Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 777 Ah Ye, What Is That?
Man is the master of all spirits, and the biggest difference between man and other animals is his intelligence.

People can think and compare.

Wanyan Pu's slave now has a kind of self-doubt.Liaoyang Mansion has been captured by their Jurchens for many years, but not only has Liaoyang Mansion not become more prosperous, but the market is getting weaker and weaker.

On the other hand, this city of Yanjing, which fell into the hands of the Han people just a year ago, is already more prosperous than it was in its heyday.To be clear, the Xijin Mansion that fell into Lu Qi's hands was the Xijin Mansion after the Khitan's decline for many years.

If so, a sense of shame grew in his heart, and at the same time, Wanyan Pujianu still had a touch of admiration for the Han people in his heart.

The Jurchens who have just come out of Baishan Heishui for a few years are not ashamed to talk about money.Aguda and Song Huizong demanded millions of dollars to redeem the Liao fee. When they were stuck in the city of Tokyo, they demanded 1000 million ingots of gold, 2000 million ingots of silver, and 1000 million horses of silk.It is simply an astronomical figure.

Wanyan Pu's servant really felt ashamed.

In the old days, these robbers and barbarians could still describe the Han people as cowardly lambs. They had a feeling in their hearts that it is true that you are rich, and it is true that I am poor, but I can ride a horse and pick up a knife and bow to plunder your wealth wantonly. Bully you, trample you.I have always regarded the Han people as cattle and sheep at their disposal...

Just like the Song-Jin Sea Alliance in official history.The Jin army captured Zhongjing and Xijing (now Datong, Shanxi) in the Liao Kingdom like wind and clouds. At the end of the year, Aguda led an army to capture Xijinfu in Nanjing.But on the battlefield, the Song Army faced the remnant Khitan soldiers and suffered repeated defeats, so their attitude towards Zhao Song immediately became very arrogant and tough.

Zhao Liangsi was ordered to negotiate with Jurchen about the delivery of the contract. The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun that Aguda had promised had become six prefectures and 24 counties in Yanshan. If you break the contract, but you can't be strong in the military, then you will have no confidence at the negotiating table.Wanyan Agu said even more unceremoniously: "I heard that Liu Yanqing, a Chinese general, alone has a hundred thousand people. If there is no battle, the army will disperse and collapse. What is China? I entered Yanshan myself, and now I own it. Got it."

That kind of self-confidence in force made them sneer at the civilization and prosperity of the Han people.There is a kind of taste that the richer you are, the better, so that I can grab more.Just like the fatter the sheep, the more delicious they will be.

But now it's different.

In the Battle of Yanyun, Jurchen was defeated and lost. A Guda and others fled back to Liaodong in embarrassment, and the main force of Jurchen suffered heavy losses.This dealt a heavy blow to the Jurchen's confidence.The docile sheep turned into a big bad wolf.In terms of force, they themselves have nothing to be tough, on the contrary, the Central Plains is awesome.

Under such circumstances, it is not uncommon for Wanyan Pujianu and other "savvy" Jurchens to fall into self-doubt.Because only smart people think more.

In fact, in Lu Qi's strategy for the North, apart from military strikes, the promotion of cultural thoughts and ideologies has become more and more important.

In this regard, Emperor Lu, who is a traverser, is very clear that force and military suppression can only serve as a factor to make others fear and dread.If you want to completely conquer an area, you must count on soft power.It's just that before your soft power is valued by others, you also have to show your fists and call others "father".

It's like Western civilization punched China with its fists before shouting 'Free Democracy'.

Look at the Khitan dignitary envoys or Khitan merchants who entered Yanjing City from the grassland. No one asked them to change into Hanfu, and they were forced to sleep well. This is Lu Qi's current military force.

Take a look at the Mongols who were magnificent in the [-]th and [-]th centuries in official history. They swept half the world. How could they not be unparalleled in terms of force?However, except for the Mongols who stayed in East Asia, the Mongols who entered Central Asia were completely greened within a few years. The culture of the areas they invaded was assimilated.

Because the people of the North are a desert in terms of ideology and culture.

Looking at the countless Jingri and coal powder in China in later generations, the cultural soft power is sometimes even sharper than real knives and guns!
But that will take a long, long time, at least until the current generation is completely dead.

Finally entered Yanjing City.Wanyan Pujianu immediately discovered that the city was different from what he remembered, not because the market was more prosperous and the flow of people and vehicles was more numerous, but because the city was clean and tidy.

You don't smell a stink or smell of urine, you don't see a speck of sewage, or a patch of feces.

At this time, the servant of the Pu family realized something that he had neglected. With so many carriages and horses, there was not a single horse shit on the ground.Moreover, in this city, one left and one right, people, vehicles and horses branch off, it is really orderly and regular.

No one will leave it clean and tidy, and go to the garbage dump to join in the fun.Good and bad, people have a basic ability to distinguish.

Pu Jianu was really looking down on the Khitans at this moment. The intuitive Khitans wasted things for nothing.The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and so many Han families fell into their hands, but these bird people were left empty.

He is standing and talking without back pain.

As a minority in power, who dares to delegate power to the dominant ethnic group?
Regardless of how large the Khitan's territory is, the Khitan people are an absolute minority in the entire Daliao Empire.The Han people in the sixteen prefectures and Liaodong were the main population force of the Liao Empire.

Neither Song Gong nor Ming Dynasty came to see Pu's slaves, and even Ma Zhi never showed up. Only an official came out of the stay-at-home mansion and chatted with them for a few words, and then sent the Jurchen envoys to the south posthouse to rest. He ordered the post house to entertain him well.One of the latter two was busy entertaining the generals in the Yanjing Army, and the other was hooking up with people from Khitan.

Wanyan Pu's family slave was also happy to save trouble, just as he got up tomorrow and continued on his way south.

As a result, the plan did not change quickly, and it didn't have to be the second day. At night, the northeast wind blew, the clouds were dense, and there were many waves, and it snowed all day.At daybreak, when Pu's slave got up to look at it, he saw catkins and goose feathers.The whole world is covered in white.

No matter how anxious he was to head south, he still couldn't make it.He couldn't leave even if he wanted to.As soon as they left, wouldn't the battalion escorting them along the way also have to follow? They didn't want to ask for trouble for a group of Jurchen savages on a cold day.

"Straight mother thief, we are not the ones who are in a hurry to go to Yidu! Brothers, don't care about those pickled animals, just eat wine!" Who is this leading officer?Not someone else.It was Cao Liang!At the beginning, he went to northern Shaanxi with the army, fought a few battles with the Xixia people, and was appointed as the deputy envoy of soldiers and horses in Guanzhong.As a result, the obituary of his brother Cao Cheng came from Hebei.During the First Battle of Yanjing, Cao Cheng died a miserable death—because he fell too early, he was restrained after the battle, and half of his body was trampled into a pulp.

After Cao Liang got the report, he wept blood and cried a lot, and turned around and was about to be transferred to Yanjing.I got my wish, but the deputy envoy of soldiers and horses was not allowed to do so.

Now he is serving under Yue Fei, and the latter asked him to lead troops to guard the Jurchen mission. It is not known whether he really does not know Cao Liang's hatred or it is intentional.

Pu Jianu traveled between Khitan and Jurchen in the early years, what things did he not experience?Cao Liang's deeds still couldn't anger him, so he simply asked someone to buy wine in the flower garden of the post house, and enjoy it with a few dignitaries in the mission!
The man arrived in a small pavilion in the flower garden, but before he sat down, he suddenly heard an attendant shout: "Aye, what is that?" He looked straight at Xitian.

Pu Jianu also looked up, and saw black smoke billowing from the west sky, like a mudslide suddenly inserted into the innocent world.

(End of this chapter)