"Come on, come on, freshly baked Wanglou Meihua Cave buns, Second Brother Ma, you have to be careful when you eat, there is hot fresh soup in the buns."

At the same time, Ji Yi, Ma Zhi and Zhang Yi were eating steamed buns in a private room in the Wang Mansion near the Zhouqiao Night Market.

The two mixed-race little beauties sent by Ji Yi obviously had an effect, and the relationship between him, Ma Zhi and Zhang Yi was instantly closer.

Early in the morning of the second day of the first lunar month, Ji Yi made an appointment with Ma Zhi and Zhang Yi to the Wang Mansion in the name of delivering the contract of sale. first presented two contracts symbolizing the property rights of mixed-race beauties, and then invited the two to breakfast.

In the small private room, in addition to Ji Yi, Ma Zhi and Zhang Yi, there are three mixed-race beauties.

Since there are no outsiders, Ji Yi will be able to open the skylight and talk to Ma Zhi.

Ji Yi smiled and said: "Second Brother Ma is really good, he came south alone, but in just a few months, he has already stirred up the smoke and clouds of Jinghua." Even today, I also know the name of the second brother. And the brother's trip to the north this time is actually for the second brother to stir up the storm. So far, doesn't the second brother have anything to explain to his brother? ”

His eyes were blazing: "What are you going to do with the Doctor Witch Lu Mountain Ma Family?" also asked the second brother to make it clear to his brother. ”

Listening to Ji Yi's question, Ma Zhi frowned slightly. In fact, he only came to Wu Hao Gu Nan, and he did not think that he could establish direct contact with the Great Song Dynasty. It's a bit embarrassing to say, Ma Zhi worked hard to make such a trip, in fact, it was also for the sake of sycophants - to shoot the sycophants of Yelu Hongji, the emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom, and Yelu Yanxi, the heir to the throne of the Great Liao Kingdom!

Although the Yiwu Lushan Ma family and the other major clans of Yanyun have always had the intention of chasing Liao and recovering the Han Dynasty, as long as they do not raise the banner of rebellion against Liao for a day, they are still the courtiers of the Great Liao State. And those who are ministers have to be conscientious and conscientious to pat the king's ass. This is the cultivation of the ministers, and it is also the professionalism of the ministers.

And the two heads of the Ma family of Yiwu Lushan, Ma Renwang and Ma Renjie, are both outstanding among the Hanchen of the Northern Dynasty. As Han people, they can be extremely popular ministers in the Great Liao under the rule of the Khitans, and this sycophant kung fu is naturally top-notch.

The essence of sycophant is to do what he likes, the so-called "something is good, there is no need to be very good". Zhao Xu, the faint monarch of the Great Song Dynasty, liked to destroy Liao in Pingxia, and the traitor Zhang Duan worked hard to enrich the country and strengthen the army. And the Ming Jun of Da Liao, Yelu Hongji, is a Buddhist madman, as the loyal ministers of Da Liao, Ma Renwang and Ma Renjie brothers, of course, they have to work hard to build the temple.

But just repairing the temple is not enough to highlight the loyalty of the two of them, and now the nobles of the Liao State who don't repair the temple and eat the monks? If Yelu Hongji hadn't taken Buddhism very seriously, these Liao officials would have shaved their heads and pretended to be monks.

And just when the Ma brothers were lamenting all night because of the sycophant problem, Ximen Qing sent someone to send the news that Wu Haogu, the first person in the Great Song Dynasty painting, was hooked.

Ma Renjie, who was in Yanjing at the time, immediately thought of a way to draw Yelu Hongji and Yelu Yanxi as the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva.

Both Yelu Hongji and Yelu Yanxi were superstitious about Buddhism, especially believing in the principle of reincarnation. If you see that your previous life was a bodhisattva and vajra next to the Buddha, then you must be too happy.

So I sent Ma Zhinan to invite Wu Haogu, first say it well, if it doesn't work, ask Ximen Qing to use the beauty plan, and if the beauty plan doesn't work, you can tie Wu Haogu to Yanjing.

However, the development of things was unexpected, Ma Zhi followed the line of Wu Haogu and actually caught up with his fateful noble Tong Guan! Ma Zhi and Tong Guan naturally have a violent chemical reaction. As a result, the matter became bigger and bigger, so that the faint monarchs and traitors of the Great Song Dynasty knew about Ma Zhi. He also plans to send a secret envoy to meet with the head of the family of the Doctor Wu Lu Shan Ma family.

Ma Zhi smiled bitterly and picked up the tea bowl, "It's not a secret, my family is also a generation of gate valves in the Northern Dynasty, and they are extremely popular." Brother Yi and Brother Ziyi, do you know what the door valve is? ”

Ji Yi and Zhang Yi nodded.

Gate valves were also available in the Song Dynasty, such as the Cao family generals, the Pan family generals, the Gao family generals, the Wang family generals, etc., which are the gate valves. The children of the sect have intermarried with the old Zhao family for generations, and the children of the sect do not need to take the imperial examination to make up for the ranks.

It is the family of Zhang Dian and Cai Jing, because the famous ministers are doubled, and there are many children who can be made up for the official without going through the imperial examination, so there is also a bit of a shadow of the gate valve. For example, Zhang Yi himself was not admitted to the Jinshi, and he relied on the shade to make up for an official.

However, on the side of the Song Dynasty, the civil officials who came from the shadow could not be compared with the civil officials who came out of the imperial examination in terms of official career. Otherwise, Zhang Yi would not have been in the office for many years, and he would still be a sesame official.

On the Liao side, although there are also imperial examinations, the officials who pass the examination have no advantage in their careers - the Liao State originally emphasized military affairs and light literature, while the imperial examinations of Liao State only had literary examinations and no martial arts, and military attachés were all selected by the world and made up for it. Naturally, there is no reason for the imperial examination to be superior to others.

In addition, because the emperor of the Liao State attached little importance to the imperial examination, he only regarded it as a means to win over the Han people, so he naturally didn't bother to care about any fraud in the imperial field...... This thing was originally to coax the Han people to play, so why take it seriously?

Therefore, the vast majority of the Jinshi of the Liao State came from more than ten or twenty Han clans led by the four major Han families. The rise of the Hanmen, the counterattack of Dick Silk or something, don't even think about it in Liao.

Ma Zhi continued: "Since the two of you know what the gate valve is, then you can talk about it, and the Great Song Dynasty official family can give Yanyun Han the door valve very much?" ”

This is a very real problem!

Yanyun's Han gate valve is mixed well on the Liao side - the system of the Great Liao State is to protect the interests of the gate valve.

On the contrary, the system of the Song Dynasty was to restrict the gate valve! The real power in the Song Dynasty was the civil officials who were born in the imperial examination, and the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was relatively rigorous, and they did not fight for their father.

In this case, why did Yanyun's Han gate lords help the Song Dynasty, which restricted their interests, to deal with the Liao Dynasty, which protected their interests?

Of course, the weakness of the Liao State itself was the main reason for the dissent of the Yanyun Han sect lords. No matter how beneficial the system of the Liao State is, it will be empty if it can't be mixed.

However, this does not mean that the Yanyun Han people want to work hard for the Great Song Dynasty, this matter...... After all, there are risks. Without considerable benefits, who is willing to follow suit?

Ji Yi looked at Ma Zhi and spit out two words: "Fang Zhen!" ”

Fangzhen is a feudal town, dominating one side, not subject to the control of the imperial court, and the town marshal is attacked by his father and son. In fact, it is an independent kingdom!

Ma Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "If you get the seal of Fang Town, just wait for the chaos in the northern Xinjiang of the Liao Kingdom, the Yanyun families can be used by the Great Song Dynasty, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, millions of stone of military food, can be obtained in an instant." The imperial court only needs a brigade of troops and tens of millions of copper coins to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and the lands of western and eastern Liaoning. ”

This is indeed a viable approach. In this way, the land and the people are firmly controlled by the gate valve magnates, and at the same time, the gate valve family has a fairly strong force as the backbone force. Therefore, the gate lords and magnates could easily mobilize and organize a huge army to echo the Northern Expedition of the Song army.

Therefore, as long as the Song Dynasty can give conditions that satisfy the Yanyun Gate Valve, it should be easy to restore Yanyun in a crisis in the Liao State.

But the question is, can the imperial court seal a bunch of Fang Zhen out?

Ji Yi immediately exchanged glances with Zhang Yi, and neither of them was sure.

Zhang Yi asked again: "Second Brother Ma, what if the imperial court refuses to seal Fang Town in Yanyun Dafeng?" ”

Won't?

The expression on Ma Zhi's face changed slightly, if he refused...... It's not going to be easy!

Yan Yunhaoqiang is not a Song person, the homeland in their dream is the Tang Dynasty, not the Song Dynasty, and his thoughts are different from the Song people. The reason that the roll call outside the Donghua Gate is a good man, they can't understand it.

After thinking for a while, Ma Zhi smiled bitterly: "If the imperial court refuses, then as long as the imperial court heavenly soldiers enter Yanyun, the powerful people from all over the country will still be attached to the wind, but ......"

Seeing Ma Zhi spitting and spitting, Ji Yi asked, "What's just that?" ”

Ma Zhi sighed and said with a wry smile: "It's just that without Fang Zhen's seal, you can't expect others to sacrifice their lives to help." ”

That is to say, if the Great Song Dynasty seals everyone as a festival envoy, then everyone will help each other with death force - after all, the territory that has been beaten down is their own, how can they not die without death? So when the time came for Song Jun to watch the play, they came to work hard.

If there is no Fang Zhen Festival Marshal who can do it, then everyone will not be the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is still okay to be a bunch of wall grass.

Ji Yi nodded, and glanced at each other with Zhang Yi again. This Ma Zhi is quite refreshing, and he showed his hole cards all of a sudden. Now it depends on how the Son of Heaven and Zhang Xianggong of the current dynasty choose.

……

"Chongdao, Yuanhui, the old man has seen the ability of the two of you, and he can take care of Christie's to such a degree in such a short period of time, this kind of hard work is there, very good, very good."

Wu Haogu and Mi Youren had already met Cai Jing at this time, and they were still amiable as always, and invited the two of them to eat delicious crab roe buns, how could they have the appearance of a traitor? It's just an old man next door.

After a few words of praise, Uncle Cai once again taught the two juniors seriously: "But you can't spend all your energy on business, after all, my dynasty is focused on reading." Chongdao, when you make Liao return, you must study hard. Otherwise, it won't be able to catch up with the lock hall test at the end of the year. ”

Only officials can take the lock hall exam, what Cai Jing said, it means that Wu Haogu will definitely be an official by the end of the year.

Wu Haogu shook his head and said: "Bachelor, the late students are shallow in knowledge and are not very capable of writing. ”

Cai Jing was stunned, "How could it be?" Did you write the 'ask what is the situation in the world, and the straight teach people to promise life and death'? It's so well written, why can't it be written? ”

That's copied!

Of course, Wu Haogu couldn't tell the truth to Cai Jing, but said: "Born late in the scriptures, he has no talent ...... the scriptures."

Cai Jing waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is not easy? Isn't it just the scriptures, it's very easy. You'er, later ask someone to send your uncle's annotated "Three Classics Xinyi", "Zishuo", "Yi Jie", "Analects and Analects" and "Mencius Explanation" to the Wu family and the Mi family. ”