"Zi Chang, you read that right? How could the Great Jin Kingdom pay tribute to our dynasty?"

"Yes, who gave the memorial?"

In the Political Affairs Hall, Cai Jing and Zong Ze couldn't believe their ears. What strength does the Song Dynasty have? How could it be that the Jin Kingdom was able to surrender? It was almost the same if Zhou Kingdom suppressed the Jin Kingdom.

"That's right," Deng Xunwu looked carefully again, "It was the Jin Kingdom who wanted to surrender to us... It was the memorial issued by Tong Daofu and Wang Ludao from Shuozhou for 600 miles."

"Shuozhou?"

"How is Shuozhou?"

"Isn't Aguda in Linhuang Mansion? Why did you send people from all over the world to Shuozhou to find Tong Daofu and Wang Ludao?"

"He is not in Linhuang Mansion..." Deng Xunwu said, "The memorial said that Aguda led his army of 150,000 to the vicinity of Yangshu Lake on October 11, and two days later he arrived at Heishan City. On October 15, Wanyan Xiyin was sent as an envoy to Shuozhou City and went to Tong Daofu. Wang Ludao discussed the matter of surrendering and asking for the land on the north bank of Hetao. I hope we can convince Zhang Li to withdraw from Heishan City."

"A Guda led his army of 150,000 to Heishan City?"

"Will he want Linhuang Mansion?"

"Is it possible that I lost too badly at Yanzi Fort and wanted to move westward?"

"Are the legends outside true? The Zhou army really killed seven in and seven out of the 100,000 Jin soldiers?"

"It's a lot of trouble now..."

Several priests and officials discussed it and all thought that Aguda was advancing westward to avoid the edge of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

When they think of the power of the Great Zhou, the brows of these priests could no longer be revealed. Now Wu Haogu is leading troops to attack the Goryeo Kingdom, and the ones who stayed in the Great Zhou Kingdom were partial divisions. A little bit of partial division could make Agu run thousands of miles away. How could it be better when Wu Haogu returns from the Goryeo Kingdom?

Who believes that he would think that he would not support his troops to the world if he had an old relationship with the government? Even if he didn't want to fight, what about his men? The knights of the Zhou Kingdom and the manors of the government can only pass on their eldest son. What should he do if other sons do? Be a tenant?

Don't you have to expand externally?

The Kingdom of Goryeo was about to be eaten by Wu Haogu! The Linhuang Mansion under the Jin Dynasty seemed to fall into the hands of Dongliao sooner or later... When the Linhuang Mansion was lost, the Huanglong Mansion became an enclave, and it was a matter of time before it was taken down by the Kingdom of Zhou.

After eating these two pieces of land, where will Wu Haogu expand? Datong Mansion in Yunzhong? How many acres of land are there? Who can I share?

Therefore, it is inevitable that Zhou State will go south in everyone’s opinion!

The atmosphere in the Political Affairs Hall became more and more depressing, and it was almost breathless.

After a while, he heard Zong Ze suddenly speak: "Zhang Li of Liang is also a vassal of our dynasty! If the court accepts the Jin Dynasty's resignation, what should Zhang Li do?"

Yes? What should I do with Zhang Li? What should I do with Tianli Sect? They are fighting with Agu! In a blink of an eye, both sides are in the same palace as ministers. What's going on?

Moreover, Aguda also proposed on the memorial that he wanted to obtain the grassland on the north bank of Hetao. It is now Zhang Li's territory! On the issue of the ownership of the grassland on the north bank of Hetao, who should the Song Dynasty support?

When Cai Jing heard this, he touched his beard and frowned, "Zhangli is different from Aguda...Aguda is a barbarian after all, and the barbarians have a king, which is not as good as the fall of Xia."

This is the words in "The Analects of Confucius. Eight Qis", which means that although the barbarians have monarchs, they are not as good as when the Central Plains are fighting each other and there is no unified monarch.

The meaning of Cai Jing's words was slightly different from the meaning in "The Analects of Confucius". His meaning was that the "Youjun" of Aguda, the barbarian, was not as good as the princes of the Xia Dynasty. He had no chance to enter China...

Wu Haogu and Zhangli were both princes of the Xia Dynasty and had the opportunity to replace the Song Dynasty and become the lord of China.

Zong Ze was stunned and looked at Cai Jing, "Gong-in-law Cai thinks Zhang Li is like Wu Haogu?"

Cai Jing nodded: "Liang Kingdom and Zhou Kingdom are all the Xia people... and one of them establishes a country based on religion, while the other claims to be the public. In fact, they all have great ambitions!"

In Cai Jing's view, it is difficult to take the traditional way of being in the wrong way.

Although the Song Dynasty was weak, the Song Dynasty won the hearts of the people, especially the hearts of scholars and officials! If you want to usurpate or follow the path of rebellion in the vassal states, you will be unable to settle the situation within.

However, Wu Haogu and Zhangli are perfectly avoiding the system of monarch, minister and minister.

Wu Haogu was a man without a king or a father, and he was a man of the world. His approach was against "no king or a father", and his support was said to be "debeating Yao and Shun". How noble would it be if others didn't build a whole world?

Zhang Li's approach is to change Confucianism into Confucianism, not as Emperor Tu Wang. Although he was named King Liang, no one in Liang called Zhang Li "King", and they all called him "Tian Li Zi", which actually means the head of Confucianism.

Therefore, Zhang Li, like Wu Haogu, subverted the way for the monarch to centralize power and unify the world since the Qin Dynasty.

Therefore, in Cai Jing's view, Wu Haogu and Zhangli are far more dangerous than Jurchens.

"What the Taishi means...abandon the Liang Kingdom and instead support the Jin Kingdom?"

"It's not about giving up..." Cai Jing picked up his beard and said, "Just ask Zhang Li to give up the grassland on the north bank of Hetao."

"Is he willing?"

"Yes!" Cai Jing smiled, "Although his Heishan City is solid, it is far away from the hinterland of Hexi. If we stand on Aguda's side, the connection between Heishan City and Hexi will be interrupted. Even if Heishan City is guarded, Zhang Li dare not take this risk! His Tianli Sect cannot be compared with the Wu Haogu Republic. Although he governs the country by religion, it is not the world for the people.

And we can give him a step to order him to advance to Tubo.”

"Advance the Tubo army?"

Cai Jing smiled and said, "Tubo has fallen apart since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and it has not been unified for two or three hundred years... It just so happened that Liang Kingdom would conquer it. Liang Kingdom took Qingtang City a few years ago, bordering the Tubo tribes, and just entered the snowy plateau southward. That territory is not small, and it also connects to India, and there are no strong soldiers. It is not better to go there than to fight with Agu in Hetao?

The court can help with millions of dollars, so he will always withdraw from Heishan City, right?"

Cai Jing's proposal is also good, which has made Tibet join the big family of the motherland more than a hundred years earlier.

Zong Ze still frowned a little, "I'm afraid that the Jin Kingdom will be greedy for Sichuan. Once it has the north bank of Hetao, I will want to have the south bank of Hetao again."

Cai Jing nodded and smiled, "They Jurchens just think about the south bank of Hetao... Do they dare to think about Kaifeng Prefecture?"

Don’t you dare? In history, people have all rushed in and snatched Master Cai’s daughter-in-law!

However, the Jurchens may not dare to think about this time and space at present. Even if they dare to think about it, they would not dare to take action. If they did, they would just take the sirloin from the fire of Zhou and Liang Guo.

...

"Dajin wants to surrender?"

When Zhao Ji, who had returned to Kaifeng Prefecture, heard the news, he was a little unbelievable.

"Why?" Zhao Ji asked.

He didn't think that his derby comparison with Yao and Shun could influence the barbarians.

"Because Zhou State is too strong." Cai Jing said in a deep tone, "Agu must have suffered a great defeat in Yanzibao, and was afraid of being beaten by the Zhou army. Now he doesn't even care about Linhuang Mansion and runs west with his troops. He also seeks to join forces with the court to deal with Zhou State."

"The State of Zhou is so powerful?" Zhao Ji's heart was hung up after hearing Cai Jing's words.

"Awesome!" Cai Jing said, "Have your Majesty ever read the "Retro Daily"?"

"I have seen a few pictures..." Zhao Ji said.

"Retro Daily" is the mouthpiece of the Retro Society, and it advocates retro improvement. Zhao Ji was not interested, but Zhao Huan was very fascinated. "Retro Daily" must be read in every issue, and sometimes it is recommended to Zhao Ji.

Cai Jing said: "The Retro Daily may not be really insightful about the Song Dynasty, but it is still very insightful about the Zhou State... The Zhou State uses the land of a country to support the army. It uses all industries to strengthen the army. The politics of a country are all centered around strong soldiers. It will be a huge disaster in the world in the long run!

Although the Jin Kingdom is barbarians, there are only two million people after all. Zhou Kingdom is the Xia Kingdom, millions of households, millions of people, and everyone wants to fight..."

"Can the Union of Jin... really control Zhou?" Zhao Ji also felt the danger of Zhou.

At first, he wanted to make Wu good at ancient Liao and live together in the south and north, but he didn't think it was too dangerous.

But now, the Zhou State is showing increasingly aggressiveness. It not only supports the advancement of Eastern Liao and North, but also tries to annex the Linhuang Prefecture of the Jin Dynasty, but also launches a large-scale conquest of Goryeo, which has been independent of China for hundreds of years.

Cai Jing said: "Jiu can't control Zhou by relying solely on the Lianjin. If you want to control Zhou, you must be self-improvement!"

"How to improve yourself?" Zhao Ji asked, "We want to carry out retro reforms?"

"Retro reforms are nonsense," Cai Jing shook his head quickly, "After all, our dynasty ruled the world with the literati. If we lose the heart of the literati...then the Song Dynasty will lose its power!"

"The country is not a country..." Zhao Ji nodded slightly.

Cai Jing’s words sound a bit mysterious, but Zhao Ji can understand them.

Why did Wu Haogu establish the Zhou Kingdom? It was because it produced a force other than the scholar-officials!

The Jiehe merchants and Cangzhou knights were not the same as the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty. The court was rough and simple for a while, so they made them bigger. Not only did they have territory, but also force and school, they naturally wanted to compete with the court.

The retro school's line of taking Zhou as its teacher will also prompt the rise of forces other than scholars and officials, and then a new Wu Haogu will appear...

By then, the Song Dynasty will fall apart and the country will naturally become unrest.

Cai Jing continued: "The reason why I can be peaceful for more than a hundred years is because of the scholars and officials. The reason why there are Zhou and Liang is because of retro!"

Zhao Ji understood what Cai Jing wanted to do, but he did not immediately issue an edict to prohibit the Retro Society.

Just said: "It is one thing to combine the Jin Dynasty to build Zhou, and it is another thing to marry Zhou State... Princess Deqing is 17 years old in the blink of an eye and should have been out of the box. I think Wu Haogu's eldest son Wu Yiyong is very good and can be my son-in-law."

Cai Jing said: "The old minister understands, the old minister will go and arrange the program immediately. You must be glorious and glorious..." He paused, "Your Majesty, is it going to marry?"

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly: "Do you still want Wu Yiyong to come to your house if you don't marry?"

"The old minister understands."

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