The rise of the prince

Chapter 642 Negotiation + Good News from the North
After five days of resettlement and purge, the city of Nanjing has been completely stabilized. Most of the new army camped outside Nanjing city, and there were only 2000 defenders in the city, 500 for each city.

In addition, Li Xingzhou abided by the agreement and only singled out more than a hundred officers from the prisoners of war of the Liao army, as well as the coach Yelu Dashi, and detained them.

This kind of tolerant policy not only won the goodwill of the people, but also the gratitude of many prisoners of war.

The scene was really touching and peaceful, not at all like the people who fought to the death before.Of course, these are all preconditions, that is to scare them and convince them.

As for Yelu Dashi's proposal, Li Xingzhou was going to give it a try after thinking it over and over again. Anyway, everyone's relationship is not good, and he never thought about building a good relationship with Jin Guo.

Juyongguan to the west of Nanjing City, and Shanhaiguan to the north are still stationed by the Jin army, and according to the information provided by Yelu Dashi, the prince of the Jin Dynasty, Yeluli, is stationed at Juyongguan, and there are not many people with him.

He also suggested to Li Xingzhou that Yeluli didn't have many people under his belt, and he was arrogant. He fought for Jing before and ignored him. With the strength of the new army, he could raid Juyongguan and capture the prince of Jin in exchange for Yelu Yali.

Li Xingzhou was amused, the old boy's plan was indeed perfect, if he captured the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Jin, then the exchange of Yelu Yali would definitely be safe, but it was a plan that was completely beneficial to him.

In this way, Yelu Yali is [-]% sure that he can be saved, but Jing Guo also offended Jin Guo to death, so he doesn't think about it.

He is not a fool, but it can be seen from this that Yelu Yali really holds a lot of weight in Yelu Dashi's heart.

Li Xingzhou finally decided to negotiate first, because he is not Yelu Dashi, and he does not necessarily want to rescue Yelu Yali. This is just an attempt. If the situation worsens, and he has to choose between completely offending Jin Guo and Yelu Yali, then he just does not save him.

Although he won the battle, he was not arrogant enough to use his 1 people to touch the whole country of Jurchen.The Jurchen's war against the Liao Kingdom was devastated, and the war against Mongolia also won consecutive battles in the early stage, until they were killed because of a wave of arrogance.This group of big men who came from the bitter cold of the Northeast should not be underestimated.

In the end, Li Xingzhou decided to send Xiao Hongqi again, protected by more than 200 black-shirted cavalry, to go west to Juyongguan to negotiate with the Jinren.

The end of summer and the beginning of autumn are good seasons, the sky is high and the air is crisp, Kaiyuan City is still bustling and noisy, with people coming and going and heavy traffic.

Regarding the war in the north, as long as there is no blood, not many people care too much.

The closest time to the iron and blood in the north was when Yang Hongzhao and others returned to Beijing. Wu Lie and the Shenwu army did not enter the city, but went directly to the camp outside the city. The defeated soldiers were not eligible for welcome and courtesy.

On the contrary, the day when Yang Hongzhao’s men came to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit became the busiest day in the entire capital, with common people lined the streets, many scholars and scholars gathered in the streets and alleys, and there was a good story about “Three thousand poems and fus on a daily basis, willing to punish rebellious ministers for the emperor”.

Afterwards, a craze gradually became popular, and writing poems and lyrics to criticize Yang Hongzhao and others became a fad, and gradually brought in Pingnan Wang from the north. After all, he is also an army that must be defeated. Fan can be regarded as more fun.

Kaiyuan was still prosperous, but the sorrow was submerged in the corner. So many people went north, and there were countless casualties and fleeing. Many families waited for several months, but they did not wait for any news from their husbands, sons or brothers.

After Dajun came back, he inquired everywhere, but he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and his whereabouts were unknown.

In this era, it is not easy to find out clearly. The military statistics are not clear, and there are many gaps in the household registration management system. Ordinary people are basically illiterate, and names are random. It is common for a hundred thousand troops to have a hundred Zhang San.

Therefore, the whereabouts of the man in the family can only be entrusted to the fellow villagers who are lucky enough to come back. If you can't find out a thing or two, then your life and death are uncertain and your whereabouts are unknown.

These days, many people gathered in the Forbidden Army camp outside the city to inquire about the whereabouts of their families. The officials in the Forbidden Army were overwhelmed and the people were furious, but there was nothing they could do. , the duplication of the name is serious, it is good to be able to escape or escape at a critical moment of life and death, who cares who dies.
At the end of summer, the grass and trees in the small courtyard were lush, and Shiyu invited the craftsmen of the palace to expand it. The west side of the city was moved out to create a small courtyard, and a small garden for Yue'er and Gillian, which can be planted. After planting flowers and plants and the colored glaze workshop, Yue'er was busy with her old business again, regarding the blending and research of Wangfu perfume.

For this reason, she even planted flowers herself. Gillian is full of talent. She already likes all kinds of flowers and plants.

But the yard is not very big, and the pavilions and pools take up some of it. If there are too many flowers and plants, Shiyu simply asks someone to change the yard.

For the civilization of the Central Plains where the rural complex is serious, moving the foundation of the family’s ancestral home is a big deal. A woman can’t be the master, so she must be the master of the palace. However, King Pingnan has always been the master of poetry when he is outside. I don't think there is anything, the prince has always acted openly and uninhibitedly, these servants have been fascinated by it for several years, and don't care about it.

But in the eyes of outsiders, this is another unlucky thing. They already thought that King Pingnan took people to die, and now they have this incident as a convenience, so they talked about the man in the family who was away, and the woman changed her ancestors privately. Gossip about homesteads, confidante, and so on.

Those who heard it all shook their heads and sighed, and they could find out something wrong, so as to prove that King Pingnan's "teaching was not right".

After these rumors were heard by Gillian and Yue'er, they cried angrily, worried about the prince, and felt that they were ignorant, which caused Shiyu to get such a notoriety.

Shiyu didn't care, he specially comforted the two little girls for one night, and then showed the two little girls the "Xunzi" that King Pingnan gave him, so that they could be considered stable.

There are many things going on nowadays. With the construction of houses for many craftsmen in the palace, more and more craftsmen from all over the country stay in the palace.

Settled and naturalized registration, resettlement, finalization and payment of wages, etc. are all busy things, so I have to keep my worries deeply in my heart.

On the other side, Qiu'er produced three second-generation steam engines. She also went to see it in person. The incredible thing was polished with the hard work of the craftsmen. With the rotation of the huge machine, it spit out water mist. Moving forward slowly, iron filings squeezed out from behind. Amidst the sound of sharp friction, a solid steel rod was slowly polished into a hollow steel pipe.

The craftsmen of the palace were all ecstatic, especially Zhao Si and Tieniu, who jumped up excitedly at that moment.

For Poetry, the boring machine driven by the steam engine is novelty and magic at best. She doesn't understand the significance of this processing technology and the changes it can bring, but she remembers what that guy said, and Qiu'er's research needs to be improved. Unconditional support.

So in the follow-up, she allocated money from the accounting office that month, and invested the surplus money of the palace this month to increase the production of this second-generation steam engine. Give an extra reward to further stimulate the enthusiasm of the craftsmen.

For this matter, Yan Kun, Fang Xin, Qi Fang and Gu Feng expressed their opposition at the Wangfu round table meeting.

I feel that this is a waste of money. Now that almost all the big ships follow Di Zhi to go north, the palace only has one big ship to maintain commercial shipping, and the north-south trade is blocked. This money should be invested in the construction of new ships.

However, Qiu'er, Zhao Si, Zhu Rong, Tieniu, Guan Zhong and others stood up to support her decision. In the end, the majority vote was still on her side, and the opposition was invalid.

At this time, Shiyu suddenly realized that after the guy's management in the past few years, the Labor Party in the palace seemed to have quietly risen, and began to overwhelm the Shang Party.

Realizing this, she invested the new surplus of the next month to Yan Kun and others to build new ships.

Shiyu understands her own strengths and weaknesses, she will not be as ingenious and ingenious as the craftsmen headed by Qiu'er and Zhao Si.Not as good as the stewards headed by Yan Kun and Qi Fang, running around and talking like a tongue.What she has to do is silently and skillfully maintain their balance.

They are complementary to each other. Without the money of the merchants in the palace, there would not be so much money and material resources for the artisans to squander and study, but without the research of the craftsmen, the palace would not have so many products to seize the market.

But people are always self-centered. When the business of the merchant party is done well, they will gradually feel that the prosperity of the palace is all due to themselves.The Labor Party will have the same mentality when it has many new things.

Therefore, someone needs to be in the middle to balance, so that the two can maintain cooperation, open dialogue, and not intensify conflicts.

That's who she is, or that guy picked her
Shiyu leaned on the railing of the small building, thinking about it, the thoughts in his heart could not help flying thousands of miles away, the feeling of longing couldn't help it, why didn't he come back
She doesn't care about the growing rumors outside. No matter what others say, she always believes in him. He has never let herself down.

On the other hand, that little girl He Qian, usually careless, but actually weak-minded, was frightened by all kinds of rumors outside and came to her and cried all night, usually she was the boldest.

After that, she repeatedly encouraged Qi Fang to take her north to find that guy. If she hadn't stopped her, Qi Fang might have been encouraged by her.

Qi Fang is a master who is not afraid of anything, but it's okay to add an impatient He Qian, she hastily called the two of them to have a talk, not to let them make trouble.

Usually in the palace alone, Fangai would talk back to her, but this time she didn't talk much, and after repeatedly asking the two of them not to make trouble, she was relieved.

It's just that so many days have passed, why hasn't there been any news?
According to the schedule, it's almost a month, and it's time to go to Liao Kingdom.

Just when she was feeling melancholy, the servant girl from the outer yard hurried in, "My lord, my lord! Guan Shi is back, and said I have something to see you soon, and I'm waiting in the front hall."

She was talking in the small courtyard below, and the poetic language could be heard clearly upstairs. She was called Wangfei Niangniang because the emperor's decree had indeed added Gillian and her as Pingnan Wangfei and Side Concubine, but she was not used to calling them this way.

But the maids and nurses in the mansion thought it was reasonable, so they had a meeting, and she didn't bother to correct them one by one after a long time.

"Understood." She responded and walked downstairs, and then walked towards the front hall under the guidance of the maid.

Yan Kun delivered the goods to Jiangzhou six days ago. He brought high-quality glassware newly produced by Wangfu, as well as fruit wine, liquor, and some high-quality agricultural tools. I can't come back until a few days later, why now.
Could it be that Jiangzhou is much closer to the front line than Kaiyuan? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but her heart beat faster. She hurriedly walked through the corridor decorated with thin rocks and rockery, and walked quickly to the front hall.

Yan Kun looked hurried, and was already waiting.

"Strict management, there is news about the war in the north from time to time." Shiyu asked in a hurry as soon as he entered the door.

Yan Kun nodded and smiled excitedly: "Great victory, my lord, great victory!"

Shiyu took a deep breath, as if all her strength had been emptied in an instant, she relaxed. Although she trusted her, her whole body was always tense, and it was only at this moment that she could breathe comfortably.

"What's going on, please tell me about strict management." Shiyu said excitedly.

Yan Kun sat down with Shiyu, and the maid next to him poured tea and came over curiously.

"I met Mr. Xie Linjiang, Mr. Xie, a good friend of the prince in the capital. He is now the judge of the Ningjiang Mansion. He told me that the news has been sent to the capital by the Guanbei Jiedu envoy Wei Chaoren and the Privy Council's Guanbei housekeeper.

But no matter how fast their horses are, they can't be as fast as my palace's boat. "Speaking of this, Yan Kun is very proud.

Then I talked about the specific battle: "The battle report said that General Di went to the Bohai Sea, then turned to Haihebei, defeated the Liao army's ambush in Yangcun, then went along the Hebei, and defeated the main horse infantry of the Liao army with 5000 people in the east of Nanjing City. There were more than [-] soldiers, and they fought all the way to the west of the city. They were victorious, beheaded more than [-] people, and broke through the city of Nanjing. Although General Di was injured, he was not seriously injured."

"What about the prince?" Shiyu asked anxiously, she was naturally happy for the victory of the new army and the palace, but as a woman, she cared more about the person in her heart at this time.

"Boss Yu, don't worry." Yan Kun laughed, as if the elders were teasing the younger generation, and then said: "My lord is fine, I am not injured, my lord's West Route Army marched northward from Daizhou, and broke through the important towns of Liao Kingdom Weizhou and Anding along the way." , went directly to the city of Nanjing and joined General Di, and then divided into two groups.

Along the way, General Wei went west and crossed the river to intercept the defeated Liao army, and crossed the river all the way to join General Di to attack Nanjing.In the end, General Wei's troops captured more than [-] Liao soldiers, including many generals and Yelu Dashi, the king of the Southern Academy of Liao.The army controlled Nanjing and captured Liao Emperor Yelu Dun and his queen's family.

What a great victory! "

Until this moment, Shiyu completely let go of his heart, and he was fine. The whole person was too excited to speak. Throughout the ages, there were not many people who broke through the enemy's capital and captured the supreme leader of another country alive, let alone the one who is in the north. The Liao Kingdom has been stalemate for hundreds of years, and dozens of generations.

Such unrivaled martial arts and illustrious achievements were all made by her man. The great excitement and pride filled her heart, making her dizzy and even want to cry
"Director, shall we ask Commander Ji to report this to the palace?" Yan Kun asked.

Shiyu recovered from the excitement, she took a deep breath to calm herself, then wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, calmed down and shook her head: "No, what should come will always come, but if you say it at this time, the emperor will feel that The Privy Council is not as well-informed as my palace, and it may have a bad influence."

Yan Kun nodded after hearing this: "Okay, then I won't talk about it with others for the time being."

"Well, the news will always come. The Privy Council's fast horse is not a few days behind the palace, but since the news is early, we must make preparations early." Shiyu said.

She is smart and smart, so she naturally understands that behind such big news, there will also be big disturbances, and it is impossible to avoid it if you want to hide, but if you use it skillfully, it will be a great opportunity
(End of this chapter)