Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 234 On the other side of the sea is
Everyone likes to be friends with good people, but almost all of the people who work for the King of Han in private are not good people - they are greedy, they are cunning, they are one, but they are scattered, and they do not hesitate to fight among themselves and work as wallflowers. .

Everyone looks down on wastes and losers, but Liu Ling spent a lot of money to buy such people and patiently supported them to rise to power. Some of them didn't even know that they were helping the King of Han achieve his goals. They just felt that they were doing the right thing. .

After the Song Dynasty ceded the seven states of Hebei, a huge wave of refugees appeared.

In this regard, the Song Dynasty government just followed the usual methods to appease the refugees, because the court had a complete set of procedures to deal with the refugees, so the courtiers just reported the matter according to the usual practice, everyone discussed it in the morning, and allocated some money and food to Hebei Road to pick up the refugees. Click on the Penal and Prison Division and that's it.

Judging from the figures written in the official documents, the disaster relief money and food are barely enough, which can at least keep most of the refugees from causing trouble in the short term. The court has already begun to discuss dividing the land north of the Yellow River for the refugees to cultivate, or expropriating part of it. The refugees built rivers and used work as relief.

As a result, due to severe deductions, the money and food that was barely enough to repay turned out to be insufficient.

"A detailed report said that during the Ghost Festival last month, there was a lantern festival in the city of Daming Prefecture, and people starved to death everywhere outside the city for three days. Many refugees took advantage of the Ghost Festival in Daming Prefecture to enter the city to steal and plunder, and the prefect of Daming Prefecture was furious. The soldiers and horses guarding the city were ordered to arrest and arrest the refugees, and the captured refugees were beheaded in public, causing a civil uprising outside the city.

At first, the suppression of the civil uprising went smoothly, but then due to the lack of pay and food for the defenders, many Xiang troops and city defenders joined in the rebellion and occupied some urban areas. Even the family members of the magistrate of Daming Prefecture were arrested. Go.

The imperial court discussed that Liang Fangping, the chamberlain, would lead the troops of the Hebei Forbidden Army to suppress the situation. However, Zhang Xiaochun, the Lianghe Propaganda Envoy, sent troops south to suppress the situation early in the morning. There was some conflict between the two sides. Liang Fangping, on behalf of the imperial court, was already interested in the newly emerging Lianghe River. The 'Zhang Jiajun' looked down upon him, so they sent an order to drive away the soldiers and horses sent by Zhang Xiaochun. "

But something went wrong in the middle of delivering the order. The military envoy who delivered the order abruptly said the order was "annihilation".

"very good."

Liang Fangping is actually similar in nature to Tong Guan. He also led the army to suppress several civil uprisings. He knows a little about military affairs, and all the power comes from Zhao Guan's family. You can call him a waste, but he usually doesn't dare to take the initiative to cause trouble, let alone raise troops now. Confronted with the northern Xinjiang defenders.

Liu Ling stood up, and the dragon embroidered on the black uniform seemed to raise his head at the same time, looking around indifferently.

The whole court was in a state of confusion. Originally, all the military expenditures in the past two years had been allocated to the two rivers. Now that the two rivers are in turmoil, in addition to deploying the imperial army in the capital, is it possible that the southern defenders should also be mobilized to go north?
Zhao Guanjia did not have an accurate estimate of his northern army, but he was very familiar with the soldiers and horses in the south, knowing that they would not be able to make it to the table.

The two sides were officially fighting.

"Now, Lu Fu envoy Zhao Mingcheng has personally led an army to Jizhou to confront the defenders of Daming Mansion. He then sent envoys to the court to impeach Liang Fangping for his rebellion and asked Liang Fangping to be killed.

It seems that my ten thousand dollars was well spent.

Liang Fangping in turn sent envoys to the court to impeach Zhang Xiaochun, Zhao Mingcheng and others who gathered troops and horses for no reason and stormed the city with the intention of conspiring to rebel, and asked the court to send reinforcements to suppress them. "

Liu Ling listened to the report silently, and smiled with satisfaction when he heard the last sentence.

"Use the spear of the Song Dynasty to attack the shield of the Song Dynasty."

Liu Ling chuckled and looked at the map next to him - the territory of the Song Dynasty was dozens of times larger than that of the Han Dynasty, but it was like a fat man. It looked like he had a big frame, but in fact he had little strength.

The three main forces of the Central Forbidden Army, the Hebei Forbidden Army, and the Western Army all suffered heavy losses in the Northern Expedition and are still being rebuilt. It is difficult to replace the elite soldiers, not to mention the current decadent and rigid system of the Song Dynasty. Many people He also took advantage of this time to continue drinking the soldiers' blood. It was as if the various lesions and minor ailments that had accumulated in the body had suddenly exploded, aggravating Da Song's condition.

Han Fang also stood up and looked at the King of Han, gradually becoming respectful. A few years ago, he didn't understand why the King of Han spent so much time on merchants. Now it seemed that the King of Han had cultivated a terrifying force among these merchants.

It was these humble businessmen who really stirred up the conflicts at all levels in the Song Dynasty.

"Finally, Zhao Guan's family asked what to do if the 'rebels' crossed the Yellow River. Some people said that the water of the Yellow River could be conquered by then."

Han Fang noticed that Liu Ling immediately raised his head and looked at him.

"If there is really such discussion in the Song Dynasty, our people must be stopped at all costs."

"But, Your Majesty, if the Song Dynasty court really controls the water of the Yellow River to stop the rebels, it will definitely lead to eternal infamy for us."

"Then even if we get the two rivers, what's the use?" Liu Ling replied.

Historically, the Song Dynasty did such a thing, so much so that the Jin people were unable to control floods when they took over Hebei and Kaifeng Prefectures, causing countless families to be destroyed and killed, and tens of millions of refugees to be homeless, causing endless harm.

Liu Ling mobilized more than 70,000 people from all over the country to build rivers in the Houtao area in one month. It was estimated that the money and food spent would definitely occupy the majority of the expenses for a period of time. Naturally, he did not want to wipe the butt of the Song people again.

"Let the Song people maintain the current confrontation for now." He ordered.

A war may break out in Hebei Province, which will have a huge impact on the people.

Yanyun merchants bought and sold frantically among them, taking the opportunity to make a lot of money. Some local cities even began to use the treasure notes issued by Yandi to pay the soldiers, allowing the latter to use the treasure notes to buy things. It also indirectly acquiesced that Yanyun merchants could enter the city at will.

Liu Ling ordered a confrontation, and no fighting broke out in Hebei for the next half month. The Song Dynasty court desperately sent envoys to Hebei to make peace, thinking that this weak approach really worked.

At the same time, the Cui family in Hebei took advantage of the confrontation and acquired a large number of navy and civilian ships. This fleet went north along the waterway in the name of doing business, and finally entered Yandi via Zhangshui, and finally The destination is Pingzhou, east of Yandi, and further east is the Bohai Sea.

Liu Ling planned to let the domestic conflicts between the Song people ferment for a while, and then explode the grudges between them when both parties were unexpected. Now, the fourth batch of Goryeo envoys has arrived in Yanjing. Most of the civil servants and staff in Yanjing feel that it is time to stop allowing the Jin people to draw enough nutrients from Goryeo.

Jin Guo must not be allowed to breathe, even if he pays some price, a nail must be inserted into Jin Guo's abdomen.

The Cui family sent a huge fleet, but a fleet of this size could not completely cover the eyes and ears, so the Jin Dynasty court quickly learned the news.

(End of this chapter)