Hearing Xiao Tang's question, Cui Muyuan laughed miserably, and said abruptly: "Xiaosheng is ashamed, ashamed of his family, and ashamed of the ancestors of the Cui family." How can the undercurrent surge in the middle, Xiaosheng has a weak heart, and he is in a desperate situation, and he is helpless......"

Cui Muyuan's voice did not fall, and suddenly collapsed on the deck, it seems that after being captured by the pirates, he has been wandering on the sea for a long time and has been tortured and suffering, and now he saw that he was rescued and spared by his old acquaintance, and his heart relaxed a little, so he couldn't stand it anymore and fainted.

Seeing this, Xiao Tang immediately ordered the boatman to step forward and carry Cui Muyuan to the cabin to rest, and ordered the other leaders to settle down the rest of the Dongying Goryeo men and women who had been taken captive and enslaved by the pirates, provide some clothes and food, and then teach them to return south to the territory under the rule of the Goryeo State when the fleet arrived in Baozhou.

About three or two hours later, Cui Muyuan was able to recuperate and wake up leisurely, and when Xiao Tang went to look at it again, he smiled bitterly again, and told Xiao Tang the reason why he fell into such a situation:

Originally, although the Choi family of Gyeongju, Choi Muyuan's family, was a famous royal family in Goryeo, but he was only a Chinese (also known as a concubine in Goryeo, born to the concubines of the two classes of nobles in Goryeo, reducing the number of the two groups of disciples who were blessed in the country and separated from the two classes of nobles, and was not allowed to enjoy the blessing of the two classes, and was different from the Goryeo class, which was divided into two classes, the good people and the untouchables, and most of them served as low-level grassroots officials such as translators, medical officials, and fishing schools), and it was difficult to go further in his career.

However, Cui Muyuan and Xiao Tang, who was also about to do maritime trade, got on the line, and they complemented each other and benefited each other. In the past few years, although he has relied on him to thread the needle and recommend his own merchants to interact with the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants, he can be regarded as having some fame among the two classes of nobles and wealthy families in Goryeo.

But the blessings and misfortunes lurked, precisely because Cui Muyuan had some influence in the Goryeo Dynasty through maritime commerce, and because of this, he appeared in the eyes of some people and was calculated.

Now the lord of Goryeo, Wang Mata, is suffering from back disease, and his body is getting weaker and weaker, and the crown prince Wang Kai he has set up is only thirteen or fourteen years old. If the king of Goryeo is young, the power will inevitably fall to Wang Mata's uncle, the title of Duke of Hanyang, and at the same time the relative of the grandson Wang Kai's grandfather, Li Ziqian.

Li Ziqian, who originally belonged to the Inju Li family, married three generations of the royal family, and was previously suppressed by Wang Hao, the father of Wang Mata, the lord of Fangjin Goryeo, and suppressed the Inju Li family, who held great power in the court at that time, and other foreign relatives, but as the daughter of Li Ziqian became the concubine of Wang Mata and gave birth to the current son Wang Kai, the foreign relatives of the Inju Li family regained strength in the Goryeo court, and now they are also faintly opposing each other with the ministers such as Jin Fushi in the Goryeo Dynasty.

Although ministers such as Li Ziqian and Kim Fushi in the Goryeo Dynasty poured into each other, the lord of Goryeo, Wang Mata, had not yet left, and they were still okay with each other. However, Jin Fushi greatly respected Sinology and Confucianism, at least for the time being, he advocated being close to the Song court, which also coincided with Cui Muyuan's proposition. The situation is similar to that of the Song court, the various factions in the Goryeo court, the highest boss is not in harmony, unless there are enough means to bring down the political enemy, and they have to be at peace with each other in front of the lord, but the following factions are attacking each other, since Cui Muyuan is inclined to Jin Fushi's faction, it is not easy for Li Ziqian's henchmen to move Jin Fushi, but it is easy to move Cui Muyuan, a common man......

The gods fight, and the imps suffer.

Cui Muyuan was framed and deposed from his original ministry, and was sent to the southern corner of Goryeo to be a small clerk. It is also a blessing and a disaster, and not long after he arrived, he gave birth to a Jurchen Haikou and landed on the shore. Cui Muyuan's poor countryside was unable to help the school and villagers, and he was also taken captive by the pirates and put on the ship as a slave. I don't know how long it took to drift on the sea, and then I had to meet the sailor fleet under the command of Xiao Tang, otherwise, if he was concocted by the vicious sea cowards, I am afraid that he, a weak scholar, would die of hatred in a few days......

When Xiao Tang first got acquainted with Cui Muyuan, he also felt that this scholar was different from other Goryeo birds, and he was kind and generous, so his impression of him was not bad. It was because he heard Cui Muyuan tragically recount his tragic experience, and he also said that he was relieved and comforted. However, when the two talked again, Xiao Tang also heard a piece of news from Cui Muyuan's mouth that attracted his attention:

Seeing that the Jin state was now in full swing and that the day would soon come when they would annex its suzerain, the Liao Dynasty, they began to advocate that they must reconcile with the Jin state and belonged to the pro-Jin faction (in the official history, when the Jin state destroyed the Liao and invaded the Song Dynasty, Goryeo considered its own situation and discussed whether to submit to the Jin. Most of the ministers put the above table right, but Li Ziqian and Tuo Junjing said that Jin Xi was a small country, and the Liao and I were now violent, destroying Liao and Song, and the government and the army were strong, and they were becoming stronger day by day, and they were bordering on our border, so they had to do something; And with the small things are big, the way of the king, it is advisable to send an envoy to ask), and although Jin Fushi, who was in opposition to those guys, also advocated that he must not lose peace with the Jin State, but it was also out of helplessness about the current situation, if the Song court could "fight for breath" and the Jin State had a relatively equal influence on the country, it was necessary to choose a country from the Song and Jin countries as the suzerain, and Jin Fushi, who respected Sinology, was still more inclined to support Goryeo's submission to the Great Song Dynasty.

Xiao Tang did not know much about the diplomatic politics of the various dynasties of Goryeo during the Song Dynasty, especially the changes in the attitudes of the Liao, Song, and Jin countries, but now Cui Muyuan, a son of the family of Goryeo, has solved his doubts and doubts, which also allows Xiao Tang to roughly clarify what kind of attitude Goryeo will have towards the now powerful Jin State. At this time, he also secretly said: Compared with the Song, Liao, Jin and other great powers, Goryeo is weak, and from the perspective of geopolitical characteristics, the strategy of serving the great powers to preserve itself can also be said to have continued from ancient times to later generations. Fortunately, there is also this Cui Muyuan, who cleared up the differences in domestic political opinions in Goryeo.

And now it seems that compared with the two important courtiers of the Goryeo Dynasty, Li Ziqian, a relative of the Goryeo king, and Kim Fushi, who I also know some of his life deeds, are more suitable for dealing with the Goryeo kingdom according to the situation.....

Cui Muyuan saw Xiao Tang contemplative, in fact, he also had a big question in his heart, and he always wanted to ask, but he felt inconvenient to open his mouth to Xiao Tang.

Although he was deposed and could no longer go to sea to travel to and from the Song Dynasty, but just as the collapse of the Liao Dynasty, the former suzerain, was about to fall, Goryeo, who was more careful to pay attention to the movements of the two great powers of Song and Jin, also paid special attention to the major events that happened in the Song Dynasty during this period of time.

When he first learned about this, Cui Muyuan was shocked and couldn't believe it, when the two of them met in Banqiao Town, Mizhou, Xiao Tang was escorted by the soldiers and horses of the Daimyo Mansion Left Behind by the First Division, and Yu Yangyang Song Dynasty was able to do it from a second-grade high-ranking official, such a rank in the Goryeo State has been able to do the military power of the Wuqing nobles, this Xiao Tang has a good future, why do you have to turn your back on the Song Dynasty to be the chaotic minister and thief?

However, even though Cui Muyuan disagreed with Xiao Tang's behavior of betraying Song Ting, he did not expect that he was saved by the other party. has the love of saving his life, Cui Muyuan is fortunate to be able to pick up a life, and he is also very grateful, he will answer questions when he asks, and he is still very harmonious when he gets along with Xiao Tang.

It's just that Cui Muyuan still can't help muttering in his heart: Is it possible...... This Xiao Tang is unwilling to serve the emperor of the Song Dynasty only as a courtier, and also has the ambition of becoming the emperor and hegemon?

Thinking in his heart, suddenly Cui Muyuan saw Xiao Tang's eyes blazing, staring straight at him, his heart shook, and he couldn't help but look away, and at this time, Cui Muyuan heard Xiao Tang sigh again, and said: "Since Mr. Cui and I are old acquaintances, I am obligated to help by chance...... But since you know my origins, at least for a while, I'm afraid I won't let you go back to Goryeo. ”