The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 181 Duan Shizi

Liang Xin didn't understand. He had always believed that the Gao family, not the Duan family, was really in power in Dali during this period.

Liang Zhan explained this matter:

"The Gao family is powerful, and no matter how weak the Duan family is, they will not give in. I'm going to test it out. This Prince Duan wants to serve the Song Dynasty as his master."

Liang Xin nodded: "Who is coming?"

Liang Xian said: "He is from the Duan family, his name is Zhengyan and his character is harmonious."

Then Liang said again: "This country of Dali has offered its vassal status to our Song Dynasty ten times in the past hundred years, but was rejected all times. I tried a few words and I think Prince Duan has this intention."

Liang Xin: "Prince Duan."

"Yes, yes, it's Prince Duan." Liang Zhan quickly changed his title.

According to the current interpretation of these two words, the prince is only the heir to the throne, and the prince is the heir to the prince.Dali has never dared to call himself emperor, so it is appropriate to call him prince.

Liang Xin realized that Liang Xin seemed to be planning to agree to Dali's request to become a vassal.

Liang Shicheng asked at this time: "Have you checked the files and found out why Dali's request to become a minister ten times was rejected?"

Liang Zhan replied: "After checking, I can summarize it in one sentence. When the Liuyi layman (Ouyang Xiu) compiled his history, he wrote this: The Tang Dynasty fell in Huangchao, and the disaster was based on Guilin. The predecessor of Dali was Nanzhao Kingdom , Nanzhao was a disaster for the Tang Dynasty, and all the emperors of the past dynasties believed that Dali was unlucky."

Liang Shicheng looked at Liang Xin.

Liang Xin said: "When they declare themselves a vassal, I have reason to send troops. The garrison of the suzerain country and its vassals are perfectly justified. Since professing vassalship literally means accepting the rule of the suzerain state, then we must first ask for the calendar, and then respond to the allocation of officials. , especially important ministers, must be decided by the suzerain country."

Liang Shicheng thought for a while: "There are no similar rules in history books."

Liang Xin smiled: "My rules are the rules, but the country's power is still weak at the moment, so I will accept the title of vassal first, and when the country's power becomes strong, I will first take back what belongs to the Duan family. I like the Duan family because they are very Buddhist. As long as he is still king of Dali in name only, they are satisfied."

"The Gao family is in chaos. They were originally retainers of the Duan family. But we are different. We are the suzerain state. We send people to manage their government affairs. This is called caring."

Liang Shicheng:......

Liang Zhan:......

The two of them were a little dizzy.

What Liang Xin said seemed to make sense, but somehow it didn't feel right.

Liang Liang listened for a while and said: "Yes, yes, I know what to do. Let's first improve the standards of reception for this Prince Duan."

Liang Xin asked: "How does it count as improvement?"

After Liang Xian thought about it very seriously: "I will go to the Daxiangguo Temple and ask them to set aside a courtyard for Prince Duan to live in. The Sutra Pavilion can be borrowed at will, and a few eminent monks will be arranged."

"Second uncle, you have a way."

Hearing Liang Xin's praise, Liang Zhan was extremely happy.

He knew very well that in the future he would rely on Liang Xin to become a marquis or prime minister.

After finishing the business, Liang Shicheng said to Liang Xin: "Yesterday, I heard your uncle (grandfather, here refers to Su Shi) say that he wanted a high-quality Taotao inkstone. He was not very satisfied with the last one and wanted another one. .”

"No." Liang Xin refused without thinking.

Liang Zhan began to think about how to persuade.

After all, Su Shi is his and Liang Shicheng's biological father. If his biological father wants something, a son must find a way.

Snapped……

Liang Shicheng slammed his chopsticks on the table: "I can't give it to you. If you give me another [-] yuan, it will cost you at least [-] yuan."

"What, what are you doing?" Liang Xin was shocked by Liang Shicheng's attitude.

Liang Shicheng said: "The eldest brother's daughter is getting married. The family has no money for dowry and has not found a suitable family."

Liang Xin was helpless: "Here, here."

1 thousand coins is not a small number. Liang Xin can understand that after Liang Shicheng became rich, he would be very good to the Su family.

At this time, Su Shi's eldest son Su Mai was the eldest brother of Director Liang Shicheng.An idea flashed in Liang Xin's head: "The Commander-in-Chief of the Jishi Army, Liu Zhongwu's first wife has died. I am writing to ask."

"he?"

"After the war, he will definitely be granted a title. Think about it, if you marry him, you will have a royal decree. Moreover, Liu Zhongwu is one of our own. When my father is in the northwest, he should be respectful to his father."

Liang Shicheng thought about it seriously.

Seems reasonable.

Liu Zhongwu is one of his own, and the leading generals in the northwest have a very good attitude towards him this time. They also have friendship with his own son, even if they have never met him.

"Well, dad went to Su's house to talk about this."

Liang Xin asked again: "Dad, about the daughter of the Cao family entering the palace." Liang Shicheng shook his head: "After all, it is a noble daughter entering the palace, and she will be enthroned as a concubine when she enters the palace. The twelfth lunar month is unlucky, so if it is placed in the first lunar month, everything will be ready. Yes, there is a father in this matter, and there will definitely be no mistakes."

"That's good." Liang Xin still cared about this matter.

Liang Shicheng started talking again: "About your eldest father...

start again...

Liang Xin goes in through the left ear and out through the right ear.

In fact, Cao Tan also persuaded Liang Xin that Su Shi was his father-in-law's biological father and that you couldn't stop him from paying filial piety to his biological father. Moreover, everyone in Bianjing City knew about this father-son relationship.

There are so many people who come to recognize relatives, real and fake, and they form a long queue, so you can't be too mean.

Cao Tan even went to the palace in person to give gifts to Qiao Yichun.

In other palaces, there are fresh vegetables, but very few.But Queen Mother Wang, Zheng Cairen, Lord Qiao and others appear every day.

This was not arranged by Zhao Ji, but by Cao Tan.

There is also the Xungui Mansion in Bianjing City, the home of an important minister. It is difficult to grow fresh vegetables with low yield. Cao Tan is worried about delivering some at least every other day.

These are things that Liang Xin can't worry about, and Cao Tan arranges these things very well.

A few days later, the Liao envoy finally arrived.

Xiao Yuanfeng.

The Empress Dowager's family of the Liao Kingdom, the Xiao family.

Using the surname of the Liao people, his surname is Yishi.

He brought the Xixia envoy Wei Ming Xihe who had been crying to Liao for several days.

Then, the Liao and Xixia envoys, numbering nearly a hundred people, came to Bianjing.

Liang Xin entered the palace.

This was no small matter. He had to prepare a plan for Zhao Ji first.

Seeing Liang Xin, Zhao Ji looked unhappy: "Brother Xin, you haven't been in the palace for three days."

Liang Xin didn't explain anything, so she asked the young eunuch to prepare a set of casual clothes: "Follow me, it's a matter of testing your eyesight."

"Oh..." Zhao Ji's eyes suddenly brightened.

Testing one's eye, he liked that statement.

He immediately changed his clothes and followed Liang Xin outside the palace.

Liang Xin took Zhao Ji to a courtyard. After going up to the second floor, there were thick curtains hanging on this floor.

When she came to a window, Liang Xin just opened the curtains a crack, then handed Zhao Ji a crystal-polished telescope and motioned for Zhao Ji to look at it himself.

Zhao Ji rubbed his hands, took the telescope happily, then walked lightly to the window and looked down.

what! ! !
Yingyingyanyan...

(End of this chapter)