Chapter 326 Breaking news! Zhao Guan’s family is as good as Cao Cao!
The twelve summer envoys were very suspicious and were forced to follow Zhang Jun out of the camp...
Zhang Jun followed the imperial edict of the Zhao official family, led more than a hundred soldiers and generals, 'protected' (custody) twelve Xia envoys, and entered the east gate of Xiping Mansion, Xijing, the capital of the original Xia Kingdom.
The twelve Xia envoys who were proficient in Chinese were shocked when they saw that the original plaque "Xiping Mansion" on the east city gate had been replaced by a brand-new plaque with the four characters "Lingzhou Dongcheng" written on it.
At this time, what caught the eyes of the Xia envoys was that the tall east city wall had turned into ruins in many places, with broken bricks covering the ground.
What made these Xia envoys even more unbelievable was that the tens of thousands of Xia people in this city, under the supervision of more than a hundred Song army officers and soldiers, and three to four hundred officials who had not had time to take off their Xia official uniforms, were actually in order.
Cleaning the battlefield in an orderly manner and repairing the city walls...
Some people were carrying the corpses of Xia soldiers who had been bombed beyond recognition, or who were missing arms or legs...
Some people picked up the bricks and stones that had fallen under the city and transported them to the East City...
Then, the people on the east city repaired and built the wall again...
The twelve summer envoys were in disbelief and exclaimed:
"The Song army actually took less than half a day to invade Xijing City, a city like ours in Daxia with high ravines and deep ditches?!"
"How could the more than 10,000 officials and people in Xijing, the capital of Daxia, be so obedient to be driven by the Song army of a mere hundred people?"
"..."
"Hahaha..." Zhang Jun laughed loudly, suppressing the shock and curiosity in his heart.
He was also very curious about how the Zhao Guan family, who personally led the expedition, did this?
However, in order to receive the Xia envoys according to the holy will, he must show that he is confident and must overwhelm the Xia envoys in terms of momentum.
After Zhang Jun laughed, Feng Qingyun said calmly:
"This is how I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, conquered the people with his virtue and won the hearts of the people!"
There was a look of unwillingness on Ambassador Xia's face, but they could not find a suitable reason to refute Zhang Jun's words.
Now, neither Xia Envoy nor Zhang Jun knew that after entering the city, Zhao Guan's family made a three-part agreement and announced the policy of allocating food to the people according to their work. Many brave people in the newly occupied Xijing City of the original Xia Kingdom wanted to save their families.
With the idea of trying to save himself from starving to death, he walked out of his house and volunteered to work as a labor force for the Song army.
They never expected that after they signed a labor agreement with the Song Army, the Song Army would advance a bag of grain for them to take home and then come out to help the Song Army clean the battlefield and repair the damaged city walls.
After their neighbors learned about this, they spread the news to tens, hundreds, hundreds, thousands, and thousands. Soon, many people in the Xijing City of the original Xia Kingdom were no longer afraid of the Song army that had just invaded the city.
Instead, they felt that Li Renzhong, the Pu king of the Xia Kingdom who originally guarded the city, led his troops to forcibly confiscate their food, and even tore down many courtyard walls and houses to collect bricks and stones to strengthen the city's defense. This was simply a shame.
Do your best.
On the contrary, they were grateful to the Zhao Guan family of the Song Dynasty who personally conquered this place.
When they learned that Li Renzhong committed suicide during the battle to defend the city, they clapped their hands in celebration...
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Zhang Jun took twelve summer envoys to the downtown area of the city.
They saw that although the busy streets in Xijing City were not as lively as before the war, thousands of people from the city gathered together to watch Li Renzhong's body hanging on a ten-foot-tall wooden shelf.
Twelve summer envoys stood behind the people of the original Xijing City. They looked up and saw Li Renzhong's body hanging high on a wooden frame, exposed in full view of the public, forming a horrifying scene.
Li Renzhong's left eye was bandaged sideways, but it still couldn't hide his ferocious face, which seemed to still be telling the story of his struggle and despair during his life.
His self-inflicted wound was bone-deep, and the blood had dried, dyeing the luxurious four-clawed python robe a shocking dark red.
His head drooped feebly due to the deep wound, and even the last bit of dignity had been deprived of him.
The people in the city looked at the corpse. Their faces were not sad, but full of anger and hatred.
More than a hundred Song officers and soldiers armed with weapons stood on both sides of Li Renzhong's body to guard him, preventing hundreds of excited people in the city from rushing forward to snatch and destroy his body.
Zhao Guan's family took a guard of Li Renzhong's party, who was captured by the Song army, to the scene where the corpse was exposed, and asked him to act as an interpreter.
This temporary commentator who was forced to surrender to the Song Army loudly accused Li Renzhong of his crimes in Dangxiang dialect...
And a translator appointed by Zhao Guanjia who was proficient in Dangxiang and Chinese translated loudly in Chinese:
"In order to defend the city, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu in the Western Xia Dynasty, personally led his troops to demolish the walls and houses of the people's homes in the four nearby cities, took off the stones and bricks and transported them to the city in preparation for repairing the walls damaged during the war, and
I want to use those stones and bricks to repel the righteous army of the Song Dynasty that is attacking the city..."
Among the people watching, there were those who had their courtyard walls and houses demolished by Li Renzhong during his lifetime. They gnashed their teeth and cursed endlessly...
The Dangxiang clan guard who was forced to rebel after seeing the power of the Song army continued to talk about Li Renzhong's crimes...
The translator spoke loudly in Chinese:
"During his lifetime, Li Renzhong, the Pu King of Western Xia Dynasty, saw that the Song Dynasty official army was heavily besieged outside the city, so he made preparations to collect grain for the Xia army defending the city.
"The King of Pu once personally led the soldiers and officials in the city to confiscate all the grain reserves from every household in the city, so that the Xia army would have enough grain..."
All the people watching here include Dangxiang people and Han people.
A few days ago, Li Renzhong's men had forcibly confiscated all the food stored in their homes, and were even forced to demolish their courtyard walls and houses in order to transport bricks and stones to defend the city.
Their homes were destroyed and their lives were in trouble, and the culprit of all this was the atrocities committed by the corpse in front of them.
Some people began to pick up rocks on the ground and smashed them against Li Renzhong's body, as if they wanted to vent their anger in this way.
The stones hit Li Renzhong's body, making a dull sound, and every blow seemed to hit the hearts of the people, making them hate Li Renzhong's actions from the bottom of their hearts...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Twelve summer envoys stood behind the people and witnessed all this.
They couldn't believe their eyes, and they couldn't understand why these people hated King Pu so much for sacrificing their lives for justice and being loyal to Daxia.
They, the envoys of the Xia Kingdom, put themselves in their shoes. If they were replaced by Li Renzhong, the king of Pu who was guarding the city, he would do the same thing!
At this time, the guard of King Pu who surrendered to the Song Dynasty loudly revealed the most powerful information in Dangxiang dialect...
Song Jun's translator gritted his teeth, pointed at Li Renzhong's body on the wooden shelf, and immediately translated loudly in Chinese:
"After Li Renzhong, the King of Pu, forcibly confiscated all the food stored by the people in your city, why does he still distribute a small amount of food to you every day according to the size of your family, so that you can survive?"
"According to the personal bodyguard of King Pu Li Renzhong during his lifetime, he heard Li Renzhong's insidious conspiracies."
"First of all, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu who stayed behind in Xijing, was afraid that the people in the city would riot due to famine."
"Secondly, Li Renzhong knew that the righteous army of the Song Dynasty was bound to capture this city and would inevitably carry out a protracted siege. He, Li Renzhong, left you and others alive because he wanted to extract from the people of the city such as you and others who could forcefully conquer the city.
Replenish the troops to defend the city..."
"Finally, and most importantly, Li Renzhong once believed that with the strength of this city, the Xia army could hold on for a year and a half. By then, all the food in the city would be eaten up. Now you are left here
The only way for the people to survive is to wait until there is no food in the city and then use you as army rations!"
Behind thousands of people watching, Zhang Jun and the twelve Xia envoys felt horrified after listening to King Pu's guards truthfully explain Li Renzhong's crimes during his lifetime...
Among the angry people, some shouted in hatred:
"Li Renzhong is so cruel and cruel. Let's rush forward and tear this thief's body into pieces. Only by eating can we satisfy our hatred!"
"Come on!"
"Come on!"
"Only by eating Li Renzhong's flesh can I relieve the hatred in my heart..."
"Come on!"
"..."
The onlookers were furious and rushed forward...
At this time, a Song Army junior colonel who was guarding the wooden frame hanging Li Renzhong's body fired into the sky with a musket given by Zhao Guan's family.
"boom"!
The sound of a gunshot made the onlookers who were about to rush forward tremble in fright. They stopped and watched.
At this time, the junior high school student waved his hand and asked his subordinates to shout the instructions given to them by Zhao Guan's family in advance:
"We were ordered by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to protect the body of Li Renzhong, a heinous criminal, from being damaged by the people. This is to let more people in the city see that the thief is dead, to let more people in the city relieve their hatred, and to let more people in the city relieve their hatred.
Many people know that my Song army’s attack on Xia was a just act!”
"Anyone who violates the imperial edict of the Song Dynasty will be killed!!"
Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, armed with bright swords, proclaimed the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family in unison, deterring the onlookers who wanted to rush up and tear Li Renzhong's body into pieces.
Among the thousands of people watching, there were two groups arranged in advance by Zhao Guan's family to disguise themselves as shills for the people in Xijing City.
One group of shills are proficient in Dangxiang language, and another group of shills are Han Chinese.
These two groups of shills took the lead in shouting in Dangxiang and Chinese respectively:
"Emperor Shengming of the Song Dynasty!"
"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty personally led the army to conquer the unruly Xia State. He was the leader of a righteous army. He was bound to win every battle!"
"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty is mighty!"
"The righteous master of the Song Dynasty is mighty!"
"Long live the Zhao Guan family!"
"Long live the Song Dynasty!"
Led by the two groups of stooges, the onlookers, both Dangxiang and Han Chinese, started shouting praises for Zhao Guan's family and Song's army.
"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty is mighty!"
"The righteous master of the Song Dynasty is mighty!"
"Long live the Zhao Guan family!"
"Long live the Song Dynasty!"
"..."
This voice spread quickly among the crowd, and more and more people began to shout long live. Their voices gathered into a powerful force that seemed to be able to shake the world.
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These tricks can confuse many ignorant people in the city (of course, although some smart people can see the conspiracy of Zhao Guan's family, they are unable to refute it and can only obey in order to survive).
This did not confuse the twelve Xia envoys who were knowledgeable, well-informed and thoughtful.
Their hearts were filled with shock and reluctance. They wanted to protest and express their dissatisfaction with Pu Wang Li Renzhong, who committed suicide to keep his integrity.
They turned their heads one after another, glaring angrily at Zhang Jun, the scholar of the Song Dynasty who was guarding them and the imperial envoy who received the Xia envoy, and protested:
"After the war between the two countries, why did you mistreat my loyal ministers during the Great Xia National Death Festival like this?!"
"I, Li Renzhong, the Pu King of Daxia Kingdom, have dedicated my whole life for Daxia Kingdom. I would rather die than surrender. I drew my sword and killed myself. My blood spilled on the city walls. I have a noble integrity. How can I allow you to be so humiliated?!"
"You, the Great Song Dynasty, advocated benevolence, justice, loyalty and filial piety to rule the world, but now you have killed King Pu of the Great Xia Kingdom in the street, inciting the people in the city to hate and insult such a loyal and upright King Pu! Such actions are contrary to benevolence, justice, loyalty and filial piety.
!”
"We, the envoys of the Great Xia Kingdom, demand an immediate audience with the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to protest against such mistreatment of our King Pu of the Great Xia Kingdom. This is the behavior of a cruel and foolish king!"
"We want to see the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to protest this matter..."
"Haha..." Zhang Jun sneered, interrupting their protest.
He said calmly: "This is a just act of our Song Dynasty. The people in the city hate Li Renzhong precisely because of his cruelty and injustice. I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, conquered the people with virtue and lost their hearts. How can we tolerate this?"
Are you waiting for young people to comment?"
As Zhang Jun spoke, he stretched out his right hand and raised it above his head, making a fist-clenching gesture.
The twenty-four tall and mighty officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty who were responsible for the personal protection (guarding) of the twelve Xia envoys immediately understood, and two of them were responsible for suppressing a Xia envoy who jumped to protest and go to the audience.
The other eighty or so officers and soldiers under Zhang Jun immediately drew out their sharp swords, shaking them so hard that the twelve summer envoys no longer dared to glare.
The twelve Xia envoys were so frightened by the momentum of the Song officers and soldiers that they trembled all over;
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! They were still choked speechless by Zhang Jun's words and could not find a suitable reason to refute.
In the diplomacy between the two countries, protest is useless, only strength is respected!
Now, they have fallen into the hands of the Song Dynasty official army.
Although they were even more shocked and unwilling, they understood that the Xia army had completely lost the battle to defend Xijing City of Xia Kingdom.
They listened to the people of the Dangxiang and Han ethnic groups in the former Xijing City shouting loudly and loudly shouting "Long live the Emperor of the Song Dynasty";
They could not imagine that the enemy emperor Zhao Guanjia and his Song army, who had just invaded Xijing, the capital of their Xia Kingdom, could win the support and support of so many people in the city...
They remained silent and could only bear all this silently, with endless regret and unwillingness, watching the miserable body of Pu Wang Li Renzhongneng hanging high in the busy streets, being pointed at, cursed, and stoned by the people of the city...
At this time, the Song Army primary school guarding Li Renzhong's body shouted:
"Now that you, the common people in the city, have seen the corpse of Li Renzhong, who deserved his crime, you can retreat and help me, the righteous master of the Song Dynasty, repair the city wall."
This group of people in the city who were watching Li Renzhong's body, organized by the civil servants of Xijing, the former Xia Kingdom who had returned to the Song Dynasty, retreated in an orderly manner, preparing to collect food for the Song army to build the city wall...
After a while, a new group of thousands of people in the city, mixed with two groups of party members and Han people, arrived here under the organization and guidance of the civil servants of Xijing, the former Xia Kingdom who surrendered to the Song Dynasty.
Lee In-joong’s body was watched together...
At this moment, Zhang Jun and the twelve Xia envoys realized that this was an organized event to watch and accuse Li Renzhong of his crimes!
The same routine as a group of people in the city watching Li Renzhong's body was repeated...
The twelve summer envoys cursed in their hearts: The Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was driving the expedition personally, was so scheming. In order to make the people and officials in the newly captured Xijing City return to their hearts, he could actually resort to such despicable tricks...
Zhang Jun and the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty admired the Emperor of the Song Dynasty very much in their hearts: Such an upright conspiracy of the Zhao Guan family was enough to win over the hearts of a large number of officials and people in the city. The Zhao Guan family was truly the sage king and lord of the ages!
"Dear envoys of Xia Kingdom, let's go!" Zhang Jun said with a smile:
"I have been ordered by Zhang to take you and others around the city to see our mighty troops attacking the Xia and Song armies, and to see where the hearts of the people in the city are."
The twelve summer envoys who remained silent were frightened and stammered:
"We...we don't want to wander around this city with your emissary, Mr. Zhang."
"We are under the orders of our lord, the Emperor of Xia, and we are here to face the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and negotiate for the two countries to turn their war into friendship..."
"We have the great trust of the Emperor of Xia and want to meet with the Emperor of the Song Dynasty as soon as possible to discuss peace..."
"Haha..." Seeing that Ambassador Xia was no longer as arrogant as before, Zhang Jun softened his tone and said leisurely:
"I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, have so many things to do in the Zhao Guan family that I may not have time to receive all the envoys from the Xia Kingdom. Let us follow the imperial edict of the Zhao Guan family and take a walk around the city. Then, I will secretly convey a message to the chief envoy among you.
important events."
The confused Xia envoy continued to follow more than a hundred Song Dynasty officers and soldiers led by Zhang Jun, walking through the streets of the city towards the west city...
Along the way, these summer envoys saw many places posting edicts and notices from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to the people in the city...
They were surprised to find that the Zhao Guan family who personally conquered Xixia did not loot the wealthy Xia capital after conquering the Xijing City of Xia Kingdom. Instead, the Zhao Guan family actually learned the three chapters of the treaty made to the people by Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, when he entered Xianyang...
On the streets in the city, they also saw the Song Army squad that was patrolling from time to time. They were all in high spirits and had strict military disciplines. They never violated the rules...
The hearts of these twelve summer envoys were heavy, as if there was a huge boulder on their hearts that they could not move away from.
They knew that the more strictly disciplined the Song army was and the more they did no harm to the people in the city, the harder it would be for the Xijing city to be recovered by the Xia army, which was occupied by the Zhao Guan family who personally conquered the city.
When Zhang Jun brought the worried envoys of Xia State to Xicheng, they saw from a distance that the city's original plaque of "Xiping Mansion" had been replaced by a brand-new plaque of "Lingzhou Xicheng" of the Song Dynasty.
Plaque.
At this time, they happened to lead the generals led by Zhao Guanjia, who had finished inspecting the North City, and boarded the North City, which was bombed beyond recognition by artillery fire.
Under the leadership of the Song Army, thousands of people who were repairing the damaged city walls bowed their heads and knelt down on the spot.
"The official sages of the Great Song Dynasty are mighty, long live my emperor..."
"Long live my emperor..."
Tens of thousands of people knelt down and worshiped Zhao Guan's family who came to the city, and shouted long live in unison, which was deafening.
The twelve Xia Kingdom beggars and envoys were frightened by this momentum...
Zhao Ji, who was standing on the high west city, waved his hand and said loudly to the tens of thousands of people below who were kneeling and worshiping the people who were carrying stones to build the city:
"I was ordered by heaven to lead the righteous army to attack the Wudao Xia Kingdom, capture this city, and force the cruel Li Renzhong to commit suicide. This is a very happy thing."
"More than a hundred years ago, this city was our Great Song Dynasty's Lingzhou City. Now, my imperial commander personally marches to the northwest and recovers Lingzhou City. I see that your people are devoted to the Song Dynasty. From today on, you are all my subjects!"
"The Zhao Guan family is sage and benevolent, long live our emperor..."
Tens of thousands of Dangxiang and Han people who took the initiative to build the city in order to receive food were all moved and excited by Zhao Guanjia's words, and they kept shouting long live.
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji passed the decree and said: "Since you people are my subjects, and you have abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, you have taken the initiative to repair the city walls for Lingzhou, which I have just recovered in the Song Dynasty. You are meritorious people, and I will reward you for your hard work today."
The food you get will be doubled!"
"ah?!"
"Really?"
"it is true!"
"Guan Zhao's eloquent words, he announced loudly that he would give us double the food earned from work, there is no way he can lie!"
"Very good!"
"If we work for one day, we can get enough food to live on for seven days. If we double the food we get from working, wouldn't it be enough for one person to eat for half a month?"
"That's great. The food I received for building the city for the Song army today is enough to feed the whole family for more than three days! Zhao Guan's family is much better to us than Li Renzhong, the king of Pu who committed suicide!"
"That's right! Don't mention Li Renzhongnas. Not only did he send troops to rob my family of all the food in stock, he also asked his soldiers to tear down my courtyard wall and house to use them to get stones to defend the city..."
"My experience is the same as yours..."
The Song army officers and soldiers in charge of supervising the work immediately took the lead and shouted:
"Official sage, long live my emperor..."
Thousands of people above and below the city also followed Gao Dao:
"Official sage, long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji stood on the west wall, waved his sleeves and said loudly:
"I know that you are eager to return to the Song Dynasty. If you are safe, go to work quickly and share the food according to your work."
The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty and tens of thousands of people shouted in unison:
"Thank you Lord for your kindness, long live my emperor..."
Zhang Jun, who was behind many people who were walking, also stood up. He turned back to look at the Twelve Summer Envoys who were being forced to kneel on the ground by his soldiers, and smiled slightly:
"Let the begging envoys of Xia State also stand up!"
"Follow orders."
The Twelve Summer Envoys climbed up, still frightened, and asked Zhang Jun with a trembling voice:
"Since the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is on the west city ahead, can Xianggong Zhang introduce us to the emperor to convey my request to the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty to cease the war and negotiate peace between the two countries?"
Zhang Jun was in a bit of a dilemma. Before this, he had not received any clear instructions from Zhao Guan's family on whether to allow these begging Xia envoys to face the emperor.
Why did he say, "Please wait here for a moment. After I go to the city to meet the Holy Spirit, I will come back and reply to you."
"Okay, okay, okay..." The twelve summer envoys clasped their fists and bowed, promising, saying:
"Thank you Mr. Zhang!"
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A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Jun hurriedly walked down the west city and returned to the twelve summer envoys who were protected (guarded) by hundreds of soldiers.
"Mr. Zhang, can we meet him?" Ambassador Xia asked expectantly.
Zhang Jun shook his head and said: "I have conveyed the envoys' request to the officials. However, the officials are busy with business and have no time to summon you."
"Ah?!" Xia Shi was extremely disappointed.
Zhang Jun changed the subject and said: "The Zhao family has entrusted me with full authority to receive you and other Xia envoys and discuss the matter of peace."
Although the twelve Xia Kingdoms were disappointed, after listening to Zhang Jun's words, they still had a glimmer of hope that the peace talks would succeed.
Zhang Jun said: "Follow me to the post house to discuss peace matters!"
The twelve Xia envoys followed Zhang Jun to the post house. They looked at the post house, which was originally in the Xijing city of Xia Kingdom, and felt that the Song Dynasty paid no attention to them, the peace envoys appointed by the emperor of the Xia Kingdom.
They actually arranged for them to come to such a simple inn to discuss the important matter of peace between the two countries!
However, these summer envoys were under the roof of the Song Dynasty, so how dare they not bow their heads?
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The chief envoy of Xia's peace talks had no choice but to hand over to Zhang Jun the letter of peace begging written by Emperor Xia Li Qianshun to the Emperor of Song Dynasty, which was in his arms, and stated Xia's sincerity in negotiating peace between the two countries...
The Xia envoy changed the topic and said that for the sake of this peace negotiation, the Emperor of Daxia could measure Daxia's national power and attack the Song Dynasty every year for property, horses and beauties. He only hoped that the Song Dynasty could return the occupied Xijing, Xiping Mansion and other places to Xia. country……
Zhang Jun smiled slightly and said: "You have come up with such an outrageous idea. It is definitely not something that a humble minister like me can promise to you. However, I have received an oral order from Zhao Guan's family to have a private meeting with the chief official among the noble envoys. In other words, if Emperor Xia can do it, Zhao Guanjia will definitely agree to the peace terms proposed by you."
The twelve summer envoys all had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
The leader of the Xia envoys followed Zhang Jun to a secluded single room in the post house.
The envoy bowed and clasped his fists, saluted Zhang Jun, and asked in confusion:
"Mr. Zhang, where can you summon me for a private interview?"
"Ahem!" Zhang Jun cleared his throat. He was a little embarrassed to speak.
However, he remembered that Zhao Guanjia had told him that this matter was important. If it was completed, it would confuse the Xia Emperor Li Qianshun and make him relax his military defense of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom, and make the Xia Emperor mistakenly conclude that the Song Dynasty soldiers captured Xijing of the Xia Kingdom. You are already satisfied, don't have any attempt to destroy Xia...
Zhang Jun still bit the bullet and said:
"Your Majesty, today I convey the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family, and I will speak it to you alone. When you return to the Xia capital to meet Queen Xia, you must speak it to her alone, and not to spread it to others. It concerns the reputation of the emperors of Song and Xia. , it also depends on whether your head can be stored on your neck!"
"Ah?!" The leader of Xia Guo's peace talks was shocked and said hurriedly:
"I will keep my mouth shut and will only convey the imperial edict from Zhao Guan's family to me, the Emperor of Great Xia."
"Okay!" Zhang Jun nodded, still feeling a little embarrassed, but his heart moved, and after thinking of the just and aboveboard reasons mentioned by Zhao Guanjia, he still said:
"Song and Xia have been at war with each other for many years. Many years ago, there was a defector from the Song Dynasty who joined the Xia Dynasty as an official. Although he died of illness, his descendants are still enjoying the glory and wealth of the Xia Kingdom. The Zhao Guan family wanted Emperor Xia to include this person in his descendants One of them will be sent back to the Song Dynasty to punish his crime and relieve the hatred in the heart of Zhao Guanjia!"
Xia Guoyi and the envoy, who were originally extremely nervous, immediately relaxed a lot after hearing this. He laughed and said:
"Hahaha...don't you just want a descendant of the original Song minister who rebelled against Song and surrendered to Xia?"
"Haha, what's so difficult about this? If it's other big things, I don't dare to make the decision on my own. I can only ask the Emperor of Daxia to make the decision. For the descendants of the Han people who want to descend to Xia, I can make the decision on trivial matters."
"I dare to ask Mr. Zhang, who is the person that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty wants to vent his anger on? After I return to the capital, I don't have to report it to the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty. I can send someone to bring him to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to vent his anger!"
"This..." Zhang Jun was still a little embarrassed, but the atmosphere had been heightened by Xia Guoyi and the chief envoy, so he still stuttered slightly:
"This... this person is the person next to the current Xia Emperor Li Qianshun - Concubine Cao!!!"
"Ah?!" Upon hearing this, Xia Guoyi and the envoy opened their mouths for a long time, and their jaws almost dropped in shock.
Zhang Jun asked forcefully: "Your Excellency just said that you don't need to report to the Emperor of Xia after you return to Beijing, but you can send someone to take him to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to vent his anger! Is it possible to do it?"
"No...no...can't!" Xia Guoyi and the envoy shook their heads like breaking drums.
He asked with a trembling voice:
"Ms. Zhang, are you just kidding?"
Zhang Jun felt a little embarrassed before, but now that he had spoken out, he naturally let go.
Zhao Guanjia, who has become wise and powerful, must not be just for beauty, right? Zhao Guanjia, who forcibly seizes the imperial concubine of an enemy country, may have a far-reaching purpose that I, Zhang, do not know?
After Zhang Jun comforted himself in this way, he was able to deal with such embarrassing suggestions more calmly.
With a solemn expression on his face, he used the words that Zhao Guanjia had taught him privately, and replied to the Xia envoy sternly:
“Is there any joke in the diplomacy between the two countries?”
"I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, sent many spies to sneak into the Xia Kingdom a few years ago. Everyone in the Zhao family knows about the Xia Kingdom's harem. Now the Xia Kingdom's imperial concubine, Cao, is the granddaughter of Cao Mian, the Xia Kingdom's keeper."
"Four years ago, Cao Mian's granddaughter, Cao Shi, entered the palace at the age of fourteen and was granted the title of Cai Ren. In recent years, Cao Shi has gained favor and been granted the title of concubine."
When Xia Guoyi and his envoy heard what Zhang Jun said, they were shocked and dumbfounded.
Has the Emperor of the Song Dynasty already sent many spies to infiltrate the Xia Kingdom?!
Then did these spies sent by the Song Dynasty sneak into the court to become officials, or did they sneak into the harem and become concubines or palace maids? Or did they become officials?
I must report these important secrets to the Emperor of Great Xia...
Xia Guoyi and the envoy continued to listen to Zhang Jun relaying the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family.
"I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, also learned that Concubine Cao's grandfather, Cao Mian, was a criminal who rebelled against the Song Dynasty and defected to the Xia Dynasty forty years ago. Now, although Cao Mian is dead, his granddaughter should be escorted back to our country, the Song Dynasty. , he should be punished for treason on behalf of his grandfather, and I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, should personally execute it!"
"Therefore, according to the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family, I will speak to you about this matter alone, and I hope you will report it back to Emperor Xia."
"Zhao Guan's family has seven days to send the imperial concubine Cao to the Song emperor's military camp as soon as possible!"
"This..." Xia Guoyi and the envoy were extremely embarrassed and stammered:
"This... this may be difficult to do!"
"Humph!" Zhang Jun snorted coldly and said angrily:
"I am announcing this to you according to the imperial edict of Zhao Guanjia. I don't care whether you can do it or not."
"The Zhao Guan family only wants Concubine Cao to go to the Song camp to face the Holy Spirit and be punished. If Emperor Xia refuses to renounce his love and hand over Concubine Cao, the granddaughter of Cao Mian, the criminal minister who rebelled against the Song Dynasty and defected to Xia, then the Zhao Guan family has said it and will have no choice but to lead a million Song official troops.
Conquer Xia's capital, and the officials will rob it himself!"
"Ah?!" Xia Guoyi and the envoy's shock doubled to no limit.
He never expected that these words would come from the mouth of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
He also knew that Zhang Jun did not dare to falsely pass on the imperial edict of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
He also knew that Concubine Cao was eighteen years old this year, in her prime, and a beauty that would conquer the country. Otherwise, Emperor Xia would not have loved Concubine Cao so much. In just four years, she would
The Cao family was granted the title of imperial concubine from the Cai Ren Jin Dynasty.
Being proficient in Han culture, he suddenly thought of the poem "Red Cliff" written by Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu:
The iron is not sold even though it is broken and sinks into the sand.
You will be cleansed and you will recognize your future.
The east wind does not agree with Zhou Lang,
Tongquechun locks Erqiao deeply.
Xia Guoyi and his envoy were even more shocked when they thought about the last two sentences of this poem:
If Dongfeng hadn't helped Zhou Yu burn Red Cliff and defeat Cao Wei's army, the ending would have been that after Cao Cao won, he would imprison Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao in the Tongque Tower for his timely entertainment!
Could it be that Emperor Zhao Guan of the Song Dynasty was as good as Cao Cao?!
Cao Cao had a habit of taking over and taking care of the beautiful and beautiful wives of his enemies. Now the Zhao family sent envoy Zhang Jun to ask for the beautiful and virtuous Concubine Cao of Great Xia. Doesn't he have the same hobby?!
Thinking of Xia Guoyi and the chief envoy here, he couldn't help but feel his scalp numb.
This job is too difficult!
If you reject the Emperor of the Song Dynasty’s edict in person, you may not be able to leave the Song camp...
However, after receiving the imperial edict from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and returning to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xia Kingdom, without repaying the favor, the result was also the crime of deceiving the emperor, and he was bound to die!
If the truth is told back to Emperor Xia: The result of the peace negotiation is that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty wants Emperor Xia to have your beloved concubine Cao...
I think of Emperor Li Qianshun of Great Xia. As early as twenty years ago, after he took office at the age of sixteen, he was able to destroy his mother's Liang clan and regain military and political power. He was a great emperor who was wise, courageous and ruthless.
How can Emperor Xia deal with me, the peace negotiator?
When he thought of this, his heart was on fire.
He opened his mouth to argue vigorously:
"As long as Zhao Guanjia doesn't propose such a thing that could humiliate the Emperor of Great Xia to death, then other conditions and everything can be negotiated..."
Zhang Jun, however, put on a serious face and said sternly:
"You are a small beggar and envoy sent by Emperor Xia to my Song Dynasty military camp. All you have to do is report clearly to your Emperor Xia directly the matter of my Emperor Song's request for Concubine Cao!"
"You are just a messenger!"
"Whether your Emperor Xia can bear the pain of parting with her is not something you or I can decide. If he cannot bear the pain of parting with us, I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guanjia, will definitely lead a personal expedition and lead a million troops to attack Xingqing Mansion in your capital city. By then
I can't help but refuse."
"That's right! I also want to convey the last words of Zhao Guan's family: Concubine Cao must be alive and intact so that the official can personally judge this guilty woman with a whip!"
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