After a pleasant feast, everyone was tipsy, so Su Yonglin asked them to go back to the inn to rest. After a few days of rest, they could set off home and bring Su Yonglin's message back to Xixia to tell Li Renxiao.
Send troops to garrison at the border.
There is no need to take the initiative, just send troops to station at the border and make a show of it. As long as this gesture is achieved, the rest is not important.
Su Yonglin knew that Xixia was in a difficult situation and there was no need for them to mobilize troops. The Guanzhong Jin Army would naturally be destroyed by the Liberation Army.
The envoy Ren Chunzhong and the deputy envoy Ao Daochong once again praised Su Yonglin's martial arts, expressed their sincere admiration for him, and said that they could still fulfill this request.
The banquet was over and the guests and hosts had a good time. Su Yonglin sent someone to send Ren Chunzhong and Ao Daochong back to the post house to rest. He returned to the study and took out the meeting gift that Ren Chunzhong had presented to Su Yonglin on behalf of Li Renxiao as an envoy. Gift list.
Well, comparing the two, Ren Dejing's personal gift to Su Yonglin was obviously much more generous.
Ren Dejing seemed to know very well that what the Liberation Army needed most at present was not money, but some real things, so he gave Su Yonglin 50,000 sheep, 5,000 cattle, 500 horses, and 10,000 pieces of silk and cloth as gifts. Horse, ten thousand catties of copper.
This can be considered generous in any case, even too generous.
In comparison, Li Renxiao's meeting gift was much simpler. It contained some gold and silver, some pearls and jade, and some silk cloth. It was really just a ceremonial gift, and it was quite different from the real things given by Ren Dejing. .
The things Ren Dejing gave were very real, especially the 10,000 kilograms of copper instead of gold and silver.
Su Yonglin smelled it. The smell here was really interesting.
Gold and silver are not circulating currencies and can only be used in the upper class to give gifts and trade bulk goods. In daily economic life, copper coins are mainly used, so copper symbolizes money more than gold and silver.
Although Su Yonglin has the idea of carrying out currency reform, it is impossible to implement it for a while. Whether it is gold, silver currency, or banknotes, it will not be realized until the social environment is relatively stable. Before that, it is very easy to cause chaos. economy.
If you give gold and silver to Su Yonglin, Su Yonglin will have to find channels for bulk commodity trading to use it. If you give copper to Su Yonglin, you can actually increase your wealth.
And sheep, cows, horses, silk, these things are all real and have great uses. Whether they are rewards or disaster relief, or even if they are eaten directly, they are still meat.
This Ren Dejing is a bit interesting.
Su Yonglin had never cared about Xixia before, and did not understand some of the internal affairs of Xixia. He thought that Xixia was a harmonious scene where the kings, ministers and virtuous people were harmonious. But now it seems that there seems to be a contradiction between the imperial power and the prime minister's power within Xixia.
Is this Ren Dejing a powerful prime minister?
Su Yonglin's doubts were quickly answered.
Because on the second night after the banquet, Su Yonglin hosted a banquet for Ren Chunzhong again and got him drunk. The deputy envoy of the Xixia Mission, O Daochong, seemed to have found an opportunity and asked to see Su Yonglin alone.
"You mean that Ren Dejing is arrogant and domineering, has evil intentions, and even has the idea of coveting the throne of the country?"
After listening to O Daochong's story, Su Yonglin felt a little surprised and said, "He is already the Prime Minister, why would he have such an idea? Is that an exaggeration?"
"The general has learned clearly that Ren Dejing is cunning, arrogant and domineering. Taking advantage of the fact that his daughter is the queen mother and he has achieved military exploits, his disrespect for the king is beyond words!"
Ao Daochong said with a sad face: "The leader of our country is a simple and benevolent man. He tolerated the Queen Mother and Ren Dejing in every possible way because of their military exploits. Being disrespectful to the king is really abominable! And he still...he still..."
"What else is he doing?"
"He also forced the king of the country to grant him the title of King of Chu! He proclaimed himself king openly! King with a different surname!"
Odaochong swallowed more and said: "He can actually propose such an overreaching act openly. The king has no choice but to agree, but he is miserable in his heart. Who can know? Does the general think this is normal? Is it something that a minister can do?”
When Ao Daochong said these words, Su Yonglin found it a bit interesting.
Ever since Liu Bang slayed the white horse and made an oath, most of the people who were named kings with different surnames in various dynasties were dead people. They were granted posthumous titles and were given honors. This is nothing.
But it would not be a good thing to be crowned king while alive. If something happened, he would soon become dead.
There are only a few kings with different surnames who live to the end of their lives. They cannot be regarded as normal existences. They are existences that are beyond the rules of the game. They cannot be regarded as general cases and have no reference value.
Among those few people, Su Yonglin did not remember the name Ren Dejing. In this case, this person should be one of those who was crowned king alive but later died.
Interesting, interesting.
Su Yonglin was very interested and said calmly: "So, Ren Dejing is arrogant and domineering and has a disobedient heart, but you can't do anything about him?"
Ao Daochong said while weeping: "Ren Dejing's daughter is the Queen Mother. He is a relative and a member of the royal family. He has a stable status and has achieved military exploits. He has many supporters in the court. With this, he has entered the palace and became the prime minister of the country. He has also acted wantonly. Eliminate dissidents and place cronies in important positions.
Now he not only controls the government affairs of the court, but also controls a considerable amount of the army. Even the mobilization of the national army must obey his orders, otherwise it will be unfair. Therefore, this person's power has reached the extreme, which is really unsightly! "
Su Yonglin held his chin and nodded slowly, feeling that Ren Dejing was indeed the number one person.
If you want to take power, hold it to the end, without leaving any mercy. You are fully aware of the hidden dangers that will come to you if you don't do things, so you take action decisively, and even sideline Li Renxiao, who has been the emperor for decades.
On the other hand, Li Renxiao, the emperor for decades, seemed to feel a little weak and bullied when faced with a "mother" and her father who were younger than himself. He could not even control his own power as emperor, nor could he suppress powerful ministers. Political means and political acumen are really bad.
You have no way to deal with the powerful minister, so you try to find him for help?
How many more decades can he be the emperor like this?
What is the political situation in Xixia?
Su Yonglin is a little confused about what the political system of Xixia is like.
Just as he was thinking this, Su Yonglin suddenly noticed an interesting point.
"Ren Dejing, judging by his name, is he a Han?"
"Yes, Ren Dejing is Han Chinese."
Ao Daochong said: "He is not only a Han, but also a surrender of the Song Dynasty! When the Great Xia invaded Shaanxi and attacked Xi'an Prefecture, Ren Dejing was the general magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture at that time and led the troops to surrender to the Great Xia. Happy, so Ren Dejing was appointed.
That's all. Ren Dejing thought his daughter was beautiful, so he tried every means to send his daughter to the former king. The former king was tempted by the beauty and accepted Ren Dejing's daughter.
Later, Ren Dejing bribed the powerful officials in the court and made his daughter the queen. Just one year later, the former king passed away, and his daughter became the current queen mother. Ren Dejing also received many benefits from this, and then there was today! "
Su Yonglin was surprised.
"A surrendered minister entered the palace and became the prime minister? Is there such a thing..."
"That's not all. After Ren Dejing became a relative, he achieved several military exploits. Relying on his military exploits and the recommendation of the dignitaries in the court, he was called to serve in the court. He ostracized dissidents and played political tricks in the court, and finally became the prime minister. In this position, all government and military orders now come from the Ren family!"
Ao Daochong said sadly: "General, please don't be deceived by Ren Dejing's flattery. This person is greedy and cunning. He does all kinds of evil and bullies the king. He is guilty of the following! He should be punished for his crime!"
Ao Daochong knelt down to Su Yonglin, applied eye drops to Ren Dejing with all his strength, and asked for Su Yonglin's help.
In his view, perhaps a superior ruler like Su Yonglin could not tolerate the following.
So there is a high probability that he can successfully apply eye drops.
Su Yonglin stood up and walked forward, helping Ao Daochong up.
"Even if I say this, I can't send troops to kill Ren Dejing now, right? You also said that the government and military orders all come from the Ren family. How could such a powerful person be destroyed so easily? I should think about this matter myself, and you should not make it known to the outside world, let alone let others know about it."
Ao Daochong looked at Su Yonglin's serious expression and pursed his lips, not daring to say anything else.
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