Poor Family - v2 Chapter 1044

  Chapter 1044 Goryeo asks for help

The old man said with a smile: “Reluctance to part with home is of course the most important reason. Homeland is hard to leave! But there are other reasons that cannot be avoided. The imperial court exempted us from taxes for five years, but the south is unavoidable. Of course, it is more profitable to go home. How about fifty acres of land?”

  Beside Lu Yihao asked: “What does the old man do for a living in Ezhou?”

   “Of course it’s growing food, and that’s the only thing I can do.”

   “Then why didn’t the old man come here when the winter wheat is planted, the autumn rice in the south should not be harvested yet!”

The old man chuckled: “So my son’s family is still in Ezhou, and I will come back after the autumn harvest. I came back to plant fertilizer. The land has been barren for several years, so I can’t plant grain immediately. I plan to plant a crop of beans first. If the fertility recovers after the autumn harvest Well, then plant winter wheat directly, and if that doesn’t work, we can only continue planting beans and plant rice next summer.”

  Li Yanqing nodded. As expected of an old farmer, he thought very realistically. He pondered for a while and asked, “What aspects do you think the imperial court needs to improve in terms of immigration?”

  The old man was a little embarrassed, and said after a while: “If I say so, don’t be angry, Your Highness.”

  Li Yanqing laughed, “I won’t be angry, the old man just tells the truth.”

  The old man said: “I think the imperial court encouraged the people to go home, but they didn’t consider the details carefully.”

   “For example? Can you give me two examples.”

“For example, the two things that everyone has the most opinions on are how do we get back? When we escaped, everyone almost ran to the south empty-handed, but in the past two years, every household has purchased furniture and some daily necessities. It would be a pity to lose them. It’s too expensive, and everyone can’t afford it. Can the imperial court regularly send ships to help transport people who are willing to go back to their hometowns? I believe many people are unable to go home because of this difficulty.”

  Li Yanqing said happily: “That’s very good, the court didn’t think carefully, I’ll solve it when I get back, and the old man will talk about the second example.”

“The second thing is actually very realistic. After we return to our hometown, we will have to face reclamation and composting, and we will not be able to grow crops for at least one season. How will everyone spend this time? There is no food and no money. It will be nearly a year. , Everyone can’t make it through, this is also a concern for everyone, the court can’t just exempt taxes and leave it alone, it should also help everyone get through this difficult period.”

  Li Yanqing also agrees, he is right, these details are indeed beyond the imagination of the officials sitting in the court room, and they should go to the bottom floor to know where their difficulties lie.

  At this time, Lu Yihao pondered for a while and said, “I have an idea about helping everyone get through the gap.”

“What do you think!”

“Wei Chen thinks that it can be solved by using work as relief, such as building water conservancy, dredging the Caohe River, repairing official roads, etc. They get paid for doing things for the government, so as to get through the blank period of this year. The government can also provide Seed cattle help them solve farming problems. This is the first. The second is to set up a mutual aid group, such as a group of ten families. Everyone helps build houses and cultivate land together. There are many people and strength. Many difficulties that cannot be solved by one family can be solved. It can be solved easily.”

The old man slapped his thigh, “It’s a good way to set up a mutual aid group. One family can repair a house, and it can’t be completed in a month. Ten families work together, and it can be repaired in two or three days. I also support work relief. Anyway, idle is idle. It’s better to build water conservancy official roads to earn money, and finally the water conservancy official roads are repaired, and the benefits are still your own.”

  Li Yanqing nodded, and said to Lu Yihao: “You can use Chenzhou as an example to write a detailed report and submit it to the Zhizheng Hall. After the Zhizheng Hall discusses it, it can be approved for implementation.”

   “Weichen will write it when I get back today!”

  Li Yanqing got up and left, and Lu Yihao accompanied Li Yanqing to inspect Xiangcheng County, and then Li Yanqing turned to Caizhou for inspection.

   At this time, the news that the Song army had conquered Yanshan Mansion reached Lin’an, turning Lin’an into a boiling sea again.

  The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, Xiao Zhonggong, also arrived in Lin’an at this time, demanding to negotiate with the Song Dynasty and reach an armistice agreement.

   Li Yanqing also returned to Lin’an after finishing his inspection ahead of schedule. He ordered Gao Shen to negotiate an armistice with Xiao Zhonggong on behalf of the Song Dynasty.

  In the official room of the Jianguo Mansion, Li Yanqing is listening to the advanced negotiation report. The initial negotiation has ended, and neither side has shown their cards, but some clues have been revealed.

“The Kingdom of Jin has clearly requested a one-year truce. I feel that this is because the Kingdom of Jin needs to spend a year preparing to invade the Song Dynasty again. If they really have the sincerity of a long-term truce, they should sign a covenant instead of a temporary truce. “

  Li Yanqing smiled. He didn’t think that the Kingdom of Jin still wanted to invade the Song Dynasty. According to the latest information, the Kingdom of Jin couldn’t even pay the pension, and its finances were extremely difficult. What would it use to support the war.

  They proposed an armistice agreement, but they knew that the Song army would not be satisfied with an armistice at this time. Instead of signing a covenant at a heavy price, it is better to end the war at the smallest cost.

  Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said: “It is our original intention to cease the war for one year. This is not a big problem. The key is the conditions of the truce between the two sides. Now that Jin Guo is begging us to cease the war, they have to show sincerity.”

   “What kind of sincerity does Your Highness need?”

   “I ask them to release all the captive Song people back. If they refuse, then this armistice agreement will not be signed!”

  “I’m afraid they will perfuse us with thousands of people.”

   “It doesn’t matter, this leaves us with the opportunity to tear up the armistice agreement at any time.”

  Gao Shen nodded again and again, “I understand, I will continue to talk to them tomorrow. In addition, a strange thing happened today.”

“What’s up?”

  Gao Shen took out a note and handed it to Li Yanqing, “This was slipped to me by one of Xiao Zhonggong’s subordinates, asking me to meet you at the Peony Room in Shilou tonight.”

  Li Yanqing said with a smile: “I’m already interested, why don’t we go and listen together, what private news does the other party have?”

  You Shi was exactly six o’clock in the evening, Li Yanqing wore an ordinary purple shirt, and took a carriage with Gao Shen to Shilou. They entered the peony room on the third floor directly from the VIP passage at the back.

  Li Yanqing followed Gao Shen into the room, and saw a man in his thirties sitting in the room. He didn’t look like a Jurchen or a Khitan, but a little like a Han.

  Seeing Gao Shen coming in, this person hastily stepped forward and bowed to salute, “Please refer to Mr. Gao for a humble position!”

“Who are you.”

  Gao Shen knew that he was the negotiating entourage of the Kingdom of Jin, but he didn’t know his name. The man hurriedly said: “This official is the negotiating envoy Wang Sen, from Korea!”

Gao Shen and Li Yanqing quickly exchanged glances. It turns out that this person is from Korea. No wonder he doesn’t look like a Jurchen. Li Yanqing seemed to have thought of something. He gave Gao Shen a wink, Gao Shen understood, and said with a smile: “Let’s sit down Speak slowly!”

  Korean man Wang Sen glanced at Li Yanqing again, and said with a deep smile: “This is my confidant, it’s okay!”

   “Okay! Please sit down, both of you.”

  Wang Sen invited Gao Shen and Li Yanqing to sit down, Gao Shen smiled slightly and said, “Wang Shijun’s Chinese is pretty good!”

   “Almost all the upper class in Goryeo use Chinese, and our royal family has to learn it from an early age.”

   “It turns out that your Excellency belongs to the royal family of Korea, I’m sorry.” Gao Shen cupped his hands.

  Of course Li Yanqing knows that the current Koryo is the Wang family Koryo founded by Wang Jian, but the situation in Korea is chaotic and the power struggle is fierce. I am afraid that Wang Sen has other plans.

  Thinking of this, Li Yanqing raised his eyebrows and said: “Korea has always been a vassal of the Song Dynasty, why did it help the Zhou Dynasty and help the Jurchens invade the Song Dynasty?”

There was a trace of shame on Wang Sen’s face, and he sighed, “If the Wang family was in power, Goryeo would never send out a single soldier. Now the Wang family has become a puppet, and the Qingyuan Lee family has held the military and political power in Korea for decades. , the current Duke of North Korea, Li Ziqian, is even more powerful, and in Koryo, it is his decision to send troops to assist the Kingdom of Jin.”

Li Yanqing sneered in his heart and said nothing, this Wang Sen said very nicely, Koryo has long been at both ends of the rat, after Aguda established the Kingdom of Jin, Koryo immediately formed a brotherhood with the Kingdom of Jin, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Liao Kingdom to take care of themselves. The territory has expanded to the Yalu River. Is this also the responsibility of the Qingyuan Li family?

   Now it is light and fluffy, the responsibility lies with the Qingyuan Li family, and the responsibility for Goryeo’s sending troops to the Song Dynasty is shirked. There is no such cheap thing in the world.

  Li Yanqing didn’t speak, and continued to listen to Wang Sen’s purpose for today.

Wang Sen sighed and said: “The year before last, the emperor planned to launch a coup to eradicate Li Ziqian and his in-law Tuo Junjing, but it failed disastrously, the palace was also burned down, the emperor was placed under house arrest, and the Koryo Dynasty was in danger. We heard that the Song army attacked Hebei by sea. The emperor implores the Song army to send troops to Koryo to eradicate the source of evil and rebuild the good vassal relationship between Song and Koryo.”

  Li Yanqing’s eyes flashed with ecstasy. He resisted the emotional fluctuations, took a sip of tea and said, “The envoy said that he was entrusted by the Emperor of Korea. What is the basis?”

  Wang Sen took out a secret edict from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it over, “This is the emperor’s edict, I brought it out in my underwear, please have a look.”

Gao Shen opened the edict, and it was indeed a handwritten edict, pleading with the Song Dynasty to send troops to eradicate the power official Qingyuan Li family and help the Goryeo Wang family to restore the country. There is a Goryeo seal and the signature of the Goryeo king, a flamboyant ‘Wang Kai’ Two characters, this is the name of King Goryeo.

  Gao Shen asked Li Yanqing, “What do you think, sir?”

   On the surface, he was asking for opinions from his staff, but in fact he was asking about Li Yanqing’s attitude. Li Yanqing nodded slightly and said, “I think it’s feasible!”

  Gao Shen put away the edict and said with a smile: “This matter needs to be discussed by the Zhizheng Hall, but I estimate that the possibility of passing it is relatively high. If there is news, I will immediately notify Wang Shijun.”

  Wang Sen was overjoyed and expressed his thanks again and again.

  Actually, when Li Yanqing uttered the five words “I think it’s feasible”, it was already a final decision.

  (end of this chapter)