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Chapter 436 The self-taught Yeluju

Move forward a few days.

In the first year of Yuanyou of the Great Song Dynasty, in the spring and March of the second year of Da'an in the Liao Dynasty, Renshen (fifteenth year).

Nanjing, Liao Dynasty, Zicheng, in the Yaochi Palace Garden.

Yelu Hongji, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, took his concubines to play here.

Yelu Hongji's face has been filled with a cheerful smile recently.

In fact, goods shipped back from the Southern Dynasties have gradually arrived in Nanjing.

Yelu Hongji immediately rewarded him generously.

Everyone in the Fifth Courtyard, the Sixth Courtyard, the kings of the North Courtyard, King Xi, etc. will be rewarded.

Even the leaders of the various tribes on the grassland came to pay homage to the news.

Various tribes paid tribute one after another. According to the system of the Holy Sect, they offered 1770 horses, 330 camels, 33 mink skins, [-] green mice, and [-] beauties from the Western Regions.

Yelu Hongji was very happy, so he rewarded the divination to prevent the various departments from making mistakes.

Moreover, after the Jurchen tribes heard that the Liao Kingdom had made a fortune, they also sent envoys to the court one after another.

This made Yelu Hongji extremely complacent and felt that he had won.

When all the ministries came to court, the North Courtyard was peaceful, while the Southern Courtyard officials gathered around the emperor's grandson.

Daliao's country was revived again.

The concubines and ministers around him praised him day and night.

He only said, "Since your Majesty changed the Yuan Dynasty, the world has gradually become more peaceful, the barbarian guests from all over the world have been subdued, and all the countries have come to court, which can be said to be the ultimate in governance!" '.

Therefore, Yelu Hongji was completely immersed in the splendor of the spring of the second year of Da'an, amidst the flattery and tenderness of his concubines.

He is such a person.

As long as the world is peaceful, everything will be easy.

Moreover, his ears are very soft and he likes to listen to people singing praises. When Yelu Chongyuan was in power, Yelu Yixin won his trust by flattering him and singing praises in front of him.

At this time, Yelu Hongji was sitting in a pavilion in the Yaochi Palace Garden, looking at the orchids dancing in front of him, their lips parting lightly as they sang exotic songs.

The two concubines were beside him, gently tapping their shoulders for him and saying compliments from time to time.

The spring breeze in Nanjing blew through the clear water in front of the pavilion, with countless duckweeds fluttering. It was truly a beautiful sight in the world. The scent of roses from the concubine beside him penetrated his nose, making him drifting and unaware that he was in the world.

"Your Majesty..." Yelu Hongji was half-closing his eyes, immersed in singing and dancing and the service and compliments of his concubines.

At this moment, Yang Xing, his confidant Da Diao Dang, appeared in front of the pavilion.

Yelu Hongji opened his eyes, looked at Yang Xing, waved his hand to stop the singing and dancing, and then asked: "What's the matter?"

"Xianggong Liang begs to see you." Yang Xing approached Yelu Hongji and reported in a low voice.

Yelu Hongji frowned when he heard this: "Why is Liang Xiangguo here again?"

He dislikes the current Prime Minister Liang Ying very much, and can even describe it as disgusting, but he has to appoint him.

The reason is simple: we need to unite Han officials.

And Liang Ying is recognized as a "loyal and honest person" among the officials of Youyan and Han Dynasties.

At that time, Yelu Yixin was in power, and Liang Ying was the only minister in the court who dared to confront him.

After Yelu Yixin was sentenced to death, Liang Ying worshiped the prime minister for this reason, and has remained so until now.

Yang Xing lowered his head and replied: "In addition to Mr. Liang, Mr. Yang also begged your majesty to summon you."

When Yelu Hongji heard this, he frowned and asked impatiently: "Tell me, who else is there?"

"Privy Privy Xiao is here too."

"In addition, Bachelor Wang and Bachelor Yang are also here."

Yelu Hongji listened and immediately asked the concubines and singing girls to retreat.

After these people left, Yelu Hongji asked: "Does Xiangguo Liang and the others still want me to use money to help victims in various places?"

Since the Southern Dynasties, commercial goods have been shipped to Nanjing one after another.

These well-known scholar-bureaucrats and ministers in the court were buzzing in his ears with advice every day, begging him to come up with money to help the victims in various places.

Their reasons are also very strong - Your Majesty has received 300 million gu from the Southern Dynasty at the age of one, so he should enjoy it with the people. Today, the world is poor, so I hope that Your Majesty will use the internal funds to help the world.

Make it look like he has a lot of money.

Well, even if he really has a lot of money, it all belongs to him!

Why take it out for no reason and give it to the farmers in the south courtyard and the herdsmen in the north courtyard?
Besides, he has been working hard for several years since the Yelu Yixin Rebellion.

Now, with the money from the Southern Dynasty, he finally settled the kings and nobles of the Northern Court and appeased the Xi kings. Even the straight women came to pay tribute.

There are finally signs of ZTE in Daliao.

Not only did these ministers not understand him, they did not praise his great achievements.

Instead, she bothered him every day on these happy days.

When they met, they would either talk about the poverty of the herdsmen in the northern courtyard, or talk about the hardships of the Han people in the southern courtyard.

It is clear that the resurgence of the Liao Dynasty is imminent, and the country is becoming more and more prosperous.

However, these guys just kept chattering in front of him, making it seem as if the power of Daliao had not only failed to revitalize, but also seemed to be declining day by day.

Jean Yelu Hongji was really embarrassed.

So he simply hid in the inner garden of Yaochi to seek peace and quiet. Unexpectedly, these people refused to let him go and chased him to the inner garden.

Sighing, Yelu Hongji asked: "Dear ministers, are you still here to see me to persuade me to allocate internal funds?"

Yang Xinggong replied: "Replying to your Majesty, my ministers said that it is to make the Southern Dynasty envoy Yeluju and others come to see your Majesty for what they have reported a few days ago."

"Oh?" Yelu Hongji narrowed his eyes, thought about it carefully, and finally remembered that Yelu Ju did send a memorial from the Southern Dynasty a few days ago, saying that he saw something in the Southern Dynasty that only cost thirty or forty dollars. The cake’s tea is really good quality and cheap!
Therefore, Yeluju requested that 20 or 30 guan be allocated from Song and Liao Jiaozi's quota to purchase those tea cakes.

In this regard, Yelu Hongji said: Why use my money to buy the tea cakes that the people eat?

Do you really think my money fell from the sky?

"How did the foreign ministers know about this?" Yelu Hongji asked unhappily.

Yang Xing lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

Seeing this, Yelu Hongji also rubbed his temples, and finally said helplessly: "Let all the gentlemen come here to see me."

It's all Zaizhi after all!

Even if he didn't like some of them, he still had to hold his nose and treat them politely.

"promise!"

The ministers were quickly brought to Yelu Hongji.

Prime Minister Liang Ying led the ministers and bowed twice in a formal manner: "I respectfully wish your majesty a long blessing."

"I am blessed!" Yelu Hongji showed a kind smile and asked, pretending not to know: "Dear ladies, why do you come to the palace to see me today?"

Liang Ying bowed and said, "I heard that Yeluju, the envoy to the Southern Dynasty, reported to me the day before yesterday: I saw tea cakes from the Southern Dynasty. Each cake only cost thirty or forty yuan. I begged Your Majesty to give me some money to buy it. Is this possible?"

Yelu Hongji nodded and said, "It is true."

Liang Ying immediately stepped forward, paused and prostrated: "I beg your majesty, at Yeluju's request, to purchase tea cakes from the Southern Dynasties, and use the tea cakes as a basis to help the victims of disasters all over the world."

Other ministers paid their respects one after another: "I am waiting for your majesty's request, but it is Yeluju's request."

Yelu Hongji listened and could only try to maintain a smile, pretending to be a polite and virtuous corporal who was willing to listen to advice.

His acting skills can be regarded as the best among the emperors of Liao Dynasty.

Both Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Yixin were fooled by his disguise.

At this moment, Yelu Hongji sighed and asked: "May I ask you all, when will this Southern Dynasty tea cake be able to provide disaster relief?"

Liang Ying bowed and said: "Your Majesty, what I have said is that based on the tea cakes of the Southern Dynasty, we used the market to trade with Zubu, Nüzhi, Goryeo, etc. in exchange for livestock, grain, and cloth to benefit the world. "

When Yelu Hongji heard this, his eyes lit up.

He likes making money the most!
So he immediately asked: "Please tell me something, sir."

Liang Ying then told Yelu Hongji all her thoughts.

Imitate the methods of entering China and purchasing in the Southern Dynasties.

Based on tea cakes purchased from the Southern Dynasties, livestock, grain, cloth, etc. were purchased from the Zubu, Nuzhi, Bohai, and Goryeo tribes.

Then charge these materials into the treasury.

With money and food in the treasury, the imperial court could naturally reduce the burden on farmers in the south and herdsmen in the north.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone!
It has to be said that the scholar-bureaucrats of the Liao Kingdom also had strong business thinking.

After hearing this, Yelu Hongji's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "Is this method possible, sir?"

Liang Ying bowed and said, "I would like to issue a military order!"

Of course Liang Ying knew that the tea cakes in the Southern Dynasties, which cost thirty or forty yuan a cake, might be of poor quality.But it doesn’t matter. Because the Liao Kingdom is located in the north, it doesn’t produce much tea.

Tea has always been a luxury product.

Now, the Southern Dynasties actually had such cheap tea cakes. They bought them back and then imitated the Southern Dynasties' methods of entering China and buying them.

Take the tea cake and use it as an equivalent.

Just set a reasonable price, how many tea cakes per horse, cow, and mink skin.

Liang Ying believes that all people, whether they are divination people, Bohai people, straight women, or Korean people, will be eager to give it a try.

In addition, the wealthy families, landlords and merchants from various tribes in the South and North Courts would also be willing to exchange grain and cloth for cheap tea cakes.

In this way, it is completely possible to realize that "the people will not receive additional taxes, but the state will have sufficient supplies."

Now that the imperial court has grain and livestock, it can of course reduce taxes on the people.

Yelu Hongji became excited.

But what he was thinking and what Liang Ying was thinking were completely different things.

"If this happens... wouldn't I be able to have more money?"

As for how to reduce the burden on the people and lighten the corvee and reduce the tax?

Yelu Hongji is no longer a child, and will no longer be as stupid as he was when he was young, believing in the high-sounding words from the mouths of these scholar-bureaucrats and ministers.

Who are the people?

Are they really those poor herdsmen in Beiyuan?Are they really those landless farmers in Nanyuan?
Not so.

The so-called light corvee and light taxes, in the end, those who were light and thin were the landowners, gentry and tribal nobles.

There are very few benefits that can really fall into the hands of the people.

Therefore, Yelu Hongji did not consider this issue.

He looked at Liang Ying with a happy expression, stood up and walked to Liang Ying, helping up the prime minister he had never liked very much: "My husband, I am Guan Zhongye."

"Let me leave this matter to my husband."

"I will issue an edict to Yeluju and allocate 20 yuan to buy some tea cakes to see the effect."

"If it is really effective, I will continue to purchase from Southern Dynasty in the second half of the year."

If this thing is done.

Then, he can sit back and enjoy the results.

As for the money and food earned?
Once you're in his pocket, don't even think about slipping out.

……

Yeluju's edict was quickly delivered to Bianjing City by fast horse.

At this time, it happened to be the time for Di Yong's troops to capture Beijia City.

Yeluju obtained the permission from Nanjing and immediately sent someone to notify Xing Shu and tell him the good news.

After Xingshu heard the news, he immediately came to Dutingyi.

These days, everyone in the Liao mission has become familiar with Xing Shu.

Xing Shu's communication talent is really full.

At the same time, Bianjing City’s sugar-coated bullets are too powerful.

No matter how firm a person's stance is, after entering Wazi and watching the female sumo wrestler's performance, they are used to being greeted and served by Xu Poxi and others.

No matter how heroic Ren was, he turned into a ring of softness in the gentle countryside.

What's more, these Liao people have no integrity at all - most of the Khitan nobles who really had integrity had died in the Yelu Yixin Rebellion.

Therefore, as soon as Xingshu arrived, all the nobles in the Liao mission came immediately.

Yeluju invited Xingshu into his chamber and invited his superior.

Then, he said to Xing Shu: "Today, I have received the decree from my Majesty the Great Khitan Emperor. Your Majesty has promised a quota of 20 guan to purchase tea cakes from friends of the family."

"I can prepare this Jiaozi at any time."

"I wonder when the tea cakes from Toneri's friends can be delivered?"

Hearing this, Xing Shu immediately laughed and said, "Please rest assured, my friends, it will take at most one month to transport the tea cakes into the capital."

The Han Jie case is now closed.

A few days ago, the officials appointed Yan Shouqin, who promoted the water milling work in Bianjing, to send officials to Chengdu to collect tea and salt.

Now, Yan Shouqin is waiting to hand over the dispatch of Shuimo Wu before setting off for Chengdu.

When he arrives at the local area, he can immediately start purchasing old tea and secondary tea from various states in Chengdu Fulu.

After the acquisition is completed, it can be shipped to the capital in half a month.

Because it is something that the officials want, the Gangyun method can be used.

All business taxes along the way can be waived.

Therefore, there is also a shipping cost that needs to be added.

When Yeluju heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "In that case, I'll be relieved."

"That's it..." Yeluju lowered his voice and bowed to Xingshu: "I have something I want to ask Sheren to help me with."

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Xing Shu looked at Yeluju calmly.

"I would like to ask your envoy to increase the price of tea cakes slightly in the credentials."

“For example, if it’s worth twenty cents, it’s written as thirty cents, and if it’s worth twenty-five cents, it’s written as thirty-five cents or forty cents.”

Xing Shu listened and looked at Yeluju, the expression on his face immediately became wonderful.

He pretended to be hesitant and hesitant: "This is not easy to handle."

"The words in the credential are difficult to change."

"Up and down, there are many people who have to settle." Xing Shu specially emphasized the words "up, down, down, and many people".

When Yeluju heard this, he immediately said: "Don't worry, I will never let you suffer."

"We are willing to share [-]% of the benefits with Sheren and her friends?"

Xing Shu remained silent, but slowly tapped the table with his fingers.

It’s obvious – you have to pay more.

"I made a mistake!" Yeluju immediately changed his words: "Sixty-four points are moist, sixty-four points are moist."

Xingshu looked at the other party.

Yeluju did not give in this time and shook his head resolutely: "This is the most we can do."

He looked at Xing Shu: "Sheren, I don't want to think that we can't make this deal because we can't agree on the price, right?"

He knew very well, whose tea leaves Xing Shu wanted to sell belonged to him?
If you are not afraid of punishment, you will not agree.

Because Xingshu’s weakness is in his hands!
Xing Shu immediately laughed: "Your words are serious, your words are serious!"

"Just as your envoy said!"

Yeluju laughed, and Xingshu also laughed, all without saying a word.

Who can't get along with money?

Right!

　Note: During the Liao Shengzong period, the amount of tribute paid by Zubu was stipulated.

　　There are 1770 horses, 330 camels, [-] mink skins, and [-] green mice.

　　The reason for setting this number is that the Liao Kingdom, like all other Central Plains dynasties, had rewards for those who paid tribute.

　　The value of the reward is often double or even several times the value of the tribute.

　　For example, Dangxiang people can always get three or four times the rewards in tribute trade.

　　Therefore, the Dangxiang people were the most frequent tributary countries of the Liao Kingdom.

　　So much so that the Liao people had to limit the number of tributes they could pay and not allow them to harvest wool every year.

　　PS, now there is no common leader among the various tribes in the grassland.

　　The divination people have been demolished to pieces by the Liao people.

　　The Liao Kingdom also encouraged various tribes of divination to believe in different religions.

　　Nowadays, fortune tellers believe in everything.

　　For example, the Christian faith of the Wanghan tribe already existed at this time, and the name of Wanghan's grandfather Mogusi was a standard Christian name.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)