"Your Majesty, in fact, we are willing to help Yelu Zongyuan, and there is another consideration. If we ignore it, looking at this posture, I am afraid that the Liao State will be destroyed by the Jurchens. For us, although the Liao people are tiger wolves, we are still very familiar with this tiger wolf and can guard against it. Just like a dog with us by our side, we know its temperament, we know when they bite, when they are well-behaved and docile, and it is easy to guard against. Wouldn't it be more troublesome if we had a vicious dog by our side, and we didn't know when it would burst out and hurt people? The Jurchens are also tiger wolves, and the Liao people are also tiger wolves, why should we let a tiger wolf we don't know come to us, that is probably not the luck of the Great Zhou. Keeping the wounded wolf of the Liao State is more beneficial to us and easier to control. Does the emperor think so? Lu Zhongtian said in a deep voice.

These few words are the truth, and even Guo Xu understands that these words are right. The Jurchens have never dealt with each other, and they don't know the details. Let the Jurchens destroy the Liao State, and they will face the fierce beast of the Jurchens in the future, which may not be a good thing.

Guo Xu muttered: "That's it, I won't make a decision for the time being, everything depends on what kind of conditions the Liao envoy gives us." I'll see him first. Send him to me. ”

Yelushi, who had a scruffy beard and an anxious face, hurriedly entered the Spring Pavilion under the guidance of the chamberlain after half an hour. Five days ago, he traveled for seven days and seven nights in a row to reach Bianliang. Here he has a major mission, which is to ask for help from Da Zhou.

The counterinsurgency war with the Jurchens has reached a stalemate, and the tribal leaders within the Liao State are ready to move. In the past three years, the war with the Jurchens consumed a lot of money and manpower, and the father could only continue to ask the tribes to deliver grain, grass, gold, silver, war horses and manpower, but the counterinsurgency operations were repeatedly defeated, and now even Tokyo has been lost. Discontent has been ignited. Many tribal leaders followed Yan Agu to secretly communicate with each other, how could the father spare them and destroy several small tribes. For the time being, it seems that everyone is a little jealous, but everyone knows that a force is secretly accumulating and waiting to explode. If the Jurchen rebellion could not be quelled in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It was under such circumstances that Yelu Zongyuan had to lower his arrogant head and let himself come to Dazhou for help. It was an embarrassing journey, and Jereshi knew it, but he had to bite the bullet to get it done.

After coming to the capital of the Great Zhou, Yelushi endured a lot of white eyes, and the ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty ridiculed him and humiliated him, and he endured all of them. He only hoped that he could complete his mission and get the Great Zhou Emperor to help. For this reason, he spent a lot of money when he met with Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun respectively. He gave Lu Zhongtian a white tiger skin and a large amount of property. The white tiger, rare in the world, is an extremely precious thing, something that money can't buy. The white tiger skin, which is also a symbol of power and status, is said to be the owner of the pinnacle and achieve great things. What he gave Yang Jun was fifty purebred horses from Changbai Mountain. This. Horses are only found in the deep mountains and snow valleys, with great physical fitness and strong endurance, and they are first-class good horses. He heard that Yang Jun, the privy envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, loved horses and raised many good horses at home, so he collected these fifty good horses that the Liao State had extorted from the Jurchens for so many years and presented them to Yang Jun. These fifty horses alone were already worth hundreds of thousands of gold, not to mention other gold, silver and jewelry.

The thing was sent, and the effect was obvious, although the two bigwigs did not say it explicitly, they both hinted that they would consider Liao's request and speak for Liao's country in front of the emperor. Only then did Yelushi settle down a little.

Yelushi entered the Spring Pavilion, and he saw the usurper who was already notorious in the Great Liao Capital. What happened in the Great Zhou Dynasty could not be concealed from the ears and eyes of the Liao people, and before coming, his father had sighed that if it were not for the Jurchen rebellion, this time would be the best opportunity for him to attack the Great Zhou in the south of Liao, because a murderer of kings and brothers ascended the throne, and the people of the Great Zhou must be unstable and turbulent. At this moment, if there is another foreign invasion, the Great Zhou will inevitably fall apart. It's a pity that this great opportunity was wasted.

"Yelushi, the king of Shangjing in Daliao, came to envoy to the Great Zhou Dynasty on the order of our emperor, and Yelushi saluted His Majesty the Emperor of Dazhou. I wish His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor a long life and eternal stability. As he spoke, he fell on one knee and bowed his head.

Guo Xu sat on the soft couch and looked at Yelushi, who was also a prince, but he was the prince of Liao. Maybe in the future, he will inherit the throne of Liao and become a person on an equal footing with himself, so he doesn't take it too lightly.

"It turned out to be Prince Yelu, excuse me, please take a seat." Guo Xu waved his hand slightly, which was regarded as a return salute, and his eyes stared at Yelu Shi like a torch. Yelushi was also looking at Guo Xu. Guo Xusheng's talent did not disappoint him, so that he was in line with the rumored image of a well-dressed beast.

Yelushi thanked him and sat down, and as soon as Guo Xu spoke, he stood up again. What Guo Xu said at this time is no longer very polite.

"Then prince, why did you come from Liao to my Great Zhou capital? If I remember correctly, you and I have broken off hostilities. I can't think of a reason why your Liao Kingdom still came to envoy me to Da Zhou. Isn't it here to write a war letter? Guo Xu sneered.

Yelu Shi had already prepared, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou, it is true that your country and my Great Liao have been born in recent years, but my Great Liao and your country have been brothers for more than a hundred years, this is an indisputable fact. This time I came down to repair the relationship between Daliao and your country, and there was absolutely no malice. Please also ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to learn clearly. ”

Guo Xu laughed and said, "It turned out to be repaired." However, the relationship between these two countries is not a game. If you're not happy, turn your face, and if you're happy, you can fix it, and that's not possible. You say it's going to be repaired, but you have to be sincere. I don't know if you brought some sincerity this time. ”

Yelu Shi said: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty has come with great sincerity. ”

Guo Xu laughed and said, "Very sincere? Very good, very good, I want to see how sincere you are. Tell me, listen. ”

Yelushi bowed down and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I have come with my father's handwriting to repair the national letter, and I hereby give it to His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Guo Xu nodded, and the attendant next to him stepped forward and sent the handwritten letter from Yelu Zongyuan presented by Yelu Shi. Guo Xu read it and was very satisfied. In that letter, Yelu Zongyuan's words were very cautious and polite, without the slightest hint of bullying. When Yelu Zongyuan tore up the Yanyun Alliance, he also wrote a letter to his father, and the words on the letter at that time were all threatening words, but at this moment it was completely different. But what Guo Xu actually cares about most is not this, but the words of congratulations in his heart about Yelu Zongyuan's new ascension to the throne. The throne not only needs the recognition of the Great Zhou to be secure, but also needs the recognition of neighboring countries to be convincing. As the most powerful country around the Great Zhou, Yelu Zongyuan's recognition and congratulation are of great significance.

Guo Xu felt a lot more comfortable in his heart, and when he spoke again, his tone eased a lot.

"Emperor Da Liao is also polite, I thank him for what he said in this letter. However, as far as I know, you are coming to my Great Week, I am afraid that you are not just sending a repaired letter. Say, what is your real purpose in coming to my big week? ”

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I won't go around the bend anymore, and I will speak bluntly in front of His Majesty the Emperor. As we all know, my father led a large army to suppress the Jurchen rebellion in the northeast Liaodong Province of my Great Liao. I believe that His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor and your vassals also know this. The Jurchens have been sheltered by my Great Liao, based on the foot of Changbai Mountain, which is a small wild department, and I have been blessed and cared for for many years, giving them excellent treatment and status. The head of its Wanyan Department Wanyan Agu, the imperial court even awarded him the post of Jiedu envoy, which can be described as a great value. However, this man was not satisfied, and his ambition was inflated with the intention of rebellion. He united the Jurchen tribes to fight against our Great Liao Imperial Court, dominating the territory, with bad intentions. The imperial court tried all kinds of appeasement and persuasion to no avail, and in this case, the father decided to send troops to conscript. However......"

"But you can't beat the Jurchens, can you? Hahahaha. Guo Xu laughed out loud.

Yelushi's face became extremely embarrassed, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this is nothing funny, just as your officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou may not be able to defeat mountain bandits and pirates. ”

When Guo Xu heard this, his face changed greatly. To his ears, Yelushi was satirizing his recent defeat to his face, how could Guo Xu endure it?

Guo Xu's face sank and he was about to have a seizure, Lu Zhongtian saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly interjected and scolded: "Yelushi, do you want you to comment on the matter of my big week?" You Liao didn't understand your own affairs, and you came to say this kind of thing. If you say anything more abruptly, the old man will order someone to blast you and your entourage out of the capital and drive them back to Liao. It really doesn't make sense. ”

Yelushi was startled, and suddenly realized that he had said something that he shouldn't have said, so he immediately confessed: "Yes, yes, yes, I am inappropriate to speak, and I also ask His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister Privy Council to forgive me." It is not a sarcasm, but a reference to the Jurchen rebellion, which is quite unfair. Hate them for being ungrateful, wolf ambition. ”