Bingchenshuo (the first day of the lunar month) in the seventh month of the first year of Yuanyou.
In Dutingyi, Yeluju held the "Bianjing News" in his hand and squinted his eyes.
"It seems that the Southern Dynasty really won this southern expedition!"
He was a little surprised.
"Haha..." Sitting opposite Yeluju was the deputy envoy who was on the mission with Yeluju this time - the official Taizhong of the Liao Dynasty, the guardian of Chongluqing, who was appointed as the Qianwen Pavilion to control Lu Sili. Lu Sili listened and laughed. He shouted: "Jiaozhi is nothing more than the small country of Zuer. It is normal for the Southern Dynasties to win it!"
This is true!
The Southern Dynasties was still a big country no matter what.
Winning is normal, not winning is abnormal!
No one in Shangjing City ever doubted this.
"Bachelor..." Yeluju handed the tabloid in his hand to Lu Sili and said, "The Southern Dynasty seems to have forced the Jiaozhi people to sign an incredible peace treaty this time!"
"Jiaozhi requires millions of shi of rice as tribute every year, and it still needs to sell millions of shi of rice at market price!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Lu Sili took the tabloid, scanned it, and found that what it reported was that King Li Qiande of Jiaozhi sent his younger brother Chongxian Hou Li Taide to join the court, the news of apology, and the terms of the peace agreement signed between the Southern Dynasty and Jiaozhi. Lu Sili was immediately surprised: "Suddenly, it is worth more than one million guan of rice!"
“Do the people of Cochin have so much rice?”
Yeluju replied: "There should be some... I remember that after the Chanyuan Alliance, the Zhenzong of the Southern Dynasties obtained Champa rice from Champa and planted it in Lingnan and other places. It can yield two crops in one year!"
"Jiaozhi is in the south, and it is said that its rice can even be harvested three times a year!"
After Lu Sili heard this, his eyes widened.
In recent years, frequent natural disasters have also affected Youyan's agriculture.
Drought, in particular, resulted in widespread harvest failures.
But I didn't expect that the rice in the miasmatic land in the south could actually be harvested twice or even three times a year.
Awesome! So awesome!
It's a pity that the miasmatic and hot land is thousands of miles away, so we can only watch the Southern Dynasty make this fortune.
Seeing Lu Sili's envious look, Yeluju asked calmly: "Bachelor, I heard that the emperor intends to send troops to Korea after this autumn..."
"Perhaps we can also force Goryeo to sign a similar peace agreement."
When Lu Sili heard this, he shook his head and said, "Goryeo is a small country with a small land, cold and barren. How can there be so much rice?"
In the city of Nanjing, in the past few months, there has been a debate over war and war.
The Zhuhe faction, which was dominated by scholar-bureaucrats from the Youyan Han region and some veterans of the Beiyuan, firmly opposed the use of troops in Goryeo.
Because in their eyes, Goryeo was just a small country, so it was enough to send an envoy to reprimand them and let them know their mistake.
There is no need to mobilize troops and use weapons in a big way!
Moreover, even if you win, there will be no money to be made.
More importantly, history has proven that even if their capital is captured, the resistance of the Koryo people will force the Liao people to retreat.
Therefore, the discussion in Nanjing has been at a stalemate.
Today, I am also scrupulous and worried. Once I use my troops, if I encounter a setback, the stability of the world may be shaken, so I am hesitant.
"But..." Yeluju sighed: "If this is the case, wouldn't the emperor's face be disgraced?"
"This..." Lu Sili hesitated immediately.
Don't think that only the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty cared about international attention and was afraid of being surprised by its allies.
Same as the Liao Kingdom!
The symptoms may even be more severe.
no way!
The emperor of the Yelu family was like this.
He wanted to dominate the Southern Dynasty in everything, especially in the international arena, and he had to do enough to show off as the true heir to the Tang Dynasty.
However, in the eyes of people in the west of the Western Regions, China seems to be divided into three.
One is the Black Khan Dynasty in the Western Regions, the other is Khitan China (Liao Dynasty), and the Peach Blossom Stone China (Song Dynasty) - don't laugh, externally, the above three all call themselves China (in the eyes of Arabs, Eastern Rome and Western Europe)
, probably automatically assumed the situation of his own family, thinking that the family was separated).
Now, the Southern Dynasty was victorious and forced the Cochin people to sign such a generous peace treaty.
If the news reaches the ears of the emperor today, Lu Sili knows that it will be difficult for the emperor to control it.
It was absolutely impossible for him to endure that the Liao under his rule was inferior to the Southern Dynasty in terms of martial arts.
The nobles in the North Court will also find an excuse to use troops - if Goryeo is so domineering and cannot be punished, I will be afraid that the Southern Dynasty will think that we have no one.
"Besides..." Yeluju said softly: "Bachelor, don't forget it!"
"Today, the trade between our North Korea and the Southern North Korea is seriously unbalanced!"
"Three million Guanjiaozi will be spent in less than half a year."
"But there are very few ways for the country to make money..."
"If things continue like this in the long run, I'm afraid that's not the answer."
In the past six months, the Liao Kingdom has been actively selling its own specialties to the Song Dynasty.
However, when the war horses cannot be sold, they can only rely on selling their furs.
Even in the past, the trade between Song and Liao was seriously unbalanced.
Usually, in the past, when I got the Liao coins in my hands, I turned around and bought all the Southern Dynasty products on the border.
They even had to make huge profits from the silk trade.
"Are we going to ask the emperor to give all the gold and silver in the country's stockpile to the Southern Dynasty?"
“It’s better to go elsewhere to get it!’
"Looking around, is there any better place to make money than Goryeo?"
"As a minister, I should share your worries for you!" Yeluju's words were like magic sounds, echoing in Lu Sili's ears.
"If the scholar talks about this matter, after the emperor wins, he will reward him based on his merits. Based on the scholar's trust and love in front of the emperor, he will be appointed as the prime minister. It will be natural."
This is a killer!
"Jiedu is talking about..." Lu Sili's eyes flickered.
He is already qualified to be appointed Prime Minister.
But, there are too many competitors.
Especially among these people, there are several people who are close to the emperor's grandson.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to truly become the Prime Minister.
But, if you can make a contribution...
only……
Lu Sili looked at Yeluju and asked, "Why doesn't Jiedu speak for himself?"
Yeluju smiled: "There are too many ministers from the North Academy who are in charge of the battle. One more person is not enough..."
"Only when literary men like the bachelor take charge of the battle, can the emperor make up his mind."
This is true.
But……
"Why did Jiedu help the official?" Lu Sili stared at Yeluju.
He would not be so naive as to think that he and Yeluju had drank wine several times in the Southern Dynasty and had shared money together and that they were their own.
Yeluju chuckled lightly and said, "The bachelor should know that I have many friends in the Southern Dynasties."
"Among them, there are a few friends who are still in the romantic business."
Lu Sili nodded.
He had followed Yeluju to Sangjia Wazi, and he knew that Yeluju had great magical powers in the Southern Dynasties and knew people from all religions and professions!
To be honest, at first, Lu Sili was shocked - Yeluju was in this Southern Dynasty, as if he was in a deserted land, going in and out of romantic places, and the officers and soldiers of the Southern Dynasty acted as if he had not seen him.
This is too exaggerated.
But soon, Lu Sili understood - it wasn't Yeluju who was great, it was just that money could make the world go round.
With the designated trade quota of three million guan per year, merchants from the Southern Dynasties buzzed around like bees smelling honey.
With Jiaozi opening the way, there will be no obstacles!
"A few friends want to get a stable supply channel for Silla's maids..."
"The Bachelor should understand, right?!"
Lu Sili listened and nodded.
During the Tang Dynasty, the reputation of Silla maidservants spread throughout the world and has not faded to this day.
If a Silla maid could appear in the Bianjing people's tile shop, the business would definitely be better.
"To be honest, bachelor, those friends have agreed to give me this number of shares as long as the matter can be accomplished!" Yeluju held out three fingers.
"If the bachelor can facilitate this, I am willing to share half of it with the bachelor!"
"Besides, if the children of the bachelor's family come to the Southern Dynasty to do business in the future, those friends of a certain person are willing to facilitate it!"
"Besides... bachelor... people say that cunning rabbits have three holes... bachelors have no idea?" Yeluju looked at Lu Sili with burning eyes.
Lu Sili naturally understood it instantly.
He pondered and hesitated: "Isn't this good... eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor..."
"Hey!" Yeluju laughed.
If others had said this, Yeluju would still believe him.
But he didn't believe what Lu Sili said.
Because Yeluju knew the details of Lu Sili best.
Like him, Lu Sili was promoted by the King of Wei (Yelu Yixin).
After King Wei was defeated, he turned around and tried to squeeze in to the side of the emperor's grandson.
But he didn't squeeze in. In the end, he had no choice but to cling onto Prince Lanling's lap.
The standard grass on the wall falls on both sides when the wind blows.
There is no integrity or backbone at all!
But the level of greed and lust makes even him, Yeluju, willing to be defeated!
Lu Sili swallowed, looked at Yeluju, and asked his last doubt: "Can the Southern Dynasty allow selling people as slaves?"
The scholar-bureaucrats of the Southern Dynasties despised treating humans and animals the most.
It might not matter if one or two people trade quietly in private.
But if there are hundreds or thousands...
The scholar-bureaucrats of the Southern Dynasties may go berserk.
Yeluju laughed: "Why not?!"
"Just think of a way to give Nanchao a step down."
"For example, do it in the name of teeth!"
His outer concubine Li Shishi, who is now in Bianjing, signed a deed with someone from Sangjia Wazi through Yaren, and made the buyer his adoptive father.
Is it natural for an adoptive father to educate his daughter?
Even if she is beaten, scolded and abused, it is all for her own good!
And the daughter pities her adoptive father for being lonely and helpless, so she is willing to become a prostitute, sign a contract with Wazi, and earn money by selling jokes in Wazi. Isn't it reasonable?
Just add a layer of skin in the middle, what a big deal!
Lu Sili was stunned: "Is this okay?"
"It's a contingency!" Yeluju laughed.
Lu Sili nodded: "That's right... scholar-bureaucrats should make contingency plans."
This is indeed done!
Especially for him personally, it can be said to be a matter of public and private concern.
As a civil servant who initiated the use of troops against Goryeo, he could win the favor of the emperor, and he could also reap benefits in the Southern Dynasties.
Of course - the most important thing was Yeluju's words "The cunning rabbit has three caves" that moved him.
Although he was a civil servant and official, he still had the label of King of Wei on his forehead.
He was also afraid that the future emperor grandson would liquidate him.
The cunning rabbit has three caves. It would be really good to find a way to leave a retreat on the southern side!
Therefore, Lu Sili immediately said: "Then the official will write a memorial right now, and then order someone to send it back to Nanjing as quickly as possible!"
"good!"
…
Two hours later.
Yeluju met Xingshu in a secret room in Dutingyi.
After the two met, Yeluju handed a letter to Xing Shu and said, "I would like to ask Bachelor Xing to forward this letter to Yang Yuanwai from Wazi, Sangjia."
Xing Shu was stunned for a moment, but still took it.
Member Yang?
He knew that he was a servant of the Liu family.
The Liu family is Zhang Xianmingsu’s maternal family.
Now, a servant of the Liu family is connected with the Khitan envoy?
Are there any letters exchanged?
If it had happened in the past, this would have been a major event that would break the heavens. Once discovered, the clan would be punished.
But now...
Xing Shu calmly accepted it without asking why.
Because Xing Shu knows very well that the Liu family, Cao family and other relatives are now the emperor's loyal dogs.
Not only did he try his best to cooperate with the emperor's many actions.
They also spent money, people, and efforts to make big moves in the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau.
Of course, they don’t suffer either!
As Xing Shu knows, the emperor not only gave these people extremely high rewards and many privileges.
In the Jiaozi trade of Song and Liao Dynasties, many orders were specifically assigned to workshops under the names of these relatives and families who had already received certificates of investment.
Therefore, the Liu family must be working for the officials.
Yeluju didn't think too much at all, he was a smart man.
Now that you have made the decision, you will not hesitate again.
What's more, when he returned to Bianjing this time, he also received good news - his concubine Li Shishi, who was raised in Bianjing, was pregnant.
This made him very happy.
I am going to have an heir in the Southern Dynasty!
His children will flourish and flourish in the Southern Dynasty in the future.
In this way, even if something happens to him in the Liao Kingdom in the future, he will not be extinct.
Therefore, when he came to Bianjing this time, his cooperation and enthusiasm were much improved.
Just like this time, he didn't even ask any questions.
As long as the benefits are there and as long as he can make connections, he is willing to take some risks.
"That's right!" After Yeluju handed the letter to Xing Shu, he suddenly asked: "Bachelor, I heard that both the government and the public in your country are now talking about the sage's path of 'studying things to achieve knowledge'!"
"I've also heard people say that in the future, your country's imperial examinations may focus on studying things to gain knowledge?"
"I wonder if this is the case?"
Xing Shu smiled and said: "Studying things to gain knowledge is indeed the way of a saint, and the government and the public in our country are indeed discussing this matter..."
"But as for the imperial examination in the future... I can only say that it will all be decided by the official will!"
"However, among the people who want to "investigate things and gain knowledge", the first person I recommend is Shen Kuo, a close official and confidant of the current official family."
"I heard that in the future, officials may hold a special class in Bianjing Academy to teach 'Studying Things to Learn'!"
"Yeah!" Yeluju nodded and said, "That's good."
"I wonder, is there any hope for Quanzi to become a disciple of Mr. Shen in the future?" He stared into Xing Shu's eyes.
Xing Shu naturally understands.
He immediately smiled and said, "Young Master Ling is extremely talented. I believe that Shen Tiju is very happy to accept such a beloved disciple."
"Good!" Yeluju nodded.
With Xing Shu's promise, he felt relieved.
His children will definitely be able to become masters in the Southern Dynasties in the future.
As for the so-called ‘investigating things to gain knowledge’?
To be honest, Yeluju didn't care at all.
In Yeluju's eyes, this was just the Southern Dynasties bragging about themselves.
Yesterday's Bianjing Newspaper article "Investigating Things to Know" can "explain the truth of all things in the world", which seems unreal.
You can coax children, but want to deceive adults? Dream on!
However, since the Southern Dynasties attached great importance to this matter, then the future imperial examinations may focus on this matter.
If this is the case, then of course he, Yeluju, has to pave the way for his descendants.
