Chapter 307 Yan Yun (Part 2) (Please ask for a monthly ticket!)
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The next day, a mighty team of more than 2,000 people set out. Among them, there were 500 Liao envoys, 500 Song envoys, as well as a escort envoy sent by the Ministry of Rites and a thousand-man guard.
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The so-called sending companions are diplomats who send the other party's envoys back home. To the surprise of later generations, although Song and Liao were the biggest enemies, they had very frequent diplomatic relations. According to the relevant provisions of the Ministry of Rites, the diplomacy of Song and Liao
There are twelve types of envoys. For example, the two sides send "He Zhengdan Envoys" to each other every year to pay New Year greetings to the other monarch; they send "Birthday Envoys" to each other to arrive before the birthdays of the Queen Mother and Emperor of the other party and send generous birthday gifts. Or
When one party has a major event, such as the death of the emperor and the accession of a new king, it will send an envoy to report the news, and the other party will send an envoy back; if there is a dispute between the two parties, it can send an envoy at any time to negotiate and resolve the matter.
For example, this time, the Liao envoy was sent to the Song Dynasty as He Zhengdan envoy, while Zhao Zongji and Chen Ke were sent as envoys for business reasons.
It can be said that a smooth and frequent long-term communication mechanism has been established between the two countries, effectively ensuring long-term peace after the Chanyuan Alliance.
Under normal circumstances, when an envoy from a neighboring country enters the country, his country will send someone to meet him, which is called an envoy. After arriving in the capital, he will be accompanied by another person, called an envoy. When he returns, he will also send someone to see him off.
It is called sending companions off. A set of quite complicated etiquette has been developed in it, and the people of the Liao people can master it skillfully. If the people of the Song Dynasty, which is a country of etiquette, lose their etiquette, wouldn't they be laughed at by the people of the Liao country?
Therefore, the rich prime minister sent Zhao Bian, a mature minister, to suppress the battle. It was not just Chen Ke's desire to strike a balance. If it really depended on the temperaments of his two young men, who knows what kind of joke would have happened.
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After the team set off, they went all the way north. Only then did Zhao Zongji really feel that Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, was really exciting. Damn, after crossing the Yellow River, all the way to the border between the two countries, it was actually a flat plain, and there was no danger at all!
Yelv Derong had been paying attention to the changes in the Song envoy's face. This was the favorite game of the Liao people... Those Song officials who were arrogant and arrogant in Bianjing often saw with their own eyes how undefended their country was.
In front of Daliao's cavalry, he was simply a naked man ready to be ravaged. Even Bianliang, the capital of the country, was just a fig leaf...
The second half of the confrontation quietly began at this moment. It was through this method that the Liao people made the Song people realize that they had no bargaining power at all. Those smug ministers of the Song Dynasty often suffered from the cruel reality before they even reached the Liao Kingdom.
, tortured to the point of losing all fighting spirit, and then completely destroyed during the negotiation...
Zhao Zongji was not exempt from the vulgarity. After seeing the terrible reality, his scalp was about to explode. He really didn't understand why the Song Dynasty put his own neck under the sword of others?
Chen Ke, on the other hand, was very tolerant and advised: "The danger of mountains and rivers is not enough to strengthen the country. No one has attacked Kaifeng in a hundred years since the founding of the country. Why should we worry in vain?"
"That's right." Zhao Zongji thought about it and stopped worrying. Instead, he and Chen Ke enjoyed the moving spring scenery along the way. At this time of year, the moisture on the boundless North China Plain has changed, and the lush wheat color changes day by day. The wicker
The trees are turning green, and the elm leaves are blooming green. The winter ice and snow have completely melted, turning into green spring waves, nourishing the vast northern country plump and charming.
Everything is alive and well, the cows are jolly and the horses are barking. The spring light is like wine. How can such beautiful scenery on such a good time not make people feel refreshed and happy? How could it be that Zhao Zongji finally escaped from his cage and came to the vast world, and it seemed as if he had just let go of his joy?
Seeing that this guy came out of the shadows so easily, Yelv Derong felt very depressed: 'Damn, you indecisive boy...'
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There was no talk all the way, and within a few days we arrived at the border town of Xiongzhou. Beyond that was the Baigou River, the boundary river between the two countries. The envoys from the Song Dynasty were sent here.
After crossing the Baigou River, we entered the border of the Liao Kingdom. Zhao Zongji found that the scene in front of him had not changed much. It was still an endless green plain with a long post road on the plain leading to the far north. On the post road
It was full of carriages coming and going, transporting goods from the Northern Dynasty to the market, and transporting goods from the Southern Dynasty to the north...
But there is also a dazzling difference - the defenders have become Liao people with Kunfa. The so-called Kunfa refers to a bald head with only two bunches of long hair above the ears. It looks very barbaric at first glance. But it is loose and does not look like it.
Great army.
"What is the appearance of the Liao soldiers?" Zhao Zongji asked strangely.
Before Chen Ke could answer, Yelv Derong spoke first: "Our most elite army in Daliao is the palace guard cavalry and the imperial army, with a total of 600,000 cavalry. They are not comparable to these five capital townsmen!"
"Six hundred thousand riders?" Zhao Zongji took a breath and said, "The Liao Kingdom has a population of less than nine million, can it afford to support them?"
Yelu Derong blushed. His 600,000 riders were actually the number of men from the Khitan and Xi tribes, aged over fifteen and under fifty. However, all men in the Liao Kingdom were registered as soldiers, so it was not bragging.
Qiang argued: "Of course the Southern Dynasty cannot afford to raise them, but I, the Northern Dynasty, can afford to raise them. Because we raise our own horses, and our army is a soldier in wartime and for the people in peacetime. We don't have to raise so many troops in vain like the Southern Dynasty did."
Militarily, the Liao Kingdom completely destroyed the Song Dynasty. Zhao Zongji and Chen Kezhao had no nerve to speak, so they could only let it show off. But they did not just listen, but carefully observed the landforms, fortifications, and military camps on the Liao Kingdom's border in order to draw pictures at night.
record.
After getting over the initial surprise, Zhao Zongji discovered that Han people were still the majority here. He looked at the people walking on the road, sitting in the cars, and riding horses. Most of them were from the Han family, and they were not bald.
ladle.
"This is not surprising. The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was originally the land of my Han family. It was given to the Liao people by that turtle son Shi Jingtang." After Chen Ke set foot on this land, he felt an endless sense of shame all over him.
Surrounded. It felt like someone had snatched his woman away and then brought it to him to show off...
Yelu Derong immediately interjected: "I know that some people in the Southern Dynasties thought that the Han people in Yanyun would cherish the Song Dynasty, but this is purely wishful thinking. They are all Liao people now and regard Daliao as their motherland." After a pause, he gave an example.
Said: "For example, your Yongxi Northern Expedition was defeated by Yanyun's Han people..."
"Then why not move the capital to Nanjing?" Chen Ke asked abruptly.
Yelu Derong's face suddenly turned ugly, and he said after a while: "We are a people on horseback, and we can only gallop on the grassland..."
"Really, haha..." Chen Ke laughed, his smile was full of perfunctory and very hateful.
Yelu Derong was itching with hatred because Chen Ke had hurt them forever... The Song Dynasty had four capitals: east, west, south and north. The Liao Kingdom had five capitals: Shangjing, Tokyo, Nanjing, Xijing and Zhongjing. Shangjing was
The original capital of the Liao Kingdom was located near Balinzuo Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. Zhongjing was located in Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia. Tokyo was located in Liaoyang, Xijing was located in Datong, and Nanjing was located in the suburbs of Beijing.
The Liao people were also afraid of the bitter cold in the far north. As their rule became more stable, they began to gradually move south. During the reign of Emperor Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty, the capital was moved from Shangjing to Zhongjing. However, by the end of the Liao Dynasty, they did not dare to move the capital to Nanjing, which had the best conditions in the Liao Kingdom...
Because the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have always been places where Han people gather.
But Yelu Derong is still very happy. After all, Yanyun belongs to the Liao Kingdom and will always be so. The Song people can only talk about it. As long as he stands on this land, he will be defeated in Bianjing City.
, even the principal and interest were returned. Although the two boys looked as if nothing had happened, he could tell that their stomachs were about to explode with anger.
But so what if you are angry? Who made Liao strong and Song weak? Who made the land under their feet the Liao Dynasty wrested from the Han people?
Chen Ke and Zhao Zongji regarded this trip as a humiliation lesson, and did not sneer at each other. They allowed Yelu Derong to gain the upper hand. In this way, they arrived at Xincheng County, forty miles north of Baigou River. The first posthouse of Liaoyi Road,
It is located in the county... There are deep mountains and canyons in the south of the Liao Kingdom, and the Gobi desert in the north. The road is difficult and long. In order to facilitate transportation, the Liao Dynasty followed the Song Dynasty, from Baigou, the boundary of the Liao and Song Dynasties, through Nanjing of the Liao Dynasty, Zhongjing of the Liao Dynasty, to Shangjing of the Liao Dynasty.
A total of more than 1,800 miles of post roads were built, with 32 post houses built along the way. There were also branch post roads leading to the possible "Nabo" place of the Liao emperor.
'Nabo' means 'Xinggong' and 'walking in' in the Khitan language. Although the Liao Kingdom had five capitals, the emperor rarely lived in them. They liked to be unrestrained and hunted at all times. Wherever they went, tents were set up.
Where. Where is the 'pressing bowl'.
According to regulations, all Khitan officials, both domestic and foreign, as well as officials affiliated with the Han Xuanhui Yuan, must obey the regulations. Only one or two officials from the Han Privy Council, Zhongshu Province, and other southern ministers follow the instructions, and the rest of the prime ministers and below live in Kyoto to handle matters.
Official affairs... In short, all Khitan officials followed Nabo, leaving most Han officials to handle daily government affairs.
Basically, orders from the Liao court could be issued at any place in the country at any time, which was convenient, fast and flexible. However, at the same time, it became even more difficult to report major local events to the court.
Therefore, the local governments of the Liao Kingdom were basically left to the Han people to manage. Of course, considering the administrative level of the Khitan people, this actually had more advantages than disadvantages...
However, the emperor of Liao's erratic style of play was very free and easy, but it also gave careerists a stage to show off. Therefore, almost every emperor of Liao had to encounter crises such as rebellion and rebellion. As time went by,
It's much more exciting than their Southern Emperor brother...
Closer to home, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom did not press the alms bowl randomly. His activity area was seasonal. For example, it is spring now. Generally speaking, the alms bowl is located in a place convenient for hawking, hunting swans, wild ducks, wild geese, and ice fishing.
.Roughly from Songhua River to Beijing in later generations...
There is no way, who would let the Liao Kingdom have a vast territory and rich resources?