Yelu Zongzhen frowned and listened to Xiao Ying's report, the trip to the Great Song Dynasty did not bring anything substantial to the Great Liao, that little tribute was the same for the nobles of the Liao State, he wanted to transfer the domestic contradictions through diplomacy, the Song people saw through his mind, it was really a difficult bone to gnaw, and his mother was ready to move, and the crisis of the Liao State would come more suddenly and more violently than the Song Dynasty.

Xiao Ying said: "Your Majesty, you can't do anything, if the two countries of Song and Xia really unite, our Daliao will be in danger, the tea and iron tools that are in demand in the country are all in the hands of the Song people, except for the desperate businessmen who brought a little smuggling over and sold to us, no one else dared to sell it to us, and the nobles had already gossiped about it, like a way." ”

Yelu Zong said: "The irreconcilable contradiction is there, you still haven't seen it clearly, the Song people have a story called the farmer and the snake I don't know if you have heard of it, Da Liao built the country through plunder, plus we ourselves are not good at management, some people give a little favor to the people of the tribe, they feel that I did not do well, blame me, and have been tolerating them back then." ”

Xiao Hui stood up and said: "This time, the generalissimo's troops, grain and grass, and horses are obviously stronger than ours, and if this continues, what the emperor thinks will really happen, and now we can't hesitate, I can't directly detain the generalissimo." ”

"By all means, we have to go step by step, there are more than 100,000 soldiers that the generalissimo can stand, and it is not far from the capital, we have imprisoned the generalissimo and someone takes the opportunity to confuse the field of vision, what should I do, Xixia just gave others a chance, this idea is too reckless, stabilize them first, and the emperor will discuss the affairs of the palace and the affairs of the nobles." Xiao Ying said excitedly.

Yelu Zongzhen asked, "Can you two of you on the Xiao family's side control it?" It's completely in my hands, if your Xiao family doesn't stand on my side, it will kill me, so it's better not to resist. ”

Xiao Hui said: "This emperor, please rest assured, the Xiao family will always stand on the emperor's side, no one can change it, this is the rule left by the ancestors, and the soldiers of the Xiao family are ready to sacrifice for the emperor at any time." ”

"I don't doubt the loyalty of the Xiao family, I'm afraid that a small number of people can't stand the high-ranking officials promised by others, you go back and pay more attention."

Xiao Ying said: "Your Majesty, whether the totem wolf is changed or not, his value may not be high, but the influence is too great, that kid said that he would give it to Li Yuanhao, it will be much more convenient for Xixia to do what he didn't dare to do before, they can completely in the name of immortality, if they unite with the generalissimo again, the collapse of the Liao State is imminent." ”

Yelu Zongzhen said: "Isn't it a bit of a loss to exchange 10,000 war horses for a wolf totem, those southerners already look down on us in their hearts, won't they laugh at us if we do this." ”

Xiao Ying said: "The significance of that wolf is that it represents the spirit of our grassland tribes, is a symbol of our ancestors, without it we still rule the Great Liao well, but now that the Western Xia has him, they can also rule in name, which adds a lot of variables for no reason, 10,000 horses are very rare in the eyes of the Song people, and any tribe in the Liao Kingdom can take it out, and 10,000 horses can't become any climate, the emperor thinks?" ”

Yelu Zongzhen said: "10,000 horses are 10,000 cavalry, which can change the direction of the victory or defeat of the war in any battle, and another war horse has not been castrated, they use these 10,000 horses to build a horse farm, ten years later, the situation of our Liao State will be more dangerous, 10,000 horses is not a big deal for my Great Liao." ”

Xiao Hui, as a veteran in the army, said: "It is a good thing for the emperor to have a long-term vision, but war horses and cavalry are two different things, the children of our tribe have grown up on horseback since childhood, in Taoist words, it is the unity of man and horse, which has been accumulated over the years, men are different, cavalry from war horses to training to scale, it is impossible without twenty years, we will solve the current crisis first." ”

"Yes, then Xiao Ying, you can run again! The transaction is placed on the border, and the cunning of the southerners is notoriously good, so don't be deceived by them, except for the problem, your Xiao family will make up for 10,000 horses by yourself. The last sentence is a joke.

While the three of them were talking, a strong young man came in, and Xiao Ying and Xiao Hui saluted at the same time: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is well." ”

The person who came was Yelu Hongji, the son of Yelu Zongzhen, who waved his hand to Xiao Ying and Xiao Hui casually, signaling that they didn't need to be polite, and asked Xiao Hui after greeting his father: "Cousin has been back for a few days!" Why don't you see her come to play with me? ”

Xiao Hui was very dissatisfied with Yelu Hongji's attitude, how could a prince be like this, he and his cousin were also important ministers in the court, and the minimum etiquette could not be done well, and it was possible to manage a huge Liao State? He had doubts about Yelu Hongji's ability, etiquette is small, but if you don't sweep a house, you can sweep the world.

"Guanyin has been unwell since she went home, it should be that she is not suitable for the climate over there when she goes south this time, she is a little uncomfortable, and she is tired of His Royal Highness, I will let her go to the prince when she is in good health."

Yelu Zongzhen said: "Shouldn't you be studying in Chongwen Pavilion at this point in time? Coming here for something? ”

Yelu Hongji said with a big grin: "I heard that my younger brother went to see his cousin, it just so happened that Lord Xiao entered the palace?" By the way, my cousin will be my queen in the future, and it will be a loss of identity to contact that hypocrite. ”

Xiao Ying thought in her heart, Guanyin is a famous talented woman in our Daliao, this time I went to the Great Song Dynasty and met several talented young talents, it is strange that she can take a fancy to you like you, Yelu Nerugu at least looks more mature than you in dealing with people, I don't have a daughter, even if I have it, I won't marry you this straw bag, I don't sit, I don't stand.

Xiao Hui's eyebrows were squeezed together, Yelu Nerugu came to the house he knew, Guanyin didn't see him, he drank a cup of tea in the living room and left, who spread the news, did you want to provoke the fight between the two princes?

"Your Highness, Nerugu is indeed here, the little girl is not feeling well, so the minister didn't let him see it, it's all rumors!"

Yelu Hongji said: "Lord Xiao doesn't need to be so polite, we will be a family in two years, it's okay to call me Hongji, it's best not to see that hypocrite, he has a lot of thoughts, I'm afraid that my cousin will be deceived by his sweet words." ”

Yelu Zongzhen put the teacup on the ground and yelled at his son, "You get out of here, I'm not dead yet?" You just want to be the emperor, your husband taught you this in the library for a day, you rebel, go and study hard. ”

Xiao Ying persuaded: "The emperor is angry, His Royal Highness is still young, the emperor has time to train, and the minister will retire first." ”

Yelu Zongzhen waited for Yelu Hongji and Xiao Ying to go out, so that all the guards and maids in the hall also went out, and said to Xiao Hui: "My mother's mind is well known, and it is about to become a joke in Daliao, it was her younger brother who denounced her back then, she didn't hold a grudge and still wanted to put him on the throne, she let people kill Empress Rende, I forcibly endured my grief and let her go, he was still not satisfied, what should I do to weigh her heart, I am also her own son!" Tiger poison does not eat children. ”

"The emperor said cautiously, I swear to the sky that Guanyin will not marry Nerugu, will she and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walk together to see the two of them in the future! I have this only one daughter, and I don't have any other children, as long as she likes it, I will agree to marry whoever she wants. ”

Yelu Zong said: "This is still early, this time sending troops south is my mistake in decision-making, after you left, I weighed it a few times, I feel that it is easier to use Western Xia as a breakthrough than the Song Dynasty, whichever is weaker of the two, Western Xia is the weaker, don't look at them to win the Song Dynasty, do we win less?" ”

Xiao Hui wanted to say that Da Liao needs to recuperate, not a war, and reckless militarism is a sign of a country's weakening, not to mention external reasons, you can't withstand internal pressure in the first place.

When Xiao Hui returned home, Xiao Guanyin jumped over and said, "Father, did you go to the palace smoothly?" That annoying spirit didn't ask me! ”

Xiao Hui smiled bitterly: "I'll go with great fanfare, you said he can not look for me, dead girl, you tell me what you think in your heart, I found that you have changed since you came back from Luoyang." ”

Xiao Guanyin said with a wistful face: "The person I like will definitely ride a tall horse to greet me, holding a folding fan in his hand, full of literary brilliance, and his bearing, does my father feel that our Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the person I said?" ”

Xiao Hui felt that she was 108,000 miles wrong, why did a grassland girl become interested in the culture of the Han people.