"How is the situation in Goguryeo now?" Sima Ji still didn't forget his base camp. He just came back and didn't care about it. Now he should really consider this issue. After all, the southern expedition has ended, and the troubles at his doorstep have not been solved.

Yan Yan was stunned and patted his head, and smiled bitterly, "It was Yan Yan's dereliction of duty. Your Highness did not ask after he came back. Yan Yan also forgot that the old king of Goguryeo is dead, and the new king ascended the throne to be the King of Fengshang. However, the King of Fengshang liked to build palaces and was inconsistent with the Murong family. Last year, the two sides had a conflict. Murong Wei threatened to teach Goguryeo a lesson, but because Murong Yun was not here, the elite cavalry of his troops followed His Highness to fight south, so no greater war broke out."

King Shang of Feng? Sima Ji Laran nodded. This new king of Goguryeo has the same hobbies as him and likes to play engineering. It makes people sigh at the wonders of nature. Bah, the focus is not here.

What a pity. If it weren't for my southern expedition and still in Youzhou, I would definitely be able to take advantage of the conflict between Murong and Goguryeo. But if the opportunity passes, it passes, and there is no need to wait for it to come again. Since Murong has threatened to give Goguryeo a great deal, this is a good opportunity.

Seeing that Sima Ji's face became gloomy, Yan Yan retreated aside silently. At this time, the King of Yan didn't like to be disturbed.

After being stunned for a while, Sima Ji came to his senses and stopped mentioning Goguryeo. Instead, he ordered, "You can see the benefits of mutual trading to the ban. You cannot continue to take a laissez-faire attitude towards mutual trading. In this matter, the Yan Palace should play a leading role. A special department should be set up to manage this matter. I propose to set up a Youzhou purchasing department to understand the situation outside the border. The people inside are mainly outside the border. No matter whether they were Xianbei, Xiongnu or someone, they should choose people who could trust and recruit those who had settled in the ban."

"Does Your Highness want to understand the outside world? I will notify the chief clerk immediately to do it." Yan Yan was about to leave.

"I'm asking you to do it, don't pretend to others." Sima Ji stopped Yan Yan calmly and whispered, "This matter is extremely important. It requires many people who understand the tribes of the grassland. All members, regardless of gender, have the right to be unobstructed in Yan State. It is equivalent to the retainers of the Yan Prince's Mansion, even Xu Meng cannot interfere in this. Do you understand?"

"As for men called Jin Wei, women called Yan Zi! Go and do it, choose from the Hu people within the ban and the tenants who know the outside world, and tell them that I can go to their lowly house." Although Sima Ji treated everyone equally, he did not abolish the lowly house of Yan, because the Jin Dynasty had not yet abolished him, so he could not do more, but it was okay to muddle the water.

The Youzhou purchasing department is a department that specializes in collecting foreign intelligence. Of course, if it is more blunt, it can also be called the General Administration of Foreign Intelligence. The more ordinary the name of this department, the better. Of course, some people like to give themselves some noble names, liberate this, patriotism, or republic or democracy. Maybe they don’t know what they are doing.

If it is just a shell, why can't people and animals appear harmless? The man is called Jin Wei, and the woman is called Yan Zi. One is called Jin Dynasty's national name, and the other is the title of King Yan, which is easy to feel belonging.

Of course, according to Sima Ji's idea, there will definitely be more than one department like Youzhou purchasing department in the future. However, it is only suitable for establishing an external department. He has no auxiliary government and is not suitable for directly establishing an internal department. Once discovered, it will be the enemy of the gentry all over the world. You must know that the centralization of the Jin Dynasty is not as strong as other dynasties.

After the Youzhou purchasing department has been in operation for a few years, it will provide enough experience and it will not be too late to establish an internal department. The difficulty of external departments lies in the training of personnel, and there will be much less internal problems.

The reason for not being in a hurry to establish an internal department is not only the risk, but also the relationship between the two things. The Eight Kings Rebellion is almost impossible to stop. This is a structural contradiction of the court. It is useless to have an extraordinary intelligence department. As for whether the Hu people later turned against each other, you can try to stop it.

"Zhang Da, come here!" Sima Ji greeted the guard leader not far away. When the other party was waiting, he whispered, "You can help me bring a letter to Governor Murong Lie, saying that King Yan is going to discuss things in Jicheng again. It would be better to have someone who can make decisions. If you are not busy, I hope to leave now."

"Your Highness has his life, how dare Zhang Da not obey?" Zhang Da stretched out his hand and fisted, and directly took the order and left.

Sima Ji pinched his waist with both hands, Shi Shiran went to a warehouse, took out the dynasty map, and conducted offensive deduction. In Sima Ji's view, the hostility between Murong and Goguryeo was simply a god-given opportunity. It would be a pity for God not to seize it, and he would even be punished.

The King of Yan decided to seize this opportunity. With the current situation, with the help of Murong, it would be a help from Sima Ji. If he could win over foreign aid, he would never send troops by himself.

This truth has been proven by history many times. After Wusun was pro-Han, it disrupted the Western Regions from peace, greatly undermining the stability of the Huns' foreign weapons. Not to mention that when the Huns attacked Wusun, there were more people who died than the Wusun army.

If you attack Goguryeo once, then all Sima Ji had to do was to submit a memorial to the court. Goguryeo was disobedient and then sent troops. If you were to destroy the other party, it would be better to get the support of the Xianbei people.

The terrain of the northeast is like this. Going northward, you have to pass through the Liaoxi Corridor. The road conditions of the Liaoxi Corridor are very bad, not ordinary! The width of the flat ground is about ten kilometers, and the development of the Liaoxi Corridor channel began in Liao and developed in the Jin Dynasty. After the Khitan established the Great Liao Kingdom, it occupied the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and approached the Yellow River. Western Liao had become the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom. The Liao army captured a large number of Han people from the Central Plains and settled them in western Liaoning. The Han people engaged in handicraft production, clearing land and farming, and establishing cities. The land reclamation of the Liaoxi Corridor promoted the development of roads.

After passing the Liaoxi Corridor and entering the northeast, there is a different cave inside. The entire northeastern land is more than one million square kilometers, with the Northeast Plain in the middle, then surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the north is Heilongjiang on the north.

The Northeast, surrounded by mountains and rivers, is like a large funnel. The place where the water leaks at the bottom of this funnel is the western Liaoning Corridor. Once it passes through the western Liaoning Corridor, it will be the vast Northeast Plain.

If you send troops from the south, even if you win, Goguryeo can escape north, and it is difficult to destroy Goguryeo in one go. If there is another one that can attack Goguryeo, this risk can be greatly reduced.

"Don't think about what happened after winning!" Before the establishment of New South Waiwai, the King of Yan finally stopped his imagination. Now, we must first know the attitude of Murong. Judging from the cooperative relationship that the two sides just ended, they should not wait for too long.

If we don’t say how prescient decision it is to collect corvee and shipbuilding, Sima Ji admires himself, and it is simply killing two birds with one stone. The hard work of the people of the country is worth it. Even if it is not hard now, it will be hard in the future. Sooner or later, it will not be able to escape.

Originally, Sima Ji's idea of ​​leaving Luoyang was to contact Tuoba's family to ask the other party's meaning, whether he could cooperate with the Jin Dynasty to block the north of Hetao, so that the Jin Dynasty could destroy the resistance of Hetao at one time, and then restore Hetao.

But after comparing it, Murong should be prioritized. Compared with other people's affairs, the matter of King Yan himself is of course much more important.

Nearly 10,000 tenants were still logging and picking up timber. Sima Ji had already set up a project after the beginning of spring in the hall. Surrounded by charcoal, he welcomed guests from outside the border, Murong Han, the eldest son of the Xianbei governor.

Murong Han and his party slept in the open. After receiving the order from their father, they came to Jicheng without stopping. The face, which should have been very delicate, was still full of wind and frost. You must know that he was only fourteen years old.

"It's been hard for you to sleep in the open all the way, you're still so young." Sima Ji said this and he was awkward. He was not a few years older than the other party, and he had to pretend to be an elder tone and comfort him, "Have you ever used food?"

"The king's edict, Han dared not neglect, and he has not eaten yet." Murong Han told the truth, but he still showed enough politeness.

"Let's have a meal together. I have a big deal to discuss with Murong!" Sima Ji waved to have someone serve the meal and chat while eating. This is a traditional virtue.

It was not long, and both of them finished their meals. Sima Ji asked, "I heard that during the Southern Expedition, the war broke out between Murong and Goguryeo? What was the result?"

"The king clearly remembers that our troops have lost hundreds of people. Goguryeo did not get any advantage." Murong Han told the whole story in detail. Goguryeo was also unlucky, just in time for Murong's son to die. Murong actually thought this was a disaster brought by Goguryeo.

Who would believe this thing if you say it out! Sima Ji kept a calm smile, and the King of Yan didn't believe it very much, but the war was true, and Murong Wei was about to start a war.

"Murong is sure, let's say that, my nephew is honest, thinking that the military strength of Murong or Goguryeo is stronger!" Sima Ji looked at Murong Han calmly and asked.

"King, if our army is in terms of quantity, it may not be as good as Goguryeo, but it will not be much different. The army is equal to each other!" Murong Han did not blow water directly in front of Sima Ji, and it was indeed the case on the surface.

However, Sima Ji knew that Murong had indeed beaten Goguryeo in history, and understood that Murong's combat power was above Goguryeo, but he still made an expression that was telling the truth and pondered, "Since it's a good match between the two, who wins and loses when fighting, it's hard to predict if there is no help from my king."
Chapter completed!