"It's a big stone forest tooth!" Xiao Gan looked back, and a smile appeared on his face: "We can't compare to him with the crepe things in the court, they can't compare to us with the bow and sword, and in the end, it still depends on us!" ”

"Not necessarily!" Yelu Dashi sneered: "You are the commander of the Eastern Road, do you calculate how many Khitan and Xi soldiers you have on hand?" How many soldiers are there besides guarding Yanjing City? There are eight battalions of soldiers in the resentful army, and there are no less than 20,000 people, if these men collude with the resentful army outside the city, how do you deal with them? ”

Hearing his friend's words, Xiao Gan's face suddenly became gloomy, and he asked in a low voice, "Then what do you say?" ”

"You are the king of Xi Liubu, and you still ask me what to do?" Yelu Dashi laughed, and his originally serious face immediately became vivid: "Remember, although the Khitan and Xi are two races, they are really one, and these Han'er can't be trusted!" ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Gan nodded deeply.

It was already evening, and the crowd in front of the mansion had dispersed, and the faint light of the setting sun on the vermilion lacquer gate showed a terrible dark red, like pus and blood.

Most of the people in the back hall have left, and only a few people remain, most of them are relatives of the Khitan and Xi clans, and the only Han people are Li Chuwen and Zuo Qigong. These cores at the top of the Great Liao Empire all had solemn faces, quietly waiting for the words of Ye Luchun, who had just been dressed in yellow robes.

"Your Majesty!" Li Chuwen, who had just made a great contribution to supporting him, did not wait for the Khitan and Xi relatives to speak before speaking as usual, he stood up and said: "The minister thinks that he is the beginning of ascending the throne. You must first reward the resentful army and strengthen its heart! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Zuo Qigong also stood up, and the rest of the Khitan courtiers also nodded. Although the combat effectiveness and loyalty shown by the resentful army in the past battles with the Jin people were quite suspicious, for this small court that had just been established, even a single soldier was very valuable, and it was very urgent and necessary to use high-ranking officials to buy the loyalty of the leader of the resentful army.

"What you two say is very true!" Ye Luchun nodded: "Then the resentful army will be renamed the Changsheng Army, and its leader Guo Yaoshi will be in charge of the Changsheng Army, and Zhuozhou will stay behind!" ”

"Wechen obeys!" Li Chuwen hurriedly bowed down to thank him, and his face couldn't help but show a hint of joy. When Yelu Dashi on the side saw it, a sneer appeared on his face. I turned my head and acted as if I hadn't seen it.

"Your Majesty. The Southern Dynasty has always been prepared to attack me with the Jin people, and I have few soldiers in Yanjing, so I am afraid that it will not be enough to resist. Just in case he is ready! Xiao Gan suddenly got up and said loudly.

"Oh!" Jerry Chun did not answer immediately. He just nodded slightly. It turned out that this Xiao Gan had another identity in addition to the East Road Capital-the King of Xi Liubu. At this time, he suggested recruiting troops from the Xi Department, and it was quite intriguing to contact Li Chuwen to form a grudge just now.

"King Xiao!" Li Chuwen smiled: "The old minister dares to ask. How many soldiers do you plan to recruit? ”

"How much?" Xiao Gan obviously just got up, and was stopped by Li Chuwen's sudden question, which was Yelu Dashi on the side interjected: "According to the old practice, there are six tribes of the Xi clan, and three dings draw one, each of which is a battalion, and there should be 12,000 in the calculation!" ”

"Twelve thousand!" Li Chuwen said with a smile: "There is more than military equipment in Youzhou, but if it is grain, I am afraid it will be a little difficult!" ”

Xiao Gan snorted coldly, and was about to argue, Yelu Dashi on the side preemptively smiled and said: "This is an extraordinary time, so I have to include the people to raise soldiers!" ”

As soon as Yelu Dashi said this, the faces of the two Han people in the hall immediately became ugly. Even Yelu Chun's face has not become very good-looking, it turns out that what Yelu Dashi said about raising soldiers is to beat the grass valley, which is the oldest way to raise troops in the Khitan army, to put it bluntly, it is to set aside a piece of land for a part of the army, and then let the pawn forcibly collect grain and forage to support himself and the army, and there is no need to pay the soldiers above. If this method is carried out on the enemy's territory, it naturally does not matter, but now that the Song army does not come to attack Youzhou, they will be thankful, and the burden of the newly recruited army must fall on the heads of the counties to which Youzhou Dao belongs, that is, these Han people.

"This king is already a little tired, let it go in advance, and then discuss it later!" Ye Luchun used delaying tactics, and then he smiled at Li Chuwen and said, "Duke Li, since this king has ascended the throne, you have to carry the burden on this matter in the Privy Council!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked, the official system of the Liao State is divided into the north and south official system, and there are the north and south privy councils in the north officials, which are in charge of military and political affairs, Ding Fu, election officials and other central powers, generally speaking, in the hands of the royal Yelu clan and the queen Xiao clan, Li Chuwen A Han can be in charge of the privy council, which is very rare in the history of the Liao State.

"Thank you for your grace!" Li Chuwen leaned over and thanked Yeluchun.

"Your Majesty actually let this old guy Li Chuwen enter the Privy Council!" Immediately, Xiao Gan's face was full of indignation: "Han'er has a grudge against the army outside, and the center is in charge of the inside, and the country will not be a country!" “

"You can't say that!" Yelu Dashi, who was riding at the same time, replied unhurriedly: "Isn't Han Derang also a Han Chinese, doesn't he also live in the center, and he is also descended from the prince!" ”

"How can this guy be compared to Wen Zhonggong!" Xiao Gan's face immediately turned red, it turned out that Han Derang that Yelu Dashi said was a legend in the history of Liao, this person was originally a Han person, but he won the trust of the regent Empress Dowager Xiao at that time, not to mention the high power, and even the Empress Dowager Xiao herself married him, Liao Shengzong took his father's work, it can be said that he was the emperor of Liao, and he was buried in the imperial tomb of Liao after his death.

"Li Chuwen naturally can't be compared with Wen Zhonggong, but the current situation is a hundred times more sinister than at that time!" Yelu Dashi's face became very gloomy when he said this: "Now that the first emperor has moved away, Wujing has lost three of them, and the country is actually only left in Yanjing Road, behind these Hanchen is the Yandi clan, and it is connected with the resentful army, if it leaves their support, the seat of the King of Wei will definitely not be stable, and it is also a last resort for Li Chuwen Yourong!" ”

"Then we'll watch the power fall?" Xiao Gan was anxious when he heard this, his sister-in-law was Ye Luchun's wife, and the relationship was extremely close, which could be described as breaking bones and connecting tendons.

"Hurry up and recruit troops!" Yelu Dashi said in a low voice: "Only with soldiers in our hands can we deter the resentful army and Hanchen, and resist the Jin and Song people, even if we can't beat it in the end, at most, we will move westward, and we must not stay here to be someone else's slave!" ”

"That's right!" Xiao Gan nodded and said, "Then I will go out of the city tomorrow to recruit troops in the clan, and you will watch Yanjing!" ”

"Hmm!" Yelu Dashi said: "There is no need to talk to King Wei again, he also hopes so, but there are some things that are difficult to say in his position!" ”

Lee House.

Li Chuwen is a very particular person in life, he was born in the Yandi clan, the family has been an official for generations, the house is rich, and he has an old relationship with Xiao Fengxian, the favorite minister of Emperor Liao Tianzuo, and he has no fear to welcome and ask for a lot of bribes. Although his mansion in Yanjing does not look big, the decoration utensils and handsome children and maids in it are first-class, but I am afraid that even the mansion of King Ye Luchun, who is left behind in Nanjing, cannot be compared.

"Father!" Li Shuang, who had just been promoted to the junior eunuch of the Imperial Palace, presented a cup of hot ginseng tea with a smile, and said with a smile: "You Han can stay in the Privy Council today, and there are only a handful of people who can compare with each other in this dynasty." ”

"Huh!" Li Chuwen took a sip of tea and tasted it a little: "The merit of supporting the establishment and the strong support from outside, this is just an ordinary thing!" ”

"It's all my father's foresight!" Li Shuang complimented: "This time, our Li family will have at least decades of glory and wealth!" ”

"It's not that easy!" Li Chuwen put the teacup in his hand to the side of the small table, and the maidservant had already taken it away, so he stood up: "This small court in Yanjing, survival is just a matter of breathing. If you want the Li family to have Mount Tai to rely on, you have to make preparations now! ”

"Father taught me a lesson!" Li Shuang hurriedly nodded: "I have stored seven hundred pairs of armor in the house in the south, and I have secretly transported a lot of people from Zhuangzi, all of whom are brave and strong men——"

"That's it!" Li Chuwen waved his hand impatiently and interrupted his son's swing: "Hurry up and grind the ink, I said you write!" ”

"Yes, Father!" Li Shuang hurriedly stood up, he asked the maid to stand back, walked to the desk and sharpened the ink first, dipped the mouse pen in the ink, and looked up and waited for his father.

"Ma Jiaxian's nephew, in the Arctic Temple, the ten-year period is still there-'

Li Shuang used his beautiful face to write lines of text on the paper, and as the number of lines on the paper increased, he was surprised to find that the content of this letter was clearly everything that had just happened in the left-behind mansion, and his father clearly passed these secrets to this mysterious person surnamed Ma, and obviously this mysterious person did not belong to the Liao State. Li Shuang couldn't help but raise his head in surprise and looked at his father.

"This person's surname is Ma Mingzhi, he is a close friend of his father, he is now in the Southern Dynasty, he is already in a high position, and he is Tong Guan's side!" Li Chuwen explained to his son unabashedly.

"Then father, you are-" Li Shuang's mouth grew in surprise.

"I also have no choice, the Li family has more than 300 families, and I have to leave a back road!" Li Chuwen sighed: "You remember, we are different from those Khitan people and Xi people, they are the same as the country, we are not!" ”

"Remember, child!" Li Shuang was filled with a huge surprise, his father's city government and wit made him feel incomparable reverence, he lowered his head and carefully copied his father's words. When it is dry, seal it carefully. Then Li Chuwen said: "You can write another letter about what I just said today, and the tone should be more respectful!" (To be continued......)