Tong Xiang accompanied Ma Zhi towards Dengzhou Customs. Along the way, he saw Dengzhou's prosperous business and prosperous scene. Ma Zhi's attitude towards Tong Xiang changed and said: "Master Tong, Dengzhou is so prosperous and orderly.
It's all your credit. After I go back this time, I will definitely recommend you to His Majesty."
Tong Xiang sneered, thinking to wait until you can go back. If it falls into the hands of Liangshan, you, the imperial envoy, will also die.
Tong Xiang, Ma Zhi and others had just arrived at Dengzhou Pier when suddenly hundreds of soldiers rushed out from the front and headed this way.
These soldiers all held spears in their hands and surrounded Ma Zhi, Tong Xiang and others. Ma Zhi couldn't help but be stunned.
"Master Tong, what's going on?" Ma Zhi asked hurriedly.
"I don't know either! Could it be that these soldiers are rebelling?" Tong Xiang pretended to be stupid.
At this moment, a man came out and said, "Who is Mr. Zhao from the capital?"
Ma Zhi stood up and said, "It's me, what's wrong?"
The man laughed loudly and said, "That's right, come with us!"
Ma Zhi frowned and said, "Let's go? Where?"
The man said: "Of course by boat!"
At that moment, the man waved his hand, and countless soldiers rushed forward and tied up Ma Zhi's group of people with ropes. Ma Zhi couldn't understand the current situation. There were too many soldiers in front of him and it was difficult to resist. He allowed these people to tie them up.
Live. And he thought these people were officers and soldiers, so he was not very afraid.
Ma Zhi kept telling the soldiers that he was an "imperial envoy" along the way, but no one paid him any attention. The soldiers took him to a big ship, then pushed him to a big house and closed the door.
leave.
"Where is this? Who are those people?" The surroundings were dark, and Ma Zhi was extremely depressed.
He was sent as an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin under the emperor's order, but before he left the land of the Song Dynasty, he was tied up by "his own people". There is still a trace of luck in his heart, hoping that those people can let go immediately after seeing the imperial edict.
Got him.
In the cabin of the big ship, Wu Dong was sitting there, with Han Shizhong beside him, saying: "Grand Governor, why do you want to arrest this person?"
Wu Dong said: "Let me first take a look at this so-called imperial edict and what the country is."
After saying that, Wu Dong opened the imperial edict directly and began to browse. In fact, things like the imperial edict are highly confidential. Even Ma Zhi didn't know the real content before it was handed over to Jin Ren. He opened it.
Imperial decree, country, this is a serious crime.
Han Shizhong was sweating on his forehead, thinking that Wu Dong was too bold. Although he had defected to Liangshan, his thoughts had not completely changed. He deeply disapproved of this "domineering" behavior.
"It turned out to be a country that united with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty!" Wu Dong was stunned for a moment, thinking of the famous figure in history, and said: "So the so-called imperial envoy turned out to be Ma Zhi?"
"Ma Zhi?" Han Shizhong had also heard of this man. It was said that he was a martyr of Yanyun and returned to his homeland all the way. Of course, Han Shizhong didn't know that Ma Zhi was the chief architect of the alliance with Jin to destroy Liao Dynasty and the biggest criminal responsible for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
"Yanjing is also in charge of the city, which was originally Han territory. If it is allowed to return to the past, I will hand over the Jilai and Khitan silver silk..." Wu Dong suddenly saw this passage in the country and couldn't help but read it loudly.
"This is..." Han Shizhong said in surprise.
"This is the content of the junior high school, it is really surprising." Wu Dong said with a smile.
"How could this happen?" Han Shizhong is a warrior, but he is also quite involved in literature and history, and he also understands the national content of these literary works. It turns out that the country actually said that if the Jin people agreed to give Yan Yun to the Han people,
Then the Song Dynasty was willing to give the old coins and silk cloth given to the Khitan to the Jin people.
The so-called Sui coins are the money that the people of the Song Dynasty gave to the Khitan and Xixia people every year. After the Khitan and Xixia people received these silver coins, they promised not to invade the Central Plains, which was regarded as exchange for peace in exchange for the money.
Originally, coins were a symbol of humiliation. There was absolutely no such thing in the Han and Tang Dynasties. Even at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the world was in turmoil, the governor of any strong town could control the foreign lands, and the foreign lands were like no one.
The Song Dynasty could not defeat the Khitans and Xixia people, so they had to pay the annual coins.
But now there is no contact with the Jin people. Now, just after sending an envoy, the emperor of the Song Dynasty promised to give the Jin people yearly coins.
The more Han Shizhong thought about it, the angrier he became, and he couldn't help but said: "Isn't this reasonable?"
Wu Dong, on the other hand, was thinking about the imperial edict and the affairs of the country, and secretly thought: "Are we going to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty now?"
Wu Dong came from later generations, so he naturally knew what the outcome would be if he united with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Kingdom. For the Jin people, they were not very confident at first. They thought that their strength was not enough to completely destroy the Liao Kingdom, so they had to fight with the Song people.
Union. The "state" of Song Huizong can be said to have given the Jin people a shot in the arm, and the Jin people then massively destroyed the Liao. But in the process of destroying the Liao, the Jin people discovered that they did not need to unite with the Song people at all. Only then did they know
How powerful is your own strength?
"If the Jin people did not form an alliance with the Song Dynasty court, then their battle to destroy the Liao Dynasty would definitely be postponed?" Wu Dong was secretly pondering this matter.
"Ma Zhi, this is also an interesting person." Thinking of Ma Zhi again, Wu Dong couldn't help but laugh.
He had no prejudice against Ma Zhi. Although this man was a "treacherous minister" in the history of the Song Dynasty, Wu Dong felt that this man was worthy of admiration. This man was in Khitan, but he did not forget his homeland. In order to bring Yan Yun back to the embrace of his motherland, he
Braving many dangers, he went to the Jin people's territory seven times to negotiate with the Jin people. During the negotiation process, he also continued to fight for benefits for the Song people. Originally, Song Huizong promised to give all the coins given to the Liao people to the Jin people, but
Ma Zhi was stunned and cut off 200,000 years of coins. Originally, the country only wanted places near Yanjing, but when Ma Zhi negotiated with Wanyan Agu, they also won over Datong.
To say that this person is at fault is because he has limited knowledge and does not have a deep understanding of the weakness of the Song Dynasty. The personality of this famous "treacherous minister" is still admirable.
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"Grand Governor, the imperial envoy from the imperial court is calling to see you." At this moment, Dai Zong ran in and said.
"Bring him here." Wu Dong said.
At that moment, someone brought Ma Zhi in. This man had a curly beard on his face, which gave people a very vicious look, but his eyes were very bright. If you just looked at his eyes, he gave people a sense of integrity.
"Master Ma, please sit down," Wu Dong said.
Ma Zhi was stunned. After he changed his name to "Zhao Liangsi" in these years, others called him "Master Zhao", and few people called him "Master Ma", so he was not used to it. In fact, Wu Dong was a person from later generations.
, people often call Ma Zhi, but few people mention the name "Zhao Liangsi" anymore, so he is naturally called "Master Ma".
"Who are you? Why are you trying to catch me?" Ma Zhi asked without sitting down, his eyes blazing.
"I am Wu Dong, the Grand Governor of Liangshan, and I am known as Timely Rain in Jianghu." Wu Dong said.
"The Governor of Liangshan? Does the imperial court still have such an official?" Ma Zhi was stunned.
He was a Han from the Liao Kingdom. Although he had been in Bianliang for a long time, his knowledge of the Song Dynasty was limited. He had no idea that there was a Liangshan Po in Shandong, nor did he know that the so-called Grand Governor was self-proclaimed by Wu Dong.
Wu Dong didn't care whether he recognized him or not, and immediately said: "Master Ma, I heard that you were the first to propose to the emperor to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. Is this true?"
Ma Zhi said: "Not bad, what's wrong?"
Wu Dong smiled and said: "We can't even deal with the Liao people. Now that the Liao country is our neighbor, their country is also very corrupt. We and the Liao people are still in peace. Have you ever thought about it, if we and the Jin
After the people unite and destroy the Liao Kingdom, the Jin people will become our neighbors. They are more brave and powerful than the Liao people. What should we do if the Jin people invade us?"
Ma Zhi was stunned and said: "As long as we defend the city, we shouldn't be afraid of the Jin attack! Besides, this time I went to the Jin Kingdom to make an alliance with the Jin people. With the alliance, neither party will violate it."
Wu Dong looked at Ma Zhi as if he were a fool. Is this Ma Zhi too naive? Can countries maintain peace just because of a piece of covenant?
Seeing Wu Dong stunned, Ma Zhi thought he had convinced Wu Dong, and said hurriedly: "This... Grand Governor, I am the imperial envoy of the imperial court, and I have a heavy responsibility. Please let me go quickly, otherwise I will miss the opportunity of the imperial court."
You can't afford big things."
Wu Dong burst out laughing and said: "It is impossible to let you go now. In the future, maybe I will unite with Liao to fight against Jin, and then I will need you to hand over the country to me."
"What? Alliance with Liao to fight against Jin? You traitor!" Ma Zhi shouted.
Wu Dong waved his hand, and several guards rushed in, took Ma Zhi away, and locked him up again.
Han Shizhong was wondering whether "alliance with Jin to defeat Liao" or "alliance with Liao to resist Jin" was right or wrong. The more he thought about it, the more troubled he became. He was a famous general, but famous generals were not necessarily proficient in politics.
Wu Dong saw Han Shizhong's sad face and said: "General Han, when you have the opportunity, go to the north in person to see how the Jin people's military front is, and then think about whether to unite with the Jin to defeat the Liao or to unite with the Liao to resist the Jin. What do you think?
Yes or no?"
Han Shizhong nodded and said, "The Governor is right."
Whether to unite the Jin people against the Liao people or to unite the Liao people against the Jin people is actually a very simple question. It mainly depends on the strength of the two. If the Liao people are strong, then unite the Jin people. If the Jin people are strong, then
Just unite with the Liao people. Many people in this era cannot see through this problem, but Wu Dong comes from a later generation and can see this problem very clearly.
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Li Jun, Li Li, Zhang Heng, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng were standing on the bow of the boat, and they were all extremely excited. Their current mood was similar to that of Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhang Shun, and others who saw the sea for the first time.
The mood is the same.
"What a big wave, the Xunyang River is incomparable!" Li Jun laughed as a big wave hit.
"Brothers, how about we go down and have some fun?" Zhang Heng said with a smile.
"Okay! I'll go down and test the water first!" Tong Wei took off his shirt and jumped off the boat. Li Jun, Zhang Heng and others also jumped after him.
People were surfing, diving and showing off kung fu in the sea. Wu Dong, Han Shizhong, Dai Zong and others were attracted and ran out one after another.
"What a group of heroes!" Han Shizhong praised.
"When they arrived in Goryeo, they became members of the navy." Wu Dong said with a smile.
"Gaoli, I really want to see that place." Han Shizhong said with some longing.
"It will pass soon, a day or two at most." Wu Dong said.
The distance between Gaoli and Dengzhou was very close. Sure enough, three days later, land was seen ahead, and everyone cheered loudly.
"Goryeo has finally arrived again! Before the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, I must conquer Goryeo, and then unite with the Liao people to attack the Jin people." Wu Dong secretly said.