Chapter 448: Gan Qi was a little tired
Gan Qi wants to contact a group of businessmen from Yanyun in Xiongzhou Rongchang, which is one of the ways to affect the current situation of Yanyun, and it is also the main way for Gan Qi to return to the capital of this investment.
When necessary, Xiongzhou, a border city with a big road leading to Liao, is still useful. For example, some charitable things such as collecting Yanyun displaced people will lay the foundation of popular support for ruling Yanyun in the future.
As for where Yanyun's displaced people came from, this question is also simple, that is, war.
The most important thing now is to raise the bandit Ma Niu first, and take advantage of the winter to continue to send equipment to Linyu Mountain, not only to send equipment, but also to send some people over, and firmly control the rogue under Ma Niu. When necessary, Ganqi is even ready to go over in person, such as when the siege of the city is frustrated, Ganqi is ready to go over and sit in person.
There is only one purpose for doing this, that is, it must make Yan Yun chaotic, and it must attract a large number of Yan Yun troops to kill Ma Niu. Ma Niu can't be easily exterminated, and it has to be fought back and forth, and it is prosperous. It would have been better if the Liao army had been defeated a few more times.
Ganch's plan is slowly being completed.
But there is one most important problem, that is, how to get the imperial court to agree to use troops against Liao.
This last question is the most critical issue, even if Yan Yun becomes a pot of porridge, even if the power of Ma Niu is getting bigger and bigger, and the Great Song Dynasty can't raise troops to attack, the Liao State will slowly calm all this down after all.
But now, how dare this imperial court use swords and soldiers with the Liao State?
After decades of comfort, everyone is looking at the one-third of an acre of land in front of them, and who wants to take risks? Dragging the whole country into the quagmire of a protracted war?
Several generations have long passed, and the kind of forge ahead of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty is long gone.
Gan Qi wants to go back to Bianliang, and finally planned all this, and it was almost implemented, once the spring is in chaos, and if you can't seize this opportunity, there will be no such opportunity in the future.
So Gan Qi had to go back to Bianliang and settle the matter.
Otherwise, Gan Qi would have no choice but to start a war with the Liao State by himself, and he would even be convicted for starting a war in vain.
After explaining many things to Di Qing, and also explaining many things to the governor of Xiongzhou and the head of the soldiers and horses, Gan Qi set off back to Bianliang.
From Xiongzhou back to Bianliang, very quickly, if you rush at the fastest speed, you can return to Bianliang in more than ten days. Decades later, the Jurchen Dajin also entered Bianliang City at this speed, besieging the capital of the Great Song Dynasty and capturing two emperors.
This Great Song Dynasty is really in no danger to defend, and a defeat is the loss of the family and country. Therefore, this Great Song Dynasty must take back the sixteen states of Yanyun, so that it can be truly stable.
Bianliang City, or that Bianliang City, with red walls and green tiles, singing and dancing.
Knowing that Gan Qi was coming back, many people rushed to tell each other and were overjoyed, and the spring was about to take the imperial examination again, and it was time to go to the door again.
Gan Qi is undoubtedly the easiest way for many Bianliang scholars to come into contact with a good way, because there are too many people who know Gan Qi, even if they don't know each other, there are many familiar faces.
So the threshold of Ganqi's house was trampled countless times by many people before Ganqi arrived at home.
When Gan Qi really returned to Bianliang, he had not yet entered the city, but he was more than ten miles north of Bianliang City, and he saw someone to greet him.
Gan Qi sat on his horse, still dressed in military uniform, and saw many literati dressed in Confucian clothes from a distance.
"The team in the distance is so majestic, it must be Mr. Gan who is back."
"It must be Mr. Gan, no doubt."
"I don't see a big frame, but from a distance, there's only a few frames that pull things, what's going on?"
"I didn't see Mr. Gan fighting a horse in front of my head, could it be that Mr. Gan didn't return?"
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The scholars were puzzled one by one, apparently not recognizing Gan Qilai.
It wasn't until he got close that someone shouted: "The general who beats the horse in front of the head is not Mr. Gan?" β
"The one in iron armor?"
"Yes, that's the man."
"No, no, Mr. Gan......"
"Yes, that person is Mr. Gan, you haven't seen Mr. Gan in armor, but I've seen him in Yongzhou, it's him."
"Really."
"Mr. Gan is really Yunwen Yunwu, a rare talent in the world."
"Let's go, hurry up and greet you!"
And when they came near, they prostrated and greeted each other.
"Welcome Mr. Gan back to Beijing."
"Mr. Gan has worked hard all the way."
"Mr. Gan works hard for the country, and he is really a model for my generation!"
Gan Qi looked at the two or three hundred scholars in front of him, and smiled and arched his hand: "I have to work everyone, after returning to Beijing, I will have a big banquet and poetry meeting, please talk about it." β
People's hearts, available.
It's this heart, and Gan Qi hasn't figured out how to use it.
Ten miles back to Beijing, flattery all the way.
The first thing he did when he returned to Beijing was to see the emperor, but before he could return home, he had to hurry to see the emperor, and the emperor was also waiting for Ganqi.
Gan Qi also wants to fool the emperor again, at least to make the emperor less repulsive about war.
took off his military uniform and changed into an official robe, and the emperor in the study didn't look very good.
It was also this year, since Zhao Shu ascended the throne, the entire Great Song Dynasty has been flooded everywhere, the Yellow River Basin, the Huai River Basin, and the Yangtze River Basin.
Gyeonggi, Song, Bo, Chen, Xu, Ru, Cai, Tang, Ying, Cao, Pu, Ji, Shan, Hao, Si, Lu, Shou, Chu, Hangzhou, Xuan, Hong, Hubei, Shi, Chongqing and other prefectures, the Guanghua Army, the Gaoyou Army, and the Dashui flooded half of the Song Dynasty in a few sentences.
Zhao Shu is also an unlucky urge, as soon as he ascended the throne, he encountered this kind of thing, sending people everywhere and providing disaster relief everywhere.
If it weren't for the fact that Gan Qi went to the border of Hebei and then to Liao, Gan Qi would probably have revolved around the flood this year.
Fortunately, Gan Qi has made a lot of money for the imperial court in the past two years, so that Zhao Shu is not too stretched to deal with these floods.
It's just that the emperor in front of him looks dark, thin and without energy at this time. faintly saw the short-lived.
Seeing Gan Qi, Zhao Shu was full of smiles, and he greeted him for a long time before he spoke: "Hurry up and talk to me about Yanyun." β
Gan Qi naturally spoke eloquently, explaining Yan Yun's situation at this time clearly, and even some exaggerations.
Zhao Shu asked, "Are you saying that this Yanyun is really going to be messed up?" β
Gan Qi nodded: "As long as spring begins, there will be chaos and smoke everywhere." β
"Okay, good, Gan Qing can be regarded as a great merit this time, as long as Yan Yun can return to my Great Song Dynasty, he will definitely give Gan Qing that merit, add an official to the knighthood, and make his wife a son." Gan Qi's news is probably the only good news that Zhao Shu has heard this year.
But Gan Qi heard another meaning in Zhao Shu's words, did Zhao Shu really think that as long as Yanyun was full of smoke, Yanyun's Han people would be able to drive the Khitans out of Yanyun? And then Yan Yun came back automatically?
Zhao Shu was a little naΓ―ve on this issue.
Gan Qi opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, the Yanyun chaos is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. β
"Yes, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event to be able to fulfill the last wish of the ancestors without a single soldier." Zhao Shuren all stood up, excited.
Gan Qi frowned, and said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that the Khitan soldiers are strong and strong, and the Yanyun Han people are mostly ordinary people who are not familiar with war, but in the end they will be exterminated." β
"This ......"
"After all, the Yanyun Rebellion, for the Khitan, is only a corner of the rebellion, not a national rebellion, the Khitan Northern Privy Council sits on the land outside the Guan, there is also a vast grassland, soldiers and horses are coming in a steady stream, the people of Yanyun, I am afraid it will be difficult to parry." Gan Qi couldn't let Zhao Shu have that luck.
If so...... That...... It's a pity, it's a pity...... I only hope that the people of Yanyun can rise up to resist, unite as one, and jointly resist foreign enemies, and they will definitely drive the Khitans out of Yanyun. β
Zhao Shu's words made Gan Qi tired.
Gan Qi could only say more bluntly: "Your Majesty, if the people of Yanyun ask for help from my Great Song, how should they deal with it?" β
Zhao Shu was stunned when he heard this, and then he was arrogant: "It is not only Yanyun's homeland, but also the people of his compatriots, if he asks for help from the Great Song Dynasty, he will definitely have money to give money and grain to food!" β
Gan Qi heard Zhao Shu's arrogant words, his head tilted, and he became more and more tired, and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not about money and food." β
Zhao Shu understood this, he was originally standing, he immediately sat down again, and asked slowly: "Didn't you say that you want to send troops to help?" β
"Only by sending troops to help can we have that chance of victory. If my Great Song Dynasty sends troops, the people of Yanyun will definitely eat pot pulp to welcome the king's division, and those who revolt will inevitably be inspired and fight bravely. In this way, the Khitan can really be driven out of Yanyun. β
"This ...... This matter has to be discussed again, send troops to Yanyun, not to mention that there is an alliance first, even if you ignore the matter of the alliance, the Liao people will inevitably use the excuse of betraying the alliance to start a war with me, so that the two countries have a big war, such a major matter, it cannot be done lightly. β
To put it bluntly, Zhao Shu just wants to fight a proxy war, and he doesn't want to end up in person. I just want those Yanyun people to drive away the Khitan by themselves, and I don't want to gamble on the national fortune to compete with the Khitan.
The reason why Zhao Shu has this idea is that he also knows that the Khitan forces are not Yanyun alone, once the war starts, even if the Khitans are driven out of Yanyun, the Khitans still sit on the vast grassland and the land outside the Northeast Pass. If you want to have a peaceful day, you don't know when.
Zhao Shu was in front of the emperor in a dignified manner, and suddenly wanted to gamble on a battle of national fortune. Why bother?
"Your Majesty, the land of Yanyun, the last wish of the ancestors, and the wish of the family and the country. As long as there is Yanyun, there will be a real barrier, and even if there is another war, the Liao people will inevitably not be able to advance an inch. The minister's thoughts, that is, should be the opportunity to make a decision, in the time of the Yanyun chaos, send troops to Yanyun, in one fell swoop to determine the overall situation, from then on and the Liao people across the mountain, with the Great Wall to confront, to complete the ancestors' wishes, lay the immortal work, from now on His Majesty will be able to leave a name in history, become a generation of promising kings, admired by all generations. "Gan Qi can convince Zhao Shu only to leave a name in history. This is also what Zhao Shu wants.
Zhao Shu was silent.
When you become an emperor, what else can you pursue? The pursuit is to leave a name in history, and the pursuit is to be admired forever.
But in this matter, Zhao Shu was still weak-hearted, and asked in a low voice: "Dao Jian, if you get Yanyun, will the Khitan really not be able to break the Great Wall?" β
Gan Qi nodded seriously: "As long as there is Yanyun, there are mountains and passes, and the Khitans will definitely no longer be able to threaten my Great Song Dynasty." Your Majesty, imagine what kind of soldiers were when the Khitan rose in the past? Have you ever broken Yanyun? If it weren't for Shi Jingjiao to give Yanyun away, the Khitan would never have been able to enter Yanyun, and would have been able to stay outside the grassland gate forever. Even during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, how could the country of Yan Zhao have ever been broken by nomadism? When you arrive in the Tang Dynasty, under the continuous mountains, how can foreigners enter the Kou? β
Zhao Shu seemed to be a little shaken, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still said: "Think about it in the long run, this matter should be discussed in the long run, you need to summon Fu Qing, Zeng Qing and others to talk secretly a few times and discuss it together, and I don't dare to make random claims." β
Speaking of which, Gan Qi has nothing to say, this emperor still has no choice, he doesn't have the real ravine in his chest, and he is still used to being comfortable.
"Your Majesty, the minister will come back tomorrow." Gan Qi knew that the matter of starting a war was not so simple, and he had to take his time.
Fu Bi, Zeng Gongliang, it is necessary to have a secret talk, and Gan Qi has to face it. Fu Bi is also a more conservative faction, he also served as an envoy to the Liao State twice, no matter how history records Fu Bi, but the Chongxi increase currency is Fu Bi's own hand-made thing, the so-called Chongxi increase coin, is the alliance of the Yuanyuan, Song to Liao The biggest compromise, the Liao State used troops to intimidate the Song State, and then the Song Dynasty doubled the old currency previously agreed to give the Liao State, seeking peace.
This is what happened more than 20 years ago, so Fu Bi is a problem.
However, Zeng Gongliang was a relatively enterprising person, who handled some small disputes on the border of the Liao-Song Dynasty with a tough attitude, and also did some relatively bold things in the northwest in history.
Gan Qi analyzed the two biggest bosses in the court today, Zeng Gongliang is a potential ally, and Fu Bi will be the political enemy nine times out of ten.
Out of the imperial city, Gan Qi got in the car, walked on the way home, and was also trying to find a way, sometimes things have to be forced, forcing the court to comply, can't wait.
This court is under-forced, so how should it be forced?
Gan Qi had a plan, got out of the car again, called Gan Ba to whisper a few words, and ordered some things.
Gan Ba immediately went to do it.
Huaiyuan Station in the capital is the industry under Honglu Temple, Honglu Temple is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Huaiyuan Station is a place used to entertain foreign envoys.
But the Liao State is different, Honglu Temple specially built another big mansion near Huaiyuan Station, specially to entertain the envoys of the Liao State, which is probably equivalent to the Liao State Embassy.
Liao envoy Xiao Hu was in the Great Song Dynasty at this time, and the new emperor of the Great Song Dynasty ascended the throne, and he was appointed by Yelu Hongji to celebrate.
There are more than 100 Khitans who came with Xiao Hu. Recently, I'm getting ready to go back.
Before going back, these Khitans were also going to bring back some things that the Liao State did not have in Bianliang, some of which were used to give gifts to others, and some were ready to be brought back to their families.
So these Khitans are wandering around the city of Manbianliang.
The Khitan warriors, with their wolfskin hats, deerskin boots, and swords at their waists, were very powerful, and when they walked on the streets, all the people avoided them and did not dare to approach.
This is also something that can't be helped, these Khitan people are in Bianliang City, it is really a rampage and no one dares to provoke it. But whenever there is any conflict between the Bianliang people and the Khitans, it will be the Bianliang people who are unlucky. Even the officials of Bianliang avoided these Khitans. Whoever makes the country strong and cannot be provoked.
What Gan Qi ordered Gan Ba to do was to send many people to follow these Khitans.
Gan Qi is ready to do something to force this court and force this court to have no way out.
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