"Isn't it just two million! The official will not be reluctant to let it go. There are eighty or ninety million yuan stored in his packaging library."

"As long as you don't give this money publicly, the official's face will be saved, and the money will be worth it!"

"Shishuai Xuan, I see this matter, let's go with the flow..."

"The official family is not a stingy person, so they probably won't be willing to give up."

On the morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, Wu Haogu sat in the flower hall warm pavilion of the Wu family mansion in Gonghefang. The snow fell silent outside the house. The heavy snow fell all night and it gradually stopped. There was a piece of silver everywhere. Inside the warm pavilion, there were Murong Wangyou, Zhao Zhongge, Su Shi, Murong Mu, Ximen Anguo, Lin Wancheng, Lin Chong, Zhang Zhifeng, Zhao Jiaren, He Tianran, Wu Chenglan, Zhang Xizai, Huang Zhisheng and others. They were all members of Wu Haogu's core team in Jiehe Shang City.

Today, everyone gathered together, of course, to discuss how to deal with the blackmail of the Khitan "Northern Beggar Yanxi".

The requirement of two million yuan is not low, but for the Song Dynasty, who made a fortune, as long as he was unfaithful, he would throw away the principle of Kaizi's diplomatic relations with a thin and thick relationship, and then take it out casually.

Actually, the tributes on the four countries of the Great Food Kingdom, the Three Buddhas, the Polo Kingdom, and the Zhunian Kingdom are of protection fees, not a reciprocity, so naturally they are not suitable for Kaizi diplomacy. You are almost killing others, so why are you doing a slight and thick relationship?

As for the other countries, they did not give much gift, and it would not cost much to give back a lot of money.

So Wu Haogu just reported the Khitans' request directly, and the matter was over. But at this moment, he didn't say a word, and his two eyebrows that looked a little sharp were frowning tighter and tighter.

It seems that there are people who are afraid of Liao in Jiehe Market, but the symptoms are mild.

Since the fear of Liao is a disease, it needs to be cured! Only after it is cured can you take Youzhou north and even cross the sea to Liaodong in the future. If it cannot be cured, if it is severe in the future, it may cause a mistake.

Moreover, there is a medicine to treat diseases! The medicine to treat phobias is of course the new army of the six generals under the Xuanfu Department of Hebei.

If the court spent 2 million to buy Ping'an, then when will the six generals be built? The Ministry of Revenue and the Hebei Transportation Institutional Department have been choking, and they don’t pay for the organization. Although Jiehe Commercial City and Hailu Maritime Control Department have private houses, the money cannot be used to recruit soldiers at will.

The generals pay for the recruitment of soldiers themselves, and they will only recruit tens of thousands of dollars at a time! Isn’t this a separatist vassal state? Can’t those civil servants in the court jump eight feet high?

"Mr. Yanshan," Wu Haogu, who had made up his mind, turned his attention to Murong Wangyou, "Are there any good ministers and generals in the Khitan now?"

Murong Wangyou was a bureaucrat from the Liao Kingdom and had been teaching apprentices in Yanshan for a long time. He accepted disciples all from the strong men of Yan Yun. Naturally, he had a huge network of relationships and knew very well about the situation of the upper class of the Liao Kingdom.

Hearing the question of Wu Haogu, the old man thought for a while: "Since the death of Yelu Otra, the chief of the Liao Kingdom, the first level of the Ma Renwang, could barely be called a good minister. As for famous generals, there must be no one. Yelu Yanxi cannot tolerate people and cannot use people. He only believes in Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Baoxian, Xiao Sixian and others, and at most, Xiao Delidi and Xiao Delis, these people are not the choices of good generals."

"What about Yelu Dashi, Xiao Heda and Xiao Gan?" Wu Haogu asked, "Is it possible for Yelu Yanxi to reuse them?"

Murong Wangyou shook his head: "Zhongde (Yelu Dashi) is a disciple of Xuan Shuai after all, and his foundation in Suiye Town is also indispensable to the support of the Doctorate. How could it be used by Yelu Yanxi? Xiao Heda is interested in the Great Liao Dynasty, but Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Baoxian, and Xiao Sixian brothers will not summon Xiao Heda to return Xiao Heda. Seeing that Xiao Heda can only fight for Zhao Ganshun in Tianzhu Kingdom for the rest of his life. Zhao Zhongshun was in war.

As for Xiao Gan... he is not a high-ranking official. Although he has submitted several memorials to ask for the training of the new cavalry army, he has not been valued. Now he seems to be in some place to be a place of peace."

This is the problem with the aristocratic family politics!

The imperial examination system of the Northern Song Dynasty called for the path of "promotion from poor families". While winning over poor scholars, it also lowered the requirements for "scholars" and no longer paid attention to the support of literature and military affairs. In order to maintain the dignity of scholars, it deliberately suppressed warriors, making it possible for the "library students" from inside to outside. When encountering a great disaster, it did not know how to organize a strong army to resist.

The aristocratic politics that is better than the imperial examinations in cultivating civil and military talents, and also has great flaws in the issue of promotion of scholars. Too nepotism, even within aristocratic families, they have to be close and distant. Therefore, if you have the ability to be a little less reborn, you will often not be reused. Now, the emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yanxi, lived a life today but not tomorrow since childhood, and later relied on his first wife Xiao Duoli Lai for life, so he particularly trusted Xiao Duoli Lai’s three brothers. Unfortunately, these three are all incompetent!

The politics of the Liao Dynasty is now controlled by the three brothers Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Baoxian, Xiao Sixian, and Xiao Sixian, plus a flatterer Xiao Delidi, and a dice thrown out a prime minister. Oh, and add Ma Zhi's uncle, the powerful and wealthy families in the Liao Dynasty, who all said to be Ma Renwang. None of these people can beat them. Yelu Yanxi himself is also a lord of the grassland that cannot be beaten.

"How strong is the Liao soldiers?" Wu Haogu asked, "Can you conquer Jiehe Market?"

As soon as his question came out, the originally relaxed atmosphere in the warm cabinet suddenly became a little solemn, and everyone looked at Wu Haogu with surprise.

Brother Zhao Zhong asked quickly: "Shishuai Xuan, are we going to fight Yelu Yanxi?"

Wu Haogu nodded and said firmly: "Of course we must base ourselves on fighting! If we cannot base ourselves on fighting now, it will not be easy to call on the powerful Yan Yun and the Jurchen tribe in the future.

This kind of thing cannot be bought by just bribery!”

Of course, the recovery of Yan Yun cannot be achieved by bribing it alone, but it also has to be scared. Only when Yan Yun is afraid of Wu Haogu and knows that no one can conquer Jiehe Market, will they surrender after receiving a few small amounts of money.

Otherwise, these guys will be insatiable and giving them the entire Jiehe Market is not enough!

If you want to establish your authority, it would be very good to take action against the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty who is strong outside and is strong at the same time.

The emperors of the Great Liao Dynasty were defeated, and the powerful Yanyun knelt down quickly? They wouldn't think that their son could fight more than Yelu Yanxi's palace tent army, right? If they had such ability, they would be a minister to the Great Liao Kingdom? They could rebel.

Brother Zhao Zhong took a breath and exchanged glances with Murong Mu again.

"I'm afraid the field battle will not be possible." Murong Gu frowned and said, "Although the Liao army is light and unruly, they will not easily fight. If our army is ready and cannot find a flaw, they will turn to attack our retreat, ravage the prefectures and counties in Hebei, force us to divide our troops to resist, and then concentrate our efforts to find an opportunity to annihilate our troops along the way."

"You can defend the line of Jiehe." Zhao Zhongge shook his head and said, "As long as it is not the frozen season, Jiehe and Jimahe should be maintained. We have warships on the water, and there are thousands of elite cavalry that can be covered along the river, so that the Khitan cavalry who crosses the river will be unreturned. If you cannot explore the truth, Yelu Yanxi will not dare to cross the river and fight easily."

"What should I do if Zhendingfu Road and Dingzhou Road?" Murong Mu asked, "I am not afraid of Gaoyangguan Road and the coastal road. There are bounded rivers, the victories of the victories can rely on, and the elite soldiers of the victories can always block the Khitans. However, Zhendingfu Road and Dingzhou Road will inevitably be ravaged by the Khitans. At that time, Xuan Shuai will be caught by the treacherous slander in the court."

"Can you talk and fight and fight without breaking it?" Wu Haogu asked.

"This..." Murong Wangyou frowned and stroked his white beard, "Shishou, it's certain that he talks and fights, but Zhendingfu Road and Dingzhou Road will inevitably be ravaged.

Of course, we have a way to fight back!”

"Use the navy to harass Liaodong?" Wu Haogu asked.

"Yes!" Murong Wangyou said, "There are also Jurchens and Bohai people... If the Jurchens attacked the nine cities built by the Goryeo people in Helandian and attacked Goryeo with the flow, Yelu Yanxi would definitely withdraw his troops."

"Is Goryeo so important to the Khitans?"

"Goryeo is a farming country," Murong Wangyou said, "The Jurchens took Goryeo to be equivalent to the Khitans getting Youzhou. So the Khitans would not allow such a thing to happen!

Moreover, if the Jurchens used our gunpowder to break through the Goryeo city, the Khitans would definitely know that our Song Dynasty had formed an alliance with the Jurchens. Do you think Yelu Yanxi could still abandon Goryeo without regard?”

When the Jurchens formed an alliance with the Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty had to hold Goryeo to achieve a balance of power. Moreover, the Jurchens who fished and hunted got Goryeo, which was indeed unbearable for the Khitans!

"Silang," Wu Haogu turned around and said to Huang Zhisheng, "Appoint a few engineers and officers who can build siege equipment and dig tunnels to go to the Helandian battlefield to help the Jurchens."

"Here." Huang Zhisheng responded and asked again, "Shisan Xuan, do you want to bring burst arrows and black gunpowder?"

"Bring it." Wu Hao Ancient Road, "You have to take it out and use it... Otherwise, how could the Khitans know that our Song Dynasty was helping the Jurchens?"

In fact, the Goryeo people's cities do not need to be dealt with with gunpowder at all. They can be taken down by creating some traditional siege equipment.

But if we want to do that, who knows that the Song Dynasty and Wanyan tribe colluded?

The Khitans should keep more gods and be careful of having Jurchen Gundam!

"Shi Shuai," Su Shi interrupted at this time, "Xiao Baoxian received the imperial edict from the Khitan Emperor and was coming to us! Although he is not a formal envoy, we can't turn him off, right? Moreover, the government must not refuse to report it, right?"

As long as Zhao Ji knew about the conditions brought by Xiao Baoxian, he would probably pay for peace in private.

Wu Haogu Yixiao: "This matter is easy to deal with. Let's scare Xiao Bao first and just ask him to know how powerful the Great Song Dynasty soldiers are."

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