After returning to the court, Yang Lin immediately entered Genyue and met Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji saw him and asked with a smile: "Yang Qing, how are the preparations for the ceremony going?"
Yang Lin stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the victory ceremony has been fully prepared. I am meeting you this time to congratulate your Majesty on your new territory!"
Zhao Ji was not happy but reacted with surprise. He was not an emperor who was very eager for meritorious service. Moreover, now that he was doing so, he could not help but think of the Khitan, that behemoth that he did not want to provoke yet.
Once the war between Song and Liao begins, the collision between these two powerful countries will inevitably cause endless troubles. Zhao Ji does not want to have a headache every day.
Yang Lin smiled and said: "I congratulate Your Majesty, you will soon take over Dali and regain the Han family's homeland."
Zhao Ji suddenly became interested and asked, "What's wrong with Dali?"
After laughing twice, Yang Lin stepped forward and described Dali's national conditions to Zhao Ji, and then said: "This is a God-given opportunity. If God does not take it, you will suffer the consequences. Your Majesty has done your best to restore the northwest and southwest.
It’s God’s will.”
"When the other country was in danger, it asked me, the Song Dynasty, for help, and I took the opportunity to seize it." Zhao Ji hesitated and said, "Isn't there something?"
When Yang Lin heard this, he was immediately furious. He turned into a dead admonition to the civil servants, and said sternly: "Your Majesty! In the whole world, is it the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king. In the southwest prefectures, although hundreds of tribes
They all live together, but all of them yearn for the Song Dynasty.
Although they are not Han people, they are still His Majesty's subjects. They are suffering from the brutal rule of the barbarians, and they are eagerly looking forward to the king's army going south. How can Your Majesty have the heart to abandon them?"
Zhao Ji's eyes widened, he took a breath, and asked doubtfully: "Do the armies in the southwest really hope that the king's army will go south?"
"This is still false!" Yang Lin said.
"In that case, let Yang Qing handle it."
Zhao Ji is not a fool, but if it is really easy to open up new territories, how could he not want the credit?
Yang Lin's expression softened, and he cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, if you do this, you will gain popularity among the people and become the eternal sage."
After leaving Genyue, Yang Lin immediately summoned all the troops of the Long Live Battalion and issued an order: "In the next two months, I want all the intelligence of Dali Kingdom!"
All intelligence personnel, including the Xiaolang Battalion, rushed to the southwest. The northwest had just been calmed down, and a storm targeting the southwest began to brew.
At this time, all the eyes of the world were on the victory ceremony. The destruction of Xixia was the biggest event in the past hundred years, which was enough to arouse the emotions of the people of Bianliang——
In Zhaode Square, Yang Lin was supplementing his knowledge of Dali, only to realize that Dali country is very interesting.
The ancestors of the Bai ethnic group are the indigenous Kunming people and Heman people around the Erhai Lake, and the Di people, Yunnan people, Han people and other ethnic groups who came south from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
One characteristic of people of this tribe is that they are white
So they are also called white people. The Dali royal family and the Gao family often intermarry. Princess Duan Miaozhen's mother is a Bai people.
Duan Zhengchun's queen is the daughter of the Bai lord Gao, and her power is much higher than that of her emperor husband.
In order to curry favor with his wife, Duan Zhengchun even wrote a limerick, which can be described as very embarrassing:
It is a good thing that the state has a woman, and the family has a lovely wife. It is a good thing that the husband is not as good as his wife. When his wife asks him to go east, he should not go to the west. If he talks sweet words to the east, he will compete in martial arts and poetry with the west. The husband is not talented by nature, and it is difficult to compete with the beautiful wife with red makeup.
It is normal for the Gao family to ignore the emperor and bully the Duan family of the royal family.
Their relationship with the royal family is very similar to that of the shogunate and emperor of Japan in later generations.
The bright moon hangs high, and a lamp is like a bean.
In Yang Lin's study, there is a cup of hot tea and two stacks of files on the table.
Yang Lin, who was watching enthusiastically, suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside. Yun Niang came in sleepily wearing undergarments and pants, and knocked on the door and said: "Da Lang, there is someone visiting outside late at night."
Yang Lin frowned and asked: "Who is it?"
"Said he's a guest from the south." Li Yunniang came in, picked up the silver needle on the table, picked the heart of the candle, and said, "Why don't you take a rest at this late hour?"
Yang Lin rolled his eyes and said, "Is it a boy or a girl?"
"female."
There was a snap, and Li Yunniang covered her fat buttocks and cried out in pain.
Yang Lin laughed and scolded: "You little whore, you didn't tell me earlier, please call me in quickly, I guess it's Duan Miaozhen."
In the living room, Duan Miaozhen wrung her hands together, her face was very anxious, and it was obvious that she was deeply worried.
The hopes of the Duan family in Dali were pinned on a girl like her.
She could not forget her playful smiling face, her ridiculous father all day long, she cried heartbrokenly in private, held her hand, and kept telling her.
The Dali royal family declined and was bullied by the Gao family for many years. Many emperors were forced to abdicate and become monks in temples.
Although she is half of the Gao family, she always regards herself as a member of the Duan family, and she feels it is her duty to revitalize the Duan family.
Now the opportunity is right in front of them. After inquiring in the Song Dynasty, they all know that Yang Shaozai is the closest minister to Emperor Zhao Song.
Thinking of Yang Lin's frivolity in the restaurant a few days ago, her cheeks were like ripe apples, feeling hateful and ashamed.
While Duan Miaozhen was thinking wildly, a beautiful woman in front came over with a lantern and said: "Girl, please follow me."
The corridor of Yang Mansion was not very far, but Duan Miaozhen felt as if she had walked a thousand miles along the way, her legs and feet were weak.
A room with candles burning is particularly eye-catching at night, and the shadowy figure is her nightmare and her savior.
How Duan Miaozhen hoped that this man would be an upright gentleman who would become indignant and unyielding when he heard about the fate of the royal family in his country and raise troops to help.
In that case, what grievance would there be if I committed myself to him?
Entering the room, Yang Lin didn't get up, and he didn't even show the basic respect.
He squinted and looked at the princess in front of him. She was visiting a man alone late at night. Her thoughts were very clear.
In order to deceive others, or to deceive herself and others, Duan Miaozhen wore a black cloak and cloak, wrapping her exquisite and graceful body tightly.
Yang Lin smiled and said: "Who is this girl? Why can't I see clearly?"
Duan Miaozhen untied the tie under her chin, her cloak and cloak fell to the floor, and she was still wearing princess clothes underneath.
"Princess Duan Miaozhen of Dali, a small country in Fanbang, has met Yang Shaozai."
Yang Lin quickly stood up and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Her Royal Highness the Princess. I don't know why she came to visit you late at night?"
"Young Zai, I don't know how the Holy Emperor will respond to what I said before. Miaozhen was very anxious, so she took the liberty to come here. I hope Young Zai will forgive me."
Yang Lin stepped forward, held her hand, and said: "Oh, how dare you trouble the princess to come in person? Send someone to tell her that I, before I am a baba, can go to the guesthouse to clear up your highness's doubts."
Duan Miaozhen still felt like she was being electrocuted, but she resisted and did not pull back. Rouyi's big hand was a little too tight, and it was very light and frivolous when it was gently closed and slowly twisted.
Yang Lin said with a smile: "Princess, I don't know that the Dali Kingdom has been able to stand in the southwest for two hundred years because of the mountains and rivers and the rugged roads, making it difficult for outsiders to invade. Even if the heavenly soldiers come to seek justice for you, I am afraid they will suffer a big loss.
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Duan Miaozhen withdrew her hand, took three steps back, raised her head and said with determination, "As long as the young master is willing to persuade the Holy Emperor to send troops, Miaozhen guarantees that the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses can march straight in."
"Is it so easy to drive straight in?" Yang Lin touched his chin and read out the words carefully.
Duan Miaozhen closed her eyes, tears rolling down her face. Suddenly she stretched out her hand to untie the tassel, and the soft brocade slipped from her body.
Turning around and using the light, Yang Lin was shocked to find that on her jade back was a map of mountains and rivers hiding soldiers!
"The fortresses and military strongholds of Dali, which have been deployed for hundreds of years, are all on this map. These places are guarded by different tribesmen. Even if they want to change, there is no way. With this map, the Song army in Dali will be on the same level.
Miao Zhen presents this picture to Shao Zai tonight."
Yang Lin took a long breath. He was sitting at home, and his power came from heaven.
This battle in the southwest has already been won before it was fought.
The small country of Dali Zuo'er has lost the advantage of its dangerous terrain and hidden troops. What can it do to resist the invincible Song army in foot battle?
"These are the mountains and rivers of Dali. I want to gallop freely among the mountains and rivers of Dali!"——
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