took Xinzhou without bloodshed, and won nearly half of the cloud land, which really made Cai still happy!

Actually-

Not only Cai is still happy, but the people who follow Cai are also happy, and they are all more confident in the future!

Cai still immediately changed Fengshengzhou back to Xinzhou and appointed Chen Yu as the prefect of Yundong to sit in Xinzhou.

Just when Cai was still about to appoint Wu Jue, the best general at defense, as the defense envoy of Yundong, Wu Yong suddenly found Cai Ying.

Cai still thought that Wu Yong was here to invite merit, so he encouraged Wu Yong and said: "You have done a good job this time, and when you are rewarded for your merits in a few days, I will definitely not forget your great merits." ”

And yet—

What Cai still never expected was that Wu Yong actually bowed to the ground and said, "The minister is here to ask the governor of the capital for his guilt." ”

Cai was still stunned and said, "What are you guilty of?" ”

Wu Yong straightened up and said, "After receiving your order from the Governor of the Great Capital, the minister wants to fool the old lord of Liao and ask him to make the people of Xinzhou open the city and surrender. ”

Wu Yong continued with some annoyance: "Kechen underestimated the shamelessness of the old lord of Liao, and he didn't want to, in order to save his life and fight for them a chance to take revenge on the Liao State, he actually took the initiative to give all the women captured by the Dadu Governor to the Dadu Governor, and said that he was willing to use Yundi as a dowry for his six daughters. ”

Wu Yong said again: "At that time, the minister thought, this is nothing, anyway, the old lord of Liao and those women of Liao are under the control of the Metropolitan Governor, and you can deal with them as you want, so you vaguely did not agree or refuse, and only said that you have to consult the Metropolitan Governor for this matter." ”

"Later, the minister coveted the new city, so he said to the old lord of Liao, let him help the metropolitan governor you take the new city first, and then the minister will tell the metropolitan governor his thoughts. No, when the old lord of Liao saw Li Shi, the envoy from Xincheng, he actually said all his thoughts as if he had agreed with the governor of Dadu, and the minister saw that Li Shi seemed to be moved by him, so he didn't stop it. ”

Wu Yong bowed to the ground again and said: "Now, I am afraid that the people of the entire new city know that you are the son-in-law of the old lord of Liao, and they still think that the governor of Dadu will borrow troops to avenge the old lord of Liao, and the minister is guilty." ”

After Cai still heard this, he frowned!

It's just a few women, it's nothing, it's a big deal to work hard.

What's more, there are really many beauties among the royal women of the Liao Kingdom, not to mention anything else, that is, Xiao Ang found the six daughters and four daughters-in-law of Yelu Yanxi to serve him that day, all of them are beauties, and several of them are even peerless beauties, in addition to Yelu Yanxi's queen Xiao Duoli lazy, and the concubine Xiao Guige who have peerless beauties with identity bonuses.

From a man's point of view, Cai is still willing to take in these beautiful women and save them from the baptism of war.

In fact, in the past few days, under Xiao Ang's diligent arrangement, Cai has slept with more than a dozen Liao women, two of whom are the daughters of the clan, and two are the concubines of Yelu Yanxi.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Cai is still given a month or two, Cai still guarantees that he can sleep the daughter of the Liao royal family he has his eye on.

Moreover, Cai is still happy about it.

But—

This kind of thing should be done in private, and there is no need to make it known to everyone, let alone have anything to do with politics.

Cai was still silent for a while, and asked Wu Yong, "What do you think?" ”

Wu Yong hurriedly said: "The minister thinks that this is not necessarily a bad thing. ”

Cai still asked quietly, "Why do you say that?" ”

Wu Yong explained: "In the territory of Yanyun, there are Jin and Dadan in the north, Song in the south, and Western Xia in the west, whether it is Jin, Song, or Western Xia, they all want to seize Yanyun, so Yanyun can be said to be a land of four wars......

Cai still listened, silent.

In fact, as Wu Yong said, Yanyun is indeed a land of four battles that all forces aspire to.

Wu Yong saw that Cai still recognized his position for Yan Yun, so he continued: "If you win Yan Yun, you can't fight with your neighbors, right? ”

Cai still thought to himself: "Of course not, if I am really so arrogant, even if the Jinwu army can fight better than any army in the world, then I will inevitably be annihilated by the joint efforts of the four neighbors. ”

From Cai Ying's expression, Wu Yong could see that he was right again, so he said again: "If the Metropolitan Governor turns against Song Guo, I'm afraid Song Guo will not easily give up with the Metropolitan Governor...... Dadu, you have just killed and captured more than 15,000 elite soldiers of the Jin State not long ago, and the relationship between Song and Jin is an alliance, so I am afraid that you and the Jin State will not be able to coexist peacefully......"

After a pause, Wu Yong said again: "Now it seems that only the Western Xia Kingdom can become an ally of the Grand Governor. However, the land of the Western Xia Kingdom is only 800,000, and there are many deserts and Gobi in the country, only the Hetao and Hexi regions are still rich, the population is only one or two million, among which there are a large number of Han people, Uighurs and other ethnic groups, the number of real party members is only seven or eight hundred thousand, agriculture and handicrafts are relatively backward, the economic strength is far less than that of the Song and Jin countries, grain, tea, silk, iron and other important daily necessities need to be imported from the Song State, and the economic dependence on the Song State is very high. An important reason why the Western Xia State rebelled against the independence of the Song Dynasty was that the Song State imposed economic sanctions on the Western Xia, forcing the Western Xia into a corner, so it rebelled, and it was always known that the Song State used economic and trade means to make the Western Xia miserable. To sum up, the ally of the Western Xia Kingdom is neither strong nor reliable. ”

Cai still showed a heavy look!

Let Wu Yong be right, this is exactly what Cai is still worried about.

Cai was still silent for a while, and said, "So, you want me to help the Liao State restore the country, and then form an alliance with it, so that Song Jin will not dare to act rashly?" ”

Wu Yongda patted Cai still sycophants and said: "The governor is wise." In fact, the Metropolitan Governor does not have to help the Liao State recover the country, just let the Liao State not be destroyed by the Jin State for the time being, it is best to let the Liao and Jin countries continue to fight and consume each other, and the Metropolitan Governor can take this opportunity to develop slowly, or even go south to the Song Dynasty to unify the Central Plains, and then turn around and clean up the Liaojin that has been defeated and complete the unification. ”

It can be said that the future designed by Wu Yong for Cai is still very attractive to Cai Ying.

Cai still thought for a while and said: "In this way, I can't ask for a woman from the Liao State, otherwise, even if the Liao State is forced to unite with me due to the situation in the future, it will definitely be a good person, why don't you send the Buddha to the west and return the women of the Liao State to them?" ”

In Cai's mind, although women are good, there is a gap between them and their allies because of some dispensable women, which is a bit too much to lose.

No, Wu Yong shook his head very dryly, and said, "The minister thinks that most of these women can't be returned to them by you no matter what." ”

Cai was still puzzled, and he asked bluntly: "Why?" ”

Wu Yongdao: "First of all, the Metropolitan Governor has forced the Yundi of the Liao State, and will also force the Yan Land of the Liao State in the future, this is already an irreconcilable contradiction, as long as the Liao State has a revival day, it will not forget this great enemy, therefore, the Metropolitan Governor will not return the women of the Liao State to them, and the result will not be any different." ”

Cai still thought about it for a while - if Yelu Yanxi couldn't turn over, it would be fine, if he was given a chance to turn over, how could he forget his big revenge of snatching Yanyun, an important land in the Liao State? Moreover, this big feud will never be resolved or even reduced by half a point just because he returned some of his women. In this way, it is better to get some benefits.

Wu Yong said: "Secondly, the real way to be strong is to become stronger, supporting the Liao State is just an expedient measure, just a delaying tactic, the Metropolitan Governor you have to use this precious time to strengthen yourself, so that you can achieve the final victory in the future competition, and to strengthen yourself, you can't do without the population and talents, therefore, the Metropolitan Governor you can't let the old lord of Liao take away the women of the Liao State in any case, let him marry his subjects, the Metropolitan Governor You can use these women of the Liao State to hook the men of the Liao State and prevent them from leaving with the old lord of Liao, As long as these Liao people finally choose to stay, they will definitely be the population and talent of the Metropolitan Governor in the future. ”

Cai still thought, "That's right! ”

"There are only one or two million people here in Yundi, if they all run away with Yelu Yanxi, what should I do?"

"If I leave all the women of the Liao Kingdom behind, there will inevitably be many men who are reluctant to stay with these women, and once they choose to stay, it means that they have given up their emperor and their original country, in this case, as long as I introduce policies that can win their hearts, they will be my people."

"The people or something, don't talk about it, the key is talent, if all the talents are left with Yelu Yanxi, what will I do to compete with the world, what will I do to change the shame of Jingkang?"

In fact, at this point, Cai still has already persuaded Wu Yong.

No, Wu Yong said again: "Again, Yanyun has been isolated from the Central Plains for more than two hundred years after all, and these people don't have a strong sense of belonging to our Han people......

This is actually exactly what Cai is still worried about.

Therefore, Cai still looked at Wu Yong with some expectation, hoping that he could give himself a feasible idea.

Wu Yong did not disappoint Cai Ying, he continued: "If you want to change this, the best way is to bring in some real Han people and let these real Han people settle here in Yundi, so that the Metropolitan Governor will have a solid base of people." ”

Cai still thought for a moment and asked, "But how can you bring in some real Han people?" ”

Wu Yong shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Dadu Governor, you must have forgotten that Zhao Song has sent hundreds of thousands of Han people to transport grain and materials to Dadu Governor. ”

Cai's eyes lit up and said, "You mean, leave some of these Han people behind?" ”

Wu Yong bowed to Cai and said, "The Governor of the Metropolitan is wise." ”

After straightening up, Wu Yong said again: "Over the years, most of the people in Song Land have been miserable, especially those who live at the bottom. As long as the Governor is willing to give them some grain and land, and it is better to give them another woman, a large part of them will be willing to stay in the clouds. ”

This time, Cai still understood that Wu Yong wanted to give the wives, concubines, mothers, and daughters of those who were determined to leave Yelu Yanxi to those Han people, so as to seduce those Han people to take root in Yundi.

Cai still has to admit that although Wu used this strategy to be a little damaged, he was not clever, and it can be said that he solved several problems for himself with one stone.

Cai still really didn't expect that a little pedant could give himself such a good idea.

Cai is still a very straightforward person, he directly waved his hand and said, "You are solely responsible for this matter." ”

Wu Yong was overjoyed and immediately responded: "No! ”

Suddenly remembered something again, Wu Yong said again: "By the way, the Metropolitan Governor, there is one thing, the minister must remind the Metropolitan Governor." ”

Cai still asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

Wu Yong said in a deep voice: "Governor Dadu, you must not reward those women with status, no matter how much credit this person has made, huh...... The minister told you so, you just don't like these women with status, and you must keep them in your harem, and you can't let anyone get involved......"

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