The so-called embassy escort envoy is an official who specially accompanies the envoys of the Liao State.

According to the agreement of the Yuanyuan Alliance, Emperor Zhenzong and Liao Shengzong became brothers. Since then, the two countries of Song and Liao have become "relatives", and Zhao Ji has to call the current son of Liao as his uncle according to his seniority.

Of course, the two countries have always been mortal enemies, but they will not lack anything in the scene, for example, in the past few decades, every New Year's Festival or the birthday of the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven of the two countries, the two countries will send envoys to each other to congratulate each other, and will also bring gifts.

For this reason, the Song State also deliberately set up an official position, which is the so-called embassy companion envoy, which is specially used to receive visiting Liao envoys.

And according to the practice of previous years, no matter where the Liao envoy goes, shopping, prostitution, banquets, and even entering the palace to see the emperor, this embassy escort must accompany him.

After Zhang Bin was ordered to leave, only the Son of Heaven and a few ministers were left in the Chongzheng Palace.

Han Qi suddenly remembered something and saluted to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, will there be anything wrong with letting Zhang Bin serve as the accompanying envoy of this pavilion." ”

Since the last time Han Qi contacted the empress dowager and the empress dowager in the harem, as well as almost all the old party courtiers in the court, and forced Zhao Ji to depose Wang Anshi, Zhao Ji was quite disgusted with Han Qi. ”

Han Qi said: "Zhang Bin's son is steady, intelligent, and powerful, but Zhang Bin is young after all, and he seems to have a strong temperament, which can be seen from the bet between Dangdian and Sima Guang a few days ago, and this son is decisive in killing...... Well! Your Majesty, don't forget, this son personally killed an envoy of the Western Xia Kingdom in the Heiluo Department in the northwest......"

When Han Qi said this, he stopped, and after Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, his face changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "Li Shunju quickly sent someone to chase Zhang Bin and let him come back." ”

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After half a burnt incense, Zhang Bin entered the palace again speechlessly.

"Zhang Bin, it's okay for you to be the envoy of this pavilion, but you must remember that no matter what the Liao envoy does, you must not be disrespectful and rude to the Liao envoy, let alone hurt the Liao envoy." Zhao Ji commanded with a solemn expression.

Zhang Bin sighed secretly in his heart, after the alliance of the Yuanyuan, for more than 40 years, the Great Song Dynasty has always been in the shadow of the Liao State, year after year, and he can't even raise his head in front of the Liao people, and the emperor of a country actually said such spineless and dignified words, and the prime ministers of Han Qi and Lu Gongbi were silent, and they seemed to be accustomed to it, and it was not strange.

Even Wang Anshi, although he looked sad, did not refute Zhao Ji's words, obviously agreeing with what Zhao Ji said.

Zhang Bin knew that if he raised a different opinion at this time, he would probably be immediately canceled from the envoy of the embassy he had just appointed, so he bowed down as usual and said, "The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's will." ”

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Watching Zhang Bin leave, Han Qi faintly felt that something was wrong, Zhang Bin didn't have any superfluous expressions to the words of the Son of Heaven just now, this is not a vigorous and capable person, and he has made great contributions one after another, Zhang Bin, who is already the first person of the younger generation of the Great Song Dynasty, should have the reaction, even if he doesn't dare to refute the meaning of the Son of Heaven, there must always be sadness or anger in his expression.

But from beginning to end, Zhang Bin looked as usual......

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In the third year of Xining, August 11th, autumn!

The procession of the Liao envoys crossed the Yellow River and walked on the official road leading to Kaifeng, the city of Tokyo, where a hundred Khitan cavalrymen riding tall horses and dressed in different costumes surrounded a wide carriage, and on the periphery were 500 border troops from 408 directions surrounding the Liao envoys, so that pedestrians from the south to the north did not dare to approach slightly.

Although Xiao Xi, the envoy of the Liao State, was the first time to send an envoy to the Song State, he was full of confidence in this mission.

At that time, when the Song Dynasty was Renzong, they Liao took advantage of the Western Xia to establish a state, and coerced the Song Dynasty to increase the annual coin, at that time the Liao State thought that at least the army should be dispatched to fight a small battle at the border pass, but the result was not waiting for the army to open to the border pass, the Song Dynasty agreed to increase the unreasonable request of the annual coin, and the smooth process made the Liao State talk about it so far.

Therefore, although there were a bunch of troubles within the Liao State itself this time, after the Liao lord got the news that the Song State and the Western Xia had each gathered hundreds of thousands of troops at the border pass to fight endlessly, he decisively sent an envoy to the south, and ordered the army to show off its might at the border pass and make it look like an invasion to the south.

Of course, out of the principle of making a price all over the sky and then bargaining slowly, the unreasonable request made by the Liao State was to cede the land, but in fact, as long as the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State could force the Song State to increase the New Year's coins.

After Han Qi learned the news of the Liao envoy's arrival in the south a few days ago, he immediately ordered the secret agents of the pacification division in the Liao State to find out the true purpose of the Liao imperial court to send envoys, but no news has reached Tokyo so far.

Xiao Xi was full of contempt for the civil official named Chen Zhitong who accompanied Xiao Xi all the way from Zhending Mansion, because this person was full of fear when facing him, but this person was full of strange disdain when facing Yelu Shiwu, the deputy military attache beside him, and the hundred escort cavalry.

On the contrary, the five hundred elite border troops of the Song State were neither humble nor arrogant, full of hostility towards their Liao people, and even occasionally revealed unconcealed killing intent.

"Although Chen Zhitong is still very attentive and fearful of us, it seems that he has been a little more bold in the face of us since yesterday." The deputy envoy of the Liao State Mission was a military general, named Yelu Shiwu, who was also a well-known warrior in the Liao State, and he looked down on spineless civil officials like Chen Zhitong the most.

It made Xiao Xi ponder for a while, frowned, and said: "It should be the result of the war between the Northern Song people and the Dangxiang people. ”

Chen Zhitong sneered: "The party people have been worse every year than a year, and now even the Song people can't beat them." ”

Xiao Xi said with emotion: "It's not just the party members, our Liao country has been greatly consumed in recent years, and the national strength is not as good as before, and now it has affected the army, but the Song people don't know it." ”

"So what, even if the combat strength of our army has decreased, the Song people are far from being our opponents." Yelu Shiwu was full of disdain for the Song people.

Xiao Xi suddenly remembered something and said, "After arriving in Tokyo, find an opportunity to contact the people of the Dark Eagle Hall and ask what the situation of the war in the northwest is." ”

Yelu Shiwu agreed, and couldn't help but scold: "The damned Song people will stare at us to death, and if our people leave alone, they will have someone to follow, and the news of the Dark Eagle Hall will not come in." ”

"If the party in the northwest is defeated by the Song army, our goal will not be easily achieved, but in response to this situation, we have also prepared before coming, and we have our own ways to force the Song people to agree to our request." Xiao Xi grinned and sneered, his expression gloomy.

PS: I'll update these five chapters for the time being.,I'm going to see the subscription.,And then decide whether to add more————