Chapter 187: Envoy of the Liao State
After the salute was completed, Xiao Haishan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know how your country has studied the few gadgets sent by Weichen before?" Your country has always been known for its cultural origins, and it must be a piece of cake, hehe. β
Unlike the lame Chinese of the previous Western Xia envoy Li Wanchun, this Xiao Haishan's Chinese is extremely fluent, if you don't look at his dress and the braids on his head, you will think that this is a Central Plains person.
From here we can also see the relationship between the three kingdoms, to talk about culture is definitely the first in the Song Dynasty, whether it is the Western Xia or the Liao State is located on the grassland, it is a nation on horseback, the natural folk customs are strong, both men and women can ride fierce horses, but when it comes to the Central Plains, which has thousands of years of cultural origin, these two countries are not able to catch up.
So although they don't say it, in fact, they are secretly learning or even imitating the knowledge of the Song Dynasty, and even the official system has been learned ninety, for example, their leaders were called Shan Yu or Khan before, and now the Western Xia is the king, and the Liao State is the emperor.
But these two countries are also different, the biggest difference is that the Liao State imitated it very thoroughly, and except for retaining some core habits, the rest were completely unconditional learning, and even held the imperial examination system to select talents, and more and more attention was paid to civil officials.
However, the Western Xia Kingdom is different, they only absorb what they think is beneficial to them, but they retain more, especially the habit of emphasizing military force over literature and emphasizing their own country over Han nationality, which leads to the status of their domestic literati is far inferior to that of military generals, and even more than half of the people in Han do not understand Han at all.
It's hard to say which of these two ways is better, but Ye Ling is a bystander, and he also knows the advantages and disadvantages of these two countries.
Unlike the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty who were all three points of compromise and seven points of fear for these two countries, Ye Ling's attitude towards these two countries was very resolute, he would not compromise, let alone be afraid, and understanding them was just to facilitate the defeat of them in the future.
For example, the actions taken by the Liao State this time were actually intended to start from the cultural aspects that the Song Dynasty was most proud of, so as to undermine the morale of the other party and thus strengthen their own confidence.
But to a certain extent, it also shows that they attach great importance to this, which means that the apprentice wants to challenge the master to create his own portal after returning from school, while the Western Xia Kingdom will not do such a 'senseless thing' at all, they will only take military action directly to obtain benefits.
Those four things were also found by the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State with a lot of effort, those antiques were the collection of one of their great domestic collectors, and the list was naturally there, but they were handed down from their ancestors, and even they themselves did not know how to identify them, so they believed that the people of the Song Dynasty could not do the same.
In fact, what they expected was not wrong, if it wasn't for Ye Ling's killing in the sky, the result would really be hard to say.
But now it is naturally different, Huizong dropped his eyes, and a scholar had already stood up and clearly explained the origin of those four things.
As the scholar talked eloquently, he saw that Xiao Haishan's face also changed several times, from disdain at the beginning to surprise, then to doubt, and finally completely shocked, his mouth was open but he couldn't speak.
He never imagined that the four things they had collected with great effort were all of special origins, and they were extremely difficult to identify, this Great Song Dynasty was really full of talents, and they could see through it completely, and it was not bad at all.
This made Xiao Haishan extremely depressed, they originally wanted to slap the opponent of the Great Song Dynasty with a loud slap, but they didn't expect that it was themselves who were slapped in the face.
This feeling is really bad, and it makes Xiao Haishan feel a huge gap from heaven to hell in an instant!
But he is also a character in the end, and he forcibly suppressed all kinds of unhappiness and laughed a few times: "Hehe, this country is really powerful, the origin of these gadgets is good, I believe that the whole country will be very happy." β
Then he said a few more words and then planned to leave, this time the slap in the face failed, of course he didn't want to stay here any longer, otherwise wouldn't it be a shame for himself?
But Yelu Wuyun behind him suddenly spoke at this time: "These are just some gadgets to pass the time after tea and dinner, it's nothing, I Yelu Wuyun heard that your country has also produced a lot of masters in recent years, can you let me see it?" β
Hearing that Xiao Haishan was soft, Huizong Junchen was happy, but he didn't expect this Yelu Wuyun to jump out and speak again, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became tense again.
Needless to say, the strength of the two countries' armed forces is self-evident, the founding emperor Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is also a generation of influential figures, a stick, a pair of long fists, is also an invincible opponent in the Central Plains, and personally ended the troubled times of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, but even he has never won any victory in the war with Liao, let alone future generations.
And this Yelu Wuyun is a famous warrior even in the Liao Kingdom, so seeing him take the initiative to call the battle, Huizong and the others looked a little unnatural, to say that they are all masters in terms of culture, but it is far from good to do it, but it is too embarrassing to give up directly, so the scene is a little embarrassing for a while.
Seeing that no one answered, a flash of disdain flashed in Yelu Wuyun's eyes, and he immediately said: "It's just a few hands, isn't your country known as 800,000 forbidden troops and countless fierce generals?" Isn't it possible that there is not even one who can fight? Hahahaha. β
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This is already a bit ugly, Yelu Wuyun's tone also has obvious disdain and arrogance, the generals present are all furious, in fact, they are not afraid to fight, but Huizong and Cai Jing and others have already instructed before, in the face of Liao and Western Xia, they can endure it, unless the soldiers come over, they are not allowed to take the initiative to fight, otherwise even if they win, they will be severely punished, and if they lose, they will be punished even more.
Coupled with so many years of emphasizing literature and ignoring military force, almost all the generals who can fight have been expelled from the imperial court, and most of the people present are relatively moderate and obedient, and they can only dare to be angry but dare not speak.
At this time, I heard a person suddenly say aloud: "General Yelu, how about I come and play a few hands with you?" β
Everyone was shocked, who didn't know how to dare to argue with the people of Liao, and when they looked at it, it was Ye Ling.
Yelu Wuyun was also stunned, smiled, looked Ye Ling up and down a few times, and said: "Little friend, I'm not here to talk to you about writing and writing, your small body is not my opponent at all, I don't win or not, let's change to a famous general, hehehe." β
These words were extremely contemptuous, and he completely treated Ye Ling as a child, but Ye Ling was not in a hurry or annoyed, and said leisurely: "General Yelu, I am just a nobody in the Great Song Dynasty, but it is enough to deal with you, if you can defeat me, you will naturally come out more powerful, or rather, don't you dare?" β
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