Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 244 Learning Foreign Languages

Both the Sui and Tang dynasties had expeditions to Goguryeo. Among them, the three expeditions of the Sui Dynasty greatly consumed the national power and people's strength, and became an important factor in the subsequent collapse of the country.

Yi and Di are afraid of power but not virtuous.

Whether it is Goryeo or Goguryeo, both are true portrayals of this sentence. The Liao Kingdom has made several expeditions to Goryeo in history, always maintaining military superiority. It once broke through the capital of Goryeo and opened its capital, but ultimately returned without success.

Now Wanyan Gao's results actually only stop here. Before the Jin army attacked Kaijing, the Koreans had already begun to fortify the walls and clear the country. The Jin army's plundering ended here, because there was not much food or population to rob in the area. .

The Jin army began to withdraw before the end of the year. During this process, the Koreans repeatedly organized their troops to conduct small-scale pursuits, and actually achieved some results. Therefore, the Korean envoys felt confident when they came this time. After all, their country had not yet Death.

But the Goryeo envoys were put off as soon as they arrived. In the past, they could still see the King of Han, but now they could only see the Prime Minister.

"This is really unreasonable!"

The Goryeo envoy Tuo Chun was a domestic military commander, and later generations clearly called him a "martial minister". His father Tuo Junjing was a vassal of the powerful minister Li Ziqian in the court. The latter was the leader of the three major factions in the Goryeo court and was close to the Kingdom of Jin.

When the Jin people went south, Li Ziqian directly led the party and helped the Jin people take Kaijing. As his party member, Tuo Junjing was naturally happy to continue to follow, because according to the situation, even if the Jin army did not continue to attack south, after that It will also definitely support new forces to split Goryeo.

Hearing this, Liu Ling couldn't help but feel a little puzzled and asked: "Li Ziqian's closeness to the Jin people, no matter what theory, he should be paying tribute to the Jin people. He came to me across the sea and told me this, Lost your mind?"

"Silence!"

"The so-called Goryeo envoy team was actually sent by the puppet king of Goryeo Li Ziqian. He wanted the Han Dynasty to recognize his Goryeo. In exchange, Goryeo was willing to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty on time."

When Liu Ling led his troops across the Great Wall before, he was supposed to put pressure on the Jin people and force them to expose more domestic problems. He did not really want to fight to the death, so he even withdrew his troops after putting pressure on them. As a result, the Korean people really believed it and planned to continue fishing in troubled waters. As a result, they turned around and bumped into the angry Jin people.

But Tuochun was ashamed of this. He was still very young and his military rank was not high. The reason why he could follow the mission this time was simply because his father said good things to Li Ziqian and wanted to send his son here to gild and save money. In terms of qualifications, Kotojun had different ideas from his father.

"The two countries of Jin and Goryeo were originally vassals. The latter betrayed first, so now he is unreasonable in everything. Li Ziqian relied entirely on the talents of the Jin to get his current status, and he was afraid that he would be resold by the Jin in the future, so he could only find more Let’s try some prices.”

The other envoys accompanying him immediately stopped him. Tuochun looked at these people and quickly calmed down. He looked outside and wondered: "What am I waiting for here?"

As a result, our Han Dynasty went to war with the Jin Kingdom this year, and the Koreans wanted to repeat their old tricks."

Reported by Han Fanghui.

Tuochun had no intention of hanging out with them and was about to go out for a walk. As soon as he walked out of the double gate of the government office, he looked up and saw a young man wearing Han clothes outside. But when the latter looked back and saw Tuochun, he was startled and asked in Korean dialect. He said: "From my hometown?"

No one answered him. After a while, several envoys found the Han officials and asked for some wine and food. Soon they were drinking and having fun in the post house.

"I am from the Jin family in Xiaguangshan," the young man bowed slightly and saluted, with a bitter smile on his face, "Feng's sister came to Yanjing to get married, and she also served as a hostage in Yanjing."

"you are?"

"It's just a hedging bet." Han Fang replied. He put a piece of paper filled with content in front of Liu Ling: "When Liao and Jin merged, Goryeo took the opportunity to expand its territory to the north. After the founding of the Jin Kingdom, Emperor Taizu, because of his busy schedule, In order to attack the Liao Kingdom, they did not make trouble with the Koreans and allowed the Koreans to dominate that land.

Li Ziqian has actually split from the Goryeo court. He may be able to act as an emperor in the future, and they, the "ministers who follow the dragon", will naturally become upstarts.

Liu Ling listened silently. Li Ziqian sent an envoy to test the door, which made Liu Ling start to think about another possibility.

The Han army is now unable to attack the peninsula, but it cannot allow the Jin people to take over Goryeo. Goryeo is an existence with both sides. There are many separatist forces in the country. Once this tone cannot be maintained, the country's demise is inevitable.

"I heard that there were three major families in the Goryeo court. Do you remember?" "The Qingyuan Li family, a relative of Li Ziqian; the Hanlin scholar Zheng Zhichang; and the Guangshan Jin family. They are almost the four brothers of the Jin family, each of whom is in charge of the court. Their power is slightly less than the first two. By."

Li Ziqian is at both ends; Liu Ling has already contacted Zheng Zhichang before. This person is an ordinary person but holds great power. Sooner or later he will die in civil strife.

The former is quite capable. As for how outrageous Zheng Zhichang himself is, there is a fragment in history that can prove: after the Jin Dynasty defeated the Song Dynasty into the Southern Song Dynasty, Zheng Zhichang and some courtiers advocated that Goryeo should take the opportunity to send troops to attack the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom. He persuaded the Korean Ren sect to send envoys to the Central Plains to contact allies and attack gold together.

At that time, the Central Plains was under the puppet Qi regime of Liu Yu, who was considered the number one lackey of the Jin people. Zheng Zhichang was so crazy that he wanted to send an envoy to persuade Liu Yu to fight against the Jin Dynasty. It is evident how smart he was.

Liu Ling did not dare to support such a thing. After thinking for a moment, he said, "How about the Guangshan Jin family?"

"In the court of Goryeo, the Jin brothers have always kept a low profile, allowing Li Ziqian and Zheng Zhichang to make trouble. The Guangshan Jin family belongs to the old nobles, and a few years ago the leader of Goryeo opened the imperial examination in the country, so the Jin family and other old nobles did not appear in court. Not pleased."

Liu Ling rubbed a jade ring on his finger and said, "Send someone to go to Korea and the Kingdom of Jin, and ask the Koreans to use Kaijing as the boundary to divide the borders of the two countries. As for the Kingdom of Jin, tell the envoy what to say. . If they kill the messenger, they will have another excuse to start a war this year."

"I understand."

"The night is getting dark. Mr. Han, please go back and rest first. There are still many things to do tomorrow." Liu Ling said calmly.

"I obey, but the king is also working day and night, so he should rest early."

Liu Ling sighed, rubbed his brows and said, "I can't rest at night, there are still many things to do."

What else?

Han Fang was stunned for a moment, feeling confused but not daring to ask any more questions. He bowed and left, following the female officer to the door of the palace.

Soon, footsteps sounded again outside the palace. Two female officials walked in front, followed by a charming figure, wearing a white and red Korean woman's dress. When she raised her head, she revealed a face as beautiful as a flower.

The daughter of Goryeo Minister Kim Boushi, whose maiden name was Xuanji, had long been secretly sent by Kim Boushi to send her youngest son to Yanjing. The daughter was married into the palace, and the son was used as a hostage. Therefore, from the beginning, neither Li Ziqian nor Zheng Zhichang would ever be together again. It was impossible to get Liu Ling's support.

After all, we want to support the new rich in Korea, why not choose the most well-behaved one?
Xuan Ji bowed to Liu Ling Yingying, then stepped forward, knelt down next to the desk in front of Liu Ling, and said softly in some jerky Chinese:
"I heard that the king was busy with government affairs at night and did not eat, so I boldly cooked some hometown dishes. I don't know if they suit the king's taste. I beg the king to give me a favor and try it."

"Ha" Liu Ling leaned over and looked at her and said with a smile: "You are so proactive. Could it be that you have something to ask for?"

Xuan Ji's eyes were bright, as if they were hiding a pool of spring water. She blinked at Liu Ling a few times, and then said with some embarrassment: "I do have something to ask for."

"Talk about it."

"I am not very good at learning Chinese, so I would like to learn more about how to speak Chinese from the king in the future."

A smile appeared on Liu Ling's face, and he reached out to rub her head.

"good."

"The tongue should move like this, remember?"

"Uuwu.(〃′o`)"

(End of this chapter)