"Perhaps this is not Jia She's intention, but the Song court's intention?"
Guo Ning asked back: "There is no direct conflict with us on the other side of the Song Dynasty. Hasn't the matter of blocking the grain trade in the past few months been resolved? Everyone is doing well and making money. I thought,
The two families can sit together and discuss conditions and cooperation... If this is the intention of the Song Dynasty court, then at least three months ago, as soon as our grain trade resumed, the Song Dynasty court planned to bribe traitors.
Killed someone? Was the Song court so far-sighted?"
Li Yun and Zhou Keshan looked at each other, neither of them could explain.
Ding Haijun's economy relied on sea trade, and the key to sea trade was the Song Dynasty, so Guo Ning had always paid close attention to the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties.
A few months ago, the Song Dynasty suddenly blocked the maritime grain trade with Ding Haijun. Ding Haijun immediately used Korean people as a cover to continue the original business. Naturally, this kind of cover cannot be very comprehensive. It is just a cover on the surface.
Everyone is aware of it, even if the superiors have some discernment, they will not fail to see it.
However, the grain trade with Goryeo continued smoothly and steadily. The officials of the Song Dynasty who had the power to control maritime trade included the deputy transshipment envoys of the Liangzhe Road, the city shipping envoys of Mingzhou, and the city shipping envoys.
, supervising shipping affairs, and then setting up envoys along the coast, so many officials could reach Song Guoxing directly with just one document, and they continued to pester him endlessly. But none of them wanted to expose it, and no one wanted to cause trouble.
That day, the Ding navy fleet headed south for trade under the banner of the Koreans, and Li Yun himself was on the ship. Through the introduction of Zhang Kai and Zhou Keshan, he privately landed ashore and met with several senior officials from the Shipping Department of Qingyuan Prefecture.
Officials, through them, met with some powerful officials in Hangzhou, Xiuzhou Huating, and Jiangyin Junshibo, and agreed on the subsequent inspection of goods. There was a tacit understanding in the process of extracting the benefits of all parties.
The arrangements are made.
The status of these old officials is not high, but their actions must have been inspired by the officials. It can be seen that the officials responsible for maritime trade in the Song Dynasty generally valued practical benefits and were unwilling to interfere with the conflicts between the Jin and Song Dynasties.
This is natural, and it is also the effect that Dinghai Navy has hoped to achieve since its launch of maritime trade.
Guo Ning was not a man of the temple, and he never believed that he could win over a certain political force by talking out loud. He only believed that the Song Dynasty court had paid as much as
One and a half million guans, of which nearly 500,000 guans directly belong to the Dinghai navy fleet, and another 500,000 guans, stem from business within the control of the Dinghai navy.
These two five hundred thousand guan are almost equal to one-fortieth of the annual income of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. Not to mention that there is at least the same amount to satisfy the appetites of countless officials in eastern Zhejiang, Huaidong and other places. These two huge pieces of money
Where do you say you can give up the benefits if you give up?
The situation of the Jin and Song countries coexisting has lasted for hundreds of years. The two countries have fought against each other many times, and the Song people rarely took advantage on the battlefield. Occasionally, when they had the upper hand, they were accustomed to being weak.
And when they were quarreling in the court, they always gave up the advantage gained by the warriors with their swords and guns. This happened several times, and it had long since smoothed the hearts of the Song people.
A few days after the new emperor of Zhongdu ascended the throne, Guo Ning once summoned his staff to speculate on the changes in the situation in the world.
At that time, the new emperor came to the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty to "Xingding". He immediately issued an edict to the Chinese and foreign informants. The envoys carrying the edict ran around, not only to the areas controlled by the Dinghai navy, but also to Henan, Guanzhong, Hedong, and the northeastern hinterland. As a result, the new emperor was immediately respected
Emperor, only the Jurchen allies in the northeastern hinterland changed their name to the New Year.
Both the North and South Henan Roads and Xijing Road remained silent, but the envoys going to Henan were scolded on the spot and almost chopped into pieces by the soldiers.
A few days later, the civil and military ministers on Nanjing Road and Guanzhong all expressed their wishes to King Sui, saying that they would support King Sui on the throne and fight against the rebel Guo Ning who was entrenched in the central capital.
In this regard, many staff members in the Ding Navy were a little worried. Some people repeatedly speculated on what benefits the Nanjing court would offer to persuade the Southern Song Dynasty to form an alliance with it and launch a joint attack.
But in the face of the sudden changes in the north, the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties remained its original leisurely appearance.
Business at sea is still going on. Several secretly opened private ports are still escorted by officials. People who receive monthly payments from Ding Haijun still feel at ease. Occasionally, when the settlement is slow, they will actually write letters.
Come to urge me, as if this is not private corruption, but an open salary.
There has been no increase in alert at the border. The border military towns that have been abandoned for many years are still deserted, and the general's appetite for empty pay has not diminished. Ganluo City near the mouth of Qinghe River was a fortress with 12,000 troops stationed in it, but now it has become a fortress.
It is the most commonly used transshipment warehouse for smuggling merchants; the Xuyi Army selected 2,500 elite soldiers and 200 cavalry from the vanguard army according to the Dianqian Division. In fact, they are permanently stationed in Xuyi, and they are specially prepared for war.
There would be no more than five hundred men, and less than fifty cavalry.
The common people did have some militia associations, and their training level and equipment were higher than those of the imperial troops. However, if they wanted to expand their scale, the local officials of the Song Dynasty would be the first to regard them as wolves and tigers and would never agree.
Unless the situation is really tense, officials will use some money and food to recruit local refugees and brave men into the new army to use it as their own political capital.
With this appearance, it is said that the Civil and Military Association of the Song Dynasty suddenly became energetic, and everyone from top to bottom showed the courage to make contributions and actively intervened in the war in the north... Who can believe it? The military and political strategy of such a big country cannot be promoted by one person. Since the whole country is civilized and timid
Wu Xi, if you are used to peace and stability, you can't change it at all! Whoever wants to change it, Han Kanwei's head is an example!
So, in the Southern Song Dynasty, why were there people seeking death and offending the vicious Ding Haijun?
Is this guy Jia She bored, or is he a maverick?
Was this incident a huge conspiracy set up by the Song Dynasty court behind the scenes, or was it a test by some political forces?
After all, Ding Haijun still didn't know enough about the Song Dynasty. Guo Ning, Li Yun, and Zhou Keshan discussed repeatedly, but they still couldn't come up with a definite result. The only thing that was beyond doubt was that Zhou Keshan insisted that in order to
Jia She was a man who would never do anything that was not good for himself.
In the end, Guo Ning became impatient and pointed directly at Li Yun and Zhou Keshan.
"You two go south together, and I will order a group of elite soldiers to accompany you. First, go to Chuzhou to get a feel for the local situation, and then I will arrest Jia She and send him to Zhigu Village! I will ask him personally!"
It seems that any government affairs discussion that Guo Ning participates in will always end up with some rough and violent methods, and the results of such rough and violent methods are usually not bad.
Li Yun and Zhou Keshan looked at each other and bowed together: "I obey."
