Chapter 1565: Unexpected visitor, the mission of Daxia
Chapter 1565: Unexpected visitors, the Daxia Kingdom envoy
What Shen Tang said is not an exaggeration at all. Not to mention others, among Li Tairan's colleagues in the government office, who wouldn't be jealous of him?
Before, Li Tairan was just a ninth-grade county magistrate. First, he was promoted to the eighth-grade county magistrate by serving as chief secretary. Now he has made a great achievement by jumping three levels and directly becoming the seventh-grade county magistrate.
Moreover, Huayang is a large county and has the attention of Shen Tang. After a few years of work, it is almost certain that the place will be moved and further progress will be made.
There are so many officials in the world, how many are so lucky?
"My mother mentioned your kindness many times and wanted to entertain you. A few days later, the official decided to send the message personally!"
"Haha, okay, I'll be waiting for you then!"
Afterwards, Li Tairan explained in detail the current situation in Huayang County before leaving!
Shen Tang stretched out and saw that the time had reached the end of Shenshi, so he got up and headed towards the backyard! When he arrived at the backyard, he saw all the girls gathered in Xiangling's room.
When Shen Tang walked in, Xiang Ling came up to her with a pearl almost the size of a woman's fist in her hands, and asked in surprise, "Husband, where did this come from?"
Obviously, every woman has the attributes of a giant dragon, and there is really no resistance to these shiny things! Not only Xiangling, but also the other women are holding various accessories in their hands.
Shen Tang held the small rice ball and Xiao Nianli in his arms and said with a smile, "This is sent from the Wonu Kingdom!"
Although it is now called Japan, the people in the Central Plains are still accustomed to the name that was conferred by the Han Dynasty.
"Is the Japanese slave country so rich?
Are there even pearls this big?
And there is also this red coral tree, which has never been seen even in the South China Sea!"
Mu Yu said in surprise.
"Haha, if we say it is not as rich as the Song Dynasty, it is just an island country, so it naturally has some unique resources! I am going to send a message to Brother Youcai and ask him to organize a caravan to follow us. One of the most common cloths in the Song Dynasty Humans are the most luxurious things there, and you can also bring local products back and sell them!"
Mu Yu nodded, "If it's like what my husband said, it will really be quite profitable!"
"Okay, since you like these things, let's share them all! We'll go to Lianli City later. Although it's not precious, it can still be considered a rare thing!"
Shen Tang coaxed his children to rejoice for a long time, then had dinner in Xiangling's room, and then went to the second daughter Yisha's room to rest at night!
After a while, Shen Tang held the two girls in his arms and said, "After I have settled the affairs of Chengdu Mansion, I will go to southern Xinjiang and take you back to visit the clan together!"
"real?"
Ayi said happily.
"Of course it's true!"
Shen Tang's words immediately made the two daughters happy. In this era, the daughters who get married are throwing water. Whether they are from the royal family or ordinary farmers, it is difficult for women to go home to visit relatives after getting married! Especially concubines, there is no such thing. qualifications.
Therefore, they were naturally happy to hear that Shen Tang was actually taking them home to visit relatives.
After all, that is the tribe they have lived in for more than ten years, and they still have their parents and other close relatives.
"Thank you, sir!"
Isa's eyes were like water and she spoke softly.
Shen Tang squinted his eyes and smiled, "Is this how you thank me?"
With one word, the lights of the order flickered, and the war started again...
However, the plan was not as good as the change. Shen Tang originally thought that the officials sent by the imperial court to deal with the follow-up matters of Wang and Fan's family would arrive immediately, and after they arrived, the matter would be settled.
But unexpectedly, before this group of people arrived, another group of people arrived quickly.
The visitors turned out to be several officials from the Ministry of Rites led by Li Duo!
Shen Tang was waiting in the back office. After bowing and taking his seat, he exchanged greetings for a long time. Then Li Duo explained his purpose to Shen Tang, "Sir, more than a month ago, someone from the Xirong Kingdom came to report that they were sending a mission to the Song Dynasty to meet the Holy Spirit.
However, after deliberation with the court, the officials decided to let the Xirong delegation come to Chengdu to see you. We are just here to cooperate with you, and all matters will be decided by you! In addition, the officials have a secret letter to pass on. grown ups!"
Shen Tang received the secret letter with suspicion and opened it directly to read.
One thing to say here is that there is no yamen called Honglu Temple in the Song Dynasty! Originally, when the Song Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty, there was a Honglu Temple.
However, the Song Dynasty was too far apart from the Tang Dynasty, and the so-called diplomatic functions of Honglu Temple were almost gone. Even before, the Privy Council was responsible for occasional diplomatic matters.
Therefore, after arriving in Zhaogou, Honglu Temple was directly abolished, or the functions of this area were directly merged with the Ministry of Rites.
This is why Li Duo and his party came.
After reading Zhao Shen's letter, Shen Tang finally understood what was going on.
Although the court has not yet made a final decision on whether to send troops to the Jin Kingdom, with the old stubborn Yin Yi watching, basically no one is mentioning this matter now.
However, not long ago, Xixia Kingdom sent someone to report that a mission was coming.
After Zhao Shen sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to entertain him and inquired about the reason, he found out that the purpose of the Xixia Kingdom's mission to the Song Dynasty was to get the Song Dynasty to send troops, which could at least contain some of the Jin Kingdom's troops.
This is also normal. The main reason why Yi La Wo Wo dared to rebel or even proclaim himself emperor was that he had the support of other people behind him!
Whether it is the Mongolian tribes in the north, Xixia, or Liao, they are all their secret supporters! It is not uncommon for them to directly send troops once there is a suitable opportunity.
Four years have passed since Shen Tang defeated the armies of these countries in Xijing. During these four years, these countries have also recovered some of their strength, and then they took advantage of the rebellion in Miowou. Start planning for the Kingdom of Jin again.
However, now that the Jin Kingdom is powerful, they do not dare to send troops directly! Therefore, they want to pull the Song Dynasty into the warship!
Although they are not bordering the Song Dynasty, they also know the development of the Song Dynasty in recent years, especially the performance of the Song Dynasty in foreign wars in the past few years, which is simply shocking!
If the Song Dynasty can send troops, at least it can contain the Jin Kingdom, and at worst it can become the vanguard against the Jin Kingdom. They will reap the benefits from the rear!
Therefore, they just traveled thousands of miles to come to the Song Dynasty.
Knowing this purpose, Zhao Shen naturally understood that this was a headache and difficult to make a decision! So, he summoned Shi Hao, Ye Yong and the six ministers to discuss.
In fact, the Song Dynasty also had no favorable impressions of Xixia, a rebellious boy! The two countries were also bordering each other before, and Xixia did not lack plunder from the Song Dynasty.
The damage done to the Song Dynasty was not even much worse than that of the Liao Kingdom at that time!
What's even more hateful is that this country is swinging from one side to another, which makes people hate it.