Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 100 Marshal Liu, do you want a wife or not?

Liu Ling's sudden change of attitude, and Song Ren's response that changed with his change of attitude, were actually a kind of silent bargaining.

That night, the Song troops guarding the camp gate were ordered to wait until a group of cavalry came to the camp gate, and they immediately opened the door to let them go.

"Good brother!"

Tong Guan stood up, with an expression of surprise on his face. He sat on the chair without moving, and stretched out his hand to signal: "Quick, sit down wherever you want. Come, make tea and entertain the guests."

"Then you're disturbing the Grand Master."

After Tong Guan heard Liu Ling's tone, he felt a little dissatisfied, but he still greeted warmly on his face. He did not talk about Yan's affairs or the military, but casually talked about domestic gossip and trivial matters as a source of laughter.

When the maidservant knelt down to make tea for the two of them, Tong Guan waved for them to leave, and then sighed.

"Yandi repeated it several times, Marshal Liu, you are from Yan, I will tell you some benefits now, please listen carefully."

You are the eunuch.
  Liu Ling thought to himself, and then he couldn't help but smile. After Tong Guan saw the smile on his face, he thought he agreed with what he said and stroked his beard, "It seems that the general also agrees with what I said."

"Um, isn't it a bit..." Liu Ling didn't hear what Tong Guan said just now, but he immediately showed an expression that it would be hard for me to do things for you if you give me this little money. After putting down the tea cup with his left hand, he subconsciously rubbed his fingers.

"Tsk," Tong Guan said in a deep voice: "My court followed the old practice of Pharmacist Guo two years ago. One hundred and fifty thousand guan per year, as well as a lot of money, food, weapons and equipment, it is really a lot! Marshal Liu, you need to know as a man advance and retreat."

Liu Ling picked up the tea cup, then placed it heavily on the table, and said calmly: "Pharmacist Guo rebelled, I will take it down."

Tong Guan was slightly startled.

Although it is shameless to say this, in some respects, it was Liu Ling who defeated Guo Yaoshi, and Tong Guan explained this to the court and the country.

"When Medicine Master Guo surrendered, he only had Zhuozhou and thousands of victorious troops. But now I occupy Yan's land of thousands of miles and have hundreds of thousands of powerful troops."

Liu Ling stared at him and said: "Liu Ling has nothing else to ask for. One house, two wives and two concubines, and one hundred acres of fertile land are enough to survive. And this 150,000 yuan is too much for me, Liu Ling." Not much? Of course it’s a lot, but I still ask Enxiang to ask the 100,000-victorious army under Ling whether he agrees!”

The two of them drank tea, but did not speak for a while. Two maids came in, replaced them with new tea, and then slowly left.

Tong Guan's originally stiff face softened a lot again, and he took out a map and placed it in front of Liu Ling.

"Starting from the north, Shun, Tong, Jing, Ji, Yanshanfu, Zhuo, Yi, Tan and other prefectures and territories will all be nominally under the banner of the Song Dynasty and the name of the ever-victorious army. From now on, they will not be allowed to Furthermore, you have to express your gratitude to the king and confess your guilt. Then, I will personally confess your merits for you, and the officials will also understand."

"Three hundred thousand guan per year, in addition to coins, can also be replaced by gold and silver as much as possible. For food, grass and baggage, several staff members under me will then liquidate and agree on the amount. I don't want to deliver it completely. However, the difference will be It cannot be less than 20%.”

Tong Guan nodded without hesitation: "Yes."

"Except for the number of bows, crossbows and horses, the number must be renegotiated. There is a alum mine in Fengsheng Prefecture of Yunzhong Prefecture. I want that alum mine."

"can."

"." Seeing what he said and what Tong Guan promised, Liu Ling felt absurd in his heart and continued: "I want to move 15,000 households from Hebei to Yan."

"can."

Tong Guan drank the tea in one gulp and said with a smile: "It seems that this is all Marshal Liu wants, right?"

He leaned on the chair and looked at Liu Ling, and said softly: "I can do it, but why?"

Just a change of banner and your refusal to declare yourself king and confess your guilt?
  Do you really think I am stupid?
  "Yan Di needs to recuperate."

Liu Ling knew that Tong Guan was afraid of another war, so he said: "If we just use Yanshan Mansion as a line of defense, it is easy to make mistakes. Although Yanjing is a strong city, it has been war-torn and the city is dilapidated. It needs manpower and material resources to repair it." .”

"Yes, if Juyongguan and the Great Wall in the north were not in the hands of the Jin people, I, the Song Dynasty, would not have to worry about border issues like this." Tong Guan nodded and replied confidently.

"Then why can't we build another Guancheng?" Liu Ling stood up and came to Tong Guan, held down the map in front of him, and drew a horizontal line on it with his fingernail.

"Build another Great Wall. If you advance, you can defend the northern frontier. If you retreat, you can comply with your will. No more attacks, just defend the Great Wall."

Nowadays, the Song Dynasty court is still dominated by the peace faction, led by Prime Minister Wang Fu. The Zhao Guan family also thinks the same way. Painting and playing with birds is better than fighting, right?

He built a city and gave him money and food. Anyway, it was not his private treasury that paid for it.

Tong Guan was also stunned, but he naturally understood the other meaning contained in Liu Ling, and couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

"Master, if this is the method"

“This method is simply exquisite!”

Tong Guan exclaimed. He looked at Liu Ling's face, wanting to open his mind and study it carefully.

Both of them knew that the so-called talk of building the Great Wall was pure nonsense, but Liu Ling could take the opportunity to ask for more households and food, while Tong Guan could openly and openly receive a wave of kickbacks.

Rebuilding the Great Wall would inevitably cause an uproar in the court, but it also happened to suit the wishes of the peace faction and the officials.

The worst case scenario is to cut back a bit when submitting the budget at the beginning. When construction actually starts later, can the court give up halfway?
  It's like a poorly-finished building. Some people have already received the money, and it's up to them whether to repair it or not. Those who contributed money even have to beg them to continue building.

"To the north, there is Juyong Pass," Liu Ling said solemnly: "I think the newly built Guancheng might as well be called Shanhaiguan Pass!"

"Okay, what a Shanhaiguan. It really has a majestic name."

Tong Guan nodded seriously, held Liu Ling's hand, and smiled slightly.

"Since Marshal Liu has betrothed the princess of the Liao Kingdom, how about the concubine of the Song Dynasty?"

Old Liu, do you want a wife or not?

The grudge in Tong Guan's heart disappeared, as if he saw his long-lost brother, his eyes filled with eagerness.

You are such a talent!
  It was already midnight when he returned to the army. Han Shizhong had not yet fallen asleep. When he saw Liu Ling coming back, he immediately said: "Commander, there are several people looking for you, and they all claim to be officials from the Liao Dynasty."

"Gu Liao officials?"

Liu Ling frowned slightly. Those who can claim themselves like this are probably people like Shi Liai.

"What kind of officials were they in the Liao Kingdom before? Did they mention their names?"

"Well" Han Shizhong showed a trace of embarrassment on his face and said sheepishly: "The young man didn't even recognize the official position in the Song Dynasty, let alone the official position in the Liao Kingdom. However, the leader did say his name.

He claimed that his name was Han Fang, and said that he had heard the news from Yan, and he took several people who were also officials from the Liao Dynasty to escape from Jin Wanyan Zongbi at night, saying that he was willing to serve you. "

"Han Fang."

Liu Ling moved his hands and feet to wake up his somewhat sleepy head.

"Please come and meet me."

"That's right." Han Shizhong was about to turn around and leave when Liu Ling called him from behind.

"What other orders does the commander have?"

Liu Ling patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "When you see me in the future, you don't need to call yourself a villain anymore. You should call yourself a general."

(End of this chapter)