Chapter 640: The country is heavier than heaven and earth, and it is lighter than a feather
Zhang Boyu, the king of Jiaozhi County, not only saved his life by opening the door and surrendering outside the palace, but also served as the king of Jiaozhi County for a few days, slaughtering the Wang clan of Jiaozhi and collecting countless money.
Now that Yang Lin is here, he can't wait to accept the land and surrender to the Song Dynasty again, and then take a lot of money to escape from this place to the Great Song Dynasty to enjoy happiness.
Such a person should have been a national thief of the Li Dynasty, and he was reviled by all generations, but this was not the case.
In fact, the wealthy family of Jiaozhi Wang, gnashing their teeth at him, had almost been cleaned by him by then.
As for the ordinary people at the bottom, it was Zhang Boyu who rescued them from the boundless civil war and lived a more comfortable life than before.
And Jiaozhi is different from the Great Song Dynasty, the whole country here supports the royal family, and the palace is eager to pave bricks with gold, and ordinary people, even the people of Thang Long City, are poor.
Nowadays it is different, at least there is a way to make money, and the control of the imperial court is very loose in addition to not gathering people and not holding swords.
Zhang Boyu's purpose is very clear, that is, to be a temporary worker, so he ignores the imperial court finances of Jiaozhi, abolishes many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and directly targets many Jiaozhi families.
Liu Zhongwu entered the palace, and as soon as he entered the palace, he was immediately dragged by Zhang Boyu. Liu Zhongwu was born as a military general, and he was almost about to fight back, but when he saw Zhang Boyu's grinning appearance, he sighed and said, "What is this doing?" ”
"General Liu, please take a seat, I heard that Yang Shaozai and his old man have arrived in Fuzhou?"
When Liu Zhongwu saw his appearance, he first had three points of disgust and three points of disdain in his heart, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling and smiling: "His Royal Highness the King of the County is well-informed enough." ”
Zhang Boyu ignored the sarcasm in his words, clapped his hands and said, "Come on, bring up the gift prepared by this king for General Liu." ”
A group of small chamberlains struggled to carry a gilded box up and put it on the ground, and there was a crisp sound of collision inside.
Liu Zhongwu chuckled lightly and said, "Your Highness, you don't have to do this, although you are not as rich as Your Highness, you are not greedy for money, if you have anything, just open your mouth." ”
Zhang Boyu's face turned red, his heart was really good, and he was not angry at all because of Liu Zhongwu's refusal and tone, and still smiled: "General Liu, this king has cooperated with our Great Song Dynasty during this time, and there is no merit and hard work." You see when Shaozai comes, can you help with a few kind words. ”
"What His Highness has done, everyone has seen it in their hearts, you can rest assured, Shaozai must know it in his heart."
Liu Zhongwu, as a general who had followed Yang Lin since the conquest of Fang La, knew that he attached great importance to intelligence, and he had reached the point of going mad.
Although Jiaozhi is far away, it is all over Yang Shaozai's abdomen, and the wind and grass here can't hide from his eyes.
Zhang Boyu was still a little uneasy, and strongly persuaded Liu Zhongwu to accept it, "General Liu, just accept this thin gift, you are stationed in Jiaozhi, so hard, this is the heart of the people of Jiaozhi." ”
Liu Zhongwu couldn't help laughing, and walked out of the hall with a laugh.
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Fuliao City, in the palace built by Yelu Dashi.
Yelu Dashi's recent achievements can be described as brilliant, he captured the entire Khorezm, won half of the territory of the Seljuk Empire, the overlord of West Asia, and was invincible and invincible.
Everyone believed that this newly rising empire, whether it was advancing into Europe or North Africa, would be invincible!
Byzantium was already trembling, and the entire Arab world was in a state of panic.
At this time, when the news of the battle between Song and Jin came, Yelu Dashi trembled a little excitedly.
Finally the fight? These two old enemies, they both have too many grievances with the Khitan.
The ministers in the palace looked at the emperor's eyes, hiding a deep sadness.
At this moment, the emperor, who did not forget to kill back to Liaodi, had no intention of continuing to conquer those soft monarchs and sultans in the west.
He wanted to take the Khitan men back to the land stained with the blood of his compatriots, where there were still countless Liao people who were enslaved under the iron hooves of the Jurchens.
Ye Luxin, the hidden official of the Great Liao, raised his eyelids, looked at the spies in the hall, and asked, "How many soldiers and horses did the Jin people mobilize, and who is the commander?" ”
"Back to Tiyin, the Jin people have gathered a total of 30,000 Jurchen soldiers, 100,000 Bohai soldiers, and... There were also more than 200,000 Khitan vassals. The striker is still Wanyan Zonghan, and it is said that this time, it is Wanyan Zongwang who is in charge. ”
Yelu Dashi knew these people well, like a few family treasures, stood up, paced back and forth, his face was a little disappointed, and said: "Zong Han is powerful, he will definitely not turn his heart and submit to Zong Wang's subordinates." If Zongwang is in charge, and the striker and the coach do not agree, most of the results of the first two times will appear, and they will return with a feather, and I dare to assert that they can't even beat the Great Wall. ”
"If the Jurchens can't cross the Great Wall, then the Great Song Dynasty is estimated not to meet the whole country, and this battle is a dragonfly and a little bit of water, at most it is a stalemate, you come and go. In this way, there is no chance that there will be any chance. ”
"Since the Jurchens have gone south, they must have relaxed their control over the Mongolian tribes on the steppe, so it is better for us to take the opportunity..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Baobao couldn't sit still, and hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, where are there any resources on the grassland, there are not a few people who die of cold and starvation every year, why bother to take these nominal lands and people." You must know that there were mixed hus in Liaoxi back then, but every year there was a rebellion. The last general is willing to drive for His Majesty, cross the coast, take Constantinople, capture the barbarian emperor, and present it to His Majesty. ”
Yelu Dashi saw that the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and there was not even a single one who wanted to fight eastward. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, these people had lost the qualification to compete with Song Jin, and they were scared.
The descendants of the Khitan heroes who once relied on the eight Khitan districts of 100,000 sons and daughters to conquer the entire Great Liao Territory are now afraid of the enemies in that land.
They all wanted to go further west, conquer the uncivilized barbarians, or go south to the Arab world.
They had carved out a vast territory here, plundered countless riches, and filled the court with princesses and noblewomen from all these countries, but all this did not interest him in the slightest.
However, he was not discouraged, the situation now is much better than it was at the beginning, even when Youyan was not lost, it was not as good as now.
Soon after the dispersal of the dynasty, the envoys of Yelu Dashi in the city of Fuliao set out with a large number of goods, all of them went to the powerful chieftains of the Mongol tribes such as Chagatai, Qiyan, and Kereh, and although the Manchu civil and military were reluctant to advance eastward, he still hoped to consolidate his ties with the Mongol tribes during the Song and Jin conflicts.
One day they will march eastward, kill back to Shangjingfu, and take revenge on the Jurchens, and the attitude of these Mongol tribes is very important.