Seeing that Zhao Zhen was hesitant, he obviously had no idea about this issue. As expected by Su Jin, Zhao Zhen was depressed for a long time and finally said, "How do you think we should deal with this matter?"
Su Jin thought: "It's too easy to be the emperor. When I can't make up my mind about something, I just say, 'It's up to the ministers to decide how to handle it.' It's totally wrong."
Yan Shu, Du Yan, Xia Song and others looked at each other, and they all agreed on this matter: "I am such a fool, please ask the emperor to judge."
Su Jin almost laughed out loud. He kicked the ball and was kicked back by some old foxes. What should Zhao Zhen do this time?
"Su Aiqing, since you have thought so carefully, you must have some calculations in your mind. Why don't you tell me so that I and all your lords can refer to it." Zhao Zhen kicked the ball towards Su Jin without hesitation, and Su Jin was gloating about his misfortune.
I was immediately dumbfounded.[
"Yes, Mr. Su, please tell us your opinion so that we can think about it." The three old foxes quickly agreed.
Su Jin cursed secretly. He didn't want to say something like "but it depends on the Holy Judgment" to some old foxes. In fact, when he heard Zhao Zhen reported the matter, Su Jin's mind did not stop thinking about how to deal with it.
Dao, by now, I already have some ideas.
Under the gazes of Zhao Zhen, Yan Shu and others, Su Jin slowly stood up and walked around, frowning, as if he was thinking hard. It was not that he was being mysterious, but because the thoughts in his mind were too shocking.
, he was wondering if he should say it.
"Su Aiqing, do you have any tips for dealing with this?" Zhao Zhen asked with a smile.
Su Jin stopped, raised his hands to Zhao Zhen, Yan Shu, Xia Song and others and said: "Your Majesty, three gentlemen, I have an idea, but I'm afraid that you will think I'm fanciful after I say it. If you ask me to say yes, if so,
If there are any inappropriate or incomplete things, just pretend that I didn’t say anything, so don’t laugh at me.”
"What did you say? How could it be like this when the imperial court was brainstorming big plans? Many good methods were extracted from immature ideas. As the saying goes, 'three cobblers are worth a Zhuge Liang'.
But just say it, I'm all ears." Du Yan said with a smile. It seems that this kid is going to make a fool of himself today. Although the relationship between him and Su Jin has been getting better recently due to Xia Song, he can still see Su Jin making a fool of himself.
It was still a pleasant thing to watch. As long as Su Jin kept talking, he would be greatly humiliated and his impression in the emperor's mind would be greatly reduced.
Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief and said: "In this case, I will make a fool of myself; I thought about it, given the current dilemma, we should not antagonize the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom is making every effort to attack the Xia Kingdom, even if we
They still want to attack without joining us. In this case, we will simply grant them permission and allow them to send troops together!"
"What? Just now you were talking about the Three Kingdoms being deadlocked, and then you denied what you said in the blink of an eye. This is not your own fault..." Du Yan said anxiously.
"Yes, Su Aiqing, how do you explain this?" Zhao Zhen also felt unreliable.
"Your Majesty, everyone, listen to what I have to say. I have only spoken half of it." Su Jin waved his hand and said, "We promise them, but it does not mean that we will really send troops. How can the Song Dynasty be driven by the Liao people? The Liao people are not going to attack.
What? Just let them attack, and we will stand still in the south..."
"You mean to lead the Liao people to attract the main force of Xia State to go north to meet the enemy, and then our army will march north? It's a good strategy, but I'm afraid it won't work." Yan Shu twisted his beard and said.
Su Jin said: "Xiang Yan misunderstood. If we jointly attack the Xia Kingdom, the Xia Kingdom will of course refuse to withdraw its troops and go north. The south is where the main city of the Xia Kingdom is located, and they will definitely send heavy troops to guard it."
"Master Su, stop being so pretentious. Just tell me what you mean." Du Yan was anxious.
Su Jindao: "It is a bad idea to unite the Liao people to attack Xia. Our purpose is to provoke a war between Xia and Liao, but we cannot let the Liao people capture the Xia Kingdom. Otherwise, it will be what I call the disaster of being attacked from the north and the south. The Liao people are not docile.
The little sheep, once the Xia Kingdom was destroyed, our Song Dynasty was attacking Nongzhigao in the south. How could they miss such a good opportunity? In addition, after occupying the Xia Kingdom, they had a large number of Xia Kingdom prisoners to drive, and even a large number of
supply of horses, it is very likely that they will turn against us directly."
Su Jin looked at everyone's faces becoming more serious, paused and continued: "So, what we have to do is to encourage the Liao people to attack Xia, so that the Liao people have no chance to fall out with us. At the same time, we want to make Xia Liao
The two tigers and wolves are biting each other, biting each other until the skin is torn and the flesh is torn, but we are waiting for the right time to take action, and we can take the opportunity to deal with them."
Everyone was shocked. Su Jin's heart was so big that they had never thought about all this. In the hearts of Zhao Zhen and his ministers, they were thinking about how to protect themselves and how to prevent the current situation from worsening. Su Jin's strategy
, the target is obviously directed at the two countries of Liao and Xia, and the words seem to have the intention of destroying the two countries.
"This...this seems a bit whimsical." Du Yan stuttered.
Su Jin said: "Privilege Du, do you have any questions?"
Du Yan said: "You mean to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but in fact this situation will not happen, because the Xia Kingdom has to guard against both us and the Liao Kingdom. They are not the opponents of the Liao people in the first place. How can they be like you?"
Do you want to inflict heavy damage on the Liao people? Even if we stand still, the Liao people can destroy the Xia Kingdom with overwhelming force. By then, won’t we have gained nothing?” [
"Yes, I have the same question." Zhao Zhen looked at Su Jin and said.
Su Jin waved his hand: "You have misunderstood. This is not about sitting on a mountain and watching the tiger fight. This strategy is called the strategy of driving away wolves and devouring tigers. We agreed to the Liao Kingdom's joint attack. That was an apparent strategy, but in fact we have another strategy.
One option is to secretly form an alliance with Xia State, so as not to contain Xia State's southern defense army..."
"Even so, it's not..." Xia Song interrupted again.
Su Jin was planning his words and said: "Privy Master Du, can't you just listen to what I have to say? I know what you are going to say, even so, the Xia people can't stop the Liao State's attack, but don't forget, there are us. The reason why the Xia State is now
They are not opponents of the Liao people, but they lack too much food, grass, armor and weapons, but we have all seen with our own eyes how good and brave the Dangxiang people are. As long as they are equipped and provided with food, they may not be the opponents of the Liao people; Xia still has an army of nearly three
One hundred thousand, once these 300,000 soldiers and horses come into conflict with the Liao people, will the Liao people's life be easy? Even if the Liao people finally win the Xia Kingdom, they will have to pay at least the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.
At that time, were the Liao people still our wexe? On the contrary, they should be afraid of us."
Zhao Zhen said in surprise: "You mean... to fund Xia's grain, grass, armor and weapons?"
Su Jin nodded and said: "Exactly, we can treat Xia Guo as one of our dogs, feed them, and let them bite the Liao people for us."
The shock in everyone's hearts cannot be described in words. Su Jin's heart was so big that several famous ministers in the world and Zhao Zhen, who claimed to be a wise king, could not keep up with his thinking. But it had to be said that this strategy was bold.
It's very tempting and seems feasible.
"But... isn't this very fair and aboveboard? There were peace talks between Song, Xia, Song and Liao, and this kind of overt and covert approach is inconsistent with the style of the great Song Dynasty." Zhao Zhen sucked in the air-conditioning.
Whispered.
Su Jin smiled and said: "What the emperor said is indeed a bit unreasonable; but how many countries take this into consideration in order to survive and become strong? When Yuan Hao rebelled against the Song Dynasty, he did not disregard morality and the Song Dynasty's kindness to him.
Love is booming? There was a severe drought in the first year of Qingli. Didn't the Liao people take advantage of the fire regardless of the morality of the brotherly country? In the Battle of Weizhou, the craftsmen who built the catapult for Yuan Hao were all Liao people, although it was later said that they were sacrificed by the traitorous Liao generals.
Yu Yuanhao, but who knows that it was not the Lord of Liao who took the initiative to give it to Yuan Hao? All these can show the hearts of the Liao people and the Xia people. We, the Song Dynasty, are like a piece of fat meat, making them salivate. If not
Our Song Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, and the consequences are self-evident."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said nothing, gently flicking the mirage with his fingers.
Su Jin added: "Now the power of the world is self-evident. The Xia people are not of concern at the moment. The Liao people are a powerful enemy. What we have to do is how to contain this powerful enemy, or annihilate them when they are weak. At that time, Taizu Taizong Zhenzong
I had a long-cherished wish to unify the world during my lifetime, but it was a pity that my fortune had not come yet and I was unable to achieve success. Did Taizu and Taizong and others ignore morality when they conquered the Liao Dynasty? That is because the land under the Liao Dynasty is the land of our Song Dynasty.
When the Tang Dynasty was founded, the territory of the Li and Tang Dynasties should have been the territory of the Song Dynasty. This is a matter of course; if the power of unifying the world is realized in the hands of the emperor, the emperor will be the first king of the Song Dynasty and can be called the emperor of the ages."
Zhao Zhen's heart was pounding. As an emperor, he naturally wanted to be a holy king who would go down in history. Unfortunately, the situation at home and abroad made him feel weak. If he could really take advantage of this opportunity, he might really achieve great things.
Zhao Zhen took a breath and calmed down. His eyes fell on Yan Shu and asked slowly: "Prime Minister Yan, do you think Su Jin's plan is feasible?"