The state banquet was set up in the Wenhua Palace, the Great Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Ji was on the top, and the left servant shot and Pingzhang political affairs Taishi Cai Jing, the right servant shot and the servant of the door Feng Yi Guogong Han Zhongyan, the privy envoy Gao Yu, Shaozai Yang Lin, Shaobao Cai Bian, and the civil and military officials of the Great Song Dynasty were all present.

The Liao envoy presented a collar of snow jade mink, a collar of fiery fox fur, a basin of Beizhu, and ten horses.

Zhao Ji waved his hand and gave back gold and jade beads, ten brocade horses, and ten boxes of porcelain.

Yang Lin is the protagonist of this state banquet, and the official family has long ordered that he will be fully responsible for receiving the Khitan envoys this time.

Yang Da Zhuangyuan is wearing a scarlet official robe today, wearing a crown of sage, a square heart curved collar, a jade ribbon, a silverfish bag hanging from his waist, white silk socks and black official boots, and he is well-dressed and talented.

Xiao Bao came with a mission first, mainly to mediate the battle of Song and Xia, but during the banquet, Cai Jing, Han Zhongyan and other ministers kept persuading him to drink, so that he had no chance to speak at all.

After the wine was hot, Xiao Bao finally caught an opportunity first, he held a wine glass to toast to the handsome and immortal Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty: "A few days ago, the foreign minister has sent the letter of state, and I hope that the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty will make a decision as soon as possible. Relying on the blessing of immortality, you and our two countries will be able to enjoy the blessing of peace forever. ”

Zhao Ji watched the singing and dancing at the banquet with a smile, and he didn't listen to these words at all, but just excused himself: "I have entrusted this matter to Shaozai Yang Lin to deal with, you can discuss with him, he understands my thoughts best." ”

Yang Lin smiled lightly, stood up, raised his glass and said, "Your envoy has come from afar, and when you come to our Tokyo Bianliang, have you ever thought that there is such a prosperous place in the world?" Why bother with some border trivialities, it is better to play in Bianliang for a few more days, everywhere scenery, Ren Er and so on. ”

Xiao Baoxian snorted coldly: "Yang Shaozai, what this official said, I don't know what Shaozai decides?" ”

Yang Lin pointed at Cai Jing and said, "This matter is not trivial, let us discuss it and then give you an answer." ”

Cai Jing smiled and nodded, and said, "Yes, such a major national military aircraft need to be carefully considered, and it is not careless." ”

Xiao Baoxian had hope in his heart, as long as there was an answer, even if it was a little later, so he asked: "I don't know when the result will be discussed." ”

Yang Lin and Cai Jing glanced at each other, frowned and said: "Oh, this is not accurate, this kind of thing is not a matter of the parents, nor is it the state government's decision, it is impossible to get an accurate time, please wait patiently." ”

Sit tight? Xiao Baoxian gritted his teeth in his heart, if this group of people dragged on for a year and a half, it would be difficult to say whether there would be any Western Xia, and now the situation was very unfavorable to the Xia Dynasty army, and there was a possibility that the whole country would collapse irretrievably if they were not careful.

He really didn't think wrong, Yang Lin had already made up his mind and dragged on for ten or eight years.

Anyway, now Da Liao is like this, if you really can't fight, you may not have no chance of winning.

As long as there is a commander who is powerful enough to coordinate all walks of life at the border and ensure the supply of food and materials, if you say that the army in the world is undoubtedly the strongest single Jurchen soldier in fishing and hunting, but the Great Song Dynasty is by no means a weak brigade.

Some people use the Song army's continuous land reparations in foreign wars to prove the combat effectiveness of the Great Song army, but they never think about who led these soldiers. A group of people are also, chanting poems, lingering in the brothel of the Qinglou merry doctor civil official.

In the Great Song Dynasty, there were indeed some soldiers with extremely poor quality, which was also because of the emphasis on literature and light on military force in the bones of the Great Song Dynasty, which led to good men not being soldiers, and "homeless people" and lower-class "idle people" constituted the main source of soldiers. During the famine years, the Song court recruited thousands of exiled peasants into the forbidden army or the box army. A large number of soldiers have nothing to do for a long time, are idle, and the quality of the army is low.

The ability of the commanders of the Song Dynasty was inferior from generation to generation. Why? Because of the hereditary system of the Song Dynasty.

The over-reliance on background, family exploits, and lack of battlefield training left the Song commanders with little actual combat ability, and this situation became even more obvious by the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty. Once these generals set foot on the battlefield, they exposed their incompetence, and this situation not only did not change in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but also intensified.

According to Pan Yi, this kind of waste dim sum may not be able to catch up with Tong Guan on the battlefield...

No matter how good his great-grandfather Pan Mei can fight, it is impossible for him to tell him how to command the three armies.

As for the Western Army, it was a real strong army, but it couldn't receive food for several years, and it was hungry and desperate with the Tanguts.

The opponents of the Great Song Dynasty are constantly changing, which one is the existence of crushing the Jiannu in the late Ming Dynasty, what Khitan, Jin, Xia, Mongolia... If the army had been as bad as some people thought, it would have died long ago.

Xiao Baoxian now saw Yang Lin's smiling appearance, and wanted to throw the soles of his shoes in his face, this Shaozai of the Great Song Dynasty did not have the temperament of a civil official of the Song Dynasty, but was like a veteran oil in the Khitan army.

Yang Lin didn't seem to be able to see that the Liao envoy didn't like him, and he still pushed up, opening his mouth and closing his mouth is the friendship between Liao and Song Dynasty for thousands of years, and the slogan is loud and loud, and he will talk about it as soon as he gets down to business.

Look at the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not his business at all, the envoys between the Liao and Song dynasties are extremely frequent, and it is not the first time that Xiao Baoxian has come to Bianliang as a Khitan Linya, but this situation is the first time to see it.

Cai Jing was even more excessive, directly not mentioning the battle between Song and Xia, and only talking about the customs of the two countries with a smile.

After the banquet dispersed, the group hid far away, and Xiao Baoxian couldn't even see Yang Lin's face.

Back at the Lili Hotel, Xiao Baoxian sighed: "It seems that the Great Song Dynasty is determined to fight the Xia Dynasty to the end this time, and Princess Nanxian is about to marry Western Xia, how can this be good." ”

The general servant in the Liao mission stepped forward and said: "Lin Ya, since the Song people are so rude, why don't we go back to the court and ask Your Majesty, the southwest of the Great Liao Chen Army, do they still dare to act rashly?" ”

Xiao Bao looked left and right first, lowered his voice and said in Khitan language: "Our Khitan is also suffering from internal and external troubles now, several kings are ambitious, and there are constant swords and soldiers everywhere, and it is difficult to send a large army to run for the Xia people, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed." ”

"I'll see Yang Lin again tomorrow, and make a final effort, and I won't live up to the trust of the imperial court."

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Zhaodefang, Yangfu.

Lu Taixuan punched Yang Lin's shoulder and said with a smile: "The kid hasn't seen him for half a year, and he is taller than the fourth uncle." ”

Yang Lin is growing up, this official deserves to eat and sleep well, and there is no lack of exercise, and he often plays fists and feet under the high fingers of the Long Live Camp to temper his body, so he is rubbing long.

At the age of ordinary civil officials, they must be reading and painting, and visiting the Qinglou, it is difficult to have this kind of champion who does not read the sage's articles for half a year.

Yang Lin laughed and welcomed the group to the courtyard, Yang Tong looked around and said, "Lin'er, this house is not cheap, right?" Our Yang family is in Bianliang, and there is really no such industry, and the money is worth it. ”

"This is given by the official family, and I didn't spend a penny, but Xu Shilang next to me seems to be selling the house, I think it's just spending more money, it's better to buy it and connect it together, and in the future, people will be prosperous and can live in it."

A few days ago, General Xu was hit hard, and he had already submitted a recital to return to his hometown.

This house is also ready to be sold at a low price, and Yang Lin is ready to take over.

Yang Tong was very approving when he heard this, and he couldn't stop asking during the banquet: "Lin'er, I heard that you have accepted a few concubines, have you ever been pregnant?" ”

This reminded Yang Lin that he was singing songs and spreading seeds all night after night, and he had to call an imperial doctor to diagnose and diagnose another day.