The only person worth mentioning is Wanyan Talan. He had been indecisive and opportunistic before. In addition, due to the overall situation this time, he himself is a close relative of the royal family. In particular, there is Wanyan Huonu in the new army of Yanjing who cannot recover her political future. This gives him more opportunities, so this time he has officially returned to the core of central power.
Of course, the new army in Yanjing is full of new recruits, and there is no way for a live girl to move up. But that doesn't mean he is so easy to control. It will probably take time for Talan, who has long lost his minions in the army, to establish his power in the new army.
Therefore, even after returning to the center of power, Talai became much more honest. He followed the three princes in everything and never overstepped the line.
Finally, of course, the people present could not be missing a deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Qin Hui, who actually served as the deputy of several princes in terms of government affairs and strategies and was involved in all aspects of the affairs of the Jin Dynasty.
Putting them together, there are exactly twelve people at this time.
Turning back to the present, the cicadas were still chirping. Qin Huizhi looked around at the people and ran a circle of information through his mind. In fact, it was only a moment. He just paused for a moment and said to the eldest prince Wanyan Woben in a serious tone:
"Your Highness, Prince of Liao, do you want to ask whether the things in the Song Dynasty's newspaper are true or false, or do you want to ask whether the Song Dynasty will cross the river?"
"I want to ask about everything." Wanyan Oben had already built up his momentum and urged directly on the futon. "I want to ask whether it's true or not, and whether I want to ask about crossing the river... First, tell me whether it's true or not, then talk about crossing the river."
Qin Hui nodded and responded calmly: "If this is the case, so that the two kings and colleagues know, I think that even the Emperor Zhao Song himself may not be able to tell whether the information in the court report is true or false."
Of the remaining eleven people, except for Wanyan Xiyin who remained calm and seemed to have realized the situation a long time ago, the remaining ten were all stunned, and then seemed to be thinking about something.
"If you put it bluntly, it's actually very simple." Qin Hui glanced at Wanyan Xiyin, and seeing that he seemed to be disdainful of such explanations, he continued. "That is, documents are documents, and reality is reality... Whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty, there are the capital province, the Privy Council, the Censorate, the Six Ministries, the Nine Ministers, the Five Supervisors, as well as scholars, servants, secretaries, and even the various military offices, control offices, and imperial city offices. The system has been like this for thousands of years. There is always someone in charge of all kinds of things in the world... For example, as early as the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, there were three officials who were in charge of the financial strategy. The accounts of the imperial army for a year were detailed to the last penny, and they were also written into memorials and recorded. But was the military expenditure of the Renzong Dynasty really so detailed and clear?"
The remaining ten people also woke up completely.
Wanyan Talai shook his head and sneered, "I was wondering, how could the Song Dynasty be so capable? That Emperor Zhao went to Jiangnan for a year, but once he returned to the Central Plains, he walked from Nanjing to Tokyo in just half a month, and he was able to take charge of the country's internal affairs, foreign affairs, logistics and military supplies so well? It turned out to be just paperwork. And paperwork, there are so many government officials, as long as they report it according to the rules, there will always be an explanation."
"Even so, it should not be taken lightly." Wanyan Xiyin finally interrupted, but it was a serious reminder to everyone present. "Let me ask you, is it better to have documents or not... Is it better to be as detailed as a penny, or as rough as a hundred strings of cash? Only with systems, officials, and documents can we follow the map when something happens, and only when we want to do something can we directly dispatch it without thinking twice. If there is no document, even if the Zhao Song government wants to scare us in the official newspaper, we don't know how to scare us!"
Seeing Xi Yin so serious, Talai immediately felt embarrassed. The others were also a little dissatisfied when they heard Xi Yin talking about everyone as if he was lecturing a child, but no one showed it.
"That's right." Qin Hui then slowly added, "Besides, although the words written by the Emperor Zhao Song in the official report were intended to scare us and encourage himself, they were not necessarily lies to scare people... I just want to say that we can't verify such things anyway, and the Emperor Zhao Song can't be as knowledgeable about national politics and military affairs as he claims in the official report, so no one should take the specific content above seriously."
When everyone heard this, they nodded with emotion. Even Hong Ya, after looking at Qin Hui with interest, immediately nodded continuously, as if he was thinking about something.
To put it bluntly, there are basically no stupid people in the Shangshu Tai in Yanjing. Even some empty-headed people like Wanyan Pujianu led troops during the reign of Taizu and once served as Wanyan Nianhan's deputy, but were later replaced by Xi Yin.
Moreover, Qin Hui and Wanyan Xiyin’s analysis was very direct and the logic was very simple, so it was not difficult to understand.
That's it...what else can I do?
You know, it is very difficult to have those idealistic, death-defying professional spies these days. It's not that there are no corresponding patriotic people, nor that we can't send corresponding people to do corresponding activities, but that the transportation conditions and information transmission conditions make such actions extremely inefficient and meaningless.
In fact, since ancient times, the concept of so-called spies has been more of a concurrent role... For example, small armed reconnaissance and harassment forces, who go for reconnaissance and raids, are of course typical "spies".
For example, it is natural for envoys between countries to go to different places to test the other side's political attitude, investigate the geography and observe the military deployment along the way, which is also an act of espionage.
For example, high-ranking civil servants and military leaders with speculative capabilities, even tribes that are qualified to be fence-sitters, or even third-party countries that are indecisive, choose to convey certain information at a specific time, or even turn against the United States on the spot... These are all standard espionage behaviors.
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