Hearing Su Yonglin talk about Zhao Kaishan, Zhao Zuoliang looked gloomy.
He sighed and nodded.
"I know, it's quite surprising. I didn't expect Kaishan to really go, and the successor is not Yucheng, but Zhao Xiang..."
"There is something wrong with Zhao Xiang."
Su Yonglin said: "The one who succeeded was not Yucheng, and Zhao Xiang didn't let us go to the funeral for my brother. He directly beat gongs and drums to bring me so many things, and made me a general and gave me the right to autonomy. Why? Look how guilty you are."
"Isn't this simple?"
Zhao Zuoliang was stunned and hurriedly asked: "Did Kaishan be killed?"
"According to the information I know so far, there is no evidence that my brother was killed. My brother has always been seriously ill. It is not surprising that something like this happened at this time."
Su Yonglin said slowly: "But the one in charge is not Yucheng but Zhao Xiang. This matter is a bit problematic. As far as I know, the situation is not simple."
"How did you know?"
Zhao Zuoliang was silent for a while, and then suddenly asked as if he noticed something: "Did you arrange a detailed work over there?"
"in case."
Su Yonglin nodded and admitted, and said: "If we don't arrange some people to keep an eye on the south, if those people do something, I don't know. I am forced to have no choice. My father-in-law should understand me, right?"
Thinking of Zhao Kaishan's camp's attitude towards Su Yonglin and those small tricks in private, Zhao Zuoliang stopped talking and just nodded slightly, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"I arranged for the people there to send back the news, saying that Zhao Xiang's appointment was most likely not decided by my brother before his death. My brother's choice has always been successful, but in the end it was Zhao Xiang who became the leader. There is no problem in this. , I can’t believe it.”
"this……"
Zhao Zuoliang suddenly felt a little angry: "Did Zhao Xiang make a private decision and then launch a coup to control Yucheng?"
"Probably."
Su Yonglin sighed, shook his head and said: "Besides, Yucheng once promoted the public land system in the Liberation Army, which was the public land system I formulated before. Yucheng wanted to review the public land and then distribute land to the poor people. As a result, those Zhao family members in the army made a fuss. The clan members were very unhappy, and the two sides were at loggerheads."
Zhao Zuoliang's face suddenly darkened.
He knew about the public land system. When Su Yonglin decided on this system, he quite agreed with it.
As a result, Su Yonglin and Sun Ziyi were soon squeezed out, and the two went north respectively. The public land system was shelved and became a paper policy.
Later, he also knew that people in the Zhao family and the small and medium-sized families who followed the Zhao family relied on public lands to make a lot of money. He himself was awarded many public lands.
The key point is that some people are not satisfied with the public lands they have been granted, and want to take action on those public lands with balances in the account books.
As a result, all the public land was plundered, and some people's wealth snowballed, becoming richer and richer.
Zhao Kaishan turned a blind eye to this. Zhao Zuoliang once persuaded him to retain some public land and allocate some land to some people even if it was a pretense. However, Zhao Kaishan was too lazy to even do this, and Zhao Zuoliang had no choice.
As a result, Zhao Yucheng actually wanted to investigate this situation. You can imagine how many people would oppose it, and these people who opposed it happened to be the Liberation Army officers who had military power.
Is this okay?
"I can almost understand why Zhao Xiang takes over as the leader."
Zhao Zuoliang said quietly: "Yuting, what are you going to do next? Should you intervene directly, or pretend you didn't see it?"
"I……"
Su Yonglin paused and then said: "Nominally speaking, I have no way to intervene in this matter. Nominally speaking, I am the general of the Liberation Army, and the leader's subordinates. It's not like the leader is gone, so I rashly intervened in Shandong affairs." ,Not nice."
"It's already this time, why do you still care about whether it sounds good or not?"
Zhao Zuoliang didn't agree with Su Yonglin's approach: "You can't just watch a villain like Zhao Xiang become the leader, right? You don't understand Zhao Xiang. Zhao Xiang is really a villain. Your power is so great. He can't rest assured. When the time comes, I might stab you in the back while you are having a bloody fight with the gold thief!"
Good guy, they all say that a married daughter’s elbows are turned outwards, but unexpectedly, the father-in-law who was snatched away turned his elbows unambiguously, much more sharply than the daughter.
This is directly encouraging me to take over half of Shandong.
Su Yonglin did not immediately reply to Zhao Zuoliang.
He walked a few steps beside Zhao Zuoliang, then raised his head and looked at Zhao Zuoliang, and said: "My father-in-law said this, and it is indeed true. I really don't want to watch the Shandong Liberation Army do something that makes relatives and enemies happy." If we want to change things, it is not completely impossible.”
"any solution?"
Zhao Zuoliang asked quickly.
Su Yonglin said: "Zhang Yue, please come forward and let me help you secretly. Together we can seize the command of the Liberation Army from Zhao Xiang. You will be the leader."
"………………"
The scene was silent for a while, and Zhao Zuoliang looked at Su Yonglin as if he didn't react.
After finally reacting, Zhao Zuoliang said with a look of realization: "Yuting, today's family banquet turns out to be no ordinary family banquet."
Su Yonglin didn't hold back and laughed.
"Indeed, this is indeed not an ordinary family banquet. I have discussed this matter with my subordinates before, and we all feel that this is the best and only method we can use. With my father-in-law coming forward and me as my backing, then The power of the Liberation Army is at your fingertips."
After hearing this, Zhao Zuoliang slowly took a few steps, then turned back to look at Su Yonglin.
"Let's not talk about anything else. Yu Ting, tell me, how can you get it so easily? Most of the military power of the Liberation Army is in the hands of the Zhao clan. I have actually betrayed the Zhao clan. How can they tolerate me? You But give me a reason to convince me."
Su Yonglin kept up with Zhao Zuoliang.
"It's very simple, because you are my father-in-law, so you are not yourself. You are not fighting alone. Behind you is me, the 180,000 Hebei Liberation Army."
Su Yonglin's reason was very heavy.
Zhao Zuoliang had to admit that this was indeed a very heavy bargaining chip.
but……
"That's it? If you put it this way, unless you directly defeat Zhao Xiang with troops, then you can naturally support me as the leader. But, do you really know how to fight this battle?"
"Of course it's more than that. Apart from me behind you, don't we need to consider the internal situation of the Shandong Liberation Army itself?"
Su Yonglin said slowly: "The essence of the Shandong Liberation Army is actually a group of rioters who followed Commander Zhao to cause chaos for short-term profits. Father-in-law, when you were with your brother, did you ever know what specific thoughts he had about the future? ?"
"Yes, he plans to go west, enter Guanzhong, and capture Guanzhong."
"Is now a good time to capture Guanzhong?"
Su Yonglin asked back: "In the land of Guanzhong, the three parties of Jin, Song and Xia are clamped down to achieve a delicate balance. If the Liberation Army rushes in, there will be nothing more than two results. One is defeat and is driven back by the Jin army. The other is victory but with exhaustion." The army faced the border troops of Song and Xia who were waiting for work."
Zhao Zuoliang thought for a while and nodded slowly.
"indeed so."
"Not to mention whether this strategy is right or wrong, Caozhou Shanzhou fell before, and after he led his army to recapture it, he immediately launched the Kaifeng campaign and mobilized the entire army, regardless of the fact that the army was exhausted after just finishing the battle of Damingfu.
Could it be that such a major military situation was settled as soon as it was finalized? There is no advance planning, some reconnaissance, and discussions with everyone to see if it is possible to attack. Is it really possible to attack an important town like Kaifeng without any of these preparations? "
Su Yonglin shook his head repeatedly and said: "I thought that my brother had never really considered how to overthrow Jin Ting until now. He just wanted to expand his territory and strengthen his power, but he never thought that overthrowing Jin Ting was the only way to increase his power. "
"how do I say this?"
Zhao Zuoliang looked at Su Yonglin.
"It's very simple."
Su Yonglin pointed to the north: "For us rebels, it is not that we can overthrow Jin Ting when we are strong, but we must overthrow Jin Ting to become strong."
