I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 291 Super Song fan, Zhao Zhen’s fanatical fan, Yelu Hongji is here!

Official robes are hung in front of the emperor.

Warn officials not to imitate Su Liang and remonstrate with excessive behavior.

About it.

Another stain on Su Liang's career.

If it were any other official, he would have been depressed for at least a few days.

Because this kind of stain is enough to make an official's official career bumpy and difficult to be promoted. It may even be passed down to future generations and bring shame to future generations.

Su Liang made many meritorious deeds, but he also had many flaws.

Beatings, grounding, suspension, fines, beatings of courtiers, swearing, articles in the Shame Museum...

Now it has become a negative example for officials to remonstrate.

If these faults were concentrated on a certain official with poor psychological quality, he might have committed suicide long ago and died to apologize.

But Su Liang didn't care at all and didn't take it to heart at all.

Because he knew that from now on he would be a man whose achievements would be recorded in history, and one achievement could make up for all the small mistakes.

Plus, he's thick-skinned.

……

October th.

Su Liang got the news from Honglu Temple.

The Liao delegation will arrive in Bianjing three days later.

Nineteen-year-old Yelu Hongji, the Liao native who loves the Song Dynasty the most and a fan of Zhao Zhen, is coming.

This time, Zhao Zhen listened to Su Liang's advice.

No excessive etiquette was adopted due to the arrival of Yelu Hongji.

General Song Xiang, who was also the political advisor, led the officials of Honglu Temple to welcome the Liao envoy, and then went into the ban to meet with the officials.

The residence of Liao ministers is still Dutingyi on the west side of Yujie.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty have also reached a consensus.

He treated the Liao envoys warmly and generously, neither humble nor overbearing.

Asking questions about small things shows the image of a great country; asking questions about big things and strictly guarding the secrets of the court.

this year.

The chief envoy of the Liao mission was Zhaode Jiedu envoy Yelu Su, and the deputy envoy was Taichang Shaoqing Li Han.

As for last year’s special envoy Xiao Ding.

At present, as the deputy privy envoy, he is busy carrying out reforms to entrap Liao.

……

soon.

The people of Bianjing learned that the Liao delegation was about to arrive in Bianjing.

There are scholars buying new clothes, there are young ladies preparing gold and silver jewelry, there are vendors preparing to sell goods at reduced prices, and there are storytellers rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for storybooks that can highlight the culture of the Song Dynasty...

The people of Bianjing did this.

Not to welcome the Liao envoy, but to show strength.

They wanted the Liao people to see the huge gap between them and the Song Dynasty.

Let them see how prosperous the trade of the Song Dynasty was, how happy the people of the Song Dynasty were, and how elegant and knowledgeable the scholars of the Song Dynasty were...

Everyone just wants to prove——

"Of all the countries in the world, only the Song Dynasty is the orthodox one. You are all barbarians."

Every time in the twelfth lunar month, when foreign envoys come, the people in Bianjing will do this.

This time, they heard that Prince Yelu Hongji of Liao Kingdom would also come with the mission.

A little more excited than usual.

The Song Dynasty court failed to live up to expectations in front of the Liao people, but the people of the Song Dynasty were very lively.

……

October 23rd, near noon.

The convoy of the Liao mission entered Bianjing.

More than 30 carriages and more than 300 people marched forward in an orderly manner under the protection of the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army.

And this moment.

The window of the carriage in the middle revealed a face with sharp edges and slightly dark skin.

He is the prince of Liao Kingdom, Yelu Hongji. After Yelu Hongji entered the Song Dynasty, he was full of curiosity about everything.

Now when he came to Bianjing City, he was even more stunned.

He had heard many people tell him about the prosperity of Bianjing City, but he thought it was exaggerated.

Only now do I know.

Those people lacked vocabulary and could not describe one-tenth of the prosperity of Bianjing City.

It was hard for him to imagine.

A city that accommodates nearly two million people can be so orderly.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, with everything you need.

Pedestrians rubbed shoulders one after another, chatting and laughing.

Beautiful young ladies are shopping on the streets without any fear of being harassed.

This was simply impossible in Liao.

In the Liao Kingdom, the status of women was far lower than that in the Song Dynasty.

Not on the main street.

Some pretty young ladies will most likely be kidnapped if they are not accompanied by a male companion.

Then the next day he might appear in a tent or a horse barn filled with hay.

Yelu Hongji looked envious.

This is the life he longs for, and this is what the country in his heart should be like.

"How great it would be if I could be born in the royal family of the Song Dynasty!" Yelu Hongji couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, he realized how big the gap between Liao and Song was.

This gap.

It cannot be compensated by a strong army and sufficient wealth.

This is a result of the influence of classics and teachings. Without the accumulation of hundreds of years, it would be impossible to have such a grand event.

……

Half an hour later.

The convoy of the Liao envoy arrived at Dutingyi.

Song Xiang, the political advisor, led several Honglu Temple officials and greeted him with a smile.

The Liao envoy Yelu Su, deputy envoys Li Han and Yelu Hongji got off the carriage almost at the same time and walked towards the gate of Dutingyi.

Song Xiang said with a smile: "Zheng Envoy Yelu, Deputy Envoy Li, this should be Prince Yelu. I, Song Xiang, have come to greet you on the orders of my official family. Welcome to Bianjing City!"

Song Xiang could identify the three of them by looking at their clothes and positions.

Yelvsu frowned slightly.

"Vice Minister Song, since you know that my prince is also coming with the delegation this time, is it rude for your officials to only send you to greet them? Song claims to be a country of etiquette, but he didn't expect to make such an obvious mistake. !”

Yelvsu believed that the prince of Liao State should send a minister to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty should send a prime minister even if it did not send a royal prince.

Now, only one deputy prime minister has been sent.

He also knew something about the officials of the Song Dynasty.

Among the prime ministers of the two mansions, Song Xiang's status was lower than that of Wen Yanbo, Xia Song, Zhang Fangping, Wu Yu, and Fan Zhongyan, and he could be regarded as the last prime minister.

The deputy envoy Li Han on the side also added: "It seems that we have to wait for the real master to come and greet us!"

Song Xiang smiled slightly.

"Envoy Yelu, Deputy Envoy Li, if the envoy of your mission this time is a prince, our court will definitely welcome him with the courtesy of a prince, but in the letter of congratulations to Zhengdan submitted by the Qin Dynasty, the envoy and deputy envoy are you. Two people, you two, one is the Jiedu Envoy and the other is Taichang Shaoqing, I personally welcome you, which can be considered as a courtesy!"

Of course, the most powerful envoy is the envoy.

If you talk about etiquette with the Song Dynasty, how can the Liao officials be your opponents?

Yelvsu was about to retort.

Yelu Hongji suddenly took a step forward and said with a smile: "What the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty said is true. This prince is just here to experience the customs and customs of Bianjing and has nothing to do with state affairs. Let's get in quickly. I have admired the name of the Song Dynasty official family for a long time. , I’ve long wanted to meet him!”

After saying that, Yelu Hongji walked forward.

Yelvsu and Li Han followed closely behind, neither of them dared to speak.

Song Xiang could see from this move that Yelu Hongji was the backbone of the Liao mission.

The chief envoy Yelvsu and the deputy envoy Li Han did not dare to disobey his orders.

Immediately, everyone entered Dutingyi.

They tidied up, changed their clothes, and then went to the forbidden area with Song Xiang to meet Zhao Zhen.

(End of this chapter)