Wuyin (sixteenth month) in the sixth month of the eighth year of Yuanfeng.
Following Yilang, Wang Yansou, the official of Anxi County in Dingzhou, came to visit.
Immediately removed from the post of supervisory censor!
The Privy Council said: The Northern Dynasty sent Yeluju, the military envoy of the National Army, and Wang Shiru, the chief minister of the Civil War and Zhigao Chongshi, as the envoys to commemorate him; he also sent Xiao Jie, the observer envoy to Ningzhou, Xiao Jie, the envoy to Hakka Province, and Han Zhaoyuan, the observer envoy to Haizhou, as consolation envoys.
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Now the Northern Envoy has arrived at Daming Mansion, begging for command.
The envoys from the north of the two palaces were ordered to enter the country, and they were ordered to have officials selected as ambassadors to accompany the envoys.
And based on the story of the fourth year of Zhiping, the Northern Envoy was appointed to be in Beijing.
Facing the Northern Envoy, the entire Song Dynasty remained silent, as if facing a formidable enemy!
Only Zhao Xu didn't take it seriously, and didn't even pay attention to it at all.
Because Zhao Xu knew very well that the current old emperor of Liao Kingdom had long lost his ambition.
And because he had been in power for so many years, the Liao court was in turmoil.
The prince, the queen, and the emperor's uncle are all dead.
Therefore, the old emperor now only wants to successfully pass the throne to the emperor's grandson.
So in fact, the current Liao Kingdom, like the Song Dynasty, is all about stability!
As long as the clan stops causing trouble, and as long as each department stays in order, the old emperor will be like Amitabha.
Don't talk about riding south.
The old emperor probably doesn't even have much interest in holding a bowl now!
However, Zhao Xu really envied the longevity of the old Liao emperor!
Look, when someone ascended the throne, they had to call the Emperor of the Song Dynasty (Renzong) his uncle.
However, over the past few decades, successive generations of emperors in the Song Dynasty have passed away.
He became a younger brother from a nephew, and then became an uncle. Now Zhao Xu has to call him uncle...
Moreover, in Zhao Xu's previous life, this old emperor almost even killed Zhao Xu!
So scary!
"No matter what, I have to live as long as that old emperor in this life!" Zhao Xu thought.
Both palaces were worried about the Liao envoy coming to Beijing, so they didn't pay much attention to Zhao Xu.
But soon, the two palaces no longer have to worry about the Beijing envoy coming to Beijing.
Because of an even more troublesome thing.
The Jingyuan Road Economics and Strategy Department reported: "The Western bandits have recently written to me, saying that they have learned about the new funeral of my dynasty, and are begging for help with the story of peace. They have sent envoys to visit Chen Wei to beg for command!"
The two palaces suddenly became numb.
After reading the report, Empress Dowager Xiang asked Zhao Xu: "The Western Thief sent an envoy to comfort... What do Sixth Brother think?"
Zhao Xu replied: "Mother, my son has read the Spring and Autumn Annals and knows that the two countries are at war without killing the envoys!"
"Therefore, if the traitor comes with courtesy, we should treat him with courtesy!"
After hearing this, both palaces smiled.
Zhao Xu knew very well that he could not stop the envoys of the Western Thieves from entering the capital.
Because people all over the world, especially those along the border, are actually eager to recuperate and recuperate.
Indeed, the West's economy and society have long since collapsed due to the wars over the past decade or so.
Especially the Fifth Battle of Lanzhou and the Battle of Dingxicheng last year.
Let the West Thieves' finances be on the verge of bankruptcy!
But except for Zhao Xu, almost no one in the entire Song Dynasty knew about these things.
People only know that the war has been going on for more than ten years.
The old party literati have longed for peace.
The Zhuhe faction, headed by Sima Guang and others, would rather cede territory than want peace.
And the people living along the border are actually pretty much the same.
After years of war, the people have been overwhelmed.
All they want now is a truce and a few years of breathing space.
This is a general trend!
Even if Zhao Xu knew that as long as he persisted for three to five years, the Western Bandits would implode due to financial bankruptcy.
Even if you persist for one more year, you can get a Sky Fighter - both the Queen Mother and the Emperor of the Western Thieves will die one after another in the next year!
At that time, a young Queen Mother will listen to politics behind the curtain with a three-year-old child.
The young master has doubts about his country, economic difficulties, and financial bankruptcy.
As long as there is another five-pronged expedition to summer, the Western bandits may really be destroyed!
However, Zhao Xu cannot go against the trend!
Because people’s hearts are like this!
He cannot and cannot take risks against the voice of the people!
That could lead to disaster!
If someone sang "Wu Xiang's Death Song", wouldn't he get numb?
Moreover……
Zhao Xu is actually not in a hurry now!
He has found the puzzle piece of victory and obtained the key to victory.
As long as you give him time, in ten years, the Song Dynasty might be able to easily destroy the Western bandits with a partial army!
Now, he just needs to keep the bottom line.
No land will be cut off, and no annual coins will be given.
Everything else is just like the Western thieves making trouble.
Anyway, the Song army only needs to guard the border and wait.
In the battle to defend the city, the Song Dynasty really had no one to fear!
…
At this moment, in Xingqing Mansion.
Bingchang, the emperor of Dabai Gao Kingdom, sat on the mattress with a pale face.
Last year at the gate of Lanzhou City, he was shot in the shoulder by an arrow from the Song Army. Although he was treated in time and recovered, his spirit and will were severely hit!
Because he personally led the expedition and lost troops and generals, he still could not capture Lanzhou City.
Therefore, the nobles in the country who once had high hopes for him are now disappointed and have turned to the small country Prime Minister Liang Yibu.
This made the Emperor of Daxia feel unruly and depressed, and he began to indulge in wine and sex.
He plans to kill himself in this way!
This is the choice made by frustrated rulers since ancient times after being extremely disappointed.
Chronic suicide!
But now, Bingchang is rarely sober.
Even got excited again!
Because Renjia has already surrendered to him!
And he swore to be his knife and sword and support all his decisions, just to eradicate the Liang family that brought disaster to the country and the people!
"Liang Yibu is thinking again about making peace with the Nanman and asking for some coins back?" Bingchang laughed at his cousin.
"Reporting to the Wu soldiers, it is indeed true!" Renduo Baozhong, who had just returned from the left wing of the Shenyong Division, knelt in front of Bingchang and said: "The Prime Minister has sent someone to deliver the document, requesting to enter the Nanman capital to pay homage and condolences to that man.
A southern barbarian emperor..."
"By the way, we can make peace with Nanman again!"
"I hope the conditions for the Qingli peace negotiation can be restored..."
Speaking of which, many people may be surprised.
In the country of Dabai and Gao, the emperor who advocated sinicization was an out-and-out militant.
Beat him to death!
The Fifth Lanzhou War was planned and instigated by him.
Because he needed military exploits and plundered population, wealth, technology and officials from the southern barbarians to serve him.
On the contrary, Liang, who insisted on understanding the ancestral system of the Gao Kingdom and was proud of his party culture, often wanted to seek peace from time to time.
Because the Liang family is in power!
Years of war have caused commodity prices in the country to skyrocket, and the people are in dire straits. The noble leaders of various ministries are also complaining.
The war has seriously affected the interests of the Liang family in power!
Therefore, whether it is the Queen Mother, the old prime minister, or the junior prime minister, they are constantly looking for opportunities and asking for peace again and again.
In the past, they also thought about letting the Southern Barbarians cede territory, or like the Northern Dynasty Liao Kingdom, adding a hundred and eighty-thousand-year-old coins, and then concluding a new peace treaty.
Now, they have only dared to think about resuming the Qingli peace talks.
“The annual coins for the Qingli peace treaty are not a small number!”
Bingchang remembers clearly that it was an astronomical figure of 150,000 bolts of silk, 70,000 taels of silver, and 30,000 jins of tea leaves every year.
"I don't know..." Nendobozhong replied.
"Huh?" Bingchang didn't understand and asked, "Why don't you know?"
"You are a general, and you have faced Nanman countless times... You should know Nanman's character!"
"Return to the Wu soldiers..." Nendo Baozhong replied: "If it were in the past, I can be sure that the Prime Minister is just a dreamer!"
"Because the emperor of the Southern Barbarians would not agree!"
"But now, the Nanman emperor is dead, and the new emperor is only ten years old! It is the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager who are in charge of the government!"
"I heard that the Southern Barbarian Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager are different from the dead emperor. They trust those anti-war scholar-bureaucrats more..."
"So maybe the Prime Minister really has a chance!"
Bingchang suddenly frowned.
This is not possible!
Ruoying Liang Yibu took the opportunity to renew the peace treaty and received the annual coins.
Everyone in this country will obey him!
How can I get my power back?
"Does Ai Qing have a plan?" Bingchang asked Renduo Baozhong: "How to destroy Liang Yibu's plan?"
"Tell him not to succeed!"
"No matter what, we can't ask him to get the coins!"
Liang Yibu's receipt of the coins means that he has to continue to be a puppet!
This is absolutely not okay!
"Wuzi..." Renduo Baozhong came closer and bowed: "Why don't we ask the Nanman to cede land in addition to giving you coins?"
"Let the Nanbarbarians return the occupied land of our country!"
"We even asked for the cession of Xizhou, Hezhou, Lanzhou, Huizhou..."
"I don't believe it, but the Southern Barbarians dare to agree to such conditions!"
Bingchang's eyes lit up as he listened.
yes!
How could Nanman agree to such conditions?!
He looked at Ren Duo Baozhong and praised: "You are truly my hero!"
Note: Song and Liao had been in contact for hundreds of years, so etiquette and so on had already been completed.
According to the Tanyuan Alliance, the emperors of Song and Liao were brothers.
But this ranking of brothers is based on the age of Zhenzong and Liaoshengzong.
For example, Zhenzong is the elder brother of Liao Shengzong and the uncle of Liao Xingzong.
Renzong and Xingzong were brothers again.
Renzong and Daozong are uncles and nephews, Yingzong and Daozong are brothers, and Shenzong and Daozong are nephews and uncles.
Generally speaking, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were afraid that the Liao would know their true age, so they deliberately exaggerated their age. Zhezong's inflated age by two years may have been to deal with the Liao people.
But in history, Zhezong revealed his true age to the Liao Kingdom after he took office, and his answer was quite appropriate and confident!
It was after reading this record that I fell in love with this emperor!
He is so confident and decisive that he is not like the cub of the Zhao family!
