Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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"What's the matter, Nianmudao, you also agree to form an alliance with the Great Song Kingdom in the south?" Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Nianmeidou often fought side by side in the army. , is also a representative of the Jin Guo Military Merit School.He really didn't expect that Wan Yan Nian Wudao would have a different opinion from his own, not only did he show surprise on his face.

Wan Yanjian smiled at the puzzled crowd: "Lou Shi, you were not in the capital during the Willow Shooting Conference, and you have never seen the riding and shooting skills of the Song Dynasty businessman Ximenqing. The shooter! Brothers and uncles, think about it, a businessman in the Song Kingdom is so powerful, how can the Song Dynasty have no capable people? The so-called seeing is believing, and hearing is believing, I am sticking to it Judging that the Song Army's combat power is not weak, it is enough to attack Khitan with our Dajin Kingdom from north to south, and accelerate the demise of Khitan. Therefore, I support the alliance with the Great Song Kingdom, and my father also has this intention."

Chapter 484 Ximen Qing's Good Caravan

Wanyan sticky did not drink was deeply loved by the emperor Wanyan Aguda, and he was the best general in the Jin army, and the whole army admired his bravery. In addition, he represented the power of the prime minister Wanyan Sagai, so in this noble meeting Influence is very large.After listening to Wanyan Nianbudrink's well-founded analysis, all the Jurchen nobles discussed a lot, and they all fell for the alliance.

Although the Jurchen state had been established and Wanyan Aguda proclaimed himself emperor to the outside world, the internal politics of Jin Kingdom at this time was still dominated by the traditional tribal alliance system, and the emperor Wanyan Aguda still regarded himself as the leader of the tribal alliance.Therefore, when discussing major issues, Wanyan Aguda also needs to win the support of the majority of the nobles of the Wanyan tribe, and cannot act arbitrarily.

For the Song Kingdom in the south, Wanyan Aguda admires its developed economy and prosperous culture.In his mind, the civilized Song Dynasty is different from the greedy and brutal Liao Dynasty, and can become a true friend.Wanyan Aguda's political assumption is that after the Liao Dynasty is destroyed in the future, the Great Jin Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty will form an equal brotherly country, one south and one north, exchange what is needed, and be friendly from generation to generation.

Precisely because Wanyan Aguda hoped to establish diplomatic relations with Great Song on an equal footing, when Wanyan Aguda heard that the Song Dynasty did not regard the Jin Kingdom as an equal country, but regarded the Jin Kingdom as a frontier foreign state and granted official positions to the envoys of the Jin Kingdom without authorization, Then he was furious, and immediately reprimanded Li Shanqing and other envoys for their dereliction of duty in accepting official positions in the Song Dynasty, and severely punished them.

At this time, Wanyan Aguda, the lord of the Kingdom of Jin, was willing to make friends with Song Dynasty, and his appeal was nothing more than equality and mutual benefit.Although the three Li Shanqing were punished, and Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing were detained, Wanyan Agu ordered all the officials to treat Ximenqing preferentially and let him come and go freely, just to leave a chance for Da Song to contact him.

Now that Ximenqing came here with a special mission, Wanyan Aguda naturally wanted to form an alliance with Song Dynasty, but he also needed to persuade the arrogant clan nobles under his command.

His brother Wanyan Wu Qimai is very tough in the matter of uniting the Song Dynasty. This man who can wrestle with a bear has always looked down on the weak Song State in the south.This also made Wanyan Aguda quite a headache.

Fortunately, today Wanyan Nian, who was supposed to be the representative of the hardliners in the army, stood up to support his policy of uniting the Song Dynasty, and successfully persuaded most of the nobles of the Wanyan tribe to force Wanyan Wu to beg for money. Compromise really wins my heart!

Wanyan Aguda, the lord of the Kingdom of Jin, saw that the fire was coming, and immediately unified the opinions of the tribal alliance, and decided on the strategy of uniting the Song Dynasty and defeating the Liao Dynasty.

Now that the national policy of the Kingdom of Jin has been decided, Ximen Qing, a businessman from the Kingdom of Song, and his party naturally enjoyed VIP treatment in the Kingdom of Jin, and arrived at Huining City, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, without hindrance.

The King of Jin treated Ximenqing's caravan so preferentially, partly because he brought the news that the Song Dynasty was trying to communicate, but more importantly, the caravan did bring a lot of materials that the Kingdom of Jin urgently needed.

The books in Chinese that Ximenqing brought were exactly what the Dajin Kingdom, which had built the country hastily and was eager to imitate the Central Plains dynasty to establish various systems and cultivate national talents, was most eager for.

Due to the shortage of food in Liaodong, it cannot be used in large quantities for wine making, and the wine making technology is also very primitive, so all the wine produced is thin wine.The Jurchens are also sexually fond of drinking, and must drink with every meal.Although it occupied the relatively affluent Liaoyang and other places, the wine produced in the Kingdom of Jin still could not meet the needs of the Jurchens.At this time, Ximen Qing's high-quality wine was born, and one can imagine how popular it is in the Dajin Kingdom.

Although Hu's Village, Zhu's Village and Xin's Village didn't bring the fine wine that was most loved by the Jurchen nobles and warriors, they brought in a lot of golden corn!

Due to the war in Liaodong, the already fragile agriculture has been destroyed, and many states in Liao have already eaten human flesh due to lack of food.Although the Kingdom of Jin was not in such distress because it captured the Liao Kingdom because of its victory, food was still very precious.

The common people of the Liao and Jin countries may not read books or drink, but they must eat!

Therefore, the Ximenqing caravan, which brought a large amount of food to the land of Liaodong, was like the international humanitarian rescue team of later generations, and they would be welcomed by the crowd wherever they went.

In Liaodong, where people cannibalize each other, gold and silver are not important in order to survive, but food in hand is important!

Although the food is good, if there is no gold and silver in hand to buy the food shipped from the three manors, how can it be good?Don't worry, there is a white-faced gentleman named "Yan Qing" in the caravan. He is carrying two sincere faces, and his kind-hearted subordinates are buying useless antique calligraphy and paintings, sundries and rags.

The dilapidated things that many people snatched from their homes and threw them in the corner can be exchanged for real gold and silver at their place, and the gold and silver can be used to buy delicious food!

The business provided by the caravan of Song Dynasty merchant Ximenqing is really considerate, and it has relieved many people's worries.After buying the grain, many Jin people were already gearing up, looking forward to following the tribal leaders to go to Liao to rob waste.

The caravan formed by Ximen Qing has not only made a lot of money, but also won the hearts of the people along the way.All the brothers admired Ximen Qing so much.

So, the official Ximen Qing sent so many urgently needed supplies to the Jurchens, is this counting as an aid to the enemy?

Of course not!At this time, Song and Jin were about to form an alliance, and they were friends rather than enemies. How could they say they were enemies?

At this time, Song and Jin were still separated by the Great Liao Kingdom, and it would take a few years for the two sides to border each other, and it would be a matter of the future to fight against each other.

Grain is a perishable material, and this is not the time to stockpile it.Instead of rotting in the warehouse for nothing, it is better to brew it into wine or ship it directly to make a lot of money from the Jin Kingdom, an ally, and take the opportunity to strengthen yourself.

Ximen Qing knew the general course of history and was able to predict the outbreak of war, so when the war between Song and Jin was about to start, it would not be too late for the senior officials of Ximen Qing to hoard military rations one year in advance.

In fact, in the minds of the senior officials of Ximen Qing, the food transported this time is still nothing more than a trivial matter.When Ximenqing's shipping fleet is completed, it will be able to purchase a large amount of grain from the south of the Yangtze River and sell it to Liaodong, making the Dajin Kingdom dependent on itself for food supply, which will really strangle the economic lifeline of the Dajin Kingdom.

I don't know if we can achieve that step in the next few years, and the enemy can be weakened without bloodshed.

At this time, even though Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin is the proud son of heaven in this era, there is also a genius like Wanyan Moulianghu in the court who controls the state affairs.But because of the constraints of the times, how do they understand that there are economic wars between countries that transcend the times?

Hearing that Ximenqing brought a lot of grain during this trip, the king and ministers of the Jin Kingdom were overjoyed.Whether it is the emperor Wanyan Aguda, Wanyan Nianmudao, Wanyan Moulianghu and other Jurchen civil and military officials, the Song businessman Ximen Qing in their eyes is a good friend who spares no effort to solve problems for the Dajin Kingdom.

On the day Ximen Qing arrived in Huining City, Wanyan Mou Lianghu was the first to hold a reception banquet for Ximen Qing in his village.

Chapter 485 It's Easy to Save People

Ximenqing's business is booming during this trip, but he has not forgotten the imperial mission entrusted by Wang Shizhong.At Wanyan Moulianghu's reception banquet, he was outspoken to Wanyan Moulianghu, and told him that the prefect of Dengzhou in the Great Song Dynasty asked him to send a message to the nobles of the state of Jin, asking the state of Jin to be magnanimous and release the officials of Dengzhou, Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing, and others. The two countries then discussed the matter of sending envoys to each other.

Wanyan Moulianghu immediately replied to Ximenqing that his country did not want to make things difficult for Ma Zheng and others, but that his country sent envoys to Song State with sincerity, but Song State did not send envoys from the other party to return to their country.And I heard that the Song Dynasty court wanted to use the imperial edict for its own country, and also granted the officials of the Song Dynasty official positions in the Song Dynasty. Like this, it can be seen that the Song Dynasty court regarded its country as a small subordinate country.The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty neglected their own country so much that they were deeply humiliated. How could Emperor Aguda not be angry?The reason why our country stranded Ma Zheng and others was to convey our country's anger to Song Ting!

Of course, the country also knows that Ma Zheng and others are local officials, and the decision of the Song Dynasty temple is not their fault, so they have always treated Ma Zheng and others kindly.Now that Song Guo has come to his senses and wants to form an alliance with our country for generations to come, his country should release Ma Zheng and others to show his sincerity.

After listening to Wanyan Moulianghu's words, Ximenqing clearly understood how many low-level diplomatic mistakes the stupid Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty made when envoys were sent to contact each other for the first time.Song Huizong's bird emperor, and those big headscarves around him, can't do business, and he is really a capable person to stab Louzi!

Ximenqing had no choice but to tell Wanyan Moulianghu that he was just a businessman who didn't care about court politics, and this time he was just entrusted by someone to deliver a message to the Jurchen friends of the Kingdom of Jin on behalf of Wang Shizhong, the prefect of Dengzhou.As a businessman, he dared not say anything about the major national affairs between the two countries, and he decided everything based on Wanyan's plan.

Wanyan Moulianghu laughed and said, Brother Ximenqing sent so many good goods to the country, how could he Mou Lianghu not accept the love of Brother Ximenqing and make it difficult for him?Wanyan Moulianghu said to Ximenqing that tomorrow he will report Song Ting's intention to Emperor Aguda, and persuade the emperor to release Ma Zheng and others to return to the south immediately.

After Ximen Qing thanked Yan Mou Lianghu, he stopped talking about the relationship between Song and Jin with him, but told him some things he had seen and heard during the journey and the business of the caravan.

Wanyan Moulianghu greatly appreciated Ximenqing's caravan, and expressed the hope that Ximenqing could continue to organize caravans to do business in the Kingdom of Jin, preferably by bringing more grain.The Kingdom of Jin was already preparing its army for war, planning to use force against the Liao Kingdom, so Wanyan Moulianghu, who was in charge of internal affairs, had to spend a lot of energy raising food and grass.

Although Ximen Qing didn't know that Wanyan Mou Lianghu was preparing military rations at this time, but he would naturally not let go of profitable business.Ximen Qing immediately promised Yan Moulianghu that he would return to the Song Kingdom immediately after selling the goods he had brought and purchased the horses and medicinal materials in the Kingdom of Jin.After returning to China, I will prepare the food that Yan Moulianghu needs as soon as possible, and lead the team northward again.

Wanyan Moulianghu was overjoyed when he heard this, and called his confidant warrior Wanyan Qiashi, and ordered him to assist Ximenqing brothers in purchasing horses and medicinal materials from tomorrow.

With the help of the Wanyan family's warriors, doing business in Ningcheng would be more effective with half the effort.Ximen Qing gladly accepted Wanyan Moulianghu's kindness.

Waking up the next day, when Ximen Qing walked out of the camp, Wanyan Qi Ashi was already waiting outside the camp.Ximenqing wandered around outside Huining City with him for a day, and found that Wanyan Qiashi was also a warrior who was good at grooming and selecting horses, and he was good at which horses were raised outside Huining City, which one was better? Many of the horses in the family knew all about their willingness to sell, which indeed saved Ximen Qing a lot of time and effort in purchasing horses.

After a busy day, Wanyan Qia Shi left and Ximen Qing also returned to the camp.At this time, Ma Zheng, Ma Kuo and his son, and Hu Yanqing were already waiting for Ximen Qing in the camp.

Ximen Qing invited the three of them into the tent and hosted a banquet for dinner with them.During the meeting, Ma Kuo excitedly told Ximen Qing that after he brought the news yesterday that the imperial court wanted to make friends with the Dajin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda, the ruler of the Dajin Kingdom, had summoned the three of them today and decided to let them go back to the country.

Of course, in the Emperor’s Village, Wanyan Aguda still severely condemned the Song Dynasty’s mistake of using the imperial edict instead of the credential, saying that it did not treat the Jin Kingdom equally.After Wanyan Aguda asked Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing to return to the country, he told His Majesty the Emperor of Song Dynasty, "If you want to get married and destroy the Liao Dynasty together, please show the state letter early. If you still use the imperial edict, it will be difficult to follow."

Both Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing knew they were wrong, so they could only obediently agree.

The ruler of the Great Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda, also told the three people that the Great Song Dynasty originally came from the north of the sea, claiming that it was a good idea to attack the Liao Dynasty, and this proposal was not based on the wishes of the Jin people.What's more, since my Dajin fought with the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom has retreated steadily, and many lands have been captured by my Dajin.My Dajin destroyed the Liao Kingdom, and I didn't need the help of the Song people.The reason why they are willing to agree to the alliance's attack now is only out of the consideration of the friendship between the two countries in the future.Song Guo neglected his own country like this, making himself feel humiliated.From now on, the State of Song must not make such a mistake again and hinder the relationship between the two countries.In a few days, our Dajin Kingdom dispatched a large army, and Chen Bing was on the border of Liaojin.If Song Guo wants to form an alliance, please don't send someone to communicate.

After Ma Kuo finished speaking, the four of them discussed the current situation while eating again.Ma Zheng said worriedly that he had to set off tomorrow and rush back to Dengzhou day and night to report to the court.Otherwise, if it is delayed for a long time, the two countries of Jin and Liao will go to war, and the victory and defeat will be divided. If the Song Dynasty wants to make an alliance with Jin and ask for the land of Yanyun, it may be too late.

Ximen Qing, who knew the historical process, pretended not to know the general trend of the world, and quietly listened to Ma Zheng and the three discussing the situation among Song, Liao, and Jin.

From the words of Ma Zheng and the three men, Ximenqing sorted out the memories in his heart, and made his own judgment on the alliance between Song and Jin: the so-called alliance between the two countries to jointly attack Liao and restore the land of Yanyun was actually wishful thinking of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Liangsi, who offered advice to Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, went south with Tong Guan a few years ago to make suggestions for the Great Song Dynasty's alliance with Jin Faliao.However, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was hesitant, and he postponed for several years. Now when he wanted to ask for an alliance, the Liao Kingdom had no way to recover from the Jin people.The so-called pinching attack is not critical, and Song Dynasty is far from missing the opportunity.

What's more, the Song Dynasty broke its promise in the diplomacy with the Kingdom of Jin this time, and still had illusions about the people of the Liao Kingdom, trying to please both sides, and the first and second ends, and its final diplomatic failure has long been the root of disaster.

In Ximenqing's eyes, the Northern Kingdom was in a time of turmoil, but under the wrong guidance of Song Huizong's monarchs and ministers, the Great Song Dynasty dug a grave for itself step by step.

Time is ticking, and we have to hurry up to make money and raise soldiers!