After hearing this, Zhao Kai and Zong Ze were both dumbstruck. Are you telling a story?
This is incredible!
After a long while, Zongze came to his senses and repeatedly said, "The Privy Councilor is really a genius. I am convinced, completely convinced. +¡ô"
"Where, where, Zong Zhifu gave me a reward."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Actually, I have the mentality of giving it a try. I am not even 50% sure. If I had known that there was such a supporting army, we would not be like this. This is really a blind cat. I ran into a dead rat."
Zhao Kai suddenly waved his hand and said: "You can't say that. Those who win the hearts and minds of the people will win the world. Although Wanyan Zonghan was successful in fighting, he ignored the people's hearts. If there is a way, those who have the way will get more help, and those who lose the way will get less help. , but with such a superficial truth, how many people in the world understand that most people only focus on their own interests and power, and do not care about the people at all. Wanyan Zonghan's disaster is definitely not God's will, it was planted by himself The fruit."
Having said this, he sighed softly, "No one is perfect!"
Li Qi naturally understands this truth very well. In fact, whether it is business or politics, his first consideration is always the people, not to mention more profit but less profit. The key is whether the people can make a profit. If they can make a profit, then make a profit. What is the proportion of the number of people in the country? This is what he often considers. This is why people all over the world call him the Prime Minister.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Whether we ministers understand this truth is not important. What is important is that you, the emperor, understand this truth. Wanyan Zonghan's current fate is the best reminder to you, the emperor." "
When Zongze heard this, his expression was slightly startled. Although he agreed with this, Li Qi's words were too straightforward.
Zhao Kai was also stunned for a moment and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will be unhappy when you say that?"
"If the emperor is for the benefit of the people of the world, how can he be unhappy?" Li Qiwu smiled to himself.
You're not done yet. Zhao Kai said with great interest: "Then what do you think of me as the emperor?"
¡°It¡¯s quite satisfactory!¡±
"Cough cough cough."
The words were spoken by Li Qi. But the coughing sound came from Zongze's mouth, and the words became more and more scary.
Zhao Kai chuckled and said, "Your words have scared even the Zong Prefecture."
Li Qidao: "Weichen doesn't want to insult the name of Weichen, the Great Song Dynasty and Xiao Wei Zheng. No matter what, the Emperor Weichen should always remember this sentence. Those who have gained the truth will get more help, and those who have lost the truth will have less help. The common people It is the foundation of a country, and we are just insignificant green leaves on the branches. The emperor is at most the most beautiful flower blooming on the tree. But once the roots of the tree cannot absorb nutrients, then the green leaves and flowers will definitely turn into dead leaves and Wither, and then slowly fall, just like Wanyan Zonghan now. He is already declining because the people in the entire Yanyun area no longer follow him. Without the people, he is nothing. He was not defeated by our powerful firearms. Instead, we lost to the people's support. Only when the people support our will can we truly be invincible and invincible."
This truth is actually very simple. No ruler has completely lost the support of the people. You can still secure the throne, but the people are relatively ignorant. The emperor is their belief, so as long as you don't go too far. People generally do not raise armies to rebel. Even during the Huizong period of Song Dynasty, many people were still willing to follow the Zhao family.
Zongze nodded repeatedly this time. Said: "It's well said, it's well said. Only when the people's hearts are aspiration can we truly be invincible and invincible. Whether it's our artillery or the Jin Army's scimitars, they are all incompetent in the face of the people's hearts." hit."
"What the people want, what the people want"
Zhao Kai murmured to himself a few times, then suddenly glanced at Li Qi and said, "You are always good at finding opportunities to teach me a lesson."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "It is said that Wei Zheng did this in the Tang Dynasty. The ministers imitated the virtuous ministers. The emperor should not blame the ministers."
"If I want to blame you, even if you have ten heads it won't be enough."
"Fortunately I only have one head."
"Ha ha."
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In comparison, Wanyan Zonghan in Yunzhou City was in great pain. This was something he never expected and could never dream of, because in his eyes, both Khitans and Han people were his slaves. , not his people, the Jurchens are superior people, and the rest are inferior people, because he has never seen the power of the people since he was born, so he has no concept of it. What he advocates is domineering, and The people are suppressed by force, but if force can suppress everything, this country will not change its name so often that he will not be able to do it at all.Regardless of any preparation, this riot directly tilted the balance of victory towards the Song Dynasty.
Because no matter how powerful the army is, it cannot defeat the people's support.
What's even more terrible is that the city of Yunzhou has begun to become restless. There are many Hans, Khitans, and even Dangxiang people in Wanyan Zonghan's army. The wavering of people's hearts has directly hurt the morale. These non-Jurchen soldiers have begun to I'm thinking, should I really work for Wanyan Zonghan?
Fortunately, counselors like Gao Qingyi understood this well and immediately stopped recruiting people into the army, and opened granaries to release grain to relieve the people. Originally, this granary was specially prepared for Wanyan Zonghan's elite troops, but if you continue like this, If there is a riot in Yunzhou City, the consequences will be disastrous.
Although Wanyan Zonghan has always disdained to please the people, this time he had to show off his face. This can be regarded as a harsh lesson to him. This is the cause he planted, and he should also swallow the bitter fruit.
That group of shirtless and barefoot "rabble" not only brought relief from Baideng's siege, it could even be said to be a fatal blow to Wanyan Zonghan.
This is really terrifying.
Nowadays, tens of millions of people in Yanyun are united. It is foreseeable that there will be fewer and fewer people defending Yunzhou City, and they are bound to drive the Jurchens out of Yanyun and return to the embrace of the Central Plains.
Before this, many people in the Jin Dynasty did not understand why Wanyan Aguda saw such a vulnerable Song Dynasty and did not choose to eliminate this crumbling Central Plains country in one fell swoop. They even agreed to Li Qi's economic construction. Presumably now they Now I understand Wanyan Aguda's mood at that time. It's not that Wanyan Aguda doesn't want to fight against the Song Dynasty, but he understands that it is easy to conquer a country but difficult to defend it. If you can't manage the Northeast region well, even if you are given a larger territory, it will only accelerate your demise.
This is also the reason why Li Qi admires Wanyan Aguda. Although Wanyan Aguda cannot read or write, a monarch who can give up for the sake of the people is definitely a good monarch.
Song Huizong was full of knowledge, talented, and knowledgeable. He was the emperor with the highest literary attainments in history, but he was definitely not a good monarch. It's not that he is stupid, but because he is unwilling to give up his hobbies for the sake of the people. The reason is that simple, not as complicated as later generations speculated.
Unfortunately, Wanyan Zonghan could not understand Wanyan Aguda's good intentions. When he captured Xinzhou and Wuzhou, he did not consider the feelings of the people in the city at that time, and his soldiers were even more influenced by him. Down. He didn't take those people seriously, so that those people have now abandoned their bodies in the wilderness. Who can blame him but Wanyan Zonghan.
It¡¯s too late to say anything now. Now, all the people in Yanyun are united and the king and the people are united. This is an invincible army.
Zongze didn¡¯t give Wanyan Zonghan a chance to breathe. The army immediately moved forward. Because it was attacked on both sides, Wanyan Zongqian could not destroy this convoy. More importantly, the people in the city were restless. They had to send heavy troops to guard the city to prevent riots in the city, so they could only keep retreating.
Wanyan Zonghan knew that Zongze wanted to cut off Yunzhou from the Balisu tribe and the troops sent to the rear of the Song army, but he had no choice now, so he immediately asked Balisu and the others to quickly return reinforcements. Once the intersection was blocked by the Song army, If they are blocked, then they will be alone.
At this time, Ba Lisu was fighting against Zhong Shizhong. The two were old rivals and knew each other very well. They were fighting very anxiously. Neither side could destroy the other. During the fierce battle, Ba Lisu suddenly received an order from Wanyan Zonghan. But where could he go at this time? Zhongshi Zhong was not someone to be trifled with. If he retreated suddenly, Zhongshi would definitely pursue him. However, he knew that Zhongshi was always steady, so he grabbed hold of this Zhongshi. Psychologically, he sent a small number of soldiers and horses to ambush on the mountain road, and then pretended to lure the enemy to pursue him. In fact, he really wanted to withdraw.
As expected, because the Zhongshi did not know the situation in Yunzhou, they did not dare to pursue it rashly, because Ba Lisu was a very powerful general. As soon as Ba Lisu left the battlefield, he immediately retreated to Yunzhou at full speed without daring for a moment. He didn't even dare to return to Hunyuan. He just quickly mobilized the troops surrounding Hunyuan and then detoured north back to Yunzhou.
As soon as the Jin army left, the troops sent by Zongze to rescue Hunyuan arrived. At the same time, Zhong Shizhong also arrived. As soon as the two sides met, Zhong Shizhong suddenly realized that he had fallen into Ba Lisu's plan, but if he tried to catch up now, it would be too much. It was too late, but this did not affect the army. Zhong Shizhong immediately led the army and attacked from the east, all the way to the east gate of Yunzhou City.
In just a few days, the Jin army, which was originally in a good situation, suddenly faced attacks from three sides. This was really unexpected.
However, Wanyan Zonghan did not move back the troops that attacked the rear of the Song army because he had not yet reached the end of the mountain.At the next step, he still has a reinforcement army rushing here with food and grass. He still has a hundred thousand troops fighting in Xixia. He can still turn defeat into victory, but the premise is that his reinforcements arrive in time. Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan I hope Yin can conquer Xingqing Mansion.
What Wanyan Zonghan now hopes is that the troops he sent can intercept the Song army's food and grass, and his own reinforcements can reach it. At the same time, Wanyan Zongwang can break through Xingqing Mansion, and raise troops to attack the Song army here from both sides, so He ordered the army to defend with all its strength.
This is not impossible, and given the current situation, the hope is very high, at least that¡¯s what the Jurchens think.
But Li Qi didn't think so, because he and Zhao Kai had been planning for this war for ten years, whether it was the southern expedition to Jiaozhi and Dali, the western expedition to Tubo, or even the instigation of Goryeo, Xixia and the Jin Kingdom. relationship, and even forming an alliance with them, all for this battle.
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