Chapter 52: Acting on the Opportunity
The emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty at this time was called Liu Jun, this emperor was still canonized by the Liao State, and his father Liu Min saw Guo Wei call the emperor Zhou, so he called the Liao State a vassal and called himself the nephew emperor, and the Liao State thus canonized Liu Min as the Emperor Shenwu of the Han Dynasty.
It's a pity that this emperor has never been recognized by the people of the Han family in the Central Plains, and Liu Jun is the second generation, and the Northern Han has always been able to survive under the protection of the Liao State.
It is also this Liu Min who is unlucky, when he called the emperor, he said that he inherited the will of the Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, and he must sweep away the traitor Guo Wei, Zhou Taizu saw that his whole family was killed by the Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, and no one received this account, so it was all counted on your head Liu Min.
As a result, Zhou and the Northern Han Dynasty formed a situation of endless death.
However, with the help and instigation of the Liao State, the Northern Han Dynasty attacked the Zhou State several times, but was repelled by Taizu Guo Wei and the current emperor Guo Rong, and Guo Rong also defeated the Liao army repeatedly, which made the current Northern Han Emperor Liu Jun deeply aware that his father may have worshiped the wrong temple and burned the wrong incense.
Therefore, this time when he heard that the Zhou State was going to attack the Liao State and the Northern Han State, Liu Jun immediately panicked, and under his strong opinion, the Northern Han State did not ask the Liao State for help, but sent an embassy to Kaifeng to ask for peace with the Zhou State.
Liu Jun followed the example of his father and wrote a very respectful letter to Guo Rong, the emperor of Zhou, who also claimed to be his nephew, respected Guo Rong as his uncle, and begged Guo Rong to raise his noble hand and let the Northern Han Dynasty go.
Guo Rong has not seen this letter of state, if he does, he is afraid that after laughing three times, he will immediately kill the envoy of the Northern Han Dynasty, and if he does not fight the Liao State, he will destroy the Northern Han Dynasty first.
Such a lowly three-surnamed domestic slave is also worthy of being called Emperor Shenwu of the Han Dynasty, which is simply an insult to the eternal reputation of the Han family.
Fortunately, Guo Rong was completely dismissive of the letters of the Liao State and the Northern Han Dynasty, and his strategy was to stabilize the Northern Han Dynasty and attack the Liao State first, and the more he made up his mind which one to fight, the more he had to pull the envoys of which country to sit down for negotiations.
Therefore, when Brother Yelu Hua heard that there were no officials from the Zhou State at all in the Northern Han Post House, and he was still surrounded by the soldiers in front of the palace, he was really a little complacent.
It seems that the Zhou State said that it wanted the Northern Han and Liao States to fight together, in fact, this is all a bluff, although my Great Liao is now prone to civil strife, but in terms of national strength, how can it be compared with the Northern Han, Zhou's strategy must be to stabilize my Great Liao, and then attack the Northern Han with all his might, and wait until the Northern Han is eliminated......
Will I, Da Liao, sit back and watch the Zhou State destroy the Northern Han? No, absolutely not, when the war between the Zhou State and the Northern Han Dynasty is in full swing, my Daliao soldiers and horses will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack the Zhou State.
If you want our Da Liao to return you Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, go in a dream, and when the time comes, I am afraid that my Da Liao's soldiers and horses will be defeated by you even if this Kaifeng City is located.
Therefore, Brother Yelu Hua decided that at the negotiation table, no matter what, a delaying strategy must be taken, doesn't the emperor of the Zhou State like to drive the expedition in person, and when you drive the expedition to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, this Taiwei will use my Daliao's secret pile in Kaifeng to make a storm in Kaifeng City.
When the time was right, when the Great Liao soldiers and Ma Nan pointed to the Zhou State, Taiwei Ben had already returned to the Great Liao with the two babies of Brother Hugh and Yan Yan.
Maybe you can take the prince of Zhou with you and take it away.
Yeluhuage, who had made up his mind, was no longer depressed, and even asked his attendants to bribe the Great Zhou soldiers who were guarding them, so that the soldiers quietly let their people go out and buy a lot of wine.
Just when Brother Yelu Hua was holding the wine jar and preparing to drink, the attendant outside the door came to report that the Great Zhou reception envoy Lu Duanlu also sent someone to bring wine and delicacies, and said, don't stuff money for our Great Zhou soldiers in the future, if you want to go out to buy, take the money, and we will buy it for you.
Well...... As for this one...... Since the money was given to us by you, it should be treated as a treat for you by our Great Zhou Kingdom.
Brother Yelu couldn't cry or laugh, but he didn't feel ashamed, he was already under the surveillance of others, and he was found out about doing some innocuous small actions, and he was cheeky and hehe, and then said a word of shame and shame to see a smile and a smile, and it was over.
On the contrary, Lu Duan's approach, in the eyes of Brother Yeluhua, is suspected of secretly showing favor to him, maybe he can find a breakthrough from this Lord Lu to promote peace talks between the two countries...... can be calm, slow, and steady in the direction that Yeluhua wants most.
"Ming Japanese Taiwei went to Honglu Temple to participate in the peace talks, since Brother Hugh and Yan Yan were personally received by the two princes of the Zhou State, it is useless for us to think too much, just send two maids to follow, a few of you, be sure to send the message out, let the secret pile of Kaifeng City be made into a secret letter and sent back to Daliao, please make a decision as soon as possible."
If you want to say whether this Great Liao Emperor Yelu Shulu wants to start a war with the Zhou State, from his own point of view, he definitely doesn't want to, what's the point of starting a war, it's not as interesting as killing a few close servants with a cannon and an iron comb when I'm idle.
However, above the entire Liao court, there was a loud noise about the war, which made Yelu Shulu very distressed, and he was afraid that the bullet pressure would be too ruthless, so these ministers united to rebel against him, so he gave Yelu Huage the will to act at the opportunity.
Now, Brother Yelu Hua really lived up to expectations, but it was a pity that the news that he asked people to send back was exactly what Guo Rong, the emperor of Zhou, wanted him to send back.
The fourth prince Guo Zongxun here, not long after returning to the small school, received Guo Rong's will, ordering the fourth prince Guo Zongxun and the fifth prince Guo Zonglet to be responsible for receiving the prince Yelu Huge of the Liao State and the noble daughter of the Xiao family, Xiao Xuan, and also assigned a formal task to the guard division for the first time, and the Hanzi army was led by Cao Bin to protect the safety of the princes and nobles of the two countries.
As for how to entertain the guests of the Liao State, Guo Rong also has a clear will, let the fourth prince Guo Zongxun take care of it, and Cao Bin is responsible for supervision, it is not too much, Cao Aiqing will try to satisfy them, as long as there is no big incident, I will not pursue it.
What's out of the ordinary? The emperor didn't say it, Cao Bin was also worried enough, and not long after he was happy, he began to worry again.
Prior to this, Cao Bin received an edict from Li Tongjie from the emperor, asking him to choose one of the school-age concubines in the family and send it to the palace to be the prince's companion.
The great eunuch Li Tongjie also congratulated him in particular:
"Lord Cao, this is all the emperor's kindness, originally to be selected from the family of the ministers above the command in Beijing, our family is talkative, mentioned a sentence of Lord Cao, the emperor also scolded our family a few words, saying that he has been thinking about Lord Cao for a long time, no, the rest of the people have not been selected, the emperor asked our family to inform Lord Cao, and our family is here to congratulate Lord Cao."
Cao Bin is not a fool, he knows that this is Li Tongjie begging for a reward, but now that he is in the military camp, he has nothing valuable to give, so he can only thank Li Tongjie for a thousand thanks:
"The ministers thank the emperor for his kindness, thank you to Manager Li for your help, and there will be a thin gift to thank Manager Li later."
Li Tongjie said a few polite words before he went back to his life satisfied, Cao Bin was happy for a while, and another will of the emperor came.
"Manager Li, the lower officials want to ask you to dial more, what does the emperor mean by trying to satisfy the four princes if he doesn't go too far?"
Li Tongjie knew that the opportunity to make money was coming again, this Cao Bin was a person valued by the emperor, and he sold it well from time to time, presumably even if the emperor knew, he would not blame him.
"Lord Cao, our family doesn't dare to speculate on the holy will, but our family can give Lord Cao a reminder, as long as the safety of the fourth prince, the fifth prince and the two little nobles is protected, as long as the rest are not killed, it must be Lord Cao who has successfully completed the escort task."
Cao Bin smiled bitterly, this old fox, doesn't it mean that he didn't say anything, and he also took a good one, and he has to break the bill again......