Chapter 393 Yelu Hongji: I want to conquer the Southern Dynasty and fight with the great scholars
Husband and nobles rule the world together
In the first year of Yuanyou of the Song Dynasty, in the second year of the Liao Dynasty, in the third month of the second year of Da'an, it was Renwu Shuo.
The Lord of Liao's Nabo has been stationed in Nanjing, Liao for several days.
This time Chun Na Bo was very abnormal.
He did not appear in the traditional Changchun Prefecture, but came to Nanjing, Liao Dynasty.
The fish banquet will no longer be held, and Haidongqing will no longer fly.
All the dignitaries in the Liao Kingdom looked southward eagerly.
Finally, on this day, the first batch of rare treasures purchased from the Southern Dynasties were escorted to Nanjing.
Immediately, all the treasures were sent to the emperor's camp in Nabo.
Countless nobles came one after another.
The concubines of Yelu Hongji's harem came in droves.
Wooden boxes were opened one by one.
The rouge, gouache, silk and satin, porcelain and jade purchased from Bianjing in the Southern Dynasties are dazzling.
Of course, the most eye-catching ones are the top quality lamps.
Even Yelu Hongji couldn't put it down when he saw those jianzhan and cherished them very much.
"What a treasure! What a treasure!" Yelu Hongji played with the jianzhan in his hand.
After the black glaze blazes, the spots formed diffract into colorful halos under natural light.
Visually, the impact it gives is unparalleled.
Of course, the price is also ridiculously expensive.
Just this one Yin Chang Third Eye Jianzhan is worth more than 2,000 strings!
However, Yelu Hongji thinks it’s worth it!
Just over two thousand strings!
Last year, the temple in Nanjing paid tens of thousands of copper coins to pay him a tribute of one hundred kilograms of rose oil.
Did he blink? No.
"Yelu Ju handled things very appropriately!" Yelu Hongji praised.
The concubines around him had also received the samples of rouge, gouache and silk satin that they requested.
Everyone was overjoyed.
Yelu Hongji's most favored concubine Xiao We was very lazy and immediately said: "Your Majesty is right. This Yeluju is still very appropriate in handling things. It can be said that he is loyal to the country!"
Yelu Hongji smiled and looked at the concubines surrounding him.
Everyone has a sincere smile.
Looking at the dignitaries in the north courtyard, they all looked respectful in front of him.
Yelu Hongji smiled even brighter.
He immediately asked: "Where is the fine wine discovered from the Southern Dynasties that Yeluju said?"
At that time, some officials presented several exquisite porcelain vases to Yelu Hongji.
The pure white porcelain bottle is spotless and as white as jade.
Yelu Hongji has already read Yelu Ju's report.
So he knew that these were the fine wines from the Southern Dynasties that Yeluju had ordered to be sent back in advance and presented to him for tasting, which he called: Tianxian Zui.
Inestimable value!
A small porcelain bottle contains Tianxian Zui, which is worth ten guan.
Therefore, Yeluju did not dare to buy more and only bought a hundred bottles.
At first, Yelu Hongji thought that Yelu Ju had done a good job.
Know how to save money for the country!
But now, when Yelu Hongji saw the porcelain bottle presented to him, he suddenly felt that ten bottles were very cheap!
Because he felt that even the bottle was worth at least ten coins.
The pure white porcelain bottle has a warm jade feel to its tentacles.
"Is this a fine product from the Ding kiln in the Southern Dynasty?" Yelu Hongji asked around.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Yelv Dilie, the Nanjing resident who was standing next to him, said, "This is exactly the white porcelain from the Ding kiln of the Southern Dynasties!"
"Good!" Yelu Hongji gently opened the cork of the porcelain bottle.
Suddenly, the rich and mellow aroma of wine hit his nostrils, making him energetic almost immediately.
The other Khitan nobles in the tent also immediately raised their heads.
The alcohol bug in their stomachs was immediately aroused, and everyone looked at Yelu Hongji eagerly.
Yelu Hongji calmly took a wine glass and poured some for himself.
Pure white wine, with the aroma of wine, is poured into the cup.
This is a wine that Yelu Hongji has never seen or smelled before.
He picked it up and took a sip. The spicy taste, with a strong aroma of wine, went straight to Tianling Gai.
"Okay!" Yelu Hongji suddenly drank: "This is the best wine!"
Compared with the Tianxian Zui he drank now, the wine he drank in the past was nothing but horse urine.
What made Yelu Hongji even more delighted was that after drinking the wine, a warm current immediately emerged from his limbs and bones, making his body feel slightly warm.
Yelu Hongji no longer hesitated, raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass.
The spicy wine aroma explodes in the taste buds of the mouth.
The body starts to feel hot, the nerves start to get excited, and the senses are amplified.
This is wine!
Yelu Hongji looked at the ministers in the tent and waved his hand: "You guys, please come and have a taste of this fine wine from the Southern Dynasties!"
So, cups of heavenly drunkenness were served in front of these nobles.
Then, when these Liao nobles, especially the military nobles, tasted it, their eyes lit up.
Especially the stone lieutenants in various palaces fell in love with this strong drink called Tianxian Zui almost instantly.
After almost everyone finished drinking the wine in their hands, they looked at Yelu Hongji eagerly.
Yelu Hongji looked at it, laughed loudly, and waved his hand: "Come on, I'll give it to you all!"
"Today, I and you will never return unless we are drunk!"
All the nobles immediately kowtowed in joy and said: "Your Majesty, your majesty brings blessings to the heavens."
Yelu Hongji looked at the appearance of these people and felt extremely satisfied.
Since the Yelu Yixin Rebellion, he had not seen these nobles in the North Courtyard be so obedient and well-behaved in front of him for a long time.
It’s been a long time since I felt the unity of Daliao.
But now, he once again saw the submission and submission of Beiyuan, and once again felt the unity of Daliao.
Of course, Yelu Hongji knows, why is this?
Because he now has three million yuan of free money in his hands to spend every year.
Moreover, according to the New Testament of Song and Liao Dynasties, these three million strings were his personal property.
Without his will, the people of the Southern Dynasties would not hand over a single note.
This is much better than the old coins of the past.
After receiving the coins, the emperor had already divided most of them before he could smell them.
Yelu Hongji was drinking Tianxian drunk and suddenly thought about it.
Yeluju reported that he had used all the one million Guanjiaozi in his batch to purchase valuable and rare things from the Southern Dynasties.
Is one million dollars spent so quickly?
Yelu Hongji glanced at the nobles in the palace tent and at the concubines who were happily stroking silk silks.
really!
Good stuff, but expensive!
So Yelu Hongji called Hanlin scholar Wang Shiru to him and told him: "Scholar Wang, please draft a letter of credence for me to the emperor of the Southern Dynasties."
"Please ask the Southern Dynasty to allocate another one million Guanjiaozi as promised!"
Consumption of this kind of thing is addictive.
Especially, when the money is not a physical thing, or even something that is not in your hands.
Very few people can control their desires.
The emperor was even more difficult to control.
Wang Shiru hesitated for a moment, and then admonished: "Your Majesty, frugality should be the top priority for the country's needs!"
"If two million dollars were spent all of a sudden..."
At this time, Yelu Hongji had drunk several cups of Tianxian drunkenness, and he was a little drunk.
Listening to Wang Shiru's advice, he laughed and said, "Bachelor, just follow my wishes and draft the national certificate!"
"It's rare for me to be happy, and it's rare for the country to be happy."
Wang Shiru wanted to persuade him again, but Yelu Hongji glared at him: "Scholar, do you think that my Daliao has to save even a mere million pounds of goods?"
"I am rich all over the world and own the world!"
"No big deal, we'll talk to Nanchao next year..."
"Deal fairly with them!"
"Use gold and silver in exchange for their friendship!"
One tael of silver, the price given by the Southern Dynasty, is equivalent to three guan of copper coins.
If you exchange it for a jiaozi, it’s six dollars!
Although Yelu Hongji still doesn’t understand how this magic works?
But if he eats meat, does he still have to ask the chef how to cook it?
Yelu Hongji now only knows that one tael of silver can be exchanged for six guan of money.
The Liao Kingdom earned hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year through silk trade and the exploitation of Bohai and straight women.
If you take half of it and go to the Southern Dynasties in exchange for exchange coins, you can at least get another one or two million coins.
What's more, the Liao Kingdom has the largest gold reserves in the world.
Gold is more expensive than silver!
I believe you can also get more Jiaozi.
Therefore, Yelu Hongji is not worried at all that he has no money to spend.
Just buy, buy, buy.
Because he discovered that no matter how he calculated it, he and Daliao would win in this matter!
And it’s a big win!
Through Jiaozi, Daliao could continuously obtain goods from the Southern Dynasties.
Through Jiaozi, he could get enough goods to bribe everyone in the country.
Even, through Jiaozi, he can greatly alleviate various problems currently encountered by the Liao Kingdom.
For example, the problem of farmers in the south courtyard and the problem of herdsmen in the north courtyard.
He can reduce the burden of these people to a certain extent through Jiaozi.
If that's the case, why are you hesitating?
As for gold and silver?
There is actually no use for that thing if he keeps it.
It would be better to take it to the Southern Dynasties in exchange for exchange coins and buy Southern Dynasty goods.
Wang Shiru listened to Yelu Hongji's words, looked at his face, lowered his head, sighed, bowed his hands and said: "I accept the decree!"
I just have some worries in my heart.
Daliao will probably not end well in the future if it continues to indulge in extravagance and indulge in luxury.
However, the extravagance that became common in Daliao is not new to today.
The Holy Sect Era has already begun.
By the time Emperor Xingzong was established, the situation was even worse.
Now that the emperor has ascended the throne, there is no cure.
Two generations of powerful ministers, Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Yixin, controlled the government and brought chaos to the country.
The root of this lies in His Majesty.
Therefore, he was helpless.
We can only place our hopes entirely on the emperor's grandson.
I can only hope that when the emperor's grandson grows up and ascends the throne, he can refresh politics and work hard to govern.
…
On this day, Yelu Hongji got extremely drunk.
Finally, he staggered and was helped by Queen Xiao Sitan to rest on the royal bed in the palace tent.
Other Liao nobles and ministers were even drunker than Yelu Hongji.
But the joy of the Liao Kingdom was beyond words.
No matter what, no matter what.
The Southern Dynasty's treasures worth one million dollars actually appeared in front of them.
And they are all fond of them, even cherish them.
The finest tea leaves, the finest jade lamps, precious silks and satins, and luxurious embroidery.
Rouge and gouache used by Bianjing people, jade and porcelain used by Bianjing people.
From now on, they can live the life of Bianjing in Shangjing and enjoy the enjoyment of Bianjing.
Everyone is happy.
Yelu Hongji was in bed, and he didn't know how long he had slept.
When I woke up, it was already dark and candles were lit in the tent.
He felt a little headache and a little dry mouth. So he shouted: "Tea, I want to drink tea!"
Immediately, a palace maid brought him tea and fed him to drink it.
After drinking a cup of tea, Yelu Hongji felt better.
So he asked: "What time is it?"
"It's three o'clock in the morning to report back to Your Majesty," the maid replied.
"Is it actually the third quarter of the hour?" Yelu Hongji murmured to himself.
At this time, Queen Xiao Sitan walked in.
"Your Majesty..." Xiao Sitan saluted, holding a memorial in her hand.
Yelu Hongji smiled and asked, "Is there something wrong, Queen?"
"Well!" Xiao Sitan walked to Yelu Hongji, sat down, and said to him: "The memorial I just received."
She sent the memorial to Yelu Hongji: "Zhang Xiaojie has passed away."
The queen of the Liao Kingdom had great real power.
A strong woman like Empress Dowager Chengtian can even be regarded as the founder of the current system of the Liao Kingdom.
Therefore, even now, the queen of Liao still has power almost equivalent to that of a deputy queen.
When the emperor was ill or unable to take charge of the government, it was the default rule of the Liao people to handle military and state affairs on behalf of the emperor.
Yelu Yanxi took the memorial from Xiao Sitan, read it once, and sighed: "Zhang Xiaojie has passed away."
There was a sense of nostalgia and even regret in his tone.
He recalled those years when Qiu Xie was in high spirits and Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie were by his side.
I also remembered the time when Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie served and assisted him.
So, he sighed again.
This person has passed away!
All merits and demerits are in vain.
Queen Xiao Sitan, who was sitting beside the royal couch, looked at Yelu Hongji's expression and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, how should we deal with this matter?"
Zhang Xiaojie was once considered by the Liao Kingdom to be Han Derang's second favorite.
At the same time, he was the most trusted and capable right-hand man of King Yelu Yixin of Wei.
But now, he died, died quietly, and died in obscurity.
Except for the local officials who reported his death, there was no mention of him in the court.
Everyone pretends that this person does not exist.
Yelu Hongji was a very emotional person. He sighed and said, "Zhang Xiaojie, although he is corrupt, I am greatly disappointed."
"But after all, he is a scholar-bureaucrat. He was the number one scholar in the late emperor's last imperial examination, and he also served as prime minister."
"Queen..." Yelu Hongji said, "I want to give him an honor after his death."
Xiao Sitan lowered his head and said softly: "I'm afraid the court will not agree."
Yelu Hongji narrowed his eyes: "Don't agree?"
Of course he knew what Xiao Sitan was referring to.
They are nothing more than Xiao Tuna, Wang Shiru and other civil servants.
But these literati knew that if they pursued Yelu Yixin, Zhang Xiaojie and others, it would make the entire North Court nobles worried.
Back then, when Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie were in power, I don't know how many nobles of the Northern Court had surrendered to them.
Completely liquidating Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie are equivalent to driving these people to a dead end.
He finally managed to pass the Song-Liao New Treaty and stabilize the various ministries of the Beiyuan with money.
How can he be willing to allow others to undermine his continued efforts to extend goodwill to all departments in the North Campus?
So, Yelu Hongji said: "I have made up my mind!"
"Here, I ordered you to give him a grand burial and give Zhang Xiaojie a Shinto stele. I promised him to leave a legacy and be a blessing to his descendants."
After saying that, Yelu Hongji said again: "I heard that Cao Yongli of the Southern Dynasty was demoted and committed suicide. Emperor Renzong of the Southern Dynasty later personally rehabilitated him."
"From then on, the emperors of the Southern Dynasties ruled the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats. They did not punish the rulers and ruled, and did not kill until they were above the control."
"Today I want to rule the Southern Dynasty and rule it together with the Liao Dynasty!"
Yelu Hongji has been in office for thirty-one years.
The old emperor who has been on the throne for thirty-one years, no matter how unreliable he is, knows the situation of his country in his heart.
He knew in his heart that the current Liao Kingdom seemed stable, but in fact there was an undercurrent.
We must seek stability and compromise with the various ministries in the North Campus.
After much thought, the system of the Southern Dynasties was the most suitable.
In the south courtyard, it was co-governed by the scholar-bureaucrats and wealthy families.
In the North Courtyard, it is co-governed with the dignitaries of the Twelfth Palace, the Fifth Courtyard, and the Sixth Courtyard.
Only in this way can stability be maintained and the tiger skin of the Liao Kingdom can continue to scare people.
Otherwise, there will be internal instability and internal friction.
Various ministries are divided and even secretly collude with foreign enemies.
This country of Liao will be shaken immediately!
Xiao Sitan was naturally happy as he listened.
Her family is also closely related to Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie.
To be honest, she had even wondered in the past whether she could kill Yelu Yanxi and adopt someone from the clan as emperor if Yelu Hongji fell seriously ill.
But now, after listening to Yelu Hongji's statement, I see that he is even willing to tolerate Zhang Xiaojie.
The stone in my heart suddenly dropped.
Note: Xiao Sitan once planned to poison Yelu Yanxi in the second year of Da'an in history. However, he was discovered and demoted to Concubine Hui.
Yelu Hongji did not even dare to touch Xiao Sitan. It is conceivable that the old emperor had already noticed the rapids and contradictions within the Liao Kingdom at that time.
But Yelu Yanxi, who was so smart, started a purge as soon as he came to power...
