No matter what kind of military victories the Western Xia, Liao and Jin had achieved over the Great Qi over the years, they still admired the Great Qi culturally.
It can be seen from the fact that most of the civil servants of Western Xia, Liao and Jin were of Confucian origin that they also highly respected the Confucian school.
There is no way, because it was Mr. Dong who came up with the powerful weapon of divine right of kings.
No matter how many drawbacks Confucianism has, as long as this sentence exists, it is the favorite of the ruling class.
Moreover, once the family has money, the elders hope that the next generation of the family will have some culture. This seems to be a common trait of human beings with a little knowledge.
If I could come to Da Qi and study under great scholars in a nationally recognized institution of higher learning, it would be equivalent to studying abroad.
No matter whether he spends his days in debauchery in Da Qi, he will be well-off when he returns.
Not only can they set up their own businesses, but they can also send their children to study here. Lu Chen's combination of measures really controlled the minds of some nobles.
This time he only released twenty places, and he estimated that Xixia would fight hard for these twenty places.
Yelu Jie was the permanent envoy of Liao and Jin to Da Qi. His daily job was to translate letters between the two countries and also to collect some intelligence within Da Qi.
For example, the drought some time ago, the previous epidemic, and so on.
In this dark jungle era, expansion is the ambition of most emperors.
The Liao and Jin dynasties as a whole admired the culture of the Great Qi, so they wanted to absorb the Great Qi into their own system and make the culture of the Great Qi their own culture.
Yelu Qi has been in Da Qi for five years, and he has lived a relatively comfortable life during these five years.
Because Liao and Jin had the absolute initiative in military affairs, the officials of the Great Qi were very polite to him. He could even meet with the emperor of the Great Qi from time to time to show off his power in front of him.
The work on weekdays is not too busy. Although this empire seems huge, there are not many things that need to be recorded every day.
But in the past six months, Yelu Qi's workload suddenly increased, and he was often busy and overwhelmed.
The reason is very simple. In the past six months, a large number of new things have appeared in Da Qi, many of which cannot be explained clearly by words alone.
Once it comes to this kind of thing, Yelu Qi often needs to observe for a long time and spend a lot of time and effort.
Anyway, over the past six months, the calluses on his hands have become much thicker.
That day, Yelu Qi buried himself in his desk and wrote furiously for the entire afternoon. He finally managed to record everything he had seen and heard during this period, as well as the specific policies of the Great Qi Central Bank. He put everything into an envelope, sealed it with wax, and called one of his men in. "The next time the caravan comes, have them deliver this letter back to you," he said.
The servant nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, sir. By the way, sir, we received news earlier from the king that the cattle and sheep are not strong this year. I hope you can collect some food from Da Qi."
Yelu Qi rubbed his brow and said, "I'm working on this matter, but because Xixia also needs food, the price of food in Daqi has been a bit high recently."
"I heard that the central bank can provide loans. Do you think we should also borrow some money?"
"I've already inquired about this. The current loan money can't be used to buy food. Besides, this is a matter of national importance, so we need the king's approval."
"Besides, how can the food we buy be as good as the food we loot? If that doesn't work, we can just wait until late autumn and have the warriors from the border come down again to forage for grass and grain."
After hearing this, his men said worriedly, "I heard that since Da Qi mastered cement, the speed of city construction has increased a lot. I wonder if our men will suffer any loss if they go south this time."
As a veteran noble of the Liao and Jin dynasties, Yelu Qi was confident in his own army. He snorted disdainfully, "We've seen these people's cities before. They're nothing more than tortoise shells. If we can't break through, we'll just go around them. Our goal is to plunder property, not capture cities and plunder land."
"But your concerns are not without reason. How about this? I'll write another letter, and you can have someone deliver it to Xixia. Let our people in Xixia lobby them. Then, we can work together, and the pressure will be much less."
"This... I heard that Xixia suffered a great loss at the hands of Da Qi this year, and the two sides seem to have carried out a lot of cooperation. Can they still stand on our side this time?"
Yelu Qi waved his hand and said, "They've suffered a great loss, so they're seeking revenge. Besides, we won't let them work in vain. How about this? Tell them that if they're willing to cooperate with us this time, we can ask the king for an additional 50,000 taels of wealth!"
Upon hearing this, the subordinates could not help but nod and said, "Well, fifty thousand taels is indeed a lot. They will definitely be very happy to send troops."
"Okay, go ahead and do it. By the way, go out and see if the young lady is back."
As expected, as soon as the words fell, a woman rushed in from outside. After seeing Yelu Qi, she immediately stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Dad, your daughter is back."
Looking at his beautiful daughter, Yelu Qi felt happy but also a little melancholy.
His daughter was good in every way, except that the longer she stayed in Da Qi, the more she looked like a girl from Da Qi, without the wildness of the Liao and Jin girls.
You say okay, this is really good. Yelu Qi also thinks that little girls should be like this. What's the big deal about teasing cats and dogs all day long.
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