"Immediately stop all cooperation between Yunzhou County and Lao Si! From now on, no more kilogram of Yunzhou iron will be allowed to be sold to the forces in the hands of Lao Si and Taiwei Mansion.
These audacious people! Damn it! "
As soon as Zhao Jun heard the news, his calm expression changed instantly, and he immediately issued an order banning the ironware business transactions between Yunzhou County and the fourth prince, with his hands behind his back.
This cannot continue, otherwise you will be cultivating enemies for yourself. The Xiongnu who were already short of iron were already a serious problem for the Song Dynasty. If the Xiongnu were to get enough iron weapons, it would be a huge disaster!
How many people would die under the iron tools sold by their own people for no reason. The consequences are really too serious!
Li Yi nodded, and then felt a little confused:
"Your Majesty, we have a contract with the Fourth Prince. If we suddenly cut off the payment, the amount of defaulted money that needs to be compensated will probably not be a small amount."
Zhao Jun said without hesitation: "Give it to them! I will pay as much as I want. With this money from the palace, I will never let Yunzhou Iron fall into his hands again!"
Li Yi nodded in agreement.
Zhao Jun walked back and forth in the Wenshi Hall again with his hands behind his back.
This news involves too many things. Originally, Yunzhou County could start a war with Shendu without any scruples.
But now that the Tatars have freed up their hands, they will definitely not allow Yunzhou County to remain stable. Among other things, it was the loss suffered last time. With the Tatars' bird nature, if the Great Yuezhi hadn't suddenly attacked, We will never let it go.
You must make arrangements in advance.
As one of the three major forces on the grassland, the Tatars have the best cavalry in the entire grassland. Dealing with them will definitely not be as easy as dealing with Shendu. Yunzhou County must go all out.
And if you want to do this, you must end the war with Shendu, and you must not let Shendu know your current situation, so as to avoid a two-front war.
What to do?
Fortunately, our side is now the victor in the battle and has a lot of room for maneuver. There is still a way to solve this.
Zhao Jun immediately asked: "How many officials are there in the county governor's office who are proficient in using body poison? Is it possible to select an envoy who can use body poison?"
Li Yi was stunned when he heard this, and then guessed: "My lord, do you want to send someone to poison yourself?"
Zhao Jun did not hide anything, he nodded directly and said:
"Now that the Tatars have their hands free, Yunzhou County must prepare for the possible war. In this way, the poisonous war must be ended to avoid a two-front war.
Therefore, the king wants to send an envoy to discuss the truce with Shendu, so that our expeditionary force in Shendu can withdraw to deal with the threat from the Tatars. "
Li Yi nodded clearly, and then asked: "For this envoy, in addition to being proficient in body and language, what requirements does the prince have for the leader of the envoy?"
Zhao Jun said immediately: "Although we initiated the ceasefire, we cannot let Shendu know that the ceasefire is to deal with other big troubles, otherwise it is very likely to take advantage of the situation.
Therefore, I need the envoy of this mission to be a tough person who can force the Shendu side to cease fighting, but also make the other side not suspicious.
At least until the spring of next year, our expeditionary forces in Woye County and Nanli County do not need to be withdrawn, and they can be used as his support and trump card.
We must let King Shendu know that we are not willing to fight them just because we think our current territory is enough, not because we have no energy to fight them.
When necessary, he can even apply for some support from the frontline troops and give the poisonous party a strong deterrent to achieve his goal.
Therefore, he not only needs to have a strong personality, but also has to have a strong style. At the same time, he needs to be more flexible in his mind and his acting skills must be up to par.
Is there such a person? "
After listening to Zhao Jun's request, Li Yi began to think about it. It was not easy to find such a person. After all, he shouldered such a big responsibility and it was not something that ordinary people could do.
Suddenly, a figure of a person suddenly appeared in his mind.
That guy with a stubborn temper and always being strong and domineering towards foreigners might just be a suitable character.
Li Yi immediately recommended to Zhao Jun: "Your Majesty, I know a suitable candidate, but he is not in Yunzhou County, but in Nanli County."
As soon as he heard that there was actually a suitable candidate, Zhao Jun immediately became interested and asked: "Oh? Who is he?"
Li Yi immediately spit out the name "Wang Cezhi!"
Then he introduced: "This person came to our Yunzhou County with the refugees when our Yunzhou County first accepted refugees. It is said that he was originally from Nanyang County, and he was even a scholar who has been working and studying for generations. Logically speaking, he should not They ended up becoming refugees.
But he was unlucky because he accidentally broke into a scene where a Nanyang County family was discussing an iron trade with the Huns who had sneaked into the country.
And traces were found. Although he escaped on the spot because of his quicker reaction, when he returned home he found that all his family members had been silenced by the Wang family, and his biological sister was even..."
Li Yi did not continue talking at this point, but Zhao Jun already understood what he meant.
Li Yi skimmed over this paragraph and continued: "His sister was killed by the Huns. He found a belt discarded by the Huns next to his sister's body. It was made of prairie wolf tendons and was not available in the pass.
Later, the aristocratic family began to search for him all over the city. He went through all kinds of hardships to escape, and fled to Liaodong County just in time for a severe drought. In addition, the pursuers of the aristocratic family were chasing after him, and finally he simply fled. Mixed in with the refugees and came to Yunzhou County together. "
Li Yi paused before continuing: "When he first came here, in order to survive, he directly joined the guard army and became a recruit, participating in the Battle of Desheng Lake and the Battle of Nanli County's annexation.
Later, in order to manage the Nanli County that was conquered, didn't you order the disabled soldiers in the army to retire and become local officials to govern the local area and fill the vacancies of government officials?
But at that time, the process of conquering Nanli County was so smooth that even those who were disabled were not enough. Later, the county governor's office selected a group of soldiers who had great military exploits, excellent grades in literacy classes, and were willing to retire to fill the gap. The rest is blank.
It was at this time that Wang Cezhi retired from the army and became a county magistrate of Shanliang County, Nanli County.
Originally, the lower official did not know this person, but during the annexation war of Nanli County, when the Shendu Governor of Nanli County launched an assassination offensive, he led a hundred people from this capital and several other capitals to suppress the Shendu people stationed in the county. Too straightforward.
Your Majesty, as soon as your policy of killing one person and massacring an entire city was issued, as soon as the poisonous people in the county where they were located were abnormal, he and other garrisoned officers immediately started massacring the poisonous people in the city!
There was no hesitation at all, and his actions were as clean and crisp as killing people. The poisonous people in his hands were as if they were domesticated animals, and there was no mercy or mercy that a scholar should have.
It was so frightening that all the poisonous people in the city took the initiative to go out and knelt outside the door, shivering.
He even handed over all the materials at home that could be used as weapons before he gave up. "
In the following time, there were occasional Shendu people in other Shendu counties who revolted when our war effort was hindered. Only in the county where they were stationed, no Shendu people dared to think of rebellion.
Because those poisonous people they killed were still hanging high on the railing in front of the local government office until Nanli County was completely annexed by Yunzhou County!
The locals just looked at the scene like a forest of corpses at the yamen gate and did not dare to resist at all, for fear that they would become one of the above.
Later, after he became the county magistrate, when the military recruited servants, he strictly ordered every household in the county to send at least one strong man to become a servant. Anyone who violated the rules would have their whole family hung outside the city wall the next day. on the newly erected pole.
At the beginning, Shanliang County was the fastest in the entire Nanli County to compile a list of servants to join the army. The county also had the largest number of servants in the entire Nanli County.
Only then did the lower official know about such a person.
The official felt that since the prince needed someone who was strong against Shen Du to choose him to force Shen Du to sign the armistice treaty, then Wang Cezhi, who was both a scholar and extremely strong against foreigners, must be an extremely suitable candidate.
With him as the leader, those poisonous people will definitely not see any flaws, and he will not be soft in front of the poisonous people! "
After listening to Li Yi's introduction to Wang Cezhi, Zhao Jun admitted that he was a little moved. Just listening to it, he felt that this should be an extremely suitable candidate.
He immediately ordered: "Immediately summon Wang Cezhi back to Yunzhou County to see the king.
I want to see him in person! "
"Yes! I obey your orders!"
Li Yi responded immediately.
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(End of chapter)
