"Hahaha, interesting, interesting. This is the first time I have seen such a letter of credence. Is this written by Yang Hao?"
"yes."
"I have seen Yang Hao's handwriting, it seems..."
"Oh, Yang Zuoshi's calligraphy is really..., this is the ghostwriting of a meritorious hero." Gao Xiang bowed his waist and showed an imperceptible smile at the corner of his mouth.
"That's it." Zhao Kuangyin nodded.
Liu Linxi handed the credentials prepared by Yang Hao to Gao Youshi, who said he was ill at home. Gao Xiang felt as if he had found a treasure when he saw it. He immediately felt that the problem was gone and the illness was cured. He picked up Yang Hao's alternative credentials with a neat crown and belt.
He went straight to the palace.
At this time, the sunset was like blood, and the sky was full of colorful clouds. Zhao Kuangyin and his family were having dinner. However, since he used a jade ax to knock out the front teeth of an official who came into the palace to speak, the official threatened to write this matter into the emperor's daily records.
, which caused Zhao Kuangyin to keep apologizing, and if any official came to the palace to speak during the court meeting time, he would receive him unless the forbidden palace was locked.
"Well, you can put it here and I'll take a closer look."
"Yes, then... Wei Chen takes his leave."
Gao Xiang resigned, slightly disappointed, because although the emperor showed a hint of ridicule, he did not demote Yang Hao to be worthless in person, and directly threw back the draft, making him look disgraced.
Yang Hao's letter is too simple and straightforward in terms of wording and diction. It does not have the graceful, elegant and profound wording and writing style of a great country. Liu Gongcao deliberately recorded his original words, and did not
After any modification, Gao Xiang brought it in order to show the emperor: Your Majesty has entrusted you to such an unworthy person. At his level, is he worthy of becoming the Young Master of Honglu?
On the other hand, these officials who are engaged in foreign affairs are most sensitive to their words and deeds. When negotiating, they always talk about what is important and never involve too much in this matter. The purpose of doing things is to reduce big things to small things.
If there is no trouble in the world, then we are done. But as for Yang Hao, Yang Hao's letter is just for fear that the world will not be in chaos. The officials are now using troops against the Southern Han Dynasty, and they really want to recruit the Khitans... Yang Hao is not like this
Whether it's light or not, it's strange that the emperor wouldn't be annoyed, but...
Gao Xiang shook his head and could only sigh: The emperor's heart is unpredictable.
Yang Hao's letter is eloquent and eloquent. The content is wild and unconstrained. He simply talks about whatever comes to mind. The wording is simple and straightforward. The main idea of the letter is: First of all, he reviewed the history of the two countries. The northern country of Khitan was founded fifty years earlier than the Song Dynasty.
It is a friendly country with a long history and simple folk customs. When the Central Plains was in chaos and the princes were fighting for hegemony, the Khitan did not take the opportunity to hunt the Central Plains. It has a glorious tradition of peace.
After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Khitan recognized the legal status of the Song Dynasty and sent envoys to establish diplomatic relations. The two countries began to develop in a healthy and peaceful direction. Of course, there were some unpleasantnesses between the two countries. The main reason was that the Northern Han Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty
The Song Dynasty and the Khitan both have historical origins. It is a pity that our Emperor and Your Majesty the Queen once fought against each other because of it.
Fortunately, the monarchs on both sides were peace-loving and maintained a restrained attitude towards each other. Since then, the exchanges between the two countries have become increasingly close. Nowadays, people-to-people trade is frequent, business is booming, and the two countries exchange what they need, which is of great benefit to the tax revenue of both countries.
Soon we also purchased a large number of cattle and sheep from your country, which effectively supported your country's economic construction.
After some ramble, Yang Hao got back to the topic and began to explain the other party's accusations. Yang Hao did not point out the identity of the so-called Khitan merchants as spies. Instead, he admitted that they were legitimate businessmen and that they were killed by Song officials. However,
He denied that it was done by the Song Dynasty court. In his explanation, it was Fu Tinghan, the military supervisor of Dizhou, Shandong, and Mo Yan, the governor of the district, who were corrupt, perverted the law, sought money and killed people, robbed Khitan merchants of their property, and killed them.
For this reason, the imperial court of the Song Dynasty escorted Fu Tinghan, the military supervisor of Dizhou, Shandong, to the capital and executed him in public. As for the accomplice Mo Yan, who was under the jurisdiction of Dizhou, he had already fled. In order to strictly enforce discipline, uphold national laws, maintain friendly relations between the two countries, and return Khitan law-abiding businessmen
To be fair, the Song State is working tirelessly to find the murderer. Now we in the Song State have received news that the wanted criminal Mo Yan has fled to your country. We hope that your country can help us hunt down the murderer and bring him to justice.
As for the fact that your country's border defense team was ambushed by our border guards and suffered heavy casualties, the imperial court attached great importance to this and immediately sent personnel to investigate the matter. The results of the investigation are now reported as follows: Your country's patrol team mistakenly entered both sides.
The isolation area without force was ambushed. Although this isolation area is only an isolation zone agreed by both parties and was not set up through consultation between the two countries, it is unanimously observed by the border guards of the two countries. Your patrol sergeant mistakenly entered the neutral zone.
This conflict caused a misunderstanding on our side, for which our government deeply regrets and apologizes 120,000 times.
After our careful and conscientious investigation, we found that the root cause of this misunderstanding is that some unfriendly tribes in your country often cross the border with force to "strike grass valleys", kill people, and plunder free money. This has caused great indignation among the soldiers and civilians in our border region. We
The border guards are on standby to deal with these bandits who do not abide by the laws of your country and undermine the peace between the two countries.
The lack of obvious markings on the uniforms of your patrol officers led to this unfortunate incident. We extend our most sincere condolences to the dead soldiers of your country, and promise to return the remains of these heroes to your country as soon as possible so that they can return to their roots. Borrow
We would also like to take this opportunity to request your government to act in the spirit of peace, friendship, and common development, and in the long-term interests of both countries, to severely crack down on the increasingly rampant horse bandits to avoid similar misfortunes from happening again..."
Yang Hao was sarcastic and sarcastic, Zhao Kuangyin read the letter again, his eyebrows jumped wildly, and finally couldn't help but slap the table and burst out laughing. Empress Song wondered: "Is this letter of credence very interesting? Official
It’s rare for a family to laugh so heartily.”
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but smile and said: "This Yang Hao is really a wonderful man. This is the first time I have seen people from Honglu Temple write with the heroic spirit that only generals in charge can possess."
"Yang Hao, is it Yang Hao again?" Princess Yongqing rolled her eyes and asked curiously: "What did that big stick say?"
"Yongqing, I am a girl and a princess of a country. You must pay attention to your identity when you speak." Empress Song immediately scolded her.
Zhao Kuangyin laughed and said: "It's very interesting, very interesting, especially the last paragraph: 'My lord uses virtue to suffocate the world, and the world returns to its heart; uses force to sweep the Central Plains, making it invincible. With this wise lord and fierce teacher, I make the people
Who can control it in war? How can it be conquered by attacking a city? Haha, which ancient book did this sentence come from? Well, I forgot a little, but... the change is wonderful, the change is wonderful,
It's much better than his nondescript "Chu Shi Biao"."
Princess Yongqing rolled her eyes cleverly and curled her lips: "I thought he said something, but it turned out to be a flattery that made Daddy happy."
Zhao Kuangyin glanced at her, then smiled again and said: "I haven't finished speaking yet. The following sentence is even more exciting: My Lord is generous and kind, and has always been friendly with the emperor of your country. I hope that the emperor of your country can resolve this matter calmly. Human beings
If you don't offend me, I won't offend others; if someone offends me, I will offend them. If anyone regards my lord as an enemy, my lord must be his most qualified enemy! Wonderful, wonderful..."
Empress Song pursed her lips and chuckled, and said sweetly: "'If anyone treats my lord as an enemy, my lord must be his most qualified enemy!' It turns out that this sentence scratched the official's itch, and it was really reasonable.
, The official family has great talents and great strategies, a generation of heroic masters, who dares to regard my official family as an enemy, the official family should be the most powerful enemy that he dares not ignore, haha..."
Zhao Kuangyin walked around the room for a long time, then suddenly stopped and greeted the door: "Zhang Dejun, hereby pass the order, order Honglu Zuoqing to send Yang Hao to see you as soon as possible."
Yang Hao came, entered the palace, entered the inner court, and stood on the imperial hall of Funing Hall.
Zhao Kuangyin looked at Yang Hao doubtfully. Yang Hao was wearing a brand-new official robe and was standing there neatly. There was nothing wrong with him, but... what was he holding in his hand? It was more than half a foot wide and one inch wide.
The length of the ruler is like the wat board used by officials to take notes when they meet the king, but it is much larger and not very similar...
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but ask: "Yang Qing, what...are you holding in your hand?"
Yang Hao said respectfully: "When I return to the official's house, I am holding a wat tablet in my hand."
Zhao Kuangyin was stunned: "Why is your Wat Board so much larger than the common Wat Board?"
"Go back to the official's house, I..." Yang Hao said coyly: "The courtiers discussed matters, and the words they used were too rudimentary, and I can't remember them. Moreover... the characters I wrote are relatively large, and if the wat board is too small... I can't remember them.
…”
Zhao Kuangyin almost couldn't hold it back and suppressed his laughter before he picked up the letter of credence in his hand with a cheerful expression and asked: "Yang Hao, was it you who drafted this letter of credence?"
Yang Hao said in astonishment: "I have drafted a letter of credence, and I wanted to submit it to your Majesty tomorrow at the court meeting. How come... you are now in front of the official document desk?"
Zhao Kuangyin was also stunned, and then he understood the reason. He smiled slightly and did not criticize this little trick among his ministers. He only said: "I have read it and it is very well written. However, as a credential,
The wording is too unsightly, were you planning to ask someone to polish it?"
Yang Haodao: "Back to the official house, I don't mean this. I also know that my pen and ink are rough and what I write is too straightforward, but it also depends on who it is for. Poetry and wine are what we Han Chinese literature
Officials' hobbies. I have lived in the north for a long time and know that the people in the north are generous. It is in line with their temper to say this. If it is embellished and literary, it will be too elegant and lose the taste."
"Well, that makes sense..." Zhao Kuangyin glanced at him with a charming smile. This man is not learned but has skills. He is indeed talented, not to mention the flattery at the end that made this horse-riding emperor with great military exploits very happy.
Immortal, the secret hidden in this letter of credence is also very suitable for him. For example, the letter of credence specifically mentions the battle of the Northern Han Dynasty, the Khitan sent troops to relieve the Northern Han Dynasty, and the head-on confrontation between the two monarchs. It is by no means a random talk.
, aimlessly.
Although the Song army retreated and the Khitan pursued in that battle, the Song army basically completed the strategic goal and took the initiative to retreat. Not only did they successfully move the residents of the Northern Han Dynasty to the Song territory, but the Khitan people who followed them also suffered a huge loss.
Damn. Didn’t you northerners say that if the result is not satisfactory to you, you will send troops to attack? Even if your Majesty the Queen personally leads the expedition, and after our army is exhausted after a long battle, the result will be the same, so you send troops to
Can you get away with it?
Zhao Kuangyin thought about it over and over again, and became more and more satisfied with this letter of credence, which was very suitable for him. After some exchanges, he saw that the forbidden palace was about to be sealed with a key, so he said with unfinished meaning: "Okay, you can bring this letter of credence with you."
Go back, I have read it, and there is no need to add or delete a word. I will copy it as it is and send it back to the Khitan envoys with my seal."
"I obey the decree! I retire!" Yang Hao raised his hands high, respectfully took the letter of credence, and walked out of the palace. He left Funing Hall. Yang Hao walked not far when someone from behind suddenly called out: "Hey, that one in front of you,
But Yang Hao?"
Yang Hao stopped, turned his head and saw a girl in palace attire, with thick eyebrows and pretty eyes, with a hint of intelligence, followed by two palace daughters, but he didn't know who she was, so he hurriedly said: "It's me, I don't know.
Who is the girl?"
"Yang Hao is bold and talking nonsense. There is no girl in the palace. This is Her Royal Highness Princess Yongqing."
A palace maid scolded her, but Princess Yongqing rolled her eyes at her: "You are just talking nonsense. Why is this princess not a girl?"
"This...princess, my maid is saying...except for the maids, the only one in the palace who can do unmarried buns is the princess. He is asking questions knowingly, but it is rude..."
"What's so rude? You don't know that he is the famous Yang Da Bangchui? It's strange that he can see it." Princess Yongqing said proudly. Yang Hao heard it funny, but was inconvenient to say anything, so he had to bow and say
: "It turns out it's Her Royal Highness Princess Yongqing. I'm so polite to you. I wonder if the princess has called me to stay with you. Is there anything wrong?"
Princess Yongqing licked her lips and said with a smile: "You just came back from Jianghuai, right?"
"Uh...exactly..."
Princess Yongqing was even happier: "Then have you brought back some white fish? It is a specialty of Huainan. My princess likes it the most, but I haven't eaten it for a long time."
"My dear princess, is this why you called me? The princess of a country is actually a greedy cat, and she has to beg for food from her ministers. It's really funny."
Yang Hao couldn't help but laugh and said: "Your Highness likes to eat braised white fish, so you can just bring it to the place regularly. Why do you need to ask for it from me as a princess?"
Princess Yongqing stared at her almond-shaped eyes and said: "What's wrong with the princess? I just saw you by chance and suddenly remembered this matter. If you don't want to let it go, forget it. Daddy has already set the rules. The palace is not allowed to ask for anything from the local government."
If I can ask for food from the local government, why should I ask you?"
She turned around and left, saying angrily: "Brother knows that I like to eat bad white fish. He went out and came back empty-handed, and he didn't even mention bringing anything for me, this girl."
Yang Hao was startled, and when he was about to call her, Princess Yongqing had walked away angrily. Yang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back at the Funing Palace standing under the golden sunset, with a little respect in his eyes.