Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 369
In the Heiankyo Imperial Palace, Fujiwara Yorimichi is sitting in front of the jade steps with a stern expression, and his brother Fujiwara Shotsu is sitting at the bottom. A bamboo curtain hangs on the high jade steps, and behind the bamboo curtain is the Emperor of Japan.

"So, is this the end of the war?" Emperor Tonhito's clear and stern voice sounded from behind the bamboo curtain. He was obviously dissatisfied with Fujiwara Yorimichi's proposal.

Fujiwara Yoritsu straightened his back, and said calmly: "It's actually meaningless to fight this battle. The Song army attacked Dewa country and wiped out the Kiyohara clan's army. It has already solved the problem of our attacking Abe Yori back and forth. According to the plan, the Song army will not sit back and watch the Abe family be wiped out. If the fight continues, there will be no other result except that Minamoto's army is exhausted little by little. Our national strength can no longer bear it. I implore His Majesty the Emperor to recall Minamoto Righteousness, start armistice negotiations."

Behind Minamoto's attack on the Abe family was a power struggle between Emperor Tonhito and the Kanshiro Fujiwara clan. Emperor Tonhito attempted to use the opportunity of launching a war against the Northeast Province to support the rise of the samurai class and fight against the Fujiwara clan who monopolized the government. Seeing that the victory was about to be won, the Song Army suddenly sent troops and accurately sniped Emperor Tonehito's plan. How could Emperor Tonehito not be angry? He even suspected that Fujiwara Yorimichi was secretly colluding with the Song Army to destroy his plan.

But the anger is all the anger, Emperor Tunhito still has to face the reality, Fujiwara Yoritsu's words are convincing, it is meaningless to continue fighting, the national power cannot bear it, etc. Tunhito understands what Fujiwara Yoritsu said is the truth, and he is also worried about Minamoto Righteousness is finally exhausted in this war that is destined to be impossible to win, so it is better to preserve strength and endure temporarily.

After a long silence, Emperor Tonhito said coldly: "I remember that the agreement with the Song Dynasty was very clear. The Song army was not allowed to intervene in the Japanese civil war. Why did they backtrack on their promises and keep their promises? What's the point of such an agreement?"

The heart of Fujiwara Kotsutsu sitting at the bottom jumped. He negotiated and signed the agreement with the Song Dynasty himself. Isn't the emperor asking himself a question like this?
Fujiwara taught the channel: "His Majesty the Emperor, the army of the Izuwa country is not the imperial army, but the private army of the three major families. The Song army sent troops to the Izuwa country to destroy this army. Strictly speaking, they did not directly intervene in Japan. The civil war, and from the letter written by Fan Ning, it can be seen that the Qingyuan family first intervened in the Azou land and provoked the Azou people to fight against the Song army, and then gave the Song army an excuse to send troops out of Yuguo. Nothing to do."

Zunren snorted softly, then asked Fujiwara Yoriichi: "What about Guan Bai's opinion?"

"I also think that Fan Ning's proposal in the letter is reasonable. Stopping the war and using negotiations to solve the current predicament may be a feasible way. I think it is worth trying!"

Emperor Zunhito was exhausted by this matter, but in the end, Fujiwara Yorimichi took the initiative. For a while, he suddenly felt exhausted, so he said coldly: "I will order a truce for General Minamoto, and the rest will be done." Let Guan Bai handle it!"

After speaking, he got up and left, and two attendants quickly followed behind him, leaving only an empty chair behind the bamboo curtain.

"Brother, what about you"

Fujiwara Gyotsu was about to speak, but was stopped by his elder brother Fujiwara Yorimichi's stern eyes. He suddenly realized that this is not the place to talk.

Fujiwara Yorimichi sighed softly, "It's so hard to mourn for the people!"

He got up and walked out, Fujiwara Komichi followed him all the way out of the inner palace, Fujiwara Yorimichi stopped, and said lightly: "You go to Kunzhou and ask why the Song army didn't abide by the agreement? Intervening in the Japanese civil war, Then test his attitude again."

"I understand, set off as soon as possible in these two days!"

"No! Let's go today."

After finishing speaking, Fujiwara Yorimichi quickened his pace and walked away, while Fujiwara Kyotsu stood there with a wry smile on his face.

In the morning, 50 warships sailed into Kunnan Bay in a mighty way. This is the army from the southern expedition to the Chuyu Kingdom. One million taels of gold and silver, [-] shi of rice, countless jewels such as sea pearls, corals, and tortoise shells, as well as [-] Japanese ponies, dried fish, fish sauce, and other items.

Seeing the handsome ships of the Chinese fleet approaching the pier gradually, Mingren who was waiting on the pier shouted anxiously: "Second brother, he should be on the first boat."

Just three days after Fan Ning led the army to set off, Mingren and Mingli rushed from Jintian, Bailongchuan in a hurry. The fifty Kun people they hired were all withdrawn to the tribe overnight. After doing something, how could the two brothers not jump in a hurry. They loaded the gold sand on the ship overnight and hurried back to Tang County, only to learn that Fan Ning had already set off for the expedition.

After waiting for almost ten days, they finally got the news that the fleet had returned to Kunnan Bay. If Zhu Pei hadn't stopped them, they would have sailed to Chuyu Country long ago.

Fanning got off the big ship, and the officials who had been waiting for a long time came forward to see him.

Yu Xiaonian bowed and saluted: "Congratulations to Zhizhou Deyu Kingdom for its victory, and welcome back in triumph!"

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said: "This battle of Chuyu Kingdom has been very fruitful. You arrange for people to count all the supplies and store them in storage. The ponies will be handed over to the chief officials of the two counties, and they will be distributed to the people of Kunzhou. Let the people of Kunzhou also Enjoy the dividends of war."

"Humble job arranges immediately!"

Fan Ning asked again: "Is there any news from Ping An Jing?"

"Not yet, I still want to ask Zhizhou, do you want us to go to Ping'an capital?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "The Japanese imperial court will send people over. We don't have to take the initiative. We will deal with them according to the instructions in my letter to you. We will go to Heian-kyo for formal negotiations."

"Humble job understands!"

"Go and receive the supplies! I guess someone has to wait."

All the officials looked at brothers Mingren and Mingli, and couldn't help laughing. These two brothers have been jumping up and down in the government office like a big horse monkey these days, and they have entangled them enough.

Everyone went to receive supplies, Mingli rushed up like a gust of wind, and shouted straight up: "Do you know that we have been closed for half a month?"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Isn't it good to let you rest for half a month?"

Ming Li stomped his feet, "But the loss is heavy!"

Ming Ren stepped forward and opened the Ming ceremony, and said with a smile: "This man has already picked sand and is already stupid. Don't pay attention to him, brother. Can you see if you can do what you said last time about recruiting Japanese laborers?"

"Talk to me when I go home!"

Fan Ning ignored them, got on his horse and ran towards the city.

Mingren complained to Mingli in a low voice, "I told you that he is the chief official of Kunzhou, you have to maintain a minimum of respect, and shouting like you straight up, isn't it a shame in public?"

Ming Li scratched his hair, "I'm not in a hurry!"

"Everyone is in a hurry, but no matter how anxious you are, you have to bear it, let's go!"

The two did not ride horses, but followed Fan Ning and ran into the city from a distance.

Back home, Fan Ning felt relaxed. He hadn't been home for half a month, and the house had completely changed. The furniture was complete, and all kinds of decorations were put on the table. Zhu Pei served tea for the three of them. He smiled and said: "The furniture was sent by someone sent by Yu Changshi. He told me that he will move to Han County soon, and asked me not to take out all my things, so as to avoid the trouble of packing. Husband, when are we going to move?"

Fan Ning smiled and said: "I saw the official house in half a month, and the courtyard wall is already being built. It should be ready now. At most, I will move in one more day, maybe it will not be a month."

"Okay! Then I'll wait."

Fan Ning picked up the teacup and sniffed the dragon tea that Zhu Pei had fried for him. .

Fan Ning couldn't help laughing, pointing at Mingren and Mingli, he said to Zhu Pei: "The lady can treat him with ordinary tea next time, it's a waste to serve them dragon tea."

Zhu Pei covered his mouth with a smile, and lightly slapped her husband on the shoulder, "Who would say that about my brother!"

"Forget it, send these two guys away first."

Fan Ning took a sip of tea before asking, "How many Japanese laborers do you need, what kind of treatment do you plan to give, and how do you arrange them?"

Mingren and Mingli looked at each other, Mingren said hastily: "Don't the government have regulations?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "So far, the government has not let go of private employment of Japanese laborers. I will officially approve it tomorrow morning, so you should think about your needs today, how much you are going to pay, and how to arrange them."

The two discussed in a low voice for a while, and Akihito said cautiously: "The government gives the Japanese laborers a fixed amount of money every month, and we pay it by the day, fifty cash per day, which is five hundred cash per month. If you want to rest, you have no money, but you can eat There is no problem with food, one fish a day, venison for three days, tents, ten people for one tent, we want to recruit 200 people, and hire ten more soldiers as guards."

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "You guys are very smart and thought of a way to pay by the day, but isn't 200 people too much?"

Ming Li shook his head, "We have been mining gold for a year, and we have only roughed two miles of river. Our total river section is ten miles long. If we want to finish mining within two years, we must increase our manpower, especially from this year to tomorrow. No tax on private gold mining, this year we will go crazy for gold mining, we have already considered this issue, and now we just want to resume work as soon as possible.”

Fan Ning didn't care much about the two brothers recruiting 500 laborers. He gave the upper limit that the silver mines should not exceed 200 people, and the gold sand fields should not exceed [-] people. The two brothers recruited just the upper limit.

Fan Ning nodded and said: "Then finish the formalities tomorrow, and buy all the things that should be bought. If you are lucky, you can recruit laborers tomorrow afternoon. As for the ten soldiers, let me put it bluntly in front of you. Fifteen per person per month, this is the lowest monthly salary."

The two were overjoyed, Mingren said quickly: "No problem, we will give the soldiers a monthly salary of twenty guan, and guarantee that there will be wine and meat every day."

(End of this chapter)