The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Chapter 170

Gao Ming opposed the emperor's conquest from the bottom of his heart, but judging from his father's words, basically everything was in place at the right time, place and people.

He really couldn't think of any reason that could stop Zhao Ji from climbing the imperial spectrum.

However, to his relief, Zhao Kai had been canonized as the crown prince at the beginning of the new year.

If Zhao Ji ran out to conquest in person, it would be Zhao Kai who supervised the country.

Gao Ming suddenly thought of another point, that Zhao Kai's appointment as the crown prince was also one of the conditions for Zhao Ji's personal conquest.

If the position of crown prince was still Zhao Huan who was indifferent to his father and son, Zhao Ji was afraid of the crown prince supervising the country, afraid of coming back to become the Supreme Emperor, and probably would not lift his ass out of Bianliang.

But he was relieved when Zhao Kai was in charge of the country, since he was in charge of the Imperial City Department, and the country was properly supervised.

Gao Ming couldn't help sighing, each and every one of them contributed to Zhao Ji's personal conquest.

It feels like a historical inevitability.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming was lying on the bed, tossing and turning like a pancake. Hua Rong, who was still awake, noticed him, and asked, "Are you still thinking about the official conquest?"

"Yeah, I never thought that I would toss and turn for another man besides you one night." Gao Ming joked.

Hua Rong was amused, "Then what do you want? Stop him? Ask Gongsun Sheng to change your mind?"

"He has said all the divinations, and he can't change them casually." Gao Ming said: "He probably also thinks that the government will win this time, so let's use the prophecy to confirm the facts. Once the government triumphs, he will be a well-deserved national teacher."

Hua Rong said: "It's been almost three years since he entered the palace to make alchemy for the officials. Is it almost time to prove his immortality?"

Gao Ming smacked his lips, "I helped him become the number one fairy in the Song Dynasty, thinking he could do something, such as use his power to influence the national policy, but he didn't do anything, just honestly made elixir for the officials, The concubines in the harem are happy one after another."

It turns out that his ideal ambition is to refresh Zhao Ji's birth record.

"It's called prescribing medicine because of the reason, so that the officials can use their strengths."

Gao Ming found that sometimes Huarong's speech was quite unpleasant, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "If the officials hear it, they must ask you to stand guard in the frontier."

Hua Rong pinched Gao Ming's nose and said with a smile, "Then you come with me?"

"The husband sings and the husband follows." Gao Ming suddenly remembered something, "Will the official ask you to go too? What about me? Can I still follow?"

He can't carry his hands on his shoulders, so as a think tank, he doesn't know much about military affairs.

Hua Rong was also worried, "Who knows, but I hope you stay in Tokyo. The battlefield is too dangerous, and I don't want you to be in danger. It's getting late, so let's rest and find out the news tomorrow."

Gao Ming nodded, closed his eyes and fell asleep, and when he got up the next day, he and the members of the mission went to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit and accept Zhao Ji's summons.

Zhao Ji highly affirmed the hard work of the members of the mission, probably thinking that selling sugar made the wallet richer, and rewarded Gao Ming and Hua Rong with a lot of property.

Gao Ming felt a little relieved in his heart, he was not in vain suffering from the cold in the north.

Zhao Ji heard that Cao Aobai of Xixia, which Gao Ming had already captured, was given to the Liao people, so he ordered: "Be careful, once Liao has measures against Xixia, report it quickly."

This is the job of the Imperial City Division, and Gao Ming takes the lead.

After receiving the award and leaving the palace, Gao Ming was not in a hurry to meet Zhao Kai, after all he had to avoid suspicion.

Zhao Kai also had this consideration in mind, and three days later, when he went to inspect the Imperial City Department, he met Gao Ming.

Gao Ming made a bow, "Minister Gao Ming, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhao Kai smiled, "There is no need to be too polite."

Gao Ming added, "It's a pity that the canonization ceremony of His Highness was far away in the Kingdom of Jin, so I didn't witness it with my own eyes."

It's a pity that I missed your highlight moment.

Without waiting for Zhao Kai to speak, Gao Ming continued: "However, I will definitely not miss the next grand ceremony."

The next big ceremony is naturally enthronement.

Zhao Kai smiled and shook his head slightly, "You, you."

Although Gao Ming has been doing practical things recently, he has never lost his skill of flirting.

The routine flattery is over, and we are on to the topic. I haven't seen you for a long time, and you have a lot to say.

The first one, of course, is the sugar business. What Zhao Kai said was similar to Gao Lian's, in short, it was sold out of stock.

I really didn't expect that a small amount of sucrose could attract the Japanese island countries to rush to buy it.

"Your Highness, although it is easy to sell, it cannot be oversupplied. The imperial court must firmly control this sugar vein and strictly control other private ships selling sugar to the sea. Therefore, in addition to setting up a special government office on our side, the Japanese side also Find a buyer."

"comprador?"

"Well, support a local specialized sugar agent, no matter whether it is Taro or Jiro, you have to find one. He can also speak in Japan. In this way, except for the sugar sold by the Song Dynasty, other sugar They don’t buy them either, which greatly reduces the losses caused by smuggling.”

The Japanese island cannot grow raw materials for sugar production, and relies solely on imports.

So only the loss of private smuggling is left, and if this is strangled, the situation will be much better.

Zhao Kai nodded in agreement, this candy business has to be done well, and the business cannot be overwhelmed.

"In addition to Japan, sugar is also lacking in more distant overseas countries. As long as the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty can go to sea, they will not be afraid of making money."

Zhao Kai thought of something, "Is the Kingdom of Jin short of sugar?"

"They don't either, but adults don't seem to like to eat, so they are starting to cultivate from children."

"I have something more important to do today. I want to remind you, don't you want to visit Song Jiang?"

Gao Ming was taken aback for a moment, he almost forgot about the timely rain, but calmly said in front of Zhao Kai: "I'm working out a set of test questions for him, and I'll send it to him when it's done, just in the last few days .”

Zhao Kai was relieved, and the topic jumped to the most important thing, "The officials want to go west to conquer Xia, if you want to go, I will recommend you to go with me."

Gao Ming is a civil servant, he is not useful on the battlefield, so he can't go there under normal circumstances.

But he was Zhao Kai's confidant, and Zhao Kai also felt that he would be victorious this time, so he wanted to add him to the list and ask Gao Ming to reap more benefits.

"Your Highness's kindness, I appreciate it, let it be, and see what the officials want." Don't make Zhao Ji feel that Zhao Kai's hand is stretched too far because of him.

Besides, Gao Ming had figured it out in the past few days. If he followed, Hua Rong might have to worry about him on the battlefield and affect his performance.

He should stay in Bianliang honestly, Huarong knows that he is safe, and has confidence in his heart, which is better than anything else.

Seeing that Gao Ming had made up his mind, Zhao Kai didn't say anything more, told Gao Ming to "teach" Song Jiang well, and left.

After Zhao Kai left, Gao Ming hurriedly took out Mingjiao classics and blank paper, and began to write questions for Song Jiang.

Then he summoned Song Jiang, without much nonsense, just threw out a paper and asked him to answer.

The paper was rich in content, and the last big question asked Song Jiang to write a primary development strategy.

Song Jiang's answer is also very good, roughly: send warmth, send warmth with all your strength, cure diseases and save lives, and send charcoal in the snow.

After Gao Ming read the answer, he enriched the strategy a bit.

Specially looking for poor people, giving rice to those who are short of rice, and money to those who are short of money.

Look for local people, develop the backbone, first get together a few big protectors, and build the main altar.

Afterwards, a strict hierarchical system within the church was established. The more devout, the easier it is to be promoted, and the higher the level.

The higher the rank, the greater the power in the church, and the higher the "salary" in the church.

If you encounter blocking forces, you can bribe them with money and seek refuge.

Gao Ming is not worried about how to build relationships. This is Song Jiang's strength. He is a smooth little official, and this is what he is best at.

People like Li Kui can be taken down by him, and others are no problem.

"If you go to the Kingdom of Jin to develop believers, the imperial court will not short of your needs. You must first set up the structure of the church." Gao Ming said: "Just do it, I will take care of your father and younger brother, you Even if you are not married, if you have a wife and children, don't worry, just leave them to me."

Song Jiang hurriedly said: "Song Jiang has never married a wife, but married a wife, how dare he work in the yamen! My father and younger brother are living in Tokyo thanks to Mr. Gao's kindness, and Song Jiang has no worries about the future."

Although I know that you have the goodness of Longyang, it is unnecessary, really unnecessary.

Gao Ming nodded all over the floor, patted Song Jiang on the shoulder and said: "Then, you can ask Li Jun to bring you and your confidants to sneak into the gold!"

Song Jiang bid farewell to Gao Ming and embarked on a journey of "smuggling to preach".

-

After Yelu Dashi met Gao Ming, he rushed to Huining, Jurchen's hometown. This was the most important thing he needed to do right now.

On the way, he unfolded the canonization letter to Jurchen, staring at the three characters Donghuaiguo on it for a long time.

Gao Ming's words echoed in his mind all the time. According to Gao Ming, Jurchen is as imposing as a rainbow, so she will definitely not accept Donghuai, a title that implies Huaide, a small eastern state.

Otherwise, if the sign is found to be wrong, it will not be read out?Looking for an excuse to come back to face the saint first?

It's a pity that his plan could only fail, because he was caught up by Xiao Xinilie, the Taifu sent by the emperor, within a few days after he left.

It turned out that the emperor was afraid that Yelu Dashi, a young man, would not be able to hold back, so he temporarily sent an extra tutor.

According to the emperor's words, it was: "Hmph, are you still afraid that Jurchen will make a mistake after sending the Tai Tuo?!"

As soon as Xiao Xinilie saw Yelu Dashi, he received the canonized letter of credence and the jade seal bestowed on the Kingdom of Jin into his hands, as if he had full authority to accept the handbook seal.

Yelu Dashi didn't say much, firstly, the other party was the Taifu, with a high position and authority, and secondly, it would be better if the other party was willing to take this hot potato.

A group of Liao people stepped on the green grass, smelling the fragrance of flowers and blowing the breeze, all the way to the location of Jurchen.

Yelu Dashi remembered Cao Aobai's confession, he said that they gave the Jurchen tribe [-] beauties who could play drums in Xixia.

As a result, he really saw this group of beauties who were good at playing at the reception feast for them in the Liao Kingdom.

He knows what Jurchen is like, and such a high-level performance must have been sent by Xixia.

Immediately, his face turned black, because he also told Xiao Xinilie what Xi Xia had done on the way.

So the Taifu of the Liao Kingdom also knew very well what the background of these beauties in front of him was.

I can't help but mutter in my heart, asking Xixia women to come out to play, could it be a demonstration for our Liao Kingdom?

Look at your courtier Xia Guo also coming to our Jurchen to wag his tail.

Wanyan Aguda was still looking forward to the canonization. He led the "folks" to rebel against the Liao Kingdom, and finally achieved phased results. Today is the day of harvest.

He was deeply touched by himself, and under his leadership, the other Jurchens also drank to their heart's content.

And the Liao people, as a family of wine lovers, are not far behind. They seem to be fighting for wine, and their faces are flushed from drinking.

After eating and drinking well, Xiao Xinilie took out his credentials, "Wanyan Agu asks for the seal!"

Aguda and his sons all stood up, came to Xiao Xinilie, put one knee on the ground, and listened to the imperial edict.

He begged in his heart that from today onwards, Jurchen would be able to get rid of the slavery of the Liao Kingdom.

They Jurchen also have their own country.

Hearing Xiao Xinilie's voice read out, he suddenly felt something was wrong, "Dong Huaiguo?" He immediately stood up.

His sons also stood up, "What is Donghuai Kingdom?! I am Dajin Kingdom!"

"What's the difference between Donghuai and Dajin? It's just the title of a country."

Wu Shu said fiercely: "It's not the same! Donghuai is clearly a small country in the east that is warmed by your Daliao!"

Xiao Xinilie was a little shocked. Aren't these Jurchen savages very uneducated?Even noticed the meaning behind these words.

"You don't think highly of us at all!" Zong Wang yelled loudly, and approached the envoy of the Liao Kingdom.

The entourage of the Liao Kingdom naturally did not allow them to get close to the Grand Tutor, and when they came up to block them, they were directly pushed down by Zong Wang.

The other guards of the Liao Kingdom immediately drew their swords.

Seeing this posture, the Jurchens also took out their weapons one after another.

It is only a momentary matter to fight hand-to-hand.

At this moment, Yelu Dashi, who had been prepared for a long time, grabbed Taifu Xiao Xinilie and rushed towards the door of the felt tent. Because he hadn't drunk much and he was optimistic about the retreat, the breakout was very smooth.

When he came outside the tent, he pushed Xiao Xinilie, who was so frightened, onto the horse's back, pulled the horse, and sent the Taifu out first.

After breaking up, he tried to rescue a few more people from the felt tent, but before he could save a few people, he was surrounded by a large number of Jurchens. Fortunately, there was a horse not far away, turned on the horse, and jumped out of the Jurchen Surrounded by him, go after Tai Tuo.

How could Jurchen give up, Aguda led his sons to chase after him on horseback.

Yelu Dashi and Xiao Xinilie yelled in Khitan dialect to Aguda who was farther behind: "Stop! I want to catch you! I want you to see for yourself that Jurchen captures Linhuang Mansion!"

He also shot a few arrows at the two of them, Yelu Dashi dodged them all, but Xiao Xinilie was in disaster, he was shot in the arm by an arrow.

Seeing this, Yelu Dashi took out an arrow from his quiver, aimed it at A Guda and released it, but unfortunately the arrow didn't have enough time to aim, and missed a lot, only hitting A Guda's hat.

But also because of this arrow, Jurchen's pursuit slowed down, giving them a chance to escape.

After confirming that the encirclement was drawn out, Yelu Dashi pulled out the arrow from the Taifu's arm and dealt with it simply.

Xiao Xinilie burst into tears, "A Guda is so courageous."

Yelu Dashi remained silent, Gao Ming really hit the mark, this part was correct, so his other inferences would not be wrong.

"The Jurchens are fierce, so we have to appease them. The Taifu will go back and ask His Majesty to formally confer them the Kingdom of Jin. Come again..." Yelu Dashi followed Gao Ming's words, "If you come again, why not marry a princess to one of Aguda's sons. "

Xiao Xinilie felt sad when he thought of his followers who hadn't escaped, "How could the wishes of these Jurchen savages be fulfilled."

"If you fail, the consequences will be more serious."

The other party is the Taifu, and he persuaded the emperor, and it is still possible to realize it.

Xiao Xinilie sniffed and looked at Yelu Dashi, "Anyway, you saved my life. You are the eighth grandson of Taizu, so you should not be buried."

Now there are no useful people in the Liao Kingdom. It is time for the younger generation like Yelu Dashi to take the lead.

The two of them didn't dare to delay, and hurried all the way back to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao Kingdom.

But I learned a deplorable news that after the emperor met Cao Aobai, he was very angry when he learned of Xixia's disrespect, and sent someone to order Xixia Emperor Li Ganshun to come to Liao to plead guilty.

But Li Qianshun is not a fool. Can he come back after going to the capital of Liao Kingdom?

Yelu Yanxi saw that Xixia was disobedient, and immediately sent an army to fight Xixia, and wanted to arrest Li Qianshun and bring him back to Liao for questioning.

I don't know whether it was because the Khitan's strength was gone, or Xixia made a desperate fight, and Xixia defeated the Khitan soldiers of the Liao Kingdom at Hengshan.

Yelu Yanxi was furious, and was about to give Xixia a look, but learned that the Taifu and Yelu Dashi were almost killed by Jurchen.

Really one by one, don't worry.

But obviously Jurchen's side is more urgent.

And just a few days after the Taifu and Yelu Dashi came back, I heard the news that Aguda was calling on the Jurchen ministries, and it seemed that he was going to send troops again.

The target is directed at Linhuang Mansion, the old nest of the Liao Kingdom.

So he didn't care about Xixia for the time being, and let Li Qianshun live for the time being.

But he let Li Qianshun go, but Aguda obviously didn't intend to let him go.

The uncle Xiao Fengxian persuaded: "Your Majesty, the Jurchen will not leave the hometown too far. I guess it is just to rob once. Let's let the city stay away and wait for the Jurchen to go back to the house before returning. During the Tang Dynasty, the emperor left Chang'an several times, no Guozuo has more than 200 years, and our Daliao has only [-] years, we can follow the strategy of the late Tang Dynasty and go first."

Xiao Xinilie, who was shot with an arrow by A Gu, said: "Make the city simple, but where to go? Nanjing Youzhou was given to Song Dynasty, Zhongjing Dading Mansion is close to Jurchen, and only Xijing Yunzhou is left, which is far away from Xixia and Hebei. Song is close!"

Only then did Yelu Yanxi realize that he had nowhere to go, could it be that he was wandering on the grassland?

Touching the top of Zhengliang's head, "Then Taifu, do you have any ideas?"

"It's better to send someone to formally confer Jurchen the Kingdom of Great Jin, and then marry a princess to give their fourth prince Wanyan Wushu, and appease them first. As for the follow-up..." He looked at Yelu Dashi.

Yelu Dashi took over the conversation, "You can go to Song State to buy some powerful firearms to fight against Jurchen."

Speaking of firearms, Yelu Yanxi remembered the special firearms of the Song Dynasty that frightened them to the point of ceding Youzhou.

As the emperor's brother-in-law and a foreign relative, he resolutely opposed this policy, "Buy firearms from Song State? Let's not talk about whether they will sell them or not. Even if they sell them, they will definitely make various demands! We must not make them cheaper! We must not take this step wrong. !"

Yelu Dashi said anxiously: "I'd rather be with Youbang than with my slaves! Besides, no matter how wrong I am, can I miss the first fish feast and not kill Aguda?!"

Yelu Yanxi regretted it, regretted it too much, why did he call Wanyan Aguda to dance at the Touyu Banquet, if he didn't dance, wouldn't it be a problem.

By the way, why didn't I kill Aguda back then?

It was his brother-in-law Xiao Feng who first interceded for him!

There was a shock in his heart.

Xiao Fengxian showed a fierce look on Yelu Dashi's provocation, you dare to accuse me? !wait and see!

I heard Yelu Yanxi say: "Teacher Xi Nilie, if you send out the Jurchens again, you can formally confer them the Kingdom of Jin, and then tell them that I will marry a princess to their fourth prince. And you, Dashi, you Go to the State of Song to see if I can get some firearms back. And I... I will continue to suppress the bowl."

Even wandering on the grassland is better than staying here and waiting to die.

Yelu Dashi was speechless, and Nabo went to camp and hunt in the grassland.

To put it bluntly, the emperor still ran away and stopped staying in Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, fearing that he would be captured by A Gu.

"Farewell to Your Majesty." Yelu Dashi could only wish the emperor a happy hunting.

-

Hearing that the Liao Kingdom was at war with the Jin Kingdom, Zhao Ji beamed with joy.

Although the Liao Kingdom did not send anyone to poison the emperor of the Xia Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom was too busy dealing with the Jin Kingdom to look around.

Moreover, Xixia also defeated one of their troops, and it is estimated that they can't wait to destroy the country.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Ji felt that the time was ripe and it was time to bear fruit, so he shouted for the army to move.

Before leaving, he also personally painted a picture of the triumphant return of the Western Expedition.

Although he is not good at painting flowers and birds, but because of the pure and sincere emotion, he still reached a very high artistic level.

Of course, from now on, he is no longer just a civilized emperor, and his martial arts are still beyond the reach of those who came after him.

At this time, the leader of the expedition is the Privy Envoy Tong Guan, the Sanya Taiwei Gao Qiu, accompanied by the commanders of the four imperial guards including Longwei Shenwei, Hua Rong is among them, and they are those who know Weizhou affairs. Kind of teacher.

At that time, all the coalition forces will rush towards Xixia and send them a battle to destroy the country.

Gao Ming really had no reason to follow, so he could only stay in Bianliang, reluctantly seeing off Huarong.

Although he believed in Hua Rong's strength, his heart was still sore, after all, he didn't know how long it would take before we could meet each other.

And I'm afraid I can't even write a letter, all relying on seeing things and thinking about others.

Gao Ming also imitated what Hua Rong had done, hooked out the jade pendant he was wearing around his neck, and kissed it lightly, "Remember to miss me."

"It goes without saying." Hua Rong said with a smile, "I promise to miss you ten times a day."

Gao Ming laughed and said, "What you said, I can't miss it again! I will check it with telepathy."

"I promise."

Gao Qiu stood with his back to the two of them, and waited for the two of them to say goodbye before urging Hua Rong: "It's time to go."

Gao Ming looked at his father, "Pay attention to your health, but I'm much more at ease with Huarong on the road."

Gao Qiu warned: "Take good care of the child, we will be victorious when we go here."

Gao Ming nodded firmly, watching Hua Rong put the jade pendant back into his collar, got on his horse with his father separately, set off together, and went to the army to meet up with the main force, just waiting to get out of the capital.

Gao Ming looked at their backs, and thought that Liao and Jin were also at war, and couldn't help thinking in his heart, the whole world is really at war, when will the world be peaceful.

However, he believed that the victory must belong to Da Song.

-

Zhao Ji's health is very good, this is the consensus of all civil and military officials, so Tong Guan dared to encourage him to march in person.

After all, the emperor, who was in poor health, couldn't bear the toss, and died of tossing, and the minister could hardly absolve himself of the blame.

Tong Guan has full confidence in his commitment to Xixia this time, not to mention the strength of the whole country, and the emperor's personal conquest to boost morale.

The emperor only needs to sit firmly in the tent, and the rest of the affairs of leading the army to fight will be left to him.

Once Xixia is destroyed, he will definitely be named a county king.

Immersed in the vision of the future, the army marched all the way. During the period, Zhao Guanjia witnessed the scenery along the way, deeply felt the majesty of the rivers and mountains, and frequently wrote poems, which was very productive.

But just as he was about to meet with the Western Army's Zhong Shi Dao, Zhao Ji's poems suddenly stopped.

"My body has been very tired for the past three days." Zhao Ji yawned, with tears in his eyes, "I'm sweating a lot." As he spoke, he lazily scratched the back of his hand, "It's still very itchy."

In the past, Gao Qiu must have been worried about the dragon body of the official family, but ever since Zhao Ji sent his son to take risks alone, he didn't like him very much.

At this moment, I just feel annoying, very annoying, why can't he save people some time.