Listening to Su Yonglin's evaluation of Zhao Xiang, Xin Qiji realized something.
"What Su Shuai means is that we need to take the initiative to do something? Take the initiative to deal with Zhao Xiang?"
"I still need to be on guard against Commander Zhao, let alone Zhao Xiang. It's not surprising what this guy can do."
Having said this, Su Yonglin was silent for a while, then looked at Xin Qiji and said, "I have always felt that keeping the Shandong Liberation Army can save me worries and save me a little trouble. Even if it can't help me share the pressure of dealing with the Jin Kingdom, You can also help me stop Song Guo.
But now I find that once Commander Zhao falls, many things will be different. If we let it go, I don’t know if he can continue to stop Song Guo. I don’t know when he will do something stupid. Will he do it? I don't know if our back is lost. "
Xin Qiji and Tian Guizi looked at each other, then nodded to each other.
They realized the meaning of Su Yonglin's words.
"Alang, we should do something."
"I have this idea too."
Su Yonglin said slowly: "I didn't care about Shandong before, mainly because it was difficult to fight against the Jin State. I needed to fight against the Jin State wholeheartedly and had no energy to deal with the Song State. Moreover, I might still be wanted in the Song State.
If the Song Dynasty finds out that not only am I not dead, but I am still flourishing in the North and have a large army, I don’t know what they will do. The risk is too great. I can’t be attacked on both sides, so I choose to let Commander Zhao helped me block Song Guo. "
Xin Qiji remembered what Su Yonglin had said about the past, and understood Su Yonglin's worries.
"Indeed, once the Song Kingdom knows the identity of Su Shuai, we don't know what he will do. Our biggest enemy is the Jin people at the moment. We really shouldn't bother to deal with the Southern Kingdom. It's not the best idea."
Xin Qiji began to think about how to solve the current situation. When he looked up, he saw Su Yonglin looking at him with a half-smile.
"Su Shuai?"
"I remember you suggested that I should seek refuge with the Song Dynasty."
Su Yonglin smiled: "You don't seem to think so now?"
Xin Qiji suddenly remembered how his young self had persuaded Su Yonglin to seek refuge with Su Yonglin. Thinking about it now, didn't this persuade him to surrender to Su Yonglin?
Xin Qiji suddenly felt embarrassed.
"At that time, my subordinates were not deeply involved in the world, so... Judging from the current situation, the Southern Kingdom is really not trustworthy. Under such a good situation, Commander Zhao was allowed to be defeated, but he did not send troops to the Northern Expedition and attacked from the north and the south. It is really chilling. The Northern Territory How can the Han people look forward to the Southern Kingdom?”
I was looking forward to it then, but now I am so embarrassed and annoyed.
The Southern Song Dynasty allowed Zhao Kaishan to be defeated but insisted on not sending troops to the Northern Expedition. Su Yonglin widely advertised it in the army and in Hebei. It was widely publicized and successfully set off a wave of rhythm.
There is a wave of rhythm that it is impossible for the Southern Kingdom to return to the Central Plains.
Su Yonglin severely slandered the Southern Song Dynasty, describing them as weak and incompetent people who surrendered to the imperial court. They could not be counted on or expected. If we want to overthrow the Jin Kingdom, we must rely on ourselves.
Furthermore, we must rely on the Hebei Liberation Army team with Su Yonglin as the core.
In the past, Su Yonglin's propaganda like this caused some people to have doubts and illusions about the Southern Song Dynasty. They felt that they could escape to the Southern Song Dynasty even if they were defeated, and their stance towards the Jin Kingdom was not firm enough.
This time, the performance of the Southern Song Dynasty directly confirmed the content of Su Yonglin's propaganda, which disappointed many northerners who had illusions about the Southern Song Dynasty and directly stopped thinking about the Southern Song Dynasty.
Nothing is more convincing than slapping yourself in the face.
As a result, the entire land of Shandong and Hebei was filled with disappointment, dissatisfaction, and even contempt for the Southern Song Dynasty.
The most typical example is Xin Qiji.
In the heart of Xin Qiji today, the Southern Song Dynasty is already a puddle of mud that cannot be supported on the wall.
And as time goes by, it is very likely that it will further become a piece of shit in the future.
But speaking of it, he was able to form a broad consensus of distrust of the Southern Song Dynasty in the areas he ruled in a relatively short period of time. In addition to the Southern Song Dynasty's own excessive hip-stretching performance, his propaganda team also made great contributions.
Su Yonglin's publicity team is affiliated with the Guidance Department.
The Guidance Department has really done too many things now. In addition to helping to guide and educate soldiers' thoughts and knowledge in the army, it can also provide him with very important help at the local level.
The instructors of the Guidance Department are mainly responsible for the transformation work in the new rural areas, and then there is the propaganda work.
Su Yonglin has always attached great importance to publicity work, believing that fists must be strong and words must be slippery.
Mere fists are not enough. In international disputes and games, sharp words can greatly change the direction of the situation.
Seizing the opponent's black spots and vigorously promoting them, and sending them out quickly and violently, so that a negative consensus on the opponent can be widely formed within the occupied area, that is an invisible victory.
It is an invisible victory on the spiritual battlefield.
Of course, the prerequisite for being able to do this is that one's own strength is strong. If one's own strength is not enough and he is defeated head-on, then no matter how powerful the propaganda is, it will be meaningless.
But if the strength is enough and the publicity can keep up, that will be the icing on the cake.
What Su Yonglin is doing now is the icing on the cake.
It is not enough for the military and officials to believe that the Southern Song Dynasty is hopeless. Ordinary people must also form such a view. They need to form a general contempt and distrust of the Southern Song Dynasty from top to bottom in Shandong and Hebei.
It was necessary to make the Han people in the Central Plains develop a widespread antipathy towards the Southern Song Dynasty and even regard them as enemies.
The inexplicable sense of superiority of the Southern Song Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats really disgusted him to the extreme.
Is writing poetry considered patriotic?
Is it enough to just express your patriotism?
Is it enough to leave poems to make yourself immortal?
You should write something that the people of the Central Plains can understand and understand! Then you can barely be considered a propaganda warrior!
Not down to earth at all.
Su Yonglin didn't learn from them.
In order to achieve this goal, Su Yonglin instructed the Guidance Department to compile more catchy nursery rhymes, jingles, and some funny jokes when carrying out publicity work. They should be in line with the public's cognitive level, be able to be spread among the people, and be guided by subtle influences. People's attitudes toward the Southern Song Dynasty changed.
They worked hard to compile dirty information about Zhao Gou's family and himself, and spread it to the outside world, so that children in the streets would shout the nursery rhymes they made up while playing games.
Omit those boring rhetorical techniques and unnecessary artistic embellishments. Keep it simple, easy to understand, and direct.
I just want to scold you for being shameless in the Southern Song Dynasty and scold you for being incompetent!
At that time, the propaganda team was still a little confused about this and didn't know how to slander the Southern Song Dynasty. Su Yonglin personally made up a joke to give them a look.
[The Zhao Guan family of the Southern Kingdom missed their father and elder brother, so they ordered the painter to draw a picture of "The Second Emperor's Personal Expedition to the North". The painter was unwilling to draw it, so he had no choice but to paint it.
After the painting was completed, Zhao Guan's family went to see it and saw a tent in the painting. The tent was vast and there was a wool blanket in the tent. On the blanket were a group of men and women doing blissful things.
Zhao Guan's family was furious and asked: "Who are these women?"
The painter replied: "The second emperor's concubines and concubines."
"Who is the other group of men?"
"The princes of the Kingdom of Jin."
"Where is the Second Emperor?"
"The second emperor is personally conquering Northern Hunting."]
This joke opened up the idea of publicity mouth. The propaganda mouth was like a treasure, and literary thoughts came out like a fountain. He immediately created a large number of easy-to-understand political jokes of the Song Dynasty, and began the great cause of promoting the Song Dynasty.
The rapid output of propaganda outlets, coupled with the fact that the Southern Song Dynasty stretched his own hips, made Su Yonglin's propaganda work more effective.
Now quite a few people have basically given up any hope for the Southern Song Dynasty, and have pinned all their hopes on Su Yonglin.
Xin Qiji is obviously one of the representative figures.
Su Yonglin is very happy to have such a big effect through publicity.
"Indeed, what the South has done is deeply unpopular, and even to that point it still stands still. So how can the heroes of the North expect assistance from the South? They can only rely on themselves, so I am unwilling to send troops south at this time."
Su Yonglin said what was on his mind, but Xin Qiji didn't find it strange.
For a person who was even preparing to go to war with the Southern Song Dynasty, it was not strange to want to send troops south. Moreover, in terms of strength and merit, Su Yonglin was more suitable to be the leader of the Liberation Army than Zhao Kaishan.
Not to mention Zhao Xiang now.
Su Yonglin just didn't want to quickly intensify the conflict with the Southern Song Dynasty because of his identity, and thus be attacked from both sides.
Considering the problems at this level, both Tian Guizi and Xin Qiji actively used their brains to think of ways for Su Yonglin to become invincible.
A few days later, Zhao Xiang's motorcade arrived, and a large number of gifts arrived at Hejian Mansion carrying Zhao Xiang's goodwill.
Zhao Xiang took the initiative to extend an olive branch to Su Yonglin, and also said that he would be promoted to the general of the Liberation Army. The territory he now occupied was completely under his own management, including the army and the population. Zhao Xiang was just His nominal superior, and promised not to give him orders.
Then a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and rare antiques were delivered. The amount was staggering.
Su Yonglin accepted the gifts, then stuffed them all into the Food and Rating Department, put them into the public account, and asked them to sell them and turn them into military expenses.
Then he asked about Zhao Kaishan's funeral and Zhao Yucheng's affairs with a sad look on his face.
"Why didn't you call me to attend the funeral when the leader passed away? I became brothers with the leader. I was very sad when the leader passed away."
The envoy said with a smile: "Because the general carries the ardent hopes of the people of Hebei and faces huge pressure from the gold thieves, the commander is very worried that his funeral will cause the gold thieves to act rashly. We are worried about this, so let us Tell the general not to let the general worry too much about the leadership and delay the great cause of resisting the Jin Dynasty."
The reason is very good and reasonable. It adds a perfect character to Zhao Kaishan who is willing to sacrifice for public affairs and private life. It makes sense, so Su Yonglin doesn't bother with it.
"I didn't expect that my brother would still care about these things before he died. I...I really..."
His eyes were red and he shed a few tears, then wiped them with his sleeve.
"What about Yucheng? How is Yucheng? Didn't you say before that Yucheng was the temporary leader? Why has it changed now?"
The messenger took a deep breath.
"The commander-in-chief once wanted General Zhao to inherit the position of commander-in-chief. However, General Zhao did many wrong things during his acting career as commander-in-chief. Many people opposed him. Therefore, the commander-in-chief often sighed after learning about it, so before his death, he Appoint the current leader to succeed him."
That's a good compilation. If I didn't have any information, I might actually have gotten through to you.
Su Yonglin regarded such a confusing statement as fart.
When these Zhao family members decided to unite together, Zhao Kaishan, who was already sick and about to die, and Zhao Yucheng, who was very immature politically, were no match for them.
But thinking about it this way, Su Yonglin also felt a little sad, thinking about how arrogant and arrogant Zhao Kaishan was, but before he died, he found that he could not even inherit his status.
How desperate was Zhao Kaishan before he died?
Will he have any regrets?
Su Yonglin will never know.
Zhao Kaishan is dead, and the Great Uprising of the Liberation Army will continue.
Su Yonglin knew that now was not the time to take action. Although he deeply distrusted Zhao Xiang, he still wanted to look a little better on the surface.
So Su Yonglin hosted a banquet for the envoy, treated him with delicious food and drinks, and gave him parting gifts so that he could return home happily.
After the envoy left, Su Yonglin called Tian Guizi and Xin Qiji to his side and discussed with them how to deal with this matter.
"Zhao Xiang is obviously very jealous of me. This time he came to give gifts and appoint officials. He just wanted to win over me and prevent me from competing with him for the position of leader of the Liberation Army. I have no interest in this position, but the half of Shandong It is an important buffer, and I cannot let this half of Shandong lose its buffer value."
Su Yonglin talked about his core appeal: "In short, Zhao Xiang is not trustworthy in my opinion. For the sake of profit and power, I am afraid he cannot adhere to Zhao Kaishan's position on the Southern Song Dynasty. In the current situation, our powerful enemy is in the north .
The benefactor will definitely lead the army south. If the rear is unstable, I will not be able to fight against the benefactor with all my strength, and I will inevitably be defeated. Therefore, we must completely solve Zhao Xiang's problem before the benefactor goes south, otherwise, it will be very dangerous. . "
Tian Guizi and Xin Qiji looked at each other and realized that Su Yonglin was serious this time.
Su Yonglin didn't intend to make excuses with them and continued to deal with it.
Su Yonglin intentionally reached out to this half of Shandong.
Tian Guizi quite agrees with this.
"Alang is the biggest contributor to the Liberation Army's success today. Zhao Kaishan can be said to have advocated the uprising and used it as a leader. So why should Zhao Xiang be the leader? What credit does he have? He What qualifications do you have?”
Tian Guizi took a few steps forward and saluted Su Yonglin: "Alang is the most suitable person to be the leader of the Liberation Army."
Su Yonglin smiled and shook his head.
"It doesn't matter to me whether I am the leader or not. Whether I am the leader or not is meaningless now. I just want to earn money. As for who will be the leader, I don't care. What I care about is this Can people stabilize this half of Shandong as a buffer between me and the Southern Song Dynasty?"
Su Yonglin's attitude is very clear. The leader is not important, half of Shandong is not important, buffering is important.
He needed an honest, capable, steady and down-to-earth person to help him stabilize the situation in that half of Shandong, fool the Southern Song Dynasty, and resolutely not let the Southern Song Dynasty interfere in the affairs of the north.
Of course, according to Zhao Gou's courage, he probably wouldn't dare. However, the Southern Song Dynasty was so disgusting that Su Yonglin had to guard against it.
Tian Qizi nodded and continued thinking.
Xin Qiji had a flash of inspiration at this moment.
"Su Shuai, I remember you once said that if your father-in-law Zhao Gong is still there, then if something happens to Zhao Kaishan, your father-in-law must be the leader, right?"
"Of course, in terms of qualifications, seniority, merit, and prestige, the father-in-law is above Zhao Xiang, so... Youan, what you mean is..."
"Your father-in-law, his surname is Zhao."
Xin Qiji's expression was very meaningful.
