"Are those legends of the Southern Dynasty true?" Yelu Zongzhen's brows gradually furrowed. Since the end of March, there has been a legend in the territory of Liao that the Song people of the Southern Dynasty are implementing the pox method to prevent pox.

It is said that it was the holy law granted by his imperial heir, Shou Guogong, who was born by the emperor!

As long as the pox is planted, both men, women and children, can be protected from pox!

Many monks also said in private that the Emperor of Sensheng enshrined in the Southern Dynasty was actually one of the incarnations of the Medicine King Buddha.

Before the immeasurable eons, the Medicine Master King Buddha was compassionate and reincarnated in the Shennong clan to teach the ancestors medicinal treatments, herbal medicines, and various agricultural knowledge.

This matter was once rumored.

But Yelu Zongzhen didn't take it seriously, he just thought that the southerners had started to fool again.

After all, more than ten years ago, the Emperor Zhenzong of the Southern Dynasty even got the Book of Heaven out.

But......

Now, the returning officials and messengers say that this is true.

Moreover, many merchants who went south to the city have also heard of and even seen the pox of the Southern Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the old minister heard from the repatriated people that in May, the millions of people in Bianjing in the Southern Dynasty have all been vaccinated with pox...... Zhang Jian said worriedly: "Now, the Southern Dynasty is planting pox on Jingdong Road, Huainan Road and other places, and soon, it will also start to implement pox ...... on Hebei Road."

"As soon as this is the case, the old minister is worried, I am up and down the Liao, and it is inevitable that people's hearts will be shaken......"

The Great Liao Empire had two official country names.

First, the Great Liao State of the Southern Zhanbu Continent.

Second, the Great Khitan of Nanzhan Province!

And this Nanzhan Buzhou, in the dictionaries of the Khitan and Xi people, reads and writes China.

Since the era of Liao Taizu Yelü Abaoji, the Khitans have regarded themselves as Chinese, and consider themselves to be of Yanhuang Miao descent and Chinese nobles!

Back then, Shi Jingjiao was the emperor and vassal to the Khitan, which was considered by the Khitan people to be evidence of the change of dynasty.

It is evidence that the artifact was transferred from Jin to Da Liao.

Therefore, some literati of the Liao State will become the former dynasty of the Later Jin Dynasty, believing that the Liao State is the regime that replaced the Later Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, in that year, Empress Dowager Xiao's southern expedition, in the eyes of the Liao people, this was Wang Shi's resolute southern expedition to the country of non-subordinate, and carried out the great cause of China's unification.

It's just that the southerners stubbornly resisted the king and the mandate of heaven, causing the enthusiasm of the people with lofty ideals to go down the drain, which is really a pity!

Therefore, in the minds of the contemporary Liao literati, the current China is a period when the north and the south coexisted, the north unified the south, or the south unified the north.

Therefore, now, when there is an imperial heir in the Southern Dynasty who is said to have been granted by the Red Emperor, and the 'pox planting method' he practiced can really prevent the evil disease of pox.

The rule of the Khitan is about to be challenged!

On the Han side, it's nothing.

The key is that the nobles in the Khitan and Xi tribes.

These people may be ready to make a move and wait for an opportunity to make trouble.

It even threatens the dominance of the Jerod family!

"This matter is indeed very important!" Yelu Zongzhen pondered again and again, and finally said: "In Father Shang's opinion, how should I deal with it?" ”

"The old minister thought about it again and again, thinking that the only way to do it today was to persecute the Southern Dynasty and spread it to ......our country with its pox method."

"Then, in the country, it was announced that it was the Medicine King Buddha who gave the King of Liang the Dharma......" Zhang Jian bowed his head and bowed.

King Liang is the eldest son of Yelu Zongzhen, Yelu Cha Thorn, Han name Yelu Hongji, nine years old this year.

Although in terms of age, it is far less advantageous than the two-year-old imperial heir of the Southern Dynasty.

However, as long as it is operated properly, it can also raise a trend of 'holy king' in the territory of Liao.

Moreover, compared with the Song State, the Liao State had a very strong Buddhist atmosphere.

The Khitan and Xi nobles all worship Buddhism and compete to support monks.

In Zhang Jian's view, in this way, it may be possible to solve the ideological impact brought by the imperial heir of the Southern Dynasty.

Yelu Zong really thought about it, and also felt that his teacher's plan was good.

It's just that......

"Will the Southern Dynasty agree?" Yelu Zongzhen asked, "Moreover, even if the Southern Dynasty is finally forced to sacrifice that pox method to our country......

"Will the people of the world not know about this?"

"This is going to be the help of the Southern Dynasty......" Zhang Jian said: "If the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and the imperial heir can acquiesce in our country's propaganda, then His Royal Highness King Liang will definitely be able to get the love of the Medicine King Buddha!" ”

"As for whether the people of the Southern Dynasty agree?" Zhang Jian laughed: "Now, the war between the Southern Dynasty and the Western Xia is at a critical time!" ”

"At this time, Your Majesty only ordered the king of the Southern Courtyard to lead the army outside Waqiao Pass......"

"Then Your Majesty can send an envoy to the Southern Dynasty, under the pretext of mediating the war between the Southern Dynasty and the Western Xia, and take the opportunity to persecute the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty and agree to Your Majesty's request!"

Yelu Zong really thought about it seriously, and then said: "What Father Shang said is very much in line with my intentions! ”

"Besides, I've been thinking that if I watch the Nanren and sweep away or surrender to Yelu Yuanhao, I'm afraid it will do more harm than good to my country!"

"It's not bad to take this opportunity to interfere in the Southern Dynasty and give Yelu Yuanhao some respite!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Zhang Jian bowed his head.

Although Zhang Jian was a Han and a Confucian minister, he did not identify with the Song Dynasty in the south.

Because he has not eaten the Zhao family's Yulu for a day, nor has he received half of the grace of Emperor Song.

On the contrary, he was born under the rule of Emperor Liao, he ate the Yelu family's Yulu, and received the official position of the Yelu family, and the Yelu family did not treat him well, especially Yelu Zongzhen, who almost regarded him as a father and respected him very much.

Naturally, Zhang Jian thought that the Liao State was orthodox.

The Song Dynasty in Bianjing was only a corner of the Southern Dynasty that seized the right power, and it was a reactionary force that stubbornly resisted the king's division and refused reunification.

The great sin may be excessive, but if you don't know the current affairs and don't know the time, that's for sure.

Naturally, Zhang Jian did not have any psychological pressure against Song Tinglai.

"By the way......" Yelu Zongzhen took the report in his hand and asked, "What does Father Shang think of the 'hearing that there is a thunderclap hidden in the Imperial City of the Song Court'?" ”

Zhang Jian listened and replied: "The old minister thinks that maybe the Song people are playing tricks......

"Of course, it is not ruled out that the Song people may have some new weapons......"

"However, in the imperial city, the experimental weapons ......" Zhang Jian laughed: "This is too outrageous, so the old minister thinks that there is no need to take it to heart!" ”

"What Father Shang said is not unreasonable...... Yelu Zongzhen frowned: "It's just that I always feel uneasy in my heart......"

"Why should Your Majesty be worried?" Zhang Jian said with a smile: "Even if the Song people really have any new weapons, can they still be the opponents of His Majesty's hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen?" ”

"The old minister thinks that instead of worrying about the Southern Dynasty, Your Majesty, you should pay more attention to the Wang family of Goryeo......"

"This generation is not convinced by the king, coveting the Bohai Sea for a long time, and recently, there is a trend of imminent movement......"

When Yelu Zong really heard this, he immediately became furious: "You dare! ”

Since the state of Liao, Goryeo has always been a problem for confidants, and for this reason, the relationship between the Liao state and the Wang regime of Goryeo has continued to deteriorate since the time of Yelu Deguang, the emperor of Liao. After the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song and Liao were generally peaceful, so Goryeo, which had been constantly provoking the Liao, became the main direction of the Liao's military use.

During the reign of Yelu Zongzhen's father, Yelu Longxu, he launched three large-scale military campaigns successively, and ruthlessly thwarted the Goryeo people's vain attempt to occupy the Bohai Sea!

But the Goryeo people are not dead-hearted, and they have been continuing to tease and promote themselves after Goguryeo......

The Liao people were greatly annoyed by this - for the Liao State, which thought that it had inherited the Later Jin Dynasty, he was China and the orthodox heir of the Tang Dynasty, so the propaganda of the Goryeo people was openly slapping the Liao Emperor in the face!

It's even more blatant provocation!

The young Yelu Zongzhen almost couldn't resist the imperial expedition several times and completely destroyed Goryeo in order to complete his father's unfinished business.

Now, hearing that the Goryeo barbarians are actually going to make trouble again, how can Yelu Zong really endure it?

"This winter, I will personally command the leather room army and go to Baozhou to inspect!"

"If the Goryeo barbarians know each other, if not, the Great Liao Heavenly Soldiers will destroy their country!"

If you can destroy Goryeo, then you can take it out to show off and brag about it just like the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo.

And Zhang Jian listened, and had no opinion, he bowed his head deeply, and bowed: "Since ancient times, Yidi barbarians have been afraid of power but not virtue, so Tang Taizong said: Yidi has a beast's face and a beast's heart, and it is slightly unwilling, and it will be harmful!" ”

"This honest and reasonable quote is also!"

The Han scholars and scholars under the rule of the Liao State, seeing the reality that they could not destroy the Song court in the south, turned their attention from the Southern Expedition to the Eastern Crusade.

If you can't unify the world, then destroy a Goryeo first, prove that you are orthodox and the heir of the Han and Tang Dynasties!

In short, no one is willing to admit that they are in trouble.