be solved with a few calls and orders.
If you want to restore people's livelihood in a territory that was burned, killed and plundered by the Mongols until it was almost completely deserted, you need money; you need to use money to kick out the almost decaying Jin Dynasty and gradually establish an effective and reliable new dynasty system; you need money to protect the Monan Mountains The rear line of defense is always prepared to prevent the Mongols from coming back, which requires money; it requires money to win over the Jurchen generals and chiefs in the northeastern hinterland; it still costs money to confront the pseudo-emperor in Kaifeng Prefecture and maintain the long border from Datong Prefecture to Jinan Prefecture. .
The trouble is, these directions of spending money will not be eliminated by military victory.
If Guo Ning wants to sweep the grasslands, he will have to face a bottomless pit of money; if he wants to take over the northeastern hinterland and establish Han'er's rule there, he will still have to face a bottomless pit of money; if he wants to eliminate King Sui of Kaifeng , unify the territory of Dajin...
That's all, Guo Ning in front of him didn't even dare to think about that.
Guo Ning's rise was too fast, and his foundation was too shallow. He simply couldn't have so many reliable officials on hand to control the new territories.
More importantly, the west side of Kaifeng Mansion, from Jingzhaofu Road to Fuyan Road, Qingyuan Road, Fengxiang Road, and Lintao Road, has been a bottomless pit of money and food since ancient times. Sui Wang was able to rely on Hedong and Henan. Guo Ning admires his ability to maintain such a large area of land!
I have thought about everything, but it is difficult to find a breakthrough anywhere.
Jia She said that it was difficult to make money from the Southern Dynasty. He couldn't do such a difficult job... What should he do?
Guo Ning straightened his back, leaned his upper body slightly back, and leaned against the back of the chair. He stared at Jia She and suddenly asked: "Brother Jichuan, does your palm still hurt?"
Jia She laughed twice and stretched out his tightly wrapped left hand from his sleeve: "I don't dare to trouble the Duke to ask questions. Thanks to the care of a famous medical officer here in Zhongdu, I am almost recovered."
"Then don't go around! Where is the source of wealth, where is the money? You should come up with a reliable idea quickly. Otherwise, another stabbing is about to happen!"
"Duke Zhou, do you really want money?"
