Chapter 937: Taizu's legacy is delivered, ask for a monthly ticket)
Bianliang. In the western suburbs manor.
"A sneeze! A sneeze!"
Li Qi was sitting in front of the blazing fireplace. He suddenly sneezed several times and couldn't help cursing: "What kind of bastard is cursing me!"
After a while, a middle-aged man dressed as a butler walked in and said, "Sir, Mr. Park is already here."
"Yeah?"
Li Qi stood up, straightened his clothes, and said, "Ask more people to come out to receive gifts."
"yes."
The housekeeper didn't hesitate at all and went out.
This guy must have been too obedient. He didn't even have the slightest doubt. Is my family training so strict? It seems that I have to be more careful in the future to avoid encouraging unhealthy tendencies. The housekeeper's indifference stunned Li Qi.
He shook his head and walked out with a wry smile.
When he came outside, Li Qi immediately quickened his pace, opened his hands, and said loudly: "Old friend Pu came from across the ocean, and Li Qi didn't go to greet him. I really shouldn't have done it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Before Pu Zhiqian could see him clearly, he was hugged tightly by Li Qi in a bear hug. When he realized it, he was really flattered. Nowadays, the economic envoy of the Song Dynasty, who is at the height of his power, would treat him so warmly. Who can have such enthusiasm?
The treatment, I was immediately elated.
Little did he know that the meaning of Li Qi's bear hug was to be able to better observe how many gifts Pu Zhiqian had brought. Seeing that the servants were still unloading the gifts, he felt confident, and seeing that Pu Zhiqian did not come with the other envoys,
I thought to myself, it seems that Qin Hui conveyed my exact words to Bangzi.
After the two had close contact for a while, Li Qi said nothing. He took Park Zhiqian's hand and walked towards the house and came to the fireplace. They sat on the sofa together, and the servants immediately placed candied fruits, pastries and fine wine on the table.
Pu Zhiqian really likes this fireplace, but how can they in Korea compare with Song Dynasty? Except for the imperial palace, there are very few houses that can build fireplaces.
Warmth comes, the body is warm, and the heart is warmer.
It turns out that since he met Li Qi, Li Qi's rise to prominence has also been prosperous, because he often boasted about how good his relationship with Li Qi was in Goryeo, and the King of Goryeo not only asked him to come. Originally, he was bragging.
At that time, I was still a little ashamed, but now that I see Li Qi treating me so enthusiastically, I feel that I was not bragging before, but just stating the facts.
Park Zhiqian smiled and said: "I originally wanted to come to visit the Economic Envoy earlier. Unfortunately, I am busy with official duties, so I only came today. Park is really feeling guilty."
In fact, he had thought about it for a long time. Li Qi had never seen him, but he was very smart and put the blame on himself.
"Where, where. Of course, official business takes priority. I won't leave. Brother Pu can come whenever he wants." Li Qi said cheerfully.
Pu Zhiqian smiled modestly and said: "I originally thought I could see the economic envoy at Honglu Temple, but unfortunately I couldn't do it."
Li Qidao: "Oh, this year our Commerce Bureau is mainly responsible for private transactions."
Pu Zhiqian flattered him and said, "That's right. Economic envoys have always liked to ask for orders for the people, and they are upright and strict. This makes Park admire him very much."
"Brother Pu, thank you for the award." Li Qi shook his hand shyly and said, "I heard that your country, Korea, is also a member of the Five Nations Summit. It's really gratifying. When Brother Pu comes back, your emperor will definitely give you a big reward."
"This is all thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince." Pu Zhiqian shook his head and sighed unconsciously.
What's the blessing of the prince? It's obviously the blessing of Geng Nazhong! Li Qi knew the truth and asked: "Why did Brother Pu sigh?"
Pu Zhiqian lamented again and said: "The economic envoy doesn't know something. The food envoy is going too far. He said that Goryeo is a small country with a population of only one million. How can we be included in the economic summit and invite the economic envoy to come?"
Judging from the criticism, what he said is not too much."
The truth is always so hurtful. But he is a rich man and you are a prostitute, so it is not wrong for him to say so. Li Qi smiled and said: "Brother Pu, please don't be angry. It's just that they don't understand you.
Don't worry, in just three years, they will look at you differently."
Pu Zhiqian was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Please ask the economic envoy to give me some advice."
"Sea trade." Li Qi smiled and said: "Goryeo is surrounded by the sea on three sides. This is your advantage. As long as you vigorously develop this area and build more ports for passing ships to berth, they may have to beg you when their feast comes. Then
The Japanese are quite far-sighted. They have come here to see me a long time ago, hoping to purchase cargo ships and warships in large quantities. It seems that they have also seen the benefits of this maritime trade."
Park Zhiqian raised his eyebrows and said, "Japan wants to buy a large number of ships?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "That's what I said, but without signing the contract, everything is just talk."
Park Ji-gyeom looked worried.
Seeing that the message had been conveyed, Li Qi didn't say any more. Talking too much would expose flaws. He took a sip of tea and said, "By the way, are you satisfied with the weapons I sent you last time?"
Pu Zhiqian was slightly startled, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly let out a long sigh and said: "Although the weapons are good, the tiger is ferocious."
Li Qi snorted and said, "How do you say this?"
Pu Zhiqian shook his head and said truthfully: "The economic envoy may not know something. Last year, the Northern Kingdom of Jin frequently put pressure on me, Goryeo, and asked me, Goryeo, to declare my vassalship."
If this is the case, the Kingdom of Jin will begin to solve its worries. A strange light flashed in Li Qi's eyes, but he remained silent.
Pu Zhiqian glanced at Li Qi secretly, but Li Qi's face showed him only disappointment, so he continued: "This Jurchen is really bullying others. When they started to rebel against Liao, we agreed to fight against Liao together.
But now that the Liao Dynasty has been destroyed, they have turned their backs and no longer recognize us. Not only are they unwilling to give us the Baozhou they originally planned to discuss, but they also want us to surrender to them. It is really unreasonable."
Officials really have two mouths, and they can say whatever they want. Li Qi laughed secretly in his heart. Of course he would not believe Pu Zhiqian's one-sided words. Although he was not very clear about the grudges between Goryeo and Jurchen before, after he came to the Northern Song Dynasty,
, I sent someone specifically to inquire about it.
In fact, Goryeo and the Jurchen tribe have had a long-standing feud. A long time ago, after Wang Jian established the Goryeo regime, he actively went north to expand his territory. When he went out, the first person he met was the Jurchen tribe. At that time, the Jurchen tribe had not yet unified, and Goryeo secretly
Later, when Wanyan Agu unified the Jurchen tribe, they fought a war with Goryeo in order to compete for Haolandian. At that time, Goryeo had always looked down on the Jurchen tribe and sent troops into Haolandian. As a result, Wanyan Agu was beaten.
Returned in great defeat.
Following the usual style of the Korean people, if they could not defeat them, they would sue for peace. The two sides immediately turned their hostility into friendship and became allies.
This was just the beginning. Later, the Jurchens rebelled against the Liao Dynasty. At that time, Goryeo was still a vassal of the Liao Kingdom. Seeing that the Liao Kingdom was being defeated by the Jurchens, they began to use their cleverness. First, they rejected the Liao Kingdom.
Invited them to attack the Jurchen tribe together, and then unilaterally declared that they would no longer be vassal to the Liao Kingdom, and joined the Liao Kingdom. Not only that, the King of Goryeo sent an envoy to Wanyan Aguda and said, I will help you attack the Liao Kingdom together.
Just take back Baozhou.
This Baoju is today's Uiju City, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. Goryeo thought about this place day and night, and their saliva would melt the Antarctic. Why did Goryeo surrender to the Liao Kingdom in the first place? It was because they wanted to get Baozhou.
They did not hesitate to break off diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty, but that was only in name. In fact, the exchanges between the two countries had never been broken, and the Liao Kingdom also gave Baozhou to Goryeo.
But later, the Liao Kingdom became dissatisfied with Goryeo, and sent troops to take Baozhou back, and then gave it to Goryeo. Later, the Liao Kingdom discovered that Goryeo had such close contacts with the Song Dynasty, and became angry and took it back. Since then, it has been
Control Baozhou.
All in all, Goryeo was in a state of ecstasy. It happened that the Jurchens were revolting against the Liao Dynasty, so Goryeo thought that an opportunity had come, and must get Baozhou this time.
But who is Wanyan Aguda? He is more clever than a ghost. Firstly, he was afraid that Goryeo would form an alliance with the Liao Kingdom, which would make him vulnerable to enemies from both sides. Secondly, at that time, his war was booming, and the territory was changing day by day. Where?
He didn't care about this small place. So, he planned to adopt a soft policy towards Goryeo and boldly told the Goryeo envoys that if you want it, you can get it yourself. If you beat it, it will be yours. However, he secretly ordered the Jin army
General, please do not help Goryeo. Not only that, you must also be on guard against Goryeo.
This is very similar to the maritime alliance between the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty. This is also Wanyan Aguda's consistent diplomatic method. He hated the Khitans and knew very well who his enemies were, whether it was an alliance with Goryeo or an alliance with Goryeo.
In the Song Dynasty Alliance, his only purpose was to isolate the Liao Kingdom. This is where Wanyan Agu was particularly successful. It was precisely because his policy of isolating the Liao Kingdom was successful that it also accelerated the demise of the Liao Kingdom. If at that time, the Song Dynasty and the
Goryeo also aided the Liao Kingdom, and there was Xixia over there, so the situation was different.
The two Biaozi of Goryeo and Song Dynasty were no match for Wanyan Agu, and they were played around. But then again, they were both Biaozi, but Goryeo was much smarter than Song Dynasty, and Song Dynasty was stupid enough to send troops.
The result was heavy losses.
Goryeo not only did not send troops, but instead assisted the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou, sending food and weapons. This is because Goryeo saw that the Liao Kingdom was in ruins, and I couldn't breathe. If I wanted to attack Baozhou, I would probably die.
There are many people, so I might as well take the opportunity to appease him. Once the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, the people of Baozhou will naturally not go to the Jin Kingdom, and it will be mine.
Not to mention, Goryeo's appeasement policy achieved remarkable results. He took back Baozhou without spending a single soldier. His troops captured Baozhou before the Jin soldiers arrived.
However, how could Wanyan Aguda be fooled by you so easily? After he solved the Liao Kingdom, he began to settle old scores with Goryeo. Even though Goryeo soldiers had occupied Baozhou, Wanyan Aguda sent people to tell Goryeo that this
Baozhou is the hometown of the Liao Kingdom and should belong to us, Dajin. Moreover, you betrayed the alliance. We agreed to attack the Liao Kingdom together at the beginning, but instead of attacking, you gave us help. How could this be possible?
Although the Jin Kingdom did not directly send troops to recapture Baozhou, the Jin Kingdom always claimed that Baozhou should belong to the Jin Kingdom. This made Goryeo panic every day, fearing that the Jin Kingdom would send troops to take Baozhou back again.
Wanyan Aguda's last resort was to blackmail Goryeo into surrendering to him. If you surrender to me, I will admit that Baozhou is yours. The Goryeo people want others to win over them, even if they say they are not convinced, and in their hearts they actually
They looked down upon the Jurchens. At first Wanyan Aguda wanted to form a brotherly alliance with Goryeo, but Goryeo ignored them. Later, when Goryeo saw that the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, they immediately sent people to Wanyan Aguda to express their friendship and to form a brotherly alliance.
Alliance. But at that time, Wanyan Aguda still paid attention to you, a small Goryeo envoy. He told the Goryeo envoys calmly that there was no need for brothers, and the relationship between us could only be that of monarch and minister.
Gao Li was smart but was misled by his cleverness. Now the road has been lowered to a lower level. Now Gao Li will not agree even more.
Although Wanyan Aguda has passed away, the Jin Dynasty's policy towards Goryeo has not changed. It is neither an enemy nor a friend. Now that Wanyan Sheng has consolidated the rear, he has begun to put pressure on Goryeo. If you don't surrender, then I will take it back.
Baozhou is yours, but up to now I have not recognized that Baozhou is yours.
Jin Taizu had really made every effort since he raised his army. He originally reserved places like Baozhou and Yunzhou just to plant a landmine between Goryeo and the Song Dynasty. Even though he was very friendly to the Song Dynasty, he
We also know that there are only interests between countries. In this way, the Jin Kingdom has enough bargaining chips to take the initiative whether it is facing Goryeo or the Song Dynasty.
After learning all this, Li Qi officially included Goryeo in his plan. Considering Wanyan Agu's great talent and strategy, he was wary of Goryeo at all times. This shows that Goryeo is still worth using. At the beginning, Wanyan Agu was able to rely on
Excellent diplomatic means stabilized Goryeo and prevented it from being attacked from both sides. Then Li Qi believed that he could also use diplomatic means to use Goryeo as a needle in the Jin Kingdom's rear.
However, Pu Zhiqian's trip is undoubtedly to seek help from the Song Dynasty. They also want to use the Song Dynasty to fight against the Jin Kingdom. As for who is the chess player and who is the chess piece, it depends on who is more powerful.