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Chapter 623 Dragging Jue Weiming Er into the palace (3)

In the second year of Da'an in the Liao Dynasty, on September Bingyin (eleventh day), Datong Prefecture, the western capital of Liao.

Yelu Ju looked at the wart armor decorated with gold that was brought to him.

Then, he looked down at the Western Xia envoy Tian Huairong who was kneeling before him.

"What is the purpose of your country's visit?" Looking at the warty face, Yelu Ju gave the Xixia envoy a chance to speak.

"I am here to pay homage to the Emperor of Liao on the orders of the Queen Mother of Kingdom Xia!" Tian Huairong bowed again.

"There is a time to pay homage to the emperor!" Yelu Ju said, "According to the rules, a vassal state pays homage to the emperor every five years, not to mention that your country has already paid homage to the Liao Dynasty five times this year!"

Since last year, relations between Liao and Xia have been at a stalemate.

Yelu Ju knew that this was because after the trade between Song and Liao, the Liao Dynasty had to show its loyalty and distance itself from the Dangxiang people in order to save face.

It was also because the Liao Dynasty was really unhappy with the Dangxiang people.

In particular, the internal strife among the Dangxiang people last year made the old man in Shangjing City (Yelü Hongji) extremely disgusted.

Although the Dangxiang people claimed that Bingchang died suddenly.

But the old man is not stupid!

How can we not see the real cause of Bingchang's death?
This is regicide!

The old man is extremely sensitive about this.

And no matter whether it was the Khitan nobles in the North Court or the Han literati in the South Court, after learning about this, they all hated the Dangxiang people!
The old man's reaction was stronger than anyone else.

Because he is already old.

However, he only has one grandson alive as his heir, and this grandson is still very young - Yelu Yanxi was born in the first year of Taikang and is just over nine years old this year.

If the old man suddenly passes away, the Liao Dynasty might be ruled by a young ruler.

Therefore, the old man began to deliberately improve the relationship between Song and Liao, and even specifically tied Yelu Yanxi together with the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty.

It’s just to give Yelu Yanxi an extra layer of insurance, just in case!

At this time, civil strife broke out among the Dangxiang people.

The in-laws seized power and killed the king!
Perfectly stepped on the old man’s red line!
When a rabbit dies, the fox mourns. It would be strange if the old man could be nice to the Dangxiang people.

Naturally, the Dangxiang people would never get any good treatment in front of him.

Normally, according to the general rule, if the relationship between Liao and Xia deteriorated, the Dangxiang people would spare no effort and spare no cost to strengthen the relationship between Song and Xia.

Even if we cannot live in peace, at least we should not go to war.

But this time, the Dangxiang people's choice surprised the Liao dignitaries who were watching.

They actually raised an army to attack the Southern Dynasty!

Yelu Ju recalled what he had heard in Nanjing City. It seemed that the reason why the Dangxiang people launched an uprising this time was because they had repeatedly sent envoys to ask the Southern Dynasty to give them the annual Jiaozi currency but were rejected by the Southern Dynasty. So they became angry and humiliated.

So, he shook his head in his heart: "Are the people of Beidi worthy of being compared with the Liao Dynasty?!"

This was also the first reaction of most of the Liao Dynasty's dignitaries after hearing about this matter.

Do you deserve it?

Therefore, this was also the reason why Yelu Ju was able to come to Datong Prefecture smoothly and take up the post of Governor of Xijing.

How could the old men and nobles in Nanjing City not know that he had benefited from the Southern Dynasty?
Everyone knows about this, and it's hard to hide this kind of thing from others.

Didn’t Xiao Chouhan come over here just by smelling the scent?

The old man in Nanjing allowed him to come to Datong Prefecture to put pressure on the Dangxiang people.

I just want to teach the Dangxiang people a lesson!
Of course, Yelu Ju also knew that the old man in Nanjing could only do this.

Although many people would be happy to see the Southern Dynasty teach the Dangxiang people a severe lesson.

Let them know the severity of the situation!
But no one wanted to see the Southern Dynasty actually destroy the Dangxiang and get rid of the threat of constraints.

This is especially true for old men!
Others may not know, but Yelu Ju is very clear that the older the old man gets, the more superstitious he becomes.

So he not only worshipped Buddhism, he also believed in prophecies.

Mao Jindao’s prophecy is becoming more and more important in the old man’s mind!
If the Southern Dynasty really wanted to destroy the Dangxiang, how could the Liao Dynasty return to Qinchuan in the future, dominate Chang'an again, fulfill the prophecy of the Golden Sword, restore the Han Dynasty, and return to the old capital?

This is the great cause that Taizu has always cared about!

It is also the dream of the Khitan people!
Rebuild the Han Dynasty!

Therefore, even if it was for the sake of prophecy, the Liao Dynasty would never watch the Southern Dynasty conquer the Dangxiang!

The Dangxiang were a group of people specially trained by successive Liao emperors as a weapon to fight against the Southern Dynasties.

Thoughts in his mind kept coming and going, and Yelu Ju just listened to Tian Huairong saying, "I have learned that the governor of the upper country and the queen mother of the lower country admire the laws of the Liao Dynasty, so they have sent envoys to the court many times to pay homage to the emperor of the Liao Dynasty..."

"This time, the Queen Mother sent a foreign minister because she heard that the Liao army had already reached Pyongyang, so she sent a minister to congratulate the Liao Dynasty on its longevity and the Liao emperor on his great achievement of recovering his homeland and rebuilding the four Han counties!"

The Liao people have always been loudmouths.

My favorite thing to do is to show off.

So, after the fall of Pyongyang, Nanjing went crazy.

He sent envoys to announce to all directions and to the world that he had conquered Pyongyang. At the same time, Yelu Hongji also publicly announced his plan for dealing with Goryeo - to destroy the country, ruin the country, and then divide it into counties and restore the original names of the Four Han Counties!

This certainly forced the Goryeo king and his ministers into a corner, and they had no choice but to fight to the death with the Liao army.

But it was true that it greatly enhanced the prestige of the Liao Kingdom!

As a result, the leaders of the various Zubu tribes became obedient and sent envoys to pay tribute.

The Jurchen tribes between the Baishan and Heishui rivers also sent envoys to pay homage.

The Karakhanid Dynasty, which had already split in the Western Regions, quickly remembered that it was the nephew of the Liao emperor and quickly sent envoys to Nanjing.

In comparison, the Dangxiang people were relatively slow in reaction.

However, this name is really good.

Yelu Ju pondered for a moment and said, "Since that is the case, I will allow you to come to the capital to pay homage."

Tian Huairong's face immediately showed joy, and he was about to thank
Then Yelu Ju said: "It's just..."

"Don't ever ask to marry the princess again in front of me!"

Tian Huairong's face froze immediately. He swallowed and asked, "Can't Xiabang even ask to marry the daughter of the Liao royal family?"

Back then, during the reign of Emperor Jingzong, the Northern Barbarians directly married a real princess to him!
Now, even marrying a member of the imperial family's side branch, the Northern Barbarians are reluctant to do so? !

Deceiving too much!

Yelu Ju looked at him coldly and said, "How can a noble lady of the Liao Dynasty marry a Xianbei barbarian?"

"What's more, the emperor of our dynasty has decided to make peace with the Southern Dynasty and marry the princess to maintain the friendship between the northern and southern allies!"

For this purpose, the old man in Nanjing City had revised the edict to confer the princess' title overnight.

The old man directly adopted Princess Cheng'an to the late Prince Zhaohuai (Yelü Jun), and solemnly recorded her name in the royal family's jade book.

So, Yelu Yanxi lost a younger sister out of thin air.

This was naturally to facilitate Princess Cheng'an's marriage to the Southern Dynasty - to prevent the people of the Southern Dynasty from using the clan law and seniority to make trouble.

Under such circumstances, no matter how hard the Dangxiang people tried to lick the Liao throne, it would be impossible for them to marry a princess from the Liao Dynasty.

Even if it is a side branch of the royal family, it is not allowed. Tian Huairong listened and became completely demented.

The Northern Barbarian wants to marry his princess to the Southern Barbarian?
Once successful, this will be the Great Baigao Kingdom’s most terrifying nightmare - the Song-Liao alliance!
Once this alliance is confirmed through marriage, they may then formulate a plan to divide up the Great White High Kingdom.

And it is impossible for the Great Bai Gao Kingdom to survive the attack from both the northern barbarians and the southern barbarians.

Thinking of this, Tian Huairong was trembling all over.

He knew very well that once the Great Bai Gao Kingdom was destroyed, the Wu soldiers of the Weiming family would even have a chance to survive and could be raised as mascots by the northern barbarians and southern barbarians.

But a Han Chinese scholar like him will surely die!
And the whole family will die!
This is certain - this year, when the Southern Barbarian ruler Zhang Dun went south to conquer Jiaozhi, he dealt with the Jiaozhi literati in this way.

When Tian Huairong was in Bian Jing, he had heard from the people of Jiaozhi about the miserable situation of the scholars in the eight northern states of Jiaozhi - all the well-dressed families were slaughtered, all the scholarly families were destroyed, corpses filled the roads, articles were burned and scattered in the river, and all the stone carvings, texts, inscriptions, and books were chiseled and destroyed.

The ruler of the Southern Barbarians did such things openly.

What is frightening is that after he did such a thing, although there was a lot of discussion in the government and the public in the South Barbarians, and public opinion continued to criticize him.

But the Southern Barbarian court remained indifferent and pretended not to know about this matter.

The young emperor of the Southern Barbarians even issued an imperial edict to praise the ruling person the day after the censor impeached him for killing innocent people and insulting scholars, and at the same time posthumously conferred titles on his father and grandfather for three generations!
It was almost as if he was praising them openly—good kill! Great kill! Kill them hard for me!

With this precedent, Tian Huairong knew that once the Dabai Gao Kingdom was destroyed.

A Han scholar-official like him would surely have his entire family killed.

No need to even find charges!

The two words "Shi Yi" are enough!

So, he bowed again with a trembling body and left. As soon as he left the house, he immediately ordered his attendants: "I need to report to the Empress Dowager of Xingqing Mansion!"

This is so terrible.

The Great Baigao Kingdom must prevent the marriage between Song and Liao!

No matter the cost, no matter the means!
Yelu Ju watched Tian Huairong's figure disappear from his sight, then pursed his lips and thought of his mansion and wife in Bian Jing.

"Shishi should be giving birth soon, right?"

"I don't know if it's a boy or a girl..."

"I hope it's a boy, so that I can have descendants in the Southern Dynasty!"

With this in mind, he looked towards the direction of Bianjing and said in his heart, "Uncle He and Emperor, I have repaid your kindness."

Coming to Datong Prefecture to take charge, put pressure on the Dangxiang, reduce the pressure on the Southern Dynasty, and tie up some of the troops, he was already worthy of the kickback given to him by the Southern Dynasty.

And now, he had exposed the marriage between Song and Liao in front of the Dangxiang envoys. In Yelu Ju's view, he had lived up to the house prepared for him by the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty in the Bian Jing Academy in Jing'anfang.

From now on, we are even!

He can continue to take bribes with a clear conscience.

……

On the morning of the twelfth day of the ninth month of the first year of Yuanyou, just as the thick fog had dissipated, Su Ni Guide came excitedly to Zhe Keshi and bowed, saying, "My dear brother, Brother Yi Li is here!"

Zhe Keshi immediately got up and went down the mountain with Su Niguide, where they met an envoy from Houqiao Village.

When the messenger saw Zhe Keshi, he bowed and said, "I am your nephew Su Yi, and I am here to meet you, uncle!"

It was Su Yiyili's son who came in person.

He brought the latest intelligence reported by Su Yiyili - yesterday, the thief Youzhou military supervisor, the commander-in-chief, and the son-in-law of the emperor, used his reputation to personally lead his troops and approached the narrow road of the carriage.

I hope you can make plans early!

Zhe Keshi was overjoyed after hearing this!
He hurriedly thanked Su Yimouye, but after reporting the news, Su Yimouye did not leave. Instead, he expressed his willingness to follow his uncle to kill the bandits.

Zhe Keshi had naturally long since gotten used to Suwei Jiuxing's confusing stance.

He agreed immediately!
So, Su moved to Song Dynasty and changed his surname to Li on the spot. Under the name of Li Mouye, he returned to Song Dynasty and became an officer under Zhe Keshi.

Zhe Keshi was also not vague. He took out an empty name note given to him by Zhang Qie on the spot, which represented the court to grant him the official position of the third class (the top of the miscellaneous ranks of military officials who were not of the mainstream) and appointed him as the inspector of the carriages and narrow roads.

Li Mouye immediately knelt down and kowtowed with the etiquette of a military general, clearly indicating the hierarchy.

The whole process was extremely smooth and neither party had any questions.

Because things like this have happened countless times.

Li Mouye bowed to Zhe Keshi and immediately regarded himself as a military official of the Song Dynasty. He bowed and said, "General, I have military intelligence to report!"

Zhe Keshi said: "Inspector Li, please speak!"

"I have already found out the name of the thief's military supervisor and the fake imperial consort, Zhuai Juewei. I will lead my troops out of Houqiao Village and divide them into two groups. They will march alternately from Xiangbai and Tongsaichuan, along the old Qingzhou Rong area of ​​the Tang Dynasty, and head towards the fake Weizhou."

"The fake prince consort is probably in the direction of Xiangbai Village!"

As Li Mouye spoke, he took a wooden stick and drew the direction and route of the enemy army on the ground for Zhe Keshi.

Although Zhe Keshi had expected this, he was still shocked by this operation!

Su Yijia is really willing to place a bet!

However, he did not know that the Dangxiang army in Youzhou was now in a panic.

The day before yesterday, after being attacked on a narrow road, the Song army in the direction of Dashun City and Huaian Town, after a little probing, found that the Dangxiang people were indeed retreating, and then launched an all-out attack.

Two or three thousand troops suddenly rushed out from the fortified areas of Dashun City and Huaian Town.

At the same time, the defenders of the Donggu and Xigu camps also sent troops to respond and support after discovering the Song army's full-scale counterattack.

The Youzhou army was defeated!

More than 3,000 people were killed on the spot, and the most unfortunate family, the Si family, even had more than 70 infantrymen killed.

The head of the Si family is in great pain!

Then, a bigger nightmare came from the south wing.

There was smoke of war in both Dejing and Wanquan directions.

Then the locals reported that they had spotted southern barbarian scouts in the Zhou River Basin, and even groups of southern barbarian scouts were spotted near the Guoxin Post Road.

If you don't run away, you might really be killed.

Out of fear, all the troops quickly abandoned the front line and retreated to the three camps of Jintang, Baibao and Houqiao.

Now, everyone is having a headache, what to do?
But Su Yi's family was the most relaxed.

Because, no matter what, Su Yi's family will not lose!
You might even take advantage of the opportunity to make a ton of money!

Su Yiyi felt that he didn't know whether the Weiming family's broken ship would sink.

But even if Liang Yibu's rotten ship did not sink after this battle, its prestige would be greatly damaged.

So, as a smart man, he naturally had to plan for the future in advance.

It just so happens that every generation of the nine surnames of Suwei has Jing Song.

The elite Song of this generation happened to appear in his family, and he was his son.

So, Su Yi decisively sent his own son, Song Haodaer, over.

It was not only to build an outpost for the family, but also a means to secretly explore the united front value of his own family - if Su Yi could succeed in his career in the Southern Dynasty.

Then other family members will naturally become prosperous as well!

(End of this chapter)