(XX website.xxx.***) (XX website.xxx.***) (XX website.xxx.***) Master Li was stunned for a while, and then smiled: "Why are the officials worried? If you are embarrassed, just refute it. ”

Zhao Ji glanced at Master Li meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Directly refute it?" Then I'll make an order! Don't go back and beg me! ”

Master Li smiled gently: "The official is ...... from his own order"

Zhao Ji shook his head with a smile: "I'm duplicitous again, in your heart, I'm afraid you're thinking about how to persuade me to obey my second brother's wishes, right?" Without waiting for Master Li to answer, he sighed and said: "The second brother is rare to be on the table, seeing that he praised the third sister Hu to the sky in the chapter, I really can't refuse, but you also know that there has never been a precedent for a woman to enter the official in this dynasty, even if Taizong is the wife of Yang Ye, Yu Lao Taijun, is skilled in arching and horses, and learns the art of war, quite a military strategy, and when his father guarded Fuzhou, he defeated Yelu and the enemy, and later he was only named Mrs. Zheng Guoke Taijun",

Master Li nodded silently. When the Great Song Dynasty was founded, there were also several fierce generals' wives who were also military generals, but they were only wives and husbands who assisted their husbands in commanding the army, but there was no one who worshiped as generals.

Sighed and said, "Official, then what are you going to do?" ”

Zhao Ji said a little helplessly: "It seems that you can only refute the second brother's excerpt according to your intentions." ”

Master Li's eyes rolled slightly, and he said with a smile: "The Holy Master doesn't have to refute it!" ”

Zhao Ji was originally a little helpless, but when he heard Master Li's words, he couldn't help but smile, looked at Master Li and smiled: "Didn't you tell me to make an order?" Why did you change your tone again? ”

Master Li said with a smile: "The concubine is not helping the second brother. It's for the sake of the Holy. ”

Zhao Ji still smiled. said: "Then tell me, how are you for the widow?" ”

Master Li said: "Since the saint ascended the throne, I don't want to work hard all the time to be a holy king, since this is the case, why bother to stick to the previous dynasty, I heard that the sages and sages are eclectic, meritocracy." What's more, there is no saying in the ancestral system that it is forbidden to appoint women as commanders, and even if the ancestral system does not allow it, isn't the Holy One changing the law now? It's just a change. ”

Zhao Ji listened to Master Li's naïve, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "Change? Haha, Master, if it was as simple as you said, I wouldn't have to worry about it all day. ”

Master Li listened to Zhao Ji teasing, but he didn't care, he smiled gently, picked up the teacup from the side and took a sip. After this big call, my mouth was a little dry.

Zhao Ji was even more amused when he saw this, got up and walked to the window, looking at the dead wood outside the window. Suddenly sighed.

Master Li walked behind him, put on an embroidered dragon cloak for him, and said with concern: "Why is the official sighing? ”

Zhao Ji looked out the window, stretched out his hand to take Master Li's hand, and sighed: "Change the law, change the law, what has changed is just the law of the previous dynasty, no matter how good I do." It's just the work of Emperor Shengxiao (Song Shenzong), not the work of me, and it's really embarrassing to think about it......"

Zhao Ji is right, his so-called "change" is just to pick up Song Shenzong's tooth wisdom, and copy Song Shenzong's set of ideas to change the law, Shenzong has Wang Anshi to do his best, although Wang Anshi is stubborn and self-serving, does not know people, and the officials used are confused, which makes the people resentful and boiling, and does not know how to compromise with the big landlord class, and finally retreats, and Shenzong's reform is also dead. But after all, Wang Anshi is wholeheartedly working for the court.

But now Cai Jing, who is used by Zhao Ji, talks about changing the law, but he is forming a party for personal gain, using the change to eliminate dissidents and attack political enemies, how can he have the slightest intention of "changing the law"?

Although Zhao Ji doesn't know how he appointed the prime minister, but he is so happy, he always wants to build a foundation that cannot be built, and recite it for future generations.

Master Li gently held his hand and said gently: "Since the Holy Master is out of the palace, you don't have to worry about those things anymore, Master will play a song for you." ”

Zhao Ji clenched her hand and shook his head: "Wait a minute, I heard you say this, I have some feelings, use talents in an eclectic way, well, what I said is good, Yuan Shao gathers people and can't use them, I don't have to learn from him!" ”

Seeing that his tone was relaxed, Master Li said with a smile: "If our Great Song Dynasty is a famous female general, isn't it just that the Holy Lord is the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, and the gods are blessed, so that a strange woman will be sent to help?" ”

Zhao Ji was "Longyan Dayue" by Master Li's compliments, and wondered if it was exactly, first he sent the second brother of the noble man to help him pacify the west and the north, and now he has fallen from the sky and beheaded the first general of Liao, can it be said that there is really providence in the underworld? Why should I be a great Song Longxing and conquer the four seas?

Zhao Ji originally believed in Taoism, called himself the Emperor of Taoism, if it were not for the arrival of Wuzhi to change the trajectory of history, more than 20 years later the Jin soldiers invaded, the Song Dynasty sent Guo Jing, who was known as the "Heavenly Soldier and Heavenly General", out of the city to meet the enemy, it can be seen that the prosperity of Taoism in the Huizong period has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Zhao Ji is the most ardent supporter of Taoism, who calls him the Son of Heaven in Taoism? Can the son of the Emperor of Heaven not support his own sect?

Now that Zhao Ji thinks about it carefully, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that it must be providence, and he can't help laughing.

"In that case, the second brother is allowed to play, what do those old guys in the court say?" Imagining the grand occasion of the Song army stepping on the clouds in the near future, Zhao Ji laughed louder and louder.

Laughing and laughing, a cool breeze blew, Zhao Ji was filled with a mouth, and couldn't help coughing violently, Master Li hurriedly helped him beat his back, pulled Zhao Ji through the window, and said anxiously: "Is the saint okay?" ”

Zhao Ji's face was pale, and he coughed for a long time before he slowly stopped, Master Li helped him sit on the soft couch, and after a while, Zhao Ji smiled and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid." Seeing Master Li's frightened face and extremely eager, he was very relieved in his heart, and took Master Li's hand out: "Don't worry, what can I do?" ”

Master Li breathed a sigh of relief, got up and picked up a thin silk quilt from the bed, and wanted to cover it for Zhao Ji, but Zhao Ji smiled and pushed it away: "Don't be so nervous!" ”

Master Li said: "Autumn is cool. It's better to be careful. "Whether Zhao Ji wants it or not. Covered him with a thin quilt, and gently helped him cover the gaps, Zhao Ji was only by her, although her face was displeased, but seeing that she was careful, her heart was warm, Master Li was different from the concubines in the palace, and those concubines were just afraid of him when they pleased him. Or in order to gain his favor, everyone wears a mask in front of him, and they always feel that they are so pretentious. And Master Li always showed his concern for him so naturally, which made him feel very comfortable.

"The saint has made up his mind to add an official to the third sister Hu?" Master Li sat next to Zhao Ji, and looked at Zhao Ji's face with concern as he spoke.

Zhao Ji pondered for a while and said: "Well, you can't use the name of the commander of Yunyi's left and right wings, otherwise the resistance is too great, I want to make a name, and let the second brother's baby third sister be in charge of the forbidden army." Don't let people gossip ......," he said and frowned and thought about it.

Master Li couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard Zhao Ji say, "Second Brother and Third Sister", if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, who would have believed that the king of a country would call the general he wanted to appoint like this.

Zhao Ji thought for a while. Smiled: "That's good, this time the second brother captured a lot of war horses, I gave these war horses to the left and right compartments of Yunyi, I heard that there are thousands of war horses captured in the ground, and the left and right compartments of Yunyi will naturally be expanded, so it is not enough to have a commander-in-chief, and a commander will be added to supervise the army, and he will be under the command." The deputy commander makes it up, but there is a supervising command to make it responsible. ”

Master Li couldn't help but purse his lips and smile when he heard this, and Zhao Ji asked, "What?" ”

Master Li said: "The commander-in-chief supervises the army? The concubine felt that it was not good. ”

Zhao Ji smiled interestingly: "Oh? What is the master's opinion? ”

Master Li said: "If you choose a name for your concubine, use a better-sounding and catchy one, grace...... It's good to call him General Lotus. ”

Master Li is like this, never like other concubines, what ideas always make a twisted demeanor, I am afraid that Zhao Ji thinks they are interfering in politics, but I don't know that Zhao Ji is not a fool, and they can't hear the meaning of what they say, but Master Li is always so frank, and he won't say anything nonsense like "This is a major social matter, and the concubine doesn't dare to say ......", and then he still said what he wanted to say.

Because of this, Zhao Ji felt that Master Li was sincere to him, and he became more and more fond of Master Li.

At this time, after listening to what Master Li said, Zhao Ji couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Master, I will show you a book on the official system another day, so that you don't make jokes again." ”

Master Li said: "What? Isn't that a nice name? ”

Zhao Ji will not explain to her at length that the general's title is more prominent, and there is no actual position, not to mention why the general has already been customized, and how can he make up a lotus general indiscriminately.

Shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not good!" ”

Master Li pursed his lips slightly: "The concubine is going to stroke the qin ...... for the official", got up and walked to the inner room as he spoke, and after a while, the elegant sound of the piano wafted in the small building......

A few days later, Zhao Ji issued an order, the Hebei forbidden army that participated in the battle of Feihuyu was rewarded, and the rewards were different according to the merits, and there was a small colonel who was brave enough to be directly promoted to the battalion commander, which can be said to have been promoted to four or five levels in a row.

Lu Junyi speared the Liao State fierce general Qiong Demon Nayan, who was another person who Wu Zhi vigorously protected, was canonized as General Mingwei, and from the fourth grade, he was appointed as the commander of the left and right box armies of Yunyi.

Suo Chao did not perform well at first, because he was the commander of the light cavalry, and was firmly suppressed by the Liao cavalry and light cavalry, and later led the light cavalry to kill thousands of Liao people in the pursuit battle, and was also promoted to the commander of the left and right wing armies of Yunyi.

Wujiazhuang, Hujiazhuang Township Soldiers assisted meritorious, licensed Beijing armaments, Hujiazhuang Hu three sisters beheaded Liao General Wu Yanguang, is the first hero of the anti-Liao, was named General Yunlu General, from the three products, Yunyi left and right compartments are the general of the supervising army, Hu Taigong and Hu Cheng also have their own rewards, that is the father with the daughter is expensive, the brother with the sister is expensive.

Your king Wuzhi has no way to promote the reward, only to give a number of treasures, warm words of encouragement, and ordered Wuzhi to temporarily serve as the "generalissimo of Hebei soldiers and horses", the general leader of the anti-Liao matter, the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses is not customized, but it is a temporary seal during the war, and the title of the title is withdrawn when the war is pacified. It means that I, Da Song, have made all preparations for a big war.

September of the third year of Chongning. The outbreak of the Liao and Song Dynasty wars, Liao Nanjing stayed behind Yeluchun to command tens of thousands of troops, invaded the Song realm, and the Great Song Dynasty Hebei Forbidden Army fought fiercely in Yingzhou, the two sides fought fiercely for a day and a night, without a victory, and finally Yeluchun grain road was burned, had to withdraw to Youzhou. Later, the two sides sent troops to fight several times, each with victory and defeat, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate.

In a secret room of the Yingzhou Economic Strategy Division, Wu Zhi and Zong Ze and Zhu Wu discussed the battle situation, and on one wall of the secret room, there was a map of the military defense situation of Zhang Dahebei, and the dense arrows on it showed the intricacies of the war.

Wu Zhi sighed: "But I can't imagine that Ye Luchun is so difficult, just a son who died, do you need to fight for your life?" Zong Ze and Zhu Wu smiled bitterly and looked at the "Generalissimo" in front of them. I don't know how to answer.

Wu Zhi stood up, walked to the map and looked at it a few times, but in fact, where could he understand? It's just to see where the armies are everywhere, where they are closer to the Liao army, and so on.

"A few years earlier than I thought! Alas......" Wu Zhi sighed. But no, I wanted to be a strong general in the past few years, toss and toss the Hebei Forbidden Army, and then compete with the Liao State in a few years, who knew that the big war would come so early, and I was not ready at all, and now the situation can only maintain an invincible and undefeated situation with the Liao State. After all, his tricks are not the right way, it's okay to use them once or twice, but now he is fighting against the Liao people, strength is the most important thing, even if he thinks of any ideas, he has to use them by chance, and now there seems to be no good way to concoct the Liao soldiers.

Zong Ze also nodded, feeling the same way, but then he was puzzled: "Xia Guan still can't figure out why the Liao people know that it is a lose-lose situation, so why do they have to fight?" ”

Wu Zhi shook his head: "I can't figure it out either!" ”

Zhu Wu looked at Zong Ze, got up and walked to Wu Zhi's side, ready to speak to Wu Zhi with his ear, Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and made a look, Zhu Wu understood, knowing what your king meant Zong Ze is not an outsider, if you can say what you can say directly, you can say it directly, and smiled at the moment: "Lord Wang, the news from the Liao Kingdom is very interesting." ”

Wu Zhi nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Zhu Wudao: "The news came from Shangjing, it turned out that Yelu Yanxi, the Tianzuo Emperor of the Liao Kingdom, was unwilling to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty, but Yelu Chun did not listen to the orders of the Liao Emperor, and used Wu Yanguang's prestige in the army, and integrated the Liao soldiers of the Southern Courtyard to invade our territory under the name of avenging Wu Yanguang. ”

Wu Zhi listened to the strange words: "What? This little fat man is disobedient? In order to avenge his son, he didn't even listen to the words of the eldest of his family? ”

Zhu Wu nodded: "The news is true. ”

The news was sent back by Wang Jin in the details of the Liao Kingdom, so naturally it would not be false.

Wu Zhi smiled: "Does this kid want to rebel?" It was a joke, but after speaking, he was stunned, turned his head to look at Zong Ze, but saw that Zong Ze also had a solemn face, and nodded slowly.

Wu Zhi didn't know that Yelu Chun in history was to take advantage of the invasion of the Jin soldiers to make Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi fled, and he was the founding emperor of Northern Liao, this person has always been ambitious, at this time Wu Yanguang died in battle, and the people in Liao were panicked and made a mess, it was a good opportunity for him to support the army, how could he let it go, so he used the excuse to avenge Wu Yanguang, obtained the support of the Liao army in the Southern Courtyard, refused to listen to the orders of the Liao Emperor, and invaded the Song Realm on a large scale, just to make profits in the chaos.

Although Wu Zhi didn't know what Ye Luchun was thinking at this time, he heard that Emperor Liao didn't want to start a war with Song, so he immediately put down his thoughts, and shook his head with a smile: "I see, I think Ye Luchun should also sue for peace in a few days!" ”

Zong Ze thought about it for a while, as the king said, when Yeluchun really controlled the elite soldiers of the Southern Courtyard in his hands, it must be the day when he sued for peace, and he would not be endlessly entangled, otherwise he would be anxious and convicted of rebellion against Emperor Liao, and then he would be attacked by the enemy, thinking that now Emperor Liao is just thinking about the overall situation, and he doesn't want to make Liao commit suicide and kill him, causing great damage to the national strength, so he can endure it temporarily, but if Yeluchun has not listened to orders, how can Emperor Liao continue to endure?

After thinking about it carefully, Zong Ze couldn't help but smile and said: "In this case, the lower officials can rest assured, let's just guard the border pass as solid as gold, and wait for Yelu Chun to seek peace." ”

Wu Zhi and Zhu Wu applauded and laughed together.

In the following days, Wu Zhi arranged defenses with peace of mind, and at first he was really worried that the Liao people intended to compete with the Great Song Dynasty, and he really didn't know how to end up at that time, since it was Yelu Chundi's small abacus. That couldn't be better.

I don't want Ye Luchun's fake show to be very real. repeatedly attacked the Song Realm, although he returned again and again, but Wu Zhi was shocked into a cold sweat, and he was also a little annoyed in his heart, this Yeluchun was too arrogant, he should think of a way to rectify him.

On this day, Wu Zhi took several guards to Wujiazhuang to inspect. Although the war on both sides was fierce, it did not affect Sanzhuang, after all, during the war between the two sides, the Flying Fox Village was occupied by the Song army, but the Liao people did not dare to go out of the Flying Fox Valley into the Song Dynasty.

After the war, Zhu'er was driven back to the Daimyo Mansion by Wu Zhi, and the old and young women and children of Sanzhuang were also temporarily placed in Zhending Mansion.

Wu Zhi walked around Wujiazhuang and was about to go to Wujiazhuang Xizhuang. As soon as he left the gate of Wujiazhuang, he suddenly saw a fast horse galloping towards him, and immediately the rider was far away and shouted loudly when he saw Wu Zhi: "Master, great joy!" Exultation! ”

The sound is familiar. Wu Zhi looked fixedly, wasn't the person on the horse Zhu Wu? I was stunned for a moment, I just saw it in the morning, why did I rush here, there must be something urgent, Daxi? Did the Liao people sue for peace?

The fast horse rushed to the front of Wu Zhi and the others, Zhu Wu grabbed the reins and jumped off the horse very quickly to salute. With a happy face, he said: "Lord, great joy!" ”

Wu Zhi said: "What? Jerez sues for peace? ”

Zhu Wu shook his head and said, "No! This time is a great event, and we have hope of recovering the clouds! ”

Wu Zhi's eyes widened suddenly, Zhu Wu has always been cautious in speaking, and he has never said anything big and empty, he said that there is hope for subduing the Youyun Prefectures, then there must be hope!

"Tell me more!" Wu Zhi fixed his mind and said slowly.

Zhu Wu took a few breaths, and then said excitedly: "The rebellion of the Jurchen tribe in the Liao Kingdom!" The founding name is golden! ”

Zhu Wu didn't say this loudly, but when he heard it in Wu Zhi's ears, it was like thunder, Wu Zhi's mind was dizzy, and it took a long time to come back to his senses and say loudly: "What? What did you say? ”

Zhu Wu saw that there was no trace of joy on the face of the noble king, but asked himself nervously, since following Wu Zhi's side, it was the first time to see him so nervous, Zhu Wu couldn't help but be very strange, and the excitement of hearing the news for the first time gradually faded, and said respectfully: "The Jurchen rebellion broke the Liao State Jiangzhou, Binzhou, Xianzhou, and established the Dajin State, and the country name is the Receiving State!" ”

Wu Zhi has recovered from the shock of hearing the news just now, he just heard that the Jin Kingdom that swallowed half of the Great Song Dynasty was born ahead of schedule, and no one can keep calm, but after a while, Wu Zhi has returned to normal, and his thoughts turn sharply, Ah Gu Da is the time to find the Liao and Song Dynasty War, Wu Yanguang died in battle, the Liao State was shaken, and Yelu Chun faintly had the intention of plotting chaos, if Ah Gu Da did not take advantage of this time to make trouble, it would be strange, and he blamed himself, always thinking that it was still far from the founding of the Jin State, although he didn't know the year, But he knew that Zhao Ji was already dying of old age when the Jin State broke through Bianjing, and Zhao Ji's son Zhao Gou was already an adult at that time, and now Zhao Gou has not yet been born, because he has always thought that it is too early for the rise of the Jin State, but he does not know that his arrival has changed history, just like this Aguta rebellion, is it not the time for him to create a place!

Hearing that Ah Gu was calling the establishment of the country "Receiving the Country", Wu Zhi couldn't help but smile coldly: "Receiving the country? Wait for me to collect your gold? ”

Zhu Wu listened to Wu Zhi's extremely cold tone, and couldn't help but be stunned again, he didn't dare to answer, so he only bowed his head and said nothing.

Wu Zhi said: "You said great news, but you can recover the clouds, is that what you are talking about?" ”

Wu Zhi's tone was not good, Zhu Wu was worried in his heart, and said stubbornly: "Yes, I heard that although the number of Jurchens is small, the combat power is strong, if you get the support of the Great Song Dynasty, it will be no problem to hold on for a few years, and then the national strength of the Liao State will be greatly damaged, but it is not the time to recover the clouds......" Seeing that Wu Zhi's gaze was becoming more and more sharp, Zhu Wu was sweating profusely, and his voice gradually lowered.

The more Wu Zhi listened, the more angry he became, you are known as a divine military master, how could you make an argument with Tong Guan and others to support Jin Guo? Do you dig your own grave for the Great Song Dynasty? was about to scold, and suddenly woke up, but this is no wonder Zhu Wu, after all, he doesn't know what is behind him, now the Jin Kingdom has only broken the three cities of the Liao State, who would know that tens of thousands of Jurchens are so fierce that they can destroy the Liao State with a million troops? Besides, Zhu Wu, a miraculous military division, can only be said to be a master of battles, and from a strategic level, he is not so clever.

Wu Zhi retracted his gaze, coughed a few times, and said, "Can you know a little bit about the sect?" ”

Zhu Wu nodded and said, "My subordinates have been informed." ”

"What does he say?" Wu Zhi asked.

Zhu Wudao: "Zongjing is a little undecided, and he still needs to see the development of the Jurchens." ”

Wu Zhi smiled slightly, Zong Ze is Zong Ze, and glanced at Zhu Wudao a few times: "The matter of the Jurchens will be put aside for the time being, according to my opinion, Yeluchun will come to sue for peace soon!" ”

Zhu Wu was puzzled in his heart, although he knew that Wu Zhi didn't like it, he couldn't help but say, "Lord Wang, why are you so hostile to the Jurchens?" And looking at the appearance of the prince, it seems that there is something strange about the Jurchen? ”

Wu Zhi sighed, and didn't know how to talk to him, so he walked over and patted Zhu Wu on the shoulder and said, "Women are really in a big trouble, don't treat them as idle." Seeing that Zhu Wu didn't seem to believe it, he smiled and said, "You'll know in a few days." ”

A few days later, the Liao State really asked for peace, but this time Wu Zhi did not knock on the bamboo pole of the Liao State, and happily agreed, which made Yelu Chun think about it for a few days, and did not know what tricks the Great Song Guiwang had.

The border war between the two sides slowly subsided, and Wu Zhi did not return to the Daimyo's Mansion with the army, but ordered Wenda and Li Cheng to take care of the aftermath, replenish the source of troops, and train soldiers, but he stayed in Yingzhou Economic Strategy Division, and Zong Ze waited day and night for news from the Liao State.

Through the intelligence collected by the Liao State, Wu Zhi has gradually outlined the whole process of the founding of the Jin State, but when he fought with Yelu Chun, a batch of armored weapons transported to Nanjing in Beijing was intercepted by the Jurchens, A Guta took the opportunity to raise troops, broke Ningjiang Prefecture, and Liao sent troops to suppress it, and the next month, the Jurchen and Liao fought in the Chuhedian, Ah Guda personally raised torches and fought at night, braved the strong wind to fight, defeated the Liao army, and took advantage of the victory to occupy Penzhou, Xianzhou and other places in Liao, and established the country as the emperor.

At that time, it was the day when Zhu Wu had just gotten the news, and these days, the Jurchens were even more victorious, and the last news came that Ah Guda led 20,000 Jurchen warriors to attack Huanglong Mansion.

In the study of the Economic Strategy Division, Wu Zhi looked at a map in a daze, this is not a map of the Liao and Song Dynasty wars, but a map of the territory of the Liao State made by Wang Jin's subordinates, of course, it is only a map of the populated land in the east of the Liao State, it can be seen on the map that the Jurchen Wanyan Department is in the northwest of Changbai Mountain, near Harbin today, Huanglong Mansion is very close to Changchun, and if the Jurchen capture Huanglong Mansion, it will open the door to attack the hinterland of Liao.

"Zong Jingluo, do you say that the Jurchens can break through the Huanglong Mansion?" Wu Zhi was stunned for a long time and then looked up and asked.

Zong Ze nodded: "Nineteen can be broken!" ”

Wu Zhi sighed, although he knew that the Jurchen would definitely rise, but he was really depressed to see that it was growing itself little by little.

Zong Ze frowned and said, "I didn't expect the Jurchen Department to be so brave, I really don't know who the Liao and Jin people killed in the end." "No matter how clever Zong Ze's vision is, he can't imagine that tens of thousands of Jurchens can defeat the million-strong army of the Liao State, of course, this also has the merit of the Song Dynasty to contain it, and there are several battles in which the Jin soldiers also rely on the assistance of the heavy infantry of the Song army to break the city, such as Yanjing City, if there is no Song people to open the way to break the city, the Jin soldiers will not be so easy to break through Yanjing.

Wu Zhi asked, "Who does Zong Jinglu want to win and who will lose?" ”

Zong Ze said without thinking: "Although the lower officials hate the Liao people, they hope that the Liao people can win this time, looking at the information from the prince, the Jin people are really violent, the state of tigers and wolves, the harm is endless!" ”

In fact, now the Jurchens have not shown their tiger and wolf nature, but they are just barbaric in battle, and the information that Wu Zhi gave to Zong Ze was all processed by himself, and said that the Jurchens were like demons, how could Zong Ze think that the king would lie to himself on this, so he was naturally convinced.

Wu Zhi nodded slightly: "I also hope that the Liao people win, but it's a pity that ...... Alas......"

Just as he was sighing, there was a knock on the door outside the study, and the voice of the guard came: "Lord, news from the capital, the golden envoy has arrived in Tokyo!" ”

Chapter 053 - A little prelude to the world without gold

Hearing the guards outside the door say that the envoy of the Jin Kingdom had arrived in Tokyo, Wu Zhiteng stood up: "Come in and talk!" ”

The door was pushed open, and a golden-armored guard entered the study and knelt down on one knee: "Lord Wang, the Jinren envoy has landed in Dengzhou and has now arrived in the capital. ”

Wu Zhi pondered and said, "How many people are in their group?" ”

The Jinjia guard replied: "The Jin people and their group of seventeen people are said to have set off from Suzhou (now Jinzhou, Liaoning) and came from the sea. ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "These barbarians also have boats? Why didn't a strong wind blow to Java? ”

The Golden Armor Guard didn't dare to answer, only nodded slightly.

Zong Ze frowned: "The Jin people are here to form an alliance?" ”

Wu Zhi sat down slowly and said, "I think it's going to be like this, it's coming quickly." ”

Zong Ze said: "I don't know how the court will plan, I'm afraid that the prince will be summoned back to Beijing." ”

Wu Zhi was noncommittal, bowing his head and not knowing what he was pondering.

When the envoy of the Jin State arrived in Tokyo, he did not receive any grand reception, after all, in the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin State was just a barbarian tribe, and he was afraid that he would be destroyed by the Liao State in a blink of an eye, and he would not have much enthusiasm for them.

The Jin envoy didn't even see Zhao Ji's face, only received by a chief officer of the Ministry of Rites and lived in the post house, and since then he has been treated coldly, placed in the post house and ignored it.

Half a month later, a shocking news suddenly came from the north, after the Jin people broke through the Huanglong Mansion. Emperor Liao gathered a large army to encircle and suppress. It is claimed that there are 700,000 horses attacking Huanglongfu, wanting to kill the Jurchens cleanly, the two sides fought in Hubu Dagang, 20,000 Jin, 700,000 Liao troops (actually more than 200,000), do not want to fight in the Liao Imperial Battalion deputy commander Yelu Zhangnu led his troops to defect to Beijing, and planned to meet Yelu Chun to stand on his own. The Liao army was in chaos and was almost defeated by the Jin, but fortunately, the new minister Yeluyue commanded properly, and he was barely defeated and was not killed by the Jurchens.

Yeluyue led the army back to Shangjing quickly, and put down the rebellion of Yeluzhang Nu like lightning, Yeluchun because there were many nobles to support, and there was no blatant rebellion, and the Liao Emperor had to temporarily let him go, not to mention that Yeluchun was in Nanjing. Liao Dai couldn't help him for a while, Liaojin was fighting fiercely, and he couldn't force Yeluchun to pull the flag and rebel, right?

Take advantage of Yeluyue's army to go to Beijing. Ah Gu made a drum to break through the Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, Liaoguo, and continued to march eastward. In the end, in Longhua Prefecture (the throat town of Liao's attack on the capital of Shangjing) defeated the Jurchens for a while, and barely stopped the Jurchens' advance. However, by this time, the Jin State had become a more powerful country than the Liao State.

When the news reached Song Realm, the rest of the people were shocked. Wu Zhi is puzzled, Yelu Yue? Where did this guy come from? The momentum of Jin Guo doesn't seem to be as fierce as he imagined?

He didn't know that it was precisely because of Yeluchun's rebellion in history that the Jurchens killed the elite of the Liao army in the Battle of Hubu Dagang, so they captured the five capitals of the Liao State within a few years, causing the Liao State to perish, and the sudden appearance of Yeluyue changed the process, making the situation in Liaojin confusing.

At this time in the capital, the officials immediately changed their faces to the envoy of the Jin State, and on the second day, Zhao Ji would gather important ministers to summon the envoy of the Jin State, and after listening to the envoy of the Jin State stating his intention to form an alliance, he left several important ministers to discuss matters in the Zihuan Palace.

Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair and listened to the words of several ministers, arguing about whether to form an alliance with the Jin State, Cai Jing naturally understood Zhao Ji's thoughts, and knew that this high-minded and far-reaching saint would definitely be willing to join forces with Jin to destroy Liao, and he strongly advocated an alliance with the Jin State.

After listening to Cai Jing's generous speech, he stood up and said: "Shengshang, I want my Great Song Dynasty and Liaoben to be brothers, although there has been a lot of friction recently, but if the hundred-year oath is abandoned, I am afraid that if the soldiers move, Chinese insects, plants and trees will not be allowed to rest." ”

Zhao Ji frowned slightly, this old guy is always there to disagree, but he can't help him.

Cai Jing smiled coldly beside him: "The Liao State will perish, Your Majesty will remember the suffering of the old people, restore China's past frontiers, condemn it on behalf of the sky, and control the chaos. In case the Jurchen gets the will, she will strike first, and then strike at others, and nothing will be stumbling. ”

Zhao Ji nodded slightly when he heard it, Cai Jing's words are so pleasant at all times, yes, as soon as my Wang Shi comes out, subduing Youyun is just around the corner.

An Gongtao saw that Zhao Ji was very happy when he heard Cai Jing's words, and snorted loudly: "The strategy of using soldiers must first calculate the strength and weakness, the strategy is false, know the other and know the self, and be perfect." And China has made peace with the Khitan, and now for more than a hundred years, since it was invaded by the Jurchens, everything has been submissive to the Mu Dynasty. The Khitan who is obedient to this house, uninhibited and enclosed, fences for me, and far beyond overseas, leading the strong girl to really think that it is a neighborhood. The Jurchens took advantage of the momentum of a hundred victories, drank arrogantly, could not dress in courtesy, could not say temptation, held the strategy of Bian Zhuang and fought two battles, and led troops to cross the border. With a hundred years of lazy soldiers, be a new and difficult enemy; With widows and comfortable generals, compete in the forest of flesh and blood. I am afraid that the scourge of China will not have a peaceful period! ”

The rest of the ministers were moved by An Gongsu's words, yes, the privy envoy was right, the Great Song Dynasty soldiers were weak and outnumbered, if Zhen and the Jin State worked together to destroy the Khitan, and then became neighbors with the strong Jurchen, it was not necessarily a good thing, and after the battle of Liaojin Hubu Gang Gang, the Liao State also quickly sent an envoy to Tokyo to mend the gradually broken relationship between the Liao and Song Dynasty, and now the attitude of the Liao envoy is very respectful.

Zhao Ji couldn't help but be furious when he heard An Gongtao say what "a hundred years of lazy soldiers, a general who is unscrupulous and comfortable", An Gongtao used to always have this tone, as if my Song Dynasty's millions of soldiers and horses were all decorations, but at that time Zhao Ji was powerless to refute, after all, there was really nothing to take in the military of the Great Song Dynasty at that time. But now it's different, Zhao Ji's waist can be straightened, how can he hear such words.

sat straight on the dragon chair, glanced at An Gongtao and said lightly: "However, the Hebei Forbidden Army is a hundred years of lazy soldiers?" Your king and the generals of Beijing are the widowed and comfortable generals? Why did An Gong teach me? ”

An Gongtao's face was stunned, and he still argued unconvinced: "The Hebei Forbidden Army is an exception. Your king's talent. It is the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty, but the rest of the military defense is really worrying. Lao An gradually reversed his impression of Wu Zhi, although he still couldn't turn the corner, he had to admire Wu Zhi for being really powerful.

Zhao Ji snorted, no longer paid attention to An Gongtao, and looked at General Xu who had been silent next to him: "What do you think about the waiter?" ”

General Xu hurriedly stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "Holy Lord." The minister thinks that if you are undecided on foreign affairs, you can ask your king. ”

Zhao Ji's eyes lit up, yes, how did he forget the second brother, and just as he was about to speak, Cai Jing next to him grabbed a few steps and said hurriedly: "Long live!" ”

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment and asked, "What?" ”

Cai Jing bowed down and said: "Now that things are uneven, your king is on the side, and he has a great responsibility. If it is easily recalled, I am afraid that the army's heart will be unstable, and there will be another incident at the border. ”

General Xu frowned and said, "Your king is familiar with Liao's Phnom Penh affairs. At this time, it is time to summon the king back to Beijing to take care of everything, not to mention that the Liao people are too busy to take care of themselves, how can there be another war? ”

Cai Jing shook his head and said: "Lord Xu has been in the capital for a long time, but he doesn't know that the Liao people who stayed in Nanjing to guard Yeluchun have bad intentions. The border is unpredictable, but your king can't go! ”

An Gongtao nodded: "Not bad." The border matter is important, and it is better for your king not to return to Beijing easily. ”

Zhao Ji thought about it for a long time. also felt that it was inappropriate to recall Wu Zhi, so he nodded silently and said, "Well, it makes sense, but it's still a matter of importance." ”

General Xu reluctantly retreated and glanced at Cai Jing a few times, but Cai Jing was full of dignity and had no smugness, but Cai Jing was relieved in his heart, if this kind of militaristic event would recall Wu Zhi, then Wu Zhi would no longer just be the commander of the army, but he would really become an important minister of the Great Song Dynasty, plus his status as a prince, I am afraid that sooner or later Cai Jing will be pressed under his head, of course Cai Jing will have to find ways to prevent this from happening.

Zhao Ji said again: "The matter of forming an alliance with the Jin State has been decided, and it will be handled by Zhongshu Province, co-organized by the Privy Council, and the charter will be submitted to it!" ”

An Gongtao sighed, after all, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, after all, Prime Minister Cai Jing and Shengshang Zhao Ji were all arguments, and it was useless for An Gongtao to oppose it, so he had to retreat stupidly.

When the news of Zhao Ji's determination to form an alliance with the Jin State came, Wu Zhi was chatting with Zong Ze over tea in the Zong Ze Mansion, and he got up and went back to the Daimyo's Mansion in a few days.

When the guards reported that Wu Zhi Shengshang had agreed to form an alliance with the Jin State and was negotiating an alliance with the Jin envoy from Zhongshu Province, Wu Zhi did not react, but Zong Ze stood up and said loudly: "What? The Holy Lord agrees to form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom? ”

Wu Zhi smiled and said, "The sect is a little quiet. ”

Zong Ze hurriedly said: "How can this be stable?" No, the lower official will give the saint a table! As he spoke, he walked out, thinking that he was in a hurry to write a recital.

Wu Zhi looked at Zong Ze's back and shook his head helplessly, what is the use of the above table? It's just that Zhao Ji is not happy, sighing and looking at the north, the situation is getting more and more chaotic.

The envoy of the Jin State to the Great Song Dynasty is named Wanyan Haiye, who is a cronie of Wanyan Agutadi, who has been responsible for the transaction of goods within the tribe for a long time, and is to be proficient in Khitan and Song languages.

Half a month later, Wanyan Haiye left Bianliang and took the hard-won covenant, in which it was agreed that the Jin State would be responsible for capturing the Zhongjing Dading Mansion of the Liao State, and then go south through the flat pine forest to the Gubeikou in the north of Miyun on the edge of the Great Wall; The Song army was responsible for sending troops to attack through Baigou Town, Xiongxian County, Hebei Province, to capture the Nanjing Xijin Mansion of the Liao State, and then go north to Gubeikou, with the Gubeikou Pass as the boundary. The Jin State agreed with the Song Dynasty to recover the old land of Yanjing.

When Wanyan Haiye left Tokyo, he already sneered at the Great Song Dynasty, but it was just an empire that was declining day by day, strong and powerful, and he didn't forget to pick up the shelf of the Heavenly Empire everywhere, and gave Wanyan Agu an edict in the tone of a vassal country. Hmph, am I a Jurchen easy to deceive? It's up to you for the time being, and you'll have your own share in the future.

After Yan Haiye refused the kindness of the forbidden army sent by the Song Dynasty to escort him, without it, he still needed to go to Zengtou City, how could he be escorted and monitored by the Song people? Zengtou City is in Shandong, which is the only way to Dengzhou. It will not arouse the suspicion of the Song people who pick up and drop off along the way. But if there is a Song forbidden army around, it will not be able to go to Zengtou City. Besides, the dozen or so guards in Wanyan Haiye's entourage are warriors in the Wanyan Department, even if they are thieves along the way?

In the evening of this day, in a small town in Lingzhou, Shandong, more than a dozen riders came slowly, and the riders were dressed as monsters, and they didn't look like people from the Central Plains. There was only one small inn in the town, and the group entered the inn, wrapped up the whole yard, told the men not to disturb it, and then gathered in the room and never came out, so that the shopkeeper and the man were all talking about the barbarian monsters.

When the lantern was in charge, the group left the inn in a group, and the leader asked if there was a forest outside the town, and the shopkeeper kindly reminded him that there were wild beasts in the woods, and it was better not to go there at night. Those people didn't listen at all, and the shopkeeper had no choice but to point them in the direction of the woods, and his heart was even more chattering. Is it really a bunch of weirdos, looking at the scenery at night?

This group of people is naturally Wanyan Haiye and his party, and they have made an appointment with Zengtou City to meet in the woods outside this town, so as not to be discovered.

The village forest is a few miles away from the town, beside a bare hill. The forest is very dense, and now it is almost winter. The forest was covered with thick fallen leaves, and there was a rustling sound when you stepped on it. It's soft and comfortable.

The sky was pitch black, thinking that the dark clouds covered the moonlight, Wanyan Haiye and others lit a bonfire in the woods, whispering about what the Great Song Dynasty had seen and heard, Wanyan Haiye looked at the path leading to the distance from time to time, the darker the sky, and could only faintly see the scene ten steps away.

was waiting anxiously, and suddenly heard the rustling sound around him, Wan Yan Haiye was stunned for a moment, is it the person from Zengtou City who came to answer? How could there be people coming from all directions, he has been in contact with the Song people and the Khitan people for a long time, and he has long lost the vigilance of the barbarians, but the rest of the Jurchens have beast-like intuition, several guards violently kicked the bonfire away and extinguished it, and one of them flew to Wanyan Haiye's body, at this time, the sound of bowstrings sounded around him, and in the sound of breaking the air, random arrows flew, and several Jin people screamed and died on the spot.

Wanyan Haiye touched it with both hands, but what he touched was the wet blood that was pressed on his body, and he couldn't help but exclaim "ah" in shock, the voice did not fall, his arm had been grabbed, and he was pulled to the side violently, and then there were a few "whoosh" sounds on his side, and a few arrows had been deeply inserted into the direction where he was lying.

The fire was extinguished, and the forest suddenly became dark, Wan Yan Haiye's heart was pounding, and he reached out to pat Fang Cai's face as a sign of gratitude, and the guard shook his head and pulled Wan Yan Haiye behind him.

Wan Yan Haiye looked around, and he didn't know how many people were still alive on his side, and then he looked at the darkness around him, and he didn't know how many people were ambushed on the other side, and why he attacked his group.

The Jurchen warrior who saved Yan Haiye took the longbow on his back very carefully, worried that the enemy would hear the sound, and his movements were extremely slow, and when he put the arrow on his back and put it on the bowstring, Wan Yan Haiye breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the rest of the clans had done the same action at this time, these people were all marksmen, how could they be compared to the Song people.

Not far away, there was a sudden sound of sand, and invariably, several eagles shot like lightning, and a scream of "ah" was followed by a sound of falling to the ground, thinking that the enemy had been shot to the ground by accident.

The Jurchens were as light as a tanuki, and they didn't pay attention to the arrows, but flashed lightly to the side, so that the enemy could hear their location through the sound of the bowstring.

After being pulled by the guard and flashing to another tree, the guard began to carefully draw the arrow again.

In this way, the two sides shot at each other from time to time in the dark, although there were also Jurchens who accidentally showed their voices and were shot into a honeycomb, but the enemy died more, Wanyan Haiye was placed behind a tree by the guards and did not move, holding the trunk tightly, nervously in his heart, the enemy hiding in the shadows is always more terrible than the enemy who surfaced, just because he didn't know who the enemy was, and why did he come to kill himself, Wanyan Haiye became more and more frightened, could it be the Liao people?

While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a "snort", a fire burst out, although the Jurchen warriors immediately shot the black-clothed man who ignited the fallen leaves, but the fire could no longer be extinguished, the breeze blew, the flame swelled violently, and soon the forest was already a sea of fire.

In the firelight, I saw dozens of black-clothed men popping out of the surroundings, each holding a simple knife to the Jurchens, some Jurchens just emerged from behind the tree, and they screamed "ah", and were shot into a honeycomb by the archers outside the circle, and the firelight was shining, and the numerical advantage of the black-clothed people was immediately reflected, but the Jurchens could no longer rely on their naturally intelligent ear power and intuition to sneak attack.

After a while, the man in black had rushed to the front and fought with the few remaining Jurchen men, although the Jurchen men were all warriors in the clan, but the family members were many powerful, and their skills were also very clever, and after a while, the Jurchens were killed one by one in the screams.

With the firelight, Wanyan Haiye lay on the ground and didn't move, hoping that the enemy would let him go as a dead corpse, at this time he secretly regretted why he wore different clothes from the tribal guards, reflecting that he was superior? Now I'm afraid this costume will kill me!

Sure enough, just as he thought, these black-clothed men examined the bodies of the Jurchens one by one, and finally the footsteps sounded, and someone ran towards him.

Wanyan Haiye clenched the dagger on his chest, panicking in his heart, not knowing whether he should fight with the other party or be false and pseudo-snake, find out the origin of the other party and then make plans, he has not yet made a decision, he has been pulled up, and then the dagger on his chest was taken away, Wanyan Haiye sighed, and the Khitan people, the Song people have been in contact for a long time, but he no longer has the blood of the Yan Department.

When he opened his eyes, a blue-faced man stood in front of him, looking at himself coldly.

"Who are you? Do you know who I am? Wanyan Haiye asked the other party loudly.

The blue-faced man couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this barbarian's Song language so fluently, and then smiled: "Of course you know, do you know the Jurchen dog?" "I have been with my lord for a long time, and I will naturally learn the title of my lord.

Although Wanyan Haiye's arms were firmly clamped, his body rushed forward, as if he was about to bite the blue-faced man.

The blue-faced man laughed: "Sure enough, it's a dog!" As he spoke, a big mouth slapped Wan Yan Haiye's face, Wan Yan Haiye screamed "Ah", and immediately snot and tears flowed, and then the nosebleed all over his mouth.

The blue-faced man didn't talk nonsense anymore, stretched out his hand and groped in Wanyan Haiye's arms, and soon took out the "Song-Jin Covenant" covered with the jade seal of Emperor Zhao Ji of the Great Song Dynasty, opened it and looked at it a few times, and said to himself: "This time I won Brother Shi once, but I grabbed the first merit!" ”

Although the voice was soft, Wanyan Haiye could hear it clearly, and raised his head in amazement: "What prince?" Who are you? ”

The blue-faced man smiled: "We are subordinates of the King of Great Liao Wei, so don't tell the wrong person when we get to the underworld!" As he spoke, the knife flashed, and Wanyan Haiye's head rolled to the ground, and he turned around on the ground a few times, his eyes widened, as if he didn't believe that he was killed like this.

The blue-faced man threw the "Song-Jin Covenant" into the still burning fallen leaves, and saw that the silk silk turned into ashes little by little, before turning around and whistled, and the black-clothed people jumped and disappeared.

The news that the envoys of the Jin Kingdom had been killed by bandits in Lingzhou and that their belongings had been looted reached Tokyo, causing an immediate uproar.

Zhao Ji was furious, ordered to put Lingzhou Zhizhou in prison, sent Shangshu right Cheng Zhang Shangying to Lingzhou to find out the truth in person, Zhang Shangying was busy in Lingzhou for half a month and did not find out why, in the end the matter had to be stopped, but the salt lords in Shandong were affected by the pond fish, and the local government searched for thieves, naturally they often encountered the salt gang with weapons, these salt lords were all taken down as thieves, put in prison and tortured, and finally the thieves who killed the Jin people were not caught, but the salt gangs of all sizes in Shandong were wiped out.

At the same time as Zhang Shangying went to Lingzhou, Zhao Ji urgently summoned Wu Zhi back to Beijing, and it would not be successful if he did not summon him, and the envoy of the Jin State was killed in the Song Realm, which was a top priority for the two countries, and it was understandable that the Jin State would declare war on the Great Song Dynasty immediately, of course, the Jin State and the Great Song Dynasty were not bordering each other, but Zhao Ji's painstaking strategy to destroy the Liao was about to die.

There was even more noise in the temple, and Cai Jing advocated sending an envoy to Jin Guo to explain the misunderstanding, hoping to resolve the matter.

An Gongtao spoke coldly, saying that the barbarian tribe would not give up, but he was afraid that the envoy would go to death in vain, and said that since Cai Xiang had this wonderful plan, it was better for Cai Xiang to go through. Cai Jing immediately made a bitter face.

Zhao Ji saw that they couldn't make a name for themselves, so he could only urgently summon Wu Zhi, hoping that his magical second brother would do another trick to share his worries.