When Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi withdrew from Yanjing, Ma Kuo also went to Bei'an Prefecture to ask the Great Jin to send troops to join forces with the Great Song to attack Yanjing.

After Cai still let Yelu Yanxi go, Yelu Yanxi fled to Jiashan with people who were willing to follow him.

Soon, Yelu Yanxi secretly sent people to Western Xia to ask for support.

Not long ago, the Western Xia sent 30,000 troops, preparing to help Yelu Yanxi attack the Jin army in an attempt to recover the Tiande army (Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia in later generations).

The marshal of the Jin army, Wanyan Xian, also sent the generals Wanyan Yinshuke and Wanyan Lou to lead 7,000 cavalry to engage in a fierce battle with the Western Xia army in Amoshui.

As a result, the Western Xia army was defeated.

At that time, it was the autumn rain, the flash floods, the river swelled, and countless Western Xia soldiers drowned.

After that, the Jin army complied with the edict of Wanyan Aguda, on the one hand, herding horses and ceasing troops, and on the other hand, closely monitoring the movements of Yelu Yanxi and Cai Ying, as well as the actions of the Song army in Hebei.

At present, Wanyan Aguda is leading tens of thousands of troops to be stationed in Bei'anzhou, making a posture of going south at any time.

Wanyan Zonghan's previous injuries are now healed, because his father is the second only person in the Jin Kingdom after Wanyan Aguta, and because he is the representative of their faction in the army, he still leads the army alone, and after all kinds of games, the men and horses in his hands have recovered as before.

Ma Kuo came to Wanyan Zonghan's military camp and visited Wanyan Zonghan.

Wanyan Zonghan didn't seem to have a grudge against Cai still for letting him lose his troops, be seriously injured, and be deeply humiliated, at least he didn't put this account on Da Song's body, and he entertained Ma Kuo very warmly.

The next day, Wanyan Zonghan ordered Gaoqing to take over the envoy and sent 200 light horsemen to escort Ma Kuan to Bei'an Prefecture to meet Wanyan Aguta.

Wanyan Zonghan only allowed Ma Kuo to carry one servant, and the rest of the personnel had to stay in his army.

The situation is pressing, and Ma Kuo can only recruit.

Four days later, Ma Kuo came to Bei'an Prefecture to present his credentials and pay homage to Yan Aguta.

The next day, in a large felt tent, Wanyan Aguta's cousin Pu Jianu formally negotiated with Ma Kuo on behalf of Dajin.

Pu Jianu said: "Last year, you broke your trust and did not send a return envoy, at that time we thought that the relationship between the two countries had been severed, just because of your emperor's imperial pen and personal letter, so my emperor believes that your emperor really wants to get along with us. Later, you still ignored the covenant and attacked our army, causing our court to lose its troops, and I went to your court to hold the ambassador Yinshu brother accountable, and you explained to the prime minister Wang Huang that Cai is still a traitor of your dynasty, and now it seems that there is indeed such a possibility.

There have been so many things that have happened in the past two years that it is difficult to describe them in one word.

Now, don't care about how it was originally agreed, the emperor of our dynasty granted you Yanjing and the Han people in the twenty-four counties of six prefectures, but the money and goods of the officials, as well as the Xi, Khitan, Bohai, Zhubu and other tribesmen, as well as the three prefectures of Ping, Luan, and Ying, are not within the scope of the concession.

Even if Yanjing is captured by you, our Dajin army will have to borrow the road and return to China from Ping, Luan, and Ying in the future.

If you can't capture Yanjing, our army will capture it, or our two armies will attack it, then it will be as before.

The six states are Jizhou, Jingzhou, Danzhou, Shunzhou, Zhuozhou, and Yizhou. ”

Ma Kuo argued: "According to the original agreement, what I want to recover is the sixteen states in front of the mountains and behind the mountains, but now why are there only Yanjing and six states and twenty-four counties?" Ping, Luan, Ying three states are also Yan land, we used to limit to Yuguan as the boundary, has been Pingluan Ying three states included in Yanjing, this in our dynasty of the imperial pen has been listed. ”

Ma Kuo said: "Money and goods are not a problem, but you said that your army wants to borrow the road to Ping, Luan, and Yingzhou, this is probably not possible, after this dynasty captures Yanjing, it will definitely divide troops to defend the pass." ”

When Pu Jianu heard this, he said angrily: "You dare to refuse us like this before you capture Yanjing, don't you want to be friendly with us?" You don't know yet, do you? Your army in Hebei has recently been defeated by the Yan people, and your army is incompetent, so don't you still have to rely on us to attack Yanjing in the end? ”

Ma Kuo was shocked, could it be that Liu Dutong failed to capture Yanjing?

Pu Jianu pursed his lips and said: "As far as the combat strength of your army is concerned, you still want Kyushu behind the mountain, and you don't ask Cai if he still agrees, hum!" ”

Gao Qingyi lightly touched Pu Jianu on the side, signaling Pu Jianu not to talk too seriously, in case he forced the Great Song Dynasty to unite with Northern Liao, it would be self-defeating.

Pu Jianu also knew that he couldn't force the Great Song Dynasty too hard, so he softened his tone and said: "I told the emperor, don't mention the original contract again, now, only grant you Yanjing and six prefectures and twenty-four counties, and you have to pay us according to the amount of the annual currency originally paid to the Khitan." ”

Pu Jianu said again: "Don't be dissatisfied, if our army captures Yanjing, don't say that it is given to you Yanjing to administer six prefectures and twenty-four counties, not even one county will be given to you, will you dare not hand over the amount of silver silk originally handed over to the Khitan?" ”

As soon as Ma Kuo heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he retorted: "What you said is a bit self-reliant, if we don't attack the Khitan, and you don't return the original Han land to this dynasty, what can you get the silver silk?" Don't despise our Han people, don't despise your country like the Khitan Lord despised your country seven or eight years ago, where is the strength of the Khitan now? Also, don't forget, Cai is still a Han Chinese, and the army under him that defeated your Dajin elite soldiers is also a Han army, not that our Han people can't fight, but the victory or defeat of the battle array, which can not be clearly explained in one or two sentences. Don't mistake the emperor of your dynasty, you should win with faith and righteousness, not strength! ”

Hearing Ma Kuo mention the fate of the Great Liao Empire and Cai Ying, Pu Jianu's momentum immediately weakened.

For being frightened by Ma Kuo, Pu Jianu was a little annoyed and angry.

In order not to lose momentum, Pu Jianu took out two letters from his arms and threw them to Ma Kuo.

Ma Kuo picked it up and looked at it, and his pupils shrank!

This first letter was sent by Zhiyi Prefecture to the Jin army, informing the Jin army that the Great Song Dynasty had recovered Zhuozhou and Yizhou, and that it was not allowed to invade Vietnam.

This second letter is a letter from Zhao Xu to Cao Biao, the prime minister of Yanjing, in which he said that the Jurchen army killed the good people, and Yanjing should be ordered to return to the Great Song Dynasty and not be humiliated by the Jurchens.

Pu Jianu said coldly: "We have no grievances with Zhao Xu, why did he frame us for killing good people?" Is this what you mean by the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Pu Jianu said again: "Zhao Xu did not let the Yanjing Han people join the Jurchens, just like Ambassador Ma did not allow our army to pass through the customs just now, if it weren't for the imperial pen of the emperor of the Gui Dynasty, there would be nothing to say between us at all!" ”

As they debated, they walked out of the room and into the courtyard.

Ma Kuo suddenly found that there were two people standing outside the door probing their brains.

Pu Jianu pointed to the two people and said to Ma Kuo: "It was sent by Concubine Xiao De of Yanjing to ask for surrender, they just want to keep the Yanjing regime, they say that although the Khitan army is weak, it is more than enough to resist the Song army, and they are willing to resist your Great Song Dynasty for our big gold." ”

Pu Jianu walked over, and in front of Ma Kuo, said to the two envoys sent by Xiao Puxian: "We have promised Nanjing to the Great Song Dynasty, you go back and tell Concubine Xiao De and Xiao Gan not to fight against the Song army anymore and hurt the innocent." ”

The two messengers nodded their heads in unison.

Seeing this scene, Ma Kuo was silent.

Ma Kuo is not indisputable, but first, Cai still rebelled against the Song Dynasty and the breeder Daobaigou was defeated, and then Liu Yanqing failed to recover Yanjing, which made Ma Kuo too passive.

On the other hand, Ma Kuo came here mainly to ask Dajin to send troops to attack Yanjing and keep Yandi, not to fight for Yundi and Pingluanying Sanzhou, and from this purpose, Ma Kuo's envoy was still very successful.

Therefore, Ma Kuo could only accept Dajin's conditions on behalf of Da Song for the time being......

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After Xiao Huai and Li Maung arrived in Yunzhong, Zhao Liangsi met with them on behalf of Cai Ying's government, and then told them that Cai Zhen's injuries were still very serious and he could not meet them, so let them stay in Yunzhong for a while.

Unlike other forces, the Cai government couldn't help Xiao Huai and Li Maung to move around at all, and they could go wherever they wanted.

Because they couldn't see Cai Yan and couldn't go back, Xiao Huai and Li Maung simply wandered around every day.

During this period, Xiao Huai and Li Maung, who were carefully observing, found that:

Yundi seems to have put all its energy on people's livelihood, like autumn harvest, like dredging rivers, like tax exemption, like commerce, like education, like medical care, like imperial examinations, like childbirth, like public security, and so on...... In short, it seems that he is not preparing to attack Yanjing.

After a closer look, Xiao Huai and Li Maung found that:

Although this year's frost fell earlier, at least all the crops in Yundi and Yunzhong Mansion were harvested in time, and the people ushered in a great harvest year.

In addition, Cai still implements the land division policy and tax exemption policy.

Every household in Yundi has a warehouse full of grain.

In addition, to Xiao Huai and Li Maung's surprise, the Champa rice that Cai Yi's government let the people of Yundi try to plant is high-yielding, early-maturing, and drought-tolerant, which is much stronger than the rice planted by the people of Yundi before, and many families are already preparing to plant all Champong rice next year.

Xiao Huai and Li Maung discovered:

The Sanggan River and the Yang River, which have been plagued by disasters in Yundi for several years, have finally stopped this year, even if there is more rain this year than in any previous year.

The reason why this is so is naturally due to the unsparing governance of the Tsai government.

Xiao Huai and Li Maung discovered:

The government also exempted all taxes closely related to the people, such as agricultural tax and salt tax, for three years, and only collected some miscellaneous taxes of a commercial nature, such as commercial tax, wine tax, and stamp duty.

In addition to collecting commercial taxes, the government also greatly encouraged commercial development – for this reason, the government also introduced a series of policies to encourage commerce, such as opening money banks to issue military tickets, such as providing low-interest loans to merchants with projects, such as opening large centralized commercial areas such as bazaars, grass markets, and night markets......

Xiao Huai and Li Maung discovered:

In terms of education, Cai still definitely spent the most effort - Cai Zhen's government built 100 schools in one go, and accepted more than 10,000 students at once.

And this is only the first phase, and the Tsai government plans to build another 200 schools in Yundi in the next two years.

Xiao Huai and Li Maung discovered:

At present, at least two large medical halls have been opened in each state town in Yundi, and a medium-sized medical hall has been opened in each county, and in addition, the Cai government also plans to build a small medical hall in each village.

Moreover, the large and medium-sized medical halls established by the Cai government also break with the tradition of separate diagnosis and treatment – of course, there are also comprehensive management departments.

Xiao Huai and Li Maung discovered:

The imperial examination in Yundi has been held as scheduled, and many talents have been selected, as well as many more talents that can be cultivated.

Cai Ying's government has allocated all these talents to assist the officials brought by Cai still to manage the cloud land.

With the addition of this group of talents, the Cai still government is more professional and efficient, and the people of Yundi are more willing to accept the governance of the Cai still government.

Xiao Huai and Li Maung discovered:

The Tsai government strongly encouraged childbearing and set up a heavy incentive – five yuan for each child, both male or female, plus an additional year of exemption from agricultural tax and salt tax.

(This article is deliberately implemented by Cai Ying, in Cai Ying's view, population is the last word, no one, want to develop, it is purely a fool's dream, especially in this ancient society.) ）

Xiao Huai and Li Maung discovered:

Now, the Jinwu Army is no longer in the people's field of vision, and all those who maintain law and order have become the three classes of officials familiar to the people.

Moreover, the Cai government has issued strict laws and made them public, and the government has decided cases in accordance with the law, never favoritism, fairness and justice.

All in all, everything in Yundi is on the right track, which makes those who doubt that Cai still only knows how to fight and not govern in Daliao all shut up.

Xiao Huai and Li Maung also found that many people who had fled into the mountains to escape the war had also returned to the clouds one after another because of the changes in the clouds.

Seeing the changes in Yundi, Xiao Huai and Li Maung felt that they had come to the right place, although Cai still did not establish a state, but it was the most worthy of their Great Liao's surrender.

Xiao Huai and Li Maung jointly wrote a letter and reported everything they saw in Yundi to Zuo Qigong and others......

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