After the banquet, the members of the Southern Song Dynasty envoys returned to the inn, rested, and began to prepare for their return journey.
That night, Chen Kangbo had another discussion with Lu You and Yu Yunwen.
"If the Ming Dynasty planned to go south to invade the Song Dynasty in two or three years, it would definitely insist on delivering the full amount of Sui coins. Before the attack, it might even force the Song Dynasty to refuse on the grounds of increasing the number of Sui coins, thus gaining an excuse to start a war.
So this time, no matter what, I have to learn his true plan from the Ming Emperor. As long as he doesn't let go, the Song Dynasty will have to prepare for the worst and prepare to fight against the elite divisions of the Ming Dynasty. But if he lets go , it means that the Song Dynasty still has time. "
Chen Kangbo told everything about his intentions after discussing with Zhao Xin, and only then did Yu Yunwen and Lu You understand the root cause of their trip north.
In this regard, they had nothing to say. Although they were beaten miserably in the Ming Dynasty court and lost their face, the basic goal was still achieved.
"So, although Emperor Ming is very demanding, he must be ready for us to agree. In other words, Emperor Ming is not prepared to invade the Song Dynasty in the short term?"
Yu Yunwen quickly realized the biggest need of the Southern Song Dynasty in this matter, and said: "Does that mean that the Song Dynasty still has enough time to strengthen itself?"
Chen Kangbo nodded.
"Although the Ming Dynasty is indeed powerful, as long as Your Majesty is given time to work hard to govern, I believe that the Song Dynasty will prosper. As long as the Song Dynasty is safe and the Song Dynasty is good, no matter how many hardships we endure, it will be worth it."
"Ms. sir..."
Yu Yunwen was a little moved, but at the same time, he thought of the huge advantages of the Ming Dynasty and was quite worried.
"My subordinates can realize that the Prime Minister serves the people and the country, but the strength of the Ming Dynasty is by no means just a strong army. The Ming Dynasty is also very strong in logistics, finance, and government, and these are also important elements that determine the outcome of a war.
If the Song Dynasty wants to catch up and fight against the Ming Dynasty, it will inevitably not be able to continue to fight with those corrupt and corrupt people who get into the eyes of money. It is best to carry out a resolute anti-corruption campaign, clean up the officialdom, and reform the bad government. Only in this way can there be a real confrontation. Ming Dynasty! "
How could Chen Kangbo not think of what Yu Yunwen said?
It's not that he couldn't think of it, he just felt that it was too difficult to do it all.
Apart from anything else, just rectifying the official system can offend a large number of people and encounter huge resistance.
Only Wang Anshi has done this kind of thing. Wang Anshi fought with all his courage to fight against the privileged class, hoping to restore the decline of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, the Northern Song Dynasty was deeply troubled, and no scholar was willing to give up his interests, so he failed and was ruined. .
If you want to attack the officialdom now, it is equivalent to becoming the second Wang Anshi. The possibility of victory is far lower than the possibility of failure. And even if you win in the end, you are likely to become a martyr and be killed by the emperor as Chao Cuo.
So how many people are willing to serve as the emperor's thugs and charge into battle?
Anyway, Chen Kangbo was not very happy.
"This kind of matter is of great importance. After I get back, I can submit my suggestions to His Majesty and see how His Majesty makes a decision."
Chen Kangbo finalized the matter, and the meeting was almost over. The next thing was to make their own summaries. After returning home, they wrote a report together and gave it to Zhao Hao, asking Zhao Hao to make the most appropriate judgment.
Lu You didn't say much at the meeting. He just echoed Chen Kangbo's views and expressed that he should slow down a little bit on Yu Yunwen's overly radical action plan.
But to be honest, he didn't believe that the Southern Song Dynasty could complete this kind of change. If it really could be completed, Wang Anshi would have succeeded long ago. Why should the centuries-old bad government be left unsolved until now?
The reason is simply that it cannot be solved.
To be successful, several prerequisites are required.
Referring to the successful case of the Ming Dynasty, we need a strong emperor with powerful force and great prestige, a group of capable helpers who cooperate wholeheartedly with the emperor, a persistent action goal, and a very powerful executive agency.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the emperor column. Can Zhao Hao compare with Su Yonglin?
Politicians of Chen Kangbo's level were speechless by Su Yonglin. Looking at his aura, Lu You felt that there was no comparison between the two.
If the Southern Song Dynasty could not solve this problem, it would be doomed to be impossible to complete other tasks. If these things could not be completed, how could they talk about fighting against the Ming Dynasty?
Go aside and have some rice!
Just as Lu You was thinking this, suddenly Yu Yunwen spoke again.
"The Ming Dynasty is indeed powerful. There are various signs that even if they will not go south in the short term, once the Yellow River project is completed and they really change the course of the Yellow River and the Yellow River is no longer a problem, they will definitely want to go south."
"So, what do you think?"
Chen Kangbo narrowed his eyes and stared at Yu Yunwen.
Yu Yunwen hesitated for a while, pursed his lips, took a deep breath, and said as if he had made a great determination: "We cannot incite riots among farmers and workers on the construction site. Why don't we do it ourselves and destroy the embankment to delay the construction period."
When Chen Kangbo heard this, he lowered his head and said nothing.
Lu You was shocked.
"Mr. Yu! This must not be done!"
Yu Yunwen turned around and looked at Lu You with some annoyance.
"No? Why not?"
"Is this...is this too much?"
Lu You said with an ugly face: "To destroy the Yellow River dam is to create a breach artificially. Once the Yellow River breaches, how many people will be drowned by the flood and die miserably? Don't you know this kind of thing?"
"I know."
Yu Yunwen nodded: "That's why I suggest this, destroy the dams, cause breaches, delay the construction period of the Yellow River, consume the national power of the Ming Dynasty, and buy time for the Song Dynasty. The more time, the greater the possibility that the Song Dynasty will eventually win and restore the Central Plains!"
"But...but...isn't this too cruel?"
Lu You said in a trembling voice: "Once the Yellow River bursts, all life will be devastated. This... this is not allowed!"
"Wuguan, something is wrong with you."
Yu Yunwen stared at Lu You and said: "The Ming Dynasty was an enemy country. The Ming Dynasty sent troops south to invade the Song Dynasty, killed the soldiers and people of the Song Dynasty, occupied cities, destroyed production, and forced the Song Dynasty to pay annual coins. This was all their fault. ! Do you think these are right?"
Lu You was stunned for a moment, then shocked.
"I...I didn't say that!"
"In that case! The Ming Kingdom is the enemy! Right?!"
"This this……"
"Since it is an enemy country, we must fight against it at all costs. Moreover, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, if we cannot buy more time, one day the Ming Dynasty will go south again. Will the Song Dynasty be able to resist it? By then, you and I will be the subjects of the country's subjugation. ! Eat the emperor's salary, share the emperor's worries, and for the Song Dynasty, there is nothing that cannot be done! "
Yu Yunwen gritted his teeth and said with a slightly trembling voice: "Destroying the Yellow River dams is the most effective way. It is enough to make the Ming Dynasty panic and nothing can be done!"
"But...but so many people...are they going to be drowned in vain?"
Lu You whispered: "Mr. Yu! How can the people on both sides of the Yellow River do anything wrong?"
Yu Yunwen was silent for a while.
"Their mistake is that they live on both sides of the Yellow River. Their mistake is that they are the people of the Ming Dynasty. They are pragmatic and those who achieve great things do not stick to small details."
Lu You couldn't help it anymore. He slammed the table and yelled angrily: "In one thought, hundreds of thousands of Li people! Is this a trivial matter? Mr. Yu, there are hundreds of thousands of people! Can you bear it?!"
Yu Yunwen remained silent and did not look at Lu You.
Chen Kangbo stood up and looked at Lu You.
"Your Majesty will be free to make your decision on this matter after returning to the court. Wu Guan, don't say any more. Also, Wu Guan, when the two countries are fighting to the death, all kindness is the kindness of women. Those who achieve great things must not have the kindness of women." Benevolence."
Lu You looked at Chen Kangbo in disbelief.
"Do you think so too? Can you bear it?"
Chen Kangbo looked away, was silent for a while, sighed, and spoke slowly.
"As Chen Kangbo, I can't bear it. As the political advisor of the Song Dynasty, I have no choice."
Lu You looked at Chen Kangbo and then at Yu Yunwen, as if something he had been insisting on suddenly disappeared in his heart.
It was as if he had never known the two people in front of him.
Even though these two people were once war fighters that he admired very much.
At this moment, Lu You suddenly had a bold idea.
That night, he returned to his room, wrote a note, took it with him, and secretly gave it to Wang Qi the next morning when he met to discuss the itinerary.
Wang Qi remained calm at the time. After leaving Sihaiting Station, he opened the note.
I saw the sentence "I want to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Kingdom of China to discuss important matters, and I would like to ask the King to make arrangements for me" written above.
Lu You wants to meet Su Yonglin?
Wang Qi was quite surprised. After thinking about it, he felt that this matter was not something he could handle, but it did not fall within the scope of diplomacy, so he did not hand the note to his immediate boss Chen Guangyuan, but directly passed it through the channels of the Skynet Army. Enter the palace and ask to see Su Yonglin.
Su Yonglin had always been the first priority for requests from Skynet Army secret agents, so he quickly made time to summon Wang Qi and got the note Lu You had given him.
"He wants to see me?"
Su Yonglin put down the note in his hand, thought about it, and asked, "Did he give the note to you in private?"
Wang Qi shook his head.
"In the morning, I went to Sihai Pavilion to arrange their return trip and make final confirmation with them. After the confirmation, Lu You accidentally slipped this note into my hand."
"That's it."
Su Yonglin nodded, remembering Wang Qi's previous report about Lu You's behavior and the questions he asked.
"He should know what it means to hand this note to you and deliver it to my hands."
"I think so too."
Wang Qi said: "Once this matter is exposed, even if he just comes to drink tea with the chairman, his family's three clans will not be safe. He took such a big risk to ask to see the chairman, of course, it is not just for a drink of tea, he may I have something very important to tell the chairman.”
"What did you say?"
Su Yonglin smiled and said, "Could it be that he was attracted to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to join the Ming Dynasty?"
"Not impossible."
Wang Qi nodded and said: "Judging from Lu You's performance during this period, he is the only one among the three main envoys who is willing to talk to me about the domestic affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
Among the other two, Chen Kangbo did not talk to me at all, Yu Yunwen talked to me only to a limited extent, and showed great distrust of the Ming Dynasty. Only Lu You was different. "
