Chapter 462: Wugu's position (1)
The King of Yue did what he said. Two days later, he brought Xifeng Chang and Sun Tu to the mansion of the Wugu family and visited Uguruga in the name of meeting Uguboqi.
Before this, Sun Tu had actually found out a lot of specific situations about the Privy Councilor of the Xia Kingdom from Xifeng Chang and had some indirect knowledge of him. Although Uguruga and Moshohe were the leading officials of the Western Xia Dynasty, his style was much more humble and low-key than the latter.
Except for military and political affairs, or the emperor's inquiry, Uguruga would express his views in the court, otherwise he would not have any movement in the court. In addition, unlike Mogokh who had already won over many senior Dangxiang nobles and officials, Uguruga had almost no ally. As the supreme commander of the Xia army, except for some subordinate generals of that year, he was almost unparty and was truly protected.
As for such a low-key and introverted important minister, Xi Feng Chang also sighed repeatedly when talking about it, thinking that this was really a rare existence. However, Sun Tu felt that this might be the cleverness of Uguruga, because he had already found his position, that is, a pure minister, who only took the loyal emperor as his priority, and everything else could be put aside.
Because only in this way can he avoid being beaten by Moghok, the Zhongshuling, who is far above him.
Mogouhe was an old minister of several dynasties in Xia Kingdom. No matter his prestige and connections, he was not able to compete with Uguruga, a new noble who was promoted by Li Qianshun in recent years. Especially, he also made great efforts for the emperor in the coup decades ago, which made Li Qianshun not able to attack such an old minister because of some trivial matters. So once Uguruga really had a conflict with Mogouhe, his defeat would be inevitable.
In this case, if you want to sit firmly in the position of Privy Councilor, you can only protect him by the emperor, and at the same time you will not have any friction with Mogou. Being a low-key official and not being a member of the party is the best way to protect yourself, which can make both the emperor and Mogou feel at ease with him. As long as he sits in the position of Privy Councilor, one day Mogou may die of old age or cause anger to the emperor and something happens, Uguruga will rise rapidly and take his position and replace him!
Although Sun Tu had never had any contact with this Privy Councilor, he had already vaguely guessed his overall plan. As for why he was actually ambitious, he could only see some clues from the fact that he could allow his son to be too close to the King of Yue. At the same time, Sun Tu also thought of one thing: the King of Yue and Wuguboqi made friends just because the two were in harmony, rather than having any other purpose?
With such suspicious thoughts, Sun Tu couldn't help but look carefully at the King of Yue who was embracing the smile of Wugubochi, who was smiling. This person's mind was not as simple as he imagined.
Under the leadership of Ugubochi, the three of them entered their mansion naturally without any obstacles. Along the way, Sun Tu saw that the house was quite in line with Uguruga's temperament. Although it still occupies a large area, the layout inside was extremely simple and simple. There was no embellishment of garden pavilions or other things. The courtyard houses that entered were just ordinary brick houses, and there was no special meaning. The only difference was that a large piece of yellow sand school was opened to the left of the courtyard after entering the courtyard. It was obvious that Uguruga had the habit of practicing martial arts and training here on weekdays.
At this time, there were no military displays on the school ground, but there were a convoy and a dozen horse-riding knights parked. Sun Tu's eyes only swept them, and his eyebrows were raised. After several months, he finally saw the kindly Han costumes again!
The convoy stood beside the convoy, all dressed in wide robes and big sleeves of Song people, and not far away staring at them was a cavalry dressed in Liao people. Seeing this scene, Sun Tu had already guessed the identities of these people in his heart. It should be that the envoys from the Song and Liao countries came here to see Uguruga as a lobbyist again today!
In fact, not only Sun Tu was paying attention to the situation there, but King Yue and Xifeng Chang also showed curious expressions after seeing these two groups of people. Seeing this, Wuguboqi explained in a low voice: "In the past half month, the Song and Liao envoys always sent people to see my father. My father had always avoided him before, but today, somehow, he suddenly felt willing to see their people. The school grounds over there were envoys, and I was really afraid that they would start here."
Originally, Xifeng Chang, who had only felt a little strange, heard that Uguruga had actually received the envoy of Song and Liao, suddenly his face changed, and he looked anxious. He glanced at King Yue and wanted to say something.
The King of Yue immediately understood, coughed softly and said, "Boqi, I came here today, in addition to wanting to reminisce about the past with you, there is actually another thing I want to ask you for help."
"Prince, please give me instructions. As long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse."
"This Xifeng Chang is a member of the Xifeng clan. This time he wants to meet the Privy Councilor and talk about dealing with the Liao and Song disputes. I wonder if you can recommend it for us?" King Yue made a request, and Xifeng Chang looked at Wuguboqi with hope, waiting for him to nod.
Wugubochi's expression suddenly froze: "This... my father never lets me pay attention to his official duties. If I do this, I'm afraid he will be blamed by him..." After pausing, he looked at King Yue and Xi Feng Chang, and finally bit his teeth and nodded vigorously, "Since the prince said that, I will help you with my father. Now my father should meet guests in the side hall, so I will take you there."
Xifeng Chang was happy again when he heard this and hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Uncle Wugu, for helping me this time."
"You don't have to thank me, I'm also looking at the face of King Yue. Besides, this matter is related to the destiny of our country. If you can think of making sure that our dynasty does not interfere with the Liao and Song dynasties, I will naturally help you." Wuguboqi said as he turned around and took them to the other side.
Xifeng Chang heard it again and felt grateful, and his favor for Wuguboqi increased a lot. But Sun Tu felt a little strange after hearing it. How did this person know what Xifeng's attitude was in this matter? Thinking of this, he turned his eyes to King Yue and Wuguboqi back and forth. Has the two sides already communicated? In fact, the relationship between them has long been closer than expected?
With doubts, Sun Tusui and his team soon arrived at the most magnificent hall in this mansion. Due to the cold weather, the doors and windows in front and behind the hall were tightly closed, and seven or eight sword-wearing guards stood in front of the door. Obviously, when Uguruga talked with the envoys of the two countries, the servants were not allowed to approach at will.
But Ugubochi was obviously not the object they dared to stop. Under his leadership, they moved to the door smoothly. Just because he was talking loudly inside, he did not rush to knock in the door. But in this way, the voice of dialogue inside was clearly transmitted through the door-
"......You have done something treacherous in Song before, don't act like we don't know. Humph, do you think that secretly contacting the Jurchens can threaten me, Da Liao? That's too much to think of yourself!"
"I, the Song Dynasty, have never had any contact with the Jurchens, so don't slander people with blood! And today we are not talking about the past, but now. Now there are constant chaos in your Liao Kingdom. Not long ago, even the city of Nanjing almost started to rebel. If you really dare to be an enemy of our Song Dynasty, you may be in a disaster that will destroy the country!"
"It's just nonsense. My Great Liao is in power. How can you compare to the Song people? However, there are many chaos in your country in Song. You can't even destroy the rebellions on both sides of the north and south, and you still want to be enemies with my Great Liao? As far as I know, Fang La's righteous soldiers have already captured half of your cities in Jiangnan, right? And the Jiangnan land is your Song's money and food land. In such a big chaos, how much strength can you put in to compete with my Great Liao? So in my opinion, you are trying to pull Xia as a front pawn!"
The statement that the two people revealed their true feelings immediately made the smell of gunpowder in the hall become more and more intense, and the few people standing outside were stunned. The one who was most surprised was Sun Tu.
He was a witness who naturally would not care about the incident in Nanjing, Liao. What he really cared about was the other party's mention of the rebellion between the north and south of the Song Dynasty.
It only took more than half a year for me to leave the Song Dynasty. I didn’t expect that so many changes had happened in China, and uprisings or rebellion appeared one after another!
He was naturally familiar with Fang La's name. It was the most powerful group of the rebels in the late Northern Song Dynasty. It was far from comparable to the bandits of Liangshan who were more famous for later generations. As the Liao envoy said, Fang La's rebellion in Jiangnan would inevitably affect the money, grain and taxes of the Song Dynasty, and its destructive power was quite amazing. I wonder if the court could have a way to quickly quell the rebellion at this time?
In addition, although the other party did not mention which rebels were in the rebellion in the north of the Song Dynasty, as long as you combine your understanding of history and your grasp of current affairs, you can guess that it is likely that the Liangshan group is causing trouble!
Liangshan and Fang La were at the same time in the north and south, which was undoubtedly extremely serious to the Song court. I believe Tong Guan, who had returned to the Song Dynasty, would be overwhelmed. And what he had decided to spend a year preparing weapons, food, and then joining the Jin Dynasty to attack the Liao Dynasty in the north and south, may be temporarily put on hold.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the court sent envoys to discuss with the Western Xia this time to use the power of the three parties to deal with the Liao Kingdom?
Chapter completed!