"Don't worry about the Red Coat Army. I will find a way to use the Liao Kingdom to hold them back so that they cannot participate in the Southern Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition." Song Qingshu replied, "The most troublesome thing is the Western Shu side."
The fighting power of the Kingdom of Jin is stronger than that of the Southern Song Dynasty, but the economic strength of the Southern Song Dynasty is even stronger. If the three routes of the Southern Song Dynasty are allowed to attack at the same time, the Kingdom of Jin may lose sight of the other. If it fails, the whole pass will be dangerous, and that will really shake the foundation of the country.
"Didn't Western Shu just be handed over from Mongolia to the Southern Song Dynasty? It took a few months for them to integrate and start the Northern Expedition?" This is the most incredible point for Song Qingshu.
Wan Yanping explained: "Although Western Shu has been war-torn for a long time, it is a land of abundance after all, and its foundation is still there. What's more, the Southern Song court also spent a lot of effort to transfuse blood to the west, no matter it is money, food and materials, and give them what they want; This time, Wu Xi, the military leader of Xishu, is a rare talent. In just a few months, he has trained the army of Xishu to be strong and strong. Therefore, he was originally the commander of all the troops stationed in Xingzhou, but he was directly appointed by the court. He is the deputy envoy of Xuanfu in Sichuan, and at the same time continues to control the armies of Western Shu."
Song Qingshu was horrified and moved. You must know that Xuanfu envoys and Xuanfu deputy envoys are only qualified to serve as officials in the frontiers. How old is Wu Xi now, and he actually became the Xuanfu envoy? In this troubled world, the number one person in the military and the second person in the government can be used much more as a genuine procurator. In a sense, he is the number one person in Western Shu today. Song, just put it there to represent the face of the imperial court.
"It's not just that," Dai Qisi added on the side, "it was the custom in the Song Dynasty that the clan princes were always in charge of the wealth of the Shu region, and the relevant documents were handed over to the Xuanfu Department, so that the person in charge of the wealth and the Xuanfu Department were evenly matched and controlled each other. However, Han Yuzhou's wealth and wealth belonged to the Xuanfu Department, and Xuanfu's deputy envoy can check it in moderation, and now Wu Xi can be said to control the military, government, and finance of Western Shu, a veritable state of the country."
"I just got the news that the imperial court ordered Wu Xi to concurrently serve as the appeasement envoy of Shaanxi and Hedong. Now Wu Xi can be said to be very popular." Ge Bi muttered to himself suspiciously, "I don't know why Han Yuzhou believes in him so much, isn't he afraid? Does he have a different mind?"
Song Qingshu knew very well, with Linghu Chong's character, how could he have anything different? The reason why Han Yuzhou did this was probably because he was afraid that people from the Jia Sidao Group would secretly hinder Wu Xi and affect his plan for the Northern Expedition. Desperate, after all, pushing so many cronies against the odds, he must have touched the interests of a large number of people. If he succeeds in the Northern Expedition, it's okay, but if it fails... what awaits him is probably a deep abyss.
"The imperial court has just experienced a civil strife. Now that its vitality has not recovered, I am afraid that it can only deal with the two attacks from the south. The morale of the Western Shu side is now winning. If they send troops, they may be in danger." Dai Qisi has been in charge of the Tang Kuo, who played the role of Shang Shuling, was very clear about the status quo of the Kingdom of Jin, and couldn't help but feel a little worried. She was not worried about the Kingdom of Jin, but worried that the Kingdom of Jin would not be able to deal with Mongolia after its failure.
"Now that the Southern Song Dynasty has taken back Sichuan, it is already bordering Tubo and Xixia. How about using these two countries to see if Sichuan can be contained?" Gebi suddenly suggested.
Wan Yanping on the side shook her head: "According to the information from Huanyiyuan, the political and religious chaos in Tubo is now in turmoil, and the imperial power and religion are competing for the actual rule of the country. Back then Princess Jincheng married into Tubo, so they should help Song attack us if they have spare energy."
In the Southern Song Dynasty, because of the loss of the north, the ideology after the prevalence of etiquette, and the shame of Jingkang, countless clan women were snatched back to the Northern Huanyiyuan. Therefore, the topic of marriage was very taboo under the Song Dynasty. They thought it was a great humiliation. If anyone If you dare to propose a marriage, you will definitely be drowned by the saliva of the military officials.
On the contrary, the more powerful Han and Tang Dynasties did not mind getting married at all, because they made peace with each other as a strong man, not offering a daughter for glory. Let more women avoid the pain of losing their husbands, so they have completely different views on marriage with different mentalities.
But this world doesn't know why, the Song Dynasty actually sent a princess to marry into Tubo...
Hearing Wanyanping mention Princess Jincheng, Song Qingshu couldn't help thinking that when he went to Tubo to learn Huanxi Zen, he seemed to have met her once on the road, but at that time she was in the carriage, so she didn't see the other person's appearance clearly .
Wan Yanping's words quickly brought him back to reality. Song Qingshu knew that now was not the time to think wildly, so he hurriedly listened to her continue: "As for Xixia, I got information not long ago that they intend to make peace with the Liao Kingdom, and the candidate is the power of the Liao Kingdom. Princess Cheng'an, the daughter of Yelv Yixin from the ruling and opposition parties, would definitely not help us after Xixia married Liao, but recently Yelu Yixin was killed for rebellion, which made the marriage of the two countries more variable. We can try to start from Start here."
Song Qingshu had a headache and said: "How to start, we can't also send a princess to marry Xixia, right? Now you are the only princess of the right age in China..."
"Bah!" Ge Bi on the side suddenly became angry, "You can't play with Ping'er."
Song Qingshu said with a wry smile: "Don't worry, she is willing to marry me, but I am reluctant to let her marry."
"That's the best." Ge Bi snorted, and then his face eased down.
Seeing Song Qingshu's deflated look, Dai Qisi couldn't help but feel a little complicated, because Xianggebi, a flower in a greenhouse, was born in the Jianghu, and she understands Song Qingshu's energy at this time. If any man has his martial arts and power It's monstrous, it's only women who are trembling in front of him, how can there be such a blessing to "bully" him
"This man is really different from other men in this world. Although he sometimes pretends to be fierce on purpose, he can't hide the tenderness in his bones. He really seems to treat women as equals..." Dai Qisi lost her mind to think of.
"Did the Dragon King think of something?" Song Qingshu asked nicely after noticing his daze.
Dai Qisi came back to her senses, her blushing flashed away: "I have thought of an idea, I don't know if it is feasible or not."
"What way?" The other three looked at her kindly.
Dai Qisi said slowly: "It's better to let the Liao Kingdom's wedding team pass by the Shaanxi-Gansu border, and then create the illusion of being hijacked by the Sichuan army. Now the whole world knows that the Cheng'an Princess of the Liao Kingdom is the prospective princess of Xixia , the Crown Princess falls into the hands of another man, how can the Xixia side let it go?"