Yi La Chu Cai was confident and slapped a few books on the table:
"The people of the Song Dynasty have always loved money. As early as the reign of Emperor Taizong Yongxi, they sent many internal servants, carrying letters, gold and silk, to the maritime countries to recruit and serve. Later, the Song Dynasty was defeated by the Jin Dynasty, and the imperial court went south. Crossing, the territory is narrow and state supplies are scarce, so they pay more and more attention to the benefits of market shipping. The domestic control of merchants is also based on market shipping. At this moment, the Southern Dynasty blocked our grain trade, which was the city shipping department. We came forward to strictly control the northward movement of grain ships to ports in Mizhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places, and may have even done some harmonizing of interests..."
Guo Ning nodded repeatedly:
"The problem is, if they can restrict the merchants of the Song Dynasty, how can they restrict the merchants of other countries? They suddenly cut off the sea route of grain from the north. So, the grain that had been sent from Champa and other places to Quanzhou, Mingzhou and other ports was intended to be shipped north. , should it be sold at a low price? If it cannot be sold in time, the ship will not be able to free up the cargo hold to carry the return goods. This kind of long-distance maritime trade cannot be done two or three times a year. If you lose money once, some merchants will go bankrupt! "
"In this way, on the one hand, the maritime merchants are trying to get through the joints of Song Guo City Shipping Department, on the other hand, they must also find other channels to sell grain as soon as possible. Unfortunately, we are the only ones in the north who are in urgent need of bulk grain. They can easily I can't find anyone who can accept me, unless..."
"Unless at this time, a Korean businessman suddenly comes forward and is willing to take over these grains."
Yi La Chucai smiled and talked eloquently: "There is no official communication between the Song Dynasty and Goryeo. Therefore, they have no precise channels to determine the specific destination of the grain after it is transferred to the Goryeo merchant fleet."
[In view of the general environment,
Guo Ning slapped his thigh and said happily: "It is precisely because there is no official communication between the Song Dynasty and Goryeo that they can't even verify the identity of some merchants. As long as the ship carries the Goryeo flag and uses a few Goryeo people, Is it possible that the Shipping Department of the Song Dynasty still pushed merchants to other places?"
"Even if the Shipping Department of the Song Dynasty was aware of it, for many maritime merchants, if they could find the Koryo caravan to sell food, and the government had already made an official statement to the court, do they still have to kill them all? At that time, since There are internal officials in the Song Dynasty fighting with each other, and maybe they will bite you to the death, who knows?"
"Then, the key lies indeed in Goryeo. As Goryeo has always been barren, the financial resources brought by its maritime caravans must be in the hands of an important person with military and political strength. Does Jin Qing know who this person is?"
He moved Chucai and pulled out the book underneath: "Of course it is Cui Zhongxian, the powerful minister who is now in charge of Goryeo's national affairs. This man is the son of Goryeo general Cui Yuanhao. During the Mingchang period, he killed Li Yimin, the military minister who had previously controlled Goryeo, and then massacred the courtiers. Shortly afterwards, he In just fifteen years, four kings of Goryeo were deposed and established in succession, and they were awarded the titles of Hero of the Goryeo Kingdom Jingguo, Bishang Sanhan, Da Kuang, Taizhong Doctor, General, and Zhuguo.”
"This title is very long, tsk tsk..." Guo Ning praised several times.
At this time, his mood became happy. He relaxed his body and leaned back on the chair and continued: "Never mind this. Since this person has been a powerful official who has controlled Goryeo for many years, he naturally hopes that Goryeo will be stable and not suffer the disaster of war. Since Yelusi did not lead the troops across the Yalu River, He might have a headache."
"So, the marshal can just send someone to Goryeo to negotiate terms and achieve some cooperation on the pretext of assisting in the pacification. It's even possible..."
"What else can I do?"
"As a powerful minister, Cui will definitely hope to be recognized and even canonized by the superior country, and his own family will probably replace this idea. When necessary, we might as well grant him a high-ranking position and help him, what's the harm? The price is enough!"
"good!"
In the past few days, there was actually hope of solving the food problem that had made him so angry. Many wooden targets in the martial arts arena in the Marshal's Mansion may have escaped disaster.
Guo Ning got up excitedly and walked back and forth in the hall twice:
"I just heard Zhao Bin talk about the laws of the maritime monsoon. When the southerly wind blows in May and June, heavily loaded ships set out from Mingzhou one after another. If we want to promote cooperation with Korean merchants, we must get there before the southerly wind dies down. Move quickly, still
Someone needs to come forward who is capable and capable! "
"This person needs to be familiar with the situation in the northeastern hinterland and even in the direction of Goryeo, and understand the operation of our maritime trade routes, so that he can adapt to the situation."
"It's best to have seen blood and be able to fight. Be able to use soft and hard tactics at critical moments, and dare to be ruthless and cruel!"
These two people said something to each other, and they responded very quickly. Although the navy has many soldiers and generals, there is actually only one person who meets this condition.
Guo Ning suddenly became worried: "Earlier, we urgently summoned business-related officials from various places to return to Zhongdu. The envoys to Liaodong may have already arrived."
"I'll draw up an order immediately and prepare everything we need tonight. We'll chase the envoys, travel overnight, and cross the sea by speedboat. We won't miss anything."
He pointed at Chucai and said, "However, Marshal, you have to give him a good name. He can use his status as a judge of Qunmu to travel to the interior of the Northeast. If he acts on behalf of Dajin in a foreign country, if his name is not correct and his words are not smooth, I'm afraid it will not work." It’s so suitable.”
"He should have taken action long ago. What position does Jin Qing think is better?"
Guo Ning thought for a moment and then said, "How about letting him serve as the deputy director of the Marshal's Mansion?"
The official system within the Ding Navy is quite different from that of Daikin. For example, under the Du Marshal's Mansion, there is actually no left and right departments responsible for accepting payments from the six ministries, correcting document violations, and dividing government affairs.
The powers belonging to the Department of Left and Right were in charge of reconnaissance and impeachment by Xu Jin’s Recording Department, and Liang Chisheng’s Experience Department was responsible for dealing with documents. The remaining six departments were entirely in the hands of the Government Affairs Department who had transferred Chu materials.
However, since Guo Ning said this, he presumably intended to unify the various commercial authorities, take them out of the Government Affairs Department and place them under the Left and Right Department, and let Li Yun promote them in the name of the Left and Right Department Manager. Yi La Chucai nodded without hesitation: "Very good. I'll make arrangements right away."
"The order makes it clear that we are not here to beg for help, but to cooperate and ask him not to lose the prestige of the Marshal's Mansion!"
Yi La Chucai held the pen in his hand, studying the ink and smiling at the same time: "Marshal, don't worry, Li Yun will never embarrass us."
On that day, the main gate of the Du Marshal's Mansion suddenly opened, and the messenger galloped on his light horse, hurrying eight hundred miles out of the city.
Mid May.
Hundreds of cavalrymen wearing tall hats and white clothes took dozens of ferries and crossed the Yalu River.
This group of cavalry was not part of the Ding Navy, and their crossing direction was not from west to east. They are Goryeo cavalry from Goryeo Wangjing Kaesong.
There were important offices in the Goryeo Dynasty to manage the army. Under the heavy house, there are two armies and six guards, also known as the Eight Guards.
Over the years, the powerful minister Cui Zhongxian suppressed the "Chongfang" with his own private troops of the "Dufang" Sixth Division, constantly weakened the Eighth Guards, and sent all the best soldiers into private households. The Eighth Guards' soldiers have been greatly reduced than before. Moreover, a considerable number of the troops were diverted to the north by the Khitans.
Only one of them, called the Longwu Army, is still stationed in Kaijing, and because its general Cui Junwen is a close confidant of Cui Zhongxian's clan, it retains a number of elites.
At this time, those who crossed the Yalu River and entered the territory of Jin Guopo Road were the three hundred cavalry led by General Cui Junwen of the Longwu Army. Accompanying Cui Junwen in action was his deputy general Jin Mingde.
The cavalry crossed the river and marched westward along the road for more than thirty miles. They did not see the garrison on the Posu Road of Jin Guo, nor did they see the scouting horses from the local Jurchen tribes.
Jin Mingde couldn't help but sneer: "The Khitan army with tens of thousands of people was able to rush into our territory of Goryeo all the way. No one dared to stop us for thousands of miles. This is certainly a serious problem for our Goryeo, but when I think about it, Jin What kind of chaos has the country become? Fortunately, they sent me a document and still dared to shout!"
