Zhao Gou drank the wine in the glass and stared at Li Yanqing with sharp eyes, "Does Tongzhi think the Jurchens will invade the Song Dynasty?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I will definitely!"

"Why are you so sure?"

"Does Your Highness remember the Fan Dang case? Fan Zhixu's memorial to the official family is very clear. The Song, Liao and Xia are gradually formed after a hundred years of war. Once the Jin replaces Liao, the stability of the situation will be broken and the balance will inevitably be found again. This means that in the next decades of war, the Great Song Dynasty's attack on Liao was a self-destruction barrier. This is the root of the Fan Dang case. As a member of the Fan Dang Party, I still adhere to this concept."

Zhao Gou nodded silently, "You are right. Now more and more people are aware of this. In fact, my father regrets it a little. I can feel that the surrender of Xixia to the Jin Kingdom has hit him a lot, otherwise my father would not agree to the expansion of the army in Jingzhao Prefecture. In addition, I just received the news that Hebei has redeployed a hundred thousand wing army, which is unified and commanded by the emperor's brother, Prince Yun."

"Once the Jin Kingdom goes south, it will inevitably be an attack from two groups, one from Yunzhou to Taiyuan and the other one attacking Yanshan Prefecture. I wrote to Yao Pingzhong before, suggesting that he strengthen the defense of Taiyuan City. He did not respond at all. I wrote to Guo Yaoshi, hoping that he would take the initiative first and seize Pingzhou and Juyong Pass. Guo Yaoshi was very polite to reply and asked me to suggest that the court, he had no right to make decisions, so I wrote to the court, suggesting that the court launch an offensive on the eastern front to ease the pressure of Xixia, but was severely rejected by the court. Now that Xixia has surrendered, if I was not wrong, the Jin Kingdom has already begun to attack Song. By next year, the Jin Kingdom will attack Song in a large scale."

"Then what else can I do now?" Zhao Gou asked uneasily.

"Now the court should actively prepare for war."

Zhao Gou pondered for a moment and said, "There is a voice in the capital now. It is recommended that the court move the capital. What do you think about Tongzhi?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said, "Once the Jin soldiers occupy Yanshan Prefecture, from Hebei to the Central Plains, there will be endless plains, and there will be no danger to defend. Once the Jin soldiers and cavalry go south, Bian Jing will be the first to be affected. In this case, it is necessary to move. As far as I know, the housing prices in the capital plummeted and few take over. This is why the prophets and enlightened people retreated south. Although I do not agree to move the capital now, I think we should prepare for the future and at least some of the wealth and people should be transferred south in advance."

"If the capital is really moved, what is Tongzhi think that it is more suitable to establish the capital?"

Li Yanqing smiled and asked back, "What do you think about your highness?"

"If there really is that day, I personally prefer Jiangnan, Suzhou or Hangzhou."

Speaking of this, Zhao Gou drank all the wine in the cup, "I don't care about how the court responds to me, but Jingzhao Mansion must actively prepare for war. I will go to Taiyuan again in two days and demand that Taiyuan must also strengthen its defense!"

The next morning, Li Yanqing and his party came to the silver mine. The mining supervisor was named Wang, who was about forty years old. He was an eighth-rank official. He led several people to be responsible for the mining of the Jingchuan silver mine, and there were also hundreds of soldiers stationed in the mine.

"Your Highness, Li Tongzhi, that is the mine currently being mined!"

Mine Superintendent Wang pointed to a huge cave on the hillside and said, "The mine has been mined for three years, and there is only a little tailings left. It is about to end. I am ready to open another mine again."

When Li Yanqing saw a donkey cart full of ore pulled out from the cave, he asked again: "Where is the smelting ground?"

"These are those wooden houses!"

Wang Mine Superintendent pointed to more than a dozen wooden houses at the foot of the mountain and said, "The donkey cart transports the silver ore to the mine, performs simple crushing and screening, and then puts it in a furnace for heating and melting and extraction, then obtains crude silver, and then transports it to Jingzhao Prefecture for refining, and finally sends the silver ingots to Beijing, which can produce 30,000 taels of silver every month."

“So is there a way to double the yield?”

"Of course, but it takes about 10,000 guan to invest necessary investment to increase miners, smelting craftsmen, smelting furnaces and donkey carts. I had this plan a few years ago, but it was left alone."

Zhao Gou nodded and said to Li Yanqing: "I also think that the production should be increased, and necessary advance investment is still necessary."

"I understand. I will ask Mo to join the army to plan this matter and increase production and investment as soon as possible."

At this time, the Wang Mine Supervisor asked carefully again: "Bizhi also received the order of the Privy Council that the silver mine was assigned to the Jingzhao Army. Is it necessary to hand over the silver mine to the Jingzhao Army, and the production will be continued by Beizhi?"

Li Yanqing said to him: "You are still responsible for the production and smelting, but the Jingzhao Army must station an officer in the silver mine, and the garrison must also be changed to the Jingzhao Army, and the others will basically remain unchanged."

"The villain understands, but the last refined silver returned to the Jingzhao Army, and the rest remain unchanged."

Li Yanqing nodded with a smile, "You are right, it's just this change."

With the delivery of 200,000 sheepskins, the income of Baoyanzhai in Xixia was transferred to Li Yanqing and the silver mine to be safe. The Jingzhao army's financial resources increased greatly. Li Yanqing began to rectify the rural soldiers. He had previously converted the five thousand rural soldiers in Jingzhao Prefecture, Fangzhou and Fuzhou into long-term training.

Next, another 15,000 township soldiers were added. Even if all the township soldiers in Huazhou, Shangzhou, Yaozhou, Tongzhou and other surrounding prefectures and counties were not enough. Fortunately, Li Yanqing also served as the commander of the Shaanxi Road bow and arrow, which was the responsibility of the township soldiers on Shaanxi Road. Li Yanqing used this power to recruit all the township soldiers in Yan'an Prefecture, Suizhou, Baozhou, Qingzhou and other places, and then he gathered 15,000 township soldiers to train in the Xidaying of Jingzhao Prefecture.

After serving in Jingzhao Prefecture for a month, Zhao Gou submitted his first report to his father, which elaborated on the current situation of Shaanxi Road in detail. At the end of the report, he vaguely put forward his own views, suggesting that his father make the worst plans and consider the plan to move the capital appropriately.

Li Yanqing would never dare to put forward such an idea. He could only use the mouth of King Kang to move the capital, but the capital was not his original intention, but he wanted to test the mentality of the superiors. If Zhao Ji really had the idea of ​​admitting his mistake, then he should acquiesced to King Kang's proposal, at least he would not object. But if this proposal triggered a strong backlash from Zhao Ji, then history would not change. Once the Jin soldiers marched south in a large scale, Zhao Ji would have to bear all the responsibility for his previous wrong national policy of joining the Jin Dynasty to destroy Liao.

But history has not turned around. King Kang's report made Zhao Ji furious. He immediately issued an order to summon King Kang into the capital, denounced Zhao Gou and severely warned him that he would dare to make another lie, and would cancel his opening and ban him forever.

When he returned from the capital, Zhao Gou seemed to have become a different person, locking himself in his mansion and never leaving for a few days.

That morning, Li Yanqing returned from the inspection of Yan'an Prefecture. After receiving the news, he immediately came to visit King Kang.

"Your Highness, Li Tongzhi is here!" A subordinate reported at the door.

Zhao Gou stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back. When he heard the report, he nodded, "Please come in!"

Li Yanqing walked into the room and a chill came to his face. He smiled and said, "I know why Your Highness refuses to go out. It's cool here!"

Zhao Gou barely smiled on his face, "I didn't expect that Jingzhao's summer is hotter than Beijing. I can't stand walking on the streets, please sit down!"

Zhao Gou asked Li Yanqing to sit down. Seeing that Li Yanqing was dark in the sun, he asked, "What's the situation at the border?"

Li Yanqing knew that Zhao Gou was actually asking about the situation in Xixia, so he nodded, "The border is quite stable. The war between Xixia and Jin Kingdom suffered more than 80,000 people, and the losses were heavy. They should be very honest in a short period of time."

"Is there any news about the Jurchens?"

"Wanyan Zongwang is now stationing 50,000 troops in Yunzhou and is constantly recruiting Mobei cavalry to join the Jin soldiers. It is estimated that more than 100,000 will be allowed by the end of the year."

"Then there shouldn't be any war this year?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "It shouldn't be this year. The Jin Kingdom needs to prepare further, but it will be hard to say next year."

Zhao Gou was silent for a moment and sighed, "Father refused to believe that the Jin Dynasty will attack Song. I went to Beijing and encountered an unprecedented storm."

"So your Highness is depressed?"

Zhao Gou shook his head, "I'm not upset because I was scolded, but because my father was obsessed with it."

"Maybe the emperor understands it in his heart, but he refuses to admit it because of his face?"

"I don't think it's because my father has lived in the deep palace for a long time and knows nothing about the situation outside. Wang Fu, Cai Jing and others advocate the peace of the world every day, and praise the literary and military strategy of his father. A great victory in Yanshan was hyped up by them. I feel that my father has completely lost his direction."

After leaving the mansion, Li Yanqing walked slowly on the street alone. He was also a little confused. Judging from the historical time, the Jin Kingdom should have officially attacked the Song Dynasty later. However, because Wanyan Aguda was killed in Yanshan Palace, and it was one year earlier than his death in history. Will this lead to a change in the time point of the Jin Kingdom's attack on the Song Dynasty? Li Yanqing was not sure.

But from common sense, after forcing the surrender of Xixia, the Jin Kingdom began to prepare to attack the Song Dynasty. It should not be too long, and it would not take two years to wait. In history, it was because the throne of Wanyan Sheng, who had just ascended the throne, that the attack on the Song Dynasty was repeatedly postponed. However, now that Wanyan Sheng's status has been established, there is no need for the Jin Kingdom to delay it any further.

A strong premonition told Li Yanqing that the world will undergo major changes next year.
Chapter completed!