It's just the next day of giving the gift.

A Western Xia civil official named Wang Xingyuan entered the palace.

"Xiaguan see the prince."

"Sima Wang, why are you so urgent?"

"Lord Wang, today when my Western Xia is in turmoil, the courtiers are waiting for the ruling of the prince's ambition."

As soon as Brother Richard heard this, his brows furrowed.

"Sima Wang, what happened?"

"It's the envoy of the Jin Kingdom...... Wang Xingyuan wanted to speak again, but was planned by Brother Richard.

"The king already knows about it."

"The Jin people have not been in contact with our party for many years, but today they have come to make a big flattery, which means that they want to unite our dynasty and jointly destroy the Song Dynasty."

"Yes, I don't know what the prince thinks?"

Looking at Wang Xingyuan's eagerness, Brother Richard sat down unhurriedly.

He had great respect for Wang Xingyuan in his heart.

Although the other party is also a native of the Central Plains who surrendered in the Song Dynasty, Richard has never been bound by blood and ethnicity.

In his opinion, as long as they are useful to the party, they should be promoted and reused.

Over the years, he gave Wang Xingyuan the position of former young Sima of the army.

seems to have regarded it as his humeral henchman.

"It's not impossible for Lianjin to destroy the Song Dynasty. However, this matter depends on His Majesty's decision. ”

Richard's words also reflect his ambitions.

The army under his command fought against the Song Dynasty's Northwest Army for many years.

Naturally, the hatred that has accumulated over time is not easy to dissolve.

And Xixia is in a safe corner, if you don't covet the rich Song Dynasty? That's even more self-deception.

Therefore, Brother Richard also hopes that His Majesty can reach an agreement with the Jin people at this moment.

However, before attacking the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin people had to offer benefits to the party.

This is also the reason why Richard felt that Jin Ren had no faith.

But such a result is not what Wang Xingyuan wants.

After all, he received a picture of the Qingming Shanghe from the envoy of the Song Dynasty last night, as well as the thin gold calligraphy and painting of the Emperor Taishang.

The Qingming Riverside Picture was imitated by Zhao Shuo to the palace craftsman.

As for the thin golden body.

There are many in the palace.

It's just a little embarrassing that Song Huizong's thin gold body is not very popular in the Song court.

But for the exotic aristocracy, it was a rather precious literary treasure.

Of course, these two things are not enough to impress Wang Xingyuan's heart.

Therefore, Sun Fu arranged for someone to send him a night pearl of the East China Sea.

and a thousand taels of gold.

As a condition, he promised Sun Fu to facilitate Richard's talks.

It is also necessary to prevent the party members from forming an alliance with the Jinren.

If things go wrong.

Not only is his signboard gone, but he may even be stabbed in the back by the Song people.

At that time, the envoy of the Song Dynasty reported to the Western Xia Emperor.

Then his Sima life will be completely reimbursed.

"Lord Wang, the lower official took the liberty to ask, what is the final outcome of the Great Liao Kingdom, which pressed us breathlessly in our north in the past?"

"The Jin people destroyed Liao, and now a large area of Liao land in our north is being compiled by the Jin people."

"The ending is like this, but the simple Jin people can't destroy Da Liao."

"How?" Richard's eyes suddenly became strange.

"Lord Wang, if the Jin people hadn't been constrained by Song's strategy, how could they have devoured Da Liao?"

Richard nodded.

"What the gentleman said is very true."

"At the beginning, the Song Dynasty really helped the Jin people a lot."

"Yes, but the prince knows that after the Jin people destroyed Liao, they waved their troops south in a blink of an eye to try to destroy the Song Dynasty."

"Lord Wang, the Jin people have no faith, and they must not be trusted."

"If we unite with the Jin people today, the other Jin people will be arrogant and rebel."

"When the time comes, we don't have the strong strategic depth of the Song Dynasty, how can we compete with the Jin people with wolf ambitions?"

When Wang Xingyuan said this, Brother Richard realized that there was some truth.

But he still showed a light demeanor and said lightly: "The Jin people have no faith, but the Song people." ”

"This king knows that the Song Dynasty and the Great Liao had a hundred-year covenant, so didn't the emperor of the Song Dynasty still treacherously and create a maritime alliance with the Jin people?"

"Lord Wang, this matter is categorically incomparable, after the covenant, although the Song Dynasty did not actually exert force, but because of the vast territory of the Song Dynasty itself, it gave the Great Liao a devastating psychological decline."

"So much so that when the Jin people attacked Liao, the Liao people no longer had the slightest will to resist."

"The prince has commanded the army for many years, is familiar with the six Taos and three strategies, and the martial arts are the heroes of our party.

Wang Xingyuan can also speak, and he praised Brother Richard by the way.

Richard took a deep breath.

subconsciously straightened up his majestic chest and sighed meaningfully: "Those who know me, Mr. Wang." ”

"Yes, this king also understands the truth that the snipe and the clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, and he also understands the fate of aiding and abetting."

"It's just that now the Song Dynasty is weaker than the Jin Kingdom, the Song Dynasty is weak and the Jin Kingdom is strong, if this king is the Song Dynasty, it will definitely offend the Jin Kingdom."

Brother Richard also has his own helplessness.

The point is that he has privately judged the current situation.

I feel that even if the Great Song Dynasty and the Xia Dynasty are tied together, they may not be the opponents of the Jin people.

But at this moment, Wang Xingyuan smiled.

"The king doesn't need to worry."

"Isn't there a good plan, sir?"

"Lord, now the Song envoy is in my court post house, it can be seen that the Song envoy is making plans."

Brother Richard squinted his eyes and asked, "Who is that Song envoy today?" ”

Wang Xingyuan said: "Lord Wang, the Song envoy is called Sun Fu, who was the cabinet of the Song Dynasty before, and the official worships the military department. ”

"He's it?" There was a bit of disdain in Richard's eyes.

Wang Xingyuan said: "The prince of Qiqi is loyal to the prince, so he will not hide it. Yesterday, the ambassador of the Song Dynasty gave him a thousand taels of gold, the purpose of which was to hope to meet with the prince, saying that there was a business negotiation. ”

Wang Xing has been working by the prince's side for a long time, and he naturally understands that there are some things that make the master jealous rather than hide them.

It's better to talk about it.

Sure enough, Richard's squinting eyes suddenly relaxed.

He sighed again and said: "Song and Xia have been fighting for many years, and the Song Dynasty wants to form an alliance, and the public opinion of both sides is the biggest resistance. ”

"The prince is far-sighted, and the lower officials also think so."

"But then Song Chen said that it was just to open a trade route, giving the prince unprecedented wealth and power."

Richard fell into deep thought.

After a while, he nodded silently.

"Lord Wang, then I have the courage to invite Song Chen to come to the mansion." Here, Wang Xingyuan had already understood, bowed down and bowed and withdrew from the palace.

Night falls.

The weather in Western Xia has also become a little colder.

This night, Sun Fu was not sleepy at all, but was in high spirits.

He ordered the envoys accompanying him to carefully arrange the ceremonial robes and the congratulatory gifts presented to the princes of Western Xia.

At the same time, I also silently brewed in my heart the opening remarks of the next meeting.

After making all the preparations, Sun Fu followed the guards sent by Wang Xingyuan to arrive at Brother Richard's palace.

Richard's status in Western Xia is comparable to that of Cao Mengde to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in history.