Chapter 309: Lord Liao (II) (Ask for a monthly pass!) )
- After a short break in the protocol, the two sides began to negotiate hard. The Liao people insisted on cutting the land, the Song people swore not to cut the land, the Liao people were tough, and Zhao Zongji was not soft at all. After that, the Song envoy was left to dry for a few days before negotiations could resume.
Of course, this is not correct, because they were just dried by Yelu Chongyuan, and in other Khitan nobles, I don't know how popular they are...... In the protocol tent, there are many guests every day, and the Khitan nobles who come to visit are like carp crossing the river. Invitations to various events are also like snowflakes......
Someone has to ask, didn't the nobles go hunting with the emperor? Why are there so many idlers?
Yes, although there are many Khitan nobles who follow Yelu Hongji out to hunt, there are also many who find excuses to stay in the bowl. Similar to the Mongols of later generations, the Liao people also pursued an ethnic system. As a national Khitan people, they are born with many privileges, among which the children of nobles are destined to be born with a life of glory and wealth.
The Liao State has been too long and has been strong for too long. With three times the territory of the Song Dynasty, the life of the Khitan clan and nobles is really not too comfortable. In this environment, if it weren't for the four-time bowl system, I am afraid that the people of Liao would have collectively degenerated.
However, in order to maintain the superiority of the race, the Khitan people forbade intermarriage with foreign tribes, and the whole clan took the surnames of 'Yelu' and 'Xiao'. Becoming weak and weak.
Although the Khitan upper echelons repeatedly reiterated, the Liao lord made a bowl at four o'clock. All Khitan nobles must accompany them! But there are still a small number of people who stay in the capital for various reasons. And more people came out and walked around, and they stayed in the camp for a long time.
Plus the current emperor, and the hunting madman Yelu Hongji...... It is said that this emperor was obsessed with riding and hunting, to the point that he lacked interest in women. Despite his empress. is Xiao Guanyin, who claims to be the first beauty and the first talented woman in Khitan...... Even the Khitans, who were very interested in hunting, could not accompany them all the way. Therefore, in recent years, there have been more and more nobles who have been sick in the camp.
At first, Yelu Hongji also emphasized discipline, but there were too many people who were sick. I can only open and close my eyes......
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With so many people staying in the camp all day, it is impossible to just eat, sleep, and play with women, and that will be tired. You have to find something to do, right? Not a lot of words
This has created a rich and colorful entertainment in Liao. In sports, there are bows and corners. In addition, there are traditional entertainment items such as hundred operas and shooting banquets.
But what made the Song people break through the glasses was that the Liao people often held pen meetings. From the emperor and concubine to the ministers of the kings, there is no shortage of people who can be good at poetry. They loved books on Central Plains culture, and did not hesitate to collect all kinds of books, calligraphy and paintings from the Song Dynasty at a high price, and decorate them to their home countries. Copying among the aristocracy.
This love for the culture of the Song Dynasty made them show a strong admiration for the literature of the Central Plains and the famous scribes. Once a famous word and chapter was introduced into the Liao realm, they couldn't put it down and competed to pass on the praise.
Of course, they also caught up with the good times. This is the most brilliant period of the Song Dynasty and even the history of Chinese culture, Liu Yong, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Song Qi, Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong...... A series of great writers shine in the skies of East Asia. And an even more awesome star cast. It's also ready to go......
In the past two years, the most popular name in Liao is none other than Chen Ke...... The poems he made up last year have been sung by famous prostitutes in Bianjing, and they have become popular all over the country, and they have long been well-known to the Liao people.
In peacetime, the Song and Liao were in harmony, and the ban was very wide, and the envoys of the two countries exchanged and competed to entertain each other with poetry and literature, which has become a common practice. Sending the most popular literati to envoys is also an unspoken rule for the Song Dynasty to show its soft power. …,
The popular superstar actually came to them, how could the culture-loving Liao nobles let go of this opportunity? They vied with each other to invite Chen Ke to participate in their pen meetings and beg him to evaluate the poems he had written. If he could improvise poems and lyrics, they would faint happily.
Chen Ke is responsive, and Bao Jun is satisfied. Zhao Bian was very complaining about his generous display of talent to the Liao people. Han-based doctrine began in the Song Dynasty, and Mr. Zhao's generation can be regarded as the earliest emperor-Han scholars. He discriminated against the Khitans and even their culture, so he opposed Chen Ke to engage in cultural exchanges with them.
But Chen Ke asked him: "Would you rather see a Liao country riding a horse and archery, or a Liao country dancing and writing?" After thinking about it, the old gentleman immediately changed his attitude, took out his inventory, and joined the ranks of cultural invasions.
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In addition to participating in the cultural meeting, Chen Ke also took his guards and actively participated in the sports activities of the Khitans - Jiao Jie and Bow Shooting
Horn wrestling is also very common in the Liao Dynasty, and various banquet activities are often held to help the fun. Later, Mongolian-style wrestling originated in Khitan wrestling. Chen Ke's guards have all learned modern wrestling from him, and they just happened to learn from the Khitan masters to learn from each other's strengths.
Bow is polo, which was the national sport of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Emperors were all masters in it. But in the Song Dynasty, alas...... Don't mention it. But this sport, in Liao, Goryeo, Dali, these horse-producing places, have been completely inherited. In these places, polo has become popular throughout the country, and it has been around for a hundred years, and noble polo masters abound.
Chen Ke was in Dali, where he first came into contact with juke, and then fell in love with the sport. His congenital conditions are too good, he can get started quickly, and he also organizes polo matches in the army.
Dali people were bullied by him politically, but they seized the opportunity to bully him, often under the banner of promoting friendship, and ravaged him and his team on the court. Chen Ke has been defeated repeatedly, and he wants to get back to the field while holding back the fire. For this reason, he deliberately selected a group of officers and soldiers who were nimble, clear-headed, and outstanding in horsemanship in the bald army, and took time to train them in their spare time.
As a result, before he left Dali, this polo team could already defeat all strong opponents. Chen Ke also had a relationship with these guys, and when he chose the guards who followed him, he chose them all.
After leaving Dali, they never had the opportunity to show their skills, and now seeing that the Liao people are so keen on playing polo, the brothers naturally can't hold back, and they ride horses and poles on the field, who knows how many losses are won and few.
Afterwards, Chen Ke concluded that this aspect was that he did not touch the club for several months, and his skills were rusty; On the one hand, the polo level of the Liao people is far above that of the Dali people. Their riding skills and strength are the magic weapons of their victory.
But it doesn't matter, you fall down and get up again. Chen Ke improved his tactics, strengthened his training, and fought with the Liao people every few days, and the effect was immediate, and he was no longer a fish belly to be slaughtered.
In this way, Chen Ke plays ball during the day, participates in various parties at night, and sleeps with beautiful women at night. The days of the mission are really enjoyable......
Seeing that the negotiations were at an impasse, Zhao Zongji also joined the ranks of playing, leaving only Mr. Zhao to stick to his post.
However, the little prince can be regarded as a rookie, and even the Khitan women's polo team does not bring him here......
In the meantime, Yelu Chongyuan originally hoped that he could dry up the Song envoy and talk about it again. Who knew that Chen Ke's life was so colorful and colorful, and it was quite happy. But it made Uncle Huang angry......
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The reason why Chen Ke and Zhao Zongji were calm was that after gaining an in-depth understanding of the Liao State, they judged that war was impossible to happen, even though they said so when they were at home. But at that time, no one had a bottom, and there was an element of self-consolation in it. …,
But now, after witnessing the current situation of the Khitan nobles, they can already be sure...... For the nobles who are accustomed to wealth and comfort, how bad it is to fight, and it will kill people.
What the? You say you can grab land, women and wealth, what are you kidding? The land of our Great Liao is five times that of the Song Dynasty. With such a large amount of land, to feed us rice worms, we have long regarded money as dung. As for women, huh...... There are so many Han girls in Yanyun, as long as we give an order, they have to be obediently offered.
Anyone who wants to break their rich and comfortable life is their enemy, even the imperial uncle. Therefore, Chen Ke dared to be sure that as long as they did not provoke the Liao State too much, they would not start a war again. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Yelu Chongyuan's father and son risk the world's condemnation and forcibly provoke a war, it will only be a local war and will not affect the overall situation.
The two of them should know very well that they originally provoked the incident, but they just wanted to take the opportunity to complete the mobilization and realize their personal ambitions. To this day, there are many people who sympathize with Yelu Chongyuan's plight and think that the first emperor did too inauthentic. In addition, the current emperor is riding a horse and hunting all day long, and he doesn't pay attention to business at all.
In addition, Yelu Chongyuan also has the identity of the imperial uncle. When the time comes, as long as they have a large army in their hands, it will not be difficult to abolish Yelu Hongji and become emperor themselves.
For this reason, they have been constantly provoking the Song Dynasty, hoping that the Song Dynasty will give a tough counterattack in order to persuade Yelu Hongji to issue a mobilization order.
After understanding the thoughts of these two masters, Chen Ke and them will be at ease. As long as we stabilize and spend it with him, the pressure is on these two people-
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It took me until two o'clock to write three chapters, and I was so fast...... But I assured Chairman Mao that I really didn't do anything for a day, just writing. It's because it's a little stuck at first, and it didn't go well until the third chapter.
If I write the fourth chapter, I will definitely get the dawn, and then tomorrow it will be scrapped. During the trade-off, I decided to go to bed and get up tomorrow morning to write.
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