Yuan Weiyi seemed to want to say something but hesitated, obviously hesitating for a moment.
But Taira no Kiyomori seemed to have expected this, and continued with a smile: "King Weiyi, you don't believe it? I didn't believe it when I first came... My father and you are both from the Northern Samurai. Not to mention the current Emperor, just say that when you two were with the former Emperor Shirakawa, I'm afraid you know more about the dirty things between the Emperor and Taikenmon-in than anyone else. You are used to seeing the scandals of the royal family and the public officials in Japan, so naturally you don't believe that someone with more power and wealth than the Emperor would do this... But I have been a Northern Samurai of the government for several years, so I also know whether this government official is true or false."
Yuan Weiyi became more and more confused.
Furthermore, although Minamoto no Tameyoshi and Taira no Kiyomori did not know what the end of the Heian period was, the corruption of the Japanese aristocracy at that time is needless to say. For example, there was a huge scandal between Minamoto no Tameyoshi and Taira no Kiyomori's biological father Taira no Tadamori, the two powerful emperors served by Taira no Kiyomori... The former Shirakawa Emperor is the grandfather of the current Emperor Toba, and the former Shirakawa Emperor had an adopted daughter, the Taikenmon-in, who married his grandson, and the Emperor Toba, who was still the Emperor at the time, became the Empress.
Why marry your goddaughter to your grandson?
Because when Emperor Shirakawa wanted to marry his goddaughter to the son of the noble Fujiwara family, the Fujiwara family firmly refused... The Fujiwara family felt that they could not afford to lose face with that person... So Emperor Shirakawa could only let his grandson suffer, and by the way, pray for a good future for his goddaughter.
That’s right, the former Emperor Shirakawa had an affair with his adopted daughter and granddaughter-in-law from the very beginning. This was almost an open secret among the Japanese top leaders.
At that time, the Japanese aristocracy had become corrupt to this extent.
So in this case, how can you make Minamoto no Yoshiyoshi, who has been working among the Japanese nobles for decades, believe that the Zhao Song officials would endure so much hardship and forbearance? You told him about Wanyan Aguda's simplicity, but he didn't believe it, okay?
Of course, Taira no Kiyomori was too lazy to prove anything, and just said calmly: "Lord Weiyi, the situation is like this anyway. Although the Song Dynasty was unable to defeat the Jin Dynasty in the early years and caused the scandal of most of the royal family being captured, it is just like the story of Wu and Yue in ancient books. Now, 3,000 Yue soldiers can conquer Wu, not to mention that our official has 300,000 Song soldiers!"
After saying this, Taira no Kiyomori did not say much, and was too lazy to explain what the "Wu Yue Story" was, nor did he say whose words "Three thousand Yue soldiers can conquer Wu" were plagiarized from. He then bowed and took his leave with Song etiquette.
Minamoto no Tameyoshi came to his senses and realized that although Taira no Kiyomori was young, he was already a "Northern Samurai" of the Song Dynasty government and his status was no lower than his own. He wanted to return the greeting, but he pulled his wound when he raised his arm, so he could only reluctantly stand up and nod.
When Taira no Kiyomori was about to leave, he walked to the front of the tent door and thought of something. He turned back and smiled, "Weiyigong, if we were to tell the story of our official family, it would take more than a month, and I don't want to say more... Let me just tell you about someone else's story. Do you remember the rough-robed monk who dug the pit himself and prayed for the dead samurai that day?"
"Of course I remember." Yuan Weiyi thought for a moment and immediately understood who the other party was referring to. "He came to see us yesterday and helped us apply medicine... He seems to be very respected in the camp?"
"Of course he is respected. That monk is the direct descendant of the Linji Sect, the most prestigious purple-robed master in the Buddhist community of the Song Dynasty, and the great Zen master bestowed by the emperor." Ping Qingsheng continued to sneer. "In the Song Dynasty, there are more than just the emperor who is so sincere and frugal. Today, let's not talk about the marshal who is reluctant to eat a chicken. Even the monks are so behaved. How can we not win this battle?"
Yuan Weiyi was so shocked that he didn't even care that the other person left.
After a long while, he finally came to his senses, but suddenly realized who the other person was laughing at with that sneer on his face, and he felt frightened again... but he was just frightened, and there was no room for rebuttal.
At midnight, the snowflakes slightly stained the land of Hedong with a layer of white, and then slowly stopped falling. At the same time, thousands of miles away in Damingfu, Hebei, there was no snow, but a biting cold wind instead.
For several days, the cold wind howled non-stop.
Yue Fei pulled out a tooth from a tiger's mouth and ate Wang Bolong on the 14th day of the twelfth lunar month, defeating the first large-scale attack of the Jin army. On the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, Gao Qingyi used political and military accounts to persuade Wushu, the ruling prince of the Jin Dynasty, who was caught in a dilemma, to fight again and not give up Yuancheng.
On the same day, Zhao Jiu, who was far away in Hedong, learned that Niu Gao had broken through the northern gate of Yangliang and opened up Queshu Valley, and immediately issued an order for a full-scale assault that night. It took eight days to advance to the city of Taiyuan, and then without stopping for a moment, he carried out full-line siege operations under the city of Taiyuan.
Back to Daming Prefecture, if the Jin Kingdom wants to continue organizing the offensive, it must boost morale, so it must reward those who have fought bravely before.
Among them, the Haner supplementary army was given a promotion channel, and some of the most outstanding ones were directly awarded the status of marching mouke, marching meng'an, or even hereditary mouke and hereditary meng'an. The original meng'an mouke were directly promised to restore many of their privileges.
Of course, it was also necessary to levy the treasury of the surrounding governments and give out generous rewards of wealth, gold and silver.
At the same time, they did not forget to plunder and recruit conscripts from surrounding areas... They used to be stick men, but now they are conscripts with a roster. The difference is that one is from the territory of the Song State, and the other is from the Hebei area, which is regarded as the territory of the Jin State.
These actions were essentially in conflict with the previous sinicization reforms. It could even be said that if they continued in this way, the efforts of the previous three to five years would have been in vain. But now, after Wang Bolong's death and Gao Qingyi's reminder, Wuzhu had keenly realized that although the decisive battle had not yet taken place, the power of both sides had already undergone a fundamental reversal, and he could no longer worry about any pots and pans.
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