choke element

Chapter 816 Uncle and Nephew

No one is a monohedron, but a complex polyhedron.And this polyhedron will reveal one of its sides as the environment and the current situation change.

When Li Yun was in Liaodong, he killed decisively and drove the tribal people like dogs and horses. When he was in Lin'an in the Song Dynasty, he became a simple, honest and generous son.A month ago, Shi Kuanzhi was a son-in-law who intended to rely on his father's strength to run his own family in Huainan; now, he has become a good brother who loves and respects his friends and takes care of his partners.

Human performance can change at any time as long as the goals they are pursuing remain unchanged.Hypocrisy can be turned into sincerity, vigilance can be turned into love, and life and death can be turned into honey.People are complex and changeable, just like the relationship between Song Dynasty and its strong neighbors in the north is complex and changeable.

In this complicated environment, the initiative is being held by the strong neighbors in the north.

In the past two years, the split situation between Zhongdu and Kaifeng has ended under the strong force of Guo Ning.The Ding Navy only needs to control the border areas of Qinlong as soon as possible, and the rise and fall of the regime will not affect the monolithic situation in the north.And because a bright future is ahead, its internal unity and unity are completely different from those of Song Dynasty.

In contrast, Da Song was deeply troubled by his own difficulties.It seems that the right prime minister Shi Miyuan, who seems to be so powerful in the Song Dynasty and can almost be compared with Guo Ning, has many omissions in his real control of the court situation, and is easily targeted by political opponents.

Therefore, although Shi Miyuan himself did not take any action, Shi Kuanzhi rushed to Chi'an early in the morning and was the first to meet Li Yun.Especially when the two families changed their friends and foes outside the city of Kaifeng, they had to negotiate conditions, confess to each other, and come up with a satisfactory result.

Li Yun held Shi Kuanzhi's arm and walked side by side intimately. The two of them seemed to have endless words to say, which attracted a group of people at the back of the queue to look envious and praised: "Unexpectedly, Ke Shaoji, the son of Shi Xiangye Qiu, do you still have the ability to break a bottle? Judging by his posture, he and the Northern Envoy are like brothers with different surnames!"

A person who was just involved today couldn't figure it out, and liked to show off, so he smiled and said:
"It's not just brothers with different surnames? When Li Yun was called Jia Sidao more than a month ago, he and Shi Kuanzhi were frequent guests on the flower boat. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are brother-in-law..."

When he was about to say a few more words, he suddenly saw a sneer on the cheek of someone beside him.He woke up suddenly, and covered his mouth with his hand. After a long while, he bowed left and right with a smile on his face: "Little brother drank too much last night, and now his mind is confused, and he doesn't know what he is talking about." , everyone, don’t take it to heart.”

Everyone knew that Li Yun was Jia Sidao, but no one should mention the word Jia Sidao now.An envoy from the Northern Lands, in the name of the son of an official of the Song Dynasty, traveled back and forth in Lin'an City for half a year. He found out all the big and small things about the Song dynasty and the public, what should be understood and what should not be understood.

On the day Li Yun claimed his identity, the Lin'an government and the public were all excited about it.Many people say that Song and Jin have stood side by side for decades, and they sent many spies to each other.But among the spies who went south from the Kingdom of Jin, this Li Yun can be regarded as one of the best, probably only King Shen Zhongxian can overwhelm him.

The question is, who is to blame for such omissions?
After the rage, no one could answer.

If you want to pursue this matter, you can't do without Shi Xianggong and his cronies.But this Jia Sidao and Shi Dang's cronies made the so-called "Shanghai trip", and they visited Jinshan Yinhai every day.If you want to poke this hornet's nest, you might as well think about whether you can withstand the thunderous blow of many powerful officials of the History Party.

It is even more troublesome to pursue it further.

This Jia Sidao's father is Jia She who is now active in Huainan. He has long been known as a good dancer, and now half of Huainan's civil servants, generals, and merchants regard him as the God of Wealth in private.

This Jia Sidao himself is active in Qianjian in Huainan and the coastal ports on a daily basis.These two directions, one is the key to Shi Xianggong's further control of military and financial power; the other is the confinement of countless high-ranking families from Lin'an to Fuzhou, Guangzhou and other places.

The period when Jia Sidao was able to intervene shows how much benefit he has brought to these triads.Since ancient times, cutting a person's fortune is like killing one's parents. Whoever talks too much about the details will not survive the next hour!
Shi Kuanzhi was used to the posture of the stars holding the moon, so he was immediately irritated by the nonsense of the crowd just now.If the words of this talkative person fall into his ears again, I'm afraid he will immediately order to drag this guy out and beat him to death.

Fortunately, he has already walked to the top of Chi'an Gaobu with Li Yun on his arm, where he can overlook the direction of Chengtian Palace and Zoumatang.The sound of waves rising and falling by the bank of Qiantang overwhelmed the sound of noisy words.

After chatting with Li Yun for a few words, he asked in a low voice: "Brother, is there room for negotiation on Zhou Guogong's request?"

Li Yun shook his head: "I lived in the Banjing Pavilion for a month, and I was cut off from inside and outside news, so I didn't know anything. Finally, my brother came here today. I would like to ask, is the war between your two families against Kaifeng going well?" ? What request did my father-in-law make?"

Shi Kuanzhi laughed: "My dear brother, why don't you entertain me?"

"I only have respect and love for my brother, how dare I entertain myself?"

The two walked a few steps silently, Shi Kuanzhi said: "It was my father who decided to arrange you in the Banjing Hall in Beiwa Teahouse. My father always valued the harmony with Da Jin, so the people in the Banjing Hall, although The officials are humble and the positions are small, but they are all trustworthy and reliable people. However, those who joined in later on may not necessarily be."

"Oh? Who is the elder brother talking about? With the power of history, can't you stop them?"

Shi Kuanzhi shook his head: "It's not impossible to stop it, but if you have to stop it, it will be ugly in several aspects. For example, the Dutou sent by the Dianqian Division is a member of King Rong, and maybe the official is behind it. You Say, what can we do?"

"I see……"

"For another example, the person in charge of cleaning in the building said that for the sake of safety, he specially recruited a silent servant from Chengtian Palace. In fact, it was a good hand specially sent by Zhang Liangpeng, who was promoted by Eastern Zhejiang Province and also a coastal governor. .”

"Haha, let's be honest, brother, this Zhang Liangpeng is quite familiar with me, why does he care about me so much?"

"Zhang Liangpeng has been wishing to wear a pair of trousers with you, Li Langzhong, in the past six months. How could he not care about you. Besides, he sent someone, but not him."

"It's not his, but whose is it?" Li Yun was at a loss.

Shi Kuanzhi smiled, and continued: "These servants are subordinates of Zhou Keshan, a famous maritime merchant in Qingyuan Mansion. Most of them have lives on their hands. They are thieves at sea. Xuan Zang took the ship to Xuan Zang, and then under the banner of Xuan Zang, he arranged these people to Chengtian Palace."

"Chengtian Palace is a temple built by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. The names are all written by the official's royal pen. How dare you promote this place..."

"After all, it is a Taoist temple. Although it is not of the same line as the Quanzhen Sect in the north, the letter written by the Quanzhen Headmaster is still somewhat useful. As for the Quanzhen Headmaster, it seems that he has been stationed in Ninghai Prefecture on Shandong East Road recently, and Ding The Navy is very close."

Li Yun couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Brother, you have good vision and good means."

Shi Kuanzhi raised his voice: "After all, this is where Huang Song lives! If you really want to come, come and go, you will look down on me, Da Song!"

He had been depressed for more than a month, and finally he was able to gain the upper hand, showing that he had a clear understanding of the situation.With this shout, it took a little more energy.

Immediately he saw that all the people waiting by the road were worried, as if they were afraid that he would offend the envoy from the Northern Lands and cause some trouble.

Shi Kuanzhi felt as if someone had poured bitter water into his heart, and he immediately became depressed.

"In short, you must know the conditions that Zhou Guogong asked Xuan Zang in Kaifeng, you probably also know. Let's not be dumb, let me ask you, is there room for negotiation on this condition? Your side , won’t it have already been announced?”

Li Yun sneered and shook his head: "What else is there to discuss?"

"My dear brother, is there anything in this world that cannot be discussed?"

Li Yun's face darkened.

After a long while, he said slowly: "Brother, there are also Confucian scholars and literati in the north. Although my lord establishes a country with martial arts, he can still treat scholar-bureaucrats well."

"What does my brother mean?"

"Zhao Bingwen, a well-known Confucian student in the North, had previously recommended a younger man named Yuan Haowen, who used to write Jiyi in front of Zhou Guogong. This Yuan Haowen is very familiar with me. I heard from him that since the Northern Confucian officials were in recent years, they have intentionally Abandoning Yao and Shun's abdication of the literary codes, and taking my lord to inherit the Later Zhou Dynasty, regard the Great Song Dynasty as a usurping dynasty and a country of borderliness."

"How is this possible?" Shi Kuanzhi asked.

"My lord did not accept this proposal, but intends to follow the imperial lineage of the Great Jin, and then become brothers to your country... This is really generous and kind to the extreme! Brother, what else do you want to discuss? What do you dare to discuss?"

Speaking of this, Li Yun was full of contempt: "Even if you want to discuss it, dare to discuss it...Are you worthy of discussing with us? You can't stand up straight in front of the Jurchens! My country's father swept hundreds of thousands of Jurchens. Like Juanxi, how dare you argue with me? What, you are not satisfied that the two families are brothers? The officials of the Song Dynasty really want to be the elders of the Emperor Zhou of my family?"

As Shi Kuanzhi, no one dared to be so violent in front of him for a long time.Hearing this, he was stunned for a while, then suddenly waved his hands again and again: "No, no! Brother, I didn't mean that! We didn't mean that!"

"What does that mean? Let's talk about it!"

Shi Kuanzhi coughed twice, looked left and right, and the companions hurriedly retreated several feet away.The people waiting on the side of the road were so far away that they couldn't hear their words at all, but they also retreated courteously.

Shi Kuanzhi rolled up his sleeves, leaned closer to Li Yun's ear again, and lowered his voice: "My father means that other things are just small gains and losses between the two countries, and they are irrelevant. Just talk about it. But there is one point, it is very important, our two families may have some misunderstandings!"

"Which point?"

"My dear brother, when you meet with our monarchs and ministers, or even on the day when the Great Zhou practiced marriage, can you not mention the country of brothers? We might as well remain the country of uncles and nephews, how about it? Hmm, my dear brother, there is no doubt that it is naturally a big brother. Zhou is my uncle, and I, Da Song, my nephew."

"This……"

Li Yun glared at Shi Kuanzhi, and couldn't help but stretch out his hands and pluck his ears: "Mr. Shi, are you out of your mind, or have I misheard? Your country's diplomacy is so..."

He swallowed the word "low" back into his stomach.After thinking about it, I changed it to the word "humble", and then changed it again: "Is your country's diplomatic style so humble?"

(End of this chapter)