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"At most three years?"

After hearing Li Yan's statement that the powerful Liao Kingdom could last for up to three years, Wen Huanzhang and others all showed incredible expressions!

To be honest, if this is a judgment made by others, they will definitely not believe it, but Li Yan has not missed it for several years, so they cannot refuse it, at least they dare not stand up and question what Li Yan said!

After a while, Sun Jing said: "Even if the Jin Kingdom can defeat the Liao Kingdom and want to annex the huge territory of the Liao Kingdom, it will not take a day or a night, and you will be the Grand Commander-in-Chief as your ally."

Li Yan asked: "If the Jin Kingdom annexed the territory of the Liao Kingdom, would it go south?"

Qiao Daoqing said: "The Jin Kingdom won't have such a big appetite, right?"

Li Yan said: "Things are unpredictable. We have two great enemies, Goryeo and Taifeng, who are eyeing each other. If we border the tiger and wolf Jin Kingdom and cannot quickly pacify the Song Kingdom, we may be trapped in that quagmire, which will destroy our Liangshanpo for five or six years."

Without wanting to dispel the enthusiasm of these people, Li Yan said again: "If you fight against foreign countries, you must first settle the country. If you do not destroy Goryeo and Taifeng, blindly expanding to the outside world will inevitably lead to future troubles."

Sun Jing couldn't help but say, "But once the Song State pacified Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La, and the Grand Commander-in-Chief, you will not have the chance to become the lord of the Central Plains."

Li Yan smiled and said, "With Zhao Ji, the king and ministers helping us, we will definitely have another chance."

Without Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La, Gao Tuoshan, Zhang Xian, Sun Lie of Jinan Prefecture, Wuhu of Linyi of Yizhou, Yang Tianwang of Daming Prefecture, Beijing Prince Li of Yunzhou, Xu Jin of Yizhou and Mizhou, Liu Dalang of Shuigu Mountain, Zhao Ji and other group of tyrant officials, the rebel generals continued, even in the Southern Song Dynasty, so there were all opportunities.

Since that's the case, why should Li Yan be anxious? Of course, he is waiting for the best opportunity while developing steadily!

Li Yan said: "Okay, this matter is settled. Let's talk about the current situation of Goryeo and Taifeng."

Seeing that Li Yan's intention had been decided, although Sun Jing and others were still a little unwilling to do so, they could only give up the matter temporarily.

Wen Huanzhang said: "Now, Goryeo and Taifeng, especially in Taifeng, the people are living in poverty. Gongfu is similar to his ancestor Gong's personality. Relying on Buddhism, he fools the people and rules tyranny. Many people in Taifeng have escaped to our side without hesitation, and riots have occurred repeatedly in the territory."

Li Yan said: "These escaped people are well placed, and they also need to identify whether there are any detailed works in it... In fact, it cannot be blamed entirely on Gong Fu. His regime is unstable and internal intrigues are in trouble, and he has to worry that Goryeo and I will annex him and then expand his army desperately. One county will have to maintain 140,000 troops. If you don't impose excessive taxes, how can you maintain it?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "What the Grand Governor said makes sense, but the ministers believe that the most important thing is because he is not the lord of the human race. The Grand Governor may not know that Gongfu's life is extremely luxurious today. Not only does he wear gold and silver, but even the bed he sleeps in is covered with gold and jade. In just two years, he has taken over 200 concubines and has long lost his wisdom and courage as he used to be."

Li Yan sighed: "Power corrupts people's hearts so quickly that it is beyond imagination!"

Without comparison, there is no gap. Compared with Gongfu, Li Yan's already tall image has now been much higher.

It can be said that from a group of small bandits to the present, Li Yan is all wise, open-minded, generous, and good at responsibilities. If Li Yan had not made any plans for several years and had invincible victory, he would have never achieved such a great cause.

But even so, Li Yan still did not slackened and was committed to leading this force forward steadily and quickly.

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why Sun Jing and others persuaded them to enter. Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Gong Fu and others can be called kings, but Li Yan, who is wise and powerful, is just a great protector. How can their subordinates be willing?

Li Yan said again: "How are my two father-in-law fighting now?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "Teacher Li is now arresting the military and political affairs together, and is in full swing. Not long ago, he sent someone to say that his wife misses her daughter and wants to visit the two wives in our Seoul. I guess Mr. Li may have the intention of having a break with us. Please let the Grand Commander decide on this matter."

Li Yan said: "Human ethics cannot be eliminated, please agree to him."

Of course this is just an excuse. How to deal with it depends on what Li Ziqian’s wife said to Li Jiaren and Li Ja-hyun before making a decision.

Wen Huanzhang replied: "Yes... Although King Goryeo lost his military and political power, he did not wait for death. He set up a treasure house for raising talents, stored funds for rewarding academics, and set up a wide range of academic houses, and placed 60 Confucian scholars and 17 martial arts people, appointed close ministers for management, and selected famous scholars as doctors in order to cultivate talents. He should have wanted to use these people to fight against Li Ziqian."

Li Yan said: "Galleon is not a monolith... So what's the relationship between Galleon and Taifeng?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "There is a tendency to ease, and it is not ruled out that they will unite."

Li Yan asked: "If we send troops, how much opportunity will we have to conquer Taifeng? How much opportunity will we have to conquer Gaoli together?"

Qiao Daoqing said: "If Goryeo does not send troops, we will be 90% sure to defeat Taifeng. However, if Taifeng cannot support it, it will inevitably turn to Goryeo. In that case, we will have a maximum chance of winning."

Li Yan frowned and said, "Only 60%?"

Qiao Daoqing said: "At most... although our troops are 200,000, there are nearly 100,000 of them new soldiers, and Goryeo has at least 150,000 elite soldiers who have been confronting the Liao and Jin countries for many years, 100,000 well-trained elite soldiers, and 140,000 soldiers and 140,000 to 50,000 soldiers from Taifeng, we have no advantage in terms of military strength. The most important thing is that they are the defenders and we are the attackers."

Li Yan was silent for a while and said, "That is to say, it is not the time for war to begin?"

Qiao Daoqing said: "It is easy to see a miserable victory."

Li Yan was silent for a while, looked at Jiang Jing, and asked, "Now, what are the civilian ratios in Lelang, Zhenfan County?"

Jiang Jing said: "The Han people in Lelang County account for more than 70%, while the Han people in Zhenfan County account for more than 60%.

Li Yan said differently: "Does the Han people account for such a large proportion of these two counties?" In Li Yan's impression, it was about half and half a year ago.

Wen Huanzhang said: "November ago, we moved 500,000 Korean citizens to Taiwan County, and another million Han citizens came to Lelang and Zhenfan County."

They reported this matter, but Li Yan asked them to act cheaply, so they didn't know the details. After listening to Wen Huanzhang's explanation, Li Yan understood and asked, "Isn't it forced?"

Wen Huanzhang said: "How dare we? They were attracted by the immigration treatment we gave and took the initiative to register."

Li Yan did not ask the specific details, but said, "Remember, don't break the trust of the people!"

Everyone replied in unison: "Yes!"

Li Yan asked again: "What is the harvest this year?"

Jiang Jing said: "A great harvest! Chameng rice is very suitable for this land, and the yield per mu is not lower than in the Song Dynasty. During the autumn harvest, the people all smiled and praised you for your great governor!"

After hearing this, Li Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief!

This is the foundation of the founding of the country. They can't always live by snatching it. Besides, in a few years, the world will be in chaos, and he will have no place to snatch it.

Li Yan said: "So, we are not short of food anymore?"

Jiang Jing said carefully: "If the scope of disaster relief is no longer expanded, our food should not be short of it."

Li Yan's reputation in Shandong and Hebei was made with money and food.

Although this has laid a solid foundation for Li Yan and Shuiboliangshan in Shandong and Hebei, it has also brought great pressure to Shuiboliangshan!

To be honest, if Li Yan hadn't obtained half of Goryeo's wealth, it would have been impossible for this.

Li Yan said: "I try my best to control it." Then he asked: "What do you think about the borrowing of money from Song State?"

Sun Jing said: "You must not borrow money. The State of Song borrowed money to attack Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La. If the civil strife was quelled by the State of Song, you might have the idea of ​​being the Chief Governor!"

Jiang Jing said: "We have some extra money, but our expenses are also very large, so the financial pressure is very high, so it is best not to borrow to avoid emergencies and our finances are tight."
Chapter completed!