After the main force of the Jin army was destroyed and Su Yonglin led the main force northward to Yanyun, how to stabilize the Southern Song Dynasty was a very serious issue that could not be slacked off.
Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui were thinking about this for the first time. They were unprepared and didn't know what to do for a while.
Su Yonglin thought about it many times and thought of many ways, and finally he came to an interesting conclusion.
"You think, if we really overthrow the Jinting and successfully occupy Kaifeng, should we discuss with the Southern Dynasties and ask them to offer a price to buy Kaifeng back from us?"
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Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui were both stunned, not sure what Su Yonglin's intention was.
"I think it doesn't make much sense for me to master Kaifeng at this stage. Kaifeng is no longer the Kaifeng it used to be. After being destroyed by the Jin soldiers, Kaifeng is not as good as before, and it is surrounded by plains and there is no danger to defend.
Occupying Kaifeng requires additional troops to be stationed and a large amount of money to be spent. However, my goal is to go north and then south. I will definitely take the main force to the north to recapture the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. I have no time to slow down here and waste it in vain. In terms of money and food, it is better to leave this big trouble to Nanguo. "
Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui followed Su Yonglin's thoughts and thought bit by bit. After thinking about it, they felt that what Su Yonglin said did make sense.
Apart from its political significance as the imperial capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Kaifeng actually did not have much geographical or other advantages.
On the Great Plains, there is no danger to defend. Although the transportation is convenient and well-developed in all directions, it can be used as a commercial hub city. Heavy investment and development can serve as a commercial hub, revitalize the economy of surrounding areas, and become an economic center.
But as an imperial capital, it must have both political and military significance, and politically and militarily, the terrain of Kaifeng is really bad.
Not to mention the cavalry arriving at dawn and dusk, in order to maintain this imperial capital, it is necessary to raise a large number of troops in order to gain a sense of security, which is too expensive.
Especially now, there are no economic benefits to be gained from Kaifeng City, and its political significance is only relatively large compared to the Southern Song Dynasty. For the Liberation Army, even occupying Kaifeng will not be of great significance.
Su Yonglin's goal at this stage is to go north, recapture the Great Wall, further capture Guanzhong and Liaodong, and completely eliminate the Jin Kingdom.
Before consolidating the northern defense line and completely eliminating the threat of the Jin Dynasty to the new regime, he had no interest in Kaifeng, which was undefendable and would only waste troops.
However, this is indeed a bit unacceptable to Yelu Chenghui and Yelu Yuanyi.
"Kaifeng was captured after all, and it's not completely meaningless. Does the general really not intend to occupy it?"
"Kaifeng is the old capital of the Song Dynasty and is of great significance. Does the general really intend to return it to the Southern Kingdom?"
The two Khitans were obviously skeptical about this idea.
Of course, Su Yonglin didn't really want to negotiate this deal with Southern Song Dynasty.
His real purpose was to have the Southern Song Dynasty court start a debate of the century and divert their attention.
Because the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty was still the schizophrenic Zhao Gou, if he proposed to let the Southern Song Dynasty pay to buy back Kaifeng, he would definitely be in a dilemma.
They want it, but they don't want it, they want to return to the Central Plains, but they don't want to go back to the Central Plains. They want to enjoy the reputation of recovering Kaifeng, but they doubt the motives and intentions of the Liberation Army.
The emperor's ambivalence will inevitably be reflected in the debates in the court, so Su Yonglin can almost sit aside and watch them argue among themselves and dog bite dog.
Regarding the virtues of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is bound to be another century-long debate that drags on for a long time and cannot get an accurate answer for a long time.
So Su Yonglin briefly described his true purpose.
"Think about it, if I offer to sell Kaifeng to Nanguo, how will Nanguo react? The first is of course the question of whether to accept it or not. Acceptance or not can lead to doubts about us. Are we going to do this? They will definitely argue about the purpose of selling Kaifeng to Nanguo.
While debating this issue, we also have to debate whether Kaifeng should be used or not. It doesn’t make sense. Can we not use Kaifeng, the former capital of the Song Dynasty and the birthplace of the emperor? Yes, it's hard to say. How big a deal would it be to move the capital back?
Let's quarrel, let's continue quarreling, and see what kind of quarrel they can make. Those who want Kaifeng and those who don't want Kaifeng, those who are willing to spend money and those who are not willing to spend money, those who want to move the capital and those who don't want to move the capital, let's quarrel! "
When Su Yonglin said this, Yelu Chenghui and Yelu Yuanyi suddenly felt that the road in front of them suddenly became clear.
Isn’t that the truth?
First of all, you can't knock it down yourself. Now that I've beaten it down, I want to return it to you. You have to be mean in whatever you do, otherwise it will be too ugly.
Of course, the key issue may not be about money. Before talking about money, we need to talk about whether they want Kaifeng or not.
I want to return Kaifeng to you, do you want it?
Do you want your old capital, the place where Zhao Gou was born?
Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui could even imagine that fierce debates would break out one after another within the Southern Song Dynasty government over the issue of Kaifeng.
Of course I will support it, because this is the old capital of the Song Dynasty, symbolizing the Song Dynasty's rule and radiation over the Central Plains, which is of great significance.
Of course those who don’t support it won’t want it, because asking for Kaifeng means investing, garrisoning troops, sending officials, and... spending money!
The most important thing is to spend money, spend lots and lots of money.
Even if we reach an agreement on this issue, there is still another question - if we want Kaifeng, should we move the capital back to Kaifeng?
How much preparation do you need to make to move the capital back to Kaifeng?
How much money will it cost to complete the preparations for moving the capital back to Kaifeng?
Once the political center of the Song Dynasty returned to the north, who would guarantee the political power and economic interests of the southerners?
These are all problems!
They can start arguing, the louder the better, so that they will fight each other and delay time. Su Yonglin will take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and spread some rumors. By the way, he can send the political cadres of the Renaissance Association to the Southern Song Dynasty to start activities.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, branches of the Renaissance Society were established one after another, from scratch to strong.
In this way, when they are almost fighting each other, the internal rebellion should also start, and Su Yonglin will also beat the Jin Kingdom to the point of dying.
As long as the resistance of the Jin Kingdom is completely eliminated, Su Yonglin will have a firm foothold and his rule in the Central Plains will be unshakable.
At that time, we can have a good talk with Southern Song Dynasty about the past.
In short, as long as the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty is still Zhao Gou, there is a high probability that there is no need to worry about any proactive military actions he will launch.
Unless Zhao Gou took the wrong medicine, or the emperor changed in the Southern Song Dynasty, then we can almost consider the possibility of the Song army going north.
What Su Yonglin plans to do now is to arrange for the Beiwei Army, led by Li Xiao, to be deployed in Caozhou and Shanzhou to confront Kong Yanzhou's troops across the river. As long as the other party does not take the initiative to start a war, Su Yonglin will not choose to take the initiative to start a war.
But Su Yonglin was really interested in the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty. He didn't know what kind of changes this round of turmoil would bring to the political situation of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Will Zhang Jun, the reviled soul of the warring faction, really "return the king"?
To be honest, a person with huge political prestige still had a great influence on the Southern Song Dynasty court.
Although Zhang Jun has not made any achievements, he is a die-hard war fighter. His attitude and will are here. In the chaos, he is one of the few people who is willing to raise his arms and speak out.
Even if such a person has no actual achievements, people have a strong balance in their hearts. They all understand who can lead them out of the quagmire and who can only make them sink deeper and deeper.
If Zhang Jun really returned to the Southern Song Dynasty, he might be able to bring about some changes in the Southern Song Dynasty, but Su Yonglin was still not optimistic about him.
The Southern Song Dynasty had already systematically resisted the Northern Expedition and restored the Central Plains. Zhang Jun alone could not change this situation no matter how loudly he raised his arms.
After discussing some more matters, Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui resigned together and left Su Yonglin's general residence.
After returning to the office, the two of them reported relevant matters to Lin Jingchun, and then were given new tasks and became busy again.
It wasn't until the sun went down that Yelu Yuanyi finally finished handling the matter and walked out of the office very tired, ready to go home and rest.
On the way, I met Yelu Chenghui who was about to go home from get off work, so the two walked side by side for a while.
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