It turned out that Tong Guan had just received the news that envoys from Liangshan had also come to Bianliang. Their purpose was to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty! The envoy for the peace talks was Zhu Wu, an important figure in Liangshan, and the introducer was Tong Guan's nephew Tong Guan.
Xiang! Tong Guan is unbelievable!
At this moment, in the attic of Honglu Temple in Bianliang City, Zhu Wu was sitting there, slowly sipping tea, looking comfortable. Seeing that he had left the center of power in Yanyun, he felt much more comfortable. This paragraph
When he was in Yanyun, he was ignored and felt a little uncomfortable. But here, he was free and made his own decisions in everything, so he felt better.
Looking back carefully now, he also feels that he seemed to be a little hesitant in doing things at the beginning. In any case, he is too lazy to pay attention to Yan Yun's affairs now. This mission to the Song Dynasty is also very important and must be done well. Although because of Wu
He was a little frustrated by Dong Dong's various actions, but his feelings for Liangshan were extremely deep, and he would never betray Liangshan because of a little personal loss.
The tea was made from the finest Longjing tea. He had not tasted such good tea for a long time.
A great monk wearing cassocks sat next to him. The great monk was also drinking tea, but the great monk drank tea just like drinking water. For him, there was really not much difference between tea and water. This great monk was Jiang Hu.
The famous Hua monk Lu Zhishen also accompanied Zhu Wu on his mission to the Song Dynasty this time.
"Mr. Zhu, why do you think we want to have peace talks with the Song Dynasty?" Lu Zhishen said.
"Of course we need to stabilize the Song Dynasty court, and then use all our strength to deal with the nv real person!" Zhu Wudao.
"We are negotiating for peace now, but we will still attack the Song Dynasty in the future. Such methods are not fair enough. I don't agree with you and the governor on this point." Lu Zhishen said.
"Is it fair? People must be fair between people, but there is no such thing as being fair between countries! According to you, enemy countries must say hello before attacking. Is this reasonable?" Zhu Wu asked rhetorically.
"Haha, of course not!" Lu Zhishen smiled and shook his head.
"We have just received information from Liu Yanqing that the third prince of Nv Zhenren has arrived in the Western Army. I am afraid he has already arrived in Bianliang!" Zhu Wudao.
"Ah?" Lu Zhishen was obviously surprised.
"What Hua Rong said is indeed true. Master Nv has indeed been uniting the four parties during this period to deal with us together. Fortunately, there are our people in the Western Army. Now we have known the news for a long time." Zhu Wudao.
"Why didn't Liu Yanqing intercept them before?" Lu Zhishen frowned.
"What you don't know is that Master Nv first visited Zhongshi Dao, and then they visited Tong Guan under the escort of Zhongshi Dao's soldiers and horses. After that, they followed Tong Guan to Bianliang, and Liu Yanqing and others couldn't take action at all.
." Zhu Wudao.
"Now that they have arrived in Bianliang, do you think I should kill them?" Lu Zhishen said.
"There must be masters among real women! And this is Bianliang. It's difficult to kill them secretly. Let's just wait and see what happens." Zhu Wudao.
"Okay!" Lu Zhishen nodded.
"Tomorrow I will go to the palace to pay homage to the Hunjun of the Song Dynasty. I am afraid that the third prince of the real woman will also pay homage to the Hunjun at the same time. Hehe, this is very interesting." Zhu Wudao.
"Hmph, any third prince must be a dandy!" Lu Zhishen said.
"The Kingdom of Jin is different from the Song Dynasty. Their princes are not playboys. Most of their princes have experienced battlefields, which is extraordinary." Zhu Wu shook his head.
The two talked for a while, and Zhu Wu stood up and came to the window to look at the scenery in the distance. This Honglu Temple is in the bustling area of Bianliang City. The scenery outside is also extremely beautiful. There are lofts and pedestrians everywhere.
, just like what was described in the later famous work "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".
Zhu Wu was thinking about things. After a while, he said, "I'm going to see Cai Jing, the Grand Master of the Song Dynasty, and other important ministers."
Lu Zhishen was stunned and said, "Why do you want to meet them?"
A smile appeared on Zhu Wu's face and he said: "Gift!"
Lu Zhishen said in surprise: "Giving a gift?"
Zhu Wudao: "The officials of the Song Dynasty are greedy for money and incompetent. As long as the gifts are delivered, they will speak for us! Nv Zhenren doesn't understand this truth. They will be helpless when they come to Bianliang City. I will definitely make them helpless in Bianliang City."
Get the benefits you want!”
Zhu Wu clapped his hands, and then several Liangshan warriors brought a box in. Zhu Wu opened the box, and suddenly the room was filled with jewels! Strings of pearls, a pair of huge yu horses, and countless other treasures,
These were originally treasures of the Liao Palace, but now they have been brought here.
"There are so many treasures, the governor is really willing to give them up!" Lu Zhishen exclaimed.
"How could the Governor-General Xiong care about such a small treasure if he cherishes the world? Only the king of a subjugated country will care about treasures. Little does he know that after gaining the world, he will have whatever he wants. If he loses the world, even if he has treasures, he cannot protect it." Zhu
Wu said calmly.
In history, many kings who lost their country were greedy for money. Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty would rather die than hand over the gold and silver in the inner palace for military expenses! The same was true for Emperor Chongzhen's family members. Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang City.
At that time, the soldiers in Luoyang City had not received military pay for several months.
Yang's defenders found King Fu and asked him to contribute some gold and silver, but King Fu was unwilling. Later, Li Zicheng broke into Luoyang City, and all the millions of taels of gold and silver treasured by King Fu were taken away from Li Zicheng! Later, Li Zicheng was surprised. He
I really can’t figure out what those royal relatives are thinking?
In fact, the reason is very simple. The emperor's relatives only value their own interests, so they are short-sighted and unwilling to pay the same price as sesame seeds. In the end, nothing can be saved.
How could Wu Dong make such a mistake? How could he care about a little gold and silver treasure? Even if all the gold and silver treasures in the Liao Palace were given away, if the Song Dynasty could be prevented from getting involved in the war in the north,
, he is also willing.
Soon Zhu Wu and Lu Zhishen left Honglu Temple, and they went to the Taishi Mansion accompanied by Zhao Mingcheng, the young minister of Honglu Temple!
Unexpectedly, after they arrived, Cai Jing did not receive them at all. It turned out that Cai Jing liked to speculate on the emperor's intentions. Now that the emperor's intentions were unclear, it was inconvenient for him to receive the Liangshan envoy.
Cai Jing originally thought that Liangshan's envoy would leave soon, but his housekeeper kept coming in to report, which surprised Cai Jing.
"What benefits did the envoy from Liangshan give you?" Cai Jing called the housekeeper in and said.
"Sir, damn the little one, they gave me a hundred taels of gold," the steward said.
"It's really generous!" Cai Jing was surprised.
One hundred taels of gold is no small thing. A first-class official would not be able to earn that much money in a year if he did not accept bribes! How could he not be surprised that the butler in front of him got so much gold in one day?
"Sir, as they said, they have also prepared a big gift for you!" the butler said flatteringly.
"In that case, then I will meet them." Cai Jing thought for a while, and finally decided to meet the Liangshan envoy. He was the head of the civil servants in the dynasty, the most famous powerful official in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the leader of the Six Thieves. His greed
Far more than others. Although he already had countless treasures in his home, he was immediately moved when he heard that Liangshan was sending "heavy gifts".
Soon Zhu Wu and Lu Zhishen came to Cai Jing. Cai Jing passed Lu Zhishen directly and looked at Zhu Wu carefully. Zhu Wu was originally just a failed scholar, but later joined Liangshan and became an important figure in Liangshan. He glanced,
I don't think there is anything extraordinary about Zhu Wu, except for his bright eyes, he is just an ordinary person. In the whole world, except for Song Huizong, there is probably no one who can impress him.
Zhu Wu was also looking at Cai Jing. Cai Jing was almost 80 years old and already very old. However, this very old man had been in charge of the Song Dynasty for twenty years. It was this man who assisted Song Huizong to completely destroy the Song Dynasty!
What this man was best at was squandering. He kept squandering and squandered all the money of the Song Dynasty. His purpose was just to please the emperor and consolidate his power! When he just became the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, he immediately proposed a "Fengheng" plan.
The slogan "Yuda" means that the court and the palace of the Song Dynasty should be
He was so magnificent that the annual income of the Song Dynasty court was completely wiped out by him in less than three months! In order to show "Guangle is rich", he suggested Song Huizong to cast nine tripods, build Mingtang, and repair squares. In order to achieve Tiancheng and holy achievements,
He carried out extensive construction projects on the two bridges and employed 400,000 civilians on both sides of the Yellow River. In order to attract money, he openly sold his official positions and titles.
In the past twenty years, the Song Dynasty began to decline continuously, but his personal wealth increased more and more! Outside Bianliang City, the manor he owned exceeded 500,000 acres! Every year on his birthday, officials from all over the country celebrate his birthday.
He sent money and congratulations, which was called "birthday card". Ruan Xiaoqi and others had robbed his birthday card, so they went to Liangshan.
Zhu Wu sighed secretly in his heart, but with a bright smile on his face, he bowed respectfully to Cai Jing.
"Mr. Zhu, please sit down quickly! I have heard of your name before in the imperial court." Cai Jing squeezed out a smile on his face.
"What's wrong with the little people in the mountains?" Zhu Wu said with a smile.
"Why did you come to see me?" Cai Jing said.
"Our Commander-in-Chief has long heard that the Grand Master is the pillar of the country, and he has long wanted to get to know the Grand Master! This time I came to Bianliang, and he also asked me to bring a gift to the Grand Master!" Zhu Wu said with a smile.
After Zhu Wu finished speaking, Lu Zhishen had already opened the package he brought with him, and countless treasures suddenly appeared in front of Cai Jing!
"Good stuff!" Cai Jing stood up suddenly and exclaimed. With his eyes, he could naturally see that these were rare treasures, which were generally only found in the imperial palace. And some of them were specialties from the north, even from the Song Dynasty.
There is no such thing in the palace. Everything here is worth thousands of gold, and he stayed there in an instant.
"Do you still like Grand Master? Our Chief Governor also said that no matter what the relationship between Liangshan and the imperial court is in the future, he will have great admiration for you, Grand Master! In the future, even if... we Liangshan conquer the world, he will ensure that Grand Master