Emperor Huizong is not stupid, although he is a mediocre loser emperor, but in his bones he is still a literati, with artistic accomplishments, ideals and ambitions, and even self-proclaimed, and his children are long, and the story of him and Master Li can illustrate the problem.

Li Shishi and Zhou Bangyan intersected, once hit by Huizong, Zhou Bangyan hid under the bed in a panic, Huizong took oranges and Li Shishi, the two of them laughed into Zhou Bangyan's ears, for which he attached a poem: ""Youth Tour" said: "And the knife is like water, Wu Yan wins the snow, and the fingers break the new orange." At the beginning of the brocade temperature, the beast fragrance continues, and the relative sits on the zither. Whisper and ask: To whom do you stay? There have been three shifts in the city, and the horses are slippery and frosty, so it is better to take a break, and there are few people.

Who knew that Master Li actually sang this song that he thought was good to Huizong, so Huizong was jealous and looked for an opportunity to demote Zhou Bangyan out of the capital. When he left Beijing, Zhou Bangyan left a message for Master Li, a song "King of Lanling": the willows are straight, the smoke is silky, and on the Sui embankment, I have seen several times of water, floating to see off the color. Ascending to look at the homeland, who is tired of Jinghua, Changting Road, the year to the year, should fold the mulberry strip over a thousand feet, idle looking for the old traces, and wine while the mourning strings, the lights reflect the table. Pear blossom elm fire to urge cold food, sorrowful cut, the wind is fast and half a penny wave is warm, turn back and pass a few posts, looking at people in the north of the world. Hate accumulated, gradually farewell Pu lingered, and Jin Wei was lonely. The slanting sun is in spring, remembering the moon and pavilion hand in hand, listening to the flute on the open bridge, contemplating the past like a dream, and tears are dropping.

When Master Li sang this song "King of Lanling" to Huizong, his eyes were full of tears and he couldn't cry, Huizong was moved, and recalled Zhou Bangyan and gave him Dasheng Lezheng, and wrote poems and lyrics together every day.

This shows that Huizong attaches great importance to feelings, but he acts absurdly, without analyzing the basic situation of the Song and Liao countries, he vainly wants to form an alliance with the Jin State, take back the sixteen states of Youyun, and be the emperor of the ages, but he is really not good at using the knife and moving troops, and when he heard Xiao Ming's words, he can take back the sixteen states of Youyun without a single soldier, and he can't help but his heart is jumping.

He arranged for Ma Zhi to be the envoy, and the negotiation with the Jin State first, now the Jin State asking price is too high, and he actually wants to give the Great Song Dynasty to the Liao State of the annual tribute, and then to the Jin State, which makes Huizong angry, since he ascended the throne, has been worried about the matter of the annual tribute, and now not to the Liao State but to the Jin State, what is the meaning of changing the soup and not changing the medicine? So the negotiations reached an impasse.

Xiao Ming's statement made Huizong's heart move, so he asked with interest: "What is the best policy, you can listen to it?"

Xiao Ming said: "Your Majesty, have you heard the allusion of the sandpiper and the clam competing for the benefit of the fisherman?" ”

Huizong nodded and said, "So what? ”

Xiao Ming said: "Today's Liao country has declined, but the muscles and bones are still there, the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the daughter of the Jin country has just risen, and the battle between Jin and Liao is bound to be very fierce, and at this time, my Great Song Dynasty had better not get involved in it, and when they fight to the death, both lose, it is the time for us to go down the mountain to pick peaches." ”

Huizong smiled: "Your statement is also novel, can you tell us more about how we pick peaches?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "If you want to pick peaches, you must have your own strength, my Great Song Dynasty military strength is weak, this is an indisputable fact, the most important thing at the moment is to form our own Great Song Dynasty Iron Cavalry, to form the Great Song Dynasty Iron Cavalry, the main thing to do is the problem of war horses, Weichen has a way to soon be able to offer His Majesty five thousand good war horses"

"Five thousand war horses!" Huizong's surprise is not trivial, the Song Dynasty has always lacked war horses, the troops are basically infantry, and the current war, the infantry against the cavalry is simply looking for death, the Great Song Dynasty war, whether it is to the Liao State, or to the Western Xia, all of them are to eat the opponent's cavalry loss, there are more than one million troops, but the combat power is low.

Needless to say, the Liao State has always controlled and controlled the source of horses in the northern grasslands, and the Western Xia dominated the northwest, cutting off the source of horses in Gannan Pingliangqiang, and their own Hetao horses were strictly controlled, and the Great Song Dynasty had several wars with the Western Xia to open up the channel of horse production and trade in the northwest, but the achievements were general, and the Great Song Dynasty has been troubled by horses for many years, and it has not been solved for many years.

Now that Xiao Ming opened his mouth, there were five thousand war horses, how could he not move Huizong.

Xiao Ming then described his idea to Huizong in detail, that is, to first fund the Liao State with trade, so that they could support the war against the Jin State, and at the same time, both sides should not let go, which side is weak, and at the same time to obtain considerable benefits, that is, horses.

Now the rise of the Jin State, Wanyan Agu to conquer the Liao State, the soldiers are healthy, but they still need money, food, cloth and iron support to fight, this is the root of the trade between the two countries, although the Liao State has many subject countries, but the troops are gradually scarce, the combat ability of the soldiers is not as good as before, and the Liao State occupies a large area of land, but does not produce, still retains the habit of fishing and hunting, the country's wealth is very limited, and many necessary military materials are lacking, which is the entry point of trade.

As long as a large amount of material trade is put into it, the war between Jin and Liao will inevitably be delayed, and the Great Song Dynasty will not only get benefits from it, but also get war horses, and with war horses, they will have their own iron horses, and they will have the strength to go down the mountain to pick peaches.

Also, Xiao Ming continued to analyze for Huizong, the Great Song Dynasty in the Jin and Liao two countries of the fire, must be at ease, so can not use the official identity of the imperial court, must establish a set of civil institutions, this institution is of course to the emperor to authorize, full authority to deal with the trade between the two northern countries, even if the other party has doubts, can not produce evidence, the Great Song Dynasty can not only accumulate strong financial resources, set up their own cavalry, but also weaken the strength of the Jin and Liao countries, and wait until both sides are defeated, they can take the territory of the Liao State in one fell swoop, Not only are the sixteen states of Youyun at your fingertips, the threat of the Tartars in the north can be eliminated in one fell swoop, the Great Song Dynasty can expand the land for thousands of miles, build thousands of meritorious deeds, and Huizong can leave a name in history, and which Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty do not let go of much, this is a plan to kill three birds with one stone!

After saying a few words, Emperor Huizong's temples jumped suddenly, this big cake is too tempting! It can be on par with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty! The immortal feats of building eternity are really TMD tempting, and that emperor doesn't want to do this? That emperor doesn't want to go down in history? Huizong thinks that he is still wise and martial, a generation of Ming Jun! How not to think of this?

He sat there with a flushed face, deeply caught in the prospect that Xiao Ming had sketched for him, gritting his teeth and getting angry for a while, and smiling for a while, Master Li couldn't help but be a little flustered, and called softly on the side: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty! ”

Huizong woke up in shock, patted his thigh and said, "This plan is very good——! ”

Xiao Ming looked at Song Huizong with a smile and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, although this plan is good, but it needs a good middleman, without his buffer, it is easy for the other party to seize the handle of the Great Song Dynasty, and it will not be beautiful when the time comes."

Huizong asked, "Do you have this candidate?" ”

Xiao Ming nodded, but didn't speak, looked at Huizong and shook his head again, "It's not me!" ”

Huizong nodded in understanding, and said to Xiao Ming: "This plan you offer is very wonderful, I don't know what reward you want?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "Weichen is dedicated to the country, what reward is it for, as long as he seeks a great cause for His Majesty, he will be satisfied."

"Good! Good! Song Huizong nodded and praised, "You call yourself Weichen, I think you have an official position, right?" What is the rank and what rank? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has made a Bao Yilang from the ninth grade," Xiao Ming bowed and replied.

Huizong let out an "um", "I will entrust you to set up this non-governmental organization to deal with the issue of trade with the north, how about it?" ”

Xiao Ming hurriedly thanked him, "Your Majesty Shengming, this is very good, but tonight's matter, don't make a noise for the time being, and when the Weichen is properly arranged, it can be carried out with great fanfare, and at that time, Your Majesty only needs to let the court acquiesce, and the Weichen will solve all the troubles." ”

Huizong nodded and smiled: "Okay!" It's up to you, hehe, you are a talent, fortunately, I am the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, and my future achievements are limitless, I will not treat you badly, hahaha......"

In 1121 AD, in the third year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, due to the appearance of Xiao Ming, the "monster", it can be said that the diplomatic strategy of the Song Dynasty towards Liao and Jin was basically changed.

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When Xiao Ming came out of the alum tower, he suddenly felt in a very good mood, and couldn't help but jump up, walk on the wall, and perform a trick of walking through the clouds, only to see a black shadow on the roof of the densely populated area of Bianliang Rushing through, until he felt pain on his body, Xiao Ming put down his speed.

Xiao Ming suddenly found that in a courtyard in front of him, there were several black shadows shaking, so he leaned down on the roof, and slowly leaned on the black shadows.

It's not good to hide your body on such a night, but Xiao Ming's figure is too exquisite, often from one black shadow to another, just a flash, and when he gets closer, he jumps off the house in a flash, and hides in a rockery before he takes a closer look.

The original black shadow walked around, sending someone out, Xiao Ming saw that this was none other than the second leader of the Tokyo historian, that Shi Wengong! The people who sent him out were still dressed in black, but they were not masked, but they were obviously dressed in night clothes.

Several people were polite, and the words were not loud, but they clearly reached Xiao Ming's ears.

"A few don't have to send it anymore, I will do it by myself if I promise to watch the Lord" This is Shi Wengong's voice.

"Okay, since Shi Gongzi said so, I'll wait and see, our Duobao Guan Pang Guan Lord will have a letter delivered soon, and Shi Gongzi can act according to it at that time."

Shi Wengong said: "I must do it, okay, I will leave"

"Don't be far away to send ......"

A few people were sent to the gate of the courtyard, Shi Wengong hugged his fists and left, and the remaining black-clothed people also went back to the room, and the courtyard was empty in an instant, Xiao Ming came out at this time, and secretly discussed in his heart: "How did Shi Wengong deal with the people of the Ming Sect, what did you say just now, Master Pang Guan, isn't that Pang Wanchun?" Now that the general trend of Mingjiao has gone, what is Pang Wanchun still doing in the capital, and is there any plan? ”

When An Daoquan was leaving, he told Xiao Ming to pay close attention to Pang Wanchun's movements, and Xiao Ming decided to see what Pang Wanchun was going to do? Snorted coldly, and said secretly: "Shi Wengong actually hooked up with the people of the Demon Sect, this is a great crime of rebellion!" It's really looking for death, it seems that God has given me one opportunity after another, Shi Wengong, you kid, I didn't want to clean you up so soon, but now that you send it to the door, what else can I be polite to you? ”

Shi Wengong sat in the sedan chair, sneezed for no reason, rubbed his nose, and scratched his hair, for some reason, he knew that someone was talking about him, and he was about to cut him.

In view of the fact that he was not familiar with the terrain of a large number of houses here, Xiao Ming jumped out of the wall directly, came to the door, looked at the door number, and wrote: No. 9, Jiazi, Suzao Road, Suozaomen West Street, Xiao Ming thought about it, a house here seems to be the outer residence of the great eunuch Yang Jian, it seems that it is not simple!

Xiao Ming did not act rashly, and after remembering the house number, he went out to the street and called an ox cart, reported the address of the Yuelai Inn, and left in the ox cart "squeaky......