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    While Chao Yong led the army to the northwest, an uninvited guest came to Tokyo.

    In recent years, in order to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun, Zhao Ji had frequent contacts with the Kingdom of Jin to discuss alliances.  At first, Zhao Ji could not make up his mind. When Zhao Ji made up his mind, the Jin Kingdom felt that the Liao Kingdom was still strong and hesitated. Therefore, the alliance between the two countries was never reached.

    Until this year, the Liao clan general Yelu Yujian was forced by Xiao Fengxian to rebel against the Jin state. The Jin state learned about the Liao state's true and false situation from Yelu Yujian, and then made up its mind to destroy the Jin state.

    However, the Jin Kingdom did not know that the Song Dynasty was gone, so it sent Huolu and others by boat to discuss the attack on the Liao Kingdom.

    After Huolu landed in Dengzhou, he realized that the Central Plains had changed dynasties.  However, Huelu did not want to go away in vain, so he asked to see the Emperor of Liang as an envoy of the Kingdom of Jin.

    Although Chao Gai, the Emperor of Daliang, knew why the Jin envoy came, he could not directly refuse Huolu's request, so he asked Dengzhou to send chariots and horses to send Huolu and others to Beijing.

    When Chao Gai summoned Huo Lu, he discovered that he couldn't understand the language and there was no one in the court who could speak Jurchen.  Although there were Han people around Hoelu, Chao Gai couldn't fully trust the people around Hoelu. Finally, he searched around and found Zhao Liangsi, the initiator of the Song-Jin alliance.

    Zhao Liangsi¡¯s real name is Ma Zhi. He was originally a Han from a wealthy family in the Liao Kingdom and had lived in the north for generations.  When Tong Guan was on a mission to the Liao Kingdom, Ma Zhi took the initiative to find Tong Guan and said that he had a way to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun.  Although the Liao and Song Dynasties had been at peace for a hundred years, and Tong Guan also paid a friendly visit to the Liao Kingdom, when he heard that there was a chance to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun, he ignored his loyalty and immediately took Ma Zhi back to his country.  Then he was introduced to Zhao Ji.

    When Ma Zhi arrived in front of Zhao Ji, he immediately opened his mouth with lotus flowers and told the strategy of uniting the Jurchen tribe to attack the Liao Kingdom and seize the sixteen states of Yanyun.  Zhao Ji didn't know the depth of the Jurchen clan, so he gave Ma Zhi the surname Zhao based on Ma Zhi's words.  Zhao Ji had a son named Zhao Zhi, and Zhao Ji gave him the surname.  When he remembered this, he simply changed Ma Zhi's name to Zhao Liangsi.

    When Zhao Liangsi first came to the Song Dynasty, the Jurchen tribe had not yet established the Jin Kingdom, but had already formed a tribal alliance and became an important force in the northeastern Liao Kingdom.

    Although Zhao Ji thought Zhao Liangsi¡¯s strategy was good, it was difficult for the mighty Song Dynasty to form an alliance with a barbarian tribe, so he put the matter aside and just gave Zhao Liangsi an idle official to support him.  There were tens of thousands of idle officials in the Song Dynasty.  There is not much Zhao Liangsi.

    Later, when the Jurchens established the Jin Kingdom and repeatedly defeated the Liao Kingdom, Zhao Ji felt that the time had come to form an alliance and sent Ma Zheng and Zhao Liangsi to the Jin Kingdom to discuss the alliance.

    Ma Zhengze is a Han Chinese born and raised in the Central Plains.  A military attache in the Song Dynasty, he previously served as the commander of the Dengzhou Military and Horse Administration, and was the predecessor of Weiwei Chi and Sun Li.  After Zhao Ji decided to join forces with Jin to attack Liao, he sent Ma Zheng as an envoy to explore sea routes in the name of buying horses.  After finding out the way, Zhao Liangsi was sent as an envoy.

    The two countries of Song and Jin began to argue.  During this period, messengers came and went continuously, but there was no result.

    After Daliang destroyed the Song Dynasty, Ma Zheng heard that Sun Li had become the commander of Daliang, so he came to find him.

    After Ma Zheng resigned and took charge of Dengzhou Bingma.  Traveling between the two countries always took place via Dengzhou. After going back and forth, Sun Li and Ma Zheng developed some friendship.

    Sun Li also knew Ma Zheng¡¯s martial arts.  He was recommended as a local military attache.

    But Zhao Liangsi has no one to recommend him and has no past achievements.  It was left idle.

    After the change of dynasties, Zhao Liangsi entered the palace for the first time.

    When Huolu saw his old acquaintance Zhao Liangsi, he immediately used Jurchen words to ask Zhao Liangsi to help promote the Liang-Jin alliance.

    From Dengzhou to Tokyo, Huolu and his party also learned that Daliang had fought a war with the Liao Kingdom and captured many Liao soldiers in exchange for 20,000 war horses.

    Therefore, Huelu felt that forming an alliance with Daliang could really help the Kingdom of Jin.

    Although Zhao Liangsi was idle at home, he also learned about the strength of Liang's troops and horses through the daily Di newspaper, and he also had some ideas about promoting the Liang-Jin alliance. He was thinking of finding a way to propose this matter, but unexpectedly an opportunity came to him right away.

    When Chao Gai saw Zhao Liangsi arriving, he asked Huo Lu to tell him his intention.

    Huolu had already thought of his words and said: "The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun has been the land of the Han people since ancient times. It has been stolen by the Khitan people for many years. The aspiring Han people in the Central Plains want to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Kingdom is fatuous, and the domestic  There is chaos, but they do not practice moral governance, and they start wars with Dajin and Daliang. I, the Emperor of Dajin, have decided to send troops to attack the Liao Kingdom. It is the best time for Daliang to send troops to regain the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. "

    Chao Gai listened to what Huo Lu said and said with a smile: "Not long after the founding of Daliang, there were still separate regimes of Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Tong Guan in the Central Plains, and there was an invasion of Xixia in the northwest, but there was no time to go north."

    Hearing Zhao Liangsi's translation, Huolu shook his head and said: "These days, I have also heard about the situation in the Central Plains. Wang Qing and Tian Hu are just two grass bandits. Daliang has powerful firearms. I believe they will soon be defeated."To unify the Central Plains, the affairs of Yanyun Sixteen States cannot be delayed.  The emperor of our country has decided to send troops to attack the Liao Kingdom. Now there are only three roads left in the Liao Kingdom: Xijing, Nanjing and Zhongjing.  It is easy for our country to seize the Zhongjing Road, but the Nanjing Road and Xijing Road are the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture of your Han people.  If we capture them all, and you want to regain the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture in the future, I'm afraid the two countries will go to war.  The best way is that we send troops at the same time, you capture Xijing Road and Nanjing Road, and our country captures Zhongjing Road.  "

    Chao Gai smiled and said: "When will your country prepare to send troops?"

    Huo Lu said: "In a few months, the emperor of our country will lead the expedition in person."

    Chao Gai shook his head and said: "Then we may not be able to send troops at the same time. Most of our soldiers and horses have gone to the northwest to fight against Xixia. Even if we are to fight against Xixia, we must first wipe out Tian Hu and Wang Qing before we can go north to attack Liao."

    At this time, Wanyan Aguda was determined to destroy Liao, but he was not very confident, so he sent Huolu.

    Hearing this, Huolu couldn't help but ask Zhao Liangsi to help persuade Chao Gai in Jurchen words.

    Zhao Liangsi also felt that his wealth and honor depended on this matter. If he could not facilitate this matter, he would no longer be of any use. He thought for a while and said: "I heard that the prince had won the battle in the northwest. I guess it won't take long to defeat him."  Retreat to Xixia. Tian Hu in Hedong has also been in trouble for a long time. After we can completely wipe out Tian Hu, we can take advantage of the situation and attack the Xijing Road of Liao Kingdom from the north. "

    Zhang Shuye, the counselor of political affairs, said: "The prince still doesn't know when the northwest will be pacified. Even if the northwest is pacified, the army will have to rest and reorganize. How can we send troops to attack Liao in the short term?"

    Chao Gai also nodded and said: "There are many domestic matters. We will not discuss the attack on Liao for the time being. Let's send the Jin envoy out of the palace."

    Huolu and others had no choice but to retreat after seeing Emperor Liang's order.

    Chao Gai saw that Zhao Liangsi was from the Liao Kingdom and was familiar with the Jin Kingdom, so he asked the prime minister: "Do you think Zhao Liangsi can hold any position?"

    "Your Majesty, please allow me to ask him a few questions."

    But Wu Yong stopped Chao Gai and turned to Zhao Liangsi: "I heard that when you went to the Jin Kingdom last year, you followed the Jin Emperor Wanyan Agu to attack the Liao Kingdom and go to Beijing?"

    Zhao Liangsi didn¡¯t know Wu Yong¡¯s intention, so he nodded and said: ¡°When the villain arrived in the Kingdom of Jin, the gold master was at the front line, so the villain had no choice but to go to the front line to discuss an alliance with him.¡±

    "How powerful is the army of the Kingdom of Jin?"

    Zhao Liangsi said honestly: "The Jin people were like wolves and tigers, and they captured the Liao Kingdom and went to Beijing in less than half a day."

    Wu Yong smiled and said: "If that's the case, then why are you still encouraging the Song Dynasty to form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom, so you are not afraid of attracting wolves into the house? You have been in Tokyo for a long time, don't you know what Gao Qiu did to the Imperial Army?"

    Zhao Liangsi did not expect Wu Yong to question him like this, and was immediately speechless.

    In fact, after he saw the Jin State attacking the Liao State and going to Beijing, he became a little afraid. However, the Song Dynasty's alliance with the Jin Dynasty to attack the Liao State had become a national policy. He did not dare to speak out against it anymore and could only go with the flow.

    Therefore, after the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, Zhao Liangsi wrote several letters to resign.  Later, Zhang Jue rebelled against the Jin Dynasty and defected to the Song Dynasty. Zhao Liangsi opposed the Song Dynasty's acceptance of Zhang Jue in every possible way, fearing to anger the Jin Dynasty. For this reason, he was demoted by Zhao Ji.

    Wu Yong saw that Zhao Liangsi was speechless, shook his head and said: "This person is just a person who is greedy for wealth and honor, so he cannot be used."

    (To be continued)
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