Su Dai and his entourage, as soon as they entered Ling'an County in Liaodi and stepped on the official road built by cement, the whole person and several entourages were stunned. And Song Hai, the new county commander of Ling'an, had already received an order from the Junhou Mansion and waited for Su Dai by the official road.

After Su Dai and Song Hai met, he pointed to the cement road under his feet and said to Song Hai, "Lord Song, what is this?" Are all the official roads in my Liao land paved with this thing? ”

Song Hai obviously answered this question I don't know how many times, and said to Su Dai, "Mr. Su, this material is called "cement". Now my Liaodi, from Xiangping City to the official roads of the three county governments of Liaoxi, Jilin, and Liaobei, are all paved with this thing. As for the three newly established county governments in the north, I heard that this year the government has organized the leaders of the Qian, and began to level the official roads, and plans to use this material to pave it year by year. ”

Su Dai frowned slightly, and was very unhappy in his heart, and said to Song Hai, "I don't know how much labor it will cost to pave this official road?" How can I do this, hurting the people and money? ”

The old man Su Dai didn't arrive in Xiangping City, so he began to worry about Ji Kang.

Seeing this, Ling'an County Ling Song Hai hurriedly said to Su Dai, "Mr. Su Dai, my Liaodi has now abolished the law of labor service. All the people who build roads are given money, which I call "wages" in Liaodi. The people are enthusiastic, how can we talk about hurting the people's labor and money? ”

After listening to Song Hai's explanation, Su Dai still didn't understand, and the word "what is" popped up in his head. But I always know that Liaodi has not hurt the people and money. But then on the way to Xiangping City, there were more and more "what is" on Su Dai's mind.

Although it is winter, but look at the people along the way, dressed thickly, ruddy faces, under the organization of the government, leveling the roads, building ditches, laughter, this is really not like the appearance of working people and losing money! Gongzi Ji Kang can actually let Liaodi do this.

Su Dai passed through a village, in a courtyard next to a brick structure, which looked very beautiful, there was the sound of reading loudly, and there were a few old people outside who looked like the village elders, and they were also listening outside the courtyard.

Su Dai stopped the car and stayed outside the courtyard, quietly listening to the sound of reading coming from the courtyard. Then he bowed to these village elders and said, "May I ask the old man, who did this?" ”

These village elders said to Su Dai, "This gentleman, this is done by my Liaodi government." Now the babies are catching up with the good time, and every village has a school to teach them to read and write. ”

Su Dai was taken aback, and said to the Liaodi official who accompanied him, "Now that I am Liaodi, is there this school in every village?" ”

The official nodded and said to Su Dai, "Yes, sir." We are now practicing compulsory teaching in Liaodi, and there are such schools in every village. ”

Su Dai was speechless when he heard this. Then a smile appeared on his face, and he said softly, "Dadao Xiyin, nothing more!" ”

On the subsequent journey to Xiangping City, Su Dai also found that the entire Liao Land was also full of a strong atmosphere of war at this moment. Every day, you can see that many soldiers are lined up and marching towards Xiangping City in groups.

The more you go to Xiangping City, the more soldiers you see, and the official road carrying the army's grain, grass, baggage, military resources and other vehicles is an endless stream of people concentrated in Xiangping City.

When Su Dai saw this, he knew that there was going to be a big war in Liaodi.

In mid-February, after Su Dai arrived in Xiangping City, he came to the Junhou Mansion, Ji Kang and Jun Xiangju Xin, Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian, as well as the old manager Ji Mao and others, personally greeted the arrival of the Junhou Mansion and welcomed the arrival of Su Dai.

Su Dai looked at the radiant, handsome and young prince in front of him, and then looked at the people who were familiar with the Yan Kingdom court before, his eyes were red, and he bowed deeply to Ji Kang and said, "Old minister Su Dai, meet the son!" ”

Ji Kang stepped forward, helped Su Dai up, and said to Su Dai, "Lord Su Dai, don't do this." ”

After Su Dai stood still, Ji Kang took a step back, then clasped his hands into fists, bowed deeply to Su Dai and said, "Mr. Su Dai, you have been wronged, welcome home!" Boy, here's a good way. ”

When Su Dai saw Ji Kang like this, his eyes were moist at first, and then he began to cry.

And Jun Xiangju Xin, Zou Yan and others saw this, and they felt the same way, and their eyes were red.

Here, I want to talk about the experience of Su Dai.

Su Dai, a native of Luoyi in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. A generation of Zongheng family, the younger brother of Su Qin.

When Su Dai was in the Zhou Dynasty, the Chu State attacked the Yongshi of South Korea, and Korea transferred troops to Zhou Tianzi to collect grain, and Zhou Tianzi felt very distressed, so he discussed with Su Dai.

Su Dai said to Zhou Tianzi, "Son of Heaven, what's the trouble?" Su Dai went to South Korea this time, and he must make Han not to conquer Jia and Su Yuzhou, and to be able to get the high capital for the king. ”

Zhou Tianzi was very happy and said to Su Dai, "If Mr. can really do such a thing, please listen to the country." ”

So Su Dai went to South Korea and met with Han Xianggong Zhong extravagantly said, "Didn't Xiangguo hear about Chu's plan?" The Chu general Zhaoying once said to King Chu Huai, "Due to years of war, Korea is tired and sleepy, and the warehouse is empty, and there is no strength to hold the city." If our army takes advantage of the shortage of food in Korea and leads its troops to attack Yongshi in Korea, then it will not take a month to occupy Yongshi. ”

"Now that the state of Chu has besieged the Yong clan for five months, it still has not been able to take it, which also proves that the state of Chu is exhausted, and the king of Chu has begun to doubt Zhaoying's statement. Xiangguo actually transferred troops to the Zhou Dynasty to levy grain, this is not clearly telling Chu that Korea is exhausted, and after Zhao Ying knows, he will definitely ask the king of Chu to increase his troops to surround Yong's, and Yong's will not be able to hold it. ”

After listening to Su Dai's words, Gong Zhong said to Su Dai, "Sir's opinion is very clever, but the envoy of the Benxiang faction has already set off. ”

Seeing this, Su Dai smiled and said to Gong Zhong, "Xiangguo, this matter is easy!" Why didn't Xiangguo give Gao Du to Zhou Tianzi? ”

When Gong Zhongxuan heard this, he was very angry, so he said to Su Dai, "Mr. Su Dai, it's good enough that the prime minister doesn't transfer troops to Zhou Tianzi to collect food, why do you want to give Zhou Tianzi Gaodu?" ”

Su Dai shook his head, and then said to Han Xianggong Zhong, "If Xiangguo can give Gaodu to Zhou Tianzi, then the Zhou Dynasty will definitely have good relations with Korea." In this way, when the Qin State knew about it, it would be furious, and burn the runes of the Zhou Dynasty and cut off the contacts of the envoys. ”

"In other words, as long as Xiangguo uses a poor Gaodu, he can exchange it for a complete Zhou Dynasty, why wouldn't Xiangguo want to?"

(In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, envoys had to bring talismans to facilitate verification and verification, so burning talismans meant that the two countries had severed diplomatic relations)

When the public prince heard this, he was silent for a long time, and then said to Su Dai, "Good." The gentleman's words are very true. ”

So Gong Zhongxuan decided not only not to transfer troops to Zhou Tianzi to collect food, but also to give Gaodu to the Zhou Dynasty, and the Chu State also retreated.

Su Dai saw that the Zhou room was weakened, and the world was "ruined". pinned the hope of unification of the world on the Yan royal family, which was closest to the Zhou family by blood. I have always wanted to support the Yan royal family and strengthen the national strength of the Yan Kingdom. In this way, he came to Yan Kingdom at a very young age.

According to the historical records of Ji Kang's previous life, after the Su Dynasty came to Yan Kingdom, he regarded Yan Country as his homeland. For the rest of his life, no matter what country he was in, he always thought about Yan and ran for the life and death of Yan until the end of his life.

After Su Dai came to Yan State, Ji Kang's ancestor Yan Wang Xu, and later Yan State had a "Zen Rang" incident, and there was internal turmoil in the country, and the vassal states sent troops to attack Yan State, and Su Dai was forced to flee to Qi State.

Later, Ji Kang's Taizu King Yanzhao ascended the throne, and he was eager to seek talent, so he sent people to the Qi State, wanting to ask Su Dai, would he still be willing to return to the Yan Kingdom?

Su Dai, who had already mixed well in the Qi State, heard the call of the old country, without saying a word, resigned from his high-paying position in the Qi State, and rushed back to the Yan State with the envoy sent by King Yan Zhao, and was appointed by King Yan Zhao as the secretary of the Yan State.

The State of Qi was very powerful at that time, and sent troops to occupy the territory and cities of the Yan State many times, bringing endless humiliation to the Yan State.

King Yan Zhao was eloquent and strategic, and in order to wash away the shame brought by Qi to Yan State, he wanted to attack Qi State. But at that time, it was not enough to rely on the strength of Yan alone. So, Su Dai and his brother Su Qin, on the order of King Yan Zhao, went to Qi together to lobby King Qi, the king of Qi at that time. Let King Qi be the emperor first, and then the Song Dynasty.

At that time, the king of Qi followed the advice of Su Qin and Su Dai, and after being proclaimed emperor, he then sent troops to occupy the Song State. King Qi's arrogant behavior caused the anger of all the countries in the world at that time, and all countries sent troops to jointly crusade against Qi. The powerful State of Qi was almost annexed by the State of Yan because of this incident at that time.

Of course, if King Yan Zhao of Yan State had not died, it would have been impossible to replace Le Yi, the commander of the Yan State army, and Qi State would have been properly occupied by Yan State. But that's it, after this incident, the powerful Qi State also began to decline in national strength.

From then on, Su Dai, like his elder brother Su Qin, began to have a reputation among the vassal states of the Central Plains.

It was when Ji Kang's great-grandfather King Yan Hui ascended the throne that the Yan Kingdom was at its weakest, and the Su Dynasty also made great contributions to the Yan Kingdom.

During the reign of King Hui of Yan, the army of Yan was defeated by Tian Dan of Qi, and Yan failed to attack Qi. And Ji Kang's maternal grandfather, King Zhao Huiwen, is also preparing to go out of Yan Kingdom. Under the circumstances at that time, the Yan Kingdom was very critical and faced a situation of collapse.

Just when the life and death of the Yan Kingdom was at stake, Su Dai stepped forward and went to the Zhao State to lobby King Zhao Huiwen, creating the famous allusion of "the snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits".

Su Dai said Zhao Huiwen Wang said, "Today's ministers come to Zhao, after Yi Shui, the mussel side is exposed, and the sandpiper pecks its flesh, and the mussel closes and clamps its beak." The sandpiper said, "If it doesn't rain today, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, there will be dead mussels." The mussel is also called the sandpiper and says, "If you don't come out today, you won't come out tomorrow, that is, there will be a dead sandpiper." "The two refuse to give up each other, and the fisherman gets and the fowl are gone."

Speaking of this, Su Dai said to Zhao Huiwen again, "Today, Zhao and Yan are cut down, Yan and Zhao have been supporting each other for a long time, and they are afraid of the public, and the ministers are afraid of forcing Qin Zhi as the fisherman." Therefore, may the king's plan be well understood. ”

Ji Kang's maternal grandfather, King Zhao Huiwen, after listening to Su Dai's words, pondered for a long time and said to Su Dai, "Good." This is very true, sir. ”

As a result, King Zhao Huiwen stopped his plan to attack Yan and resolved the crisis of Yan.

But then, there was another incident in Yan State, where Xiangguo Gongsun Cao "killed the king".

At that time, Su Dai did not want to see this happen in Yan Kingdom. Seeing this, he was forced to flee to Zhao again.

Su Dai arrived in the Zhao Kingdom, and he also thought about the Yan Kingdom. Although he had opinions about Yan Xianggong Sun Cao, Zhao Guo had prepared to attack Yan many times, but he was blocked by Su Dai's lobbying.

Until today, at the request of Ji Kang, he returned to Liaodi and returned to Yanguo! It was before returning to Liao that Su Dai was ordered by Ji Kang to envoy to Qin at the age of more than sixty. and lobbied Fan Sui to make him disagree with the general Wu Anjun.

Therefore, can Ji Kang disrespect this old man who has dedicated his life to Yan Guo, and is loyal to Yan Guo until his death, and has made many contributions to Yan Guo? Can you not be respectful?

No matter how respectful, I can't overstate it! No matter how respectful, it can't be overstated!

In the thirteenth year of King Wucheng, in mid-February, a generation of vertical and horizontal masters Su Dai came to Liao and was appointed by Ji Kang as the secretary of Liaodi, in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites.

When the news came out, the entire Yan Kingdom was shocked again.

After Yan Xiangsu saw this news, he was speechless for a long time. In the study, after a long time, he said softly, "Gongzi Kang, the wings are full!" So what can I do? ”

Pushing open the window of the study, I found that the branches outside the study had revealed tender shoots.

Yan Xiangsu only found out at this time that unconsciously, the spring of the thirteenth year of King Wucheng came.

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