- Huangzhou

Jiang De looked at Li Ziqian, who was constantly singing praises below, and couldn't help but feel that this power was really easy to change a person, he coughed and said, "Okay, now the Jin Kingdom is still eyeing the west, and there are remnants of the Goryeo army circling in the mountains, it will take some time to pacify Goryeo, and you must not slack off." ”

Everyone nodded yes, and Wu Yong came out and said, "Lord, the remnants of the Goryeo army are just surviving, as long as it takes some time, they will be destroyed, and the current danger of our army is inside but not outside, in the south but not in the north." ”

"What's the explanation?" Jiang De asked.

Wu Yong replied, "According to the mouth of the demoted official, after Wang Yu learned that we were from the Song Kingdom, he wanted to send someone to the Song Kingdom to find the official's family to complain.

Although there is an obstacle from the Jin State, but the trade route is still smooth, I think that in less than three months, the Goryeo envoy will be able to reach the territory of the Song State, then Zhao Ji will inevitably know that we occupy Goryeo, I am afraid that our foundation Liangshan is in danger. ”

Everyone couldn't help nodding when they heard this, and Li Ziqian came out and said, "Commander, can you write a letter by Weichen, praise the kindness of the commander and others, and then let the prince write to ask for credit for the commander, if you want to come to the Song State official's house, you won't listen to the words of the king." ”

"No." Xu Guanzhong came out and said, "That Wang Ji is Goryeo orthodox anyway, Zhao Ji is an official, so he will naturally sympathize with Wang Yu, today we can force Wang Yu to escape into the mountains, then Zhao Ji is afraid that tomorrow we will drive him out of Kaifeng Mansion."

In the following opinion, we want Zhao Ji to adopt a tacit attitude towards our expedition to Goryeo, and the only way is to tell Zhao Ji about the current situation of the Liao State.

As long as Zhao Ji feels that there is a chance to defeat the Liao State, then our position will become the force that contains the Liao State.

Lord, look down, it's better to ask for credit. ”

"Please?" Jiang De said suspiciously.

"Yes, the lord's conquest of the Goryeo half of the realm can be described as an immortal achievement, even if he can't be crowned king, he should have the position of a prince." Xu Guanzhong said with a serious face: "As the so-called name is not right, it is not good, and if it is not good, it will not be done, Goryeo already has a prince, if the lord still has no title, it will definitely cause rumors." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "That's what I said, then let someone send Zhao Ji a battle report and something to ask for sealing." ”

"Yes!"

"How's the situation in Xijing?" Jiang De asked what he was most concerned about.

Li Ziqian said with a sigh on his face, "After all, the Jurchens are barbarians, they plundered everywhere after entering the city, Xijing has become a hell on earth, the entire north of the Datong River can be said to be in trouble everywhere, the Jurchen cavalry enclosed the land everywhere, and reduced the people to slaves, I have received a lot of secret letters from my former colleagues, hoping that we can send troops to save them from fire and water." ”

"The! It's been said a long time ago that these people are luring wolves into the house! Hu Yan Zhuo next to him snorted and said, as a descendant of the Huyan family, he has an innate hatred for all the grassland peoples.

"It is true that wolves are lured into the house, and now there are people from the north smuggling to our side every day, in order to prevent this, the Jurchens even organized a patrol to immediately slash and kill on the spot as long as they find it, even so, it is difficult to contain." Li Ziqian said with some embarrassment, he suddenly found that these Song masters were still very easy to serve, and there was really no harm if there was no comparison.

"Compare with each other, everyone will cherish the present, everyone, in the next half a year, I decided not to use the sword soldiers, to defend as the attack, persuade agriculture to rejuvenate business, reward workers and train soldiers, and wait for the people's hearts to return to me, and then go on the expedition!"

"Yes!"

- Kaifeng

At this time, Kaifeng has reached the beginning of autumn, and the wind in early autumn is still hot and unbearable, not to mention others, look at the ice and sweet water that can be seen everywhere to know that the weather is still hot and killing.

The merchants of the Song Dynasty already knew how to use saltpeter to make ice, plus sugar water and milk, this is the earliest ice cream dessert, and it can even be said that this is the earliest ice cream.

A few Koreans watched while walking, looking at the pavilion Qiongyu that could be seen everywhere, but they felt that they couldn't see it with their eyes.

"This is the capital of the Song Kingdom, no wonder they all say that the Central Plains is a fairyland-like place." A Korean man said with some greed, looking at him like that, it seems that he wants to stay in Bianjing City for the rest of his life.

"I'll go to see Zhao Guan's family soon, maybe this Zhao Guan's family will give us some rewards, and it's not too late to have fun when the time comes." When the others heard this, they couldn't help but feel justified, and they quickened their pace again and walked towards the palace.

In the palace, Zhao Ji went to the court listlessly, thinking about how to continue to repair the birds and finches that were halfway painted yesterday, his fingers were circled from time to time, and his head was nodding from time to time, which made the ministers who were talking below very happy.

"The official also thinks that what Weichen said is right?"

Zhao Ji woke up suddenly, he looked down and found that it was a speech official who spoke.

"What did Aiqing say just now?" Zhao Ji said with some embarrassment.

The smile on the face of the Yanguan immediately froze, if it was in the era of Renzong, he would have to pull the clothes of this official family and say what is the gift of a monarch and a minister, but when he thought of the expectations of those people he carried, he still decided to take a breath.

"Official, Wei Chen just said that Gen Yue costs a lot of money, so it is better to postpone it. Otherwise, when the people's power is exhausted, the country will be in danger. The speaker continued.

Zhao Ji frowned when he heard this, this is not the first time that someone has said that Gen Yue can't be built, as the saying goes, three people become tigers, even Zhao Ji was a little worried, and couldn't help but look at Cai Jing who was standing at the front.

Cai Jing smiled, walked out and said, "Lord Lu is really a little too worried, my Great Song Kingdom is rich and the people are strong, three generations have passed since His Majesty Shenzong changed the law, wealth has accumulated like a mountain, and the people are even richer everywhere, and the Genyue that the official family wants to build is like a common man who wants to repair his own yard."

Weichen has read all the history books, I haven't heard of any people who repair the yard to break the house, this yard is not to repair the Yellow River, once it is repaired, it can't be stopped, today we have money, repair some, tomorrow there is no money, just stop, how can there be any harm? ”

Cai Jing's words were really reasonable, well-founded and modest, and Zhao Ji kept nodding his head, in fact, if he could really be like what Cai Jing said, this Gen Yue would really not be harmful, but unfortunately, as long as such a royal project started, it was more difficult to stop than the Yellow River.

The Yanguan glared at Cai Jing angrily and said, "Cai Jing! Aren't you afraid that the world will poke you in the backbone with such words? ”

Cai Jing snorted, "The old man is upright, he sits straight, what is there to be afraid of, you pedantic Confucian, how can you understand the truth in the old man's words?" ”

Seeing that the official clenched his fists and wanted to step forward, Li Gang behind him hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord Lu, don't be reckless!" ”

This Yanguan took a few deep breaths, and then said to Zhao Ji, "The official family, with this fang, Weichen really doesn't want to stay here anymore, please let Weichen go out." ”

Zhao Ji asked a little embarrassed: "That.. Who is Aiqing? ”

This Yanguan was really about to faint in one breath, he blushed and said, "Weichen... Wechen is Lu Deng! ”

Zhao Ji sighed and said, "Taishi, what kind of official do you say Lu Aiqing should be?" ”

Cai Jing smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his mouth, "Lu Deng's personality is upright, and I am afraid that it is easy to be too rigid for a parent official, there is a place in the north called Luzhou, and there are many Liao people who come and go, and I need a righteous person to go to the town, I don't know if Lord Lu is willing to go?" ”

"Taishi, it's a border city there!" Li Gang couldn't help but exclaim.

"What? Lord Lu didn't dare to go? ”

"Why don't you dare? Official, Weichen is willing to go to Luzhou to take office! With that, Lu Deng turned around and left, not even wanting to go to the court.

Lu Deng was walking outside, and was hit by an internal official who rushed in, thanks to Lu Deng's usual likes to boil his body, so he didn't fall, he said angrily, "Hurry up, what kind of system?" ”

The internal official ignored him, and walked inside, and said loudly, "Official, the envoys of Goryeo are crying outside, and the envoys of the Liao State are also beside you." ”

"What? What did the Goryeo envoys cry about? Zhao Ji said nervously. He was not nervous about Goryeo, but nervous about Liao, Goryeo was nominally a vassal state of Liao, and if Liao took advantage of this to make trouble, his peaceful life would be completely ruined.

"The Goryeo envoys cried that we had sent troops to attack them and had taken their royal capital, Kaegyong." The internal official himself said with an incredulous face.

All the ministers looked at Zhao Ji in unison, as if to say, "Official, why don't you discuss such a big matter with us?" ”

Many people also sighed in their hearts, they all felt that this official family was a little unreliable, it turned out to be three years without sounding, a blockbuster, silently inserted a nail behind the Liao State, although this chess hand is playing with fire, but if it is played well, the Liao State will be uncomfortable, no wonder the face of the Liao State envoy will be so ugly.

"What? We sent troops to attack Goryeo? Zhao Ji's eyes were about to pop out, could it be an order he gave in his sleep? It's a good memory.

"Yes, those Goryeo envoys are crying a lot, but it's miserable." The internal official's eyes were obviously saying, official, don't pretend, everyone is crying at the door, why bother.

Zhao Ji was really crying and laughing, but Cai Jing knew that Zhao Ji really hadn't sent troops, and he said, "Official, let's hurry up and let the Goryeo envoy enter the palace, otherwise it's not a matter to be outside all the time." ”

Zhao Ji nodded hurriedly, and after a while, several Goryeo envoys who were really crying and two black-faced envoys from the Liao Kingdom walked in together.

"Wechen Gaoli Ruan Wei has seen His Majesty the Song Kingdom!" The Goryeo minister bowed.

The envoy of the Liao State arched his hand arrogantly and said, "I have seen the official family of the Song State." ”

I didn't even report my name.

Zhao Ji seemed to be used to it, and he didn't blame it, nodded and continued to ask, "Why is Ruan Wei Aiqing crying?" ”

Ruan Wei said, "The small country is weak and ignorant, and I don't know where I offended the kingdom, so I sent an unknown teacher, broke my country, killed my people, and destroyed my sacrifice. ”

The envoy of the Liao State snorted again, and at least half of the people in the court shuddered at this sound.

Zhao Ji wiped his cold sweat and said, "Ruan Aiqing, are you misunderstanding, my country did not send troops to attack Goryeo." ”

Ruan Wei raised his head and asked, "I don't know, Your Majesty knows Jiang Xinzhi's person?" ”

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "This person is my envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, why do you say this person?" ”

Ruan Wei said, "This person led the soldiers and horses to break through the capital of our country, and there is another person, named Wu Yong, who is the person who surrendered to our country by fraud, and he is the internal response." ”

"What? You said Jiang Xinzhi beat you Goryeo? Zhao Ji only felt that he was listening to the Arabian Nights, he looked at the many ministers below and asked, "Who knows where this Jiang Xinzhi is?" Can there be a transfer of soldiers and horses? ”

The ministers below, you look at me, I look at you, no one speaks, Zhao Ji looked at Cai Jing, Cai Jing knew that he couldn't hide, so he stepped out of the queue and said, "This Jiang Xinzhi is the envoy of Yunzhou Jiedu, all the soldiers and horses are hoarded in Liangshan, if you want to attack Goryeo, you must have 100,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention where this Jiang Xinzhi came from, so many soldiers and horses, the money and grain ships along the way cannot hide people's eyes and ears no matter what, I'm afraid that the Goryeo envoy has a misunderstanding."

The old minister guessed that he was afraid that someone was acting in the name of Jiang Jiedu's envoy. ”

Many ministers nodded together, feeling that this was very reasonable, otherwise it would not make sense.

When Ruan Wei heard this, he immediately burst into tears again and said, "The small country has been broken, isn't the upper country still satisfied?" If that's the case, let Weichen be killed here, so that my king can give an explanation! ”

As he spoke, Ruan Wei slammed into the wall.

A group of ministers next to him hurriedly stepped forward and pulled and dragged and dragged to save them, and the envoy of the Liao State saw this and said, "Your Majesty the Song State, do you Song State want to start a war with my Liao State like this?" ”

"How is it possible, it's a misunderstanding, it's definitely a misunderstanding, I immediately ordered that Jiang Xinzhi to enter the capital to face the saint, if he comes, the one in Goryeo must be someone else's fake!"

"And what if he doesn't come?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, I don't dare to reply to this question, Zhao Ji said for a while, "If it is really this traitor who sends troops privately, the widow will give you an explanation!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The Goryeo envoy got up happily and said, they know that in this Central Plains country, no matter how great your military achievements are, as long as the emperor says a word, you have to get off the horse.

The envoy of the Liao State also nodded with satisfaction, he actually came to test this time, one is to test whether the Liangshan army that suddenly attacked Goryeo is the official meaning of the Song State, and the other is to test whether the matter of the Liao State being taken away by the Jin State has reached the ears of the Lord of the Song State.

Now it seems that the Song State still does not know anything, and the Liao State will not fall into a state of enemy on both sides.

"Report !!" This is when you are good, I am good, everyone is good, another sharp shout came, this time it was a sergeant who came in, and look at the sergeant's dress, there are blood stains on it, obviously from the front line, which makes everyone can't help but feel tight, and the sergeant guarding the gate is not good at looking at the Liao envoy, this year can fight the Song State is only Xixia and Liao, Xixia is now more and more into the downwind, only the Liao State can make the Song State chicken flying dog jump.

"Where's the military intelligence!" Cai Jing asked.

The sergeant held the document in both hands and said, "Yunzhou Jiedu made Jiang Xinzhi hear that there was a civil strife in Goryeo, and there were merchants of our Song Kingdom who were trapped in Haizhou and could not come out, so they sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to the rescue, but they were attacked by the Goryeo army, and our army was forced to defend themselves and counterattack.

Unexpectedly, the local people have long suffered from the Goryeo Wang's family, learned that our army came from the Song Kingdom, they have eaten pot pulp, Kaicheng surrendered, our army thought that since it arrived in Goryeo, it is still necessary to meet its king, but I did not expect that it has not yet arrived in Kaijing, Goryeo Prime Minister Li Ziqian has sent troops to attack the palace, and sacrificed the city, our army then went north to find its king, the city was opened, and the army surrendered, at this time there have been dozens of state capitals to submit to my Great Song.

Jiang Jiedu made Goryeo think that Goryeo was a friendly country and could not be destroyed, and supported Wang Ni, the son of the king of Goryeo, as the prince of Goryeo, and Li Ziqian as the prince of Joseon. ”