King of Song

Chapter 48
On the way to Nabo, after the accompanying doctor had treated Wanyan Aguda, he asked, "Chief Wanyan, did your wife take a lot of ginseng when she was pregnant?"

"Yes, ginseng is a great tonic. For the sake of the child's physical strength after birth, I took a lot of it. They are all good ginseng from Changbai Mountain for more than a hundred years!" There was a trace of complacency on Xi Libo's face, but after seeing the doctor's expression, There was a look of confusion, could it be that his good intentions harmed his son?
Sure enough, the doctor shook his head and said: "Although ginseng is a great tonic, taking too much will make you too hot, especially in summer, the weather is already hot. Your Madam takes too much ginseng, so that the son's fetus is overheated, it is the mother's womb. Some of the root causes of the illness lead to constant crying.”

"So that's how it is!" Xie Libo really regretted it, and asked, "Is there a way to heal it?"

"It's not difficult!" said the doctor, "but Mr. Ling is still in his infancy, so taking medicine directly is not enough. I will prescribe a few medicines, let the wet nurse take it, and turn it into milk for Mr. Ling to take. It won't take long will work."

"Okay! Thank you so much!" Xi Libo was grateful to Dade, obviously he loved his second son very much, and immediately said to Lin Zhao: "Thank you, envoy Lin, I can't repay you for saving my life! This time I brought some Dongzhu and ginseng , as a thank you gift, please accept it first!"

In the past two days, Lin Zhao repeatedly calculated in his mind that it is now 1068, and Wanyan Aguda raised his troops to fight against the Liao Dynasty around 1115, when he was about 50 to [-] years old.The Wanyan family is not big, and the probability of having the same name and surname is relatively small, not to mention that he is the son of the leader, so this child should undoubtedly be the later Jin Taizu!
Thinking of the indelible humiliation of the Han family in Jingkang, and thinking of the tragic situation of the people of the Han family after the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, Lin Zhao felt a strong hatred in his bones.There is a faint unreasonable hatred for the little baby Wanyan Aguda, which can't go away.

The more grateful Xi Libo was, the stronger the "self-blame" and guilt in Lin Zhao's heart.No, we must find a way to stop it. It is unlikely that killing a baby directly is moral or feasible, so we must find another way.

Since we want to change, we must nip the danger in the bud. Wanyan Aguda can be the leader of the tribe, but he must not be allowed to become Jin Taizu!
However, Lin Zhao would not refuse the Dongzhu and ginseng that Xi Libo gave him. These are all good things from Changbai Mountain.

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Two days later, they finally came to the bank of the Liao River, where the Nabo of Liao Lord Yelu Hongji was located.Both the Xilamulun River and the Tuhe River raised by the Khitan people are tributaries of the upper reaches of the Liao River, and the rivers are named after the name of the country. It can be seen that the Liao River is of extraordinary significance to the Khitan people and to the Liao Kingdom itself.

When there were dozens of miles away from Nabo, Yeluji had already sent someone to notify Yelu Yixin, asking King Zhao to decide how to welcome the Song envoy.

The Song Dynasty mission also deliberately slowed down, waiting for the important ministers from the Liao Kingdom to come to greet them. The most likely one was Zhao Wang Yelu Yixin.

But the result disappointed them. Yeluji brought back news that the Lord of Liao had not yet returned, and Zhao Wang Yelu Yixin was busy with government affairs and had no time to come to greet him.The standard of reception has been directly lowered by several grades. Let Song envoys go to Nabo first, and King Zhao will host a banquet later.

The envoys of the Song Dynasty were very helpless, because the reasons they said were sufficient, and there was nothing to refute.However, several adults clearly felt that this time the Liao Kingdom seemed to be deliberately ignoring the Song Dynasty mission, especially after arriving in Nabo, this feeling was even more obvious.

Nabo is the Liao Lord's hunting camp. Lin Zhao originally thought how big the temporary camp would be, but when he got to the Liao River, what he saw directly overturned his conception.

The tents are one after the other, and the edge cannot be seen at a glance. There are at least thousands of them.It's no wonder that the Lord of Liao has the leather army guards every time he travels. Although the Lord of Liao did it on a whim this time, when he came from Qingling, he only brought [-] soldiers and horses, and his family slaves would follow him. The number of people is naturally not small.

The Liao Lord's palace guards were numerous, including the twelve palaces of Hongyi, Changning, Yongxing, Jiqing, Yanchang, Zhangmin, Chongde, Xingsheng, Yanqing, Taihe, Yongchang, and Dunmu, plus Wenzhong palace.There are 30 Zhengding in each palace, [-] Fanhan Zhuanding, [-] cavalry, and a total force of more than [-].

A few days ago, after the Lord of Liao arrived in Liaoyang, he began to dispatch palace guards to guard him.Yelv Dilie, the envoy of Changning Palace, happened to be changing defenses from Youzhou to Liaodong. After getting the permission of Zhao Wang Yelu Yixin, he dispatched 2 horses to guard.

Therefore, the scale of the entire Liaohe Nabo is really not small. Lin Zhao couldn't help but sigh, after all, Nabo is a nation on horseback, and Nabo is completely a mobile city!On the way they came, they even saw a temporary market, which was amazing.

At the same time, Lin Zhao also discovered another situation. The Khitan people gradually moved closer to the Song Dynasty in their lives, showing a clear tendency to Sinicization.

The men wore Han Chinese robes with big sleeves and all kinds of heads. Some even imitated some elegant Song people, with a flower in their buns, which was a bit charming.The aristocratic women are all dressed in Han women's clothes, silk and satin, silk clothes are very popular, and they are all very delicately dressed.

Lin Zhao knew very well that this was the so-called Sinicization.In history, many northern foreigners once ruled the Central Plains. They temporarily defeated the Han regime militarily and politically, but they were assimilated by Han culture without exception.

As soon as they came into contact with the prosperity of the Central Plains and the comfortable life of the Han people, they quickly shattered their traditional horseback nomadic life for many years.The eventual downfall of many foreign regimes was more or less related to the acceleration of Sinicization.The army lost its bravery and fighting spirit, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced in the end.When military control is weakened, policies are not good, and people's lives are in dire straits, the downfall of a dynasty begins...

Thinking about the Liao Kingdom in front of them, the demise may be related to this, and they may have lost their initial vigor after gradually Sinicizing.As a result, he was defeated by the Jurchen who came from the mountains and was even more backward but still brave.The same is true for the Kingdom of Jin. It took only a hundred years to take over the Central Plains, but it was beaten to pieces by the Mongols. The experience was surprisingly similar...

If the situation continues, it may be a good thing for the Song Dynasty, but time waits for no one, and the northern tribal regime is always a serious problem.Lin Zhao didn't have much time to think about these issues, because they got a very angry news.

Yelu Yixin, Zhao Wang of the Liao Kingdom, had personally received envoys from Xixia and Goryeo before this. How could he be so busy when it was the turn of the more important Song Dynasty?Is it a coincidence, or did the Liao people do it on purpose?

Zhang Zongyi believed in the latter. He had been a diplomatic mission to the Liao Kingdom in his early years and knew how the Khitan people treated the Song Dynasty missions.But when he entered the so-called "Concierge Account", Zhang Langzhong found that the grade had dropped significantly, and it seemed to be similar to Goryeo and Uighurs...

The Liao Kingdom deliberately neglected the envoy of Song Dynasty!The mission was indignant.As expected, the Liao people were in a dilemma everywhere, and this mission was destined to be full of difficulties.

Zhang Zongyi held back his anger and planned to go to the Liao people for an argument, but before he left, a Liao person came to report: Zhao Wang Yelu Yixin hosted a banquet in the evening to welcome the Song envoy!
(End of this chapter)