After asking about the Taohuashi Khan, Zhao Ji did not announce the dissolution of the dynasty, but continued to ask Wu Hao Gudao: "Wuqing, now that Qianshun has surrendered to me, Gao Yu's army has also entered Lingzhou, and the rebellion in the northwest seems to have been successfully resolved." Do you think the Khitans would dare to blackmail us when they learned about this? ”

Wu Haogu was stunned again.

Don't the Khitans know about this?

Li Gefei on the side saw Wu Haogu's question, and explained for Zhao Ji: "The recital of the subdued and guilty of the Dingyan army was sent to Kaifeng Mansion through the Xingling Xuanfu Division. There was no report from the Jiehe side, so it was likely that the Dingyan army could not stand the persecution of Gao Yu and surrendered. The Khitan emperor did not necessarily know beforehand. ”

What the? It was Gao Yu who forced the thief to surrender, and he also forced the thief's kneeling posture to be so pleasing to the eye...... This Captain Gao is really good!

Wrong! Wu Haogu immediately thought of something wrong, and he and Su Zhe, Zhang Kangguo and others tried their best to talk in Jiehe Commercial City, but they didn't finally negotiate, but they were easily solved by Gao Yu. Doesn't this mean that Gao Yu is better than Su Zhe and Zhang Kangguo? Now Gao Yu is even more hated, won't he really be persecuted to the Storm Pavilion, right?

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu glanced at Su Dongpo and Cai Jing again from the corner of his eye, but the two prime ministers did not show any unhappy expressions.

Thinking about it again, it is impossible for Su Dongpo to harm Gao Yu. As for Cai Jing...... Cai Jing is not Qin Hui after all, it shouldn't be so ruthless, right?

Gao Yu should be...... Can't die!

Well, he'd better stay in the Northwest! Wu Hao Guxin said: Go back and give him a dispatch from Hexi, Anxi, and Shuofang Xuanfu envoys, and go with Zhao Ji's "emperor" Qianshun to arrest the Taohuashi Khan.

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu retracted his thoughts, "the minister thinks that the Khitans are still easy to deal with...... The Khitans just want some benefits, just give them some. ”

"Give?" Zhao Ji frowned.

Wu Haogu said: "Give some benefits to end the confrontation with the Khitan people as soon as possible, it is already autumn, and when the boundary river freezes in winter, Hebei will lose its barrier." ”

Zhao Ji snorted, "Then how much money are you going to give to the Khitans?" ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "There is no money to give them." ”

"No money? What's the benefit? ”

Wu Haogu said: "There are two customs customs of Goryeo that can be given to the Khitans...... Let them ask the Koreans themselves to collect the money. ”

"Customs in Goryeo?"

"What's going on?"

"How can the customs of Goryeo be given to the Khitans?"

Immediately the ministers in the palace began to talk about it. The conditions offered by Wu Haogu are too strange, and the tax customs of the Goryeo Kingdom have anything to do with the Great Song Dynasty? How can you take it to the Khitans?

Wu Haogu smiled: "Your Majesty still remembers that Jiehe City Bosi once sold a batch of weapons to the Koreans?" ”

Zhao Ji thought about it, was it sold to the Koreans? Wasn't it given to them for nothing?

Wu Haogu said: "That batch of weapons is worth a lot of money, and the Koreans are short of money and don't have so much money, so they gave us some money and goods, and then gave us two customs customs in Goryeo, namely Haeju Customs and Busan Customs in Goryeo, and let us collect customs duties for 15 years." ”

Zhao Ji laughed when he heard this, "Wu Dalang, you let the Goryeo people cheat...... If you take care of other people's taxes, you can collect taxes? ”

Wu Haogu nodded again and again, "Your Majesty's holy name...... It is true that the city department can't collect a few taxes, which is a loss. Everyone who does business in Korea has a backstage, and everyone dares to evade taxes, which is really a big loss. So the minister thought that he would simply give these two taxes to the Khitans, and they would definitely have a way to collect taxes. ”

Are you trying to pit the Koreans to death? Zhao Jixin said: Wu Haogu must have lost money in Goryeo, so he thought of this trick to take revenge on others, right?

The Goryeo people are unreasonable, and if they go to the Khitans, it will be even more unreasonable! The Goryeo people dared to scold the profiteers of Wu Haogu, but they did not dare to disobey the Khitans. After all, they had just beaten hundreds of Jurchens violently, and it was unlikely that they would fight against the Khitans again. If you want to do that, you will go straight to the destruction of the country and the clan!

"Wu Qing," Zhao Ji frowned and asked, "If the Khitans take over the tax customs of Goryeo, will they take the opportunity to control the Goryeo Kingdom?" ”

Of course not!

Wu Haogu would not really hand over the customs to the Khitans...... In fact, I can't pay it, because the Khitan won't collect taxes! The taxes in Daliao were all collected by the Han people, so how did the Khitans take over the taxes of Goryeo?

Wu Hao had already calculated this matter, and the customs was nominally transferred to the Khitan people to offset the "tax increase" of the Jiehe Commercial City (the Khitans wanted to add the tax of the Jiehe City), and then let Ma Zhi come forward to spend some money to contract it - in fact, it was the people of the Jiehe Commercial City who were in charge. It's just a tiger skin with a big Khitan!

Of course, Wu Haogu will not squeeze the Koreans to death. He was a very reasonable Confucian businessman, not the kind of profiteer who was only interested in profit, he just wanted to build two merchant markets on the basis of Haeju (Goryeo Haeju) Pass and Busan Pass, as a semicolon of Jiehe Merchant Market.

In this way, it was more convenient to trade between Goryeo and the Great Song, Great Liao, Japan and other countries.

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu said, "Haizhou and Busan are both seaports, and without a large number of sea vessels, they cannot be controlled at all. The Khitans could coerce Goryeo, but they could not occupy these two ports. At most, it is just to send the tax customs from the land to collect a small amount of money. ”

"But the Goryeo Kingdom ......," Zhao Ji still hesitated, "The Goryeo Kingdom won't resent the Great Song Dynasty because of this, right?" ”

"Yes." Wu Haogu nodded and said with a smile, "But it doesn't matter, the Goryeo State is weak, and it actually frustrated hundreds of Jurchen warriors." Therefore, it is impossible to unite the Lihua Liao, and only the Jurchens can be co-opted. And if we want to abandon Goryeo and join the Jurchens, how can we expect the Goryeo people to make friends with us? After all, once the Jurchens prospered on behalf of Liao, the Goryeo Kingdom was in danger of extinction. ”

Historically, the Jurchens chose to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty because the Song Dynasty's military force was too weak and it was particularly wealthy. And the current Great Song Dynasty has obviously found a route to revitalize the military. Therefore, it is very likely that the incident of the Jurchens going south will not happen. Then the Jurchens, who are based in the northeast, will inevitably destroy the weak Goryeo Kingdom...... Although the country of Korea is small, it also has a few taels of oil and water.

Zhao Ji was silent for a while, "Is the Jurchen really strong?" ”

"Very strong!" Wu Haogu said, "Although their population is small, their strength is extremely strong, and the warriors of the Wanyan Department are as powerful as the knights in front of His Majesty's palace. There are always more than 20,000 warriors of the Jurchen clan. Once the incident is turned against Liao, it will definitely be able to contain most of Liao's troops.

However, the whole army of Goryeo was defeated by hundreds of Jurchen warriors...... Between Goryeo and Jurchen, we can only choose Jurchen. ”

Zhao Ji was still a little hesitant, and his eyes fell on Su Dongpo and Cai Jing, the two prime ministers.

Su Dongpo said: "Your Majesty, it is indispensable to transfer the taxes of Goryeo to the Khitan, after all, Goryeo is a subject country of the Khitan, and it is not appropriate for our dynasty to get involved, so as not to cause complications." ”

Cai Jing also said: "Since Goryeo was defeated by the birth of Jurchen, then there is no point in continuing to support Goryeo." ”

Neither of them was pedantic – the Song dynasty was in an era of intense international competition, and naturally it was not allowed for the ruling civil servants to be too nerdy.

"In that case," Zhao Ji nodded, "this matter is decided." ”

He paused, "Wu Qing stays, and the rest of the Qing retreats." ”

……

"Da Lang, Gao Yu did a good job this time!"

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Ji paced, his brows furrowed slightly, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed, "But there are too many pieces to impeach him......"

He walked to the imperial case, picked up a piece of music and handed it to Wu Haogu. Wu Haogu took the chapter and unfolded it, it was the bullet of the imperial history of Cheng Zhao Tingzhi himself, impeaching Gao Yu for "inviting the three straight military hearts of the emperor with Kaifeng real estate" - this bite is really sinister!

No matter how good Zhao Ji is a friend, he can't allow the three straight in front of the emperor to be controlled by Gao Yu! Even if Gao Yu is engaged in secession in Lingzhou, Zhao Ji may not necessarily turn his face. But the three straight in front of the emperor can't be touched, otherwise Gao Kuangyin will be drawn at any time!

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu respectfully handed the chapter back to Zhao Ji, "The minister will not raise his voice this time to say good things, because there is indeed a matter of using the house to collect the hearts of the army...... Gao Yu had never fought in the past, nor had he led troops, and he was able to establish such a great achievement in the northwest, relying on nothing more than clear rewards and punishments, and he was willing to give real rewards, so he could make the three armies die. This is actually winning the hearts of the military, and it is not wrong to say that it is an invitation to buy the hearts of the military. But if these houses are not given, Zhao Qianshun will not become His Majesty's son. ”

“……”

Wu Haogu glanced at Zhao Ji, and then said: "According to the minister's opinion, Your Majesty might as well let Gao Yu stay in Lingzhou for a few more years, and at the same time recall the three direct ministers of the imperial front and disperse them." In this way, the three direct armies and Gao Yu are not together, and after a long time, that bit of kindness will fade. ”

"Stay in Lingzhou?" Zhao Ji thought for a while, "In what name?" ”

Zhao Ji is still a friend enough, and he didn't want to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

"It's better to give him the envoy of Hexi, Anxi, and Shuofang to Xuanfu and judge Lingzhou." Wu Haogu pondered and said, "The Xuanfu envoy is only relatively big in name, and he can't control Hexi and Hexi at all, Shuofang still has Tong Guan." In addition, Su Chi can also be appointed as the transfer envoy of the Northwest Third Road, and he will also be stationed in Lingzhou. What Gao Yu can do in this way is to govern the government soldiers and tuntian in Lingzhou. ”

Lingzhou is actually not bad, this piece of land is the essence of the three roads in the northwest, if it is carefully managed, it is not a problem to raise 20,000 elite soldiers.

Wu Haogu paused, and said: "In addition, the minister also suggested that a school palace and a branch of the doctor group should be set up in Lingzhou. ”

"Xuegong? Doctor's group division? Zhao Ji asked, "Used to spy on Gao Yu?" ”

"Of course not," Wu Haogu smiled, "The Xuegong and the Doctor's Regiment are used to sinicize Hexi, and maybe Anxi...... Your Majesty won't let Prince Qianshun go unquestioned, right? ”