In midsummer, the Luanhe River flows quietly from the grassland. Dense aquatic plants and groups of cattle and sheep are densely covered in the grassland under the fortress.
Continuous domes cover the entire mountains and rivers.
The dragon flag is flying and the war horses are in groups.
Here is the Emperor of Daliao!
The location of Xia Nabo!
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." A civil servant in Tsing Yi hurriedly ran from afar and came to a young man in his twenties who was hunting with the knights in the woods. He knelt down and worshiped: "Father Shang.
coming……"
When the young man heard this, he immediately put down the bow and arrow in his hand and jumped off the horse: "Why is Father Shang here?"
There was a bit of panic on his face, and he quickly called to the minister: "Happy grandson! Happy grandson!"
"Get me ready to change my clothes quickly!"
So, surrounded by the knights, he returned to the palace tent and immediately changed out of the Khitan traditional nomadic hunting clothes and put on a large Hanfu. He checked it carefully again and made sure there was nothing wrong before asking: "Shang
Where is the father?"
"Replying to your Majesty, Shangfu has arrived at the palace tent..." Someone answered immediately.
The young man closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Fortunately, I came back early, otherwise if I was caught by Father Shang, I would inevitably talk about it..."
This young man is the contemporary Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Zongzhen. Although he is only twenty-five years old this year, he has been on the throne for ten years. He is already the emperor of the Liao Dynasty with great power and everything.
But he is still a scared and fearful person.
That person is his teacher, the assistant minister of Gu Ming left behind by his father Yelu Longxu - King Han, Taishi, Zhongshu Ling, and his father Zhang Jian!
Every time he heard that Zhang Jian was coming to see him, Yelu Zong was really looking forward to but also afraid.
I look forward to meeting each other, but I am afraid that I will not do well enough and make the other person unhappy.
"By the way..." Yelu Zongzhen suddenly remembered: "Why did Father Shang come to see me?"
"It's the news from the Southern Dynasty..." Yelv Zongzhen's confidant, the palace general Yelu Xisun, immediately replied: "The southerners use the name of our country to comfort the officials and envoys who stayed in their Banjing courtyard, and assassinate their important secrets.
Chase them all away..."
"My brother, the emperor, is so brave?" Yelu Zong really laughed: "Do the southerners think that the bows and arrows of my Daliao cavalry are rusty?"
"But..." Yelv Zongzhen scratched his head and said, "There's no need to alarm Father Shang with such a trivial matter, right?"
Zhang Jian is already very old, and Yelu Zong really doesn't want to see this veteran minister who has taught him since childhood, like a father and a teacher, running around and working so hard.
"Of course, it has something to do with the war between the Southerners and the King of Xixia..." Yelu Xisun said: "Your Majesty, you also know that in the past few months, the King of Xixia has sent an envoy to you for help every month on average...
"
"Yelü Yuanhao is such a waste!" When Yelu Zongzhen heard this, he ridiculed with disdain: "I really misjudged him!"
"Isn't it normal that the King of Xixia is not the opponent of the Song people?" Yelu Xisun said with a smile: "Didn't your Majesty foresee this day before the war started?"
Yelu Zongzhen nodded and said: "The Southern Dynasty is a hundred times richer than Xixia. Even if you throw money at it, you can kill the Xixia king's army!"
When the Xia and Song Dynasties went to war, Yelu Zongzhen just watched with the mentality of watching a joke.
For him, regardless of the victory or defeat of the two, the Liao Kingdom can benefit.
Of course, from a comparison of national strength, the Southern Dynasties crushed Xixia.
However, last year, the King of Xixia actually achieved a great victory at Sanchuankou, which was really beyond Yelvzong's expectation.
At the same time, many young nobles of the Liao Kingdom also had the idea of going south to harvest grass and valleys.
However, as February passed, the Southern Dynasty changed its strategy, clearing the country of Xixia and contacting the Qing, Tang and Uighurs to cut off Xixia's foreign trade channels.
This makes the Xixia people's disadvantages obvious.
Their poor economy and fragile national strength were immediately blown away by a strong wind.
As a result, the young and strong factions of the Liao Kingdom immediately changed their minds.
They changed from wanting to go south to the Song Dynasty to invading Yuanhao in the west, seizing the pastures in the Helan Mountain area, strengthening themselves, and even having access to the Hetao River, just like the Han, Han and Tang Dynasties, when they invaded the Western Regions.
As soon as this idea was revealed, people throughout the Liao Kingdom were agitated. Not only the officials in the north were eager to try it, but the Han officials in the south were also inexplicably excited.
However, Yelu Zong really knew that if he added insult to injury to Xixia now, he would probably fulfill Song Ting's wishes, so he suppressed these people's ideas.
Of course, Liao people have always loved taking advantage.
Taking advantage of the trade between Liao and Xia, it is only natural to kill Xixia.
"Your Majesty, I would like to see my father..." At this time, a minister's voice came from outside the palace tent.
"Invite me quickly!" Yelu Zongzhen ordered immediately, and he quickly sat down at the top, sat upright, pretended to pick up a copy of "Spring and Autumn" and started reading with his head shaking.
After a while, the palace tent door was pushed open.
An old man wearing Confucian robes, leaning on a cane, with white beard and hair, walked in with the support of several Liao nobles - it was Zhang Jian, the current father of the Liao Dynasty!
Yelu Zongzhen stood up immediately. When he saw Zhang Jian, he strode forward to greet him and said, "Shangfu, why are you here?"
As he spoke, he scolded the people around Zhang Jian: "How did I tell you?"
"My father is already old, how can he stand up to the fatigue of traveling?"
"Your Majesty..." Zhang Jian said with a smile: "Don't blame them. It was the old minister who insisted on coming, and they couldn't stop him..."
"Father!" Yelu Zongzhen shook his head and sighed: "If you have something to do, send someone to tell me. I will take someone to Nanjing. It will only take a few days... Why bother to come in person?"
"Your Majesty, state affairs are important!" Zhang Jian said softly: "Compared with the affairs of the country, why does the personal safety of the veteran matter?"
Yelu Zongzhen was very moved when he heard this. He quickly helped the old man and sat down. He also ordered someone to serve refreshments, and then asked: "Father, what is it that makes you come to see me in person?"
"Of course it's a matter of the Southern Dynasties!" Zhang Jian said leisurely.
"Shangfu is for the war between the Southern Dynasty and the King of Xixia?" Yelu Zongzhen asked.
Zhang Jian shook his head.
"Is it about the southerners expelling our officials?" Yelu Zongzhen asked again.
Zhang Jian continued to shake his head.
"What's that?" Yelvzong really didn't understand.
Zhang Jian took out a stack of paper from his arms, handed it to Yelu Zongzhen, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the envoy who was just sent back by the Song Dynasty. The officials recorded recent events in Song Jing..."
Yelu Zongzhen took it and looked at it in his hand.
As he watched, his expression gradually became solemn and serious.
After a long while, he looked at Zhang Jian and asked: "Father Shang, do you think what is said above is true or false?"
Zhang Jian shook his head and sighed: "I don't know whether I should believe it or not!"
"But...the above is conclusive, and recently, the Song Dynasty people have indeed done a lot of related propaganda..."
"I think..." Zhang Jian said seriously: "I would rather believe it than believe it!"
