Chapter 49 There is no shortage of good truths, only good actors
He Liqi covered the left side of his face and looked at Lu Yao in surprise. He didn't expect that this person would dare to attack him, and he was still in court. A word appeared in his mind, that is, there is no king's law.
Well, this is what Lu Yao said to him before.
"If you attack me again, I will cut you into pieces." Heliqi became more and more angry. At this time, even killing Lu Yao could not relieve his anger. He had to cut Lu Yao into dozens of pieces and then
Feed the dog.
When Lu Yao heard that you still had such thoughts, he slapped Heli Qi's right cheek again, "How dare you say such a thing."
Heliqi's cheeks quickly became red and swollen, and the force in Lu Yao's hand was quite strong. In an instant, Heliqi's face lost all feeling and became numb.
He was indeed a little scared.
In his memory, these people in the Song Dynasty were very reasonable and would not do anything to him and did not dare to do anything to him.
Suddenly someone came up and beat him repeatedly, but no one took care of him. This makes no sense!
People are afraid of those who are violent, and even more afraid of those who are not afraid of death. He is really afraid that Lu Yao is not afraid of death. What if he cuts him with a knife when he is angry? He has to ask the Lord of Hell to reason.
If Yelu Hongji, the Daozong of the Liao Dynasty, sent troops to the Song Dynasty because of this incident, it would be of no use. He is already dead.
Heliqi didn't dare to shout Lu Yao's words anymore, and shouted in a vague voice: "I want to increase my annual coins. Only by increasing my annual coins by 300,000 yuan can I relieve the hatred in my heart."
He had already seen that Lu Yao's status in the Song Dynasty was extraordinary, otherwise Bao Zheng would not have allowed him to act so wantonly. Only age-increasing coins could relieve his anger at being beaten.
During his mission to the Song Dynasty, Yelu Hongji instructed him to increase the annual currency. In fact, the Liao Kingdom did not have much money left in its internal funds recently, and Yelu Hongji had no money to spend, so he had to get some money.
It is impossible to increase taxes. Besides, the Liao Kingdom only has a small number of people. Even if taxes are increased, the increase will be only a few tens of thousands.
To cause resentment in people's livelihood for a mere tens of thousands of dollars is really not worth the loss. What else can make money quickly? It is to ask Da Song for money. Since Da Song is so rich, I can give you some money at will. It's not an embarrassment to you.
Yelu Hongji also thought that the money would be easily obtained, and exchanging money for peace was something the courtiers of the Song Dynasty were willing to do.
At that time, Kou Zhun took Song Zhenzong's imperial chariot to conquer personally, and the Song army's momentum was so high that it defeated the Liao army. Even so, the Song and Liao countries signed the Chanyuan Alliance. Kou Zhun paid 100,000 Guansui coins per year to let the Liao army withdraw.
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Kou Zhun was very proud at the time. He bought peace with one hundred thousand guans and two hundred thousand silks. It was money well spent.
At that time, all the civil servants praised Kou Zhun, saying that Kou Zhun was a wise prime minister comparable to Fang Du.
Why did he spend money to buy peace? It was because Kou Zhun saw through the situation at that time.
The advantage of the Song Dynasty army was only temporary. Facing the bravery of the Liao army, defeat would definitely come. It was just a matter of time, and it was about to enter the middle of winter.
At that time, the water of the Yellow River will turn into a piece of ice, and the former Tianque area will become a smooth road. In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were no Yanyun Sixteen States, and there was no danger to defend from Tanyuan to Bianliang.
As long as the army is defeated, the Liao army can fight all the way to Bianliang, and the country will be destroyed by then. Kou Zhun's 300,000 yuan is not for peace but for the country.
Although the Liao Emperor seemed to have some sense of it later, time has passed and it is no longer a good time for war. Besides, it is not easy to send out troops after the money is collected. At that time, when sending out troops, one division would be known for its reputation.
If he wanted to forcefully send troops to Liao, there would probably be a lot of scolding in the country.
Yelu Hongji also saw through the fact that the Song Dynasty was willing to spend money, so he came up with the idea of increasing the age of coins. The excuse was of course to sell peace. If you don't pay, I will send troops to beat you.
Heliqi felt that this kind of task should not be too easy, so he came to Song Dynasty with great interest.
Yelu Hongji asked Heliqi to get a hundred thousand guan at will. It would be better if he had 150,000 guan. When you come back, he will give you an official title. If you can ask for more annual coins, you can get an official promotion when you come back.
The bigger it is.
Therefore, He Liqi saw that killing Lu Yao was not successful and focused on the Sui coins. He wanted to add another 300,000 Sui coins to the Chanyuan Alliance and the later Liao Emperor's increase in Sui coins. The Song Dynasty must give the Liao money every year.
The country paid a tribute of 600,000 guan.
If this can be done, he can at least get a privy deputy envoy Dangdang when he returns to the Liao Kingdom.
Being able to get promoted after being beaten was so good that he was willing to take more beatings from Lu Yao.
Bao Zheng rubbed his forehead, he couldn't solve this matter. When it comes to age-increasing coins, Zhao Zhen can only decide.
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Zhao Zhen was lying on the couch. He was in a bad mood due to the envoy from Liao in the morning, so he naturally wanted to think of something happy.
He was holding a book in his hand, but he was not actually reading. He was thinking that in half a month, Lu Yao would bring the lottery income into the palace.
Through his spy, he also knew how popular the lottery was in Bianliang, so he was confident that Lu Yao could earn 200,000 yuan for him. He wondered if he would be able to attract more money at the end of this month.
At this time, a chamberlain hurriedly ran over and told Zhao Zhen's ear what had happened in the Kaifeng mansion on the street at noon.
"Well done." Zhao Zhen immediately put down the book.
Feeling that as an emperor, he was unwilling to say such words, they both coughed and stood up and walked around.
These few blows from Lu Yao were really satisfying, and I felt very relieved. The depression I felt in the morning was gone.
However, the fact that the Liao envoy wanted to increase the annual coins gave him a headache. This matter cannot be blamed on Lu Yao. The Liao envoy came originally to increase the annual coins. At this time, he was just using the matter to discuss the matter. He wanted to use it again.
What is the solution to the issue of Sui coins?
"Let Wen Yanbo and other officials from the three provinces enter the palace immediately to discuss matters."
By the time Bao Zheng took Lu Yao and He Liqi, who was lying on the door panel, into the Wende Hall, there were already many people waiting in the Wende Hall. These people were central officials and could be said to be the core of a country. All countries
All policies are issued from the hands of these officials, and these people have overwhelming power.
Naturally, these central ministers came to discuss important national issues such as the annual currency.
Zhao Zhen started discussing with them before Bao Zheng came, but after discussing the matter of a stick of incense, they still could not come up with a solution to the matter. He also heard the chamberlain informing Bao Zheng that Bao Zheng had arrived.
We had no choice but to suspend the discussion and wait until we met with the Liao envoy.
After Lu Yao entered the Hall of Wende, he found that in addition to a few acquaintances like Wen Yanbo, there was also a ridiculously handsome stranger.
Although it has been seen that this person is over forty years old.
But this fair and pure skin is a good piece of fresh meat for future generations!
Lu Yao felt jealous. There was someone in Bianliang who was more handsome than him. This was unfair.
This person is none other than the newly appointed Privy Councilor Han Qi.
At less than fifty years old, he has already reached the position of father-in-law. It can be said that Han Qi is indeed quite capable.
Look at all the husbands here who don't have white beards. Han Qi looks very young.
As soon as he saw Zhao Zhen, He Liqi began to accuse Lu Yao, making him feel how much Lu Yao was hated by heaven and earth.
Since Heliqi's face was still swollen, he could not speak clearly and could not hear most of the words clearly.
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth to hold back his smile, while other officials also looked like they couldn't help laughing.
Didn't you, Liao Envoy, show off your power in the morning? How long has it taken for you to become like this? It is indeed the way of heaven that reincarnation is easy. Who will be spared by heaven?
This is the result of your domineering Liao envoy.
As the person involved, Lu Yao stood respectfully, looking at his nose and his nose, as if He Liqi was not talking about him.
Zhao Zhen glanced at Lu Yao and asked, "Lu Yao, what do you have to say?"
It didn't matter if he didn't ask. After asking, Lu Yao cried like a man who was emotionally broken, "The officials and retainers are wronged!"
Everyone present knew the ins and outs of the matter, and they all knew that Heliqi was beaten like this by Lu Yao, and there was nothing wrong with him.
Heliqi looked stunned. It was obviously me who was injured, but it seemed like I had done something to you.
Only Lu Yao knows that there is no shortage of truth in this world, only good actors. I don’t know how Zhao Zhen would rate my acting skills.
Lu Yao pointed at Heliqi and cried: "The official Heliqi regards us as pigs and dogs! That merchant can earn a few cents by selling books, but it is difficult to support his family, and he can barely survive on his meager income.
But Heliqi, who robbed books without giving any money, and the merchant just begged him for money to buy them in a nice and angry manner, was beaten to the core by Heliqi and others."
"Officials also know how much money a book is worth, and together they can get more than ten books, of which the money is worth dozens of guan. If they fail to earn a few guan, they still have to put dozens of guan on them.
The cost, and these books were borrowed and sold by the vendors from bookstores, just to pay for the books after buying them. The vendor could not afford to repay the dozens of pounds of money after years of eating bran-throwing vegetables, and the vendor still had money at home.
There are babies waiting to be fed, and Heliqi is waiting for death by robbing the merchant and his family."
"Who would not ask for money when encountering a situation? And it is only natural to give money to buy things. He Liqi treated the people of Song Dynasty as pigs and dogs, even worse than pigs and dogs. The pigs and dogs were given food, but he
We want the merchants’ families to be destroyed.”
I thought this was just a simple robbery issue, but after being exaggerated by Lu Yao, it turned into a conspiracy to seek wealth and murder.
Zhao Zhen and the ministers looked at Heliqi with anger on their faces.
They had underestimated the matter before.
Although there are some lies in Lu Yao's words, at least 70% of them are true, so Zhao Zhen and others will believe Lu Yao's rhetoric.
If the people are still being bullied by the Liao people, and they can't even protect their own people, why should they be emperors?
Heliqi was sweating coldly at these looks, and this matter was developing in a bad direction.
Heliqi hurriedly said: "Emperor Song, Heliqi knows that he did not think things through well. After leaving the palace, I will order my subordinates to give the merchant enough money for selling books and the cost of medical decoctions."
Lu Yao nodded and said: "Since the envoy of Liao has realized his mistake and corrected it, I, a man who does what is right and brave, will not wait any longer. Officials and retainers, please withdraw temporarily."
"Don't leave!" Heliqi shouted: "Even if the fight on the street was ignored, you slapped me twice again in Kaifeng Mansion. This matter can't be let go. Me and Heliqi, too
I am a reasonable person, and what happened before was my fault, He Liqi. I offered him 100,000 guan for the old coin incident. At that time, Lu Yao had to pay 200,000 guan for the incident of beating me."
Lu Yao looked at He Liqi with a deep look. He originally didn't want to care about the Sui coins, but he didn't expect that He Liqi would dare to hold on to him. Then he would take care of the Sui coins, and He Liqi wouldn't even want to take a penny.