At this moment, they have also decided to enter Lanzhou, in fact, in history, the chief negotiator of the Northern Song Dynasty is Cao Yu, although Song Zhenzong drove the expedition under the leadership of Kou Zhun, won the battle under the city of Lanyuan, and shot the Khitan commander, but he accepted it when he saw it, and firmly grasped the initiative in the peace talks on the side of the Song Dynasty. Choosing Cao Dian as the chief representative to go to the Liao State to negotiate, Zhenzong was initially uneasy, and he repeatedly warned Cao Dian that "you must not agree to the matter of cutting the land, at most you will lose some silver."

Eat Junlu and report the king's affairs, Cao Yu has always hated the Khitans, and he gave Zhenzong a reassurance, "Although the Liao people are greedy, they want to open a gap from me, and they want to make my Great Song land, but it's a big deal that my blood is splashed three feet, and I will repay the country with death." "Cao's performance in envoying to the Liao State is epic, no less than any diplomatic envoy in history who has not failed in his mission. Sure enough, the hardliners of the Liao people, mainly the Empress Dowager Xiao, strongly demanded that the Song Dynasty cede the land of Guannan, for good reason, which was the filial piety of the Later Jin Emperor to the Khitans, and was later recovered by Zhou Shizong by force.

Cao Yong replied without being humble or arrogant, "The Later Zhou Dynasty is the former dynasty, and I only know that it is the Song Dynasty now." Safeguarding the territorial integrity of our country is a basic state policy, and considering the loss of military spending of the Liao State, we can make up for it a little, and even if it is such a concession, I dare not guarantee that our emperor will agree." The Khitan nobles threatened each other with force, both soft and hard, and Cao used the right color to tell "If the two countries are at war for a long time, with the national strength of the Song Dynasty, it will definitely be the Liao State that will suffer heavy losses, and the Liao people will not be able to recuperate for a long time, what is the benefit to the Liao State?" Seeing that Cao Dian could not give in, the Liao people were forced to agree to sign a peace treaty, and Cao Utilization succeeded in the peace talks at a relatively low cost.

"Longchuan Farewell" contains the scene when Cao used to restore Zhenzong, which is very exciting. Before leaving, Zhenzong had privately given Cao to use the bottom, and the compensation could not be higher than one million. When Cao Yong replied to Zhenzong with great ambition, Zhenzong was eating, but he couldn't bear it and was eager to know the result, so he sent his attendant to ask, and Lao Cao put on a score and politely declined, "This is a confidential matter, and it must be presented in person." Zhenzong couldn't hold his breath and asked the chamberlain to ask again, and Lao Cao pretended to stretch out three fingers in a deep manner. The waiter panicked, "Three fingers and cheeks, isn't it three million?" There are too many "Zhenzong shocks". He said to himself, "If this matter is okay, three million will do." Lao Cao heard it clearly outside the hall, and he couldn't help it. The moment to show Cao's use of the traitorous male arrived, Zhenzong hurriedly used it after eating, and made full use of Zhenzong's psychology, after seeing Zhenzong, he just bowed his head and couldn't help blaming himself, "Capital crime, capital crime, too much silver." "Zhenzong asked, how much? Cao Yu raised three fingers again, and said slowly, "Three hundred thousand." Zhenzong was so happy that he almost ignored the etiquette of the monarch and the ministers, and stepped forward to hug Cao Yong. Because he sent the Khitan to win glory for the country and saved a lot of silver for Zhenzong, Cao used his reputation to reach the peak and began to soar in his career.

If the envoy to Liao fully demonstrated Cao Yong's excellent qualities as a diplomat, then in the pacification of the Lingnan military rebellion, it vividly reflected Cao's outstanding ability as a military commander, he was a noble soldier, decisive killing, and pacified the Lingnan chaos in one fell swoop.

Life often reaches its peak, followed by rapid exposure, and Cao Yu can't escape this eternal iron law, which leads to the fuse of Cao's defeat seems to be accidental but is actually full of inevitability. In the history of the Song Dynasty, Cao used to have a nephew named Cao Wei, this person was not strict in governing the family, which led to a fire in the backyard, the concubine and the eldest wife competed for favor, Cao Wei was uneven, so he married the concubine outside, after marrying out, Cao Wei regretted it, often had a tryst with the concubine in private, it was originally a bottle of two pot heads, and often wore a green hat to himself, the concubine's new husband Zhao Dechong quit, this guy is quite scheming, knowing that he can't provoke the powerful Cao family, he held back a vicious trick, this day, I saw Cao Wei wearing a yellow robe, The man had an idea, fell to the ground, and said "Hurray, hooray, hooray." Cao Wei suddenly panicked, knowing that he had committed a big taboo, and after adding fuel and vinegar to this matter, Luo Chongxun, the chief eunuch of Cao's rival, found out about it, and severely impeached Cao Yu and his nephew for plotting against him and plotting to rebel. At this point, Cao used a hundred mouths to argue, and his nephew ended up even worse, directly being fried in an oil pot, and Cao was degraded and released, on the way to exile, because he was forced by his old opponent eunuch Zhou Huaimin, Cao Yun, who had always been strong, could not bear the humiliation and hanged himself.

Cao used it to rise and flourish, and his death was also sudden. What is the real reason for the death and defeat of this famous minister of the Yuanyuan Alliance? First, Cao used to be proud of his achievements and put himself in a wrong position. After Lao Cao became the Minister of National Defense and the head of the Military Commission, he added lawsuits and ranked as the third public. He attaches great importance to his ranking among the important ministers of the imperial court, according to the old practice of the Song Dynasty, he is the prime minister, the qualifications are also old, and he is still a popular person in the eyes of Zhenzong, but according to the old practice of the Song Dynasty, he is still ranked after the deputy prime minister, but he looks down on the junior vice minister Wang Zeng, and the noisy shouting should be ranked before Wang Zeng, Zhenzong accommodating him, he really let him be ranked before Wang Zeng, this matter is in a uproar among the courtiers, and criticism continues. Even usually every national ceremony, the master of ceremonies is very embarrassed, I don't know how to rank, by chance once, according to the title of the court to meet the emperor, the king has walked in front, Cao Yu is indignant, such a person who fights for fame and fortune will definitely make enemies for himself on all sides.

Second, I am the only one who does not know how to converge. "Records of Lianshui", Emperor Zhenzong likes to play fishing competitions with ministers, this is a form, who doesn't know that the emperor is polite first, only when the emperor catches a fish, the minister dares to raise the rod to show the spoils, of course, the fish caught by the emperor are generally caught with red wire nets. The prestige of Cao's use lies in the fact that when other ministers catch fish first, they dare not make a noise, because he has not caught it yet, and when Cao uses it to catch a fish, the chamberlain also uses a red wire net to catch the fish, and he knows that he is trespassing, and he does not stop it, but the prime minister and others use white silk thread, such a trivial matter, you can know how much power Cao uses to lean the government and the opposition, how much power he wants, and he doesn't know how to retreat, which is all a stumbling block and a trouble-making practice for himself, but Cao Yu enjoys it very much. Lao Cao's self-inflicted humiliation and self-defeating must be because his head was caught by the door. Lazy people listen to books

Third, offend the literati clique. Cao's career came from his father's shadow, he did not enter the career by virtue of his real talent and learning, and the literati group from Jinshi looked down on him, and he looked down on these so-called scribes, feeling that they would only point fingers and have no actual skills. When Prime Minister Li Di accused him of being a party with Ding Wei, Cao used the hidden pain in his heart to be touched, and he had a rare outburst after his gaffe, and he said coldly and angrily, "Invite favor with an article, the minister is not as good as Li Di, and risk his life to enter the enemy camp of death and death, Li Di is not as good as the minister." "How can anyone elevate himself and belittle his opponent like this, and how powerful is the verbal run? Although Li Di was subsequently degraded, this rash and angry remark also pushed himself to the opposite side of the literati group, and later, knowing that Cao Yu was wronged, no Wenchen stood up to speak for him, who let you offend everyone.

Fourth, resentment of eunuchs and relatives. After the death of Zhenzong, Zhang Xian's Empress Dowager Liu E listened to the government, and the relatives were flying and arrogant, and Cao used the power in his hands, and he did not forgive anyone, and he did not say anything about the love under the wielding of the stick, and the eunuchs were jealous of him. Even Empress Zhang Xian had some scruples about him, never calling him by his first name, but affectionately calling him "Shizhong". The Empress Dowager wanted to promote his family to be officials, but Cao tried his best to resist because he was worried that the reward would be too indiscriminate, so he offended his relatives again. Because of the eunuch Luo Chongxun's crime, Cao used a handful to remove Luo's hat, and then scolded for a long time, making Luo Chongxun, who had no birds in the stall, very faceless, and vowed to let out this bird anger.

Fifth, victims of political struggle. After the death of Zhenzong, Renzong was only 12 years old on the throne, the main young mother is strong (Renzong's biological mother is Concubine Li Chen, but Liu E has been concealed), Zhang Xian Empress Dowager Liu E is a rare strong woman in the history of the Song Dynasty, and Cao Utilization is a minister with a very strong desire for power, at the beginning, Zhang Xian Empress Dowager Cao Utilization is still more dependent, but Cao Utilization is too arrogant, every time the curtain is reported to the state affairs, Cao Utilization subconsciously knocks on the falling belt next to the curtain with his hand, this detail makes the Queen Mother very unhappy, and the eunuch next to her said, "When the first emperor is there, How dare Cao use An to do this? The point of this is too clear. Later, someone told the Queen Mother that the occasional relatives rewarded him because he took advantage of his wife's back door, which made the Queen Mother furious.

I can think of Cao using the final ending with my feet, subjectively he brought disaster upon himself, he offended too many people, this person's IQ and EQ are worrying, such a person is not suitable for a high position, and he is barely helped to come to power, and only visible results remain. Cao Yong's death was not unjust at all, but the unjustified accusation of rebellion. I prefer to believe that the history of the Song Dynasty wrote him so badly that no one came out to say a fair word, and the biggest fact to cover up is that he was a political roadblock in the early days of Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian cleared him like a roadblock, precisely out of political needs, even if it was an unjust case. After that, the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian listened to the government for eleven years, there was no resistance and rapper, the Empress Dowager's helm was very stable, and she was at ease, after the death of the Empress Dowager, Renzong finally walked from the depressive curtain to the front of the curtain, and began to govern herself. Three years later, Cao was rehabilitated by the unjust case.

These things can also show that the affairs of Liao are also obvious to many people, Zhang Ying doesn't know what the situation in the city is? But it is also these situations that they can only inquire clearly through inquiry, as for the eyeliner, it can only be so, and it is precisely because of this that they are somewhat restricted by others?

At this time, his subordinates asked Zhang Yingdao: "My lord, this time you said that we can escape this difficulty, it is really difficult to guess. My lord, do you think we can avoid the catastrophe this time? ”

Zhang Ying laughed, and then said to his subordinates: "Haha, don't worry! Yelu Longxu knows that we are representing Great Xia, although my Great Xia is not all empires, but we are also competing in the world, this game can also be regarded as a hegemonic side, how to say that it is also a place, although Yelu Longxu is not afraid of us, but we also give the Great Song Dynasty although it can't be compared, but the strength is reasonable, and now he has newly obtained the land of the Central Plains, although our Great Xia is in the world, the national strength is not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, but he Yelu Longxu is a smart person. No, it should be said that he is an ambitious person, he himself is extremely concerned about interests, and knows a truth, that is, the two countries exchange troops, and they do not cut them off, not to mention that we also bring benefits to him, he knows the priorities of things, and he knows what to do? What should not be done, I think the gift we brought this time will definitely satisfy him, if you don't believe it, just wait to see the show! Ha ha. ”

They don't know what the next thing will turn out to be. But they know that Zhang Ying is an old fox, and there must be a reason why he did it himself, and a real show is yet to come?