Zhao Ji did not comfort Su Zhe too much, but after Su Zhe invited the county for the third time, he named him the teacher of Guanwendian University, Taishi, Wei Guogong, and sentenced Quanzhou to be in charge of Quanzhou City.

The twenty-third day of the lunar month, the day of the sacrificial stove.

Su Zhe, who handed over Xiangyin, has not yet left Bianliang, Tokyo, and Cai Jing, who succeeded him, has not yet left Jiangning Mansion.

Therefore, under the Zhongshu Gate of the East Mansion, this period of time was headed by the second prime minister Zhang Shangying. However, Zhang Shangying's acting prime minister in the past few days is not happy at all.

Not only because he was not able to be promoted to prime minister after Su Zhe asked for the county, but also because there was a hot mess for him, the temporary prime minister, to take care of.

This mess is the protest of the Khitan He Zhengdan Mission!

Cai Jing deceived the throne of the left minister by singing a high profile, but the anger of the Khitan caused by this high-profile singing asked Zhang Shangying, the right minister who could not be the left minister, to carry it. In case of improper handling, whether it is to anger the Khitan, cause a military disaster, or cede land and pay compensation, lose power and humiliate the country, it is enough for the imperial historians of the Imperial History Observatory to impeach Zhang Shangying and remove him from power.

Moreover, next February is still the time for the imperial examination, and now the people who participated in the Ministry of Rites examination have gathered in Kaifeng Mansion. If Zhang Shangying can't deal with the Khitan well, maybe he will cause a bus to write a book.

Thinking of having to work thanklessly to carry the thunder for Cai Jing, Zhang Shangying wanted to ask the county to release him.

But now it is too late to invite the county, because the Khitan envoy Yelu Chunri, the prime minister of Nanfu, formally protested to Du Chong, the envoy of the embassy, yesterday, and the reason for the protest was that the Great Song Dynasty had invaded Gaochang, a subject of the Great Liao. The Liao demanded that the Great Song immediately retreat from the Uighur possessions in Gaochang unconditionally, and that an additional 500,000 taels of silver be paid to the Great Liao.

Moreover, Ye Luchun also threatened that if the Great Song Dynasty refused the request of the Great Liao, then the Great Liao Heavenly Soldiers would go south to ask for the guilt.

In fact, the Great Song Dynasty did not really garrison troops in the Uighurs of Gaochang, and gave the surname Zhao to Fugu Bijia, and sealed the Beiting Dadu to protect anything, all of which were false. Even if you give up, there is no loss to Da Song. And 500,000 taels of silver is not a lot of money for the current Great Song Dynasty. Just the gold and silver extorted by Ji Yi from the Great Food Country, Tianzhu Kingdom, and Three Buddha Qi Kingdoms are converted, and it is almost more than 10 million taels.

And the panicked Great Liao Kingdom only needs 500,000 taels, which is really similar to "asking for food", compared with Zhao Ji, Yelu Yanxi is an emperor who asks for food...... Alas, in fact, the little money of the Steppe Empire is a joke in the eyes of the Ocean Empire, and it can't be counted as money.

But the question is, do you want to save face?

Ji Yi and Su Shi jointly came up with a piece of music that can be said that the Great Roman Kingdom in the West, the Great Roman Festival, the Republic of Venice, the Great Food Country, the Zhu Yuan Country, the Balo Kingdom, the Three Buddhas Kingdom, the Zhenla Kingdom, the Champa Kingdom, etc., should unite to support the Great Song Dynasty officials as the emperor of the four seas!

That's awesome!

It is equivalent to the specifications of Li Shimin who accepted the support of the steppe tribes and called Dengli Khan (Tengri Khan, Tian Khan). Zhang Shangying also asked the general official who knew the Turkic language, and knew that this honorific title was Genghis Khan in the Turkic or steppe language! That sounds amazing......

Zhao Ji's "Tian Khan" title is not official, and can only be called for fun. Because there is no support from all nations, it is just self-talking. And Zhao Ji is not Li Shimin's heir, why is he Khan that day? There is no legal basis at all.

But this emperor or Genghis Khan with the four seas is the real thing! There are really overseas countries who support it, and the navy of the Great Song Dynasty is now a, and more than 10 million have been snatched back! More than Li Shimin grabbed back then.

But the problem is that the navy can only grab it at sea, and it can't go to the prairie.

So Zhang Shangying is in a dilemma!

If you don't agree to the Khitans, what should you do if they call?

Gao Yu and Zhang Yuanke, among the four major generals, both said that they should be cautious...... It is estimated that there is no certainty of victory.

Although Wu Haogu's chest slapped loudly, he said that he was not afraid. But where does Zhang Shangying not know Wu Haogu's thoughts? The Ministry of Household and the Hebei Transit Envoy still owe him military funds!

If you want the Hebei Xuanfu Division to plan resistance, you must give enough funds for the formation of four infantry armies and two cavalry, right?

In fact, it doesn't take much, it's enough to divide half of the money that Ji Yi "robbed". But can this money be given? Isn't giving it equivalent to letting Wu Haogu have 6 fully staffed generals?

Moreover, the Khitan will not necessarily enter the Kou from Hebei. Everyone knows that the invasion from Hebei is not good for the Khitan, and the Jiehe Shang City has become a monster that is hated and loved by both the Liao and Song dynasties, so the invasion from the east of the river is the most beneficial......

And Tao Jiefu's side, but he is not sure at all!

But if he agrees to the Khitan, won't the official family's face be lost overseas? Are you embarrassed to call Genghis Khan?

In addition, there is also the impeachment of the Imperial Observatory and the book on the bus!

Zhang Shangying pondered in her heart: Why don't you invite the county immediately? I am very old, my health is not good, and I have always had heart palpitations recently, I should be sick, I must be sick......

Zhao Ji's mind was also on the Song-Liao relationship, and he also knew that Zhang Shangying was helpless. So he skipped him and asked Zhang Shuye, who participated in the Chongzheng Palace, and said: "Uncle Zhang, can there be a new report in the general army engine room of the three Xuanfu Divisions of Hebei, Hedong, and Northwest?" ”

Uncle Zhang returned from work at night: "The machine room of the Hebei General Army reported yesterday that an unknown number of Liaoguo Palace tent soldiers were found in Yuanyang Luo, north of Yanshan. ”

Mandarin ducks are located in the north of Yanshan, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Xijing Dao of Liao State, and the surrounding water and grass are abundant and beautiful, and the climate is relatively warm compared to the Mobei grassland. Moreover, the geographical location is very favorable, which can attack both the Hedong of the Song State in the southwest and the Hebei of the Song State in the southeast. In several southern invasions in the history of the Liao State, troops were gathered in Yuanyangluo. After arriving at the Yuanyuan Alliance, concentrating troops in Yuanyang became a means for the Khitans to exert pressure on the Great Song Dynasty.

But this time, it's hard to say whether to exert pressure or not......

After all, Da Song made a windfall overseas this time and made more than 10 million yuan! Yelu Yanxi came to ask for 500,000 taels of silver, which is not much, right? If Zhao Ji not only refused to give money, but also stopped the original 500,000-year-old coin, and Yelu Yanxi didn't fight, then he would have no face.

"Will the Liao people go south immediately?" Zhao Ji asked.

"The general military machine room of the Hebei Xuanfu Division thinks that it will not go south soon." Uncle Zhang said, "Because the Liao people are not sure of winning, they will not tear their faces easily." They may approach the border and extort money when His Majesty meets with the envoys of all nations and ascends to the throne of Genghis Khan. ”

"Just asking for money?" Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

If it's just asking for money, it's not that it's not negotiable...... You can't give it openly, but secretly, you can give 1.5 million taels! As long as you don't lose face, you can safely put the honorific title of Emperor Genghis on the throne.

Oh, and then there is Feng Taishan, watching the sea - Zhao Jichang has never been out of the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion in Dalian, and he just took the opportunity of Emperor Genghis to travel.

Anyway, with the two "pirates" Wu Haogu and Ji Yi, it shouldn't be difficult to get an extra 1.5 million taels of silver.

Zhang Shuye replied: "It should be mainly money, and the general army engine room of the Xuanfu Division in Hebei also reported that the Liao State is also planning to train a new army recently, so it is in urgent need of money, so the Liao people should just want some money." ”

It turned out that Yelu Yanxi was not willing to sit still, and after seeing that the Great Song Dynasty had formed a new army that was more capable of fighting through military reform, Yelu Yanxi also planned to follow suit, and selected a new army of Suwei from the palace tent armies to train and equip according to the standards of the Xiliang cavalry.

However, the formation of a new army cost money, and the finances of the Great Liao State were in serious difficulty due to the excessive number of monks and the diversion of the overland Silk Road.

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The information in the computer room of the General Army of the Hebei Xuanfu Division has been delayed, and there is no telegram in these years, so it is impossible to communicate in a timely manner. Moreover, it is more troublesome to reconnoiter this place, this is a prairie, and it is not a commercial port, so it is difficult for Lin Chong's spies to get close to find out the latest information.

Therefore, "Boss Lin" didn't know that it was not the ordinary Liaoguo Palace tent soldiers who arrived at Mandarin Ducks, but Yelu Yanxi's Su Wei pro-army.

The imperial tent of the Son of Heaven of Da Liao is now standing on the grassland covered with ice and snow next to the mandarin ducks.

"More than 10 million, more than 10 million...... Or real money! ”

In the imperial tent of the Great Liao Emperor, Yelu Yanxi threw Yelu Chun's recital on the imperial case, almost gritting his teeth and talking.

"My Da Liao only asks for 500,000 yuan a year from the Southern Dynasty, and half of it is silk silk, how can Zhao Ji open his mouth is more than 10 million, this is too ruthless, right?"

Yelu Yanxi thought that he was the number one overlord in the world since he was a child, and he collected 500,000 yuan in protection fees every year! Dough face!

It's good now, Zhao Ji, the ruthless and militaristic faint king, extorted more than 10 million at a time...... I can't extort that much in thirty years! Compared with Zhao Ji, he is not the overlord at all, he just wants food, he is a beggar.

The even more infuriating Ye Luchun, that stupid person, actually took it upon himself to ask Da Song to pay an extra 500,000 coins at one time...... And he proudly gave himself a recital! Does he have a brain? Zhao Ji's mouth is more than 10 million, and you Ye Luchun only dare to ask for 500,000 on behalf of Da Liao, isn't this still called Huazi?

He is not the emperor of the Northern Dynasty at all, he is a beggar head at all, and he will be called a beggar in the future.

"As the saying goes, half of the meeting is divided, and now that the Southern Dynasty has extorted a lot of money from overseas, we have to ask for one or two million regardless of the ordinary, right? Yeluchun only needs 500,000 yuan, he really can't do business! ”

Hearing Yelu Yanxi's complaints, several Khitan ministers in the big tent thought: It would be good to ask for an extra 500,000!

The current Great Song Dynasty is not the Great Song Dynasty of the past, not only there is an "invincible armada" on the sea, but there are also four famous generals on land, and they have destroyed the two great powers of Western Xia and Qarakhanid in succession.

In contrast, the Great Liao State can't even settle down with the Bu Kelie Department, can it really fight with the Great Song Dynasty?