The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1387
Qi Hongda fell silent after hearing what the general said.

Then he sighed softly to Li Yinan: "Master Li, why don't you follow me to the ambassador's residence..."

Li Yinan looked deeply into the palace, nodded, and led everyone to turn their heads and follow Qi Hongda to the Yuan Ambassador's residence in the city.

But on the way, he kept frowning in puzzlement.

On the way to Da Song, he had imagined the attitude of the emperor of Song countless times.But he didn't expect that he would be turned away, and he wouldn't even be able to see Emperor Song's face.

This made him feel bad.

Zhao Dongting's attitude made him vaguely speculate that Emperor Song's army was pushing into the border of the Yuan Dynasty this time, not just to resist the Yuan army's aid to Daxia.Instead, he wanted to get serious with the Yuan Dynasty.

If this is the case, then his visit to Song Dynasty this time is meaningless.

After arriving at the ambassador's mansion, Qi Hongda invited Li Yinan and the others to have tea in the living room, and said, "Master Li, why don't I submit it to Emperor Song to receive you."

"This……"

Li Yinan opened his mouth, hesitated a little, and finally agreed, "That's fine."

Immediately, Qi Hongda asked his subordinates to offer pens and inks, and sent someone to send them to the palace.

Zhao Dongting and Li Goudan were currently studying his red cannon in the workshop of the Ministry of Military Science.

This is what he has been most concerned about recently, and even slightly neglected the girls because of it.It's a good thing that all the girls are considerate, but no one blames him.

The workshop room was in a mess.Drawings and various bits and pieces are scattered here and there.

Li Goudan was attacking Zhao Dongting.

There are many oil stains on the small face, like a little cat.

When he was busy, he heard a eunuch outside say: "Your Majesty, Yuan Ambassador Qi Hongda has a memorial to present."

Zhao Dongting, who was in the room, was slightly startled, then chuckled suddenly, and said to the outside: "Bring it in!"

Eunuch Gan entered the house with the memorial.

Zhao Dongting opened the memorial, read it, and handed it back to Eunuch Gan casually, saying: "Leave them alone for another two hours, and then declare them to meet in the hall."

"Old slave obeys the order."

Eunuch Gan replied, and tiptoed out of the house again.

Zhao Dongting bowed his head again and continued to tinker with his drawings.

Two hours passed without knowing it.

Eunuch Gan's voice sounded again outside the house, "Your Majesty, it's two o'clock. The old slave has sent someone to Xuanyuan envoy, you..."

Not long after, Zhao Dongting came out of the room.

There were also some stains on his face, and he frowned slightly.Obviously, there is still not much progress in the research on the red cannon.

After taking all the eunuchs to bathe in the palace, Zhao Dongting went to the main hall.

At this time, Qi Hongda, Li Yinan and other Yuan officials had already waited outside the hall for about two quarters of an hour.

They are not too young, and standing upright outside the hall like this, their legs are actually a little sore and numb.But although there was some dissatisfaction in their eyes, no one left in a hurry.

Comparing the national strength of the Song and Yuan Dynasties now, the Yuan Dynasty has no advantage.This made them not have the confidence they had before.

"The Emperor is coming..."

Suddenly, a sharp shout came from the left side of the hall.

Li Yinan, Qi Hongda and others all looked towards the source of the sound.

Seeing Zhao Dongting in a dragon robe walking slowly towards here, with a vernal equinox on his face, everyone's eyes were a little complicated.

After Zhao Dongting went up to the Dragon Wall and got close, Qi Hongda, Li Yinan and others saluted and said: "I have seen Emperor Song."

Zhao Dongting only nodded slightly, then walked towards the main hall.

Li Yinan and others did not dare to follow in.

It took another half hour before finally there was a voice from the hall, "Xuanyuan envoys have an audience."

Li Yinan and others walked into the hall.

When he got inside, he saluted Zhao Dongting again.

This time Zhao Dongting finally stopped being silent, and said to Li Yinan and Qi Hongda: "You guys are coming to see me this time, are you here to ask for peace again?"

Qi Hongda was slightly taken aback, Li Yinan's face was a little ugly.

Then he took two steps forward, cupped his hands at Zhao Dongting and said, "Emperor Song, this envoy is not here to seek peace, but to come to the emperor on my behalf, to discuss with Emperor Song about a matter for the Song Dynasty. Both the Yuan and Yuan countries are beneficial."

Zhao Dongting seemed to be interested, "What's the matter?"

Li Yinan continued: "Emperor Song should already know that my majesty has sent a large army to Xixia, right?"

Zhao Dongting nodded and said, "I know."

Li Yinan talked eloquently, "Then Emperor Song, you suddenly sent troops to suppress our Dayuan border, because you want our emperor to give up sending troops to Xixia?"

Zhao Dongting nodded noncommittally again.

To be honest, these few words of Li Yinan were really beyond his expectation.He originally thought that Li Yinan just came here to condemn Da Song and disgust him.

Now it seems that the envoy of the Yuan Dynasty went to Changsha, and there were really some articles in it.

Then I heard Li Yinan say again: "If it's not as expected by the envoy, the Emperor Song must have dispatched the soldiers of the Imperial Army of your country's Shuzhong Military Region to Xixia at this time?"

Zhao Dongting still nodded.

Li Yinan's eyes flashed faintly, and he suddenly chuckled, "I don't know if Emperor Song thinks that the Imperial Guards in Shu can reach Zhongxing Mansion before it is destroyed?"

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly, "The ambassador has something to say."

Perhaps it was because Li Yinan was not a healthy person, he looked too sinister, and his smile made Zhao Dongting a little uncomfortable.

Li Yinan smiled slightly, and said: "This emissary came here with the emperor's holy will, and he really wanted to make good friends with your country. The Great Xia Kingdom has bowed to our country now. If your country is willing to join hands with our country to make peace, it will become a Allies, our country is willing to help Song truly win Xixia. In the future, the land of Xixia will be the territory of Song Dynasty, and it will no longer be like this now, where it is only a nominal vassal to Song Dynasty."

Zhao Dongting was very surprised, "You Yuan Guo have such good intentions?"

Li Yinan talked eloquently and laughed again, "Of course our country also has plans. My Majesty, I hope that after the two countries have a good relationship, Emperor Song, you can recognize the existence of the Great Xia Kingdom. The territory of the four major military divisions of Xiping and Baimaqiang belongs to Dayuan, while Xiangqing Military Division, Gansu Military Division, Lintao and Fengxiang Roads belong to Song Dynasty. We use the Great Wall as the boundary and do not invade each other in order to seek peace in the world. "

Zhao Dongting's eyes drooped slightly, pondering.

Li Yinan's words were really different from his prediction.

He originally thought that the real gold sent troops to Xixia, and wanted to take Xixia completely, so that in the future, the Yuan army could drive from the territory of Xixia to the territory of Song Dynasty.It now appears that is not the case.

The two roads of Fengxiang and Lintao are bordering the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhenjin is willing to divide these two roads to himself. Obviously, he has no intention of marching from Xixia to the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that the real gold is good, so why do you suddenly want to make friends with Da Song?
Could it be that he intends to shift his future strategic focus to Koryo in the east of the Yuan Dynasty, as well as overseas countries?
If Kublai Khan was still in power, Zhao Dongting would never believe such words.Because with Kublai Khan's ambition and the Yuan army's way of expanding its territory everywhere, it is impossible for Goryeo and overseas island countries to satisfy their appetite.But now, the Yuan Kingdom is in charge of real gold, so Zhao Dongting has to think a little bit more.

Zhenjin has a gentle personality and is not as hawkish as his father, Kublai Khan.

Maybe he will still regard Da Song as a confidant, but he may not be as eager to destroy Da Song as Kublai Khan.

If this is the case, then it is not surprising that Zhenjin wants to make friends with Da Song.Because of this, you can buy time for him to develop.

It is impossible for Zhao Dongting to agree to this matter alone.

If he wanted to get Xixia, he would have brought the whole of Xixia into the territory of Song Dynasty long ago, and there was no need to wait until now.

But Zhao Dongting did not reject Li Yinan before trying to figure out the intention of revealing the real gold. After a long time, he only said: "I need to think about this matter."

Then without waiting for Li Yinan to say anything else, he took Eunuch Gan out of the main hall and walked towards the bedroom.

Li Yinan, Qi Hongda and others looked at each other in the hall, they didn't understand why Zhao Dongting had such an attitude, but they had no choice but to leave.

On the way back, Qi Hongda asked Li Yinan, "Lord Li, does the Emperor really want to befriend Song Guo?"

There is a little joy in his eyes.

Obviously, the ambassador to Song Dynasty is happy to see this situation appear.

He lives in Changsha, and he understands far better than those officials and ministers in the Yuan Palace how prosperous the Song Dynasty is now.

In his view, insisting on competing with Da Song now is actually not the right way to do it.

Li Yinan glanced at him lightly, and said meaningfully: "It's better for Mr. Qi not to ask about these things..."

After saying that, he suddenly quickened his pace, leaving Qi Hongda behind.

Qi Hongda froze in place, chewing on these words, dazed for a long time.

(End of this chapter)