Please go with me in front and keep your troops behind!
Official Zhao Ji's words made it clear.
In the Chongzheng Hall, everyone's attention turned to Zhao Kai, the peace envoy and Hebei military marshal.
Of course Zhao Kai didn't want to ask for peace from the Jin Kingdom. If he asked for peace, wouldn't going north to fight against the Jin become a traitor to the country? He is the chosen one, how could he betray his country and beg for mercy? However, Zhao Kai is still a little clever. He also knows that he must unite Song Huizong now to prevent the Song Dynasty official family who was forced to resist the Jin from falling out immediately after he left Tokyo.
In addition, Zhao Kai also wanted to defraud Song Huizong of millions of funds for peace... He couldn't be left empty-handed for peace, he must give money and women!
"Father, I know what my father wants." Zhao Kai said with a smile, "This is actually what I want... We haven't tried to make peace with the gold thief now, so how can we escape in a hurry? ?Compared with giving up the great country of the Central Plains and running away, even giving three million taels of silver a year plus the territory of Yanshan Mansion is very cost-effective.
Yanshan Mansion was not handed down from our ancestors in the Song Dynasty. It was a site that my father bought from a gold thief. Now let’s treat it as a loss. As for the three million taels of silver coins...just treat them as wealth poison used to raise useless gold thieves and warriors! Maybe after twenty or thirty years, the golden thief will be the same as the Khitan. Moreover, after the gold thief took our silver, he still had to use it to buy our silks, porcelain and lacquerware. Even if the money passes through their hands, it will eventually return to the Song Dynasty. "
The matter of ceding land and paying money can actually be said so positively that the officials in the Chongzheng Palace don't know whether to refute it?
After hearing these bastard words, Zhao Ji nodded repeatedly, thinking: I have never even tried to cede land and pay for it! Why did you run away just thinking about the Zen position? I'm so anxious!
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji smiled and said to his son Zhao Kai: "There is an old saying: If a king has enemies with his ministers, his country will not be destroyed; if a father has enemies with his sons, his family will not be destroyed... Sanlang, you are my enemy." Son! If you hadn’t entered the palace to remonstrate with me, I would no longer be the Supreme Being, and I might even have subjugated the country!"
Maybe he meant what he said, or maybe he was trying to appease Zhao Kai, the "challenging son" - six hundred soldiers loyal to Zhao Kai are still guarding outside Chongzheng Hall!
"Father, the reward is great. This is the duty of a son and a minister." Zhao Kai sincerely felt that his act of forcing his father to resist gold was a great act of filial piety, and he would definitely be included in the "Book of Filial Piety" in the future.
After a few words of modesty, he changed the topic and asked Zhao Ji, "Father, Yanshan Mansion is now under the control of the gold thieves. Whether it is cut off or not is cut off, it is the same to the gold people and barbarians. So my son, I To show the sincerity of the peace talks, the only way is to give money... You have to give one year's coins first, right?"
"One year's worth of coins... that's three million!" Zhao Ji nodded, "Li Bangyan, how much savings do you have in the treasury now? Can you get three million in goods?"
Dazai Li Bangyan, the prime minister of the East Prefecture, hurriedly went out to report to the officials: "Since the declaration of peace, the imperial court has used troops year after year and made huge expenditures. Zuozang has become increasingly empty... However, there are still some treasures in inner Tibetan areas and sealed pile warehouses." There is a lot of wealth, including thirty to forty million taels of copper coins, no less than three million taels of silver, more than two hundred thousand taels of gold, and two to three million pieces of cloth and satin."
What? The Song Dynasty was so rich! After Zhao Kai heard Li Bangyan's words, he immediately regretted it. He was so dizzy that he didn't remember how much money the Great Song Dynasty had (in fact, it turned out that Zhao Kai didn't know the specific amount), so he only asked for an amount that seemed to him to be a lot - three million. Unexpectedly, the Song Dynasty still had tens of millions of wealth stored in its treasury. If I had known earlier, the lion would have opened his mouth and asked for 10 million from him!
"Okay," Zhao Ji nodded and said with a smile, "As long as you have money... Sanlang, feel free to go and talk to the Jinren. I, the Song Dynasty, have enough money to give you the coins! I can start with the hidden treasures. I will take out two million taels of silver, five hundred thousand guan of money, and five hundred thousand pieces of silk for you to buy the refunder."
Zhao Kaixin said: If you have money to give Sui coins, but if you don’t have money to hunt down gold thieves, you deserve to go to Five Kingdoms City to drink in the Northeast Wind!
"Father," Zhao Kai had to continue to pretend to be a "traitor" in front of his face, so he went on to say to Zhao Ji, "These three million silver, money, and silk are not a small amount. I am the fifth in the Imperial City Division." The hundreds of men and horses under my personal command may not be enough to escort the silver across the Yellow River!
Moreover, if the gold thief and the lion open his mouth, I will have to use these three million to lure the Hebei armies and deal with the thief. But the way to control the army is to use kindness and power at the same time. It is impossible to have enough money without enough personal soldiers. Therefore, I want to mobilize some strong soldiers from the infantry and victory troops, plus thousands of troops and horses, to go north with me. In addition, I also want to recruit several civil servants and military officers as my right-hand men and go to Hebei together. Please allow my father to agree. "
"You want to mobilize troops?" Zhao Ji frowned a little when he heard that his son wanted troops. He was willing to give money, but he was reluctant to give troops.
Because he is now stuck in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo!
The two brothers Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai were determined not to become officials. If they couldn't get rid of the mess, of course they couldn't do without Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo. Since the mess couldn't be shaken off, of course he had to hold on to the troops to save his life.
"I don't need many troops," Zhao Kai knew what Zhao Ji was thinking, and he also looked down upon Tokyo's army, so he said, "I only brought two or three thousand people to Hebei. Except for Liu who personally followed the fifth command, In addition to a hundred people, I also want to marry three to four hundred officers, more than a thousand of the first cavalry generals of the Victory Army, as well as the three hundred infantry troops who followed my son into the palace today, and the Tiansi Supervisor and Horse Keeper. There are hundreds of soldiers. In addition, I also want to select 5,000 horses from Moutuogang Racecourse to carry the goods."
"Not much..." Zhao Ji tugged at his beard and made some calculations. The fifth commanding officer was originally Zhao Kai's people, and the three or four hundred marriage officers should also be Zhao Kai's people. He Guan brought him in. The three hundred people in the palace must not be wanted either. Although the first cavalry general of the Shengjie Army was an elite, there were only more than a thousand of them after all, and the general who led the army, Xiang Ke, had also served as a commander in the Fifth Command of the Personal Clan, and had an unusual relationship with Zhao Kai. Zhao Ji was not at ease with leaving this force in Kaifeng City.
As for the soldiers who raise horses in Moutuogang, they are nothing at all, just give them. Military horses can also be given. Although five thousand is a lot, it is not impossible to get them.
Currently, there are 20,000 military horses in the Moutuoka Horse Farm in the northwest of Tokyo, which is under the supervision of Tensi. In addition, there are nearly 10,000 cavalry in Tokyo, and the number of military horses is about 10,000. Adding the two together, there are more than 30,000 military horses in Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo alone!
Although the quality of these 30,000 military horses is not very good, the quantity is definitely quite large. Five thousand were given to Zhao Kai, and there were still 25,000 available, which was enough... Anyway, Zhao Ji had already Having made up his mind, when the gold thief came, he ordered his people to defend Kaifeng City and not leave the city, so he didn't need many troops and horses.
"Okay," Zhao Ji nodded, "Both soldiers and horses can be given to... Sanlang, you just said you wanted a few civil servants and military attachés, who do you want? Tell me, I will send them all to you!"
Zhao Kai said: "Father, I'm not polite. In addition to several officials from the Imperial City Department and people from Prince Yun's Mansion, I also want He Guan, He Ji, He Moss and his son." The three of them also want to defeat General Xiang Ke."
While he was talking, he saw the handsome Liu Qi again, so he said: "There is also a powerful and powerful minister who looks at him, and I also want to take him to Hebei to find some achievements.
In addition, the son-in-law also wanted a civil servant to serve as the chief historian of the palace and the Sima of the palace respectively with Chen Ji. "
In the Song Dynasty, there were senior official positions such as Prince Fu, Prince's Palace Chief Shi, and Prince's Palace Sima, but they were not permanent. It was only in the early days of the founding of the country that people held such official positions. After Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty came to power, the princes were already the targets of prevention, so it was natural to reduce their subordinate officials. The Wang Fu, Chang Shi, and Sima all disappeared from the palace.
"Okay," Zhao Ji asked with a smile, "I wonder which civil servant Sanlang wants?"
Zhao Kai glanced at the treacherous minister Qin Hui who was huddled in the crowd, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I want Zuo Si to remonstrate with Qin Hui!"
Qin Hui trembled when he heard this, and was about to leave work to refuse, but Zhao Ji had already spoken: "But, Qin Hui is indeed good, let him be your long history!"
Zhao Kai glanced at Qin Hui coldly again and said in his heart: You are finished! Follow me honestly to fight against gold!
