The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 218 Standing and Seated

The Khitans agreed to some preliminary conditions proposed by the Song Dynasty.

But Xiao Baoxian felt uncomfortable.

No one would be comfortable with this matter. The dignified Khitan Prime Minister was frightened by a little baby.

Xiao Baoxian was sitting in the guest house, in the main hall of the Khitan courtyard, holding a cup with dates in his hand. A cup of jujube tea was his favorite drink.

Jujube is a jujube from Xixia.

Xixia dates are dense, juicy, sweet and slightly sour.

This is very different from the dates of Song Dynasty.

Xiao Yuanfeng sat aside: "Xiangguo, the Song State is not scary, and the Song people are not scary either. They are easy to deal with, but when faced with a spoiled little kid who has no sense at all, you still have to find ways to deal with it, because he will make nonsense. There is no limit to the nonsense, and he will not care about what will happen to the Song Dynasty if a war breaks out."

"Yes." Xiao Baoxian sighed. Because of this, he chose to take a step back.

The two of them were sitting and talking.

There is another person in this room.

Xixia envoy Wei was named Xihe. In Xixia he was a figure, but here he was not.

He didn't have a chair, he was standing.

Xiao Baoxian had a bad look on his face and stood aside for as long as he sat there holding the tea cup.

He dare not sit down.

Xiao Baoxian didn't allow him to sit down either.

Xiao Baoxian glanced at Weiming Xihe at this time: "What are you, the little king of Xixia, thinking about? A fallen nobleman from the Qing Tang Dynasty came to your Xixia, and you provoked a war against the Song Dynasty. Did you think about me before starting the war? Great Khitan, after the war started, it was found that it was at a disadvantage, and only when it got into trouble did it think of me, Great Khitan?"

Weiming Xihe quickly stepped forward: "Xiangguo, Hehuang is controlled by the Song people, which means they control an important pass for trade in the Western Regions."

Xiao Yuanfeng said at this time: "Song Dynasty is shared with me, the Great Khitan. If you control Hehuang, have you ever thought about sharing it with me, the Great Khitan? You only want to keep it to yourself."

Liang Xin's conspiracy succeeded.

Dividing the profits from merchants in the Western Regions divided the alliance between Xixia and Khitan.

Weiming Xihe has nothing to say.

Hehuang is indeed a very important place. If it is controlled by the Song people, the Xixia people will lose an arm. Not only will they lose an important income channel, but they will also lose some of their hearts.

In addition to the Dangxiang people, there are also Tubo, Han, Qiang, etc. in Xixia.

Many people feel that life in Xixia is not good, so they will move their families back to the Hehuang area. What's more, there are more and more caravans in Hehuang, and it is not difficult to make a small amount of money through the trade of the caravans.

Even those who sell grass can make a lot of money every year.

Just as Xiao Baoxian was preparing to lecture Wei Ming Xihe with a sullen face, someone came in and reported in a low voice: "People from the Song Dynasty, Liang Mansion Yameni is here."

"Please." Xiao Bao finished speaking first and glanced at Weiming Xihe: "Go to the back hall."

Welcome, Xiao Baoxian will definitely not welcome him in person, unless he is visiting at Cao Ping's level.

Send Xiao Feng to greet him first.

Liang Xin had previously received a gift from Xiao Fengxian and given to him by Xiao Baoxian, and this was a return gift.

Nominally yes.

Therefore, Liang Xin was followed by dozens of little eunuchs, carrying many gift boxes.

The first one was delivered by Liang Xin to Xiao Baoxian with a box in her hand: "Xiangguo, be well. This is a date from Qiuci. The hanging-dried date is naturally dried on this date tree. It has thin skin, thick flesh and dense texture. , bright color, high sugar content, soft taste, pure and sweet.”

"I'm ready." Xiao Bao took it personally and then ordered: "Serve tea."

Liang Xin sat down on the first chair on the right, while Xiao Fengxian stood behind his biological father, Xiao Yuanfeng, behind the first chair on the left.After sitting down, Liang Xin called out softly: "Liang Zhong."

Liang Zhong quickly stepped forward and opened a painting.

Like some kind of armor.

Liang Xin said: "Prime Minister, aren't we going to get married now? His Majesty the Khitan is the father-in-law of my official family in the Song Dynasty. This thing is used by the royal family of the Han Dynasty. The armor of immortality - the jade garment with golden threads, also known as the jade. Our official family is interested. We used the jade materials from the ancient Khotan Kingdom in Kucha, but unfortunately, they destroyed the country and were killed by the Black Khan Dynasty."

Xiao Baoxian was a little moved.

Their emperor believed in Buddhism, and the Kingdom of Khotan was mentioned in their books and was called the Buddhist Kingdom.

Most of the kings there were named Yuchiseng and then their given name. Later, they were given a national surname by the Tang Dynasty, so they had another Chinese name, with Li as their surname.

The nephrite from Khotan is a treasure.

Black jade is also known as a very rare jade material.

Liang Xin added: "It may take ten years for Khitan craftsmen to make such a set of jade clothes, but our Song craftsmen can complete it within a few months. If we don't use such good jade, our Song The Dushan and Lantian jade can also be used, but if it doesn’t work, bully the Koreans and ask them to offer their Korean jade.”

"No, not only the jade used in Khotan, but also black jade."

Liang Xin immediately echoed: "That is, after all, imperial black jade, the best among black jade."

"It must be." Xiao Baoxian suddenly realized that it was not unreasonable for a little kid like Liang Xin to be favored by the Emperor of Song Dynasty. This was very pleasing to people.

Thinking about it, if his emperor knew about it, he would be extremely happy.

Although at this time, according to Xiao Baoxian's inference, his emperor had passed away and the emperor's grandson might have ascended the throne.

But since he is the new emperor, he will definitely like it.

Liang Xin stood up, placed the armor picture held by Liang Zhong with both hands on the coffee table next to Xiao Baoxian's chair, saluted, and left.

Xiao Bao stood up first, returned the gift, and sent it to the entrance of the main hall.

After Liang Xin left, Weiming Xihe came out of the back hall.

Xiao Baoxian said coldly: "Write a letter to your little Wang, and the matter is settled. I just want to keep you safe in Xixia. Go ahead."

"This, yes." Weiming Xihe was helpless and could only agree.

If the Song Dynasty and the Khitan teamed up, Xixia would be in danger of destroying their country, and he would not dare to resist.

Xiao Bao sat down on the chair first, opened the picture, and liked it more and more.

This thing was used for the emperor's funeral.

Weiming Xihe walked to the door, looked back, and sighed.

Liang Xin was a little kid. In the Song Dynasty, there were only eighth-rank officials. She was still from the eighth rank. She had a seat, tea and snacks when she came in.When leaving, Xiao Bao was sent to the door first, and then Xiao Feng was sent to the door first.

As for him, Xiao Baoxian didn't even stand up and be polite.

I feel so sad.

Liang Xin arrived at the door of the Guest House and said goodbye to Xiao Fengxian: "In the evening, we will play eight rounds. Let's share the benefits of good things together."

"In the evening, see you at Wuming Restaurant."

"See you soon." Liang Xin returned the greeting cheerfully, then got into the carriage and left.

After walking a long way, Liang Zhong finally spoke: "Master."

"Is something wrong?"

Liang Zhong said: "I seem to have heard that Emperor Mo Jade was in our Song Dynasty. It is said that Duke Wen of Qin hunted a black dragon in Nao County. There was a piece of jade as black as ink inside the black dragon, which was regarded as the auspicious virtue of water. Therefore, The Qin army is still black. So, shouldn’t the black jade be Hengshan black jade?”

(End of this chapter)