Chapter 709, it's hard to judge
In fact, the person Li Cong wanted to see the most was Yan Yan, and it was impossible for Yan Yan not to know that such a big thing had happened, he wanted to know what Yan Yan thought of this war.
Because Li Cong also always remembered that Yan Yan said many years ago that the Jurchen was by no means a gentleman who talked about credibility, and the Jurchen had a great appetite, and wanted to eat not only a Liao country, but also the Great Zhou, so Yan Yan at that time had always strongly opposed the Great Zhou and the Jurchen alliance.
Later, the Jurchens really quickly turned around and joined the Liao Alliance to deal with the Great Zhou, but later when they saw the artillery of the Great Zhou, the Jurchens quickly unilaterally tore up the alliance with the Liao State, and it was only a long time, seeing that the Liao State and the Great Zhou had ceased war, they didn't even give the Liao State a little respite and began to fight with the Liao State.
Thinking about the process, it seems that every step has been calculated by Yan Yan, therefore, Li Cong wants to hear Yan Yan's opinion, but Yan Yan is a pregnant woman who has just finished confinement, and Li Cong is embarrassed to toss her into the palace.
He knew that Yan Yan entered the palace yesterday, and because of this, he was embarrassed to toss her again, so he retreated to the next best thing, and it was the same to talk to Lu You, and in order to let Lu You go home and discuss this trip to Liao with Yan Yan, he specially set the time after an hour.
And after Lu You heard it for an hour, he also guessed that the emperor must have asked him to go home and have breakfast first, so when he came out of the palace, he went home directly.
Yan Yan saw that Lu You came back so soon today, and thought that things were going well in the court, but she didn't know that her husband took the initiative to be an envoy, so the emperor let him go home first to discuss with her.
"Lady, I'm sorry, I made my own decision without consulting you, but at that time, I could see that the emperor just wanted me to go, in that case, it was better for me to take the initiative to speak." Lu You hugged Yan Yan and explained.
"That's it, you also have a reason to go, so let's do it, the grain from the south can just dock in the sea near Jizhou, you bring a few people over to arrange for the reception in advance, and you have to negotiate with the emperor about the food first." Yan Yan admonished.
She also guessed that Lu Youzhun wanted to repay Zhou Lu's favor, not to mention the previous Night Pearl and the eight-hundred-year-old ginseng, this time the two sweat-blooded BMWs were extremely precious, and it was really uncomfortable to owe this favor.
"Don't worry, I know these, is there anything the lady wants to bring him?" Lu You saw that Yan Yan had agreed to him, and he was also in the mood to tease and tease his wife.
"Him?" Yan Yan was stunned for a moment before she realized who this "he" was, so she reached out and pinched her husband's face, "Yo, why did I smell a sour smell?" Where is the vinegar vat broken? ”
"I'm not sour, I believe in the baby, I just want to return that favor, otherwise he will have to worry about our mother." Lu You hugged Yan Yan tightly and buried her head in his wife's shoulder socket and rubbed it around.
"Don't worry, he doesn't have the guts yet, and I am reluctant to marry Jin Niang so far."
Not to mention that Li Cong gave a dragon pendant early, not to mention the tacit understanding of Li Ji and the crown princess, and not to mention Li Xi's care for Jin Niang, even if there is no this, Yan Yan will never marry his daughter out and kiss her.
The husband and wife grinded their ears and temples for a while, and Lu You let go of his wife when he saw that the time was almost up.
It was another hour after returning home again, and this time the emperor looked for Lu You, in addition to asking Yan Yan's opinion on this war, the emperor also focused on asking Lu You's opinion on the Jurchens and their judgment of combat effectiveness.
Because Li Cong knew that the Jurchens were also nomads, similar to the Khitans, and the Jurchens had not been established for a long time, how could they conclude that they could take the Liao State?
Also, what kind of confidence do they have to confront Liao? Could it be that they are not afraid of an alliance between the Liao State and the Great Zhou?
After all, at this time and at that time, the current Liao State has changed to a new emperor, and this new emperor is inclined to the Great Zhou, otherwise it would be impossible to return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Great Zhou so quickly.
Taking a step back, even if Da Zhou doesn't help Liao, isn't there still Western Xia?
In this case, the Jurchens still dare to invade the Liao State, what is its reliance?
Li Cong, who was puzzled, wanted to get an answer from Lu You, maybe he wanted to get an answer from Yan Yan.
But Yan Yan didn't have an answer.
That time and space was because of the alliance between the Jurchens and the Northern Song Dynasty and forced the Liao State to move to the Western Regions to become the Western Liao, but this time and space Great Zhou did not form an alliance with the Jurchens, and it is really difficult to judge whether the Jurchens can take down Yan Yan of the Liao State based on the strength of the Jurchens alone.
But one thing Yan Yan is very sure of, when these nomads first began to rise, their combat effectiveness was not ordinarily strong, otherwise in the time and space of the previous life, it would be impossible for the Jurchens to destroy the Liao State and drive the Northern Song Dynasty to a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention Mongolia, destroy Jin, destroy Song, destroy Western Xia, destroy Liao, destroy Dali, etc., not to mention sweeping Asia, but also pulling the front to Europe.
It's a pity that they don't know how to sit on the country, and they have lost this family business in just a few decades.
Therefore, Yan Yan was worried that there would be a big war in the next few decades, unless the Liao State and Western Xia could stop the Jurchen and Mongolian iron cavalry moving south.
This is also one of the reasons why she agreed to sell Zhou Lu's grain, as for the rest, she can only rely on Zhou Lu herself.
Knowing that Lu You was scheduled to leave in three days, Yan Yan had to quickly pack his luggage for him, this time, she did not accompany him to Lu's house, Lu You went alone.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Peng came to the door, and he had dealt with the Tangut people many times, so he told Lu You some of the habits and customs of the Tangut people that he knew.
In the end, he talked to Yan Yan about Yan Zhang's family affairs, because the Queen Mother had found him. He is not disgusted with Yang Yi's background, in comparison, he values a person's character and ability more, so he wants to hear Yan Yan personally talk about his specific evaluation of Yang Yi.
Not to mention others, his mother is the daughter of an ordinary official from a low background, and she is still a down-and-out official, but she has a sister who is the queen mother and can marry into the Yan Mansion, but this can't change her mother's background.
On the contrary, the wife is from a Houmen family, but in fact, the wife's behavior is not worse than that of the mother.
With this comparison, Yan Peng doesn't care so much about the family's portal.
Yan Yan guessed Yan Peng's thoughts, in fact, she was also optimistic about Yang Yi and hoped to promote this marriage, but she was really afraid of being responsible, so she thought about it for a while and said: "Second uncle, what I can say is only my perception of my feelings, I think it is best to arrange for these two people to meet and see if they can meet each other." ”
She knew that men and women in this time and space could still meet secretly before they intended to kiss, but they had to be accompanied by their elders.