In the golden autumn of October, the Great Song Dynasty was still in a jubilant festive atmosphere, and the afterglow of the great victory of the Western Expeditionary Army had not passed, and the official family announced the marriage of the eldest princess of Qin, and the people of Tokyo City were happy for a while, and the matter of Zhao Miaoyuan and Cai Boyu had long been circulated in the streets, and there were many anecdotes.

After all, it is about the princess, and Cai Boyu's deeds are almost all excellent, such as beating the Liao royal family with the face of the current saint and the current saint to defend the Great Song Dynasty when he was a teenager, and the details are said vividly, but the court denied this matter, because in the final analysis, it was Zhao Zhen who shouldered the blame for him.

Zhao Zhen beat the royal family of the Liao State is nothing, after all, he is now the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, and Cai Boyu, as the prince of the prince, even if he beats the royal family of the Liao State, it is difficult to listen to it, and there is a suspicion of blasphemy against the imperial power, of course the court of the Great Song Dynasty will not admit it.

Imperial power is the supreme existence in this era, no one can blaspheme, Liao is a country recognized by the Great Song Dynasty, his imperial power is reasonable, something recognized by the Song and Liao countries, not like Li Mingde of the party, no one has recognized his status in the northwest until now.

The Liao envoy in front of Zhao Zhen was no longer Zhang Jian but another Han Chinese, as if the Liao emperor wanted to humiliate the face of the Great Song Dynasty, and the mission specially found Han children as envoys, which made the ministers in the court quite unhappy.

Of course, Zhao Zhen, as the king of a country, would not care about such a trivial matter, anyway, sooner or later, he would have to take back the land of Yanyun one day!

"Minister, the north of the Great Liao Lin Ya Academy, Lin Ya Cheng Zhi Zhang Shuo, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!"

It is worthy of being in charge of the Lin Ya Academy, which is in charge of Hanlin, and in a word, he raised the Liao Dynasty above the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen smiled slightly and didn't care about these, if he was embarrassed because of this kind of trivial matter, it would be a shame for an envoy to say it, obviously Wang Zeng and other ministers also understood the truth, and held back their anger and pouted with disdain.

Xia Zhu came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the Liao people were carrying goods when they passed by the Xin'an Military Field and were discovered by the Marquis Yu of Tokyo City, and they have been seized, but the matter involves the good-neighborliness of the two countries, please judge Your Majesty!" ”

Sure enough, it was a kaleidoscope, Xia Zhu's words were not only to win back a city for the Great Song Dynasty, but also to slap Zhang Shuo and even the Liao State delegation in the face.

Zhao Zhen asked with a smile: "What kind of goods are they carrying?" ”

Xia Zhu glanced at Zhang Shuo, who had an ugly face, and said: "Your Majesty, it's all worthless things, Korean ginseng, Dongzhu and Khitan saddle and the like, I'm afraid it's to avoid tariffs!" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Since it is something worthless, then forget it, Envoy Zhang, you are also an envoy of the Liao State, take some time to go to Kaifeng Mansion to make up the outstanding duties, fine copper and exile, this is the face I gave to the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, don't do it again!" ”

Zhang Shuo stood in the main hall with a pale face, and Zhao Zhen's tone was completely disdainful and disdainful, as if the face of the Great Liao Emperor was only worth that carload of goods.

Joke, when did Korean ginseng and dongzhu become worthless things?!

The Khitan saddle is a combination of Duan inkstone, Shu brocade, Ding porcelain and other things, which were rated as "the first in the world" by the Song people!

Zhang Shuo, who had lost face, glared at the Khitan envoy who followed him hatefully, this damn thing was not ashamed at all, but was in pain for the re-taxation of the goods, and his dark face was full of unwillingness.

"What is the so-called matter when the Liao envoy comes, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace."

Zhao Zhen's words interrupted Zhang Shuo's thoughts, straightened his clothes and bowed down again: "Zhang Shuo came to congratulate the Great Song Dynasty on his expedition to the West on the order of my Emperor Liao!" At the same time, I also inform His Majesty the Emperor that the party and Da Liao have always been on good terms, and our emperor has named Li Deming as the lord of Western Xia......"

As soon as this remark came out of the Daqing Palace, the pot exploded, and the civil and military officials condemned Zhang Shuo's arrogance and the eyes of the Liao State No one, Zhao Zhen looked at Zhang Shuo in purple clothes under the imperial stairs with a blue face, what kind of congratulations is this, it is completely a warning and a threat!

"Haha! Well said! Zhao Zhen suddenly high-fived and laughed, making the hundred officials in the hall confused, and even Zhang Shuo and other Liao envoys were stunned, could it be that the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was crazy?

Pointing at Zhang Shuo with his finger, Zhao Zhen said to the officials in the court: "See, the Liao State now claims to be the suzerainty of the party...... What a joke! Why didn't I know that the party was a vassal state of the Liao State? Has the envoy of the Wang Xianggong Party ever submitted his credentials? ”

Wang Zeng went out and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has never received any letter of state from the party, nor has he said a word, this matter is too unbelievable, do you want to summon the party envoys to meet you?" ”

Zhang Shuo in the main hall was speechless for a while, the party had long been named the Western Xia State by the Liao Dynasty, this matter was known to the world, but he had never noticed the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty has always not recognized any political status of the party, and even if there is, it is only the title of the Great Song Dynasty.

Both Song and Liao acquiesced in the existence of the northwest force of the party, but the Liao State was more open.

The Great Song Dynasty did not recognize the status of the party in terms of etiquette, believing that they had always been the legacy of the Tang Dynasty's difficult army, and should have belonged to the control of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, the Liao people did not want this, so they did their best to get the party out of the influence of the Great Song Dynasty, this time Li Deming's southward siege of Yanzhou City has to say that there is also the shadow of the Liao people behind it, and it is even likely to be the result of the instigation of the Liao people.

No, the Great Song Dynasty had just recovered the land of the two states, and the northern evil wolf of the Liao State began to demonstrate, but now the Great Song Dynasty has deviated from the track of history, and Zhao Zhen will never allow the Liao people to show off their might in the palace of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhang Shuo, who was speechless in the court, was speechless, no matter what he said, the rich Song Wenchen could always find a legal reason to refute his absurdity, and Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, as the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, he could not surrender his identity and have a dialogue with Zhang Shuo.

But Zhang Shuo used the robber logic of the Liao people to anger Zhao Zhen: "The Great Song Dynasty is the upper kingdom of the Heavenly Dynasty, how can it bully the small country of Western Xia?" Where is the majesty, where is the bearing? ”

Without the courtiers refutating it, Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Your knowledge and character as the Linya Academy should be of the highest quality, but why are you smiling and generous?" ”

Zhang Shuo tilted his head and said, "Please show the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, how can Weichen be smiling and generous?" ”

"First of all, the Western Xia Kingdom does not exist in my Great Song Dynasty, please remember that if you make this ignorant mistake again, you will never have the right to set foot on the land of the Great Song Dynasty. Secondly, although the country has a large inch of land, don't forget that your Khitan has also conquered Goryeo, and your behavior of only looking at others and not looking at yourself is very shameful, can't you send a knowledgeable envoy to the Liao State, Zhang Jian is very good! I used to have a great time chatting with him! ”

Zhang Shuo's face was ugly, Zhang Jian was already the prime minister of Liao, how could there be any reason to let the prime minister send an envoy? But these are the emperor's words, Zhang Shuo is not good at refuting directly, so he can only say euphemistically: "The prime minister is old, and it is not easy for Liao and Song to travel thousands of miles apart......"

In the past dynasties of China, only the Liao Dynasty made a specific official position, and in the past, the prime minister's mansion in the north and south was controlled by the royal Yelu clan and the descendant Xiao clan, and only Zhang Jian in the Liao Dynasty obtained such a high and powerful official position, which shows that Yelu Longxu valued him.

Zhang Shuo left, but his arrogance left a deep impression on the ministers of the court, this is the habit of the Liao State Mission, since Zhang Jian, the Liao State Mission began to frantically look for self-confidence, and I don't know whether it is to regain the face that Zhang Jian once lost or to show off in front of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen nodded Zhang Shuo, who had left, with his hand, and said to the hundred officials in the court: "The wicked guest comes from the north, deceives me and Song Huai, and only uses the elite and strong generals to resist the enemy's country!" ”