Chapter 227 All are the envoys to all nations

Zhao Heju hugged his daughter, and said to Meng Xi with a smile: "Come and see, my daughter, do you see if she is like me or like Ayu." ”

Meng Xisheng had never seen Zhao Heju like this, in his impression, his master, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, had always been cold, serious and steady, but now, he was no different from the rest of the hairy guys who were new fathers.

"The minister thinks that the eyes are like His Majesty, but the nose and mouth are like Concubine De." Meng Xi said.

"What Concubine De, your own family, you still call them the same way, it sounds kind." Zhao Youju said with some dissatisfaction: "The fourth lady is the fourth lady, and Ayu is Ayu." ”

Meng Xisheng laughed silently.

teased her daughter for a while, but Han Yu came to take her away, and Zhao and Ju Cai reluctantly let go. When he turned around and looked at Meng Xisheng again, his expression turned solemn: "What evidence does that Jaken Skye have for saying that he is the envoy of the Great Food?" ”

"The minister saw his papers, but they could be forged." Meng Xisheng shook his head: "It's just that listening to him, the minister thinks that the envoy's matter is not a fraud." ”

Zhao Heju nodded, motioning for him to continue, Meng Xisheng said again: "The minister knows that he was ordered to send an envoy from Da Shi in February of the first year of Yanhuang, when the Meng chief had not yet attacked my Great Song Dynasty, he had a difficult journey to the sea, and it took nearly a year to arrive in Quanzhou, and he met the minister in Quanzhou, and then learned the news that the Meng chief had died. He said that he was ordered to contact the Great Song Dynasty and attack Menghu, and this matter should not be a lie. ”

For Zhao and Ju, Menghu has always been a heart barrier that cannot be let go. Originally, he thought that after the victory in Taizhuang, Menghu's strength was severely weakened, and the internal strife after Temujin's death would weaken Menghu, and it would not be long before Menghu fell into disintegration and could no longer pose a threat to the Great Song Dynasty.

However, in December of the first year of Yan Huang, the news from the Jin Kingdom still disappointed him. Indeed, the defeat of Temujin caught Menghu off guard, and the sons of Temujin fought for power and fought for swords on the steppe, but at this time, the rebellion in various places that were originally controlled by Menghu allowed the sons of Temujin to unite again and reach an agreement to divide the inheritance and develop their own estates.

The strongest third son, Ogedei, was responsible for the Western Regions, Western Xia and the western part of the Jin Kingdom, and the Great Song Dynasty, the youngest son Tuolei, who was the second strongest, was responsible for conquering the eastern part of the Jin Kingdom, the Great Song Dynasty, and Goryeo, and the third strongest second son, Chagatai, was given the land of Tianzhu south of Khorezm and was also responsible for the capture of the Abbasid Eclipse, while the eldest son, Jochi, was the weakest and was not born to Temujin, so he only got the forest between the Gligis and the Qian River (upper Yenisei) to the west of the Shihe River (Irtysh River) in Yeer, which was also the land he had laid down and was given by Temujin himself.

In the homeland of Monhu, Temujin's only daughter, Arakhaibe, was in charge of coordinating the affairs of the brothers.

Therefore, although Temujin died, the Western Xia was still troubled by the continuous attacks of Ögedei, and had to ask for help from the Jin State and the Great Song Dynasty respectively. The Jin State was powerless, and the Great Song Dynasty supported the grain, grass and ordnance - naturally there were conditions, that is, the Xia State sent troops to sweep away the eastern parts of Tubo, open up the grain route from the Song State to the Western Xia, and the land seized belonged to the Song State.

The Jin State recovered Jin and Shaanxi, and engaged in a fierce battle with Tuo Lei near Datong Mansion, but because the Loyal and Righteous Army captured the Daimyo's Mansion, the Jin State did not expand to Hebei.

To the surprise of the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, Temujin's death did not make Li Quan fall out of favor in Menghu, on the contrary, he and Shi Tianze were entrusted with important tasks by Torrey, Shi Tianze ruled northern Hebei and some places in Shanxi, ruled Han with Han land, and was named "King of Yan", and Peng Yibin's loyal army confronted each other across the river, attacking and defending each other. Li Quan, on the other hand, was named the "Duke of Liao", led his troops to attack Liaodong, and also ruled the hometown of Jin Liao with the Han system, constantly establishing local power, and at the same time robbing scholars to serve them.

Polu, who accepted the sinicization, was appointed as the minister of the Pingzhang world, stationed in Yanjing, managing internal and external affairs, and preparing to build another new city in the northeast of the ruins of Yanjing as the capital of the mine.

Zhao Heju pondered for a while, and then said to Meng Xi: "Judge, you put that Jakensky in place, and I will see him again in a while, and we will dry him first, we are not in a hurry." ”

Meng Xisheng nodded knowingly.

On March 10 of the second year of Yanhuang of the Great Song Dynasty, because of the envoys of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, the court of the Great Song Dynasty held a court meeting, and after a set of red tape and redundant etiquette, the envoy of the High State Cui Myung-bak and the envoy of the Wa State Hojo Shiyi were introduced into the court.

For these two countries, the Great Song Dynasty is a behemoth, two years ago, they were only envious of the Great Song Dynasty's articles, and now they are even more shocked and in awe of the National Strength of the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, after the two entered the court, they did not dare to be rude, bowed respectfully, and after kneeling three times and bowing nine times, they dared to get up only after they had to speak.

"Goryeo and Wa are all subject countries of the Great Song Dynasty, what is the matter with the two of them coming to the court this time?"

As soon as Zhao and Ju opened their mouths, they first determined the status of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, which were only vassals compared to the Great Song Dynasty. The envoys of the two countries not only had no objection to this, but were full of joy: the Chinese kingdom has always been generous to its subjects, and the young son of heaven called the two countries so that he must have achieved the purpose of their trip.

"Heavenly Son!"

"Your Majesty the Great Song!"

Cui Mingbo and Hojo Shiyi spoke at the same time, and then glared at each other, if it weren't for the Great Song Dynasty, the two of them were afraid that they would have to fight for the power to speak first.

"The Japanese came from afar, so the envoy of the Japanese country spoke first." Zhao Youju said unhurriedly.

The Hojo clan consciously had the upper hand in Goryeo, but he was sent to the Great Song Dynasty, and he was proficient in the Song dialect and a knowledgeable and wise man, but he was not shallow enough to laugh at the Goryeo envoys in front of the Great Song monarchs and ministers. Therefore, he respectfully bowed down again, kneeled forward, and said: "The envoys of the lower kingdom serve the emperor of the contempt country......"

"Stay!"

His emperor was just out, Zheng Qingzhi shouted categorically.

Seeing that he was in front of the class, the Hojo clan knew that it was an important minister of the Song Kingdom, and bowed down in astonishment: "But the minister of the lower country made a mistake?" If so, please forgive your sins. ”

"There are no two kings in the sky and the earth, and since the Great Song Dynasty is the suzerain, then the dignity of your country cannot be called the Son of Heaven, the emperor, the supreme, or the saint." Zheng Qingzhi said lightly: "In the past, my Great Song Dynasty didn't care about you, but now I have reached the Great Song Dynasty, but I still dare to claim the emperor, don't you think that my Great Song Dynasty has no rebellious soldiers?" ”

Hojo's face was flushed, and the voice should be.

"Besides, I heard that the government of the Wa Kingdom is quite disorderly, although there is a lord, but there is no great power, and the power is in the hands of the shogunate, can there be such a thing?"

In the past year or so, the "Great Song Times Weekly" has introduced the customs and political history of the surrounding countries of the Great Song Dynasty. Hearing that the envoys of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo were coming, Zheng Qingzhi, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did a lot of work, and between his words, he was hiding his edge.

Hojo Yoshiyoshi bowed his head and said, "Although it is ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Qingzhi interrupted again: "I heard again that Genji is the founder of the Wa Shogunate, and his wife Hojo Clan is in chaos, kills his son-in-law without permission, and exterminates the Genji bloodline, so the power of the Shogunate has fallen into the hands of the Hojo clan - the envoy of the Wa Kingdom, your name is Hojo Clan, could it be that you are the envoy sent by this rebel clan?" ”

The Hojo clan was dumbfounded, completely unaware of the major events in the political situation of the Japanese Kingdom in the past few decades, and the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were so clear. He muttered for a long time, not knowing what to answer.

"It is really a great rebellion that the lord of the Wa Kingdom did not send an envoy, the shogunate did not send an envoy, and the Hojo clan dared to send an envoy to falsely claim to be the envoy of the Wa State and deceive the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty. Your Majesty, raise the sword of the royal road and punish him for the crime of being unkind and rude! Zheng Qingzhi bowed down and said: "As for this fake envoy, he should be beheaded to deter the vassals!" ”

Hearing that he was going to behead himself, the Hojo clan didn't dare to tremble anymore, but he kowtowed on his knees: "The Son of God, the Son of Heaven, and Rong Chen is kind to each other!" ”

Zhao Youju's face was calm, neither happy nor angry, just staring at Hojo Shiyi lightly, ignoring him. Zheng Qingzhi understood, got up and scolded: "What else do you have to quibble? ”

"Shangguo has a saying, Huainan gives birth to oranges, Huaibei gives birth to citrus, and there is a proverb: ten miles are not customary." The Hojo clan mourned: "The Wa Kingdom, a small overseas country, has always had different customs from the Great Song Dynasty, and it is the fang of Huaibei, how can it be a crime?" ”

Zheng Qingzhi sneered: "The Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, born in response to the mandate of heaven, does he do the right thing for heaven, how can he ask Huainan and Huaibei?" The way of benevolence and propriety, the words of the saints, how can a small country sophistry be changed! ”

"Zheng Qing, let him finish." Seeing that it was enough to give the dismount of the Wa Kingdom, Zhao Heju said lightly.

Zheng Qingzhi saluted and returned to work, and the Hojo clan was sweating, so he breathed a sigh of relief. He kowtowed and said: "The lower country is because it does not know benevolence, so it sends a small envoy to come, ask the Great Song to open the grace, and allow the lower country to send the Song envoy to learn the way of benevolence and etiquette of the country." ”

Zhao Youju's eyes narrowed slightly, and then said with a faint smile: "It is said that your country uses Chinese characters as the matrix and creates its own fake business card kana, can there be any such thing?" ”

"Yes, the Son of Heaven in the upper kingdom is omniscient, and even the ugly texts of the lower kingdom are even known, and the little envoy of the lower kingdom is terrified!" Hojo Yoshimichi.

"The way of benevolence and propriety, in the words of Confucius, the words of Confucius, contained in the words of Cangjie, your country is unauthorized to change Chinese characters, who knows that it will not change the way of benevolence and propriety!" Zhao Youju shook his head and said, "This matter is not allowed." ”

"Huh?" Hojo Yoshiyoshi sighed slightly in his heart, his mind turned, and he quietly raised his eyes to look at Zhao Heju, but saw Zhao Heju turn his face away, and said to the minister who had just reprimanded him: "Order the envoy of the Japanese kingdom to step back and let the envoy of Goryeo speak." ”

At this time, the Hojo clan understood that the official who reprimanded him thought that he was the head of the Ministry of Rites. This time, the envoy came forward to entertain them, but the official of the Ministry of Rites never showed up, it should be this person.

Although he was unwilling, he was still afraid that the palace would lose his manners, so he could only bow down and retreat. The Goryeo envoy Cui Mingbo stepped forward to bow down at this time, and after kneeling three times and knocking nine times, he said in a flattering voice: "The lord of the lower country heard that the son of heaven of the upper kingdom must have a good appearance, so he sent a minister to congratulate, and the lord of the lower country checked the genealogy, and your country Cui Xianggong was originally a lineage of my Goryeo Cui clan, and moved to your country in the Tang Dynasty, so I sent a small envoy to ask him to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors......"

"Shut up!"

Cui He has always been good-tempered, but he still couldn't help but be angry when he heard these words, he jumped up like thunder, stood up from the chair, and pointed at the Goryeo envoy with a halberd: "The prime minister has been a Chinese person for generations, when are you a descendant of Goryeo?" ”

"The Jizi of the lower country is also a Chinese lineage." Cui Mingbo's face did not change: "If Cui Xianggong is ranked by seniority, he should be the great-grandfather of the little envoy, and above the court, the little envoy does not dare to talk about personal friendship......"

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't hold back any longer, and they all let out a snickering laugh, and the loudest laughter was Zhao Heju.

"Cui Qing, you actually have a great-grandson of this age......" Zhao Youju shook his head while laughing.

"The Goryeo envoy has insulted the ministers too much, Your Majesty must be angry for the ministers!" Cui He found that the thickness of the Goryeo envoy's face was comparable to the Lin'an city wall, and he knew that it was purely boring to compete with him for this idleness, so he pushed the matter to Zhao Heju's head: "The envoy of a small country, the court above the court insults the prime minister of a big country, Your Majesty, it is your face that is lost!" ”

Usually in private, Cui He sometimes jokes with Zhao Heju, which can be regarded as a friendship between monarchs and ministers, but it is the first time that he is so scoundrel at such a court, which is clearly not to regard the Goryeo envoys as the same thing. Not only that, but he was so troubled by the Goryeo envoys, and even those courteous imperial historians didn't bother to pursue him.

"Okay, I'm determined to vent for you." Zhao Youju shook his head, and then signaled to Zheng Qingzhi: "Zheng Qing, ask him what his real intention is in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zheng Qingzhi came out of class again, frowned and said: "I, the Siming Zheng family, have lived in Siming for generations, and I am not a descendant of your Goryeo, so I have to make it clear to you first." ”

Full of glory.

"What is the purpose of the Goryeo envoys coming here, or say it quickly, don't delay my Great Song Dynasty discussion!"

Cui Mingbo repeatedly kowtowed and said yes, the true intention of his envoy was said, he came here to personally lead the troops to attack Goryeo and wanted to contact the Great Song Dynasty to seek help from the Great Song Dynasty, and the second was also to send the Song envoys, the Song State was strong and prosperous, and it has been spread to Goryeo with the commercial and trade exchanges between the two countries, and they also learned the news of the victory in Taizhuang, especially in the Battle of Tamna, the Goryeo people tasted artillery, they came to the Song Kingdom, saying that they wanted to learn the way of Confucius and Mencius, but in fact, they were all coming for the artillery.

Third, he also wanted to take Tamna from the Song State, but when he saw the appearance of the envoy of the Wa State being reprimanded, Cui Mingbo did not dare to say this.

"Although these two things are two things, they are actually one thing." After hearing this, Zheng Qingzhi sneered: "Goryeo's first ministers were in the Jin State, and then paid tribute to Menghu, although it is known as a subject country of the Great Song Dynasty, it is actually a great treason, and the Son of Heaven does not know the edict to crusade, it is already out of benevolence, and he still has the face to come to me for the help of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"The country is weak and has to be like this." Choi Myung-bak mourned.

"Isn't there any magic arrow in your country, it is said that this thing is extremely powerful, why not use it to meet the enemy?" Zheng Qingzhi had already comprehended the meaning of Zhao and Ju, shook his head and said: "The Great Song Dynasty, you can get the help of the Great Song Dynasty, your country is a subject country of the Jin State, and my Great Song Dynasty and Jin have a brotherly alliance, you can't take it, let's go back." ”

Cui Mingbo looked at Zhao and Ju, and found that Zhao and Ju were silent, obviously approving Zheng Qingzhi's disposition, and he was still about to speak, but he was picked up by the two palace guards and thrown out of the hall directly.