Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 357 Internal Affairs and Diplomacy (please subscribe!)
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"Up to three years?"

Hearing Li Yan say that the powerful Liao Kingdom can last for at most three years, Wen Huanzhang and others all looked incredible!
To be honest, if this is the judgment made by others, they will definitely not believe it, but Li Yan has not missed it for several years, so that they have to believe it, at least they dare not stand up and question what Li Yan said!

After a while, Sun Jing said: "Even if the Jin Kingdom can defeat the Liao Kingdom, it will not happen overnight if the Jin Kingdom wants to annex the huge territory of the Liao Kingdom. You can also be an ally."

Li Yan asked: "What if the Kingdom of Jin annexes the territory of the Liao Kingdom and goes south?"

Qiao Daoqing said, "Jin Guo wouldn't have such a big appetite, would he?"

Li Yandao: "Things are unpredictable. We have two great enemies, Goryeo and Taifeng, who are staring at us. If we border on the Tiger Wolf Jin Kingdom, and we cannot quickly pacify the Song Kingdom, we may fall into that quagmire. It ruined our achievements of five or six years in Liangshanbo."

Not wanting to discourage the enthusiasm of these people, Li Yan said again: "If you fight against the outside world, you must first settle down inside. Goryeo and Taepong will not be destroyed. If you blindly expand abroad, there will be future troubles."

Sun Jing couldn't help but said: "But once Song Guoping has Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La under control, you will have no chance to become the lord of the Central Plains."

Li Yan smiled and said: "With the help of Zhao Ji and his ministers, we will definitely have another chance."

Without Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, there are Gaotuoshan, Zhang Xian (Zhang Xian, Zhang Wanxian, named "Ganchi"), Sun Lie from Jinan Prefecture, Wuhu from Linyi, Yizhou, and Yang Tianwang from Daming Prefecture in Beijing , Prince Li of Yunzhou, Xu Jin of Yizhou and Mizhou, Liu Dalang of Shuigushan, Zhao Ji and his group of faint rulers and ministers, the uprising army will continue to follow, even in the Southern Song Dynasty, so there are opportunities.

That being the case, why should Li Yan be in a hurry, of course he is waiting for the best opportunity while developing steadily!

Li Yan said: "Okay, this matter is settled, now let's talk about the current situation of Gaoli and Taifeng."

Seeing that Li Yan's intention has been decided, even though Sun Jing and the others are still somewhat unwilling, they can only temporarily put the matter aside.

Wen Huanzhang said: "Nowadays, in Goryeo and Taifeng, especially in Taifeng, the people are living in dire straits. Gong Fu is similar to his ancestor Gong's descendants. He relies on Buddhism to fool the people and rule tyrannically. There are many people in Taifeng. He escaped to our side at the risk of dying, and there were repeated riots in the territory."

Li Yandao: "These escaped people are easy to resettle. In addition, we have to check whether there are secret agents mixed in... Actually, we can't blame Gong Fu entirely. His regime is unstable, and there are internal intrigues. He also has to worry about me and Gao Li annexing him, and then desperately. To expand the army, one county needs to support [-] to [-] troops, how can it be maintained without excessive expropriation?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "What the governor said is reasonable, but I believe that the most important thing is that he is not the owner. The governor may not know that the life of this bow is extremely luxurious, not to mention wearing gold belts and silver, even sleeping His bed was all inlaid with gold and jade, and in just two years, he had more than 200 concubines, and he is no longer as wise and brave as he used to be."

Li Yan sighed: "Power corrupts people's hearts so fast, beyond imagination!"

If there is no comparison, there will be no gap. Compared with Gong Fu, Li Yan's already tall image is now much higher.

It can be said that Shuibo Liangshan has grown from a group of small bandits to the present, all of them are Li Yanying, who is wise, open-minded, knowledgeable and good at responsibility. If Li Yan hadn't been exhaustive in the past few years, invincible, it would have been impossible Create this great cause.

But even so, Li Yan still did not slack off, and devoted himself to leading this force forward steadily and quickly.

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why Sun Jing and others persuaded them to come in. Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Gong Fu and others can all become kings, but Li Yan, who is wise and powerful, is just a general guard. How can their subordinates be reconciled?
Li Yan said again: "How are my two father-in-laws fighting now?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "Grandmaster Li is currently being arrested by the military and government together. He is in a good mood. Not long ago, he sent someone to say that his wife misses her daughter and wants to come to our Seoul to visit the two ladies. I guess that Grandmaster Li may have a good rest with us. In other words, this matter is still for you to decide.”

Li Yandao: "Human relations are normal, and cannot be wiped out. Promise him."

This is of course just an excuse, how to deal with it depends on what Li Ziqian's wife says to Li Jiaren and Li Cixuan, and then make a decision.

Wen Huanzhang responded: "Yes...Although King Koryo lost his military and political power, he did not sit still completely. He set up a talent pool to store funds for rewarding academics. His close ministers managed and selected famous Confucians as doctors in order to cultivate talents, and he probably wanted to use these people to fight against Li Ziqian."

Li Yandao: "Korea is not monolithic either... so what is the relationship between Goryeo and Taebong?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "There is a tendency to ease, and it is not ruled out that they will unite together."

Li Yan asked: "If we send troops, what chance do we have of taking down Taifeng? How much chance are we taking down Goryeo as well?"

Qiao Daoqing said: "If Goryeo doesn't send troops, we have a [-]% chance of defeating Taifeng. However, if Taifeng can't support it, it is bound to fall to Goryeo. In that case, we have a [-]% chance of winning at most."

Li Yan frowned and said, "Only [-]%?"

Qiao Daoqing said: "At most... Although our military strength is 20, nearly 15 of them are recruits, while Goryeo has at least [-] skilled soldiers who have been fighting Liao and Jin for many years, and [-] well-trained soldiers. Elite soldiers, plus Taifeng's [-] to [-] troops, we have no advantage at all in terms of military strength, the most important thing is that they are the defenders and we are the attackers."

Li Yan was silent for a while, and said, "That means it's not the time to start the war yet?"

Qiao Daoqing said: "It is easy to have a tragic victory."

Li Yan was silent for a while, looked at Jiang Jing, and asked, "What is the ratio of people to people in the two counties of Le Lang and Zhen Fan?"

Jiang Jingdao: "The Han people in Lelang County account for more than [-]%, and the Han people in Zhenfan County account for more than [-]%."

Li Yan asked differently: "Is the proportion of Han people in these two counties so large?"——In Li Yan's impression, it was about half and half a year ago.

Wen Huanzhang said: "Not long ago we moved 50 Korean people to Taiwan County, and another 100 million Han people to Lelang and Zhenfan counties."

They reported this matter, but Li Yan asked them to act cheaply, so they didn't know the details. After hearing Wen Huanzhang's explanation, Li Yan understood, and asked, "Is there no coercion?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "How dare I wait, they were attracted by the immigration treatment we gave, and they took the initiative to sign up."

Li Yan didn't ask the specific details, but said: "You must remember, don't break your trust with the people!"

Everyone responded in unison: "Yes!"

Li Yan asked again: "How is the harvest this year?"

Jiang Jingdao: "Great harvest! Champa rice is very suitable for this land, and the yield per mu is not lower than that in Song Dynasty. During the autumn harvest, the people are full of smiles and praise you, the governor!"

After hearing this, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief!

This is the foundation of a country, and they can't always rely on robbing to live?Besides, the world will be in chaos in a few years, and he just wants to rob, but there is no place to rob.

Li Yan said: "So, we are not short of food?"

Jiang Jing said cautiously: "If the scope of your disaster relief does not expand, Metropolitan Governor, we should not be short of food."

Li Yan's prestige in Shandong and Hebei was forcibly obtained by using money and food.

This certainly laid a solid foundation for Li Yan and Shuibo Liangshan in Shandong and Hebei, but it really put a lot of pressure on Shuibo Liangshan!

To be honest, if Li Yan hadn't acquired half of the wealth of Korea, it would have been extremely difficult to do this.

Li Yandao: "I try to control it as much as possible." Then he asked: "What do you think about Song Guo's borrowing of money and silver?"

Sun Jing said: "You must not borrow money. Song Guo borrowed money to fight Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La. If Song Guo quelled the civil strife, it might be against the governor!"

Jiang Jingdao: "We have some spare money, but our expenses are also very large, so that the financial pressure is very high, so it is best not to borrow, in order to avoid emergencies, our finances are tight."

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　I have something to do during the day, so I wasted some time, and I didn’t start coding until six o’clock, so that chapter will be a little later, I suggest you read it tomorrow morning.

　　
　
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