Cui Muyuan heard someone outside the window reporting to Xiao Tang that his envoys were visiting and they seemed to be coming to discuss peace. He was even more shocked and surprised, saying: "Now that the Liao Dynasty is declining, and the Jin people want to annex the Liao Kingdom and have no time to care about it, I
Goryeo is bound to take over hundreds of miles of territory east of the Yalu River, including the Baozhou territories. Xiao Renxia occupied this place and was in vain to provoke a powerful enemy. But if I say that I am coming to you as an envoy to negotiate peace, why is this?"
Xiao Tang smiled slightly, which made Cui Muyuan feel as if he had been struck by lightning. He was horrified: "Mr. Cui's words are true, but you don't know something. The Kingdom of Goryeo did invade the country some time ago. It's just that more than 70,000 soldiers were wiped out by land and water.
All the horses have been killed by our army, and more than 10,000 soldiers, together with your country Jin Yuan, Cui Hongzai and other ministers of the DPRK and China, have also been captured and are now imprisoned in the Baozhou camp. I must have understood that you, the Goryeo Kingdom, want to use your power.
If we try to suppress people and forcefully capture several military states here, we will only bring disaster to ourselves, so we sent envoys here, so that we don’t have to plan to fight each other anymore.”
Looking at the dumbfounded Cui Muyuan again, Xiao Tang stood up and said: "It's not that I, Xiao Tang, have to form a deadly feud with the Koryo Kingdom, it's all because of your country's greed to look north, and it only bothers us for a few moments.
Come down and kill you so that Korea will know the power of our army. The reason why I am willing to give up my high position and generous salary and betray the Song Dynasty is because those who share the interests of the world will gain the world, and those who are good at the interests of the world will lose the world. Where benevolence lies, the world will return.
.Where righteousness lies, the world will follow it... I rebelled against the Song Dynasty for the time being, and it was all because of the major events that I had planned in my heart over the years that affected the world.
I am not willing to follow the trend, but I am regarded as a traitor that must be eliminated by a huge country like the Song Dynasty, which has 400 military states and millions of soldiers. I am not afraid of myself. How can I surrender under the coercion of you, Goryeo?
?Now that Korea is about to fight, the brothers under my command are not afraid of it. If they want to talk, they will sit down and talk calmly. Temporarily detaining Mr. Cui here is also a matter of urgency. I have no choice but to do it. After some time,
Regardless of whether Mr. Cui or you, the Koryo Kingdom, will understand what I am doing by stationing troops here, the way of diplomacy, and the great cause I have planned, some people in your country will also be happy to see it succeed. As for you, what about you?
If you think about it, you might as well take advantage of these days to think it over clearly and take care of yourself."
After Xiao Tang finished speaking, he walked out of the study room of the annex, leaving Cui Muyuan sitting there alone in silence, lost in thought...
When Xiao Tang heard from Xu Guanzhongbei about the origin of the Goryeo envoy who came to pay his respects, it was exactly what he had in mind. Because the envoy sent by Goryeo this time was Xiao Tang, and he knew something about his deeds.
Kim Bu-sik, Minister of Internal Affairs of Goryeo Dynasty.
The Goryeo Kingdom first judged the military envoys to the northwest with Prime Minister Jin Yuan, and the Goryeo Dynasty’s Tongzhi Privy Councilor Cui Hongzai presided over the negotiations with the leaders under my command in charge of Baozhou. This also shows that the importance of occupying the various places in Baozhou is also seen.
.Now that the military situation is unfavorable, the powerful foreign minister Li Ziqian, who is considered a pro-Kim faction in the court, has taken over the power, and it is inconvenient for him to come to negotiate as an envoy. As expected, the Goryeo court sent Jin Fushi, whose official rank was far lower than that of Li Ziqian, but he could not compete with the court.
The powerful ministers at home, who have become confrontational, have come to negotiate with our army...
Xiao Tang was thinking in his heart, and he and Xu Guanzhong arrived at the Baozhou government office first. After hearing Huanzhang, Yi Jicheng, Sun Ding, Pei Xuan, Jiang Jing and other leaders in charge of the civil and military affairs of Junzhou were already waiting for them, but there were other things to do.
Officials reported to Xiaotang that Jin Fushi and his entourage were waiting fifty miles south of Baozhou City. They first sent envoys to report and invite the envoys from Baozhou to negotiate. Now they are temporarily settled in Baozhou.
Inside the post house in the city.
Since Goryeo sent envoys to negotiate, they must negotiate. But the other side thought that the leader of the rebel army who occupied the three states of Bao, Ding, and Xuan, and recruited a large number of elite soldiers and generals from unknown sources, was the leader of the Khitan tribe of Liao. As people moved together, Xiao Tang also wanted to participate in this meeting, but in what capacity?
After Xiao Tangsi paid some attention, he smiled and sent an order: "Ask the envoy who came to deliver the report to go back and report that he would like to invite the envoy Jin Fushi to come to meet and discuss. As for how to deal with him, I have my own thoughts. ..."
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Compared with the previous tyrannical behavior of defeating the country's official army and sending out troops one after another to harass the counties and counties under his rule, Jin Fu was frightened by the earthquake in the country, so he sent an envoy to Baozhou again in the name of the king's lord Wang Ma. After receiving the reply from the other party, Shi led a group of followers and set off. They met the Baozhou people who came to welcome them, and they were treated with courtesy all the way down.
Kim Bu-seok still had complex thoughts, and he was a descendant of the Silla royal family. He came from a family of officials in Goryeo and had been familiar with poetry and books since he was a child. The envoy showed off his airs when dealing with the rebels and bandits. He was also courteous and courteous to the people who came to receive him from Baozhou. He was friendly all the way and was escorted to the post office in Baozhou City.
However, when Jin Fushi arrived at the official post hall in person, he saw a dozen leaders dressed in various costumes from various tribes in the North already sitting cross-legged and waiting. Some of them had unkind expressions and only looked back and forth in his direction, making this person uncomfortable. The hall was filled with a murderous atmosphere.
Jin Fushi looked at the leader with hawk-like eyes and tiger eyes and a strong body who was dressed like a Khitan leader sitting at the front. He was secretly thinking that this person was the Khitan Heng who had gathered rebel armies from various tribes in the north to occupy Baozhou. When the man in charge of the tent was moving to the city, he also noticed that the leaders sitting on the left and right sides of the city were dressed as Han people. Some of them looked awe-inspiring and generous, quite like the heroic men of Yan and Zhao. There are also people who have bright eyes and divided eyebrows, who are elegant and elegant, and whose graceful demeanor is like a good young master in a troubled world...
Among them, Jin Fushi noticed that there was a man with sharp eyebrows and arrogant looks looking at him. When their eyes met, Jin Fushi saw the man slightly nodding towards him. And the leader was wearing a waistband. Still holding his two swords, he was sitting next to Yi Lacheng's left head. He seemed to be a capable and well-established general under the big-headed Khitan man.
With an indifferent expression, he gestured with his hands to indicate to the envoys to sit down. Jin Fushi bowed respectfully and took his seat calmly. There was also a Khitan interpreter among the entourage who came with him. After Jin Fushi thought about it for a moment, he turned to him. When the interpreter gave a few instructions, the man sitting on the side of Yilancheng with two swords on his waist laughed loudly and said: "Although we also have leaders of the Korean ethnic group gathered here, Yilantou people understand Chinese. I heard that Academician Jin has admired Confucian Sinology for a long time and is proficient in Song Dynasty Mandarin. Why waste any more time? How about we negotiate with Academician Jin in Song Dynasty Mandarin Chinese?"
Jin Fushi was startled at first when he saw this, and then he gave the man a bow and asked in fluent Chinese: "That's fine, but I don't know what to call this leader?"
Xiao Tang smiled slightly, cupped his hands to Jin Fushi and said, "My name is Ke Yin. I was born in the Han Dynasty in Yanzhao. Fortunately, I was taken in by the Yitou people. I traveled around Liaodong with my troops and finally settled down in Baozhou. I heard that
In the early years, your father-in-law was sent as an envoy to the Song Dynasty, and the poems he wrote were published as "Xiaohua Collection" and were widely circulated in the Song Dynasty. Since then, Goryeo has been known as "Little China". Because of your admiration for Dongpo lay people in the Song Dynasty, Su Wendinggong
The brothers were charming and elegant, so they named Jin Xueshi and his younger brother Fu Shi and Fu Zhe (Jin Fu Zhe, also known as Fu Yi). Jin Xueshi studied literature and passed the imperial examination.