Chapter 116 The real purpose
“I understand, thank you Your Highness!” Gu Tingye said gratefully.
"Why are you so polite to Hegu?" Zhao Xing waved his hand and said: "Sanshui, go and open it and see what Li Ge has sent."
"Yes!"
Sanshui stepped forward and opened all the gifts, only to see that they contained some old wild ginseng and some various gemstones. In addition, there were some rare leathers.
"It's quite generous."
Although Zhao Xing doesn't know how to identify the age of ginseng, judging from its size and appearance, it is rare even in the palace.
"Zhong Huai, take two ginsengs and go back to replenish your grandfather's health." Zhao Xing said.
“Thank you for the reward, Your Highness.” Gu Tingye thanked him.
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After that meeting, Zhao Xing never saw Li Ge and was busy with the imperial examination.
March 16th is the day when the general examination will start. It is already March 12th, and there are only four days left to finish the exam.
Since the emergence of the imperial examination in ancient times, imperial examination fraud has never been eliminated.
In order to prevent this phenomenon, successive dynasties have continuously improved the anti-fraud system.
First, the name is anonymized. In order to prevent the marking officer from judging the identity of the respondent through the handwriting, after the answer sheet is collected, a special person will copy it and send the copied answer sheet to the marking officer for marking.
The entire process is under very strict supervision.
However, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
No matter how strict the protective measures are, people will still find loopholes.
As the examiner, Zhao Xing would be in trouble if the examination he invigilated was revealed to be fraudulent.
Therefore, he naturally could not be a hands-off shopkeeper. Not only did he report to his father and transfer guards from the East Palace to take over the defense of the Gongyuan during the examination, he also combined the cheating plans he knew and established a set of strict preventive measures.
Zhao Xing carefully reviewed his arrangements and found no omissions, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness, I am asking for an audience with you." A chamberlain walked into the palace and saluted.
"Let him come in." Zhao Xing said.
After a while, Sheng Wei came in and said after seeing the ceremony: "Your Highness, Li Ge can't wait any longer and wants to see Your Highness."
"Oh, Gu Huan I think he is very patient, please bring him here, and I will meet him in the East Palace this time," Zhao Xing said.
It had been several days since the last meeting, but Li Ge could bear it and played around with Sheng Wei every day.
In the afternoon, Zhao Xing met with Li Ge in the East Palace Hall.
Li Ge had some doubts about Zhao Xing’s identity before, but now he was completely relieved.
"A few days have passed. I wonder how your Highness has considered it?" Li Ge asked after saluting.
"I have to be in charge of invigilating this exam, and I have a lot of things to do, so I am neglecting you. I have already reported your proposal to my father, but my father said that Song and Liao had a brotherly covenant, and Song and Liao had a brotherly covenant. In a country of etiquette, we cannot violate the covenant. I will wait until the imperial examination is over before trying to persuade my father." Zhao Xing said with a regretful expression.
Hearing this, Li Ge said anxiously: "I am in the Liao Kingdom with me, but I am also a Han. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are Han territory. If we miss such a God-given opportunity, I am afraid it will never be found again in the future."
"Oh?" Zhao Xing said in surprise: "So your heart is with Cao Ying and your heart is with Han? In that case, why don't you stay in the Song Dynasty and serve Gu, Gu will definitely not treat you badly."
"Your Highness, although I love the Song Dynasty, my family is all in Liao, so I really can't let go. But if Your Highness trusts me, I can provide you with some information." Li Ge said with a sincere face.
"Haha, I got what I asked for. I wonder if you can tell me the real purpose of coming to Song Dynasty this time?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Your Highness wants to know, so I naturally know everything." Li Ge said: "The person behind me is Yelu Chongyuan, the marshal of the Liao Kingdom. The late emperor promised to pass the throne to him, but in the end he Yelu Zhongyuan was naturally unwilling to make a mistake and passed the throne to his son. He wanted to launch a mutiny and regain the throne, and he wanted the help of the Song Dynasty. "
"So the rumors are all true?" Zhao Xing looked shocked and said, "So this is indeed a God-sent opportunity?"
"Yes, if the Song Dynasty could send troops at the critical moment to contain the Liao soldiers Ma, Yelu Chongyuan is very likely to succeed. By then, the soldiers who defend the city will be in panic, and the Song Dynasty will definitely be able to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop." Li Ge said. Zhao Xing's eyes lit up when he heard this, but soon dimmed, and he sighed: "It's a pity that Gu is not in power now, and my father doesn't listen to Gu. He only wants to accumulate strength and attack Xixia."
"Attack Xixia?" Li Ge was stunned, with a hint of joy in his eyes, and said, "Why attack Xixia?"
"Before, Xixia became independent, and my father sent troops to attack, but was defeated. If you lose face, you will naturally destroy Xixia to wash away the shame." Zhao Xing shook his head.
"Can't Your Majesty please give me some advice? This opportunity is too rare," Li Ge said.
"I don't know, but my father is so determined." Zhao Xing sighed and said: "Don't worry, I will continue to persuade you later, you can wait in Bianjing with peace of mind. "
"Your Highness, I can't stay in Bianjing for a long time, otherwise Yelu Chongyuan will doubt me," Li Ge shook his head.
"But if the matter doesn't get done, wouldn't it be just as dangerous if you just go back like this?" Zhao Xing asked worriedly.
"This requires His Highness's help." Li Ge said with a smile.
"How can I help you?" Zhao Xing asked doubtfully.
"In addition to begging His Highness to persuade His Majesty to send troops to help at critical moments, my purpose here is to buy more Palace Jade Liquid and go back. As long as Your Highness sells me more Palace Jade Liquid, I will go back I can do it," Li Ge said.
Zhao Xing sneered in his heart when he heard this, but said: "You also know that the Song Dynasty is short of horses, can you persuade Yelu Zhongyuan to trade war horses?"
Although he has promised to trade horses with others in recent years, Through the transaction, I sold some wine to Li Ge, but the quantity was always very stuck.
Things are rare and expensive. If the quantity is too large, Yelu Zhongyuan is not stupid, so naturally it is impossible to trade with him at such a high price.
Secondly, he was worried that if there were too many such transactions, Yelu Zhongyuan would no longer be willing to trade war horses.
"Your Highness should also know that the Liao Kingdom has strict restrictions on the number of war horses flowing into the Song Dynasty. Yelu Chongyuan was plotting major events at this time and was very cautious, fearing that he would be caught and would not agree. "Li Ge shook his head.
Zhao Xing was a little reluctant when he heard this. Li Ge quickly persuaded him, saying that if he could complete this matter, he would be able to win the trust of Yelu Zhongyuan and be able to better provide information to Zhao Xing. .
Zhao Xing pretended to be excited and finally agreed.
Ask Li Ge to connect with Sheng Wei. If you have any news, just contact Sheng Wei directly.
After Li Ge expressed his loyalty, he followed Sheng Wei away.
"How credible does Zhong Huai think his words are?" Zhao Xing asked.
"I feel that except for Yelu Chongyuan who wants to rebel, the rest are untrustworthy. Now I can almost confirm that he is more of a test. Yelu Chongyuan does not want the Song Dynasty to really send troops." Gu Tingye said.
"Yes, Gu thought so too. It seems that Yelu Zhongyuan did not intend to launch a mutiny, but wanted to seize power through a method similar to assassination." Zhao Xing said.
He didn't believe Li Ge's loyalty at all. If Li Ge really wanted to be loyal to him, he should come up with some useful information to prove his importance.
At the same time, some conditions will be put forward to strive for benefits for oneself.
However, he didn't do any of these, which is obviously not normal.
Li Ge's so-called loyalty was more like deceiving him into finding a way to get the Song Dynasty to send troops.
Zhao Xing thought so at first, but soon realized something was wrong.
If Li Ge’s purpose was really this, then it would be impossible to leave such an obvious flaw.
Therefore, Zhao Xing guessed that Li Ge did this just to confirm whether the Song Dynasty really would not send troops.
The subsequent conversation also confirmed this point. Although Li Ge showed that he really wanted the Song Dynasty to send troops, he did not say anything more tempting except that it was a god-sent opportunity. .
If Yelu Chongyuan really wanted the Song Dynasty to send troops, he could use some cities to seduce the Song Dynasty.
If there are people of his in such and such a city, the Song Dynasty will open the city gate and let the Song army in if it sends troops.
However, there are none of these.
(End of this chapter)