Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 228 The art of searching mountains and seas to catch Wu

After the death of Jin King Richard and Prime Minister Li Yuchang, there were people in the Xia Kingdom who wanted to take the opportunity to integrate the two remaining armies. However, the Han army was close at hand, and Queen Mother Yelu had a prince in her hands. If a new ruler was established in the Xia Kingdom, , first of all, it will be impossible to win most of the troops.

After all, the request of the King of Han was not difficult, which was to open trade routes, send some military horses and baggage, and cede some land.

As long as someone in the country dares to claim to be the Lord of Xia, the Han army will most likely fight with real swords and guns.

Going to war with the Han army again?
By May, most of the Xia people's nobles began to express their submission to Queen Mother Yelu. At the same time, Wanyan Zongbi, who had been hiding well in the Xia Kingdom, began to flee again.

The King of Han gave a reward, saying that anyone who could kill Wanyan Zongbi and bring his body to ask for reward would get a donkey.

Anyone who captures Zongbi alive and presents it as a gift will be rewarded with one hundred thousand strings and one thousand pieces of silk, and he can be appointed as a lieutenant in the Han army.

At this moment, the whole Xia Kingdom began to be alarmed by this overwhelming wealth. These rewards must seem very shabby for a country, but for a person or a tribe, this is already an unimaginable amount of wealth.

"My lord, meet the king!"

Pu Wang Li Renzhong bowed respectfully and saluted. Only after seeing Liu Ling's signal did he dare to stand up.

"Give me a seat."

"I'll take my leave, villain."

He took a deep breath, turned around, and bowed to Wang Ahai.

The moment he heard this, King Pu just thought about it briefly, and then he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said: "I just rely on my age and low qualifications, and don't want to see the soldiers and civilians being messed up, so I am in front of everyone." How can I dare to be arrogant if I can mediate during this time? I hope your Majesty will understand clearly!"

Liu Ling knocked on the table lightly and said, "Go ahead."

The Xia Kingdom was actually very rebellious at the beginning. After it was severely beaten by the Liao Kingdom, it turned to serve the Liao Kingdom as its superior state. When the Liao Kingdom was beaten to the end, Xia General Li Liangfu led an army of 30,000 to rescue the Liao Kingdom. , was defeated by the Jin Wanyan Loushi with a thousand cavalry. At that time, the Xia Lord Li Qianshun began to prepare to serve the Jin Kingdom.

Liu Ling looked at him and smiled:

King Pu showed weakness blindly, and Liu Ling could not force him with words. He just gave a few instructions, and then said: "The Xia Kingdom has fought several times, and its national strength has been greatly reduced. The two families of Han and Xia were already on good terms. , I don’t want to do anything too ugly, so just do it yourself.”

Until now, the Xia people have been severely beaten by the Han army several times, and now they are completely honest. After all, the two families are bordering each other. Even if some dignitaries in the Xia Kingdom still want to start a war, the party tribes and cities adjacent to the Han will never do it again. agree.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Renzhong restrained his official robe and sat on the chair with an upright posture, not daring to lean on the back of the chair.

"I heard that King Pu is a loyal elder in the Xia Kingdom. The leaders and generals of the Xia Kingdom also regard you as their current commander. It seems that this rumor is true. From now on, the reconciliation between Han and Xia will depend on King Pu is here."

"The old and weak man is old and weak. From now on, he only wants to support a rich man until his old age. He will also do his best to strive for peace in the country and dare not offend the power of God again."

When he retreated to the door, Li Renzhong met Wang Ahai head-on. The latter gave the former a polite smile. Li Renzhong didn't want to pay attention to him. He lowered his head and was about to leave. When he took a step forward, he found that his sleeve was being pulled. .

"Well, I must follow the king's teachings and educate the Xia people."

Li Renzhong: "."

"Xiao Wang, I have met Angel Wang."

When Li Renzhong faced the King of Han, he only dared to call himself a villain. He could mention his identity as a prince to Wang Ahai, but he only dared to call himself "little king".

No matter how fierce the quarrel was in the camp before, at this time, he had to give face to the other party unconditionally. Wang Ahai immediately let go of his hand, returned the salute, then turned around and entered the handsome tent.

"Your Majesty, please pay homage to your Majesty."

"sit down."

Liu Ling saw the scene at the curtain, but he did not take it to task. Instead, Wang Ahai sat down first, then left the chair and knelt on the ground.

"I made my own decision, please punish me."

Wang Ahai is still capable. When he was ordered to go to the Xia army camp, he expected that the Xia people might wait for the price and deliberately asked for a high price, so he had no intention of negotiating well from the beginning.

He first asked some of his confidants to bribe the soldiers of the Xia people guarding the grain camp. It was impossible for the Xia people's lax military discipline to withstand such a silver bullet offensive. During the peace negotiations, the entire army was already lax. After all, most of them All the soldiers of the Xia people were "compulsory conscripts". If they did not desert, they would be worthy of the country's great favor.

Then during the peace talks, a fire broke out and the fast-forward button was pressed on the entire peace negotiation process.

"You have done a great job on your mission."

Liu Ling came to the conclusion directly. He didn't like to play the game of kings, kings and ministers coming and going. He added: "You have been an official under my king for some time. I can see that you are talented and learned." , if you do things for Gu, Gu will not treat you badly."

"I understand."

"When we retreat to Yunzhong, I plan to send you to the Song Dynasty again. What do you think should be used?" Liu Ling looked at Wang Ahai and asked.

Wang Ahai lowered his head and thought silently.

Ambassador He Zhengdan?

Congratulations to the Zhao Guan family for their birthday?

After a moment, Wang Ahai raised his head and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning of the founding of our Han Dynasty, the Song people defeated the Northern Expedition to attack our Han Dynasty. I, I, should go and question the crime!"

Liu Ling nodded slightly and reminded:
"Previously, I controlled Yandi alone, but then there were Yunzhong and grasslands, swallowing up the seven states of Hebei. To the east, there was a vast ocean.

I heard that the people of Song Dynasty made more than one million profits from the maritime trade route every year, so I thought that if I, a big man, could also open up a maritime trade route to communicate with overseas countries, maybe the hole in Yanyun's accounts could be filled a lot. "

"My lord, I understand."

The gains from the battle against Xia were not too great. Although the Houtao area was included in the territory, the Yellow River disaster in the Houtao area required great efforts to rectify. With the current national strength of the Han Dynasty, it could only be rectified slowly. , can't spare too many manpower.

However, many of the Xia soldiers captured in this battle could move to Houtao or become farmers in Yunzhong. The excess population in Yunzhong could also move to Wulahai City, build new cities, and restore the local abandoned ditches.

Liu Ling signed multiple documents overnight, paused for a moment on the last document, and slowly wrote a few lines for review.

Rebuilding the Great Wall in the north, merging with Hebei in the south, and collecting the Yellow River in the west, Yanyun is now surrounded by dangerous passes and defenses on three sides. It is no longer the place where the four battles were a few years ago, so accordingly, Liu Ling has to slowly sort out some of the shortcomings under his control. .

The big man under him is more like a pure vassal town. It seems to be clearly hierarchical. It will still cause endless troubles over time, so now that the situation has eased, he will slowly adjust his focus.

At the end of the document, there is a note:
In June of the first year of Qianwu, Cai Jing of Zhiyunzhong Prefecture and Shili Aiyu of Yanshan Prefecture were ordered to open imperial schools in Yanyun. They summoned Confucian scholars to teach Gongyang Chunqiu.

(End of this chapter)