The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1429
"How about Lord Han, we helped you defeat the Song army this time, how do you plan to thank us?" Finally, after the celebration banquet in the Northern Han Dynasty, the Khitan people finally said what they wanted to say .

"As long as I can pay the price, you can mention it. Tell me, after all, this time is really thanks to you." Comrade Xiao Liu was really excited. When he was in office, he could defeat the Song army once. , It looks like it is my own merit, although there is a price to pay.

"The lord is refreshing, we will help you take down the Central Plains, how about you give us the land of Hedong at that time, you must know the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun that Shi Jingtang gave me as a contribution to the Emperor of Daliao." These alien races in Yang Jiye's mouth Even the Khitan people, they came to help the Northern Han Dynasty, but they also came here to ask for things.

As soon as Liu Jiyuan's face turned pale, he wanted to act like Shi Jingtang. This was an insult to him. His ancestors were born in the late Jin Dynasty, so they were definitely different from him. Moreover, he had also studied Shi Jingtang.

Around the summer of AD 930, Shi Jingtang, the envoy of the Later Tang Empire's Hedong Jiedu who was stationed in Taiyuan, finally revealed his ambition and wanted to rebel and become the emperor. To Taiyuan.

With Shi Jingtang's military strength, it is impossible to fight against the army of the later Tang Dynasty. The situation looks very critical, but Shi Jingtang is not a fool. Naturally, he has the strength to rebel. He himself does not have many troops, but others have them, and he has foreign aid.

This foreign aid is Khitan.

At that time, the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang Yujia personally marched, not only broke the siege of Taiyuan for Shi Jingtang, but also helped him wipe out the Later Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, establish the Later Jin Dynasty, and become emperor himself.In return, the Later Jin professed vassalship to Khitan, and the two countries became a state of father and son.

What is a state of father and son, that is, the status of the two countries is completely different, one son and one father, of course Shi Jingtang is the son, and until now Shi Jingtang is still called "Emperor Son".

He is also considered a generation figure, known as the first person in Chinese history to recognize a foreigner as his father.There are many dynasties that temporarily bowed their heads to the alien race, but Shi Jingtang, who recognized a man as his father, was really the first.

In the past dynasties of China, many times they faced the threat of alien races, and they were helpless at the beginning, just like the marriage in the early Han Dynasty,
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, they were unable to fight against the Huns militarily. Since the great ancestor Liu Bang, they have relied on making peace with the Huns to avoid wars, which can be regarded as bowing to the Huns.

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan and Tang Taizong Li Shimin also relied on professing the Turks to establish their empires; Tang Suzong even signed a "Day of Kecheng" with Huihe in order to borrow troops from Huihe to recover Kyoto from the rebels in Anlu Mountain. The disgraceful treaty that the land, scholars and concubines return to the Tang Dynasty, and all the gold and silk women return to the Hokages".

Of course, none of these things were as excessive as what Shi Jingtang did. He actually condescended to call a man much younger than himself the father. This really completely embarrassed China.

Today these Khitan people came to ask Liu Jiyuan for Hedong, which is also related to Shi Jingtang. You must know that Shi Jingtang was ceded back then.
There are sixteen prefectures including You and Ji (Jixian, Tianjin today). The whole area is about 12 kilometers long from east to west, [-] kilometers wide from north to south, and covers an area of ​​[-] square kilometers, which is exactly equivalent to the Kingdom of Koryo.

More importantly, these places are in the hands of Khitan, so that the entire northern part of the Central Plains Dynasty lost a natural military barrier to stop the "barbarian iron cavalry". The door is wide open.

This is also an important reason why the Central Plains dynasty endured slaughter since the Five Dynasties. Liu Jiyuan also knew that he thought he was not as shameless as Shi Jingtang, but today he encountered Khitan's persecution.

Leaving aside the fact that Hedong is not in my own hands now, even if it is in my own hands, can I just give it to Khitan? Taking a step back, if I can destroy Zhao Xu Dasong, I will hand over Hedong to Khitan , then the Central Plains became the horse ranch of the northern grassland peoples.

"Why does the lord disagree? You still have no confidence in our Daliao. Don't worry, as long as the lord agrees, our Daliao will send a large number of troops to assist you. You will definitely be able to unify the world and avenge your ancestors. "This Khitan contact person can also speak, no matter how persuasive and persuasive he is.

"If the lord disagrees, we have a way to get it ourselves, but then the two families will hurt their peace, don't you think so?" Seeing Liu Jiyuan's hesitation, he took a strong dose of medicine. If you don't agree, We went to get it ourselves. This sentence means that it is very likely that Khitan will send troops to take this place down. This is to grab it abruptly.

Liu Jiyuan was a young man, and he felt uncomfortable when he was persecuted like this, but he didn't show it on his face.

"Lord Xiao, what are you talking about? I really love Daliao. How could this trivial matter affect the relationship between the two families? Look, this matter is a big one. I want to talk to the people below. Discuss, Master Xiao, please rest for a while."

Liu Jiyuan didn't turn his back on the spot, he excused that he wanted to discuss it with his courtiers, and the Khitan people couldn't stop it, so the so-called Master Xiao also agreed.

After Liu Jiyuan left, the Khitan man said in a low voice: "I will not agree to Liu Jiyuan when I look at it. I felt his anger just now. He controlled it very well, but it couldn't hide from my eyes. We used to underestimate him." It's Liu Jiyuan." The Master Xiao just now looked at the people around him and continued.

"This Liu Jiyuan can bear it. Such a person is terrible. He hides his feelings and makes people unpredictable. Liu Jiyuan is such a person, but we must take Hedong into the hands of our Daliao."

Lord Xiao's name is Xiao Tianzuo, he is Xiao Yanyan's elder brother, he accompanied Ye Luxian to the Song Dynasty before, and he also knew Zhao Xu, unexpectedly he appeared in the army of the Northern Han Dynasty.

"My lord, why did your majesty want us to take Hedong into our hands? Isn't the current Hedong in Da Song's hands? If we in Daliao want that place, our warriors will take it in person."

One of them said unconvinced.

Hedong is now in the hands of the Song State. If you want Hedong, you should go to the people of the Song State. Besides, even if you can’t come here, we can grab it. What nonsense are you talking about here.

Xiao Tianzuo didn't speak, just smiled, these people don't know Yeluxian's intentions, Hedong is just a bait, a bait that can drag two countries in, it would be best if force is not used.

Naturally, Xiao Tianzuo would not tell these people about these things in his heart, these people are not qualified to know these things, the emperor sent him for his reason.

He believed that Xiao Tianzuo could handle these things well and act according to his intention.

(End of this chapter)