The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

The people of Xia knew clearly that they would enter the room of the people of Song to cure their legs, and they had full control over them, but there was no other way at present. After all, An Daoquan was a doctor, or he would have to accept the "blessing" of the shaman who used tiger bones. ".

But even if they were willing, the shamans would not be willing to heal anyone other than the Jurchen Ministry.

Besides, tigers are also very precious.

So Cao Aobai could only accept the arrangement of fate.

And Gao Ming is the one who arranges the fate of others, with someone like Cao Aobai in his hands, it is basically all right.

Cao Aoyu was able to leave his brother and run away by himself.

Of course, if it was true, Gao Ming would be happier and get a hostage without any effort.

An Daoquan was treating A Guda's illness and Cao Aobai's leg injury at the same time. He was the busiest, and the others were very idle. Apart from consuming the food of the Kingdom of Jin, they did not contribute anything.

People in these two countries are still greedy, especially Cao Aobai's leg is injured, and he wants to eat this and that under the excuse of nourishment every day.

Aguda suffered from gout, which came and went quickly. One day the redness and pain disappeared, and he rode out to hunt on the same day. Everyone shed tears of excitement when they saw that His Majesty the dragon was in good health.

Then looking at the food reserves that were almost eaten up by Xixia and Song, the tears flowed even more.

The people of Jin Kingdom are a little anxious, it’s not going to work like this, you will soon be exhausted, so hurry up and leave!

Gao Ming was also a little strange. Since there was not enough food for the winter in the north, the Wanyan tribe had occupied Liaoyang Mansion, so why did they go back to Shangjing?

This was what he was curious about at the beginning, but after he came and found the Xixia people, he didn't have time to delve into this question, but this question has always remained in his heart.

Because of the problem of food reserves, Xi Xia and Song Guo decided to leave. Just the day before, Gao Ming had nothing to do and continued to play with the Jurchen children.

It's not that he likes to play with children, but mainly because no one wants to play with him.

This is very embarrassing, he is very interested in ice and snow, making snowmen, skating, and eating ice cream, but the adults in Song Dynasty are very stable, they don’t touch it at all, they would rather roll dice indoors gamble.

Hua Rong can play with Gao Ming, but most of the time he just stands aside and laughs watching him play by himself.

"Oh, you guys without childlike innocence." Gao Ming muttered, and then glanced at the dozen or so children around him.

He "captured" a group of children by mixing the melted sugar water with mare's milk and freezing it in a container to make ice cream, and he became the king of children.

"Don't grab it, come one by one, everyone has a share." Gao Ming held the ice cream box, facing the eager eyes, and distributed the supplies in an orderly manner.

There is a price for eating his ice cream. When eating ice cream together, he pretended to ask casually: "What is the purpose of you returning to Shangjing from Liaoyang Mansion?"

Adults will hide and tell lies, but children's mouths are not so strict.

A few children who could understand Chinese spoke the answer: "Master Ke——"

What?Based on the pronunciation, Gao Ming can only think of the duck.

At this time, he saw Yuxiang coming over with a few Jurchen women. After asking, he found out that he was learning how to coax children and how to make ice cream that these children love.

Naturally, Gao Ming would not hide it, and taught him everything, and when they asked what the name of this frozen dairy product was, he said its name in a serious manner: "Northeast Daban!"

Yu Xiangnv's words were pretty good, but she was still thinking about how to translate Gao Ming's name to others.

She suddenly saw the figure of Wu Shu, she devoted herself to instigating his relationship with Zong Juan, it seemed that he was aware of it, every time he saw her, he was cold-eyed, she just pretended not to notice.

Gao Ming also noticed Wu Shu, so he walked over to see what other "tricks" this person had.

The two walked aimlessly along a small path stepped on by everyone. The sun is shining today, and there is even a bit of warmth.

"Do you like children very much?"

"It's okay." Gao Ming said: "You know, after all, I may not have any relatives in this life."

Don't doubt that I have ulterior motives for you Jurchen children.

"I almost thought you were going to ask something from a child."

Gao Ming smiled helplessly, "Your Royal Highness, you have worked so hard. To say something inappropriate, if others have a tenth of your worries, you will not be so tired. You are so busy going around, I don't know if Your Majesty understands Your good intentions. In my opinion, if you choose the most capable Jurchen, it must be you."

Wu Shu must be aware of the hard work he has put in, but the rewards he has received are far from what he expected.

He didn't seem to be idle all the time, but he didn't accomplish anything. It's better to call An Daoquan's Zong Juan in his father's heart.

Gao Ming looked into the distance and let out a stream of white mist with a long sigh, "It's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

"It's nothing." Gao Ming said half-spoken on purpose, and let the thinking Wushu think about the rest, "We're leaving tomorrow." After speaking, he exchanged some nonsense and left by himself.

Wu Shu stood in the middle of the snow, he might be able to complete the second half of Gao Ming's unfinished sentence.

It's a pity... You Wanyan Wushu will not be the next Jin Kingdom Emperor.

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The next day, after Gao Ming secretly handed over all the remaining candy to Yu Xiang, Song Xia and Song Xia set off together to leave Jin Guo to go to Beijing. As usual, they were escorted by several Jin Guo officials before they were sent out of Liaoyang Mansion.

Both Song Xia and Xia said heartily: the weather is too cold, you guys don't have to work so hard to move on, we can go by ourselves.

Upon hearing this, the officials of the Kingdom of Jin turned their horses and turned around happily, telling the understanding people from the two countries to leave by themselves.

After the officials from the Kingdom of Jin left, Song and Xia lived in the same inn in the nearest town in a friendly manner.

"Just do it tonight." Cao Aoyu ordered in a cold tone: "I went to visit my brother just now, and his legs are already able to move, but he still pretends to be unable to move. So, the plan is this. Tonight, he Shi Qian who took care of him would be strangled to death, and we would rush into each room separately, stabbing each other. Don't be afraid, only Huarong can fight, but he sleeps with his friend at night, and he must be exhausted in the second half of the night. Be like a dead man."

What is the relationship between Gao Ming and Hua Rong in the Song Dynasty? The people under Cao Aoyu felt that it was reasonable and nodded frequently.

Cao Aoyu made some specific arrangements, for example, whoever enters through the main entrance, whoever enters through the window.

The plan can be described as very careful.

Now that my brother is under the control of the Song people, he can only take the risk to snatch him back.

Cao Aoyu felt that everything was arranged properly, and said: "Okay, let's eat!"

Then, no then.

After eating, they slept like dead people. When they woke up, it was already late at night the next day, and there was no shadow of Song Guo's team and brother.

"They drugged the meal!" Someone exclaimed.

Cao Aoyu was so angry that he was trembling all over, so what if they planned carefully?

The Song people drugged them simply and rudely, turning their plan into a joke.

She clenched her fists tightly, feeling that her internal organs were bursting with anger, her throat felt sweet, and she vomited a mouthful of blood.

Originally, it was almost impossible to catch up with the Song people, but now Cao Aoyu vomited blood again, let alone catch up.

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Regarding how to deal with Cao Aobai, Gao Ming himself has no right to deal with it, so he has to ask Zhao Ji for his opinion first.

Fearing that the people from Xixia would catch up, they rushed all the way into Youzhou City.

Their trip to the Kingdom of Jin took several months. It was the previous year when they left, and now it is January of the following year. According to the agreement, the Liao Kingdom completely withdrew from Youzhou City.

The entire city is basically under the control of Song State, because Murong Yanze pursues a policy of no fuss, everything looks the same as the previous year, and the people who come and go live their own lives.

So he temporarily rested in this city, and Gao Ming wrote a memorial to Zhao Ji, reporting on his trip to the Kingdom of Jin and who Cao Aobai was captured.

In the memorial, Gao Ming said: We met people from Xixia in the Kingdom of Jin. According to the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Jin, this group of people wanted to unite with the Kingdom of Jin to attack Liao.

After Zhao Ji, who was far away in Tokyo, received the memorial, he still paid more attention to it, and called his team to discuss it.

Zhao Ji's idea is: Attack Liao?Isn't that great?In this case, the Liao Kingdom would be destroyed if it was attacked by enemies from left and right, and there would be no need for the Song Kingdom to do anything.

Tong Guan had a different view and did not hide it. He said bluntly: "The Liao Kingdom is destroyed. With Xixia's hatred for the Song Dynasty, once the Liao Dynasty is destroyed, he will be stronger and attack the Song Dynasty. Xixia is now betraying the Liao Kingdom. It is better to take this opportunity. , Raise troops to conquer Xixia again, Liao sits idly by and destroys Xixia.”

A perfect picture appeared in front of Zhao Ji's eyes, that is, he couldn't help but get back the Sixteen States of Youyun, and also wiped out Xixia, a stubborn disease that had always troubled the Song Dynasty.

He has now completed one of these three: take back Youzhou, as long as Xixia is destroyed, then Yunzhou is just around the corner.

He didn't dare to say that he was an emperor through the ages, at least he could be one of the best emperors in Song Dynasty.

There must be a strong stroke of him in the history books.

Immediately issued a decree to Gao Ming: send someone to notify the Liao Kingdom, and strive to prevent Liao from interfering when the Song Dynasty attacked Xia.

When Gao Ming received this decree, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, what is meant by "the Liao Kingdom cannot intervene when the Song Dynasty is attacking Xia"?

Is it possible to raise troops to fight Xixia?

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Consider the Liao envoy's resistance to re-entering Youzhou, a city that once belonged to the Liao Kingdom.

The meeting was arranged in a small town belonging to the Liao Kingdom outside the customs. It was said to be a town, but it was actually a transit place for businessmen.

The envoy from the Liao Kingdom was none other than his "old friend" Yelu Dashi.

Gao Ming couldn't help thinking in his heart, alas, why don't we form a group with Wanyan Zongbi, the group name is the Three Kingdoms Affairs Group.

Yelu Dashi and Gao Ming still had a little friendship, and their attitude was more polite. After some pleasantries, they got to the point, "Did you meet an envoy from Xia Kingdom in Jin Kingdom?"

Song Guo's letter made it very clear, but Yelu Dashi asked again, and after listening to Gao Ming's narration carefully, he was really angry.

The State of Xia is nothing more than a dependency of the State of Liao, yet they dared to have such disobedience.

The reason why Gao Ming only tied Cao Aobai but not Cao Aoyu was because he was sure that Yelu Dashi must be a straight man and would not be fooled by sex.

Of course, it cannot be said that it was Cao Aoyu who was kidnapped, how about Yelu Dashi, but it is true to be thoughtful.

"Okay, I'll interrogate him now, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow." Yelu Dashi's face was ashen.

Gao Ming estimated that Cao Aobai was the one to suffer, and it is very important to obtain first-hand interrogation transcripts.

Gao Ming immediately agreed, and asked someone to send Cao Aobai to the Khitan people, while he and Hua Rong should eat, drink, and rest.

I didn't want to hear the screams when I went to bed at night, so I stuffed my ears with cotton balls.

When he got up the next day, Yelu Dashi was already sitting on the first floor waiting for him, and all the Khitans were sullen.

Gao Ming guessed that he was sure that Xixia really wanted to betray, and he felt the coldness of the world at the end of the empire.

Yelu Dashi said: "I took him away, thank you all. I have already written a memorial to His Majesty, asking them to bring Cao Aobai back to the capital."

Gao Ming heard something was wrong, "Aren't you escorting him back personally?"

"I still have to go to the Jurchen." Yelu Dashi struggled for a long time, bit his lip until it turned white, and finally said, "Daliao has decided to canonize Wanyan Aguda as the emperor of Donghuai Kingdom."

The canonization of Aguda as emperor means that Jurchen is no longer a subsidiary of the Daliao Kingdom, but an independent country.

It has been the same from ancient times to the present, seeking independence, establishing a country, and getting the recognition of the former suzerain country is the first step.

However, what is this Donghuai country?

Gao Ming has no impression, "But the Wanyan family claims that the country they established is called the Great Jin Kingdom..."

Yelu Dashi nodded slightly, "Yes, that's what they claim to be."

Gao Ming understands, this is the stubbornness of the Liao Kingdom. You can admit that you are a country, but it is definitely not as good as your wishes. I have to disgust you. The name of the country is not Dajin chosen by you, but Donghuai chosen by the Liao Kingdom. .

He couldn't help but look sour, can this work?

Suddenly, Gao Ming became enlightened, he understood why all Wanyan's family had to go north, and they returned to their hometown to wait for the canonization of the Liao Kingdom.

Jurchen also took a step back. If she stayed in the Liaoyang Mansion, the hometown of the Liao Kingdom, to accept the canonization, it would be a bit of a demonstration.

What the Jurchen children were talking about was not the uncle Ke or the duck, but the pronunciation of Khitan.

It turned out that it was because of this that they went north. If the Liao Kingdom came to such a move, they would not be furious and attack Liao again.

Gao Ming called Yelu Dashi aside, avoiding other people, and persuaded him earnestly: "I know it's inappropriate for me to say these words, but don't treat me as an official of the Song Dynasty, just talk as a friend. According to me From what they saw and heard in the Kingdom of Jin, they would never accept Donghuaiguo's canonization, and they returned to their Huining mansion and made two-handed preparations. They summoned all the Jurchen ministries with one order, and dispatched them with all their strength. They are well-known and show their combat effectiveness, but it will be difficult. And what I am most worried about is that they will threaten your safety in a fit of anger."

It depends on which country is the envoy.

It would be hard to say if the hateful suzerain brought insulting news.

Yelu Dashi is very powerful, but the key point is that all members of Wanyan's family are also tigers and wolves. Even if they can run out of their territory, they will have to lose arms and legs.

Yelu Dashi didn't think that Gao Ming was overstepping, he knew that he was thinking of himself, "Thank you for your kind advice, I..."

"I know that your emperor's order is hard to disobey, but..." Gao Ming shook his head, "I think that as soon as the canonization of Donghuai Kingdom arrives, it will be the time for the Jurchen to raise their troops again. Anyway, they all recognize that they are one country, so it's better to be more straightforward. And, The fourth prince, Zong Bi, lost his first wife and is now a widower. He very much wants to marry a princess from another country. You have asked Cao Aobai, too. Zong Bi proposed to ask Xia Guo to marry the princess. To be honest, he also proposed to marry the princess of Song State. , but I rejected it. In short, he is seeking to marry princesses from other countries everywhere, and wants to strengthen his position among the Jurchen, so why not... think about how to use this to delay the time for the Jurchen to attack again."

These news can be described as first-hand information, Yelu Dashi heard it for the first time.

Gao Ming continued to persuade: "If you don't want them to fight with you, you have to let them fight among themselves. We are a country of brothers, and I am naturally toward the Liao country. Every sentence comes from the bottom of my heart."

"That being said, it's not up to me to decide."

"Why not? History is the history of people, and it is created by people." Gao Ming encouraged: "The Liao Kingdom needs healing, and healing takes time. The war can be delayed as long as it can."

The Liao State persisted for a while, just to buy time for the Song State.

Yelu Dashi was quite emotional. Although Gao Ming was from the Song Dynasty, he was really worried about the future of the Liao Kingdom.

As for Xia Guo, usually with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, Li Qianshun was so humble when he begged Liao Guo to marry the princess, but now he wants to contact Jin Guo to bite them hard.

Li Qianshun will never end well!

Follow in his mother's footsteps.

Gao Ming repeatedly told Yelu Dashi to be careful when he went to the Jurchen Ministry to pass the decree. Once he found that the Jurchen was in a bad mood, he should immediately run away without hesitation, otherwise his life would be lost.

He felt that Yelu Dashi would thank him when he came back from the Kingdom of Jin.

Gao Ming sent Yelu Dashi and Cao Aobai away and returned to Youzhou City.

The money allocated by the imperial court was in place, and Murong Yanze was busy coordinating the construction of fortifications in various places, and had no time to entertain Gao Ming and Hua Rong.

The two of them didn't make any more trouble, and set off to rush back to Tokyo.

Gao Ming left for nearly half a year this time, and vowed that he would never go on business again, and whoever wanted to go would go, and if he was asked to go on an envoy again, he would pretend to be sick and pretend to be dead.

That night, Gao Lian prepared a sumptuous meal to entertain his two good sons who had returned from a long journey.

"It's not easy, it's not easy..." Gao Qiu heard Gao Ming's series of encounters in the Kingdom of Jin, and immediately said: "In the future, if the officials ask you to go on an envoy, I will pretend to be dead and ask you to guard my spirit. I didn't tell you to leave either."

Gao Ming smiled and shook his head, "It's too exaggerated."

He hasn't told his father that Jin Guo almost left him there to be his son-in-law, otherwise, he wouldn't have scared him to death.

Hua Rong missed his soldiers the most, "I didn't expect it would take so long for me to leave. I don't know how the forbidden army is training?"

Gao Ming suddenly remembered something, "Is the Princess and Shi Jin married yet?"

Gao Qiu nodded unhurriedly, "It's done. I attended the wedding at Shao Wang's invitation. It is estimated that Shi Jin will leave for the Kingdom of Jin in the next few days."

Gao Ming felt a little pity, "Oh, I missed it." The topic changed, "Forget it, I saved some money."

Just heard his father say: "I brought you two's share money."

Gao Ming chuckled, "Okay, it's fine if the money is in place before the people arrive."

Gao Qiu first looked at Hua Rong, then at Gao Ming, "You two only asked about Shi Jin and the situation of the military training. It seems that you don't know about other major events that have happened in the court?" Gao Ming and Hua Rong were dumbfounded upon hearing the news.

Because Gao Yu said loudly and loudly: "The officials want to conquer Xixia in person!"

"Personal conquest?" Gao Ming and Hua Rong almost spoke in unison.

"That's right." Gao Qiu said, "Personal conquest."

Gao Ming didn't know what to say, Zhao Ji wants to drive himself to conquer?

You have to know that the last emperor who personally conscripted was Zhao Ji's ancestor Zhenzong, or he was kidnapped by Prime Minister Kou Zhun with public opinion when he came to the city. No one has challenged such a dangerous behavior since then.

Is the Great Song Emperor about to rise?

"Where does the money come from? Isn't repairing the city wall of the northern pass embezzled from other expenses?" Gao Ming still understands that war is money.

"If you don't mention it, I forgot to praise you as a father. Of course, the money came from the overseas sugar business you proposed. The people sent to Japan came back and brought back a lot of money, saying that the Japanese are simply paying for sugar. Crazy, it was sold out as soon as it landed. Some nobles heard the news and came to buy it, but they found out that the sugar was sold out. It is said that Yi Li Huo fell ill and wrote a haiku to express his disappointment on his sickbed. All these were reported by King Yun to the officials, and the officials have already organized more people to sell sugar at sea, as long as they return, they can bring back more silver. With silver, we can fight wars."

Gao Ming didn't know what to say: "..."

Gao Qiu said to Hua Rong again: "By the way, there are also the soldiers trained by the military training method you summed up. The officials have also inspected them and are very satisfied."

"That's why you came up with the idea of ​​a personal conquest?"

Gao Qiu said dejectedly: "It's one thing that the officials themselves are very happy with their achievements, and it's more because of Tong Guan's frequent slander! Instigated the officials to go on their own! What did they say that the Western Army is about to break through Xixia's Hengshan defense line? Use troops, Xixia will be destroyed! It was fine at first, although the officials were tempted, they didn’t mention it much. But later Cai Jing also joined in, frequently urging the officials to conscript themselves, and the officials began to seriously consider the matter of personal conquest.”

Gao Ming was not surprised, Cai Jing was able to persuade Zhao Ji to abdicate when the Jin army was approaching the city.

Hua Rong frowned, "Now Xixia has offended the Liao Kingdom, and all the witnesses have been sent to Yelu Yanxi. The Song Dynasty used troops against Xixia, and the Liao Kingdom probably would not interfere. This is one of the reasons why the officials want to conquer in person."

Gao Ming said: "But he is not suitable for war at all!"

Let's play literature and art, don't play military affairs.

Hua Rong analyzed: "Tong Guan Shuai Bing, the official family is just a name of a personal conscript, honestly stay in the tent, and it is all thanks to him if he wins. Even if he loses, to be honest, it depends on the Western Army alone. If you have the strength, you won't lose too badly, just withdraw."

"By the way, there is also the gunpowder weapon you improved, the siege weapon, which was also used by Tong Guan to increase the possibility of destroying Xixia."

Gao Ming smacked his lips, "Selling sugar, training soldiers, and firearms, how come these methods are all used to make it feasible for the officials to conquer in person?!"

When he put forward these suggestions, he didn't ask Zhao Ji to gain experience by himself.

Besides, he has just found the means to become rich and powerful, can he hide his position first, so he has to go out now?

At this moment, Gao Qiu thought of another thing, "By the way, Daoist Gongsun also said that watching the sky at night, Xixia must be destroyed by the dragon spirit of the officials this time. reason."

He has money, soldiers, and firearms, and the ministers support him, and even the celestial phenomena are on his side.

It is very normal for Zhao Ji to want to conscript himself.

Gao Ming said: "Why use troops against Xixia, wouldn't it be good to tell the Liao Kingdom to deal with it?"

"I'm also waiting." Gao Qiu said: "Waiting for the Liao Kingdom to send someone to poison the emperor who is now in his prime, so that the young emperor can be enthroned. If he can, he will send troops to attack when the Xixia court is unstable."

Gao Ming sighed: "It's really the right time, place and people, everything is perfect."

It's really necessary to have everything ready, otherwise, Zhao Ji, that cowardly person, would not have conscripted himself.

Hua Rong said: "It sounds like we can indeed win the battle. It seems that the official family is going to be the master of Zhongxing. Why do you have such an expression?"

Gao Ming looked as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis, with a bitter expression.

Zhao Ji personally conquered and lost, and the new military training method might be abolished.

If he wins, his tail is still up to the sky, and if he fails to keep it straight, the next step is to be beaten by Fa Liao, or to be destroyed by Fa Jin, which completely destroys the current national policy of the Song Dynasty to make a fortune secretly.