Song Gexing

Chapter 238 The price of arrogance
It is said that the Liao envoys came to the Song Dynasty for negotiations this time. To the surprise of the ministers, they became polite and no longer as arrogant as before.

After people were surprised, they quickly understood that the cause of Kailai was that the power was greatly reduced after the civil strife, and the Song Dynasty destroyed Xixia and strengthened its power. This increase or decrease made the other party understand that the Song Dynasty was no longer afraid of them.

On the contrary, the Liao Kingdom is more worried now. Now some people are starting to be arrogant. This day, the Liao envoy met Gao Zunyu's car on the way back to the post house.

Because Gao Zunyu was not allowed to get angry, he scolded the Liao envoy in the street, and the matter soon spread to the palace. Zhao Fang was thinking these days, how he was hypocritical when he summoned the Liao envoy.

He was so shocked by this that he was stunned: "What did you say, Lao Gao? How dare he? Don't you know that now is the time to hide your clumsiness?"

When the envoys of the Liao Kingdom arrived in Bianjing, they were not summoned by the emperor immediately, but were received by Honglu Temple, waiting for the emperor of the Song Dynasty to summon them.

This man was bullied by his own ministers before he even met him. If this spreads out, Song Dynasty will lose his face. In a country of etiquette, this is how you treat foreign guests.

National exchanges must not be carried out in state affairs. This is a truth that every intelligent person understands. Barbarians still have to pay attention to etiquette, not to mention that the Song Dynasty prides itself on being a celestial dynasty.

Of course, when Song envoys went to Liao in the past, they did not see Liao nobles being arrogant, but this was not a reason, because the national conditions were different.

The Khitan people valued brave men, and weak men would indeed be bullied when they went as envoys. However, those ministers who were neither humble nor overbearing were respected by their superiors and subordinates when they went to the Liao Kingdom.

The most typical ones are Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Bao Zheng, who all served as envoys to the Liao Kingdom. The people of the Liao Kingdom respected them as much as they did their own nobles.

The Liao envoy who came to the Song Dynasty this time was Yelu Renxian, King of Song of Liao Kingdom and Privy Envoy of Beiyuan. He was the hero of the annihilation of Yelu Chongyuan and was respected as his father-in-law by Yelu Hongji.

This person's status in the Liao Kingdom was comparable to that of a prince in the Song Dynasty. Although he was only a member of the clan and not a direct descendant of the royal family, he was respected as his father-in-law by Yelu Hongji. This status was not something that could be insulted casually.

Zhao Fang really didn't understand whether Gao Zunyu's head was broken. After confirming that the news was correct, he immediately summoned the cabinet members.

"Tell us how to punish Gao Gongchuo. Such nonsense has disgraced our Song Dynasty."

Wen Yanbo hesitated and said: "Do the officials want to deal with this matter simply, or do they want to show weakness?"

As expected of the Ming Prime Minister, as soon as Zhao Fang mentioned punishing Gao Zunyu, Wen Yanbo figured out other meanings from it.

Also, if it was just punishment, Zhao Fang could make the decision on his own, just issue an order to reprimand Gao Zunyu and give Liao an explanation.

After all, the conflict did not expand, it was just verbal scolding and arrogant behavior, and nothing extreme was done.

Seeing that he understood, Zhao Fang nodded and said: "The Liao Kingdom wants to recuperate and recuperate at this time, and does not want to cause trouble and cause friction with us. This can be seen from the conditions they gave in this negotiation, but why don't we want to recuperate and recuperate? , after digesting Xixia, Qingtang, and Bozhou, we will have greater confidence in turning against them after integrating them."

Wen Yanbo nodded, understanding what he said made sense. Even though the Song Dynasty had been full of happy events in the past two years, if you swallowed three regions in one go, you would suffer from indigestion for a certain period of time.

The destruction of the Xixia country does not mean that the territory will be docile immediately. There are not only the Dangxiang people, but also the Tubo people, the Uighurs, and many Qiang and Hu tribes who were conquered by Li Yuanhao and his son.

These are all unsettling factors, especially the Ganzhou Uighurs, which originally had a large territory, but were annexed by Li Yuanhao not many years ago.

Ganzhou Uighurs are the name given by later generations. In fact, there was no such name in the Song Dynasty. They were collectively referred to as Hexi Uighurs, including the Uighur tribes in [-] states including Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Qinzhou.

Before being annexed by Xixia, various Uighur political powers paid tribute to the Song Dynasty. The Suzhou Uighurs, Helanshan Uighurs, Qinzhou Uighurs, Liangzhou Uighurs, and Heluochuan Uighurs were all granted titles by the Song Dynasty.Among them, the Heluochuan Uighurs were also descendants of the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and later integrated into Tubo.

Now that the Song Dynasty has taken back all parts of the Northwest, they naturally want to restore the previous independent state, as long as they surrender to the Song Dynasty.

But how could Da Song agree to let you be independent now? Now Da Song even chose to reform the soil and return to the Yang family of Bozhou, and let the Uyghurs become independent. Then these two families are not fried.

Therefore, the territory of Xixia is not peaceful, and work must be done slowly to guide them to obey the rule of the court and integrate into a stable life.

It is also very interesting to say that during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties period, the first political power of the Uighurs was led by a Han. Shazhou Zhang Yichao resisted the rule of the Tubo people and led the Han, Qiang and Hu people to establish a political power. He was granted the title of Guiyi Army. Jiedushi.

However, the Guiyi Army seems to be led by Han people, but the largest number of people in the territory are Uighurs, so it can be regarded as one of the Uighur regimes.

After Zhang Yichao's death, his son-in-law rebelled, and the Guiyi army fell into civil strife. His Uighurs took the opportunity to seize power and established the Uighur King's tent, which was revered as Khan. The location was precisely in Ganzhou.

"How about removing Gao Zunyu from his post as the signature officer of the Infantry Governor's Mansion?"

Han Qi suggested after understanding Zhao Fang's plan.

Zhao Fang frowned and said hesitantly: "It's not difficult to get rid of him, but the Gao family's face still needs to be seen. After all, the mistakes he made will not warrant such a heavy punishment."

Han Qi said with a smile: "The official family can let talented people serve in official positions! It is just a good opportunity to change the ancestral system where the prince-in-law cannot perform his duties."

Zhao Fang's eyes lit up, this was really a good idea. The prince-in-law of the Song Dynasty could not be an official since Taizong Zhao Guangyi's later years.

There was no such thing before, because several of the founding fathers of the Song Dynasty were married to the Zhao family, such as Gao Huaide, who was Zhao Kuangyin's brother-in-law.

If those princes-in-law were to be removed from office, the Song Dynasty would lose many famous officials and generals. Therefore, this rule did not exist when the country was founded.

He had long wanted to abolish the system that was added later, and he had the support of the cabinet members, but he never found a suitable opportunity.

"Okay! Let's do it like this. Call Gao Zunyu and Gao Shilin into the palace and talk to them openly, lest the old boy is dissatisfied and starts misbehaving at home again."

Zhao Fang was really worried. He had no choice but to marry his favorite sister into the Gao family. If his uncle was dissatisfied and his aunt would make a fuss, the back house would never be clean.

The princesses of the Song Dynasty were not like those in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where even sleeping with the consort was restricted by the mothers. The princesses of the Song Dynasty were very free, but at the same time they had to fulfill the responsibilities of a daughter-in-law and serve their parents-in-law.

The Song Dynasty was very enlightened in many places, unlike the practices of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which were completely anti-human. There is no reason why couples should have their sexual intercourse monitored by others.

This should also be related to the fact that the old Zhao family was originally a military commander. When Gao Huaide's wife was at her parents' house, she often beat her brothers Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Tingmei.

Even if Song Taizong later became emperor, seeing his sister was like a mouse meeting a cat. She was afraid of being beaten since she was a child, and she couldn't beat her. The eldest princess also practiced martial arts since she was a child.

So I would like to advise all sisters, you must hit your younger brother as soon as possible, so that even if they grow up, they will not dare to resist you.

(End of this chapter)