The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 56

In Yanfu Palace, Emperor Daojun was furious, even the beloved lotus whisk was broken in two and left on the ground.

Zhao Tun stood in front of the door, speechless for a while, watching the Emperor Daojun roaring to himself: "I want to abolish the Chanyuan alliance, I will definitely abolish the Chanyuan alliance, let's see what these Khitan barbarian slaves dare to do!"

Zhao Tun rubbed his head, knowing that the Emperor Daojun was very likely to do this. After all, he dared to decide such a major event as the Sea Alliance, but the reason for it was definitely not for the sake of his family, the country, and the world. If you are weak, you will be strong when you are weak.

He saw the Jurchen defeating the Liao Kingdom, and he despised Liao in his heart. If the Liao Kingdom attacked at this moment and the Song army was defeated, he might take the initiative to add some old coins.

After beating for a while, Emperor Daojun looked at Zhao Tun, who was in a daze in front of the door, and said, "Second brother, this Khitan barbarian slave has come here to bully me, you have to take it easy for me!"

Zhao Tong thought to himself, it's okay to vent your anger, but you have to know what it is.

"Daddy..." As soon as Zhao Tong opened his mouth, he saw Emperor Daojun grab a letter from the imperial book case and slam it down on the case again.

"Second brother, look for yourself, Yanxi is too arrogant!"

Zhao Tang stepped forward in a daze, picked up the letter paper and read it carefully, it was indeed written by the Emperor Tianzuo, I don't know if it was really his own handwriting, the calligraphy seems to be pretty good.

After reading the letter for a while, he felt that what was said in the letter was too childish, that is, to provoke the Taoist emperor. After all, regardless of Northern Liao and Xixia, everyone knew that the emperor loved naughty.

Zhao Tong said: "Father, the Liao Kingdom wants to send people to set up a ring on the Yujie Street, to compete with my great Song martial arts masters, but they are guilty of their own conscience!"

Emperor Daojun said: "Second brother, how do you say this? If it is a sumo wrestling ring, I have third-class wrestlers and ninth-class wrestlers. Naturally, I can win a big victory. As for martial arts, I am afraid that Yuquan The restaurant is useless!"

This dynasty loves sumo very much, but the sumo here is different from that of other countries in later generations.

Zhao Tong nodded, if it is really about sumo, the middle-class son raised by the royal family is extremely powerful, even if he is from Liao, he still thinks he will win.

But the Liao Kingdom didn’t have a sumo wrestling arena, but wanted to put on a martial arts boxing arena. He had worshiped Zhou Tong as his teacher since he was a child, and he knew that there were no masters in the Imperial Boxing Gym. What's inside is nothing more than a prestige name.

"Second brother, look again, this Yanxi boy actually said that if I am afraid and dare not take the ring, I will increase the [-]-year-old coin every year, and I will also collect [-]% more business taxes in the competition. If you take over the ring and lose, you will have to make the same compensation!" Emperor Daojun said angrily.

Zhao Tong thought about it, this kind of child's play matter, just provoke him, and others would ignore it, he said: "Father, what do the gentlemen in the court say?"

The Emperor Daojun said angrily: "There are different opinions. They say that they will lose face if they don't take the ring, and it's even more embarrassing if they don't fight after the fight. When it comes to how to do it, they all say it's the martial arts below, and it's up to Tong Guangao As for the two of Qiu, they are also undecided, in my opinion, they are both afraid of losing and taking responsibility!"

Zhao Tong thought to himself, they are indeed a group of good lords: "My child said that the Liao Kingdom has a guilty conscience, and it is probably true. Dad wants to see that the Jurchens have defeated the Liao Kingdom, and the whole country in Northern Liao is mourning. I am afraid that my heavenly court will see him weak. , taking advantage of the opportunity to conduct military affairs, his actions are nothing more than intimidation and bluffing."

The Emperor Daojun thought for a moment when he heard the words, and said: "Second brother's words are reasonable, but I... I have to accept this challenge. If I don't accept it, the rumors of the matter will inevitably make the people of the world, especially those small foreign countries laugh!"

Zhao Tong said: "This matter can be considered, but my child has never seen in the letter. If the Liao Kingdom loses, so what?"

The Emperor Daojun was taken aback when he heard the words, stretched out his hand to grab the letterhead and read it from the beginning, and couldn't help saying: "It's true that I didn't say anything, the Yanxi child deceived me too much!"

Zhao Tong said: "In the Liao Kingdom, this is a way that a gentleman can be bullied, and the behavior of a villain is also the way of a villain. Daddy can completely ignore it."

Emperor Daojun Ji Ai got up, and suddenly said: "Second brother, if I send you to take charge of this matter, can you be sure?"

Zhao Tang thought to himself, even though he spoke so clearly, he still wanted to fight, even if he won nothing, he only lost face.

Emperor Daojun said again: "Yanxi's son is treacherous. If you don't fight, you will lose his talk. I think you can win if you beat him."

Zhao Tang glanced at him, that's not what you said before, and this is how you dare to attack the Liao Kingdom with Jurchen in the future?Everything depends on imagination?
"It's only [-]% sure." Zhao Tong said.

"[-]% sure?" The Emperor Daojun immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard the words.

"Father, I heard that there are quite a few capable people in the Liao Kingdom who are proficient in martial arts." Zhao Tang thought for a while, and said carefully: "If Daddy decides to accept the challenge, you might as well tell the world that righteous men from all over the world will come to help. It can be raised to [-]%."

"Okay, okay!" The Emperor Daojun changed his dejected expression when he heard the words, and said happily: "That's enough, second brother, you will preside over this matter. I will announce it in the court tomorrow, and then I will announce it to the world. See Where are the ministers putting their faces?"

Zhao Tong sighed slightly in his heart, at this moment he was still thinking of slapping the courtiers in the face, completely ignoring what to do in case of defeat, he really did not leave a way out, it was hard to say anything.

"Father, the child will not go to court tomorrow." Zhao Tang knew that he should show up for such a thing, but he didn't want to go to court to tell the story.

"Second brother doesn't matter if he doesn't go to court, and the decree will be sent to your house." Emperor Daojun was happy in his heart. He was a person who didn't follow the rules, so he didn't care whether he went to court or not.

Zhao Tunli left the palace after leaving the palace, his expression was somber on the way, the Liao Kingdom really had a guilty conscience, they were defeated in the battle with the Jurchen, they were afraid that the Song Dynasty would copy the strategy and counterattack, so they took this strategy.

But military and state affairs, the artifacts of the country, the swords of life and death, how important are they, how can they be tested in a ring?It can be seen that the court of the Liao Kingdom is now a mess, and people who have no political opinions can only do some child's play.

But on the Da Song side, they still take this kind of childish tricks seriously. From the emperor to the ministers, they still discuss it decently, and they still have to pick up the other party's tricks that are not even a bad idea!
Zhao Tong shook his head secretly, left the palace city and entered the sedan chair, not far away, suddenly raised the curtain to look back, but saw the huge palace city drowsy under the night...

Another few days passed, and Zhao Tun had received the imperial decree, counting the days when the envoys of the Liao Kingdom would arrive in Tokyo. At this time, as the Emperor Daojun announced the matter to the world, heroes and righteous men from all over the world were flocking to the capital. .

Sure enough, at noon another day, someone came to report that more than [-] Liao missions had arrived at the east gate of Kaifeng.

According to the usual practice, this kind of thing requires the Ministry of Rites to send officials to greet him, and he, the person in charge, must also express himself.

But Zhao Tun didn't go out all day, let alone sent his subordinates there, just sat in the middle hall drinking tea.

After dinner, the sky was still bright, Lei San came in and reported: "My lord, there are people outside asking to see you."

Zhao Tong said, "Who?"

Lei Sandao said in a subdued voice: "This subordinate observes his words and demeanor, and also asks the dispatched eyeliner to compare. It seems that... a member of the Liao Kingdom Mission came here in disguise."

Zhao Tun's eyes lit up, he leaned back slightly, and said to himself, "It's finally here."

(End of this chapter)