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

Chapter 833 Song Huizong: Do you want me to divide the land? [2 more]

"I do not know!"

Zhang Bangchang looked around with surprise:

"do you know?"

Cai Jing's eyes widened: "Is this true?"

Yang Jian spread his hands and said, "I've never heard of it before!"

Tong Guan angrily pulled out the sword of the imperial guard next to him and chopped it hard on the battlement, causing sparks to fly:

"Gao Lian is such a scoundrel!
"I told him that it was Tian Hu from Hebei who killed his brother!

"He just didn't believe it and insisted that his brother was killed by the Liangshan heroes!

“That would be fine, but he actually dared to leave the state without permission and attack our country’s pillars who were trying to stop the Liao army!
"Liu Zhizhou, it's all Gao Lian's fault!
"If this guy falls into my hands, I will tear him into pieces!"

"Correct!"

Cai Jing immediately expressed his positive attitude:
"If Magistrate Liu suffers any loss, the court will double the compensation!
"Double it until Liu Zhizhou is satisfied!"

Good guy!
Yue Fei's little heart was greatly shocked:
"I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Hey? You saw it today!
Liu Gao heard it clearly with his keen ears. He turned back with a smile and opened his hand to Yue Fei:

Still five!

"Brother, what should I do?"

Lin Chong lowered his voice and asked Liu Gao that he could not make the decision for Liu Gao in this matter.

"They won't admit it."

Liu Gao said disapprovingly:

"But it doesn't matter whether he admits it or not. Let's see how he compensates."

Lu Zhishen couldn't help but interrupt:

"Brother, now that things have come to this, why don't we just take down the city?
"Brother is the emperor, who wants his little compensation?"

"It's really not difficult to take Tokyo."

Liu Gao knew that his brothers all wanted to add a piece of clothing to themselves, so he took this opportunity to explain to them:
"The prefectures we control now are Cangzhou, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Runzhou, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Qingzhou, Dongchang Prefecture, Gaizhou, Jinning Prefecture, Zhaode Prefecture, Xijing Luoyang, and Yuncheng County.

“That’s a total of 12 states, plus one county.

"But do you know how many prefectures there are in the Song Dynasty?

"The Song Dynasty is divided into 26 prefectures, 4 capitals, 30 prefectures, 254 states, and 63 prisons..."

"More than three hundred state capitals?"

Among Liu Gao's four brothers, only Wu Song was born in the countryside. He was surprised when he heard this:
"so much?"

This cannot be blamed on his lack of knowledge, as the number of prefectures and cities in the Song Dynasty was actually constantly changing.

For example, there were nine prefectures in the second year of Xianping, eleven prefectures in the fourth year of Tianxi, and fourteen prefectures in the eighth year of Yuanfeng.

By the fifth year of Xuanhe, there were already thirty-nine prefectures.

Wu Song always thought that Liu Gao's power was already very great, and even if he captured Tokyo, it would be more than enough for Liu Gao to become emperor himself.

But I didn't expect that Liu Gao's power was so small compared to the Song Dynasty...

"It's not difficult to capture Tokyo, and it's not difficult to dethrone the emperor."

Liu Gao looked around at his four brothers:

“The difficulty is that more than 300 states in the Song Dynasty have fallen apart, and we can control too few of them.

“By then, the Song Dynasty will surely fall into civil strife, and I wonder how many people will claim to be emperors and how many will claim to be kings.

"When the heroes are fighting for supremacy in the Central Plains, if Jin Gou takes the opportunity to march south, our beautiful land will inevitably be littered with corpses, rivers of blood, thousands of miles of barren land, and countless lives will be lost!
"I have become a sinner in this world..."

The brothers were silent. They really didn't think so much about it.

Liu Gao has an army of over 100,000 men under his command, but the question is, can these troops cover more than 300 prefectures?

“That’s why I’ve been saying now is not the time.”

Liu Gao said earnestly:

“We seem so powerful now because we can clench our fists and strike directly at the heart of the Song Dynasty!
“We can kill Da Song with one punch!
"But the giant's corpse will attract many jackals..."

Liu Gao shook his head: "Wait until we have enough provincial capitals and enough troops.

"When the time comes, I will seize the world.

"But don't worry now, let's hear what he wants to compensate first."

The four treacherous ministers originally wanted to wait for Liu Gao to make a bid first, but they became anxious when Liu Gao didn't make a bid for a long time.

They were not anxious, but Song Huizong was anxious:

“Don’t wait!

"Throw out a chip first and see what he really wants!"

The four treacherous ministers thought so too, so Zhang Bangchang shouted loudly:

“The court deeply regrets the loss of Cangzhou!
"The court is willing to compensate Cangzhou with 100,000 strings of cash and 50,000 taels of silver..."

so much?
The brothers all looked at Liu Gao, who waved his goose feather fan disapprovingly:
"The birthday gift is 100,000 strings of cash, this is just the beginning."

Zhang Bangchang deliberately spoke very slowly, with a long tail.

However, there was no response from Liu Gao, so Zhang Bangchang had to look at Song Huizong with a bitter face.

Song Huizong raised his hand, indicating that he wanted to increase the bet.

Zhang Bangchang continued, "Ten thousand taels of gold..."

besides?

The brothers all looked at Liu Gao, who laughed:
"Look at how ignorant you are!"

Zhang Bangchang drew out the ending of his words very long, and then he winked at Song Huizong:
Your Majesty, please increase the bet!
add!
Song Huizong raised his hand, but Zhang Bangchang took two breaths and said:
"Your Majesty, this is not something that can be dismissed with money!
"The rebel has an army of 100,000 soldiers at the gates of the city. I think he might want the throne!"

"Ah this..."

Song Huizong tentatively asked: "How about being granted a title of nobility?"

It's already this time, and you're still so petty!

The four treacherous ministers looked at each other, and Yang Jian persuaded them: "Your Majesty, it will be difficult to change your words once you say it out loud..." Tong Guan also said: "Yes, Your Majesty!
"What if we say we want him to be a marquis and the rebel disagrees? It will be hard to change our mind..."

So... one-step solution?
Song Huizong looked around at the four treacherous ministers, and they all nodded in unison:
Give him the maximum emotional value!
OK!

Song Huizong nodded reluctantly:
"He is in Cangzhou, so I will confer him the title of...

"King Yan!"

That's it!

Zhang Bangchang dragged out his words again:
"Liu Zhizhou has made great contributions in resisting the Liao and Jin in Hebei. Your Majesty has decided to make Liu Zhizhou the King of Yan!"

Crowned king?
This time, not to mention the four brothers around Liu Gao, even the 100,000 troops behind them were excited.

If Liu Gao is crowned king, they will also follow him to heaven!

"Congratulations brother!"

Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, Lu Zhishen, and Wu Song were all delighted, but Liu Gao waved his hand disapprovingly:
“This is all fake.

"Even after being crowned as a king, he still only has Cangzhou. What's the difference from before?"

"Well……"

The brothers looked at each other, feeling that it seemed to be the case, but they still couldn't help getting excited. What should they do?
Fortunately, the distance was far, and Zhang Bangchang could not see whether they were excited or not, so he had to turn around and ask Song Huizong:
"Your Majesty, look at this..."

Song Huizong didn't know what to do, but Cai Jing understood:

“Your Majesty, they want a fiefdom!
"One Cangzhou cannot satisfy their appetite!"

Song Huizong's face turned green: "Do you want me to divide the land?"

Cai Jing sighed: "Your Majesty, let's solve the urgent problem first!"

Too……

Song Huizong gritted his teeth:
"Just give him the prefectures that border the Liao and Jin kingdoms!"

"okay!"

Zhang Bangchang immediately felt that this time he had a plan, so he shouted again:
"Your Majesty also said that he would grant these prefectures to the King of Yan—

"Hejian Prefecture, Yongjing Army, Jizhou, Enzhou, Dezhou, Dizhou, Binzhou..."

Zhang Bangchang read out each prefecture very slowly. At this time, Tong Guan spread out the map he carried with him and pointed out the cities to him one by one.

Every time Zhang Bangchang named a prefecture, Song Huizong's face became more painful, but when he got to this point, there was no response from outside the city...

Song Huizong was anxious: "Enough, enough, no more!"

At the same time, Lin Chong outside the city was also asking Liu Gao:

"Brother, we have eight state capitals in total!
"Forgive him?"

"No forgiveness."

Liu Gao waved his goose feather fan and said proudly:
"Tell him I'm from Shandong and I miss my hometown so much."

Good guy!
The brothers were all shocked by Liu Gao's appetite. Lu Zhishen shouted at the top of his voice:
"My eldest brother is from Shandong. He is reluctant to leave his hometown and is homesick. This alone is not enough!"

The corners of Liu Gao's mouth twitched secretly twice: I've taught you in vain, do you have to say it so bluntly?

"Dark! Too dark!"

Tong Guan was so angry that he stamped his feet and stole glances at Song Huizong while stamping his feet.

Song Huizong's face turned black:
"What? Why didn't he say so earlier?
"If I had just given him Yunzhou earlier, wouldn't that have been the end of it?"

"Your Majesty, Yunzhou alone may not be enough to satisfy his appetite..."

Zhang Bangchang inexplicably entered into a familiar rhythm and drew a circle on the map:

"In my humble opinion, this is at least the case!"

Song Huizong's face turned pale: "Is it too much?"

Zhang Bangchang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we don't have a chance to bargain..."

The three treacherous ministers remained silent, and Song Huizong had no choice but to cover his face with his sleeves:
"Give it to him, give it to him!"

That's it!

Zhang Bangchang immediately lay down on the battlement and shouted:
"Your Majesty has taken into consideration the Prince of Yan's homesickness and granted him Qingzhou, Zibozhou, Qizhou, and Yunzhou!

"This is an unprecedented favor, King Yan!"

Four more states added?

The brothers were so happy that they couldn't close their legs, and Liu Gao felt that it was almost enough.

It’s not that he would be satisfied with just twelve prefectures, but the military force in Liu Gao’s hands was a bit of a stretch for him to control twelve prefectures.

If you take too big a step, you may easily hurt yourself.

Liu Gao told Lin Chong: "Ask him -

"There are so many of us, and we consume a lot of food every day. Isn't it inappropriate to just leave like this?"

Big brother, it’s your turn!

Lin Chong used the tiger and leopard thunder sound to retell the story:
"Blah blah blah, isn't that inappropriate?"

"What else do they want to do?"

Song Huizong's face turned purple:
"They have an army of 100,000 coming to attack Tokyo, and they still want me to provide them with food and fodder?"

"Hey, your majesty!"

Cai Jing coaxed Song Huizong and said:

"We've already given him so much, he won't need a little more food and grass!

"Hurry up and send this group of evildoers away!"

Song Huizong thought about it and nodded in humiliation.

So Zhang Bangchang asked carefully and then conveyed it to Liu Gao:
"Your Majesty is willing to compensate the Prince of Yan for his 100,000 soldiers with another 1 million dan of grain and fodder. Please take it back to your fiefdom!"

One million shi of grain?
The brothers were convinced: If we fight like this, won’t we gain more and more?

Liu Gao laughed and said, "Okay, since he is so sincere, let's let him go.

"Tell him that we'll come again next time!
"Oh, there's one more thing!"

(End of this chapter)