After asking about the Taohua Shihan, Zhao Ji did not announce the severance of the court, but continued to ask Wu Hao's ancient saying: "Wu Qing, now Ganshun has already worshipped me, Gao Qiu's army has also entered Lingzhou. The northwest riot seems to have been successfully resolved. Do you think the Khitans dare to blackmail us when they learn about this?"

Wu Haogu was stunned again.

Didn't the Khitans know about this?

Li Gefei, who was standing aside, saw Wu Haogu's question and explained to Zhao Ji: "The memorials of the Dingnan Army's submission and apology were sent to Kaifeng Prefecture through Xingling Xuanfu Department. Jiehe did not report it, so the Dingnan Army may not be able to stand Gao Qiu's forced submission. The Khitan Emperor may not have known it in advance."

What? Gao Qiu forced the Western thief to surrender, and made the Western thief kneeling so pleasing to the eye... This Taiwei Gao is really successful!

No! Wu Haogu immediately thought of something wrong. He and Su Che, Zhang Kangguo and others tried their best to talk in Jiehe Market, but they didn't make a final agreement, but Gao Qiu easily solved it. This does not mean that Gao Qiu is better than Su Che, and Zhang Kangguo is awesome? Now Gao Qiu is even more hated. He won't really persecut Fengboting, right?

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu glanced at Su Dongpo and Cai Jing with the corners of his eyes, but the two prime ministers did not show any unhappy expressions.

Thinking about it again, Su Dongpo could not harm Gao Qiu. As for Cai Jing... Cai Jing is not Qin Hui after all, so he should not be that cruel, right?

Gao Qiu should be...cannot die!

Well, he should stay in the northwest! Wu Haoguxin said: Let's go back and give him a commander of Hexi, Anxi, and Shuofang Xuanfu envoy, and go to capture the Taohuashi Khan with Zhao Ji's "Emperor".

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu took back his mind, "I think the Khitans are still easy to deal with... The Khitans just want some benefits, just give them some."

"Give it?" Zhao Ji frowned.

Wu Haogu said: "Give some benefits and end the confrontation with the Khitans as soon as possible. It is already autumn now. When the world river freezes in winter, Hebei will lose its barrier."

Zhao Ji snorted, "Then how much do you plan to pay to the Khitans?"

Wu Haogu smiled: "I can give it to them if I don't have money."

"No money? What's the benefit?"

Wu Hao Gu Dao: "There are two tax customs of the Khitans that can be given to the Khitans... and ask them to ask the Khitans themselves to collect money."

"Tax customs in Goryeo?"

"What's going on?"

"How do you give taxes to Khitans in Goryeo?"

The ministers immediately started to discuss the situation in the hall. The conditions offered by Wu Haogu were too strange. The taxes of Goryeo Kingdom were related to the Song Dynasty? How could they be used to the Khitans?

Wu Haogu smiled: "Does Your Majesty remember that Jiehe Shibo once sold a batch of weapons to the Goryeo people?"

Zhao Ji thought about it and said that it was sold to the Goryeo people? Wasn’t it given to them for free?

Wu Haogu said: "Those weapons are very valuable. The Goryeo people are short of money and don't have that much money, so they gave us some money and goods, and then gave us the tax customs of the two Goryeo countries, namely the Haizhou Pass and Busan Pass in Goryeo, so that we can charge 15 years of tariffs ourselves."

Zhao Ji laughed as soon as he heard this, "Wu Dalang, you have let the Gaoli people cheat... If they control their taxes, you can collect taxes?"

Wu Haogu nodded repeatedly, "Your Majesty's holy name... The Maritime Bureau does not receive a few taxes, but it is a loss. People who do business in Goryeo have a backstage, and anyone dares to evade taxes. It's really a big loss. So I thought, just give these two taxes to the Khitans, and they must have a way to collect taxes."

Are you trying to kill the Goryeo people? Zhao Ji thought to himself: Wu Haogu must have lost money in business in Goryeo, so he thought about this to take revenge on others?

The Goryeo people are unreasonable, and if they were Khitans, it would be even more unreasonable! The Goryeo people dared to confront Wu Haogu, a tyrant businessman, but they dared not disobey the Khitans. After all, they just made hundreds of Jurchens beat him up, and it was unlikely that they would fight against the Khitans again. If that were to do so, they would go directly to destroy the country and destroy the clan!

"Mr. Wu Qing," Zhao Ji frowned, "If the Khitans took over the tax customs of Goryeo, would they take the opportunity to control Goryeo?"

Of course not!

Wu Haogu would not really hand over the taxes to the Khitans... In fact, it could not be paid, because the Khitans would not collect taxes! Their own taxes in the Liao Dynasty were collected by the Han people. How did the Khitans take over the taxes in the Khitan Kingdom?

Wu Haogu had already planned this matter early. The tax customs was nominally transferred to the Khitans to the "tax increase" of Jiehe Shangshi City (the Khitans wanted to add taxes from Jiehe Shuai), and then asked Ma Zhi to spend some money to contract it. In fact, it was the people from Jiehe Shangshi City to take charge. It was just a tiger skin of the Great Khitan!

Of course, Wu Haogu would not kill the Goryeo people. He was a very reasonable Confucian businessman, not a profit-oriented businessman. He just wanted to establish two markets on the basis of Haizhou (Haizhou, Goryeo) and Busan Pass as a semicolon for Jiehe Market.

This will make it more convenient for trade between Goryeo, the Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty, Japan and other countries.

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu said, "Haizhou and Busan are all harbors. Without a large number of sea ships, they cannot be controlled at all. The Khitans can threaten Goryeo, but they cannot occupy these two ports. At most, they can send taxes from the land and collect some money."

"But Goryeo..." Zhao Ji was still hesitant, "Goryeo won't resent the Song Dynasty because of this, right?"

"Yes." Wu Haogu nodded and smiled, "But it doesn't matter. The Goryeo Kingdom's soldiers were weak and they actually defeated hundreds of Jurchen warriors. Therefore, it is impossible to unite the Liao Dynasty to defeat the Liao Dynasty. Only the Jurchens can win over. If our dynasty wants to abandon Goryeo and join the Jurchens, how can we expect the Goryeo people to get along with us? After all, once the Jurchens prosper in Liao, the Goryeo Kingdom will be in danger of destruction."

In history, the Jurchens chose to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty because the Song Dynasty was too weak and very rich. The Song Dynasty now has obviously found a way to revitalize the military. Therefore, the incident of the Jurchens going south is likely not to happen. Then the Jurchens, who are based in the Northeast, will inevitably destroy the weak Goryeo... Although the Goryeo Kingdom is small, there are still a few taels of oil and water.

Zhao Ji was silent for a while, "The Jurchen is really strong?"

"Very strong!" Wu Haogu said, "Although they have a small population, their military strength is extremely strong. Everyone of the warriors of Wanyan tribe are as powerful as the knights in front of His Majesty's palace. The warriors of the entire Jurchen tribe are always more than 20,000. Once they are in a fight against Liao, they will definitely be able to restrain most of the troops of Liao.

However, the soldiers of the Goryeo Kingdom were defeated by hundreds of Jurchen warriors... Between Goryeo and Jurchen, we can only choose the Jurchen."

Zhao Ji was still hesitant and looked at the two prime ministers, Su Dongpo and Cai Jing.

Su Dongpo replied: "Your Majesty, it is necessary to transfer the taxes of Goryeo to the Khitan. After all, Goryeo is a vassal state of Khitan, so our dynasty should not be involved in it, so as to avoid trouble."

Cai Jing also said: "Since Goryeo was defeated by the Jurchens, it would be meaningless for our dynasty to continue supporting Goryeo."

These two are not pedantic. The Song Dynasty was in an era of fierce international competition, so naturally, they did not allow the ruling civil servants to be too nerdy.

"Since that's the case," Zhao Ji nodded, "this matter is decided."

He paused, "Stay Wu and leave, the rest of you."

...

"Dalang, Gao Qiu did a good job this time!"

In Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Ji was walking, frowning slightly, as if he was a little embarrassed, "But there are too many memorials to impeach him..."

He walked to the imperial case, picked up a memorial and handed it to Wu Haogu. Wu Haogu took the memorial and opened it and saw that it was a bullet stamp made by Zhao Tingzhi, the chief censor, who impeached Gao Qiu to "invite Kaifeng real estate to buy the morale of the three emperors in the front line" and bit it was really sinister!

No matter how friends Zhao Ji is, he cannot allow the three emperors in the front line to be controlled by Gao Qiu! Even if Gao Qiu engages in separatism in Lingzhou, Zhao Ji may not necessarily turn against him. However, the three emperors in the front line cannot be touched, otherwise Gao Kuangyin will be produced at any time!

"Your Majesty," Wu Hao respectfully handed the memorial back to Zhao Ji. "I will not improve my good words this time, because there is indeed something about using a house to collect the morale of the army... Gao Qiu has never fought a war or brought troops in the past. He can make such great achievements in the northwest. He only relies on clear rewards and punishments, and is willing to give real heavy rewards, so he can make the three armies use their lives. This is actually a morale of the army. It is not wrong to say that it is to invite the morale of the army. But if these houses are not given, Zhao Qianshun will not become His Majesty's son."

“…”

Wu Haogu looked at Zhao Ji and then said, "In my opinion, Your Majesty might as well let Gao Qiu stay in Lingzhou for a few more years, and at the same time recall the three emperors in the front line to be placed in scattered placement. In this way, the three emperors and Gao Qiu were not together, and after a long time, the little kindness would fade."

"Stay in Lingzhou?" Zhao Ji thought for a while, "In what name is it?"

Zhao Ji is still a friend enough, and he doesn't want to kill the donkey.

"It's better to be the Xuanfu envoy of the three routes of Hexi, Anxi, and Shuofang, and the ruling of Lingzhou." Wu Haogu said carefully, "The Xuanfu envoy is just a relatively large name. Hexi and Hexi are not in charge. Shuofang has Tong Guan. In addition, Su Chi can also serve as the Transportation Envoy of the Three Routes of the Northwest and stationed in Lingzhou. What Gao Qiu can do is to manage the government soldiers, military farming and other matters in Lingzhou."

Lingzhou is actually not bad. This land is the essence of the three northwest roads. If you manage it carefully, it would not be a problem to raise 20,000 elite troops.

Wu Haogu paused and said, "In addition, I also recommend setting up academies and doctoral groups in Lingzhou."

"Academy? Doctoral Order Division?" Zhao Ji asked, "Used to monitor Gao Qiu?"
Chapter completed!