In the past, Zhang Zhongyan always felt that the emperor would not do things like flying birds and good bows before the world was unified, which would be of no benefit to him in attacking the Southern Song Dynasty in the future.
If he dies now, then everyone in the world will know that he is a cunning person and will have doubts about him. From now on, his conquest of the Southern Song Dynasty will be severely hindered.
Those who have doubts about him will not surrender easily and will resist to the death, which will bring him huge resistance.
Unless all opponents and doubters are killed...
Has he finished killing him?
Endless killing.
Therefore, Zhang Zhongyan always believed that he was Su Yonglin's ruling bonsai and would be well taken care of. In this way, he could show the world that surrendering to Su Yonglin was not a bad thing but a good thing, and he would definitely have a very happy life.
However, Su Yonglin's sudden large-scale anti-corruption campaign dumbfounded Zhang Zhongyan. He was very worried when he heard that a large number of bureaucrats had been killed and had their homes confiscated, and that their families had been exiled to Jishi Prefecture to do hard labor.
So when his son Zhang Fu quietly came to Chang'an City to meet him, he expressed unprecedented worries.
"The emperor doesn't know why, but he went on a killing spree at this time, which seems to be a sign of killing a donkey. This is very unfavorable to us. Not to mention corruption, this may be a blow to us, the generals and ministers. Suppress, son, I'm afraid we have to prepare for both."
Zhang Zhongyan frowned and sighed: "Why does the emperor want to kill the donkey at this time? I can't figure it out. The Song Kingdom is still in the south, the Xia Kingdom has not been completely annexed, and there are hostile forces on the grassland. He is so confident. ?
What good will it do him to eradicate us? Why does he need to do this? What is his motivation? Why can't I understand it? This shouldn't be the case! "
Of course Zhang Zhongyan couldn't figure out things that Zhang Zhongyan couldn't figure out, but he was more pragmatic than Zhang Zhongyan.
"Father, don't think about it if you can't figure it out. Now let's think about how we can leave a way out! If the emperor is crazy, sick, or wants to wipe us all out, we will have a way out, right? ?"
"What do you want?"
Zhang Zhongyan looked at Zhang Fu.
"There is no other way but to ask Song Guo for help."
Zhang Fu whispered: "Guanzhong borders Sichuan and Shu. The land of Sichuan and Shu is guarded by Song general Wu Lin. When the Jin army was strong, Wu Lin withstood the onslaught of the Jin army. It can be seen that Wu Lin is good at using troops. We You can give him two choices.
First, if he is willing to send troops, we can instigate at least five states to surrender to them. They can get help from the five states without losing a fight, and their power will increase instantly. Su Yonglin will be caught off guard, and Guanzhong will change hands in an instant.
The second is that they don't have the guts to attack Guanzhong and dare not confront Su Yonglin head-on. There is no other way. We have no choice but to go over there, but we must ask them to protect us and escape to the Song Dynasty. "
"The first option is quite risky for the Song Dynasty. I don't know what kind of temper their new emperor is, and whether he dares to take risks. If he doesn't dare... I feel that there is a high possibility that he doesn't dare. "
Zhang Zhongyan looked at Zhang Fu and said: "We must think about these things and understand them. We must not make mistakes. If things go wrong, we will really be doomed."
Zhang Fu thought for a while.
"After all, you are the Ming Dynasty Taiwei, and I am also an official. Even if they don't dare to come to Guanzhong, how much momentum will it bring if we go to the Song Dynasty? If the Song Dynasty can use it, it will be of great benefit to them. We can also take many people with us and defect to the Song Dynasty together. At the worst, we can just give Wu Lin some money to help the army."
"The Song Dynasty was defeated by the Ming army before. Do they still dare to go against the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhang Zhongyan said worriedly: "The Ming army is so powerful that it is rare in the world. Even if the Jin army reappears, it will not be stronger than the current Ming army. Son, I am really worried that the southern country will not accept us. Our escape I’m afraid the road won’t be easy.”
Zhang Fu was silent for a while.
"Anyway, let's get in touch first and check out Wu Lin and Song Ting's tone. When something really happens here and we have to leave, we have some preparations. What do you think?"
Zhang Zhongyan was silent for a long time, and finally sighed deeply.
"That's it, just be safe and don't let anyone know."
Zhang Fu nodded and hurried out.
Zhang Zhongyan was left in the room filled with emotion.
It seems that Ansheng's life may not be saved.
In the future, even if you can escape to the Southern Song Dynasty, what kind of things will you encounter?
Zhang Zhongyan knew nothing about this.
As Zhang Zhongyan gets older, he doesn't care so much about some things.
But Zhang Fu feels that his life has just begun, and there are too many things worth caring about. He feels that the peak of his life has not yet arrived, and he still has great hope of reaching a high position.
He didn't want to be killed by Su Yonglin so casually.
So he quickly arranged for his trusted personnel to enter the Sichuan and Shu lands of the Southern Song Dynasty in the name of a caravan and go to Sichuan and Shu general Wu Lin to seek help and cooperation.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, trade with the Southern Song Dynasty never stopped. That is to say, there was a period of suspension during the first Ming-Song War. However, with the victory of the Ming army and the signing of the Lin'an Treaty, the border trade between the two sides began again. .
Even if we fight back and forth, we can't stop everyone from doing business and making money, so there is no need to complain.
Moreover, Su Yonglin paid special attention to protecting the Ming Dynasty's commodity economy. Considering the commercial advantages of the Southern Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, he asked the Song Dynasty to accept his one-sided most-favored-nation treatment request in the Lin'an Treaty.
In other words, goods sold in the Ming Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty enjoyed the highest level of preferential treatment when passing customs. They paid a small symbolic toll and the goods themselves were not subject to tariffs. However, in the Southern Song Dynasty, this was not the case and they had to pay tariffs.
The Southern Song Dynasty officials felt very embarrassed at the time and felt that this was unfair to the commercial interests of the Southern Song Dynasty.
However, considering that the Southern Song Dynasty was far more commercially developed than the Ming Dynasty, the trade between the two sides was mostly profitable. In addition, the Ming army was outside Lin'an City at that time. If they disagreed, they would fight and take their emperor back to perform the sheep-raising ceremony. 2.0, so I swallowed my anger and accepted this condition.
Therefore, the current business situation is that trade from the Southern Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty requires the payment of commodity tariffs. Depending on the size and value of the goods, there are different tariff amounts, while trade from the Ming Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty does not need to pay tariffs.
Su Yonglin's move protected the Ming Dynasty's business very well, preventing Southern Song products from entering uninhabited territory in some markets, and protecting the development of the Ming Dynasty's local commerce.
In contrast, this policy also stimulated the enthusiasm of Ming merchants to go to the Southern Song Dynasty to sell Ming products. In this way, the Guanzhong region maintained long-term trade relations with the Sichuan and Shu regions.
Therefore, despite the fact that the armies of both sides were at war with each other on military important points, the caravans from both sides were really coming and going in a constant stream on the Shu Road.
Therefore, it was not a problem for Zhang Fu to have someone deliver a message to the Southern Song Dynasty.
Soon, the letter was delivered to Wu Lin.
To be honest, if he had received this letter a year ago, Wu Lin would have been very happy. He would have felt that this was a good opportunity to help strengthen his own power and attack the Ming Dynasty's power in Guanzhong. If he was lucky, he might even There are opportunities for counter attack.
However, after the first Ming-Song War, the Southern Song Dynasty was defeated and suffered heavy losses. The entire theater was destroyed by the Ming army, and they no longer had the ability to compete with the Ming army in a short period of time.
The morale of the Southern Song Dynasty was also completely defeated by the Ming Dynasty. Although the new emperor tried to cheer up, generally speaking, most of them were fearful and timid, and few dared to continue to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the Sichuan-Sichuan War Zone where Wu Lin was located was the location of the most powerful army in the Southern Song Dynasty after Yue Fei's death. The Jin Army tried to invade Sichuan many times, but failed, and was severely beaten back by the Wu brothers.
Therefore, Wu Lin was very confident in herself, but had little confidence in the power of the entire Southern Song Dynasty.
Especially after the signing of the Lin'an Treaty, Zhao Hao wrote in an imperial edict to the border generals that the current situation in the country was in chaos and the country was in a precarious situation. The border generals should pay special attention not to create conflicts and disputes with the Ming Dynasty, try to maintain stability, and reject all unstable factors.
Wu Lin wanted to kill the thief but was unable to save the situation. She could only accept the situation and could not resist further.
And just three days before Wu Lin received this letter, the news that the Song Dynasty mobilized Yao Zhong's troops to Jiangnan West Road to participate in quelling the banditry was also sent to the Sichuan-Sichuan War Zone.
Only then did Wu Lin know that a group of losers on Jiangnan West Road had suffered a huge defeat. An army of 60,000 people was actually defeated by seven or eight thousand bandit troops. As a result, Jiangnan West Road collapsed rapidly and the banditry became more serious. The court had no choice but to mobilize. The Forbidden Army and the Sichuan-Shu Army supported Jiangnan West Road.
Wu Lin was very angry about this.
But before he was angry for a few days, Zhang Fu's letter arrived.
Wu Lin became even more angry.
