Chapter 1113: Chamberlain

The palace warriors pulled out an old man from among the Liao officials who were watching the ceremony, knocked off his hat and pushed him to the ground.

Yelu Hongji was so angry that he shouted and asked before he reached the ground: "Yan Wu, who dares to make a mistake?!"

Han Yanwu hurried over to help Yelu Hongji get off the overhead carriage, and said in a low voice: "Shi Shangshu is a descendant of Shi Fang. Please calm down your majesty and be tolerant of the descendants of Shi Fang."

Han Yanwu was the commander of the Nanjing Infantry Army, after Han Derang, the most famous Han minister of the Liao Kingdom.

The Han family was the third largest family in the Liao Dynasty after the Yelu family and the Xiao family. It now has three princes and four military governors.

Shi Fang was a great hero of the Liao Dynasty and served in the five dynasties of Taizong, Shizong, Muzong, Jingzong, and Shengzong. During the Baoning period of Jingzong, he served as the privy envoy and served as the prime minister of the Northern Palace.

During the Tonghe period of Shengzong, he assisted Han Derang and Yelv Xiezhen in reforming the current affairs.

In the ninth year of Tonghe, he was granted the title of Shangfu. When he died in the twelfth year of his reign, he was given the title of Shangshu Ling.

Before his death, he promoted Han Derang to take his place. During his lifetime and after his death, he made a decisive contribution to the strength of the Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Hongji lost his temper and came to Shi Chun: "Old Minister, you can't see the Liao Kingdom, okay?"

Shi Chun grabbed the ground with his head: "Your Majesty, the mechanical power of the Song Dynasty has reached such an advanced level. Astronomical instruments and clocks are all a display of its national power."

"How can these five wells today be within the reach of the Liao Kingdom? The Song Kingdom has risen and its power is unstoppable. Your Majesty still doesn't realize it?"

Yelu Hongji disagreed: "What does the old minister want me to understand?"

Shi Chun was filled with worry: "Your Majesty! Su Che's mission to the Liao Dynasty was defeated by an iron bow. He was not good at archery, but he was able to shoot hundreds of steps. He relied not on manpower, but on sophisticated equipment!"

"The people of our dynasty have been saddled with horses since they were young, and it takes sixteen years to become qualified warriors. However, with the help of these weapons, the Song Dynasty can make farmers and scholars become as elite as our dynasty's eagle shooters in a few months. Your Majesty

, are you really still not enlightened?”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed diagonally upward: "The gears of this overhead crane for drilling wells fit together like a natural. Even one person can move a machine weighing ten thousand kilograms."

"With the power of several oxen, you can drive a thousand-pound chisel. It is so labor-saving and convenient. The power of one cart can save hundreds of households a day."

“For every additional well like this in the Song Dynasty, thousands of acres of fertile farmland could be created, and for every additional cart like this, hundreds of men could be saved.”

"How powerful would those people be if they were equipped with powerful bows and crossbows that could survive hundreds of steps and penetrate heavy armor?! Your Majesty, don't you realize this yet?!"

Yelu Hongji said calmly: "In Lao Shangshu's opinion, how should we solve it?"

Shi Chun's white hair was disheveled and he looked crazy: "Why don't we send people to the Song Dynasty with humble words and learn the skills of science and engineering from the Song Dynasty, so that Daliao can use its own strength to build such a crane and dig such a deep well?"

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"Otherwise, we can take advantage of the fact that the Song Dynasty has not yet fully awakened and Hebei is empty, and send the entire nation's troops across the Yellow River to decisively fight against Bianliang and unify the world!"

"You are so confused!" Yelu Hongji was furious: "Since the Chanyuan Alliance, the two countries have not fought for eighty years. Now that the new currency agreement has just been reached, we, Daliao, will get an extra 250,000 yuan a year!

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"Xiao Xi plans to open a border market to trade Dongzhu medicinal materials, and the revenue is more than 100,000 yuan! This does not include the bulk of timber!"

"The Song Dynasty could have deceived me when I dug the well today, but Mr. Li did not regard his foreign monarchs as foreign ministers. He told me frankly that he was able to build this sacred well with five self-flowing eyes. It can be said that he spared no effort."

"He treats me with sincerity, and I treat him with cunning. If we conquer the world in this way, how will the people of the world view me, Daliao? How will they view our royal family of Yelu?!"

"Your Majesty!" Shi Chun begged: "Now is the day of death. If your Majesty does not listen to the words of my veteran today, you will regret it in the future!"

"Delay it." Yelu Hongji was furious and said: "If the minister wants to be Wu Zixu, then I... can make it happen for you."

Han Yanwu had no choice but to wave his hand, and the warriors dragged Shi Chun down.

Shi Chun was still struggling all the way, and the voice came from outside the camp: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, let me say one more word... let me say one word... I will die without regrets... um..."

"Your Majesty!" But Chen Yi and Li Shuanzhuo spoke at the same time.

Chen Yi was afraid that Li Shuanshuo would stir up trouble, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Minister of the Chamber of Commerce is old and has always been diligent and diligent. All affairs of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering of the Southern Academy of Liao Dynasty are in good order. Although the effect of imitating the Song Dynasty's sea-carrying chariot is not as good as that of others, it is still good.

It is suitable for the national salt administration, so the income has increased greatly."

"The minister is knowledgeable in astronomy and geography. He is a rare talent in Daliao. Today's conflict and offense are also due to loyalty. I hope your majesty will take pity on his old age, spare him this time, and allow him to serve for his crime and pass on loyalty to the whole family.

Sincerity."

Yelu Hongji ignored Chen Yi and turned to look at Li Shuanshuo: "Did the doctor just want to say something?"

Li Shuanshuo bowed: "Your Majesty's power of heaven makes foreign ministers tremble. The monarchs and ministers of Liao Dynasty are discussing, and I, a foreign minister, should not interrupt."

"However, the matter involved the Song Dynasty. The minister even wanted to make his majesty hunt south, so the foreign minister had to say a few words for the Song Dynasty."

Yelu Hongji said "hmm" from his nose.

Li Shuanzhu said: "But please first of all, your majesty, please restrain the wrath of thunder for the time being. Today is the time when you are praying for rain. It is not suitable for there to be a bloody disaster."

Yelu Hongji waved to Han Yanwu impatiently. Han Yanwu glanced at Li Shuansu gratefully and hurried out of the camp.

Li Shuanshuo then said: "The foreign minister is originally from science and engineering. The minister of the imperial family attaches so much importance to the study of science and engineering. It seems that he and the foreign minister are of the same mind."

"But what the foreign minister wants to say is that the role of the minister in science and engineering seems to be too important."

"When our young master was teaching us, he once talked about the three countries of Liao, Song and Xia."

"What is the foundation of the Liao Kingdom? It is cavalry warfare."

"An army on horseback can advance hundreds of miles a day; it can travel thousands of miles in just ten days."

"No matter how powerful science and engineering is, can it really make a wooden cow or a horse? Or can it make a bow and arrow with a range of thousands of miles?"

Yelu Hongji couldn't help but wonder: "Dong Yu, how old was he when he told you this?"

Li Shuanzhu was speechless: "Well... the young master's abilities are not limited by age. He seemed to have just returned from Dali at that time... he was nine years old, right?"

"Nine years old?" Yelu Hongji was dumbfounded: "A nine-year-old child can understand the national conditions of various countries?"

"Well, the young master reads a lot of books. Anyway, I have never seen him without a book in his hand... But in the Liao Kingdom, foreign ministers saw that there are quite a few people who can run horses and shoot arrows at a young age."

This Yelu Hongji can be proud of himself: "That is, when I was nine years old, I could already ride a horse like flying and hunted several black bears."

Li Shuanshuan cupped his hands: "This is exactly what the foreign minister wanted to say. Even a child in the country picking fruits knows that it is difficult to give up and easy to take."

"The two countries have different national conditions, different foundations for founding the country, and different proportions of the four peoples."

"Children in the Liao Kingdom lived on horseback from infancy, while children in the Song Dynasty began to recite poems and books at the age of five. If our government saw the strength of the Liao Kingdom's cavalry, it would imitate the Liao Kingdom and establish a national policy to let the people abandon their fertile land and change their occupations.

Animal husbandry... Your Majesty, do you think this is a joke?"

Yelu Hongji's angry expression suddenly relieved, and he even smiled slightly: "It would be great if that were the case. It would be impossible to send troops south and relieve the people."

"The foreign minister is just making an analogy. Your Majesty is absolutely prohibited from doing so. I, the emperor and his ministers, will never be so ridiculous." Li Shuanzhu was honest and explained quickly.

Yelu Hongji's smile grew stronger and stronger: "I'm just trying to make an analogy with you."

"Then I'm relieved." Li Shuanshuo bowed and continued: "On the other hand, no matter how strong the Song Dynasty in science and engineering is, is it worthy of the Liao Kingdom to imitate? Let the children play chess, calligraphy and painting on horseback? Or give up?

The foundation of a powerful nomadic nation, sit down and discuss with me the scholar-bureaucrats?"

"Hahaha..." Yelu Hongji finally laughed out loud: "When I was in the Liao Kingdom, I also heard that you Shu people were witty, but your little gentleman looked like a gentleman... But you, the doctor, are pretty good, what you said

It’s superficial and interesting, but it makes sense.”

Li Shuanzhao did not expect Yelu Hongji to react like this. Am I very humorous? The young master said that I am old-fashioned...

Forget it, he continued: "The young master also analyzed with us at that time that the development of a country must be in line with the national conditions of that country. Although Dali governs the country with a mixture of Confucianism and Buddhism, it still has its national conditions."

"The establishment of separate administrations in the Northern and Southern Courts in the Liao Dynasty was very in line with the national conditions of the Liao Kingdom and was also a wise move by the Liao monarchs and ministers."

"Looking at Xixia, one monarch established the Xia system, and another monarch restored the Han system. Over and over again, it was better not to cure it at all!"

"Hahaha..." Yelu Hongji couldn't help it anymore. After he finished laughing, he patiently explained to Li Shuanzhuo: "That is the system established by Emperor Taizong of our dynasty. It is the so-called concurrent rule of China, and officials are divided into the north and the south."

"Govern the Khitans according to the national system, and treat the Han people according to the Han system. In the north, the palaces, tribes, and state affairs are governed; in the south, the Han prefectures and counties are governed, renting taxes, and military and horse affairs. It is governed according to customs and is suitable."
Chapter completed!