Chapter 252: Emperor Xixia
After another two days, the Xixia Emperor Li Zunwei finally summoned Bi Liancheng, and Ma Hanshan disguised himself as a deputy envoy to enter the palace with Bi Liancheng.
The so-called imperial palace of Xixia country is naturally not comparable with the Dasong Imperial Palace, at most it is a big mansion, to put it bluntly, this is just a state in the Tang Dynasty, and even the surname of the so-called royal family in Xixia was given by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, they are still grazing sheep on the grassland.
However, although it is a large mansion, it is also quite large-scale, after all, it is a "palace".
Although the sparrow is small, the five organs are complete, although the palace of Xixia is not big, but all the learning of the Han system, all kinds of pavilions and pavilions, the main hall and the partial hall, the palace is too close or something, but it is all available.
Ma Hanshan and Bi Liancheng arrived at the palace gate, and the official on duty had already ordered them to send them to the front hall, and then a eunuch entered the palace to report.
After a while, a eunuch came out to announce the two of them, and the others stayed in the front hall and waited.
Enter the temple, prostrate, and give a seat.
Ma Hanshan finally met the emperor of Xixia Kingdom, a white and chubby old uncle in his fifties, who looked good, but Ma Hanshan found that the emperor's spirit was not good, the white was too pale, and his eyes were blank, and the bags under his eyes were particularly .......
The most serious thing is that his voice is too light and floating, although it sounds not small, but it seems to float from a long distance, Ma Hanshan is secretly frightened, this guy is very sick, I am afraid that he will die soon.
Next, there are some verbose diplomatic rhetoric, which Ma Hanshan is not interested in, and Bi Liancheng will deal with them, which is his forte.
babbled a lot of useless nonsense, and finally got to the core content, Bi Liancheng proposed to Li Zunwei that he would use the Tao to make Meng.
Borrowing the Tao is one of the tasks of the envoy to the west this time, no, this is the main task on the surface. The second task, which is also the secret mission, is to form a united front with Xixia to jointly deal with Beimeng and Donghu.
Of course, to deal with Beimeng and Donghu together, this is only an expedient measure of Da Song, in Ma Hanshan's strategic design for Long Guangning, Xixia will eventually be destroyed or merged by Da Song. Well, it's all one result, one is to recover by force, and the other is to return to obedience peacefully.
Borrowing the Tao is not borrowed in vain, it is written in the national book written by Long Guangning that it will give Xixia benefits after borrowing the Dao, Li Zunwei thinks it doesn't matter if it is good or not, and reconciling with Da Song is also equivalent to reconciling with Beimeng, so he is very happy to borrow the Dao.
However, the prime ministers don't think like this, Li Qunying needless to say, no matter what the emperor decides, he will jump out and chatter. Tuoba Qiang felt that Da Song did not explain what benefits he would give, and the emperor should not have agreed so quickly, to put it bluntly, it was up to Da Song to "what price he offered".
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is very inappropriate, Xixia and Donghu are friendly countries, and Song Envoy Meng, it is obviously not good for Hu, if we borrow the way, it will lead Hu to be dissatisfied, Hu Ruo is dissatisfied, or swordsmen, or close the mutual market, are extremely unfavorable to the country......." In a word, Li Qunying opposes the excuse.
Ma Hanshan already knew that there would be opposition, and probably Li Zunwei also hoped that someone would oppose it, otherwise, he would not have left the left and right ministers, the chief and deputy privy envoys, in the palace to see him together. These are obviously two camps, is this old guy trying to balance the two camps, or is he powerless to stop Uncle Huang's camp?
glanced at Li Zunwei, this old man actually squinted, as if he was asleep, damn, what do you mean, do you want to argue with this guy in front of the palace? Okay, just talk about it, who's afraid of whom.
Cough!
Ma Hanshan coughed heavily, not only startling the squinting Li Zunwei to open his eyes, but also startling Li Qunying and Tuoba Qiang, this is the main hall of the palace, who is so presumptuous.
Well, it doesn't mean that Ma Hanshan doesn't dare, he is so presumptuous, and he has more than one voice, only to see this guy pinching his throat with one hand and coughing a few times.
Then, he said to Li Zunwei with an embarrassed face: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm rude, I'm rude, I'm rude, the minister is a little uncomfortable, and after he arrived in Xixia, he has been coughing dryly... Forgiveness, forgiveness, the emperor will not... I don't blame the minister. ”
It's obviously deliberate, and I want to say that I don't adapt to the soil and water, but in this case, who can say it? What about breaking down? Is this a punishment? What are you kidding, unless Xixia is now the most powerful country in the world, hum, although Da Song is not able to fight Donghu, it is still okay to bully Xixia, not to mention sending troops, it will be uncomfortable to close the Xixia of the mutual market, a lot of materials, even Donghu is not good.
"I see, if you don't adapt to the water and soil, you have to be careful to recuperate, and then I will order the imperial doctor to prescribe a prescription for Deputy Envoy Ma." Well, Li Zunwei not only didn't blame, but also sent an imperial doctor.
He is not stupid, of course he knows that Ma Hanshan is unhappy, so he has to express his "heart" immediately.
"Haha, thank you to the emperor, but the prescription will be exempted, doesn't the emperor know, the minister also knows a little about medical skills, scraping bones and healing injuries is absolutely first-class." Ma Hanshan laughed loudly, and his arrogant demeanor did not take this sick emperor in his eyes at all.
Hehe, not to mention the emperor of a small country like Xixia, even Long Guangning didn't have any pressure on him.
"Presumptuous, although the emperor understands that Er's body is not adaptable, but Er's laughing so loudly in the imperial palace is simply too presumptuous......." Li Zunying didn't squeak, and Li Qunying immediately scolded again.
"Ahem, you're Li Qunying, right, the emperor didn't speak, what nonsense are you talking about? Could it be that speaking in the Xixia Emperor is not counting, and the prime minister is only true when he speaks? Also, the emperor agreed to borrow the way, what do you mean by squeaking? "Hehe, don't say that the people in the palace have never seen people who speak like this, that is, the entire Xixia, counting Dasong, Donghu, Beimeng and other countries, no one has ever seen such an envoy who speaks, this... This is a scoundrel talking to a ruffian.
That's right, Ma Hanshan just used the attitude of a scoundrel ruffian to deal with Li Qunying.
At this time, whether it was Xixia, Donghu, Beimeng or the Ryukyu, Waguo, Goryeo and other countries overseas, they did not even have their own script, and the characters they used were all Chinese characters.
Since the writing and etiquette are all used by the Han people, the idea of sage is naturally recognized by the aristocratic and wealthy officials and ordinary people of these countries, so Ma Hanshan used the method of scoundrels and ruffians to deal with them, which happened to hit the most painful place. Of course, in this time and space, only Ma Hanshan dares to make himself a scoundrel, and everyone else is sorry for his name.
Fame is very important in this world, more important than life, women will commit suicide if they lose their name, and men will go crazy if they lose their name... Ma Hanshan doesn't care about this kind of perverted reputation, what he wants is to get things done.
"You... You....... Although the Xixia people are particularly aristocratic and the so-called people with national surnames, most of them are transformed from nomadic people, but after hundreds of years of integration and communization, they have long admired Wenzhi and respected by the Han people, and they respect reading and learning literature.
If Li Zhenji saw the person he leaned on as his arm at the scene, he was so courageless and incompetent, it is estimated that he would be so angry that he vomited blood.
"What are you... The emperor agreed, but you are beeping here, this is disobedience, this is a great rebellion, Li Qunying, what are your intentions, do you want to oppose the emperor? The more Ma Hanshan spoke, the louder he became, and when he said that he was going to rebel, he simply shouted out.
Hehe, this messy buttoning of hats, opening eyes and talking nonsense, pointing to deer as horses... 's trick was learned from the politicians of the ugly country in his previous life, and he took this time and space to deal with Li Qunying, and if he didn't vomit blood on the spot, he was considered this old man strong.
"Your Majesty... The emperor, the ministers are loyal to the emperor, and the emperor should not listen to the nonsense of the ministers of the foreign court. Li Qunying was so frightened that he sat on the ground, but he was still very clever, and immediately reacted, crawled a few steps forward, and crawled on the ground to kowtow to Li Zunying to show his loyalty.
Hehe, no matter what time it is, no matter which country, the crime of treason is the greatest, and no one is not afraid of this hat. And the emperors, no emperor has a big deal with rebellion, which is the most fearful thing for them.
"I know that Aiqing is loyal, but the matter of borrowing is ......." Li Zunying was in a complicated mood, he knew very well who Li Qunying was, of course he hoped that this guy would be afraid of making a fool of himself, but Li Qunying was scared like this by a foreigner, and he felt a little embarrassed.
"The emperor thinks twice......." Li Qunying still did not give up and opposed the excuse.
"Your Majesty, the foreign minister has something to say." Mahan came up and saluted.
"Well, please speak, the Envoy." Li Zunwei glanced at Ma Hanshan and said.
"The foreign minister suggested that the emperor pull this traitor out and cut it down." Ma Hanshan actually suggested that Li Zunwei kill Li Qunying, which... This.......
Ma Hanshan's words shocked everyone again, and even Bi Liancheng was surprised, brother, you are interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.
"Why?" If he can kill him, of course Li Zunwei is willing to kill him, but he can't kill him, and the emperor is behind him.
"Because he is a traitor, for his own personal sake, he completely disregards the interests of the Xixia country and the interests of the people of the Xixia. The foreign minister suspected that he was either a spy or a bought by Donghu. Ma Hanshan saluted again and said, "Your Majesty, Da Song sent an envoy to Northern Mongolia in order to reconcile with Northern Mongolia, and to put it bluntly, it is to prevent Donghu." Xixia borrowed the road and Song, that is, he was friendly with Song, and at the same time, he was also friendly with Mongolia, and the two powerful countries in the north and the south were friendly with Xixia, no matter in which way, it was the best for Xixia, but this treacherous minister just prevented Da Song from borrowing the way, and he could see what kind of fool he was. ”
Fools can see clearly, is Li Zunwei not even as good as a fool? Speaking of which, Li Zunwei can no longer pretend.
"Well, Li Qing's family... By the way... The secretary of state doesn't need to say more, there have been many events in the year, Xixia should recuperate and develop national strength... However, Envoy, what you said is only one truth, is this how your country befriends with our country with its mouth? "Li Zunwei straightened his body, hehe, with Ma Hanshan... That is to say, it is okay to borrow the Tao, but you have to take some real benefits, saying that those so-called situations are all false.
"Of course, Dasong people never write empty checks, Emperor Dasong has been ready for a long time, please see ...... emperor." Ma Hanshan waved for a moment, and Bi Liancheng took out a booklet and handed it to the eunuch to Li Zunwei, but everyone didn't understand what a blank check was.