Lifan Yuan is located in the west of Yanjing City, which is quite secluded and has an extremely beautiful environment.

An Pulin and Li Rui walked in between, both with smiles on their faces.

"Now I finally know why the Han people didn't take the initiative to attack us, it turned out to be a civil and military dispute! Yang Wen and suppress martial arts was the national policy of the Song Dynasty, and it has been like this for more than 100 years! Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor of the Han people was afraid of the usurpation of power by the martial arts, and this is still the case! But this gives us Koreans a chance! An Pulin said softly.

"Yes, this Emperor of the Song Dynasty is a powerful character, in just two or three years, the Yanyun area has become so prosperous! Their national strength, financial strength, and military strength are all superior to ours, if the civil and military attack us with one heart, we will only have a dead end in Goryeo! Well, now we have time to develop slowly! After ten or twenty years, we will rely on the land of Liaodong, with a large population, and the national strength will become stronger and stronger, and then we can really compete with the Great Song Dynasty. Li Rui also said with a smile on his face.

"But the Song people let us be vassals, this is not easy to do!" An Pulin said.

"It's just a matter of face! We used to be vassals to the Tang Dynasty, and then to the Khitans and Jurchens, and now it is nothing to be vassals to the Song Dynasty! I lost face, but we got Liaodong, and such a deal can be done! Li Rui said with a smile.

"It's just that Your Majesty and General Cui Zhuo may not be able to agree." An Pulin said.

"Either way, we're going to convince them." Li Ruidao.

An Pulin nodded.

The two of them entered the courtyard where they were, and at this moment the Goryeo attendants had already greeted them.

There were several big houses in the courtyard, and they went towards the middle room, and just when they came to the door of the house, they found that there was a young man sitting in the house, it was Duan Heming, a disciple of the Dali Duan clan.

"The two adults are back?" Duan Heming stood up and said with a smile.

"Hurry up, please take a seat!" An Pulin nodded and said.

When Duan Heming continued to sit down, An Pulin and Li Rui also sat there after changing out of the court clothes outside.

"This is our Goryeo ginseng tea, what does Brother Duan think?" An Pulin said.

"Excellent! I have long heard that Goryeo's ginseng is famous all over the world, and sure enough! Duan and Ming Dao.

"The world is different! This time we came to the Great Song Dynasty and brought some gifts to the Great Song Dynasty monarchs, and when Brother Duan went back, we also gave some of the gifts to Brother Duan. An Pulin said.

"Since these gifts are for the Great Song Dynasty, how dare Duan?" Duan Heming hurriedly said.

"Hey, what's this? You are the envoy of Dali, and our two countries are around the Great Song Dynasty, so we just happened to make friends. An Pulin said with a smile.

"Looking at the looks of the two adults, it seems that today's negotiation is good?" Duan Heming smiled and said.

"The Song people have agreed to peace talks! They are willing to give up part of the city in Liaodong, but they want us to pay for it! An Pulin said.

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Is there anyone in the world who uses money to buy a city? Duan Heming said in disbelief.

"The Song Dynasty had just experienced war, and the treasury was empty, so it just needed money! Let's go all the way, the Great Song Dynasty is indeed prosperous, but it's just a façade! An Pulin said.

Duan Heming frowned, a confused look on his face.

"As long as the contract is signed, we can truly own Liaodong!" Li Ruidao.

"Did the Song people say how much money they had?" Duan and Mingdao.

"Not really." An Pulin said.

"Strange." Duan Heming muttered.

"Da Song actually wants to negotiate with us, and we can't say more about the reasons for this! Brother Duan, haven't you seen the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty yet? An Pulin said.

"Not really, for some reason, Your Majesty didn't summon me." Duan Heming muttered.

"It's a pity not to go out to play in this prosperous place of Yanjing! When I came just now, I saw a green building at the door, and people came and went, Brother Duan, you are the youngest, you should like these the most! Although we didn't sign a contract today, Da Song does have the intention of making peace with us, and we are happy in our hearts, let's go, we invite you to go to the Qinglou to play. An Pulin was already in his sixties, but his body was extremely strong, so he stood up immediately and said.

"The little brother really doesn't have such a mood." Duan Heming smiled bitterly.

He originally thought that he arrived yesterday and would definitely be able to meet the Great Song Junchen today, but who knew that there was no news now, how could he be in the mood to hang out.

"In this case, the two of us are going to go out for a while, and Brother Duan will continue to stay in the Li Fan Courtyard." An Pulin laughed.

******

In the early morning of the second day, when the sky was dark, An Pulin and Li Rui had already gotten up and headed towards the Yanjing Palace.

Duan Heming was still waiting in the room bitterly, but an hour later, the official of the Li Domain came in and said, "Duan Gongzi, please follow us to the palace, Your Majesty will summon you!" ”

Duan Heming was stunned for a moment, then showed a happy expression on his face, and said, "Okay, I'll go now!" ”

When Duan Heming also walked towards the palace under the leadership of the officials of the Imperial Court, he was excited and apprehensive in his heart.

"I traveled in the Great Song Dynasty for half a year, and investigated some of the situations of the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers, and also investigated the situation in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty. If you can get the help of the Great Song Dynasty this time, you will definitely be able to solve the predicament of Dali! Duan and the light and dark said.

He thought in his mind how he would talk and plead later, and before he knew it, he had entered the palace, but he didn't have the heart to look at the scenery of the palace at all.

Not long after, he came to the imperial study, where he saw Zhao Chen and knelt down.

"Flatten! There are seats there, and you sit down on your own. Zhao Chen said.

"The subjects of a small country dare not sit down." Duan Heming lowered his head and said worriedly.

"If you sit down, you will sit down! We have a lot to talk about, how can you do it all the time while you're standing? Zhao Chen said.

Duan Heming sat down to the side, he quietly looked at Zhao Chen, and felt that Zhao Chen seemed to have a gentle smile on his face.

"Has Your Majesty seen the credentials handed over by the villain?" Duan and Mingdao.

"I've seen it! Your name is Duan Heming, and the current lord of Dali is called Duan Heyu, what is your relationship? Zhao Chen said.

"The current lord of Dali is a villain brother!" Duan and Mingdao.

"It's not easy for you to come to Yanjing from Dali alone!" Zhao Chen said.

"In order to restore the country, no matter how difficult it is, you have to do it! The villain begged His Majesty to send troops to Dali to eliminate the traitors of Dali, and from now on, Dali will always be a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, and the emperor will be respected as the co-lord of the world for generations. Duan Heming knelt down again and said.

Zhao Chen raised his hand and motioned for Duan Heming to stand up, thinking about the situation in Dali in his heart.

Later generations only know Dali Duan, but they don't know that Dali is also divided into two stages: "former country" and "later country"! About a hundred years ago, when the fourth lord of Dali succeeded to the throne, Gao Zhisheng, the minister of Dali, leaned towards the government and the opposition, and was named the Marquis of Shanxian by the lord of Dali, and the territory around Kunming of Dali was divided into Gao Zhisheng! Seventy years ago, Yang Yizhen, another powerful minister of Dali, killed Duan Lianyi, the king of Dali, and Gao Shengtai, the son of Gao Zhi, raised troops to destroy the Yang family, and established Duan Lianyi's nephew Duan Shouhui as the king! Sixty years ago, Gao Shengtai succeeded to the throne of Shanxian and forced Duan Fenghui Chan to be located in Duan Zhengming.

Forty years ago, Gao Shengtai replaced Duan Zhengming and called himself the "King of Great China". However, there are still people in Dali who oppose Gao Shengtai, and there are still some die-hard political forces in Dali, although Gao controls the power of the country, it is difficult to change people's hearts! When Gao Shengtai was dying, he told his descendants, "The reason why I am the emperor and replace Dali is because I was persecuted by Duan Zhengming!" The Duan clan is weak, and he is also obedient to the opinions of the ministers! Now that my limit is imminent, after my death, future generations will only be allowed to be prime ministers and assist the emperor, and will not be emperors again! The country returned Duan", so Gao Taiming, the son of Gao Shengtai, established Duan Zhengming's younger brother Duan Zhengchun as the emperor, and the Dali Kingdom after Duan Zhengchun was called "Houli State".

It's a pity that Duan Zhengchun is only the nominal king of Dali, and everything up and down the Dali Kingdom is under the control of the Gao family! The Gao family has been the prime minister of Dali for generations, and the hereditary prince of China is the de facto lord of Dali.

Twenty years ago, Gao Taiming forced Duan Zhengchun to abdicate, and Duan Zhengchun's underage son Duan Heyu succeeded him, and this reputation is the Duan Yu of modern martial arts in later generations! Until now, Duan Heyu has been the king of Dali.

The reason why Duan Heming secretly came to the Great Song Dynasty was to beg the Great Song Dynasty to send troops to eliminate the Gao clan.

And Zhao Chen did not summon Duan Heming yesterday, but because Duan Heming came too suddenly, Zhao Chen, the Military Aircraft Department, and the General Staff Headquarters needed to discuss this matter.

"Your Majesty, as long as the Great Song Dynasty clears the Gao clan, I, Dali, am even willing to become the territory of the Great Song Dynasty! In the future, my king of Dali will be like the king of the Great Song Dynasty, just want to be safe, rich and noble! We are willing to completely dedicate Dali and only ask Your Majesty to send troops! Duan Heming saw that Zhao Chen was still thinking, he gritted his teeth and said.

"How is Dali's strength now?" Zhao Chen said.

"Dali is a small country, there are only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, but they are all under the control of the Gao family." Duan and Mingdao.

"After the elimination of the Gao clan, I will personally canonize the king of Dali as the king of the south of the Great Song Dynasty, and guard Dali for generations! If the Great Song Dynasty is immortal, the Duan family will always be glorious and rich, just like my Zhao and Song royal family! But you also have to help me pacify the subjects of Dali! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, we just want not to be killed by the Gao family, let alone others? My Dali Duan clan was originally the Eastern Han Dynasty Wuwei Taishou Duan Cheng, and the Great Song Dynasty is the same origin and species, and it is a matter of course that Dali returns to the Great Song Dynasty. Duan Heming said excitedly.

"You go to the staff headquarters and write down all the situation of Dali's troops and the situation of the passes, and when the time is ripe, the Great Song Dynasty will naturally send troops to Dali." Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Duan Heming was overjoyed in his heart and said.

In the past few decades, the Duan clan of Dali has lived tremblingly, although on the surface they are still the masters of Dali, but in fact they can't even leave Dali City! Dali Duan was almost completely placed under house arrest by Gao! This time Duan Heming also sneaked out, he could imagine that many of his relatives must have been implicated, and it was possible to be killed by the Gao family! But for the sake of the entire Dali Duan clan, he was still willing to do such a thing. Now when he heard that Da Song Ken sent troops, he was indeed happy in his heart.

Duan Heming had already left, and Zhao Chen was the only one left in the imperial study, and he spread a map on the table.

In the center of the map is the Great Song Dynasty, with the vast Mongolian steppe in the north, the Kipchak steppe in the north, Moscow in the north, and Europe in the west! Now Europe is still in the dark Middle Ages, the whole of Europe is unusually backward, and the culture, economy, science and technology, and system are far inferior to the Great Song Dynasty! There are not many formal countries in Europe now, and many kings are simply big and small lords! To the east is Goryeo, and to the east of Goryeo is where the most disgusted Dongying Japanese people are located in the hearts of later generations, Goryeo is still somewhat civilized, and the Japanese did not establish a centralized system in the later shogunate era, and the territory of the Japanese people is not as good as that of later generations, Hokkaido is still in the barbaric era, and continuing to cross the vast sea to the east is the North American continent that no one knows now! The North American continent is rich in products, but it is still the domain of the Indians, and they are extremely backward! The southwest direction of the Great Song Dynasty is where the Dali Kingdom is located, and the area of the Dali Kingdom is also very large, including all of Yunnan and Guizhou in later generations, as well as the southwest of Sichuan, the western part of Guangxi, the northern part of Myanmar, the northern part of Laos, and the northwest of Vietnam, but the Dali Kingdom has many mountainous areas, limited population, financial resources, and military strength are very limited! The south direction of the Great Song Dynasty is where Annam is located, which was originally the territory of the Han people, but unfortunately after the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, Annam became independent and later established Vietnam! Looking up, all the countries in this world are currently lagging behind the Great Song Dynasty! In the past, the Great Song Dynasty still had the shortcomings of its armed forces, but after Zhao Chen succeeded to the throne, the Great Song army underwent earth-shaking changes in less than ten years, and the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty has surpassed that of the grassland nomadic races in the north!

"In later generations, Napoleon once compared China to a sleeping lion, and now this lion has awakened, and the rest of the world is sleeping! The unprecedented beast is out of the cage, and the whole world will surrender to the feet of the Great Song, but before that, I will also change the Great Song step by step! The reform of the imperial examination in education is only the first step, and there are more changes in the future! The annexation of Goryeo and Dali is only a small fight, and the country needs time to recuperate, and there will be no large-scale national war in the next few years. Zhao Chen said secretly.