Xianxia version of Water Margin

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When Zhao Liangsi came to the Xuanfu Division in Gaoqiu on the edge of the Yellow River and saw the envoys sent by Jiang Hongfei, his heart became tight!

There is no other reason.

Just because the two people sent by Jiang Hongfei were not easy to deal with.

The main envoy was Chai Jin, a direct descendant of Chai Rong, Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

As we all know, the Jiangshan Sheji of the Zhao and Song Dynasties was snatched from the orphans and widowers of the Chai family, so Chai Jin might not have resentment against the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

This is not difficult to see from the attitude of the Zhao and Song dynasties who were the envoys of Chai Chu.

The deputy envoy, Xiao Rong, was not only from Liao, but also from Khitan.

Because the Zhao and Song Dynasty planned to tear up the "Chanyuan Alliance" and join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao and regain the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, all the Liao people hated the Zhao and Song Dynasty, and Xiao Rong was no exception.

Seeing Jiang Hongfei sending Chai Jin and Xiao Rong as envoys to the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Zhao Liangsi felt that his mission this time would be difficult.

Zhao Liangsi's feeling was correct.

Chai Jin is already the third envoy of the Yuan Empire. He is in charge of the cashier of the country and the balance of fiscal revenue and expenditure. He is the highest financial officer of the central government. He is known as the "planning prime minister" and is a well-deserved senior official of the Yuan Empire.

Ordinarily, Chai Jin like this would no longer need to personally send envoys to the Zhao and Song Dynasties, especially when this mission is still dangerous.

But Chai Jin handed over all his work to his deputy Li Ying and insisted on sending envoys to the Zhao and Song Dynasties without fear of danger.

Chai Jin also said to Jiang Hongfei: "I have been waiting for this opportunity for more than 40 years, and I hope that the official family will come true."

Seeing what Chai Jin said, Jiang Hongfei could only let Chai Jin serve as the envoy to the Zhao and Song Dynasties this time.

Moreover, it has to be said that by sending Chai Jin in and out to envoy the Zhao and Song Dynasty, the Yuan Empire had a certain advantage first - at least in front of Chai Jin, the Zhao and Song Dynasty could not morally accuse Jiang Hongfei of plotting to usurp the throne.

As soon as he saw Zhao Liangsi, Chai Jin made a preemptive strike: "At the beginning of the year, I thought to the emperor of our nation and was unwilling to give up the opportunity to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun for our Han people. Ji, I don’t want to negotiate peace with your court, and each will make an oath to make peace forever. Your court promises to cede Shandong and Hebei to our emperor, and teach my emperor to guard them for generations. Our emperor originally wanted to make the people of the two realms peaceful. Everyone enjoys peace. I don’t think so, but your dynasty has plotted to attack our dynasty three times, and has conspired with Tian Hu and Tian Zuo in an attempt to subvert our dynasty’s rule. You also gave my dynasty’s emperor’s concubines to Tian Hu. This is too much! Don't dare to be unreasonable, I will discuss the merits with you."

Zhao Liangsi's heart suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Your family and I have been having sex since the beginning of the year. In recent years, your family and this dynasty are bound by righteousness. How could this dynasty not be dissatisfied with the Yuan Yuan Treaty and send troops to attack your family?" ? The ambassador should never trust the words of a villain. The gods are disgusted with the military. Your dynasty has already harmed the Jin Kingdom, Xixia, and the grassland tribes, and if you ignore the good oaths of the past, you will not be able to do it. Raise troops first, but plunder some small households nearby. Our Song Dynasty is a big country with a vast world and strong military and civilian forces. If the court realizes this and makes some changes, how can you easily get close? And once the war begins, it will be determined when the war will begin in the future. !”

Zhu Yantong, who came with Zhao Liangsi, saw that Chai Jin's words contained a threat to send troops, so he said: "Heaven Zuo has lost his way and allowed evil and evil to be used. God hates people and alienates them, so he was destroyed by the Qian family. This dynasty also blames him for violating etiquette." The alliance has been defeated, so how can we conspire with them and jointly attack your family? If your family believes in the villain's words and suddenly falls out of favor with this dynasty, how can it be achieved once the two major countries go to war? I hope your master will think deeply about the stakes."

Xiao Rong said coldly: "Today, Tian Zuo and Fan Seng have the emperor's personal writing materials in my hands. How can I allow you to deny them?"

When Zhao Liangsi and Zhu Yantong heard that Jiang Hongfei had not only Yelu Yanxi, but also the monk who sent letters to Zhao Ji and Yelu Yanxi, as well as the imperial letter written by Zhao Ji to Yelu Yanxi, they were filled with bitterness and could not argue.

Zhao Liangsi's eyes moved, and then he let the left and right people retreat. Only he, Zhu Yantong, Chai Jin and Xiao Rong were in the room.

But even so, Zhao Liangsi was still worried. He said to Chai Jin: "Please discuss with the ambassador alone."

Chai Jin disagreed: "When discussing affairs in the country, I don't avoid Deputy Ambassador Xiao and other former Liao people, let alone you here?"

Zhao Liangsi said: "This is a major event between the two dynasties. If it has not been agreed upon, it will be difficult for others to spread it and raise objections."

Chai Jin still disagreed: "If Zhao Longtu says so, then say so. If not, please take me and I to Tokyo to meet Emperor Zhao."

Seeing this, Zhao Liangsi could only say: "Before leaving, your Majesty ordered me to tell the ambassador that some ministers in this dynasty do not care about the big plans and make troubles. They have private invitations from Tian Hu and Tian Zuo. The Lord also knows that this is the case." Lost, I hope the ambassador will remember the good old days and not be too deep, so that the lives of the two dynasties can live in peace. Our dynasty is willing to canonize your lord as the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and permanently cede Shandong, Hebei, and Hedong to your dynasty. The two dynasties will be bounded by the river. If it is approved by Yu, I will announce the exact date and appease the border residents. The ambassador and deputy envoy Xiao will be free to ask for anything in the future, but please see the instructions below and deal with them one by one. "

Zhao Ji and his ministers not only agreed to permanently cede Shandong and Hebei to the Yuan Empire, but also ceded Tian Hu's Hedong to the Yuan Empire. They also recognized the Yuan Empire established by Jiang Hongfei, which seemed very sincere.

But if you think about it carefully, in the previous peace treaty, the Zhao and Song Dynasties had already ceded Shandong and Hebei to Jiang Hongfei.

Hedong is currently occupied by Tian Hu, and in the previous peace treaty, the Zhao and Song Dynasty had secretly ceded Hedong to Jiang Hongfei.

These two paragraphs are completely unnecessary and have no sincerity at all.

The only new condition is that the Zhao and Song Dynasties recognize Jiang Hongfei's Yuan Empire.

But this is a false name, and Jiang Hongfei has always been the most pragmatic.

It can be said that the Zhao and Song Dynasty did not want to pay anything and just wanted to escape this disaster by bribing Chai Jin and Xiao Rong.

Under such conditions, how could Chai Jin and Xiao Rong explain to Jiang Hongfei?

You know, Jiang Hongfei doesn't tolerate sand in his eyes.

If they really dare to think like this, it is simply because the old man hangs himself because he thinks his life is too long.

Don’t forget, there is the example of Kang Gongbi!

In addition, Chai Jin and Xiao Rong were also disgusted that the Zhao and Song Dynasty betrayed their ally Tian Hu.

In short, it is impossible for Chai Jin and Xiao Rong to agree to the conditions offered by the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

Chai Jin said: "Shandong and Hebei have been my family's territory for a long time. There is a peace treaty signed by you and me. Hedong is now occupied by Tian Hu, and even your family's land is said to be taken over? As for canonizing my family's emperor, when the coming Now, our emperor has said it himself, he does not need anyone to enthrone him, and your family underestimates Chai Jin. Chai Jin once had a family worth millions, he was generous with his wealth, and he liked to recruit heroes from all over. He was known as the Mengchang Lord of the time. Nicknamed Little Whirlwind, loyalty is the most important thing. That year, Chai Jin was killed by Gao Qiu's cousin Gao Lian and died unjustly in prison. Our emperor risked his life and fortune to break through Gaotang Prefecture to rescue Chai Jin. How could he be so kind to Chai Jin! Doing such a villainous thing and betraying the Great Yuan established by my family’s emperor? If your family really wants to restore the old relationship, you have to show some sincerity towards my Great Yuan.”

Chai Jin's generous words made Zhao Liangsi and Zhu Yantong feel a little ashamed of themselves.

As for the "sincerity" of the Yuan Empire, Zhao Liangsi and Zhu Yantong really couldn't give it.

The key point is that both Zhao Liangsi and Zhu Yantong felt that Chai Jin's sincerity was false, but that he wanted the Yuan Empire to go to war with the Zhao and Song Dynasties was true.

Zhu Yantong said: "The people appointed by your dynasty are all old Khitan officials. As long as they slander and cause trouble, if you and I have to fight against each other, we will each suffer losses. In addition, we in the Song Dynasty still have millions of soldiers and horses. Both the army and the people are accustomed to fighting. If there is a haste, the people will defend the city. How can it be easy to attack and break the gains? It's just a matter of plundering some villagers' money. Even if you gain something, it will benefit the soldiers. If you lose something, it will harm the country. Furthermore, killing a Song person is an act of revenge against the Khitan. Killing a Yuan person is also an act of revenge against the Khitan. Now that your dynasty has wiped out all the Khitans, my dynasty will have to pay a few more coins so that we can retire early and enjoy peace. This is the best policy. How can we talk about war easily? Zhao Longtu and I have been entrusted with this task, and we dare not not give our best advice to the two dynasties, so I beg you to think deeply about it."

Xiao Rong was very displeased when he heard this and said, "What you said is good, but you, Song Dynasty, talk too much and don't believe it. Who dares to believe it?"

Zhao Liangsi and Zhu Yantong felt that it was impossible for them to persuade Chai Jin with Xiao Rong, a Khitan, present, so they could only ask Zhao Liangsi and Xiao Rong to return to Tokyo first before arguing.

At the same time, Zhao Liangsi sent people to return to Bianliang City in Tokyo to report the attitudes of Chai Jin and Xiao Rong to Zhao Ji.

After Zhao Ji learned about this, he was shocked. He felt that Jiang Hongfei was going to start a war with him.

Not only Zhao Ji felt this way, but Wang Fu and other ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasties were also very worried that things would develop in this terrible direction.

Cai You suggested: "Instead of hitting the smiling person, why not entertain Chai Jin warmly and discuss the matter later?"

Cai You also suggested that instead of letting Chai Jin and Xiao Rong live in Banjing Pavilion, Chai Jin and Xiao Rong should be arranged to live in Dutingyi.

The Zhao and Song dynasties were very active in foreign exchanges. Envoys from various countries came to the Zhao and Song dynasties many and frequently. In terms of reception, the Zhao and Song Dynasties generally implemented the system of one country and one pavilion. For example, envoys from the Liao Kingdom were all arranged to be received at Duting Post. Xixia envoys usually stay in Duting Xiyi or Laiyuanyi. The Korean envoy was at the Tongwen Hall in the outer city. Envoys from Nanfan, Jiaozhou, Xifan, Dashi, Qiuci, etc. were all received at Huaiyuan Post. The Tibetan and Dangxiang envoys were received in the Concierge Courtyard.

Banjingguan is located in Chenqiaoyi in the northern suburbs of Tokyo. It is the town where Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe. It is about forty miles away from the capital.

Banjing Inn is not only located in the suburbs, but its building construction, accommodation conditions, service level, scale, etc. are also incomparable to other Inns, especially Duting Inn.

Located in the most prosperous part of Tokyo, Duting Inn is the largest state guesthouse in Tokyo with the best conditions and the highest reception standards. In the past, it was mainly used to receive Liao envoys.

Originally, the Ministry of Rites of Zhao Song was planning to arrange for Chai Jin and Xiao Rong to live in Banjing Hall.

But Cai You felt that Chai Jin, who came from the Chai family, was not someone who had never seen the world. He must know which post house had the largest scale, the best conditions, and the highest reception standards in the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Zhao Ji thought it was reasonable, so he thought for a moment and said: "The Liao envoys have been cut off a long time ago, and Duting Post has been idle for a long time. The Liao Kingdom has been destroyed, and there will no longer be Liao envoys to visit in the future. It is inevitable that the Yuan will replace the Liao." From now on, all envoys from the Yuan Kingdom will be accommodated at Duting Station, and their requests will be met as much as possible and their requests will be received warmly."

With the tone set by Zhao Ji, after Chai Jin and Xiao Rong arrived in Bianliang City, Tokyo, Zhao Ji first rewarded Chai Jin and Xiao Rong with a large number of spiritual weapons and spiritual stones, and even gave him the tea he drank and the jade body maintenance tools. Chai Jin and Xiao Rong were also given a lot of Tiaoyao.

Then, Zhao Liangsi led Chai Jin and Xiao Rong around Bianliang City in Tokyo every day. They climbed up to the Mingtang and looked at the street scene of Yujie. We also visited royal buildings and gardens such as Yongdeok Palace, Fanyanzhai and Ligong Genyue.

Liang Shicheng even personally came forward to entertain Chai Jin and Xiao Rong in Fanlou on behalf of Zhao Ji.

Fanyanzhai is the residence where the princes of the Zhao and Song Dynasties lived.

Longde Palace is a palace expanded on the basis of Zhao Ji's former Duke Duan Palace. The pavilions and pavilions are built along the river and the scenery is very beautiful.

Genyue Wansui Mountain is densely covered with green pines and verdant. The mountains are full of Taihu Lingbi stones, which are majestic and steep, and are ingenious. There are more than 40 buildings in the whole park, including royal-style pavilions and pavilions, as well as country-style thatched cottages. The mountains and rivers are dotted with exotic flowers and beautiful trees, which is so beautiful.

Needless to say, Fan Lou is magnificent and full of beauties.

It can be said that Zhao Ji and his ministers almost went to the extreme in entertaining Chai Jin and Xiao Rong.

After Chai Jin and Xiao Rong finished playing, Wang Fu went to personally talk about Chai Jin and Xiao Rong, and then Zhao Ji met Chai Jin and Xiao Rong in Chongzheng Hall.

After the meeting, Chai Jin took out the "Book of the Great Yuan Bao and the Great Song Dynasty Winning the Khitan Master" and presented it to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji had known it for a long time. In the "Book of the Great Yuan Bao and the Great Song Dynasty Winning the Khitan Faint Master", Jiang Hongfei only told him that he had captured Yelu Yanxi and the Liao Empire was destroyed, and had no other meaning.

——If there is a problem with "The Letter of the Master of the Khitan Obtained by the Great Yuan Bao and the Great Song Dynasty", Zhao Ji would not be able to let Chai Jin and Xiao Rong read it in person.

After completing the formal process, Zhao Ji said to Chai Jin: "The merits of the grudges between you and my family, the rights and wrongs, will be judged by future generations. But one thing is that you, the Chai family, should admit that I, the Zhao family, are the king." From now on, your Chai family will be prosperous and wealthy for generations. This matter is obvious to all. As for your uncle and nephew and Gao Lian, I don’t know. Otherwise, just because your family has the iron certificate of the elixir given by Emperor Taizu, I will not teach you. Your uncle and nephew have suffered an unjust injustice.”

Zhao Ji's words made Chai Jin silent.

To be honest, Chai Jin believed what Zhao Ji said. It is impossible for an emperor to lie about such a trivial matter.

Furthermore, it cannot be said that the warm hospitality extended by Zhao Ji and his ministers these past few days was of no use at all.

Those who take others have short hands, and those who eat others have short mouths.

So, after a while of silence, Chai Jin said, "Let the grudges of the past be forgotten. Chai Jin is here on behalf of me, Dayuan, for official business."

Hearing what Chai Jin said, Zhao Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then he pretended to be calm and said: "Since you are here for official business, I won't beat around the bush with you. You just need to tell me that I am with you." Is there still room for maneuver between the two? If not, I will definitely not sit back and wait for death. I will immediately prepare for war. I will desperately negotiate peace with Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing, gather the army, and recruit millions of people who dare to fight. If there is a fight to the death with your lord, just state your lord’s conditions and I’ll see if I can satisfy them and avoid this battle…”

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