"When encountering a predecessor like Zhao Gou, Zhao Hao should simply burst into tears. Originally, if Zhao Gou was willing to take responsibility and then abdicate, Zhao Hao could be left with a clean environment, allowing him to free up his hands and do something. .
It would be better now, let Zhao Xing do this matter. By then, everyone who has suffered losses will hate Zhao Xing. Whatever Zhao Xing wants to do, there will be huge resistance and it will be difficult to succeed. At this rate, I doubt that we need to do anything. If it is pushed forward, the Southern Song Dynasty will perish on its own. "
Su Yonglin handed the report in his hand to Tian Guizi beside him.
Tian Qizi felt speechless after reading it.
"The Zhao Guan family really only cares about themselves. They don't even care about succeeding as emperor. This...couldn't it be their family's tradition? Isn't this how the Zhao Guan family's father tricked his brother back then?"
Su Yonglin thought about Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan's affairs and determined that this was history repeating itself.
It's funny how humans really keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
"Anyway, I thought that Zhao Yu's rise to power would bring me some trouble, but now it seems that may not be the case. Zhao Yu is just like that. If he is lucky, he can continue to live in the Southern Song Dynasty for a few more years. If he is not lucky, Well, they don’t have to wait until I go south, they can torture themselves to death.”
Su Yonglin shook his head repeatedly.
Tian Guizi looked at the military report again.
"What do you think about the issues raised by Zhou Zhi? The issue of reparations, the issue of annual coins, the issue of ceding land, and the issue of the identity of the two countries."
Su Yonglin walked back and forth in the palace for a while with his hands behind his back.
"The compensation is not the most important thing. It is a one-time thing anyway. You can get as much as you can. The problem is not serious. Sui coins. I think we still have to stick to the original request, 300,000 taels of silver and 300,000 bolts of silk. The amount can be converted into other materials, but the total price cannot be less.
As for ceding territory, I haven't thought too much about it. The current situation between the two countries is that the Huaihe River and Dashan Pass are the national boundaries. Under the current situation, if it wants to cede territory, it may not have much land to cede. Gezi, what do you think? Need to cede land? "
Tian Guizi thought carefully for a while and said: "It is still necessary. Forget about the Yangtze River natural moat. If the land is not cut off, the Song Dynasty will definitely strengthen the defense of the Huaihe River Basin from now on.
It is said that to defend the river, we must defend the Huaihe River. If our court does not want the Huainan land, wouldn't it mean that we will give up our strategic advantage to the Song Dynasty? At that time, the army will go south to attack Huainan again, and the Huainan will be more tightly defended. This is not in the interests of Ming Dynasty. "
"That makes sense."
Su Yonglin looked at the map and felt that if the Southern Song Dynasty was not allowed to cede territory this time, all the existing results would be lost.
In the future, the Southern Song Dynasty would not only cross the Huaihe River, but also retake the ferry. It would be equivalent to suffering twice, suffering twice, and losing a number of soldiers and horses, which was not worth the gain.
If we can insist on obtaining part of Huainan this time, we can completely consolidate the Ming Dynasty's strategic advantage over the Southern Song Dynasty, which will make the Southern Song Dynasty very uncomfortable but have to endure it.
In such a state, it would be very difficult for the Southern Song Dynasty not to make mistakes.
So Su Yonglin was determined and decided to let the Southern Song Dynasty cede the Huainan East Road to the Ming Dynasty as what the victor deserved.
In this regard, Tian Guizi believed that this attack on the Southern Song Dynasty was too harsh. It is estimated that they will repeatedly argue, which is not conducive to the strategic goal of the Ming Dynasty to quickly defeat the Southern Song Dynasty and force the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender. Therefore, it is better to lower the requirements for some annual coins in order to obtain the Huainan East Road. As the most important trophy.
If the Southern Song Dynasty agreed to cede Huainan East Road, then it would be a good idea to make some concessions on the Sui coins.
After thinking about it, Su Yonglin said it was okay, and decided to authorize the front line to negotiate flexibly with the Southern Song Dynasty. As long as the Southern Song Dynasty agreed to cede the land, the Sui coins could be reduced by part of the amount as appropriate.
Finally, there is still one question of status.
This problem is not big or small.
Just like Xixia and Goryeo, they were both vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. In name, their respective rulers only had the title of king and needed to be vassal to Su Yonglin.
Su Yonglin led the Ming Dynasty and had suzerainty over them. The legal basis for their rule of the country came from Su Yonglin and the Ming Dynasty in name. Without Su Yonglin's canonization, their king would be acting unjustly, and domestic careerists would be Will be ready to move.
At the beginning, the Southern Song Dynasty treated the Ming Dynasty as equals. The two sides were friends and there was no distinction between superior and inferior. The Ming Dynasty recognized the equal status of the Song Dynasty.
But this time the Southern Song Dynasty was defeated, which proved that the Southern Song Dynasty was not strong enough and was not worthy of being on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty. So in this way, the Southern Song Dynasty should accept the fact that the Ming Dynasty had a higher status and their own status was lower.
In Su Yonglin's consideration, stronger oppression of the Southern Song Dynasty will intensify the internal conflicts of the Southern Song Dynasty and prompt the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty to transfer the crisis to the bottom faster. This will help the development and growth of the Renaissance Society in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Southern Song Dynasty would fall apart amidst the fierce internal contradictions of the ruling class and social contradictions, and its ruling orthodoxy would be completely destroyed in the fierce internal war.
By then, the Ming army's southward march and thorough liquidation will bring new life to Jiangnan. They will sweep away all the brutal rule and legacy left by the Southern Song Dynasty to Jiangnan.
This would be in line with the core interests of the Ming Dynasty and Su Yonglin's political and ideological demands.
After thinking about it, Su Yonglin decided to ask the Southern Song Dynasty to profess vassalage to the Ming Dynasty, to ask the Song Emperor Zhao Jin to accept his canonization, to ask the Song Dynasty to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and to hand over the legal principles of rule.
The reason is actually very good - the Jin Kingdom can do it, and the Ming Kingdom can do it too.
If I can destroy your country, I can ask you to surrender. If you don't surrender, I will beat you until you surrender.
After sorting out the requests, Su Yonglin smiled and said to Tian Guizi: "I don't know if the Southern Song Dynasty is willing to accept all the requests."
Tian Guizi had no worries about this.
"They are the losers, and they have no right not to accept it. If they don't accept it, then our army will come forward and besiege Lin'an, leaving him unable to survive or die. Let's see if he accepts it."
Su Yonglin nodded.
"It's well said, the winner never needs mercy on the loser, especially this group of people who have done their own evil... The only thing that makes me feel a bit pity is that Liu Qi, such a famous anti-gold general, died like this.
How did he defeat the Jin Kingdom cavalry in the first place? I really wanted to know, so I thought he could wait until the day when I destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and use it for my use. "
When Tian Guizi heard this, his mind moved and he hesitated a little, but he felt that there was something he had to say.
After thinking for a while, Tian Guizi slowly said: "Your Majesty, I don't think that our court needs to have too many expectations for the civil servants and generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, no matter how famous they are or how good their official reputation is, there is no need to expect anything. "
Su Yonglin turned to look at Tian Guizi.
"how do I say this?"
"Will they really agree with the philosophy of our revival society? What we are going to do is an earth-shaking event, and they are all beneficiaries of the old era. They enjoy glory, wealth, and generous salaries. Enjoying the blood and sweat of ordinary people, will they accept what the Revival Church is trying to do?
I believe that only those who agree with and join the Renaissance are among our own people, and the talents we have cultivated ourselves are the most reliable talents. I do not deny that there are people like Youan, but there are also how much?
The system of the Southern Song Dynasty was an extremely corrupt and cruel system. It brought all the elites together to share the flesh and blood of the lower class people. Regardless of whether those Southern Song officials had sympathy for the lower class people, they never put it into action. Never reflected.
They may have never thought from the bottom of their hearts that they are the same kind of people as ordinary people. They have never felt that each other is equal. Your Majesty has no need to expect such a group of people.
The establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the destruction of the Jin Kingdom, and the annexation of the Jin Kingdom did not depend on them. We did not rely on them to get where we are today. We relied on ourselves, our own courage, persistence, and His Majesty’s wise leadership. What does it have to do with them? "
Tian Guizi's words made Su Yonglin silent for a while.
His expectations may just be a reflection of historical feelings for those who were once in the books.
He believed that the people on these pages also had a full life. He wanted to know what these people were going through at this moment and what made them create immortal poems.
That's all.
However, Tian Guizi's words made him realize that his expectations were unnecessary and that his feelings were unreasonable.
They are strangers.
He is the leader of the new era, and they are the defenders of the old era.
What else is there to say?
So Su Yonglin nodded slowly.
"Yes, how many will there be? You'an, a dragon among men, how many such people are there? He took the initiative to abandon his glory and wealth and raised his troops to fight against gold, and now he has abandoned his personal life for the cause of the Renaissance Association. Enjoyment, abandoning the teachings of Confucianism, how many times can we see such outstanding people in the world..."
Tian Guizi then spoke firmly.
"So, no matter how famous he is, no matter how talented he is, if he doesn't agree with the philosophy of the Renaissance, he is an enemy, even a more difficult enemy, and needs to be liquidated completely! He must not be kept!"
