The inn that entertains Yelu Nanxian is located in the north city of Jiehe Shang City, next to the port area on the north bank of Jiehe River. It is a garden-style garden wall wrapped in tall red walls. The southern section of the garden wall is actually connected to the west side of the arc-shaped Jiehe Shang City North City wall, becoming the de facto city wall. On the east side of the garden, there is also a racecourse with a large area, which also has a tall wall. The south wall is connected to the east side of Jiehe Shang City North City wall, and also becoming the de facto city wall.

There is no city gate between the two sections of "factual city walls", but a brick and stone avenue that passes directly from the north gate of Jiehebei City, leading to the wharf and Jiehe pontoon bridge. Although there is no door, every winter, you only need to block the intersection with sandbags to turn Jiehebei City into a closed fortress.

Although the outer periphery is a tall red wall with defensive functions, there is a unique charm inside the red wall.

Following the rugged path and passing through the pavilions and pavilions, you will suddenly see a lotus pond, and an exquisite pavilion in the center of the pond stands in the frozen pool. There is a small stone bridge connected by the poolside and the pavilion, with trees of various colors planted around it, not seedlings, but adult trees transplanted from elsewhere, arranged very carefully and extremely elegantly.

Along the way, Wu Haogu was talking to Yelu Nanxian, mainly to inquire about her life experience. This Princess Cheng'an might have a little fairy-like name, and she was a little famous in later generations, but there were very few records in historical materials. Wu Haogu was interested in seeing her beautiful and cute today, and asked a little. Only then did he realize that Yelu Nanxian was originally from the Prince Wenzhong's mansion, one of the twelve palace guards of the Liao Kingdom. In theory, he was the descendant of Han Derang, who slept with Empress Xiao.

However, Han Derang had no descendants, so the Wenzhong Palace was inherited by the authentic Liao Dynasty's recent royal family. However, I don't know if it was because the Feng Shui of the "Wenzhong Palace" was not good, but as long as he became King Wenzhong, he would be eliminated. Yelu Zongye, who inherited Han Derang, had no son, so he let Yelu Yelu Yelu, the son of King Yelu Zongxi, be his heir. Yelu Yelu Yelu gave birth to a son, the father of Yelu Nanxian. However, the prince of Wenzhong did not live before his father, and now he has passed away, and he has no son, but gave birth to four daughters, namely "Dongxian", "Nanxian", "Xixian" and "Beixian". They are all beauties, and people in Liao Dynasty called the four fairies of the Wenzhong Palace. Among them, Yelu Dongxian has married, and her husband is the eldest son of this King Xi (King Xi is not a title, but an official position).

This Yelu Nanxian is not only beautiful, but also has a very good conversation. He can not only talk about calligraphy, painting, literature and entertainment with Wu Haogu, but also speak a few words about Confucianism, but also makes sense. He is obviously a smart girl.

Wu Haogu heard that King Zhao Qianshun of Xiping was also a Confucian scholar and was quite proficient in Han culture. It seems that he really had a natural match with Yelu Nanxian.

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The group entered the small pavilion. The pavilion was actually not small, enough to accommodate a dozen people to hold a banquet. Thick brocade curtains were hung on all sides of the pavilion, and stoves were raised outside the curtains. This is a common outdoor heating method in winter among the wealthy families of the Northern Song Dynasty. The hot air generated by the stove is used to warm the air inside the curtains, and at the same time, the curtains are used to isolate the smoke. The mind is clever, but it is too extravagant. Not to mention how expensive the charcoal is, even if the brocade that isolates the smoke will be blackened after being used a few times, which is equivalent to being scrapped.

However, Pan Qiaolian and Guo Xiaoxiao, who has just followed Wu Haogu recently, are two luxurious prodigal women. They don’t care about money at all and waste things like this in winter.

Wu Haogu was also extravagant today, making the pavilion surrounded by ice as warm as spring.

Within the curtain of the pavilion, a welcome banquet was already at the time when the guests and the hosts were having fun.

In addition to Wu Haogu and Yelu Nanxian, there were also Zhao Anhui, the wedding envoy sent by the King of Xiping, Ma Renwang, the dowry envoy of the Great Liao Kingdom, Xiao Heda, the dowry envoy of Princess Cheng'an, the dowry concubine Yelu Guanyin maid (Guanyin maid is a very common Buddhist female name, and is everywhere in the Liao Kingdom where Buddhism is flooded), Lin Chong (he was the envoy of Jiehe Shangshi) and the great monk Zhishen, and Guo Xiaoxiao, a female Taoist priest who was responsible for accompanying Princess Cheng'an in person.

Now the chat between Wu Haogu and Princess Cheng'an has already ended, and the conversation has begun to turn to the main topic, that is, borrowing money to fight.

It seems that I have never heard of borrowing money to fight wars since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, so when Master Zhishen proposed to Zhao Anhui and Xiao Heda through Yelu Nanxian, both of them didn't know how to answer.

However, after repeated consideration, Zhao Anhui and Xiao Heda both believed that the money of the Song monks must be borrowed!

First, the Hexi Army was really short of money! The military strength of the Xixia, the predecessor of the Hexi Army, was not based on money, but based on tribes and land. However, after losing seven states including Yin, Xia, You, Yan, Shuo, Ling, and Wei, it was forced to be sinicized, making it impossible for the land and tribes to provide enough cheap troops. In this way, the Hexi Army must rely on the distribution of military pay for at least a period of time until they can seize new land in Anxi and allocate it to soldiers and tribes.

In addition, due to the loss of a large amount of military investment and equipment in the previous wars, Xiazhou and Lingzhou, the two important military cities, the Hexi army now had to spend money to purchase military investment and equipment in order to arm the Western Expedition Army.

Secondly, by borrowing money from the monks of the Song Dynasty, several major royal temples in the Song Dynasty could be tied up to the Hexi Army's chariots. If these monks wanted to recover the principal and interest of the loan in a lot of money, they had to find ways to stop it, at least postpone the reduction of the vassal state of the Song Dynasty.

The top leaders of the Hexi Army had no illusions about reducing the vassal states! The glass of wine to release military power was probably ready for a long time, and the question was just when to take it out.

If the Hexi Army wants to maintain independence as long as possible, in addition to holding Zhao Ji's father's thighs tightly, they have to make friends in the Song Dynasty, including of course the influential Royal Temple and Yuntai Academy.

Borrowing one or two million usury from the monks is probably the best way to win over them.

The third reason why the Hexi Army had to accept the "monk loan" was that there were experts within the Hexi Army who knew the situation of the four towns in Anxi, so they knew that it was not difficult to conquer the four towns in Anxi by force.

Because the Black Khan Uighurs, who occupied the four towns of Anxi, were divided into two parts about 60 years ago, the West Black Khan Uighurs established their country in Hezhong, and the East Black Khan Uighurs established their country in Anxi. The two Black Khan Uighurs each were weak, among which the West Black Khan Uighurs had been defeated and conquered by the Sultan King of the Great Eat Kingdom, and only the East Black Khan Uighurs were left to survive.

Moreover, the weak Donghei Khan Uighurs were as powerful as the Gaochang Uighurs, who were originally of the same clan. If the Hexi Army wanted to advance to Anxi, the Gaochang Uighurs would not only not assist the Hei Khan Uighurs, but would instead join forces with the Hexi Army.

However, after the military conquest, the Hexi army will face strong resistance from the Tianfang scholars. It is not easy to rebuild the four Anxi towns where the religions are harmonious and the faith is free.

And the Yuntai Academy, hiding behind the Daxiangguo Temple in Jiehe, happens to have a way to discuss the truth with the Tianfang Sect!

"... Of course, it takes money to fight against the West. When King Xiping arrives at Kaifeng Prefecture, he will provide military funding to the court. He should be able to get some. If there is any shortage, I hope to borrow money from the temples of the Song Kingdom such as Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple. After all, this Western Expedition is also for the Buddhist disciples on the ground of Anxi. If the Buddha's light can shine on Anxi, it will be a supreme merit!"

Zhao Anhui was full of scenes and said quite reasonable, as if the monks of the Song Dynasty should give him a free gift to the Hexi Army!

The great monk Zhishen clasped his hands together, looking like a Taoist monk: "Amitabha, I am not to hide it. Before becoming a monk, I was also a military officer of the Western Army. He was not an outsider in military affairs, so I also wanted to bring a group of Buddhist disciples from the Central Plains to follow the King of Xiping to fight. However, the money in the Changshengku of Daxiangguo Temple in Jiehe was all owned by another master. The temple was only managed by and could not make decisions for others."

What? This fat monk still wants to go to the battlefield to promote Buddhism?

Zhao Anhui and Xiao Heda were stunned when they heard this, and thought to themselves: Will these monks of the Song Dynasty recite scriptures? Why do they lend money, sell roast pork, and hold temple fairs. They can still fight now... I haven't seen them recite scriptures well!

Wu Haogu laughed at this time and took over the topic of Monk Zhishen, "The master said it well. Borrowing money is a business, and spreading the Dharma is faith. The two cannot be confused. However, the Yuntai Academy can come forward to protect the loans of the Hexi Army. If the Hexi Army does not come out in the end, then the Yuntai Academy can bear half of the principal repayment responsibility! Master, with the Yuntai Academy guarantee, you can always give a little discount in terms of interest, right?"

Of course, there must be rewards for guarantees. Master Zhishen wanted to take the opportunity of leading the monastic loan to Anxi to take the monks from Daxiangguo Temple to Anxi to grab territory. Wu Haogu wanted to use the guarantee to send an armed sermon group to Anxi!

Now the Hondae Academy and Jiehe Branch have been in operation for several years, and there are hundreds of doctoral students who have graduated one after another. These people have no good way out except for being teachers (mainly Liuyi Academy needs them) and preparing to take the right-list Jinshi exam.

So Wu Haogu encircled them in Jiehe Market, allowing military opportunities and young knights from the northwest battlefield to give them "make up" the military programs, mainly to make up for military courses, so that they can spread the Confucian way with one hand in their hands in the future.

And the Hexi Army's western expedition is an opportunity for the Doctorate to show its strength?

Master Zhishen laughed and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say."
Chapter completed!