Chapter 529: Envoys
Jin Fuzhen is Jin Fushi's younger brother, and his father Jin Jin is proficient in Sinology and can write poetry. When he went to Zhao and Song Dynasty, he admired the literary giant, Su Shi and Su Zhe, and after returning to China, he changed his son's name to Shi Zhe!
The two brothers knew Zhao Song very well.
During the Xuanhe period, he also received the Zhao Song Dynasty who came to Goryeo to pay tribute to Ruizong (Wang Kai's father), and before the mission left, Jin Fushi wrote the "Xie Dispatch Envoy Condolence Table" to Song Huizong on behalf of Wang Kai. In the first year of Jingkang, Jin Fushi was sent by Wang Kai to the Song Dynasty to congratulate Song Qinzong on his ascension to the pole, but was stopped by the Song Dynasty in Mingzhou, and later heard about the siege of Tokyo twice, and returned from Mingzhou (Ningbo) in May of the second year of Jingkang.
At that time, Goryeo had already claimed to be a vassal to the Jurchens, and suddenly heard the news of the Jurchen defeat, and the Goryeo monarchs and ministers were eager to see that the "Gold Deposit and Living Table" to the Jurchens was fake.
The following year, the Song envoy Yang Yingcheng came to Goryeo again, and under the pretext of making a false way to deposit gold, he ceded Tamna Island and other places, and placed him as the governor of Haidong, and Zhao Gou took Liu Ziyu as the first term. The Kingdom of Goryeo was completely prostrate under the wings of Zhao Song.
Jin Fuzhe knows Zhao Song very well, and the entire upper echelons of Goryeo are clear about the changes in Zhao Song in recent years.
Since the establishment of the post of head of Haidong, the upper nobles of Goryeo have been full of vigilance against Zhao Song!
One eye is always staring at the Central Plains.
When Zhao Gou replaced Zhao Huan, the Koreans sent a grand envoy to congratulate him, and the envoy was Jin Fuzhe.
On the same day, Jin Fuzhe, who personally walked through Jingdong Road and Kaifeng Fujing, witnessed the Central Plains at that time. Absolute wealth, Jingdong Lianglu and Kaifeng Mansion, which have taken a breath, show that the kind of prosperity is by no means something that Goryeo can have.
Now that three years have passed, Jin Fuzhen knows very well that the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is still increasing rapidly, and there is great governance after the chaos, which is an unbreakable historical trajectory.
Because the person who can put an end to the 'great chaos' must be an absolute Ming monarch.
At that time, Zhao Song was no longer the Zhao Song who was only a Jurchen with a killer move.
But now, when he really came to China, went ashore from Dengzhou, crossed Jingdong and Jingdong all the way, aimed at the prosperity of the countryside and towns, took a boat from Liangshanbo, and went all the way to Kaifeng Mansion along the Bianhe River, it was by no means an eye-opening problem.
This is simply beyond Jin Fuzhe's imagination.
Whether it is in the countryside or in the market, he has never seen a person with yellow muscles and thin clothes in tatters, and he has never seen a beggar!
At first, when he was in Dengzhou, he thought that Zhao Song was cheating, just like when Yang Er asked someone to wrap a tree in silk.
But time passed day by day, their journey was far away, and the Great Song Dynasty did not restrict their freedom, Jin Fuzhen and others had seen more people and things, and they had to admit that the incredible scene they saw with their eyes was the most real scene in the Central Plains at this moment.
"If the people of Li are rich like this, why worry that the country is not rich and the country is not strong?"
A fleet of boats passed by on the Bianhe River, and the volume of an official ship led by it was not large, and it could only accommodate one or twenty people on the deck, and a middle-aged literati stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the customs on both sides of the strait. This person is dressed in crimson clothes, wearing a hat, about fifty years old, handsome, with fluttering sleeves, and a very graceful demeanor.
Silently looking at the crowds on both sides of the strait, feeling the bustle and prosperity in it, this person couldn't help sighing: "What a prosperous scene." ”
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In September, the eight thorns rolled in the sand.
At this time, the heavenly world is the time to celebrate the festival, and the rebirth festival is one of the most solemn festivals of the year.
Countless men, women and children gathered in one place are praying sincerely, and the Rebirth Festival has the meaning of "sacrifice" and "dedication", which is a match for the current situation of Eastern Karai Brahim Khan!
Sacrifice!
Devoted!
Prayers for victory.
In particular, when the news of the victory of the Eight-Thorn Sand Rolling army in the war against the Qarluqs came back, many of the residents of the Eight Thorns Sand Roll were overjoyed, and many even felt that perhaps their Great Khan would really have the grace of God in the future.
You must know that since last year, the situation of the Eight Thorns Sand Roll has been gradually improving, while the situation of the Qarluq people is changing little by little. Even if the latter had the support of the Seljuks.
Facing the inaction of the vice-king Karim Hassan, and facing the two-sided attack from the east and the south, he and Kangli had a hard time!
The pressure on the Eight Thorn Sand Roll has been much less recently than it was when the war first broke out.
But not everyone is so optimistic, and some locals are worried about what might happen.
These people, or local nobles or officials, are mostly in sensitive positions, and it is difficult to speak at will.
But with the arrival of the Song army, the Great Song Dynasty from the east is already a current problem that the Eight Thorns Shaluo has to face.
It is known that Ibrahim Khan's attitude towards the Great Song has changed. Yao Youzhongjun, who had previously advanced westward, repeatedly showed favor to the Eight Thorns Sha Roll, but he regarded it as if he didn't see it.
Even if Yao Youzhong's army is gradually strengthening the containment of the Qarluqs. Even now the main forces of the Song people are converging with it one after another.
Ibrahim Khan shows no signs of softening.
Many people who are worried about the future of the Eight Thorns are afraid to express their true opinion on this matter.
Because Zhao Song's attitude is not only referring to the throne of Ibrahim Khan, but also pointing directly at the Heavenly Sect!
This is taboo in the current Eastern Kara. Never underestimate the power of faith in a heavenly country.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Ibrahim Khan's attitude is so firm.
Even if there is gossip circulating, some people bluntly said in front of the Great Khan that the strength of the Eight Thorns Shaluo is far from that of the Zhao and Song dynasties, that is, there is a certain geographical advantage, and the strength is still very different, and it is better to prepare early, but he was reprimanded by the Great Khan.
Therefore, during this period of time, the relationship between the Song people and Dongkala has been deadlocked.
And now, the Song people are the mission team has arrived.
The envoy team consisted of three hundred, most of them escorts, and the carriages and horses were continuous, and it seemed that the formation was quite large.
How did the common people know that the envoy sent by Emperor Zhao and Song had arrived, and they were still celebrating the festival on this day, when they heard the noise on the street.
A large number of nobles with brightly dressed guards set up shelves to welcome the distinguished guests.
Then, a gorgeous convoy slowly approached.
There are only 300 people, which is not impressive, even if it is the accompanying guards, all of them are dressed in armor and have a calm bearing, but after the tempering of the wind and sand and the journey, it is not sharp at all.
They can only be described as stones, stones that have been blown and sharpened by the wind and sand for a long time.
"How did the envoy sent by the Emperor of the Zhao family arrange?" Ibrahim Khan sat in the middle of the main hall, his face sinking like water.
The officials of the relevant parties said: "Back to the Great Khan, the envoys of Zhao and Song who came were all welcomed to the hotel to stay. ”
The hotel referred to here does not refer only to the residence used to entertain foreign officials and envoys, but to explain to Ibrahim Khan that the Song people are all fenced off and will not communicate with the outside world.
Ibrahim apparently understood the subtext of his words, and after a moment of silence, he said, "That's very good. ”
He had already made up his mind how to face the Song people.
In order to maintain the stability and unity of the Eight Thorn Sand Roll, he had to sternly reject the Song people. Even in his heart, there were a hundred people who were unwilling to fall to the Seljuks, and even more unwilling to go to heaven to play.
However, the situation dictates that if he does not submit to the Seljuk side, he will have to face the Great Song soldiers and horses from the east independently, and the strength of the other party is not at all something that the power of the Eight Thorns and Sand Roll can resist.
So things are pretty straightforward.
For Ibrahim, who didn't want to die, the choice was reduced in an instant.
He didn't want to die, and there was no hope of being independent, so there were only two options: surrendering to Seljuk or submitting to Zhao Song.
Ibrahim, who hated the Seljuks, really preferred to vote for Zhao Song rather than surrender to the Seljuks.
It's all about bowing your head and surrendering, so why not choose a more preferred surrender?
Therefore, Ibrahim Khan, who has a tough attitude towards Zhao Song on the face, is very pro-Song in private.
It's just that he doesn't dare to show it at all.
The army of the Song people is still thousands of miles away, but all the soldiers and horses of the eight thorns and sand roll believe in the true God, and a large number of powerful people are also God's people.