Chapter 826: Convince the Heavenly Khan with Reason III
Wu Haogu’s third brother is named Wu Haode, and he really embodies a ninth-rank Dengshilang!
The official edict issued by the Ministry of Personnel was already in Wu Haogu's hands, and it clearly stated that the official rank of the ninth rank of the right Dengshilang (Yinbu's official body must be added with the right character).
Zhao Ji really gave a ninth-rank civil servant... It was really a mess!
"By the way, where is the second brother?" Wu Haogu returned the official edict to his father Wu Chengzhi, and then asked, "Why didn't you see him?"
Wu Haowen is not at home! His younger brother Yinguan holds a big banquet at home. He, the older brother, is not here. Isn’t he too rude?
"He went to Xiefanglou last night and hasn't returned yet..."
"Xiefang Tower!" Wu Haogu was stunned.
Wu Haowen has learned badly even! He has learned how to sleep in the flowers and sleep in the willows... It seems that the corrupt feudal system has ruined Wu Haowen, a good young man in the Neo-Confucianism.
No! Wu Haogu suddenly remembered that Wu Haowen's wife Han took her son out to pay homage to him just now. Aren't he afraid of his wife?
Oh, I must have been accompanying the official family to have fun. This is a national event and an exception is possible.
"By the way," Wu Chengzhi took over his son's official edict, and handed the latest "Courtessy Album" to his son, "Brother, do you recognize this Qin Niang?"
"Qin Niang?" Wu Haogu looked at his father blankly, "Who?"
"She is the courtesan of this month," Wu Chengzhi looked lustful and smiled, "I want to take her as a concubine for my father."
What!?
Wu Chengzhi also learned bad things... Oh, he was bad at first! Didn’t Feng Erniang redeem it from the brothel?
Wu Chengzhi, who has become an old pervert, is still saying: "My father has asked Mrs. Yan (Yan Xixi) to tell me about it, but she may not be able to do it. You have a broad way, why don't you ask for a father to do it?"
"Well, my son will tell Zhang Zeduan about this matter, he has a solution."
Wu Haogu had no choice but to turn his father into a pervert. Anyway, his mother was gone long ago, and Feng Erniang was just a father and concubine, so she could only agree to the old man. She was just a little worried. Lao Wu's health was not very good, so don't die too much. Then he would have to be a filial son and keep filial for three years. How many major things would it take?
When Wu Haogu was thinking about how to persuade his father to take care of his health, someone shouted outside the door: "People are coming from the palace, people are coming from the palace!"
Then I saw a little yellow gate whom I didn't know hurried in, "That is Shuaisi Wu? That is Shuaisi?"
I'm looking for Wu Haogu!
It turned out that after Guo Xiaoxiao and Wu Haogu broke up, they did not go to the Taoist temple, but went directly to the Qionglin Palace to report to Zhao Ji.
"I am Wu Haogu." Wu Haogu stood up and said.
The little yellow gate stood in front of Wu Haogu, and shouted: "The emperor has an order to promulgate Yunzhou defense envoy and the coastal market commander Wu Haogu, and immediately enter the palace to see you."
"I respectfully receive the imperial edict of Your Majesty." Wu Haogu respectfully received the imperial edict, and then gave a wink at Zhang Sanbao who had come in with the small yellow gate.
Zhang Sanbao had already prepared a reward, and at this time he went up and stuffed it to the little yellow gate.
Wu Haogu asked by the way: "This noble man, the official summoned a certain family at this time, and I don't know what important things are there?"
The little yellow gate collected the money and knew that Wu Haogu was a celebrity who could stay overnight in the palace, so he smiled and said, "It was a female Taoist priest who entered the palace and told the official that Shuaisi had arrived in Beijing, so the official family was anxious to see you."
Saying it means not saying anything. Guo Xiaoxiao was sent by Zhao Ji to Wu Haogu. How could Wu Haogu not know that she would inform Zhao Ji? In fact, there is nothing wrong with this matter.
After receiving the order, Wu Haogu said a few more words to Wu Chengzhi, and then asked Wu Chengjiu, who followed him to bring a grown scroll, and then went out to get on the horse and headed into the palace. Along the way, he was guessing Zhao Ji's intention. It was probably because he wanted to discuss with him about lending money to the Hexi army to fight.
I don’t know if Zhao Ji would agree to him. Without his support, the matter of sending a doctoral group to the west would be ruined.
And the doctoral group is very important to move westward!
After about half an hour, Wu Haogu and his group arrived outside the palace gate. He took the scroll from Wu Chengjiu, and then entered from Donghua Gate of Qionglin Palace with the small yellow gate, and then was taken to Baojin Tower by Jinming Pool.
Baojin Tower is a "high-rise building" with a height of seven floors. The three floors below are a castle-mounted platform. The interior space is very small and is only used as stairs up and down. The four floors above are pavilion-style buildings, and there is a large roof with three-fold helicopter combinations on the top. The height of the entire building is definitely the first in Kaifeng Prefecture.
Wu Haogu followed the little yellow gate and went directly to the seventh floor. When he arrived, he saw two fat men Pan Xiao'an and Ji Yi, but Guo Xiaoxiao disappeared. Both fat men were given seats, and each of them was holding a bowl of tea and drinking while breathing. It was obvious that they had just arrived.
Seeing Wu Haogu walking up with a normal look, Zhao Ji also smiled and asked Zhou Feiyan, who was serving him, to serve him tea.
"Dalang, have you seen your third brother?" Zhao Ji asked.
"I've seen it." Wu Haogu smiled, "I'm white and fat, very blessed."
"Of course I have a blessing," Zhao Ji said, "How could I give him a ninth rank candidate? Do you know? As early as last year, Guo Jing told me that he observed the celestial phenomena at night and found that there were stars in the sky descending to earth and landing in Hebei. He didn't know that they were the capital, and he wanted to be a famous minister to defend the Song Dynasty... I think your younger brother is the star Guo Jing mentioned."
You are wrong! Wu Haogu thought to himself: Guo Jing must be talking about Yue Fei... I have to go back and find someone to go to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou!
What was thinking in his heart, but Wu Haogu said with a mouth: "Your Majesty, I will teach you and support this younger brother in the future and prevent him from letting you down."
"Okay!" Zhao Ji saw the big scroll brought by Wu Haogu at this time, so he pointed at him and asked, "Dalang, are you bringing a painting?"
"Report to Your Majesty, it is a map." Wu Hao Ancient Road, "is an "All-of-the-world Map" that I occasionally obtained when I led my troops in Shuofang. It is said to have been painted by Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty."
"Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty?" Zhao Ji smiled, "The monk who wrote "The Record of the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty"?"
“That’s right.”
"Then let me show it," Zhao Ji said, "I have to see the authenticity."
Of course he couldn't tell the authenticity, because this map was made of Wu Haogu. Du Wenyu, who made Du Wenyu old, not only had the painting skills handed down by Wu Haogu, but also received guidance from his senior brother Mi Youren. His ability to make fake is superb. How could Zhao Ji see it?
The picture has been unfolded in front of Zhao Ji's eyes, old, vicissitudes, simplicity, and shocking.
This is a continent map that does not include Europe. It contains later generations of China, Central Asia, West Asia, South Asia and some Southeast Asia, etc.
Of course, the ground was from the early Tang Dynasty, so there were no great food countries, only the Tubo Kingdom, Persia Kingdom and the Great Qin Kingdom (Eastern Rome). In addition, there were the A San countries led by the Jieji Dynasty. Of course, there were also the extremely powerful Tang Empire.
The general locations of the countries on the map and the shape of the Eurasian continent (excluding Europe) were drawn by Wu Haogu based on his own memory, which is quite accurate.
"The Tang Dynasty is so big!" Zhao Ji sighed, "Where is the Song Dynasty?"
"Here," Wu Haogu drew a dotted line on the map with his finger, "It's much smaller than the Tang Dynasty...but it's much bigger than when His Majesty took over! It'll be even bigger in the future!"
That's for sure. In the future, Zhao Ji will become a "Khan of the Sea Who owns the world", and his territory will definitely be small.
"Where is Anxi?"
"Here!" Wu Haogu pointed to Yutian on the map and said, "It's very close to Tianzhu."
"It looks very close from the map, so it's not easy to leave, right?" Zhao Ji asked looking at the map.
"It's easy to say," Wu Haogu smiled, "It's difficult to say... Brother Yizhi, you know more about Tianzhu's situation than I do, right?"
Zhao Ji glanced at Ji Yi.
The Ji family's merchant ships would go to the Kingdom of Zhunian (that is, Zhuluo) to trade every few years. Naturally, they knew a lot about the things about India.
He immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Heaven is now roughly divided into three large pieces. The Kingdom of Zhunian is the Kingdom of Zhunian is the Kingdom of Palau in the southeast, and the Kingdom of Palau in the northwest is the Kingdom of Garceni. Among them, Zhunian is the Kingdom of Brahmins, the Kingdom of Palau believes in Tantric Buddhism, and the Kingdom of Garceni believes in Tianfang Buddhism."
Wu Haogu added: "This Kaseni Kingdom was established by the Turks and Persians invaded Tianzhu from the northwest... The founder of the country was also granted by the Caliph of the Tianfang Cult. The king was called Emir, which means the governor."
"How can they do this!" Zhao Ji whispered.
Ji Yi said: "In fact, Persia was also destroyed by the Caliph of the Tianfang Sect... Since the founding of the Tianfang Sect, it has destroyed countless countries! Fortunately, it has weakened now and no longer expanded to all directions."
"The Caliph is weak," Wuhao Ancient Road, "but there are Turks who converted to the Tianfang Sect to continue their wars. They fought to the four towns of Anxi a hundred years ago. They just didn't dare to provoke the Western thieves and the Khitans, so they did not continue to advance eastward."
In fact, the military power on the East Asian continent was the top in the world until the early Ming Dynasty! Look at Yelu Dashi and a few remnants of the Liao Kingdom beat the Seljuk Turkic Empire in the Western Regions. You can tell that the Seljuk Turkic were also a first-class power in the West. They defeated Eastern Rome and could still fight against the Crusaders from Western Europe. As a result, they completely lost their temper when they encountered the remnants of the Khitan. You can imagine how powerful the military power in East Asia is.
The current strength of the Hexi Army is far stronger than that of the later Yelu Dashi, and it can get the support of the capital of the Song Dynasty. The role it can play should be greater than that of Yelu Dashi! Wu Haogu has long had a comprehensive plan.
Chapter completed!