Chapter 314: Jeju Island (Part I)

Lu Zhi took a deep breath and sighed, "I don't have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Liangshan, this..."

Wu Yong said with a smile, "Master don't be anxious, the soldiers are fine but not more, they will be brave in planning, if it is really just a matter of how many people can determine the victory, I am afraid that Song Liao will not hold each other for a hundred years, not to mention that Goryeo has not fought for many years, Wen Tian and Wu are even more than my Song country, what?" Could it be that the master is afraid? ”

Lu Zhishen's eyes widened and said, "Afraid that he is a birdman?" Let one come, one fall, two up, and two die! ”

"Wu Junshou, who is this master?" A Goryeo official who was escorted by several Goryeo soldiers walked over, and he looked at Lu Zhishen, who had a big waist and a round waist, vigilantly, and said to Wu Yong.

Because nominally, Wu Yong had already captured Jeju Province at this time, and Goryeo was a county system, so Wu Yong called himself a county guard.

Wu Yong glanced back at the person who came, and said with a smile, "It's General Zheng, this is Master Lu, a senior monk of my Great Song Dynasty, who has been a monk in Wutai Mountain and Daxiangguo Temple, and this time it was sent by our big boss, you also know that we people are far away overseas, and we often feel homesick, and some people of Buddhism and Taoism will help us to relieve ourselves, and it will be much better." ”

The Goryeo official sighed, looked at Lu Zhishen, and said with some doubts, "This master... Slightly majestic.. It's a little more vicious. ”

Lu Zhishen's eyes widened and he shouted, "You birdman, what are you talking about, don't you hear that the Buddhists also have angry eyes?" ”

This Lord Zheng was taken aback, took a few steps back, Wu Yong grabbed the Lord Zheng and said, "Lord Zheng, don't be afraid, the master is actually very compassionate, Master, let me introduce you, this is Zheng Kunwei, the general of Jeju County, Lord Zheng, hurry up and give Lord Zheng a salute." ”

Lu Zhishen heard that it was Zhonglang General, and the martial idiot had a seizure, and asked, "Since you are a general, you must have martial arts, Lord Zheng, I Lu Zhishen also know some fists and feet, but I am willing to give me some advice, and let me know the profundity of Goryeo's martial arts." ”

Zheng Kunwei snorted disdainfully and said, "Practicing martial arts is something that a rough person does, and I am a dignified general, how can I go into battle and fight?" ”

Lu Zhishen was stunned, and he asked stupidly, "If the generals don't fight, what are you doing?" ”

Zheng Kunwei's face was even more full of pride, and said, "Of course it's strategizing, don't you know that good fighters have no outstanding achievements?" It seems that the master may still have a deep understanding of the Dharma, but he doesn't know anything about this way of using soldiers. ”

Lu Zhishen looked at Zheng Kunwei suspiciously, and thought to himself, is this a Confucian general? However, he has always been more respectful of scholars, so he said, "It turns out that the capital eunuch is a Confucian general, but he is disrespectful." ”

Wu Yong saw Zheng Kunwei on the side, and said with a smile, "Lord Zheng, my fleet has brought a lot of wine, how many days will you like to come to the banquet?" ”

As soon as Zheng Kunwei heard that there was wine, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "But the Qiong wine that Shopkeeper Wu brought last time?" ”

Wu Yong nodded and said, "It's that fine wine." ”

Zheng Kunwei immediately said, "Okay, then I'll wait for you to call me, it's decided!" As he spoke, he hummed a little song and left.

Wu Yong looked at Lu Zhishen, who was still staring at Zheng Kunwei's back, and said, "Master, I'll talk to you slowly in the evening, let's get down to business first." ”

Lu Zhishen responded and joined the conductor's queue.

- Night

Jeju Island is actually not small, there are 1,800 square kilometers, larger than Chongmyeong Island in later generations, although it is an island, but because it is close to the land, it is a volcanic island, and there are many birds inhabiting it on weekdays, so the land is also fertile, and the population is also quite large, but because the sea is isolated, it also has a special customs that are different from the rest of the place.

In a room, Wu Yong sat on the top seat, and Lu Zhishen, Duan Jingzhu, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Bai Sheng were four people below, and Wu Yong said to the four people, "Then Xiaosheng, let's talk about the situation on Jeju Island first."

The locals here call it Tamna, as early as the Han Dynasty, there is a small country here, called Tamna country, until Chongning four years, that is, ten years ago, this place was completely annexed by Goryeo, abolished the country name, changed the county, I don't know where the owner of the village heard the name of Jeju Island, but since the owner of the village is called so, this place will be Jeju Island in the future. Most of the people here do not think of themselves as Goryeo, but as Tamna, and the county guard here is the original king of Tamna. And in his own hands, he still retains a guard of more than 1,000 people.

But after all, it was a country in the past, and its old lord had soldiers and horses in hand, so Goryeo was not at ease about this, so he stationed troops here all the year round, with three or four thousand soldiers and horses, and the head of it was the Zhonglang general that today's master saw. The head of the local civil officials was a distant branch of the Li clan in Renzhou, named Li Fengyi. Among these three people, only this Li Fengyi has some ability, and the other two are just boastful people, wine bags and rice bags. ”

"Inju Lee? What's the matter? Lu Zhishen asked.

Wu Yong explained, "This is the military system of Goryeo, the main force of the Goryeo army is the six guards and two armies, each army has a leader, officers at all levels have generals, generals, Zhonglang generals, Lang generals, school captains, team leaders, etc., from the captain to the general, should be military attachΓ©s can only hold official positions, these military attaches should be appointed according to reason, but in fact, most of the middle and senior military positions in Goryeo are held by the nobles of the family, that is, the father dies and the son replaces, the brother dies and the brother dies, these nobles have the military power, which makes the king of Goryeo extremely worried, He married the best of them, and the most powerful of them was the Renzhou Li family.

This Inzhou Li family from our Qingli years to the present, experienced the eight kings of Goryeo, all of them are relatives, it can be said that the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, prominent for a while, even more than 20 years ago, because of the succession to the throne, Li Ziyi of the Li family of Inju also once led private soldiers into the palace to support the person they chose to ascend to the throne, but in the end the army was defeated and killed, the new king also deliberately did not marry the daughter of their Li family, but to the current new king Wang Mata, and married the daughter of their Li family as a concubine, the current head of the Li family Li Ziqian, is the prime minister of Goryeo, In order to confront him, Wang Mata promoted a large number of officials from the local area, and the current Goryeo is mainly the two major factions of the prince faction and the foreign relatives faction.

The current Li Fengyi is a member of the Li family, and it was through the Li family that I met the King of Goryeo and earned the nominal right to rule this island. ”

Ruan Xiaoqi scratched his head and said, "Is there something wrong with this king's head, knowing that this Li family is so troublesome, and marrying their daughters, are their daughters so beautiful?" ”

Lu Zhishen understood, and said, "Since most of these officers are hereditary, I'm afraid that the Li family also controls a lot of troops, if this king of Goryeo doesn't marry the daughter of the Li family, it's hard to say whether it's the king of Goryeo now." ”

Wu Yong said with a smile: "The master is an understanding person." ”

Lu Zhishen said, "Military Division, in this way, there are three or four thousand Goryeo troops on the island, as well as more than a thousand guards of the original lord of this place, not including those who are in charge of the public, doesn't it mean that the island here has already belonged to me?" How can there still be so many garrisons? ”

Wu Yong chuckled and said, "These Koreans, although they want to give us the island, in fact, they just want to deceive those Liao people, none of their soldiers and horses and officials moved, but nominally, they acted in a play, I took people to pretend to be pirates and attacked this county guard, and they surrendered collectively, I brought people to live in this county guard, they changed their flag, and it was over." ”

Lu Zhishen frowned and said, "When I was in Liangshan, I could see that the owner of the village and Xu Junshi attached great importance to this place, what should we do?" ”

Wu Yongdao "I originally only had a few dozen people, I couldn't do anything, today there are thousands of brothers with the master, but you can do something, the situation here is complicated, mainly divided into three factions, one is the original lord Gao Li Yi, one is Li Fengyi of the foreign relatives faction, one is Zheng Kunwei of the aristocratic faction, most of the fertile land here is in the hands of these three people and other local nobles, and the local people are increasingly poor, barely enough to eat and wear. Although these three people are okay on weekdays, I know that they are not in harmony with each other, and many things, as long as interests are involved, they will inevitably tear each other down.

Therefore, I am ready to lure them with business profits first, ease their hearts, and then show favor to the people, collect their people, organize local young people to join the army, strengthen the army, and slowly concoct it, as long as the owner of the village gives an order in the future, I don't need Yangsan to support a single soldier, I can turn this Jeju Island upside down! ”

Saying that, Wu Yong's eyes seemed to have flames, and he took dozens of people to change the day outside the territory, which was something that Ban Chao and Wang Xuance only had in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and now he Wu Yong actually has this opportunity, he believes that as long as he really does this, no matter what happens to Liangshan in the future, he Wu Yong will definitely leave a name in history, and this, isn't this what he Wu Yong wants in his life?

Lu Zhishen saw that Wu Yong was already confident, so he said, "In this case, you pick someone first, and when you pick it out, I will leave with someone and go to Dry Leaf Island." ”

Wu arched his hand and said, "Then thank you master." ”

Lu Zhishen laughed and said, "What is this, they are all my own brothers." ”

- Two days later

"What wine! This is really a jade liquid, and sure enough, only Shangguo can have such fine wine. Gao Li Yi looked at Wu Yong with admiration, he has lived in Goryeo with his father as a hostage since he was a child, and Goryeo has always kept him as a waste, giving him everything delicious, drinking and fun, and then kept telling him how rich Goryeo is, and only by obeying Goryeo can there be a way out.

This makes Gao Li Yiben's heart a little inferior, when he meets Wu Yong from the Song Kingdom, this inferiority complex is even more magnified, in fact, it's not just him, when he sees Wu Yong with an elegant face, in fact, Li Fengyi and Zheng Kunwei have some inferiority complex in their hearts, this is a kind of psychology that a lower civilization involuntarily produces when it sees a higher civilization, but some people will turn this into motivation, constantly strengthening themselves and their own nation, and some people will completely soften their knees, eager to sacrifice their wives and daughters, so as to have a little relationship with each other.

On the other side, Zheng Kunwei couldn't take care of speaking, I saw that he was extremely greedy and kept drinking, taking a sip, eating a mouthful of food, and then taking a sip, as if someone was going to rob him, Wu Yong smiled, but he knew that this Zheng Kunwei was a real drunkard, and he was addicted to alcohol, but it was not difficult to deal with such a person.

"Good wine is good wine, but it's too strong, and I still think our Goryeo wine is more elegant." Li Fengyi snorted and said, he is from the Li family, but he was sent here, naturally because he is not favored at home, but even if he is no longer favored, he is also a member of the Li family, and he is naturally unwilling to bow his head, even if it is a Song person, he is unwilling.

Wu Yong smiled and said, "That's right, this Qiong wine is a hero wine, and it is the favorite of heroes who immediately take fame, it seems that Lord Li likes to be lighter, I will bring you some in the future, these wines, but they are sold to the Liao people, you know, they like spirits the most." ”

"The Liao people are vulgar and don't know how to educate, so it's like this!" Li Fengyi said disdainfully, and he didn't know how many people were included in this sentence.

"That's right, if you want to preach and educate, the Song Kingdom is the strongest, and it deserves to be the Central Plains Kingdom." Gao Li Yi said with admiration: "I like your poems and essays of Song Guosu Junior Scholar the most, I only hate that I was born decades late, otherwise I would have to go to Song Kingdom to see the demeanor of primary school students with my own eyes before I would give up." ”

Wu Yong also sighed and said, "Junior Su Xiaoshi is a first-class writer in my dynasty, but I want to say that the reason why my Song Kingdom can flourish in culture is because my country attaches great importance to education." ”

Li Fengyi said angrily: "What does Wu Junshou mean by this, does it mean that I don't emphasize education in Goryeo?" If this is the case, I, Li Fengyi, will be the first to disagree, it is better to come to Qushui Liuzhen, and I will compete with Wu Junshou. ”

Wu Yonghe smiled and said, "Master Li, I misunderstood, I know that Li Daren is from a famous family and must be knowledgeable, but everyone, how many people in Goryeo are studying?" I Wu Yong dare to say that in our Song Kingdom, every village and town must have the sound of reading, this is the education of my Song Kingdom, do you dare to say that Goryeo is also like this? ”

The three of them glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to speak, at this point, let alone Goryeo, at this time, there are not as many people in other countries in the world who know how to read and write, and there are not as many people in the Song Kingdom.

Wu Yong sighed, "Thanks to the king's affordability, let me temporarily manage this place for a few years, I also want to do something for the people of Goryeo, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

Gao Liyi asked, "I don't know what the county guard is going to do?" ”

Wu Yong said with a smile: "I want to open a church, gather local children to study, and teach the learning of the saints." ”

"That's a great thing!" When Li Fengyi heard Wu Yong say this, he also said with interest, "But in this way, the money and food must be spent a lot, and Mr. Study." ”

Wu Yong sighed, "I am willing to take out some money and food, and I can also invite some gentlemen from my Song Kingdom. ”

Gao Li Yi patted his thigh and said, "This is a grand event, and it is to help the people of Jeju, how can you not help?" I, Gao Li Yi, am willing to pay 10,000 yuan! ”

Ah, hey, Wu Yong really didn't expect that this Gao Li Yi would be so rich, but when I think about it, it's been a royal family for hundreds of years, so can't I have a little money.

"Okay, although I'm not as tall and rich, I'm willing to give a thousand!" Li Fengyi said helplessly, he is not favored after all, such a thing, he can only pay his own money, it is impossible to take money from the family, this is already his limit.

"And me, I'm out of five thousand!" Zheng Kunwei, who was still drinking, hurriedly said.

Wu Yong smiled and said, "In this case, on behalf of the people of Jeju, I thank you." As he spoke, Wu Yong blinked his eyes and said, "Since the three of them are willing to cooperate and spend money, then I have another one here who cooperates to make money, I wonder if the three of them are interested?" ”