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When Yira Chucai stood up, Guo Ning was talking with Ni Yi.He noticed that Yila Chucai suddenly started looking for the scrolls, worried that his loud words would disturb him, so he made a silent gesture to Ni Yi, and then walked out of the hall.

Standing under the corridor outside the hall, Guo Ning beckoned to a servant: "I saw just now that there was a plate of honey cake next to Jinqing's desk, and I moved a little. Jinqing is very busy these days, isn't it Didn't eat normally, just take these cakes to make up? I look at him, he seems to be a little tired?"

Yila Chucai was born as a disciple of a noble family, and his life has always been good.He is also an upstart in the Great Jin Dynasty Hall. After Guo Ning entered the Central Capital, he was rewarded a lot.His family's house in Zhongdu alone now covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, which is quite large, and daily life is not luxurious, but the four words of Zhongming Dingshi are really worthy.

But different from the ordinary court nobles, Yila Chucai is extremely talented in government affairs.Moreover, he is extremely responsible and hands-on, no matter how big or small, as long as it involves his jurisdiction, he always strives to handle it properly and smoothly.

Just now he talked about the strategy to deal with the food shortage, involving many military and government agencies, and the data quoted are very detailed, and the corresponding arrangements are only systematic.As soon as Guo Ning heard it, he knew that this kind of plan required a lot of time and effort, and it was not as simple as writing a pen and paper on his head. I am afraid that in the past two or three days, Yisha Chucai had not had a good rest before he could come up with the plan in time.

Sure enough, the servant replied respectfully: "Zhiyuan hasn't gone home to rest for two days, and I didn't even eat breakfast or lunch today."

Guo Ning stomped his feet repeatedly, and said to the servant: "That's not good, let the kitchen make some hot food quickly, and also easy-to-digest soup, and bring it here quickly; if you have good buttermilk, take some too." When you look back, remember to tell Jinqing that I specially ordered you to eat well, no matter how busy you are.”

The servant responded repeatedly, and some of the clerks who normally dealt with the office also showed envy when they heard Guo Ning's words.Among these officials, about [-] to [-]% are low-ranking officials of the eighth and ninth grades directly transferred from the Ministry of Shangshu of the Central Capital, and they formally participate in the affairs of the Privy Council of the Central Capital for a maximum of one month.

Although this generation knew that Yisa Chucai was Guo Ning's minister, but after all, he had no direct knowledge.It is really touching to see Guo Ning's caring and generous treatment of Yila Chucai.It can be seen that Marshal Guo is not just a fierce warrior in the legend, he still respects the administrative officials.

Then everyone heard the rapid sound of heavy footsteps in the hall where Yila Chucai worked.

For a while, everyone felt that even if Marshal Guo was trying to show off his beauty and attract people's hearts, if the performance of the Zhiyuan Zhiyuan was too exaggerated, it would not be appropriate, right?What if he knelt down and thanked us as soon as he opened the door?Kneel down too?

While everyone was hesitating, Chu Cai strode out from the door and said to Guo Ning with a happy face: "Korea!"

"Huh? What?"

Yiba Chucai glanced at the staff members in the courtyard, and the officials hurriedly pretended to be on their own business, and the courtyard was instantly emptied.Yicha Chucai lowered his voice and said to Guo Ning, "We must start with Korea for dispatching food!"

"This..." Guo Ning was momentarily at a loss.

Guo Ning was very unfamiliar with Koryo, all he knew was that it was a vassal state of Dajin, and its status was equal to that of Song and Xia.

Guo Ning's sphere of influence reaches Liaohai in the east, with Gaizhou and Fuzhou as the core, Guangningfu, Chengzhou, and Posu Road as the periphery. border.The two families are neighbors.

But the Ding Navy is a force based on the Central Plains, and it is an outsider in the northeast.Therefore, Guo Ning's Liao Navy Jiedu and herd system in Liaodong have not expanded for a long time. The main development direction and focus are in the north. There are several military strongholds in the north and the prisons of various ethnic groups in the northeast.

As for the east of Liaodong, that is an insignificant direction, and it is also a direction beyond the power of the Ding Navy.The Goryeo Kingdom itself is barren and poor, and is located in a remote corner of Haidong. Since it is not profitable for the Ding Navy, how can Guo Ning have time to control it?

I think it's also the reason why Yelusi didn't wait for anyone to escape to Yalu Jiangdong before.Whether the rest of the Khitan people went to Tokyo or Shangjing, the military leaders there were all connected with the Ding Navy, so it was difficult to guarantee safety.As for fleeing to the grassland, most of them were driven by the Mongols to go south to fight for their swords. Brother Yeluliu was an example, and he must not follow suit.Therefore, only by obtaining the territory of the Koreans can it be considered that the sea is wide and the fish is leaping.

The question is, how did Goryeo become the key to dispatching food?Is that place rich?
"Marshal, come and see."

Chu Cai stretched out his hand to make a false pretense, and invited Guo Ning back to the hall.

His side hall now seems to be the government affairs center of the Marshal's Mansion. It used to be very large, but now the entire north-facing wall is occupied by huge wooden frames.There were three rows of wooden shelves stacked one on top of the other. Some of the shelves were filled with a lot of documents, and some were empty, with only written records written on white linen paper pasted on them.

The documents on these shelves probably came from the shelf libraries of various ministries of Shangshu Province.The so-called Jiage warehouse is a place specially used by the government office to store documents and files, and outsiders are not allowed to have a look inside.The move to assassinate Chucai is the result of asking Xu Ding to come forward before sending people to copy it one after another.

When Guo Ning took his seat at the throne, Chu Cai brought out the open book, on which four or five pages were densely written: "Look, Marshal, this is the letter sent by Goryeo to Dajin since the third year of Tianhui. Records. Including He Zhengdan, He Shengchen, and Xie Hesheng's envoys dispatched regularly every year, Jinfangwu and Xie Hengci envoys dispatched irregularly, a total of 230 envoys. Among them, Emperor Xuanzong's Dading ten years later, two During the 45 years, Koryo sent envoys to Dajin 180 times, and the most was nine times a year."

Guo Ning asked casually: "I heard that the Koreans and the Jurchen ancestors may be related. Because of this relationship, the two families are closer?"

Yira Chucai shook his head: "No, it's because after ten years of Dading, the military officials in Koryo used their affairs to hold the king hostage and suppress Haidong. Therefore, they will send envoys to pay tribute and get the approval of the upper country as a way to maintain their domestic affairs. An important item for stability.”

"Haha."

Isn't this a coincidence?Guo Ning laughed twice: "In short, the tribute is very frequent, and the relationship with Dajin is very close?"

"That's true, but not entirely."

"how to say?"

Yila Chucai took out another booklet and opened one of the pages: "This is the record of the Shangshu Provincial Household Department Duzhi Langzhong's records about the exchanges between various ports and Koryo maritime merchants in addition to tributes."

Guo Ning looked at it: "Is this only three?"

"In addition, there are roads in Shandong, Hebei, Tokyo, etc., and there are records of accepting sporadic Korean merchants."

"It took hundreds of years, and there are only more than 20 articles in total? That is to say, although the official exchanges between Dajin and Goryeo are constant, with the names of monarchs and ministers, and the etiquette of paying tribute, in fact, the private business exchanges are almost the same. Yu Wu?"

Guo Ning thought about it for a while, and then said: "I think it's because the scenery of Haidong is similar to that of the Northeast, so there are no special products in Koryo that Daikin lacks. However, what does this have to do with our food dispatch?"

Yila Chucai took out the fourth booklet: "This is a few days ago, I got it from Mingzhou in the Song Dynasty, and it records the types and approximate quantities of the goods and materials traded by the Korean maritime merchants in the Ship Division of the Song Dynasty over the years. , and a city frequented by Korean merchants.”

Guo Ning spread it out and saw that there were no less than dozens of items sold in Korea listed above, including silver ingots, ginseng, musk, safflower, poria cocos, woolen silk cloth, lacquerware, and tiger skins. Accumulated over the years, it is so big that it makes people dizzy.The materials purchased by Korea from Mingzhou also include dozens of kinds of porcelain, tea, silk fabrics, books and stationery, and the same number is huge.

As for the cities where Koryo merchants haunted, there were no fewer than seven or eight cities, including Lin'anxing in the Southern Dynasties.

Guo Ning somewhat understood the meaning of Yicai Chucai.He asked, "What about the official tribute exchanges between Goryeo and the Southern Dynasties?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Marshal, it's not that we don't have records. There is no official tribute exchange between Goryeo and the Southern Dynasty. Since the rise of Dajin, Goryeo surrendered to Dajin. The Southern Dynasty was afraid that Goryeo's official envoys were spies of Dajin, so some people came occasionally. , Immediately repatriate, lest something unexpected happen. After several times, Goryeo felt that he was making fun of himself, and the official exchanges between the two countries were cut off.”

"I was worried that the official envoys would be spies, so I simply cut off the official contact. Then I let the private merchants go around and the business is booming? Isn't this... absurd?"

"The political affairs of the Southern Dynasties have always been somewhat absurd. However, this is exactly what we can take advantage of."

Guo Ning pulled his mustache and nodded heavily: "Hey, Goryeo?"