Chapter 462: The Position of the Wugu Clan (Part I)
King Yue really did what he said, and in the afternoon two days later, he brought Xifeng Chang and Sun Tu to the mansion of the Wugu family, and visited Uguruya in the name of meeting Wugu Boqi.
Before that, Sun Tu had actually heard a lot about the specific situation of this privy envoy of the Xia State from Xi Fengchang, and he also had some understanding of him. Although Uguruya and Moyuhe were the most important officials in the Western Xia Dynasty, his style was much more humble and low-key than the latter.
Except for important military and political affairs, or the emperor's inquiry, Uguruga will express his opinion in the court, otherwise he will not see any movement in the court. In addition, it is completely different from Mo Yuhe's practice of co-opting many party nobles and high-ranking officials, Uguruga has almost no allies, as the supreme commander of the Xia army, except for some subordinate generals back then, he is almost not a party or a group, and he has truly achieved his own self-reliance.
For such a low-key and introverted minister, even the fine seal often sighed again and again when he talked about it, thinking that this was really a rare existence. Sun Tu, on the other hand, felt that this might be where Uguruga was smart, because he had already found his position, that is, a pure minister, only to be loyal to the emperor, and everything else could be put aside.
Because only in this way can he avoid being defeated by Mo Yuhe, a Zhongshu Commander who is far above him.
Mo Yuhe is an old minister of several dynasties in the Xia Kingdom, and no matter how prestigious and connected he is, Wuguruya, an upstart who has only been promoted by Li Qianshun in recent years, can compete, especially since he also made a great contribution to the emperor in the coup d'Γ©tat a few decades ago, which makes it difficult for Li Qianshun to attack such an old minister because of some trivial things. Therefore, if Uguruga really clashed with Moh, his defeat would be inevitable.
In this case, if he wants to sit in the position of privy envoy, the emperor can only protect him, and at the same time there will be no friction with Moyuhe. Being an official in a low-key manner, not being a party or a group is the best means of self-protection, which can make the emperor and Mo Yuhe feel at ease with him. And as long as he sits long enough in the position of privy envoy to wait for the day when he dies of old age, or if something happens to him because he angers the emperor, Uguruga can quickly rise to his place and take his place!
Although Sun Tu had never had any contact with the privy envoy, he had vaguely guessed his full plan. As for why he is actually ambitious, it can be seen only from the fact that he can allow his son to be very close to the king of Yue. At the same time, Sun Tu also thought of one thing, is it really because the two of them have the same temperament, and not because they have some other purpose?
With such suspicions, Sun Tu couldn't help but take a closer look at King Yue who was hugging Wu Gu Boqi who was smiling and greeting him with a smile, this person's mind was not as innocent as he imagined.
Under the leadership of Uguboqi, the three of them entered his mansion unimpeded. Along the way, Sun Tu saw that this house is also quite suitable for Uguruya's temperament, although the area is still not small, but the interior layout is extremely simple and simple, there is no garden pavilion or anything embellishment, that is, the courtyard houses that enter are just ordinary brick houses, and there is no special meaning. The only thing that is a little different is that a large piece of yellow sand paved school field has been opened up on the left-hand side after entering the hospital, which is obviously the habit of Uguruga to practice martial arts here on weekdays.
At this time, there were no soldiers and horses on display on the school field, but a convoy and a dozen or so horse knights were parked. Sun Tu's gaze only swept over them, his eyebrows were raised, and after a few months, he finally saw the friendly Han dress again!
Standing on the side of the convoy were all dressed in Song people's wide robes and big sleeves, and not far from them, staring at them with provocative eyes were cavalrymen dressed as Liao. Seeing only this scene, Sun Tu had already guessed the identity of these people in his heart, it should be the envoy from Song and Liao who came here to see Uguruya as a lobbyist today!
In fact, not only Sun Tu was paying attention to the situation over there, but King Yue and Xifeng Chang also showed curious expressions after seeing these two groups of people. Seeing this, Ugu Boqi explained in a low voice: "In the past half month, the Song Liao Mission has always sent people to see my father. Before, my father had always avoided them, but today, somehow, he suddenly refused to see them. The schoolyard over there are all envoys, and I'm really afraid that they will make a move here. β
Originally, he only felt that there was something strange in the fine seal Chang when he heard that Wuguruya had actually received the envoy of Song Liao, and his face suddenly changed, his face showed eagerness, and he glanced at King Yue and wanted to say something.
King Yue immediately understood, coughed lowly and said, "Boqi, in addition to wanting to catch up with you today, this king actually wants to ask you for help. β
"Lord Wang, please command, as long as I can do it, I will not refuse."
"This Xifeng Chang is a person from the Xifeng clan, he wants to meet the privy envoy this time and talk about dealing with the Liao-Song dispute, I wonder if you can help us introduce it?" King Yue made a request, and Xi Feng Chang looked at Ugu Boqi with a hopeful face, waiting for him to nod.
Uguboqi's expression suddenly froze: "This...... My father never let me pay attention to his official duties, if I do this, I'm afraid I will be blamed by him......" After a pause, he looked at King Yue and Xi Fengchang again, and finally gritted his teeth, nodded vigorously and said: "Since the prince has said so, I will also help you if I am reprimanded by my father." Now my father should meet you in the side hall, and I will take you there. β
Hearing this, the fine seal Chang was overjoyed again, and hurriedly saluted and thanked him: "Thank you Uncle Wugu for helping me this time." β
"You don't have to thank me, I'm also looking at King Yue's face. What's more, this matter is related to the national fortune of my Xia Kingdom, if you can think of making it safe, so that I will not be involved in the dispute between the Liao and Song dynasties, I naturally want to help you. Ugubochi said, turning and leading them to the other side.
After hearing this, he thanked him again, and his good impression of Ugu Boqi increased a lot. But after hearing this, Sun Tu felt a little strange, how did this know what kind of attitude the Xi Feng clan had on this matter? Thinking of this, he swept his gaze back and forth to King Yue and Ugu Boqi, was it because the two sides had already spoken up, in fact, the relationship between them was already closer than expected?
With doubts, Sun Tu followed them to the front of one of the most imposing halls in this mansion. Because of the cold weather, the doors and windows in front and back of the hall were closed tightly, and there were seven or eight sab-armed guards standing in front of the door.
But Ugubochi was obviously not the one they dared to stop, and under his leadership, they approached the door without any problems, but because there was a loud voice in it at this time, he did not rush to knock on the door and enter. It's just that in this way, the voice of the conversation inside came out clearly through the portal-
ββ¦β¦ What treacherous things did you Song Guo do before, don't we don't know, hmph, do you think that secretly contacting the Jurchens can pose a threat to my Da Liao? That's too much to think of yourself! β
"My Great Song has never had any contact with the Jurchens, don't spray people with blood! And today we are not talking about the past, but now. Now there is constant chaos in your Liao country, and not long ago even Nanjing City almost rebelled, if you really dare to be the enemy of my Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the disaster of breaking the country is not far away! β
"It's just nonsense, my Great Liao is at the peak of the country, how can you compare with the Song people? However, your Song Kingdom is now in turmoil in many places, and you can't even extinguish the rebellion in the north and south, and you still want to be the enemy of my Daliao? As far as I know, the volunteers of that Fang La have already knocked down half of the cities south of your Jiangnan, right? And the land south of the Yangtze River is the important land of money and grain for your Song Kingdom, under such chaos, how much strength can you show to compete with my Great Liao? So in my opinion, you are trying to pull Xia Guo as a pawn! β
The two sides revealed each other's words about each other, which suddenly made the smell of gunpowder in the hall more and more intense, and also made the few people standing outside stunned, and Sun Tu was the most surprised among them.
He was a witness to the chaos in Nanjing, Liao State, so he naturally didn't care, what he really cared about was that the other party mentioned that there was a rebellion in the north and south of the Song Kingdom.
It has only been more than half a year since I left the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and I didn't expect that so many changes had happened in the country, and uprisings, or rebels, appeared one after another!
Fang La's name is naturally familiar to him, it was the most powerful of the rebel army in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and it was far from being comparable to the Liangshan bandits, who were more famous for later generations. As the Liao envoy said, Fang La's rebellion in Jiangnan will inevitably affect the money and grain taxes of the Great Song Dynasty, and its destructive power is quite amazing, and I wonder if the imperial court can quickly quell the rebellion at this time?
In addition, although the other party did not mention which rebel army the rebellion in the north of the Great Song Dynasty was, as long as he combined his understanding of history and his grasp of current affairs, he could guess that it was probably Liangshan and his gang who were doing trouble!
Liang Shan and Fang La moved in the north and south at the same time, which was undoubtedly an extremely serious blow to the Great Song Dynasty, and Tong Guan, who had returned to the Song Kingdom, must also be anxious because of this. And the matter of spending a year preparing weapons and grain, and then uniting the Jin State to attack the north and south of the Liao State is afraid that it will be put on hold for the time being.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the imperial court will send an envoy to negotiate with the Western Xia this time to deal with the Liao State with the combined forces of the three parties, right?
Just as Sun Tu's mind was divergent because of these explosive inside stories, Ugu Boqi, who heard that there was no movement inside, had already stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Father, King Yue has something important to discuss with you!" β