The struggle of the reborn prince

The emperor summoned him urgently, and Li Jun and Zhao Ren hurried into the palace to see him without even bothering to eat lunch.Zhao Ren had just participated in the Xiaochaohui, and he was still a little bit concerned. Considering that it might be a matter of Goryeo, the emperor had something difficult to say in front of everyone, so he summoned him in private.However, Li Jun was unprepared. He didn't know what the emperor wanted him for suddenly. When he entered the hall and saw Zhao Ren was there, he muttered, his business was not compatible with Zhao Ren, so why did he summon him at the same time?

"Meals are prepared for you, let's talk while eating!" The two entered the hall and greeted each other, Zhao Tuo pointed to his servants and told them to sit down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" While speaking, a servant came in with a food box and put the food on the table, and the two hurriedly thanked each other.

"They're not outsiders. It's not too much trouble to thank you. Just like in the past, you don't have enough to eat!" Zhao Tong said impatiently, waving his hands.

"I don't know why Your Majesty is so urgent to call your subordinates down?" Li Jun asked with a smile after the hot water was delivered to Xiaohuangmen.

"How is Ah Shu doing now?" Zhao Tang paused and looked up.

"Your Majesty, after all, age is not forgiving. Ah Shu suffered from a serious illness last year. Although he is fine now, he is not as good as before!" Li Jun replied, wondering why the emperor suddenly asked about Ah Shu today. coming.

"Well, he is already in his eighties, but he can't die now that his wish is fulfilled. I'll get him some medicine, and I'll guarantee that he'll be 20 years younger after taking it, and he'll still be able to fight Wanyan with a knife on his horse!" Zhao Tun laughed.

"Your Majesty must have prescribed a fairy prescription. Why would it be bad for him to take it? I just don't know what kind of medicine it is. Can my subordinates find it!" Li Jun said with a smile.On the other hand, Zhao Ren was confused. He had heard of the name of 'Smite Liao Ghost' Ah Shu.He also heard that the emperor had saved him, but that was all.I didn't know the details, so I couldn't get in the words, and I ate slowly and listened to the two talking.

"Ashu has been operating in western Liaoning for more than ten years, and now his strength is gradually increasing, and he has been able to stabilize his position?" Zhao Tong ordered his rice bowl to signal Li Jun while eating.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms has now been integrated and absorbed by Ah Shu. Especially in the past few years, the domestic strife in Jin has continued. Many Jurchens have rebelled against the court and belonged to it, and their strength has increased. Now it has 11 people. It is still compiled as Among the five tribes, the Heshi Lie tribe is the largest, with more than [-] soldiers capable of fighting, and [-]% of them, Jinting failed to succeed in the Qing Dynasty several times, and the local state government can't do anything to him!" Li Jun replied road.

"Well, although the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms sends people to see us every year, what is their attitude towards our court?" Zhao Tang asked again, but Li Jun glanced at Zhao Ren who was on the side and hesitated, "Oh. But say It doesn't matter, today's matter still needs your cooperation!"

"Hehe, the villain is overthinking, please forgive me!" Li Jun smiled apologetically at Zhao Ren and cupped his hands.He strictly abides by the rules of the "underground" party, and the intelligence department is only responsible to the emperor without the emperor's approval.Naturally, he would not say a word, even if the other party was an important minister in the court.The emperor's confidants are no exception, even the prime minister will be rejected.

"Lord Li, you are being polite. You are responsible, but the young general is being rude!" Zhao Ren hurriedly replied.He knew that Li Jun was the head of the intelligence department, and he had always acted in a low-key manner. Even the most important officials in the court knew him by name, but never met him.Although they had met since the Northern Mansion period, they had no deep friendship, and each maintained independence, but Zhao Ren knew that his official position was subordinate to him, but the emperor's reliance on him was not subordinate to him.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Ah Shu knows very well that his present situation is all thanks to His Majesty, and he never dares to forget that the people in his family also regard His Majesty as a benefactor. He said several times that the Five Kingdoms Department will always be grateful to His Majesty, but I will never refuse, and I am willing to assist His Majesty in destroying the gold and leading the troops back to the Song Dynasty!" Li Jun said.

"Well, Ah Shu also wrote several times to submit letters, but I refused because the timing was premature!" Zhao Tun nodded, agreeing with Li Jun's statement.

"Yes, His Majesty donates millions of grains, weapons, and supplies to them every year, and buys them at a high price, so that they can maintain the current situation. If they don't have the heart to repay their kindness, they will really become white-eyed wolves!" Li Jun laughed. said.

"Well, what about our people?" Zhao Tang asked after taking a sip of soup.

"Your Majesty, they honored the emperor's order and stayed in the Ministry of Five Kingdoms. They took the name of Jurchen, married wives and had children there, and lurked there. From the outside, they are no different from the Jurchen, and some of them have been reused. Some of them have become ten thousand husbands There are also many people in the high positions of the commanders and centurions, and they are waiting for His Majesty's call, and they will respond as long as you give an order!" Li Jun said, but he was still cautious, and he had reservations in his words, and did not say anything. Number of people and their names.

"These people are the unsung heroes of Song Dynasty, we must treat them kindly!" Zhao Tong nodded.

"This subordinate thanked His Majesty on their behalf, and will definitely convey the holy will to them!" Li Jun stood up and saluted.

"Wangfu, warm up the food for them, just talk, the food is cold!" Zhao Tang saw that the food of the two of them had only moved a little, it was already completely cold, and he was not full after thinking about it...

The two thanked them, and they couldn't let the emperor wait for them to eat in a hurry and go to the apse to discuss matters. Just now, the emperor asked about Ah Shu for a long time, but neither of them understood what it was for.Zhao Ren even had question marks on his forehead. The emperor had operated under the noses of the Jurchens for more than ten years. Even he knew very little about the deployment of such a surprise army, but now he talked about it in front of his face.But he was also amazed by the emperor's foresight. Not only could they provide Song with first-hand information and harass the enemy's rear, but once a decisive battle was launched against the Kingdom of Jin, with such a friendly army supporting the enemy's rear, the victory would be more certain .

"The war in Koryo is about to break out, but in order to preserve its strength, it did not hesitate to threaten our Song Dynasty with the two states. They thought that under such a situation, we had to submit to this dumb loss, but I want to tell them that there is no such cheap thing in the world!" Zhao Standing still in front of the long table, Tama said straight to the point and said to the two confidants, first expressing his attitude, so as to save them from confusion and guessing.

"Your Majesty means that you are determined to occupy Baozhou and Yuanzhou?" Zhao Ren immediately understood that no matter what the outcome of the court discussion, the emperor has occupied these two states.

"That's right, but now that the two countries are fighting the enemy together, we can't make the conflict superficial. Since they're playing tricks on us, they won't be indecent when they come and go, and we don't have to be kind to him!" Zhao Tong sneered.

"Your Majesty's intention is to use Ah Shu's hand to complete this matter, and to use his own way to deal with him!" Li Jun rolled his eyes twice and knew the intention of talking about Ah Shu.

"Well, you see, Koryo thinks that we only occupy two states and can't stand for a long time without their support, so we are confident, but if we take this triangular land on the south bank of the Yalu River, north of Koryo Thousand Miles City, into the bag , then there will be strategic depth and room for maneuver, relying on the natural danger of the Yalu River to resist the enemy, so as to gain a firm foothold!" Zhao Tong recruited the two to the table and said, pointing at the map.

"Your Majesty's intention is to let Ah Shu take advantage of the opportunity of the battle between the two armies to enter the Helandian area, and he has already intended to return to the Song Dynasty. If he occupies this place, it is equivalent to being owned by the Song Dynasty. The two prefectures of Bao and Yuan can be firmly established. It is firmly in our hands!" Li Jun said with bright eyes.

"We occupy this place, go north and go deep into its hinterland to threaten Jin Guoshangjing, and control a large area of ​​western Liaoning; go south to cut off the land connection between Koryo and Jin, and if there is a change, we can quickly go south and sweep the entire territory of Koryo!" Zhao Ren said.

"Your Majesty's plan is very clever. Goryeo may have borrowed our army's power to maintain its strength in this battle. When the Jin army was defeated, it re-entered Haolandian and took all the south of the Yalu River into its pocket. That's it. As a result, not only was Koryo unable to usurp Helandian, but it also lost the two prefectures, so it can be said that it lost its wife and lost its army, and it is hard to tell!" Li Jun laughed.

"Don't be too happy. If Korea finds out about this matter, it will definitely go back and claim the two states. We are busy, so we still need to plan in detail. The two of you should cooperate with each other to avoid conflicts between the two sides before the decisive battle." !” Zhao Tun waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, this subordinate thinks that the Ministry of Five Kingdoms should enter Holandian under the banner of 'resist Wanyan's tyranny and jointly fight against gold'. He used to carry out activities with Koryo as a base in the early days of his return, so there will be no conflicts from the Koryo side. Doubt!" Li Jun thought for a while and said.

"Very good, but the timing of entry must be grasped. After the war begins, when the Koryo defenders and Jin army reinforcements have no time to take care of them, take advantage of the chaos and quickly gain a foothold!" Zhao Tong nodded approvingly. , I am very satisfied with Li Jun, "Zhao Ren, your Privy Council should send competent personnel to coordinate the relationship between our army and the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms under the premise of confidentiality, and must not cause misunderstandings. We must also clear obstacles for them, and send troops to assist when necessary. Until the two states were handed over to Ah Shu, and then the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms was declared to have belonged to our dynasty and is our ally."

"Your Majesty, what if the Koreans ask them for money after the war?" Zhao Ren nodded to show that he knew, and asked again.

"Huh, Helandian and the area north of Xijing has long been the homeland of the Jurchen Five Kingdoms, and was later ruled by the Bohai people, the Xi people, and the Khitan people successively. Koryo was the one who expelled the Jurchens when it expanded to the north, and it wasn't them. You can have it if you want it!" Zhao Tong snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, after the war subsides, we can ask Ah Shu to be the first to ask Gao Li for the land north of Xijing!" Li Jun said with a smirk.

"Hey, Mr. Li has a very good plan. Let's muddy the water first, so that it is difficult for Goryeo to speak, and the Song Dynasty can 'mediate' to delay the time. When the time is right, this place will be included in the territory of the Song Dynasty. If they turn their backs, You can destroy the country!" Zhao Ren clapped his hands and laughed, but he didn't expect his idea to be more ruthless!

The three ministers talked and laughed and decided the fate of Goryeo. From then on, it was destined to live under the protection of the Song Dynasty. Although it seemed unfair, in the face of national interests, no one can laugh at anyone, and justice will always be in the hands of others. In the hands of the powerful... (to be continued...)