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On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Liangsi, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, rushed to Runzhou.

In his hand edict, the emperor praised Li Hu and the Liaodong rebels' achievements in the southward journey, and then promised to give Li Hu 200,000 yuan in aid, but he had an additional condition that before the Northern Expedition, he had to sell 10,000 horses to the Song Dynasty.

Li Hu's mentality was slightly balanced. I'm working hard for you, and you have to be willing to be honest and not speak vernacular in the sky.

Zhao Liangsi was in a bad mood and looked very depressed. He told Li Hu that for the sake of the 200,000 yuan of assistance, the emperor and a group of priests had a long debate. In the end, Cai Jing thought of a trick and pulled out 200,000 yuan from the relief funds on Jingdong Road. The emperor did this obviously to appease Li Hu, worried that he would anger him and turn a good thing into a bad thing.

"Your Majesty said that after the success of the Northern Expedition, the great Song Dynasty will never treat you badly." Seeing Li Hu's expression calm, Zhao Liangsi changed his mind and talked about the war horse.

Last year, Li Hu sold 3,000 war horses to the Song Dynasty, but the number was too small. In order to prepare for the Northern Expedition, the Song Dynasty needed more war horses, so Zhao Liangsi begged Li Hu to sell 10,000 war horses to the Song Dynasty before September.

"This is absolutely impossible." Li Hu said, "What should I do if I sell all the war horses to the Song Dynasty? What should I do for a war? According to last year's agreement, there is no more than 3,000 war horses a year, and the price of war horses will double, 200 taels of silver per horse." Zhao Liangsi sighed secretly. Thieves are thieves. When they are in trouble, they swear to beg for mercy like dogs in order to get rescue. When they are captured, their backs are hard, and they immediately turn against each other. There is no trace of friendship, and there is no trust in them. In this way, Li Hu's promise is simply farts, and everything is unreliable. If the Song Dynasty wants to succeed in the Northern Expedition, they cannot place their hopes on Li Hu, but they must join the Jin Dynasty to attack Liao again.

"The Song Dynasty has difficulties with the Song Dynasty..." Zhao Liangsi detailed many difficulties. One of them mentioned, which attracted Li Hu's attention. The Jingdong thief Song Jiang raised the flag in Liangshanbo and rebelled with great momentum. Now he is attacking cities and territories everywhere. He is in trouble. Because Liangshanbo on Jingdong Road is relatively close to Bianjing, it has had a great impact on the capital.

"Wait..." Li Hu interrupted Zhao Liangsi, "You said there was a person named Song Jiang in Liangshanbo who raised the flag and rebelled? Is this true?"

Zhao Liangsi looked at him strangely. I am the envoy of the Song Dynasty. Do I need to deceive you? "Song Jiang rebelled about two or three months ago. I heard that he had thirty-six thieves under his command, all of whom were famous gangs in Liangshanpo. The imperial guards on Jingdong Road have begun to encircle and suppress, but Song Jiang has 10,000 or 20,000 troops and a large number of ships, which is probably difficult to pacify in the short term."

Song Jiang? Liang Shanbo? Local characters also appeared in "Water Margin". Li Hu was secretly heartbroken, his breathing suddenly became a little rapid, and he became less confident in his judgment. Could it be that the father's story is true? They are all prophecies for the future? If his prophecies all become reality, then will the Jin army go south in a few years? Will the Song Dynasty suffer the shame of Jingkang?

Impossible. This is absolutely impossible.

"Where are Fang La? Have you heard of Fang La?" Li Hu asked anxiously. After Song Jiang rebelled, it was Fang La's rebellion. According to his father, Fang La's rebellion was very large. In order to suppress Fang La, the Song army called hundreds of thousands of troops and fought for more than half a year. If this person also appeared, then it can almost be concluded that the father's story is a prophecy of the future. Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Yang Zaixing and others will also appear on the battlefields of the Song and Jin battlefield one after another.

"Fang La?" Zhao Liangsi thought for a moment and shook his head. "I haven't heard of this person. Who is he? What's he doing?"

Li Hu remained silent. Zhao Liangsi didn't know this person. If Fang La was real, he had not rebelled yet, this led to a question. When did Fang La rebel? Before or after the Northern Expedition? If it was before the Northern Expedition, the time for the Song army's northern expedition would definitely be postponed. This led to a second question. Did the Song army miss the best Northern Expedition time, thus missing the opportunity and failed to recover Yanyun's hometown. That was why the Jin army later advanced south and the Jingkang disaster was in disgrace?

To put it in a remark, the reason for the Jingkang disaster was that the Song army failed to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The reason for the failure of the Song army's Northern Expedition was Fang La's rebellion. Then, whether Fang La really existed became the most advantageous evidence to judge the authenticity of the father's story.

"Fang La is like me. He is a rebel." Li Hu decided to tell Zhao Liangsi about this unknown matter. "Song Jiang's rebellion may delay the time of the Song army's northern expedition. And Fang La's rebellion has the same consequences. But the best time for the Song army's northern expedition is this year. It is for a period of time before and after the Jin army captured Shangjing. If you miss this time, the Jin army went south. Then no one can predict whether the Song Dynasty's northern expedition will succeed. So, please go back and tell Your Majesty. Whether it is aid or war horses, these two things are secondary. I can give in and sacrifice. But Your Majesty must stop Fang La from rebelling anyway. This is the top priority."

Zhao Liangsi's heartbeat suddenly became fierce. Li Hu spoke seriously and very serious, not like a joke. It seemed that he knew through some way that a man named Fang La in the Song Dynasty was preparing to rebel, and the scale of the rebellion seemed to be quite large, even serious enough to delay the Northern Expedition of the Song army. If the Song army delayed the Northern Expedition, the consequences would be as Li Hu said, and the future situation would be unpredictable.

"Do you know him? Where is he? When will he be rebelled?" Zhao Liangsi asked hurriedly.

Li Hu shook his head, his eyes showing a confused look. He also wanted to know where Fang La was? He also wanted to know if Fang La really existed.

"Why do we rebel? Isn't it just that there is no way to survive?" Li Hu said, "Tell Your Majesty that if you let him give the people of Song Dynasty a way to survive, then Song Jiang will not rebel, Fang La will not rebel, and the Northern Expedition will definitely succeed."

Zhao Liangsi looked at Li Hu stupidly, stunned for a long time, and said, "Master, do you understand the Song Dynasty?"

Li Hu also looked at Zhao Liangsi foolishly, not knowing how to answer. Do I understand the Song Dynasty? It should be considered as understanding. Since I was sensible, I have wandered around with my father. My father taught me a lot of things, and these things are closely related to the Song Dynasty. Of course, I have known something about the Song Dynasty. However, I have been away from the Song Dynasty for many years, and my childhood memories have become blurred. If I understand, I will not believe it.

Zhao Liangsi smiled bitterly and immediately changed the subject. Saying this matter was like not saying it. As the emperor's special envoy, he could only report it in a real way when encountering such a thing. Moreover, Li Hu's last sentence was extremely inappropriate and even gave up the report.

Li Hu was very confused and thought for a long time before asking, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

"Your Majesty believes that there is no danger to defend Pingzhou Road, so the best defense is attack. If you can maintain the offensive, it will be very beneficial to the Song army's northern expedition."

Li Hu sneered, "My mother is thief, I am still obsessed with this little man, and I am determined to consume me. Since that's the case, then you should be more generous and give me more money. If you don't give me food to be cannon fodder, how can there be such a stingy emperor in the world?

"Give me 200,000 stale aid, with the additional condition being to sell you 10,000 war horses, and then I will work hard for you. May I ask..." Li Hu asked word by word, "If it were you, how do you think you should answer?"

Zhao Liangsi laughed even worse than crying. He sighed long and looked very depressed, "I will go back to the Song Dynasty immediately." He was an envoy, and his main task was to negotiate with the other party according to the emperor's request. Now that the negotiations have broken down, he can only return to the Song Dynasty to resume the order.

Before leaving, Zhao Liangsi said, "If you understand the Song Dynasty, maybe your ideas will change."

This sentence made Li Hu think about it for a long time, and then he invited Li Gang to specifically explain the emperor's edict and relevant conditions.

"Police-Lang Li, give me a reason to take the initiative to attack."

Li Gang concentrating on his mind, sorted out his thoughts, and then started talking.

Our Song Dynasty has been established for more than 150 years, and very few rebelled. In total, there are only Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun in Sichuan during the reign of Emperor Taizong, and Song Jiang, a thief in Jingdong this time. This is mainly due to the various systems of the Song Dynasty, such as the recruitment system. Every time there is a disaster, there will be a fewer troops. In addition, the national treasury is full, and relief can be provided in time. For example, the Yellow River broke out in the previous year, drowned millions of people in Hebei, and the disaster hit the crowd of tens of millions of people. However, because of the timely relief, Hebei is safe and sound.

This enrichment of the treasury means that the treasury has money, but this money is not accumulated surplus, but borrowed from credit. The treasury has been like this for more than a hundred years of the Song Dynasty. The country is poor and the people are rich. The financial situation of the Song Dynasty was long-term, the national strength was sluggish, and the poverty was weak. However, on the surface, it was prosperous and the people's wealth was far greater than that of the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties. The reason was that the Song Dynasty's economic policies were very relaxed, and they did not establish a land system, and they did not suppress annexation.

The so-called failure to establish a field system means abandoning the national land control tradition since the three generations of well fields, famous fields in the Qin and Han Dynasties, military fields in Cao and Wei, occupation of fields in the Western Jin Dynasties, and even equal fields in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and allowing private private people to be the land owners.

The so-called non-repression of annexation means that the court adopts a laissez-faire attitude similar to laissez-faire non-intervention towards private competition and "mergers" in the economy.
Chapter completed!