Those who "go abroad" are called hired envoys, and the accompanying personnel who are responsible for receiving the envoys of the other party are called escorts, and according to the scope of work, they are generally called receiving escorts, sending accompanying envoys, and accompanying envoys from the embassy. The envoys are generally selected to serve as officials of the same rank as the envoys of the mission, and the officials along the post road also have to entertain the envoys in transit and give gifts...

Just as the friendship between Zhao Ta and Wan Yan Xianye was deepening day by day, he received a holy decree from the Privy Council, ordering him to send Wan Yan Xianye and his subordinates to Dingzhou on Hebei West Road as a companion, and then Hebei sent him back to China. It is said that if it is a foreign envoy who should go to Beijing to meet him, it may be that the team of 'envoys' who have considered Yan Xianye is too large, so he will avoid this trouble and be sent back directly by the border general.

Zhao Ta looked at the instructions issued by the Privy Council and felt very interesting, the diplomacy of the Great Song Dynasty was actually supervised by the Privy Council in charge of military work, responsible for all matters of diplomatic exchanges, including the exchange of documents, the dispatch of envoys and all reception matters. In addition, in line with the principle of multi-headed management, the DPRK and China have also set up a special office in charge of correspondence with the state as a specific agency responsible for exchanges between Liao and Jin. Although it is subordinate to Honglu Temple and Irinai Province respectively, it is actually a relatively independent foreign affairs agency.

The main tasks of the Guoxin Office include the selection of members of the diplomatic corps and the study of diplomatic etiquette, responsible for receiving Liaojin envoys, and urging the local government to do a good job in reception, managing Guoxin gifts, diplomatic documents and the management of the Duting Post House, etc., and its foreign affairs are all 'to make the Guoxin Institute apply to the Privy Council to take the decree to implement', and in actual work, it is still directly under the command of the Privy Council to assist it in handling specific foreign affairs, a bit like the current joint working group.

"Order the envoys to accompany the ministers, and bring the most careful and powerful people. The edge of the road supervision and defense, slightly more than the Khitan, Xiazhou people make the style. There is no order to deal with public and private people, and they are treated as if they are shown on the outside. Zhao Ta read the sour and incomprehensible will, while pondering, this may be to let himself bring more people along the way to guard against the Jurchens colluding with the military and civilian officials of the Great Song Dynasty, to see who is in contact with them, but not to let the Jurchens see the true identity of these people, speaking of which they are the counter-espionage staff hidden in the team receiving the diplomatic mission.

"You are Zheng Haoran, the precautionary envoy sent by the Privy Council," Zhao Ta asked, looking up and down at the man in his thirties.

"Zheng Haoran, the eight-rank martial arts winger of the Xiaguan Guoxin Bureau, has added the post of prevention envoy!" The man bowed and saluted.

"Well, this king knows what to say," Zhao Ta nodded and said, "I'll let them know when I see it." Take Zheng to prevent the situation and familiarize yourself with the situation! "This guard envoy is equivalent to a special envoy sent by the Central Security Department, not only to guard against foreigners in the diplomatic corps, but also to supervise whether there is any collaborator among officials along the way.

"Oh, may I ask when the prince will leave, and the above is also urgent, so it is not good to delay the trip!" Zheng Haoran was not in a hurry to get out of the way, and asked again.

"Hmm. You can rest for a day today, prepare tomorrow, and board the day after tomorrow, okay? Zhao Ta thought for a while and said. He also knew that the DPRK and China had strict regulations on the itinerary of foreign envoys, and he did not dare to delay it. Xinjiang officials escort companions, and must follow the schedule. Don't miss a day without a reason. For no reason, one hundred rods a day are kept, and one is added a day. Until the second year of migration. Even if there is a delay, you must apply to the local state and county. The liars are to be impeached.

"Okay, it's all up to Uncle Wang's arrangement!" Zheng Haoran looked at the room except for the two of them, there were only the attendants beside the prince, and said with a smile.

"Why did Zheng Fangzhi say this?" Zhao Ta was stunned when he heard this, his eldest nephew Zhao Hui was only five or six years old, if the clan relatives should also be surnamed Zhao, he asked puzzledly.

"Lord Wang, Xiaguan's father is the nephew of Zheng Guogong, and he has been living in Zheng Mansion, and the sixth uncle saw that Xiaguan was quite clever, so he entrusted someone to donate an official to his nephew and entered the Guoxin Office!" Zheng Haoran said.

"Oh, I see, we're a family!" Zhao Ta said suddenly, it turned out to be a relative of his grandfather's family, and most of his age was far away, but there were people in the family who were powerful, and it was not a new thing for relatives to live dependently, so he asked Jianxi to move a stool for him to sit down.

"The sixth uncle heard that his nephew came to the northwest, so he specially brought some good wine and sent it to Uncle Wang for a while!" Zheng Haoran thanked him, half-sat on the stool and said.

"Is it, still worried about the sixth uncle, the old man and the old lady are still tough?" Zhao said.

"It's all good, I just miss the prince, and I often mention you!" Zheng Haoran said respectfully.

"It's really hard for the sixth uncle Bianliang and Xiangyi to run around at both ends, but I can't help a little, I'm really ashamed!" Zhao Ta said with a sad face.

"The sixth uncle is now in charge of the family, and he only goes once at the end of the year, and he no longer travels back and forth between the two places!" Zheng Haoran said.

"Oh, yes! is busy enough to manage the business of the whole house, so Zheng Quan is taking care of the Xiangyi Wine Workshop? Zhao asked.

"Zheng Quan, Old Man Zheng has long retired to retire and no longer ask about the winery, and now Zheng Feng is taking care of Xiangyi." Zheng Haoran said.

"Oh, he's seventy years old, it's time to rest!" Zhao Ta nodded.

"Uncle Wang, Old Man Zheng is sixty-six years old, and there is no seventy!" Zheng Haoran corrected with a smile.

"Alas, I'm busy!" Zhao Tan patted his head and said with a smile.

"Uncle Wang, where do you remember these little things, my nephew has retired first, and I will come back tomorrow to say goodbye!" Zheng Haoran said.

"Seeing Xi, I ordered to go down and prepare a good table for Zheng Fang's envoy to catch the wind, since we are a family, we can come to this king if we have any needs!" Zhao Ta raised his hand to send the guest off.

"Thank you, Uncle Wang, if you have told your little nephew to do his best!" Zheng Haoran bowed and bowed.

"Second master, this kid knows a lot about the affairs of the Guogong Mansion, it doesn't seem like he's talking nonsense!" Seeing Xi watched Zheng Haoran go out and whispered.

"Well, he answered well, but don't be unprepared, you let the family investigate it immediately and report it quickly; Besides, tell us to be tight-lipped and not to talk about things here in front of them, lest you give someone a handle! Zhao Ta got up and said.

"Second master, don't worry, I'll do it immediately!" Seeing Xi, he immediately passed on the prince's instructions...

With the arrival of the people from the Beijing China Information Office, the guard of the post house suddenly became tense. Because the diplomatic post is the main place of activity of diplomatic envoys, secrecy is very strict. It is also very important to keep the confidentiality of the people involved, as the slightest mistake can lead to political or military disaster.

So in the emperor for five years. The imperial court issued an edict that all local pavilions, especially diplomatic posts, were not allowed to post maps. In order to prevent military leaks, prevent envoys from conducting appropriate 'inspections', and ensure that all movements in the embassy are well understood. The entrance of the pavilion was replaced by the soldiers they brought, and all the personnel were issued number plates, and no one without a license plate was allowed to enter, even if the number and time of the envoys of the Jin Kingdom went out were also specified in detail, and if the envoys went out, they had to be accompanied by a special person. Entry and exit are also strictly checked, and if it comes to contraband, it will be censored and confiscated...

All these measures will inevitably make Wanyan, who enjoys the treatment of a 'free man', feel inconvenient. But rules are rules, and when he found that even Prince Yan now had to 'honestly' comply with the new rules, he quickly understood what it meant, and the envoy of the Jin Kingdom who came with him now also made him have some scruples, and he could leave in two days, so he put up with it for the time being.

On the 10th day of the twelfth month, the procession escorting the 'envoys' of the Jin Kingdom back to China set out, because the envoys of the Jin Kingdom had a large 'entourage', and in order to prevent unpleasant things from happening, in addition to the 500 guards led by the envoy Prince Yan, the 200 staff of the Guoxin Office accompanied them all the way. There are also greeting and sending teams sent by the states and counties along the way, which maintain an advantage in numbers. If it weren't for the Jurchens waving the banner, it would seem to be escorting the captives, and Yan Xian would have complained a lot about the enthusiasm of the Great Song Dynasty. Prince Yan, the leader of the team, didn't seem to be very happy either...

Zhao Ta was unhappy because he had to face a history of humiliation, and his father, Tong Guan, Wang Hao and others were keen on the original 'Sea Alliance' because they knew that they were weak and weak, and their military strength was not strong. It is impossible to defeat the Liao State with only his own strength, and it is difficult to recover Yan Yun. Therefore, he wanted to use the forces of the Jin State to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun at the cost of silver silk. And in the process of the Song and Jin sea exchanges. The Jin Kingdom gradually realized the weakness of the Song Dynasty and the weakness of the Song army, so he left a foreshadowing when formulating the contract.

Although Zhao Ji appointed Tong Guan as the envoy of Hebei Xuanfu at the beginning of the Liao invasion to preside over the recovery of Yanjing, he still kept a hand on him, and sent a personal servant mixed with Tong Guan's army, closely watching Tong Guan's every move, and when he found out the truth that "Yanjing was lost, the state and county were restored, and the people were rushing", he secretly gave it to the emperor.

Zhao Ji immediately reprimanded Tong Guan with a codex: "I won't reply to you from now on." Tong Guan was panicked when he saw the emperor's codex, and since the Song soldiers were unable to recover Yanjing, they had to ask for help from the Jin State. After obtaining the emperor's consent, he sent people from Yizhou and Feihu to the Jin State to visit Aguta, and asked the Jin State to raise troops quickly and attack Yanjing with the Song Dynasty.

Aguta, who was defeated by the Texas army and failed to capture Xijing, may be depressed to death, and reprimanded the Great Song Dynasty for its treachery, but failed to make an appointment when the soldiers of the Dajin Kingdom fought bloodily, resulting in his own failure to capture Xijing, and demanded that the Great Song Dynasty compensate for the loss. If the Song Dynasty did not show weakness at this moment, but showed strength, and bit them back, they were not also defeated by the Liao State, and the situation might also be improved.

But the reason on the lips of these people couldn't be explained, they just blindly retreated, and the result was that they gave 200,000 stone of grain and grass, plus the price of doubling the annual coin, and 'begged' the Jin country to send troops. According to the agreement agreed between the Song and Jin countries, the Jin soldiers were not allowed to cross the south of Songting Pass, Gubeikou and Yuguan, so as not to have disputes with the Song soldiers who attacked Yanjing.

All this made Zhao Ta depressed, he worked hard to rob Aguta's camp, burned their grain and grass, his father made up for it, and the Jurchens played a good job of making up for the loss of the embankment, and laid a good foundation for future disputes, and found enough reasons, it is really better to give all the money to yourself, not only do more things with less money, but also have no sequelae!

The Jurchens are quite kind, Ah Gu received the money and said that the Jin soldiers will start on December 1, and they can reach Juyong Pass on the fifth day of the first month, and on the sixth day of the first month, Song and Jin will attack Yanjing...

The Jin Army has finally come over, this is something that everyone knows will happen, but when it does happen, it still makes people tremble! To be precise, it was the Liao people who were trembling with fright, and the Song people were trembling.

In November, Concubine Xiao Defei made five petitions to the Jin Dynasty, saying that as long as the King of Qin was allowed to be established as the Liao Emperor, the Jin Dynasty could agree to other conditions. However, how could Aguta allow the Liao Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty to coexist, ignoring Yanjing's seal, and waving his army south from the northwest. Of course, Concubine Xiao Defei could not sit idly by and sent heavy troops to defend Juyong Pass and resist the invasion of the Jin army.

Juyong is in the north of Youzhou, the deepest resistance, one of the four stops in the world. The Central Plains can code for the north gate of the Yang Kingdom, and the Central Plains can code for the south gate of the Yin Kingdom. The mountains are interrupted. The gorges on both sides of the strait, the stone road is entrenched. The lingering gap is not passable, and it is not possible to drive. There are eighteen small roads outside, as far as the path of birds is avoided, and it can only pass people, and horses are not allowed. As an important pass on the Great Wall, it has always played an important role in defending Beijing, and has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

However, because Juyong Pass is the most convenient among the five passes of Gongwei Youzhou, it has become the best way to attack Beijing, and the Jurchens have naturally chosen this road. The Jin army first defeated the Liao army outside the Gubei Pass. Directly driving to Juyong Pass, living in its danger, the Jin army is also ready for a bloody battle. But the accident happened, suddenly there was a loud noise, the mountain collapsed, the cliff collapsed, and the Liao soldiers who were hiding under the cliff and preparing to resist the attack of the Jin soldiers were unlucky and were buried alive under the rocks.

The living Liao army was frightened, and he didn't know that he had offended the mountain god. It was still the Jurchens who bribed the mountain gods, tossed them so much, and immediately scattered the girl, and such an important pass was easily obtained by the Jin army. What went well was probably beyond their expectations. The Liao soldiers guarding the pass were defeated without a fight, and the Jin soldiers drove south to Youzhou, and at this time the Song army was only envious of the good luck of others. Good character, even God helps.

Juyong Pass is lost. Wanyan Agu is still a long way away from Yanjing City, and Empress Xiao said that she wants to personally unify the army. In a duel with the Jin soldiers, she and Yelu Dashi led the Khitan car tent to be stationed under the city that night, saying that they wanted to meet the enemy in the field and resist the Jin army, and the prime minister Zuo Qigong and others sent them outside the city gate, and she and Yelu Dashi and his party ran overnight and arrived at the Gubeikou.

Run! At this moment, Concubine Xiao Defei's firmness is gone, Xiao Gan's courage is gone, the future of Yelu Dashi is also gone, and the opinions of the entire Liao State descendant group are unprecedentedly unified. The Liao people began a great escape, where the Khitan Yelu Dashi and Xiao fled to Yinshan and defected to Yelu Yanxi who did not know which mouse hole they were hiding in. Xiao Gan, who had long wanted to go alone, led the Xi people and the Bohai people eastward to Xi Wangfu to become the emperor himself, and so far the Yanjing Liao regime, which had existed for less than a year, collapsed.

The journey was smooth, on December 6, Ah Guta arrived in Yanjing as scheduled, Zuo Qigong led the hundred officials who stayed in Yanjing Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Liu Yanzong and others to ask the Jin army to surrender, the Liao army did not even symbolically shoot an arrow, so it surrendered, and the Jurchen soldiers drove into Yanjing without blood...

Hate, in order to take advantage of the attack, he launched an attack first, but he thought that he would collapse at the touch of a button and grab Yan Yun, and since then he has a northern defense line. Who knows that the effort is in vain, and the soldiers are lost. The most terrible thing is that the two wars also caused the Liao army to be greatly damaged, and at this time, the Jin army came to kill, which was simply a standard descent down the mountain to pick peaches.

After thinking about it, the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty regretted it, and their intestines were all repentant! Knowing this, it would be better to fight again, or directly give the grain and grass burned by their own families and the military salaries consumed to the Jurchens and hire them to fight for themselves! Now that so many people have died, and so much effort has been spent, and they have to pay for it, it is useless to regret it, and it is useless to fear. Time came to this moment, and the Song army, which had no intention of sending troops, could only stand on the border line and watch as the head of Yanjing City was replaced with the Jurchen flag...

Seeing that the Jurchens easily occupied Yanjing, the angry Tong Guan remembered that he still had an agreement in hand, and immediately sent a messenger to Yanjing City to negotiate with Ah Gu, but at this time, the Jurchens became unhappy. Think about it, a group of mountain people who have only seen fat pigs run and never eaten fat pork finally caught a fat pig at this moment, although this pig belongs to someone else according to the agreement, they don't plan to let it go, at least they have to take off its two hooves to eat!

"The so-called flanking attackers, the Song Dynasty marched to Yanjing from Zhuo, Yi Erzhou and other key places. The Jin Kingdom marched to Yanjing from Gubeikou, Crow, Yanchong and other places. At the end of the solstice, when the soldiers and horses of the Dynasty captured Juyong Pass and arrived at Yan, the soldiers and horses of the Gui Dynasty never had a single horse, a drum and a flag, a armor and an arrow, and they could not enter Yan, and they had been retreated..."The Jurchens were still angry at the mention of the agreement, and immediately replied to the Great Song Dynasty and ridiculed it, saying that the Great Song Dynasty did not attack the Liao army according to the agreement, and that Yanjing was defeated by themselves, which could not be regarded as a violation of the agreement.

Although he was at a loss, the Great Song Dynasty couldn't do anything to lose face, so he replied to the book and argued, and found some objective reasons to accuse the Jurchens of treachery. This provoked a group of upstarts led by Wanyan Zonghan of the Shaozhuang faction, who were originally the idol of the Great Song Dynasty in their hearts, but now in their hearts they have become the object of vomiting, making them despise, they are unwilling to treat the Great Song Dynasty as equal military allies, so they do not approve of returning Yanjing to the Song Dynasty, but should use Zhuozhou and Yizhou as the boundary between the Song and Jin countries, and take Yanjing as their own.

Ah Guda didn't want to fall into the stigma of treachery, but he didn't want to return empty-handed, so he ordered Zong Han to be the representative of the Jin State and let him preside over the negotiations with the Song Dynasty. This can still be good, Zong Han first counted the bad deeds of the Song Dynasty in violation of the covenant: detaining the envoy of the Jin State, delaying the invasion of Liao for more than half a year, it was long overdue, but he couldn't even beat Yanjing, he had seen the wreck, but he had never seen a big one like you...

Tong Guan, who had been insulted by the Jurchens, suddenly remembered that the generalissimo of the Dajin Kingdom was still taking refuge in the Great Song Dynasty, Nima said I can't do it, I'll get him to show his eyes and slap you in the face! So there was an urgent order for Zhao Ta to escort Yan Xianye! (To be continued.) )