Xiao Wuna sent Wanyan Yingge away, returned to his mansion, sat on the Grand Master's chair, and fell into deep thought.
From the conversation with Wanyan Yingge, Xiao Wuna felt the dissatisfaction deep in Wanyan Yingge's heart. Xiao Wuna saw that although Wanyan Yingge was very humble in front of him, in fact, there was huge ambition hidden behind his humility. Wanyan Yingge could deceive others, but she could not deceive Xiao Wuna. Who is Xiao Wuna? Xiao Wuna is very good at identifying people. However, although Xiao Wuna saw the huge ambition hidden behind Wanyan Yingge's humility, with Xiao Wuna's authority, he had no way to deal with Wanyan Yingge. He could only do his best within his own authority. His greatest efforts were to limit the rise of Wanyan Yingge and the Jurchens.
Xiao Wuna, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, was filled with melancholy. He seemed to have seen the Jurchens' rapidly growing military strength and the mighty Jurchen troops marching south. No, Xiao Wuna made up his mind to restrict the development of the Jurchens. Xiao Wuna was thinking about how to restrict the Jurchens.
As far as the current situation is concerned, it is obviously impossible to conquer the Jurchens by force. Don't say it was Xiao Wuna. Even the Liao court only used appeasement measures to appease the Jurchens. Moreover, the Jurchens did not openly resist the court. Don't say that Xiao Wuna was the governor of a state, but the governor of Liao. How could the imperial court use force to exterminate the Jurchens without any reason? !
Xiao Wuna had a headache thinking about it. In the end, the only way he could think of was to stir up conflicts between the Jurchen tribe and the Wanyan clan, which had not yet been unified and annexed by the Wanyan clan. Killing each other increased the difficulty for the Wanyan clan to annex other tribes and further unify the entire Jurchen tribe; on the other hand, using the status of the Liao Kingdom as the Jurchen suzerainty, it formulated various restrictive policies to suppress the Jurchens from all aspects, so that they could not obtain develop.
Xiao Wuna did not have the authority to formulate various policies to restrict the development of Jurchens at the imperial level; it was not easy to provoke conflicts among Jurchens within the scope of Xiao Wuna's authority. If you want to successfully provoke conflicts between the remaining Jurchen tribes and the Wanyan clan and create some trouble, you will naturally need very capable and capable personnel.
Xiao Wuna thought hard and suddenly thought of Ma Zhi, who held the position of Guanglu Qing in the imperial court.
Who is Ma Zhi? It turns out that Ma Zhi's ancestors were Han people from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. In the later Jin Dynasty, Shi Jingtang ceded the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Khitan. Ma Zhi's ancestors, together with the territory of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, were ceded to the Khitan by Shi Jingtang. Therefore, Ma Zhi's ancestors became subjects of the Khitan. Later, Ma Zhi's ancestor became an official in the Liao Kingdom, and his family gradually developed and became a prominent family in the Liao Kingdom.
Ma Zhi was smart and studious since he was a child, and his ancestors had a strong attachment to the Central Plains. They were very attentive to his training and focused on the education of Chinese culture in his native land of the Central Plains.
Ma Zhi's ancestors knew that with the profoundness of the Central Plains culture, they would surely assimilate the seemingly powerful Khitan in future development. In the future, what will unify China will be the orthodox Central Plains culture, and other cultures will be substandard and unlikely to become great.
Therefore, since he was a child, Ma Zhi studied Confucian enlightenment education knowledge such as "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Surnames", "Thousand Character Classic", "Disciple Regulations", "Zhu Xi Family Instructions", etc. When he grew up, he read them all The Confucian writings of the Central Plains have accumulated rich knowledge of Sinology and have profound Chinese cultural accomplishments.
For this reason, Ma Zhi has a strong attachment to the Central Plains. He also has a special liking for his homeland in the Central Plains and is extremely envious of the prosperity and splendor of the Southern Dynasties. However, Ma Zhi, who lived under the rule of the Khitan, longed for the Southern Kingdom, but he could only envy it in his heart, but had no chance to return to his homeland. Based on this, Ma Zhi, who was in the Liao Kingdom, had to find a way out for his livelihood, so he passed the exam and entered the Khitan bureaucracy at the age of twenty, serving as the Guanglu Qing in the imperial court.
What is the position of Guang Luqing? It turns out that Guangluqing was an official responsible for the internal affairs of the palace and entertainment services such as dinner parties for ministers.
Because he held the position of Guangluqing in the Liao Dynasty, and because Ma Zhi was highly educated, although he worked like a fish in the position of Guangluqing, he was able to handle social matters in an orderly manner at a young age. , deeply appreciated by the court; but Ma Zhi was in pain in his heart. Among his colleagues in the imperial court, Ma Zhi obviously felt the same strange cultural atmosphere and different living customs, which were completely inconsistent with the education he had received. What Ma Zhi felt was loneliness and the obvious difference between him and his other Liao colleagues. Ma Zhi looked down upon his colleagues from the Liao Kingdom who did not have a profound cultural background and only spent their days wandering and hunting.
Therefore, with his education and understanding of life, Ma Zhi was not willing to serve the dignitaries of the Liao court. Ma Zhi felt that with his knowledge and talents, it was only right to serve his motherland in the Southern Dynasties. Now, with his talents and knowledge, he had to humbly serve the Khitan nobles who had robbed his motherland of his motherland. This made Ma Zhi unhappy.
Ma Zhi continued his unsatisfactory career in this pain.
Later, Ma Zhi met Xiao Wuna, who served as the teacher of Emperor Taisun Yelu Yanxi in the imperial court.
Among the Khitan nobles who advocated military armaments, Xiao Wuna was not only unparalleled in martial arts, but also knowledgeable and knowledgeable. He was like a breath of fresh air and seemed incompatible with other Khitan nobles.
Through interactions, Ma Zhi was impressed by Xiao Wuna's profound cultural accomplishment and worshiped Xiao Wuna. Xiao Wuna also admired Ma Zhi's erudition very much. The two of them cherished each other and were very at odds with each other.
Now, when Xiao Wuna was worried that there was no competent candidate to suppress the Jurchens, he suddenly thought of Ma Zhi, who held the position of Guanglu Qing in the imperial court. Scenes from the past interactions with Ma Zhi emerged in Xiao Wuna's mind, and Xiao Wuna's mood suddenly cheered up. Xiao Wuna thought to herself, looking for him thousands of times in the crowd, he was nowhere to be seen, but suddenly looking back, that person was there, in the dimly lit place!
Xiao Wuna was overjoyed and hurriedly wrote a memorial to Yelu Hongji.
In the memorial, Xiao Wuna first reported on the situation of the Jurchens, and then submitted a memorial to Yelu Hongji, requesting that Ma Zhi, who held the position of Guanglu Qing in the imperial court, be transferred to Ningbian Prefecture to serve as his assistant.
After receiving Xiao Wuna's memorial, Yelu Hongji was most concerned about what was going on with the Jurchen. As for Xiao Wuna's request for Ma Zhi to go to Ningbian Prefecture to serve as his assistant, Yelu Hongji didn't even consider it, and then Rangnan Privy Council ordered Ma Zhi to be sent to Xiao Wuna in Ningbian Prefecture to obey orders.
What is a person who waits on others? ! In Yelu Hongji's eyes, Ma Zhi was just a little messenger, or a pebble under his feet. He could just kick him wherever he wanted, without any need to think about it.
For Ma Zhi, being able to serve under Xiao Wuna is a dream come true!
Ma Zhi had long been tired of the life of welcoming people and sending people off in the court. He had long wanted to have a real and quiet job, where he could read poetry and books and swim in the ocean of knowledge in his free time.
When the Southern Privy Council informed Ma Zhi to go to Xiao Wuna in Ningbian Prefecture to take orders, Ma Zhi was so happy that he almost jumped up.
Ma Zhi thought to himself, what a wonderful thing it was to be able to obey Xiao Wuna's orders and receive Xiao Wuna's teachings at any time.
Ma Zhi returned to the mansion with excitement. After informing his wife about his appointment in Yongbyon Prefecture, he rolled up poems and books, put them in a sack, put them on his horse, then shouldered his iron gun, got on his horse, and looked. Ningjiangzhou, galloped away and reported to Xiao Wuna.
After traveling for three to five days and sleeping in the open air, Ma Zhi arrived at the Governor's Mansion in Ningjiang Prefecture. Xiao Wuna was overjoyed when he saw Ma Zhi arriving. He held a banquet that night to welcome Ma Zhi and cleanse him from the dust.
During the dinner, the two people couldn't help but talk about the Jurchens.
Xiao Wuna arranged for Ma Zhi to pretend to be a horse dealer and go to various Jurchen tribes to find out their true situation, destroy their relationship with the Wanyan tribe, instigate conflicts between them and the Wanyan tribe, and make them fight each other, thus achieving the imperial suppression. The purpose of the Jurchens.
After Ma Zhi rested in Ningbian Prefecture for a few days, he disguised himself as a horse dealer and went to several Jurchen tribes that had not been annexed by Wanyan Yingge to inquire about their situation on the pretext of horse trading.
On this day, Ma Zhi came to the Atian tribe of the Jurchen tribe and, as a merchant from the Southern Dynasties, visited Dut, the leader of the Atian tribe.
When Dart heard that Ma Zhi was a businessman from the Southern Dynasties who came to buy horses from the Adian tribe, he was overjoyed and invited Ma Zhi to sit as a guest.
Ma Zhi bowed to Dut in the Han salute and said calmly: "Here comes the chief. I am a businessman from the Southern Dynasties, my name is Zhang Zhiling. I feel extremely honored to be able to meet the chief today."
Dut smiled and said: "You're welcome, you are a distinguished guest from heaven. I am very happy to come to our Adian tribe."
Ma Zhi bowed to express his respect for Dut. Ma Zhi said: "The big leader is above. I am here to establish a business alliance with the big leader, mainly to cooperate on the horse trade."
Dut listened to Ma Zhi's words carefully.
Ma Zhi continued: "I am here to visit first. If your tribe has good horses and is willing to cooperate with me, I will purchase a large number of horses from your tribe, and your tribe can also get a lot of money from the Southern Dynasty; if The big leader needs other materials, such as iron tools, etc. I can also barter in exchange for horses from your tribe. I wonder what the big leader wants?"
Dart was overjoyed when he heard this and said loudly: "Dear guest, the Atian tribe has nothing but horses! You have come to the right place to buy horses from the Atian tribe. As for the transaction, you can get whatever you want." The method, all the things that don’t matter, it all works.”
Hearing this, Ma Zhi said happily: "Great, I decided to make a horse deal with the leader."
Dart was even more happy and said to Ma Zhi: "I heard that the Southern Dynasty is a beautiful city-state, and I am very envious. If I have the opportunity to visit the Southern Dynasty, appreciate the customs and customs of the Southern Dynasty, and enjoy the beautiful mountains and rivers, then I am even more lucky for my entire life."
