The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 492
After thinking about the stakes, Ma Kuo acted as if he had known this before, and replied to Yelu, "Mu Jiedu's actions this time are justifiable. I think he saw your side attacking me. Only after the Baigou army did he feel revenge.

As for the loss of the Xijing Road in your country, it has nothing to do with our court. After all, Mu Jiedu had not submitted to our court at that time, and this was his personal action. "

Hearing such shameless words, Miss Xiao Puxian laughed angrily, and she couldn't help but retorted, "What does Xuan Zan say? Could it be that Mu Xu doesn't listen to your country's orders at all?"

Ma Kuo was taken aback, and hurriedly said in disdain, "It seems that the news in your country is a bit closed. Mu Jiedu has long since abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, and is even more valued by my emperor. If he wants to betroth the most beloved Diji to him, how could he have So distracted?

Speaking of it, Mu Jiedu was born in Liaodong, but he cared about his homeland, so he traveled thousands of miles to defect to the Song Dynasty. Such sentiments really made foreign ministers admire him. "

Since the Liao Kingdom has been entangled with the Jin people in recent years, so that they have not paid enough attention to the Song Dynasty, and the matter of Mu Xu's attack on Juyongguan is in front of them, they cannot help but believe it, so Ma Kuo's words are true. He frightened Yeluchun and the others.

"Then I don't know what conditions your country needs before you are willing to let me go to the trapped people?"

Seeing that Yeluchun finally got to the point, Ma Kuo couldn't help but his eyes lit up, he immediately took out the letter of credence from his pocket, handed it to the attendant in the hall, and asked it to be handed over to Yeluchun.

Even though he knew the content, Yeluchun still read it carefully. After thinking for a moment, he said with an ugly face, "I want to discuss with all the ministers about the various requirements of your country. But before that, I hope that the envoy can pass on the Send the letter back and show mercy to our trapped army."

Ma Kuo pretended to hesitate for a while, and then said, "The foreign ministers can try it out, but how to deal with the kings of the fourth army and others is up to the envoy Tong Xuanfu to make up his mind. But as long as the nine kings can be attached as soon as possible, then we can come to this matter Not a big problem."

After ordering Ma Kuo to be sent away, Yeluchun leaned back on the chair wearily, and said softly, "Let's talk about it, what can we do for the present?"

All the ministers in the palace look at me, I look at you, no one is willing to speak out at this time, even the hardliners such as Xiao Pu Xiannv, who had clearly expressed their opposition to the peace talks between Song and Liao, were a little dumb at this time.

The problems before them are really too difficult.

On the one hand, the army of the Song Dynasty was close at the elbows. Although Yelu Dashi and others had won two battles in a row, it was unexpected that the situation would be reversed in vain, which made people unable to guard against it.

On the other hand, the Jin Kingdom's offensive became more and more fierce. It had successively occupied the three capitals of the Liao Kingdom, and set up a huge net in the northeast.

In addition, there are rumors that Emperor Tianzuo, who is hiding in Jiashan, will also rush to this muddy water in the future and lead his troops back to Yanjing.Therefore, the Yanjing authorities actually have to face and bear the oppression of the three forces.

Yeluchun waited for a while, but when he saw no one answered, he couldn't help feeling very disappointed, he looked up to the sky and sighed, "Could it be that my Liao Kingdom's foundation of more than [-] years is really going to be ruined in my hands?"

"Your Majesty, according to the current situation, if we don't want to die at the hands of the Jinren, we have no choice but to surrender to the Southern Dynasty!"

The person who spoke was Li Chuwen, the official prime minister in the south of the Liao Kingdom. This person also has another identity, that is, Uncle Ma Zhi, who promoted the alliance between Song and Jin in history.

Like Ma Zhi, Li Chuwen was not a gentleman who was loyal to the emperor and serving the country. When Ma Zhi was an official in the Liao Dynasty, the two had a very close relationship.At that time, Emperor Tianzuo was in power, and the two knew that Liao Dynasty Guozuo would be in danger, so they discussed together that they wanted to return to the Song Dynasty, and because of this, they became irreversible friends.

The two also met in secret at the Beiji Temple in Yanjing, swearing incense and wine as an oath, and agreed to vote for the Song Dynasty together, and sell themselves and the country of the Liao Dynasty to the Song Dynasty in order to seek their own prosperity and wealth.

Unexpectedly, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Just when Ma Zhi was about to go south and persuade the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom to reach an alliance to attack the Liao Kingdom together with his three-inch tongue, unexpected news came that Mu Xu brazenly sent troops to occupy Xijing of the Liao Kingdom. road.

Afterwards, the Song Dynasty also raised troops to the north, and immediately broke the plan of Ma Zhi and Ma Zhi. This made the two of them have to wait and see what happened, but after all, their hearts for voting for Song remained the same.

During this period, Li Chuwen was promoted to prime minister by supporting Yeluchun's ascension to the throne, and became the head of Han officials in the Liao Kingdom.

This guy is quite old, treacherous and cunning. He first saw that the powerful faction headed by Miss Xiao Puxian did not want to claim vassal status to the Song Dynasty easily, so he hid his thoughts strictly.

But this moment, that moment also.Seeing that the time was right, he couldn't bear it after all, and finally expressed his inner thoughts.

When Xiao Kui, who was also a hardliner, heard the words, he subconsciously retorted, "Song people are weak and untrustworthy. Rather than submitting to them, it is better to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin!"

"Ha! Your Excellency Cheng Zhi may have forgotten that the reason why our Liao Kingdom fell into such a land is that we have the idea of ​​admitting a thief as our father? It is really shameless. I am ashamed to be a minister in the same palace as you."

"You!" Xiao Kui knew the words were wrong the moment he uttered them, and then Li Chuwen grabbed hold of them, humiliating him so much that he couldn't refute.

Then I heard Li Chuwen say again, "If anyone has the same thoughts as Lord Chengzhi, then I would like to ask, what is your intention?
As we all know, the Jurchen is savage by nature, killing is useless, and every time he breaks through the cities of our Liao Kingdom, he must burn, kill, rape and loot. If we surrender to these raw vassals, will we have a good end?

But the Song Dynasty was not the case. It was known as a state of etiquette. If His Majesty led the people to join him, he would not lose his position as a prince.So, wouldn't it be better than being a dog for a golden man? "

These words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Even the virtuous lady Xiao Pu thought it was very pertinent, let alone Yeluchun who was exhausted physically and mentally.

His eyes flicked across the faces of everyone in the hall, and finally landed on the face of his wife Xiao Puxian. Seeing her red eyes and lightly nodding, he got up and said with a sob,
"I have inherited the spiritual kindness of my ancestors as a meager person, and inherited the throne of the emperor. I originally wanted to be equal to you but to preserve the ancestral temple. However, the Jurchens have occupied the three capitals, and there is no sign of withdrawing their troops and returning to the country.

But now the Great Song Dynasty is approaching the border with heavy troops, and is in a pinch attack with the Kingdom of Jin.Looking at the time of human affairs and nature, I really dare not occupy the throne of the emperor anymore. If I want to claim the Fan Southern Dynasty and protect my family with Qing, I don't know what Qing and others want? "

After speaking, he sobbed and shed tears, showing the face of the king of subjugation.

Seeing this, all the Khitan nobles also burst into tears, and the atmosphere in the hall was like mourning.

When Li Chuwen saw that Yeluchun finally said the words of proclaiming himself a vassal, he was satisfied. He pretended to wipe away two tears, and after a little bit of friendship with his ministers, he went straight to the point and proposed to send envoys to discuss the matter of proclaiming a vassal with the Song Dynasty. , And volunteered to recommend himself.

At this time, Yeluchun didn't bother to investigate whether Li Chuwen was up to no good, and immediately nodded his head in agreement, but Miss Xiao Puxian suddenly suggested that Xiao Kui go with her as a deputy, making it clear that she didn't trust Li Chuwen, the leader of the Han officials.

Li Chuwen secretly hated this woman for being troublesome, but there was nothing he could do, so he forced a smile to agree, and then he and Xiao Kui went to see Ma Kuo.

At the same time, Ma Kuo didn't know what had happened in the court of the Liao Kingdom, so as soon as he returned to Jinglou Temple, he hurriedly wrote an official letter.He ordered people to send it to Xiongzhou quickly and hand it over to Tong Guan for viewing.

(End of this chapter)