Chapter 1492

At this time, Gao Shize suddenly woke up and his eyes suddenly widened. "Zhang Xiaojie, the top scholar in Northern Liao, became the prime minister. Later, because of Yelu Yixin, he was demoted to the governor of the Wuding Army. Later, because of private trafficking in Guangji Lake salt and arbitrarily changing the edict, Zhang Xiaojie was punished and removed from his title..."

"Yes, it's just me." Zhang Xiaojie didn't give in, but smiled helplessly while stroking the almost completely white beard.

"Lao I was indeed demoted to the governor of the Wuding Army because of Yelu Yixin. However, after that, the so-called private dealers should have been in Guangji Lake salt and arbitrarily changed the edict. It was just that the Emperor of the Great Liao felt that he was still unresolved, so he added another charge to Lao I in order to depose Lao I as a commoner."

Gao Qiu smiled and said to Zhang Xiaojie. "Are you Zhang Xiaojie? This matter can be put aside first. What is your relationship with Xiao Shen? Why are you here? Please let me know."

"Xiao Shen is the son of Lao I've been a friend of mine in the past and has a teacher-student relationship with Lao I. However, Lao I was bound by Yelu Yixin and was dismissed by the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty. Later, he was demoted to the people for his crimes. Xiao Shen came to find Lao I'm here."

"What he meant is that I have a teacher-student relationship with him. Now I can't bear to see me fall into the people and have no food and clothing, so I specially invited me to serve him."

"I then escaped by pretending to die and lived in Xiao Shen's residence, giving him advice, so that in less than ten years, he went from an unknown little fifth-rank official to an important official in the Liao Dynasty who was favored by the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, and became the prime minister..."

"After that, due to the defeat of the navy, the Emperor of the Daliao was furious. What's important is that the Daliao lost its face and needed one person to come out to bear the crime. The old man secretly gave him a secret advice and asked him to resign as prime minister and take up his post as the Hedong Road."

"Why is Hedong Road?" Zhe Keshi narrowed his eyes slightly, interrupting Zhang Xiaojie's words and asked.

Zhang Xiaojie was not angry either. Seeing that the three of them had no intention of giving him a seat, he smiled and bowed to the three of them, and then went straight to find a mat to sit down before continuing.

"That's because Hedong Road is the most remote. Whether it is Zhongjing or Nanjing Road, even if it is 800 miles in a hurry, it will probably take nearly ten days to run back and forth. If a large army comes, it will be impossible to reach Xiazhou in less than one or two months.

Moreover, there are not many Liao troops stationed on Hedong Road, and they have fought with your country many times and have been defeated repeatedly. The morale is low. It is truly a general who has no intention of fighting and no morale. Moreover, its capital in Xiazhou is just a river separated from the Song Dynasty. Your country's tiger is completely able to arrive day and night."

Upon hearing this, Zhe Keshi took a breath of cold air like a toothache. This old guy was really honest, but he was so naive that he didn't look like a minister of the Liao Kingdom. He seemed to be standing on the side of Song Kingdom with all his heart.

Gao Shize's expression was not very good, only Gao Qiu smiled and handed Zhang Xiaojie a cup of tea to quench his thirst.

"After hearing what the old man said, Gao felt that there were many hidden stories here... Otherwise, with Xiao Shen's ability to win the favor of the Great Liao Tian, ​​even if he lost a battle or two, it would be nothing big."

"What's more, the previous death of the Liao Dynasty's navy had nothing to do with him. As for the subsequent defeat, it was actually because of the sharp fire weapon of our Great Song Dynasty, and it had nothing to do with his Xiao Shen's ability."

"With your emperor Yelu Hongji, the Northern Liao Dynasty, you will be furious, but as long as the following response is right, you may be able to turn big things into small things..."

When Zhang Xiaojie saw Gao Qiu talking to him, he couldn't help but praise him. "Awesome, I didn't expect that Master Gao could make such an inference just from Zhang's words. I admire him, I really admire him."

After praising Gao Qiu for a few words, Zhang Xiaojie said straight to the point. "To be honest, at that time, the body of my Emperor Daliao was already in a state of dysfunction and could not get rid of it for a long time.

What's more, Xiao Shen's past was quite close to Yelu Yixin, but this son saw the opportunity early. After the incident, he left it aside in time and took the initiative to report several Yelu Yixin's confidant followers. But the problem is that the crown prince has always been intimate with the death of his father and his grandmother, and he insisted on revenge for his father."

"And just ten days ago, the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty had already died. A few days later, the crown prince Yelu Yanxi ascended him to become emperor and changed his reign to the Gantong system."

The three of them couldn't help but change their faces, but they still suppressed their shock and looked at Zhang Xiaojie who was continuing to talk to him.

While speaking, Zhang Xiaojie took out a few more letter-like papers from his arms and put them on. After Gao Shize received them, he realized that this was Xiao Shen’s official document handwriting for dealing with government affairs in Hedong Road, and it was also covered with the seal of the Hedong Road General Manager and his own private seal.

Let’s compare the sincere feelings just now, as if I wanted to leave Northern Liao and surrender to the Song Dynasty. Now, the three big bosses showed an unconcealed joy.

Even if Xiao Shen repents him then, as long as the Song Dynasty reveals these things, it would be strange if Xiao Shen can live a good life in front of the new Emperor Yelu Yanxi, the Liao Dynasty.

If the old hatred between the new emperor Yelu Yanxi and Xiao Shen is added, and the new hatred and old hatred is added, it would be strange if he doesn't kill Xiao Shen.

"It seems that it was indeed Xiao Shen's work. However, his words were too vague in his letters. How could he win the trust of this official?"

"Sir, I was entrusted by Xiao Shen to sneak into the Song realm. This time, I came to send a letter to him, but the second time, I was to welcome an envoy of the Song Kingdom for him..."

Zhang Xiaojie's meaning is very clear. Anyway, you Song has already grasped enough handles in your hands, which shows that Xiao Shen is sincere in his intention to surrender to Song.

Then, as for when and how to return to Song, the Song Dynasty needed to send secret envoys to Hedong Road for detailed discussion.

After saying a few words, Gao Shi asked someone to arrange for Zhang Xiaojie to go to rest first, and turned his attention to Zhe Keshi and Gao Qiu around him.

"Two lords, Zhang Xiaojie must not dare to take the replacement of the Northern Liao emperor as a joke. According to this inference, it seems that the general manager of the Eastern Liaohe Road in Beiliao River Xiao Shen intends to surrender to our Song Dynasty, which should be true..."

"We should immediately write to the court for this matter and make a decision by Your Majesty. After all, if I want to swallow this land of Northern Liao without any harm, I must do my best."

"This is true, but if this Hedong Road is really willing to surrender to my Song Dynasty, then I Song Dynasty must take it down." Zhe Keshi nodded heavily, his eyes full of greed.

"If the Hedong Road in Northern Liao was taken by my Song Dynasty, then the place where I raised horses in Song Dynasty could be increased by more than ten times. Now, our Shaanxi North Road is only two or three thousand horses a year. If we can take all of Hedong Road, then our Song Dynasty will have no trouble of lacking horses."
Chapter completed!