At the same time that Chao Yong led the army to the northwest, an uninvited guest came to Tokyo.

In recent years, in order to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, Zhao Ji has frequently traveled with the Jin State and negotiated the covenant. At first, Zhao Ji couldn't make up his mind, but when Zhao Ji made up his mind, Jin felt that Liao's national strength was still strong, and he hesitated, so the alliance between the two countries was never reached.

It wasn't until this year that Yelu Yujian, the general of the Liao clan, was forced to rebel against Jin by Xiao Fengxian, and Jin knew the truth of Liao from Yelu Yujian, so he made up his mind to destroy Jin.

However, the Jin State did not know that the Song Dynasty was gone, and sent Huo Lu and others to come by boat to discuss the matter of attacking the Liao State.

After Hulu went ashore in Dengzhou, he learned that the Central Plains had changed dynasties. However, Holu did not want to go in vain, so he asked to see Emperor Daliang as an envoy of the Jin State.

Although Emperor Chao Gai of the Great Liang knew why the envoy of the Jin State came, it was not easy to directly refuse Hao Lu's request to see him, so he asked Dengzhou to send a carriage and horse to send Hao Lu and others into Beijing.

When Chao Gai summoned Holu, he found that there was a language barrier, and there was no one in the court who could speak the Jurchen. Although there were Han people around Huolu, Chao Gai couldn't trust the people around Huolu, and finally found Zhao Liangsi, the initiator of the Song-Jin Alliance.

Zhao Liangsi's real name is Ma Zhi, who was originally a big clan of the Liao State and a Han who lived in the north. When Tong Guan went to Liao, Ma Zhi took the initiative to find Tong Guan, saying that there was a way to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun. Although the Liao and Song dynasties were peaceful for a hundred years, Tong Guan also visited Liao in a friendly manner, but when he heard that he had the opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, he couldn't care about the faith, and immediately took Ma Zhi back to China. Then he was introduced to Zhao Ji.

When Ma Zhi arrived in front of Zhao Ji, he immediately opened his mouth and said the strategy of uniting the Jurchens to attack the Liao State and seize the sixteen states of Yanyun. Zhao Ji didn't know the depth of the Jurchen clan, but based on Ma Zhi's words, he gave Ma Zhi the surname Zhao. Zhao Ji had a son named Zhao Zhi, and after Zhao Ji gave his surname, he remembered this matter, so the surname Suo changed all the names of Ma Zhi and called him Zhao Liangsi.

When Zhao Liangsi first came to the Song Dynasty, the Jurchens had not yet established the Jin State, but had already formed a tribal alliance and became an important force in the northeast of the Liao State.

Although Zhao Ji felt that Zhao Liangsi's plan was good, it was not easy for the dignified Song Dynasty to form an alliance with a savage tribe, so he shelved the matter and just gave Zhao Liangsi an idle official to support him. There are tens of thousands of idle officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is not one more Zhao Lianghei.

Later, when the Jurchens established the Jin State and repeatedly defeated the Liao State, Zhao Ji felt that the time had come to form an alliance, and sent Ma Zheng and Zhao Liangsi to the Jin State by boat to discuss the alliance.

Ma Zheng is a native of the Central Plains, a military attache of the Song Dynasty, who previously served in the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Soldiers and Horses, and was the predecessor of Chi Sun Li, a sick lieutenant. After Zhao Ji decided to join Jin to attack Liao, he sent Ma Zheng as an envoy to explore the sea route in the name of buying horses. waited until he found out the way before sending Zhao Liangsi as an envoy.

The Song and Jin countries began to quarrel, during which the envoys continued to come and go, but there was no result.

After the Great Liang destroyed the Song Dynasty, Ma Zheng heard that Sun Li was the commander of the Great Liang, so he came to the door.

After Ma Zheng stepped down from Dengzhou, he traveled back and forth between the two countries, and both went to sea from Dengzhou.

Sun Li also knew Ma Zheng's martial arts, so he promoted him to be a local military attaché.

And Zhao Liangsi had no one to protect, and he had no past political achievements, so he was idle.

After the change of dynasty, Zhao Liangsi entered the palace for the first time.

When Hao Lu saw his old acquaintance Zhao Liangsi, he immediately asked Zhao Liangsi to help promote the Liangjin alliance in Jurchen words.

From Dengzhou to Tokyo, Holu and his entourage also knew that Daliang had fought a battle with the Liao State, and also captured many Liao soldiers and exchanged them for 20,000 war horses.

Therefore, Hao Lu felt that an alliance with Daliang could really help the Jin Kingdom.

Although Zhao Liangsi was idle at home, he also knew about the strength of the Liang soldiers through the Di Bao of every day, and he also had some ideas about promoting the Liangjin Alliance, and was thinking of finding a way to propose this matter again, but he didn't expect that the opportunity would come immediately.

Chao Gai saw Zhao Liangsi coming, so he asked Hao Lu to say what he meant.

Hao Lu had already thought of his rhetoric and said: "The sixteen states of Yanyun have been the land of the Han people since ancient times, and they have been stolen by the Khitan people for many years, and the aspiring Han people in the Central Plains are all thinking about recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun. Yelu Yanxi of the Liao State was mediocre and in turmoil in the country, but he did not cultivate virtue and politics, and he recklessly mobilized troops to wage war with Dajin and Daliang. I, Emperor Dajin, have decided to send troops to destroy the Liao State, and it is the best time for Daliang to send troops to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. ”

Chao Gai heard what Hao Lu said and said with a smile: "Not long after the founding of the Great Liang, there were still Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Tong Guan in the Central Plains, and there was still an invasion of Western Xia in the northwest, but there was no time to go north. ”

Hao Lu heard Zhao Liangsi's translation, shook his head and said: "These words, I also heard some of the Central Plains situation, Wang Qing and Tian Hu are just two grass cowards. Daliang has powerful firearms, and I believe that the Central Plains will be unified soon, but the matter of the sixteen states of Yanyun cannot be delayed. Our emperor has decided to send troops to attack the Liao State, and the Liao State is now only left with Xijing, Nanjing, and Zhongjing. It is easy for our country to seize Zhongjing Province, but Nanjing Province and Xijing Province are the sixteen states of Yanyun of your Han people. If we capture them all, if you want to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun in the future, I am afraid that the two countries will go to war. The best way is for us to send troops at the same time, you take Xijing Road and Nanjing Road, and our country takes Zhongjing Road. ”

Chao Gai smiled: "When is your country going to send troops?" ”

Holu said: "In a few months, our emperor will drive the expedition in person. ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said: "Then I'm afraid we won't be able to send troops at the same time, most of our soldiers and horses have gone to the northwest to fight against Western Xia." Even if he is a class teacher, he must first wipe out Tian Hu and Wang Qing before he can go north to attack Liao. ”

At this time, Wanyan Aguda had already decided to destroy Liao, but he was not very confident, so he sent Hao Lu.

When Hao Lu heard this, he couldn't help but use the Jurchen words to ask Zhao Liangsi to help persuade Chao Gai.

Zhao Liangsi also felt that his wealth and wealth were in this matter, and if he couldn't promote this matter, he would be useless, and thought about it: "The villain heard that the prince won the victory in the Northwest Banner, and it must not take long to repel the Western Xia." And Hedong Tianhu also made a lot of trouble, and after our dynasty could completely sweep away Tianhu, he took advantage of the situation to go north from Hedong Road to capture the Xijing Road of Liao. ”

Zhang Shuye, the governor of the political affairs, said: "The prince still doesn't know when he will be able to pacify the northwest, even if the northwest is pacified, the army will have to rest, how can he send troops to attack Liao in the short term." ”

Chao Gai also nodded and said: "There are many domestic affairs, don't discuss the matter of attacking Liao for the time being, and send the envoy of the Jin State out of the palace." ”

When Hao Lu and others saw Emperor Liang's order, they had no choice but to retire.

Chao Gai saw that Zhao Liangsi was born in the Liao State and was also familiar with the Jin State, so he said to the prime minister on the side: "Do you think Zhao Liangsi can hold any position?" ”

"Your Majesty, let me ask him a few words."

Wu Yong stopped Chao Gai, turned his head to Zhao Liangsi and said, "I heard that when you went to the Jin Kingdom last year, you once followed the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom to attack the Liao State and go to Beijing?" ”

Zhao Liangsi didn't know what Wu meant, so he nodded and said: "When the villain arrived in the Jin Kingdom, the gold lord was on the front line, and the villain had to go to the front line to discuss the alliance with him. ”

"How is the combat power of the soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom?"

Zhao Liangsi said honestly: "The Jin people are like wolves and tigers, and they have defeated the Liao State in Beijing in less than half a day. ”

Wu Yong said with a smile: "In that case, then why are you still instigating the Song Dynasty to form an alliance with the Jin State, so that you are not afraid of luring wolves into the house?" You've been in Tokyo for a long time, you don't know what Gao Yu has made the forbidden army, right? ”

Zhao Liangsi didn't expect Wu Yonghui to ask like this, and he was immediately speechless.

In fact, after he saw that the Jin State attacked the Liao State and went to Beijing, he was also a little afraid, but the Song Dynasty joined the Jin Dynasty to attack the Liao State has become a national policy, and he did not dare to speak out against it, so he could only go with the flow.

Therefore, later, after destroying the Liao State, Zhao Liangsi resigned several times. Later, Zhang Jue rebelled against Jin and defected to the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Liangsi opposed the Song Dynasty's acceptance of Zhang Jue in every possible way, for fear of angering the Jin State, so he was demoted by Zhao Ji.

Wu Yong saw that Zhao Liangsi was speechless, shook his head and said, "This person is just a person who is greedy for wealth and nobility, and he can't use it." (To be continued.) )