Wanyan Mingyue said: "It's still the same question, who are you? Who are you?"
Lin Jue said: "My name is Lin Jue. We are from the Luoyan Army in Luoyan County of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not from the imperial court."
Wanyan Mingyue opened her eyes wide in surprise and stared at Lin Jue: "Are you...Lin Jue? That is...Lin Jue, the envoy of Great Wednesday? The Lin Jue who left the capital and raised a flag to rebel in Luoyan Valley?"
Lin Jue frowned and said: "Girl, this is Lin Jue, but our Luoyan Army is not raising a flag to rebel. The Luoyan Army is a military force under Guo Kun, King of Bianliang of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was established to eradicate the traitors of the Great Zhou Dynasty and to defeat the traitors who usurped the throne.
Regular troops are definitely not meant to rebel."
Wanyan Mingyue turned a deaf ear, lowered her head and muttered for a long time: "Did you write the lyrics of the song "When will the bright moon come out"?"
Lin Jue was speechless. This was serious business, why did he get involved in that poem? Could it be that all his poems had been spread to the Jurchen tribe in the wilderness? That would be too outrageous.
"I wrote it. How does the girl know this word?" Lin Jue said.
Wanyan Mingyue pursed her lips and smiled and said: "I originally had no interest in these things, but this word is related to my name. Someone asked me to read it, so I did. It is really well written."
Lin Jue burst out laughing. It turned out that this poem was about the moon, and Wanyan Mingyue's name was the moon, so she just read this poem.
"You are very famous in your country. Many people know you. But I didn't expect to meet you here today. It's really... it's... a bit... a coincidence." Wanyan Mingyue said with a smile.
Lin Jue didn't want to talk too much about this matter, so he said: "Now it's my turn to ask the girl. The girl's surname is Wanyan, and she is also called the princess. She must be related to Wanyan Agu."
Wanyan Mingyue nodded and said: "Wanyan Aguda is my brother, and I am his sister."
Lin Jue nodded and said: "I see, that's it, that's right. Such confidential matters naturally require the most trusted people to negotiate."
Wanyan Mingyue said: "Yes, I was sent by my brother to negotiate an alliance with the Zhou officials and deal with the Liao Kingdom together. Anyway, you have heard it, and I don't want to hide it."
Lin Jue nodded and said thoughtfully: "Yes, for the alliance with the Jurchens, isn't the best place to meet at sea? It can avoid passing through the territory of the Liao people. This is to establish a maritime alliance."
Wanyan Mingyue frowned and said, "Funiu Mountain is far away from here, how could you appear on this island?"
Lin Jue thought for a while and said: "There are things I need on this island, things that can strengthen my Luoyan Army. We came to look for these things. Unfortunately, we didn't find them. We were about to leave, but we unexpectedly ran into them.
I overheard a few words about your meeting with the Zhou officials out of curiosity, but I didn’t expect that it would lead to such a situation."
Wanyan Mingyue nodded and said, "But now that you know this, what do you want to do?"
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "I haven't thought about it yet, but you don't have to worry about us leaking the news. In fact, no one will believe that the Zhou Dynasty will make an alliance with you Jurchens, and the Liao people will not believe it either. Even if someone leaks the news
If you give it to the Liao people, the Liao people will think it is just a estrangement plan, because Yelu Zongyuan is in urgent need of reinforcements from the Zhou Dynasty at the moment, and he will not believe it."
Wanyan Mingyue said coldly: "So what if he believed it? In any case, even if we, the Jurchen clan, did not join forces with Dazhou, we would still have invaded the capital. I just refused to tell my brother to the police.
If things get messed up, in fact, even if you reveal the secret, there will be no loss to my Jurchen, we don't care."
Lin Jue said with a smile: "Miss Wanyan is a hero among women, with extraordinary courage. How come you Jurchens have such hatred against the Liao people? The Liao people are pretty good to you Jurchens. I think I heard that Yelu Zongyuan
I also made your brother the Jiedushi envoy and gave him very high courtesy."
Wanyan Mingyue raised her eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Bah! The Liao people have been oppressing our Jurchens for many years, and you actually said that you are good to us. We Jurchens live under the Changbai Mountain, living in isolation and struggling to survive. The Liao people will take us
They were incorporated into the territory, but they used inhuman oppression on our Jurchen people everywhere, treating us Jurchens as livestock and beasts, exploiting us, and massacring us. We have had enough of them. After Yelu Zongyuan became emperor, they intensified their efforts.
What kind of oppression is more tolerable? You, an ignorant person, actually speak to them. If it weren't for your ignorance, I would kill you with one knife."
Lin Jue didn't expect that one sentence would cause such a big reaction, and said hurriedly: "Miss Wanyan, don't be upset, I don't know the inside story. I thought that you Jurchens are a tribe of the Liao Kingdom and are the people of the Liao Kingdom.
The imperial court will not be mean to you. If I misunderstood, please forgive me."
Wanyan Mingyue said coldly: "They don't regard us Jurchens as human beings at all. Our Jurchen tribe must turn over a large amount of products every year, including ginseng, mink skins, famous horses, northern pearls, handsome eagles, beeswax gems and the unique products of our Jurchen tribe."
Printing and dyeing linen, etc. Not only did they pay these, the corrupt officials of the Liao Kingdom also went to our Jurchen market to buy our goods at low prices and exploited our people. They also shamelessly called this behavior
"Fighting the Jurchens" is really unbearable. Not to mention these, every time we encounter foreign wars, the most men of our Jurchen tribe are recruited. Our Jurchen tribe has a total of less than 500,000 people, but for the imperial court
There were no less than 60,000 adult men in the battle, which is almost half of the adult men of our clan. Among our more than 30 Jurchen tribes, countless men died in the army, leaving orphans and widowed mothers struggling to survive. If not
Our Jurchen clan has been helping each other and helping each other for a long time, and I am afraid that this will lead to more families being destroyed and people dying."
Lin Jue smacked his lips and said in surprise: "So they are so harsh to you, no wonder you want to rebel."
Wanyan Mingyue said in a deep voice: "My brother originally didn't want to fall out with them, but they went too far. They used the position of Jiedushi to win over my brother, hoping to use the knife in my brother's hand to enslave and drive our people.
Of course my brother refused. They supported Aludan, the leader of the Blackstone Tribe, to go against my brother, intending to make all the tribes betray my brother. After the matter was exposed, Aludan fled to Shangjing, and my brother sent people to attack the Liao Kingdom.
The court went to ask for people, but not only did they not give them, they also said that my brother was wrong and that he was ambitious and so on. My brother called the tribes to ask for everyone's opinions. Everyone had had enough, so they rebelled. You
Say, if it were you, would you object?"
Lin Jue nodded lightly. If the Liao people treated the Jurchens like this, it would naturally cause a backlash. The Jurchens are inherently tough and strong, how could they tolerate such a thing happening for a long time. Excessive oppression arouses public resentment, and the result can only be rebellion.
"If you say so, it's the fault of the Liao people." Lin Jue said.
"Finally you said something fair." Wanyan Mingyue said softly.
Lin Jue pondered for a moment and said: "Then you are going to join forces with Zhou to destroy Liao? I guess your brother must be very happy when Zhou's envoys arrive at your Jurchen tribe. I'm afraid this is what he wants.
Let's get the result. With the power of your Jurchen clan, I'm afraid you won't be able to destroy the Liao Kingdom."
Wanyan Mingyue raised her neck and said: "Although we can't do it now, what about ten years? What about twenty years? We can still destroy the Liao Kingdom. Your alliance with us in the Zhou Dynasty is just speeding up this process. We don't care about it.
Your Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty took the initiative to ask for it. He was just angry with the Liao Kingdom and wanted to divide the land of the Liao Kingdom with us. He may not have any good intentions. Do you want to say that your Great Zhou Dynasty is doing this for my Jurchen clan?
Are you in alliance with us? We have never had any contact with you, the Great Zhou Dynasty, so how can you do this for us?"
Lin Jue had to admit that Wanyan Mingyue still had some knowledge. In other words, the upper echelons of the entire Jurchen tribe actually had a very clear understanding of the alliance with the Great Zhou Dynasty. The cooperation between the two parties was to get what they needed and to cooperate in terms of interests. Others
It's all nonsense.
"Miss Wanyan, you have to admit, what if I, the Zhou Dynasty, help the Liao people? Wouldn't it be bad for you? You can't say that with the power of your Jurchen clan, you can resist the encirclement and suppression of the elite armies of the Zhou Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom.
." Lin Jue said such words deliberately to test Wanyan Mingyue's reaction.
Wanyan Mingyue sneered and said: "Then you come and try. My Jurchen tribe has lived among the white mountains and black waters for many years. It is almost difficult for outsiders to survive there, but my Jurchen tribe not only survives, but also thrives. This is us
The ability of the Jurchen people. Since we have been able to exist for hundreds of years and are still here, it means there is a reason. We will not be destroyed just because others say we will be destroyed. Although you people in the Zhou Dynasty claim to be superior people and boast that your country is extremely powerful,
But we are not afraid of you. We, the Jurchen tribe, rely on our fearless bravery, loyalty to the tribe, and our lives to protect the tribe. Do you have these? You Zhou people are the most arrogant, but you are also very cowardly.
After so many years of oppression, if you go to help the Liao people again, you will be the most ridiculous group of people in the world. If so, it is unreasonable for you to survive the Zhou Dynasty. The Liao people are asking you for help now, but they will bite you if they turn around.
, when the Liao people destroyed your Zhou Dynasty, you may regret it too late."
Lin Jue heard this and admired it in his heart. A Jurchen woman has a better view and insight on issues than many people.
"Miss Wanyan, you said that the Liao Kingdom covets me, the Zhou Dynasty. Then let me ask you, do you Jurchen tribesmen have no covetous intentions towards the Zhou Dynasty? How can you guarantee that after the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, your daughters will
The real person will not use troops against me, the Great Zhou Dynasty?" Lin Jue asked in a deep voice.
Wanyan Mingyue said: "Absolutely not. We Jurchen people have always cherished our friends. Although the alliance between Da Zhou and us is for our own benefit, allies are friends. As long as Da Zhou coexists harmoniously with us in the future, we will never do anything to you.
The Great Zhou Dynasty will use troops. I can guarantee this."
Lin Jue sighed and thought: This woman is still young after all. It would be fine if what she told was a lie. If this is what she really thinks, then she is obviously too naive.
"The girl may think so, but how can you guarantee that your brother thinks so? People will change. Maybe you think so at the moment because you are still very weak. One day, when the country is strong, things will change.
I'm afraid that's not the case anymore." Lin Jue flicked the fire and said softly.
"I will definitely not do it. I can guarantee that we will definitely not do it." Wanyan Mingyue shook her head and said resolutely.
Lin Jue fell silent, and the cave became quiet, with only the sound of crackling flames burning. Both of them looked down at the fire, thoughtful in their hearts.
