Baozhou City, here was once one of the six states of Jiangdong built by the Liao State on the east side of the Yalu River, and it was also the bridgehead of the Liao State to invade Goryeo, countless Goryeo people regarded it as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, but they were afraid of the power of the Liao State, so they could only build a defense line on the east side of the six states of Jiangdong, imitating the name of the Great Wall as "the Great Wall of a Thousand Miles", hoping to protect themselves, but it was not of much use, during the period of the previous generation of Goryeo kings, the Liao State was invaded several times, and the Goryeo people even lost the capital of the country.

However, now the city of Baozhou has changed banners, two years ago Goryeo took advantage of the Liao State to defeat in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, when the national strength was weak, took the opportunity to send troops, and recaptured the six states of Jiangdong in one fell swoop, so that the defense line was pushed along the Yalu River at once, the Yalu River is very wide, and the Goryeo people have a natural risk, which is equivalent to the Great Song Dynasty has the Great Wall, which makes Goryeo also rejoice.

"Brother Li, do you really want to leave?" In the mansion of the lord of Baozhou City, Wang Heng, the king of Goryeo, looked at Li Zhi in front of him with a reluctant face and asked.

"The matter is beyond your control, as an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, I can't disobey the orders of the superiors, so I can only leave temporarily!" Li Zhi said with a sad face at this time, although he was very disgusted with the Goryeo people, he still had a good impression of the Goryeo king in front of him, and even the two were still good friends.

Speaking of this Wang Heng, we have to mention his father Wang Xun, this Wang Xun's experience is quite legendary, his father's name is Wang Yu, this person is the son of Goryeo Taizu Wang Jian, but this guy seduced his niece, and he is also his nephew's daughter-in-law, that is, the princess of Goryeo Jingzong, and the two gave birth to Wang Xun by fornication.

Don't be surprised by the chaotic relationship above, in fact, Goryeo was originally a dynasty established by the Silla people, and the royal family of Silla has always been known for the marriage of close relatives, and the Goryeo royal family has also inherited this, cousins, cousins, aunts and nephews are very common, and there are even brothers and sisters who are married, it can be said that the relationship between the Goryeo royal family has only one capital "chaos".

Wang Xun's father had an affair with his niece, and then gave birth to him, and the green Goryeo Jingzong did not kill him, but raised him in the palace, and later the Goryeo royal family because of the marriage of close relatives, resulting in the royal family of men either died early or deformed, and as a result, after the death of Jingzong, there was only Wang Xun left as a qualified heir, so the throne fell into his hands.

Wang Xun is also a quite promising monarch, he once wanted to make great efforts during his reign, in order to compete for the six states of Jiangdong, there were two major wars with the Liao State, and even the last time he won, but he also knew that it was possible for Goryeo to win once in a while, but he would never be able to defeat the huge Liao State, so he also took the opportunity to declare himself a vassal to the Liao State, thus repairing the relationship with the Liao State, so that he maintained a certain peace in the later part of his reign.

Wang Heng is the third son of Wang Xun, and the throne was originally passed to his eldest brother Wang Qin, but because of the intermarriage of close relatives, most of the Goryeo royal family did not live long, and this Wang Qin died after just three years on the throne, because Wang Qin had no children, so he named Wang Heng as the crown prince, thus inheriting the throne of Goryeo.

Although Wang Qin's reign was short, it had a huge impact on Goryeo, the most important thing was that he changed his father Wang Xun's policy of forming a good Liao State in the later period, but chose to be tough on Liao, "Thousand Miles of Great Wall" was built under his auspices, for which Liao State once wanted to send troops to attack Goryeo, and even wanted to invite the Great Song Dynasty to send troops together, Liu E was quite moved at that time, but later because of Lu Yijian's insistence on opposing and did not agree, Liao had no helpers, and later failed to send troops.

Wang Heng ascended the throne in a tense atmosphere with the Liao State, but his luck was much better than that of his father and brother, and he encountered a crushing defeat of the Liao State as soon as he ascended the throne, and then sent troops to recover the six states of Jiangdong with the help of the Great Song Dynasty, completing the feat that his father and brother failed to complete in one fell swoop.

But what does Wang Heng say, his temperament is not as tough and strong as his eldest brother Wang Qin, but quite peaceful, and even if it weren't for the encouragement of the Great Song Dynasty before, I'm afraid he would not be willing to conflict with the Liao State, and he likes Confucianism very much, it just so happens that Li Zhi is an elegant Confucian student, so after the two met, Wang Heng has always treated Li Zhi as a friend, and now Li Zhi is going back to the Great Song Dynasty, so he also said goodbye to Wang Heng in person.

"Your Majesty, although I know that these words may not be useful, I still want to advise you, it is very unwise for you to prepare to send troops this time, and it may even cause you to suffer a great defeat!" At this time, Li Zhi suddenly took a long breath and said to Wang Heng again.

I saw that Wang Heng also smiled bitterly at this time and said: "You also know my temperament, I am very satisfied with being able to recover the six states of Jiangdong, and I never thought of sending troops to attack the Liao State again, but now you also know the internal situation in Goryeo, although I am the king, it is impossible to change this general trend." ”

Wang Heng did have his own difficulties, and the power of the Goryeo kings was actually very limited, especially when they learned from the Song and Tang systems, and established the Privy Council and the Zhongshu Menxia Province, which also enabled the ministers to check and balance the power of the king, and sometimes even to overthrow the king.

In fact, this is also related to the Goryeo royal family, because of visiting relatives and marriages, most of the Goryeo kings do not live long, coupled with the chaos of the royal relationship, so that when the throne is replaced, it is also accompanied by a lot of turmoil and sinister, sometimes an old king dies, and the new king may take a long time to succeed to the throne, and in order to deal with this situation of the king of the country, only the ministers can take over the power of the country, which also makes the power of the Goryeo ministers great.

Last time, Goryeo sent troops to recover the six states of Jiangdong, which doubled the confidence of Goryeo, and even many radical people believed that the Liao State had entered its twilight years, and there was nothing to be afraid of, and even many people took Goguryeo as an example in that year, hoping to establish a great empire across Liaodong.

The number of people who have this idea is not a minority, and even some Goryeo ministers agree with this idea very much, which also makes Goryeo fall into a certain kind of indescribable fanaticism, even Wang Heng, the king of Goryeo, it is impossible to go against the trend.

Of course, Li Zhi knew Wang Heng's difficulties, which made him sigh, in fact, this time Wang Heng came to Baozhou City in person, and he was also coerced by the fanatical trend of Goryeo, so he didn't want to come and had to come, it can be said that he has now lost control of Goryeo, and can only let this fanaticism bring Goryeo to an unknowable situation.

"In that case, I don't have anything to say, you have to take care of yourself, your lord, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely come back to visit you!" Li Zhi said goodbye to the other party again, but Wang Heng did not stay, and finally even sent him out of the city in person.