Chapter 309 Yelu Zhongyuan’s Abacus
The next day, Zhao Xing took a nap because he didn’t have to go to court.
When I woke up, I touched both sides and only touched one person on the right side.
"Well...let me sleep for a while."
Opening his eyes, he saw Ru Lan turned over, facing inside, with her smooth back facing Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing smiled, covered her with a quilt and got out of bed.
Calling the palace maid to help him dress and wash, Zhao Xing went to practice martial arts.
When he came back, Rulan and Minglan had already left.
After having breakfast with Shulan and teasing his daughter, Zhao Xing went to Longtuge in a happy mood.
“Your Majesty!” Zhang Qingzhi saluted: “Yelü Chongyuan’s envoy said he wanted to see Your Majesty.”
"Meet me?" Zhao Xing thought for a moment and said, "Pass it on, and let Honglu Temple reveal the news to the envoys of the Liao Kingdom."
Yelü Chongyuan sent someone, Zhao Xing felt a little strange.
Although the Liao Kingdom labeled Yelu Chongyuan as a traitor, Yelu Chongyuan claimed that Yelu Yixin had put the young emperor under house arrest for the sake of Qing Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, Yelu Chongyuan sent people to the Song Dynasty in an open and honest manner, looking like he was already independent. Wouldn't it be a slap in the face for himself.
If you want to send someone here to negotiate terms with the Song Dynasty, then why not send Li Ge?
Although he was a little confused about Yelu Zhongyuan's purpose, it didn't stop Zhao Xing from taking advantage of it.
As long as this news is revealed to the envoys of the Liao State, the Liao State may be able to get some benefits from it because they are worried that the Song Dynasty will help Yelu Zhongyuan.
After dealing with government affairs for a while, Yelu Zhongyuan’s envoy was brought over.
"Foreign Minister Xu Zhengqing, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!" Xu Zhengqing saluted.
“Han people?”
Zhao Xing looked at Xu Zhengqing. He was in his forties and slightly fat. Judging from his appearance and name, he should be Han Chinese.
"The foreign minister is indeed Han." Xu Zhengqing bowed.
Zhao Xing nodded and said: "Tell me, Yelu Zhongyuan sent you to see me, what's the matter?"
"Back to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty! Now Yelu Yixin, the powerful minister of the Liao Kingdom, Put my emperor under house arrest and control the government. The Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom are brotherly countries. The King of Qin is willing to use the Yanyun Sixteen States as a gift to ask the Song Dynasty to send troops to help the King of Qin bring order to the chaos!" Xu Zhengqing bowed.
"Bring order to order?" Zhao Xing said playfully: "How did I hear that Yelu Zhongyuan rebelled? Even if I want to help, I should help the Liao royal family. If I help Yelu Zhongyuan, the world will How should people look at me? ”
"His Majesty, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, was wrong. King Qin was the uncle of the emperor who was conferred by the late emperor. His majesty passed away, and it was natural for King Qin to ascend the throne. But Yelu Yixin supported the prince on the throne, intending to control the power. Only Yelu Yixin It was a rebellion, and the Song Dynasty sent troops to bring order to the chaos!" Xu Zhengqing said sternly.
"What you said makes sense." Zhao Xing nodded.
Yelü Chongyuan was canonized as the crown prince that year, which was actually the crown prince.
This is the same as when Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty canonized Zhu Yunwen as the emperor's grandson.
Yelü Chongyuan was canonized as the emperor's younger brother, but his brother regretted it and passed the throne to his son.
After his nephew ascended the throne, in order to appease him, he was named the emperor's uncle.
However, Yelu Zhongyuan suffered a loss once, so naturally he would not be fooled again.
But no matter what, Yelu Zhongyuan was the emperor's uncle. When the Emperor of Liao died suddenly and left no edict, Yelu Zhongyuan was the crown prince.
It would make sense if the Song Dynasty sent troops to help.
“However, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was originally the territory of the Song Dynasty, but it was occupied by the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Zhongyuan used the territory that was originally the Song Dynasty to ask me to send troops to help. It is a bit ridiculous, right? ?" Zhao Xing said lightly.
"His Majesty, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, is wrong. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were already the territory of our Liao Kingdom before the establishment of the Song Dynasty. How can we call it the territory of the Song Dynasty?" Xu Zhengqing retorted.
“I don’t want to waste words with people who have forgotten their ancestors. Most of the sixteen states of Yanyun are in the hands of the Liao court. Yelu Chongyuan used this as a bargaining chip to get the Song Dynasty to send troops to help. Could it be that I Are you a fool?" Zhao Xing sneered.
"Even if His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is unwilling to send troops to help, there is no need to hurt others with harsh words, right?" Xu Zhengqing said with an ugly face.
"Okay, I don't want to talk nonsense with you. If there is nothing else, please come back."
Zhao Xing is too lazy to talk about the righteousness of his family and country with a person who has forgotten his family.
The Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had been ruled by the Liao Kingdom for more than a hundred years, and they had long regarded the Liao Kingdom as their masters.
"I ask the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to think carefully about it, and the foreign ministers should resign!" Xu Zhengqing saluted.
Zhao Xing frowned slightly as he looked at Xu Zhengqing's leaving figure.
What exactly does Yelu Zhongyuan want to do?
When it comes to wanting the Song Dynasty to send troops, Xu Zhengqing did argue hard based on his reasons, but gave up so easily.
It feels like Yelu Chongyuan really wants the Song Dynasty to send troops to help, but he doesn't want the Song Dynasty to send troops, which is very contradictory.
After thinking for a while, he still couldn’t figure it out, and Zhao Xing was too lazy to think about it.
In short, it doesn’t matter what his intentions are.
After dealing with government affairs for a while, when it was almost midnight, Sanshui reminded: "Your Majesty, it's time for the small court meeting."
"Are the ministers and the chief officials of various ministries arrived? ?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Everyone is here." Sanshui replied.
"Got it."
Zhao Xing put down his pen, stretched, moved to the side hall, and participated in the small court meeting. "I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Everyone saluted.
"Pingshen!" Zhao Xing waved his hand, sat down and said, "What matters need to be discussed today?"
"Your Majesty, Enke's time has been set, but the candidate for the examiner has not yet been determined." The Minister of Rites bowed.
"When will it be set?" Zhao Xing asked.
“It’s set for September 20th.”
“Is the time urgent?”
“There are still four months until Enke, there is plenty of time, enough ”
After hearing this, Zhao Xing pondered for a while and said: "It's still early, I will consider the selection of the examiner."
"Yes!" The Minister of Rites bowed and retreated.
"Now that His Majesty has ascended the throne, he should grant amnesty to the whole world and celebrate it together." Han Zhang said.
“Let’s follow the regulations from previous years.” Zhao Xing said.
"In addition, the candidates for the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture have not yet been decided. After discussing with several ministers, I have drafted several candidates, please see it for your majesty!" Han Zhang said.
The chamberlain stepped forward to take the zhazi and presented it to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing took it, looked at it, and said, "Let Yang Zeren, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, take the post. The young Yin Shenghong of Kaifeng Prefecture will be promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry."
Originally, Zhao Xing planned to Let Sheng Hong serve as the governor of Kaifeng.
But Sheng Hong was trying to be clever with him regarding the Kang Wang family, which Zhao Xing couldn't tolerate.
If he is allowed to serve as the governor of Kaifeng, it may happen again in the future.
Sheng Hong, the Shaoyin, is not a permanent person. Only when the prince serves as the governor of Kaifeng, will he be established to handle government affairs for the prince.
Now that Zhao Xing no longer serves as the governor of Kaifeng, there is naturally no need for Shaoyin.
Allowing Sheng Hong to take over as the vacant minister of the Ministry of Industry can be regarded as a promotion.
Let him retire in this position from now on.
Sheng Hong has been a little angry because he has not been promoted in the past few days.
Zhao Xing promised to make him the governor of Kaifeng, but Zhao Xing had already ascended the throne and the decree had not yet been issued.
He didn't know yet that precisely because of his tact, Zhao Xing had planned to let him retire as the Minister of Industry.
After some more discussions, the Umrah meeting ended.
Zhao Xing did not let everyone disperse, but repeated what Xu Zhengqing said when he asked to see him.
"Please help me analyze, what is the purpose of Yelu Chongyuan?" Zhao Xing asked.
Han Zhang looked thoughtful when he heard this, and suddenly his expression changed. Just when he was about to speak, Sanshui walked in in a hurry.
"Your Majesty!" Sanshui saluted and said: "Bian Jingdu is spreading the news that Yelu Zhongyuan will return the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Song Dynasty and invite the Song Dynasty to send troops."
Zhao Xing heard this. Stupid, could it be that the Liao envoy revealed it?
Want to use this method to prevent the Song Dynasty from sending troops?
Yelu Chongyuan was the emperor's uncle. From a ritual point of view, after the death of the Liao Emperor, he left no edict, so it was only in line with the rituals for him to inherit the throne.
But in the eyes of the Han people, it is etiquette that the father dies and the son succeeds.
Even if brother succeeds to brother, it is acceptable, but if nephew dies and uncle succeeds, he still has children. Even if Yelu Chongyuan is the emperor's uncle, it is actually not in line with etiquette in the eyes of the Han people.
Not to mention that the young emperor of Liao Kingdom has succeeded to the throne.
In the eyes of the Han people, Yelu Chongyuan was rebellious.
The Han people have always valued orthodoxy, and the Song Dynasty naturally could not help a rebel.
Even if Yelu Chongyuan takes Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures as a condition, in the eyes of those scholars, he cannot help the rebellion.
If Zhao Xing really wanted to send troops to help Yelu Chongyuan, he would have to secretly let people preach that Yelu Chongyuan was orthodox and that the Song Dynasty sent troops to bring order to chaos.
Now it was suddenly revealed, completely catching him off guard.
"Your Majesty!" Han Zhang interrupted Zhao Xing's thoughts and said, "This matter should be publicized by the envoy sent by Yelu Chongyuan."
"Huh?" Zhao Xingwen Yan was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Why would the Grand Prime Minister say that?"
"If Yelu Chongyuan really wanted to invite the Song Dynasty to send troops, he would never punish the envoys to come to Bianjing in an upright manner. Nor would he send envoys here when His Majesty ascends the throne. After all, when His Majesty ascends the throne, the Liao Kingdom will definitely send envoys to watch the ceremony. ." Han Zhang said.
Zhao Xing pondered for a while and said: "What the Grand Prime Minister means is that Yelu Zhongyuan sent people here deliberately. He never thought about letting the Song Dynasty send troops. The purpose was to make the Liao Kingdom not dare to Move border troops?"
"Yes!" Han Zhang said: "Taizu Taizong always wanted to regain the Sixteenth State of Yanyun. The Liao Kingdom knew the significance of the Sixteenth State of Yanyun to the Song Dynasty. Most of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yun are on the side of the royal family of the Liao Kingdom. Although Yelu Chongyuan occupies a few states, they are not bordering the Song Dynasty. "
"If Yelu Chongyuan can promise the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Great Song Dynasty. In exchange for the Song Dynasty sending troops, the Liao royal family could not promise and could not promise. "
What Yelv Chongyuan promised was just a blank check. After all, the place he occupied was not bordering the Song Dynasty.
But the Liao royal family was different. They were afraid that the Song Dynasty would really send troops, but they couldn't offer the same conditions.
After all, the territory controlled by the Liao royal family was directly bordering the Song Dynasty, so these places could not really be returned to the Song Dynasty.
(End of this chapter)