After talking about Jing'anfang, Zhao Xu asked: "You came to see me, but there has been a response from Beilu?"
Xingshu immediately sat up straight, lowered his head and replied: "Your Majesty, the Holy Ming Wu Guo."
"The envoy of Liao has promised that he will act according to His Majesty's wishes after the envoy of the Western Thieves enters the court."
"In addition, the Liao envoy also accepted the residence given to him by His Majesty!"
After Yeluju saw countless people swarming around waving real money and claiming chips.
He smiled crookedly.
He simply couldn't refuse a mansion worth more than 10,000 yuan.
Zhao Xu chuckled lightly.
Yeluju, the minister of the Liao Kingdom, is slowly turning into the shape of the Song Dynasty.
This is good!
Xing Shu lowered his head and continued: "That is, Beilu has an arrogant request..."
"Um?"
"The Liao envoy said that the leader of the Northern Lu Kingdom wants to marry his daughter to His Majesty..."
Zhao Xu's eyes immediately narrowed.
The people of the Liao people have always regarded the Tang Dynasty as orthodox and like to act in accordance with the style of the Tang Dynasty.
Especially in terms of foreign relations, the Liao Kingdom almost copied the policies of the Tang Dynasty.
What was the most famous foreign policy of the Tang Dynasty?
Make peace!
Starting from the time Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty married Princess Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo, the Tang Dynasty married countless "princesses" throughout its entire dynasty life cycle.
Even the Khitan people married Tang Dynasty ‘princess’.
This is a very effective means of restraining, controlling and penetrating the politics, economy and military of other countries.
So, even today.
The people of various countries and their kings still call the Emperor of the Central Plains as "Uncle Han".
The Liao Kingdom completely inherited and carried forward this tradition of the Tang Dynasty.
So-called ‘princesses’ are married all over the world.
Whether it is the divination on the grassland, Dangxiang and Tubo in the northwest, or even the Black Khan in the Western Regions or even the khanates in the further Central Asia, there may be princesses of the Liao Kingdom.
The people of Liao also used these princesses to create troubles all over the world.
If Zhao Xu remembered correctly, in his previous life, the current Empress Dowager Xiaoliang of Xixia was drunk with poisoned wine and died by the Liao envoys in the Xixia Palace in front of the young emperor Qian Shun and all the civil and military officials.
How majestic!
Naturally, Zhao Xu would inevitably suspect that the Liao people wanted to play such a trick on him.
Xing Shu looked at Zhao Xu's expression, stood up quickly, bowed his head and apologized: "I am guilty of death..."
"I will go back to the Liao people now..."
But Zhao Xu stopped him: "Wait a minute!"
Xing Shu was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and said incredulously: "Your Majesty, you must not do this..."
If the official is really tempted, once this matter gets out, he, Xing Shu Xing and his uncle will be condemned by the people of the world.
The noble military ministers will hate him to the core!
Zhao Xu shook his head and said with a smile: "Please don't worry..."
"Don't reject Beilu yet."
"Don't give them solid answers, keep it vague... keep in touch..."
"Just saying that when I am young, I should focus on studying and studying politics. I would like to thank the Emperor of Liao for his love..."
This is where you need to learn the tactics of green tea fish farming.
You're very nice, but I don't want to fall in love yet...
I just want to hang the Liao people, and I want to use this matter to create a card.
Xing Shu listened, swallowed, and lowered his head: "Your Majesty..."
"If you do this, you may damage your saintliness."
Diplomatic relations between the two countries are a very serious matter.
What's more, if this kind of marriage thing goes wrong, it will be a humiliation to the Liao people.
The Liao people would be so angry that they would definitely fall out with the Song Dynasty!
During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu refused Sun Quan's marriage request, which eventually led to Wu and Shu turning against each other.
Zhao Xu chuckled.
Holiness?
Although he cherishes feathers, he doesn't care about morality.
Moreover……
He didn’t even say he wouldn’t marry!
I just want the Liao Kingdom to work hard!
Therefore, Zhao Xu did not answer directly, but asked: "I remember that the Lord of Liao is already old, how can he still have a princess of the right age?"
The current old emperor of Liao Kingdom only had one son in his life, and three or four daughters lived to adulthood.
Otherwise, where would it be Yelu Yanxi’s turn to take the throne?
Xing Shu was stunned and replied: "I don't know, I only know that the princess's maiden name seems to be: Nanxian..."
"Yelun Nanxian?" Zhao Xu licked his tongue subconsciously.
This is interesting!
So much so that he felt a little excited.
Li Qianshun’s empress of the Yuan Dynasty!
She was also the so-called most beautiful woman in the Liao Kingdom in many martial arts novels he had read in modern times.
Zhao Xu suddenly felt no longer sleepy.
"Yes..." Xing Shu bowed his head and said, "I listened to what the Liao envoy said."
"Yes!" Zhao Xu nodded, indicating that he understood.
Xing Shu raised his head and looked at Zhao Xu's expression. He already knew that the official's attitude could not be changed.
If you try to persuade him again, he will be somewhat ignorant.
and……
In fact, Xing Shu found this matter very exciting - otherwise he would not have come to Zhao Xu to report it.
If you change someone else, just pretend that there is no such thing, go back and say to the Liao people: My Lord does not allow it.
Can the Liao people still come to verify it?
Therefore, Xing Shu only hesitated for a moment before bowing again: "I understand."
At this moment, his heart was beating wildly.
Xingshu knows very well, what is he doing?
Playing with fire!
Moreover, he was playing with fire with his wealth and life.
This matter is really serious, according to the temperament of Zhao officials in the past dynasties.
Ninety percent of the time, the blame will definitely be passed on to him - this is all a punishment for one person's rash behavior.
But he is just so excited!
Reason told him that this matter was very dangerous and it was best not to get involved and not to mention it again after he returned.
But, he just couldn't control himself.
It seemed that if he didn't witness the development of this matter with his own eyes, then his life would be in vain.
…
After sending Xing Shu away, Zhao Xu rubbed his hands.
"Yelu Nanxian..."
"Good name!"
However, in this matter, his personal bad taste is only secondary.
As a purely political creature, Zhao Xu only valued the other party's status as a Liao princess.
Of course, it is not that this princess' identity will play any role in the domestic situation of Liao Kingdom in the future - let alone a fake princess.
Even if Yelu Nanxian is the real daughter of Yelu Hongji.
The daughter who is married off, the water that is thrown out.
It is a dream to expect that the Khitan people will recognize the possibility of Zhao Xu's descendants inheriting the Khitan.
The Habsburg harem's strategy of opening up territories and expanding territory with a big stick was only suitable for Europe.
This won't work in East Asia.
During the Wu Hu period, Liu Yuan called himself the nephew of the Han Dynasty every day, and even the name of his country was named after the Han Dynasty.
is that useful?
Who admitted it?
Since ancient times, there is only a precedent for Zhou Shizong's nephew Chai Rong to inherit his uncle's estate.
This is because all the sons of Guo Wei died and there was no heir, so they adopted Chai Rong as their heir.
Therefore, Chai Rong’s name before and after his death was Guo Rong!
The reason why he changed his surname back to his original name was because Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty missed his old master and was afraid that no one would inherit and worship his old master's clan.
That’s why I kindly helped the late master clear his name!
Just doing good deeds.
Therefore, even if the direct line of the Yelu family of Liao Dynasty is extinct.
The legal system of the Liao Kingdom will not be inherited by Zhao Xu's future descendants.
Unless Zhao Xu is willing to let his child's surname be Yelu.
But this is impossible.
The child has his mother's surname, so what happened to the Zhao family?
The son-in-law of the Yelu family?
Zhao Xu himself was willing to agree, but no one in the world would agree.
Zhao Xu's real purpose was just to create a hot spot for the "Song-Liao Alliance" in the world.
Once there are signs of an alliance between Song and Liao, at least in the direction of Tubo, they will be able to defeat hundreds of thousands of troops.
At the same time, the Song Dynasty also had a grasp on the Western Regions.
The two combined can save at least 10 million yuan in military expenses.
As for marrying?
Of course it is possible.
But let’s talk about methods and methods.
If the Liao Kingdom married a princess, the Song Dynasty would definitely oppose it.
But if it's the other way around, it's the Liao Kingdom that wanted to be with the Song Dynasty, so it sent the princess to the court to fill the Song Dynasty's uterus.
Scholar-officials will not have much objection.
Some people may even be happy.
…
Jiangning City, Baoning Chanyuan.
The sunshine in summer is very hot.
Wang Anshi stood at the door of the Zen room, listening to the sound of the piano in the room.
Wearing plain clothes, he let out a sigh of relief.
From the sound of the piano, he heard sadness and loneliness.
After a long time, the sound of the piano finally stopped.
At this time, Wang Anshi finally opened the door of the Zen room.
He saw his daughter, wearing a white jacket, with her back to him, sitting in the meditation room, looking out the window.
Wang Anshi walked forward and saw his daughter's face covered with tears.
This talented woman who used to be amazing and beautiful in the past has been tortured by her marriage and has become a degenerate person. She can no longer see the romance and cheerfulness she had in the boudoir, only sadness and sadness are left.
"Magpie..." Wang Anshi called his daughter's nickname.
"Father." Wang Shuer stood up and bowed.
She was born to Wang Anshi when he was an official in Shuzhou, so she was named Shu.
He got his nickname because on the day he was born, a magpie appeared outside his door.
She was born three years after Huangyou, so she is actually thirty-five years old this year.
But the man looked haggard, as if he was over forty.
Wang Anshi looked at his beloved daughter's appearance and felt very distressed in his heart.
"The magpie girl can feel comfortable in the future..." Wang Anshi took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it over.
"This is the letter of departure written by Rugu herself and signed by Wu Anzhi."
"As long as you sign this letter, from now on you will no longer be Wu's wife, but will become your father's daughter again."
Wang Shuer looked at the thin piece of paper sent to her.
Her hands trembled.
After being married to Wu Anchi for more than ten years, she has never had a good life.
This is true even during the newlywed period.
Her husband always treated her with a cold face, and her aunts and sisters-in-law made things difficult for her in every possible way, even if she was pregnant or had a baby.
In the Wu family, her days were like years, and she washed her face with tears all day long.
But now, when she saw the piece of paper with the words: He Li Shu, she hesitated.
"Father..." She looked at her old father, with his slim and thin body.
"What did you pay for?"
She is no longer young or naive.
Of course, I know that the Wu family has always had advantages to take advantage of, and if there are no advantages, they have to find ways to create them.
Last year, when the late emperor passed away, the Wu family immediately sent a letter to the court. They actually asked their aunt (mother-in-law) to write to the two palaces, requesting the court to exempt the uncle (Wu Chong) from the property that he owed the country when he was still alive.
money.
This is pure shamelessness.
The Wu family succeeded, and within a few days, the Empress Dowager issued an edict to exempt the Wu family from the money they had misappropriated and misappropriated.
Now, since the Wu family is worried about her marriage, how can they not take advantage of the opportunity to sell her at a good price?
This is what she doesn't want to see.
The old father is already old.
Moreover, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager who are now in power do not like their old father.
If the old father wrote a letter to request something at this time, the two palaces would probably take the opportunity to blackmail, manipulate, or even deliberately humiliate him.
How could he let his father endure the anger and humiliation in the palace for his own sake?
Wang Anshi laughed and said: "Magpie Girl, my father has not done anything."
"I just want to let the Wu family know that if they don't reconcile, then all the Wu family's career will be affected."
"No, a few days ago, when Wu Anshi changed his official position, he was rejected by Wang Zishao, the Minister of Civil Affairs, on the grounds of 'insufficient qualifications and insufficient training'..."
This happened at the end of last month.
This was also the first thing that Wang Zishao did after taking office as the Minister of Rites - directly blocking the Wu family's upward path through legal procedures.
"In addition, Lu Dian expelled several members of the Wu family from Shangzhai in Taixue last month."
Lu Dian now presides over the Imperial Academy.
And the Shangzhai of Taixue are all quasi-Jinshi.
Being expelled from Shangzhai by Lu Dian all of a sudden meant that the efforts of those Wu family members for several years or even more than ten years were lost in one day.
Wang Shuer listened and looked at his old father in disbelief.
"Sir...this is you..."
Wang Anshi shook his head: "I have already retired to the official position, how can I still have such a big reputation?"
Be it Wang Zishao or Lu Dian.
On weekdays, just saying a few words of respect to him and calling him "Prince" or "Mr. Jiefu" is enough to give him a lot of face.
This has always been the case in officialdom.
People go to tea to cool down, and people go to rest.
Do you really think that others will listen to him because he promoted them?
Besides, now the new king is in power, and the two palaces are in charge.
Where is anyone willing to give this old man face?
Wang Shuer asked: "Then why is this...?"
Wang Anshi said: "It can only be that the young master gave the order to someone else because I still had some merit in the previous dynasty..."
"Ah!" Wang Shuer was shocked.
"Do officials even care about this kind of thing?"
She couldn't believe it at all.
Wang Anshi said: "I didn't believe it at first either."
Yes, he couldn't believe it at first!
From the time Wu Anchi was sent to Taixue, to when his beloved daughter was forced by the Wu family to return to Jiangning, she came to him to plead for mercy, hoping that he would come forward to petition the court to seize her.
Wang Anshi never thought that the royal family would interfere with the marriage of ministers' children.
Therefore, Wang Anshi could only keep his daughter, hoping to force the Wu family to come to Jiangning to negotiate with him.
Even so, Wang Anshi was not sure that the Wu family would relent.
but……
Wang Anshi never expected that in Bianjing City, a force composed of New Party ministers would launch an all-round attack on the Wu family.
From the Ministry of Officials to Imperial College.
These two key departments, which were in charge of the officials of the Song Dynasty and the future of imperial students, began to suppress the Wu family.
And it’s an aboveboard suppression.
The Wu family couldn't resist it at all.
As for the partial students, whether they were sent by Wang Zishao or Lu Dian, they were all eliminated today.
Therefore, besides the young master, who else can command Wang Zishao and Lu Dian?
"Sign it!" Wang Anshi said to his beloved daughter: "From now on, I will be by my father's side..."
"The Wu family has prepared your dowry and will send people back one by one."
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!