The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

"Shi Jin is going to be a county horse?" Hua Rong asked in surprise after hearing Gao Ming's report.

It's really the feeling that one day in the army has been in court for a thousand years.

He hadn't come back for a few days, and Shi Jin even married the princess.

"Envy?" Gao Ming put his arms around Hua Rong's neck, and said with a serious smile, "Don't you have a king?"

Hua Rong smiled and said: "I envy what he does, he just married the princess, but I am the one who married the princess."

"I have to correct you, the princess has been promoted to princess, so Shi Jin is the son-in-law."

Hua Rong said: "That's also sealed, how can you have such money that you earned on your own?"

Gao Ming smiled lowly, and changed the subject immediately, "Who would have thought that Shi Jin would be married if the crown prince was injured. I was worried that the princess would not want to. After all, Shi would have to stay for a while when he was an envoy of the Kingdom of Jin." It's been a year and a half. Unexpectedly, the Princess actually agreed, and she really is also interested in Shi Jin."

"But if Prince Shao's mansion really recruits Shi Jin to be his son-in-law, even if he doesn't go to the Kingdom of Jin, he won't be able to accompany the princess every day, just like me, and he won't be able to be with you every day. If you want to make a double-entry pair, you should find a scholar who is an official in the court, and promise to be at home every day, and raise your eyebrows. But such a person, Shao Wang doesn’t like it.” Hua Rong analyzed that although he was talking about Shi Jin, but in fact It was about the short time he spent with Gao Ming.

Gao Ming sighed, "Yes, that's what it is like to marry a soldier. Maybe I have a common language with the princess."

Seeing his appearance, Hua Rong couldn't help laughing and said: "You and the princess are looking for a common language, aren't you afraid that King Shao will kill you with a knife?"

Thinking of King Shao's face, Gao Ming couldn't help but want to laugh, "I know he would have complicated feelings towards me, so I didn't dare to show my face about this marriage. It was all a matchmaker from King Yun, but he is indeed very powerful. No, it’s done.”

If Shao Wang saw him, his mood would definitely switch between "this is a good-natured Huahua Taisui" and "he is still a dead man".

"By the way, when you met King Yun, didn't you talk about the prince?"

"We have a tacit understanding, and no one mentioned it."

Hua Rong deduced, "I always feel that I have something to do with him. It is estimated that people in future generations will also think that it is the means of your Imperial City Secretary, and they may have to research you as a person and find clues from your handwriting."

Gao Ming squinted his eyes as if thinking, "Then I should write some false notes to confuse them."

Make it more difficult for them to write papers and publish papers.

It is very interesting to think that the students and scholars of later generations scolded him Gao Ming while having a headache to research all kinds of contradictory historical materials.

Alas, I am really bad.

But, forget it, I am so lazy.

Hua Rong saw it and thought Gao Ming was so cute, so Lou Guoren kissed him and saw through him, "You wrote fake notes? Are you so diligent?"

Gao Ming was lying in Huarong's arms, his eyes were crooked and he said with a smile: "You have taken away all my little energy, so I definitely have no energy left to lie to others."

"It seems that for the safety of others, I can't spare you any strength." Hua Rong approached him and smiled.

Gao Mingxin couldn't help jumping up a few beats, pulled Huarong's collar and said with a smile: "My concubine, ask me to check it out, you don't have any tattoos."

Hua Rong squeezed his hand, exerting a little force, "What did you call me?"

Gao Ming struggled, he laughed and called first Xianggong and then Brother Hua, and at night, he couldn't say these two names, so he just cried.

-

Wushu can't take Gao Ming away, but Zong Jun.

Before Zong Juan left, he took the initiative to ask Gao Ming who was visiting for Yu Xiang, "There is a maid in the mansion, I am used to ordering her around, and I want to bring her back to the Kingdom of Jin, can you give me her?"

Gao Ming pretended to be confused, "Which one?" When he found out it was Jiang Yuxiang, he said, "The sixth prince asks for someone, there is no reason why he should not agree. She is willing to go with you, so take her away."

As soon as the voice fell, I heard a roar, "No!"

It turned out that it was Zong Qiang who heard their conversation and angrily stopped him.

Zong Juan also became angry, I was so bullied by you that I was forced to go back to the country, and you actually want to take over my woman too? !Are you addicted to bullying? !

At this time, knowing more or less the martial arts of the two of them for the festival, he said coldly in Jurchen's words: "If you continue to fight, I will kill you, and don't want anyone else."

Knowing Wushu could do it, both of them shut up.

Wu Shu ordered Zong Qiang to go back to the house, and continued to use Jurchen words to Zong Jun: "Your woman, you look after her!"

Zong Juan snorted, and went back to the house angrily.

Gao Ming didn't know what they said, but seeing Wu Shu's cold look, it must be a bad word.

After confirming the ownership of Yuxiang, Wu Shu quickly took Zong Jun and others back to the Kingdom of Jin.

As the victors of the internal struggle, Zong Qiang and Xi Yin stayed and continued to enjoy life in the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Xiyin felt that this time it would calm down, and put all her energy into creating Jurchen characters.

When encountering problems, he was very inquisitive and pestered the speaker Qin Hui to seek answers.

Qin Hui didn't dare to fool around, so he answered seriously.

-

Gao Ming sent away the two foreigners, Wu Shu and Zong Jun, thinking that he could take a break for a while, but he didn't expect another foreigner to come to his door again. It was none other than Xiao Wenshu, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom in Bianliang.

Zhao Ji frowned upon receiving Xiao Wenshu's protest, without even thinking about it: "Gao Ming, go and deal with it."

Gao Ming is the best candidate to deal with Liao Jin.

Gao Ming could only go to see Xiao Wenshu to see what he had to say.

In fact, he could roughly guess what the other party wanted to say.

Sure enough, as soon as they met, Xiao Wenshu protested emotionally and said a lot of words, some parts were even mixed with Khitan and Chinese.

Even the mother tongue came out, it can be seen that he is really angry.

Gao Ming raised his hand to signal the other party to be calm, "Calm down, calm down, you have something to say."

Xiao Wenshu was still standing, but he sipped his tea, took a deep breath, organized his language, and then said in Chinese: "Why do you exchange envoys with the Kingdom of Jin? You actually admit that the Kingdom of Jin is a country? They Now it’s just a tribe of our Daliao!”

To put it bluntly, the Liao Kingdom does not recognize the status of the Jin Kingdom, and the Song Dynasty is not allowed to recognize it internationally.

Gao Ming sighed, "Don't lie to your ears and steal your bell. Your country is still very clear about the strength of the Jin Kingdom. It is still unknown when the Jurchens' big Jin Kingdom will be wiped out. We trade horses with them. Now that we have to exchange mink fur porcelain and frequent exchanges, it is more convenient to send envoys, just like now, your Liao Kingdom is not happy, so why don’t you just negotiate with me directly.”

Xiao Wenshu shook his head, it seemed that he was still dissatisfied, "You promised in private that only the Jurchens would eat and drink in the Song Kingdom. Why did you suddenly change, that Wanyan Zongqiang became a stationed envoy?"

Gao Ming deduced that this must be a letter from Yelu Dashi, telling the Jurchens to only eat and drink in Song Dynasty, he only told Yelu Dashi.

It should be that Yelu Dashi and the others got angry and put pressure on Xiao Wenshu, which made Xiao Wenshu anxious to see him.

Gao Ming then explained: "He wants to continue to eat, drink and have fun in Tokyo, but his fourth brother wants to take him back to the Kingdom of Jin, so he can only stay in this way. The real idea is to stay to eat and drink, and we have no choice but to I can agree."

Xiao Wenshu was still unhappy, "Hmph, it's all over now, the Jurchens have also come to Bianliang to station, it's really lively!"

Isn't it lively? It will be even more beautiful when the Sanwa and the two houses collide one day.

Gao Ming showed a tired look on his face, "Oh, it's really hard to be caught between your two countries. I wanted to tell you a long time ago that our two countries signed the Youzhou Agreement, and when the Wanyan family saw me, Pointing at my nose is just a question, just like now, asking why we signed an agreement with Liao?! Why don’t we attack Liao with them? Is it more biased towards Liao? Our Song Dynasty, it’s difficult, too Difficult!"

Xiao Wenshu gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart, fart, the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, and the Liao and Jin compete for the power of the Song Dynasty.

He snorted, "The people of the Kingdom of Jin blinded your crown prince's eyes, yet you endured it like this?! It's unbelievable!"

He was secretly happy when he heard that Song Guo questioned Master Jin Guoxing. He rubbed his palms and waited to watch the excitement. Who knew that the matter was dealt with by Wu Shu by picking his eyes in court.

If the aggressive method doesn't work, save your saliva, Gao Ming said: "No, the Jurchens originally wanted to use their own eyeballs to compensate, but the benevolent emperor of our country refused. Instead, they used in-kind compensation, which is also in line with our Song Dynasty's law."

Xiao Wenshu was still frustrated, in fact, if Gao Ming hadn't been in charge of the Imperial City Department, the Liao Kingdom would have wanted Wushu and the others to "repay their lives".

Imagine that the furious "Song people" rushed into Wanyan's mansion and killed all the princes of Jin, including Wushu, to avenge the eyes of their own princes.

Of course, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

For one thing, they were not good at doing things in Song State's territory, and they were under the supervision of the Imperial City Division everywhere.

Secondly, Wanyan's mansion is not so easy to break, and they are afraid that if they get in, they won't take their lives, and they will be killed by Wanyan's family instead.

In that way, Song Guo saw through their act of killing the Jurchens in Liao and framing Song Guo, and he must have been furious, and then really turned to the Jurchens, resulting in the respite from the cession of Youzhou in vain.

Therefore, this idea is only a conception, not really implemented.

Now that the three kingdoms are at the same level, no one dares to act rashly. They really check and balance each other.

But what they should protest in Liao Kingdom still have to protest.

Xiao Wenshu reiterated again, "The Liao Kingdom should be the number one ally of the Song Kingdom! Between Liao and Jin, you must proceed with caution!"

Gao Ming threw out all-you-can-eat rhetoric, "Our Song Dynasty must abide by the Youzhou Agreement and never form an alliance with Jurchen! Please rest assured your country."

You are dissatisfied that we are getting closer to Jin Guo, but what can you do?

You have seen the firearms before, and Youzhou has also brought it back. Song Guo is willing to remain neutral, and he has treated you very well.

Just to listen to your protests out of diplomatic etiquette and Yelu Dashi's face.

Don't push yourself too far.

Xiao Wenshu also knew that according to the current situation of the Liao Kingdom, there was no way to dictate to the Song Dynasty. It would be considered good to get such an answer, and he would accept it as soon as it was good. Tokyo stays behind and still cannot shake the agreement between the two countries."

"That's for sure." Gao Ming said seriously.

Xiao Wenshu and Gao Ming reiterated the friendship between Liao and Song Dynasties and ended the dialogue.

After meeting with Xiao Wenshu, Gao Ming conveyed to Zhao Ji the dissatisfaction of the Liao Kingdom with the envoys stationed by the Jin Kingdom.

Zhao Ji didn't care much about this, "Understood."

Today is different from the past, Liao and Song have been on equal footing for a long time, and the other party is not the Daliao who casually showed Song Guo's face before.

Zhao Ji ignored Xiao Wenshu's "protest" and went as far as he wanted to.

He has experienced two major events in a row, such as the recovery of Youzhou and the serious injury of the prince, and he has long wanted to "neglect the government" for a while.

The establishment of a crown prince, the marriage of Emperor Ning and Ji, and the dispatch of a son-in-law Shi to the Kingdom of Jin are all things to do in the spring of next year. Before that, he must relax and recharge his batteries.

Contrary to Zhao Ji, Gao Ming was not idle as a courtier. He first went to the suburban transformation class in charge of the Imperial City Department to inspect the transformation of some diehard Mingjiao members.

It was found that... er... those who could not be transformed were indeed deeply poisoned. Even though they heard that Fang La, the leader of Mingjiao in the south, and his key members were killed by the court because of treason, they were still obsessed with it.

Diehards like this...

We can only continue to increase the power of transformation, and we can't put it back to the people.

However, at the same time, it gave Gao Ming confidence, at least Mingjiao's "power" is indeed very strong.

For a new bright world, once you firmly believe in this, you are willing to sacrifice your life for righteousness.

So, for the next few days, every time Huarong came back, he could see Gao Ming reading some Mingjiao classics.

"Looking at these things, do you plan to...be the leader?"

In Hua Rong's view, Gao Ming would definitely not "convert" to the Ming religion. According to his temperament, he must have other ideas if he took the initiative to read scriptures.

Gao Ming fixed his eyes on Hua Rong in surprise, "Although it's not all right, it's about the same."

"Almost? By how much?" Hua Rong sat behind Gao Ming, wrapped his arms around him, and read a book with him.

Gao Ming raised his eyes and smiled at him, "If you're like this, I don't even care about reading."

Hua Rong simply closed the scripture, "Then don't read it." His chin rested on Gao Ming's shoulder, "Can you tell me what your plan is? However, after Fang La was wiped out, Mingjiao as a whole fell silent. , why are you thinking about picking them up again?"

"I said before that Mingjiao, a religion like this, has a simple view of the world in black and white. Once it grows, it will inevitably establish a bright heaven in the world, and then gather people to make trouble." Gao Ming said: "In order to achieve this goal, a single religion The power of the congregation is limited, so the congregation must unite around the leader and form a tight organization from bottom to bottom in order to gather and mobilize more power. So..."

Hua Rong vaguely felt that Gao Ming was going to do something, "So this is indeed a force that cannot be underestimated."

Gao Ming narrowed his eyes and hinted: "Don't you think that Liaodong has suffered a lot from the Liaojin War, and it feels like the end of the world?"

Hua Rong understood what Gao Ming was going to do, "You want to..."

Gao Ming said: "In fact, the Liao Kingdom also realized that the people want to live a stable and peaceful life. I recently heard that the Liao Kingdom organized some hungry people in Liaodong and established a resentful army to fight against the gold. It is a pity that the intention is to resent the Jin country. If nothing else happens, the resentful army will definitely rebel frequently, and instead it will become a hidden danger for the Liao Kingdom. What do you think is the reason?"

Huarong's new military training method focuses on "ideological construction", and as he worked hard, he became more and more aware of the importance of personal thoughts, because Gao Ming's question was answered almost instantly, "No unity of thought?"

"Yes, in fact, there is an important reason why the Liao Kingdom collapsed so easily, that is, the lack of a unified ideological guidance. Our Central Plains is Confucianism, and Confucianism itself contains great unity. Even if troops are raised in various places to form separate regimes, in the end it will still be It will be unified. The Liao Kingdom is not good. Buddhism is popular, but there is no pursuit of unity in Buddhist thought. Moreover, the emperor is not the leader, and his appeal to his subordinates is insufficient. Once the national power declines and the monarch has no authority, the people under him will easily collapse. Even the regular army is like this, it's no wonder that the resentment army can be formed."

As for the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom, what they relied on was their resentment towards the Liao Kingdom, and the benefits brought about by seizing resources.All Meng'an Moukes are equivalent to buying shares in the company Dajinuo. The more victories you fight, the more dividends you will earn.

Hua Rong probably guessed what Gao Ming wanted to do, looked at him and said with a smile: "Sometimes I doubt, how did you come up with these ideas?!"

Gao Ming said with a smile: "No matter how I think of it, you can understand my thoughts in an instant, alas, we call it a tacit understanding."

With the one you love, you can communicate not only physically, but also mentally.

Hua Rong naturally felt this too, and looked at him with a warm smile.

Gao Ming clasped his arms around Hua Rong's neck, and hummed, "I'll go to King Yun tomorrow to talk about my thoughts, and then let's find a time to relax and go hunting. I want to see you release Haidongqing."

Hua Rong counted the days that could be spared and could take a full day off, "It will be possible in ten days."

"Ah? It will be ten days later." Gao Ming lay down on the bed in disappointment, covering his face with Mingjiao's scriptures, "Oh——"

Hua Rong smiled and pushed him, "Time flies, it will be here in the blink of an eye."

"Don't talk, my king is dead."

Hua Rong said: "Don't say such unlucky words."

Gao Ming moved a little of the book on his face, revealing one eye, "Okay, this king is alive again, and now this king is going to visit his concubine." Facing Shang Huarong, he wished he could peel him off and swallow him. Looking at the expression on his face, he changed his words with a smile: "Okay, it's okay for my concubine to favor me."

Hua Rong smiled and kissed Gao Ming.

-

The next day, after Hua Rong left, Gao Ming lay on his bed and thought, why not go hunting in ten days?Isn't it good to get bored with Hua Rong at home, why bother to go out and ride a horse and get tired?

But when he climbed up but had no strength, Gao Ming changed his mind and muttered to himself: "Forget about getting tired all day, I can't bear it with my body, I'd better go hunting."

In the past few days, whenever he was free, he would read Mingjiao's scriptures and improve his plans. When he was done thinking about it, he went to visit Zhao Kai at Prince Yun's Mansion.

After Zhao Huan injured one eye, it was said that he was in a low mood, and Zhao Kai, who was on the cusp of the storm, naturally kept a low profile. Apart from going to see King Shao to make peace with the princess a few days ago, he has been doing art research in the mansion.

When Gao Ming arrived, he was copying the thousand-character text, so he simply signed the payment and gave the text to Gao Ming.

Zhao Kai's artistic attainments are not inferior to Zhao Ji's. Purely from the perspective of appreciation, Gao Ming is also very happy to accept this painting, and it has great potential for appreciation.

Gao Ming flattered Zhao Kai immediately, and Zhao Kai just laughed, "Okay, there's no need to talk about this between you and me. Tell me, why did you come to find me?"

"His Royal Highness has seen the toughness of the people of the Jin Kingdom. Regardless of whether it is a cruel trick to pick out one's own eyes, they treat themselves like this, and they treat others cruelly. The decline of the Liao Kingdom and the rise of the Jin Kingdom are still a serious problem..."

Zhao Kai agreed with Gao Ming's statement, but he knew that Gao Ming's coming here was definitely not to simply reiterate the hidden dangers of the Jin Kingdom, "Whatever you want to say, just say it directly."

"Actually... I have a plan to send envoys to the Kingdom of Jin this time... the specific measures are still in the making, and there is only a general outline of the plan... I originally planned to tell His Highness when the plan is perfected." Gao Ming intentionally It's stumbling.

Zhao Kai was aroused with strong curiosity, "Continue to talk."

Gao Ming told Zhao Kai the plan he had in mind, "The Liao and Jin Dynasties have undergone tremendous changes, and the local people's hearts are fluctuating. If there is a force to organize them, it will definitely become an armed force that restrains the Jin Kingdom."

Living in the north, there is no one who is not tough. Almost everyone rides a horse and carries a bow. According to the standards of the Song Dynasty, every adult man is a soldier.

Zhao Kai sat down again and listened patiently, "But organizing them is easier said than done?"

"Mingjiao." Gao Ming said the answer, "Send Mingjiao to the north. In other words, ask people to go to the north to spread Mingjiao and become the leader."

Missioning to other countries and exporting religious organizations are one of the common methods used by later generations to subvert other countries.

Zhao Kai was stunned, as the commander who personally conquered Fang La before, he certainly knew what Mingjiao was.

In its teachings, the world is opposite, either black or white, good or evil.

In terms of time, it is divided into past, present and future, which coincides with Buddhism's past Buddha, present Buddha, and future Buddha.

And the future Buddha is Maitreya Buddha, so Mingjiao can pretend to be Buddhism to spread.

As we all know, there are devout Buddhists throughout the Liao Kingdom.

Seeing that Zhao Kai was silent, Gao Ming continued: "The Kingdom of Jin originally belonged to the Kingdom of Liao, and the territories it now occupies belong to the Kingdom of Liao. They must be no strangers to Buddhism. There should be no pressure to accept the Ming religion. At the same time, I believe that They must be completely unprepared against the Ming Cult, they send people to preach, and the congregation they organize is an army."

The magic power of religion, not to mention the present, even the Qing Dynasty 800 years later, can also organize the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that almost overturned the rule.

In the territory of the Kingdom of Jin, if you don't seek the heaven-defying level of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, even if you come to the level of Fang La, you can still make the Kingdom of Jin drink a pot, which will seriously hinder you.

In fact, when it comes to doctrine, the Mingjiao is actually not evil, and will not allow its followers to self-mutilate or commit suicide. On the contrary, there are some moral requirements.Congregants who join the sect can also support each other.

But it is very bad for the rulers, pursuing a perfect world that is either black or white, believers can easily rebel in order to let the bright world come.

Mingjiao rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty in later history, so why not rebel against the Jin Dynasty now.

Zhao Kai was shocked by Gao Ming's words for a long time before he came back to his senses. After thinking for a while, he stood up excitedly, "It's worth a try. If it works, it will really set a good example for Jin Kingdom's backyard. Big fire! It is more effective than fighting thousands of troops. Gao Ming, this plan is good!"

Whether it was Sun En's rebellion in the Jin Dynasty or Fang La's misfortune, there are shadows of these heresies behind it.

The Central Plains Dynasty suffered a lot from it, and the Kingdom of Jin should have a taste of it.

Gao Ming was delighted to see that King Yun supported his plan, "When the cane sugar business with Japan opens up, the money will continue to flow. I will invest in this plan as the initial start-up capital, and I will not worry about growing!"

When you start to develop believers and Latin people, you must give them some benefits.

Follow the leader to have meat to eat, so he is willing to work for the leader.

Zhao Kai happily got up and walked back and forth in the living room twice, pondering over Gao Ming's plan in his mind, and also found a problem, "Be cautious in selecting candidates, if you are not careful, you will lose everything."

"This candidate must be able to buy people's hearts and understand the needs of the low-level people. A real scholar cannot fill this role." Since Gao Ming dared to propose such a plan, he naturally has his candidate, "Therefore, I think Song Jiang is a The right person."

Let Song Jiang be the leader of Mingjiao.

He is best at hypocrisy, hypocrisy and compassion, and he can buy people's hearts with small favors.

At the same time, he can get along well with the tough and bloody congregation.

The most important thing is that Song Jiang is "foolishly loyal" to the court.

After he became the leader, he could still be controlled by Da Song.

Besides, Song Jiang is not the only one who has the final say, there is also Wu Yong.

Wu Yong was full of bad water, and Song Jiang was disobedient, so Wu Yong took care of him.

Song Jiangneng sold Liangshan to the imperial court in exchange for high-ranking officials and generous salaries.

Naturally, it is also possible to integrate the congregation well, as the invisible army of the Song Dynasty to fight against the gold.

This is to open up the battlefield behind the enemy, set fire to the backyard of the Kingdom of Jin, and consume their energy and troops.

"But such a person, how can he tie him down and ensure that he works for Song Dynasty, instead of being unrestricted after he has power."

"Song Jiang has an old father and a younger brother, who can be taken to Tokyo as hostages." Gao Ming said: "However, as far as I know, this person only wants to serve the country wholeheartedly, receive awards and awards from the court, honor his ancestors, and will not betray Song. Besides, He will also support other people to check and balance him, and will not let him get out of control. If His Highness is worried, you can talk to this person, and I believe you will get to know him better."

Zhao Kai nodded, "Very well, you call him to Tokyo, this king wants to meet him in person."

"Yes." Gao Ming said.

Seeing that Zhao Kai supported his various proposals so much, Gao Ming wished that Zhao Ji would die next year.