Comprehensive martial arts: Summon the thunder and lightning general, I will rule the world

Chapter 436 Huge Price

"But Ming Dynasty also has a lot of problems!!" Zhu Houzhao said hesitantly.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao like this, Cai Jing couldn't help but feel happy and said quickly: "If your Majesty has any concerns, you can tell me!"

Cai Jing's meaning is already obvious, that is, Zhu Houzhao can directly draw the line.

If Zhao Ji knew about this, he would probably vomit blood. What kind of action is this?

Isn't this betraying the country?

Just compromise with Zhu Houzhao directly?

What about the face of their Da Song Dynasty? What? The Northern Song Dynasty itself had no face?

forget about it!

Zhu Houzhao also fell into deep thought after hearing this. What does he want here?

Zhu Houzhao really didn't know this. Today's Ming Dynasty needs silver and grain, and there is really no shortage of these things.

Even if the Northern Song Dynasty came to him to buy war horses this time, Zhu Houzhao would hesitate. It was not that there were no war horses, but that there were not many in the Northern Song Dynasty that Zhu Houzhao liked! !

But at this time, what could Zhu Houzhao get from the Northern Song Dynasty?

Zhu Houzhao didn’t know either!

"I don't need silver, and I don't need food either. What can you give me?" Zhu Houzhao stared at Cai Jing and asked in a deep voice.

There was no way, he really couldn't think of what he needed and what the Northern Song Dynasty could give him.

Cai Jing was silent when he heard this. What did they have in the Northern Song Dynasty?

Soon, Cai Jing thought of something again, and he quickly said to Zhu Houzhao: "I heard that your Majesty needs a large number of slaves from the Yuan Dynasty. I wonder if you need slaves from our Northern Song Dynasty?"

"Well?" Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and motioned for Cai Jing to continue.

"We had the Fang La rebellion and the Murong family rebellion before, but now the two rebellions have been put down.

In the face of these rebels, the Song Dynasty did not kill them all, but it was impossible to let them go easily.

Is His Majesty interested in them? Cai Jing stared at Zhu Houzhao and asked: "I, the Song Dynasty, can hand over 100,000 slaves in exchange for the Ming Dynasty to attack the Liao Kingdom." "

"Well..." Zhu Houzhao also fell into deep thought.

It seems that this is not impossible at all!

Those guys are rebels themselves, and it seems that they can be recruited as coolies.

Although, this may also develop into the behavior of someone catching good people and taking credit in the future, but what does this have to do with Zhu Houzhao? After all, Zhu Houzhao was innocent from beginning to end. It was Zhao Ji and Cai Jing of the Northern Song Dynasty who sold these people to Zhu Houzhao.

And Zhu Houzhao was unaware. Well, ignorance seemed to be a bit too much. Zhu Houzhao didn't know these strange things. To be precise, it was Zhu Houzhao who saved the lives of these people.

Originally, these people were all going to die, but God has the kindness to live well!

Because of the birth of the little princess, Zhu Houzhao changed his mind and wanted to do some good people and good deeds, so he agreed to Cai Jing's request.

Well, that's it. It's all Cai Jing and Zhao Ji's fault.

Use these slaves well and try not to let them die too much. When the time comes to attack the Northern Song Dynasty, they may play a vital role.

"Do you have any prisoners of war from Dayuan over there?" After careful consideration, Zhu Houzhao asked Cai Jing again.

After all, the war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty had started for half a year. It was impossible that there were no prisoners of war at all, right?

"Yes, a little bit, but we killed them all!" Cai Jing showed an embarrassed look. It's impossible for me to say, because there are many more prisoners on my side than there are prisoners.

Shame on you!

"Is that so? It's a pity.

Previously, the Southern Song Dynasty used captives to trade with our Ming Dynasty, and used those captives to trade war horses.

If you have enough captives, I wouldn't mind trading the captives for war horses. "Zhu Houzhao said to Cai Jing pointedly.

War horse! Even if it was Cai Jing, after hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, his heart was moved.

This time when he came here, Cai Jing also wanted to buy some war horses. Although the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty was not very good now, war horses were necessary.

Without war horses, their combat effectiveness is even more incomparable to that of Dayuan!

"Your Majesty Emperor Ming, can we buy some war horses?!" Cai Jing quickly asked Zhu Houzhao.

"War horses? At present, the number of surplus war horses in the Ming Dynasty is also somewhat insufficient. After all, recently, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty is still going on." Zhu Houzhao shook his head slightly: "I am not very short of silver or something. Let’s see what you can come up with to satisfy me.”

Cai Jing was silent again after hearing this. This is the rhythm of catching slaves by himself! ?

But did they in the Northern Song Dynasty have this ability?

If the Northern Song Dynasty had the ability to capture the slaves of the Yuan Dynasty at will, there would be no need to ask Zhu Houzhao for help. Aren't the small countries around them able to attack whoever they want?

It’s so uncomfortable! !

This has become a vicious cycle. They in the Northern Song Dynasty could not buy war horses, and their fighting power was not strong. If they could not defeat Dayuan, they could not grab slaves, and they could not buy war horses from Dayuan.

"By the way, you should have a lot of great scholars in the Northern Song Dynasty, right?!" As if thinking of something, Zhu Houzhao pointedly said to Cai Jingyi.

"???" Cai Jing was confused when he heard this: "Is this also for sale?"

Great scholar! In a country like the Northern Song Dynasty, everyone was worshiped as if they were ancestors.

Confucian scholars can fight among themselves and even fight to the death, but if the emperor or the like takes action against them, they will definitely be criticized verbally and writtenly.

This was also caused by the Northern Song Dynasty’s emphasis on literature over military affairs!

But if Cai Jing is asked to use Da Ru in exchange for war horses, he feels that he can't do it, absolutely can't do it!

If he did this, not only would he no longer have to be an official, but he would not be able to stay in the Northern Song Dynasty anymore.

"Of course it can be sold!" Zhu Houzhao spread his hands: "But that's not right. How can we use the word sell?"

I respect the great Confucians very much, and I am inviting those celebrities to teach at the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy!

I am very sincere and have paid a huge price for this. "

So it’s not a sale yet?

Cai Jing couldn't help muttering in his heart.

If those great scholars knew about it, they would be so angry that they would vomit blood, right?

However, Cai Jing soon learned about Zhu Houzhao's intention. Zhu Houzhao wanted to train more students, but there were not enough teachers in the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy, so he focused on the great Confucians of the Northern Song Dynasty?

But wasn't Zhu Houzhao afraid of those great Confucians who would promote bad ideas in the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy?

After all, the relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Confucianism is not very good.

As for the literati of the Northern Song Dynasty, they had long been accustomed to do whatever they wanted by the Northern Song Dynasty.

Even if these scholars were asked to directly name and criticize the emperor, they would dare to do so. After all, if they scolded them, they would be scolded. Could it be that the emperor could still kill them?

(End of this chapter)