When Yi La Chucai stood up, Guo Ning was talking to Ni Yi. He noticed that Yi La Chucai suddenly started to look for documents and scrolls. He was worried that his loud words would disturb him, so he said silently to Ni Yi.
gesture, and then walked out of the hall.
Standing under the corridor outside the hall, Guo Ning waved to a servant: "I just saw a plate of honey cake next to Jin Qing's desk. He took a few bites of it. Jin Qing is very busy these days. Is it possible?
He never eats normally and only eats these cakes to make ends meet? When I look at him, he looks a little tired?"
Yila Chucai was born into a high-ranking family and had always lived a good life. He was also a new member of the Jin Dynasty. After Guo Ning entered Zhongdu, he received many rewards. His family's house in Zhongdu alone now occupies
The land is more than ten acres, which is quite spacious. Daily life is not luxurious, but the words "bells ringing and cauldron eating" are really true.
But what is different from ordinary court nobles is that Yizai Chucai is very talented in government affairs. Moreover, he is extremely responsible and hands-on. No matter how big or small the matter is, as long as it involves his jurisdiction, he always strives to handle it properly and smoothly.
Just now he talked about the strategy to deal with the food shortage, which involved many military and political agencies, and the data cited were very detailed, and the corresponding arrangements were only systematic. Guo Ning knew as soon as he heard that this kind of plan requires a lot of time and energy investment, and it is not a slap on the head.
It was so simple to put pen to paper, but I'm afraid Yi La Chucai didn't have a good rest in the past two or three days so that he could come up with a plan in time.
Sure enough, the servant replied respectfully: "Zhiyuan has not gone home to rest for two days, and he has not eaten any breakfast or lunch today."
Guo Ning stamped his feet repeatedly and said to the servant: "That won't work. Hurry up and ask the kitchen to make some hot food and easy-to-digest soup. Get it ready and bring it over quickly. If there is good buttermilk, get some too.
.Remember to tell Jin Qing later that it was my special order. No matter how busy you are, you must have enough food."
The servant responded repeatedly, and some of the scribes around who were working normally looked envious when they heard Guo Ning's words. About 40 to 50% of these scribes were directly recruited from the Central Capital Shangshu Province.
A low-level official of the eighth or ninth grade can formally participate in the affairs of the Privy Council of Zhongdu for no more than a month at most.
Although this generation knew that Yi Ya Chu Cai was Guo Ning's subordinate, he had no direct knowledge. Now it is really touching to see Guo Ning's care and kindness towards Yi Ya Chu Cai. It can be seen that Marshal Guo
Not only was he a ferocious warrior in legend, he also had great respect for administrative officials.
Then everyone heard the rapid sound of heavy footsteps in the hall where Yizai Chucai worked.
For a moment, everyone felt that even if Marshal Guo was trying to show his good looks and win people's hearts, if he acted too exaggeratedly, wouldn't it be appropriate? If he knelt down and thanked him as soon as he opened the door, what should we do?
Kneel down too?
While everyone was hesitating, Chu Cai strode out of the door and said to Guo Ning with a beaming face: "Korea!"
"Huh? What?"
Yi La Chucai glanced at the staff in the courtyard. The officials were hurriedly acting as if they were running about their own official duties. The courtyard was instantly empty. Yi La Chucai lowered his voice and said to Guo Ning: "We must start from Gaoli when we arrange food!"
"This..." Guo Ning was confused for a moment.
Guo Ning was very unfamiliar with the place Goryeo. He only knew that it was a vassal state of the Jin Dynasty, and its status was the same as that of the Song and Xia Dynasties.
Guo Ning's sphere of influence reached the Liaohai Sea in the east, with Gaizhou and Fuzhou as the core, and Guangning Prefecture, Chengzhou, and Posu Road as the periphery. Posu Road spanned both sides of the Yalu River, and further east, it was connected with Goryeo.
Bordering. The two families are neighbors.
However, the Ding Navy is a force based on the Central Plains. It is an outsider in the northeast. Therefore, the Liao Navy Jiedu and Qunmu Station systems established by Guo Ning in Liaodong have not expanded for a long time. The main development direction and focus are
They are all in the north, and the mission is to control several military strongholds set up by Daikin in the north and various ethnic groups in the northeastern interior through dual military and economic means.
As for the east of Liaodong, it is an insignificant direction, and it is also a direction beyond the power of the Ding Navy. The country of Korea itself has a barren land and poor people, and is located in a remote corner of the east sea. Since it is unprofitable for the Ding Navy,
How can Guo Ning have time to care about it?
I think it was for this reason that Yelvsi didn't wait for anyone to flee to the east of the Yalu River before arriving. No matter whether the remaining Khitan people went to Tokyo or to Beijing, the military leaders there were all connected with the Dinghai navy, so it was difficult to ensure safety. As for fleeing to the grassland, most of them were driven by the Mongols.
Brother Yeluliu is an example of those who go south to fight with swords. You must not follow them. Therefore, you have to get the territory of the Koreans to be able to count the vastness of the sea by leaping into the sea.
The question is, how did Goryeo become the key to allocating food? Was that place very wealthy?
"Marshal, come and see."
He moved Chu Cai's hand and invited Guo Ning back to the hall.
His side hall is now the political center of the Marshal's Mansion. It was originally very large, but now the entire north-facing wall is occupied by huge wooden frames. The wooden frames are still placed in layers.
There are three rows of shelves, some of the shelves are filled with a large amount of documents, and some are empty, with only the memorandum copied on white linen paper.
The documents on these shelves probably come from the Jiage warehouse of various ministries in the Shangshu Province. The so-called Jiage warehouse is a place specially used by the government to store documents and documents. Outsiders are not allowed to enter. The person who moved the Chu materials here was the one who was invited earlier.
Xu Ding came forward and sent people to copy the results one after another.
When Guo Ning sat down at the main seat, he moved Chu Cai and took out the opened book. There were four or five pages of densely written words in the book: "Marshal, you see, this is the envoy sent by Goryeo to Dajin since the third year of Tianhui."
Records. Including the regular dispatches every year to congratulate Zhengdan, congratulate birthdays, and thank birthday envoys, and irregularly dispatched envoys to enter the country and thank Hengci, a total of 231 times. Among them, Emperor Xuanzong made ten
After 2000, the exchange ceremonies between the two countries gradually became complete. In the past forty-five years, Korea sent envoys to Dajin 186 times, with the most reaching nine times a year."
Guo Ning asked casually: "I heard that the ancestors of the Koreans and Jurchens may be related. Because of this relationship, the two families move closer together?"
Chu Cai shook his head: "No, it's because ten years after Dading, the military officials in Goryeo used things to hold the king hostage and suppress Haidong. So they sent envoys to pay tribute and get the approval of the superior country as a way to maintain their domestic stability.
An important aspect of stability.”
"Ha ha."
Isn't this a coincidence? Guo Ning laughed twice: "In short, the tributes are very frequent and the relationship with Daijin is very close?"
"That's true, but not entirely."
"how to say?"
Yili Chucai took out another book and opened one of the pages: "This is the record of Duzhi, a doctor in the Ministry of Hubu, Shangshu Province, about the maritime trade between various ports and Goryeo in addition to tribute."
Guo Ning looked at it: "Are these only three?"
"In addition, there are records of Shandong, Hebei, Tokyo and other roads accepting sporadic Korean merchants."
"This takes hundreds of years, and there are only more than 20 in total? In other words, although there are constant official exchanges between Daijin and Goryeo, there are names of monarchs and ministers, and there are tribute etiquette, but in fact there are few commercial exchanges among the people.
Close to nothing?”
Guo Ning thought for a moment and then said: "I think this is because the scenery of Haidong is similar to that of the northeastern hinterland, so there is no special product in Goryeo that is in short supply in Dajin. However, what does this have to do with our food management?"
Yili Chucai took out the fourth book: "This was obtained from Mingzhou in the Song Dynasty a few days ago. It records the types and approximate quantities of the goods traded by Goryeo maritime merchants in the Shipping Department of the Song Dynasty over the years.
, and the cities frequented by Korean merchants.”
Guo Ning spread it out and saw that the items listed above were sold in Korea, including silver ingots, ginseng, musk, safflower, poria, wool silk cloth, lacquerware, tiger skins, etc., no less than dozens of kinds. The numbers at the end were about
Accumulated over the years, it is so huge that it is dizzying. The materials purchased by Goryeo from Mingzhou also include dozens of kinds of porcelain, tea, silk fabrics, books and stationery, etc. The same number is huge.
As for the cities where Goryeo merchants were present, there were no fewer than seven or eight, including Lin'an in the Southern Dynasties.
Guo Ning somewhat understood the meaning of slandering Chu Cai. He asked: "Where are the official records of tribute exchanges between Goryeo and the Southern Dynasties?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Marshal, it's not that we don't have records. There is no official tribute exchange between Goryeo and the Southern Dynasty. Since the rise of the Jin Dynasty, Goryeo has surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. The Southern Dynasty is afraid that the official envoys of Goryeo Dynasty are spies of the Jin Dynasty, so people come occasionally.
, immediately carried out the repatriation, fearing any unforeseen consequences. After several times, Korea felt that it was asking for trouble, and official exchanges between the two countries were severed."
"I was worried that the official envoys were spies, so I simply cut off official contacts. Then I let private businessmen roam around and their business was booming? Isn't this... absurd?"
"The political affairs of the Southern Dynasties have always been a bit absurd. However, this is exactly what we can take advantage of."
Guo Ning tugged at his mustache and nodded heavily: "Hey, Gao Li?"