In Zhang Shiyu's words, the Great Song Emperor His Majesty is an Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who is sandwiched between two powerful ministers, but he trembles and publishes the most arrogant language in the world.

The Great Liao Emperor is the pride of the sky, the head of state of the largest country in the eastern soil, a word can decide the life and death of a country, and his millions of iron horsemen are heroic, and the land and land are sinking as the banner refers to. Suddenly, hearing Zhang Shiyu's heart-wrenching words, all the civil and military officials of the Liao State shouted angrily!

The envoys of Goryeo, Western Xia, and Beishan were all trembling, only Zhang Shiyu smiled and drank the wine to the cup, and ate the mutton heartily, constantly praising the mutton of Liao as the most beautiful flavor in the world.

Only his voice echoed in the golden tent of Nuoda, and even Xiao Guanyin, who was the most favored, held his breath and didn't say a word, just because of Yelu Hongji's calm face.

"So Song Guo is ready to tear it up? In that case, Zhang Shiyu, leave Chunnai Bowl with your gift, this is the last respect I show to the Emperor of the Song Kingdom. ”

Xiao Guanyin is by the emperor's side, and only she can see the emperor's temples fluttering, what he said is true, this is indeed the limit of what he can bear, Xiao Guanyin clearly knows that as long as Zhang Shiyu says one more unpleasant word, it is likely to stain Liaodong with blood.

Zhang Shiyu put down the leg of mutton in his hand, wiped his hands with a cloth towel, got up and saluted Yelu Hongji: "Zhang Shiyu thanked His Majesty for not killing, from the time I received this errand, I knew that it was impossible to leave Liao alive, and I didn't hide it from Your Majesty, in my Great Song Dynasty Tokyo, the old man had already done a funeral." Now that His Majesty can allow the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty to leave Daliao alive, it is really beyond Zhang Shiyu's expectations.

Think back then, since the beginning. The Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State have not heard of a war for 50 years, although there are small frictions in the frontier, harmony is the mainstream between the Liao and Song Dynasty, and countless people have benefited, whether it is the Great Liao or the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Yelu Hongji's face relaxed. He asked coldly: "In that case, why did the Song Kingdom tear up the covenant." Let the war resume? Could it be that Zhao Zhen thought that his strength was strong enough to face the Great Liao Iron Cavalry? ”

Zhang Shiyu took two steps forward and said sadly: "It's not fair! ”

Seeing that Zhang Shiyu was angry, Yelu Hongji smiled on his face, and snuggled his body into the arms of a plump kabuki, trying to make himself as comfortable as possible. Playing with the golden cup in his hand, he smiled: "Unfair? Did the wolf ever say fair when he ate the sheep? You think it's unfair, and the generals under my command also think it's unfair, and a piece of paper covenant has firmly bound the generals like tigers and wolves, and given Song Guo peace, which is already the greatest fairness in my opinion. ”

Zhang Shiyu said disregarded: "The alliance between the two countries must be fair, and cannot be defined by force......

Before Zhang Shiyu's words were finished, Yelu Hongji laughed, not only laughing, but also the civil and military officials of the Liao State. Even the Goryeo, Western Xia, and Beishan tribes also laughed......

Xiao Ke laughed and got up from his seat. Pointing at Zhang Shiyu and said: "The old man has only heard that the frontier is made out, and he has never heard that the frontier is discussed, this has been the case since ancient times, the places where the soldiers and horses of the Great Liao go are all my Great Liao land, how can this matter be discussed?" ”

Zhang Shiyu suddenly smiled and said: "The old man of the privy envoy sounds familiar. The same thing seems to have been said by Yun Zheng, the deputy privy envoy of the court. His original words were: "The truth is only within the range of the Eight Bull Crossbows, and the frontier is only in the hearts of the soldiers. For this sentence, the official family once ordered the general to study behind closed doors, but according to the old man, the general was relatively dull and did not understand the kindness of the official family.

So, the old man is very much looking forward to you discussing the matter of the land with General Yun! I think you and General Yun will be able to negotiate a satisfactory result. By the way, the opponents who negotiated such things as the frontier with General Yun were not very good, one stayed in the Li Fan Courtyard and drank all day, and the other became a wax figure and placed it in the Wucheng Palace.

Hehe, when it comes to frontier affairs, the old man is indeed not as good as the general. ”

Yelu Hongji didn't seem to be angry anymore, and waved his hand to Zhang Shiyu and said: "Sue sù Yunzheng, send the stolen New Year's coins, sue sù Diqing, send the stolen New Year's coins, and then tell the emperor of the Song Kingdom, from next year, the New Year's coins will be divided into three parts, each of which shall not be less than the year before, this is my last gift to the Song Kingdom." ”

Zhang Shiyu saw that Yelu Hongji had made up his mind, so he had to say goodbye and leave, it was obvious that the Liao people did not plan to stay behind to participate in the all-fish banquet and the all-goose banquet.

Sent out of the Golden Tent by the inner guard, Zhang Shiyu looked up at the gray sky, the snowflakes fell on his face and turned into water in an instant, looked back at the light song and dance in the Golden Tent, shook his head and returned to his tent.

The deputy envoy, who had been crying, saw Zhang Shiyu walk in, and hurriedly pulled his sleeve and said, "When will the Emperor of Liao kill us?" ”

Zhang Shiyu looked at the young eunuch and said, "I can't die, I will return to the Great Song Dynasty tomorrow!" ”

After the eunuch was ecstatic for a moment, his expression changed again, and he stared at Zhang Shiyu's eyes and asked, "Have you ever made the meaning of the official family clear?" ”

Zhang Shiyu smiled: "Aren't you scared? Why did you think to ask about it again? If I can't say anything clearly, we can live, and if I say clearly, we will die, how do you choose? ”

The eunuch Zheng Bin stood for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "Make it clear!" ”

Zhang Shiyu smiled and patted Zheng Bin's shoulder and said: "The old man originally looked down on the eunuchs the most, you let the old man have a different view of the eunuchs, don't worry, make it clear, if Your Majesty only plans to give half of the Liao State in the future, I have already brought it, from now on, it will depend on whether Yun Shuai and they can resist the attack of the Liao State." ”

Zheng Bin swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, he didn't know how to answer, his almost mortal errand was begged by his father-in-law Zou Tong to come over, thinking about what his father said when he was leaving, Zheng Bin wanted to cry, he didn't expect it to be so difficult to mix an errand in the palace, according to his father-in-law's words, there is no good or bad errand in the palace, only important or not, as long as it is an important errand, even if it is a head-killing job, if there is no plan to take risks, it should not be stabbed in the crotch.

Zhang Shiyu is also not in the mood to discuss national affairs with a eunuch, he doesn't care if he will give his life this time, anyway, the emperor's order is to be completed, he just can't figure it out, His Majesty, who has always been cowardly, why is it so strong this time! Talking to the emperor of Liao about the removal of the New Year's coin in such a rude way is basically planning to start a war with the Liao State.

No one would believe that Di Qing and Yun Zheng had snatched the New Year's coins, let alone that the emperor had lost control of the army, and no one would believe that the Great Song Dynasty would continue to send New Year's coins to Liao, and there was no difference between sending half and not sending them.

After a night of tossing and turning, he didn't have a good rest, and after dawn, Xiao Ke appeared outside the tent and invited Zhang Shiyu to go outside, as for the rest of the envoys, they had already begun to prepare their bags to leave Liaodong.

Xiao Ke and Zhang Shiyu walked into the heavy snow......

"Brother Zhang, is Song Guo really ready for war? The peace that you and my kingdom have held for more than 50 years will disappear from this moment on. ”

Zhang Shiyu smiled: "Not necessarily, we should still have room for negotiation." ”

Xiao Ke smiled: "It's impossible, there is no room for negotiation, from the moment when the annual coins you sent were reduced by half, you and I are destined to rely on war to speak, and this matter is beyond the control of the two emperors, next year at the latest, the war will start, Brother Ming Dao, you might as well stay in the Liao Kingdom, Your Majesty appreciates your courage very much." ”

Zhang Shiyu arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your appreciation, but Zhang Shiyu can't serve foreign emperors, even if he eats bran in Tokyo, the old man is also happy." ”

Xiao Ke saw that Zhang Shiyu's attitude was extremely resolute, and he sighed and said: "The emperor of the Song Kingdom has always liked to take credit, if the war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao is lost, you will inevitably be pushed out and become the target of the public." ”

Zhang Shiyu said with a smile: "This is the role of a courtier, Brother Xiao is too worried." ”

After speaking, he dusted off the snow on his body, and saw that the envoys were ready to leave, and said goodbye to Xiao Ke, who saw that the matter could not be accomplished, so he had to return to the golden horde to report the matter to Yelu Hongji.

Yelu Hongji smiled: "It should be like this, if he agrees, I will look down on him, Zhao Zhen has no other skills, he still has the ability to win people's hearts, let the minister's spit fly to his face, I don't allow it here, but there is no problem with him, hiding in the palace and being afraid to see the minister, I can't do it, if I do it, it will be a weak and bullying expression, but after Zhao Zhen did it, the officials respected him even more, and Daliao lacked the land for this kind of person to live."

Just like the snow outside, we Khitans need more patience and perseverance than the Song people to survive this harsh winter......"

The ghost slave general knelt down and pleaded: "Such a person is only bad for my Daliao, not good, it is better to let the old slave send someone to execute this person on the road, and there will be no head or tail left." ”

Yelu Hongji smiled: "If I need to kill someone, it is enough to order a random knife to be hacked to death now, why play conspiracy." ”

Xiao Ke actually agreed with the ghost slave general's approach, he originally wanted to ask the ghost slave general to do this in private, the land of Liaodong is full of bandits, it would be great if he could push the death of the envoy to the head of the Keli bowl, but now, the stupid ghost slave general clearly asked the emperor for his life, so that he and the ghost slave general can no longer participate in this matter, otherwise, it is a kind of blasphemy against the imperial power.

I can't do anything, so I have to stand aside with my eyes half-closed and be a bodhisattva! (To be continued)

PS: Chapter one