The person whom Yelu Po admires the most in his heart is the famous minister Yelu Renxian.
When the Qing Dynasty increased coins, Yelv Ren first forced Song Renzong to add 200,000 coins every year in the name of "increasing coins" instead of in the name of "increasing coins", so as to establish the status of Song and Liao.
Therefore, later generations will refer to this matter as "increasing coins during Qingli". In fact, it is to save face for the ancestors, so it is more accurate to call it "increasing coins during Qingli".
In the letter of state written by the Song Dynasty to the Liao Dynasty, the word "Gong" was written. The word "Gong" means to serve the king as a minister.
Later, Yelvren also put down the Chongyuan Rebellion.
Yelvpo's leader, Yelvren, claimed to be the first, and he saw that every step of the demarcation was under his control, but Xiao Teidi made him fail.
He knew that the coaching change was Yelu Yixin’s intention.
No one in the court was more powerful than Yelu Yixin.
Even Yelu Renxian, the hero of the quelling the rebellion who was kind to Yelu Hongji, was squeezed out by Yelu Yixin.
Yelupo looked at Xiaotide who replaced him, with no good expression.
Xiao Tride said to Yelv Po: "Xiao Hugu and Yelv Tao were not exiled because of the assassination of the King of Wei, and Yelv Tao was also imprisoned!"
Yelu Po's expression was horrified. Yelu Ta was not Yelu Renxian's son, and he and his father made great contributions to quelling the Chongyuan Rebellion. But Yelu Hongji listened to Yelu Yixin's deception, and now he is imprisoned indiscriminately.
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Yelu Po and Yelu Ta were both ministers who supported and sympathized with the prince. When Yelu Yixin wanted to harm the prince, Yelu Ta warned Yelu Yixin in public in front of all the officials not to act rashly.
Now that Yelu Ta is in jail, who will protect the prince in the future?
For this reason, Yelvpo, who was responsible for negotiating with Song Dynasty, also had to withdraw. Otherwise, if the negotiation was successful, it would not be a credit to the prince.
Yelupo couldn't help but said: "Da Liao is ruined at the hands of those who wield power like you!"
Xiao Tride's tone seemed very calm. He had already expected Yelupo's rage and said: "Yelülingya, which dynasty or country does not have people who wield power? Do you think there are no people in the Song Dynasty?"
Xiaotide changed his posture on the chair and lowered his voice: "You have been talking for too long! Now the borders of Korea, Tatar, and Jurchen are about to move. Your Majesty can't bear to rush you, but don't you have any idea in your heart?"
Yelupo's face showed a hint of self-blame and said: "Song Xuanfu's envoy Zhang Yue is not an ordinary person."
Xiaotide said disapprovingly: "No matter what, they are just Cao Bin and his ilk."
Yelu Po sneered and said: "The King of Wei is not Yelu Xiu's brother."
Xiao Tride snorted when he heard this and said: "When Emperor Taizong (Yelü Deguang) destroyed the Jin Dynasty and entered Bian, the gains outweighed the losses. The first two companies of the Chanzhou Alliance fought for more than 20 years."
"Although Daliao is rich and powerful now, it is nothing compared to the Holy Sect. When the sect was established. If you want to expand the territory of Daliao, even if Brother Yelvxiu comes back to life, there will be no use for it."
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Yeluhong wrote down all the Khitan characters he knew in small characters, and Zhang Yue read them.
Khitan script is divided into large characters and small characters.
The Khitan characters were created very early, but they were ideographic characters. The Khitan people obviously overestimated their own level. Except for Chinese characters, there is no script that can be used to write ideographic characters, and most of them are just short-lived.
Therefore, very few Khitans learned Khitan's large characters. The Khitans later learned their lesson and changed the Khitan's small characters into phonetic characters.
The Khitan small characters integrated the Khitan language, so it was recognized.
Although the upper classes of the Khitan people were still accustomed to using Chinese characters, they regarded the Khitan small characters as a treasure and were only circulated among the upper class, and no Khitan characters were allowed to spread to foreign countries.
In order to avoid being assimilated by the Han ideology, the Liao State also tried its best. In terms of writing, it chose Khitan and Chinese in parallel, and in terms of culture, it chose Confucianism and Buddhism in parallel.
Yeluhong, as the concubine of the prime minister's family, also learned this kind of writing.
Zhang Yue ordered him to copy it and compare it with the Chinese version.
In addition to Khitan texts, Zhang Yue also talked with him about some Khitan history.
For example, the issue of increasing coins in Qingli was completely different from what he heard about it.
According to Ye Luhong, the former Han minister Liu Yunfu and the late emperor (Xingzong of the Liao Dynasty) said that the land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and China is not mine, and the Liao will not be able to live in it for long.
The late emperor asked how to win over the people and reduce the number of people to ten by five. In this way, the people strive to become the subjects of the Liao Kingdom.
How?
Liu Liufu said that he wanted the Song Dynasty to cede the land south of Guannan and use military parades to increase the garrison as a coercion. If the Song Dynasty refused to cede the land, they would increase the annual coins. In this way, the increased annual coins would reduce the people's rent.
Later, the Song Dynasty increased the currency, but only used two-tenths to reduce the rent, but the people of Yanyun were already happy.
Zhang Yue heard this and thought, if this matter is true, then the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers are being manipulated by the Liao Kingdom. He doubts in his heart whether the other party is telling the truth.
However, after Liu Liufu returned to the court with an increase in coins during Qingli, he added Zhongshu Pingzhangshi and became one of the prime ministers of the Liao Kingdom. This should be due to his counselor's planning.
Yeluhong added: "In Yanyun, there are many Han clans like Han, Liu, Ma, Zhao and so on. They can even compete with the big clans of the Northern Dynasty."
"Now under the rule of the Northern Dynasties, the taxes of the people of Yanyun are lower than those of the people of Hebei."
When Zhang Yue heard this, he knew that Yeluhong's words were true. It was an indisputable fact that the Liao Dynasty valued the Yanyun Han family, and that the people of Hebei were heavily taxed.
For example, the matter of salt harvesting occurs in all walks of life in the world, but not in Hebei.
In terms of salt consumption, the people in Shaanxi Road need to eat more than 40 cents per catty of salt, while the Xixia green salt only costs 15 cents. This is the price that Xixia smuggled to the Song Dynasty, and the Xixia people themselves can only eat five cents per catty.
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Therefore, many ministers advised the officials to treat Hebei equally. Since everyone is taxed, why don't you? However, the officials were obviously not confused and agreed to this request. Therefore, all kinds of salt lords are prevalent in the world, but Hebei has no private individuals.
Salt seller.
People's livelihood in Hebei is still suffering.
Zhang Yue listened to Ye Luhong's words and said: "It can be seen from Liu Liufu that although the Liao government is in chaos, the people's hearts are still there. It should not be said lightly that there is no one in Liao."
“The direction of the people’s support cannot be unpredictable.”
Yeluhong's eyes froze after hearing Zhang Yue's words.
At this time, Zhang Yue smiled and said to Yeluhong: "Yes, how did you guess that I wanted to conquer Liao?"
These words hit Yeluhong like a thunderbolt in mid-air.
Although Yeluhong had been making guesses since arriving at Zhang Yue's side and corroborating his suspicions, he thought it was only 20 to 30% possible. Now that Zhang Yue had spoken out, Yeluhong was also shocked. When would the Song Dynasty dare to threaten the Liao Kingdom with war?
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It is not a threat to Zhang Yue.
It is truly prepared.
Since the Liao Kingdom implemented war blackmail last year, Hedong Road and Hebei Road have been mobilized.
In addition to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the front line confronting the Liao Dynasty, there were also two to three hundred thousand soldiers and horses on the second and third lines for purge and training. The Song army had enough food and grass on the front line for three months.
Now that Xixia has been defeated, and the Liao side is still like a single tree, if there is any sign of failure or there is any instability in the rear, Zhang Yue will not hesitate to send troops to Youyan.
Although Yeluhong was entrusted by his father to Zhang Yue to take care of him, he was from Liao after all, and he was very anxious when he heard this.
"It's over, this is the trick of the Song Dynasty." Yeluhong thought.
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Yelu Po left sadly the next day, and Zhang Yue also saw him off.
Although Yelupo was annoying, he was determined to fight for the interests of the Liao State at the negotiation table. His shrewd, aggressive, and negotiating style of always observing you and catching the other party's weaknesses also left a deep impression on the officials of the Song Dynasty.
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This is a tough opponent.
During the farewell, Yelupo said to Zhang Yue: "Mr. Zhang, I have offended many people in the past."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "From the perspective of your country, Yelu Linya's loyalty to the country is understandable."
Yelupo smiled, but Xiaotide looked a little unhappy. Didn't he mean that the leader of Liao was wrong to change the candidate for negotiation?
Yelupo said proudly: "But from the perspective of both countries, what you and I say sitting here is of little use. No matter how much we talk here, in the end it will still depend on who is tough enough."
The Liao State's diplomacy was similar to the strength diplomacy of later generations.
It supported its diplomacy with strong military strength and adopted a pre-emptive strategy. From the Qingli currency increase to this demarcation, it was the Liao State that provoked it first, which was very offensive and forward-looking.
When it comes to political struggles, I see that something is wrong with you recently, so I take the initiative to teach you a lesson. I provoke conflicts preemptively and do not give you the chance to rebel in the future.
To deal with the preemptive strategy, the first thing is not to be afraid, the other thing is to delay.
It is the same as Zhang Kai's strategy for his great victory over the Taoshui River, which is to avoid his vigor and attack his laziness.
From the point of view of the art of war, in any battle, if the enemy's formation is neat and sharp and cannot be fought, it is advisable to wait for him with a strong wall, wait for his formation to weaken over time, and then attack him with an attack, and he will be victorious.
To sum up, it is to wait for others to decline.
The longer the negotiation drags on, the better it is for me.
Zhang Yue said to Yelu Po: "At this time and that time, today's Liao is not the Liao of Chanyuan, and the Song is not the Song of Chanyuan; it is not the Liao of Qingli, nor is it the Song of Qingli. If the Liao were to use sharp weapons and armor,
I’m not afraid of it either.”
"Of course, I quite agree with Yelu Lingya's saying that what cannot be won on the battlefield cannot be won at the negotiation table."
Yelupo smiled when he heard this.
Zhang Yue was also a man who cherished and valued heroes. He also admired Yelupo and immediately gave him many special products of the Song Dynasty.
Yelvpo glanced at what Zhang Yue had given him and said, "I don't want anything else, I just want a piece of Zhang Xianggong's calligraphy."
"My lord likes Zhang Xianggong's calligraphy very much. Unfortunately, Zhang Xianggong's calligraphy is hard to find in China, so I decided to ask for Zhang Yue's calligraphy on my lord's behalf."
"Of course! It will be served later!"
Yelupo smiled and said, "Thank you very much."
After Zhang Yue left the banquet, he called Cai Jing here and said, "Imitate my handwriting and write to the Lord of Liao."
Cai Jing agreed.
How could Zhang Yue be willing to let his handwriting spread to the Liao Kingdom, which would be detrimental to him in the future, so he ordered Cai Jing to imitate his handwriting and write a calligraphy for Yelvpo to take back to the country.
Yelupo was an honest man. He didn't expect Zhang Yue to lie to him, and he didn't notice any clues.
Cai Jingben was an outstanding calligrapher, and he had been with Zhang Yue for many years. He also copied Zhang Yue's calligraphy on weekdays, and learned that 90% of his calligraphy was similar in form to spirit.
Therefore, when Yelu Po's calligraphy was presented to Yelu Hongji, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, he was also very happy when he got Zhang Yue's calligraphy. Several ministers of the Liao Kingdom who had seen Zhang Yue's calligraphy did not see anything.
In the end, Yelu Hongji also treasured the stamped collection.
