Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 260
Although Li Buqi is no longer in charge of the police department, the information from the police department is still being sent to Li Buqi.Combined with the news brought by the businessmen active in Guangnan, Li Buqi was able to keep abreast of the situation of Nong Zhigao on Guangnan Road.

When the Song Dynasty was at war with the Liao Kingdom, the governor of Guangnan West Road set up a stronghold in Luohuandong, Yongzhou, to block Nong Zhigao.In the same year, Jiaozhi sent troops to attack Nong Zhigao. Nong Zhigao was outnumbered and led his troops to hide in the mountains.

Guangyuan Prefecture is full of lofty mountains, and Nong Zhigao is blocked in the mountains by Da Song and Jiao Zhi from both ends. It's a hard life.

In February of the third year of Huangyou, Nong Zhigao once again asked the Song Dynasty for internal attachment, and Zhao Zhen asked Guangnan West Road to transfer envoys, mention some criminal prisons, and to hear about the advantages and disadvantages of the governor.As a result, the civil officials of the Song Dynasty looked down on the high mountains and far away places in Guangyuan Prefecture, and even rejected Nong Zhigao on the grounds that "Guangyuan Prefecture belongs to Jiaozhi".

When the news came, it was already April. Li Buqi ran to the newspaper office of Qingyuan Academy, found the two editors of "Shang Bao" and "Current Affairs News", took the newly printed Di Bao, and said to them: "This The imperial court has done a poor job, and there will be great disasters in the future if you act like this, and you need to write something to remind the imperial court."

These people are now trained in Qingyuan Academy and have developed the habit of looking at maps in advance.They looked at the map hanging on the wall first, and then asked wonderingly, "Why do officials care about such a remote place in Guangyuan Prefecture?"

Li Buqi has always been very cautious, and naturally he would not reveal his plans for Guangyuan Prefecture and Jiaozhi, so these people always thought that Li Buqi cared about the situation in Lingnan just to take advantage of local resources.They thought that Guangyuan Prefecture was a place where rabbits don't shit in the thinking mode of Song people, and they didn't pay much attention to it.

Li Buqi was still hiding his plot, so he just said: "Don't underestimate this Guangyuan Prefecture. Look at the terrain. The north of Guangyuan Prefecture is mostly flat land with convenient transportation. This is not the same as Yanyun. Is the situation in the land very similar? If the Song Dynasty loses Yanyun, it will be difficult to stop the Khitan cavalry. If Guangyuan Prefecture returns to Jiaozhi, I am afraid that what happened to Yanyun will happen again in the south."

The editor named Xia Fengshi hesitated and said, "There seems to be no cavalry in Jiaozhi."

Li Buqi said: "Although Jiaozhi has no cavalry, it also has the heart to offend the Song Dynasty. In the seventh year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Jiaozhi used the pretext of hunting fugitives to plunder Qinzhou such as Hongzhai; The army plundered the border people of the Song Dynasty; in the third year of Jingyou, Jiaozhi invaded Siling and other states, plundered cattle and horses, and burned huts. People who have no foresight must have near-term worries. The heart of Jiaozhi encroaching on my land in the Song Dynasty has never died. Can you imagine that Jiaozhi annexed Guangzhou What will it look like after Yuanzhou? If Jiaozhi wants to invade, it only needs to come down from the mountain to plunder the fertile land of our Great Song Dynasty. Dealing with the Jiaozhi people, before they penetrate Guangyuan Prefecture, the soldiers will die of miasma. In this way, Jiaozhi can do harm without fear. This prospect is really terrifying."

The door of the editorial room was kept wide open, and Li Buqi's arrival naturally attracted some people to watch at the door.At this time, a black and thin young man said with a southern accent: "That's right. This Guangyuan Mountain is mine. I own it and it is my domain. Giving away the domain to others is a way to bring disaster. The people who trade with each other There are many legends among maritime merchants that Jiaozhi people often explore the geographical roads of Guangnan, so it can be seen that there must be a conspiracy. I heard that in the third year of Qingli, Jiaozhi attacked Zhancheng and sent [-] troops. I wonder if the Song Dynasty has [-] soldiers capable of fighting in Guangnan? Guangyuan Pinghu, Jiaozhi sent [-] troops to attack me, what should I do?"

Li Buqi said: "That's the reason." He looked back at the young man and said: "This brother seems to be very familiar with the situation of cochin, I don't know how to call it?"

The young man saluted and said: "I am Gaoqi, named Ziyi. I live in Guangzhou, and my father is a sea merchant."

Li Buqi asked casually: "So it's brother Ziyi. I wonder how brother Ziyi thinks about intercourse?"

At that time, Guangzhou was still regarded as a barren land by northern scholars, and its culture was not very developed. It was really not easy for scholars there to pass the Jinshi examination.Therefore, although Gao Qi has a reputation as a scholar, he has long since given up his desire for imperial examinations.The reason why the family sent him to Qingyuan Academy this time is to let him learn some real skills so that he can go back and revitalize the family business.Moreover, there are many high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, and the family also hopes that he can cling to a certain noble person to provide assistance for the family's development.Now that Gao Qi saw that he could talk to Li Buqi, he naturally put up all his energy to attract Li Buqi's attention, and said: "I also went to Jiaozhi and Champa with a boat. It is called the king, and it is called the "Emperor of China" for Champa and other places. Jiaozhi scholars also regard China as the Northern Dynasty, and think that the north and the south are "each emperor's side". And Jiaozhi, I'm afraid disaster is not far away."

Xia Fengshi said: "So that's the case. This is to remind the court."

Li Buqi said: "I suggest that the newspaper can take this opportunity to do a series of special topics, specifically introducing the customs, customs, and products of the remote areas of the Song Dynasty and the surrounding barbarians. Only by letting people understand these things can they find financial resources for the court. There will be no misjudgment in case of trouble.”

Both editors nodded in agreement.Li Buqi invited Gao Qi to his study for a private chat, and asked him to inquire more about Guangnan, Jiaozhi, and Zhancheng.Gao Qi was naturally overjoyed when he climbed up to Li Buqi, a noble man, and agreed repeatedly.

Soon, Qingyuan Academy's newspaper published an article pointing out the court's mistakes in handling Nong Zhigao's request, but the article did not attract much attention.Because in the eyes of most Song people, Guangyuan Prefecture is too remote, so remote that most people have never heard of this name, and no one believes that the barbarians there will cause any disaster.

The emperor and the governors knew Guangyuan Prefecture, but the empty treasury made them even more fearful, and they didn't want to take any risks.In order to show his foresight, Li Buqi asked the emperor to recruit Nong Zhigao when he entered the palace, but the emperor said: "Xiao Gu, the transshipment envoy of Guangnan West Road, once wrote a letter saying that Zhigao must be a trouble in the south. I would like to give an official to caress him. Let's fight Jiaozhi. But he can't guarantee that Jiaozhi won't compete for intellectual excellence, and he can't guarantee that intellectual excellence will not be invaded. At present, the imperial treasury is empty. If something happens in Guangnan, there is really no money and food to deal with it. Pang Chunzhi and others Everyone thinks that cochin should be appeased."

Although Li Buqi was mentally prepared, he almost turned his nose when he heard Zhao Zhen's words-how dare the emperor and minister of the Song Dynasty be so cowardly!In order to continue to show his foresight, Li Buqi said: "That's not what I said. If Jiaozhi competes but not Zhigao, whether Zhigao will invade or not is not in Zhigao, nor in Jiaozhi, but it is all in my Song Dynasty. If I Da Song even Zhigao, who is actively attached to himself and has a blood feud with Jiaozhi, cannot accept it. Zhigao may think that Da Song is afraid of Jiaozhi, and he can't beat Jiaozhi, so he naturally wants to attack Da Song who he thinks is weaker than Jiaozhi. And Jiaozhi Seeing me self-destruct the screen, I will definitely think that Da Song is afraid of it, and my disobedience will inevitably become stronger. I think that accepting Zhigao is a trivial matter, and not accepting Zhigao will cause great disaster!"

Hearing Li Buqi's categorical words, the emperor wavered again at the original decision. The next day, he called the left servant to shoot Pang Ji and the right servant to shoot Gao Ruona to discuss, but the emperor dismissed it with one word from Pang Ji. Appease Nong Zhigao's mind.Pang Ji said: "Your Majesty, the treasury is now empty. If something happens in Guangnan, there will be no money and food to deal with it. Moreover, the three divisions were on fire the day before yesterday, and a lot of books and files were lost. It will take some time to take over, and this year's summer tax collection will definitely be affected. In this way, there is nothing we can't do that will cause disaster."

What Pang Ji said was that in accordance with the plan for the reform of the official system, the three divisions should be split up and their functions merged into the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Privy Council.But just when the third department was supposed to hand over the files to other departments, a fire suddenly burned down more than half of the warehouse where the files were stored.Now, all the economic departments of the imperial court are unable to operate normally, and it is not known when they will return to normal. Even how to collect summer taxes is a problem, let alone provide money and food for sending troops to fight.

So the matter of Guangyuan Prefecture and Nong Zhigao was put on hold again in the court. In the second half of the year, the Yellow River broke through Guogu again, and no one paid attention to it. Only the newspaper office of Qingyuan Academy paid for Jiaozhi and Champa. The businessmen in Guangyuan Prefecture and Guangyuan Prefecture collected the local customs and geographical and climate conditions there and published them in newspapers to satisfy readers' curiosity.At this time, Li Buqi no longer showed his concern for Guangnan, and even deliberately faded out of Zhao Zhen's sight, because there are still many things to be busy.For example, news came from the Wa Kingdom this autumn that the Abe clan of the Mutsu Kingdom fought with the imperial army and defeated the imperial army.The Wa country is about to start a war, so we must quickly recruit more people to grab the territory.Fortunately, the Song Dynasty lacked money and food, and Pang Ji and the others did not mention the immigration of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. They also turned a blind eye to the recruitment of people by sea merchants to go to sea, and a large number of victims were quietly transported to Beihai Island.

It was not until May of the fourth year of Huangyou that the messenger who rushed from Guangnan West Road brought an urgent report saying that Nong Zhigao attacked Yongzhou and established "Da Nanguo" on his own, called "Emperor Benevolent", and his reign name was "Qili".Then Nong Zhigao occupied Hengzhou, Guizhou, Gongzhou, Tengzhou, Wuzhou...

Every few days, a messenger on a fast horse would report which city Nong Zhigao had captured or where the Song army had lost another battle, and Bianliang was really shaken.

(End of this chapter)