One night, the southeast wind blew.

It was just after the hour of Hai, and it rained heavily. In the midst of storm, Wu Haogu, Ximen Qing, Zhang Zeduan and others got off the stairs under the arrangement of Ma Zhi and Tong Guan and entered the Qingzhou Quotation.

In the night rain in Qingzhou, the streets were hazy and dark, with only the sound of water. People who were more fire-proof were not sure where to hide from the rain and wind. The entire scene seemed empty and quiet. The Yellow River water not far away also wafted, repeatedly slapped the unreliable banking and blew in the dark, making a rustling sound.

Not far from the dock, there is a raw medicine shop with the Ximen Hall sign hanging. It is naturally a property of the Ximen Family. On this stormy night, lights actually came out of the hall. The door panel of the raw medicine shop was only half above, half of which was open, and a guy like a guy was holding a lantern, looking around under the eaves. Seeing a group of vague figures walking in the rain, he quickly waved the lantern in his hand, three left and three right.

"It's my family."

The role played by Ximen Qing in this secret envoy was obviously more important than what she told Wu Haogu. From the dock, she was leading the way with a paper umbrella. Ximen seemed very familiar with this big and broken ritual. He turned left and right with a heavy man and arrived in front of Ximen Hall in the ritual.

"But sister?"

The people from the Ximen family asked.

"It's me." Ximen Qing replied loudly.

"Come in, come in."

The man from the Ximen family was a middle-aged man in his thirties. Wu Haogu used the light to light up the man and found that he was actually a bald man.

"Sister, is the man at the door pretending to be a monk?" Wu Haogu asked Ximen Qing in a low voice.

"He is not a pretend monk, he is just a monk." Ximen Qing replied in a low voice, "He is called the monk Chulan, he is a monk from Huayan Temple in Yanjing."

Ximen Chulan? Wu Haogu thought: I don’t know if there is Ximen Chuxue? But how could the people from the Ximen family become monks in the temples of the Liao Kingdom? Could it be that they were using the identity of monks as a cover to do underground work?

With a bang, the gate of Ximen Hall had been closed. There was no one else in the pharmacy lobby. It turned out that the only monk blowing the light was waiting for here to receive it.

"Everyone, I'm going to blow the lights down to the Ximen." As soon as Monk Ximen opened his mouth, he had a strong Yan's accent. "I'm here to welcome Master Randeng, the presidency of Huayan Temple in Xijin Prefecture."

Master Randeng?

Wu Haogu was a little confused when he heard this. Who is this? Shouldn’t it be someone sent by Ma Renwang and Ma Renjie?

Ma Zhi then spoke and explained: "Master Randeng is an uncle from the lower house, a famous Ma Rencai. After the crown, he became a monk. Now he is the presidency of Huayan Temple in Yanjing. This time we entered the Liao Kingdom as a painter of the Southern Dynasty, and in name, we went to make murals for Huayan Temple.

We will rest here tonight. The documents required to enter Liaoning have been prepared and we will cross the Hebei to the north tomorrow."

In fact, Ma Renwang, Ma Renjie sent Ma Zhinan to find Wu Haogu to paint and take pictures of Yelu Hongji and Yelu Yanxi's flattery... As for other matters, Ma Zhi was making his own decisions!

That’s right, the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain does have their own small abacus. All the aristocratic families have small abacus. Seeing the Khitan rule being crumbling, it is normal for the Ma family to want to step on two or three ships.

But that was just a long-term plan and did not mean to implement it immediately. In the words of later generations, Ma Zhi was a little bit Han chauvinist, young, and prone to getting hot-headed, so he was a little radical in his work.

However, the two leaders of the Ma family, Ma Renwang, Ma Renjie, and this Ma monk, Ma Rencai, are all foxes who have become elites for many years. They will not rashly go to contact secret envoys from Nanlai in the name of the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain.

So after receiving the secret letter sent by Ma Zhi, the three big bosses of the Ma family discussed in Yanjing for ten days.

Finally, it was decided that Huayan Temple would come forward to entertain the Southern Envoy. Because the temple's status in the Liao Kingdom was transcendent, and Huayan Temple in Yanjing was a first-class large temple in the Liao Kingdom. Many of the monks inside were royal families who came out of the three fathers' houses in the Hengguan, and they could even cover up any mistakes.

Moreover, Ma Da Monk Ma's status is not low, and he has a short-term official title of the Prince Taishi. Although it is useless, it is still very intimidating to say that the Emperor of Liao likes to be named such lay officials such as Taishi, Taibao, and Sikong. It sounds quite big, but it is actually useless. It is still a monk who eats vegetarian food and chants Buddha's name.

However, it is quite appropriate to deal with the Secret Envoy of the Song Dynasty. Anyway, the Song Dynasty did not send out any sufficient figures, just an eunuch and two ninth-rank sesame officials. It would be great to have a grand master of the Ma family.

As for what to talk about, it is not important to get the murals of Huayan Temple first. It is best to have some oil paintings. Once the murals are painted, you can take pictures of Yelu Hongji and Yelu Yanxi's flattery. If the flattery is done, the Ma family will be able to go to the level.

In addition, it is to establish an informal contact channel between the Ma family and the Song Dynasty, and maintain the relationship first. If we can get some benefits from the Song Dynasty, it would be even more ideal. If it really comes to the chaos of the Liao Kingdom, the Ma family might be able to rely on the support of the Song Dynasty to take the position of the governor of the Great Town and control the other side, and it would be a glorious.

If the luck is not good, there is also a way out.

...

When we arrived in the early morning, Yanjing City, which is the city of Nanjing Road Xijin Prefecture of the Great Liao Kingdom, was also shrouded in a spring rain.

The rain fell down the dripping eaves in front of the police patrolman in Nanjing, Daliao, and formed a rain wall. The scenery in the courtyard became blurry.

The future of the Great Liao Dynasty is like the world in the rain. You can still see it when you are close, but you can't see it clearly from afar...

How great would it be if the current Great Liao Kingdom could last forever? Although the Khitan and the Xi people are so-called nations, few of them with the surname Yelu and Xiao are able to manage their finances and the people.

These people either hunt and have fun all day, or are obsessed with eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name. It is rare that there are a few people who are clear about their brains and have to deal with a lot of internal struggles between the tribe and the Yelu family.

The yamen that really make money, such as the Shangjing Salt and Iron Department, the Tokyo Ministry of Revenue Envoy, the Zhongjing Du Branch Envoy, the Nanjing Three Division Envoy, the Nanjing Transport Envoy and the Xijing Case Department (these six government offices are collectively called the Five Beijing Case Department, which are the key departments in charge of the Liao Dynasty's economy), are all under the control of the Han tribes. What are the minting, trade, salt and iron, official handicrafts, and the taxes of the army in the south (the money and liu department of the army in various prefectures), and the police patrols in various prefectures that are in charge of justice, are all held in the hands of the Han tribes.

For example, the horse man hoped that he had been the two great fat qualifiers of the Salt and Iron Judges of the Du Branch of the Zhongjing Du Branch and the Sanshi Nanjing. Now he has become a Nanjing police envoy, and he is also a fat qualifier.

He naturally made a fortune, and then took out some of the big bosses named Yelu and Xiao from it. So the old confused emperor Yelu Hongji and the southern and northern Privy Councilor Yelu Yanxi, who didn't know what he was doing all day long, thought he was a great good official.

In fact, the Liao Kingdom is very good at being an official in the south. As long as the aristocratic families and families in the area can be settled, everything will be fine. The Liao Kingdom is not like the Song Dynasty. There are a lot of troublemakers in various ways, and officials must also be in charge of the lives and death of troublemakers... The roads in the south of the Liao Kingdom are the world of aristocratic families. In addition to the two surnames of Yelu and Xiao, the first class is the "Four Clans of Yan", namely Han, Zhao, Ma, and Liu, and the next is the Li family, Gao family, Shi family, Zhang family, Liang family, etc., and the next is the "Bohai Right Clans".

The matters of these more than 30 families have been settled, so the amount of taxes provided to the Emperor of Liao should not be too small, and the others are just flattery.

Moreover, the important officials of the Liao Kingdom were chosen by the world, that is, they could only become high-ranking officials based on their ability to be reincarnated. Therefore, for example, the Ma people from the "Si Yan Family" should not be too happy to be this official!

In addition, the Liao Kingdom, like the Song Dynasty, did not suppress land annexation. And aristocratic families like the Ma family really opened up the annexed land population. Which family is not a million acres of land and tens of thousands of tenants?

Also, the merchants in the Liao Kingdom really had no status. Unlike the Song Dynasty, because the Song Dynasty had no clan power, the class of "scholars" became bubbled, and there was no connection between the three people of the country, industry, commerce and the people.

The Liao Kingdom is a noble family and the world! The three people of agriculture, industry and commerce are relatively equal, and they are all slaves of the aristocratic families. Therefore, the business of the Liao Kingdom is basically controlled by the Han family, and the handicraft industry is mainly operated by the official business, so it is naturally under the control of the Han family.

For the Ma family in Yiwulushan, one of the "Four Yan families", is there a better motherland than the Daliao?

However, the Great Liao Kingdom is in great turmoil now, and the Mogus Rebellion has been fighting for so many years but it is unsatisfactory. The female Nao people in the east are also ready to move, and the Bohai people who have deep blood hatred with the Khitans are not very stable. Even the Great Song Kingdom, which has always been weak in the south, has flourished under the leadership of the treacherous monarchs and treacherous ministers, and has made Xixia a fallen water...

As a loyal minister of the Great Liao Kingdom, Ma Renwang was silent and thought about it for a moment. The footsteps sounded softly behind him, and his son Ma Ying's voice came: "Dad, my second brother is here to report that they have already boarded the Gang ship from Liaodong and are coming to Xijin Mansion."
Chapter completed!