Zhao Zhen has had a stroke for almost 20 days, and under the careful modulation of the imperial doctor, Zhao Zhen's body has recovered day by day, and he has begun to be able to speak and take a short walk in the imperial garden.

This stroke also sounded the alarm for Zhao Zhen's body, and he began to realize that he was no longer young, and it was impossible to leave an heir, so who could inherit his throne was already a major matter that Zhao Zhen had to face.

From an emotional point of view, he loves Zhang Guifei's righteous son even more, Zhao Wenyun is smart and studious, and he is very pleasing to Zhao Zhen, of course, this is also the result of Zhao Zhen's love for the house and Wu.

But reason told Zhao Zhen that the young Zhao Zongshi was more stable, wise, and very capable, and could inherit his position better.

During this time, Zhao Zhen has been wandering between feelings and reason, and it has always been difficult to make up his mind.

In the palace of nourishing the heart, Zhao Zhen is lying on the bed and quietly thinking about the gains and losses of his 20 years in power.

Zhao Zhen is no exception, this time he fell ill, he also began to reflect on his gains and losses in power, and was thinking about how he would face his ancestors and ancestors in the future.

At this time, a eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Wen and the Duke of Fu are here!" ”

"Announce them in!"

The eunuch went out, and after a while, Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi were led into the ward, and the two of them saw that the Son of Heaven was pale and thin, without a trace of blood, and they were very sad in their hearts, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See Your Majesty!" ”

"Two Aiqing, please take a seat!"

The eunuch brought two embroidered piers and asked them to sit down in front of the sickbed.

Wen Yanbo asked with concern: "Your Majesty feels better!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "It's still a little difficult for me to speak, but the imperial doctor encourages me to talk more, so I summoned you, I want to know about the situation in the court." ”

Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi glanced at each other, Wen Yanbo sighed a little and said: "This year's start is good, especially since Kunzhou released one million taels of silver last autumn, which alleviated the financial constraints to a certain extent, and six thousand amber trees were also sold for a good price of 100,000 yuan, filling the void in the inner treasury." ”

Zhao Zhen showed a smile on his face, "Who said that Kunzhou is the bottomless pit of the imperial court's finances, and at a critical moment, Kunzhou also has a return, one million taels of silver!" This is equivalent to the silver mining output of the whole year of the Great Song Dynasty last year. ”

"It is said that Japan is rich in silver, especially in the northeast, the production of gold and silver is very high, Governor Fan sold the obsolete equipment at a high price to the Abe family, which controls a large number of silver mines, although Wechen is not very in favor of this method, but this also makes Wechen realize that trading with Japan can indeed harvest a lot of gold and silver."

At this time, Fu Bi said on the side: "Governor Fan's support for the Abe family in the form of trade is also to weaken Japan's peep into Kunzhou, but Weichen thinks that there is no need to draw conclusions too early, and discuss this matter after a few years of observation." ”

Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo obviously disagreed on supporting the Abe family, and both were silent for a while.

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly: "The imperial court doesn't have to argue about this matter, since I have carte blanche to entrust Governor Fan to handle relations with Japan, this is his authority, and the imperial court should not interfere." ”

Wen Yanbo had to nod silently, and Zhao Zhen sighed again: "During this time, my health has deteriorated, and I once thought that if I go to see my ancestors and ancestors, what should I say to them, and what achievements can I have?" ”

Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi were shocked, and the two hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's body is slowly recovering, don't think nonsense!" ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "People have no foresight, there must be near-term worries, if I don't hurry up and do something, I will go to Jiuquan in the future, I really can't face Taizu Taizong, this serious illness made me make up my mind." ”

"Your Majesty means Kunzhou?"

"Not only Kunzhou, but also Whale State, Fanning has repeatedly suggested that I build a military city in Whale State, but I have not been able to make up my mind for a long time, I have thought about it again and again, and I still feel that I should be enterprising and build a military city in Whale State."

Wen Yanbo said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the special envoy of the Liao State arrived in the capital yesterday. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned and asked, "Why did the Liao envoy come?" ”

"Nominally, they are here for Tanzhou, but we all agree that they are still worried that our development of Kunzhou will be detrimental to Liao."

Zhao Zhen smiled faintly: "It seems that we want to do something, secrecy is still a big problem!" ”

"The main reason is that the matter of Kunzhou is known to the whole world, and it is really impossible to hide it from Liao, we can only control it in key secrets, like the iron fire thunder invented in Kunzhou, which is currently only known to the Zhizheng Hall, and this secret is even hidden from the Ordnance Supervisor."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Yelu Hongji has just ascended the throne, and he is in high spirits and wants to do something big, his worries cannot be taken lightly, he can explain to them clearly, we are only opening up territories overseas for trade, and we do not intend to be unfavorable to the Liao State, in short, the attitude must be sincere, and the places that should be denied must be resolutely denied, I don't want the Liao State to realize the danger so quickly, which will be detrimental to our overseas frontier." ”

"Weichen understands, and he will definitely follow His Majesty's instructions to deal with the Liao envoy this time."

Zhao Zhen sighed slightly, "I hope that spring will start as soon as possible, Fan Ning will go to Beijing to report on his work, and I have a lot of questions to ask him." ”

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Coming out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Fu Bi smiled bitterly and said to Wen Yanbo: "Has Wen Xianggong noticed that after the official family fell seriously ill, he seems to pay more attention to Kunzhou. ”

Wen Yanbo nodded and said: "The official family is not only concerned about Kunzhou, but also about overseas frontiers, I am afraid that he wants to take overseas frontiers as the greatest political achievement, and explain to Taizu Taizong a hundred years later." ”

The envoy of the Liao State is called Yelu A Donkey, who is the squire of the military department of the southern courtyard of the Liao State, and this time he went south to the Great Song Dynasty to inquire about the overseas opening of the frontier by the secret decree of the Liao lord Yelu Hongji.

Yelu Hongji ascended the throne as Emperor Liao last year, he is very young, only 24 years old this year, and it is the time when he is full of spirit and wants to do something big.

A few months ago, the Goryeo envoy presented a map to Yelu Hongji, and accused the Great Song Dynasty of occupying Tanzhou in order to plot against Liao, this map really shocked Yelu Hongji, the Song Dynasty occupied Tanzhou is actually close to Liaodong, if the Song Dynasty stationed 100,000 troops in Tanzhou, this is not a blink of an eye to kill the hinterland of Liaodong.

Moreover, it is said that the Song Dynasty also set up a larger Kunzhou, where they did not know, but Yelu Hongji suspected that Kunzhou was also next to the Liao State, so he sent a special envoy to the Song Dynasty to learn about the situation of the Great Song Dynasty's overseas frontier.

Yelu donkey lived in the Liao State Pavilion in the capital, which was equivalent to the Liao State embassy in the Song Dynasty, covering an area of nearly 300 acres, hundreds of various buildings, and 300 Khitan soldiers.

Yelua Donkey is a Khitan royal family, about forty years old, he is a military general, with a burly physique, a rough appearance, a big beard, and a somewhat fierce appearance.

In the lobby of the Liao State Pavilion, Yelua Donkey was standing in front of a map, listening to the report of Yeluping, the intelligence chief of the capital.

"After many investigations, it can basically be determined that Kunzhou is a very large island in the north of Japan, it is said that it is deserted, the conditions are very difficult, and it is at least 10,000 miles away from the Great Song Dynasty, and it takes more than a month to reach it by boat."

Yelu Donkey frowned, he didn't even have an idea of where Japan was, let alone the north of Japan.

"I just want to know, how far is this Kunzhou from Liao?"

"It's not clear how far it is from Liao, but I heard a boatman say that it is at least a few thousand miles away from Liao."

When Yelu Ah Donkey heard that it was thousands of miles away, he breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his eyes to the map on the table, which was the map of the former Silla that Yeluping had obtained, and although Silla was inherited by Goryeo, its geographical location would not change.

On this map, Tanju is located below Silla, not as they were mapped by Goryeo, which is located northwest of Goryeo, close to Liaodong.

"Is your map accurate?"

"It must be accurate, this is an old map more than a hundred years ago, and according to the lowly investigation, Tanzhou is very close to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it can be reached in ten days by boat, and it is impossible to be in Liaodong."

"Damn Gorinu, you dare to deceive His Majesty the Emperor!"

Yelu Ah Donkey was very annoyed, of course he understood the bad intentions of the Goryeo, they did not dare to provoke the Song Dynasty, so they deceived the Liao State to put pressure on the Song Dynasty, trying to use the hands of the Liao State to recapture Tanzhou, and his heart could be punished.

Yelu Ah took a few steps with his hands in his hand, and then turned back and said: "Tanzhou will be put down, let's talk about Kunzhou, what does the Song Dynasty want to do in Kunzhou?" ”

Ye Luping said cautiously: "I got a list of officials who went to Kunzhou to take up their posts, and I found that there were many officials from the Herding Division. ”

"You mean, Da Song really wants to use Kunzhou to raise horses?"

"I don't have more evidence and don't dare to assert it, but I heard that the winter is extremely cold over there, and the snow is piled up higher than people, and it stands to reason that it is difficult for war horses to survive in this bad weather, so I am also a little confused."

Yelu Donkey thought for a while and said: "You must investigate this matter clearly, if the Song Dynasty really used Kunzhou to raise horses, it will be unfavorable to our Great Liao, and we must deal with it." ”

"I'm afraid that even if the humble position is investigated, the Song Dynasty will not admit it."

Yelu Ah Donkey snorted, shook his head and said: "Of course they won't admit it, what the Son of Heaven means is that I, Da Liao, also want to establish a naval army, and I can't let the Song Dynasty act recklessly overseas!" ”

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