Chapter Fifty-Six: The Secret Messenger Arrives

Song Yuren secretly summoned late at night to discuss peace with the Meng ancients, and the matter did not reach the outer court, and the vast majority of officials in the outer court did not know about this matter. In addition to the good news of Jianshan Gate, which made the court excited, the court was almost as calm as water.

In recent years, Da Zhao has won many foreign battles and lost less, as the people of Jingshi City at the foot of the Son of Heaven have long been accustomed to the news of defeat, and the good news of the great victory of Jianshanmen has spread all over Jingshi City, which has made the people of Jingshi City a little confused. In the teahouse of Jingshi City, people talk about it the most, in addition to the palace secrets that people are interested in, is Peng Chaodong, the governor of Liaodong who has just left the town of Liaodong for less than a year, and the great victory of Jianshanmen has pushed Peng Chaodong's prestige to the peak. Everyone believes that in this chaotic situation in Great Zhao, Peng Chaodong is the only capable minister in the Great Zhao Empire who has the ability to power the king.

However, in Jinzhou City, thousands of miles away, Peng Chaodong did not have the infinite scenery that Zhao Zimin thought. In the Liaodong Governor's Mansion in Jinzhou, Peng Chaodong looked worried, and the news of the 10,000 beheadings at Jianshanmen could not dilute his worries.

Peng Chaodong is very sober, Menggu is now at the end of the crossbow, and the various departments and groups are scattered, we can't make much waves in a short period of time, and the significance of defeating Menggu is not great. At this time, the threat of the empire came from the emerging empire that had risen in the flames of the Liaodong War, the Great Liao State.

As early as when he left the customs, Peng Chaodong already had the idea of discussing and Meng Gu. After fighting with the Meng Gu people for so many years, he is also tired of fighting, and it doesn't make much sense to fight with the Meng Gu people anymore, it will only damage the national strength in vain. Now the enemy that needs to be dealt with the most is the Liao State.

Peng Chaodong did not pursue the Menggu coalition army after defeating the Menggu Twelve Tribes Alliance, so he used the aftermath of the First World War to deter the Menggu people and negotiate peace with the Menggu people.

"Your Excellency the Doge." Peng Yuqian strode into the lobby of the Governor's Palace, and Peng Chao in the court clenched his fists, "The subordinates have already brought the envoy of peace into the palace, can the adults meet the envoy?" ”

Peng Chaodong is a Qin person, and the Qin people are still martial, although Peng Chaodong is a civil official from Jinshi, but he has been practicing the army for a long time, and he is still used to the people under his hands saluting him.

"How many envoys are there? Who is the mastermind? Peng Chaodong raised his head slightly, looked at Peng Yuqian and asked.

"There are a total of five envoys sent by the center this time, and the chief envoy is Yang Changguo of the Ministry of Rites." Peng Yuqian replied with his fists clenched, his voice respectful.

"Yang Changguo" Peng Chaodong silently read Yang Changguo's name, searching for memories of Yang Changguo in his mind, and after a long time, he suddenly realized that he said slowly to Peng Yuqian, "Yang Changguo, this governor still understands, Xu Ge Lao asked Yang Changguo to be the chief envoy of this peace envoy, it is appropriate." ”

"Lord Governor, although Lord Yang Changguo can be the chief envoy of this peace conference, but Lord Yang is only a grade of five grades, and in the past, the envoys sent by my Great Zhao to foreign clans were not lower than the fourth grade, and my subordinates were afraid that the ancients would be suspicious." Peng Yuqian expressed the concerns in his heart.

According to the system of the Great Zhao Dynasty, the quality of the envoy shall not be less than four grades, that is to say, the quality of the chief envoy of the envoy team shall be at least four grades, and the specific grade shall be determined according to the size of the national strength of the envoy country (clan).

"Enough, enough." Peng Chaodong was not annoyed at all, pinched his beard and smiled slightly, "Meng Gu is newly defeated, and he is not qualified to bargain with my Da Zhao on the level of the minister, and besides, the senior officials above the fourth grade, I am afraid that no one in the court is willing to take this errand." ”

Peng Yuqian thought about it, the Great Zhao Empire was an empire established on the basis of expelling barbarians and recovering their homeland. Self-esteem is strong and fragile. We have always been sensitive to the issue of negotiating peace with foreign nationalities, and the unusually unusual activities of envoys to negotiate peace are after all peace talks, not to go out to promote the prestige of our country, and the success of peace talks may not be as glamorous, and there is a risk of ruining one's reputation if they fail. This thankless errand, I'm afraid that the DPRK and the Central Committee really can't find any four-grade master who is willing to take it.

"Take your subordinates, and this will make a secret envoy go to the court to see the governor?" Peng Yuqian asked.

"No, no, never." Peng Chaodong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This matter is confidential, and this governor must not meet the secret envoy in the public court." ”

"Listen to the Governor." Peng Yuqian clenched his fists again, waiting for Peng Chaodong to make an idea.

"You settle them down first, and the governor will go to see them at night, when the governor was the governor of Shaanxi, Lord Yang had sent an envoy to Washen on behalf of the governor, so he should meet the old man."

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He Shihu was in a gloomy mood today, and invited He Tengxiao to go to the Yunguam Island Pier to have a look, He Shihu is also He Tengxiao's boss no matter what he said, He Tengxiao can't refuse He Shihu, he can only accompany him.

He Shihu arrived at Pingshan Fort at noon, when the two arrived at the mouth of the Sancha River, the sun had already set westward, He Tengxiao and He Shi**** were on horseback, looking at the grass market that had just formed at the mouth of the Sancha River. Although it was nearly dusk, the grass market was still full of people, and small boats shuttled between the makeshift and simple wharf on the grass market and the Yunguam wharf to transport goods.

"The grass market has only been built for a short time, and it has attracted nearly 2,000 people." He Shihu pulled the reins and looked at the figure who was unloading the goods on the dock, "There are not as many pedestrians on the streets of Gaizhou City at this time as there are not as many people as the grass market at the mouth of the Sancha River. I think you are not only talented in running the army, but you are also talented in civil affairs. ”

He Tengxiao instructed Changqing to send a boat to pick up the lion and tiger on the island. Turning his head sideways, he replied to He Shihu and said: "The general has an overreputation, but he is just unintentionally inserting willows and willows, Gaizhou City is a military town, how can it be compared with the idle grass market." At the beginning, thanks to the trust of the generals, Teng Xiao was able to leave the town of Yunguam. ”

"Call me second uncle, you call me a general, I think it's a big deal." He Shihu corrected He Tengxiao.

He Tengxiao smiled and called He Shihu Second Uncle.

Not long after Changqing landed on the island, the three-leaf boat sailed out of Yunguam Island and floated leisurely towards He Tengxiao and them. The water level of the estuary delta is relatively shallow, and large boats cannot drive into the estuary of the Sancha River, and only small boats can advance and retreat freely.

The three-leaf boat docked on the shore, and He Tengxiao dismounted and asked, "Second uncle, go to the island." ”

He Shihu turned over and dismounted, and boarded the boat under the guidance of He Tengxiao, and the sailors on the boat skillfully manipulated the oars at the stern, and the boat sailed smoothly towards Yunguam Island.

"This sailor is so skilled in handling oars, and he doesn't look like a person from Liaodong." He Shihu chatted casually and looked at the oarsman at the stern of the boat and said.

The oarsman was generous, and responded to He Shihu's words with a smile: "The general has good eyesight, the small one is not from Liaodong, the small one is from Jinling in Nanzhi, and he came to Liaodong to seek food." ”

The sailor said that he was from Jinling, He Shihu was surprised, Jinling is the hometown of wealth, Liaodong is a bitter cold place, there has never been only Liaodong people to seek food in the Guannei, Jinling people to Liaodong to seek food He Shihu is the first time to see.

"Teng Xiao, there are still Jinling people on the island?" He Shihu asked He Tengxiao.

"Second uncle, Rong Tengxiao will talk to you slowly on the island." Seeing that the ship was about to dock, He Tengxiao said to He Shihu.

A sudden bell rang from the east coast of Yunguam Island, and He Tengxiao vaguely heard a panic and noise on the dock.

"There are enemy ships." The oarsman, who was still smiling, seemed to freeze the moment he heard the bell.

There are two bells on the two lighthouses and the hilltop pier on the east coast of Yunguam, which are specially used for early warning. On weekdays, no one rings the bell when there is nothing to do, and the bell rings to indicate that there is an enemy attack.

The sound of the bell covered the entire Yunguam Island, and even the people in the grass market at the mouth of the Sancha River heard the bell and looked at Yunguam one after another.

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