Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Emperor Wu Ximenqing himself gathered with Cheng Wanli, Murong Yanda, Zhao Mingcheng, Qin Hui and other ministers and ministers every day to study how to develop Qi's economy and improve people's livelihood.

Not to mention that the promotion of cement has made it much easier to build bridges, roads, houses and cities, which has greatly improved the transportation in various places and reduced labor labor, and how many lives have been saved by the promotion of medical alcohol and disinfection concepts, etc. The improvement in technology, just the simple map of the world produced and printed by Ximen Qing, opened the eyes of the officials and people of Qi State, and they had an earth-shaking understanding of the world.

Under Ximen Qing's deliberate encouragement and promotion, more and more adventurous people along the coast, one after another newly built sea-going ships traveled between Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian island countries, while earning huge trade profits for themselves. , It also allowed Qi's city ship department to collect a lot of taxes.

Qin Hui, Minister of the Household Department, was very happy about this, and even took the lead in responding to Ximen Qing's call to explore the world, encouraging the Qin clan in Jiangning to build ships and go out to sea for business.

Like Qin Hui, after seeing the benefits of the sea, the ministers of the DPRK and China encouraged their clans to go to the sea, go to the South Seas, and even follow the Arabs to explore the Indian Ocean.

Now that Qi has looked at the world with an open eye and has the ambition to conquer the ocean, Taiwan Island, which is so close, will certainly not be let go.

The island of Taiwan was known to the Central Plains people as early as the Warring States Period. It was called "Daoyi" at that time, and it was also regarded as a branch of Dongyi.

Before and after the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, the Central Plains dynasty called Taiwan Island "East Kun" or "Yizhou".

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty renamed Taiwan Island as "Liuqiu".

The earliest Chinese people came to Taiwan to cultivate and manage the island can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms era.

In the second year of Wu Huanglong in the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, sent generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead [-] sailors across the sea and called "Yizhou" Taiwan when they arrived.

This was the beginning of the development of Taiwan by residents of mainland China using advanced cultural knowledge.The production and life forms of Yizhou at that time were recorded in detail in "Linhai Soil Chronicles" written by Shen Ying, a native of Wu.

In the Sui Dynasty, the contact between the Central Plains and Taiwan Island increased day by day.

According to records, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty sent people to Liuqiu Island three times to "visit strange customs" and "comfort" the local residents.

At that time, the mainland and Taiwan had trade relations.

In the hundreds of years from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the people along the coast of the mainland, especially the residents of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in Fujian Province, in order to escape the war and military disasters, one after another moved to Penghu or Taiwan to engage in land reclamation.

With this foundation, how can Ximen Qing let the island of Taiwan become isolated again?

Ximenqing asked Xu Wen to lead troops to Liuqiu Island and the Penghu Islands, and then established the Qi State regime on the islands.

Because Liuqiu Island and the Penghu Islands were not well developed, Ximenqing placed them under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou, Fujian, and sent soldiers and civilians to garrison them.

From then on, Taiwan Island was officially incorporated into the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The aristocratic families and common people along the coast have more or less benefited from the ocean trade and the flow of land for reclamation. The local tyrants on the Fifth Road in Shaanxi are too far away from the sea, so they can only turn their attention to the trade in the Western Regions.

After Qi State recovered the states in the Hexi Corridor, it re-established contact with the countries in the Western Regions through the Xizhou Huihe.

The Hexi Silk Road, which was interrupted because of Tubo and Xixia, once again restored some of its former glory.

Today's Tubo is not as powerful as it was in the Tang Dynasty, but they dare not provoke the newly established Daqi State.Therefore, the commercial routes in the Hexi Corridor are unimpeded.

With the recovery of trade in the Western Regions, Central Asian caravans came one after another, and the ancient city of Chang'an Prefecture in Xijing became more prosperous.

Under the governance of Ximenqing, Qi's national situation can be described as thriving.

While the Qi State was recuperating and devoting all its efforts to developing its economy, the Jin State in the north launched a war again.

In order to completely eliminate the aftermath of the remnants of the Liao Dynasty, Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of the Jin Army Capital mobilized 20 troops and launched a western expedition against Ketun City in two routes, north and south.

At this time, Yelu Dashi, a nobleman of the royal family of the Liao Dynasty, had been entrenched in Kedun City for several years, holding high the banner of restoring Liao Dynasty to attract heroes from all directions.

Inspired by Yelu Dashi, many Khitan people from Xijing Road, Zhongjing Road and Shangjing Road in the Kingdom of Jin went to join him.

After the Xixia Kingdom was destroyed, although Li Heda failed to go north to Yelu Dashi, many Khitans and party members in the northern border area of ​​Xixia Kingdom went north to join Yelu Dashi.

The 5000 troops of Yan Junsi, Heishui Town, on the northwest border of Xixia Kingdom, abandoned the city before the Jin army arrived, and also went north to seek refuge in Yelu Dashi.

The power of Yelu Dashi is growing day by day, and it claims to have [-] fine riders, which makes the Kingdom of Jin feel like a thorn in its back, and has become a force that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, the Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai of the Kingdom of Jin, regardless of the unfavorable conditions that the Kingdom of Jin and Ketun City were separated by the Gobi Desert, issued a decree to conquer Yelu Dashi in the west.

Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of Jin Jundu served as the commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Jiamu, Wanyanchang, Wanyan Zongbi, Yelv Yujian and other famous generals of the Jin army gathered in Datong Mansion, and then divided into two groups to embark on the road to the west.

Wanyan Zonghan personally led Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Jiamu, Wanyanchang and other generals, led 15 troops as the main force of the North Road, crossed the desert and marched westward to Ketun City.

Veteran Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Zongbi and Yelu Yujian led [-] cavalrymen, headed westward to the lower reaches of Ruoshui, the former Yan Junsi of Heishui Town in the Xixia Kingdom, and then went north to bypass the Jubu Department that supported Yelu Dashi, and crossed the Wushan attacked the Yelu Dashi army from the west by surprise, cutting off the way for Yelu Dashi to escape to the west.

Because of Ximenqing's mediation, he became friendly with the Kingdom of Jin, and Borjijin Tunbinai, who was named the King of Muwu, also received many gold and silver treasures from the Kingdom of Jin, and asked him to help the Jin Army.

Bo'er Jijin Tun Bi Nai couldn't shirk it, so he gathered [-] cavalry and handed it over to his son Boer Jijin Hebuler to lead him to play by ear.

In this battle, the famous generals and elite soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin came out together, and the lineup was not inferior to the battle to destroy the Song Dynasty.It can be seen that the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Wu, is determined to beg for money and complete his achievements in one battle.

With the mobilization of 20 troops, the news of the Jin army's westward expedition naturally cannot be hidden from the world.

Before the army went out, Ximen Qing, who was in the imperial palace of Bianliang City in Tokyo, received detailed information.

Even Yelu Dashi, who was far away in Ketun City, sent secret envoys to Bianliang City, Tokyo, intending to form an anti-gold alliance with Qi.

Yelu Dashi's secret envoy bewitched Ximenqing, saying that the Jin army had made a large-scale westward expedition, and the main force had been withdrawn. Now that the defenses of Hebei and Hedong are empty, it is a good time for Qi to reclaim lost land from the north.

In the secret letter brought by the secret envoy, Yelu Dashi also promised Ximenqing that as long as the two armies form an alliance to defeat the Jin army, after the Khitan is restored, all the territory of the original Khitan Nanjing Road and Xijing Road will be ceded to Qi State as a reward.

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Why cede Yanyun's land as a reward, Yelu Dashi can defeat Yan Zonghan and win these lands, only then is he eligible to negotiate with Ximenqing.

If it is necessary for the army of the Qi State to take it for themselves, wouldn't it be possible to draw a big cake and trick Ximen Qing into taking chestnuts for Yelu Dashi?

However, Ximen Qing still admired that Yelu Dashi.After all, in order to restore the country's lofty ambition, that guy can persevere and try again and again.

Before the demise of the Xixia Kingdom, Yelu Dashi sent envoys to secretly contact the Song Dynasty, intending to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty.

After the Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Jin army, Nayelu Dashi secretly contacted and formed an alliance with Li Qianshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, through Li Heda, with the intention of counterattacking the Jin Kingdom.

Now that the Xixia Kingdom was divided between Qi and Jin, Yelu Dashi approached Qi without giving up.

Now Ximenqing, the emperor of Qi, married the princess of Jin, and he has a very good friendship with the royal family of Jin. The fact that Qi and Jin also signed a covenant is known all over the world, so how could Yelu Dashi not know about it?

However, knowing that there was little hope, Yelu Dashi still sent envoys all the way to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Ximen Qing didn't know how to accurately evaluate Yelu Dashi.

Feelings are all emotions, but Ximen Qing flatly rejected Yelu Dashi's proposal for a secret alliance.

However, Ximen Qing didn't arrest the envoy and send him to the Kingdom of Jin, but sent him away.

Ximen Qing said to the envoy, please go back and tell General Yelu Dashi that the foundation of Yelu Dashi and the hope of the Liao Kingdom should be in the Western Regions.

Ximenqing advises Yelu Dashi that the east is a dead end and there is no way to go. If you go west, the sea is wide and the birds are free to fly. I hope he can do it for himself.