"You all tell me whether this is feasible?" Song Huizong Zhao Ji said.
"Weichen thinks it's feasible! If the three families unite, it's not impossible to destroy the Liao Kingdom with the strength of our three families. Then we can successfully obtain Yanyun." Gao Qiu was the first to speak.
After Gao Qiu finished speaking, the others nodded and agreed with Gao Qiu's views.
"Originally I just wanted Yan Yun... But now that the three families have united, it is certain to destroy Liao. If I only want Yan Yun, won't it be too little?" Song Huizong said suddenly.
The ministers looked at each other. After a while, Yang Jian said: "Your Majesty is right! Originally we thought that uniting with the Jin people might not be able to destroy the Liao Kingdom. We just need to take Yanyun back. But now there is Goryeo.
If we participate, we will definitely destroy the Liao Kingdom, and we can ask for more places."
Song Huizong nodded, his face full of joy, thought for a while, and then said: "I wonder what the military strength of Goryeo is like?"
Cai Jing said: "Your Majesty, we will call the Korean envoy tomorrow and ask him. We will know."
The monarch and his ministers discussed for a long time, basically agreed that the three families would destroy the Liao Dynasty, and then dispersed.
The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Wu Yong was woken up by someone, saying that the emperor had summoned him.
"What's going on? It's not even bright yet, and the emperor wants to summon me? This Emperor of the Song Dynasty is really a bastard." Wu Yong cursed in his heart.
However, he hurriedly put on the Goryeo official uniform and followed the eunuch leading the way towards the palace.
When he arrived at the palace, Wu Yong was surprised to find that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng and other important figures of the Song Dynasty were all there.
"All these people get up so early?" Wu Yong secretly wondered.
In fact, Song Huizong was very urgent about the three families destroying the Liao Dynasty, so he called everyone over before dawn. Wu Yong was the envoy of Goryeo, and Song Huizong took special care of him until it was dark.
Liangcai called him, which was considered to be a relatively preferential treatment to him as an envoy.
"Envoy Cui, please take a seat quickly." Seeing Wu Yong coming in, Song Huizong said hurriedly.
This is in a side hall, burning charcoal, very warm.
"I see you, Your Majesty." Wu Yong did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly knelt down to salute again.
"Get up quickly...come and serve envoy Cui ginseng soup." Song Huizong said.
The sky was not fully light yet, Song Huizong thought that Wu Yong must not have eaten yet, so he asked someone to give Wu Yong ginseng soup.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wu Yong quickly expressed his gratitude.
"Envoy Cui, you serve in your country's Privy Council. You must have a good understanding of your country's military strength?" Song Huizong said.
"Your Majesty, we currently have 300,000 troops in Goryeo," Wu Yong said.
"What? 300,000?" Song Huizong, Cai Jing and others were all shocked, thinking how could a small country like Goryeo have so many troops?
"Your Majesty, our Goryeo army originally only had 150,000 troops. Since we broke off diplomatic relations with the Liao people during this period, we were afraid that the Liao people would attack our country, so we hurriedly recruited more than 100,000 new soldiers, so the total military strength has reached 300,000." Wu Yong said.
"That's it." Song Huizong nodded, thinking that this was normal. If a country faces a threat from a powerful foreign enemy, it will usually recruit soldiers urgently.
"Your Majesty, gentlemen, actually I have something important to say to you." Wu Yong suddenly showed a serious expression on his face and said.
"Oh? What's the matter? Just tell me." Song Huizong said.
Wu Yong carefully prepared his words before saying: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, I wonder if you have ever seen the Golden Man?"
Song Huizong, Cai Jing and others all looked stunned. To be honest, they had never seen the Jin people. The Jin Kingdom was too far away from the Song Dynasty, and there was basically no contact between the two sides. The previous strategy of "alliance with the Jin Dynasty to defeat the Liao Dynasty"
It was also formulated by the Song Dynasty court. It was the Song Dynasty court that sent its special envoy Ma Zhi to the Jin Kingdom to prepare for negotiations with the Jin people. However, the Jin people had never taken the initiative to come to the Song Dynasty.
Cai Jingdao: "Envoy Cui, does this have anything to do with the alliance between our three families?"
Wu Yongdao: "Of course it does matter."
Cai Jingdao: "Please give me some advice."
Wu Yongdao: "The Jin people are very arrogant and tough. They are somewhat similar to the Khitan people. To be precise, they are more like the Khitan people two hundred years ago... So, I think we should beware of the Jin people."
Well……
Song Huizong, Cai Jing and others were all stunned. In fact, when they first wanted to unite with the Jin people, many ministers in the court opposed it. Zhong Shidao even said that it was seeking the skin of a tiger, and the gain outweighed the loss. But at that time, Song Huizong was eager to establish his achievements.
, wanted to get Yan Yun, so he did not take the suggestions of these people into account, but made up his mind to unite with the Jin people.
Now the "Korean envoy" proposed the alliance of the three families, and on the other hand said such words, Song Huizong and Cai Jing both frowned and thought.
"Envoy Cui, what do you think we should do?" Song Huizong said.
"There is no way... Your Majesty, we can first unite the three families and destroy the Liao people. Then the Song Dynasty will unite with our Goryeo and destroy the Jin Kingdom. All the large territories in the north belong to the Song Dynasty. We, Goryeo, only need the land of Liaodong."
Wu Yong, the Korean envoy, said such earth-shattering words.
…
"Ah!" Song Huizong was stunned. Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others also stayed there. Wu Yong's words were beyond their expectations.
"Your Majesty, gentlemen, I, Goryeo, share the same Confucian cultural heritage as the Song Dynasty. I, the noble Goryeo, also learn Chinese characters and speak Chinese. It can be said that we Goryeo and the Song Dynasty are of the same origin, and we will never betray the Song Dynasty.
But the Jin people are different. They are another Khitan people. To us, they are a real foreign race. If they are not from our race, their hearts must be different, don't you think so?" Wu Yong said.
Speaking of which, Goryeo is indeed very similar to the Song Dynasty. From language to culture, even to the imperial examination system, to the official system, etc., they are basically the same. The Goryeo nobles at that time even claimed to be descendants of Jizi from the Shang Dynasty, and wanted to be with the Central Plains
Deepen the connection. Koreans and Central Plains people also look very similar. If you put a Korean among Central Plains people, others may not be able to recognize it.
Relatively speaking, the Jurchens, Khitans and Central Plains people are very different. Their appearance, culture, etc. are all very surprising. Moreover, the Jurchens and Khitans are very aggressive and are deeply influenced by Confucian culture.
Goryeo is much less aggressive.
If you had to choose one of the Jin, Liao, and Goryeo as your neighbor, I'm afraid the people of the Song Dynasty would definitely choose Goryeo.
Song Huizong and others suddenly became interested in what Wu Yong said about the three families uniting to destroy the Liao Kingdom, and then the Song Dynasty and Goryeo united to destroy the Jin Kingdom.
Song Huizong's face flushed with excitement and he said: "Messenger Cui, please step aside first. We, the emperor and the ministers, need to discuss this matter carefully."
At that moment, a eunuch temporarily took Wu Yong down, and only Song Huizong, Cai Jing and others were left in the palace.
"Do you think this is feasible?" Song Huizong asked hurriedly.
Cai Jing spoke impatiently at this moment and said: "Wonderful, it is really wonderful! The plan of allying Jin to destroy Liao that Ma Zhi mentioned before does have huge hidden dangers. The Jin people are vicious, I am afraid that they will be another Liao in the future.
country. But now that we have joined forces with Goryeo, there is no hidden danger. And what we will get by then will be the entire north, not just the land of Yanyun, don’t you think?"
Most of the important ministers under Song Huizong were treacherous people. Cai Jing was considered the most talented among them. As for Gao Qiu, he was nominally a Taiwei and was in charge of the 800,000-strong imperial army in Bianliang. However, he was only a favorite of Song Huizong.
He is best at playing football and has little understanding of military and national affairs. As for Liang Shicheng,
Yang Jian, these are the two great eunuchs. Liang Shicheng, the supervisor, goes out to deliver imperial edicts, and all imperial orders must pass through his hands before they can be issued to the world. He is called the "hidden prime minister", tied with Cai Jing. Yang Jian, the eunuch who manages the garden, is actually because
Song Huizong's love led him to sit in the position of "Tai Tu".
It is really difficult for these people to let such a group of "important ministers of the country" discuss military and state affairs.
Cai Jing was the most talented and knowledgeable. When he spoke, the others basically didn't understand, so they all expressed their agreement.
"Very good, very good. Let's unite the three families first and destroy the Liao Kingdom! Then we will unite with Goryeo to destroy the Jin Kingdom. Then the whole world will belong to me, the Song Dynasty! My God, then I will belong to Zhao Ji.
His achievements will surpass those of Taizu and Emperor Taizong, and will surpass those of Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han... Hurry up, we must get this done as soon as possible!" Song Huizong said excitedly.
Wu Yong was writing in a room in the palace at the moment. The eunuchs brought him the best Longjing tea, and Wu Yong drank it slowly.
He was adjusting his mood, trying to imagine himself as a real envoy of Goryeo. Later he would have to face the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty and get what he really wanted from them.
"I was the one who signed the Incheon Treaty last time. It seems that I will sign the Bianliang Treaty this time... I want to get enough benefits from the Song Dynasty, and they will be a steady stream of benefits! In the next thousands of years,
, I will become the incarnation of wisdom, alongside Su Qin and Zhang Yi." Wu Yong once again trembled with excitement.