Chapter 1,244 Helping the Liao Kingdom

Wang Shiru sympathized with Shi Chun. The old man had devoted all his energy and wisdom to the Liao Kingdom's technology, but he could not help but suppress the wailing at the Bo Conference, so that Yelu Hongji, who was so happy about his achievements, completely remembered it.

If it weren't for the fact that the Shi family was also the founding family, and that Mr. Shi had a good character in the court and had many close relatives, he would have been thrown to the North Pole by Yelu Hongji to herd sheep.

Seeing that Yelu Hongji was dissatisfied, Wang Shiru quickly changed the subject: "The top priority now is disaster relief. Yelu Shensi and Xiao Weixin also felt that Song people should not enter the Liao Dynasty and wanted to refuse them. However, Xue Zhong, the Hebei Road manager of Sitong Company, proposed another

plan."

"What plan?"

"Xue Zhong said that Duke Fu's influence on the Song Dynasty Charity Federation could be used to ask the Queen Mother of the Song Dynasty to come forward and summon medical monks and civilians to help."

"Yelu Shensi proposed at that time that if this was the case, then the monks from Wutai Mountain on the border of Song and Liao should be involved."

"Xue Zhong sent the letter to Bianjing, and Duke Fu wrote back saying that if the Liao Dynasty agreed, the Song Dynasty would send Dao Chong, the younger brother of the great monk Daolong of the Great Xiangguo Temple, Zhang Qianshan, the uncle of Zhang Tianshi, and Keqin of the Zhenrong Academy in Mount Wutai.

The monk is the leader of the team."

Yelu Hongji's expression suddenly became surprised and happy: "Master Foguo, Monk Dalu, and Zhenren Ziyang? Did Duke Fu really say that?!"

Wang Shiru nodded: "Yes, in addition, there is Zhang Shangying who represents the Charity Federation, as well as Ning Shantang of Fuguo Public Hospital, Hanlin Medical Zheng, and Qian Yi, the founding candidate of the Song Dynasty."

Yelu Hongji didn't care much about these two people. He was only interested in the three in front. He was pacing on the grass happily: "Living gods and true Buddhas, are you coming to our country of Liao?! Song Dynasty is really willing to let them come.

?I will build a temple for them in Wulongjing!"

Wang Shiru secretly rolled his eyes and bowed: "Your Majesty, they are here to provide disaster relief and will not cross the Great Wall."

"Then I will go to Nanjing to welcome you personally!" Yelu Hongji was extremely excited: "Wait a minute... What are the conditions for the people of Song Dynasty?!"

Wang Shiru said: "The Song Dynasty does not have any conditions, but Xue Zhong from Sitong said that the Nvzhi are selling horses to them now, because they have to cross the sea, the cost and losses are high, can they... directly engage with the Liao Dynasty in Xiongzhou

Horse trade?”

Yelu Hongji's face turned cold: "Female straight women? I'm extremely merciful by allowing them to cut trees. How dare they do this?"

Wang Shiru said: "Nowadays, the Nüzhi people cross the Yalu River at Baishan Mountain, and then trade with the Song Dynasty from its east bank to Haikou. The border there is the Goryeo region, and it is a desolate land. It is difficult for us to control all the border affairs.

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"They even dared to sit on a wooden raft and carry ginseng across the sea to Zhangzi Island. Even if they had a narrow escape, just arriving once would be an inexhaustible wealth for them. Therefore, patrols at the mouth of the river were constantly prohibited."

"Your Majesty, the horse ban between the Song and Liao Dynasties has become ineffective due to the existence of the Nvzhi people. Rather than letting the profits go to the Nvzhi barbarians, it is better for us in the Liao Dynasty to take it ourselves."

After speaking, he glanced at the white horse beside him: "Your Majesty's mount is the Tongtian Festival gift sent by Sitong to Your Majesty. This Fujian island dragon colt is as good as our famous horse from the north."

"The people of the Song Dynasty now have excellent horse breeds. I also heard that they have successfully bred horses at Langdu in the northwest, and now they have opened a large horse farm in Xiangzhou."

"It's only a matter of time before we develop a herd of horses."

"If you agree to the horse trade now, it can be regarded as a huge reward for Daliao's goodwill to the Song Dynasty. If it takes a few years, I'm afraid it will be nothing."

"By agreeing to return the horses, Daliao will not receive help from the Song Dynasty in vain, and the brotherly country will still be an enemy. This is one of them."

"Take back the big profits from the Nüzhi people, so that they will not use the proceeds to become stronger and hinder our eastern border defense, so that they can continue to rely on me and make it easier to control them. This is the second step."

"Erdao has been invaded by locusts for thousands of miles, and there is no grass growing. Even people need relief, not to mention livestock? Moving them to the north will bring trouble with them. It is better to solve it on the spot and let Yelu think carefully about using the proceeds from the horse trade to treat the victims.

, there is no need to allocate money and food from the north, and this is the third reason."

Yelu Hongji felt that what Wang Shiru said was reasonable: "Let Wanyan Qilibo, the envoy of the Nuzhi Jiedu, come to Zhongjing, and I will punish him for his inability to restrain his troops! Tell Yelu to think carefully and agree to his request to trade horses, but this

This time is a special case."

"It's not a big deal, but this time I'm asking for horses, be careful next time I'm asking for land!"

Wang Shiru smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is enough."

"Yelü Shensi is quite a famous minister. This time he asked the Song people to recruit Wutai monks to join the rescue team. This is to use our spies who were lurking in the Song Dynasty. Not only can they follow the team to monitor the Song people's actions, but when they return after the success, they may

You can also get rewards and improve your status, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone."

Yelu Hongji smiled and said: "Shen Si has been trained through experience, so he should be rewarded. You can go and draft the imperial edict."

Wang Shiru was a rare versatile Confucian minister in the Liao Dynasty. He was familiar with the Six Classics, history and medical divination. He was knowledgeable and good at speaking.

True Taoism, simple learning, pure virtue, and Yiwen are all four of these, and it is difficult for a scholar to excel in any one of them.

Among the people of Liao Dynasty, Wang Shi and Confucianism were all highly regarded.

After being promoted to Jinshi in the 26th grade, he successively served as secretary-secretary of the Provincial School, Secretary of the Privy Council, Shima of the Prince, Zhishi Guan, Shangshu Bibu Yuan, Wai Lang, and Chongshi Guan of Compilation and Compilation.

It is still the companion of Liang Wang Yanxi, and it is also the Zhizhigao of Yelu Hongji.

Xiao Wuna and Wang Shiru are the two civil and military ministers Yelu Hongji prepared for his grandson.

Wang Shiru straightened up: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing."

Yelu Hongji wanted to tease his grandson, but became a little impatient: "What's the matter?"

Wang Shiru said: "The King of Liang is about to turn six years old, so he should become a disciple and start his education."

Yelu Hongji glanced at his grandson. Yanxi was treating Xiao Wuna as a big horse, giggling on his back. He couldn't help but feel a little bit amused, and strode towards that side: "Among the scholars of the Liao Dynasty, you are

You are knowledgeable and virtuous, so why bother others? It’s up to you.”

After taking two steps, he turned back and said, "By the way, let Yelu Shensi tell Song Ting that I am sincere to the Buddha and hope to have the honor to invite Zen Master Foguo and Dalu Monk to come to Zhongjing to promote Buddhism and pray for the people to fight against disasters.

Please allow the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to agree."

Wang Shiru nodded: "Yes."

…

At the end of May in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom reached an agreement. The Song Dynasty Charity Rescue Team, carrying disaster relief materials worth 300,000 guan, entered the Xijing Road and Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom in separate routes to conduct charity rescue.

This rescue operation was the first time since the founding of the Song Dynasty that a large number of people entered the Liao Kingdom in an upright manner.

The team was led by Zhang Shangying and Qian Yi, representatives of the Royal Charity Federation, Dao Chong, a representative of Daxiangguo Temple, Zhang Qianshan, a representative of Tianshi Mansion, and Keqin, a representative of Zhenrong Academy from Mount Wutai. The team members included Taoist priests from Tianshi Taoism.

The monks of Daxiangguo Temple, the Buddhists of Mount Wutai, as well as these religious and charitable forces gathered believers, doctors and pharmacists, plus the staff and assistants of these people, there were actually thousands of people in total!

The first route starts from Xiongzhou to rescue Yizhou, Feihu and Lingqiu of Liao Kingdom.

The second route started from Shuozhou and rescued Mayi, Heyin and Datong of the Liao Kingdom.

The third route is the most important. It starts from Bazhou and rescues Zhuozhou, Nanjing, Khan Prefecture, Fengsheng Prefecture, and Guihua Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom.

The fourth route was to take the sea route and land in Luanzhou of the Liao Kingdom to rescue Luanzhou, Pingzhou, Jingzhou, Jizhou and Yuyang.

This rescue operation covers the southern part of Xijing Road and the entire Nanjing Road, that is, the entire Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, a traditional farming area south of the Yanzhao Great Wall!

Yelu Hongji specially sent a letter to Zhao Xu to express his gratitude for this: "I have stolen it and come down to the court. Since the agreement, we have abided by each other's rules and maintained our long-standing contract. Although the two countries are divided into two countries, it is difficult to understand, but the Yinuo family is

, thinking about Youyong together."

He also made a Buddha statue made of dozens of taels of silver as a gift to Zhao Xu. There was a line of text on the back of the Buddha statue: "May future generations be reborn in China."

…

In Xixia, in the Baotai Military Department's main tent, Liang Yongneng looked coldly at Meng Mengyou who was kneeling on the ground, defeated in embarrassment.

Nothing could be seen on Liang Gewei's face: "The commander is very eloquent. After arriving at our military department, he presented military strategies every day, bluntly stated that Huanqing was desirable, and asked for meritorious service."

"In order to support you this time, the commander-in-chief has allocated all the 300 steel armors that Mr. Jiang Jia worked so hard to purchase to your army. He was afraid of affecting the speed, so he allocated 5,000 more horses."

After speaking, he shook his head: "Today, the 20,000 elites only brought back 5,000. The Song people captured 30,000 good horses. 20,000 and 300 steel armors were all lost to the enemy. They might be copied by the Song people."
Chapter completed!