Dou Bian began to contact Xiao Zhuoer head-on, but he knew that he was either making the decision or trying to find out the bottom line of Beiliao as much as possible.
The previous envoys also tried to find out the bottom line, but the envoys could express their opinions, as long as they negotiated at the request of the Northern Liao envoys. No matter what the result was, the credit would always be there.
Things are different now. They are still trying to find the bottom, but they no longer dare to express their opinions. The improvement of the military strength of the country and the North, and the overwhelming advance of the army, have made the courtiers not accustomed to being tough on the envoys of the Northern Liao Dynasty.
Dou Bian tried his best, but he still couldn't do what the Liao officials did to the envoys of the country.
I am used to bending down, but being able to live with my waist straight also requires adaptation.
"Brother Dou, war is a deadly weapon! Since the Chanyuan Alliance, the two countries have been friendly and harmonious for many years. It is a grand event for the people of the world. Even the border is happy and peaceful."
"Alas... Unexpectedly, when my Majesty the Liao Dynasty held a banquet in autumn, the Prime Minister Yelu Yixin was bewitched by the Western thieves and accidentally provoked a border war, which almost made a big mistake."
"Now, His Majesty, the Emperor of Daliao, has returned to Zhongjing. He has severely rebuked Yelu Yixin for his faults and expelled the Xixia envoys. He intends to repair the relationship between friendly neighbors with your country... This is also the purpose of my humble brother's appointment as envoy again."
"Brother Dou, you and I are not new acquaintances. Brother Dou knows best what kind of person I am. This time I came here with sincerity and ran for the brotherhood between the two countries."
"Brother Dou is a civil servant, how can he not know the arrogance of military commanders? No matter whether it is Yelu Yixin or Di Qing of your country, once he leads the army, he will not consider the survival of the people of the world, let alone the literati like us who worry about the peace and happiness of the world.
meaning."
"I, Yelu Yixin, started war in the Liao Dynasty and caused the people in Daizhou to be devastated. How could Brother Dou allow the war in the Song Dynasty to continue to cause the people in Yunzhou to live in poverty?"
"The land in Yunzhou is bitterly cold, so what if your country takes it back? It's just a waste of money and food for the court by stationing officials and soldiers. Now, your army is sweeping through Yunzhou, and that's nearly 200,000 firearms troops!"
"Our Daliao Palace Guards have sent troops to Hebei Province. Such a confrontation between the two sides will not only waste money and food, but what good will it do to the country?"
"My Majesty, the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, ordered my humble brother to show his sincerity and use the land of the two states to repay the mistake of being deceived by the Western thieves. It is the time for us and other civil servants to bring order to the chaos. I hope Brother Dou will be considerate!"
What Xiao Zhuoer said was very reasonable, and he even spoke in a similar tone to Dou Bian when talking to his colleagues in the past few days.
Two hundred thousand new troops are outside, which is inconsistent with the country's ancestral system of strong branches and weak branches.
As for the bitter cold land of Yunzhou, it is well known to everyone. The current border situation between the two countries is not only a waste of money and food for the court, but also makes the people on the border have no place to stay.
However, his family members could discuss whatever they wanted. When the foreign envoy mentioned this to him, Dou Bian became a little suspicious.
Since Yunzhou is a land of bitter cold and the two countries have been friendly for nearly a hundred years, Bei Liao has never abandoned it. Moreover, even if he, Dou Bian, does not know military matters, he also understands the effectiveness of the Sixteenth State of Yanyun to the dynasty... It is a barrier.
A barrier against nomads since ancient times.
It is a fact that money and food were consumed, but this time I did not hear that the war dragged the court into difficulties. Instead, I heard that the spoils seemed to have paid off most of the expenses.
Since it is a waste of money and food, Bei Liao can withdraw its troops first. What's the point of wandering around the border of Hebei Province?
Dou Bian was not that kind of pedantic scholar. Speaking of which, there was no pedantic scholar in his generation. In the Ouyang Xiang Princess examination, the selection of scholars obviously focused on strategy and theory, which is why Dou Bian was able to pass the exam.
In the second year of Jiayou's reign, even Su Shi and Su Zizhan, who have become leaders in the literary world, are not pedantic civil servants.
Dou Bian calmed down, broke away from the emotions brought by Xiao Zhuoer, and once again considered the current situation objectively.
Zhang told himself that the Martial Arts Hall recorded many conversations between officials and soldiers of the first-generation guard camp, where they discussed issues of stance.
Looking at the official definition of stance, Dou Bian felt that Xiao Zhuoer did not stand on the basis of the stance of the Song Dynasty, let alone the stance of speaking for the Han people, the second-class people of the Northern Liao Dynasty on the border.
There is only one thing left, that is, the court in Beiliao can no longer bear it.
The Political Affairs Hall has stated that we should strive for interests as much as possible... ~ It does not mean that we should strive for interests based on the pre-war situation, but that we should strive for interests under the current situation.
Dou Bian felt that he should understand the meaning of the court.
"Brother Xiao is polite and makes sense. The king of your country was deceived by his powerful ministers and this disaster of war happened. It is indeed worthy of our vigilance."
"Brother Xiao doesn't know that the current emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is the most difficult king in history. I remember that when I, His Majesty the Great Song Dynasty, were still the crown prince, because Annan helped the Nong family to cause trouble in Guangnan, he led his army to destroy the entire northern part of Annan..."
"I have heard what Brother Dou said. I heard that His Majesty the Emperor of your country returned the two states of Langsong and Gaobang. Now, I, Daliao, also have the same intention!"
Dou Bian used this example to say that officials are tough and not good at compromise, but Xiao Zhuoer did not expect that Xiao Zhuoer would take advantage of the situation.
"Brother Xiao didn't know something. That time Annan almost emptied the national treasury to pay the war compensation for the Song Dynasty, and at the same time supplied the Song Dynasty with food at low prices indefinitely before letting His Majesty withdraw his troops."
"Then there was a collusion with the Gao family in Dali. As a result, His Majesty the Song Dynasty sent troops again...~The commander is now the pacifier of Hebei Province. That time he sent troops and slaughtered all the nobles in Dali except the Duan family!"
"Brother Xiao, the holy will is unpredictable now. Two hundred thousand troops are going on the Northern Expedition. Brother Yu has reported that the troops have arrived in the Yuzhou area. Once the Hedong Road army breaks through Yuzhou, I am afraid they will go all the way eastward. It is not possible to return to Beijing from Hebei Road.
Impossible. I think that after His Majesty and Di Qing led the army to quell the rebellion in Guangnan, they used Dali to return to the court!"
Could it be that the imperial court really had this plan? Dou Bian said this casually, which made him feel that he was a bit rash.
This is a negotiation. If you accidentally leak the military plane...~
At this time, not only Xiao Zhuoer's face turned pale, but Dou Bian could not sit still.
This matter... if the confidentiality law was followed, I would have no choice but to flee to Yazhou.
This...~this mouth, how come it is faster than my mind? I didn't even think about it thoroughly, but it actually came out.
Dou Bian pretended and took the tea bowl... He remembered that this was at Dutingyi, not Dou's house. He took a sip to moisten his dry throat, stood up, patted Xiao Zhuoer's shoulder, and left.
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Xiao Zhuoer's mind was filled with the Song Dynasty's firearms army that broke through from Weizhou... The 200,000 firearms army traveled east from Yuzhou and then southward...
At that time, the current Chen Bing and the hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen in Hebei Province will be attacked by the Song Dynasty again, and they will repeat the same mistakes!
This is a catastrophe... Daliao must not fight Song again until it can figure out how to deal with firearms!
Xiao Zhuoer was so frightened that he didn't even notice Dou Bian's abnormality.
Dou Bian was also frightened...~
"Fu Xiang, I am... I am an unintentional move. I don't know about the court's plan. I just want to intimidate Xiao Zhuoer so I speculated like this! Fu Xiang, I should be punished with death! But, Fu Xiang,
The court should be asked to take measures as soon as possible to prevent the Liao envoy from reporting this matter to the Northern Liao court!"
Dou Bian trembled and confessed to Fu Bi, but Fu Bi was also shocked by his thoughts.