Chapter 154 Treatment of Envoys
Wen Qihang from later generations is accustomed to seeing people do all kinds of unscrupulous means for fame and fortune. For this era, the moral values of scholars and doctors are still quite vague. I don't understand that for civil officials, reputation is official reputation, and as a civil official, once the reputation is damaged, it also means the end of the career.
The ancients were not sages, once their own future was involved, especially as an official, his future alone was even related to the future of a family. Now that he is smelling Qihang in front of the envoys of the whole world, he openly slanders him, how can he not be angry.
It is conceivable that their lustful reputation will spread all over the world.
Originally, those two officials also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of today's ceremony to completely win Wen Qihang, not only to make themselves famous all over the world, but also to leave a deep impression in the heart of a certain prince, which is simply a good thing for fame and fortune, of course, it is worth taking a risk.
But things often go the other way, who would have thought that Wen Qihang was actually an officialdom novice, and he would directly flip the table.
Usually everyone is you stepping on me, I stepping on you, stepping on each other's upper position, and then they will laugh at it, but Wen Qihang does not play cards according to the routine at all, and directly makes this an endless personal grudge.
I have to say that it is not without reason that officials do not like Wen Qihang, and it is really difficult to attract people who can't bring any benefits to other officials.
This kind of officialdom is better to stay away, otherwise once you get burned, even if you can get away with it, you will be ashamed.
As for Zhao Laoer, regardless of whether Wen Qihang was his illegitimate son or not, but those two officials ignored today's ceremony after the sealing of the dynasty, and actually impeached Wen Qihang in front of the envoys of the whole world, which in itself is a manifestation of ignorance of current affairs, and it is not to give him face as an emperor.
No matter what the purpose of the two officials was to find trouble with Wen Qihang, it was just a small episode for today's post-sealing ceremony.
The ceremony will continue.
"The envoy of the Liao State, Ye Lujing, on behalf of my emperor, I would like to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and crown Najib." A big man in brocade with stubble on his face walked out of the queue and bowed to Zhao Lao Er with an arrogant face.
"Yeluqing's family, please convey my greetings from the Song court to His Majesty the Emperor of Liao. The fact that our two countries live next to each other will surely become a model of good-neighborliness and friendship in the world, and I hope that our two countries will be reconciled forever. Zhao Lao Er smiled.
"Yelu Jing will convey the greetings of His Majesty the Emperor to my Emperor on his behalf." Jerejm arched his hand.
"The envoy of the Shu Kingdom, Wang Zhaoyuan, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Weichen would like to congratulate the Song Court on behalf of the Emperor on the opening of the Song Dynasty, and wish that our two countries will be reconciled for generations, and there will never be any soldiers." The envoy of Shu who walked into the hall had the demeanor of a celebrity, if he hadn't heard Qihang and understood the details of this guy, he would definitely be deceived by his appearance.
This guy is another example in history second only to Zhao Kuo on paper, that is, he compared himself to the wisdom of Zhuge and tried his best to persuade the emperor of Shu Meng Chang to join the Northern Han Dynasty to send troops to attack Zhao and Song in the north and south, but in the end three battles and three defeats, in a hurry, he actually abandoned Shu and fled.
"Wang Qing, let's get even!" Zhao Lao Er said to Wang Zhaoyuan, who was kneeling on one knee.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Zhaoyuan stood up and saluted.
"The envoy of the Tang State, Zhou Zong, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Weichen would like to convey the congratulations of the Lord of our country to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty on behalf of the Lord of the Tang State." Zhou Zong walked to the hall and bowed to Zhao Laoer.
This is an old acquaintance, if nothing else, Zhou Zong will become the old man who smells the sail, but unfortunately, Li Tang will not easily agree to this.
However, it can also be seen from this that the gap in strength between countries, the envoys of the Liao State did not even bother to use the nascent force of the Great Song Dynasty, let alone take the initiative to make friends. However, the envoys of Shu used a one-knee salute, and even took the initiative to speak out and establish diplomatic relations. As for Li Tang Zhouzong, facing the suzerainty that inherited the Great Zhou, Zhouzong used the bow ceremony.
"Zhou Qing's family, please get up." The corners of Zhao Laoer's mouth curled slightly, and he spoke.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhou Zong got up and thanked him.
"Looking at Zhou Qing's complexion, it seems that he is much more depressed than when we met last time, but is it due to the fatigue of the journey?" Zhao Lao Er asked.
"Thank you Your Majesty, Wechen is in good health, but recently my lord and noble body has been slightly ill, and Wechen is worried day and night, and it is inevitable that he will be a little mentally ill." Zhou Zong replied.
"Zhou Qing's family is really loyal." Zhao Lao Er praised and continued: "When Zhou Qing returns to the court, he must convey my greetings to Lord Li. ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely bring Your Majesty's greetings." Zhou Zongdao.
"There is a saying among the people that the country is happy, and it must also be beneficial to the physical recovery of the Tang Lord. I don't know what happened to the last time we discussed, what did Lord Tang consider? Zhao Lao Er asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the Song and Tang Dynasties can be a good marriage between Qin and Jin, which is also the wish of our lord, but the eldest daughter of the Weichen family, now married to a wife, I really can't be a candidate for the marriage between the Song and Tang Dynasties, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." Zhou Zong was embarrassed.
"In this way, does Guo Zhu Li have an opinion on the eternal reconciliation between my Song and Tang Dynasties?" Zhao Lao Er said unhappily.
"Your Majesty, don't misunderstand, of course, my lord very much hopes that the Song and Tang dynasties can be reconciled forever." Zhou Zong hurriedly clarified.
"Oh, what does Lord Li think?" Zhao Lao Er frowned.
"Your Majesty, although the eldest daughter of the Weichen family has been married to a wife and cannot be used as a candidate for the marriage between the two countries, the youngest daughter of Weichen is still waiting to be written. For the sake of Wenjue's reputation, Weichen and our lord both hope that only the little girl will be married, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks? Seeing that Zhao Lao Er was chasing this matter and kept asking, Zhou Zong had no choice but to say the final opinion that had been discussed a long time ago.
Hearing Zhou Zong's words, Zhao Lao Er sighed lightly and said: "Hey, the people often say: it is better to demolish ten temples than to destroy a marriage." At the beginning, I didn't know that the eldest daughter of Zhou Qing's family was married to a wife, so I came forward to ask for marriage on behalf of Wenjue........
Although there is no joke, the common sense of people cannot be violated. ”
"Thank you for your understanding." Seeing that there was a sense of relaxation in Zhao Laoer's words, Zhou Zong said overjoyed. He won't believe Zhao Laoer's nonsense, if the eldest daughter in the family is married to an ordinary family, if he doesn't know as the emperor of a country, it can be considered excusable, but the eldest daughter in the family is married to the prince of a country after all, if he doesn't know, then it can be regarded as a faint king.
"But after all, I am a king, and this is a breach of promise, and it is absolutely impossible to break it.........," Zhao Lao Er muttered.
"Your Majesty......." Seeing that Zhao Lao Er was hesitant, Zhou Zong was still in a happy mood just now, and suddenly fell to the bottom.
If it can make the two countries stable for a long time, if the marriage is just an ordinary woman, even if she is already married to a woman, she can still be sacrificed, but the eldest daughter Zhou Qiang is a dignified princess after all, once she is sacrificed, how can the court save face, not to mention the prince who can't even keep a woman, how can he inherit the unification.
"In this way, let's discuss a way to get the best of both worlds, which can not only make me not lose my promise, but also make Zhou Qing not have to be embarrassed." Zhao Lao Er thought about it.
"If there is such a good law, please make it clear to Your Majesty." Zhou Zong hurriedly said.
"After all, this matter is about Wenjue, and now that Wenjue is on the spot, why don't we listen to Wenjue's opinion, after all, this is also a family matter that I asked for him. If Wen Jue agrees to Zhou Qing's proposal, then I can not lose my promise, and Zhou Qing does not have to be embarrassed, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. Zhao Lao Er said with a smile.
"........" When he heard that Zhao Lao Er planned to let Wen Qihang decide this matter, Zhou Zong's heart immediately cooled down. Recently, he has been in the Beijing Division, and he has heard a lot about Wen Qihang's bold deeds for the sake of women.
A guy who can spend a lot of money for a mere Qinglou woman.
A demon who can even dare to break into the palace at night and enter the palace alone for the sake of women, such a guy, how can he let go of his famous eldest daughter.
(End of chapter)