The Jin State became stronger and stronger, and the Liao State had no choice but to recognize the Jin State.

One day, Liao envoy Yelu Zhangnu and his party of five people came to Jindu Ning overnight. After layers of reports, I walked into the palace hall - a large felt tent. The so-called dragon chair is a simple yellow elm chair, and the imperial case is nothing more than a rosewood table. Ah Guda sat on the dragon chair, and all the Bo Jin stood on the left and right, and the living girl stood beside him.

Zhang Nu hugged his fists and said: "The envoy of the Great Liao State, Yelu Zhangnu, and the servants pay a visit to His Majesty the Emperor. Ah Gu said: "Since you are a noble envoy of the Liao State, please take a seat." Zhang Nu returned the salute, and the group sat on the wooden bench on the right side in turn.

Ah Guta suddenly remembered that he had a friend of the battle of Dalu Ancient City and Zhang Nu, and laughed and said: "Your envoy was almost captured by me in Alougang, if that is the case, he will not be my guest today." ”

Zhang Nu immediately replied: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for Lord Xiao's intercession, Zhang Nu would not be His Majesty's guest today." When the living girl heard this, she immediately pulled out her waist knife and said, "You are bold! Aguta stopped: "Hugh is rude! The living girl angrily put away her waist knife.

Ah Guda smiled again: "Then please thank Master Xiao on behalf of your envoy, it is he who gave me the opportunity to fight against the Great Liao Dynasty." ”

There was silence in the felt tent for a while, and Ah Gu changed the topic and asked, "Don't talk about this, I don't know why your envoy came?" ”

Zhang Nu said: "This envoy is ordered by our emperor to deliver a letter of state. After speaking, he got up and handed over the credentials. Ah Guta signaled to Xi Bushi, and Xi Bushi took the national letter and began to read:

The Emperor of the Great Liao State sent a letter to the gold owner: Emperor Lietian, the Great Sage of the Great Ming God, since the establishment of the foundation, it has been nine generations to expand the territory. The coexistence of the Three Kingdoms and the Great Liao are the most, the Western Xia submitted, and the Song State paid tribute to our dynasty at the age of the year. Since the "Lanyuan Alliance", the annual payment of 100,000 taels of silver, 200,000 horses of silk, and the female straight to the end of the face, under the protection of the kings of our previous dynasties, a little livestock rice grain and a few Haidongqing, compared with the Song State, it is really one of the nine cows. But the woman didn't want to report to the lord, but raised troops to invade the territory, occupy the city of our state, and plunder my country's land. The emperor is generous and benevolent, regardless of the past suspicions, as long as the gold lord retreats to the homeland and abides by the old system, and is still a vassal, the two families will always repair the alliance, and the living beings in the world will be spared. If this is the case, the world is very fortunate and the people are very lucky.

Emperor Tianzuo of the Great Liao Dynasty celebrated the fifth year of April in April

Ah Gu inquired, and laughed: "What a magnanimous and merciful lord, come, take a pen and paper, and wait for me to return to Shuliao." ”

The attendant presented the four treasures of the above room, and Ah Guda wrote in his own hand:

The emperor of the Dajin Kingdom replied to the lord of Liao: Since the founding of my ancestors, there have been constant disputes in the world. At the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Khitan began to rise in the world and built Liao, and now it has been passed down to the ninth generation. Yelu Yanxi inherited the foundation of the previous emperor as the king of a country, and did not think about the difficulty of starting a business, and indulged in the sound of dogs and horses all day long, spending extravagantly and not knowing how to care for the people. The Jurchens suffered and were humiliated, so that the heavens were angry and the state was declining.

Nowadays, the way of heaven has changed, the artifact is easier, and the city of the world is inhabited by the virtuous. If your country is sincere, it will be a vassal of our Jin country, and it will abide by the old system, and pay tribute to gold every year, so that we can strike a truce and retreat to the mainland!

The Emperor of the Jin State completed the first year of the country, Gengchen in April

Xi Yin handed it to Zhang Nu, who was silent for a moment, so he put the book in his arms. Ah Guda looked at Yelu Zhangnu, who was pale, and said: "If the Liao lord can act according to my Dajin State Book, you will not be worth the trip, presumably Zhang Nu's envoys have official duties, and the state letter with me is in a hurry to restore his life, and the other four ministers should stay longer." ”

The four Liao entourages got up and wanted to leave, but Zong Gan and Zong Han drew their swords to stop them.

Zhang Nu protested loudly: "You forcibly detain the envoys of the Great Liao, which is a violation of diplomatic etiquette!" With that, he turned around and rode out of the temple.

During this half a year, the envoys of the Liao State continued to make peace with the Jin State. And the increasingly powerful Jin Guo put forward more harsh conditions and became more and more tough.

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In the second year of Jin Zhengguo, in April of the sixth year of Song Zhenghe, Song sent an envoy to Jin for the first time, and this envoy was none other than Zhao Liangsi, a horse buyer who came to Ningjiang Prefecture two years ago. There was also a person named Ma Zheng.

Two years ago, Aguta was the chief of a tribe, and now he is revered as the emperor of the Jin Kingdom; At that time, Ningjiang Prefecture was still the world of the Liao State, and now it has been included in the territory of the Jin State.

In the early summer of the northern country, the blue sky, clear water, wind and sunshine are beautiful, the endless grasslands are full of flowers, and the green hills are lush with trees. According to the tiger water fishing boats come and go, it is a good northern scenery.

Zhao Liangsi, Ma Zheng and his entourage came to Jindu Ning, and what they saw was not a pavilion but a mud house and thatched house, the only difference was that Ah Guda lived in a felt tent. It was this felt tent that used the palace kang as a dragon bed, and was able to repeatedly defeat the Liao State on the battlefield, which made the emperor of the Great Song Kingdom impressed.

Zhao Liangsi, Ma Zheng and his entourage pulled horses towards the felt tent, and two of them carried valuable gifts. Under the guidance of the guards, the two entered the felt tent hall.

Ma Zheng had been here before, and he had a relationship with Ah Guda, so he first hugged his fists and said: "The envoys of the Song State pay a visit to the emperor of the Dajin Kingdom. ”

The Great Song Dynasty in the south, how can Ah Guda not know. When he was a teenager, he also went with the elders of the clan. It's just that the Great Song Dynasty is too weak to be rich, and there are many defeats and few victories in the Liao war.

However, if the Great Song Dynasty can contain the Liao State, it will not be a bad thing!

Ah Gu Da sat on the earthen kang and sat on the front, and the wall of the tent behind him was not hung with teeth and claws Jiaolong but a picture of "Hai Dongqing" with wings ready to fly, all of which can be said to be an alternative among the emperors. He began: "I welcome the arrival of your envoys. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ma Zheng hugged his fists and thanked him back. Ah Guda looked at it carefully and said, "Do you make a good life? ”

Ma Zheng replied unhurriedly: "I have been to Ningjiang Prefecture to buy a horse, and Your Majesty has provided many conveniences, so that I will remember it to this day." ”

When Ma Zheng mentioned this, Ah Gu snorted and said, "I think of it, your envoy's surname is Ma Mingzheng." ”

Ma Zhengdao: "It was the extraordinary period when His Majesty invaded Ningjiang Prefecture, and I not only bought a first-class horse, but also received special courtesy and care from Your Majesty. For this reason, my lord specially entrusted his subordinates to prepare some small gifts to give back to Your Majesty, which is not a tribute. ”

Ah Gu said: "A little thing, He Lao and the lord of the Song Dynasty have returned thousands of miles to thank you, please sit down." Ma Zheng sat down with his entourage.

Ah Guta immediately ordered the living girl and others to unload the gifts, the living girl and several guards moved the horse jacket into the tent one by one, Ma Zheng opened the package before leaving the seat, and introduced them one by one with a bamboo tea tube: "These are the famous teas of my Song Kingdom, this is the dragon and phoenix tribute tea; This is Shuangjing tea, also known as Hongzhou Shuangjing; These are the other blankets that have been removed from the ...... of Ruilong Tea, all of which are famous wines, and the delicate porcelain bottles are wrapped in silk cotton.

The living girl carefully took them out one by one, and Ma Zheng picked up a bottle and introduced: "This wine is called Puzhong wine, this wine was famous all over the world in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it is still used by the court today." ”

Then Ma Zheng took out a bottle and introduced: "This kind of wine is called Suhexiang wine, which is a royal medicinal wine, and each bucket of wine is boiled with Suhe pills one or two, which can regulate the five internal organs and dispel all diseases in the abdomen." Then he took out a few bottles of Zhuyi and introduced, this is called Dongyang wine, and this is called lamb wine...... Due to the long distance and inconvenient carrying, bring a little less to show respect. ”

Ah Gu inquired and was simply fascinated, and exclaimed: "These tea and wine, let alone taste, even the name is the first time I have heard of it, the Central Plains people are amazing, it seems that our Dajin Kingdom should learn more from the Central Plains people, my country's Changbai Mountain is rich in ginseng, deer antler, and will definitely be able to make good medicinal wine in the future." ”

Ah Gu beat the dragon Yan Dayue, told the minister of the country to go up the mountain to hunt some game, choose the best carp on the tiger water, entertain the distinguished guests, and I personally accompany him. How dare Sakai be lazy, and order his subordinates to handle it immediately.

Song Qianli's gift of precious tea and wine is also a generous gift for the backward Jinguo. Zhao Ji is nominally a return for Aguta's courtesy to Ma Zheng, but in fact it is another peek into the strength of the Jin State, because the Liao State still occupies the sixteen states of Youyun, and the monarchs and ministers of the Song State have always been obsessed.

The high-level hospitality of the Jin State to the Song envoys also had their own considerations, and the initial establishment of the country needed the moral support of great powers such as Song and Goryeo, which was conducive to the war against Liao. Therefore, Aguta's hospitality to the Song envoy is reasonable.

The next day, accompanied by the ministers of the country, Sa Gai and Xi Buyi, Zhao Liangsi and Ma Zheng came to the military field to watch various drills and performances of the Jurchen soldiers. In an open place, the school military field was waving flags and gongs and drums. The soldiers who perform equestrianism here hold swords and guns in their hands, and they pitch and move freely on horseback; The soldiers over there draw the full moon with bows and shoot money with arrows; Wrestling soldiers are like bulls on top of each other, wrestling with each other.

Zhao Liangsi admired in his heart, "The Jurchen soldiers are invincible" This is true. Sakai asked Zhao Liangsi: "How are the soldiers of my Jin Kingdom?" ”

Zhao Liangsi said: "Let me open my eyes, see that your soldiers are well-trained, and understand why the Liao army is vulnerable." ”

"The noble envoy is only half right, Tianzuo's four-season safari does not care for the people, who is willing to die for him; My monarch and ministers are of the same heart, and the emperor regards the people as parents, and everyone is willing to serve for them, can the Liao army not be defeated? Xi added that they were watching and talking.

Zhao Liangsi and Ma Zheng lived in Jin for a few more days, and learned that Jin occupied a large area of land north of Huanglongfu in Liao State in less than half a year. Ah Guda was ambitious and prepared to march westward, and he had a hunch that it was only a matter of time before the remote Jin State replaced the Liao State.

Zhao Liangsi and Ma Zheng returned to the pavilion, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, happy that the rise of the Jin State weakened the Liao State, which was conducive to the Song State to recover the lost territory of Youyun; But there is a little more worry in my heart...... Anyway, tomorrow when I return to China and tell the truth, Lord Tong will play the Ming Holy Heaven truthfully, and my lord must have a plan. After the fifth watch, Zhao Liangsi fell asleep.