After the award was over, Lu Junyi came out and said: "Your Majesty, after the end of the battle to destroy Liao, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom submitted a letter of credence. I hope your Majesty will preview it!"
Lu Junyi had already explained this matter in the memorial, so Lin Nuo just took a look at it and handed it over to the courtiers for viewing.
After everyone had finished reading, Lin Nuo's voice became slightly colder and said: "My dear friends, what do you think about this matter?"
"Your Majesty, although the capital of the Jin Kingdom is in the Liaodong area, Wanyan Aguda is very smart. He dragged the main force of the army to the vast grasslands in the north. It is not easy to find them!"
Zhu Wu took the lead and continued: "Besides, winter is approaching, and I, Dagan, have just gained a huge territory, so I must calm down for a while to digest it, and it is not suitable for another large-scale national war! "
Lin Nuo asked calmly: "Then what does the Prime Minister think should be done with this letter of credence? Do I agree with it, or do I disagree?"
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the so-called Great Jin Kingdom is not yet qualified to submit its credentials to negotiate with our Daqian Empire!"
Zhu Wu was still hesitating and did not give an answer. Behind him, Song Jiang suddenly came out and continued: "Your Majesty, we can completely ignore this letter of credence. We neither agree nor reject it. We can treat it as if it is not It exists, and there will be no reply! Because it is not qualified!"
"Just like the Liao Kingdom did not recognize the Jin Kingdom's national status, we in Daqian do not need to recognize it either!"
"The Liao Kingdom was destroyed by my Dagan. All the land of the Liao Kingdom, including the Liaodong region and even the northern grasslands, is my Dagan's land. Your Majesty can send envoys to the Liaodong region and ennoble Wanyan Aguda as the Liaodong Province. The governor."
The administrative system of Daqian is divided into three levels: province, prefecture, and county. The highest administrative officers are governor, prefect, and county magistrate respectively. The governor of a province belongs to the feudal official, but it is obvious that this order was issued by the Jin Kingdom official. The emperor definitely cannot agree.
"If Wanyan Aguda agrees, that is naturally the best. I will be able to garrison troops in the Liaodong area justifiably."
"What if they don't agree?" an official asked.
"Their disagreement is nothing more than two situations. One is that they are angry and invite troops to invade, and the other is that they remain silent and actually continue to occupy Liaodong and the northern grasslands, making a fortune in silence."
"If the Kingdom of Jin invites troops to invade, it will be easy. There is no need to go to the vast grassland to find their main force for a decisive battle. With the combat power of my large army, I can completely leave them behind, once and for all!"
"And if they remain silent and don't respond at all, when His Majesty deems the time is right, he can send troops to attack them on the grounds that they privately occupy the territory of our Dagan Kingdom!"
"No matter what, I will always stand on the right side of the empire!"
Regarding Song Jiang's remarks, Lin Nuo smiled noncommittally, then nodded and said, "What do you think?"
"I think this method is feasible!" Zhu Wudao said.
"My lord, I second the proposal!" Lu Junyi also nodded. He had just experienced a battle that destroyed the country for thousands of miles, and he also felt that it was time for the Daqian Empire to rest and recuperate.
Since the two prime ministers on the left and right agreed, Lin Nuo stopped delaying and said immediately: "We have drawn up a decree to confer the Jurchen chieftain Wanyan Aguda as the governor of Liaodong Province, with a second-rank official position. In the spring of the next year, he will come to the capital to pay homage! "
Lin Nuo actually didn't care much about the undeveloped Jin Kingdom. If the cold winter was not coming and the Daqian Kingdom really needed to rest for a while, he might have launched another war to destroy the country!
After discussing the affairs of the Kingdom of Jin, the next step is the issue of the prisoners of the Liao Kingdom.
Ordinary captives are easy to talk about. They can be broken up and incorporated into the servant army. They will be of great use in future campaigns against Jin, Song, and Xixia.
On the other hand, the officials of the Liao Kingdom, who was captured alive by Lu Junyi, had different opinions on how to deal with him, and there was no definite conclusion.
For example, Song Jiang and others firmly believed that he should be executed.
"Your Majesty, after all, this person is the prince of an enemy country. If he lives, he will be a flag to some disloyal people of the former Liao Kingdom. Many careerists will probably make an issue of this person. Your Majesty has great talents and great plans. Of course I’m not afraid, but I have to think about future generations!”
Of course, people like Lu Junyi, Wu Yong and others believed that he should be given a way to survive and could be imprisoned in the imperial capital, and there was no need to execute him.
"Your Majesty, the prince of the Liao Kingdom was unfortunately traumatized while absconding and has lost his fertility. Your Majesty does not need to worry about the impact his offspring will have on Daqian."
"Besides, our future opponents in the Great Qian Dynasty include Jin, Xixia, Song, Tubo, Dali and other countries. Even if it is to dispel the determination of the emperors of other countries to resist desperately, I feel that it is necessary to keep the prince of Liao alive!"
In the end, Lin Nuo adopted Lu Junyi's suggestion and temporarily imprisoned the old eunuch and the former prince of Liao in the imperial capital without executing them.
Even if it was just a show, it had to be done. Otherwise, if the emperors of various countries saw that Da Qian was directly executing the king of the subjugated country, wouldn't they have no choice but to resist to the end and not surrender at all?
At the end of the court meeting, Lin Nuo held a banquet in the back hall and drank celebratory wine with all the officials again. During this period, he and Lu Junyi had a few more drinks.
Others only thought that His Majesty was very kind to Lu Junyi, but Lu Junyi understood in his heart that His Majesty was satisfied that he had completed a special mission.
Zhang Qing, Zhou Tong and others did not come back. Obviously, His Majesty was very happy. However, Lu Junyi was a little worried in his heart. He didn't know who else His Majesty disliked. Should he accept this kind of job next time?
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After the Battle of Liao, the Daqian Empire entered a relatively stable period and began to recuperate.
As expected by Song Jiang and others, Wanyan Aguda was very shrewd. After receiving the canonization edict from Daqian, he chose to remain silent and make a fortune silently, taking practical actions to dominate Liaodong and other areas. Northern grassland.
In this regard, the Daqian Empire did not react at all. There seemed to be a tacit understanding between the two sides, and no one took the lead in breaking this peace that could be broken at any time.
In the autumn of the third year of the Daqian calendar, the Daqian Empire moved its capital to Yanzhou, and the city of Yanzhou was renamed Beijing. Since then, this city of Beijing, which spans north and south and looks east and west, has become the true imperial capital of the Daqian Empire!
In the fourth year of the Daqian calendar, in Xia, the emperor of the Daqian Empire established four major legions.
The army marching eastward, the army marching north, the army marching south, the army marching west!
Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, Yue Fei, and Guan Sheng served as commanders of the four armies respectively.
In the spring of the fifth year of the Daqian calendar, after more than two years of recuperation, the military strength of the Daqian country increased rapidly, reaching one million. Then, under the decree of His Majesty the Emperor, the four major armies each led 200,000 troops, and began to fight against each other. The national war between the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty!