Chapter 640 The country is heavier than the heaven and the earth and lighter than a feather
Zhang Boyu, the king of Jiaozhi County, not only saved his life by opening the door outside the palace and surrendering, but also served as the king of Jiaozhi County for several days, slaughtered all the prominent families in Jiaozhi, and made countless money.
Now that Yang Lin is here, he can't wait to accept the land and surrender to the Song Dynasty, and then escape from here with a lot of money to enjoy the blessings of the Song Dynasty.
Such a person should have been a national traitor to Jiaozhi of the Li Dynasty and be reviled by all generations, but this is not the case.
In fact, the wealthy and powerful families in Jiaozhi hated him, and by that time they had almost been wiped out by him.
As for the ordinary people at the bottom, it was Zhang Boyu who rescued them from the endless civil war and led them to live a more comfortable life than before.
Moreover, Jiaozhi is different from the Song Dynasty. Here, the whole country supports the royal family. The palaces wish they could use gold to lay bricks. Ordinary people, even those in Thang Long City, are extremely poor.
It's different now. At least there is a way to make money. In addition to not being allowed to gather in crowds or holding weapons, the government's regulations are very relaxed economically.
Zhang Boyu's purpose was very clear, that is, to work as a temporary worker, so he ignored the imperial finances of Jiaozhi and abolished many exorbitant taxes and targeted many prominent families in Jiaozhi.
Liu Zhongwu entered the palace, and as soon as he entered the palace, he was immediately grabbed by Zhang Boyu. Liu Zhongwu was a military general, and he almost fought back. When he saw Zhang Boyu's smile, he sighed and said, "What are you doing?"
"General Liu, please take a seat quickly. I heard that Mr. Yang Shaozai has arrived in Fuzhou?"
When Liu Zhongwu saw his appearance, he felt a third part of disgust and a third part of contempt in his heart. He said with a half-smile but not a smile: "His Royal Highness the County Prince is very well-informed."
Zhang Boyu ignored the irony in his words and clapped his hands and said: "Here, bring up the gift I prepared for General Liu."
A group of little waiters laboriously carried a gilt box up and placed it on the ground. A clear sound of collision came from inside.
Liu Zhongwu chuckled lightly and said: "Your Highness, there is no need to do this. Although I am not as rich as Your Highness, I am not a greedy person. If you have any problem, just ask."
Zhang Boyu's face turned red. He was really good-natured. He was not angry at all because of Liu Zhongwu's rejection or tone. He still smiled and said: "General Liu, I have cooperated with our Song Dynasty during this period. I have no credit but hard work.
See if Young Zai can help and put in a nice word when he comes."
"Everyone takes note of what His Highness does. Don't worry, Shao Zai must know what he is doing."
As a general who had followed Yang Lin since the conquest of Fang La, Liu Zhongwu knew that his emphasis on intelligence had reached an obsessive level.
Although Jiaozhi is far away, it is spread all over Yang Shaozai's belly, and the troubles here cannot be hidden from his eyes.
Zhang Boyu was still a little worried and kept urging Liu Zhongwu to accept it, "General Liu, just accept this small gift. You guys are stationed in Jiaozhi and have worked so hard. This is all the kindness of the people of Jiaozhi."
Liu Zhongwu couldn't help laughing and walked out of the hall laughing.
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Fu Liao City, inside the palace built by Yelu Dashi.
Yelv Dashi's recent achievements can be described as brilliant. He captured the entire Khwarezm and half of the territory of the Seljuq Empire, the overlord of West Asia. He is now invincible and invincible.
Everyone believes that this newly rising empire will be unstoppable, whether it is marching towards Europe or North Africa!
Byzantium was already trembling, and the entire Arab world was in panic.
At this time, news of the war between Song and Jin came, but Yelu Dashi was trembling with excitement.
The fight finally started? These two old enemies have too many grievances with the Khitan.
The ministers in the palace looked at the emperor with deep sorrow in their eyes.
At this moment, the emperor who did not forget to return to Liao had no intention of continuing to conquer those weak monarchs and sultans in the west.
He wanted to take the Khitan men back to the land stained with the blood of his compatriots, where there were countless Liao people who were slaves under the iron heel of the Jurchens.
Yeluxin, the hidden official of the Great Liao Dynasty, raised his eyelids, looked at the spies in the palace, and asked: "How many soldiers and horses did the Jin people mobilize, and who is the leader?"
"Hui Tiyin, the Jin people have assembled a total of 30,000 Jurchen soldiers, 100,000 Bohai soldiers, and... and more than 200,000 Khitan vassal troops. The vanguard is still Wanyan Zonghan, and it is said that this time, Wanyan Zongwang is in command.
"
Yelu Dashi knew these people very well, and he stood up, paced back and forth, with a disappointed look on his face, and said: "Zong Han is powerful, he will definitely not surrender to Zong Wang's men. If Zong Wang takes charge, the striker and the coach will not get along.
, will most likely have the same result as the first two times, and come back defeated. I dare to say that they can't even defeat the Great Wall."
"If the Jurchens cannot cross the Great Wall, then the Song Dynasty will probably not fight the whole country. This battle is just a scratch, and at most it will be a stalemate. You come and I go. In this way, there will be no chance."
"Since the Jurchens have gone south, they must have relaxed their control over the Mongolian tribes on the grassland. Why don't we take advantage of this opportunity..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Baobao could no longer sit still and hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, there are no resources on the grassland. There are many Mobei bastards who die of cold and starvation every year. Why bother to get these nominal things?"
The land and the people. You must know that in those days, the Liaoxi rebels started to rebel every year. Taking the desert was simply not worth the gain. The final general is willing to be driven by your majesty, cross the coast, capture Constantinople, capture the barbarian emperor, and enter
Dedicated to His Majesty."
Yelu Dashi took a quick look and saw that among the civil and military officials in the dynasty, there was not even one person who wanted to fight eastward. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. These people had lost the qualification to compete with Song and Jin Dynasty, and they were afraid of being beaten.
The descendants of Khitan heroes who once conquered the entire territory of Liao Dynasty with the help of eight tribes of Khitan with a mere one hundred thousand men, are now afraid of the enemies in that land.
They all wanted to go further west and conquer the uncivilized barbarians, or go south to the Arab world.
They conquered a large territory here, plundered countless wealth, and filled the palace with princesses and noblewomen from all over the world. However, Yelu Dashi couldn't arouse any interest in all of this.
However, he was not discouraged. The current situation was much better than before. Even before Youyan was lost, it was not as good as now.
Shortly after the disbandment of the dynasty, Yelv Dashi's envoys from Fuliao City set off carrying a large amount of property. They were all destined for the powerful chiefs of the Mongolian tribes such as Chagatai, Qiyan, and Klie, even though the Manchu civil and military officials were unwilling to do so.
Moving eastward, he still hoped to consolidate his ties with the Mongolian tribes during the confrontation between the Song and Jin Dynasties.
The attitude of these Mongolian tribes is very important to one day march eastward, fight back to Shangjingfu, and take revenge on the Jurchens.