The Liao Dynasty advocated force, and its army was divided into imperial tents, palace guards, chief tribal armies, all tribal armies, Wujing Township Ding and national armies.

Among them, the so-called "Five Capitals Xiangding" are the remaining main forces of the Liao Kingdom, mostly composed of Han people, and among these main forces, the two southwest capitals are the most important.

"The five capitals built by the Liao Dynasty are: Linhuang, the homeland of Khitan; Liaoyang, the eastern part of Han Dynasty, the homeland of Bohai Sea; Zhongjing, the western part of Han Dynasty and Liao Dynasty, which has existed in Khitan since the later Tang Dynasty. The three capitals have Ding nationality records of 226,100

, there are more households transferred from Fan to Han.”

"Xijin, Datong, formerly Han Dynasty, has a native place of 806,700 people."

It can be seen from this that the number of Ding residents in Xijing Prefecture in Nanjing and Datong Prefecture in Xijing, which are located in the "Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun", is three times more than that of the other three capitals combined.

The farming clan can send out one soldier out of ten, the nomadic clan can send out three soldiers, the sixteen states of Youyun can choose the middle number, and six clan can send out one soldier. The emperor's uncle and the king of Wei also have 150,000 troops.

Public.

This is where Wei King Yelu Chun's confidence lies in spying on the throne.

Now Xiao Fengxian's suggestion is clearly a plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves, using the Sixteen Provinces of Youyun as bait to attract the Song Dynasty and Wei Wang Taishu to merge with each other, reaping huge benefits and gaining a foothold.

However, Yelu Shensi immediately expressed his opposition: "King Lanling has sent me! If the king of Wei knows that he has abandoned his land to the Song Dynasty, please get armor, weapons, money, food and horses, and stand up to fight me. We will die without a place!"

The ministers reacted immediately and expressed their disapproval one after another.

Wang Shiru kept pondering, and after all the ministers were quiet, he said: "What if we only use Runzhou to establish a shipping business and trade with it, and allow it to garrison troops?"

Runzhou was Qinhuangdao in later generations, and is now the southernmost coastal city on Zhongjing Road. Although Wang Shiru's strategy was developed by Xiao Fengxian, it was undoubtedly more feasible.

Using Runzhou as an open city for trade with the Song Dynasty, if the Song Dynasty agrees, it will be equivalent to using the military strength of the Song Dynasty to intimidate the king of Wei and offset the threat from Yuguan in the south. While making profits, it also guarantees the security of the Zhongjing Road.

Safety.

For the Song Dynasty, this was undoubtedly a huge temptation, because Runzhou, to the north of Yuguan, one of the five Yanyun passes, was equivalent to using the sea route to break the easternmost pass of the Great Wall defense line. For the Song Dynasty, it was undoubtedly

Very beneficial.

Now the ministers finally understood that King Lanling's treasonous idea became feasible after the king's rejuvenation in participating in politics.

All that's left is the price.

Wang Shiru continued: "Before his expedition to the north, His Majesty asked Prime Minister Wang to purchase 500,000 arrows from the Song Dynasty. Is it reasonable for us, Xu Runzhou, to trade with the Song Dynasty to garrison troops in exchange for these 500,000 arrows? For the Southern Dynasty,

There is no loss, but at the same time it can reduce the war readiness of Tokyo Road, and may even cause a gap between Tokyo and the Song people?"

The price is only to cede a small Runzhou, which is not embarrassing compared to Xiao Fengxian's previous lion's mouth.

Wang Shiru is a person who is proficient in the ways to survive in the officialdom. He bowed lazily to Xiao Duoli and said: "My Lady, the idea I just had was inspired by King Lanling's suggestion. The first thing King Lanling said is to go north to Jinshan to search for

Your Majesty is the most important thing. If Your Majesty can return, the troubles with King Wei and Prime Minister Wang can be easily solved."

Xiao Duolilan and Xiao Fengxian's faces suddenly looked better, and they heard Xiao Duolilan say: "According to what Prince Lanling and Wang Shenzheng said, we searched for His Majesty's traces and sent envoys along the way to discuss the customs clearance with the Southern Dynasty."

…

Daming Mansion, Yellow River Wharf, Su You is seeing Wang Hui and his nephew off.

After Wang Yanbi's rule ended, Zhao Xu sought the opinion of the eldest princess and agreed to release him from the capital, so he appointed Wang Yanbi as the Zizhou Road transfer judge.

Zizhou Road is one of the four roads in Chuanxia, ​​and is only second busier than Chengdu Fu Road.

To the north are Mianzhou and Suining, which were the traditional sugar production areas of the Song Dynasty. Nowadays, they have been promoted to the famous product soft white sugar.

To the south, there is Fushunjian, the largest salt producing area in central Sichuan.

The territory also includes Yanting County and Tongshan County, and is also very rich in mineral resources.

It is also the hometown of Lei Zu, the legendary inventor of silk weaving, and a famous sericulture base in Sichuan.

Wang Hui had helped Su You a lot during this period, but now he was going to join his son again.

On the edge of the Yellow River, Su You looked at this talented man who had been delayed by the Song Dynasty's scientific examination, and couldn't help but sigh: "Old Wang, I really can't bear to let you go..."

Wang Hui also felt a little ashamed: "In the troubled times of the Liao Kingdom, things here in Dongwen have become increasingly busy. Now that I am leaving Dongwen, I am actually very ashamed."

"However, the Liao Kingdom's silt is getting worse and it will fall apart on its own soon. It is difficult to reverse the trend."

"Dong Weng's wise plan was perfect, and he was able to build the facilities more than ten years ago, but now he has reached the harvest stage."

"The fruit is hanging down, just waiting to be picked easily. Compared with the young master's first entry into official career, it is more worrying about that."

Su You couldn't help but pout: "If it's not easy to be a transfer judge in Zizhou, then there aren't many officials who are going to be easy to be in that day."

Wang Hui smiled sheepishly and said: "The officials have taken great pains to arrange this for their cousin."

Zizhou Road is one of the four roads in central Sichuan, next to Chengdu Prefecture. Wang Yanbi is not only a clan member, the number one scholar, but also a disciple of Su You.

Wang Yanbi's first appointment was placed in the basic position of a teacher who was familiar with government affairs operations, which is very different from the first appointment of a colander.

This not only shows that Zhao Xu had trust in the ability of the colander before, but also shows that Zhao Xu now has far greater control over the court than he did a few years ago.

Su You then said to a middle-aged man next to him: "Weikang, please take good care of the prince along the way. Please help me."

The middle-aged man bowed and said, "Don't worry, little Yao Ye, Su Mai will understand."

In this term, Su Mai was transferred at the same time as Wang Yanbi. Now Su Mai is highly praised by the big shots in the DPRK for his mature, steady, meticulous, benevolent and caring governance style.

He made outstanding political achievements during his tenure as the Jingdong Road Transport Magistrate. He built the 400-mile railway without relying on himself, opening up the transportation of the four states on the Denglai Peninsula. He also took this opportunity to build a five-small industrial system in each state.

Each had its own emphasis based on local conditions, but together they complemented each other and formed the salt-iron industrial complex of the Jiaodong Peninsula. Finally, it was summarized into experience and has now become a programmatic document for the construction of small industries in various local and state governments in the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the imperial court directly promoted Su Mai to the post of deputy envoy of Jingdong Road. When he came to Beijing to see his Majesty, Cai Jing and Shen Kuo were engaged in a lawsuit before the imperial court.

As a result, it has not yet been decided whether Su Mai will serve as the governor of Kaifeng or as the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Su You's opinion was that it would be better to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, or to move down one rank and become the General Magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture first, so that his career would be more secure.

At that time, Su Mai's father, Da Su, served as a promotion official in Kaifeng Prefecture and was known for his excellent political performance and decision-making.

Prime Minister Anshi wanted to "be trapped in worldly affairs", but the result was not ideal. Dasu's hands and feet were as fast as his mouth, and he handled government affairs without affecting his big talk.

"Secular affairs are very training for people, especially those in Kaifeng Prefecture." Su You also served as Kaifeng Prefectural Governor and knew how difficult it is to be an official: "But now the key work of Kaifeng Prefecture is to promote the construction of the new city.

and the reconstruction of the old city, so when Weikang went there, whether it was Kaifeng Prefecture or the Ministry of Industry, it was all a coincidence."

The boss's vision was sharp and sharp, Su You was no longer what Wu Xia Amon was back then.

Su Mai was not worried about his future. Instead, he was quite concerned about the government affairs on Jingdong Road: "Chunfu, please be more careful in the future. Although he is good at literature and history, he is not too familiar with the industrial system."

Chunfu is Fan Zuyu, the person Gao Taotao pocketed, and left the political legacy to Zhao Xu. He is now transferred from Hebei East Road to replace Su Mai.

"When you have time to worry about your friends, worry more about yourself." Su You rolled his eyes at him: "Mr. Liu is studying mathematics, physics and chemistry on his own, Wei Kang, don't underestimate the smart people in the world."

After seeing off Wang Hui and Su Mai and returning to the government office, Gao Gongji came over with a telegram: "Envoy, this is from Xiongzhou, a telegram of request from the Northern Court of the Liao Kingdom."

Now all four roads in Hebei have transportation departments, which keep a close eye on the trends of the Liao Kingdom. They privately call the team of the Emperor Taishu and the King of Wei the Xiting, the team of the Empress Yuanfei the Beiting, and the team of the Queen Wenfei and Wang Jing.

It's called Dongting.

Su You took the telegram and read it, and couldn't help but sigh: "There are still capable people in the pocket... Is there any news about Yelu Yanxi?"

Gao Gongji shook his head: "Not yet."
Chapter completed!