Brother Meng took advantage of Zhao Tai's opportunity to attack the Southern Song Dynasty and reunified Mongolia.

The unification of the grasslands was a huge threat to the Central Plains dynasty.

The Han Dynasty fought against the Huns for three hundred years, and the Sui and Tang Dynasties also fought against the Turks for decades.

This shows how difficult it is to deal with a powerful grassland empire.

Meng Ge unified Mongolia, and in order to establish prestige, he gathered more than 100,000 troops to break through the border while Zhao Taiyuan was in the south of the Yangtze River.

For a time, Yunzhong, Shuozhou and other places in the northern part of Hedong Province were looted by the Mongolian army.

When the beacon fire reached Taiyuan, the Hedong Commander-in-Chief set up a second line of defense at Yanmen Pass to prevent the Mongolian army from entering the hinterland of Hedong, and urgently reported to Yecheng.

Mongolia launched a massive attack and the world was shaken.

Yedu stayed behind, and the great scholar Wang Wentong did not have many troops at hand, so he could only fly to report to Zhao Tai.

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Jiangnan, Lin'an.

When news of the Mongol invasion came, Emperor Zhao Yun of the Southern Song Dynasty had already opened the city and surrendered to Zhao Tai.

With Zhao Yun surrendering, Zhao Tai easily took control of Lin'an.

However, although Zhao Yun surrendered, it would still take time for Zhao Tai to control Jiangnan.

Zhao Yun surrendered voluntarily to save the people of Lin'an from war disaster, but Zhao Tai was too embarrassed to kill him.

In the current situation, we can only place Zhao Yun under house arrest first, and then discuss countermeasures.

Lin'an City, the palace of King Qi.

Zhao Tai stood in front of the map with his hands behind his hands. Wang Bin reported behind him, "Your Majesty, this is a memorial written by Ding Daquan and nearly a hundred officials to request your Majesty to ascend the throne."

Zhao Tai turned around, a little surprised, "I didn't expect that they were the first to persuade Gu to ascend the throne!"

Wang Bin said with a smile: "These people are new recruits and have no merit for Da Qi. If they want to hold on to power, they can only make meritorious deeds. It was not Ding Daquan's turn to persuade the king to ascend the throne, but now the king is far away from Ye

In the capital, all the ministers of Da Qi are not here. He wants to take advantage of this opportunity to initiate the king's enthronement. By then, these people will be considered to have made meritorious service and will have the confidence to gain a foothold in Da Qi's officialdom."

Zhao Tai frowned and pondered for a while, "Sir, do you think I should give them this achievement?"

Wang Bin said: "There are advantages and disadvantages to this matter."

"How do you say it?" Zhao Tai asked.

Wang Bin said: "Now that the king has occupied Lin'an, the people in the south of the Yangtze River are undecided. Letting these Song officials participate in the support can stabilize people's hearts and quickly and effectively identify which Song officials are willing to be loyal to Da Qi."

Zhao Tai nodded, "This is a benefit."

Wang Bin continued: "The old ministers will naturally be unhappy if these Song ministers gain support and meritorious service. In addition, these people are so easy to take refuge in. Indispensable among them are people with bad conduct and good at political speculation. Such people are supported by

I may not be a blessing to Daqi in the future. In addition, these people have gained the merit of supporting them, and it will be quite troublesome for the king to clean them up in the future."

Zhao Tai pondered for a while, "I understand!"

Wang Bin said: "Then what does your Majesty mean?"

Zhao Taiwei said, "I can't decide this matter alone. After all, Zhao Yun is still the emperor at the moment."

Wang Bin understood that now that Zhao Tai ruled the world, he naturally wanted to be the emperor.

However, Zhao Tai cannot directly ascend to this emperor, Zhao Yun must first hand over the throne.

Zhao Tai did not want to force Zhao Yun personally, so if the ministers of Qi tried to force him, it was also Zhao Tai's force.

Therefore, it is most appropriate for Ding Daquan and others to force Zhao Yunchan to give up the throne.

This not only allowed these Song ministers to stop being loyal to Zhao Yun, but also brought some infamy to Zhao Tai.

Wang Bin smiled and said: "I understand!"

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That night, Wang Bin met Ding Daquan at his residence.

In the study, Ding Daquan, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, stood in front of Wang Bin like a student.

Wang Bin smiled and said: "Ding Xiang, don't be nervous, sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ge!" Ding Daquan sat down with half his buttocks.

Wang Bin said leisurely: "Your petition has been forwarded to the king."

Ding Da's face showed joy and he tried to say: "Then the king~"

Wang Bin chuckled and said, "You have used your strength in the wrong place."

Ding Daquan originally thought that Zhao Tai would be happy, and his face was a little confused, but he quickly realized it, stood up and saluted, "Please give me some advice, Mr. Ge."

Now that the war between Qi and Song is over, the focus of Qi will inevitably shift from war to governance of the world.

This means that Wang Bin's status in Qi State will inevitably decline.

Over the years, there have been small frictions but no major conflicts between Wang Bin and Wang Wentong. They have a common goal to help Zhao Tai complete the great cause of unifying the world.

Now that this career is basically completed, it's hard to say what the relationship between the two will be like in the future.

Wang Wentong had been in charge of Daqi's political affairs for a long time, and most of the Daqi civil servants followed his lead. Wang Bin did not want to be suppressed, so he needed some officials to support him.

This time he followed Zhao Tai to Jiangnan to take charge of recruitment, which was an opportunity.

These Southern Song officials had no foundation, and it was easy for him to recruit a group of officials.

Wang Bin believes that this is what Zhao Tai wants to see.

Wang Bin smiled and said: "Now that Zhao Yun is still the emperor, if you directly persuade the king to proclaim himself emperor, won't you make the king bear the infamy?"

Ding Daquan was able to become the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he naturally had two skills.

After listening to Wang Bin's words, he quickly thanked him and said, "The elder is still a wise man. I know what to do now."

Wang Bin said directly: "Contact all the officials in Lin'an. Who will be with you and who is unwilling to participate? Write me a list when the time comes."

Ding Daquan knew that he was favored by Wang Bin and said happily: "Please rest assured, Mr. Ge, I understand."

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The next day, King Qi visited the palace.

Wang Bin came to report again. Zhao Tai did not comment, but suddenly asked: "The Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty are of the same origin. Nowadays, the problems of redundant soldiers, redundant personnel, and redundant expenses are already quite serious. Since Gu wants to replace Zhao Yun, these long-standing shortcomings must be solved.

Now that the power of the lone army is still there, it is the best time to solve the problem. If you just do these things, you will offend people. Sir, do you have any recommendations?"

Wang Bin's expression became solemn, now is indeed the best time to solve the long-standing shortcomings of the Southern Song Dynasty.

If the appeasement is completed and the Qi State touches it, it will inevitably arouse fierce opposition.

However, as Zhao Tai said, this matter is very offending.

The person who did this must either have high prestige in Daqi, have a deep-rooted position, and not care about the hatred of the southern officials and gentry, or~

Wang Bin was still thinking, but Zhao Tai said himself: "I think Ding Daquan is a good person and should be qualified for the job."

Wang Bin raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and then saluted, "I also think that Ding Daquan can do it."

Zhao Tai used Ding Daquan on the surface to give him great power, but after he finished the matter, he would probably sacrifice Ding Daquan in order to appease the grievances of Jiangnan officials and gentry.

Although Zhao Tai is not a mean and ungrateful person and would not kill Ding Daquan, Ding Daquan will definitely not make any achievements in his official career.

Wang Bin decided in his heart that Ding Daquan could give up.
Chapter completed!