The current Song Dynasty army is indeed decaying very quickly.
But Chen Kangbo vaguely remembered that the Song army was not like this.
More than ten years ago, the army of the Song Dynasty, led by the Yue Family Army, had a glorious period.
At that time, the Song Army was very powerful and repeatedly defeated the Jin Army's offensive plots in the Central Plains. Then it turned from defense to offense and won many times. It fought against the Jin Army's cavalry in wild battles and was even on the verge of regaining its old capital.
As a result, everything was in vain.
The truly famous general who had high hopes from everyone in the Northern Expedition died in the hands of his own people, and his tragic oath turned into a river of spring water flowing eastward.
It is said that after the news spread to the Kingdom of Jin in the north, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Kingdom of Jin who were beaten by the famous general celebrated with joy, and everyone was telling their joy after the trouble in their hearts was removed.
The two people who knew the inside story could only sigh in unison.
After a while, Chen Kangbo said worriedly: "In recent years, the envoys to the Jin Kingdom have made some disturbing reports, saying that the Jin Dynasty is recruiting a large number of Jurchens from Liaodong to settle in Hebei, Shandong, and Shaanxi in the Central Plains. The donor is dredging the water channel, and I am very worried."
Upon hearing this, Chen Chengzhi understood what Chen Kangbo meant, but felt it was impossible.
"A few records are not enough to tell the truth, right? And if the funder really wants to do something, it is impossible for us not to know in advance. What's more, there is trouble in Shandong now. Even if the funder wants to do something, it will definitely be against Shandong, and It’s not against our country, let alone the peace talks between the two countries.”
"The peace agreement is just a piece of paper, tear it up when you say it. Did the Jin people tear up the peace agreement at that time? And no one thought that after the Han Dynasty was conquered, Emperor Taizong would immediately go north to conquer the Khitan to seize the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, so he said Everything is possible, if the gold master takes advantage of the trend and goes south after conquering Shandong..."
Chen Kangbo looked at Chen Chengzhi: "Can the Song Dynasty army resist? If that is the case."
Chen Chengzhi was silent for a while.
"Isn't it possible? Such an idea would be too involved."
“If the idea is not bold, when will it be bold?”
Chen Kangbo asked Chen Chengzhi.
Chen Chengzhi was silent.
After a long time, Chen Chengzhi said: "I will send people to pay more attention to this matter. If there is a real problem, I will send people to make more preparations. However, I still don't think that the sponsor will ignore the peace agreement and go south. Those who are treacherous will never It will end well."
Chen Kangbo did not object to this.
But he always felt that it was ridiculous for an emperor who came to power through a coup to abide by the peace agreement.
If he could abide by the rules, could he commit regicide to seize the throne and massacre the entire clan?
Those powerful generals and their descendants who were regarded as the most trusted enemies by the Song Dynasty had died at the hands of Wanyan Liang. So when he learned the news, Chen Kangbo could finally understand the emotions of the Jin Dynasty dignitaries who heard the news of Yue Fei's death. Feel it.
History is always surprisingly similar.
In short, Wan Yanliang was definitely not a traditional emperor who would abide by the rules.
In addition, now that something like this has happened in Shandong, it is definitely not impossible if Wan Yanliang has any ideas.
But Chen Kangbo could do nothing about it and could only watch the wheel of history roll forward.
He has a high status and cannot control the army or launch the Northern Expedition. He has countless political opponents and people who are holding him back, which makes him very painful.
After Chen Chengzhi returned to the Privy Council, he selected some people he trusted and went to Shandong with the appointment orders and official seals.
According to Shen Gai's suggestion, some things related to these officials have been tampered with, which is not visible to ordinary people.
If the rebellion succeeds, everything is easy to say. If the rebellion fails, the Jin people will blame Lin'an, and Lin'an will also say that they will never admit that they have done this.
All in all, this is an act that achieves the ultimate goal of benefiting at no cost, and is very worthy of appreciation.
Chen Chengzhi also feels that doing so has the least risk and the greatest benefit.
So the envoys from the Song Dynasty arrived in Haizhou in late August, close to September, and contacted Zhao Kai, the Zhao family member who was appointed as the general manager of Haizhou and Pizhou on the first day of September.
When it comes to seniority, Zhao Kai and Zhao Yucheng are of the same generation. They are Zhao Kaishan's nephews, but they are five or six years older than Zhao Yucheng.
This person has average abilities, nothing outstanding, and no obvious shortcomings. He is a peaceful person and does not stand out.
There is only one thing, that is, he is extremely cautious. This is widely spread among the new generation of the Zhao family, and everyone laughs at him for being timid.
When Zhao Kaishan was considering the military defense of the Southern Song Dynasty, he took this into consideration and felt that he needed to be careful in dealing with the Southern Song Dynasty and not act recklessly, so he selected Zhao Kai and asked him to be the general manager of the two states to control Pizhou and Haizhou against the Southern Song Dynasty. The defense is built.
Zhao Kaishan did not want to be a minister of the Southern Song Dynasty at all and listened to the eunuch emperor, but he did not dare to offend the Southern Song Dynasty blatantly, fearing that the Southern Song Dynasty would stab him in the back when he was fully expanding his power.
So he decided to make a strategy of adapting to the situation, giving more instructions and taking care of Zhao Kai.
Of course, Zhao Kai also dealt with the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty cautiously. While allowing the locals to do business with Southern Song merchants as usual, he was wary of people coming from the Southern Song Dynasty to spy on the actual situation of the Liberation Army.
But this time, the one from the Southern Song Dynasty was not a spy with a secret identity, but an upright envoy.
"The officials want to give us officials?"
Zhao Kai couldn't help but be surprised when he learned the envoy's intention.
"Exactly, when the officials learned that you had rebelled against the gold thieves, they greatly appreciated it and decided to confer officers on you. They hope that you and others will continue their efforts and severely inflict heavy losses on the gold thieves!"
With a smile on his face, the envoy announced the appointment of the Lin'an court, and announced that Zhao Kaishan would become the envoy of Shandong East Road and Shandong East Road, and control the military and civilian affairs of the two routes.
Afterwards, he wanted to arrange any positions on Shandong East Road and Shandong West Road, but he told the envoy that the envoy would return to Lin'an to inform the court about the matter. The court agreed in principle and then sent someone to formally confer the official.
It can be said that the conditions are very generous.
But of course Zhao Kai cannot make decisions for Zhao Kaishan, so Zhao Kai decided to tell Zhao Kaishan about this matter and let Zhao Kaishan make a decision. He asked the envoy to wait for a while, and then fed him with good food and drink every day, for fear of offending him if he did not entertain well. got them.
After that, Zhao Kai quickly sent someone to tell Zhao Kaishan the news.
At that time, Zhao Kaishan was in the period of forging ahead after the strategic separation from Su Yonglin. He was leading the army to attack the state capitals on Shandong East Road and Damingfu Road that were not occupied by Su Yonglin, and was focused on expanding the territory and increasing the army.
Before that, Zhao Kaishan had done many "big things" with great success.
After the strategic separation, he reorganized the army and did a lot of things to the army in line with his own intentions.
For example, he set up the position of military supervisor after the Song Dynasty, indicating that each army must send a supervisor.
The main reason was that the previous rebellion scared him, so he decided to set up the position of military supervisor to add a firewall to his own security.
The Supervisory Army is not responsible for specific military affairs, but has the authority to supervise the leading generals, and only accepts the leadership of Zhao Kaishan himself. Sending the troops to other places is equivalent to Zhao Kaishan's personal visit.
Because he was not responsible for specific military affairs and only required loyalty and reliability, the range of supervisors was greatly increased. Zhao Kaishan sent additional supervisors to all the troops under his command who were directly affiliated with the Liberation Army.
After Su Yonglin took away the Shengjie Army, Zhao Kaishan added four more bugles to his army, plus the original five bugles of the Beiwei Army, Tabai Army, Xuanfeng Army, Breaking the Enemy Army, and Youyi Army, for a total of Nine armies.
Each of the nine armies sends a supervisor, and the nine supervisors are all from the Zhao family, and they are all reliable but incompetent people.
Not to mention the armies led by generals with foreign surnames, even the armies led by generals of the same clan were also assigned supervisory troops by Zhao Kaishan, such as the Xuanfeng Army commanded by Zhao Xiang and the Tabai Army led by Zhao Zuoliang.
Zhao Kaishan's reasons are quite good.
It is said that they were worried that the generals were insufficiently energetic and could not manage all aspects, so they sent the supervisory army to take charge. From now on, the generals only need to concentrate on military affairs, and everything else can be left to the supervisory army.
But it is easy to use this kind of words to deceive children, but it is not so easy to use it to deceive generals who are fighting together, especially generals with foreign surnames.
