Bingchen in the seventh month of the eighth year of Yuanfeng (twenty-fourth).
The Western Xia envoy Chen Wei, Wei Mingmo Duo, and his deputy, Lu Ze, Chen Yujin, appeared under You Zhaoqing's gate in the imperial city.
They wore Xixia's narrow robes, small and short gold crown hats, several pairs of earrings hanging from their ears, and special gold so-called 耀箮 belts around their waists.
This is an accessory transformed from the nomadic era.
It was originally made of leather and used to hold weapons such as bows, swords, knives, axes, and various flints for making fires in the wild.
Yuan Hao remade it and designated it as an accessory for Xixia military attachés.
Xixia people worship Buddhism and also like gold, so the accessories, crowns and hats of high-end nobles are all made of gold!
It looks very luxurious.
But it’s really ugly!
Especially the short golden crown, worn on the head, completely showing the top of the head in front of people.
With braids on the back of her head, she looks really ugly!
Wei Ming Mo Duo stood at the entrance of the palace, watching the sun begin to rise gradually.
The anxiety in his heart became even stronger.
Over the past few days, he could clearly feel in Dutingyi that Nanman's attitude towards him was gradually becoming colder.
The relationship between the northern envoys and the southern barbarians quickly heated up.
Although he could not contact the Northern Envoy, he could make inferences based on various details and what his followers heard in Duting Station.
These days, the more he thinks about it, the more anxious he becomes.
Just in case, just in case the Northern Dynasty really forms an alliance with the Southern Barbarians and attacks the Dabai Gao Kingdom from four directions: south, north, east and west.
In the Qing and Tang Dynasties, Tubo added insult to injury again and descended from the southwestern plateau.
Isn't it just a matter of time before the destruction of Dabai Gao Kingdom?
"I wonder if the junior high school has received my report..." he thought.
But after calculating the time, he knew that it was impossible!
Even if we work hard, without more than ten days, it is impossible for the Queen Mother, Wu soldiers and the Prime Minister of Xingqing Mansion to know.
Just as he was worried, hearty laughter came from the palace gate.
Then, he saw Xiao Jie, the Northern Dynasty's consolation envoy, and Han Zhaoyuan, the deputy consolation envoy, walking out of the palace, accompanied by the Nanman ambassador.
Wei Ming Mo Duo suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
Deputy envoy Lu Ze and Chen Yujin closed their eyes and felt seriously uneasy.
Wei Ming Mo Duo, Lu Ze and Chen Yujin all saw the Northern Envoy walking past them. When the two Northern Envoys looked at them, there was deep contempt in their eyes!
Make them feel hostile!
"Damn it!"
"Did the Northern Dynasties and the Southern Barbarians really form an alliance?"
Wei Ming Mo Duo suddenly panicked.
Because the Northern Dynasties can really form an alliance with the Southern Barbarians!
They have enough mutual trust - for a hundred years, nothing happened on the border, and after the Chanyuan Alliance, envoys kept coming and going.
For hundreds of years, Nanman has never broken its promise.
He always delivered the money and silk to the Northern Dynasties on time.
And people in the Northern Dynasties liked all kinds of goods from the Southern Barbarians!
They do have the conditions and possibility to form an alliance!
Especially considering that the current emperor of the Southern Barbarians is only ten years old, and the grandson of the Northern Dynasty is only ten years old.
They are of the same age and are most likely to reach an alliance.
The Nanman wanted to conquer Lingzhou, Yuzhou, and Xingqing Prefecture in the Baigao Kingdom.
Why didn't the Northern Dynasty covet the Heishan, Heishui and Beiyuan lands of Dabai Gao Kingdom?
Thinking of this, Wei Ming Mo Duo felt even more lonely.
But Weiming Moduo will never know the reason why Xiao Jie and Han Zhaoyuan despise or even be hostile to them.
Just plain contempt and disdain.
To the Khitan people, isn't Xixia just the party clown among Lingxia? In the Liao Kingdom, both the Northern and Southern Houses publicly referred to Xixia as "Xilu".
Therefore, Xiao Jie and Han Zhaoyuan are just simple regional discrimination superimposed on ethnic discrimination and cultural contempt.
Of course, to look down upon is to look down upon.
The Khitan people still make a clear distinction between real interests.
They knew that as long as Xixia existed, the Bian bandits of the Southern Dynasties would no longer dare to covet Youyan.
Wouldn't it be nice to let the Nanman and Xilu consume each other?
But Weiming Moduo didn't know this.
In the information cocoon, he could only speculate and guess.
Usually, people's speculations and guesses always deviate from the facts.
…
Zeng Bu sent the Liao State's consolation envoy out of Xuandemen.
He slowly came to the Xixia envoy and said to Weiming Moduo: "Your envoy, please come with me..."
"His Majesty the Emperor, I have been waiting for the envoy to enter the Chongzheng Palace..."
Weiming Moduo quickly said in Chinese: "Excuse me, bachelor!"
Zeng Bu didn't answer, just walked forward as usual.
These days, he has been having a hard time in Dutingyi.
Especially after Deng Runfu was appointed to host "Yuanyou Dictionary", Zeng Bu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot - has the promised era of Jiayou veteran been over?
What's going on now?
It would be fine if Han Zihua became the Right Prime Minister.
In the past, Deng Runfu, who was almost ignored by him and considered not a threat, has now become prosperous!
Zeng Bu knew very well that once Deng Runfu's "Yuanyou Dictionary" was completed, he could be promoted to three provinces and two prefectures!
What's even more terrible is that Deng Runfu also added a lecturer.
In this way, he has gathered the aura of being the emperor's ministers who live in his residence, ministers who are close to the emperor, and state ministers.
Maybe, in the future, Zeng Zixuan will have to bow in front of Deng Wenbo!
From now on, everyone will be a head shorter than Deng Runfu!
Can Zeng Bu bear this?
Therefore, Zeng Bu is now a little patient with the Liao envoys.
In front of the Xixia envoy, he simply put on a dead face.
The kind that doesn’t answer three questions!
Zeng Bu's mentality is easy to explain - in modern terms, he is afraid of his brother's hardship, but also afraid of his brother driving a Land Rover!
But Zeng Bu didn't know that his attitude and expression, in the eyes of Wei Ming Mo Duo, were almost a real blow to the Song-Liao alliance!
Otherwise, why would the Liao envoy openly despise him?
Otherwise, why has this Southern Dynasty ambassador’s attitude changed drastically these days?
Now I even don’t even bother to act!
Therefore, Weiming Moduo knew that no matter what, he must find ways to break up the Song-Liao alliance!
It must be done at any cost! By any means necessary!
…
Chongzheng Hall.
Zhao Xu sat on the throne, looked at the ministers in the palace, and waited quietly.
Now, as long as Zhao Xu goes to court, the two palaces will basically let him play freely.
Therefore, he can already intervene in some civil affairs.
Of course, Zhao Xu cherishes his words like gold. He will never open his mouth for anything other than showing favor, giving benefits or doing good deeds.
The ministers gradually got used to his approach.
Every time there is a good thing, one is announced more timely than the other.
Then they all looked at Zhao Xu eagerly.
Zhao Xu also never disappoints - most of the time he always does what is good.
We are extremely cautious only when it comes to large-scale water conservancy projects, especially the Yellow River issue.
Most of the petitions to regulate the river were rejected by him, and only a few requests to strengthen the embankments were approved by him.
The reason is very simple - can the Yellow River be controlled with the current technology and engineering level of the Song Dynasty? It cannot be controlled!
Everyone in the world has raised eyebrows. How many people have been replaced in Xiuhe Division?
is that useful?
Li Chui's proposal is good, why would you want to randomly change someone else's proposal?
It's okay now. The Yellow River has changed its course, and Hebei has been flooded. If it continues to change its course, I'm afraid it will flood the west of Beijing. After the west of Beijing is flooded, it will take the Huaihe River and enter the sea.
Therefore, I advise you to first clarify the concept of river management, and then talk about river management.
The only thing Zhao Xu can do now is to plant more trees!
Not only do we need to plant trees in Bianjing, Huazhou and other places, but we also need to go upstream to Guanzhong, along the border, and Lanzhou to plant trees.
Finally planted in Xingqing Mansion!
In this life, he will be a tree-planting maniac!
Thinking about these things, finally, someone from the General Office came to report: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Emperor..."
"The Western Xia envoy Chen Wei is named Mo Duo, and his deputy envoy Lu Ze and Chen Yujin have arrived outside the palace, begging for command!"
Zhao Xu whispered: "Pass!"
Then, the sound of ritual music began to sound outside the hall.
Then, Zhao Xu heard a deep voice, and he paid homage outside the palace: "The Queen Mother of Great Xia, the Emperor of Great Xia heard about the mourning of the Song Dynasty, and was deeply mourned. He sent foreign ministers Mo Duo and others to come to court to beg the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Emperor express my condolences!"
Zhao Xu frowned as he listened.
He looked at the ministers in the palace and asked: "My lords, during the Renmiao Qingli Peace Conference, I remember that the Xia Lord ministered to my dynasty, and thought that the Xia King..."
"Where did the Queen Mother and the Emperor come from?"
All the officials were also excited.
Right Prime Minister Han Jiang even paid homage: "Your Majesty is wise!"
"There is indeed no Queen Mother of Great Xia or Emperor of Great Xia, only the Queen Mother of Xia and the King of Xia!"
The scholar-bureaucrats may not be able to lead troops to fight.
But when it comes to caring about fame and righteousness, he is extremely powerful, and at the same time, he also cares about it extremely much!
"In that case!" Zhao Xu stood up: "The people coming today must be foreign barbarians!"
"I'm gone!"
With that said, he stood up and left immediately.
The two palaces also moved out of the palace through the curtain.
Obviously, they were also offended by the words used by the Xixia envoy.
After all, even if they don't like war, they still know that names and weapons cannot be fake!
If the Xia people were allowed to sit in the palace, they could sit on equal footing with the Song Dynasty.
How do people in the world view the Song Dynasty?
This is something that must never be compromised!
As a result, the famous Mo Duo outside the palace was immediately dumbfounded.
The Southern Barbarian officials outside the palace gathered around and cursed in a bad tone: "Get out of here!"
Wei Ming Mo Duo, looking at this scene, suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
He was just testing.
Nanman’s reaction was so strong!
Especially the little Nanman emperor, he got up and left immediately!
He didn't take Dabai Gaoguo seriously at all...
what does that mean?
Weiming Moduo knew that the Southern Barbarians and the Northern Dynasties must have really formed an alliance!
He immediately panicked and ignored Wu Zu's explanation and the Prime Minister's order.
He immediately made a plop, knelt down in front of the hall, kowtowed and said: "The foreign minister was speechless and negligent for a moment... a capital crime! a capital crime!"
"Begging the emperor to punish you severely!"
"It's just a foreign minister who made a mistake... Please don't offend millions of people in Xia Kingdom because of a foreign minister..."
As he spoke, he kept kowtowing like a cuckoo weeping blood.
This left the ministers in the palace, as well as Zhao Xu and the two palaces who had already walked out of Chongzheng Palace, at a loss.
However, both palaces became happy because of this.
The Xixia people were subdued!
It’s really the blessing of Bodhisattva!
Just be soft, be soft, be soft...
Only Zhao Xu chuckled, because this scene also happened to him in his previous life.
Zhao Xu remembered that the Xixia envoy seemed to be scolded by the palace.
But he immediately admitted his mistake and started saying nice things instead.
Therefore, the Empress Dowager and Sima Guang immediately forgave and forgot the mistakes of the Xixia envoy.
And what did the other party lose? Nothing!
Now, he was so frightened that he kowtowed and apologized.
What does this mean?
Zhao Xu blinked and suddenly remembered something.
"If I remember correctly, Empress Dowager Daliang of Xixia passed away in October this year..."
"Then Emperor Bingchang died of melancholy next year..."
"Could it be said that the Queen Mother of Daliang is no longer able to survive now?"
If you think about it carefully, it's really possible.
Well, regarding the river management, the protagonist is probably at peace at this stage.
The best way to control rivers is not to bother.
PS: Song, Liao and Xixia despised each other and formed a chain of contempt for each other.
