Nanjing, Liao, the city of Youzhou in the Song Dynasty, was called Xijin Mansion by the Liao people.

Since the Song envoys went north, this Nanjing was naturally the best choice to receive them, and at this time, the main officials of Nanjing gathered together after learning the news that had been transmitted first, and discussed how to entertain or deal with these Song envoys.

Since the beginning of the Taizong Dynasty, the Liao State has formulated a strategy similar to the "one country, two systems" in later generations in order to better rule the whole country, that is, to govern Liao with Liao people, Han people to govern Han, and let Han officials rule the people under the rule of officials in Nanjing and other places, so as not to cause too much hatred between the two ethnic groups, and at the same time to win over a large number of educated and talented Han elites. From this, there is a difference between the southern official and the northern official.

This measure undoubtedly has a great role in promoting the development and prosperity of the entire Great Liao, because of this, the friction between the Han people and the Khitan people is decreasing day by day, and the Han people who can live and work in peace and contentment no longer care which clan they live under the rule, and still work diligently and produce, and do their part for the continuous growth of the Liao State.

Of course, all this is just the appearance, in fact, among the officials of the Southern Court in Nanjing, the real real power is still those Khitan high-ranking officials, as for the so-called southern officials are just driven by them, and their status is higher than that of ordinary people, and those who can really win the trust and reuse of the Liao court are rare.

For example, the king of the Southern Yuan, who is in charge of the power of Nanjing, is a Khitan, and even the chief officials of many ministries and departments that hold real power under his account are mostly Khitans, and among the more than ten important officials who met today, there are only three Han people, and they are also extremely low-key in this meeting, and they dare not say anything.

The fierce style of the Liao people was also extremely obvious in this meeting of high-ranking officials in the south, these high-ranking officials all sat on the ground, and the gold and silver containers placed on the low table in front of them were not filled with tea, but the strongest wine, and a few people were thirsty and did not pour the wine into the cups and bowls, and directly grabbed the wine jug and poured it into their mouths.

The three Han officials frowned slightly, but they didn't dare to speak. However, the fierce-looking but elegant man sitting at the top said with some dissatisfaction: "Yelu Laoda, you guys are too unpresentable, now that you have something to talk about, won't you wait if you want to drink?" ”

"Da Shi Linya, you don't know, a few of us rushed back from outside the city after receiving the news, we are really thirsty, do we have to endure it? What's more, we don't know what etiquette is, if the Song people come to attack, we will fight with them, but now it's just a messenger, naturally there are Lin Ya you and Yelu Xiongge to deal with it, let's listen. The Liao people, especially the Khitan people, are not as particular as the Han people, so the response of Yelu Laoda, who was named at this time, was particularly inappropriate, and it also attracted the echo and laughter of several other people present: "Yes, there are a few big stone forest teeth here, and we don't have to worry about such things at all, you just have to make up your mind." ”

Yelu Dashi could only smile bitterly, there was really nothing he could do about these people. Then he looked at the top Yelu Xiongge, who is now the real speaker of Nanjing, the king of the Southern Courtyard. This one seemed quite calm, and he only smiled slightly when he saw this: "Actually, the envoy sent by the Song people is nothing, but I discussed it with Lin Ya before and found that this time is different." The head of the Song envoy is actually Tong Guan, and that is one of the most famous figures in the Song Army, which is a bit strange. ”

"What's so strange?" Several Khitan generals were still a little ignorant, and they asked casually without taking it too seriously.

"Since ancient times, how can a military general take someone to another country as an envoy? It's not that we have to use troops against our Daliao right away. ”

"Da Shi Linya, aren't you a rare general in my dynasty, and you haven't gone to the Song Kingdom before?"

"That's different, I hid my identity and left, at least on the surface, Chen Xiangnan was the main envoy." Yelu Dashi said and glanced at Chen Xiangnan, who was also in the hall, and the other party nodded and smiled. Subsequently, he continued: "And that time, my main purpose was also to dig out the shadows of Western Xia, and that time was also a small gain." But this time Tong Guan arrived, it is worth thinking about, I am afraid it is an ulterior motive. ”

"Then it's better to have someone wipe them all out in the middle of the road. Anyway, they only have a thousand people in my big liao, and it doesn't take much effort to kill them. A northern ruler sitting across from the Jerod Stone spoke lazily. This tall person, sitting is almost the same as ordinary people standing, and a pair of triangular eyes on his sallow face make people feel cold when they see it.

As soon as he said this, before Yelu Dashi and a few others could speak, Chen Xiangnan and a few other Hanchen had already exclaimed: "Xuanhui can't do it, this is to give people a handle, I am afraid that it will be spurned by the world." ”

This made Yelu Sibuda's face sink, and he snorted and wanted to scold, but Yelu Dashi also followed: "Xuanhui envoy, this will only provoke a full-scale war between my Daliao and the Song people, don't you know what the situation in our country is now, how can you give birth to such an idea?" ”

"So what do you think? That Tong Guan must have other intentions when he came to my Da Liao, maybe he just wanted to steal all the secrets of my Da Liao as an envoy, should we sit back and watch them succeed? "Yelu Si Buda didn't dare to embarrass Yelu Dashi, who was famous in the Liao Dynasty, but he refused to forgive.

"I'm just saying it's suspicious, how can they do it before they do anything. Of course, the necessary precautions are still needed, and I came to discuss with you today, just so that your various ministries and departments can help cooperate and watch this Song envoy team. Also, there was news from Song Guo before, saying that Tong Guan had been staying outside for a while after leaving Bianjing, and what we had to do was to ask the reason from the mouths of his subordinates. ”

Originally, Yelu Dashi planned to discuss with these people, rather than directly issuing orders, otherwise they would cause the other party to be unhappy. But now that he has said this, he no longer has too many worries, and in a blink of an eye, he instructed the countermeasures set by himself and Yelu Xiongge: "As for the candidates to receive the Song envoys, it is still up to Chen Xiangnan and a few other Han ministers, and then I will come forward to appease them, there should be no problem." Xiongge doesn't need to see them for the time being, let them stay here for a few days. ”

There were no objections to this, so the meeting finally ended in a short time, and these high-ranking officials of the Liao State immediately got up and dispersed. While walking out, some people muttered: "This little thing should also be specially called into Nanjing, this big stone Linya is becoming more and more like Han people." ”

"Hehe, this is also reasonable, after all, Dashi Linya is the first genius in my Daliao hundred years who can compete with the Han people in poetry and books. Maybe if he is in charge, my Daliao will have a new atmosphere. Jerus Buda seemed to help explain, but there was a strange glint in his eyes, and few people around him noticed it.

After hearing this, Yelu Dashi in the hall could only smile bitterly and look at Yelu Xiongge, who was also helpless: "Xiongge, we still have to be careful next." ”

"I know, I don't have to worry about you." Jeluchonge smiled gently. Although he is not as knowledgeable as Yelu Dashi, as a real important minister of the Liao State, he is also extremely calm in such major matters, and he is not as flamboyant as others.

"In a few days, the Song envoy team will arrive, and we will have to prepare well." Yelu Dashi turned to look at the empty courtyard outside, and exhaled softly.

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At this time, the envoy team of the Song State who was worried about Yelu Dashi was indeed getting closer and closer to Nanjing, and next to this team of 1,000 people, there was now an additional Liao army of 2,000 people. They are clearly protective, but in fact they have the meaning of surveillance, after all, it is always unassuring for an enemy elite to penetrate into the hinterland of their country.

And after entering the territory of Liao, Sun Tu also found that some of his previous assumptions of common sense were wrong. For example, he always thought that it must be the Song people who suffered from the constant friction between the two countries, but after entering the Liao territory, he found that in fact, the life of the Liao people was also miserable, almost no different from the Song people. Obviously, when the Liao State sent a team to the Song State to fight the Grass Valley, the Song army was not polite, and still harassed the Liao land, and also wantonly looted and burned their land.

And in this way, it also made the Liao people full of hatred for the Song people, and when they saw the envoy team under the banner of the Song State passing by, the people in the villages and towns were all in a posture that they could kill at any time, you must know that this was still under the "protection" of the Liao border army on their side.

Moreover, what surprised Sun Tu and many Song soldiers even more was that the vast majority of these Liao people were Han Chinese. Originally, the Liao State was divided into the north and the south to govern the people, and the people who were placed in the south were all Han people.

In Sun Tu's original concept, the Han people of Liaodi should be full of hatred for the Khitans, and an uprising would break out at any time, while they were full of expectations for the Song army. is the so-called "the remnants are in tears, and the king is looking south for another year", but in reality, it is completely reversed......

In fact, as long as you think about it carefully, you can understand that the most important thing for ordinary people is to survive and eat and clothe, as long as the ruler can do this, it doesn't matter if he rules himself a foreigner or a Han Chinese.

And now, the Liao people can at least let them eat, but the Song people always intrude on their peace, how can there be people who are looking forward to the enemy's coming?

With some complicated thoughts, Sun Tu and his entourage finally arrived in Nanjing ten days after entering Liaodi!