Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 947
"Wanyan Gao? What is he doing here?"

Yelu Yanxi put down his bow, quite surprised.

Xiao Fengxian beside him reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, before the disaster relief, the Jin people donated a lot of rice..."

Yelu Yanxi suddenly realized, and clicked his tongue: "Then they are here to ask for a reward? Well, they are really obedient, you go and arrange to take some treasures from the inner treasury as a reward!"

In his bones, he still had a sense of hatred for the Jurchens. Seeing the opponent's tyranny, he was a little afraid, so he acquiesced that the Jurchens occupied Goryeo, out of sight and out of mind.

However, not long ago when the Liao Kingdom was hit by a disaster, it was Jurchen who sent rice and grain to relieve the disaster. Yelu Yanxi and Longyan Joy felt that it was his magnanimity that made the Jin people sincerely awe and grateful, and that was the reward.

"Yes!"

Xiao Fengxian took the order, and a heavy look flashed in his eyes.

Encouraged by Xiao Wuna's death, this privy envoy really worked hard for a month, helping the poor, exempting tax, pardoning slaves, and reducing regular tribute.

Then nothing was done, and he returned to Emperor Tianzuo's side in despair, saddled him, led the dog and held the eagle.

Although he proved that he was not that material with practical actions, Xiao Fengxian knew the current situation of Liao Kingdom well.

The building will fall.

It has been exactly two hundred years since the founding of the Daliao Dynasty. After the Nine Emperors, the contradictions of various classes in the country have accumulated to a very serious level. If there is no external cause, it can survive for a while, but the south has changed its master. Even the original The Jurchens of the genus began to rise strongly.

A two-hundred-year-old decaying empire, sandwiched between two rising nations...

Recently, many courtiers in the court have expressed concern and proposed various countermeasures. If the two countries cannot fight each other and the Liao people will benefit, they should at least form an alliance with one side to resist the pressure.

Then the reply was that His Majesty was hunting.

"Ugh……"

Excited shouts came from behind, Xiao Fengxian sighed with concern for the country and the people, turned his horse's head, left the hunting ground, and headed all the way to Beijing.

When they arrived at the North Courtyard, they saw five men standing in front of the door and waiting for them from a distance, and the leader was Wan Yangao.

Xiao Fengxian focused his eyes, and galloped to the front: "Envoy Wanyan, why don't you come in?"

Wanyan Gao saluted immediately, and said with a smile, "I'm just waiting for Mistress Xiao!"

Xiao Fengxian knew that compared to himself, most of the Khitan people still have the habit of getting what they want from the Jurchens. It is wise not to enter this group of golden envoys, so as to avoid unnecessary troubles. , exactly the same as the last time when the Jurchen just occupied Goryeo.

Compared with the envoys of Goryeo in the past, they wore gold and silver, and were rich and dignified. Xiao Fengxian felt a little moved, got off his horse, and invited: "Please!"

After entering the Privy Council, Xiao Fengxian ordered someone to serve good tea to entertain him: "The envoy Wanyan came just in time, and His Majesty also mentioned the Kingdom of Jin today, and praised your previous assistance in disaster relief. Liao and Jin can be a country with friendly neighbors!"

Wan Yangao immediately said: "Your Majesty the Liao Emperor is magnanimous, and because of the kind words of Privy Councilor Xiao, our family has established a country. The daughters have never forgotten Privy Councilor Xiao's kindness to this day!"

Xiao Fengxian did say a lot of good things for them back then. After all, Jurchen moved many treasures in the Koryo treasury to his home and asked him to keep them for him. Naturally, he was biased.

But this time it was replaced by a reward from the Liao Kingdom, the privy envoy clapped his hands, and immediately one of his subordinates presented the gift list, and he handed it over: "Your Majesty has never been stingy with rewarding ministers who have made meritorious deeds, and this time it is even more so. Such a generous gift, even I am a little envious!"

The treasury of the Liao Kingdom has a lot of treasures. These things cannot be exchanged for life-saving rice grains in times of famine, but they are really good as rewards. In this regard, Emperor Tianzuo waved his hand, and he was never stingy when rewarding his officials.

Wan Yangao took the gift list, but went through it politely, bowed to the north first, kowtowed and saluted: "Foreign ministers thank His Majesty Emperor Liao for your kindness!"

After getting up, he bowed to Xiao Fengxian and said: "I have little knowledge and don't know the preciousness of treasures. Please ask Clerk Xiao to help me appreciate them and give me some pointers!"

Xiao Fengxian's smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth immediately, and he nodded: "Then I will suffer! I will suffer! Haha!"

After being helpful, the atmosphere suddenly became harmonious, and after a few chats, Xiao Fengxian pretended to be concerned and asked: "How is your country?"

Wan Yangao said in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, Privy Councilor Xiao, there are still rebellions and wars in various places, making it difficult to recuperate the people's livelihood..."

Xiao Fengxian took the opportunity and said: "So all countries still have to live in peace, why bother to resort to war, don't you think so?"

Wan Yangao pretended to forget about the act of instigating Emperor Tianzuo to attack the Song Dynasty in the south, and echoed again and again: "What Xiao Shumi said is very true. Now that our family has a foundation, we don't want to fight rashly. We only want to take Daliao as the suzerain. Divide your days."

Xiao Fengxian praised: "Emissary Wanyan's words are very kind! These words are very kind!"

Wanyan Gao laughed a few words along with him, and then began to complain about the pain, and finally said: "Private Xiao, I don't know when the Liao and Jin mutual markets will reopen?"

Xiao Fengxian suddenly showed embarrassment: "I'm afraid it's difficult. The people in the Southern Dynasty are now excited, and they all say that the last emperor of the Song Dynasty was killed by you. The envoys of Yan Ting are still in Beijing, and they are very... well, if If I, Daliao, trade with the Kingdom of Jin again, they will definitely close the market immediately, and I will be embarrassed!"

Wan Yangao said in a low voice: "In the past when the Southern Dynasty did not trade, Daliao immediately assembled troops and went south to intimidate them. They had to force the other side to trade with each other obediently. Now that they are so passive, I am afraid that Yan Ting will become more rampant..."

Xiao Fengxian was a little unhappy. Doesn’t this mean that standing and talking doesn’t hurt your back? You Jin people don’t border Yan Kingdom. Go to the border and have a look. That army of strong men and horses is constantly patrolling, showing off their might, and building the Great Wall to reinforce it. Frontier defense, such a ferocious Southern Dynasty, it would be nice not to go north, but also deliberately provoke them?

Of course, you can't say that, Xiao Fengxian taught earnestly: "Liaoyan has long had an alliance, they will not invade each other, and they will share peace. You Jin people are still too radical!"

Wan Yangao didn't expect Liao Yan to take action, but used this matter as a foreshadowing for the next step: "What Privy Secretary Xiao said is true, it's just that Daliao loves peace and is kind to others, so I'm afraid that the king of Yan will be aggressive and want to annex the surrounding areas. Sharpen the knife!"

Xiao Fengxian's complexion changed slightly, and he waved his hands with a forced smile: "The envoy Wanyan is overwhelmed. The land of Yanyun has already belonged to the Southern Dynasty, and the Great Wall they built has defined the border. How can they tear up the covenant and attack us in the north? What's more, the Southern Dynasty Not long after the new establishment, the King of Yan didn’t even call himself the emperor, so he’s probably busy proclaiming himself emperor and building a palace!”

Wanyan Gao could see that this person was not worried at all, but was looking for reasons to convince himself.

If he really didn't understand, he might wake up. This kind of self-deception is actually the most difficult thing to deal with. He had to give up the next words and start chatting.

After talking about how the ginseng produced in Korea is very nourishing, and how to live a night after eating it, and brought it together for tasting, he found that the smile on Xiao Fengxian's face became sincere again, and Wan Yangao said: "There is one thing, as a Foreign minister, I shouldn't say too much, but Privy Xiao is a good friend, so it is necessary to say something..."

Xiao Fengxian thought that he asked for some help, as long as he didn't offend Yan Ting, it was nothing, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Wanyan envoys don't have to restrain themselves, even if they say so!"

Wan Yangao looked around, Xiao Fengxian was slightly startled, but he still waved his hands to let the other officials back down, and then he heard the Jin envoy say: "In the past few months, people from Liao have been going to our country of Jin one after another. The news came out that the Xi people were dissatisfied with the previous famine and food shortage, what the Khitan nobles did, and they had the idea of ​​committing crimes..."

Xiao Fengxian thought of the injustice of the previous disaster relief, his face darkened, and he snorted coldly: "If there are really tribes who rebelled, this matter will be suppressed by King Xi, and they can't make waves!"

The Liao Kingdom had been established for two hundred years, and naturally there were rebellions. Small-scale rebellions were resolved by the chiefs of various tribes, and only large-scale rebellions would be mobilized by Khitan elites.

And Wanyan Gao immediately said: "Private Xiao, don't forget that King Xi has bought a large amount of rice from the Yan Kingdom this time, and your country has to guard against it!"

Xiao Fengxian shook his head, and said decisively: "King Xi? How dare he rebel? You worry too much..."

This time, they are not deceiving themselves. The Khitan nobles have a natural sense of looking down on other ethnic groups in Liao, always thinking that the other party will submit to everything and silently endure everything.

When Wan Yangao realized this, he felt that it was extremely absurd, because the Jurchens had gone out on their own, and these Khitan people were still the same, especially Xiao Fengxian was still the privy envoy, the most trusted courtier in front of Emperor Liao, so he should be able to see Domestic hidden dangers are still so underestimated, it can only be said that the country will die soon...

The Jurchens hated the Khitan nobles who oppressed and exploited them, and naturally hoped that they would perish, but not now, let alone be benefited by Yan.

So Wanyan Gao worked hard, analyzed and persuaded from all aspects, until Xiao Fengxian's complexion became very ugly, the kind that even ginseng can't coax well, then he gave up.

"No wonder the Han people have a saying that rotten wood cannot be carved, and a wall of dung cannot be smashed!"

After the two parties agreed on the envoy and location of Jianbao, Wan Yangao stood up and said goodbye, and left the Privy Council. Thinking of what her elder brother taught her recently, she couldn't help shaking her head, and then thought to herself: "Who else can I look for?"

Thinking about the courtiers in the court of the Liao Kingdom, he found helplessly that there was no one to find.

Those with high status are obedient and flattering to Emperor Tianzuo, and Xiao Fengxian is considered capable in it.

Those with low status were also aware of the crisis and wrote letters repeatedly, but Emperor Tianzuo hunted all day and ignored the government, so he couldn't see the memorials of those people at all.

"After the death of King Xiao Wuna of Lanling, the Liao Kingdom no longer has any courtiers who are able to stand up to the court with their promises. We want to persuade the Liao Kingdom to avoid civil strife. I'm afraid it will be impossible... "

The resistance Wanyangao encountered was the same as the difficulties Yan Ting encountered in persuading Emperor Tianzuo in the past. At that time, Emperor Tianzuo did not take action against the Jurchens, so it is naturally impossible to attack the Xi clan and cut off the disaster.

He realized that there was no use for him to visit other courtiers except to put himself in danger, so he immediately gave up this road, but did not go back to the post house, but walked vigilantly for a while, and after making sure no one was following him, he went into In a compound in Shangjing.

Wan Yangao only brought four guards with him when he went out, which looked shabby and harmless to humans and animals, but there were [-] Jurchen elites here, and there were even more than [-] people in armor.

When the young man in the lead saw the envoy entering, he immediately greeted him: "Hao Bo is extremely strong, what will Xiao Xiao say?"

Seeing this, Wanyan Gao smiled slightly: "Why are you so impatient, the future Prime Minister!"

The young man's name is Wanyan Zonghan. His father is cousins ​​with Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Gao. According to the ancestral system, he will become the future prime minister of Jinren.

This tradition was established by Jin Jingzu Wanyan Wugunai, the key figure who unified the Jurchen tribes. Wanyan Wugunai liked the second son, so he made the tradition of letting the eldest son take care of housework and the second son in charge of foreign affairs. After a few more generations until Jurchen established the country, it became the tradition that the eldest son was the prime minister and the second son was the emperor.

Wanyan Zonghan belongs to the lineage of the eldest son, and in the future he will serve as Lunbo Jilie, that is, the Prime Minister of the State. In comparison, although the six brothers of Wanyan Aguda lineage hold important positions, they will not compete for the position of State Councilor.

However, this method of two main lines also laid hidden dangers for the subsequent struggle for power in history. Of course, the current Jin people do not have that kind of scenery. The first line, so Wanyan Zonghan is here.

After listening to Yan Gao's narration of Xiao Fengxian's reaction, his eyes flashed fiercely, and he made a suggestion that shocked even Wan Yangao: "Since the king and ministers of the Liao Kingdom are incompetent and cannot stop the chaos, let's force the Xi clan , how about eliminating future troubles for it?"

After Wan Yan Gao was surprised, he shook his head: "It's too risky. If King Xi had no objection, wouldn't it be self-defeating if we did this?"

Wanyan Zonghan said coldly: "So what? The Khitans didn't distribute food to relieve the catastrophe in the Liao Kingdom. The Xi clan was able to tide over the crisis thanks to the food from the Yan people. If they were forced to remove it by the hands of the Khitans It's like being pulled over by the people of Yan!"

Wanyan Gao's eyes moved, and he began to weigh.

The Xi family is the second most influential population in the Liao Kingdom, and there are hundreds of thousands of people from all ethnic groups. If this step is taken, the Liao country may be full of blood and blood.

He doesn't care how many people die, but envoys should pay attention to whether it can benefit the Kingdom of Jin in the end...

As Hao Bo of the Kingdom of Jin, he has the power to decide state affairs outside the country. Wan Yangao's decision is much faster than those of Yelu Yanxi and Xiao Fengxian. After thinking for a quarter of an hour, he went into the house and wrote a letter. , and handed it to the four most vigilant guards: "Go back to your country quickly, and hand this letter to Du Bo Jilie!"

The personal guard took the order: "Yes!"

Wan Yangao looked at Wan Yan Zonghan again: "You Jun, you are about to get your wish, it is up to you to test the Xi clan's attitude, if King Xi really rebelled and the Liao Kingdom was in chaos, our Jin people will seize the opportunity before the Yan people !"

Wanyan Zonghan became excited and thumped his chest heavily: "Take orders!"

(End of this chapter)