Zhang Jun resigned and returned home.
Su Changsheng told Su Yonglin about the recent headlines in Lin'an Mansion.
"Zhang Jun resigned?"
Su Yonglin felt a little strange, and then asked: "When did it happen?"
"Just a few months ago, Zhang Jun resigned and returned to his hometown. The news spread quickly from Lin'an to Jiaxing. The entire officialdom was discussing this matter."
Yao Hongfang said: "Not only Zhang Jun, but also some people who are close to Zhang Jun have resigned one after another or been released."
Su Yonglin nodded and thought for a while.
"It seems that the Song Dynasty signed an agreement with us not because of a false conspiracy, but because it really didn't want to cause trouble. Zhang Jun always took the lead in fighting, and also advocated heading north to restore the Central Plains. Zhang Jun and his party members left Lin'an one after another, which proves that the Song Dynasty is I really don’t want to go north.”
Su Changsheng and Yao Hongfang looked at each other and said nothing.
Su Yonglin was silent for a while, then shook his head.
"No, we can't say that. It should be said that Zhao Gou really doesn't want to go north. He probably wants to live a stable life for a few days. This is completely inconsistent with the requirements of Zhang Jun and others. It is estimated that the departure of Zhang Jun and his party members will That's the reason.
Therefore, it cannot be said that the Song Dynasty does not want to go north, it is just that Zhao Gou does not want to go north. If Zhao Gou is no longer the emperor of the Song Dynasty one day, then there will be no movement in the Song Dynasty. It is really hard to say. Please keep me safe for the rest. The point is this. "
Su Changsheng and Yao Hongfang immediately straightened up and obeyed Su Yonglin's instructions.
"Don't just focus on Jiaxing Mansion, Changsheng, and Uncle Yao. Please make sure to take action towards Lin'an Mansion, expand your power in Lin'an Mansion, install spies, and learn about the internal trends of Song Ting as quickly as possible... By the way, I heard that Zhao Gou had already established a crown prince before?"
Yao Hongfang nodded.
"Yes, the candidate for the crown prince of Song Dynasty has been determined. It is said that he is a descendant of Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty, not a descendant of Emperor Taizong. He was raised in a deep palace since he was a child, and the outside world knows little about him."
"Then let's find a way to learn more. I really want to know how capable a crown prince raised in a deep palace is. I have seen through Zhao Gou, and the next one is Zhao Xin."
Su Yonglin smiled.
Zhao Hao, Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty, was known as the most enterprising emperor in the Southern Song Dynasty. Early in his term of office, he attempted the Northern Expedition to restore the Central Plains. He appointed Zhang Jun and other Northern Expeditionists to launch the northward campaign. He initially achieved success, but later failed miserably due to various reasons.
Then he began to waver, making various operational mistakes. He was taken turns to make suggestions by the warring faction and the peace faction. His thoughts were sometimes conservative and sometimes radical. In an extremely chaotic state, he wasted his time from Wanyan Liang's death to Wanyan Yong's secure throne. That precious window period.
After that precious window period was wasted, Wanyanyong firmly sat on the throne and began his more than 20 years of rule. During this period, Wanyanyong's rule was in one word - stable.
From then on, the Southern Song Dynasty never had the possibility of going north to recapture the Central Plains.
In fact, in Su Yonglin's view, Zhao Han was known as the most enterprising emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, but his talents were very limited and his mind was not firm. He was a typical representative of an emperor who was long in the palace.
In the era of peace, this kind of emperor might be able to do what Xiaozong did in the Ming Dynasty, trying to maintain the situation of the big empire and not let the big empire collapse quickly.
However, in troubled times, one's unsteady will will be exposed.
When Zhao Min came to the throne, it was a great opportunity when Wanyan Liang failed to invade the south and the Jin Dynasty was in civil strife. At that time, many people felt that it was easy to be weak, so Song Ting decided to fight back.
Wu Lin of Sichuan responded to the imperial court's call to send troops to the Northern Expedition and achieved great results. He recovered many states and counties in Shaanxi and dealt a heavy blow to the Jin army.
But later Zhao Gou abdicated and Zhao Jin ascended the throne. He listened to the courtiers' words and asked Wu Lin to withdraw his troops. Wu Lin chose to withdraw his troops out of desperation, losing all the results and baggage, as well as many troops and horses. The strength of the Sichuan-Shu Song Army Great decline.
At that time, one of Wu Lin's generals said that he would not accept the emperor's orders. However, Wu Lin considered that the new emperor had ascended the throne. If he did not give face and forcibly sent troops, he might not end up better than Yue Fei. In order to prevent suspicion, Wu Lin ordered the troops to withdraw, giving up many sacrifices. Results.
One can imagine what would happen if Wu Lin did not respect the emperor's orders and sent troops by force.
Such a fierce general was helpless in the face of the political situation and the emperor's requirements.
Zhao Min did not have the psychological shadow of Zhao Gou. He was not afraid of the Kingdom of Jin, but he also did not break through the national limit set by Zhao Gou for the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Southern Song Dynasty is still the Southern Song Dynasty, there is no change.
Therefore, it can basically be judged that Zhao Hao's ability is at most the same as Zhao Gou, and does not surpass Zhao Gou.
It's just that one person can still raise his head, but the other person can't, and this is meaningless to the Southern Song Dynasty.
At this moment, the Liberation Army has controlled Shandong, Hebei, Hedong, Henan, Yanyun, Liaodong, Xijing and other places. Except for Guanzhong, it basically occupies the territory of the Jin Kingdom and controls 552 counties. It's a behemoth.
Just because the country has not yet been officially established and is still a rebel armed group in name, it does not give people a huge sense of oppression.
But if anyone thinks this means that the Liberation Army does not have a strong sense of oppression, then they are underestimating the Liberation Army and Su.
But no matter what, before Zhao Gou formally abdicated and Zhao Hao officially ascended the throne, there was no possibility of the Southern Song Dynasty tearing up the peace treaty and marching northward to invade. Even if Zhao Gou abdicated, for Zhao Hao, Zhao Gou was still a road he could not cross. Kaner.
The military threat in the Southern Song Dynasty was basically zero.
This gave Su Yonglin a perfect opportunity to kill Jin Guo and replace him.
Seizing this opportunity, Su Yonglin could annex Guanzhong, increase his strength, rectify internal affairs, formally establish a country, and then kick off the overthrow of Xixia and Southern Song Dynasty.
Really, sometimes Su Yonglin also thinks that this era is really wonderful. Several separatist regimes have collectively stretched their hips due to their own internal and external factors. They have collectively entered the stage of competition, and who is worse than whom has become their main theme. .
At this time, as long as a regime appears that dares to break the deadlock and does not take the initiative to set up obstacles for itself, it can break the balance in this situation and beat up this group of regimes who are competing against each other.
What’s even more interesting is that these competing regimes basically do not have strong strategic offensive capabilities, and each other’s military talents were exhausted in the endless competition and internal friction, so that the Mongolians who later loved the art of war When writing history books, when I see the historical materials on the Song and Jin wars, I have to look up to the sky and sigh - do you fucking know how to fight?
Such a big country, with such a large population, and such strong comprehensive national strength, does not have a single military talent that can break the deadlock.
East Asia in the second half of the twelfth century was really in a wonderful state.
So much so that after someone Su rose up to overthrow the Jin Kingdom, he felt like he was drawing his sword and looking around at a loss.
He could not find a tactical opponent, and all the separatist regimes were struggling. No one took advantage of his unstable footing to mess with him and cause him some trouble. They were all waiting for him to sort out his internal affairs, accumulate strength, and then grow into the supreme leader. overlord.
Do they not doubt at all that I have the ambition and preparation to unify the continent?
Su Yonglin looked up to the sky and sighed.
However, it should be said that although these countries have no aggressive will, they still have defensive capabilities, especially the Southern Song Dynasty. With such a large size, it is impossible to annex them in one fell swoop. A two-pronged approach must be taken.
After the private banquet, Su Yonglin asked Su Changsheng and Yao Hong to go back to rest. Later, he called Su Changsheng over alone and chatted with him about developing members of the Renaissance Association.
"To be honest, Changsheng, I really didn't expect you to be able to do this."
Su Yonglin poured a cup of tea for Su Changsheng with his own hands, patted him on the shoulder and praised him.
Su Changsheng was a little embarrassed by this treatment.
"Alang, I actually didn't do anything. Compared with Haisheng and the others who often won bloody battles, I feel like I didn't help you at all."
Su Yonglin shook his head.
"Don't you know what you're doing?"
"What?"
Su Changsheng looked confused.
"What you did is the first step in my overall plan to destroy Song Dynasty."
"The first step to destroy Song Dynasty?!"
Su Changsheng seemed to have seen the Trisolarans descending on the earth, his face was filled with shock and disbelief.
"You should know why I didn't start a rebellion in the Southern Song Dynasty, but started a rebellion in the Jin Kingdom, right?"
"Yes, because the Southern Song Dynasty will be the main contradiction once it is captured, and it will be an all-out war. It is easy to be crushed to death with all our strength. We cannot use our advantages, so we can only start with the Jin Kingdom."
Su Changsheng is proficient in Su Yonglin's theory and has no doubts about this.
Su Yonglin nodded repeatedly and said: "Although Song's military strength is weak, its national strength still exists. It is easy to defeat the Song army, but it is not easy to overthrow the Song state. Although we can bribe the gentry of the Song state with generous benefits to make them abandon the Song state, but I don't want to do this.
I have already accommodated the landowners and gentry of the Jin Kingdom, which makes me very unhappy. If I continue to accommodate this class of the Song Dynasty, the trouble will be even greater, the internal problems will be more serious, and the impact on us will be greater, so my idea is to first Clean up the inside and destroy the outside, and this takes time. "
