- The next day, a mighty procession of more than 2,000 people set out. Among them, there are 500 Liao missions, 500 Song missions, and 1,000 guards led by the envoys sent by the Ministry of Rites.

The so-called escort envoy is a diplomat who sends the envoy of the other side back to China. To the surprise of later generations, although Song and Liao were the biggest enemies, diplomatic relations between the two countries were very frequent. According to the relevant provisions of the Ministry of Rites, the Song and Liao diplomatic envoys could be divided into 12 types, for example, the two sides sent 'He Zhengdan envoys' to each other every year to pay New Year's greetings to each other's monarchs, and each other sent 'He Shengchen envoys' to arrive before the birthdays of the empress dowager and the emperor of the other side to give rich birthday gifts. Or if one side has a major event, such as the death of the emperor and the ascension of a new monarch to the throne, an envoy should be sent to report the news, and the other party will send a messenger back; In the event of a dispute between the two sides, an envoy will be dispatched at any time to negotiate a settlement.

For example, this time, the Liao envoy sent the envoy to the Great Song Dynasty as He Zhengdan's envoy, while Zhao Zongji and Chen Ke were envoys for business.

It can be said that a smooth and frequent long-term communication mechanism has been established between the two countries, which has effectively guaranteed long-term peace after the alliance.

Under normal circumstances, when the envoys of neighboring countries enter the country, their own countries send people to meet each other, which is called receiving envoys. After arriving in the capital, he was accompanied by another person and called the embassy companion. When returning, they will also send someone to see them off, which is called a sending companion. Among them, a set of quite cumbersome etiquette has been developed, and the Liao people can still master it proficiently, if the Song Dynasty people who are a state of etiquette lose their manners, will they not be laughed off by the Liao people?

Therefore, the rich minister sent Zhao Bian, an old minister, to suppress the formation, not just what Chen Ke wanted to balance. If it really depends on the temperament of his two young people, I don't know what kind of joke he will make.

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After the team departed, they headed north. Zhao Zongji really felt that the Great Song Dynasty was Kaifeng, which was really exciting. Nima, after crossing the Yellow River. All the way to the border between the two countries. It's a flat river, and there is no danger to defend at all!

Yelu Derong has been paying attention to the changes in Song Envoy's face, which is the favorite game of the Liao people...... Those Song Dynasty officials who were arrogant and arrogant in Bianjing City often saw it with their own eyes. How defenseless their country is, in front of the iron cavalry of Da Liao, he is simply a naked man who is ravaged by others. Even if it is the national capital Bianliang. It's just an extra fig leaf......

The second half of the confrontation quietly began at this moment. It was in this way that the Liao people made the Song people realize that they had no bargaining capital at all. Those ambitious ministers of the Song Dynasty were often tortured by the cruel reality before the Liao State, and then they were completely blown up in the negotiations......

Zhao Zongji is not exempt from vulgarity, after seeing the terrible reality. His scalp is about to explode, he really doesn't understand, the Great Song Dynasty. Why put your neck. Resting under someone else's knife?

However, Chen Ke was very open-minded and persuaded: "Solidify the country and do not take the risk of mountains and streams." One hundred years since the founding of the country. No one has ever hit Kaifeng City, so why worry about it? ”

"That's right." Zhao Zongji thought about it, so he no longer worried, and turned to enjoy the moving spring along the way with Chen Ke. At this time, the moisture on the boundless North China Plain has been moved, and the verdant wheat color is the same day by day. The wicker is green, and the elm is green. The winter snow and ice have completely melted, turning into a lush spring wave, moistening the vast northern country into plump and charming.

All things are vibrant, cattle and horses are called spring like wine, such a beautiful scenery, how can it not make people feel refreshed. Besides, Zhao Zongji easily escaped from the cage and came to the vast world, isn't it like being happy?

Seeing that this guy came out of the shadows so easily, it made Yerod Rong so depressed: 'Fuck, indefinite hairy boy......

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There was nothing to say all the way, and it took a few days to reach the border city of Xiongzhou, and then there was the Baigou River, the border river between the two countries. The envoy of the Great Song Dynasty was sent here.

After crossing the Baigou River, he entered the border of the Liao State. Zhao Zongji found that the scene in front of him had not changed, it was still a verdant plain that could not be seen at a glance, and the long post road on the plain led to the far north. The post road was full of horse-drawn carriages coming and going, transporting the goods of the Northern Dynasty to the Yanchang, and the goods of the Southern Dynasty to the ......... of the North.

But there is also a striking difference - the defenders have become Liao people with bearded hair, the so-called bearded hair, which is bald and only leaves two long hairs above the ears, which is very barbaric at first glance. But it is loose and sloppy, and it is not as good as a hero.

"Liao soldiers are like this?" Zhao Zongji asked strangely.

Before Chen Ke could answer, Yelu Derong spoke first: "The most elite army in my Daliao is the palace guard cavalry army and the imperial account army, with a total of 600,000 cavalry, which is not comparable to these Wujing Township Ding!" ”

"600,000 rides?" Zhao Zongji gasped and said, "The population of Liao is less than nine million, can you afford it?" ”

Yelu Derong's face turned red, his 600,000 riders were actually Khitan and Xi tribes, the number of men over fifteen years old and under fifty. However, the men of the Liao State are all in the military, and they are not bragging. He argued: "Although the Southern Dynasty can't afford it, my Northern Dynasty can afford it." Because our horses are raised by ourselves, and the army is also a soldier in wartime, and it is for the people in peacetime, so there is no need to raise so many troops for nothing like the Southern Dynasties. ”

Militarily, the Liao State completely exploded the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zongji and Chen Ke were embarrassed to speak, so they could only show off. But they were not just stupid, but carefully observed the landforms, fortifications, and military camps on the Liao border, so that they could write down the drawings at night.

After spending the initial surprise, Zhao Zongji found that there were still Han people in the majority, and he looked at the people walking on the road, sitting on the car, and riding on the horse.

"This is not surprising, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are originally the land of my Han family, and they were given to the Liao people by Shi Jingjiao's turtle son." After Chen Ke set foot on this land, he felt surrounded by endless shame. It was like someone had snatched his woman and brought it to him to show off......

Yelu Derong immediately interjected: "I know that some people in the Southern Dynasty thought that the Han people of Yanyun would have the Great Song Dynasty in their hearts, but this is pure wishful thinking. They are all Liao people now, and they regard Daliao as their motherland. After a pause, he gave an example: "For example, your Yongxi Northern Expedition was defeated by Yanyun's Han people......"

"Then why don't you move the capital to Nanjing?" Chen Ke asked coldly.

Yelu Derong's face was ugly, and he said after a while: "We are a people on horseback, and we can only gallop on the grassland......

"Yes, hehe......" Chen Ke laughed, his smile was full of perfunctory and hateful.

Yelu Derong hated the roots of his teeth, because Chen Ke poked at their eternal pain...... The Song Dynasty had four capitals, east, west, north and south, and the Liao State was even more so, with five capitals: Shangjing, Tokyo, Nanjing, Xijing, and Zhongjing. Shangjing was the original capital of the Liao Kingdom, located near the Balinzuo Banner in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. Zhongjing was located in Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia. Tokyo was located in what would later be Liaoyang, Xijing was located in Datong, and Nanjing was located in the suburbs of Beijing.

The Liao people were also afraid of the bitter cold of the extreme north, and as their rule was secured, they began to gradually move south. Liao Shengzong moved the capital from Shangjing to Zhongjing. But in the end of the Liao world, they did not dare to move the capital to Nanjing, which had the best conditions in the Liao country...... Because, the sixteen states of Yanyun have always been a place where Han people gather.

But Yelu Derong is still very cool, after all, Yanyun is from the Liao State, and it will always be, and the Song people can only fight with their mouths. As long as he stands on this land, he will eat deflated in Bianjing City, and even return all the profits with him. Even though the two boys had nothing on their faces, he could tell that their stomachs were about to explode.

But what if it's blown up? Who made Liao strong and Song weak, and who made the land under his feet taken from the Han people by the Liao Dynasty?

Chen Ke and Zhao Zongji regarded this trip as a shameful education, and they didn't ridicule each other anymore, and let Nayelu Derong have the upper hand. In this way, I came to Xincheng County, forty miles north of Baigou River. The first post house of Liaoyi Road is located in the county seat...... There are deep mountains and valleys in the south of Liao, there are desert Gobi roads in the north, the road is difficult and remote, in order to facilitate traffic, the Liao Dynasty specially imitates the Song Dynasty, from the Baigou of the Liao-Song Dynasty Jiehe, through Liao-Nanjing, Liaozhong-Beijing, to Liao-Shangjing, a post road of more than 1,800 miles is built, 32 post houses are built along the way, and there is also a branch post road, leading to the place where the Liao emperor may 'make a bowl'. …,

'Bowl' is the meaning of 'Xinggong' and 'Xing' in Khitan language. Although the Liao State had five capitals, the emperor rarely lived in them. They like to be unrestrained, hunting at four o'clock, and pitching their tents wherever they go. Where is the 'bowl'.

According to the regulations, all Khitan and internal and external ministers and officials affiliated to the Han Xuanhui Yuan must follow the rules. The Han Privy Council, Zhongshu Province and other southern ministers only have one or two people to follow, and the rest of the prime ministers and below live in Kyoto to handle official business...... In short, all Khitan officials followed suit, leaving most of the Han officials to handle daily government affairs.

Basically, the orders of the Liao imperial court can be issued at any time in every place in the country, which is convenient, rapid, and flexible. But at the same time, if there is a major local event that wants to be reported to the imperial court, it becomes even more difficult.

Therefore, the local government of Liao was basically let go of the Han people's management. Of course, in terms of the administrative level of the Khitan people, the advantages of this actually outweigh the disadvantages......

However, the Liao Emperor's erratic gameplay is certainly a mess, but it also gives careerists a stage to show, so almost every Liao emperor has to encounter crises such as rebellion and rebellion. Life is much more exciting than that of their Southern Dynasty imperial brother......

To get back to the point, the emperor of Liao did not press the bowl indiscriminately, and his activity area was seasonal. For example, it is spring, and in general, the bowl is set up in a place where it is convenient to release eagles, hunt swans, wild ducks, wild geese, and chisel ice-hooked fish. Roughly in the later generations of Songhuajiang to Beijing generation activities......

There's no way, who makes the country rich and rich? ——

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