Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"what is the problem?"

"The Lord is the emperor's close minister, why does the emperor have the heart to go deep into the enemy's camp?"

"Because Your Excellency is more important to the Son of Heaven than I am." Sun Fu said bluntly.

But even though the scene is so, the truth is not known.

But these words let Wanyan Xiyin's guard down more than half.

"Why?"

"I won't make a fool of myself, you know how to govern the Jurchens and Khitans better than anyone else."

Or this answer, it seems to be true.

But the reason is certainly not that simple.

He, Wanyan Xiyin, was the creator of the characters of the Kingdom of Jin, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Jin, and his prestige and reputation were extremely prosperous.

If he is a direct descendant of Wanyan Aguda, he may have a higher status than Wushu.

A few days later, Wanyan Xiyin went to Hejian alone and met Zhao Guan's house.

Seeing Wanyan Xiyin, Zhao Ning was in a good mood.

"Foreign ministers see His Majesty the Emperor of Song Dynasty."

"You don't need to be too polite, I finally invited you here." Zhao Ning laughed.

"Don't dare!"

"Come on, let's sit down and talk."

"What's the matter with His Majesty, please tell me clearly."

"Okay, let me tell you clearly, would you rather see rivers of blood and mountains of bones in Liaodong and Liaobei, or would you like to see Jurchens, Khitan people, Bohai people, and Han people living together without distinction?"

"Can it be done?"

"I want to ask you this question."

Zhao Ning's eyes were burning, and he looked forward to it.

Wanyan Xiyin hesitated for a while and said: "It is indeed possible."

Chapter 1489 The Reign of Liaodong (First Change)

"I would like to hear from you."

"In the past, the foreign ministers were still in Hutongjiang. Because of their humble background, they made a living by fishing and hunting. They fought with people all the year round. People in the clan were either killed or injured. Everyone knew this, but they still fought bravely. The foreign ministers thought that everyone in the world In this way, after Emperor Taizu attacked the Liao Kingdom, and went to Xijin Mansion in Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, what he saw and heard was like a dream."

"Why?" Zhao Ning asked with interest.

"The foreign minister once visited some villages in private, and found that the people in Xijin Mansion are kind and simple, and they don't need to gather together to fight like the foreign minister. Some villagers are even willing to give food to passers-by. Ancestral land, I dare not even think about it."

"Later, the foreign officials followed Marshal Zong Han all the way to the south of the Song Dynasty. From what they saw and heard, the people of the Song Kingdom knew more about etiquette than the people of Yandi."

Zhao Ning did not speak, but listened carefully.

Wanyan Xiyin continued: "The foreign ministers originally thought that the Han people were naturally more polite than the Khitan people, and the Khitan people were naturally more polite than my Jurchens. Later, they found that the Khitan people in Yandi were not very different from the Han people in Yandi. There is no difference between the Jurchens who entered Yandi and the Han people and Khitan people in Yandi."

"Why is this?" Zhao Ning asked again.

"The foreign minister was thinking again, is it the land of China, can people be bred to be more polite? So the foreign minister set up a school in Liaoyang Mansion, learning the characters of my Jin country, and later found that these people also became more polite. , Xiao Dayi."

"So the ministers thought that it was the classics of Chinese sages that made people gentle and friendly, but later found out that they were wrong again."

"Wrong again?" Zhao Ning immediately became very interested in this person.

Wanyan Xiyin's line of thinking has a bit of a scientific shadow.

This is very rare in this day and age.

In the Song Dynasty, there was such a talent who went deep into the field, called Shen Kuo.

Every nation has a genius, it depends on whether this genius has a chance to emerge.

It is said that Wanyan Xiyin is meticulous and wise, and he is familiar with the laws of his ancestors. The Jurchens call him "Shaman", which means a wise man who understands the gods.

When the Liao Dynasty was destroyed, the Jurchens had no written language.

But as the Kingdom of Jin became stronger and stronger, there was an urgent need for characters that conform to the Jurchen language, so Wanyan Agu ordered Wanyan Xiyin to create Jurchen characters.

Creation of characters is not something that can be done by just one person.

"Yes, I was wrong again." Wanyan Xiyin said, "Foreign ministers have visited many places in Song Dynasty and Hebei, and found that there are also some places where the people are aggressive. These places all have a characteristic."

"What characteristics?"

"poverty."

Zhao Ning immediately knew what Wanyan Xiyin wanted to express.

When you are full, you are a human being.

At that time, the Daliao and the Dal Song lived in harmony for a hundred years, and they communicated with each other. Yandi had a lot of fertile fields and pastures, and the Liao Kingdom adopted an extremely loose ethnic policy.

The people of Yandi can be said to be the wealthiest in Liao.

And many places in the Song Dynasty were richer than Yandi, especially the business was prosperous.

Wanyan Xiyin undoubtedly expressed a major law of human society with the simplest words.

"Because of poverty, people have to fight desperately for survival, but the Liao people in Yandi and many people in Song Dynasty no longer need to sacrifice their lives for survival."

Zhao Ning nodded again and again, maybe there are still many poor people in Song Dynasty, and these poor people also live very bitterly.

But generally speaking, the people of the Song Dynasty will be much more stable, especially after the New Deal, farming can support their families and have a surplus.

Farming the land is not a desperate survival, it may be a lot harder, which is also determined by the productivity of the times.

Zhao Ning said: "When resources are extremely limited and people are overpopulated, people will fight desperately and fight each other in order to survive."

"That's why His Majesty said that in order for the Han people, Khitan people, Jurchens, and Bohai people in Liaodong to live together in harmony, we need to do it. In terms of the ratio of resources, we should treat them equally. For example, you can't divide two acres just because you are Han. You can’t just give five mu more land just because you’re worried about Jurchen’s dissatisfaction, if your Majesty doesn’t see the difference between Hua and Yi, then the officials won’t rule based on the difference between Hua and Yi, and Liaodong can be governed.”

"You just said that Liaodong will prosper if you govern Liaodong without distinction between Hua and barbarians, but you also said that granaries know etiquette, have enough food and clothing and know shame. Etiquette requires ample food and clothing, can Liaodong have adequate food and clothing?"

"Yes!" Wanyan Xiyin said again, "The land of Liaoyang is fertile and full of rivers. As long as the people are not allowed to go to the battlefield, and the Han, Khitan, Jurchen and Bohai people are not dissatisfied with each other, they can concentrate on For farming, fishing and hunting, the imperial court can build cities along the rivers, and the foreign ministers just know a thing or two about the many rivers in Liao."

"What about Liaobei?"

"Northern Liaobei may be dominated by hunting, and the prosperity of Northern Liaobei may require the accumulation of generations." Wanyan Xiyin calmly said, "If your Majesty wants to govern Northern Liaobei, don't be in a hurry. Liaodong is fertile and wild. , to be able to prosper Liaodong is already a major event."

"According to what you said, the law and taxation are treated equally, and the city is built along the river, the agriculture is developed, the food is sufficient, the school is established, and the etiquette can make the people harmonious."

"Yes."

"But once Liaodong prospers, what should we do if there is an act of disobedience?" Zhao Ning asked without hesitation.

The place in Liaodong never stopped in ancient China.

Where land can be cultivated and there are iron mines, agricultural civilization will inevitably be born.

The former Goguryeo was not weak. The two empires of the Sui and Tang Dynasties raised their troops many times, which made Goguryeo gradually disappear.

Liaodong is very weak now, but once it develops one day, some people will raise their arms and call for people to have people, iron ore to have iron ore, and food to have food.

At that time, it would not be the rich land of the empire, but a serious trouble for the confidant.

Zhao Ning is someone who has read the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty.

The horizontal Yanshan Mountains, the Qilaotu Mountains vertically from the north to the south, and the Nurulhu Mountains from the northeast to the southwest are bordered by each other, isolating Liaodong from China.

There are three roads from Zhongtu to Liaodong.

Gubeikou Road in the west, Lulong Road in the middle road, and the Liaoxi Corridor in the east, which is the road from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty.

From the Great Wall to Gubeikou and Lulongsai, basically people and horses can only walk on these two roads, because they are all along the river, surrounded by mountains in Hebei, and cars are basically unable to go.

This means that if they want to attack Liaodong from the pass, or the Liaodong regime wants to attack the pass, they can only take the Liaoxi Corridor while preparing food and grass.

So Jinzhou became a battleground for military strategists.

Of course, there are also special circumstances. For example, in the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji left Lulong Road (Xifengkou) without food and grass, and came with surprise soldiers, which caused the famous Jisi Change in the late Ming Dynasty.

According to the conversation with Wanyan Xiyin, once Liaodong develops, some people will inevitably have the idea of ​​disobedience.

At that time, with the large-scale war, the Liaoxi Corridor will become a battleground for military strategists.

Wouldn't the situation at the end of Ming Dynasty be staged again?

Chapter 1490 Wan Yanliang, the Great Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Meets His Subjects (Second Change)

"His Majesty, have you forgotten how you defeated Wei Wang Wushu?"

Zhao Ning froze for a moment, then burst out laughing.

This problem is actually not too big a problem.

For people in the 21st century, money is an everyday and indispensable tool, and it is also the most common tool.

People in the 21st century rarely think about the power of money in their daily lives.

Because those pieces of paper and a series of numbers look harmless to humans and animals, and they are very lovable.

You say it has power?

Can it jump up and challenge me one-on-one?

Oh, with it, you can do whatever you want.

In general, the understanding of currency power is its purchasing power, with which you can buy a lot.

But throughout history, the power of currency is invisible but boundless.

In the well-known Wuyue War, Gou Jian endured hardships and tasted courage, and finally killed Fu Chai.

But can you kill your opponent if you try your best?

Can you win by working hard?

The key to Goujian's victory is not as simple as lying down and licking gall every day.

Gou Jian minted a large amount of ant nose money commonly used by Chu State, and thus obtained the economic support of Chu State, so that he could quickly restore national power.

This is financial means.

The book has to work hard to educate everyone, so it says that Gou Jian tried his best to regain the country and dominate.

As for Liu Bang in the textbook, he governed the country by controlling people, but it is also rarely emphasized that Liu Bang's currency routines promoted the development of the Western Han Dynasty for the next 200 years, and even had a profound impact on the financial speculation emperors of later generations.

You can also say that when he was beaten by Xiang Yu, Liu Bang played new tricks on currency and quickly strengthened himself.

Otherwise, where does the money come from to fight?

Having said so much, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the troubles of currency to private commerce have not been resolved.

Until the appearance of Zhao Ning.

At an unprecedented speed, it has quickly combined the places that were originally weakly connected to form a preliminary complete economy.

Not to mention the close commerce and trade between Dengzhou Port and Fuzhou Port.

This is an epoch-making influence of Zhongtu on Liaodong.

Of course, to accelerate integration, productivity must be achieved.

Seeing that Zhao Guanjia laughed, Wanyan Xiyin said again: "If the various ethnic groups marry, they will all be Huaxia."

"Good!" These are the answers Zhao Ning wanted.

"I want you to be the chief envoy of Liaodong, with the title of Bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion. You can help me govern Liaodong, according to your ideas."

"The foreign minister is a minister of the Kingdom of Jin, I'm afraid..."

"Do you think there will be a Kingdom of Jin in the future?" Zhao Ning interrupted him, looking at Wanyan Xiyin calmly, even with a kind smile on his face.

But his words gave people a strong sense of oppression, making it seem impossible to refute.

"Wan Yanliang was wise at the beginning of Shangjing and admired outstanding people, but he was frivolous and difficult to take on a big responsibility. Don't you know?"

Zhao Guanjia's words once again touched Wanyan Xiyin's heartache.

Wan Yanliang succeeded to the throne, that was the beginning of the end of Jin Guo.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, foreign ministers..."

"Your people, I will not only pardon all of you, but also give them official positions. Stop this killing that has no suspense. It's not that I can't afford it, but I just don't want to see so many good sons of my Song Dynasty die in vain on the battlefield. Seeing so many children lose their fathers again!"