Reborn Wu Dalang

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is on the west side of the palace, and some of Zhu Wu's cronies have already entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and one of them is particularly conspicuous, and it is Shi Qian. www

Shi Qian was originally a thief in the rivers and lakes. He, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu joined the Hedong Intelligence Department to handle intelligence work.Shi Qian was a clever man, second only to Shi Xiu, so after Shi Xiu left, he became the head of the Hedong intelligence agency.Shi Qian didn't have much education before, but since he took control of the intelligence agency, he has continued to learn, and he has learned more and more over the years. Zhu Wu now regards him as his right-hand man.

In the lobby of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stands a huge map!

On the top is the Mongolian grassland, where it is marked that there may be a big war this year.On the right is the vast sea, and the northernmost is Kudao, which is the territory of Liangshan, but it is sparsely populated. Liangshan has only a garrison of more than a hundred people here, mainly responsible for contacting the Tu people of Kudao, and further down is Hokkaido, which is Liangshan. One of the horse farms, Liangshan has recovered the Ainu people here, and then down to Dongying, the area of ​​Dongying is larger than Kudao and Hokkaido, and more importantly, it has a large population. Although Dongying temporarily surrendered to Liangshan, But the Dongying people are ready to move, and they have strong signs of resistance. At present, in Dongying, Liangshan is still focusing on defense. The navy only needs to guard the passages between Honshu and Kyushu, and there is no need to worry about the Dongying people coming!The Kyushu Island further down is already a colony of Liangshan. This autumn, Kyushu's grain harvest has been bumper, and it can finally support the country!Dongying people pay attention to the word "forbearance". In Kyushu, Liangshan's taxes are extremely high, reaching [-]%. But even so, none of the Dongying farmers in Kyushu resisted, and they were obedient. Cruel, the more they are in awe.

To the west is Xixia, which is the next strategic goal of Liangshan, but it cannot be used within the year, and military action against Xixia will not be launched until next year's autumn harvest at the earliest.To the south is the Song Dynasty, which is the most powerful, rich country, and has a large number of troops. The number of regular troops alone is close to one million. If you add the Xiangbing and Minyong from all over the country, the total strength exceeds 300 million. Of course, those Xiangbing, Minyong There is hardly much combat power, and Da Song is where stability is needed now.

"Until the grassland situation is clear and Xixia and Dongying are wiped out, we can't have a large-scale war with Song Dynasty. What's your idea?" Zhu Wu stood in front of the map for a long time, then suddenly turned and asked Shi Qian.

"My lord, we used to bribe Cai Jing, Yang Jian and other high-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty to let them speak for us. It was a good idea. But we can't just bribe these people, but also bribe other talents." Shi Qian thought for a while, and said .

"Bribe others?" Zhu Wu was taken aback.

"We can bribe the emperor of Song Dynasty." Shi Qian said with a smile.

"How to bribe the emperor of Song Dynasty?" Zhu Wu said.

"My lord, what do you think the emperor of Song Dynasty likes most?" Shi Qian asked.

"He likes Daoism the most. Should we give him Daoist scriptures? I'm afraid it will be of limited use." Zhu Wu frowned.

"My lord, do you know how Song Taizu dealt with Li Yu back then?" Shi Qian said with a smile.

"This..." Zhu Wu thought for a moment, then nodded, with a smile on his face.

At the beginning Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had just won the world of Hou Zhou, and the Jiedu envoys from all over the country were not convinced. In addition to these Jiedu envoys, there were Houhan, Khitan and other countries in the north, and Houtang, Wuyue and other countries in the south.Especially in the later Tang Dynasty, the strength is the strongest, with many soldiers and generals.On the one hand, Song Taizu had to deal with the domestic Jiedu envoys, and on the other hand he had to deal with the Later Han and Khitan in the north. He was simply unable to deal with the attacks of the Later Tang.In this case, Song Taizu wanted to seek peace with Later Tang, but Later Tang did not agree.

After investigation, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty found that Li Yu, the lord of the Later Tang Dynasty, believed in Buddhism, so he selected a young monk who was particularly good at Buddhism from the territory of the Song Dynasty, and he sent the young monk to the Later Tang Dynasty.After this monk arrived in the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Yu was shocked as a heavenly man. He talked with this monk every day, and he had no intention of state affairs!In the next three years, during the Northern Song Dynasty and the wars between Jiedushi, Later Han, and Khitan, Li Yu devoted himself to studying Buddhism until the north was calm, and he was still obsessed with Buddhism.

Shi Qian turned out to have such an idea, he wanted to send a Taoist priest to the Song Dynasty to confuse the emperor of the Song Dynasty!

"It's a good idea, but we don't have any powerful Taoist priests in our hands?" Zhu Wu said.

"My lord, you have forgotten that Mr. Gongsun was born as a Taoist priest. He was quite famous in the Jianghu back then. He was called Yiqing Zhenren." Shi Qian said.

"Should Mr. Gongsun be allowed to go south? He is the Deputy Minister of Economy, and now he is responsible for bringing in tens of millions of people from the south, and he is also responsible for building thousands of miles of roads. How can he go south to the Song Dynasty?" Zhu Wu shook his head.

"Of course there is no need for Mr. Gongsun. Mr. Gongsun has a teacher, Master Luo, who is a well-known Taoist priest in the Central Plains and has been living in seclusion in Erxian Mountain! This person has gone to the Great Song Dynasty, and he will definitely be able to confuse the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." Shi Qian said.

"Good idea, but I don't know if Mr. Gongsun can agree?" Zhu Wu said.

"He is also a member of my Liangshan, and now Liangshan is booming, for Liangshan, he will agree." Shi Qian said.

"Okay! I'll go to the Ministry of Economic Affairs to meet him." Zhu Wu said with a smile.

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The Ministry of Economic Affairs is to the east of the palace. Li Gang and Gongsun Sheng have already settled here, and more than a thousand people under them have also arrived.

The two have already divided their scope of authority, and Li Gang is in charge of agriculture, commerce, and industry!Gongsun Sheng is mainly responsible for infrastructure construction, including road construction, port construction, etc. In addition, the introduction of population is also within the scope of Gongsun Sheng's authority. Gongsun Sheng will introduce 1000 million people to the north within three years.

The basic construction mainly depends on those prisoners of war, and Gongsun Sheng has already got through with those prisoners of war.Road construction and port construction are currently being carried out separately.For road construction, the most important thing is the road between Yanjing and Tokyo, and then the roads between Yanjing, Xijing, and Taiyuan. After these two roads are opened, Koryo, Yanyun, and Hedong can truly become one.Then there is the avenue from north to south and from east to west.

As for the construction of the port, the most important thing at present is the construction of Tianjin Port. After Tianjin Port is completed, the sea trade between Yanyun and Koryo can be truly connected.In addition to prisoners of war, merchants such as Chai Jin and Lu Junyi also invested heavily in Tianjin Port, and their money has been sent there.

Gongsun Sheng handled all these matters in an orderly manner, but regarding the introduction of population, Gongsun Sheng found it somewhat difficult.

At present, there are still many people in Yanyun who do not have land. These people can move to the north, but these people can at most fill Zongzhou, Lizhou and other places. Farther away, Shangjing, Zhongjing and other places can't find the people in the past. .

Liu Yanqing remained in Yanjing these days, and Gongsun Sheng dragged Liu Yanqing to the Ministry of Economic Affairs that day.

"General Liu, the north urgently needs people. I don't know how many people there are in the northwest. Can they be transported to the north?" Gongsun Sheng said urgently.

"I'm afraid this is a little difficult. The northwest is a barren land, and there is not much population. Those who live in the northwest are generally family members of the Western Army, and not many of them are willing to come here." Liu Yanqing said with a wry smile.

Over the past 200 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there have been constant wars in the Northwest, and ordinary people have left there long ago. Most of the people living there are family members of the Western Army, and these people have become tenants of the generals.To send these people over, firstly, there are not many people, and secondly, the generals are afraid that they will not be willing.

"General Liu, I beg you, I owe you a favor from now on." Gongsun Sheng said.

"I'll grit my teeth and recruit 50 refugees from the northwest!" Liu Yanqing thought for a while, and felt that it was inconvenient for him to reject Gongsun Sheng, who was an important figure in Liangshan and one of the top leaders of the Military Aircraft Department. 50 is already the limit he can recruit, and there can be no more.

"Thank you so much!" Gongsun Sheng said with a smile.

After sending Liu Yanqing away, Gongsun Sheng was still frowning. Although the 50 was a bit more, it was still far from the goal.

"Mr. Gongsun, you can go to Zhu Wu. He has been operating in Hedong for many years. Hedong is adjacent to Henan. Henan has a large population. There must be some people coming from there! In addition to Henan, there is also Hebei, which also has a large population! Didn’t we talk about it before, we have to bribe officials from all over the place to let those officials help us! You and I are not good at this, but Zhu Wu is good at it! At the beginning, Liu Yanqing and Zhe Keqiu were recruited by him. Taiyuan City It was Zhu Wu who contacted the officials of the Great Song Dynasty in advance, and then he was able to enter the city smoothly! As long as he helps you, this matter will be quite simple." Li Gang looked at Gongsun Sheng and said with a smile.

"Oh?" Gongsun Sheng was taken aback. He had been in Korea for many years, and he was not very familiar with Zhu Wu. He didn't expect Zhu Wu to have such a talent.

"I don't know him very well! Forget it, I'll look for him." Gongsun Sheng nodded.

He was about to take someone to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at this moment, a person walked in, it was Zhu Wu.

"Mr. Zhu, this really means that Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here, why did you come here?" Gongsun Sheng said with great joy in his heart.

"To be honest, I have something to ask for!" Zhu Wu first took a good look at the lobby of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and then smiled.

"Haha, I also have something to ask Mr. Zhu!" Gongsun Sheng laughed.

Zhu Wu was stunned, and then laughed out loud.He originally thought that Gongsun Sheng was a Taoist priest, and he was afraid it would be difficult to deal with.It's all right now, if Gongsun Sheng asks him for something, and he also asks Gongsun Sheng for something, things will be much easier to handle.