Baozhou City was once one of the six Jiangdong prefectures built by the Liao Kingdom on the east side of the Yalu River. It was also the bridgehead for the Liao Kingdom to invade Goryeo. Countless Koreans regarded it as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh, but they were afraid of the power of the Liao Kingdom. They could only build a defense line on the east side of the six Jiangdong prefectures. They imitated the name of the Great Wall as "Thousand Miles Great Wall". They hoped to protect themselves, but they were not of much use. During the last generation of Goryeo Kings, the Liao Kingdom invaded several times, and the Goryeo even lost the capital to open the city.

However, Baozhou City has changed its flags. Two years ago, Goryeo took advantage of the Liao Kingdom's defeat at the hands of the Song Dynasty. When its national strength was weak, it took the opportunity to send troops and recapture the six states of Jiangdong in one fell swoop, causing the defense line to be pushed along the Yalu River. The Yalu River is very wide. The Goryeo people have a natural danger, which is equivalent to the Great Wall of the Song Dynasty, which makes Goryeo once joking about it.

"Brother Li, are you really leaving?" In the Baozhou City Lord's Mansion, Wang Heng, the King of Goryeo, looked at Li Zhi in front of him with a reluctant look on his face.

"Things have exceeded your and my control. As an envoy of the Song Dynasty, I cannot disobey the orders of the superiors, so I can only leave temporarily!" Li Zhi said with a sad look on his face. Although he was very disgusted with the Goryeo people, he still had a good impression of the Goryeo King in front of him, and the two of them were even good friends.

Speaking of Wang Heng, we have to mention his father Wang Xun. Wang Xun's experience is quite legendary. His father's name is Wang Yu. This man is the son of Wang Jian, the Taizu of Goryeo, but this guy seduces his niece and is also his nephew's wife, the princess of Goryeo Jingzong. The two had an affair and gave birth to Wang Xun.

Don’t be surprised by the chaotic relationship above. In fact, Goryeo was originally a dynasty established by the Silla people. The Silla royal family has always been known for getting married in close relatives. The Goryeo royal family has also inherited this point. It is very common for cousins, cousins, aunts and nephews to get married, and there are even brothers and sisters to get married. It can be said that the relationship between Goryeo royal family only has a capital letter "chao".

Wang Xun's father had an affair with his niece and gave birth to him. The green Goryeo Jingzong did not kill him, but instead kept him in the palace. Later, because the Goryeo royal family got married, the royal man either died early or deformed. As a result, after Jingzong died, after counting, there was only one qualified heir like Wang Xun, so the throne fell into his hands.

Wang Xun was also a very capable monarch. When he was in power, he wanted to work hard to govern. In order to compete for the six prefectures of Jiangdong, he had two major wars with the Liao Kingdom, and even won the last time. However, he also knew that Goryeo could win occasionally, but he was absolutely unable to defeat the huge Liao Kingdom, so he also took the opportunity to surrender to the Liao Kingdom, thus restoring his relationship with the Liao Kingdom, and maintaining a certain peace in his later period of reign.

Wang Heng was Wang Xun's third son. The throne was originally passed on to his elder brother Wang Qin. However, due to intermarriage in close relatives, most of the royal family in Goryeo did not live long. Wang Qin died just three years after he ascended the throne. Because Wang Qin had no son, he made Wang Heng the crown prince and thus inherited the throne of Goryeo.

Although Wang Qin's reign was short, it had a huge impact on Goryeo. The most important thing was that he changed his father Wang Xun's policy of building a good match for Liao in the later period, but chose to be tough on Liao. The "Thousand Miles Great Wall" was built under his leadership. For this reason, the Liao Kingdom once wanted to send troops to attack Goryeo, and even wanted to invite the Song Dynasty to send troops together. Liu E was quite moved at that time, but later he did not agree because of Lu Yijian's insistence on opposing. Liao Kingdom had no helpers and was unable to send troops later.

Wang Heng ascended the throne in a tense atmosphere with the Liao Kingdom, but his luck was much better than his father and brother. He just as he ascended the throne, encountered a crushing defeat in the Liao Kingdom. Then, with the help of the Song Dynasty, he sent troops to recover the six prefectures in Jiangdong, and completed the achievements that his father and brother failed to accomplish in one fell swoop.

But what can Wang Heng say? His temperament is not as tough and ruthless as his elder brother Wang Qin, but rather peaceful. Even if it weren't for the previous instigation of the Song Dynasty, he would probably not be willing to conflict with the Liao Kingdom. Moreover, he likes Confucianism very much. It happened that Li Zhi was an elegant Confucian scholar, so after the two met, Wang Heng treated Li Zhi as friends. Now Li Zhi is going back to the Song Dynasty, so he said goodbye to Wang Heng himself.

"Your Majesty, although I know these words may be useless, I still want to advise you that your preparations for dispatching troops this time are very unwise, and may even cause you to suffer a big defeat!" Li Zhi suddenly took a long breath and said to Wang Heng again.

Wang Heng also smiled bitterly at this time, "You know my character. I am very satisfied with being able to recover the six states of Jiangdong. I never thought of sending troops to attack the Liao Kingdom. But you also know the situation inside Goryeo. Although I am the king, I cannot change this general trend."

Wang Heng did have his own difficulties. The power of the Goryeo king was actually greatly restricted, especially because they learned the Song and Tang systems and established the Privy Council and the Secretariat Menxia Province, which also allowed the ministers to check and balance the power of the king, and sometimes even underestimate the king.

In fact, this is also related to the Goryeo royal family. Due to visiting relatives and intermarriage, most of the Goryeo kings did not live long. In addition, the chaos in the royal family relationship caused the throne to change, and many turmoil and sinister times were accompanied by many storms and dangers. Sometimes, an old king passed away, and the new king may take a long time to succeed the throne. In order to deal with the situation of the king in the country, ministers could only take over the power of the country, which also made the Goryeo ministers extremely powerful.

Last time, Goryeo sent troops to recapture the six prefectures of Jiangdong, which greatly increased confidence among Goryeo. Many radical people even believed that the Liao Kingdom had entered its twilight years and was not afraid at all. There were even many people who took Goguryeo as an example in the past, hoping to establish a great empire across Liaodong.

There are quite a few people who have the above idea, and even some Goryeo ministers agree with this idea very much, which also makes Goryeo fall into a certain unspeakable fanaticism. Even Wang Heng, the King of Goryeo, cannot go against the trend.

Li Zhi certainly knew Wang Heng's difficulties, which made him sigh. In fact, Wang Heng came to Baozhou City in person this time and was also surrounded by the fanatical trend of Goryeo, so he had to come if he didn't want to come. It can be said that he has lost control of Goryeo now and can only let this fanaticism bring Goryeo to an unknown situation.

"Since that's the case, I have nothing to say. Prince, please take care of yourself. If you have the chance in the future, I will definitely come back to visit you!" Li Zhi said goodbye to the other party again, and Wang Heng did not try to keep him, and finally even sent him out of the city in person.
Chapter completed!