Duan was very anxious and seemed to have no intention of paying attention to the fighting situation in Dali.
The Southern Expeditionary Army has annihilated the Gao family's team that withdrew from the mining city and headed east.
The situation was excellent, but Duan didn't seem to care about it. After getting the court's consent, he arrived in Bianliang as quickly as possible.
I guess the shock along the way will be huge.
In any case, it is a royal family of a vassal state, and it has the reputation of Concubine Duan, so the court specially allocated a motorcade to welcome the members of the Duan family with grand etiquette.
It seems more like intimidation and showing off national power.
There is also a special post house in Dali in Bianliang, but this time there were too many people from the Duan family in Dali. It turned out that the post house specially used to receive Dali envoys was not enough.
Use Duting Xiyi? That belongs to Xixia. It is unethical to drive out the Xixia people. The key is that the country does not have the strength to fight on two fronts.
As for the post house in Bei Liao...the rumor that the Emperor of Bei Liao cried bitterly for the late emperor, and the fact that Bei Liao built a tomb for the late emperor, this point of friendship still needs to be discussed.
In fact, in Zhao Xi's opinion, none of them are appropriate.
This type of post house is the embassy of later generations, which is equivalent to the territory of other countries and can be defined as sacred and inviolable.
Therefore, the Duan royal family of Dali is very lucky to live in a house comparable to a royal palace.
During the last rebellion, the imperial court confiscated many clan houses.
I don’t know whether this should be considered a high-level reception, or a show of national strength everywhere?
State affairs are state affairs, and human relations are human relations. Zhao Xi knows the difference very clearly.
Although Duan repaid Zhao Xi with infinite tenderness, Zhao Xi still did whatever he had to do.
"Duan Silian, King of Dali of the lower country, pays homage to His Majesty..."
It should be considered very grand. Zhao Xi, Tao Niang, and the Duan family went to the Duan royal family residence in Dali to meet the Duan royal family.
As soon as they entered the door, the Duan family fell to their knees.
It was not only the status quo of relying on others, but also the admiration for the national power of the Song Dynasty.
In fact, in terms of seniority, Duan Silian should be regarded as Zhao Xi's uncle...
"Brother-in-law, please come quickly. Xi's trip is not for state affairs, and he is not meeting the king of the Song Dynasty. He is Xuan'er's son-in-law coming to visit his uncle..."
The words are words to close the relationship, and at the same time, they also directly tell Mr. Duan: Public affairs are public affairs, private affairs are private affairs, and everyone has their own affairs.
He would not interfere with the court's decision-making because of his so-called in-laws, nor would he let the Duan family use their in-laws' connections to make random demands.
But Mrs. Duan didn't understand this. Her heart was filled with happiness. She saw her family safely again. She was mixed with joy and excitement. She naturally held her eldest brother's hand, but found that her eldest brother was very unnatural.
I always feel like I am meeting the noble concubine of the above country.
There was no way, Duan Silian didn't dare to be disrespectful because of what he had learned along the way.
The firearms of the guards in the mining city, the endless ships on the Yangtze River route, and the rail carriages from Xiangzhou to Bianliang all made him truly see the power of the Shangguo.
In the words of later generations, Zhao Xi should have cordially received the Dali royal family, expressed condolences for the Dali royal family's experience, expressed deep regret for the civil strife in Dali, and was truly concerned about the lives of the people of Dali during the war.
The two parties exchanged views in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere...
It's just nonsense. The whole interview process was very short, and the content was almost like Mrs. Duan comforting her mother-in-law.
Zhao Xi only told the Duan family to live with peace of mind. If you have any requests or ideas, you can directly mention them to the ambassador... Whether you agree or not, in the court, Zhao Xi did not express this intention anyway.
The Song State did not express any opinions because of the civil strife in Dali. Before launching the army, there was not even a single condemnation. He was overthrown. It was not until he fled to Mining City that he met the envoys sent by the Song State, which was later than when he arrived in Mining City.
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At this time, the Song Dynasty suddenly entered the country from Guangnan. At the same time, the guards of the mining city also began to show their power. A large number of troops gathered on Chengdu Fulu Road and drove directly into Dali.
No one cared about him as the King of Dali. At that moment, Duan Silian didn't even think about or dared to stay in Dali.
At that time, he already understood that the Song Dynasty was definitely not here to restore the country for him. The longer he stayed in Dali, the greater the possibility that he and his entire family would be killed.
At that time, the only way to save the lives of one's own family was to escape from Dali, even if it was to enter the Song Dynasty in the name of the exiled royal family.
After all, my sister is still the imperial concubine of the Song Dynasty.
Along the way, he felt more and more that his choice was right. From Mining City to Bianliang, it didn't even take a month, but the envoy sent by the Song Dynasty traveled for three whole months.
To put it bluntly, I have been waiting for the success of Gao's rebellion.
And that envoy was transferred directly to the team. I heard that he was also the transit envoy for the Song Dynasty's southern expedition...
This clearly demonstrates the principle of destroying Dali!
But when he came to Bianliang, the Song Dynasty received him as the King of Dali...
I don’t understand, I really don’t understand.
In order to restore the Duan family, the guards in the mining city and the generals who entered Dali on Chengdu Road should put up Duan Silian's flag, so as to gain the support of some tribes in Dali.
But no, not even the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expeditionary Army of Song Dynasty even saw him.
But if the Song Dynasty wanted to destroy Dali, let alone receive him as the king of Dali, it would not even be possible for him to leave the mining city.
As for His Majesty the Emperor of Song Dynasty to receive him...~that is even more impossible.
But all these contradictory things happened to me.
Duan Silian knew that the commander-in-chief of the Song army was a civil servant, which meant that there was no possibility of forgetting etiquette, let alone making a decision that was contrary to the Song court.
He was very uneasy, although after being received by His Majesty the Song Dynasty, he was certain that the lives of his family had been saved.
I felt even more unsure.
Originally, the purpose of escaping to Bianliang was to save his life, but now that he knew his life was safe, he was at a loss as to what to do.
Puppet? Duan Silian has never thought about it this way. As the King of Dali in the Duan family, he has always been no different from a puppet.
"Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen..."
The Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall of the Song Dynasty came with him. Duan Silian did not dare to act like a prince, so he greeted him respectfully outside the door.
What is this going on? What are you playing for? It makes people so confused and truly uneasy!
It is impossible for the king who destroyed the country to be received by the governor of Song Dynasty, let alone the princes.
"Prince Duan, are you being negligent in the court's reception? We have come so far away, so I hope that Prince Duan will not care about what you have to ask for..."
"Thanks to the rich prime minister for the public relations photo, everything is fine!"
Duan Silian really didn't dare to say too much, for fear that the sentence would be wrong. He asked questions and answered them, so he would deal with the situation first.
He even thought about asking his sister... Judging from her temperament, she was probably confused, and even thought that this was His Majesty's love for her.
"As ministers in the same palace, we can't talk about care or concern. Prince Duan came all the way, so we couldn't visit him immediately because we were really busy with official duties..."
Being a minister in the same palace? Does it refer to the past or the future? Duan Silian was stunned for a moment, a little distracted.
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
He didn't know what he didn't dare to do, whether he didn't dare to have the princes condescend to pay him a visit, or whether he didn't dare to expect to be ministers in the same palace.