Zhao Guangyi sat behind the dragon book case. Unfolded the so-called edict sent by the envoys of the Great Xia Kingdom and read it carefully. Lu Duoxun, Zhang Xun, and Cao Bin had already read this edict and knew its contents well, but at the moment they were just carefully observing Zhao Guangyi's divine sè. The courtiers became friends, and the Taiwei became the emperor, so rebellious, it is strange that the saint is willing to agree.

As the old saying goes: When the Son of Heaven is angry, millions of corpses are ambushed, and thousands of miles of blood are shed. This great Song Tianzi, I am afraid that he will soon be thunderous, and the wind and clouds will change.

"Chenben cloth clothes, from the end of the micro. When the first emperor personally conquered the Han Kingdom, the ministers were ordered to be in front of the two armies, and at the moment of crisis, he took 50,000 people and traveled thousands of miles to the west of the Muhe River. The first emperor knew that the ministers were cautious, so they sent the ministers to the big event, and awarded the right marshal of Hexi Long, and the ministers were ordered to sigh all night. I am afraid that the entrustment will not work, so I will hurt the wisdom of the first emperor, so I will rejuvenate Luzhou, invade Yinzhou, expel the rebel soldiers of Liao, make friends with Linfu, and help the Western Regions, and have made achievements.

In a few days, the Han Kingdom was invaded again, and the ministers were in a precarious and dangerous situation to serve as the king of Yinzhou. Unexpectedly, Li Guangrui despised the imperial court and suddenly attacked, attacking my abdomen and back, and the ministers were worried, and their hearts were like arrows, and they waited for the Han State to be finished before returning to the division. Li Guangrui is a real king, and jiān 佞 also. The minister held the talisman in his hand, punished Jiān to eliminate evil, fought a fierce battle, took Xiazhou, defeated Li Guangrui's army, recovered the land of the five states, received the mantle of my father-in-law, inherited the lord of the difficulty, and accepted the eight clans of the party under his command.

The difficulties are established, the armor is sufficient, and the loyalty of the ministers does not dare to be reduced slightly. Then Xingshi went west, went deep into the barren, exhausted and blunt, eliminated the murderer, set foot on the Hexi Prefectures in one fell swoop, surrendered to the ministries, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Yumen Pass, the northwest fell for two hundred years, and now rì began to restore the Han land, so this minister reported to the emperor and was loyal to His Majesty's position.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty was slandered by the remnants of the eunuchs, smeared and smeared dirt, and suddenly attacked, raised troops in the Lin Mansion, and defeated the loyal subordinates of the ministers. When it was, the Western Regions begged for aid from Khotan. Those who are in Khotan, who regard themselves as the ancestors of the Central Plains, are the ministers shocked to hear of His Majesty's actions, is it not as good as the tilt of the mountains? However, the righteousness is coming, and I dare not disobey it! The ministers put the world first, and they did not dare to bear the grace of the first emperor, so they adhered to the will of the first emperor. Take the implementation of the world as their own responsibility, aid the troops to Khotan, and help the far-reaching, what they do, how can they be enemies of Your Majesty!

However, His Majesty's troops marched westward, and the beacon fire was spread, insisting on going his own way, and punishing without teaching, and not giving the minister a chance to defend himself. The monarch and the ministers died, the ministers had to die, Yang Hao was his own body, why was he loyal and ambushed His Majesty? However, the Hexi Prefectures are newly restored, the foundation is not decided, the party items, Tubo, Huifu, Tuguhun, are all the arrogant and untamed people in the Western Regions, if Yang Hao dies, the wolf smoke is everywhere, and the people will disperse, and Hexi will fall again.

The departments of Hexi Prefectures, only know the ministers and fear the ministers, respect the ministers and obey the ministers, the ministers are not happy, and the ministers are called the emperors, so that the ministers are in a dilemma of loyalty and righteousness, and they are at a loss, remembering the first emperor, and they can't sleep at night. The first emperor was eloquent and strategic, and he took the recovery of Hexi as his own responsibility, and the first emperor was merciful. He has always been responsible for saving millions of Han people in Hexi, and since he was ordered by the edict of the first emperor, how dare he not fulfill his loyalty and righteousness, but ambush him for the sake of his own virtuous name for the crime of 'unwarranted', so that this good situation will be ruined in one fell swoop, so that the people of Hexi will poison the army, so that the spirit of the first emperor in the sky will not be at peace, and His Majesty will be infamous for all generations?

Jinchen holds the dry talisman in his hand, hangs in the palm of the Western Regions, and the great cause is gathered in one, and the mountains and rivers are prosperous for a while. Where the banner of righteousness goes, it will be difficult for the five states, and the party will return with the eight clans; Under the order, in the fifteen states of Hexi, Tubo, Huifu, Tuyuhun and other people all obeyed. The minister is willing to take a place to reform the old and make the new, to live in the scenery, to change the family into a country, the virtue is desolate, and the power is overwhelming; Make the Western Regions Zahu, follow the clothes of our Han people, learn our Han humanities, and build a state of ten thousand times. Then it was October 15th. The suburban altar prepares the ceremony, for the Great Xia national text Wuxing Fa Jianli Renshi Emperor, the year name is granted by heaven.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, a pro-virtuous minister, a far villain, a wise chéngrén, a generous and benevolent person, Xu to the western suburbs, is the king of the south. Dare to be foolish, and always be happy. Fish come and go, let the voice of neighboring countries be transmitted; Forever. Yongzhen border troubles. Sincere and willing, look up to the emperor's edict. ”

This edict was written very politely, and the tone was not lacking in humility, until the last paragraph, it was still a courtier who was busy living by himself, but the words were carefully tasted, but it was a hidden needle in the cotton, according to Yang Hao, the crusade against the two states of Linfu, and the troops entered Hexi, which was the emperor was bewitched by the eunuch Wang Jien, and he was forced to call the emperor, but because he had been reading the last wish of the first emperor.

In this edict, Yang Hao told about the commission, made his ambitions clear, and kept upholding the will of the first emperor, especially when he reported that he learned that the imperial court army was coming to the city, he still divided his troops to aid Khotan, and he said that the righteousness was awe-inspiring, and the duke was selfless, and he put himself in a position of extreme commission.

Since the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains has lost its sovereignty over the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty cannot continue to rule Hexi, and the Liang, Jin, Han and Zhou have not done it, and now he Yang Hao has done it for the Great Song Dynasty, but what did the officials do? is just like that Li Guangrui, who actually found a reason to crusade against loyal ministers. What is he doing, what is Song Guo doing? Justice is at ease in the hearts of the people! This big-eared scraper was .......

Speaking of which, everything he did was for the good of the Song country, all because he received the last wish of the first emperor, and he opposed the Song precisely because he was loyal to the Song, but he was loyal to Zhao Kuangyin's Song, and he was Zhao Guangyi's Song. He was forced, the Jiong in Zhao Jiong's heart......

After reading an edict sprinkled with more than 1,000 words, Zhao Jiong threw the edict on the dragon book case, slowly raised his head, and Lu Duosun and the three of them subconsciously bowed down, raised their shoulders, and waited for Zhao Guangyi to roar the wind and thunder, not wanting Zhao Guangyi to make a sound.

The three of them were surprised, quietly raised their heads and looked up, and saw Zhao Guangyi holding the case with both hands, and suddenly laughed for a while: "Since I ascended the throne, I have been dreaming of sleeping at night, cāo working on state affairs, and now I am cultivating martial arts, the world is peaceful, and my political achievements are not inferior to those of the first emperor." The only regret is that I destroyed the Tang, Han, and Wu Yue, and unified the Three Kingdoms, and finally failed to conquer the martial arts of the first emperor to conquer the four kingdoms of Jinghu, Shu and Han. ”

Zhao Guangyi Huo Ran stood up, his eyes sharpened, and he said: "Summoning the two mansions, one court, three divisions, six departments, and nine Qings, all to the Zichen Palace to discuss matters!" ”

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Liao State goes to Beijing, Yuehua Palace, the night is late, and the lights are like day.

The emperor is young, and now the Queen Mother is in charge of national affairs, and the Queen Mother's Yuehua Palace has also become a place to discuss military affairs. At this moment, the Liao State is full of civil and military forces, discussing a major event that has just happened in the northwest.

Although the Liao State has long been established, the speed of sinicization has gradually accelerated after obtaining the sixteen states of Youyun, and most of the official structure of the imperial court imitates the Central Plains, but the civil and military officers are still relatively casual in front of the emperor in addition to the rì sons of the official dynasty, and these ministers have seats in front of the queen mother, and they do not have too many scruples about talking and laughing, which is far less powerful and solemn than the Song court.

The palace guards all commanded Yelu Clam to stroke his beard, and said with a gloating smile: "Okay, a few years ago, our Da Liao had a few rebellions, and there was endless civil strife, so that the Song State saw the joke, picked up the cheap, and took advantage of the opportunity of my Da Liao to take care of him and wiped out the Han State in one fell swoop, hehe, the current world is coming quickly, and now Yang Hao of the Song State is also reversed, Hexi Nineteen Prefectures, two or three million people, the Song State is going to take care of itself now." ”

Xiao Xuan sat up, glanced at his eyes, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's get back to the point." Yang Hao unified Hexi, founded the country and called the emperor, Emperor Song was annoyed and angry, and he would inevitably send a large army to crusade against the northwest. Now, Yang Hao has sent an envoy to the dynasty as the emperor of Great Xia to establish diplomatic relations with our country, and hopes that our dynasty can help, I don't know what you Aiqing thinks? ”

Yelu Hugo got up and said: "Queen Mother, Hexi's self-reliance is very beneficial to my Daliao, but Yang Hao's self-reliance has also torn his face with the Southern Dynasty, and the Southern Dynasty has an excuse to use troops against Hexi." Hexi must not fall into the hands of the Song court, otherwise it will be very unfavorable to our Great Liao. Chen thought that Yang Hao should be helped as much as possible. ”

Xiao Xuan was very pleased when she heard this, Brother Yelu Xiu was her favorite general, and she was very relied on by her, of course she hoped that Brother Yelu Xiu would be dedicated to the public, and now Brother Yelu Xiu could abandon his previous suspicions and think about the court wholeheartedly, and he did not judge Yang Hao's personal likes and dislikes because of Luo Dong'er's affairs, she was naturally happy in her heart.

Unexpectedly, Yelu Xiuge's tone changed, and then he said: "However, although it is beneficial to help Xia Guo and my Liao Guoda, we can't help each other for no reason and lose my Daliao soldiers in vain." The minister thought that it was not enough for the two countries to establish diplomatic relations, and that the Xia State should follow the example of the Han State, form a father and son with my Great Liao, be willing to be a vassal of my Great Liao, and listen to the orders of my Great Liao Emperor......"

Xiao Xuan was stunned for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "The country of father and son? ”

Brother Jeruxiu said: "Not bad! Since Yang Hao is the emperor, the biggest fear must be the army of the Song State. The biggest reliance, the only one I am the tiger wolf of Liaoguo, hey, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world, so that we can send troops to help him in vain? In exchange for the title of an emperor, he will not refuse. ”

He turned to the crowd of civil and military officials, with a slight mockery in his eyes, and said with a smile: "My lords, the enemy of the enemy is our friend, this Xia country, we still have to help." At least the benefits of this Xia Kingdom to us are much stronger than those of the Han Kingdom, but well, he always has to pay some price, doesn't he? If he, the Emperor of Great Xia, calls our three-year-old emperor his father, my Da Liao raised his eyebrows, don't you say? ”

The Chinese Wu of the palace laughed when he heard this, and they all coaxed: "Not bad, not bad, if he wants to borrow troops from our Daliao, he has to call our emperor a father." ”

"Father?"

They are willing, and Xiao Xuan is not willing to do it. Although the relationship between this pair of father and son cannot be clarified after all, but they are real father and son after all, do you want Lao Tzu to shout a word to his son? Even if she is willing to give up Yang Hao, she is reluctant to give up her son. Father and son are against each other, and they want the sky to thunder and split.

Xiao Xuan sighed: "Brother Hugh, a new country, a new emperor, to the three-year-old doll of another country called the emperor? Do you say that everyone in the world is as good as Shi Jingtang? ”

Before Xiao Xuan finished speaking, Brother Yelu Xiu smiled and said: "Queen Mother, since he asks for us, no matter how much he asks, he will always have to pay the price." ”

Xiao Xuan shook his head and said: "Brother Hugh's words are wrong, you must know that Yang Hao was originally from the Song Dynasty, he kept saying in the edict of the founding of the country that he still adheres to the will of the first emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and is forced to stand on his own due to the oppression of today. When Liu Jiyuan called me the emperor of Daliao, these ministers dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and now they ......"

Brother Yelu Xiu had the intention to humiliate Yang Hao, and immediately said when he heard this: "Even if he refuses, he can also use this to frustrate his spirit, and then put forward other conditions, but as soon as his envoys arrive, the Queen Mother will agree to him, right?" ”

Xiao Xuan didn't answer, turned to the prime minister of Beifu and the Pingzhang office under the same political affairs, and asked, "What does Aiqing think?" ”

Mu Fang said calmly: "The minister thinks that the state of brothers or the country of father and son is just a false name, and it doesn't matter much. ”

Although Guo Xi was in a high position and was highly regarded by the Queen Mother, he did not want to offend Brother Yelu Xiu because of this, so he smiled apologetically at him and said: "Of course, what Brother Hugh discussed, that is actually very helpful to promote the prestige of my Great Liao country and grow my Great Liao ambition." But what the Queen Mother said is very true, Yang Hao will never agree to this condition, now he wants to win the morale of the people, to get an excuse to establish a country, he will never palm his mouth, to my Liao State vassals, now they are sending envoys, there is a request for me, this is to recognize my Liao State is the status of a great country, if we put forward a condition that he is impossible to agree to, and then make concessions, will it become us to accommodate him?

What's more, the Song State is strong and powerful, and it is the most powerful opponent of our Great Liao, in the past few years, because of the civil strife in Liao, the vitality has been greatly damaged, and seeing that Hexi is gradually in the hands of the Southern Dynasty, but it is unable to fight with it head-on, we have lost the opportunity. Now Yang Hao broke with the Southern Dynasty according to Hexi, which is good news from the sky for my Great Liao, we might as well show the grace and generosity of a great country, don't argue with it on these details, and the two sides conclude a friendship, this is a good thing that is beneficial to our Liao State and a heavy setback to the Southern Dynasty, and then take advantage of this to get some substantial benefits. ”

He turned to Xiao Xuan, bowed down again, and said, "Queen Mother, since the Xia Kingdom has what it wants, it must be given, what specific conditions have they proposed?" ”

Xiao Xuan said: "First, the two countries have established diplomatic relations, non-aggression against each other, and along the border cities, no city gods are allowed to be built, and no heavy troops are allowed; Two: the two sides do not hinder each other's cultural and educational transmission, and where there are fugitives from thieves who cross the border, they are not allowed to hide and shelter each other, and they can extradite each other; Third, the two sides set up a field on the border to trade with each other; Fourth: Xia is willing to provide our Liao State with 60,000 stones of salt, 1,000 stones of tea, 100,000 horses of silk, 20,000 pieces of ironware, and pottery and porcelain every year, all of which are traded at the regular price of the Central Plains and do not draw heavy taxes. ”

Hearing this, Mu Fang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, among these conditions, except for the last one, they are all mutually beneficial and completely equal conditions for diplomatic relations, and only the last one can be regarded as the reward given by Yang Hao for taking the initiative to seek the peace and help of the Liao State.

At that time, the Song State imposed an economic blockade on the Liao State, although the two sides set up several farms, but the items that could be traded were limited, the Liao State did not transport horses to the Song State, and the Song State did not transport iron tools to the Liao State, even if it was cloth, tea, salt, ceramics and other daily necessities, they were also taxed very high to limit the scale of their exports.

And ironware, such as iron pots, hoes, sickles, ploughshares and other necessities of life are also things that produce necessities, and the Liao State is very poor, so that many people marry girls to treat the iron pot as a very expensive dowry, and sending a good iron pot is a very face-saving thing for the mother's family, and the degree of its price can be imagined. Hoes, sickles, and ploughshares, for example, are still heavily used in wooden and stone work, and their productivity is greatly limited.

These difficulties as the prime minister's room Fang is very clear, if you can buy these goods from the Xia State, and the price is favorable, it is of course a great thing for the Liao State, but this Yang Hao has just established the country and needs a strong ally, he really only gives one benefit, in a strict sense, it is not even a benefit, but because the two countries are not hostile, so they do not deliberately restrict and extract heavy taxes in normal trade, there is a request for others, and he is only allowed to give such a small benefit, this Xia Emperor is really enough to pick the door.

Mu Fang couldn't help but shake his head and smile, and said frankly: "Is this emperor of the Xia Kingdom destitute in the end, or does he not want my Liao State to help him at all, the conditions for establishing diplomatic relations are indeed a little thin." ”

Brother Yelu sneered: "Lord Murofang, do you also think it's inappropriate? Hey! This is the sincerity of the emperor of the Xia Kingdom to befriend my Liao State. In my opinion, it is not easy to agree to him. Yes, we care a lot about the belonging of Hexi, but now that he Yang Hao has rebelled against the Song Dynasty and is self-reliant, he will pay more attention to Hexi than we do.

Queen Mother, in the opinion of the ministers, we might as well delay it for a while and not answer, or, first recognize the existence of the Xia State and promise to establish diplomatic relations with it, but not give any substantive help for the time being. He dared to be the emperor, he must also have expected to provoke the thunder and anger of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, in a short period of time, Hexi should be safe, when he is difficult to support, we will make some more requests, he does not want to agree to agree, our Great Liao control over the Xia State will be stronger. ”

Xiao Xuan hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the privy envoy Guo Xi, these three people are the leaders of her three sets of carriages, one literate, one martial and one royal family, and she is the queen mother, even if she is the emperor, she cannot ignore the opinions of these three ministers who are important in the court.

Guo Xi pondered for a moment and said: "With the current situation of my Liao country, it is not suitable to fight with the Southern Dynasty, Yang Hao is self-reliant and self-reliant, not tolerated by the emperor, it is unknown what the emperor of the Southern Dynasty will do now, in case he does not care about the interests and risks, and does not hesitate to ...... anything, in case our dynasty is too deeply involved, the minister thinks that he should be cautious, he can first agree to have diplomatic relations with the Xia State, see the actions of the Southern Dynasty, and whether he has the strength to do the Xia Kingdom, if it is a farce that cannot be supported, I Da Liao does not have to go to this troubled water." ”

The mountain is the eyebrow peak, the water is the eye waves, the Empress Dowager Xiao's eyebrows are light, the autumn water is sad, and she sighs secretly: "You didn't discuss it with me beforehand, and you came to ask me to do this and that afterwards, do you owe you?" What kind of emperor is reckless, and it is better to be called a king than to be called an emperor, don't you force Zhao Jiong to fight to the death with you, don't you even want a room for maneuver, I have my country and my people, how can I decide rashly with every move. You must regret it now, and you can't sleep well, right? ”

Xiao Xuan thought in his heart that Yang Hao, the emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, who should be regretting and having trouble sleeping at this time, was swaying at the moment, pacing quite elegantly: "Well......, the Bianliang Zhao official family must be smoking in the nostrils now, and the Empress Dowager Xiao in Shangjing is afraid that she is also in a dilemma. ”

Thinking of the smugness, Yang Hao smiled slightly, leisurely stopped in front of a small building with carved railings, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and the baby's charming voice came from inside: "Who?" ”

Yang Hao smiled narrowly: "Aifei, I am glad to have come to you." ”

"Yikes!" The room immediately shouted softly, Yang Hao's ears are so sensitive, listen to it, the room is all aware of Suosuo, the movement is quite strange, it seems to be hiding something in a hurry, and then listen carefully, there are two people's rapid breathing, Yang Hao's heart suddenly became suspicious: "I...... Holy, my crown that hasn't been built yet...... It's not going to be dyed green, is it? ”