Mi Fu in Zhongjing has been panicking recently, he found himself caught in a conspiracy, and when the Liao envoy returned to the Great Song Dynasty, he may be reckoned with by the Autumn Queen, completely burping.

It's not that the Liao people coerced and intimidated him, which made him lose his sense of proportion and betrayed the interests of the Great Song Dynasty carelessly.

It was not because he made his own assertion that he agreed to the unreasonable demands of the Liao State on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty.

But...... The Liao people are too enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that they want to hurt him.

How can there be any reason to prepare a four-wheeled carriage for the envoys?

Didn't the officials of the Honglu Temple in Liao know that this was the glory enjoyed by the prince?

Mi Fu is not clear, he is very familiar with royal etiquette, and he can't be blinded at all. At the beginning, when Shenzong was the crown prince, he took a four-seat carriage and ascended the throne as an emperor, which was changed to a six-carriage.

The more Mi Fu pondered, the more he felt that something was wrong, and turned his head to look at Ruan Xiaoer. He sent an envoy to Liao, and it was Ruan Xiaoer who protected his safety. also brought a hundred forbidden troops, but this bit of people and horses are in other people's territory, and they can't set off waves at all. If the Liao people really want to do something to Mi Fu, they can't escape.

"Little Er, I think someone is trying to harm me."

Mi Fu ran to Ruan Xiaoer's room and chattered in the middle of the night.

Ruan Xiaoer's eyes narrowed, quite puzzled by this always suspicious Mi Da. It's just that this is Su Shi's friend, and he forgets to make friends in the New Year, no matter how disgusted he is, he has to endure it.

Ruan Xiaoer said helplessly: "Who?" ”

"Liaoren!"

Mi Fu gestured: "Do you know, today when I went out in a four-car carriage, if I dare to do this on the streets of Kaifeng Mansion in my identity, at least a sin of trespassing, bad luck will be assigned to Salmon Island." After speaking, Mi Fu's face was terrified, and he looked at Ruan Xiaoer with anxiety.

"Isn't this in Liao? Mi-sama, can you stop being suspicious and making jokes all the time. How many people know you in Liao? Besides, what are the Liao people trying to harm you? ”

Ruan Xiaoer is very puzzling, because in his opinion, Mi Fu is just a waste.

It's not really a waste, it's mainly not suitable for being an official, let alone an envoy.

Mi Fu was not happy to hear this, pouted and said: "Maybe the Liao people want to listen to the secrets of the Great Song Dynasty from me." ”

Ruan Xiaoer covered his head and said bitterly: "Do you believe it? Do you always know about the plans of the Toshido, or the transfer of the Privy Council, or the deployment of more than 100,000 troops on the northern front? You don't know any of this, even if the Liao people talk from your mouth, what useful information can they come up with? ”

"That's just as well." Mi Fu's old face was red, and he was ashamed to be refuted by Ruan Xiaoer, but in a blink of an eye, he was worried again: "Will I force me to let out the same state and other places that you have fought hard, if I am forced by the Liao, Xiao Er ......"

Speaking of which, Mi Fu is extremely cautious.

His eyes were focused, and he said in a serious tone: "In case, if something really happens that can't be saved!" ”

Mi Fu seems to have made a very heavy decision, speaking of which is impossible to say.

He didn't know which bastard harmed him, before he copied scriptures in the Wenshu Monastery of Wutai Mountain, except for no wine and no meat, his life was quite comfortable. Besides, there is no wine and meat in the temple, but there is one in the town. If you are really hungry, go to the tooth sacrifice, it's nothing.

I didn't expect to come to Liao...... More and more let him have no bottom.

Ruan Xiaoer understood that the integrity pursued by scholars and literati is that they are afraid of pain and can't be ruthless. immediately patted his chest and promised: "The adults want to die to fulfill their integrity, and the lower officials understand that it must be difficult to give up in their hearts." Don't worry, my knife is very fast, and I won't let adults suffer twice. ”

While speaking, Mi Fu was pushed out of the bedroom by Ruan Xiaoer, and then the bolt fell on the back of the door, and continued to fall asleep.

Mi Fu stood at the door, feeling that Ruan Xiaoer seemed to have misunderstood, what he wanted to say was that in case the real Liao people hurt him, let Ruan Xiaoer protect her and run first, how did it become a death Mingzhi?

I want to continue to bang on the door and make it clear with Ruan Xiaoer, a stupid boy, but I'm afraid that Ruan Xiaoer will be annoyed.

Speaking of which, Mi Fu misses Li Yun a little, more reliable, or Li Yun is much more reliable than Ruan Xiaoer. It's a pity that Li Yun is a general in the Feilian Army, and he is very clear about the deployment of the northern front, and it is impossible for a general like him to protect him into Liao.

Following.

Mi Fu woke up in the hall of the Honglu Temple in Liaoguo, just opened his eyes, and found a person standing in front of him, rubbed his eyes, and silently read in his heart: "Pink skeleton, I did you tonight!" ”

The little girl was quite naïve, and she didn't know that there was a jackal in front of her.

"My lord, the concubine serves the lord and dresses herself."

Mi Fu is very satisfied with the woman he serves, much better than the clumsy maid at home. Even if it is a barbarian country, a maid with a palace background such as Honglu Temple is not comparable to the maids of ordinary mansions.

"My lord, the king of the North Courtyard is already waiting for you in the hall."

"The King of the North Courtyard?"

Mi Fu stared at the beads of the beads and recalled carefully for a while, I really didn't remember who the king of the North Courtyard was.

These days, the identity of the people who receive him is so high that Mi Fu is also a little inflated, and he feels that he may really have the bearing of a prince.

followed the king of the north courtyard to a mansion, entered the courtyard, and saw the curtain and the dancing girl...... Mi Fu was stunned, this is very familiar! It seems that he drinks first, then looks at beautiful women, and then lets himself go, he is familiar with this routine. But in a blink of an eye, I was worried again: "What about the national funeral?" Is this good? He squirmed and wanted to pull his legs and leave, but his feet seemed to grow on the ground, and he couldn't move. Stiffening his neck, he asked the king of the North Courtyard: "The Liao lord is in a national funeral, this matter is disrespectful?" ”

"Master Mi misunderstood, we Liao people are different from you Han people, and we don't pay so much attention to it. Besides, it's just a literary meeting, and it's not an indulgence, this point still needs to be distinguished, rest assured, it won't embarrass Master Mi. ”

The king of the North Courtyard deliberately used the lightness of his words, in fact, the Liao State also learned the law of the Central Plains and forbade entertainment.

However, Mi Fu is a special affair.

Besides, even during the Great Song Dynasty National Funeral, do you really think that all the entertainment activities are gone?

It's just that everyone is secretly playing behind their backs and not letting people know. The hook bar is still the same tick bar, and the girls are still the same group of girls, but the business hours and places have changed.

Mi Fu understood, Wenhui, did he participate less?

I think that back then in the capital, Wang Xu, the commander of the horses, was their gold master, and Su Shi was their leader, and they did a lot of ridiculous things together. Mi Fu's face turned sunny and said with a smile: "Everything is in plain sight." ”

"Everything is in plain sight." The king of the North Courtyard is old, and he must not be able to keep up with his peers Mi Fu mentally. This is the difference between martial artists and literati, both of them do pickled things, literati have pulled out new heights, and martial artists will only do their work.

It's only been two days, and the king of the North Courtyard can't stand it, so he ran to Yelu Yanxi to complain: "Your Majesty, this Mi Fu should have no value, it's ridiculous, we don't have to bother with him." ”

Yelu Yanxi didn't believe it, and he suspected that the king of the North Courtyard was not doing his best.

The brother of the first emperor, and now the uncle of the Great Song Emperor, how can it be a wine bag and rice bag?

I thought that the king of the North Courtyard was in a mood, so he replaced it with Xiao Ping to accompany him.

It didn't take long for Xiao Ping to come back, and he told Yelu Yanxi embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, if we continue to entertain Mi Fu, I'm afraid he won't want to leave then." ”

"This ...... How so? ”

Yelu Yanxi was quite surprised, and said in his heart: "Could it be that I made a mistake in my estimate?" ”

Xiao Ping said helplessly: "The minister has done his best, but the habits of the literati of the Song Kingdom, I'm afraid the minister really can't understand it." "This is said as if to tell Yelu Hongji, Your Majesty, Mi Fu has touched the bottom line of the minister.

Yelu Yanxi pondered for a moment, but still wanted to give it a try: "Xiao Ping, you go and ask, how can you make Song Liao temporarily stop fighting." Also, Brother Xiao Chang sent news that Song Guo resolutely refused to give the New Year's coins, and the royal family may be seriously damaged in the future. Fortunately, the Song State did not want to cut off the trade in the field, but without the New Year's coin, it would be difficult to trade. ”

There were not many opportunities for the Liao State to collect taxes, and most of the Liao's finances were tributary. That is to say, which tribe pays how many cattle and sheep and how many specialties to the imperial court every year, so as to obtain the protection of the Great Liao.

But here's the question, if the royal family didn't have the supplies these tribes needed, could they follow the emperor's orders so much?

For example, tea is very much needed by the Liao State, but it can only rely on the materials traded in the market.

The Liao court held the trade in its hands in order to choke the supply of goods to the tribes.

Xiao Ping is capable, at least in Liao.

However, for the officials of the Song Dynasty, especially in governance, whether it was the Western Xia or the Liao State, they could not be compared with the middle and low-level civil officials of the Song Dynasty.

Because, in this era, the civil officials of the Song Dynasty were selected step by step from the imperial examination system, without any poison of ideological imprisonment, and each of them was the elite of the times.

Xiao Ping with the task to ask Mi Fu, of course, is also the banquet past, after indulgence, Mi Fu's heart as if it was empty slumped on the couch, eyes dull and blurred.

"Master Mi, tomorrow my Emperor Daliao will receive you in the palace, as a friend, I have to remind your lordship a few words."

Xiao Ping pretended to be concerned. But the eyes have been on Mi Fu's face, never shifted.

Mi Fu turned his head and raised his hand to give it up, but unfortunately he had more than enough strength to do so, but he said in vain: "Thank you Lord Xiao for your kindness." ”

"I want to continue to resume the trade with the Great Song Dynasty, I don't know if Master Mi has a way?"

Xiao Ping looked at Mi Fu nervously, for fear of disturbing the other party.

But Mi Fu was embarrassed: "I don't care about this!" Besides, in the past, the field was started with the delivery of the New Year's coin, during which there was a month to trade, but now your Liao State is treacherous and attacks my Great Song Dynasty, and I am afraid that this New Year's coin will not be available in the future. ”

"Don't you have a chance?" Xiao Ping said secretly.

Then he asked with a smile: "Master Mi, if the field opens as scheduled, I don't have the principal, what should I do?" ”

"There were tea, porcelain, and silk that were traded...... These Great Song goods. Is this for your own use at home, or is it for sale? Mi Fu has been an official for more than 20 years, although he is not as good as Cai Jing and other civil officials who are very financial means, but it is also the head of the way. After all, he also worked as a tax supervisor.

And the environment of the Great Song Dynasty does not allow him not to come into contact with these.

"It's not for personal use, it's for sale." Xiao Pingxin said that this is probably a means for the royal family to control the field, but it is really difficult to do without principal. You can't take credit, can you? The Great Song Dynasty never gave credit to the Liao State for trade, for fear that the Liao people would repay the debt.

Mi Fu smiled: "There is no principal, and I want to make money." It's simple, you do the middleman. Contact the seller who wants to sell the goods, let them send the goods to your designated warehouse, and wait until the market is opened, take the buyer to the warehouse to see the goods, count them face-to-face, and the transaction will be completed and replaced with the goods that the seller needs. With this in and out, you can not only make money from buyers, but also from sellers, and if there is a need to buy and sell at both ends, you can even make four dollars. ”

Mi Fu glanced at Xiao Ping and said with a smile: "But how can the Xiao family have no money?" You don't have any money, so you must have shops, houses, and land, right? Use these dead things to mortgage people, and you can also make up the capital. For example, if the emperor of Liao wants to be decent, he can mortgage the less useful cities of Liao to the Great Song Dynasty. The city is still the city of Liao, rented out, and there is a lack of money every year, how good! ”

Many businessmen in the Great Song Dynasty did just that.

For example, the steward of the gate, relying on the identity of the gate valve as a reputation, can eat both ends. The Mi family is also a top general, and he has seen this kind of business since he was a child. If you don't have the capital, you can still make a lot of money.

Xiao Ping left satisfied, went back and told Yelu Yanxi, the new monarch of Liao was suddenly shocked, and muttered to Xiao Ping with a weak heart: "This Mi Fu is not simple, and you can solve the problem of widows who have been troubled for many days by opening your mouth." You said that he stayed in my Daliao, is it possible? ”

Xiao Ping was startled and hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, Mi Fu also said that the city captured by the Song State was leased to the Song State." Now that the negotiations between Song and Liao have not progressed for a long time, that is, we cannot give up the ownership rights of Tongzhou, Yizhou and other places. However, the Song State did not want to give up the cities they had captured, and the two sides continued to be entangled on this issue, which was very unfavorable to the current Great Liao. ”

It's not just a disadvantage, it's likely to be dragged down.

The Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia also entered a critical period, but there was no progress. The Great Song Dynasty was also unable to wage war with the Liao State.

But the same is true of the Liao State, Yelu Yanxi is facing a stormy boss, and the rebellion in the east has been plaguing the Liao State. The north is also not stable, and with the addition of a Song State, this is simply overwhelming Yelu Yanxi is almost out of breath.

Immediately made a decision: "Just according to what Mi Fu said, with the state, Yi County, Yingzhou, we rent to Song State." The rent is one million taels of silver per year. ”

A few days later, Xiao Changge, who was negotiating in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, received a secret letter from the Zhongjing Express Horse, asking him to use a new proposal to let the Great Song Dynasty pay for it.

Zhang Dun, who participated in the negotiation, was a little confused at the suggestion of Xiao Changge, this Liao country leased the city, which had never been heard of in ancient times. But this feeling is strange, and Zhang Dian seems quite familiar.

When he returned home on this day, he asked his son Zhang Zhu, and Zhang Zhu smiled and said: "Father, this is a thief who sells Yetian and is not distressed, the Liao people have saved face and have also received benefits." And if Da Song doesn't want to continue the war, this is also a good choice, after all, if the money is not much, he can completely agree. ”

"Humph!"

Zhang Dian snorted coldly: "The affairs of the court, you are humble and light-hearted, not the place for you to speak." ”

Zhang Zhu looked at the father who turned his head and left, Monk Zhang Er was puzzled, and Zhang Dian remembered that it was no wonder that he was so familiar, it turned out that this was a routine for a loser to buy ancestral property. However, at the beginning, the losers had to be covered, and they all started from the rental industry.

He pondered in his heart, and he didn't know who gave Xiao Changge the idea, if it was an official of the Great Song Dynasty, it would be considered a meritorious service.