readx;?? The death of a great man has never been a matter of a country, and on the third day after the news of the death of Xiao Xuanxu, the Empress Dowager of Chengtian of Liao, came out of the palace of Liao, the Great Song Dynasty also knew the news. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

If the death of Empress Dowager Xiao was a major earthquake that radiated to the entire Liao country with the epicenter of Linhuang Mansion, the capital of the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty was undoubtedly affected.

"Your Majesty, the old lady is gone."

"Oh." When Zhao Weiji heard the news from the mouth of the intelligence officer, he was not too surprised, although Zhao Weiji did not know what year the Empress Dowager Xiao died, but he also knew that it should be a matter of one or two years.

However, although he was not too surprised by the news, Zhao Weiji still kicked everyone out of the room he was in, at this time he wanted to be quiet, in addition to mourning this great woman who was famous in history, he also wanted to quietly think about whether he could use this opportunity to do something.

At the routine cabinet meeting the next day, Zhao Weiji, who usually does not attend the meeting, unexpectedly appeared in front of the ministers.

"Everyone knows, the old lady is gone."

Zhao Weiji's opening remarks did not surprise the ministers, and they, the important ministers of the imperial court, also knew the news of the death of the Empress Dowager Xiao last night.

And Zhao Weiji unusually appeared at the regular meeting of the cabinet, and everyone present probably guessed what Zhao Weiji was about.

"I have decided to send a condolence team to Liao."

Although the ministers knew that Zhao Weiji's exception today must have something to do with the death of Empress Dowager Xiao, they really didn't expect Zhao Weiji to send a team to Liao State to mourn at this time.

It is important to know that even if it were not for the fact that the two countries had just ended the war, the two countries basically had no diplomatic relations in peacetime.

The envoys of the two countries basically did not meet on any other occasion except for meeting on the battlefield.

Many ministers really couldn't figure out why Zhao Weiji suddenly came up with such an idea, although they all admitted that Empress Dowager Xiao was indeed a great woman, and the Great Song Dynasty had dealt with the Liao State under Xiao Xuan's rule for so many years, and basically did not take any advantage.

But it is not possible to send an unprecedented envoy to Liao to offer condolences because of this.

Therefore, several people immediately took up and raised objections, they thought that first of all, this was a very unnecessary thing, and secondly, even if the division went to Liao, it might not be able to complete the task assigned by the emperor.

However, among these opponents, there is no Kou Zhun, the head of the cabinet, and Kou Zhun and Zhao Weiji have the same idea on this matter. Even after Zhao Weiji had just raised this matter, Kou Zhun had already figured out who should be the leader of this mission.

"Your Majesty, Lord Kou, can you explain why it is necessary for this condolence team to exist?" As the most vocal in the opposition, Wang Zeng was very eager to find out why the cabinet chief and the emperor were unanimous on this matter, and it was necessary to send an unprecedented team of condolences.

"Pingzhong, you can take something to Xiao Xian to see." Seeing that this first-ever talent who was even in the middle of the three yuan didn't quite understand his and Kou Zhun's thoughts, Zhao Weiji decided to take out that thing.

The thing in Zhao Weiji's mouth was a letter that Liu Rang had secretly played earlier. This secret letter mainly describes the main situation of the Liao State political scene in recent years that Liu Rang got from Xiao Qi's mouth.

In fact, for a long time, the Great Song Dynasty has been at a disadvantage in the confrontation between the Liao and Song dynasties, and in addition to the military inadequacy, the lack of knowledge about the Liao State is also a key reason.

And this account of the relationship between the political circles of the Liao State mentions a very key place, that is, the intricate relationship between the political giants of the Liao State.

Since the succession of Liao Shengzong, the internal political forces of Liao have basically been divided into two parts, one part is headed by Empress Dowager Xiao. Supplemented by Han Derang and the later rise of Jerrymo.

Then there were the traditional aristocracy, mainly Yu Yue Yelu Hugo and Yelu Xian.

However, although the political arena is divided into two parts, there is no big contradiction between these two parts, and even due to the long-term confrontation with Song, there is still a lot of cooperation between the two factions.

However, there is actually a third force in the political arena of Liao, but no one can see this third force on the surface. He has been hiding under these two forces.

And this third force is the Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu. Why is it said that the emperor is the third force, in fact, neither of these two forces can represent the interests of the emperor.

Because these two factions did not want the emperor to govern as soon as possible out of their own interests, this also led to the fact that when Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu came of age, there was still Empress Dowager Xiao in power.

Because these two forces are too strong, even if the emperor is dissatisfied, he does not dare to speak out, and can only endure in his heart.

However, the emperor's forbearance did not bring him the reward he wanted, when Yelu Hugo had already passed away. When one of the two forces collapsed due to the disappearance of the representative figure, the emperor still did not come out to govern himself.

Because Yelu Mo successfully took over the military power represented by the two of them after the death of these two, coupled with his background in the Han Mansion, the two factions were in fact unified.

The rivalry between the two tigers has become a dominant family, which makes the emperor even more unpromising, and the days of pro-government have begun to drag on day by day. The emperor's discontent also grew.

It is precisely because of this situation in the political arena of the Liao State that Zhao Weiji and Kou Zhun judged that after the death of the Empress Dowager Xiao. There will inevitably be a big change in the political arena of Liao.

After all, no one can stop the emperor from pro-government now, even if Han Derang Ren Ran is alive and Yelu Mo is in the sky, but there is no way for outsiders not to let the emperor pro-government.

In the eyes of Zhao Weiji and Kou Zhun. Once the emperor of the Liao State wants to be in power, he will inevitably get back the rights that belong to him, but this right is not easy for Han Derang, who is still reforming the Liao State.

Since this is the case, Zhao Weiji hopes to take advantage of this contradiction between the Liao Emperor and the ministers, and then the death of the Empress Dowager Xiao to expand their contradictions.

Wang Zeng was not himself, and when he saw Liu Rang's book, he could naturally guess what the emperor and Shoufu were up to.

If the account on the fold is not wrong, if a division is sent to the Liao State to mourn at this moment, it is indeed possible to intensify the contradiction between the Liao Emperor and Han Derang.

"Is Wang Qing still opposed to sending divisions now?" After seeing that Wang Zeng had finished reading this book, Zhao Weiji asked.

After hearing the emperor's question, Wang Zeng folded the recital, and then bowed to the emperor and Kou Zhun respectively and said: "Weichen is short-sighted, and he almost missed His Majesty's major event, and begged His Majesty to forgive him." ”

"Wang Qing doesn't have to be like this, those who don't know are not guilty. However, from here, we should also see that the Great Song Dynasty always suffered losses in the process of Liao, which is directly related to our lack of understanding of the Khitan.

Okay, let's go back to the matter of sending divisions and regiments to mourn, let's talk about who is more suitable to lead the regiment to mourn, let's discuss it together. ”

As soon as Zhao Weiji's words fell, Kou Zhun stood up, because Kou Zhun already had a suitable candidate in his heart.

"The minister recommends the head of the household department, the squire of Jiang Yujiang."

After Zhao Weiji ascended the throne, his original staff naturally entered the imperial court, and they were assigned to specific departments according to their areas of expertise.

But there is one exception, and that person is the river fish. Jiangyu was arranged to the household department after entering the imperial court, although he did a good job for the river fish in the household department, but Zhao Weiji and other core ministers knew that it was a bit condescending to let Jiangyu do things in the household department.

With his talent, he should be able to do the things that Ban Du Hu Ban Chao did, that is, to make contributions to the Great Song Dynasty through diplomatic channels.

The reason why he was not allowed to enter the Ministry of Rites to develop in this area is also because the Great Song Dynasty basically has nothing to do in the handling of foreign relations over the years.

The neighbors near the Great Song Dynasty, Dali is basically silent. Tibet has not been in touch for many years. The party was regarded as an internal rebellion by the Great Song Dynasty. The Khitan, on the other hand, fought back and forth with the Great Song Dynasty, and basically had no envoys to return. As for other small countries such as Goryeo and Bohai, because they were closer to the Liao State, they basically cut off contact with the Great Song Dynasty.

It was such an awkward relationship between the states that made Jiang Yu's talent not be displayed at all, and he could only be arranged to play his other roles temporarily in the household department.

At this time, since he finally had such an opportunity, Kou Zhun naturally thought of Jiangyu first. Because Kou Zhun knew that if there was really a civil strife in Liao, it was possible that the Great Song Dynasty would be able to take advantage of the civil strife in Liao to re-establish contact with Bohai, Goryeo and other countries.

In this way, there will be more and more places where there will be a need for anchovy in the future.

Zhao Weiji was also very satisfied with Kou Zhun's proposal, and the reason why Zhao Weiji still let the Ministry of Rites maintain a diplomatic role when the relationship between the Great Song Dynasty and the surrounding states was very awkward, was because Zhao Weiji knew that this embarrassing situation would change sooner or later.

And Zhao Weiji, who came from later generations, knows very well how important diplomacy is.

Since the emperor and the first assistant both favored Jiangyu, the other people no longer proposed other candidates, and they also knew in their hearts that they could not find a more suitable person than Jiangyu.

In this way, Jiang Yu became the leader of the first large-scale official visit to Liao since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Weiji prepared a visiting team of more than 100 people for him.

This team will turn the Liao Kingdom upside down. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to. Read. )

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