Qian Song

Chapter 201 Here Comes Li Qingzhao (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)

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The distance from Laizhou to Yanjing is actually not that far.

But Li Qingzhao and his party walked for more than three months.

This is mainly because the Zhao Song Dynasty deployed millions of troops and officials at all levels on the northern border.

The daily consumption of these garrisons and officials is astronomical.

In the end, the supplies of these garrisons and officials were apportioned among the people in Jingdong, Hebei, and Hedong.

What's even more abhorrent is that the Zhao Song court also forced the people to transport grain to Xiongzhou to pay.

Sometimes, in order to transport a stone of grain, the common people have to pay a price of more than ten stones to twenty stones for the grain at various checkpoints along the way, plus their own consumption.

This caused great disasters to the people in Jingdong, Hebei, and Hedong.

Wang Fu also collected exempt money from husbands throughout the country, and officials in various prefectures and counties also took advantage of this to exhaust the people.

The key point is that more than half of the grain-producing areas of the Zhao and Song Dynasties were taken by Li Cun.

In addition, the Sanyi Huihe created by the Zhao and Song Dynasties wanted to divert the Yellow River, but failed repeatedly, which made the originally very rich Hebei area become depressed and poor because of the Yellow River's embankment breach.

In addition, the successive years of famines in the past two years have caused a large number of starvation in the territory of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Under such circumstances, Jingdong and Hebei are full of strongmen who occupy the mountains as kings, and there are still several rebel armies preparing to copy Li Cun's successful path.

——In the past two years, farmers in Hebei, Jingdong and other roads have revolted one after another, ranging from hundreds to thousands of people, and tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

This makes the road very uneven.

Li Qingzhao was cautious, and fought wits and bravery with those strongmen and rebels, and he barely reached the Daming Mansion in Beijing, and dared not go any further.

——Zhang Di of Luozhou on Hebei Road (the prototype of Nakata Tiger in the Water Margin) is currently gathering hundreds of thousands of people to attack prefectures and counties everywhere. Not long ago, Zhang Di also besieged Junzhou for five days. However, Luozhou happened to be just above the Beijing Daming Mansion, which firmly blocked Li Qingzhao's way to go north. Under such circumstances, how could Li Qingzhao dare to continue going north?
It wasn't until recently that Li Qingzhao heard that the imperial court had sent Liu Guangshi and other generals to suppress Zhang Di, and the initial results had been achieved, so Li Qingzhao had the idea of ​​continuing to go north.

Coincidentally, Qin Hui went north again and also came to Beijing Daming Mansion.

The two met by chance here in the Daming Mansion in Beijing.

The illness this time almost killed Qin Hui, and the key point was that it also delayed many affairs of the Song Dynasty.

At least Qin Hui thinks so.

Because of his illness, the emperor of the Song Dynasty and a group of ministers continued to implement the strategy of driving away wolves and tigers.

In his opinion, this is a major mistake of the Song Dynasty.

He and Zhao Ding had discussed it, and felt that the only chance for the Great Song Dynasty now was not to sit back and watch the Daqian Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin compete with each other, but to cooperate with the Kingdom of Jin to take advantage of Li Cun's trapping himself in the projectile of Yandi. During this period when it is not easy for the land to get the full support of its own territory, defeat Li Cun as soon as possible, or drag down Li Cun's Daqian Dynasty.

However, due to his illness, the Great Song Dynasty not only failed to communicate with the Kingdom of Jin to jointly destroy it during the precious three months, but instead robbed the land occupied by the Kingdom of Jin, which clouded the relationship between the two countries. There was a shadow on it, and the key point was that it gave Li Cun more than three months.

Qin Hui has fully understood how terrifying Li Cun is, and feels that with these three months or so, Li Cun will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in Yandi. The dynasty was threatened.

However, despite this, Qin Hui just got better, so he went to see Zhao Ji, and what he and Zhao Ding saw and heard in Yandi, especially Li Cun wiped out the famous and powerful tribe Tataer on the grassland in the first battle Department, told Zhao Ji in detail.

Moreover, Qin Hui told Zhao Ji with certainty that if Qian Jin had a decisive battle now, it would most likely be the Kingdom of Jin who lost, and pointed out that the strategy of driving wolves and tigers would not work at all, only the combination of Jin and Qian can do.

Zhao Ji had already heard about the situation Qin Hui mentioned, including the fact that Li Cun had defeated the Tata'er tribe.

But Zhao Ji didn't take these seriously before.

Even if Li Cun wiped out the Tata'er tribe in the first battle, Zhao Ji also felt that Li Cun had just defeated a grassland tribe, and it could be no big deal.

Now, after listening to Qin Hui's analysis and concluding that if the Daqian Dynasty goes to war with the Kingdom of Jin, it will be the Kingdom of Jin who loses. Only then did Zhao Ji begin to think, were they a little too optimistic before?

But before that, the Great Song Dynasty had always implemented the strategy of chasing wolves and tigers away, cutting off the connection with the Kingdom of Jin, and Tan Zhen almost won the land of Yunshuo.

How is this good?

At this time, news came from the Xuanfu Department of Hebei that the Jin people wanted to send envoys to visit the Song Dynasty to discuss the joint extermination of the two.

After Zhao Ji heard about this, he asked Tong Guan to arrange a escort envoy to accompany Jin envoy to Bianliang City in Tokyo as soon as possible.

After receiving the order, Tong Guan appointed Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo as principal and deputy envoys to meet the envoy Jin and accompany him back to Beijing.

Not long after, the Jin envoy Wanyan Yinshuke and others came to Xiongzhou.

When Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo saw that the envoy sent by the Kingdom of Jin this time turned out to be Wanyan Yinshuke, they immediately felt the importance that the Kingdom of Jin attached to this mission.

Wanyan's silver skills are both human and military. He is not only an outstanding general who can command troops and fight wars, but also knows politics and governing the country very well. He is the leading talent in the Jin Kingdom.

Back then, when Wanyan Aguda had just ascended the throne on his own and proclaimed himself emperor, he had ordered Wanyan Yinshuke and Wanyan Xigunai to go to the Liao Kingdom to find out the reality of the Liao Kingdom.

After the two returned from their envoys, Wanyan Yinshu concluded that Yelu Yanxi was neglected in political affairs, Liao Kingdom had been disintegrated and other political affairs and favors, and he pushed Wanyan Agu to attack Liao with all his strength.

As a result, after Wanyan Agu fought, he was really invincible, winning consecutive battles.

In the war with the Liao Kingdom, the most brilliant record among the generals of the Jin Kingdom should belong to Wanyan Loushi.

But Wanyan Yinshu participated in most of the battles Wanyan Loushi participated in, and the two of them have always been inseparable from Mengmeng.

The key point is that Wanyan Yinshu is Wanyan Aguda's most trusted minister, with a lot of power, and he is currently serving as the governor of the West Road.

Zhao Liangsi hurriedly sent a fast horse to convey these important news back to the court.

After Zhao Ji learned of this, he ordered Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo to receive Wanyan Yinshuke according to the etiquette they used to receive Liao envoys, that is, to arrange for Wanyan Yinshuke to wait for Jinshi to live in the best Duting Posthouse. Also bestowed Wanyan Yinshu Kewai Jinshi quilt and Poluo.

A few days later, Wanyan Yinshu waited for the envoy to come to Chongzheng Hall to meet Zhao Ji.

Wanyan Yinshu could wait for the envoy to pay homage to Zhao Ji with full courtesy, and submit the complete letter of credence, list of events and draft affidavit one by one.

Credentials are as follows:

The emissary recommended the election, and the honorary news was repeated. It not only increased the excellence of the old coin, but also deeply understood the meaning of good neighbors. Once the oath is made, peace will be maintained forever.

The letter said the goods on behalf of the tax, and the value of the color and number contained in the item, the month and day of delivery, the place and the painting to define the boundary, to send the emissary He Zhengdan's birthday and discuss the occasion, and the Tathagata showed it.For the detailed and beautiful accident, this year's joint delivery of silver and silk, waiting for the old Khitan delivery month, Tesi Yuanshu, the reason is one.It is not easy to reminisce about the spring farmer's luck, the song never intended, and the silver silk was handed over to the Khitan looking for it in the past.All Yuncheng, waiting for each to make an oath and then deliver...

The items are as follows:

Yesterday, Zhao Liangsi went to the Shangjing Army and planned to fall into the old Khitan Han prefectures and counties after the Five Dynasties, and franchise Yanjing.Send Ma Zheng again, discuss Xijing again, and plan to recover it as soon as you reply.Seeking that it could not be recovered, the court accepted it, and sent good heirs to discuss it, saying that Yan and Xijing had already discussed it, because Xijing was not within the limits of permission, and it was only with the six states under the jurisdiction of Yanjing.

Although the Gui Dynasty has not been attacked, but the two dynasties are in harmony, the same family must be happy, and in the past, the franchise and Xijing, Wu, Ying, Shuo, Wei, Fengsheng, Guihua, Confucianism, Gui and other states, And land and population.

According to the promise, there is a lot of land for the civilian households, and the generals and soldiers suffered a lot when they came to attack and comfort them.Now there is no need to ask for a strategy, please send someone to deliver, fortunately stepping on the ground, the month of delivery and release, has been sent to the provincial capital.All oaths are pending agreement on the delivery date.

The draft affidavit reads as follows:

The Dajin Dasheng Emperor created prosperity and had the Liao Kingdom. He sent envoys to discuss the Five Dynasties and later fell into the land of Khitan and Yanyun. Fortunately, he was kind and specially cooperated with Xijing, Wu, Ying, Shuo, Wei, Fengsheng, Guihua, Confucianism, Gui, etc. The prefecture belongs to the county and the households under its management. The reason is that the frontier country is still owned by Dajin. It has handed over 20 taels of Khitan silver and 30 pieces of silk. Calculated in minutes, the money is 100 million guan, and it is worth looking for and sending it to Shengzhou Jieshou for delivery all year round.

After reading the draft of the letter of credence, event and oath brought by Wanyan Yinshuke and other Jin envoys, Zhao Ji and his ministers couldn't help but be overjoyed.

The Kingdom of Jin did not blame the Song Dynasty for not fulfilling the covenant and counting the Kingdom of Jin by driving wolves and tigers away. On the contrary, it took the initiative to give up all the cloud and land to the Song Dynasty, but asked the Song Dynasty for 100 million gold and silver and 30 pieces of silk As an old coin.

For the Song Dynasty, it was like a pie falling from the sky.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Ji asked Wang Fu and the others to follow up with Wanyan Yinshuke and wait for the envoy to determine the ownership of Yandi to death, and continue to fight for the ownership of the three states of Pingluanying.

What excited Zhao Ji and his ministers, Wanyan Yinshu said on behalf of Wanyan Aguda that Yandi was something that the two families had agreed on before, even if they regained the Kingdom of Jin, they would give it to the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty When the time comes, the dynasty just needs to give the Dajin Kingdom some old coins. As for the three prefectures of Pingluanying, the Dajin Kingdom must capture them first, otherwise there is no way to cooperate with the Song Dynasty to eliminate the Dagan Dynasty. As for the Pingluanying The future ownership of the three states, after the Dagan Dynasty is destroyed in the future, the two families can discuss it slowly.

Zhao Jijun and his ministers were very satisfied with Jin Guo's attitude, and decided to give up the strategy of chasing wolves and tigers, and instead joined forces with Jin Guo to eliminate gangsters.

Qin Hui was very disturbed by Jin Guo's abnormal behavior. He hurriedly begged to see Zhao Ji, and then said to Zhao Ji: "The Jurchens are greedy and violent, and they are only interested in profit. Now they are so talkative. It must be that his family realized that Li Thief is not easy to defeat, so he used the golden cicada to get out of his shell." plan."

In fact, it was really guessed by Qin Hui.

When Wanyan Agu saw that Li Cunwen was in a tight spot, he relied on Juyongguan, Zijingguan, Gubeikou, Songtingguan and other dangerous passes that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he didn't come out to fight their best field battle with Dajin Kingdom, and made a sit-down Looking at the situation of tigers fighting in the mountains, the feeling is getting worse and worse.

At the same time, Song, Liao and Xixia all stared at Yundi.

In addition, Wanyan Aguda could see that since Wanyan Zonghan carried out a massacre in Xijing, the people in Yundi hated their Dajin Kingdom to rule Yundi very much. Governance of the Kingdom of Jin.

After thinking about it, Wanyan Aguda felt that Dajin Kingdom could no longer stay in the powder keg of Yundi, otherwise Dajin Kingdom might be in danger.

But on the other hand, Wanyan Aguda was not quite reconciled, so he just gave up the Yundi that Dajin Kingdom paid a lot of money to take down with great difficulty.

Therefore, Wanyan Aguda wanted to find someone to take advantage of and sell Yundi in exchange for some real benefits.

Wanyan Aguda first ruled out the Daqian Dynasty.

Without it, Wanyan Aguda has already keenly sensed that the Daqian Dynasty will be their greatest enemy of the Great Jin Kingdom, so it is impossible for him to give Yundi to Li Cun, so that Li Cun will grow stronger.

Xixia is a good choice.

But Xixia is currently getting too close to Yelu Yanxi, the number one enemy of the Dajin Kingdom, so they have to plan slowly.

As for Yelu Yanxi, although due to the situation, Wanyan Aguda temporarily let Yelu Yanxi go, but this does not mean that Wanyan Aguda does not want to get rid of Yelu Yanxi once and for all to solve the biggest trouble in the Kingdom of Jin. Maybe hand over Yundi to Yelu Yanxi to make Yelu Yanxi salted fish turn around?

In the end, no matter how you compare it, the Song Dynasty is the most stupid and rich, and it is the most obsessed with recovering the Yanyun area.

Moreover, throwing Yundi to the Great Song Dynasty can also avenge the Great Song Dynasty's exorcism of wolves and tigers.

To put it another way, Wanyan Agu used a trick to get rid of the golden cicada's shell, so why not use the opposite method to drive away the wolf and the tiger?

In addition, let the Song Dynasty occupy the cloud land, and in the future, the Song Dynasty will be able to fight the Juyongguan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. After the Dajin Kingdom has captured the three states of Pingluanying, it can completely open up the Liaoxi Corridor.

In that way, the Dajin Kingdom can use their most accustomed fighting method, which is to use cavalry to harass Yandi, and retreat to seal off the Liaodong Corridor, retreat to the Liaodong area, and compete with a group of grassland tribes on the grassland for hegemony. Can attack and retreat and defend, and remain invincible.

Wanyan Aguda is not a conspiracy, but Chi Guoguo's overt conspiracy.

If the Song Dynasty did not want Yundi, then Yundi would definitely be taken by one of the Dagan Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, and Xixia.

Regardless of which of these three families has to go, it is not a good thing for the Song Dynasty, and it is a huge threat to the Zhao Song Dynasty.

In addition, the domestic situation of the Song Dynasty was very bad, and many subjects were very dissatisfied with Zhao Ji's costly recovery of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun when the situation in the country was so bad.

The continuous peasant uprisings are evidence.

Therefore, Zhao Ji had to show some achievements at this time, otherwise he really couldn't convince the crowd.

In Zhao Ji's view, it was just the right time for Jin Guo to hand over Yundi to the Song Dynasty, which helped him a lot, and even gave him a way out.

How could it be possible for Zhao Ji not to want Yundi just because of a few speculations made by Qin Hui, a lowly minister?

On the contrary, Zhao Ji soon appointed Lu Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhao Liangsi as the national messengers, and Ma Kuo as the deputy envoys, carrying the credentials and affidavits to Fengsheng Prefecture, and discussing with the Jin people about the specific time for the delivery of Yundi. matters.

Qin Hui was sent back to Yanjing by Zhao Ji, and continued to collect information about the Daqian Dynasty with Zhao Ding.

Qin Hui knew that he was humble, and that the Song Dynasty really had no other way to go.

But Qin Hui was still very unwilling.

Qin Hui felt that if on the day he came back, Zhao Ji and his ministers would not have drunk and reveled all night, making him freeze outside the palace all night and get sick, but that Zhao Ji could see him at the first time and let him state the seriousness of the matter Sex, and then decisively sent envoys to discuss with Jin Guo about joint extermination.

In that case, the situation will become that the Great Song Dynasty only needs to send troops from Hebei to attack the land of Yan, and let the Kingdom of Jin attack Juyongguan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that the Kingdom of Jin can be firmly tied to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. On the chariot, instead of what it is like now, the Kingdom of Jin can get a steady stream of benefits to get out of the vortex, remain invincible, and transfer all the risks to the Song Dynasty.

To be honest, Qin Hui was very disappointed with Zhao Ji, and felt that Zhao Ji was so ecstatic, so happy, and like to get carried away, that he was far from being able to compare with Li Cun.

Even so, Qin Hui had to obey Zhao Ji's orders.

So, when his body was almost healed, Qin Hui went north again.

What Qin Hui never expected was that he would meet Li Qingzhao and his party in the Daming Mansion in Beijing.

——Qin Hui really did not expect that Li Qingzhao would be so courageous, a woman from a family, would dare to go to Yanjing in this chaotic world.

After repeatedly persuading Li Qingzhao to no avail, Qin Hui had no choice but to take Li Qingzhao and his party, and asked Liu Guangshi to send a cavalry to send them across Zhang Diyi's haunted area to Xiongzhou.

Afterwards, Guo Yaoshi sent an ever-victorious army to send them to Yandi...

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