Fu Song

Chapter 397 Dali Xiangguo
Dali has been in existence for hundreds of years since the founding emperor Duan Siping established the country. Compared with the Song Dynasty, the history is much longer. Back then, the founding emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty used a jade ax to draw the Dadu River as the boundary. Winning Dali is really not sure.

Beside the couch, Taizu, who would not allow others to sleep soundly, had no choice but to admit the existence of Dali. It can be seen that this country entrenched in the southeast is not so easy to get along with.

In addition to the strength of the soldiers, climate, geography and other innate conditions are also one of the important reasons why the Song Dynasty is hesitant to move forward.

However, it was prosperous and then declined. After hundreds of years of inheritance, Dali inevitably embarked on the road of decline. The solidification of domestic classes has reached a very serious level. But people who can afford to read, except for those rich and powerful families, are basically monks called Confucianism.

The serious consequence of class solidification is that Dali has fallen into the fate of being dominated by several giants in turn.

The power of the royal family is weakening day by day, Gao, Wang, Dong and other big families take turns to control the government and suppress the royal family together.

After decades of raging, Duan's influence in Dali has dropped to the lowest point in history, and the power he can control is already quite weak.

Today's Dali Prime Minister Gao Yingde, since coming to power, has made great efforts to govern, rectify the administration of officials, develop production, and attach importance to commerce. While making Dali's national strength rebound, it has also reached its peak.

As the Prime Minister of the country, Gao Yingde, who has reached this stage, seems to have no other way out except to go further.

He is very clear that if he does not take this step, once he steps down in the future, no matter whether it is the other companies or Duan's who come back to power, the first thing to do is to eliminate his influence.

The Gao family will end up with a lot of heads.

Of course, they couldn't completely kill the Gao family. Although the several powerful families in Dali have been fighting to the death for hundreds of years, they also have their bottom line. If you kill yourself today, there is no guarantee that others will kill you tomorrow.

But the Gao family has many branches and leaves, and there are many collaterals. If something like this happens, Gao Yingde's branch will naturally die.At that time, the Gao family will naturally have other branches to make up for it.

Speaking of which, Gao Yingde's team was just a substitute fifty years ago.

Gao Yingde, the current Prime Minister of Dali, does not want his descendants to end up in ruins after his death, nor does he want to create a flourishing Dali world that will end up benefiting others.

So, he has to go one step further.

The Duan family has been the emperor for hundreds of years, and it is almost the same. When he takes the throne, he will give Duan's descendants a place to live, which is considered to be his best.

But it is not so easy to take this last small step.

The Duan family understood, and so did the other families.

Everyone likes a weak Mrs. Duan, so that everyone can use it as a wooden sculpture and clay sculpture, and then everyone will scramble to eat meat and drink soup. If the emperor becomes such a powerful figure like Gao Yingde, everyone will only I'm afraid I won't have meat to eat, and it's very likely that I won't even have soup.

Therefore, at this point, everyone will block Gao Yingde with the same will.

How can we take this step smoothly?

Of course, it is necessary to create some incidents and create chaos, and then in the chaos, it is possible for one to take public opinion and the morale of the army to make further progress in one fell swoop.

To put it bluntly, it is to provoke foreign wars.

The fact that An Guirong, the lord of Luo Dian Kingdom, was destroyed and only led some of his confidants to escape to Dali once made Gao Yingde turn pale with shock.

Luo Dianguo has always been attached to Dali. At the same time, he is also a buffer zone between Dali and Song Dynasty. Now Luo Dianguo has been destroyed for no reason. Gao Yingde has to suspect that Dali Song wants to do something about Dali up.

But Da Song's current situation is really not good!

Da Song, who had suffered consecutive defeats on Hebei Road and Shaanxi Road, should have no reason to fight again in Dali at this time!
But it’s not sure, maybe it’s because the Song Dynasty suffered consecutive defeats on Hebei Road and Shaanxi Road, and the domestic morale is low and the people’s hearts are unstable, so I want to pick up the persimmons and pinch them, so I can play with myself!

Compared with Da Song's bulk, Gao Yingde thinks that he is indeed a soft persimmon.

Gao Yingde immediately dispatched people, both official and private, to find out what happened.At the same time, the country has also begun to mobilize urgently, if something really needs to happen, it will not be in a hurry.

Although Dali is indeed weaker than Song Dynasty, it is not so easy for Song Dynasty to invade Dali.

The weather, geography and people are harmonious, and Dali has it all.

And in Gao Yingde's view, no matter what the situation in Song Dynasty is, this is a great opportunity for him!
Only under abnormal circumstances, as the prime minister of Dali, can he gather more power in his hands as much as possible, and under such circumstances, he will encounter less resistance.

The result of the investigation surprised Gao Yingde, but he was also overjoyed.

I really didn't expect that Da Song would be reduced to such a point.

The one who invaded Luo Dianguo was actually the second child of the Xiao family, Xiao Cheng and Xiao Chongwen.

When it comes to the Xiao family, Gao Yingde admires it very much.

That guy Xiao Yu has raised an amazing son. Now that Xiao Ding is in the northwest, he basically dominates one side. In Gao Yingde's view, it is only a matter of time before Xiao Ding becomes emperor on his own.

And this is exactly what Gao Yingde dreams of.

I didn't notice the second son of the Xiao family before, but now it seems that Tiger's brother is definitely not a cowardly little white rabbit. This Xiao Erlang, who is hidden behind the scenes, can actually control the entire Qianzhou subordinates. Dozens of prefectures and used them for their own use, and can take Luo Dian in one fell swoop.

This Xiao Er Er seems to be following the path of Xiao Boss again. Does this mean he also wants to dig a piece in the southwest of the Song Dynasty?

That's great!

Gao Yingde was almost dancing with joy.

This is Gao's great opportunity!
If God gives but does not take, you will be punished by God!

This is Gao Yingde's interpretation of this matter.

An Guirong received a very grand reception in Dali. Gao Yingde gave the place, money, food, grass and weapons, and asked An Guirong to gather Luo Dianguo stragglers who were scattered by Xiao Cheng in Dali, and promised to help An Guirong take back Luo Dianguo lost ground.

Naturally, Gao Yingde's thoughts were not limited to the little Luo Dianguo. His eyes were also on Qianzhou under Xiao Cheng's control and the dozens of prefectures under Qianzhou's jurisdiction.

What he needs to defeat is not the big Song, but just a big Song Wuxia or Xiao Cheng who can't be dealt with.

Today's Xiao family is already in dire straits. The failure on Shaanxi Road made Xiao's arrogance rise to the sky. In order to clean up the mess on Shaanxi Road, Da Song had no choice but to make peace with Xiao. Xiao Cheng may also become part of the negotiation in the southwest. .

Da Song didn't dare to deal with Xiao Cheng, because he was worried that Xiao Ding would retaliate on Shaanxi Road.

Therefore, if he went to clean up Xiao Cheng himself, not only would Da Song not blame himself, he might even celebrate with him!Well, when the time comes, I will charge those dozens of states as rewards, so they probably won't have too much difference!
So what if you have an opinion when you are a mother?

Now Da Song has sores on his buttocks and pus on the soles of his feet, do he still have time, energy and enough strength to say something to himself?

At this point, I can probably use these victories to complete a step up in the country and become a great treasure.

When I become the emperor of Dali, I can do a lot more freely, slowly clean up the powerful gentry forces who are entrenched in one side of the country, really take back the power to the central government, and at the same time strive to develop the national strength and mobilize the troops. , always pay attention to the news from Da Song.Assuming that there was a major conflict between Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom or Xiaoding in the northwest on that day, he could take advantage of the situation and send troops to take Guangdong and Guangxi.

Guangnan Xidao and Guangnan Dongdao were beaten into chaos during the last barbarian Nong Zhigao's rebellion. Although Nong Zhigao's rebellion was suppressed later, it also made Dali see the great Song Dynasty in the southwest direction. Strong on the outside but dry on the inside.

Especially after Tao Hongyuan served as the appeasement envoy of Guangnan West Road in the past few years, the officials up and down Guangnan West Road are all focused on making money. All of the South in your hand.

At that time, I really made an unprecedented achievement since the founding of Dali.

At that time, the Gao family will be able to sit firmly on the emperor's chair.

A large number of spies were sent out, entered Luo Dianguo, and entered the southwest of Guizhou. Gao Yingde began to quietly plan the march.

The emperor paid off. After the autumn harvest, the spies brought back news that made Gao Yingde furious, and the Luo family's ghost kingdom suddenly attacked Xiao Cheng.

Luo's ghost country's thoughts are probably clear to him at a glance, and he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to expand his power.

And the plans of the two sides are almost the same.

They all want to take down Luo Dianguo, and at the same time swallow up the dozens of Jimi states in Southwest Guizhou.

Luo Dianguo and Luoshi Guiguo come from the same origin, which is probably the reason why Pugui sent troops.

Righteously, to avenge his brother.

But An Guirong, the lord of Luo Dian, is still here!
"What are you panicking!" Gao Yingde reprimanded An Guirong, who rushed to him in a hurry and demanded to send troops immediately: "Let them fight for a while, and beat you and me, and the casualties are heavy. At that time, we will fight again." Wouldn't it be easier to send troops?"

"But Prime Minister, looking at the composition of Pugui's troops, he obviously has the support of Song Dynasty. If we do it too late, after Luo Dian falls into Pugui, it will be too late to get it back!" An Guirong Uneasy authentic.

Gao Yingde sneered: "Is there such an easy thing? If Xiao Cheng is so easy to deal with, how could you have been beaten by him three times and two times, and fled to Dali in a state of embarrassment?"

An Guirong lowered her head with a flushed face.

Being unceremoniously sprinkled salt on the wound by Gao Yingde, he could only twitch in pain, but he had to ask for help, but he could only swallow this breath forcefully.

"This battle cannot be finished in a short period of time, we need to make all preparations." Gao Yingde patted An Guirong on the shoulder, "What you have to do now is to train well, and when the time is right, I will definitely fight back with you as the vanguard. When you win, you will not only get the Luo Dian Kingdom, but also the Luo Shi Ghost Kingdom!"

An Guirong blinked, somewhat unable to believe such a good thing would happen.Compared to the Luo Shi Ghost Kingdom, his Luo Dianguo can only be regarded as a younger brother, and the Great Song that the Luo Shi Ghost Kingdom is attached to seems to be a behemoth that can not be messed with.

But Gao Yingde's words are as good as copper, copper, iron and iron, but he couldn't help but An Guirong didn't believe it.

Maybe, there really was such a big pie falling from the sky on my head!
It seems that there is no other way out for the left and right besides hugging the thigh of the Dali Prime Minister.

An Guirong left with both excitement and anxiety.

Like all those in power in this world, Gao Yingde hardly has much time for himself. In the public hall during the day, he needs to meet officials one after another and handle almost endless official duties one after another. After returning home, outside his house, there were still countless people waiting in line for him to be interviewed.

Busy but fulfilling.

Painful but happy.

Gao Yingde couldn't imagine what it would be like if one day he had nothing to do and was free.

Could it be that he was just like Duan Zhengxing, going to Tianlong Temple to debate Buddhist scriptures with those monks every day?
The whole country in Dali believes in Buddhism, so naturally Gao Yingde also believes in Buddhism.But he believes in Buddha because he wants to use Buddha to achieve his own goals. If Buddha prevents what he wants to do, then he actually doesn't mind knocking Buddha down on the ground and stepping on it a few times.

If the gods can't help themselves with things, then the gods don't need it.

It doesn't seem too difficult to find a new object of worship.

"Have you found out the details of that monk? Is he a real monk?" Gao Yingde, who finally returned home, asked his second son Gao Yingxiang while reading some relatively secret private letters.

"He is a real monk." Gao Yingxiang nodded and said, "He is proficient in Buddhist principles and has unparalleled eloquence skills. In Tianlong Temple, he has debated all the eminent monks in the temple to the point of speechlessness. He really has a brilliant tongue, which is extremely admirable."

Gao Yingde raised his head and glanced at his second son, Gao Yingxiang immediately lowered his head, unlike his own father, he truly believed in and respected Buddhism.

"Dharma name Huiyuan came from Daxiangguo Temple in Bianliang. I heard that he went to the north of Hengshan in order to influence the Yi people in Liao. After failing, he went to Liao to teach Buddhism. This is an ascetic monk, and we The great monk of Tianlong Temple is quite different." Gao Yingxiang said in a low voice.

"Have you been to the north of Hengshan Mountain, and you have also been to Liao Kingdom?" Gao Yingde became more interested this time, "Make arrangements, invite this monk to come to my house and I will meet you."

"Yes!"

Gao Yingde wanted to see this monk, but because he wanted to learn about Xiaoding in the Northwest and Yelujun in the Liao Kingdom through this monk. Since this monk has such skills, it is natural for him to come and go to these places. You also know things that others don't.

Or he could inadvertently get a lot of information that the spies would never be able to get out from his mouth.

(End of this chapter)