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When Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo saw Ximen Qing, Ximen Qing was posting Anmin's notice.
Ximenqing saw that Ma Kuo and Zhao Liangsi believed his words and wanted to risk their lives to argue with Wanyan Agu, so he hurriedly stopped them with a smile.
Ximen Qing told the two of them that he willingly joined the Jin Army as a guest general in order to maintain friendship with the Jurchen nobles and help them negotiate.Now I am in the position of Muke under Wanyan Shenguomeng'an, the son of Emperor Aguda, and commanding a newly recruited Han army. The situation is very good, please don't worry about the two of them.
After hearing this, Ma Kuo and Zhao Liangsi looked at each other in blank dismay, and were moved to tears by Ximen Qing's deeds of helping him with all his heart.
Seeing this, Ximen Qing smiled secretly, and urged them to enter the city first to meet the emperor Wanyan Aguda.Let the two of them go to Wanyan Shenguo's barracks in the south of the city to meet him after finishing their business, and they won't return until they're drunk tonight.
"Okay, respect is worse than obedience. Brother Ximenqing, brother Yu will definitely visit tonight, and he will not return if he is not drunk!" After all, Zhao Liangsi is a native of the North, and he still has a generous and heroic aura on him. He is more and more curious about the mysterious Ximenqing. , immediately accepted Ximen Qing's invitation.
Ma Kuo and Ximen Qing have been brothers for a long time, so there is no need to say more at this time.He waved his hands to Ximen Qing, saying everything without saying anything.
After sending Ma Kuo and Zhao Liangsi away, Ximen Qing led people around the four gates of Ningzhou City, recruiting some people who were willing to join the army among the crowd gathered at the gates.
For some courageous and knowledgeable people who have no worries, Ximen Qing secretly hid his secrets after several trials and interrogations, and did not let them join the Golden Army, but took these people as his own private soldiers and handed them over to the intelligence officer. Brother Qiao Yun took the lead.
These people from the Liao Kingdom, after being brought back to Yanggu County for training, are very useful spies.
In order to conceal his true purpose, Ximenqing claimed that he hired a group of Liao people who had no family to worry about and could make their homes all over the world for the purpose of doing business.
All the generals in the Jin army knew Ximen Qingna's special status as a gold medal merchant, so they were used to him hiring some homeless people while taking advantage of the chaos, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
After recruiting people who were useful to him, Ximen Qing led the team back to the military camp in the south of the city.After settling down the new recruits, Ximenqing killed two sheep and roasted them, waiting to meet Ma Kuo and Zhao Liangsi.
In the barracks, the Jin troops of all ethnic groups obviously did not enjoy fighting after pinching a soft persimmon in Ningzhou City, Xiao Yixue.They are gearing up one by one, rearranging their armour, waiting to launch a general attack on Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.
At nightfall, Zhao Liangsi and Ma Kuo, the two envoys of the Song Dynasty, arrived at Ximenqing's camp as promised after meeting the emperor Wanyan Aguda.
Ximen Qing had already roasted the sheep and prepared the wine, just waiting for the two of them to go to the banquet.
Welcoming Ma Kuo and Zhao Liangsi into the big account, after they were seated, Ximen Qing saw that the two of them looked worried, as if they had something on their minds, so he asked: "Zhao Zhongfeng, today's meeting with the emperor, is everything going well? "
Chapter 632 Zhao Liangsi's Troubles
This Ximen Qing can be regarded as a member of Tong Taiwei's family, so there is no need to hide it from him, right?Zhao Liangsi thought for a while, and said: "Brother Ximenqing, to be honest, there was a big mistake in the negotiations with the Kingdom of Jin. Sigh~ I'm afraid Zichong and I will not be able to complete the mission of the Holy One."
"This is weird! I met Emperor Aguda and told you that the two of you wanted to come to the army to meet and discuss the alliance. Emperor Aguda was also quite enthusiastic about the alliance between the two countries! Why did you two come together? , Did Aguda change his mind when he hit the emperor?" Ximen Qing asked curiously.
"Ah~ It's really hard to describe. Brother Ximen Qing, I'm sorry for your trouble this time. Brother Yu first toast to you!" Zhao Liangsi raised his glass and sighed to Ximen Qing.
The camp was full of Song people, so Ximen Qing prepared a wine glass and drank according to the Song people's custom, instead of drinking with a spoon like the Jurchens.
Seeing this, Ximen Qing also raised his glass in response, and all three of them drank the wine in their glasses in one gulp.
Taking advantage of the wine, Zhao Liangsi told Ximen Qing how he met the Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin today.
It turned out that in order not to offend the Liao Kingdom, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty did not dare to send an official envoy. Instead, he ordered Zhao Liangsi to send Jin again in the name of buying horses, and secretly concluded an alliance with Jin to attack Liao.
At this time, the policy of joining gold was still confidential on the surface, so the imperial court did not use the national letter, but Emperor Song Huizong wrote an imperial letter, asking Zhao Liangsi to pass it on to the emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Kingdom.Use such a veiled and euphemistic way to interact with Jinren.
Today, after paying a visit to Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin at the commander-in-chief's mansion in the city, Zhao Liangsi immediately presented a letter written by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.How do you know, but because of this, you made a big mistake.
It turned out that Emperor Huizong of the Taoist Dynasty wrote to the Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin in his imperial pen: "According to Yanjing and the city under its jurisdiction, it was originally Han land. , although there is no trust in the country, please forgive me for speaking nonsense."
That is to say, the alliance condition proposed in the letter by Emperor Daojun Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was only to take back the state city under the management of Yanjing in the Liao Kingdom.Zhao Liangsi looked beside Wanyan Aguda, as if struck by lightning, he was at a loss.
It should be known that Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty and his ministers had always planned to take back the hometown of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, but Huizong of Song Dynasty did not know geography, so in his letter he only mentioned the prefecture city under the jurisdiction of Yanjing, making a big mistake that should not have been made.
Zhao Liangsi was suffering in his heart and couldn't tell. The mistakes made by the emperor could only be borne by himself, a courtier.Zhao Liangsi immediately aroused his mouth like a tongue, and explained to the Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Kingdom and his important officials that Yanjing, as mentioned in the imperial letter of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, was in charge of prefectures and cities, including Xijing, Pingzhou, Yingzhou and other Han people. In an attempt to confuse the public, he tried his best to make up for the mistake of the Emperor Daojun and recover the loss in the negotiation.
However, Wanyan Aguda already had surrendered Han officials from the former Liao Kingdom as counselors. These Han officials immediately pointed out that only Yanjing, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Tanzhou, and Shun were mentioned in Song Huizong's imperial letter. There are 24 counties in the six states of Jizhou and Jizhou.
Zhao Liangsi was poor in his speech, and was about to use his eloquence to fight the monarch and ministers with Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin. There was something out of nothing, but Wanyan Aguda interrupted the negotiation between the two parties, saying that the time had not come, and invited the envoys of the Kingdom of Song to watch him with the army How to capture Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao Kingdom.
Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin intended to start negotiations on an alliance with the envoys of the Kingdom of Song after capturing the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing. Zhao Liangsi had no choice but to resign with Ma Kuo.
Thinking that because of the mistake in Emperor Daojun's imperial letter, it would be impossible to satisfy the imperial court when he sent an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin this time, Zhao Liangsi couldn't help sighing in the tent, and drank a few glasses of wine one after another to relieve his worries.
Ximen Qing kept his expression on the face, but he was secretly laughing in his heart, what foolish things could the bird emperor not do?Zhao Liangsi's biggest mistake in his life was choosing the wrong king to be loyal to. Even if he tried his best, it was still futile and ended in tragedy.Look at me, a senior official, I have never cared about that stupid king and dog emperor after time travel, how carefree I am!By the way, when you have nothing to do, you can go to Bianliang City, Tokyo, and put on a few green hats for the stupid emperor. It really makes people feel good when they think about it!
Ximen Qing secretly thought that in the future, he should help Brother Ma Kuo more, and don't let him foolishly work for Song Huizong like Zhao Liangsi.
Ximen Qing had no interest in helping Song Huizong's bird emperor fight for his interests in the "Sea Alliance", because he knew that terms on paper also needed strength to guarantee them.Song Huizong's licentious bird emperor, no matter how good his cards are, he will be smashed by him.No matter how good the covenant with the Kingdom of Jin was, it couldn't stand up to his tricks in the later stage.
Therefore, facing Zhao Liangsi who was frowning, Ximenqing did not give him any advice, but only comforted him by saying that in his own judgment, the fighting power of the Jin army far surpassed that of the Liao army. In the future, he will be able to negotiate and conclude an alliance with the king and ministers of Jin Guo Wanyan Aguda, and I advise Zhao Liangsi not to worry too much.
Ma Kuo has always been convinced by Ximen Qing's words. Hearing Ximen Qing's words are so firm, he also raised his wine glass to persuade Zhao Liangsi to let go of his mind.
Although it was Ximenqing and the two who persuaded him so much, Zhao Liangsi was worried and quickly got himself drunk. Ma Kuo had no choice but to bid farewell to Ximen Qing, and helped Zhao Liangsi back to the camp of the envoys.
Ximen Qing could understand Zhao Liangsi's gaffe.After all, Zhao Liangsi was different from Ximen Qing and Ma Kuo.
The two of Ximenqing were originally from the Song Dynasty, and their family was rich and powerful, so they didn't need to put all their strength into the matter of joining the Jin Dynasty against the Liao Dynasty, and bet all their wealth.Therefore, Ximen Qing and Ma Kuo can laugh at the success or failure of the negotiations with Jin Guo.
However, Zhao Liangsi was born in a wealthy family in the Yanjing area of the Liao State, and he had no one to rely on in the Song State.He abandoned and betrayed his own country and family, desperately defected to the Song State, and was the initiator of the strategy of "Uniting the Jin Dynasty and defeating the Liao Dynasty".For Zhao Liangsi, the alliance with the Kingdom of Jin can only succeed, not fail, because he has bet on all his future, wealth and life.
When the gambler Zhao Liangsi bet all his capital, only to find that the side he chose has made foolish moves, why not make him anxious and worry secretly?
After waking up the next day, Zhao Liangsi became more troubled because the envoys from the Liao Kingdom had arrived in Ningzhou City.
In order to rescue Xiao Yixue from Ningzhou City, Emperor Tianzuo and Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao sent his eldest son from Zhongjing. Wanyan Aguda begged for peace.
When Yelu Xi Nilie rushed from Zhongjing to Ningzhou City, the Jin Army had already captured Ningzhou City, and Xiao Yixue, the Prime Minister of the Northern Mansion of the Liao Kingdom and the commander of the Northeast Road, was missing in the chaos.
Yelu Xinilie has been sent to the Kingdom of Jin many times, and he is also a person who can adapt to changes.Seeing that the Jin army had defeated Xiao Yixue, he immediately changed the purpose of his mission from rescuing Xiao Yixue's army to seeking peace on the spot, trying to preserve the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.
Chapter 633 Go West to Linhuang Mansion
The arrival of Yelu Xinilie, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, made Zhao Liangsi feel very tormented.
Zhao Liangsi was worried that the Liao State would give up and surrender, so he reached a settlement with the Jin State by ceding land, donating gold and silk, and signed a Jin-Liao agreement similar to the "Chanyuan Alliance".
If Jin and Liao form an alliance, not only will Zhao Liangsi's strategy of "joining the Jin and defeating the Liao" go bankrupt, and he will not be able to deal with the Taoist emperor in front of the imperial court after returning to the Song Dynasty, and there will be endless troubles.
Once the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom live in peace, they will definitely investigate the betrayal of the alliance between the Song Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom to plot the land of the Liao Kingdom.
You must know that after the signing of the "Chanyuan Alliance" between the Liao and Song Dynasties, they will be a brotherly country that has been friendly for generations.For the next hundred years, the Liao Kingdom, with its strong military strength, has always abided by the covenant, never went south to graze horses, and aggressively attacked the Central Plains.
The Khitan people of the Liao Kingdom kept their promises and kept the covenant between the two countries well.However, the policy of "joining the Jin Dynasty and defeating the Liao Dynasty" secretly implemented by the monarchs and ministers of Song Huizong was a complete act of treachery.
Previously, the Liao Kingdom had already noticed the secret contact between Song and Jin. Now that the Liao envoy Yelv Xi Nilie arrived, the Song envoy Zhao Liangsi who was also in the camp of the Jin army had nowhere to hide. Discover.
For Zhao Liangsi, this trip has been driven to a dead end. It can be said that there is no retreat. He must get the reply from the Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Kingdom promising to form an alliance before he can return to his country.
At this time, Jin Guo, which was strong in military affairs, faced the diplomatic envoys of Song and Liao.
Whenever he thinks about this, Zhao Liangsi, the country of Song, suffers a lot in his heart, and it is really difficult to sleep and eat in the camp.