Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 531 Liaodong King (please subscribe!)
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"What? Li Yan agreed to give Yan Yun to Da Song?" Cai You was in disbelief!
Wang Qing was also amazed!

Only Ma Kuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and thought: "The governor is indeed a man who can be picked up and put down!"

Hu Yanqing reminded Cai You with a stern face: "Lord Cai, please also pay attention to the title of the governor."

Cai You hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I was just a little surprised, so I messed up!"

Wang Jieru said bitterly: "It's understandable, after all, such a big piece of pie fell on your Song State."

Cai You can understand Wang Jieru's sourness.

After all, Li Yan destroyed the Liao Kingdom, but gave them the extremely important land of Yanyun to the Song Dynasty.

How can it be said that a former Liao official like Wang Jieru is not jealous at all?

Cai You smiled at Wang Jieru, then quickly looked at Hu Yanqing and asked, "Then... when will we hand over?"

Hu Yanqing said: "Lord Cai, don't worry, our conditions haven't been discussed yet."

Cai You said: "Yes, yes, our Great Song Dynasty can't ask for your Yanyun in vain. In this way, on behalf of the officials, I would like to make a statement. As long as you are willing to return Yanyun to our Great Song Dynasty, we can discuss the old coins. .”

Hu Yanqing said: "The reason why my chief governor is willing to give Yanyun to you Song State is not because of the money and silk from your Song State, but because we don't want us Han people to fight with snipe and clam, and teach Hu people and fishermen to profit."

Cai You praised: "The governor is really a man of integrity!"

Hu Yanqing received this praise for Li Yan, and then said: "We don't need the old coins, but some necessary conditions, my family's great governor still has to mention them."

Cai You straightened his body and said, "Master Huyan, please tell me."

Hu Yanqing said: "First of all, we will take all the people from the Yanyun area who are willing to go with us."

Wang Jieru then added: "Actually, I don't need to tell you Song Guo about this, it's just that my family's chief governor Renyi told you."

There is nothing wrong with Wang Jieru's saying that - the Yanyun area is already under Li Yan's command, and Li Yan can take away whoever he wants, and the Song Dynasty has no way to control it.

Cai You said: "My lords, please tell the Governor. We, Song Dynasty, will do our best to cooperate in this matter."

Hu Yanqing nodded, and then said: "My chief inspector heard that Gen Yue in your Song Kingdom has been repaired, so the craftsmen who built Gen Yue should have been idled, right? In order to prevent your Zhao family from building large-scale construction projects in the future and harming the country and the people, those craftsmen will Give it to my family's Da Du Du, and in order to prevent us from arguing, let me give my Da Du Du [-] craftsmen."

"This……"

Cai You hesitated.

Seeing this, Ma Kuo said, "We need to ask our officials for instructions on this matter."

Hu Yanqing nodded, and said: "Yes... In addition, after the governor returns this time, he will definitely destroy Koryo and Taifeng. Therefore, a group of officials are needed to manage the territories of Koryo and Taifeng. Support our [-] Tai students with the affection of being Han Chinese.”

Cai You hesitated and said, "This... three thousand students are too many."

Wang Jieru said: "Compared with Yanyun, is it much?"

Cai You was speechless.

Ma Kuo said: "We will also consult our officials for instructions on this matter."

Hu Yanqing said: "Shuibo Liangshan is our birthplace, and it has very important spiritual significance to us. I hope you Song Kingdom will not bother it anymore."

Just as Cai You was about to speak, Ma Kuo stepped forward and said, "This is impossible, our Great Song Dynasty must never accept a country within a country!"

Hu Yanqing glanced at Ma Kuo, and said, "We only leave 2000 people to look after Shuibo Liangshan, and we won't station troops in Shuibo Liangshan."

Hearing what Hu Yanqing said, Ma Kuo shut his mouth—the condition of the water park Liangshan is not excessive at all.

But then came the excess.

Hu Yanqing said: "From now on, both of us will conduct comprehensive trade, communicate with each other, and make progress together. Neither side can destroy this. peninsula), Huating County (Shanghai), Dongguan County (Hong Kong), and Hainan Island lent us the water park Liangshan for comprehensive trade between the two sides.”

Although the places Shuibo Liangshan wants are remote and poor areas, Cai You really dare not agree to so many places they want in the Song Dynasty at once.

Seeing that Cai You did not dare to agree to this, Ma Kuo said, "We will ask the officials for instructions on this matter... I wonder when we can deliver Yanyun?"

Hu Yanqing said unequivocally: "After the contract is signed and the craftsmen and students board the ship, we can start delivering Yanyun."

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On the same day, Cai You sent someone to report the matter to Zhao Ji directly without informing Tong Guan.

After Zhao Ji received Cai You's secret report, he was overjoyed, and immediately called Wang Fu into the palace.

After Wang Fu read Cai You's secret report, he was also overjoyed, and then said: "Congratulations to the official family, congratulations to the official family, Yan Yun belongs to our Great Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Ji said: "Then from Wang Aiqing's point of view, is this true?"

Wang Fu said: "It must be true!"

Zhao Ji asked: "How did you find out that this is true?"

Wang Fu replied: "First of all, it is the situation. Li Yan's hometown is being attacked by hundreds of thousands of troops, and he has to return to help. At present, the Yanyun area is facing the siege of our Song, Jin, and Xixia. He has withdrawn. Yan Yun's decision is too normal, and it is also the decision that is most beneficial to him."

Zhao Ji nodded, approving Wang Fu's analysis.

Wang Fu continued: "Actually, from what Li Yan asked for, it is not difficult to see that he really intends to withdraw from Yanyun, and is going to have a long-term relationship with our Song Dynasty, otherwise it is impossible for him to only need these few poor people. land."

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said, "Could this be Li Yan's conspiracy?"

Wang Fu didn't dare to say anything, and said: "Whether it's a conspiracy or not, you can tell once you try it."

Zhao Ji said: "How to try?"

Wang Fu said: "Sign the peace agreement, let the craftsmen and Tai students board the boat, and then ask Li Yan to deliver the dangerous pass in Yundi."

Zhao Ji asked: "Why don't you ask Li Yan to hand over the dangerous pass in Yandi first?"

Wang Fu said: "Shuibo Liangshan will be withdrawn from Yandi, so it is impossible to hand over Yandi first. The officials can rest assured that as long as Li Yan is willing to hand over Yundi, this matter will be fine. If the officials are not at ease, they can also canonize Li Yan. For the king of Liaodong, further testing."

Zhao Ji frowned and said, "King Feng?"

Wang Fu emphasized: "Conferred the title of Liaodong King."

Zhao Ji asked, "What's the difference?"

Wang Fu explained: "Liaodong includes the mountains and hills of Liaodong, the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Lower Liaohe Plain. To put it bluntly, Liaodong not only includes the entire territory of the original Koryo, but also includes nearly half of the Jin Kingdom. Once Li Yan took over the Liaodong King, then A disaster will be planted between Shuibo Liangshan and the Kingdom of Jin, and when this happens, these two fierce tigers will compete for supremacy in the Liaodong area, and have no time to go south, and our Great Song Dynasty will be able to win a respite."

After hearing this, Zhao Ji's eyes lit up!
However, Zhao Ji hesitated and said, "Will Li Yan accept this Liaodong king?"

Wang Fu said convincingly: "If Li Yan really withdraws from Yanyun, then he will only be left with the original Koryo, which is not enough to claim the title of emperor, and he will only try to be ridiculed by the people of the world, so he is only suitable to be with the original King Goryeo is also a king, and more importantly, now he must have a status of more than one king, otherwise he will not be able to enlist his officials and officials. You canonize him as the king of Liaodong, so that he can obtain the throne in a legitimate way , This is helping him, if he is really planning to withdraw from Yanyun, he will definitely accept this canonization from you."

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(End of this chapter)