Chapter 5: The Northern Expedition (1)
This Empress Chen was busy coaxing the children, Xiao Shao and Wang Yuan, who were far away in the north, were also busy, Xiao Shao needless to say, as a combat unit, he was looking for opportunities to touch porcelain at the border every day, just waiting for the day when the soldiers defending the city of Liao would shoot an arrow and directly attack the city, and Wang Yuan, who should have been extremely idle, was arranged by Chen Guogong into the scout team on the border, and transported armor and weapons to the local city in fear all day long.
According to Chen Guogong, Dr. Wang was able to take the head of the enemy general in the million-strong army back then, and now he stays in the rear to lead these recruits to be honest and humiliated, and he will arrange people to take good care of these people, it is better to let Dr. Wang go to Tu He with the sharp knife team, if they can directly capture Tu He, their goal this time can be half completed.
It is very amazing that although the border between Liao and Qi is tense, the caravans between the two countries have not been blocked, and there are even more than before.
"To put it nicely, it's not about taking advantage of the chaotic price hike to make money." Qian Biao, who squeezed into the sharp knife team pretending to be a caravan with a cheeky skin, said angrily, "The local commerce department should punish them severely." β
"What's so angry about this, the price increase of salt tea before each big war is already a common practice," Wang Yuan rode on a horse in a strong suit, and swaggered into Tuhe City with a sharp knife team, the north is bitterly cold, the local people are not easy to live, the state government always wants to generate income, just rely on farming to get food and clothing, wouldn't it be until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse, in addition to building a hot spring to hook many students who travel here to enjoy the scenery and vigorously develop mink breeding, and the local garrison is embarrassed to make a "war wealth" is another case," Do you really think that these people took the opportunity to raise the price, and the local government didn't know? β
"Do they still dare to collude with officials and businessmen?" Qian Biao was puzzled, now that the imperial history everywhere has nothing to do, they are waiting to catch the pigtails of officials, do they dare to commit crimes against the wind.
Wang Yuan smiled and said nothing, or the border army on the side kindly explained the reason to him, "The local people will organize caravans to buy old tea in the south every year to sell to Liao merchants, but compared with the big tea merchants in the south, the sales are not very good, and the local officials will buy a part of it at the lowest price, in addition to being used as an official to entertain guests, they will also take the opportunity to sell at a high price every time the price increases, although this method is indeed treacherous, but the money they make will be listed one by one every time, specifically to improve the environment for the children in the local school, And the people knew it. β
Can it still be like this?
Bian Jun's short words refreshed the worldview of this fledgling rookie, Wang Yuan looked at Qian Di's thoughtful appearance, and silently added to the fire, "You practice Confucianism and feel that Your Majesty's repeated raising of troops is unkind, and it is against the will of the saint to legislate to protect businessmen, you tell me that these businessmen are inherently inferior." "It's not like no one has ever told him these words before, but he has never really listened to them, but now it's different, he has seen a lot along the way, and he has a faint understanding, and now he is pointed out by Wang Yuan that he has a sense of seeing the sun, only to feel that Lingtai Qingming is like drinking ice in June," Mr. Xie, a student, nodded. If it weren't for the fact that Mr. has not given up on him, I am afraid that his future will be ruined by himself, after all, this is a country where Legalism is the mainstay, the Mohist and the miscellaneous family are supplemented, and Confucianism, especially the radical Confucianism, has no room for survival among the people.
Seeing Qian Di's look of enlightenment, Wang Yuan suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and he couldn't help but hesitate when asking, "You, what are your plans for the future?" β
"Students want to learn from the Soldier and the Columnist." There seemed to be starlight in Qian Di's eyes.
Wang Yuan wailed in her heart, it's over, it's crazy again!
The representative of the Zongheng family and the military family in this dynasty is the leader of the Northern Expedition, Chen Guogong. Fighting a war will never follow the routine of ordinary warriors to defeat the enemy openly, but engage in some conspiracy that does not pay for the death of the dead, but these people have a characteristic, that is, they are keen to expand the territory, if they are put on the border, they will have a legitimate reason to fight in a few years, because they are shameless. _(:Π·γβ )_
For example, now, send them to Tuhe City to stir up wind and rain to confuse the Liao people.
It is a sad thing to be an enemy of Chen Guogong, because there is a great possibility that you will die at the hands of your own people, but being a soldier of Chen Guogong is undoubtedly happy.
Now that there is a person around him who is also studying both disciplines, I don't know where he can go in the future.
"Lady, our people have already bought a house here, do you see if you should go to rest first or go directly to the shop to have a look."
Wang Yuan looked up at the sky and said, "It's still early, let's go to the shop first, and the others will deliver the goods to the house first." β
"No."
Tu He City is located in the key Chong, it stands to reason that such an important place should not be left in the hands of the Liao people, how can it be that when Emperor Taizu of this dynasty during the Northern Expedition in the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the old injury recurred and vomited blood and fell into a coma, if it was only in the military tent and said, but it was seen by the Liao army in front of the two armies, if it were not for the Empress Xiaowu who was with the army at that time to turn the tide, it was hard to hold on for half a month, until the Liao army withdrew from Shanhaiguan before mourning, I am afraid that even the land of Youyan can not be saved.
After this battle, the Qi army was unable to march north, and now practice Zuo, and strive to recuperate and restore the people's livelihood, the two countries of Liao and Qi negotiated peace and covenant as a brotherly country, and the blood alliance will never invade each other, and the main battle faction dominated by Empress Chen is also dormant, and Taoguang is obscure and waits for the opportunity.
Chen Guogong was also transferred to the north at that time, he operated in the north for fourteen years, waiting for this time, this shop called Yihetang was naturally not arranged this year, but a stronghold of the border army scouts in the territory of Liao, even Wang Yuan's identity this time is also seamless, after the death of the main family, only one daughter was left, and now he is familiar with the industry under the escort of loyal servants.
"Tu He City was not originally called this name, Tu He is the Liao people's statement, the former Jin Dynasty Xuanzong set up Bozhou in the east of Liao, with Longhua as the state capital, adjacent to Youzhou, Tu He City was the important town that connected Youzhou and Bozhou at that time, the most prosperous is the population of one million, so the name Jinzhou." Wang Yuan looked at the map in the secret room and exchanged information with Qian Di.
Wang Yuan is only here for staff officers, so she never interferes in the connection with the Liaodong spy network, and even with Qian Bi, she can only sit with her on the outer layer of the secret room.
"The students remember that the contains 'defeating the raccoon dog, breaking the slaughter of He, cutting the order branch, and cutting the lonely bamboo', which is about the Duke of Qi Huan's northern expedition to Jinzhou to save the Yan country's difficulties, and Cao Cao's northern expedition to Wuhuan during the Three Kingdoms was flooded because Jinzhou was flooded on the coast of the Bohai Sea, so he had to take a detour from the Daling River Valley, and finally folded Guo Jia." Qian Biao recalled the geographical chronicles he had seen and what he had seen on the road, adding, "When students come to observe the customs here, although they are different from those in Guannei, most of them are the people of China, but the folk customs are more strong. β
"That's right," Wang Yuan poured wine for the two, and Qian Biao took it flattered, "So we must plan carefully this time, and it is best not to affect the people's livelihood, after all, we will rely on their support to set up the government in the future." β
"Sir, you mean to attack the heart?" Qian Biao thought about the loopholes that could be drilled, the Liao State had a connection with the former Jin Dynasty, the domestic Chinese atmosphere was stronger, the more his lord was weaker in the future, the current lord of the Liao State was a strange thing, he hated the Han people from a young age, there is a grapevine that it was because of one of his Han concubines Hongxing out of the wall, of course, now these reasons are not important, he staged a coup d'Γ©tat at the age of twenty-three to turn his father into the Emperor Daxing, and then set off a vigorous revival of traditional culture in the country, the reason is "I am a daughter of straight blood, Today, people in the country wear Chinese clothes, calligraphy and Chinese characters, men do not ride and shoot against Shang Jingyi, women do not know the luxury of housework competitions, in the long run, where does the female straight exist? The country will not be a country! β
Seeing this, everyone guessed that this was a conspiracy from the Jin State, wanting to achieve the goal of surrendering the army without a fight by corrupting the main nation of the Liao State, but the high-level of the Jin State got rid of it, although the Liao State was almost corroded, but they met a prescient leader, perhaps God did not bless the Jin, gave them an unreliable emperor, and lost the huge Jin Dynasty.
"The lord of Liao forced to shave his hair in the country and changed his clothes has caused the dissatisfaction of many female nobles, and later in order to alleviate the contradiction with the nobles, he led the army south to attack Jin, although many nobles who opposed him died on the battlefield in the south, but there are a few families who paid a certain price and became more powerful." Qian Bi's brain was running fast, and he felt that he was about to find it, "Among them, Pei Man's is the worst, they have intermarried with the Han people for generations, and they are the most sinicized among the female straight nobles, except for a female straight surname, their sitting and lying behavior are no different from the Han people." β
"Lady, you can go back after the handover."
The vice captain who suddenly appeared scared Qian Biao, and the vice captain who was glared at felt wronged, according to your posture, it will be dark if you continue to talk, but there is a curfew outside.
Wang Yuan patted Qian Bi on the shoulder and signaled him to get out of the way, and he stepped forward and gave a military salute to the shopkeeper of Yihetang.
Later, after using supplementary food at the house where they settled, the three of them gathered in the side hall with a tacit understanding.
"I won't repeat the task assigned by Liu Shuai, and go straight to the point," Wang Yuan took out a silk book from her arms and spread it on the table, on which was the relationship between the main families of the Liao Kingdom that she sorted out on the way here, "How much did you listen to what Jumei said in the afternoon." Wang Yuan looked at the vice-captain.
"Listen to them all." The vice-captain stared at the relationship chart in front of him and only felt a pain in his eyes, why was the relationship between them so complicated.
Qian Biao looked at the vice captain sympathetically, this is only the general relationship between the main branches, if you see the in-laws between them, I am afraid that it will not only hurt your eyes.
"Then I'll say it bluntly, Pei Man's family is a female family, and there are countless old in-laws, and the teacher of the prince of Liao has two descendants of Pei Man's family, which is also the result of mutual compromise between Yeluqi and the domestic family, although Yeluqi has been trying his best to reduce the influence of the Han family's literary style on the prince Yeluhui, but the effect is not great, because he has been fighting abroad all the year round, and the prince's has become a very typical Confucian under the guidance of his mother and teacher, proficient in calligraphy and painting, and familiar with the scriptures. The family headed by Pei Manshi and Yeluqi gathered around the prince to confront Yeluqi, which caused Yeluqi's dissatisfaction, Yeluqi's age has become more and more suspicious over the years, plus we bought Yeluqi's close servants to sow discord, so he had the idea of abolishing the prince, and began to hold his youngest son to fight with the prince.
What we have to do is to spread rumors that Yeluqi wants to depose the prince, and Pei Manshi and the prince jointly want to overthrow Yeluqi. β