Chang Mingde saw that the heat was almost the same, put away the folding fan, and said: "My family minister said that after the two noble envoys finish their affairs, let us invite the two noble envoys to Weizhou as guests, so as not to delay the official duties of the two noble envoys." ”

This is also against etiquette.

But the two were dumbfounded.

Without him, Yelu Hugu is also.

During the alliance of the Yuanyuan, Cao used to enter the Khitan camp alone, and he was not afraid, but he made one thing jaw-dropping. He saw Han Derang and Empress Dowager Xiao living together in a car. This kind of car is also called Xi car, there is a felt curtain, there are simple living facilities in it, and it is a sleeping tent when it is encamped. Cao used a pair of mung bean eyes to roll and flip, there are many queen mothers who are unwilling to be lonely. But they are all sneaky, except for Wu Zetian, of course, but what kind of place is this, in the army, hundreds of thousands of soldiers are in full view, one is the queen mother of the Khitan, the other is the minister of the Khitan, and the worst thing is that this minister is still a Han...... I don't understand.

Yelu Hugu is the grandson of the Sixth Courtyard Yili Jin (the king of the Southern Courtyard), and he is a son of a famous family. The envoy to the Song Dynasty returned, saying that the Song Dynasty wanted to take Hedong. Han Derang's father, Han Kuangsi, said, how do you know? Hugu said that the Southern Dynasties were all accepted by the Song Dynasty, but the east of the river was not down. Today, the Song Dynasty talks about martial arts and warfare, and the intention must be in the Han Dynasty. Han Kuangsi didn't listen, and the Song Dynasty really entered Hedong the next year. Emperor Liaojing thought that he could anticipate things and was very important. It is a very normal admonition, and similar cases in the Song Dynasty occur every day.

But after a long time, Han Kuangsi did not remember this hatred, Han Derang remembered this hatred, and later because of political disagreement, a little dispute, Han Derang immediately picked up the staff held by the guards around him, knocked on Yelu Hugu's head, and knocked Yelu Hugu's head into a rotten watermelon in a few strokes, and was killed on the spot.

Yelu Hugu died unjustly, but no one in the Khitan cried out for him, on the contrary, to this day, he is still grateful to Dade, thinking that Han Derang brought a peaceful, prosperous and peaceful life to the Khitan. This is not like Huo Guang and the later Zhang Juzheng, who died in the front, and the emperor confiscated his family and exterminated the family.

Originally, Yelu Hugu and Han Derang were Khitan domestic affairs, and they had nothing to do with Zheng Lang.

But...... Liu Liufu proposed, and some ministers said that it was impossible and too heavy. Liu Liufu sighed instead, I'm afraid this son won't be tempted. It may not be that the first one votes for the Khitan, and the latter will immediately grant these official positions, but as long as Zheng Lang achieves half of the merits of the Song Dynasty, it is enough to award it.

The Khitan ministers stared at each other and were speechless. Overall, the Khitan is poor, see if there is any, the Song Dynasty added 200,000 coins, and they couldn't help but be happy. Zheng Lang doesn't need more than a year, can increase the income of the Khitan country by 10 million, how rich will the Khitan be? As long as it is accumulated for ten years, there are tens of millions of guan, or hundreds of millions of guans of wealth in the treasury, and then there are powerful elite soldiers, even if the Song Dynasty is destroyed, it is also within reach. But the key question is whether the young prime minister is willing to work for the Khitan.

It is conceivable that even that promise came out, in order to win over this son, as long as this person comes to Khitan and opens his mouth, his majesty can also send someone to kill the two of them on the spot in order to make this son happy.

The past is not far away, and the future will come...... The two looked at each other, and their eyes showed panic.

Yelu Enemy's mouth opened, and he looked at Wang Weiji again, Wang Weiji had no choice but to say: "Two, can we discuss it and give you an answer at night?" ”

The two of them all ignored Yuan Hao's feelings.

They are respectful of each other, but the object is different, they are themselves, the lord of a dignified country, but they are the house slaves of a minister of the Song Dynasty!

…… A handful of snow fell.

It's not the kind of ** water and snow in the south of the Yangtze River, crystal clear, melted when it lands, with powder and thick water vapor and shame, just like a shy fairy falling into the mortal world.

The dry cold snow exudes infinite cold, like a small ice blade, falling on the human skin, cold and ruthlessly cutting on the skin. In the blink of an eye, the sky and the earth were white. The new snow will enter the old snow, and the city of Weizhou will turn white, except for one or two thatchs exposed outside, and ice ridges are also attached to them, and with the strong wind, the roof is beaten heavily.

It was a really cold winter.

It was not possible to have a fire in the house, and the cold air swept in through the cracks in the window, and Zheng Lang couldn't help but shiver.

This suddenly reminded him of many things.

Why after the battle of Dingchuan Village in history, Yuan Hao obviously won a big victory and finally negotiated peace, not only because of the oppression of the Khitan, the embarrassment of the country, but also this cold winter. Why did the nerds rebel, or this harsh winter.

The nomadic economy is very fragile, and a sudden cold will freeze many people and livestock to death.

The economy of the Central Plains may not be good, Wang Anshi's reform failed, the ruthless God is also helping, the Ming Dynasty fell, and the northwest has been in drought for many years, and the people are hungry and desperate. Weather is still fatal in this era.

"North, ......" Although it was cold, when Zheng Lang said this, there was a joy on his face, and then said: "Xing'er, grind ink for me." ”

"Okay." Jiang Xing'er picked up the ink and grinded the ink on the inkstone.

Zheng Lang wrote a letter to the imperial court, telling him what had happened.

The imperial court was suspicious, and several bigwigs knew that Zheng Lang had been arranging it for a long time, but the Khitans were really so short-sighted and engaged in a large-scale war with Western Xia? And it was still the seemingly weak Western Xia who won? But it doesn't cost much money, and it doesn't use many people, just let it go.

I don't know if it will succeed, but the two Khitan envoys were really invited to Weizhou.

Yuan Hao was so angry that he almost scolded his mother.

In the end, the words were quite angry, and Yelu Enemy Lie did not have good words, boy, you are really crazy, you are so slow to slack us. In the end, it broke up unhappily. The effect of the stool you want.

The two came to Weizhou and met Zheng Lang very politely.

In fact, Zheng Lang thought about the reason, and laughed and laughed.

The court is also laughing.

welcomed the two to his house, gave him a warm welcome, ordered Xing'er to serve tea, and then said: "Two noble envoys, are you familiar with history books?" ”

"I've read some," said Yelu and Wang Weiji.

"When the Han people were the most powerful, they were the Han and Tang dynasties, and they annihilated many Hu people, but the Han people were cultivated and civilized, and they did not like the cold, although they destroyed the Hu people in the north, they could not live in their land, and had to give their land to other Hu people, so the old group was wiped out, and the new group continued to be strong. The Han Dynasty did the most successful job of annihilating the Xiongnu, almost no longer harming the nomads in the north, but there was the Xiqiang Rebellion, and finally the Wuhu Rebellion. The Tang lord originally had half of the Hu blood, and was regarded as the heavenly khan by the Hu. However, first the Eastern and Western Turks, the later Turks, the Tibetans, as well as your Khitan, the Jian, the Hui, etc., have risen one after another, and the border harm has never stopped. ”

"That's a good point."

"The Han people are like this, and then look at the Hu people in your north, how many Hu people have been exterminated by the Han people, so that the race has completely disappeared in the long river of history. Even if it is no less powerful than your Huns and Turks. The best thing to do is the Northern Wei Dynasty, put down the frame, reuse the Han people, wear Han clothes, learn Confucianism, change the Han surname, and intermarry with the Han people, but only in charge of half of the Central Plains. It was finally replaced by the Sui Dynasty, a Han dynasty. Just ask, where are the Xianbei people now? Is it Western Xia? The population base is too small, the full moon is the time when the moon is scarce, and the tide rises and falls, how can you not perish if you exceed the pressure of your population base, trying to dominate the huge territory and enslave the Han people who are dozens of times more than you? ”

Specious remarks can be quite demagogic. The two were silent.

"Relatively speaking, you have done a good job, the Tibetan people govern the Tibetans, the Han people govern the Hans, the ethnic groups are blended, and everyone lives in harmony. The greatest are the two first emperors, putting aside national prejudices, negotiating peace outside the city of Lanzhou, and everyone became a fraternal and friendly federation. It's only been a few decades, and what has become of our dynasty, and what has become of yours. Since ancient times, the prosperity of the north is not as good as your Khitan, and the prosperity of the south is not as good as that of our dynasty. The stakes in this are not something that those who are short-sighted can see. Therefore, I have always respected you Liao people, and I have even more respect for the first emperor of your country. ”

"The two countries have forged a new alliance."

"Yes, it is difficult for a strong man, it is a well, it was originally a country of brothers, mutual respect, and now it is not only an increase in the annual coin, which is undeniable, but why force me to hand over the princess, once the princess is handed over, the humiliation will be accumulated in the hearts of the military and people of our court. The hearts of the upper and lower soldiers and civilians are angry and resentful, will this covenant still be stable? ”

"Nope."

"Yes, no, but originally a tribute word has faintly become a lower country, and today it has become a Na word, and it has almost become a dedication word, where is the shame lower than the harmony? At that time, the Empress Dowager Xiao, Han Xianggong and the first emperor of your country were so wise, how much did they take the proportions properly, the heaven and earth are nothing more than a way of balance, the emperor's mind is the art of balance, my Confucianism also pays attention to a balance, why bother to destroy this balance that is not easy to build. ”

It seemed to be very reasonable, and the two did not dare to answer.

"Your lord brought me a painting, and today I will write a word to him." Saying that, he stood up and wrote, and wrote a hundred and words, Kaili and Caoxing, absolutely a hundred fonts, and Zheng Lang wrote very carefully, and every word he wrote, he had to ponder it.

It is also a gem of calligraphy.

"Okay," the two clapped their hands.

handed over the word shaft to them, set up a banquet to entertain them, and during the banquet, Zheng Lang said: "Now that the snow is closed outside, the weather is very cold, and it is not worth it for the second envoy to come to the northwest." ”

"Why?"

"Maybe you will think that it is difficult for me to force you to Weizhou, which is against the etiquette system. But Yuan Hao was originally an unruly person, you Khitan are kind-hearted, and resolve grievances for the two countries, but I am afraid that this person may not receive your affection, but will hate you Khitan people in your heart. ”

"He dares!" Jereh said. All the way south, I saw a lot, because the weather was cold, the people in Western Xia were even poorer, and the situation I saw along the way was miserable. I even saw a group of people risking their lives to break through Douling and flee to the Song Dynasty, but they were discovered by the Western Xia garrison, forcibly expelled back, and killed some people who resisted. It wasn't until the Song Dynasty, after Xinzhai, that we saw vitality. What is there to fear in such Western Xia?

"Think about it again, what is his attitude when talking to Yuan Hao?"

This question is difficult for the two to answer.

"But you Khitan should be cautious, the Western Xia has fought until now, the soldiers are brave and brave, if you Khitan forcibly use the army to crusade against them and make them submit, if you are proud and complacent, most of them will be defeated and return and ask for humiliation."

"Master Zheng, when you say this, you are exaggerating the strength of the Western Xia people," Wang Weiji said. No, our Khitan army is not as good as your Song Dynasty!

And yet it is!

Today's Khitan army may not really be able to catch up with the Song army. Of course, it also depends on who leads the army.

Zheng Lang smiled and didn't answer.

The two stayed in Weizhou for a few days, received them warmly, and gave more than a dozen characters to the little Khitan emperor. Everyone had a good conversation, and then they were sent away.

New Year's Day is just around the corner.

Watching the Khitan and his party disappear on the horizon, Zheng Lang muttered: "History is about to open a new chapter." ”