"We only respect the leader... Yang Wenguang, don't go too far."
Yeli Yuqi stared at Yang Wenguang and roared.
Yang Wenguang snorted coldly and said: "I have an important responsibility this time, so I won't care about your rudeness. Get out of the way quickly, I will take people in to search."
Yeli Yuqi glared at Yang Wenguang and said tremblingly, "This is my Daxia post house, why do you trespass?"
Yang Wenguang hummed and said: "The post house is a place of residence given to you by the Song Dynasty, but it is not a territory given to you. You can only stay temporarily, but you cannot make decisions. I, the Song Dynasty, treat you and the others as guests.
You must not forget your identities. Whenever there are serious criminals hiding in our territory of the Song Dynasty, I can search them."
Ye Liyuqi gritted his teeth and said: "Even if you want to search my post in Daxia, you must bring the imperial edict from His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty."
Yang Wenguang stared at Ye Li Yuqi and asked: "Did Xixia sign the covenant that I, the Song Dynasty, gave to Xixia before?"
Yeli Yuqi suppressed his anger and whispered: "Signed..."
Yang Wenguang said calmly: "It is stated in the covenant that each tribe is not allowed to harbor felons designated by the Song Dynasty, and I, the Song Dynasty, will not harbor felons designated by the Song Dynasty.
Now I, the Song Dynasty, suspect that there is a serious criminal hiding in the Xixia Post House, so naturally we have to search it.
Could it be that the covenant you just signed was forgotten so quickly?"
Ye Li Yuqi suppressed his anger, stared at Yang Wenguang and gritted his teeth and said: "Of course I will not forget the covenant we signed. If the Song Dynasty wants to search, we will naturally not dare to stop it. But if the search cannot be done, then I will go there in person.
In the palace, I asked the Emperor of the Song Dynasty for an explanation."
Yang Wenguang said calmly: "That's your business."
Yang Wenguang waved to the people behind him.
"Go in and search!"
People from the Inspection Department and the Criminal Department rushed forward together.
However, the Xixia soldiers did not move out of the way, and it was difficult for them to rush in forcefully.
Seeing this, Yang Wenguang glared at Yeli Yuqi.
Yeli Yuqi was very unwilling and ordered his men to make way.
The people from the Inspection Department and the Criminal Department looked at each other, raised their heads and held their chests high one by one, and entered the Xixia Post House very proudly.
After a search, the people from the Inspection Department and the Criminal Department came out with sullen faces.
The two leaders shook their heads at Yang Wenguang.
Yang Wenguang frowned and ordered everyone: "Let's go..."
Ye Li Yu Qi did not stop Yang Wenguang to ridicule him, because those children's grudge tricks were completely unnecessary.
If you want to make trouble through this, you have to make trouble in the court of the Song Dynasty.
Ye Li Yuqi had a gloomy face and returned to the post house, where he saw Mr. Xia appearing in front of him wearing a servant's clothes.
When Mr. Xia saw Ye Li Yuqi's gloomy face, he smiled and asked, "How do you feel?"
Ye Li Yuqi said in a deep voice: "I want to kill someone..."
Mr. Xia laughed loudly and said: "You want to kill people now? Your concentration is not good. As far as I know, your Xixia envoys suffered more humiliation when they arrived in Liao than in Song Dynasty. Why didn't you
Do you have thoughts of murder?"
Ye Li Yuqi's face was gloomy and bleeding, he clenched his fists and said nothing.
Mr. Xia continued with a smile: "I know even if you don't tell me. Because the Liao Kingdom is not only stronger than you, but also more domineering than you. So facing the Liao Kingdom, you can only swallow your anger.
The Song Dynasty was also a powerful country, but it always treated you Xixia with great courtesy.
Now that he suddenly shows some domineering behavior, you Xixia people are a little uncomfortable with it.
It is inevitable to become angry.
Tell me, are you cheap?
I treat you well, but you make others look down on you and go against them.
Those who are not good to you, yet you keep trying to get along with them."
Yeli Yuqi suddenly rushed to Mr. Xia, lifted Mr. Xia up with one hand, stared at Mr. Xia with a cannibalistic gaze, and roared: "What do you want to say?"
Mr. Xia calmly stared at Ye Li Yuqi and said: "What I want to say is that fists are the only way to communicate between countries. If someone's fists are stronger than yours, they can do whatever they want.
You can't think that someone is easy to bully just because they treat you politely.
You can't become angry because someone is too domineering to you.
People have the power to influence you, but you don’t have the power to influence them.”
Yeli Yuqi put down Mr. Xia, stared at Mr. Xia and said: "Strength is the only truth?!"
Mr. Xia nodded slowly.
Yeli Yuqi took a few deep breaths, calmed down the anger in his heart, and said in a heavy voice: "I understand..."
After Yeli Yuqi calmed down, he said in a deep voice: "I need a few sips to pay homage to my brother."
Mr. Xia smoothed the wrinkled clothes that Ye Li Yuqi had scratched and said with a smile: "I also need a few sips to pay homage to myself."
Yeli Yuqi frowned in confusion.
Mr.
He has the most wealth and the largest population in the world, but he is bullied everywhere.
I voted for Xixia, and the Song Dynasty became stronger, with strong soldiers and horses, and countless money. Not only did it stop being bullied by others, but it began to bully others.
The Song Dynasty is my motherland. My motherland has become stronger and stronger. Should I celebrate it?
The sky seems to look down on me, always letting me encounter the worst times.
When I was in the Song Dynasty, I was bullied everywhere in the Song Dynasty.
When I arrived in Xixia, Xixia began to be bullied.
Should I have a moment of silence for myself?"
Ye Li Yuqi narrowed his eyes, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Since you care about your homeland, why don't you stay?"
Mr. Xia laughed and said: "You don't understand what it means to be a national traitor, nor do you understand the Central Plains people's hatred for national traitors. Since I have deserted the Song Dynasty, there is no way back."
Yeli Yuqi snorted coldly, "I will convey your words to the king without saying a word."
Mr. Xia shook his head nonchalantly and left Yeli Yuqi's side with a strange smile.
…
Inside the palace.
Zishido.
After Yang Wenguang informed Zhao Zhen and others about the search of the Xixia Post House, Zishi Hall was quiet.
Zhao Zhen and others all frowned and said nothing.
In order to search the Xixia Post House, the imperial court made full preparations, but now that they found nothing, they were naturally not happy.
"Could it be that Mu Chong and his son have already escaped?"
When Wang Yunsheng saw the silence in Zishi Hall, he couldn't help but express his thoughts.
Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "I have already sent people to block all roads leaving Bianjing City. If Mu Chong and his son really left Bianjing City, my people would not have noticed.
I don’t believe that Mu Chong and his son would escape from Bianjing City under my nose.”
Zhang Zhibai pondered: "But the people from the Ministry of Punishment and the Inspection Department have searched the inside and outside of Bianjing City, but they have found no trace of Muchong and his son. There is no trace of Muchong and his son in the Xixia Post House, which is the most suspected.
Where will Mu Chong and his son hide?
Where else in Bianjing City can they hide?"
Zhao Zhen frowned and glanced at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin coughed dryly and said: "The last place where Mu Chong and his son disappeared was the Xixia Posthouse. The disappearance of Mu Chong and his son is inextricably linked to the Xixia Posthouse."
Li Zhaoliang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Did the people from the Imperial City Division find out?"
Chen Lin nodded.
Li Zhaoliang thought about it: "Liu Heng has always been thorough in his work. Since he found the information, there can be no mistake."
Wang Yunsheng suggested: "Then send someone to check the people in Xixia Post House and see who they have been in contact with recently. There are always some clues to be found."
"No need to check!"
"No need to check!"
"..."
Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian, and Kou Ji spoke almost at the same time.
Everyone else looked at the three of them.
The three of them were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.
Wang Zeng said to Kou Ji: "Just tell me."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "80% of the people are in the Liao State Posthouse. Inside and outside Bianjing City, only the Liao State Posthouse and the Imperial Palace have not been searched. The people are definitely not in the palace, so they can only be in the Liao State Posthouse."
Inside the inn.”
After Zhang Zhibai and others heard this, their expressions became a little solemn.
The Liao Kingdom is not as difficult to deal with as Xixia.
The Liao people would never let the soldiers of the Song Dynasty enter and search the Liao State Posthouse as easily as the Xixia people did.
If the Song Dynasty forcefully sent people to search the Liao State Post House, it would very likely trigger a war between the two countries.
When the Liao envoys arrived in Bianjing, they represented the Liao Emperor.
As the overlord of the world, Emperor Liao would definitely lead his troops to regain his position if he was insulted by others, otherwise his overlord status would be shaken.
The Emperor of Liao had managed to achieve his current hegemonic position with great difficulty, so it was naturally impossible for him to be allowed to waver.
"What a plan!"
Lu Yijian said in a low voice with a gloomy face.
The first people to come into contact with Muchong and his son were the Xixia people, but Muchong and his son ended up hiding in the Liao Posthouse. It would be strange if there was no calculation in this.
Wang Zeng frowned and said: "Is it the Xixia people's scheme, or is it a scheme set up by the Liao and Xixia people together?"
If it was just the Xixia people's calculation, that would be fine.
If it was a plan set up by the Liao and Xixia people together, it would not be good news for the Song Dynasty.
If the Liao and Xixia people could work together to scheme against the Song Dynasty, it means that the Liao and Xixia people may have formed an alliance secretly.
Although Xixia no longer poses a threat to the Song Dynasty, but with the addition of the Liao Kingdom, it will be different.
Although the Song Dynasty has become stronger now, it still has some difficulty facing the Liao Kingdom.
If Xixia is added, the Song Dynasty will become even more difficult.
"It doesn't matter whose plan it is. If you surrender, everything will be fine. If you don't surrender, then let's have a fight and let your sword speak. Anyway, our Song Dynasty will have to fight the Liao Kingdom sooner or later."
This was said by Gao Chugong.
Gao Chugong took the initiative to start a war with two intentions.
One is to gain credit on the battlefield and make the Gao family's position more stable.
The second is to divert the attention of everyone in the court to the battlefield, so that the Gao family can take the opportunity to digest the elements of Yizijiaozipu.
The Gao family is not as rich as the Meng and Mu families.
The Gao family can start from the power field and the business field together and deeply integrate the Gao family's brand into Yizijiaozipu.
As long as the integration of the Gao family is deep enough, Zhao Zhen will be hurt even if he wants to move Yizijiaozipu, and it is inevitable that he will resort to evil tactics at that time.
The method of killing a thousand enemies and damaging yourself by eight hundred is not suitable for use on Yizijiaozipu.
Once a fight breaks out inside Yizijiaozipu, it is likely to cause chaos in Yizijiaozipu.
By then, this newly born important weapon of the country will most likely fall apart.
As long as Zhao Zhen doesn't want to lose everything, he can only swallow this fish.
"war?!"
Wang Zeng frowned and said: "Isn't it too early to start a war? Hexi has been initially decided. The Song Dynasty has not completely digested Hexi. If we start a war with the Liao Kingdom, trouble may occur in Hexi.
In addition, the court's food and money were not sufficient.
Let's accumulate more wealth and then go shopping with the Liao Kingdom. It won't be a problem for us to fight for three to five years.
Either I, the Song Dynasty, will not fight, or if I want to fight, I will take back the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop."
Wang Zeng didn't know Gao Chugong's thoughts, so he only talked about the war with Liao.
He felt that the current strength of the imperial court was still insufficient.
We must accumulate more money, rectify the forbidden army, and wait until we have strong soldiers and strong financial resources before we can fight against the Liao Kingdom again. Only then will we be more confident.
Lu Yijian had similar ideas to Wang Zeng.
He also felt that either he would not fight, or if he wanted to fight, he would have to take back the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in one fell swoop.
If you are not completely sure, it is better to take it slow.
"I agree with Wang Xiang's idea..."
"I think we can fight, even if we can't get back Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, we can get back one or two prefectures."
What is surprising is that Zhang Zhibai actually spoke in favor of the war.
In the Zishi Hall, everyone looked at Zhang Zhibai unexpectedly.
Zhang Zhibai knew that everyone had doubts in their hearts, so he said: "I don't know if you have noticed that before the Song Dynasty went to war, we spent more money, and we spent more and more, and gradually we were unable to make ends meet.
But in recent years, the Song Dynasty has been making profits from its foreign wars.
The Song Dynasty fought along the Great Wall, and the Song Dynasty expanded its territory to several states. Although it cost a lot of money, it gained more benefits.
In the Song Dynasty, nearly one million poor people migrated to Longzhou and other places.
A lot of fertile land was allocated.
During the Battle of Hexi, hundreds of thousands of poor people from our Song Dynasty migrated there.
People are still migrating there, and I believe that in the near future, Hexi will be able to accommodate millions of poor people.
Nearly two million poor people were relocated and settled in places such as Hexi and Longzhou."
Seeing everyone frowning, Zhang Zhibai continued: "I'm just talking about the poor people. You may not realize the benefits that I, the Song Dynasty, have gained. Then let's talk about prisoners, beggars and others.
Have you noticed that since the Song Dynasty has successively taken over many territories south of the Great Wall and Hexi?
All the criminal prisoners in my Da Song Prison have disappeared.
Most of the beggars on the streets of my country have also disappeared.
For the sake of political performance and to eliminate these troubles, local governments sent them all to Hexi, Longzhou and other places.
When they were ruled in various places, they were lazy people and prisoners of crime.
But when they arrived in Longzhou, Hexi and other places, under the constraints of harsh government, everyone became hard-working people.
According to year-end statistics from the Ministry of Punishment, the number of people committing crimes this year in our Song Dynasty dropped by nearly 40%.
Statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs at the end of the year show that the number of people who starved to death this year in our Song Dynasty dropped by 80%."