The Great Monk Darba is obviously older than when Zhao Kai saw him a few years ago. His eyebrows and beard are white, and his scalp is covered with short white hair.

Zhao Kai set up a table and vegetarian food on the third floor of Daqing Hall in a spacious hall to host Darba... It was not a formal banquet, but an ordinary family banquet, and the atmosphere was quite relaxing.

Darba also understood Zhao Kai's thoughts. This Song Dynasty official wanted him, the old monk, to "talk everything"!

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the polite words between the two sides were almost done, and they began to turn to the topic.

"Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiebao were invited by Li Renli, Cao Mian and others to go to the Western Regions to assist in the boxing?" Zhao Kai asked with a smile, "Are they bribed by the Turks? If they don't help Li Renli, Cao Mian attacked the Dashi Country?"

Darba smiled and shook his head, "Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiebao were not Li Renli, Cao Mian invited him, but they themselves felt that the West had a lot of money and the soldiers were weak, and they wanted to make a fortune there. Since they were going to make a fortune, what's the difference between grabbing Dashi or Rome? The Sultan from the Dashi Country was willing to spend money to buy peace, and was willing to let someone lead Wanyan Zonghan. Wanyan Xiebao went to grab Rome, why don't they do it?

By the way, this Roman Kingdom is the Western Qin Kingdom in ancient books... It is now in decline. Like the Great Food Kingdom, it is almost a place name. It cannot stop Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xibao, but it is hard to say how much territory the two father and son can occupy.

Now the Western Tang Dynasty has encountered the same problem in the four Anxi towns... It is easy to defeat the enemy, but it is difficult to occupy the territory. And once it is dispersed to occupy the territory, it will be difficult to concentrate again.

So before I left Xi'an Prefecture, the Western Tang Dynasty advanced to the banks of Huzhang River, and was still taken by Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiebao."

The Great Food and Rome (referring to Europe) are now feudal systems that are broken into pieces. Because of their dispersed power, it is not difficult to defeat them.

However, it is not easy to occupy the territory one by one. Because the force on these territory is very scattered and easy to be broken into pieces. And it is impossible to gather them and annihilate them through several major battles.

In addition, since there was no unified and efficient bureaucratic system on these territories, foreign conquerors had to start from scratch and establish their own ruling system. This was not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also had the problem of the greater the land, the more dispersed the power.

Because there is no ready-made bureaucracy, and there is no bureaucratic landlord class ready to serve the rulers... Therefore, foreign rulers can only rule by reorganizing the original feudal lords or enfeoffing their own subordinates to be lords.

If the feudal lords are used to adopt the method of incorporating the feudal lords, the foundation will be very unreliable and the rule will be very unstable. Moreover, there are powerful forces in the Western Regions, while there are Catholics in Rome...

Therefore, the Western Tang Dynasty adopted the feudal approach of the Western Zhou Dynasty, dispersing its tribes to take root in various places... But in this way, they had to fight for a long time with the local small and medium-sized feudal lords. In addition, the Western Regions were too large and there were many wastelands that could not be opened, so the settlements were very far apart, so it was difficult for the settled feudal lords to gather together.

Of course, in addition to the above two methods, you can also use wheel slashes and Europeans to deal with North American Indians... However, after all, the Western Tang Dynasty was a country with Buddhism as its national religion, and it was not as cruel as the Mongolians who believed in immortality.

Zhao Kai thought about it and asked again: "I plan to send Li Xiaozhong to Gaochang in the name of aiding the Tang Dynasty, and then send academies to the Tang Dynasty to establish academies in the name of Confucianism... I don't know if it is feasible?"

"It's feasible!" Darba smiled, "As long as the official can give the Western Tang Dynasty some camel tubes and good gunpowder... With the camel tubes and gunpowder, they can enter the Hezhong Prefecture and the Great Valley, and the Western Regions are the most prosperous!"

Zhao Kai understood that without artillery, the Western Tang Dynasty, which had dispersed its power, could no longer defeat Hezhong and Fergana Basin.

"Okay!" Zhao Kai smiled, "Master, I will not let you return empty-handed... I will ask Li Xiaozhong to bring camel cannons and gunpowder into Gaochang, and I will also ask him to share some of the camel cannons and gunpowder to the Western Tang Dynasty."

Darba nodded, "Official family, I'll say something more... For the vassals of the Western Tang Dynasty in various parts of the Western Regions, there is actually no difference between the above official family surnamed Zhao or Li. It doesn't matter whether the above official family is one or two. As long as they can recognize their territory and protect their stable life, it's enough. Moreover, the Western Regions are open, with many mountains, deserts, grasslands, and half-cultivated and semi-pardoned people. Even if they have a little force, they cannot threaten the Heavenly Kingdom."

"I understand!" Zhao Kai nodded, "I will give the weapons and gunpowder that doctors Anxi (referring to the little lord) and the others want!"

"The official family is wise!"

Zhao Kai smiled with satisfaction. His next goal was not the Western Tang Dynasty that fled far away from the Western Regions, but the northern beggar emperor Wanyan Liang in the north!

As long as the Western Tang Dynasty lived his own life in the Western Regions well, don’t cause trouble for the Song Dynasty.

......

If Wanyan Liang knew that Zhao Kai, who had been barely lifted out of poverty by robbing his brother and extorting his sister-in-law in the south, actually gave him the nickname "Northern Beggar", he would definitely be very dissatisfied!

How could he be a beggar in the northern beggar? The gold, silver and copper coins in the treasury of Guangning Mansion can accumulate like mountains... Those are all wealth stolen from the Khitans, Goryeo, and Hebei, Jingdong, Jingji and other places in the Song Dynasty! There are so many flowers that can’t be spent!

Although his father Wanyan Zong was quite stingy and never wanted to spend an extra penny, and even Guangning Mansion, the capital of the country, was so shabby, it did not mean that Wanyan Liang had no money!

Moreover, Wanyan Liang is not only rich, but also has both civil and military affairs. He is handsome and wise and wise... Although he is only sixteen years old this year, under his leadership, the Great Jin Kingdom has reversed the decline of the late Tianhui period. Not only has it conquered the country of Goryeo, but it also expeditioned the West to the Great Food and Japan in the east. Its territory is much larger than before he ascended the throne!

How could a great Jin emperor who is rich and has such excellent civil and military skills be the beggar king in the north?

What? The Great Food Expedition in the West? The Eastern Expedition in Japan? Is there such a thing?

Well, of course there are!

The people who led their troops to the west to Dashi were Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiebao and his son... According to the report sent to Guangning by the envoy who was dressed up as a caravan, the Dajin Western Expedition Army confronted Sanjar, the Sultan of the Dashi Kingdom on the banks of the Huzhang River on the western foot of the Tianshan Mountains for a month. In the end, the Sultan of Sanjar knew that it was difficult to win, so he submitted his respects!

Of course, this kind of victory of "supremembering" must be full of water. After all, the Great Jin Kingdom neither received the wealth of the Great Qi Kingdom tribute to the Great Qi Kingdom, nor did it seize the land of the Great Qi Kingdom.

At most, it was nominal victory, and there was an allies who opposed the Song Dynasty. According to Wanyan Zonghan's memorial, this great food country and the Song Dynasty were also enemies. In order to compete for maritime interests, the two sides had many conflicts in the South and Western seas. Among them, the maritime trade in the West is the lifeblood of the great food country and cannot be affected by the Song Dynasty!

And the Great Jin Kingdom under Wanyan Liang had many victories against Japan!

Because the actual head of the Hakata Shogunate, the mother of General Zhao Shanzhen, Wanyan Yan, was now visiting the narrow and shabby palace in Guangning Mansion.

"Your Majesty... Now the Song Dynasty has almost been unified by Zhao Kai. Although there is a Southern Emperor Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen's eyes are only staring at the countries around the South Ocean, and he has no intention of expeditioning the Central Plains. And I have also heard some rumors that Zhao Chen was born of adultery between Zhao Kai and his sister-in-law Zhu Lian, and was Zhao Kai's own son! So I, the Great Jin, want to resist the Song Dynasty now, and I can't count on others! Only when our own family holds a group can we have hope of winning... If the Hakata shogunate, the Hakata shogunate, can quickly pacify the whole of Japan for Your Majesty. By then, the Great Jin can attack the Song State from both land and sea. Even if we lose territory in Yanyun, Hebei, and Shandong, it is not impossible!"

He was kneeling opposite Wanyan Liang, who was fooling Wanyan Liang like crying and complaining, was his favorite aunt Wanyan Yan.

Wanyan Yan came to Guangning Mansion three days ago by way of Goryeo. She actually didn't want to come to Guangning, but wanted to meet Zhao Kai in Beijing... She tied herself up and apologized for her, beating and scolding her!

After she learned that Zhao Kai pacified the southeast, she kept sending envoys to ask for a meeting, hoping to get a guarantee of freedom of coming and going. But Zhao Kai just didn't let go... and he clearly stated in his reply that if Wanyan Yan came to apologize, it would be impossible for her to go back.

Wanyan Yan, who had no help from Zhao Kai, had to come to Guangning Prefecture to meet Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Liang.

Wanyan Zong was exhausted in the past two years of handling the national affairs. His health was not as good as before. He had no energy to deal with Wanyan Yan. He gave her some camel tubes casually and wanted to send her back to Japan.

But before Wanyan Yan left, she was called to "only" by Wanyan Liang.

This young mature woman in her twenties is now a mother of four children (I gave birth to a daughter for Zhao Gou last year)... However, this figure is very good, not just slim. The place that should be "breedy" is enough, and the place that should be "fat" is enough. Although the waist and abdomen cannot be called slender, there is no fat. After all, a woman who practices martial arts for a young age is very good at body control!

Wanyan Liang, who heard Wanyan Yan's words, was probably hungry, and her eyes were straight at the "Feng" place, and she kept swallowing her saliva...

Wanyan Yan looked at Wanyan Liang quietly.

After a while, Wanyan Liang said, "Auntie, Liang's father is old and weak, and he may soon be in the world. Liang will definitely help his aunt..."

Wanyan Yan smiled slightly, "I will definitely serve Your Majesty well!"

As she spoke, she slowly knelt down and gently touched her head on the wooden floor.
Chapter completed!