Compete for the Song Dynasty

After Yue Li finished telling the story, Wang listened with great interest.Our writing is simple, but let Yue Li speak vividly and vividly, it makes Wang Pang feel like listening to a novel.

The king listened and thought about it. It is reasonable for Yeluzong to be the emperor, but Yeluzong is really playing with the throne; , Yelu Hongji is also right.But things in the world follow an old saying: Don't be afraid of bad things, be afraid of bad people.

The key to all the problems was Yelu Hongxiao, Yeluzong's true son, and Wang Bang suddenly found that this person was quite similar to Zhao Shu.He is eyeing the throne that does not belong to him originally, but is possible to achieve.

Yue Li finally finished talking about Yelu Zongzhen, Yelu Zongyuan, and Yelu Hongji, and he himself felt parched, so he took a sip of wine and asked, "If so, can you think of a way?"

Wang Pang thought for a while, there is no way, the easiest way to get rid of this relationship is to let the impeacher Wanyan leave Yelu Zongyuan, so that he will not be implicated, but is the impeacher Wanyan willing?What's more, Yelu Zongyuan wanted to rebel. If he chose to celebrate the New Year for the Empress Dowager, he might still be unable to escape this civil strife. [

Seeing that Yue Li did know a lot about the Liao Kingdom, he asked, "Brother Yue, I still have two questions. How many soldiers and horses does Yelu Zongyuan have? Also, according to your estimation, will Yelu Zongyuan take advantage of the situation?" Empress Dowager's birthday rebellion?"

Yue Li tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head again. To be honest, the first question was easy to answer, but he couldn't get around the second question: "As far as I know, Yelu Zongyuan now has 10,000 + Soldiers and horses. As for the second question, it seems unlikely."

"Oh? 40 soldiers and horses?" Wang Pang suddenly remembered that in King Jin's book, when the emperor's uncle rebelled, he seemed to claim an army of 80 soldiers. "Tell me why it's not possible?" Wang Pang simply asked.

Yue Li frowned: "Brother Ruo, this Liao Kingdom seems to be a marriage of inbreeding. You see, the current queen mother is Xiao Tali, and his father is the younger brother of Empress Dowager Xiao Yujin. Empress Dowager Xiao You know that Ji Jin is the mother of Yelu Zongzhen and Yelu Zongyuan. In other words, the current Empress Dowager is the cousin of Yelu Zongyuan and Yeluzong Zhen, right?"

The king was confused enough to listen. It turned out that Yelu Hongji was the product of Yelu Zongzhen and his uncle's cousin's close relatives.Can this kid be smart?Wang Pang couldn't help asking questions in his heart?

He heard Yue Li go on to say: "My cousin is the empress dowager, do you think Yelu Zongyuan will raise troops at this time?"

Wang Pang burst out laughing when he heard it, he was not laughing at anything else, it was just laughing at Yue Li's effort to wrap himself around him just now, as if he didn't want to be reconciled if he didn't break it off.Wang Pang said with a smile: "Okay, we don't care about his cousins, Brother Yue, don't worry, as long as I get to the Liao Kingdom, I will be careful. By the way, I will leave for the border tomorrow. Is there anyone to meet me?"

Yue Li was taken aback by Wang Pang's question: "Who will answer?"

Seeing Yue Li's expression, Wang Bang knew whether it was true: "Oh, when I went to Xixia, Xixia sent envoys to Yanzhou to meet him."

Yue Li pursed his lips and shook: "Hey! Xixia invited you to go, they urgently need to solve their problems; Liao Kingdom has no one to answer, the people of Liao Kingdom are very arrogant, and they call themselves the Great Liao Kingdom. I remembered, you must be careful when you go this time, even if there is no civil strife, don’t lose the ambition of our Great Song Dynasty, if you let the Liao people suppress their momentum, I am afraid that someone will impeach you when you come back.”

This is something that Wang Pang didn't expect or worry about: "Haha, when did Brother Yue see me lose my momentum?"

Yue Li smiled: "No really, come here, I wish the brothers a smooth trip!" As they spoke, the two raised their glasses and drank heavily.

Wang Pang set off again and was about to leave the border of Song and Liao. Yue Li sent Wang Pang all the way to the border guard station before watching Wang Pang's team go away.

The first stop of the group when they entered the territory of the Liao Kingdom was Xijin Mansion in Nanjing, the accompanying capital of the Liao Kingdom. As soon as they entered the Xijin Mansion, Wang Pang immediately went to the imperial city and handed over the invitation card issued by the Liao Kingdom and his own customs clearance document. After a while, a minister from the Liao Kingdom came to receive them.Immediately arranged accommodation for them, and sent guards from the Liao Kingdom to escort the congratulatory gifts first.

Now Wang Bang is relieved, he will stay in Nanjing City for two more days to take a good look at the place where he was alive.After finishing the official business, Wang Pang called Shang Zhe Kejun and others, and went out with himself in casual clothes.He finally saw where he was in his previous life. At this moment, how much he wished that Yuexia was by his side, so that he could tell Yuexia a good story.

The Nanjing City (Xijin Mansion) of the Liao Kingdom in front of us has an area of ​​36 li, the city wall is three feet high and one foot five feet wide.There are eight city gates in total: Andong Gate and Yingchun Gate in the east (the former site of Andong Gate in Yanjing City in Liao Dynasty is west of Caishikou, and there is Laoqiangen Hutong nearby, which is the site of the east wall of Yanjing City in Liao Dynasty).

In the south are Danfeng Gate and Kaiyang Gate (there is an intersection between You'anmen Inner Street and Baizhifang West Street and East Street. At the northwest corner of the intersection, next to the railing, there is a stone tablet with several large characters engraved on it: "The former site of Kaiyangmen in Liao Dynasty". Kaiyangmen is facing Gongchenmen, and the current You'anmen Inner Street is a part of the road from Kaiyangmen to Gongchenmen.)

In the west are Qingjin Gate and Xianxi Gate; in the north are Tongtian Gate and Gongchen Gate

The imperial city of the sub-city of "Xijinfu" in Nanjing, Liaoning: It is located in the southwest corner, sharing the west gate and south gate with the big city.The sub-city is mainly composed of the palace area and the royal garden area. The palace area is located in the east of the sub-city and protrudes southward beyond the city wall of the sub-city. [

South is Nanduan Gate, east is Zuoye Gate (later renamed Wanchun Gate), and west is Youye Gate (later renamed Qianqiu Gate).

The east side of the palace area is Nanguo Park, and the west side is Yaochi Gongyuan area.The scale of the palace is relatively large. There is a small island in the Yaochi, the Yaochi Hall on it, and the residence of the royal family next to the pool.

Due to the location of the sub-city in the southwest, there are only two main roads running through the whole city in the city. One is an east-west main road, named Tanzhou Street, which connects Qingjin Gate and Andong Gate. It is the predecessor of Guang'anmen Inner and Outer Streets; One is a north-south arterial road, connecting Gongchenmen and Kaiyangmen, which is roughly equivalent to the southern section of Naoshikou Street, Changchun Street, Niu Street, and the northern section of Youanmennei Street today. It ends from the city gate to the sub city.In addition to the main road, there are secondary roads.

Wang Pang looked at the city of Nanjing in the Liao Kingdom with bright eyes. It was completely different from the scene of cold desert smoke and horse tents in the Liao Kingdom as he had imagined. Thinking about this land of Yanyun has been integrated into the cultures of various ethnic groups. The border trade is frequent, and here is a bustling scene.

Look at the magnificence of the imperial city in this city. There are markets in the north of the city. Mountains or special products, seafood, fish and shrimp, and department stores for people's livelihood are not among them.

Around the imperial city, there are also residential areas. The Liao Kingdom called this kind of residential area Lifang District. Each square has walls and gates. There are square names on the gates. , Shihe, Xianlu, Jingke

Zhang Ping looked at it and asked, "What are these names?"

Pointing to the names of these squares, Wang Pang said: "This matter divides residential areas according to ethnic groups. There are more than 30 people in Nanjing City, including Han, Khitan, Xi, Bohai, Jurchen and other ethnic groups. The division of the city 26 "workshops" were established, each to manage the residents in the city."

Zhang Ping gave a thumbs up: "Hey, look, they wear different clothes. Wang Shilang, you know a lot."

Zhe Kejun saw that Zhang Ping was still called Wang's servant, so he stabbed Zhang Ping. Zhang Ping hurriedly said with a smile, "Look at me, I'm used to it. When I first came out, I still told me. Young master, it's not me." To flatter you, even though you have never been to Liao Kingdom, you are so familiar with Liao Kingdom."

Wang Bang listened with a smile, and dared not say anything else, but said that he had seen Nanjing for more than 30 years.But it doesn't look like it will look like 900 years from now.He looked around and found some temples in the workshop.

Looking at these temples, Wang Pang suddenly found a place that he knew. He pointed to it from a distance and said, "Look, this is Fayuan Temple." After talking, several people came closer and looked at the temple plaque on the temple.Zhang Ping laughed: "My lord, I read it wrong this time." It turned out that the plaque on the gate of the temple read: "Minzhong Temple"

The gap is also a little bit bigger, and it's hard to justify the bad eyesight.After walking a short distance, there was another pagoda. A few people stopped at a distance from the pagoda. Zhang Ping jokingly said, "My lord, what is the name of this pagoda? If you guess correctly, I will invite you to drink today. If you guess No, today you invite wine."

Zhe Kejun glanced at him: "You bastard, when did the young master invite us all to drink?"

Zhang Ping laughed and said: "Just because there is no one, I think this Mr. Ta must be right!" In fact, the handwriting could be vaguely seen from where they were standing.

Wang Pang saw that the pagoda looked familiar. It seemed that the pagoda had never changed its appearance for 1000 years. Wang Pang laughed. He had read the records of this pagoda. Of course the pagoda is Tennoji Pagoda.

But he deliberately wanted to tease the people in front of him, so he said: "This tower, I think it's called Tianning Temple Pagoda."

Zhe Kejun, Zhang Ping, and Han Derong all laughed loudly, "My lord, if you want to buy a drink, you don't have to deliberately admit defeat." The three said at the same time.

Wang Pang smiled, he didn't want to argue, but suddenly heard someone behind him say: "Amitabha, this benefactor can predict the future." Wang Pang was shocked, and when he looked back, it was a monk standing behind several people.

Wang Pang hurriedly returned the salute respectfully: "Who is your Excellency?"

The monk smiled slightly and said: "I am the abbot of this temple, and his dharma name is Qisong. Can I ask the benefactor's name?"

Wang Pang saw that the monk was very polite and kind, and just now he deliberately mentioned Tianning Temple, he actually said that he could predict the future, is there some mystery here? [