Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 328: The evil side: navy attacks Liao

Yanyun Sixteen States!
Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dynasty stood on the city wall of Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, looking southward!
"People in the south still enjoy the blessings, with a mild climate and rich products, unlike me in the Liao Dynasty who have lived in the bitter cold northern land for generations." Yelu Hongji couldn't help but sigh as he felt the warm wind blowing in his face.

Nanjing in the Liao Dynasty was the area around Beijing in later generations. The climate was already very warm in late spring. At noon, when the sun was shining, there were even faint traces of sweat.

Yelu Yanxi complimented on the side: "Grandpa, don't be impatient. This battle is a joint effort between Liao and Xia. If the Song Dynasty understands the situation, it will obediently pay the annual coins. If not, then don't blame the two countries for dividing the Song Dynasty. By then, I, Daliao, can fully enjoy the country of Song Dynasty!"

Yelu Hongji couldn't help but feel excited when he heard the words, but he quickly calmed down and said: "The time to destroy the Song Dynasty is not yet mature. Now the Song Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses, and there are thunder thunders to defend the city. Once the war breaks out, I am afraid that the Liao Dynasty will also suffer a tragic victory, but Don’t forget, none of the Central Plains dynasties have ever conquered the grasslands, and only the grassland tribes can replace Daliao.”

Although Yelu Hongji is old, he is also very shrewd. On the grassland, strength is respected. Now that the Liao Dynasty is strong, only then can he command the grassland. Once the Liao Kingdom suffers heavy losses, I am afraid that the surrendered small tribes will be like a pack of wolves. Generally, Daliao was torn to pieces.

Today's Yelu Hongji's biggest calculation is to let the Song Dynasty not only continue to cooperate with the Silk Road, but also to continue to transport Sui coins. While continuing to weaken the Song Dynasty, it can also allow the Liao Kingdom to accumulate strength.

"The Imperial Grandfather is wise!"

Yelu Yanxi complimented.

The grandfather and grandson looked south in the distance, and their hearts suddenly aroused ambition.

Suddenly, Yelu Zhangnu hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, please report to the emperor's grandson, the letter of credence came from the Song Dynasty, accusing the Liao Kingdom of betraying the Chanyuan Alliance and ruining a hundred years of peace. If the Liao Kingdom withdraws its troops, the Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed." Song can let bygones be bygones..."

Yelu Yanxi couldn't help but sneered when he heard this: "Song people are still as tough as ever. Now that Liao and Xia are jointly sending troops, so what if they betrayed the Chanyuan Alliance?"

Yelu Hongji waved his hand and said: "The Liao Kingdom is a big country in the world, so how can it take the initiative to break the agreement? The reason why the Liao Dynasty sent troops was because the Song people betrayed the agreement between the two countries on the Silk Road and opened the Maritime Silk Road privately."

"What the imperial grandfather said is true!" Yelu Yanxi agreed.

Yelv Zhangnu looked strange and said: "Your Majesty does not know something. The envoy of the Song Dynasty also said that the Liao Kingdom benefited more than one million yuan from the Silk Road. There is no conflict of interest in the Song Dynasty's expedition to Nanyang and the Silk Road. If the Liao Kingdom took the initiative If the Chanyuan Alliance is torn apart, the Song Kingdom will..."

"What does the Song Dynasty want?" Yelu Hongji said with a serious expression.

Yelu Zhangnu lowered his head and reported: "If the Liao Kingdom takes the initiative to send troops, regardless of victory or defeat in this battle, there will no longer be peace between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. The Song Dynasty will have a cold war with the Liao Kingdom just like it did with Xixia, interrupting the market and Silk Road cooperation. !”

"cold war!"

Yelu Hongji's eyes suddenly narrowed.

The Song Dynasty's strategy to deal with Xixia was obvious to all. Once the market and exchanges between the two countries were interrupted, the fragile Xixia economy was immediately on the verge of collapse. The Liao Kingdom was powerful, although it was stronger than Xixia, but many materials needed to be traded from the Song Dynasty. Not to mention the Silk Road, which generates millions of dollars in revenue every year.

Once the Song Dynasty continued its cold war with the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom would suffer heavy losses. On the contrary, the Liao Kingdom had the Maritime Silk Road, and its interests were not greatly damaged.

"The Song Dynasty dares to threaten the Liao Dynasty in this way. Sun, please send troops to attack the Song Dynasty immediately. The Song Dynasty will definitely surrender!" Yelu Yanxi said angrily.

He did not expect that Song State not only rejected Liao State's conditions, but also threatened Liao State in turn.

Yelu Hongji's heart flashed with anger. He did not expect Song State's actions to be so tough.

"Don't be anxious, there will be monsters when things go wrong. Come and inquire about the military situation of the Song Dynasty immediately!" Yelu Hongji sneered.

At that moment, all the secret spies of the Liao Kingdom came out, and soon the Song army's deployment came back.

"The five armies of the Song Dynasty are unified into one! Privy Councilor Zeng Bu is the commander-in-chief!" Yelu Hongji couldn't help but was shocked. He didn't expect that the young emperor of the Song Dynasty would be so courageous. He actually gave up the traditional Song Dynasty strategy of dividing troops into five armies and chose the five armies. Oneness.

"Sky Thunder!"

"Iron Buddha, Kidnapper!"

"30 troops!"

Although the Xixia offensive was more fierce, everyone knew that the Liao Kingdom had the strongest military strength. In order to defend the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty mobilized a total of 30 troops to defend the Liao Kingdom.

When receiving the military report from the Song Army, Yelu Hongji looked solemn.

"Isn't it possible that Tiefu Tu and Guaizima just destroyed Qingtang's cavalry?" Yelu Yanxi frowned.

"Not bad!" Yelu Hongji took a deep breath and said, "Back then, the Jingsai Army of the Song Dynasty only had 3000 people, but now the number of Iron Buddha Tu in the Song Dynasty is tens of thousands. This is probably the strength of the Song Dynasty."

"We in Daliao also have Tielin troops, which are enough to be proud of the world!" Yelu Yanxi said confidently.

At that time, the Western Xia Iron Kites, the Jingsai Army of the Song Dynasty, and the Tielin Army of the Liao State were all famous mounted cavalry. Now, the Song Dynasty has established the Ten Thousand Cavalry Iron Pagoda on the basis of the Jingsai Army, which can be said to have doubled its strength.

Yelu Hongji frowned and said: "The Liao Dynasty only had more than ten thousand Tielin troops, and most of the cold-forged armor they wore came as tribute from Xixia. Once the battle damage was lost, it was extremely difficult to replace it. However, the Song Dynasty cracked the cold-forged armor of Xixia, which was enough for a large number of Making cold-forged armor, the Song Dynasty could be defeated, but the Liao Kingdom could not be defeated."

Among the Three Kingdoms, Song and Xia all controlled the technology of cold forged armor, but only the most powerful Liao Kingdom did not control cold forged armor.

In addition, the Song Dynasty still had strong cities to defend, and with the help of Zhentian Lei and 30 troops to guard it, the Liao Kingdom might not have much chance of winning this battle.

"What does the imperial grandfather mean?" Yelu Yanxi said angrily.

Yelu Hongji said coldly: "Why are you panicking? The initiative in this battle lies with the Liao Dynasty. If the Liao Kingdom does not go to war, the Song Dynasty will definitely not dare to take the initiative. Our army only needs to contain most of the Song army here. Once Xixia If the Xia army wins on the border, the Song Dynasty will definitely surrender."

Yelu Hongji was old. Although he agreed to send troops, he had no real determination to fight the Song army with all his strength. From the beginning to the end, his purpose was to make the Song Dynasty surrender and continue to weaken the Song Dynasty.

Yelu Yanxi cooperated: "Although the Liao Kingdom only needs to contain the Song army, it cannot just station troops in Nanjing. It also asks the emperor's grandfather to station troops on the border of the Song Dynasty. If the loopholes of the Song Dynasty can be found, the Liao Kingdom will immediately attack and completely destroy them." If the Song Dynasty fails to find an opportunity, it can also make the Song Dynasty have soldiers, which will not only contain the Song Dynasty's military strength, but also allow the people of the Song Dynasty to continue to run on the Royal Bank!"

Yelu Yanxi's plan was not without evil. In this way, the Song Dynasty would be full of soldiers, which would not only make the Song army exhausted and consume its money and food, but also destroy the newly emerging Royal Bank.

"Can!"

Yelu Hongji looked at Yelu Yanxi and thought it was time and time to let him take control of the military.

"Thank you, grandpa!"

Yelu Yanxi said with great joy.

At present, all the elite Liao troops were deployed and stationed at the border of Liao and Song Dynasties.

The Song army suddenly felt as if it was facing a formidable enemy, and immediately scouted out the Liao army's movements one after another. Major cities continued to build defenses day and night.

"The Liao army is approaching!"

Following the actions of the Liao army, news quickly spread throughout the Song Dynasty. Soon, the news that Song and Liao were about to go to war was flying all over the sky.
Sometimes, there were even three surprises in one day, and news of the Song army's defeat even spread, making the people panic.

Under the wave of rumors, the Royal Bank, which had just stabilized, once again set off a wave of runs. "Fan Taicheng, there are constant rumors about the Liao army, and people have begun to withdraw money in large quantities even at the risk of losses." The shopkeeper of the Royal Bank said helplessly.

"How much have you withdrawn so far?" Fan Zheng asked with a frown.

The shopkeeper of the Royal Bank said bitterly: "A full 3000 million yuan has been withdrawn. If it were not supported by the money from the treasury, I am afraid that the Royal Bank would have no cash in circulation."

Fan Zheng frowned. He naturally knew that before the war between the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty began, 3000 million guan of young people's money had already been taken away. If the Liao-Xia war failed, more people would probably run on it. Royal Bank.

"Master Fan, why don't we take back the money from young people in advance!" the Royal Bank manager suggested.

It's not that the Royal Bank has no money, but that a lot of money has been loaned out as young people's money. Now that the bank is short of money, a lot of the money can be recovered.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "If we take back the young crops money at this moment, I am afraid it will make the Song Dynasty's economy worse."

"But!" The Royal Bank manager wanted to persuade him again, but was stopped by Fan Zheng.

"The Coin Mining Supervisor has collected a sum of silver coins. Use this money first!" Fan Zheng said solemnly. Fan Zheng established the Royal Bank not without wealth. When the silver coins were first minted, it was only nine silver and one copper. Over time, it became He has accumulated a considerable amount of money, and now he has used the Royal Bank to collect the silver hidden by people all over the world and return it to the Royal Bank, which has also made the coin supervisor make a huge sum of money. The amount of this money is not a small amount.

"Your Majesty, I obey!" the Royal Bank boss reluctantly accepted the order.

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Fan Zheng had just finished solving the Royal Bank matter when he was urgently summoned into the palace by Zhao Xu.

"What, Zhang Kai took the initiative to attack from Pingxia City?"

When he got the news, Fan Zheng couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Kai to be so bold and send Zhong Pu to take the initiative to attack from Pingxia City and wantonly destroy the Xixia farmland.

"I agree with this policy. Xixia has been weakened by the Cold War between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. It has lost two battles in Pingxia City. Its military strength has long been inferior to before. Now that the Song Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses fighting in Xixia, the Xixia farming land will be exhausted in this battle. Destroyed." Su Song agreed.

"In this way, the war between Song and Xia has become a foregone conclusion. The most important thing now is that the Song Dynasty had better avoid fighting on two fronts and must try its best to appease the Liao Kingdom." Lu Dafang frowned.

Zhang Dun thought for a while and said: "In this case, it is better to pretend to agree to the Liao Kingdom's request. Once it defeats Xixia, it will not be too late for the Song Dynasty to negotiate with the Liao Kingdom."

"No! I said, if you don't cut the land, you won't get the money, even if you agree in disguise, you can't do it!" Zhao Xu said resolutely.

When he was young and vigorous, he was naturally unwilling to make any compromises.

The officials suddenly frowned. Although the Song Dynasty's national power had increased and was supported by tens of millions of national debts, if it faced attacks from Liao and Xia at the same time, even if they were repelled in the end, the Song Dynasty would suffer heavy losses.

At this moment, a guard suddenly came in a hurry to report: "To report to the official family, Eunuch Tong Guantong has returned safely from Nanyang."

The officials couldn't help but be startled, and then they remembered that Tong Guan had been to Nanyang for nearly a year, and now that he had returned safely, he must have returned with a full load.

If they had received this news normally, all the officials in the Manchu Dynasty would have been extremely excited. Now that the war between Liaoxia and Song Dynasty is imminent, even if Tong Guan returns from Nanyang and brings back a large amount of money, it may not be of any use.

Fan Zheng was moved in his heart and asked: "Where is Tong Guan's fleet now?"

The guard replied: "Back to Fan Taicheng, the newspaper was sent back from Guangzhou. Counting the days, Mr. Tong should have returned to Dengzhou long ago and will arrive in Dengzhou soon."

Fan Zheng heard this and said solemnly to Zhao Xu: "I have a side that can make the Liao army use rat-proof weapons and not dare to use troops."

"Seriously?" Zhao Xu said happily after hearing this.

Fan Zheng nodded solemnly and said: "Xianggong Zhang's policy is not unreasonable. Song and Liao have been at peace for a hundred years, and no one dares to break the peace easily. Moreover, with the greed of the Liao Kingdom, they must come here to seek wealth. If this is the case, then give it to them." The money of the Liao Kingdom is, of course, not annual coins, but transactions, just like Tong Guan represents the transactions of the Song Dynasty and the Southeast Asian countries."

"Business between countries?"

All the officials in the court looked at Fan Zheng in confusion.

Fan Zheng explained: "The Liao Kingdom needs goods from the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty naturally needs the goods from the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom has many war horses, cattle and sheep, and the Song Dynasty is in urgent need of ginseng, velvet antlers and other rare treasures from Baishan Heishui, as well as Princess Yelu." The Song Dynasty gathered together the rare treasures brought back from the Western Regions and ordered millions of dollars worth of goods from the Liao Kingdom."

"Millions of goods."

All officials were suddenly shocked. This was probably the largest deal in the history of the Song Dynasty.

"Yes, the Liao Kingdom has made a huge fortune, and the Song Dynasty has not lost its national integrity. It can also make a lot of money by reselling the goods of the Liao Kingdom." Fan Zhengxin said.

Lu Dafang frowned and said: "Fan Taicheng takes it too much for granted. What the Liao Kingdom wants is the unearned coins, not business."

As the prime minister, he naturally knew the greed of the Liao State. Since the Liao State could rob, how could it be willing to pay for the goods in a serious transaction?

"Since there are incentives, there is also coercion. Our Song Dynasty may not have as good cavalry as the Liao army, and our infantry may not be better than the Liao army, but there is one army that will definitely defeat the Liao army, and that is the navy." Fan Zhengxin said.

"Navy?"

All the officials couldn't help but be stunned. The navy was just a decoration. Since the navy was established, there had never been a battle, especially against the Liao army, which was famous for its cavalry. The Song Dynasty had never thought of using the navy.

"Besides, don't all today's naval forces escort Tong Guan to open up the Maritime Silk Road." Zhang Dun frowned.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, now Tong Guan has returned, and there are thousands of merchant ships accompanying him. In Nanyang, the imperial navy escorted the safety of these merchant ships, and now it is time for these merchant ships to contribute to the country. , Wei Chen implores the officials to order Tong Guan not to anchor at Dengzhou Port, but to directly lead the fleet to the Bohai Sea to intimidate Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom!"

"hiss!"

All the officials in the court looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief. No one expected that Fan Zheng would do this evil thing.

Once Tong Guan led the imperial navy and thousands of merchant ships to gather in the Bohai Bay, such a majestic momentum would be enough to frighten the Liao army, not to mention that the Liao army did not have a navy that could compete with the Song Dynasty. It would be enough to make the Liao army dare not Easily start a war.

"This evil recipe is so wonderful!" Zhang Dun couldn't help but was stunned and exclaimed.

Once the Song naval forces frightened the Liao army, Xixia alone would not be a concern at all, and the Song Dynasty would definitely win this battle.

"I agree with this evil prescription!" All the officials in the court said, their worries turned into joy.

"According to the report, order Tong Guan to act according to Fan Taicheng's evil prescription!" Zhao Xu said with great joy after hearing this.

But Fan Zheng, who was the biggest hero, had a twitching expression on his face. Why was his upright strategy considered evil by everyone in the court, and even though hundreds of officials in the court called it evil, he implemented it without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)