Privy envoy Cao Bin said: "Your Majesty has inherited the unification, the country is thriving, the armor is sharp, the people are supporting, and the crusade against Hedong is like a broken bamboo. Although he didn't offer any coping strategies, Zhao Jiong listened quite attentively, nodded and smiled.

Xue Juzheng, the governor of the political affairs, said: "Your Majesty, Liao is a big country, hundreds of thousands of iron horses can go to Bianliang, in the past years coveted the Central Plains, several times into the Kou, fortunately after repeated setbacks, willing to stop the war with our country, Hebei Zhulu depends on this to rest a little, if the smoke rises again, I am afraid that the war will continue, the treasury will be scarce, the soldiers will be tired, the people will be displaced, and the lives will be ruined, may Your Majesty be cautious!" After he retreated to the court, he inadvertently glanced at Zhao Pu, who was standing above him, out of the corner of his eye, but when he saw that Prime Minister Zhao Pu was standing still, his chin was slightly dotted, and his heart was suddenly certain.

Seeing that Zhao Jiong had already pondered, Zhao Pu also went out to admonish: "Your Majesty, although it is inevitable to raise troops to attack Hedong, the Liao State also needs to be appeased. Otherwise, once as Your Majesty worries, if the two countries form enemies, the Liao State invades Hebei, hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen come and go like the wind, and the border between the two countries is not less than thousands of miles, I should be in the east, then the enemy cavalry haunts the west, I should be in the west, then the enemy cavalry haunts the east, the imperial army is exhausted, and the people have no rest. May Your Majesty be cautious!" Although he is good at observing words and looking at the mood to cater to the wishes of the above, but the soldier is a major national matter, especially in a war with a big country in the world like Liao, one carelessness is the consequence of changing the dynasty, so although he disobeyed Zhao Jiong's wishes, he still seized every opportunity to advise.

Zhao Puwei has been the prime minister for more than ten years, and he has been born and old in the imperial court, and as soon as he stood up, the courtiers echoed and advised, only a cadre of civil servants who surrendered from the Southern Tang Dynasty, because they had not yet been accepted by the northern bureaucrats, just stood in the civil official queue with an embarrassed face, neither easy to follow, nor dare to object.

Seeing that Zhao Jiong's face was getting colder and colder, Cao Han whispered to Pan Mei next to him: "People are worried, I think the Khitans are just bluffing." Standing up to Chao Ban Bing and said: "Your Majesty, since I have been fighting with the Khitan and winning many battles, it has made him frightened. If not, if we send troops to attack Taiyuan, the Khitans will send troops to block it, and the battlefield will be decisive, so why send envoys over and threaten in a false voice?"

Seeing that the emperor's face was a little softened, Zhao Pu's heart tightened, and he came out to reprimand: "General Cao Hugh wants to boast, how do you know that the Liao people are just making false threats?

Cao Han sneered: "This is not difficult, just send three or five military men, pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and humiliate the Liao envoys on the street, if the Liao people are really bold and ambitious, and the envoys are humiliated, they will definitely reprimand our country, and even send troops to provoke in Hebei, our country is just before attacking Hedong." If the Liao people are just making false noises and intimidating, then even if the envoys are humiliated, they can only swallow their anger, and in the future, when our country attacks Hedong, at most, it will only send tens of thousands of partial divisions to rescue as before, and will never openly invade Hebei. "He knew that the emperor intended to attack the sixteen states of Yanyun after Taiyuan, this humiliating envoy plan was to test the bottom line of Liao's patience, if the Liao State had no intention of competing with the Central Plains, then it was possible to act calmly in attacking Taiyuan in the imperial court, and when the war in Hedong was over, the troops would be turned to the east, maybe the elite army of the Liao State was still in Shangjing at that time.

Everyone felt unbelievable when they heard it, but it was reasonable, and Pan Mei beside Cao Han even thought: "If you take advantage of the opportunity of the Liao people who have no intention of starting a war to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the roads of Hebei have a barrier, why not be afraid of the Khitan iron cavalry." While thinking, he nodded slightly towards Zhao Jiong's inquiring eyes.

Zhao Jiong originally admired Cao Han's clever plan slightly, so he smiled and said: "It's so good, and Cao Qing will carefully arrange the specific actions." He paused for a moment and then admonished: "Remember, don't lose the dignity of our dynasty." Cao Han said with a smile: "If it is done badly, I will arrest those troublesome soldiers and hand them over to the yamen, and we will definitely not lose the dignity of the court." The implication of his words is that if the Liao State is angry and it is difficult for the imperial court to resist the enemy in Hebei, he can also hand over the heads of those troublemakers to the Liao State to apologize. It's just that these words are not easy to say too clearly in the court.

This errand, because it may become a scapegoat for the imperial court to apologize to the Liao State, all the armies shirked left and right, and finally fell into the hands of Dong Zunzhi, the commander of the Xiaowu Army, who was not as powerful as before, Dong Zunzhi had no other way but to explain to Lin Zhong to be good at living.

A few days later, when the sun was setting in the west, the Liao envoy tart horse longevity was stolen by the silverfish thief after the banquet and drink, this fish talisman was made by the Great Song Dynasty Pavilion Station, and the official status of the envoys of various countries was written, in order not to lose the etiquette of the country, the military and civilians in Bianliang City saw the envoys wearing the envoy fish talismans, and they had to avoid conflicts.

On the way back to the post house, he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting: "The one in front, stop! Xiaowu Army assists Kaifeng Mansion in handling the case and inquiring!" Looking back, several bullies and bullies of Xiaowu Army are holding waist knives, short sticks and other things, and are walking slowly along the street.

Tart horse longevity is also a noble person in the Liao country, and he wanted to have a seizure when he heard the words, but thinking that he was in a foreign country at the moment, the strength and weakness between the Liao and Song dynasties were different from the past, so he forcibly held back his anger, stretched out his hand to stop the two entourage warriors beside him from scolding the people, and parked the carriage on the side of the road to wait.

"This Khitan thief is so calm, it's not easy to find a place to start this time!" Ma Xin, the head of the Xiaowu army, slowly said to Murong Gang beside him, they received this tricky errand with the forest, thinking about it, only by first letting this Liao envoy lose the fish talisman and have no certificate, and then find a reason to beat him up, and finally insist on recognizing the wrong person, can the final culpability be reduced to the lightest.

"Marquis Lin Yu, how to deal with it?" Murong Gang also had a dilemma in his heart, this made the minister so calm, not moved by the arrogant momentum of a few of them, he stood up and waited for inspection, if his group really stepped forward, he revealed his identity, and his side had to do it indiscriminately, the intention of beating the envoy on the street was too obvious, if the court really wanted to use his own group of people to dissipate the anger of the Liao State, I was afraid that it would be a capital crime.

"Otherwise, let's slow down first, and when he can't hold his breath, as long as he pulls out his feet and drives away, we will punish him for resisting arrest. Wu Tie, who was the most silent on weekdays, opened his voice, and the three of them looked at Lin Zhong together, Lin Zhong nodded, so the four rude men stopped at a place where the tart horse lived more than 20 paces away, and began to interrogate the old man who sold candy on the side of the street.

"My lord, the Southern Dynasty military man is called someone else. After waiting for a while, Tart Ma Changshou's entourage finally couldn't help but say, Tart Ma Changshou saw Lin Zhong and others shouting loudly, "Xiaowu Army assists Kaifeng Mansion in handling the case", while interrogating the bystanders on the street, only occasionally looking at his side, and also suspected that he had heard it wrong, and said with a wry smile: "There are several barbarians with loud voices." The post house of Duting Station was a hundred paces away, and the tart horse Changshou instructed the coachman to drive on.

At this moment, several shouts suddenly sounded behind him: "Do the thieves in front want to escape?" At this time, the carriage had arrived at the door of the Duting Xiyi Inn, and the tart horse Changshou held back his anger, lifted the curtain, glared at Wu Tie and others in the forest and shouted: "I am an envoy of the Great Liao Kingdom, and you are rude!"

Lin Zhong ignored it, stretched out his hand, and said, "Since you are an envoy, can you have a fish talisman certificate?"

The tart horse was suffocated for a while, this fish charm could not be found after a certain banquet, and reported to the Duting Station, and it was just that, and after a few days, it was as usual to travel as usual, and no one was embarrassed.

Lin Zhong observed his words and laughed loudly: "What a madman, he dares to pretend to be an envoy of Fanbang, entertain his grandfather, and the brothers will take a hand to take down this fanatic who is pretending to be an envoy first!" As soon as the words fell, Wu Tie and others were already eyeing Wu Tie and others together, and cleaned up the two entourages of Tart Ma Changshou in three or two times, and forcibly pulled the curtain, pulled down the tart Ma Changshou, handcuffed him, and beat him, and when the officials of Duting Xiyi came to stop him, Tart Ma Changshou was already blue and swollen, I don't know if he was shocked or angry, and he couldn't even speak.