Chapter 818: Liao envoys pay homage to Zhenwu Shengjun
"That's unreasonable!"
Inside the inn, Xiao Hutu, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, smashed his cup on the ground, his face turned red, and he became furious.
He had just been humiliated, by Yang Xing, a Han official from Yanyun.
This would have been completely unimaginable a year ago.
At that time, the Khitan people were the fathers and the Han people were the sons, even the sons of concubines, and they did not get fair treatment at all.
Now the Khitan people are still fathers, and the Han people are grandfathers. The condescending feeling is not forced out, but comes from the toughness from the heart.
Moreover, every word Yang Xing said was so heart-breaking that he stammered and was almost speechless when he refuted it. He could only get angry after returning to the inn.
After roaring angrily, Xiao Hutu's eyes turned like lightning and landed viciously on the person in the corner: "Submission is high!!"
The person whose name was called was also an official of the Liao Kingdom and a member of the envoy. He was originally reading the book in his hand. After hearing this, he quickly closed it and ran over: "Zhengshi Xiao, this is "The Secret History of the Former Tang Dynasty".
Indeed… Ouch!”
Xiao Hutu kicked him, and after he squatted down, he felt the rain of punches and kicks coming down on him: "Trash! Traitor! If you Han people hadn't surrendered to the rural army, I, the Daliao people, would have
Nanjing Road, how could it fall into the hands of a group of untouchables! You all deserve to die! You all deserve to die!"
"Hiss...hiss..."
Submissive Gao held his head with both hands, curled up his body, and could only bear it silently, not even daring to cry out in pain.
Most of the Han people in the Liao Kingdom lived in Nanjing Road, but there were also hundreds of thousands scattered in other places, and many Han officials served in various places.
After Yanyun recovered, the status of these people dropped sharply, or their original treatment was exposed.
There used to be a fig leaf, but now that Yan Yun is gone, the fig leaf has been completely torn off. The Khitan people have insulted them, and other ethnic groups have taken the opportunity to suppress and exploit them. They all regard this group of Han people whose average quality is actually higher than that of other ethnic groups, but who have no backbone, as a treat.
Lamb for slaughter.
So when Xiao Hutu punched and kicked Shunshou, the guards around him clapped their hands, cheered, and even wanted to join in.
"What are you doing? This is a post house, not a place for barbarians like you to run wild!"
Finally, the rural soldiers guarding outside heard the commotion and came over and yelled angrily. Only then did Xiao Hutu stop, and the other Khitan people dispersed in a hurry.
Submissive Gao, who had been beaten for no reason, slowly got up. Just as he was about to leave, he was hit on the head by a book: "Take it back and quickly find out for me the clues to the Southern Emperor's matricide, you loser!"
"yes!"
Shunshou Gao could only wipe the blood from his mouth, pick up the book, not forgetting to salute, and staggered away.
Returning to his room, he opened the book stained with his own blood and looked at it, tears falling on it drop by drop: "When will days like this end... Wuwuwu..."
I had to read it while crying, but I stopped crying and started to marvel at Princess Taiping's whimsical thoughts.
It turns out that Yuwen Chengdu turned into a headless horseman and returned to his soul. It was just an attempt. What was really important was to use the theory of resentful souls to get Wu Zetian to agree to change the formation of the palace. Then Princess Taiping took the opportunity to reverse the yin and yang, mess up the direction, and trigger the Nine Heavens God to strike with thunder.
Fall into the palace, kill the king and usurp the throne.
"Killing a woman's mother is a treasonous act! Princess Taiping is really heartbroken..."
Submissive Gao grinned, even a little worried about Wu Zetian's safety.
The people of Liao Dynasty still have a deep impression on Wu Zetian. The first one is the Great Sage Queen Zetian who thinks that the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty is in the Liao Kingdom and deserves to be worshiped in the Tang Dynasty. Of course she is concerned about it. The second one is the famous Empress Dowager Xiao and Wu Zetian.
Quite similar in many ways.
The husband of Empress Dowager Xiao was Yelu Xian of Liao Jingzong. This man was also in poor health and was unwilling to let his officials decentralize power, so he trained his wife's ability to govern and asked her to help him in government.
When Wu Zetian and Li Zhi came to court, they were called the Queen of Heaven. Yelvxian also asked Empress Dowager Xiao to address me as the Empress Dowager. Li Zhi's edict was that those who were undecided on military and state affairs would be punished by the Queen of Heaven. When Yelvxian was about to die, he also listened to all military and state affairs.
The Queen Mother's order.
Li Zhi said, with my experience, you really dare!
However, the national conditions of the Liao Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty were indeed different. When Yelu Xian died, Empress Dowager Xiao came to serve as regent. Although she had power infinitely close to that of the emperor, she could not become the empress after all.
Zhao Guangyi felt that the orphans and widowed mother were easy to bully, so he went on an expedition to the north. Then the Gaolianghe Chariot God was born, and Empress Dowager Xiao firmly established her position. Later, she and her son Liao Shengzong even went on a personal expedition together. That expedition to the south was actually very sexy.
However, the Song Dynasty became even weaker and successfully forced Zhenzong to sign the Chanyuan Alliance, which ended the decades-long war between Song and Liao. Finally, the power of the government was returned to Liao Shengzong. His life was a complete success.
So if we talk about other historical figures, the Liao people may not care too much, but Wu Zetian, the empress of the former Tang Dynasty, is still very familiar and has a sense of substitution. Coupled with the novelty of its storyline, people of this era have never seen this.
, almost thought it was true.
Seeing that Wu Zetian was about to fall into a killing situation, he was so nervous that he forgot about the pain in his body and quickly looked down again.
Fortunately for him, it was still the fearless detective Li Yuanfang who stepped forward and borrowed the divine power of Zhenwu Shengjun to finally turn the tide and prevent Wushengren from being murdered by the rebellious Princess Taiping.
"Personal spiritual creature...sacrifice to the Holy Lord..."
Submissive Gao let out a sigh of relief and subconsciously touched the Pisces jade pendant around his waist.
Pisces is one of the eight auspicious signs of Buddhism. Buddhism flourished in the Liao Kingdom, and Buddhist culture had a comprehensive impact on the Liao people. Buddhist elements are often found in jewelry.
This Pisces jade pendant is Shunshou Gao's favorite pendant. It is a round carving of white jade, with the eyes, gills, pelvic fins, tail and other details carved out with negative lines. The Pisces mouth is perforated and tied with a gold chain.
"My jade pendant! The jade pendant that protects me!"
However, at this touch, he suddenly let out a scream, hurriedly untied the gold chain, and took the jade pendant in his hand. Then he discovered with great sadness that the Pisces jade pendant, which had been consecrated by the master, was kicked to pieces by Xiao Hutu.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It seems that the consecration of the Buddhist monks can neither protect the safety of the Han people nor prevent the jade pendant from breaking. On the contrary, it will make things worse. The pain that has just accumulated on the body will also
It spread like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
"It hurts me so much...wuwuwu...if only I had the protection of Zhenwu Shengjun...it would be great..."
"The gods of Tianshu return, the earth gathers together, and the fate of the four directions welcomes and protects the name of the Lord..."
"Regards the True Martial Saint Lord!"
Shunshou Gao knelt down on the ground. In front of him was the "Secret History of the Former Tang Dynasty" with its pages turning. He happened to reach the page dedicated to the holy king. His eyes fell on it and couldn't move away. He held the Pisces accessory in his hand and said in his mouth
Start chanting.
According to the book, personal spiritual objects that accompany their owners for a long time can easily gather the energy of heaven and earth, and can be used as a medium to carry out the simplest sacrifices.
It was between lightning and flint that Li Yuanfang communicated with the Zhenwu Holy Lord with a chain knife, and was able to turn the tide, remove the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, and break Princess Taiping's conspiracy.
Now that my jade pendant is broken, I might as well try the sacrificial method...
However, as he stumbled through his recitation and bowed to the ground devoutly, the surroundings became quiet, as if nothing had happened.
After waiting for a while, he raised his head and said with a wry smile: "I'm really crazy. I actually followed the method in the novel to try to communicate with the Zhenwu Saint who I had never heard of. I still went to the temple to find the master.
Reconsecrate the body for protection..."
He stood up while talking to himself, and then suddenly froze: "Huh? Why don't I feel any pain?"
He touched his cheek and pressed the ribs that seemed to be broken before. After feeling the high ecstasy, he suddenly bowed down and recited the long mantra over and over with an extremely respectful attitude: "Your Majesty Zhenwu Shengjun...
…Respectfully invite the Zhenwu Saint Lord…Respectfully invite the Zhenwu Saint Lord…!”
Finally, with a bang, his head seemed to explode.
In the boundless darkness, a divine body filled with radiance rose slowly. Only an outline could be seen, without any clear features, but a vast majesty like a mountain or a sea filled the air.
Shunshou Gao trembled all over and fell to the ground: "Greetings to the Holy King! Greetings to the Holy King!"
A loud voice came from far and wide: "What do you want?"
Shunshou Gao said without hesitation: "I also hope that the Holy Lord will help us and the Han people get back Yanyun and restore their previous status!"
Li Yan looked down at the Liao envoy and shook his head secretly, but he was not surprised.
I thought that this man’s strongest wish was to kill all the Khitans who had bullied him before, but he actually wanted to return to the past state of hidden exploitation.
That being the case...
Li Yan was too lazy to say anything, so he stretched out an invisible palm and penetrated into Gao's heart.
As expected, this man was trembling and did not dare to offer any resistance.
If people are submissive and submissive to others, God will naturally be able to take and take away things!
Soon, his memory formed a special book in front of Li Yan's eyes, which he could read at will.
"After the Jurchen tribe defeated the conquest army sent by Yelu Dezhong, the two sides started negotiations. One of the key points of the competition was also the population of the Han people?"
"Sure enough, it was Xiao Wuna who advocated diplomacy. In the past six months, he sent a large number of envoys with documents from the Liao Kingdom to contact the rebels in various parts of the Song Dynasty. Even Guo Kang of Xiangyang made a promise."
"Then Zhang Xian from Luoyang even thought that he had the support of the Liao people, so he dared to get involved in Shandong..."
Li Yan quickly checked the current situation in Liao, verified it with his previous speculation, and found that Liao's diplomatic actions were harder than he had imagined.
In fact, this is related to the "international reputation" of the Liao Kingdom.
Not only were the envoys of the Liao State unable to adapt to the status of a weak country without diplomacy, but the Liao State was still powerful for the forces currently rebelling in the Song Dynasty.
After all, on the surface, it seems that the main force of the Liao army has returned to the country, and they have received news of the Xixia land cession and compensation. It can be seen that the military front is extremely strong. Although the Yanyun land is lost, as long as the troops are not lost, there will definitely be a chance to win it back. As for the domestic
The situation is on the verge of falling apart, and many people don't understand it at all.
For the Song Dynasty court, with wars raging all over the country and the Imperial City Department completely paralyzed, how could they still bother to understand the intelligence of the Liao people? For the rebels in various places, spies were sent to the south of the Yangtze River and into Jinling to check the court's movements.
, let alone being distracted from matters in the north!
So when Xiao Wuna sent an envoy to offer him an olive branch, all the rebel forces were overjoyed and accepted it gladly. It was a bit like the late Sui Dynasty, when all the rebel heroes in the Central Plains had to look up to the Turks, and even Li Yuan called him "Turk Dad".
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"But the strong is strong, and the weak is weak. After all, the decline of the Liao Kingdom cannot be concealed for long."
"Especially Yanyun, a strategic and important land for rice and grain. If the Liao Kingdom cannot get it back for a long time, even a fool can see that this country is already a powerful country on the outside and can no longer be compared with the Northern Liao Dynasty before."
"That's why Xiao Wuna seizes the time to engage in diplomacy, making sure to cause chaos in the Southern Dynasty and buy time for the Liao Kingdom."
Li Yan thought of the old minister who followed Yelu Yanxi and broke his heart, and then looked at the list of people encouraged by the Liao Kingdom, his eyes flickering.
It doesn't matter if there are others, the key is that there are two of them in Hebei.
Two very familiar people.
One is Chao Gai, and the other is Tian Hu.
After he pondered for a moment, his eyes fell on Shunshou Gao again.
Feeling the divine power resting on his body, he was so submissive that he no longer dared to make any demands.
When people are confused or even escaping from life, faith is undoubtedly an excellent spiritual sustenance. At this time, he is afraid of being rejected by the Holy King, so he can only lower his body more humbly, almost into the dust: "I am guilty.
...I hope the Holy Lord will forgive me..."
"Do it this way!"
Ever since, when the grand voice came down again along with a burst of spiritual light, the Liao envoy looked at what he had to do, his eyes suddenly filled with hope for life, and he responded with great fanaticism: