Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 404 Song Huizong: I know who is a loyal minister and who is a treacherous minister! [3 more]

Liu Gao arrived in Tokyo two days later than Hu Yanzhuo. After all, the speed of a horse-drawn carriage was much slower than that of a black horse that could kick snow.

They sat in two carriages, one driven by Shi Xiu and the other by Wu Song. On the way, Wu Song also taught Shi Xiu martial arts.

The other carriage was driven by Shi Qian, with Liu Gao sitting in it and Yan Qing accompanying him.

Estimating the time, Liu Gao asked Yan Qing:

"My fifth brother and his family should have been picked up by now, right?"

Yan Qing: "It should be in the next two days."

Liu Gao nodded and looked at the scenery outside the window:
Zhang Bin reported this to the court, so Zengtou City should be destroyed, right?

In the original novel, there was no major incident in Zengtou City, and the imperial court had always turned a blind eye to Zengtou City.

Now Zeng Toushi even dared to assassinate him, an imperial envoy. The imperial court could not just sit there and do nothing.

Once this nail that the Jin Kingdom had driven into the vicinity of Tokyo was removed, there would be no more major threats in the Shandong area.

In the future, I can take over the underground horse market in Zengtou City, and then Liangshanpo will have no shortage of horses.

He then took advantage of the situation to deal with the Kushushan forces near Zengtou City, and Shandong was now ruled by Liu Gaoqing.

Taking Shandong as the base, Liu Gao then expanded to surrounding areas such as Hebei, Jingdong, Huainan, etc.

But in doing so, he would inevitably come into conflict with Tian Hu of Hebei and Wang Qing of Huaixi.

Thinking of Tian Hu, Liu Gao inevitably recalled the little friction he had with Qiu Qiongying...

"Husband, we're in Tokyo."

Shi Qian's voice came from the front. Liu Gao leaned out of the window and saw that they had indeed arrived in Tokyo.

When their two carriages arrived at the city gate, they were stopped by the soldiers as usual and were found to be picky and nitpicking.

Liu Gao was too lazy to talk nonsense and randomly picked out a palace commander's token from among several tokens and handed it over.

When the soldiers at the city gate saw this, they quickly opened a green passage for Liu Gao.

The two carriages entered the city smoothly. As it was related to the Liao Kingdom, Liu Gao soon met Song Huizong.

……

"what?"

While listening to Liu Gao's explanation, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty read the letter from the Liao Kingdom.

What he saw and heard made him think he was dreaming!

Song Huizong could not believe his eyes or his ears:

"We will always be brother states, and it would be enough if we did not invade each other for a hundred years.

"You don't even want the money that the Song Dynasty would give you to support their military campaign?"

The entire court was stunned: (⊙ｏ⊙)(⊙ｏ⊙)(⊙ｏ⊙)
Since the Treaty of Chanyuan, the history of the Song State paying protection fees to the Liao State has continued for more than a hundred years!

More than a hundred years!

This has been going on for so long that all the civil and military officials in the court have become accustomed to it, but now the Liao Kingdom doesn't want it anymore!

In the end what happened?
After the initial shock, the civil and military officials in the court were in a state of panic, uneasy and at a loss...

Even terrified!
At this time, Liu Gao didn't realize anything was wrong until a minister Liu Gao didn't know came out:
"Your Majesty, this... this is probably inappropriate!"

inappropriate?

Liu Gao looked at the minister coldly:

It’s not right to not ask for the annual tribute. Have you been kneeling for so long that you can’t stand up anymore?
Song Huizong had a complicated expression: "What's wrong?"

The minister said with a look of concern for the country and the people:

"Your Majesty, Liao and Song have been brotherly countries since the Treaty of Chanyuan.

"There will be no more war between the two countries, courtesy will be exchanged, envoys will be sent frequently, and the people of both countries will enjoy a century of peace!
"Now the Liao Kingdom does not want our country to help with its military expenses for no reason. There must be something fishy about this!
"You must know that every year our country helps their military expenses with 200,000 taels of silver and 300,000 pieces of silk!

"You can just say no to these. In my humble opinion, I'm afraid these can no longer satisfy the appetite of the Liao Kingdom!" His words caused discussions among the civil and military officials in the court.

Liu Gao looked around and found that most people agreed with what the minister said.

Song Huizong's expression changed: "What else do they want?"

The minister said with a bitter look on his face:
"I am worried that what they want is the vast land of our Song Dynasty!"

Song Huizong's face changed drastically: "But the imperial edict says -

"We will always be brother nations and will not invade each other for a hundred years!"

Minister: "It's just a retreat to advance!"

"It's full of nonsense!"

Liu Gao was also drunk:

“I don’t know the conditions I negotiated with the Wolf Lord of Liao?
"Do you really need to translate here?"

The minister glared:
"How much benefit did you receive from the Wolf Lord of Liao, you traitor?"

What the hell...

Liu Gao finally saw what it meant to confuse right and wrong:
"I also want to ask you, a traitor who sells out his master for fame, how much benefit did you receive from the Wolf Lord of the Jin Kingdom?"

The minister's face changed:
"nonsense!
"Who in the whole court doesn't know that I, Zhang Bangchang, am loyal to the emperor and patriotic?

"How could I accept the benefits from the Great Golden Wolf Lord?"

Liu Gao sneered:
"It is clearly stated in the letter of credence that the Liao Kingdom is using these conditions in exchange for joining forces with the Song Dynasty to destroy the Jin Dynasty!
"If you hadn't received benefits from the Wolf Lord of the Jin Kingdom, why were you so eager to jump out and oppose it?
"Are you afraid that the Liao Kingdom will unite with the Song Dynasty and destroy the Jin Kingdom that you sold yourself to?"

"hiss--"

Liu Gao's words immediately made everyone gasp:
This boy's mouth is so terrifying!
Zhang Bangchang's face turned green!
At this moment, the Purple Palace was completely silent, and even the four treacherous ministers including Cai Jing did not dare to fart!
All the civil and military officials in the court held their breath, held their chrysanthemums tightly, lowered their heads, and secretly glanced at Song Huizong out of the corner of their eyes.

"Pfft!"

Zhang Bangchang fell to the ground without hesitation, kowtowed loudly:
"Your Majesty, I am loyal to you and love my country, and I have no second thoughts!
"Liu Gao, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, has slandered me. I have no choice but to die to prove my innocence!"

After saying that, Zhang Bangchang got up, took a look at the Panlong Golden Pillar, let out a strange cry, and ran headfirst into it!
Song Huizong's face changed drastically: "My dear, you can't——"

Civil and military officials and the golden gourd warriors immediately rushed forward!

Some stopped him, some hugged him, some dragged him, and some pulled him, surrounding Zhang Bangchang!
Zhang Bangchang became even more excited and struggled desperately:
"Don't let anyone stop me!
"Doctor Liu slandered me, I will kill myself today!"

Ha ha!

Liu Gao kept his eyes and ears open and noticed the changes in expression, words and actions of major figures such as Song Huizong, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and Zhang Bangchang.

He knew that Song Huizong was reluctant to see Zhang Bangchang die.

Regardless of whether Zhang Bangchang was a spy for the Jin Dynasty or not, Song Huizong was reluctant to let Zhang Bangchang die.

This farce lasted for quite a while until Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty persuaded Zhang Bangchang to stop.

After glaring at Liu Gao angrily and complacently, Zhang Bangchang bowed to Song Huizong again:
"Your Majesty, everything I say is for your Majesty and the Song Dynasty!

"Your Majesty, please judge!"

"You are loyal, I know everything!"

Song Huizong was so moved that his eyes became moist:

"I know who is a loyal minister and who is a treacherous minister!"

Is Zhang Bangchang a loyal minister?

You are really smart!

Liu Gao had nothing to say:

Destroy it, quickly, I’m tired!

[Thanks to Hu Quan (100) for the reward, hug, and ask for monthly votes and recommendation tickets]

(End of this chapter)