Su Chi, the head of the Privy Council, had not returned yet, so today, the Western Prefecture was headed by Tong Guan, who had the highest official position among the three heads of the Privy Council, to participate in the gathering discussions between the East and West Prefectures.

After the routine daily routine was cancelled on the grounds that the officials often felt the cold (Zhao Ji was almost always cold now, so it was a common feeling), both government officials gathered in the political affairs hall to discuss the government affairs.

"The great Liao Kingdom is over like this. You have read the memorial of Zhaoyi and Han Sifu and the surrender of Xiao Gan from Hedong, have you?"

Cai Jing sat high in the middle hall and took the memorial of Han Xiaozhou, the governor of Zhaoyi Army, and the surrender of Xiao Gan, the king of the six tribes of the Liao Kingdom, who were sent with this memorial.

He sighed: "The Datong Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom in Xijing was occupied by the Jin soldiers. Their Xijing was left behind Yelu Chun and disappeared. The Empress Dowager Xiao also kept Emperor Tianxiong far away in Dading Prefecture. Xiao Gan and the Liao Kingdom soldiers and civilians who retreated to Hedong were no longer able to survive and were in poverty. I wonder what you think?"

Tong Guan led troops in Shuofang for a long time, and was transferred back to Kaifeng Prefecture to serve as the head of the General Privy Council. He was very familiar with the situation in Xijing Road in Liao Kingdom, so he took over the topic: "Xiao Gan is a little capable, but he is the King of the Xi tribe, and his subordinates are all in the Dading Prefecture, so it is inevitable that he is alone and lonely. We might as well grant high officials and generous salaries while sending elite troops to Hedong in the name of aiding Xiao Xiao to disarm the Xiao tribe. He has firmly controlled the mountains and rivers of Hedong."

The Song Dynasty's new army still has a certain combat effectiveness. Shuofang, Shaanxi and Lingzhou have a large number of Tianfu soldiers and knights. Although the East Road New Army does not have so many high-quality landlords and rich peasant soldiers, their officers have reliable qualities. As long as the court is willing to give some power, the first-level officers of the battalion will be responsible for recruiting soldiers. The eighteen new army officers will have a battalion of 18 new army officers, and 1,800 new army officers can manage 100 battalions, and there will be 80,000 strong soldiers in the remaining year.

In addition, Han Xiaozhou, the governor of Zhaoyi Army, was also loyal to the court. He had tens of thousands of troops who fought repeatedly and trained troops, and was also an imitator of the Zhou army.

Not only did young talents in the army be selected to study at the martial arts palace in Kaifeng Prefecture and train them to become backbones in the army. In addition, they also implemented the field and military service system on the territory of Zhending Prefecture and Dingzhou, which was ravaged by Yelu Yanxi, most of the wealthy landlords on the land ran to Kaifeng Prefecture or Tianjin, and a large amount of unresidence land was "discovered". Han Xiaozhou turned these lands into official property of the Zhaoyi Army, and then distributed them to soldiers in the regiment training army to replace military salaries.

So after a few years of development, the Zhaoyi army, which was originally as dangerous as a nest, actually showed signs of a strong town and became a strong soldier to defend Kaifeng Prefecture!

It should also be mentioned that since many Lingzhou knights defected to Han Xiaozhou after Gao Qiu's death, the cavalry of Zhaoyi's army also reached the level. Now they can also pull out two Zhou-style cavalry battalions.

In addition to vigorously rectifying the army and preparing for war, the Zhaoyi army has been working hard to develop industry and commerce in recent years.

Alas, they are all forced!

The Zhaoyi Army had strong enemies outside and no fertile land inside. The court behind it refused to support it fully, so naturally they had to do everything possible to alleviate financial difficulties. In the jurisdiction of the Zhaoyi Army, there were two major porcelain origins in Ding Kiln and Ci Kiln at this time.

Therefore, the porcelain industry became the lifeblood of Zhaoyi Army. In order to retain the porcelain kiln owners and craftsmen in Dingzhou and Cizhou (Wu Haogu opened the Luanzhou kiln on the basis of integrating the Liao Dynasty porcelain industry and also tried to dig the corners of Ding and Ci2 Kilns), Zhaoyi Army provided various means of support. He dared not slaughter them as fat pigs... Otherwise, if they all went to Luanzhou to start a business, Zhaoyi Army would have gone bankrupt.

With the support of the Zhaoyi Army, many large kilns in Quyang, Dingzhou and Guantai, Cizhou, now appear in places such as Quyang, Dingzhou, and Guantai, Cizhou, have employed tens of thousands of craftsmen and produced countless porcelains annually. The Tang River (injected into the Yellow River through the Hutuo River) and above the Zhang River, three seasons of the year (the water is shallow and frozen in winter, so you can’t sail). You can see the ship transporting porcelain sailing to Tianjin.

Due to the great development of the porcelain industry in Quyang and Cizhou, the Zhaoyi Army's finances have become increasingly abundant. They have money to purchase arms and further strengthen their military strength.

In addition, there is a Fulin Road between Shuofang and Hedong Prefecture and County occupied by the Liao people. It was originally a semi-autonomous territory controlled by the Zhe family in Fuzhou. After the Liao people invaded, the power territory of the Zhe family increased. The territory increased by the Volcanic Army, Baode Army and Kelan Army. The authority reached the point of complete autonomy and becoming a vassal state.

In the past few years of fighting with the Liao people, the strength of the Fulin Army has been trained. It has absorbed many warriors from the occupied areas and has become elites.

So now there are four armies of Shuofang, Shaanxi, Lingzhou, and Fulin on the west side of the Song Dynasty, and Zhaoyi and the martial arts academy directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Although the military strength is not as good as the Zhou and Jin dynasties, there is no problem in taking down Xiao Gan's army.

Cai Jing also knew the importance of the mountains and rivers in Hedong, but he had to guard against Su Chi of the "New Party" and Tong Guan took advantage of the opportunity to use troops to Hedong.

Now the "New Party" has obtained the power to preside over the Jiaozhi war. If we use military means to obtain Hedong, the two major contributions will be added to Su Chi.

He glanced at Tong Guan and turned to the current right prime minister He Zhizhong: "Botong, now the Liao Kingdom has collapsed, and the overall situation in the world has changed drastically. Dolf believes that the court should take the opportunity to take over Hedong. I wonder what you think?"

"Tai Shi," He Zhizhong said carefully, "I don't know who will eventually fall into the hands of the Zhongjing Dao of Liao and the Empress Dowager Xiao?"

"It was mostly for the Zhou State to get the advantage." Tong Guan thought, "When Zhou State got Zhongjing Road, maybe half of Fengshengzhou, Xijing Road, and the grassland south of the Huanghe River in Shangjing Road, the land suddenly doubled. And it also got many herders and grasslands... The foundation of the country was becoming stronger and stronger!

If the court cannot speed up the organization and expansion of the new army, the consequences will be unimaginable once the war with the Zhou State begins in the future."

Tong Guan came up with the "Zhou State Threat Theory". He wanted to use this as a basis for expanding the new army and enhancing the strength of the new party.

"It may not be."

He Zhizhong shook his head and said, "Wu Haogu got Empress Xiao and Zhongjing Road, and he would inevitably be intervened in the grassland battle.

After Agu dao and blocked the alliance between Menggu and Bu, and attacked the Xijing Road of Liao Kingdom, he was the leader of the Northern Kingdom. Therefore, Zhou and Jin Kingdom will definitely have a battle of dragons and tigers in the future!

The court is just right to take advantage of it, so that the two countries of Zhou and Jin will decide the victory or defeat. As long as the Zhou and Jin fight each other, the court will be safe and sound. Whether or not the court controls Taiyuan is too rushing to force Xiao Gan to the side of the Jin or Zhou. The court will inevitably be passive. At that time, the court will either attack Jin or attack Zhou. In this way, the two countries of Zhou and Jin will decide the superiority and inferiority, and then the Central Plains will be in trouble."

He Zhizhong's proposition is the view of the "old party", and the "old party" believes that military efforts cannot change the weakness of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the best choice should be to maintain the situation of the "Three Kingdoms". Now that the Liao Kingdom is collapsed and the Jin Kingdom is rising, it is better to use "Jin, Zhou, and Song" as the Three Kingdoms and continue to live a mess!

Sending troops to Taiyuan is likely to cause Xiao Gan to surrender to Jin or Zhou, so that the Song State would have to go to war with Jin or Zhou.

The current situation of the Three Kingdoms' alliance will be completely broken.

Tong Guan shook his head, took a step back, and said: "The imperial army's advance to Taiyuan does not mean that it is going to war with Xiao Gan... Xiao Gan can still be his mercenary to comfort the road. He can follow the prefecture and the family rules of the Zhejia family, and the Daizhou, Xinzhou, Xianzhou, and Ninghua army were built by Xiao Jiayong.

As for Taiyuan, the Pingding Army, Fenzhou and Liaozhou can form another Taiyuan Prefecture Road. The new army of the imperial court will be stationed."

This is actually a very bad method!

Either take down Xiao Gan, the Song Dynasty now has such strength. Then divide the land in Hedong so that all the heroes and soldiers can gain something. The elite soldiers in Hedong were raised.

Or you might as well hand over Taiyuan to Xiao Gan, and at the same time reward Ninghua Army, Xianzhou and Lanzhou to the Fulin Army. In this way, Xiao Gan is satisfied and the Fulin Army is also satisfied. You can rely on them as a meat shield in the future.

However, Tong Guan took a compromise method, taking back Taiyuan Peace and then throwing the remaining Liao territory to Xiao Gan, which did not compensate the Fulin Army that had fought hard for several years... Many of the soldiers in the Fulin Army were powerful people in Daizhou, Xinzhou, Ninghua Army and Xianzhou. After Tong Guan was tricked by this, they could not return to their hometowns and could not receive compensation, so they were naturally dissatisfied with the court.

Xiao Gan and his followers (mainly Liao people) who lost Taiyuan and were driven to Daizhou, Xinzhou, Xianzhou and Ninghua Army were naturally not satisfied.

However, Tong Guan also had his plans. He wanted to use the land in Taiyuan Prefecture to allocate and set up the land of the Tianfu Army. The fields of Taiyuan Prefecture and Pingding Army were about 3 million mu of grassland. Save a little bit of money to arrange 16,000 infantry soldiers, and there were almost 20 battalions. In this way, the Hedong Army could be rebuilt.

"Okay, just do it like this!" Cai Jing was quite satisfied with this method, because many wealthy families in Hedong are now living in Kaifeng and Luoyang, and are looking forward to regaining their hometown all day long, which puts great pressure on Cai Jing.

If Taiyuan can be taken back, their property can be returned. These people will not be shouting and killing all day long, cheering Su Chi's "new party"...

The two governments finally reached a consensus. When Cai Jing was about to discuss the next issue, a head of the Guangxi House of the Privy Council suddenly rushed in outside the door. After entering the door, he bowed and ran to Tong Guan, muttering. Tong Dashumi's face suddenly turned aside and cursed in a low voice: "What a bastard!"

"Dorf, what happened?" Cai Jing asked.

"Jiazhi Kingdom invaded Yongzhou!" Tong Guan said with a blue face, "Beat Pingxiangsi, take down Shixizhou, and go to Shixizhou!"

"It's all Ji Yizhi causing trouble!" Cai Jing blurted out, "Now the matter in the north is gone, and the south is getting angry again! What should I do?"

"The soldiers come and the generals block it, and the water comes and the soil covers it!" Tong Guan said, "Now Zhang Yongxi and Yang Kebi have taken people to Qinzhou... The Hailu Maritime Marketing Department also has soldiers at Anbangkou on the coast of Jiaozhi. Don't be afraid of anything!"

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