Qiu Yue asked with a dark face, "Does Brother Nan Zhong mean this, or does Captain Zhao mean it?"
Zhao Kui said in a deep voice: "This is Prime Minister Zheng's intention."
Zhao Kui is not Qiu Yue's superior, and there is no need for Qiu Yue to listen to him.
Qiu Yue asked this to confirm whether he wanted to listen to Zhao Kui and carry out what Zhao Kui wanted.
Zhao Kui understood what Qiu Yue meant and did not say it was Zhao Fan's intention. He directly told Qiu Yue that this was what Zheng Qingzhi meant.
Although Qiu Yue was once Zhao Fan's subordinate, now Qiu Yue is not Zhao Fan's person. He has worshiped Zheng Qingzhi's dock.
Zhao Fan defeated Mongolia through the Huainan War. Out of preparedness for generals, the Southern Song Dynasty court sent Zhao Fan to the central government and served as deputy envoy to the Privy Council.
Although his status has become higher, the real power he holds has actually become smaller.
As the person sent by the imperial court to replace Zhao Fan, Qiu Yue was actually on the side of the civil servant group.
Zheng Qingzhi and Zhao Fan are both the main combatants, but the internal situation is actually more complicated.
Qiu Yue heard that it was Zheng Qingzhi's intention, and said nothing with a sullen face.
Zhao Kui knew that Qiu Yue was feeling uncomfortable, so he could only explain: "Prime Minister Zheng is now leading the war, hoping to recover the Central Plains. Now that the people of the Central Plains are fleeing, it is okay if the court does not accept them, and they also let the warships sink the refugees' boats. There is no doubt that It will chill the hearts of the people in the Central Plains and will not be conducive to the imperial court's recovery of the Central Plains. This will also become an excuse for the Shi Party to attack Prime Minister Zheng. Does Mr. Zhizhi understand the power of this?"
Qiu Yue's cheeks moved, "Of course I know this. My original idea was to ban refugees from entering, so there would be no problem of the court not accepting refugees from the Central Plains. Who knew that Zhao Tai would interfere with this and prevent the refugees from entering the country? The incident was publicized, and he also accused me of sending warships to ram fishing boats and drown the refugees. If this incident had not spread, then the imperial court would not have a burden, and Prime Minister Zheng would not be attacked."
Qiu Yue was dissatisfied and believed that Zhao Tai had ruined his strategy and brought trouble to him and the court.
Zhao Kui frowned slightly, "The problem is that now the whole world knows about this matter. Not long ago, the officials summoned Prime Minister Zheng, asked about the refugees from the Central Plains, and asked Prime Minister Zheng to handle it properly and not to chill the people in his hometown! Now Prime Minister Zheng We can only order the refugees to be accepted and resettle them in order to win their hearts and minds."
Qiu Yue's face was full of frustration and heartbroken, "Brother Zhongnan, those are hundreds of thousands of refugees! How can the imperial court have so much land for resettlement, and integrating the northerners into an army is also a threat to the imperial court."
Zhao Kui said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister Zheng knows this. Now the imperial court does not have land to resettle refugees. In addition, the imperial court must recruit a group of landless people into the army every year. The problem of redundant soldiers in our Song Dynasty is already very serious, and it is impossible to solve it." They were recruited into the army. Therefore, what Prime Minister Zheng meant was that the imperial court would recruit the people of the Central Plains in a big way to win over the people, but secretly it would try to keep these refugees in Jiangbei and not allow them to enter."
Qiu Yue understood what Zhao Kui meant. The court's plan was to publicly promote the acceptance of refugees, but in fact rely on Zhao Tai to keep the refugees in Jiangbei.
Qiu Yue sneered and said: "Then if Zhao Tai had obeyed his orders, there would have been no refugees sneaking across the river and then being hit and sunk by a warship."
Zhao Kui said: "There are hundreds of thousands of refugees. Zhao Tai has no money and food, so he cannot resettle them. The refugees will naturally run south. What Zheng Xiang means is that he must give Zhao Tai a sum of money and food to resettle the refugees in Jiangbei. After all, Jiangbei There is a lot of land, we only need to provide some food rations, and the resettlement cost is much lower than if we resettle them."
"Brother Zhongnan, I know that Zhao Tai is on good terms with you, Prime Minister Zheng, and Lieutenant Commander, but I have to remind you today that this son is very ambitious and may be the next Li Quan." Qiu Yue was defeated this time. In Zhao Tai's hands, he said solemnly: "This time he violated my orders, and used actors to interfere in politics, and even colluded with the harem. He is definitely a treacherous and evil person. Now if the court gives him money and food , let him win people's hearts, it will be a big problem in the future! If Zheng Xiang trusts this person, he will rebel like Li Quan in the future, and both Zheng Xiang and the Taiwei will be implicated."
Qiu Yue's words were very disrespectful to Zhao Kui and made Zhao Kui feel uncomfortable.
Qiu Yue considered the issue from the perspective of a civil servant, while Zhao Kui, like Zhao Tai, was a military general.
Therefore, Zhao Kui actually sympathizes with the suspicion that Zhao Tai suffers from, and feels that many of it is unfounded.
Zhao Kui had a dark face. On the one hand, he admitted that Qiu Yue's worries were reasonable.
Now Zhao Tai has tens of thousands of troops. He has indeed gradually broken away from the control of the Song Dynasty and has become a prince. Moreover, he has signs of relying on his own troops and not obeying orders.
However, he couldn't just listen to Qiu Yue's words. Zhao Tai wrote to him to complain, and he read the contents of the letter carefully.
In the letter, Zhao Tai stated his difficulties, claiming that he lacked money and food. The refugees would continue to flee southward if they could not find resettlement. He could not stop the refugees and let them starve to death in his own territory.
In addition to stating his own situation, Zhao Tai also complained against Qiu Yue, believing that Qiu Yue ordered to block the refugees and refused to give him money and food, which was completely making things difficult for him and directly showed that he and Qiu Yue were at odds.
Therefore, Zheng Qingzhi, Zhao Fan, Zhao Kui and others all felt that things turned out like this mainly because Zhao Tai and Qiu Yue had conflicts and the two sides did not understand each other well.
Zhao Kui said with a dark face: "Zhao Tai does need to be on guard, but now is the time to hire people. If Mr. Zhao is asked to stop the refugees without giving him the money and food he needs, it will not only make the horse unable to run, but also make him unable to escape." Suspected of letting horses eat grass!”
Qiu Yue remained silent while Zhao Kui continued: "The Jin Kingdom's Guanhe defense line has been torn apart by Mongolia. Zheng Xiang believed that the Jin Kingdom could survive for at most one year, and the imperial court planned to take this opportunity to launch the Northern Expedition to recover the Central Plains. Therefore, the people resettled now will soon become the people of the Song Dynasty and will provide us with new tax sources. Don’t think, Mr. Zhizhi, that the money and food are not worth spending. In addition, Zhao Tai’s military pay and equipment all rely on our army. Song, so he won’t lose control for a while!”
"Okay! Anyway, I warned you!" Qiu Yueshen called his subordinates, "Send an order to the Chuzhou Prefect to have the Yamen people withdraw from the Grand Theater!"
Seeing this, Zhao Kui nodded and said, "It's great that Mr. Zhizhi can figure it out."
Qiu Yue said: "The government has the majesty of the government. Is this the case this time?"
Zhao Kui said in a deep voice: "It is really unacceptable to gather people to resist the law. The people are very excited now. Once we announce the acceptance of refugees and stabilize the public opinion, we will send people to arrest and imprison those who lead the resistance." It’s not too late!”
Qiu Yue heard what he said and breathed out, "In that case, I have no objection."
Seeing this, Zhao Kui immediately said: "That's good! I will send people to find Zhao Tai now. Let's meet together and solve the refugee problem as soon as possible."
