"Dalang, are you scared?"

"Fear? What's scared?"

"I'm afraid of going to the Liao Kingdom and the Khitans."

"Uh... Brother Xiao Yi, this, this... is a little bit."

"Haha, Dalang is really worried."

Ximen Qing sent Wu Haogu out of Ximentang and sent him all the way to the pier where the Mi family official ship was moored.

On the way, the two walked side by side, and Ximen Qing talked about Yan Yun's trip.

Although Wu Haogu was moved, he still did not give a accurate letter... After all, Yanjing is now "foreign". It is the terrifying Nanjing of the Great Liao Kingdom. It seems to be a place like a dragon and a tiger's den. There are probably Khitan bandits who are ten times more cruel than Liangshan bandits!

So Wu Haogu was very afraid that he would actually get the bento after he went there.

"Dalang, in fact, the Liao Kingdom is not a dragon's pond." Ximen Qing didn't know whether it was to be honest or comfort Wu Haogu, "There are many thieves, but as long as you come and go empty-handed, you will not attract bad people. If you meet thieves, you will spend money to buy a way.

Moreover, Ma Erge’s family is one of the four major families in Yanyun. It is very powerful and can ensure that you come and go safely."

"The four major families of Yanyun?"

"The four major families of Han, Zhao, Liu, and Ma." Ximen Qing said, "The Han family is the descendant of Han Derang; the Zhao family is the descendant of Zhao Yanshou, the surrendered general of the Later Jin Dynasty; the Liu family is the descendant of Liu Shun, the governor of Lulong, and has been a powerful man in Yanyun for generations; the Ma family is the descendant of Ma Yinqing, the governor of Qingzhou of the Later Jin Dynasty. He was detained by the Liao people to Yanyun. The clan of Ma Erge, Ma Renwang, the leader of the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain, was also an important official of the Liao Kingdom. Now he is the official to be appointed as the envoy of the Third Division of Nanjing.

If you are a guest of the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain, where would anyone touch your hair in Yanyun?"

Yiwulu Mountain is in Xianzhou, western Liaoning, and was the place where Ma Yinqing, the governor of Qingzhou of the Later Jin Dynasty, originally lived in the Liao Kingdom. Ma Yinqing himself did not join Liao, but lived in seclusion in Yiwulu Mountain for life. However, his son Ma Yanxu became a subordinate of Liao Kingdom and became a subordinate of Nanjing, his grandson Ma Yuan became a deputy subordinate of Zhongjing, and his great-grandson Ma Quan became the envoy of Zhongjing Wensi.

However, the most awesome thing about the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain is the fifth-generation patriarch of the Ma Renwang. Although he is now just entrusting the envoy of the Three Divisions of Nanjing, he is the confidant of the crown prince Yelu Yanxi. Once Yanxi ascended the throne, he will immediately become the most powerful minister.

Ma Zhi is Ma Renwang's nephew, and he can definitely leave sideways in Yanyun area. Even ordinary Khitans would not dare to mess with him.

Wu Haogu still frowned slightly, "As Xiao Yi said, Ma's second brother was born like this, why should he be determined to destroy Liao?

With his talent, will he be able to be the best minister in the Liao Dynasty sooner or later? When we come to our dynasty, we may not have a future beyond our dynasty, right?"

Ximen Qing smiled and said in an admirable tone: "What Ma Shibo wants is not a high-ranking minister, but a name that is left in history. With his talent, a Jinshi of the Liao Kingdom has not been given a job? If he wanted to be an official, he would have been a long time ago."

The imperial examination in the Liao Kingdom was actually a means to win over the Han and Bohai tribes. I had to compete for my father when taking the imperial examination. Although Ma Zhi's father died long ago, his uncle was powerful and from the four major families of Yanyun. He also had the ability, and he was afraid that he would not be able to pass the Jinshi?

With his background and a Jinshi, he will definitely rise to the top after high school, and it will probably be a matter of time before he can be ranked as the prime minister.

But in the Song Dynasty, even if he had the great contribution of restoring Yan and pacifying Liao, what official could he give him? He was not a Jinshi of the Song Dynasty, but a man from the south to the north, and at most he was given a high-ranking false position.

This horse train seems to be doing a thankless deal!

Ximen Qing then said, "But Ma Shibo has had the ambition to overcome Yan Yun for the Han family since he was a child... This is also the ambition of Ma Yinqing, the ancestor of the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain. And there have always been people in the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain who have never forgotten the ambitions of their ancestors, just like our Ximen family in Yanggu."

It turns out that the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain was a high-ranking official in the Liao Kingdom, while others did not forget the aspirations of their ancestors, accumulated strength and waited for opportunities.

It really makes me feel a little bit like being in the Liaoying camp and being in the Song Dynasty.

Do only the other three major families in Yanyun have the same meaning?

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu asked again: "Does the Han, Zhao and Liu tribes of Yanyun, among the four major families, not forget the Southern Dynasties like the Ma family?"

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "No one in the Han people in Yanyun has forgotten the Southern Dynasties. But in the past 100 years, they have been strong in the north and weak in the south, and there is no hope of defeating them, so they gradually become cold.

But now everyone can see the weakness of the Khitans. The heart is ulcerated and the limbs are too strong... A chieftain Makus on a grassland called the Khitans exhausted and fought for six or seven years but could not tell.

The Western thieves who were vassal of the Liao people were defeated repeatedly in our dynasty, and it was about time and evening to subdue. It was obvious that the Song Dynasty was strong and the Liao Dynasty was weak. What would you think of the Yanyun family?"

"Xiao Yi," Wu Haogu looked at Ximen Qing, "Do you really think it's Liao's weak and Song Qiang now?"

Ximen Qing laughed, "The ancients said that reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. Dalang, you are only afraid even if you have never been to Liao Kingdom.

If you go to Liao Kingdom and meet those Khitan palace soldiers who only know how to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name, you will know that they are definitely not the opponents of the elite Western Army.

Besides, the Khitan Palace soldiers had long been attacked from all sides. They not only had to deal with our dynasty, but also had to run on the grassland and guard against the nuzhi tribes in the east, which was not enough to use it."

Ximen Qing and Ma Zhi’s optimism seems to be unreasonable… Wu Haoguxin said: It will be the battle to protect Bu Dagang in about ten years!

The Liao soldiers, known as 700,000, were destroyed by 20,000 Jurchen cavalry, and the Liao Dynasty never recovered from then on!

But Ximen Qing and Ma Zhi would never have thought that the Song Dynasty was actually like the Liao Kingdom, and it had long been corrupt.

The combat power shown by the Western Army is actually based on the corruption and weakness of the Western Xia.

However, Ximen Qing's words just now make sense, and it is necessary to go to the Liao Kingdom to experience it. The Jingkang shame ultimately stems from the weakness of the Khitan. And the antidote to the Jingkang disaster may be in the Liao Kingdom... If Wu Haogu really had the ideal of saving the country and the people, he should go to the Liao Kingdom to see with his own eyes what the Khitan warriors, Mongolian warriors and the heroes who gave birth to a daughter looked like.

Only by knowing oneself and one’s enemy can one be invincible in a hundred battles!

"Okay," Wu Haogu finally nodded, "When I finish the important things at hand, I will find an opportunity to go to Yanyun for a while."

...

"Big Dad, Ma Shibo, and Wu Dalang agreed to go to Yanyun."

After sending Wu Haogu and others to the dock, Ximen Qing immediately rushed back to Ximen Hall.

In the inner living room of Ximen Hall, Ximen Qing reported Wu Haogu's decision to his grandfathers Ximen He and Ma Zhi.

"Okay!" Ma Zhi stroked his hands, "The big thing has taken another step forward!

If this Wu Dalang really has such a great reputation, we will have a mouthpiece in Kaifeng Prefecture in the future."

It turned out that Ma Zhi's plan was to first praise Wu Haogu as a famous scholar, and then use him to promote the decline of the Khitan to promote the Song Dynasty's ruler and ministers to attack Yanyun in the north.

"The mouthpiece is easy to handle," Ximen He savored the fragrant clouds and mist tea, shook his head gently, "It's just the heart of the Song Dynasty, I'm afraid it's as decay as the Liao Kingdom!"

Ma Zhi smiled and said, "Shi Bo's words are wrong. The Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom are different.

The foundation of the Liao Kingdom is the Khitan clan, and the 400,000 palace tent soldiers were all conquered from the various tribes. Now the Khitan clan only knows how to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name, and the 400,000 palace tent soldiers have long lost their name. If you want to cheer up, you can shovel the Buddhism of the Liao Dynasty!
Chapter completed!