The Song Dynasty sent Liang Shi to the Khitan, and the Khitan also sent Lin Ya (Lin Ya, the diplomatic position of the Khitan) Xiao Kai to the Song Dynasty.

Hearing that the Khitan withdrew his troops as promised, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were very happy, and set up a banquet to entertain Xiao Kai, during the banquet, Xiao Kai suddenly said to Yan Shu: "Yan Xianggong, I heard that your country Zheng Lang Zhizhou won a great victory in the northwest, and I specially brought some gifts to congratulate you." ”

With a faint word, the ministers during the banquet were cold together.

Yan Shu stubbornly said: "Your envoy went to the northwest, the journey is far away, there are many inconveniences, and it is not in line with the etiquette system. ”

"I didn't go to the northwest, I just went to Zhengzhou, gave gifts to several ladies in Zheng Zhizhou, and returned to Beijing immediately."

That's not going to work.

And the Khitan envoy has a mouthful of Zhizhou, which is very disgusting. Yan Shu was a little dizzy, and he negotiated peace with the Khitans, for which he was blamed by many ministers, including his son-in-law. If we do, I don't know how many will be impeached tomorrow.

Zhiwu said: "In this case, I should ask Your Majesty." ”

I didn't dare to offend the Khitans, and I didn't want to offend some Qing ministers, so I pushed the responsibility on Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Accurate." ”

Isn't it just some gifts, let them give.

If you are greedy for gifts, with Zheng Lang's means, you don't know how much wealth you can collect, this is a very indifferent minister, even if the Khitan people bring gold mountains, they can't touch Zheng Lang's heart.

Xiao Kai went to Zhengzhou.

However, the monarch and ministers were somewhat uneasy, and sent many guards, a few eunuchs, and a few officials, under the banner of protection, to accompany them all the way. More than 100 people came to Zhengjiazhuang. A few mothers have just returned from Shaolin Temple, the Northwest Campaign was very hard, and even the daughter-in-law was injured, but fortunately, the family was safe, so they burned incense everywhere to make wishes.

Hearing that the Khitan envoy came to visit, several ladies were confused and didn't know how to deal with it.

Zhao Zhen also guessed that this would happen, and sent an attendant to guide them, in a simple word, just when you have a distinguished guest in your house, you can be warmly entertained without losing etiquette. If the Khitans give any gifts, you can accept them. This is the decree of God.

Xiao Kai began to take out gifts, two horses, which the monarchs of the Song Dynasty had already known. Two horses are nothing, Guan Jian is below, five ginseng plants from Goryeo to the Khitan Emperor, each has four or five taels, this is not a big radish planted later, it is all authentic wild ginseng, it can grow to this, I don't know how long it has been for hundreds of years, even in Goryeo, it is a rare thing. Five all-white wild fox skins, is it rare for white foxes to be rare? and other valuable gifts.

Several Huangmen and the officials who accompanied them only looked at it and sweated, and these gifts were more valuable than the gifts that the Khitan brought to the emperor.

But Zheng Lang's seven mothers didn't know, and after listening to Huangmen's instructions, they had to say thank you and accept them one by one. It's nothing, and there is a painting in the end, which was painted by Liao Xingzong himself, a thatched hut on the mountain, in which lives a scholar, the scholar is catching lice on his body, and he is looking forward to himself while catching lice. At the foot of the mountain, there are also a few villains, dressed in Hu clothes, who are waiting patiently.

"It was painted by the emperor of your country? The concubine thanked the emperor of your country on behalf of her son. "Auntie doesn't understand, isn't it just a painting, just accept it.

But the faces of several officials all changed color.

This painting has a great origin, since ancient times, there are several famous scholars who like to catch lice, only one, Wang Meng. Fu Jian recruited talents, network heroes, in order to make a big move, Shangshu Lu Polou strongly recommended Wang Meng. So Fu Jian sent Lu Polou to Huashan, where Wang Meng lived in seclusion. So the former Qin unified the north.

The meaning of solicitation, a painting is enough to express, but it is not finished, Xiao Kai said: "Auntie, with Ling Lang's talent and merits, he is still a Zhizhou, and the court treats Ling Lang too thinly. ”

The eldest lady was very satisfied and said: "Your envoy, no, the imperial court has made my son an observer envoy, and he is in charge of the military, political and financial power along the way, which is much greater than the power of Zhizhou." ”

"Observe all the way to what the envoy is, as long as Ling Lang comes to our Khitan, my lord is willing to give him the king of the Southern Court, the prime minister, and always know the affairs of the privy envoy of the Southern and Northern Courts."

After Xiao Kai finished speaking, several small yellow doors and several officials convulsed all over their bodies. Thunder!

The king of the southern courtyard was originally a title, also known as Yili Sumire, referring to the military leader, and later changed to the king, and he was ashamed to have real power. The northern Khitan officials were in charge of the Khitan and the nomadic tribes, and the southern officials were in charge of the Han people. But the king of the southern courtyard hangs a southern character, not the southern official, the king of the northern courtyard is in charge of the strongest Khitan tribe, the five courtyards of Diera, which is also subordinate to the Northern Prime Minister's Mansion. The king of the Southern Courtyard is in charge of the Sixth Courtyard Department of Diera, which also belongs to the Northern Prime Minister's Mansion. The most famous king of the Southern Courtyard in history is Xiao Feng, not Xiao Feng written by Jin Daxia, and he has never been to the Song Dynasty. This person is strong in martial arts, heroic, and has repeatedly broken the obstacles, the enemy rebelled, and when Yelu Chongyuan rebelled, this person also suppressed it. It's still young, but he is an important figure in Zheng Lang's viewing, not now, but focusing on Xiao Feng ten years later.

The latter position is the official position held by Han Derang at his peak, and he is always in charge of all the military and political power of the Khitan.

Several mothers were also frightened, and the eldest mother almost cried and said, "Where do I dare to teach." ”

"Auntie, this is my lord's deliberate advice before the minister leaves, you have no jokes, not joking with Zheng Zhizhou," Xiao Kai said in a sincere tone.

Not only did Liao Xingzong say that you have to be good to the mothers of Zheng Lang's family, and you have to respect them, this is a very filial person. Liu Liufu also said that he only said two things, the Song Dynasty fought with the Western Xia people, there were casualties among each other, the defeat of Yuan Hao, mainly in the south, two big defeats, who was the boss? I just went to the south to be a small taishou, and in six or seven years, I added a lot of wealth and food to the Song Dynasty. At that time, Zheng Lang was a young man, and his mind was not sound, and in a few years, his mind was mature, what would happen?

Xiao Kai was very suspicious and went on the road and came to the Song Realm, so he asked the people. Bao Zheng can be passed on to Bao Qingtian, and Zheng Lang, the more he listens, the more frightened he becomes. In his heart, Zheng Lang is not an enlarged version of Guan Zhong, but an enlarged version of Han Derang. Although Han Derang has a literary and military genius, he went south with the army in the Battle of Lanyuan, suffered many defeats, and his ability to accumulate wealth seems to be inferior to this. I just don't know if this person is willing to take refuge in the Khitan.

did not stay for a long time, before leaving, Xiao Kai, who was showing off his might in front of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, was respectful to Zheng Lang and his mothers, and performed a great junior salute, and then left Zhengzhou.

When it was reported to the capital, Zhao Zhen and the ministers thundered their heads.

Is the little emperor of Liao really granted or falsely granted?

Moreover, there has never been a case in the history of the Khitan where the Han people served as the kings of the south.

But it is difficult to say that although the kings of the north and the south are favored, their real power is not as good as that of the prime ministers of the north and the south. As long as there is a restructuring and the king of the Southern Courtyard is classified as the southern official, then Zheng Lang can take on this position. However, what could the Song Dynasty give Zheng Lang? A governor is still strongly recommended by Lu Yijian, Zheng Lang has not accepted it for the time being, and has already written to impeach, saying that Zheng Lang is too young, and he is shallow and light in serving as a governor, and he is not suitable. is to participate in the governor's political affairs, how to compare with the Khitan kings of the Southern Court, the prime minister and the general governor of the Southern and Northern Courts?

Zhao Zhen anxiously called the ministers.

The ministers had any expressions, Fu Bi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Zheng Lang will not take refuge in the Khitan, he can be said to be loyal to my Great Song Dynasty." ”

At this time, he was so anxious that he almost hit the wall, he knew that this was the case, and regretted not being at the beginning.

"Fuqing, I'm not worried that Zheng Lang will defect to the Khitan, but I'm worried that the Khitan is bound to Zheng Qing, and after a few years, Zheng Qing and the Khitan will definitely not let him return."

But the question is whether the Khitans dare to break the covenant, and the Song dynasty dares to break the covenant?

There was no good way to discuss, Zhao Zhen sent a letter to Weizhou, and told Zheng Lang about the situation, Zheng Qing, something is not good, or we will think of ideas from now on and see what other costs to use, so that you don't have to go to Khitan.

Winter is getting deeper at this time.

The construction of the northern villages has come to an end.

Most of the walls are built to be as high as one person, and in order to increase the defensive power, the height of the wall must reach two zhang, which is still early. It can be built up first, although there are cotton clothes for the winter, and a large proportion of the soldiers are soldiers, but the overall Song soldiers are not as cold-tolerant as the Xixia people.

These walled forts would become a big nail in the eyes of the Western Xia. If you are not afraid of just in case, you are afraid of 10,000.

If you first rush to repair more than one person high, you will have the strength of defense, and the Xixia people will not have any bad ideas.

The money was used like splashing water, and although the imperial court allocated a large amount of money as a reward, it was far from enough to rely on the income of the market alone.

Zheng Lang was ready to ask the imperial court for money again.

received Zhao Zhen's decree, and Zheng Lang was also thundered. I don't believe it, the king of the Southern Courtyard won't take it seriously, Guan Jian is the official position in the back, how much credit did Han Derang make, and the Khitan gave him this position? Besides, what is his identity, the sub-father of Khitan!

replied to a letter, so that Zhao Zhen didn't have to worry about it, it's okay, I will have my own good plan to get out and come back then. It's still important to get down to business, hurry up and allocate some money to the minister, the minister's side is not enough money. I wrote another letter to my family, we can't accept those rewards, and we will hand them over to the emperor together, so as not to attract tongues.

What Wang Meng, we don't want to be dominated by Hu people!

But this incident made Zheng Lang so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, so he sat at home and came up with an idea.

Isn't it disgusting that our Song Dynasty is weak, in order to appease the Khitan envoys, Zhao Zhen also issued an edict, from now on the Khitan envoys, not to be high or low, and move to sit in front of me. It doesn't matter, I can also use this messenger.

Send someone to inform Zhi Jimin, send scouts to monitor the movement in the north, and if the Khitan sends an envoy to Western Xia, immediately send someone to inform him.

Regardless of whether the Khitan is sincere or not, at least it will be superficial and pretentious. This time, the two countries sent envoys to each other to "vent their pleasures", and the Khitan would soon send envoys to Western Xia to mediate the relations between the two sides.

Zheng Lang hit the idea of these envoys.

He called Chang Mingde and Liu Xuanrui again and said, "I have an important task entrusted to you. ”

"Please give orders to Zheng Xianggong."

"It's a bit difficult, if I guess correctly, soon the Khitan will send envoys to Xingqing Mansion, they are here, you will go to Xingqing Mansion on my behalf and invite them to Weizhou to talk about it."