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On the tenth day of the fourth month of the fifth year of Xining, the same day festival. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Early in the morning, Emperor Zhao Ji accepted the congratulations of hundreds of officials and envoys from various countries in the Daqing Palace, which is an annual festival. In the afternoon, a banquet was held to entertain hundreds of officials and envoys, and there were also related celebrations.

Although there was a drought, the Ministry of Rites was still very grand, and the whole celebration ceremony was still so grand and grand, and even a little luxurious.

The morning morning of the morning is in order, there are etiquette rules to be found, and everything is as usual. Then there was a banquet, and the main seat was Zhao Ji, and the seats were arranged on both sides of the hall. On the right are the ministers of Zaifu's meritorious service, and on the left are the envoys of Liao, Western Xia, Tubo, Goryeo, and Jiaozhi.

Lin Zhao was seated at the front because of the dual identity of the Marquis of Weiyuan and the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and the grace of the Holy Grace. Before the banquet began, everyone began to sit down in turn, and the envoys of the Liao State stopped in front of Lin Zhao when they arrived.

Since the "Lanyuan Alliance", Song Liao has become a country of brothers, and naturally there are few courtesies and exchanges. Every year, Zhengdan and the other emperor's birthday will send envoys to congratulate, and even the queen mother's birthday, as well as the emperor's condolences after his death, have formed a set of fixed patterns, year after year.

The envoy to the Song Dynasty this time was called Xiao Xi, and he knew that he was from the descendant clan just by listening to the surname, but the intimacy of the relationship with Xiao Guanyin was unknown.

Xiao Xi walked up to Lin Zhao and laughed in a low voice: "But Weiyuan Hou Lin Shilang in person? ”

"Exactly!"

"Sure enough, he is a young talent, and his bearing is extraordinary!"

Lin Zhao smiled: "Where, Xiao Envoy praised it falsely. ”

"How can the prince of my country be so concerned, how can he be an ordinary person?" Xiao Xi said with a smile: "When I went south, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to ask the Marquis of Weiyuan to say hello, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he always remembered the goodness of Lin Shilang!" ”

"Really? Then please ask Xiao to convey my greetings to the prince of your country! Lin Zhao responded politely. Just listening to Xiao Xi's tone, and then looking at his expression that seemed to be smiling or not, he already knew it in his heart. It seems that the matter of the Daimyo's Mansion, Yelujun has some grudges!

This kid is really a dog biting Lu Dongbin. I don't know the hearts of good people.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he had prepared a gift for Marquis Weiyuan!"

"Oh? Your prince is really polite! ”

Xiao Xi looked at Lin Zhao, who was calm and relaxed, and asked with a smile: "Lin Shilang didn't ask what kind of gift it was?" ”

"The handwriting of the prince of your country is naturally extraordinary!" Lin Zhao was also quite strange about this.

"It's not a secret, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't explain it clearly, and he just took the liberty of speculating ......" Xiao Xi smiled: "I'll know Lin Shilang later, haha!" ”

"That's good. Ben Hou will wait and see! Lin Zhao muttered in his heart, what the hell is Ye Lujun going to do?

Lin Zhao sent an envoy to the Liao State in his early years and rescued the queen and princess of the Liao State, so it was not surprising that the Liao envoy said a few words to him, and everyone didn't care.

The music sounded, and Emperor Zhao Ji arrived surrounded by the chamberlain and the palace lae. Xiao Xi and Lin Zhao glanced at each other, left a smug smile, and turned around to sit down.

Zhao Ji came, with a proud spring breeze on his face!

Today is his birthday, it's a good day, and he is naturally in a good mood. He sat down in the midst of the crowd's worship, followed by a speech. The content is the victories and achievements of the Great Song Dynasty inside and outside the past year, some of which have been ignored or weakened, and the role they have played has been emphasized intentionally or unintentionally.

Show off your might in front of hundreds of officials and envoys from various countries, satisfy your "vanity", and reflect the heavenly style and the supreme majesty of the emperor. Anyway, it was all a scene, and then the banquet began.

First of all, hundreds of officials and envoys from various countries toasted the emperor, congratulating the emperor on his eternal happiness and longevity! In this way, the banquet is officially opened, and most of such occasions are ceremonial. Food is basically just a decoration. The officials at the front could take the opportunity to toast the emperor, while the officials at the back could only toast with the courtiers on the left and right, which looked festive.

But when it was the turn of the envoys of various countries to celebrate their birthdays, discordant voices appeared.

Western Xia was relatively low-key because of its defeat in the Battle of Wudinghe last year. Such as Tubo and Jiaozhi, etc., were nominally vassals of the Song Dynasty, and naturally they were also very respectful. Only this brotherly country, Liao, is not so peaceful.

Xiao Xi, as the envoy of the birthday, got up to toast the birthday of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, conveyed the greetings of the Liao lord, and also presented a congratulatory gift. The others are also ordinary, among which only ten East Pearls and two thousand-year lives are the most precious.

Lin Zhao glanced at it from a distance and smiled coldly in his heart. It's a good thing, yes, but it's definitely exploited from the Jurchens. According to this rhythm, even if the face is not finished, it is only a matter of time before the oppressed Jurchens rise up and resist.

Zhao Ji naturally laughed at this, and thought in his heart that he had sown too much rain and dew in the harem recently, and his body was a little lacking, and those two lives were naturally excellent supplements. Immediately smiled and said: "The envoy has worked, please convey my gratitude to the Liao lord on my behalf, and I will also prepare a small gift as a reward!" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be polite!" Xiao Xi coughed, looked around, glanced at Lin Zhao intentionally or unintentionally, and then said: "Your country pays attention to etiquette and exchanges, and the beauty of gift-giving is to make the other party like and be happy, does Your Majesty think so?" ”

Zhao Ji had already noticed that Xiao Xi was only afraid that there was something in his words, but this sentence was very simple and could not be refuted, so he just nodded lightly.

"So...... Your Majesty doesn't need to prepare another generous gift, it may not be in line with Your Majesty's wishes! Xiao Xi said this, looking at the Great Song Junchen with a smile, quite a bit of a dagger.

Zhao Ji's expression was also much gloomy, but he still maintained a reluctant smile and majesty, and asked, "Then I don't know what Lord Liao likes?" ”

"Haha, this one!" Xiao Xi said: "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't have to spend any money to give any gifts, you just need to return the things of Da Liao." ”

"Return?" Zhao Ji asked in a deep voice: "I don't know what the Great Song Dynasty owes you Liao?" ”

"Land!" Xiao Xi's face changed, he took out a volume of letters from his body, and said solemnly: "This is the letter of state from His Majesty My Great Liao to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, please redraw the borders of Wei, Ying, and Shuo, and return all parts of my Great Liao!" ”

This sentence can be said to be earth-shattering, and there was an uproar in the main hall. No one would have thought that on such a festive day, the envoys of the Liao State would come to such a move. There may be a few unclear places on the border of the Song Dynasty, but they are all extremely subtle, and for a long time, the two countries coexisted peacefully, and these disputes were put on hold for a long time.

Unexpectedly, Liao suddenly proposed it at this time, and its intentions were already obvious. Redraw the national border and return the land of Liao...... This means that the Song Dynasty occupied the land of Liao, and the facts have been established. Moreover, the word return seems simple, but how much to return? Will the Liao State take the opportunity to encroach on the territory of the Song Dynasty?

The hearts of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty present are all tight, and this is not the most important thing. What is important is the attitude of the Liao State, taking the initiative to provoke border disputes, could it be that it has the intention to raise troops to the south? In the past few years, the Liao State has gradually recovered from the rebellion of the imperial uncle and the rebellion of Xiao Hujian, and its strength has recovered, and it is ready to move again.

If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, but I am afraid that the border will be in war again! The peace of the past few decades since the Yuanyuan Alliance may have come to an end, and in the face of this ominous signal, the hearts of the Great Song monarchs and ministers are a little turbulent!

Zhao Ji smiled coldly and said, "It turns out that the Liao Lord still has such a big gift for me!" As he spoke, he glared at Xiao Xi fiercely. Redividing the country, even if the Liao State wanted to encroach on the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji didn't think about it so much for the time being. At this moment, what he cares about most is his face.

The envoys of the Liao State mentioned this matter at the celebration banquet of the same day, which was deliberately embarrassing themselves!

The Khitans are really too deceitful!

"Where?" Xiao Xihun didn't care about Zhao Ji's eyes, and said without fear: "I hope Your Majesty will be fulfilled!" As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Lin Zhao again.

Lin Zhao saw it clearly, heard it clearly, and smiled coldly in his heart, is this a gift from Yelu Jun to himself?

Obviously, this is most likely the handiwork of Yelujun. He was very unconvinced about the affairs of the Daimyo's Mansion, this was another challenge to himself!

Of course, it should just be a pass, and Yelujun shouldn't have made such a big move for the sake of this little temper. Otherwise, the Liao side would not allow him to mess around like this.

If you think about it carefully, this should be regarded as a disadvantage of the Liao State!

In the past few years, the Great Song Dynasty has changed the law, with the intention of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and the purpose of strengthening the army is not to deal with foreign enemies like Liao? In particular, Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi both revealed the idea of restoring the old realm of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun has also been the unchanging wish of the Great Song Dynasty for many years, and in recent times, there have even been people on the "Ping Yan Ce".

For this strong anti-Liao sentiment, Liao Guo can naturally detect it, and it will definitely not be indifferent. Retaliation by going to war against the Great Song Dynasty? At the moment, they may not have the strength and determination to do so. All the use of re-surveying the border, preemptively, suppressed, so that the Song Dynasty did not dare to act rashly!

If it was really Yelujun's idea, it would really be a good calculation!

Xiao Xi didn't care about Lin Zhao's performance, but looked at Zhao Ji and said with a smile: "The weather in the Great Song Dynasty is really hot, when you go south, there is a lot less water in the pond in Xiongzhou, your country, and it has dried up." ”

Tangbo will definitely not dry up, Xiao Xi is reminding Zhao Ji that there is a drought in the Song Dynasty at present. At this time, the Liao State proposed to divide the territory, which had the meaning of taking advantage of the fire to rob. At this moment, it is deliberately pointed out, and there is also a bit of threat!

The monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty heard it clearly, this matter can be big or small! If it is just to demarcate the border, even if it is to lose some face, it is not a big deal to even demarcate more than ten miles of land for the Liao State. But if Liao's purpose is more than that, then this matter may be a fuse, which may trigger a big war between Song and Liao!

**Naked threat, absolutely take advantage of the fire to rob! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )