The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Gao Ming simply restored the plan of the Jurchens in his mind. Since he separated from A Gu, he entered the "ambush circle" of the Jurchens. A Gu led the other Jurchens not to hunt tigers, but to drive them to Come here, and ask Wu Shu and others to shoot to death to accomplish this plan.

Gao Ming thanked gratefully, "It was too dangerous just now, thanks to your timely action."

Wu Shu said something to Zong Han and Zong Wang in terms of Jurchen, and then said to Gao Ming: "You are welcome, you are fine. It is a pity that this tiger has a hole in its fur. It really came out too suddenly, otherwise it would never Shoot the eyes in, and the tiger skin is perfect."

Gao Ming glanced at the dead tiger lying on the ground, and said, "What should we do now? Carry it away?"

Wu Shu nodded, "It's enough to kill the tiger today, we can go back." He asked the Jurchens to lift the tiger, and led Gao Ming and others out of the forest.

Hua Rong picked up the bow on the ground, frowned and stared at Wu Shu's back, he didn't want to let it go, he couldn't be a fool, he had to let the Jurchens understand that he saw through the passive hands and feet on the bowstring.

"Strange to say, my bowstring..."

As soon as Hua Rong opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Gao Ming, "Are you injured anywhere? You scared me to death just now. You dare to fight a tiger with an arrow. Wu Song still has a stick for fighting a tiger." .”

Hua Rong heard that Gao Ming interrupted him on purpose, and couldn't help frowning at him suspiciously. If he didn't believe Gao Ming, he couldn't see through it.

Gao Ming raised his eyebrows at him. Although Hua Rong didn't know what Gao Ming was planning, he followed Gao Ming's instructions and chose to remain silent.

Zong Han glanced back at Huarong, and said with a bit of approval: "You are brave enough, even if the tiger comes at you, you won't run away."

Hua Rong gave the answer, "I have to protect Gao Ming."

Zong Han said: "Just like our Jurchen warriors will protect the tribe like this."

Zong Wang asked, "What do you mean by Wu Song fighting the tiger?"

Gao Ming felt that he should tell them about Wu Song's highlight moment, "A man I knew stayed overnight with a whistle stick, but there was a man-eating tiger on the hill. When the tiger came out to eat him at night, he interrupted the whistle." After the stick, he simply beat the tiger to death with his bare hands!"

After he finished speaking, all the Jurchens who heard it looked at him in surprise, as if they were investigating the truth, "Killed the tiger with bare hands?"

Gao Ming nodded, "That's right, and before that, he drank [-] bowls of wine, passed the post drunk, and killed the tiger with his bare hands. That eye-catching tiger cannot be caught by more than a dozen hunters."

Zong Han and Zong Wang were amazed, and they seemed to believe it. Among them, Zong Han said, "Where is he now? I really want to see him."

But Wu Shu didn't want to hear the heroic stories of the people of Song Dynasty, so he began to pick and choose, "I heard that the tigers in Yuguan are not as big as the tigers in Beidi. If this tiger is so big, he may not be able to do it."

Gao Ming smiled and said: "But a tiger is a tiger." Considering that Wu Shu and others "saved" himself and Hua Rong just now, he still had to follow his plan and could not show dissatisfaction with being bullied, so his tone was very gentle.

Wu Shu continued to analyze, "Actually, tigers don't eat people. They mainly eat wild boars. Unless it is sick and cannot catch wild boars, or its teeth hurt and can't eat other animals, it will eat people. I think the one Wu Song beat was a Sick tiger. By the way, you also said that a dozen or so hunters could not be caught, and you said that before the tiger was killed by him, he had been harassed by the hunters.

Wushu firmly refused to admit that anyone was braver than the Jurchen, and he belittled Song Guowu Song in a critical way, which won the approval of Zonghan and Zongwang. "some type of.

Gao Ming said with a smile: "It's a sick tiger, it can blow people away with just one slap. I think the tiger we hit is also a sick tiger if it's not well preserved. You can see that it didn't go anywhere else, it came straight to us. , it’s not about eating people.”

Wu Shu was afraid that Gao Ming would see through what they were doing, so he didn't dare to pester the tiger any more. He agreed with Gao Ming's words, "It's really powerful to kill a tiger with bare hands. In that case, the tiger's skin will be preserved intact."

At this time, Zong Han pointed to the front and said "ah", Gao Ming looked up, and it turned out that it was A Gu who beat their team.

We meet up.

Seeing the captured tiger, his son who was safe and sound, and the envoys of the Song Dynasty, Aguda showed a satisfied smile, and it seemed that the strategy was successful.

Seeing this, Gao Ming immediately stepped forward, and said in a tone of rejoicing for the rest of his life: "Master, we encountered this fierce tiger just now. Fortunately, several princes helped us to keep us safe. Thank you for saving our lives. I thought it would be rewarded."

A Guda and Wanyan Sheng heard Gao Ming's words, saw that he was grateful to the Jurchens, and that the relationship had been brought closer by a little bit, and they laughed heartily.

Gao Ming found that the Jurchens couldn't hide things in their hearts, even Aguda was like this, happy or unhappy was written on his face, and he immediately laughed uncontrollably when the trick succeeded.

Of course, they don't need to conspire now, they can take the city with their strength, and later Wu Shu pitted Yue Fei, without Zhao Gou's selfishness in it, he couldn't do it either.

A Gu laughed and said: "Then go back and eat tiger meat, then peel off the tiger skin and give it to my two Song friends."

It's done, the Song-Jin alliance is half done.

Bright prospects beckoned to him.

Everyone came out of the woods and returned to the city on horseback. Aguda took his royal family members out on a trip. They didn't need to pour clean water on the street, let alone avoid them. Just like ordinary people, they walked as they wanted.

Riding on the horse, Zong Wang spoke to his father in Jurchen words: "Just now Hua Rong's bowstring broke, and the tiger pounced on him. He didn't hide, but faced the tiger head-on. It looked like he wanted to fight the tiger to his death."

A Guda looked Hua Rong up and down again, with eyes full of admiration, and said to his sons: "This is the real warrior."

"Gao Ming also told me that he knew a man who killed a tiger with his bare hands."

A Guda was thoughtful, and it seemed that there were indeed many brave people in the Song Dynasty.

Wu Shu still couldn't see his father's admiration for the Song people, "There are so many of them, it's normal to have a few courageous ones."

Aguda said: "One out of a hundred, one out of a thousand, they have so many people, think about how many people there are. What kind of imperial examination do they have to gather these people together."

Just like his policy of "Meng An Mou Ke", only by twisting the scattered Jurchen into a rope can the Liao army be invincible.

Wu Shu couldn't think of how to refute the imperial examination system of the southerners for a while, so he kept silent, but he still preferred to believe that talents like Hua Rong and Gao Ming were rare in the Song Dynasty. If there were so many, the grasslands belonged to the Song Dynasty up.

In the first few decades of his life, his father lived under the oppression of the Khitan people, so he was inevitably too cautious.

Even formally resisting the Liao Kingdom, it was only after the suggestions of their brothers, Lou Shi, Yin Shuke and others that they made up their minds.

So sometimes, he admires his uncle Wanyan Sheng more. Although he is cautious, he is more willing to take risks and give it a go.

Everyone returned to the courtyard of Wanyan's house and had a tiger feast happily.

According to the nourishing rule of supplementing form with form, eating a tiger will gain the strength of a tiger, so the tiger meat is naturally eaten by everyone.

The atmosphere at the banquet was warm, and Gao Ming also acted much warmer than before. Because of the alcohol, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and he raised his glass boldly: "Hua Rong and I personally participated in the Jurchen hunt today. With the help of Wushu and others, there was no danger, and escaped from danger! In order to express my gratitude, this glass of wine is toast to the Jurchen warriors!" As he said, he raised his glass to Wushu and the others, "Come on, let us drink it!"

Wu Shu and Zong Han Zongwang liked to drink alcohol, so it was no problem to drink them all in one gulp.

At this time, Wanyan Xiyin raised his glass and said, "May the lord live to be a hundred years old!"

Aguda was very satisfied with the blessing, and drank with a smile.

"One hundred years old!" Everyone cheered.

Gao Ming thought to himself, in the early days of the founding of the Jin Kingdom, the rulers did not have the idea of ​​being an emperor for ten thousand years, and simply wanted to live a hundred years.Throughout the ages, there have been so many emperors, not to mention [-] years old, not even a hundred years old.

Everyone drank happily, got a little excited, and started singing again, but it was all in Jurchen language, Gao Ming couldn't understand it, and couldn't join in.

How can this work? Without singing at the Jurchen banquet, I feel that the communication is always a little bit worse.

So Gao Ming said with a smile, "I'm so happy today, I want to sing a song too!"

As soon as the voice fell, the Jurchen didn't respond yet, Hua Rong looked at Gao Ming worriedly, it doesn't matter if you sing, the key is what to sing, can these people understand the songs from the Central Plains?

Su Shi's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" Yelu Dashi, who is proficient in Sinology, can understand it, but it may be difficult for Jurchen's current Chinese level.I was afraid that after singing, there would be a silence and a few sporadic applause, which was very embarrassing.

Gao Ming gave Huarong a "don't worry about me" look, and said, "This song is called "The Brave Jurchen""

Wanyan Xiyin has studied Sinology, and thought that Gao Ming could sing songs like "Yulinling" and "Su Muzhe" in the Central Plains, but he was still worried about how to translate them, because he didn't want Gao Ming to spit out such simple and clear song titles , I couldn't help but feel a little curiosity in my heart.

Gao Ming cleared his throat. His singing is definitely not as good as Le He and Li Shishi, but he is not out of tune, and the nursery rhymes are catchy, so he believes he can still master them.

Besides, he was out of tune, who could tell? !

The sincerity of the lyrics is the most important thing.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, he held up his wine glass and sang: "There is a high Buxian Mountain, a big forest, and a brave Jurchen lives beside the forest, ah, a fierce horse, and a bow, hunting across mountains and ridges Patrol and protect the mountains and forests, the brave Jurchens, the flowing water of the Heishui River is rushing, the forest roots of the Xianshan Mountains are so rooted, their days are beautiful and happy, and the friendship between Song and Jin should also be remembered Keep it in mind."

Buxian Mountain is Changbai Mountain, and Heishui River is naturally Heilongjiang.

White mountains and black waters are the most familiar things for the Jurchens.

The tune was lively and exciting, and the lyrics were straightforward. No matter how proficient the Jurchen people were at the scene, they found that they understood the song. Not to mention that, they also found that they seemed to be able to sing.

After Gao Ming finished singing once, and just started the second time, he was not singing alone, and there were more and more harmonies.

Gao Ming thought with relief that music has no national and national boundaries, especially good music.

This folk song is originally a minority folk song, and it is very much in line with the taste of the Jurchens. I love it when I hear it

Driven by this song, the atmosphere of the banquet reached its peak.

If they didn't know, they would have thought that Jurchen had already defeated the Liao Kingdom, and they were holding a celebration meeting.

Seeing that the envoys of the Song Dynasty, who had been lukewarm before, had gone to the village to do as the Romans did, singing their own songs, the Jurchen people also let go of their guard and sang to their heart's content, and they didn't break up until midnight.

As for the tiger skin, according to what Aguda had said at the beginning, when it was ready, it would be sent to Gao Ming and the others.

Gao Ming, who ate the first-class state-protected animal for later generations, returned to his residence with Hua Rong.The two of them finally had a chance to talk in private, Hua Rong put his arms around Gao Ming as soon as he entered the door and said, "They must have tampered with my bowstring!"

Thinking of what the Jurchens did today, Hua Rong is still angry now that she resorted to such a dangerous method.

The point is that this strategy is used on Gao Ming who does not know any kung fu, if they are generals who are good at bows and arrows, he will not say anything.

Gao Ming said: "I know, we left the horses outside the yard, and when we came in to meet Aguda, they tampered with the bow you hung on the horse. When you were hunting, you couldn't use the bow, and they saved it logically. We just want to sell us a big favor and ask me to promote the Song-Jin alliance. Since there is so much trouble, I will follow their plan. Let the boat go and accept this favor. Anyway, I think the time is almost here, and we can close the net and negotiate.

"I just said, how can you not see through their scheming." Hua Rong said: "But unexpectedly, you can still sing their songs."

"I can't sing, I just hum. If you think it's good, it's because I stayed with Yan Qing and Le He for so long and learned a little bit."

"No way, how can you hum so well? I think they are very fond of this song. Baobuqi will sing it tomorrow."

That’s fine, let’s just think of me as making a small contribution to the cultural cause of the Kingdom of Jin, “It’s a small step for me here, but a big step for the relationship between Song and Jin. And I’m going to see Wan Yan Zongbi tomorrow. Take this step a little bigger."

"You are going to see Wanyan Zongbi, okay, I will accompany you."

"No need, I can go by myself. You are a general after all, I think they are afraid of you."

Hua Rong laughed and said, "It's you they should be afraid of, your mouth is the one that kills people invisible."

"Then kill you first!" Gao Ming smiled and raised his head to kiss Huarong.

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Early the next morning, Gao Ming shook his wine bags and Hua Rong's wine bags separately, because he drank a lot to keep warm along the way, and there were not many wine bags left at this time, so he took the remaining wine bags from the two wine bags. The wine was poured together, and only half of the bag was collected, but it was better than nothing, so I took it to see Wan Yan Zongbi.

Wu Shu saved Gao Ming yesterday, so he was undoubtedly involved in Gao Ming's visit, but he didn't see Hua Rong, so he asked, "Where is Hua Rong?"

"I'm repairing bowstrings at my residence." Gao Ming saw that Wanyan Zongbi's room was an ordinary Jurchen furnishings, very simplified. Inside the room was a ten thousand-character kang, with kangs on three sides.

When Gao Ming first came in, there were two Jurchen women who were sitting on the south kang like Wu Shu. Seeing Gao Ming coming, they sat on the opposite north kang and continued to sew leather hats. For defense, from time to time, they will also use Jurchen to talk, just like "You men talk about you, we women talk about us."

Gao Ming has been in the Kingdom of Jin for so many days, and he got used to it. He sat down on the edge of the kang and said to Wu Shu, "I am here today for nothing but to thank you for saving my life yesterday. I have come from a long way, and I have nothing on hand." There is only a little wine brought from the Song Dynasty, and there is only half a wine bag left, so don't dislike it."

Wine is a good thing, not a single drop is too little, and Wu Shu is not too polite. He took Gao Ming's wine bag, "You Han people are good at making wine, and so are those on the Bohai Sea."

"Then why don't you try it and see how it compares to the ones in Bohai."

After Gao Ming said that, Wu Shu was not polite, he unscrewed the wine bag and took a sip, then his eyes lit up, he looked at Gao Ming and praised: "Not bad! If you have good wine, you have to have good food!" The two women on the kang to the north said something in Jurchen.

The two women put down their needlework and said something dissatisfied to him. Wu Shu glared at him and urged him to say a few more Jurchen words. We went out hand in hand.

Wu Shu looked at the backs of the two of them and shook his head, then said to Gao Ming: "You women in the Central Plains must be very obedient, right?"

Gao Ming guessed that Wushu should ask these two women to go down and ask someone to cook food, but they didn't want to, so they talked back to Wushu. Although they went, they hummed heavily at Wushu in dissatisfaction.

Although he didn't understand, the conversation should be: "Call someone to make a meal!" "Didn't you see that we are busy, go and call someone yourself!" "Hurry up!" "Humph!"

Gao Ming smiled wryly: "It's all the same. In the Central Plains, we call tigers Da Chong, but I know a woman who is nicknamed Mother Da Chong, and there is also a Hag Sha who specializes in the business of steamed buns made of human flesh."

Gao Ming focused on giving Wushu a popularization of the deeds of the mother Yasha Sun Erniang, and Wushu frowned when he heard it, probably because he felt that what Ma Zhi said was different.

Wu Shu thought, why does it sound like they are more ferocious than Jurchen women, at least Jurchen women dare not be human food.

He once felt that what Gao Ming said was false, but Gao Ming described the Sun Erniang, what she looked like, where she lived, and how she was skinned.

"But Ma Zhi said, women in your southern country are very gentle, how can I put it, gentle like water."

Gao Ming grinned, "Ma Zhi is a native of the Liao Kingdom, how can he understand the affairs of the Song Kingdom, but only a half-knowledge. Let me tell you a joke, and you will understand it. Fierce, one day, his face was swollen with a rolling pin, and the next day, he went to work in the yamen. The official in charge saw him and asked him what happened. He said that the grape trellis fell down, but the official said: "No, it was your woman who beat her. I'm going to arrest her for questioning!" At this time, the official's daughter-in-law was standing aside and heard angrily shouting: "You dare!" Hurry up and hide, my grape trellis is about to fall!'."

Wu Shu listened, and nodded while laughing, "It's really funny."

Gao Ming also smiled, at this time the two women who had just left came in with dishes, Gao Ming saw a big stewed fish dish and a stewed meat dish, there were plenty of dishes.

Wu Shu wanted to pour the wine in the wine bag for Gao Ming, but Gao Ming refused, "This is for you, so I won't drink it. To be honest, I drank too much last night, and my head still hurts." .”

Wu Shu was not polite, seeing that Gao Ming didn't drink, he poured it himself, "I'm very happy that you can come today. When I first saw you, I thought you were annoying, but after these few days of contact, I Looking at you, you are still very good. Especially the song you sang last night, although it was in Chinese, was really good. I almost thought you were a Jurchen. You are a Han, how can you sing songs outside the pass?"

"When I was passing through Youzhou, I heard people singing on the street, and I didn't know what language it was. But the tune is really easy to remember, and the lyrics are my own."

Wu Shu was quite satisfied with the answer. Looking into Gao Ming's eyes, he asked a question that he was most curious about, "Why didn't you Song country counterattack the Liao country? Don't say anything about repairing it, I don't believe it. With strength, Why not occupy a larger territory?"

"Tang Taizong said that the successor can be determined by taking history as a mirror. Emperor Sui Yang resorted to military force. As a result, the country was destroyed and the world was destroyed. Was it because the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were not strong enough? No, it was because Emperor Sui Yang abused the power of the people and did not let the people have a good life. As the saying goes, water can carry a boat and capsize it. If we attack the Liao Kingdom and seize Youzhou, we will waste money and people, and we don’t think it’s worthwhile to hurt the people.”

Gao Ming talked eloquently.

And Wushu: "..."

Did not understand.

Who is Tang Taizong and who is Sui Yangdi?How could it be overwhelmed?

Seeing his silence, Gao Ming knew that he didn't understand, so he explained in a rough way: "Let's put it this way, the people of the Song Kingdom have meat to eat now, so there is no need to seize Youzhou, because it will cost a lot of money to conquer Youzhou." , captured Youzhou, but the people had no meat to eat. As a country’s monarch, he didn’t want the people’s living standards to decline, so he simply stopped fighting. The population of the Song Kingdom is already large enough, so there is no need to seize the city and the population. But..." Gao Ming His eyes became sharper, "If someone wants to tell the people of Song Dynasty to live a life without meat, we will not agree, and we will definitely fight back."

Wu Shu understood a bit. To put it bluntly, it is not worthwhile for Song to fight Liao. "But for us, we can live a good life only by fighting Liao."

"This is because the national conditions of the two countries are different." Gao Ming shrugged. "The basis of the alliance between the two countries is common interests. I don't think there is such a thing between our two countries."

Wu Shu was stunned when he heard that, after so much effort, he still couldn't form an alliance?

However, at this time, he heard Gao Ming change the subject, "But for this reason, we will not form an alliance with the Liao Kingdom to deal with the Jin Kingdom. Just because you saved me, I will persuade our emperor not to Assisting the Liao Kingdom."

Wushu feels better now, even if he can't win Song Guo to join him, he won't be fighting on two fronts, "Can you guarantee this?"

Gao Ming nodded, "I will do my best to ensure that Song will not intervene in the battle between Liao and Jin."

You pinch it.

Wushu always felt that it was not enough, and it would be better to form an alliance to deal with the Liao Kingdom.

At this time, I heard Gao Ming say: "Although there is no alliance, but with the concept of good neighborliness and friendship, I think our two countries can cooperate with each other for mutual benefit and win-win."

Wushu again: "..."

What are you talking about, I don't quite understand!

Gao Ming explained with a smile: "It's a win-win situation."

"Win-win?"

"Taking interests into account, Song and Jin countries have a relationship of mutual threats and mutual needs. We should take care of each other in the relationship, so that the winners don't win all, and the losers don't lose all."

Wu Shu felt that he was obviously the smartest among his brothers, but why couldn't he understand what Gao Ming was saying, he clearly understood every word, but when they were connected together, he didn't understand what it meant.

At this time, Gao Ming said: "Even the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Song are beneficial to take!"

Okay, got it!Wu Shu told himself not to show timidity, and asked calmly, "Why are there benefits?"

"Business, cultural exchange." Gao Ming said: "Business is to get what you need, to learn from each other's strengths, and cultural exchange is to learn from each other and prosper together. For example, we can exchange fine wine and tea with you for horses."

There are so many Jurchen horses that they can be exported.

Wu Shu took a sip of the wine Gao Ming brought, "Is this kind of wine?"

Gao Ming nodded, "Yes, that's it. What do you think? The reason why I talked to you without even informing the Lord Lang was because I knew that His Highness Zong Bi was the smartest of all the princes. People do things, saving time and effort.”

Wu Shu himself thought so too. Of course this kind of strong wine is very good. Drinking it can keep you warm in winter, but the export of horses is cheaper for the Song State. Song State does not produce horses. It's the horses.

He somewhat understood Gao Ming's so-called win-win situation, that is, both of them felt a little bit of pain, and no one could take advantage of it.

He put this down first and asked, "What about cultural exchanges?"

It is to exchange students. Gao Ming said: "Send people to each other's countries to experience life. I think that many of the information Ma Zhi told you are wrong. I think we should learn more about each other. For example, Song Guo sent ten people here. The Kingdom of Jin lived for one year, and the Kingdom of Jin also sent ten people to the Kingdom of Song to live for one year."

As long as people from the Song Dynasty mixed in, they would be able to figure out the Jurchen's tactics clearly within a year, because these Jurchens, apart from hunting, were fighting, fighting and fighting.

But the people of the Song Dynasty, life can be enriched, you can go to restaurants, go to the night market, play Cuju, gamble, drink, brothels and Chu houses, Zaju, painting, calligraphy, playing with jewelry and jade...

"Bad habits" are one after another.

Gao Ming is not worried about whether the Jurchens will spy on information when they come to the Song Kingdom. country arranged in advance.

It is absolutely guaranteed that a simple Jurchen will come in and a Baqi disciple will go back.Most importantly, it is possible to cultivate several pro-Song factions.

And those who come back from Jurchen can all become the best generals.

Of course Wu Shu wanted to send people to Song to visit, but when he thought that Song would also send people to Jin, he didn't really want to agree, wouldn't he be spied on by people from Song.

After hesitating for a while, Wu Shu instinctively felt that he could not agree, "I think it's better to change some wine and horses first, cultural exchange or something, step by step."

A trace of disappointment flashed through Gao Ming's heart, and he immediately suggested: "Well, let's not send people to the Kingdom of Jin, and send ten Jurchens to the Kingdom of Song to live there for a year."

Wu Shu couldn't help thinking, this sounds like a good deal, if the Song people don't come, they just ask the Jurchens to go there.

Gao Ming observed Wu Shu's expression, just as he thought, Wu Shu probably felt that the Jurchens had taken advantage of it, and instead of being spied on by the people of Song, they could learn about the situation of Song, and the possibility of agreeing was very high.

Gao Ming smiled, and welcomes you to run from the end of primitive society to feudal society and experience the pinnacle of civilization in the current world.