Fu Song

Chapter 278 Entry
In the Song Dynasty, a large group of people, and they were still elites, believed that the biggest reason why the Song Dynasty was able to confront the Liao Kingdom for so long was because Liao's internal affairs were not repaired.

The main ethnic group of the Liao Kingdom is the Khitan people, and in the eyes of the people of Song Dynasty, they are some barbarians.But in the area under their rule, the Han people accounted for the vast majority.

At the beginning, the Khitan people regarded the Han people as slaves, taking whatever they wanted, and basically did not regard the Han people as human beings. This caused the Han people in their ruled area to revolt, wave after wave, one after another.

Although these resistances were eventually suppressed, they also exhausted the Liao Kingdom.This made the rulers of the Liao Kingdom see a fact. If this continues, the Liao Kingdom will be dragged to death.

Accepting the Han people, allowing the Han people to enter the ruling class, has become an established national policy.

However, the implementation of this strategy was opposed by the diehards of the main ethnic group. Under such background conditions, two systems were born, one for the Khitans and the other for the Han.

The South Court and the North Court thus appeared.

The southern courtyard is dominated by Han officials, while the northern courtyard is naturally Khitan.

Over the past few hundred years, both sides have performed their duties, but they have lived in peace.

But with the development of time, the strength of the Han people in the Liao region became stronger and stronger.Compared with the Khitan people, the Han people are better at production and savings, and the longer the time, the greater this advantage will be, especially when these northern Han people are influenced by the Khitan people, they are also skilled at bowing horses since childhood, and they are extremely brave.

The Han people in the north are getting richer and richer.

In contrast, ordinary Khitan people are getting poorer and poorer.

The Khitan people, as the main ethnic group, naturally look down on the Han people.

But it is also nonsense for you to make a well-loved Han Chinese who wears gold and silver, have any respect for a poor Khitan.

Contradictions, naturally, were inevitably born.

Sometimes, such conflicts are small fights, but sometimes they will rise to court battles. Every time, it will lead to a huge disturbance, causing people's heads to roll and blood to flow like rivers.

In such court battles, the Han people often lose, but they have not won. For example, the Lu family on Nanjing Road is an existence that most Khitan people need to look up to.

To put it bluntly, in the end, strength speaks.

The fact that the Lu family was able to win that battle relied on their family's strong wealth and the thousands of armored soldiers they had amassed with their wealth.Even someone as strong as Yelujun respects the Lu family on Nanjing Road.

In the Liao land, it is difficult for the Han forces and the Liao forces to form a real joint force. The two sides guard against each other and fight each other. It is precisely because of their consumption that the Song Dynasty, which is at a disadvantage in terms of military affairs, can stand against it for many years. .

But now, this kind of contradiction in the Liao Kingdom has been deepening step by step.In the eyes of people like Yeluxi, the Liao Kingdom is heading towards the abyss step by step. If this continues, the Khitan clan will be lost forever. Therefore, it is necessary to deprive the Han people of Liao of their wealth and suppress their power.

Yeluxi's political inclination naturally has a large number of Khitans following him.

Yelujun, on the other hand, is more inclined to integrate the contradictions between the two, let the Khitan people further Sinicize, and truly integrate the two races into one, so as to forge a truly unified and powerful empire.

Both of them have their own followers, but Yelujun's influence is stronger in comparison.Because Yeluxi has been disgusted and abandoned by all the Han families in the Liao Kingdom, but Yelujun has many Khitan followers. People like Yeluzhen are Yelujun's hard-core confidantes, and Yeluhuan on Xijing Road, despite his age Not small, but because he often does business with Da Song and has more contact with Song people, he is more inclined to support Yelujun.

In the north courtyard, Yeluxi naturally had the upper hand.

Yelujun has always been attacked by the North Academy as a capitulator.

But this time, Yelujun's big victory on Hebei Road made everyone in the North Campus shut up.

Yelujun fought this battle beautifully, directly crushing Yeluxi to the point where he couldn't turn over.

You must know that such a great victory was achieved during the confrontation between the Liao Kingdom and the Song people, that is, at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, when the emperor of the Song Dynasty was hot-headed and led the Northern Expedition, and then during the long years of confrontation, the two sides No one can afford to win such a big victory again.

For Da Song, Yelujun is naturally a nightmare.

For the sake of the integration of the two forces of the Liao Kingdom, he spent more than ten years studying the classics of the Han family, and forced a Liao royal family who was born as a Jinshi, and a successor who wanted to bridge the internal conflicts of the Liao Kingdom. No headaches?
If you really want to let him take the position, I'm afraid that Song Dynasty will never have peace in the future.

"The Imperial City Secretary of the Song Dynasty has not been idle, and has been sending wealth to Yeluxi so that Yeluxi can buy Khitan nobles." Zhang Chao knew a lot of inside information, and said: "The biggest achievement in recent years is to let Yeluxi buy The Jurchen clan. The Jurchen are poor enough, and whoever gives the money will work for him."

"There are Jurchens beside Yelujun!" Ma Xing said.

"Of course, Yeluzhen has suppressed Jurchens for many years!" Zhang Chao laughed. "It's not uncommon to have Jurchens under his command, but most of the Jurchens now support Yeluxi. The Jurchens army is now an important force in the hands of the Liao people."

"It's best for this guy to die suddenly." Ma Xing cursed: "Has the Imperial City Secretary tried to assassinate this guy in Liao?"

"This kind of thing, you can't try it lightly!" Zhang Chao shook his head and said, "If we were the first to start this assassination mode, you Ma Xueshi can still come out like this in the future? Liao people can also be assassinated. If you want to do it, you must To ensure success, and not let people doubt us."

"That's right, it's a good choice to frame Yeluxi!"

"Bachelor, it's hard to say!" Zhang Chao laughed.

Ma Xing also smiled, Yelujun is the royal family of the Liao Kingdom, the king of Qishui County, the first in line heir, how can he be assassinated easily?Even in such a position as myself, when going out, he would be hugged by the front and back, and the protector who was overt or covert was unaware of Fanfan.

"You said this Yelujun is good, why did you want to be this Zhengdan envoy!" Zhang Chao complained: "The reason why the imperial court wanted me to go back to Beijing with this person was because he was worried that he would be assassinated in the Song Dynasty. Song, the number of guards will not be too many. On the contrary, it is the best opportunity for people like Yeluxi to attack. He can kill the number one enemy, marry us, and launch the Song-Liao war smoothly. This is the heavy responsibility of protection. , but fell on our heads.”

"No way, the thoughts of people like Yelujun are really unpredictable!" Ma Xing also shook his head.

While speaking, hooves sounded in the distance, banners were fluttering, and a cavalry team of [-] men appeared in their field of vision.

Speaking of which, although the war is over and the Liao people have promised to return the occupied territories, how and when to withdraw their troops is also a process of bargaining.

Like now, the Song army has just taken back Xiongzhou, and the Liao people have not yet retreated across the Juma River, but there is a buffer zone of tens of miles between the armies of the two sides.

Zhang Chao squinted his eyes and waved back. Thousands of soldiers sitting on the ground stood up with a clatter and quickly formed an army formation.

It's certainly not about fighting.

It's just momentum.

You can't lose your momentum in front of the Liao people.

These thousands of armored soldiers are all heavily armored infantry, lined up in formation, and under the blessing of bows and arrows, they are not afraid of cavalry attacks. If there are rangers hunting and cooperating, their power will naturally be greater.

Of course, Zhang Chao came to pick up the guests today, so naturally he would not bring the light cavalry and create a complete war situation, the hostility would be too obvious.

The two sides were separated by a distance of about [-] miles, and each formed a formation. After a while, a carriage galloped out from the cavalry of the Liao army, accompanied by about a hundred people and horses. With the banners and flags, the battles were unfolded one by one. It was the Liao Kingdom's mission this time. The official envoy of the Song Dynasty, Qishui County King Yelujun.

The North and the South have been in conflict for so many years, and it is the first time that a person of such high status as Yelujun acts as Zhengdan's envoy to the Song Dynasty.As a result, Da Song didn't even have corresponding reception etiquette.Because the officials of the Ministry of Rites are also a little confused, what should I do?

He is the king of Qishui County, the first heir.

According to the reception rules of the two countries, there must be at least a prince-level person here to greet and serve as the subsequent embassy ambassador!

But the problem is that the current situation in the Song Dynasty is like pouring oil on dry wood, it is only a little bit short of sparks, who will be sent?
No matter who is sent, it is equivalent to the official certification that this person has the same status as Yelujun, the king of Qishui County, and is almost the crown prince of the East Palace.

There is no official in Bianliang who feels that his head iron can make a statement on this issue.

In the end, we can only let Ma Xing welcome this person into the country first, and wait for a while at the Daming Mansion. Anyway, the two sides have a lot of things to talk about!
Then Zhang Chao escorted this person to Beijing, walking slowly along the way.

Isn't it not long before autumn is here? It's still far away from the day of Zhengdan. Go slowly and let the big brothers in Bianliang discuss this issue carefully.

"Ma Xing, Zhang Chao has met His Royal Highness, Your Highness has worked hard all the way!" Ma Xing and Zhang Chao came out hand in hand, Ma Xing stepped forward a little, and both of them clasped their fists and bowed in salute.His eyes swept over the surrounding guards, but his heart was filled with wonder.

That guy who looks like a Jurchen at first glance is naturally Yelujun's number one thug Wanyan Starling, why is this guy's head wrapped like a rice dumpling, and his hands are also wrapped in bandages, it is obvious that he has suffered serious injuries .On the other side, a young Han general seemed to have a bit of trouble in his legs and feet.

Was Yelujun's team really attacked?

Ma Xing and Zhang Chao looked at each other, with no expression on their faces, but joy and worry in their hearts.

If you are happy, it is naturally because the internal conflicts in the Liao Kingdom have reached the point of endless death. If you are worried, it is naturally because there will be troubles in the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Yelujun was attacked even on his own territory, but in Song Dynasty, he can still do better!
The Song Dynasty had a large number of spies in the Liao Kingdom. On the contrary, the Liao Kingdom had the same reason in the Song Dynasty?

The door of the carriage opened, Yelujun got out from inside, stood on the shaft of the horse, condescendingly glanced at the Song soldiers in the distance, and then jumped down.

He was covered in an ordinary blue robe, with a square scarf on his head and black and shiny hair tied up, which was completely different from the general Khitan people's attire. If you change the place or the scene, this Yelujun is just an ordinary It's just like a scholar!Who would have imagined that he is one of the most powerful people in this world?
"Scholar Lao Ma, Taiwei Zhang!" Yelujun waved his hand, swept left and right, and said: "I made you laugh, I encountered a group of thieves ambush a few days ago, which was a bit unexpected. Annihilated them, but his men were also slightly injured. Come on, let me introduce you, this Jurchen warrior, Wanyan Starling, you should have heard his name. Well, you may not know him, it’s us Lu Ben'an, a newly rising hero on Nanjing Road."

"Lu Benan, son of Lu Jian?" Ma Xing frowned and looked at him.

Luben bowed and saluted.

Lu Jian was the largest family on the Nanjing Road, and he actually sent his eldest son, Lu Ben'an, to Yelujun as his personal guard, which meant that Yelujun had already firmly held the Nanjing Road in his hands.Whether it is Lu Jian's Lu family or Lin Jing's Lin family, they are all very famous families in the Liao region, and they can be called the head of the Han people in the Liao region, and both of them are now under Yelujun's family.

"In Song Dynasty, Your Highness doesn't have to worry about safety any more. If a petty person dares to be rude, someone Zhang will naturally smash him to pieces!" Zhang Chao said with a smile, and satirized Yelujun by the way.

"So, I will leave my safety to Zhang Taiwei." Yelujun laughed, his easy-going appearance didn't seem to understand what Zhang Chao said, he didn't look like the prince of Daliao at all, and even more It doesn't look like a scheming conspirator who just planned to severely damage the Song Dynasty and let an unknown number of people die. Looking at him with a calm smile and a handsome and straight face, he really looks like a good man in troubled times.

For no reason, Zhang Chao felt a chill in his heart.

Don't be afraid of swords being drawn, not afraid of cold eyebrows, just be afraid of such a skinny and yangqiu person who hides his sword in a smile, calls his brother to his face, and touches a guy behind his back.

"This time I went to Beijing, I should have a good time with His Royal Highness King Jing. In the past two years, our brothers came and went, and it was very lively, but before that, we have been plotting against each other. This time I went to Bianliang It’s a guest, you don’t need to intrigue, you can have a few glasses of wine.” Yelujun’s voice was loud: “In Song Dynasty, the only one I admire is His Royal Highness King Jing. Bachelor, this time I Going to the capital, can His Royal Highness King Jing be the escort of the embassy? I think we have a lot of common topics."

Ma Xing's eyes turned cold. This guy started to sow discord when he dismounted. Naturally, there were spies from the Imperial City Secretary in the welcoming team. Looking back on today's conversation, he would appear on His Majesty's desk. How to answer the call?

He laughed a few times and said: "His Royal Highness, when he arrives in Beijing, will naturally be greeted and accompanied. Bianliang is the most prosperous place in the world, so His Highness will not be lonely."

Yelujun's eyes flickered, and he nodded again and again: "I think it won't make me lonely, maybe it's very lively, very lively!"

(End of this chapter)