The Song Dynasty's restrictions and suspicions on generals were engraved in their bones.

Of course, this did not entirely come from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Song Renzong trusted Di Qing very much and insisted on letting Di Qing be the privy envoy. As a result, he angered the civil servant group.

They spread rumors and slandered Di Qing, forcing Song Renzong to release Di Qing, and Di Qing finally died in depression.

The Song Dynasty's policy of emphasizing literature over military affairs led to the Song Dynasty's literati taking power and forming interest groups.

Naturally, they have to be on guard against warriors to avoid the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms situation where warriors take over the political power and do not treat them as human beings.

The Song Dynasty has been developing for hundreds of years, and the country has been controlled and kidnapped by the literati. It is not possible for one emperor or one or two ministers to reverse the situation.

Therefore, unless this vested interest group is broken, the Song Dynasty's situation of emphasizing culture over military affairs and guarding against generals will not change.

Qiu Yue knew that Zhao Tai had a good relationship with Zheng Qingzhi and Zhao Fan, but he thought that Zheng Qingzhi should not trust a northerner too much.

For the benefit of their faction, Qiu Yue felt that it was necessary for him to guard Zhao Tai on behalf of Zheng Qingzhi and others.

After all, Zheng Qingzhi's position is not stable. If something goes wrong with Zhao Tai, political opponents will seize the opportunity to attack Zheng Qingzhi and Zhao Fan.

Qiu Yue did this, in his opinion, entirely for the benefit of their group.

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In Lingbi County, the number of people who had fled from the north gathered more and more, reaching more than 100,000 people.

At this time, Wang Wentong, escorted by several guards, walked among the tents, looking for Zhao Tai.

With so many refugees fleeing to Zhao Tai's territory, it is indeed an opportunity for Zhao Tai to win over people's hearts and recruit talents.

"What skills do you know?" Zhao Tai looked at the old man in front of him and asked warmly.

"Reporting to my husband, I am a doctor and can treat people." The old man saluted.

Zhao Tai turned around and ordered: "Register me to the old doctor, and then give priority to placement."

The clerk sitting behind the table immediately picked up a pen and asked, "The old doctor's name, age, and how many people are in the family."

There were more than 100,000 refugees gathered in Lingbi, many of whom were talented people from all walks of life. Zhao Tai had people put up notices saying that anyone with skills could be given priority for resettlement.

Zhao Tai plans to keep all the talents among the refugees to enrich his own strength.

At this time, he was directing his subordinates to interrogate the refugees who came to register. Suddenly he saw Wang Wentong walking over and asked, "Why are you here, sir?"

Wang Wentong said in a deep voice: "Ms. sir, the envoy of the Lianghuai system has replied to the letter!"

Zhao Tai raised his eyebrows, "Where's the letter?"

The two of them walked aside, and Wang Wentong immediately took out a letter. Zhao Tai took a look and found that, to be precise, it was actually a warrant.

"My lord, the Southern Song Dynasty asked us to block the refugees and not allow them to go south. As for the money and food needed to resettle the refugees, we refused directly!" Wang Wentong looked heavy.

Zhao Tai quickly read it and felt immediately uncomfortable.

Qiu Yue ordered him to block the refugees and refused to give him money or food to evacuate the refugees, which put Zhao Tai in trouble.

This time the Mongols plundered Suzhou, causing Zhao Tai a lot of losses. In addition, the Jin Dynasty's imperial court was depleted of money and used money and food to reward soldiers with meritorious service, so Zhao Tai had to pay out of his own pocket.

There is not much food in the treasury of the feudal town now. With so many refugees, the money and food will definitely not be enough.

Zhao Tai was unable to hold on, and could not let the refugees continue to go south to the Southern Song Dynasty, so he waited to push the refugees to a dead end. This would undoubtedly make the refugees hate Zhao Tai, which would be extremely detrimental to Zhao Tai's development.

"For the Southern Song Dynasty, refugees from the Central Plains went south to seek refuge. It was originally an opportunity to win over people in the Central Plains." Wang Wentong said solemnly: "But Qiu Yue did not allow the refugees to go south and refused to accept them. This would undoubtedly chill the hearts of the people in the Central Plains."

Zhao Tai frowned. He was not surprised that Qiu Yue made such a decision.

After all, in history, after the fall of the Jin Kingdom, the anti-Mongolian rebels in the Central Plains wanted to defect to the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty was able to make a decision to refuse, forcing the Central Plains rebels to defect to Mongolia in the end, and in turn violently beat the Southern Song Dynasty.

They can do this kind of thing, so it's not surprising that they gather refugees from the Central Plains.

Now in the Southern Song Dynasty, many officials did not regard the people of the Jin Kingdom as their own subjects.

Zhao Tai narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully: "The Southern Song Dynasty doesn't know how to win over people's hearts, but we can do just that."

Wang Wentong said: "But in the Southern Song Dynasty, if we don't provide money and food, we can't resettle so many refugees!"

Zhao Tai said coldly: "If Qiu Yue doesn't give you money or food, then I will send the refugees to Huainan!"

Wang Wentong was shocked, "Ms. sir, didn't Qiu Yue give the order for us to stop the refugees?"

Zhao Tai spread his hands, "We stopped him! But the refugees sneaked over, and there was nothing we could do!"

Wang Wentong frowned slightly when he heard this. The last time Zhao Tai left more than 200 officers, he probably made the Southern Song Dynasty unhappy, and now he was obedient to the Southern Song Dynasty's mission. He was a little worried about the relationship between Zhao Tai and the Southern Song Dynasty.

Cracks gradually appeared.

However, other than this method, he had no good suggestions at the moment, so he could only salute, "I understand, I understand."

Zhao Tai immediately ordered: "Sir, ask someone to arrange a boat to send them across the river. The conflict between people and land in the Southern Song Dynasty is sharp. Once the refugees arrive in Huainan, Qiu Yue will definitely not be able to deal with it. At that time, he can only give us money and food and invite us

Stop the refugees!"

There are many open spaces in Zhaotai, so the cost of resettlement is relatively low, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, Qiuyue will definitely not be able to accept them, unless Lin'an takes action to turn the refugees into Xiang troops.

This was an important means for the Song Dynasty to resolve internal conflicts, which was to integrate unstable factors in society into the army.

When disasters occurred in various places in the Song Dynasty, refugees were formed. The Song Dynasty would integrate these refugees into the army and divide the forces of rebellion.

However, this policy directly caused a serious problem of redundant troops and placed a huge burden on the Song Dynasty's finances. In addition, the Southern Song Dynasty did not trust the northerners and was certainly unwilling to accept refugees.

In this way, Qiu Yue would most likely turn to Zhao Tai for help.

Wang Wentong took the order and was about to turn around and leave. However, he suddenly remembered another thing and took out a letter from his chest, "Mr. Sir, this is Wang Bin's reply."

Zhao Tai heard the words and took it, took it out and looked at it, he couldn't help but frowned, "Why is it a blank piece of paper?"

Wang Wentong had seen it beforehand and said in a deep voice: "Master, please don't be angry. These celebrities all have such weird tempers. Even if they want to become officials, they will push back and forth."

Zhao Tai stroked his beard, looked at the white paper in his hand, and understood what Wang Bin wanted to express. There was no words on the paper, which meant that he had nothing to say to him, and that he was unwilling to serve him.

"Haha~" Zhao Tai smiled and said: "I am not angry. It seems that it is a solicitation letter, which does not reflect my sincerity, so I will pay three visits to the thatched cottage and ask him to come out."

Now that the world is in chaos, if talents don't come to him, they will go to Mongolia or the Southern Song Dynasty.

If Zhao Taishao recruits one talent, the enemy will recruit one more talent.
Chapter completed!