"Perhaps this is not Jia She's intention, but the Song court's intention?"
Guo Ning asked back: "The Song Dynasty has no direct conflict with us. Hasn't the matter of blocking the grain trade in the past few months been resolved? Everyone can live well and make money. I originally thought, The two families can sit together and discuss conditions and cooperation... If this is the intention of the Song Dynasty court, then at least three months ago, when our grain trade was restored, the Song Dynasty court planned to bribe traitors. Killed someone? Was the Song court so far-sighted?"
Li Yun and Zhou Keshan looked at each other, neither of them could explain.
Ding Haijun's economy relied on sea trade, and the key to sea trade was the Song Dynasty, so Guo Ning had always paid close attention to the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties.
A few months ago, the Song Dynasty suddenly blocked the maritime grain trade with Ding Haijun, and Ding Haijun immediately used Korean people as a cover to continue the original business. Naturally, this kind of cover cannot be very comprehensive. It is just a facade. Everyone below is aware of it, but even if the people above have some discernment, they will not be blind to it.
However, the grain trade with Goryeo continued smoothly. The officials of the Song Dynasty who had the power to control maritime trade, including the deputy transshipment envoys of the Liangzhe Road, the city shipping envoys of Mingzhou, the city shipping promotion, the shipping supervision, and the coastal system envoys, so many officials are one document You can go straight to Song Guoxing and continue to pester him. But none of them wanted to expose it, and no one wanted to cause trouble.
That day, the Ding navy fleet went south for trade under the banner of the Koreans, and Li Yun himself was on the ship. Through the introductions of Zhang Kai and Zhou Keshan, he went ashore privately to meet with several senior officials from the Shipping Department of Qingyuan Prefecture. Through them, he also made contacts with some related officials from Hangzhou, Xiuzhou Huating and Jiangyin Military Shipping Department. Officials with real power met and agreed on a tacit understanding during the subsequent inspection and extraction process, and arranged all the benefits for all parties.
The status of these old officials is not high, but their actions must have been inspired by the officials. It can be seen that the officials in charge of maritime trade in the Song Dynasty generally valued practical benefits and were unwilling to interfere with the conflicts between the Jin and Song Dynasties.
This is natural, and it is also the effect that Dinghai Navy has hoped to achieve since its launch of maritime trade.
Guo Ning is not a man of the temple, and he never believes that he can win over a certain political force by talking about great principles. He was only convinced that last year the Song Dynasty court allocated as much as 1.5 million guan to the Shipping Department of Hangzhou and Qingyuan Prefecture, of which nearly 500,000 guan directly belonged to the payment of the Ding Navy fleet, and another 1.5 million guan. Five hundred thousand dollars, derived from business within the control of Ding Haijun.
These two 500,000 yuan were almost equal to one-fortieth of the annual income of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. Not to mention that there is at least the same amount of money to satisfy the appetites of countless officials in eastern Zhejiang, Huaidong and other places. How can it be said that these two huge interests can be given up just by giving up?
The coexistence of the Jin and Song Dynasties has lasted for hundreds of years. The two countries met many times at war, and the Song people rarely took advantage on the battlefield. Occasionally, when they had the upper hand, they were accustomed to being weak, and they always gave up the advantage gained by the warriors with their swords and guns when they quarreled in the court. This kind of thing happened several times, and it had already softened the hearts of the people of Song Dynasty.
A few days after the new emperor of Zhongdu came to the throne, Guo Ning once summoned his staff to speculate on the changes in the situation in the world.
At that time, the new emperor came to the throne, changed the Yuan Dynasty to "Xingding", and immediately issued an imperial edict to the people at home and abroad. The envoys carrying the edict traveled everywhere, not only to the areas controlled by Dinghaijun, but also to Henan, Guanzhong, Hedong, and the northeastern hinterland. As a result, only the Jurchen allies in the northeastern interior were the only ones who immediately respected the new emperor and adopted the new name.
Both the North and South Henan Roads and Xijing Road remained silent, but the envoys going to Henan were scolded on the spot and almost chopped into pieces by the soldiers.
A few days later, the civil and military ministers on Nanjing Road and Guanzhong all expressed their wishes to King Sui, saying that they would support King Sui to ascend the throne as emperor and fight to the death of the rebel Guo Ning who was entrenched in the central capital.
In this regard, many staff members in Dinghai Navy are a little worried. Some people have repeatedly speculated on what benefits the Nanjing court would offer to persuade the Southern Song Dynasty to form an alliance with it and launch a joint attack.
But in the face of the sudden changes in the north, the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties remained its original leisurely appearance.
Business at sea is still going on. Several secretly opened private ports are still escorted by officials, and those who receive monthly payments from Ding Haijun still feel at ease with their money. Occasionally, when the settlement is slow, they will actually write letters to urge them, as if this is not a private matter. There is no corruption here, but a generous salary.
There is no heightened alert at the border either. The border military town that had been abandoned for many years was still abandoned, and the general's appetite for empty pay had not diminished. Ganluo City near the mouth of the Qinghe River was a fortress with 12,000 troops stationed in the past. Now it has become the most commonly used transshipment warehouse for smuggling merchants; Fifteen hundred people and two hundred cavalry were actually stationed in Xuyi. The number of soldiers in the imperial camp specially prepared for war would not exceed five hundred, and the cavalry would be less than fifty.
The common people did have some militia associations, and their training level and equipment were higher than those of the imperial troops. However, if they wanted to expand their scale, the local officials of the Song Dynasty would be the first to look at them like wolves and tigers and would never agree. Unless the situation is really tense, officials will use some money and food to recruit local refugees and brave men into the new army to use it as their own political capital.
With this look, it is said that the Civil and Military Association of the Song Dynasty suddenly became energetic, and everyone showed the courage to make contributions, and took the initiative to intervene in the war in the north... Who can believe it? The military and political strategies of such a big country cannot be promoted by one person. Since the whole country is civilized and peaceful, and has become accustomed to peace and stability, there is no way to change it! Whoever wants to change it, Han Kanwei’s head is an example!
So, in the Southern Song Dynasty, why were there people seeking death and offending the vicious Ding Haijun?
Is Jia She bored, or is he a maverick?
Was this incident a huge conspiracy set up by the Song Dynasty court behind the scenes, or was it a test by some political forces?
After all, Ding Haijun still didn't know enough about the Song Dynasty. Guo Ning, Li Yun, and Zhou Keshan discussed repeatedly but could not reach a definite result. The only thing that was beyond doubt was that Zhou Keshan insisted that Jia She would never do anything that was not good for himself.
In the end, Guo Ning became impatient and pointed directly at Li Yun and Zhou Keshan.
"You two go south together, and I will order a group of elite soldiers to accompany you. First, go to Chuzhou to get a feel for the local situation, and then capture that Jia She and send him to Zhigu Village! I will question him personally!"
It seems that any government affairs that Guo Ning participates in discussions will always end up with some rough and violent methods, and the results of such rough and violent methods are usually not bad.
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Li Yun and Zhou Keshan looked at each other, bowed together and said, "I obey."
