In front of him, in front of the envoys sent from the North Palace of the Liao Kingdom, Yun Zheng looked gloomy. He suddenly stood tall and said expressionlessly: "Beat the drums immediately and summon the generals!"
Apart from the Liao people, Yun Zheng was the only one with Ning Pengxuan. This was naturally meant for Ning Pengxuan. Ning Pengxuan had seen his cousin's majesty and ability in recent days.
The generals were a little strange, but my cousin had his own way of doing things. He had to implement it if he understood it, and he had to implement it even if he didn't understand it. What could my cousin do wrong? Immediately go down and order people to beat the drums.
The drum in the Marshal's Mansion is no joke. Normally, the drum is played only in emergency military situations. Once the drum is played, within the three-way drum, all commanders and generals above in Yanjing City must reach those who cannot be reached regardless of the reason.
Punished for neglecting military affairs
The Liao people obviously also knew about the Yun family's system. As soon as they heard that Yunzheng was about to play the drum, they knew that something was wrong.
Nalusiu knew that something was very wrong now. It seemed that what Princess Qionghua said was indeed true. There was a real conflict between her and Marshal Yun... But Yun Zheng didn't seem to be worried about the trouble at all.
Yes, can the Wei court tolerate such a thing? Of course, the Wei Dynasty has nothing to do with it, but how can the Liao Kingdom tolerate such a thing being spread? I am here just to verify whether the matter is true. If the matter is revealed,
Come on, I definitely can't eat it and carry it around.
Nalusiu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said hurriedly: "Young Commander Yun, don't be anxious, Young Commander Yun, this matter should be discussed in the long term..."
Yun Zheng waved his hand: "There is nothing to discuss. Zhi Qiong must not marry Yelu Pingcheng. Since the Liao Kingdom does not want to discuss it, Yun can just go and save people by himself."
Naluxiu was so scared that he was out of his wits. He was from the Great Prince's Mansion in the North Campus, so he naturally knew what was going on in the Liao Kingdom at the moment. Those damn Jurchen barbarians were getting more and more powerful in fighting, and it was becoming more and more difficult for Daliao to suppress them. Although recently
The situation seemed good for a few months, but King Xiao said that this was the result of the expansion of trade with the Yun family, and it was not just trade, but also thanks to the Yun family's efforts to
The Liao Kingdom "loaned" 11 million yuan. If it weren't for this huge sum of money, the Liao Kingdom would have been forced to wear pants by the Jurchens.
In fact, the Liao Kingdom was also very surprised by what the Yun family did. The Yun family should have never been very wealthy, so why did they suddenly have so much money and even be able to lend more than 10 million yuan to the enemy?
But there is no doubt that the Yun family did it, and there seemed to be no sign of financial stress at all. Wei money continued to flow into Daliao.
In the battle a year ago, the Liao Kingdom took advantage of Xixia, but in the Yun family's counterattack, they lost two cities. Although it was a small city, its geographical location was quite important. I originally planned to find a way to get it back, but in the end
Later, when the Jurchen incident happened, the Liao Kingdom lost the ability and energy, so they had to put it aside for the time being.
Unexpectedly, Yunzheng was a good man. When he used these two cities to provide the first loan to the Liao Kingdom, he said that before the first loan, he had only purchased those two cities. As a result, the two small cities were sold for two million.
The Guan Liao Kingdom felt that it had taken advantage of them. Those two cities were already occupied by the Yun family. It didn't matter whether they sold them or not. It was equivalent to getting a huge sum of two million for no reason. How could there be any reason to be unhappy?
Later, after fighting several battles with the Jurchens, the Liao Kingdom discovered that the Jurchens might not be pacified in a day or two. As the military expenditures increased, the speed would be very fast. So they were short of money again. What should they do?
According to Yunzheng's idea, if you want to borrow money for a small town worth one million guan, you can just exchange it for the city. I will lend you as much money as you have in exchange for the city. That's it. In a few months, the Liao Kingdom
Nine county towns were mortgaged to Yunzheng...
The Liao Kingdom felt that this was a good deal. How could a mere county town be worth a million guan? Not to mention a million guan, even if it was 100,000 guan, it would take more than ten or twenty years to collect taxes. It would be better to talk about it this way.
This doesn’t count as selling my land. After all, it’s just a mortgage. In the future, when Daliao becomes developed and rich, we can just redeem it. It’s no big deal.
The war between the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens, because of Yun Zheng's evil hand, turned out to be a fairly even fight. As long as the Liao Kingdom suppressed the Jurchens, Yun Zheng's deal would favor the Jurchens; but once the Jurchen offensive grew longer and the Liao Kingdom failed, then
Yunzheng's trade began to tilt towards the Liao Kingdom. In short, he tried every means to keep the balance of power between the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens. He wanted to make the Jurchens a close friend of the Liao Kingdom, but also could not let the Jurchens rise to prominence, which would really put the Liao Kingdom out of business.
Unexpectedly, after the strategic tug-of-war between the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens began, Empress Dowager Xiao began to care about her niece's marriage. With the help of many people in the royal family, she wanted to marry Xiao Zhiqiong to the emperor's cousin Yelu Pingcheng. Naturally, the royal family was
Yelu Pingcheng was very happy. He was originally one of Xiao Zhiqiong's admirers. Now that he was chosen by the Queen Mother Xiao, he naturally had to perform well. But before he could do it, news came out from Xiao Zhiqiong that he would not marry!
Yelu Pingcheng is one of the generals leading troops in the royal family at the moment, and he also has more than 30,000 pro-army troops. Originally, this army was fighting the Jurchens on the front line, but when Yelu Pingcheng heard the news that Xiao Zhiqiong refused to marry, he was furious.
Although he did not dare to take the troops directly to the capital after withdrawing his troops from the front line, he left the defense area without permission, giving the Jurchens an opportunity to sneak attack the troops on both sides of the gap. The Liao Kingdom was immediately devastated.
defeat
Normally, the court should punish Yelu Pingcheng at this time, but the Liao Kingdom was no better than the Wei Dynasty. Many of the soldiers and generals under the royal family were originally recruited by their herdsmen. These people were slaves of the lords and basically only recognized their masters.
I don't recognize the emperor. The war between the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens is currently going on. Without Yelu Pingcheng's more than 30,000 troops, the battle line will be unstable immediately. How can they really punish Yelu Pingcheng at this time? Not only cannot he punish him, but they must also find ways to calm him down.
anger and resentment
For this matter, the person who needs to untie the bell must do the ideological work for Xiao Zhiqiong. As long as she agrees to get married, everything will be fine and convenient for everyone. Unexpectedly, all the lobbyists were defeated by Xiao Zhiqiong, and Xiao Zhiqiong did not care.
What others say, just one word answer: Not to get married
In the end, there was nothing she could do. Empress Dowager Xiao personally took action, but Xiao Zhiqiong seemed completely determined and refused to marry. Now Empress Dowager Xiao felt a little puzzled and unhappy, so she asked: Even if you don't marry Yelu Pingcheng, how can you be at your age now?
It's time to get married, so who do you want to marry? You say, as long as you say it, your aunt will seriously consider your own wishes.
Little did he know that trouble would be great, Xiao Zhiqiong suddenly said: No man from Daliao can fall into Zhiqiong's eyes.
Naturally, Empress Dowager Xiao became unhappy, and immediately began to press her, and said that if Xiao Zhiqiong didn't choose, then Yelu Pingcheng would be the one to choose. It doesn't matter whether you want to marry or not, you can marry anyway.
control, and at the same time announced that she would be relieved of her position as the capital of Wolfsburg.
Xiao Zhiqiong didn't say anything. It wasn't until Yelu Pingcheng left his military duties and ran back to plan to get married that Xiao Zhiqiong asked to see the Queen Mother Xiao and told the Queen Mother Xiao a news that shocked the world: she said that she had a lifelong relationship with the Marshal Yun Zheng Yun Chengfeng of the Northern Territory of the Wei Dynasty.
If she is forced by her aunt to make a date, she will never marry another man, so she will have no choice but to die. It’s just Shaoshuai Yun’s temper... If he knew that the woman he had chosen would kill herself because of this incident, would he?
It’s hard to say what decision will be made that is unfavorable to Daliao...
When Empress Dowager Xiao heard this, she was really shocked and angry. It's not good for you to like someone, you have to like a Han! You just like Han people, but you don't like Han people in Liao Dynasty. You want to like Han people in Wei Dynasty! You like Han people in Da Wei!
That’s all for the Han people in Wei, but you also like a heir apparent from the Yun family who is sworn in with Liao!
Empress Dowager Xiao was so angry that she didn't even care about the relationship between sisters. She put Xiao Zhiqiong under house arrest in the palace, and then began to think hard about the best way to deal with the matter.
However, when Empress Dowager Xiao thought about it carefully, she realized that things were getting difficult to handle.
As long as what Xiao Zhiqiong is telling the truth, then if she is forcibly married to Yelu Pingcheng, Yun Zheng will be embarrassed and send troops to attack the Liao Kingdom. Now 90% of the Liao Kingdom's troops are fighting against the Jurchens.
Under the circumstances, I am afraid that Yan Yunqi will have to make rapid progress! The troops remaining in the south are all second-line or even third-line troops. They are okay to shock the place. It is simply wishful thinking to hold back the Yun family's army.
Besides, Ying Yangwei, whom Yun Zheng personally trained, was almost as good at defeating Goryeo. The Goryeo court had an army of 200,000 to 300,000 people, and the Goryeo rebels had almost 500,000 soldiers. However, with such an army of nearly 800,000 soldiers, they were easily defeated.
The mere 60,000 Ying Yang Guards were able to solve the problem as if they were sweeping up rubbish! Empress Dowager Xiao knew that the combat effectiveness of the Goryeo soldiers was slightly worse than that of the Liao Kingdom, but how should I put this? The combat effectiveness of the 300,000 Goryeo soldiers should be as good as
When she thought about it, the Liao Kingdom's 200,000-strong army was almost startled. Doesn't that mean that the Liao Kingdom had to use at least 200,000 troops to stop just one Ying Yang Guard? Her brows suddenly furrowed, and her expression changed.
It's very gloomy. An army of 200,000 people. What a joke! Where can the Liao Kingdom deploy an army of 200,000 people now? The army facing the Jurchens is nearly 500,000. The Liao Kingdom is so large that other places must be guarded.
For example, Mongolia has to send people to patrol from time to time, and also deploy some troops... In other words, as long as Yunzheng is ruthless, the Liao Kingdom will not be able to withstand the Yingyangwei alone.
To put it bluntly, even if Yunzheng does not send troops now, it will be very easy for him to embarrass the Liao Kingdom. As long as he interrupts trade and stops lending, the Liao Kingdom will have to empty its treasury within two months.
when……
Empress Dowager Xiao became depressed. Zhiqiong was usually a smart child, so why did she get close to Yunzheng, the mortal enemy of the Liao Dynasty? Why were the mother and daughter so similar in temperament?
Empress Dowager Xiao had no choice but to think the other way around and marry Zhiqiong to Yunzheng? No, Yunzheng had already married Wanchang's daughter, so she couldn't marry the noble Princess of Daliao to Yunzheng as a concubine?...
Well, what if you don’t want to be a concubine but a common wife? A common wife is at least legally the same as a married woman. Although it’s a little worse in practice, at least it makes sense, right? Besides, Wanchang is marrying a princess after all, and
Although Zhiqiong is favored, she is only the princess after all. It is not unacceptable to be a little lower, but...I am afraid that the people in the royal family will have to talk too much.
Empress Dowager Xiao was in a depressed mood and told the people below: "Go and invite the King of Beiyuan to come see the Ai family."
Not long after, Xiao Tianzuo arrived. Before he could kneel down to see her, Queen Mother Xiao had already waved her hand and said: "Okay, okay, there are no outsiders. There is no need to be polite when siblings meet...sit by yourself."
Xiao Tianzuo thanked him, sat down below, and asked, "I wonder why the Empress Dowager summoned me?"
Xiao Su sighed: "What else can you say?"
Xiao Tianzuo bowed: "What happened to Zhiqiong?"
Empress Dowager Xiao nodded and frowned: "This matter is difficult to handle... If we overreact, we are afraid that it will irritate Yun Zheng. If he gets angry and raises troops, it will be a big deal. But if we follow him, we
Daliao’s face is really difficult to deal with... Moreover, the royal family will definitely not allow it..."
With Xiao Tianzuo's shrewdness, he naturally knew that his sister had actually agreed to Zhiqiong's marriage to Yunzheng, but the key issue was in the royal family. Although the royal family was often suppressed in political power by the descendants of the Xiao family, that was mainly because the emperor was young, and then
The military force controlled by the Zhehou clan is not very small. In fact, the military power in the hands of the royal family is still very advantageous. In this regard, the Hou clan is not without their own ideas. For example, in the last battle, the vanguard was the royal family's King Elun, and they encountered Yun Zheng.
The last loss was not the soldiers of the Hou clan...
Xiao Tianzuo pondered for a while and said: "This matter is said to be difficult to handle, and it is indeed difficult to handle. But it is said to be easy to handle, and it can also make the royal family be honest for a while."
Queen Mother Xiao's eyes lit up: "Brother, if you have any clever ideas, tell me quickly!"
Xiao Tianzuo bowed slightly and said: "That's all it takes... It's just that although this strategy can achieve the purpose of making the royal family suffer, I, Daliao, will have to lose a little face."
Empress Dowager Xiao's eyes flickered and she said resolutely: "Now that the emperor is getting older, some people have become bolder and dare to act against the Ai family. At this time, how can the Ai family care about Daliao's face? What's the use of face?"
This matter has been decided, my brother will just go and handle it."
"I obey Yi's decree" Xiao Tianzuo accepted the decree and left.
------------------------------------------So, there was a scene where Yunzheng was furious.
"...Who has any objection to the above deployment?" Yun Zheng made the military deployment in front of Nalusiu, and then asked his subordinates calmly
Although Yunzheng's deployment is extremely bold, and can even be said to be audacious, who are he facing? They are all a group of young commanders who have just been promoted by him. It can also be said that almost all of the young commanders are typically militant.
Yun Zheng's deployment was making their blood boil. Naturally, no one would have any objections. They all clasped their fists and shouted: "Young Marshal is wise!"
Yun Zheng glanced at Nalusiu, feeling amused in his heart, but his face was extremely cold, and he said solemnly: "It's best, generals, go down and prepare, the army will set off tomorrow!"
