Chapter 347 The diplomatic relations between the two countries are indeed not simple
Border between Song and Liao Dynasties, Xiongzhou Waqiao Pass. Tianlai Novels
This steep pass, together with Yijin Pass and Yukou Pass, is collectively known as the "Three Passes". From the end of the Tang Dynasty, it passed through the Later Tang, Later Jin, Liao, and Later Zhou dynasties, and changed hands several times, and later became the Song Dynasty's northern pass.
In the important border defense area, the water trapped in the Pize area is used as a plug, blocking the Xu, Bao, Sha, Tang and other rivers in the Jiuhe River to form numerous water pools. The river pools are connected to form a meandering eight hundred miles along the river and sixty miles wide.
The water cut, together with the three passes including Waqiao Pass, form the defense line corresponding to Daoshui 6.
However, when Xiao Tang passed Waqiao Pass, he did not feel at all the tense situation when the relationship between Song and Liao was at its most tense. He, Tong Guan, and Zheng Yunzhong's envoys left Waqiao Pass again and entered the Liao territory when they passed Baigou.
After checking the list of envoys, the Liao government invited Tong Guan, Zheng Yunzhong, and Xiao Tang to head north.
After entering the Liao territory, the villagers Xiao Tang accidentally saw on both sides of the fields were all dressed as Han people, and the scenery was not much different from the scenery in the Song Dynasty.
The Liao Dynasty followed the Tang system and divided the country into five roads: Shangjing, Tokyo, Zhongjing, Nanjing, and Xijing. Among them, Nanjing Road Prefecture was the largest among the five capitals of the Liao Dynasty. It was not only the political, military and economic center of the Liao Kingdom, but also the political, military and economic center of the Liao Kingdom.
It is also the place where the sons of the Han family live.
The destination of Xiao Tang's trip with the envoys was Xijin Prefecture (also called Yanjing, the predecessor of Beijing, the capital of China in later generations). Before that, he had to rest and reorganize for two days in Zhuoxian County, Zhuozhou, under the rule of Nanjing Dao.
It is not only the hometown of Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Li Daoyuan, the famous geographical master of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the late Han Dynasty, but also the ancestral home of Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song Dynasty.
Isn't it true that Liu Xuande, Guan Yunchang, and Zhang Yide, who are familiar to later generations in the novel, "Three Brothers in Peach Garden" are also here? Xiao Tang couldn't help thinking that later generations often said, "It is better to learn from Peach Garden than to learn from Wagang."
Why not gather together with the heroes of the Water Margin for righteousness?
If it was like the story in the novel "The Legend of the Book", everyone in Wagang Village appeared to be brothers but fell apart due to their own plans, then there would be no possibility of any plan he made in the green forest.
There was another person in the envoy who was feeling emotional, but it was the golden retriever Duan Jingzhu, his close brother who was on the mission together with Xiao Tang. Duan Jingzhu was originally from Zhuozhou, and he was a horse thief, and he worked his way up from the bottom of society.
Now that I have returned to my hometown, it can be considered a homecoming in fine clothes.
When the envoys traveled all the way to the vicinity of the new city, Shi Jin saw that Duan Jingzhu was very interested, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother, since you are also from Zhuoxian County, it's up to you where you can go to play."
After hearing this, Duan Jingzhu laughed and said: "What's strange? Compared with Zongcheng County of Daming Prefecture, this Zhuo County has more Xiren, Bohai, Mature Jurchen and other villagers and merchants, but the rest is no different. However,
There is a house in the east street of the county town where the wine made by a mature woman is really spicy and will burn your throat. If Brother Shi Jin wants to have a refreshing drink, let's go together."
Xiao Tang was watching Shi Jin and Duan Jingzhu talking with a smile as they entered the alley, when he suddenly heard a distant echo of Khitan folk songs coming into his ears: "The sky and the earth are green, the original sea is vast. Under the Konoha Mountain, the green cattle
The white horse, Qiqi Dun, protects my son. The wolves are galloping, but who cares about the wind and frost? Even if my heart is sad, I wander in the desert. The descendants of Khitan, wandering in all directions..."
Xiao Tang was startled for a moment. He suddenly remembered the folk song that Father Xiao often sang back then. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the ethnic flavor from the vast northern land was extremely strong.
But when they heard the sound of horse hoofbeats, they saw a group of light cavalry in front of them galloping towards Xiao Tang, Tong Guan and others.
When Xiao Tang looked around, he saw that three of the four people in front of him were wearing crotchless shirts with slits on both sides. Only one of the three people was wearing a green tasseled mink felt hat, and the other two were both. The Khitan men who were born and raised in the Liao region generally wore tunics in their clothes and hair. There was also a man who wore a plain headband, a gauze crown, and casual clothes with a right gusset, which was no different from the ordinary officials and nobles among the Song Dynasty.
The cavalry team saw Tong Guan, Zheng Yunzhong, Xiao Tang and other delegation members, and said to them: "The officials of the Song Dynasty are benevolent and filial, and they sent envoys to congratulate me on the birthday of the Holy Emperor of Liao. If you are not welcomed from afar, I don't know who is Master Zheng?" "
After hearing this, Tong Guan from the envoy's side suddenly turned gloomy!
When Song and Liao formed an alliance in Chanyuan, because Yelu Longxu, the Holy Emperor of Liao who was in power at that time, was young, he called Emperor Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng his brother. From then on, the Song Dynasty provided 100,000 silver to Liao every year to assist the Liao army. Two hundred thousand pieces of silk were opened for trade with each other, and the two sides should also be called a brotherly country in their diplomatic exchanges.
However, after the death of Zhenzong, the Song Dynasty went through Renzong, Yingzong, Shenzong, Zhezong and even the current Song Huizong Zhao Ji, but the Liao Kingdom only experienced Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen, Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji and even the current Liao Emperor Yelu. Yanxi (during this period, Yelu Jun was posthumously crowned emperor, but he was persecuted to death by the powerful traitor Yelu Yixin when he was still the prince, and did not ascend the throne). Therefore, the friendship between Song and Liao was based on the "brother relationship" and the "uncle-nephew relationship". Now the emperors of the two countries are divided into generations: "Liao is the Weng and Song is the Sun". When Tong Guan heard the envoys coming to greet him, he said that Song Huizong was "benevolent and filial". By saying this, he didn't first look down on them, the envoys from the Song Dynasty. wait?
What made Tong Guan even more angry was that the other party only asked where the envoy Zheng Yunzhong was among the envoys visiting Liao, but turned a blind eye to him as the deputy envoy. In fact, when Tong Guan led his army to fight against Xixia, the Liao Dynasty and the Central Government also knew There is a figure like Tong Guan. When the Liao Dynasty put pressure on the Song Dynasty to maintain the balance of the Song, Liao and Xia kingdoms, they also revealed intentionally or unintentionally through envoys that they wanted to see Tong Guan, who controlled the military and political affairs of the Western Army. The true appearance of the character. But now that Tong Guan has arrived, the Liao officials who came to greet him have ignored him. How can Tong Guan, who has always been very high-spirited, endure it?
Xiao Tang watched with cold eyes. He saw that Tong Guan's face was livid, and he had an evil look on his face. Xiao Tang couldn't help but thought to himself: If this was a military camp where Tong Guan could control the power of life and death, I'm afraid the envoys from the Liao Dynasty who came to meet him would only This sentence was enough to make Tong Guan chop off his head.
The words and deeds during the diplomatic relations between the two countries are indeed not that simple. Sometimes just a few words can invisibly put you in a superior position, not to mention that among the envoys who come and go, they all represent the same country behind their backs.
As the envoy to celebrate the birthday of the Liao Dynasty, the envoy Zheng Yunzhong was a senior minister who often traveled to foreign countries to handle the diplomatic affairs of the Song and Liao Dynasties. He tilted his eyes, glanced at Tong Guan, and then said: "I, the Song Dynasty, have always been married to your country. Jinlan is so good, the Lord of Liao has come to congratulate you on his birthday. I am Zheng Yunzhong, I don’t know who they are, and what should I call them?"