Your majesty is awesome

Chapter 772 Persuasion
"Song State, He Aiqing, do you have any dealings with Song State?"

"If I am not sure, how can I dare to speak in front of the emperor? Wouldn't that be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor?"

Gao Yongchang heard this and saw He Zhi's confident expression.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, oh my, I didn’t expect that there are so many talented people among my ministers.

Seeing that He Zhi had been praised by His Majesty, Lu Kun felt very unhappy and stood up to raise questions.

"The Song Kingdom and my country, the Yuan Dynasty, face each other across the sea. As the saying goes, water far away can't save the fire nearby. So what if we, the Yuan Dynasty, are willing to form an alliance?"

"Could it be said that when the Yuan Dynasty was attacked by the Liao Kingdom, the Song Kingdom could send reinforcements to help me?"

"Of course, as long as I, the Yuan Dynasty, are willing to be a vassal of the Song State, the Song State will definitely help me stabilize the country of the Yuan Dynasty."

"The Kingdom of Jin wants to make me, the Yuan Dynasty, surrender and become its vassal. But now you actually..."

"Everyone, those straight female tribal alliances have created a Jin Kingdom, which is only as powerful as my Great Yuan. It is naturally impossible for my Great Yuan to surrender to them."

"But the Song Kingdom has a territory of thousands of miles and has strong soldiers and horses. It has been competing with the Liao Kingdom for hundreds of years and has not been defeated. Now it has destroyed the powerful Xixia in the west."

"That was a strong character who was defeated by the Liao State after sending a large army. It was also destroyed by the Song State."

He Zhi went crazy in this court meeting today. He was well-reasoned and eloquent, and he was a great minister of the Yuan Dynasty.

From the beginning, I was not optimistic about it, but gradually I felt that what Prime Minister He said was quite reasonable.

And what He Zhi said is right. The Song and Liao kingdoms have been fighting each other for hundreds of years. They are enemies of each other and can be said to be irreconcilable.

And if our country regards Song Dynasty as its suzerain, the Song Dynasty will definitely be happy, and there will definitely be a lot of money, silk and weapons.

In this way, I, the Yuan Dynasty, will be able to become stronger with the support of the Song Dynasty.

"And you may not know that even the Jin Kingdom was able to achieve its current situation with the support of the Song Kingdom."

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When he finally left the court, He Zhizhi jumped onto his mount with satisfaction and rode away.

Not long after, the head of Duan's Trading Company in Liaoyang Mansion quietly entered He Zhi's mansion.

"I've seen Aisi..." The big shopkeeper saluted He Zhi respectfully.

"Okay, it doesn't have to be like this, come on, come on, I've made a big contribution today, I think Privy Council Gao will be very happy."

He Zhi was originally the head of the Song Dynasty Imperial City Office in Tokyo, Liao Kingdom.

During this turbulent meeting, with his means and ability, he gained the trust and importance of Gao Yongchang, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and became the deputy prime minister.

Now, he finally tried his best to complete the task assigned by his superiors.

After that, Gao Yongchang appointed himself as an envoy, and he was to set off as quickly as possible, cross the sea to the Song Dynasty, and declare himself a vassal to the Song Dynasty in exchange for the Song Dynasty's support in materials and equipment for the Yuan Dynasty.

He Zhi immediately wrote down in detail the current situation of the Yuan Kingdom, the difficulties it encountered, and the dealings between the Yuan Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom.

After that, he also copied a copy of the credentials drafted by Gao Yongchang and handed all these things into the hands of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper quietly left He Zhi's mansion and returned to his own residence. It was night, and two gray homing pigeons spread their wings silently in the dark night and flew to the sky, then headed south.

Zhao Yaban was riding his horse at full speed, looking at the tall earth-yellow embankments on both sides of the Yellow River.

There were also Xiang troops who were dredging the low-lying land on both sides of the Yellow River. Finally, their eyes were fixed on a small knight standing not far from the river embankment.

The purple robe of the leader looked so eye-catching, and there could not be anyone else except Gao Zhang, the number one scholar.

Zhao Abban touched the plots he had just received in his arms, drove his mount, and galloped towards that direction.

Gao Zhang stood on that high point and looked at the vast yellow flood area in this life.After several months, a total of 20 Xiang troops were mobilized, and there were also [-] to [-] civilians who came spontaneously.

The dams of the entire Yellow River in the northern part of the river have been systematically and completely reinforced and repaired.

It can be said that, at least within ten to 20 years, as long as there is no heavy rain that cannot be seen in a century, both sides of the Yellow River will have no worries.

Now, after repairing the dam, the Xiang army has been enthusiastically engaged in a new people's livelihood project: dredging silt for farmland.

If ordinary people carry out dredging on their own, one by one, they may not be able to clear many acres of land in a year.

But when it comes to scale, it's too simple to do it in the form of a large army like a Xiang army.

A large amount of dredged farmland will be handed over to the disbanded Xiang troops in batches.

They will directly become farmers and start working hard to cultivate the land they earned through their own skills to support their families.

Countless human-powered three-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles are being pushed and pulled on the cement-hardened road that has just been laid not long ago.

Thanks to the application of the Song Dynasty in Jiangnan, now, with a greeting from Gao Zhang, the Suzhou Cement Factory began to operate at full capacity, and a large amount of cement was transported here.

Hardening the road surface can not only improve the efficiency of dredging, but also repair the roads between various states and counties on Hebei Road.

All in all, although Gao Zhang arrived at Hebei Road for more than half a year, due to the thorough delivery of government orders and the powerful publicity effect brought by newspapers.

As well as Gao Zhang's excellent official reputation, which made the people willing to cooperate unconditionally, it was possible for the entire Hebei Road to undergo such huge changes in such a short period of time.

Of course, this is not without discordant noises. For example, there are many local officials who think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so they can make some gains for themselves, but no one will know.

As a result, from the time of repairing and strengthening the embankments to now, the number of officials' heads that have been chopped off is not even a hundred but dozens.

There are also seven county magistrates and five state-level officials who have been severely punished, dismissed from office, or even directly sentenced to severe punishment.

Faced with Gao Zhang's ruthless methods, and every time he punished these corrupt officials, he would be greatly exaggerated by the newspapers.

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It really shocked the officials on Hebei Road three times a day and made them more honest.

They couldn't understand why they were exposed to the broad daylight even though they were very covert and careful.

The important thing is that Mr. Gao sent people to check, and they were all accurate and frightening.

How did they know that in order to plot the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, Gao Zhang was determined to make Hebei Road an economic benchmark that would be the envy of the Han people in Yanyun.

How could it be possible for those mediocre people to be greedy and ruin the ambition of the Song Dynasty to repeat the prosperous times of the Han and Tang Dynasties?

What's more, the crimes of those guys will be presented to the official's desk one by one.

Of course, it is also indispensable that Gao Zhang produced excellent works of poetry, calligraphy and painting in his busy schedule.

Continue to increase the Master's favorability, and at the same time, it can also make the Master feel the disciple's serious attitude in doing things.

With the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, who believed in Gao Zhang, standing up for Mr. Gao, who could shake Gao Zhang's position?

What's more, the princes, princes, nobles and many bigwigs of the Song Dynasty are now enthusiastically developing the northwest of the motherland.

Especially after the rich coal mines, copper and iron ore were discovered, the gang of guys rushed in that direction like hungry dogs.

There really was no time to deal with the three melons and two dates that were being cleared for fields. The important thing was that His Majesty and the newly popular Gao Zhang were all staring at Hebei Road.

Instead of taking risks on Yunhe North Road, it is better to continue to develop this fertile virgin land in the northwest and earn wealth honestly.

(End of this chapter)