The New Year is approaching, but the whole Hangzhou is still solemn, and there is no joy that should have been in previous years. After the discussion of Liu Zongyan and the ministers, he finally consulted the five princes and decided to ascend the throne on the eve of spring, and the day of filial piety was also on this day.

More than a month has passed, to be precise, it has not been a month, but everyone understands that at this time, the country is in turmoil, and the new emperor must ascend the throne as soon as possible to prevent another war on the Jin side.

Of course, this is not the most important thing, more importantly, after the report of Yunnan's secret agents, King Liang is ready to move, and it seems that there is a possibility of uniting Dali and raising troops to rebel.

At the same time, Dali over the annual tribute, also stopped, if it was in previous years, now at this time, should have been transported to Beijing, however, this year there is no movement, even the emperor died, did not send envoys to pay homage, only to the Great Song Dynasty to send people to go, this is a long way, did not get the news, although there are rumors, but can not be sure of the truth.

Although Emperor Duan Yiming of Dali moved out of this prevarication reason, however, with the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, nothing can be investigated, fortunately, after receiving the news, Emperor Dali still expressed his position. Immediately sent an envoy to pay his respects.

Maybe Duan Yiming doesn't want Da Song to suspect now, or it's not yet time for a showdown, which can't be judged so far. However, Duan Yiming was among the envoys and let his favorite niece come with the envoys, which surprised Liu Zongyan and the fifth prince at the same time, but also felt a lot more at ease.

Because, the Dali royal family withered, Duan Yi will be nearly fifty next year, but he will have no children under his knees, and his only younger brother Duan Yixiong will only have one daughter, which can be said to be the next generation of the Dali royal family, and there is only such a county lord.

Now, Duan Yiming sent her over, which seemed to have the meaning of being a proton, which made the Great Song court fall into contemplation, just when the county lord surnamed Duan was about to arrive in Hangzhou. That night, the fifth prince gathered several important ministers, together with Liu Zongyan to study how to deal with this matter, the most important thing is that Dali sent a county lord to come, so he must send a competent person to entertain this person.

One by one, the old ministers began to suggest and recommend a bunch of people, each of whom was an official in the court for many years and knew the general situation very well, but they thought it was a suitable person, but the fifth prince smiled and shook his head, and only replied: "I heard that although this county lord is not very old, he is kind but does not lose his brutal spirit, and it seems a little inappropriate to send the old ministers, saying that Dali is a subject country of the Great Song Dynasty, even that Yi Ming is just a courtier, a county lord, and there is no need to send important ministers." ”

The ministers bowed their heads and pondered, and after a while, suddenly, someone proposed: "The son of the prime minister's family, the son of Liu Bonan, is now under the control of the official system, and he is all-round in civil and military affairs, although he is young, but he acts calmly, it should be more appropriate to let Liu Tongzhi be the reception envoy." ”

The fifth prince smiled and nodded slightly, but he did not open his mouth to decide, and the other courtiers, seeing that the new emperor seemed to be intended, echoed it. Only Liu Zongyan kept silent, they all thought that this was about their son, Liu Zongyan was avoiding suspicion, but thinking of it, Liu Zongyan frowned, shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate." ”

"Oh?" Everyone looked at Liu Zongyan in some surprise. The fifth prince also turned his head and looked at Prime Minister Liu, waiting for his next step.

Liu Zongyan's face remained unchanged, and he said in a flat voice: "The dog has grown a lot with the prince over the years, and his actions are calmer than before, but after all, he was born as a military general, and he first served as a guard in the palace, and then directly entered the army." How to send a military general to be the reception envoy of a county lord? ”

After listening to Liu Zongyan's words, the ministers lowered their heads, thinking about the meaning, and when they were young, they were humane: "Then according to the prime minister's wishes, who is the right person to send?" ”

Liu Zongyan looked at the fifth prince, and when he saw him looking at him with a smile on his face, he said, "In my opinion, there is one person who is the most suitable." ”

"Who?" Being so appetited by Liu Zongyan, someone suddenly couldn't help but ask, and when the voice came out, he remembered that he was a little unsurpassed, so he hurriedly took a step back.

The fifth prince looked at Liu Zongyan, had a plan in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's okay for the prime minister to say anything. ”

"Yue Shao'an." Liu Zongyan spat out three words.

"No." The opening is the scholar Yang Mu, this person has a wooden word in his name, but he is also very wooden, he is a famous minister, when the first emperor reigned, he often came out of his mouth because of misfortune, and was often reprimanded, fortunately, although he is a wooden, his brain is not wooden, but he is a person with real talent and learning, and he is an official with a clean wind, although some people are dissatisfied with his way of doing things, but he is admired in private. Hearing him speak, they all turned their heads to look at this Yang scholar, wanting to hear what he had to say.

I saw that Yang Mu frowned tightly and said: "This matter is very inappropriate, there are three reasons, one is that Yue Shao'an's official position is low, just a five-grade official, although Dali is a vassal country, but we can't be too slow, send a five-grade official to go, and it is not in line with the etiquette." Second, Yue Shao'an is a military general, and the previously mentioned Liu is not in control, and of course he will not be able to do it. Third, Yue Shao'an is merry by nature, and everywhere he goes, he is full of romantic debts, and he sends such a person to be the reception envoy of the lord of Dali, and if there is an accident, he will ......"

He didn't say anything later, but the meaning couldn't be clearer, let this kid go, isn't that letting the wolf look at the fat meat, I don't know when it was swallowed.

Although Scholar Yang Mu said it seriously, it made the ministers want to laugh, but in front of the emperor who was about to ascend the throne, no one dared to laugh out loud. On the contrary, it was the fifth prince who laughed.

He looked at Yang Mu with a smile and said, "The scholar is polite, but he only said one thing and didn't say the other. However, this king has the same opinion as the prime minister, and thinks that Yue Shaoan is the most suitable person to be the reception envoy. The three points mentioned by the previous scholars are not a problem. ”

Saying that, the fifth prince paused for a moment before he said: "First of all, although Yue Shao'an is only a five-grade official, he has the emperor token given by the first emperor on his body, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the master of the Great Song Dynasty. In addition, Yue Shao'an's reputation is outside, let him go, firstly, there will be no talk of sending important ministers, and secondly, Dali will not feel slow to treat them in any way. Second, although Yue Shaoan is a military general, the scholar seems to have forgotten that before he joined the army, he was a gentleman from Beijing-Hangzhou Academy. As for the third......" Speaking of this, the fifth prince smiled: "Do the scholars think that we have wronged the county lord of Dali by letting our Great Song Dynasty master marry him?" ”

"......" Yang Mu suddenly choked after hearing this, and after a while, he said, "But ......"

"There's nothing more to it than that." The fifth prince waved his hand and said: "This king doesn't think that there is anything bad about letting the county lord marry into the Great Song Dynasty, if this is the case, it will be a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty or Dali." ”

Now that the new emperor has made up his mind, the ministers naturally don't have anything to say. Gu Du nodded yes, as for today's conversation, no one will be stupid enough to publicize it to the outside world, but there is no need to worry about being listened to by the county lord of Dali.

In this way, Yue Shao'an, who was drinking in the academy, was notified overnight that he would go out of the city early tomorrow morning to meet the Dali envoys, of course, in addition to this will, the fifth prince also gave him a letter, which only wrote one sentence: "The county lord of Dali will be handed over to Mr. Yue." ”

After Yue Shao'an saw it, he almost jumped up from the chair: "Damn it, what does this mean?" ”