The certificate of credence is made of the best Chengxintang paper, which is the most precious kind of rice paper. The craftsmanship is complex and precise, the materials are carefully selected, and the paper is uniformly thin.
The ink used is pine smoke ink, which is added with bone glue boiled from deer antlers, pearl powder, musk and other precious medicinal materials and spices, resulting in a black ink color.
The pen was written by Liu Mengyan, the number one scholar of Jiachenke in the Great Song Dynasty. He was extremely accomplished in calligraphy, and his regular script was dignified and beautiful, like a beauty's hairpin, without losing its elegance.
Such paper, ink, and calligraphy are worthy of being treasured, even if they are not as valuable as the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" and "Manuscripts for Memorials to My Nephew".
Unfortunately, the content on paper and ink seemed a bit humiliating to the people of the Song Dynasty.
"In the sixth year of Wei Xian's reign, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would like to swear an oath in front of the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty that we will abide by the integrity, faithfully observe the happy alliance, and use the local customs to support the expenses of the army. Each year, we will pay two silver coins.
One hundred thousand taels and two hundred thousand pieces of silk were ordered to be sent by the Third Division to Nanyang for delivery..."
"Pooh!"
A mouthful of thick phlegm spit out from the mouth of Zhongdu Hague, the envoy of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and spit it out on the black and white credential, with the four words "Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty" in the middle.
Before Zhongdu Hague spit out this mouthful of phlegm, he had already held it in his mouth for a while. He took a full mouthful of it, so even the top-grade rosin ink was smudged.
Wen Jiweng was startled and didn't know what to do. He quickly turned to look at Liu Mengyan and saw the top scholar's lips trembled. He didn't know whether it was because he felt sorry for Mo Bao or something else.
The ministers of Song Dynasty did not dare to speak.
In the palace, only Zhongdu Haiya dared to move. He held his head high and held his hands behind his back. He walked a few steps arrogantly and angrily looked at Wen and Weng. Liu Mengyan glared at them one by one, making them lower their heads in fear.
"Don't you know that you are bullying me?!" Zhongdu Hague said: "You Song people are all loyal to the Jin State. What you handed over to the Jin State was a 'statement' instead of a 'credential'. How dare you dare to betray the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty?"
When I am called 'Emperor of the Song Dynasty' in front of me, does that mean there are big characters in the country's title?!"
Although he was a Uighur, he spoke Chinese very fluently. He even recited a few sentences from King Zhao of the Song Dynasty to the Emperor of Jin.
"I have made a statement, and now I have come to draw the border... Since I have been favored, I promise to prepare a land, and descendants from generation to generation will abide by my duties... I hope that the fleas of the superior country will issue oaths and edicts, and the envoys of the common people will always have a guarantee."
"Pooh!"
After passing the table, Zhongdu Hague spat out another mouthful of phlegm at Wen Jiweng's feet.
"In your eyes, my Dayuan is not as good as the Kingdom of Jin, right?!"
"no no!"
Wen Jiweng was so frightened that he trembled all over and did not dare to wipe the foam from his face. He hurriedly responded: "Your envoy has misunderstood. I will never look down on Dayuan. I will never dare."
After calming down for a while, he calmed down and explained: "It's because...because after the Longxing Peace Treaty, the Song and Jin Dynasties changed from a 'country of monarchs and ministers' to a 'country of uncles and nephews'."
Here, he showed off a little cleverness. Putting the name of the Song Dynasty in front of him made it seem like the Song Dynasty was the king of the Jin Kingdom and the uncle of the Jin Kingdom.
It's a pity that no one paid attention to this detail.
The Hague, the central capital, did not listen to him at all. He stepped forward and said fiercely: "If I remember correctly, in the Longxing Peace Treaty, the letter of credence you gave to the Jin Dynasty did not use the word '大', only '大金'"
'There is no Song Dynasty, right?"
"Yes Yes……"
Wen Jiweng didn't expect that this Hulu knew this so much, so he quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and secretly glanced at Hao Yong behind the Hague, the capital.
He believed that the reason why such a situation occurred today was all because Hao Yong, the deputy envoy of the Yuan Dynasty, instigated the envoy in The Hague, the central capital.
Because only a scholar like Hao Yong can understand this, and Hao Yong's brother Hao Jing was once detained by Jia Sidao.
From this we can see that it is all Jia Sidao's fault.
It was Jia Sidao who offended the Yuan people, which caused the Song Dynasty to be humiliated here today.
"What your envoy said is...but..."
"But?" Zhongdu Hague's voice rose again, and he took up another letter of credence.
"'My nephew, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, would like to pay my respects to my uncle, the Emperor Jin Shengming, Renxiao.' This is the Longxing Peace Treaty you are talking about. Look at what you wrote today!"
There was a "Peng" sound, and even Liu Mengyan was frightened this time.
"Change! I will change the credentials soon... No, no, no, I will ask about this later... I have asked, please wait for the good news..."
Zhongdu Hague sneered, swept the credentials on the table to the ground, stepped on them, and then left the hall with Hao Yong and their entourage.
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"Mr. Hao, why do we have to embarrass the people of Song Dynasty about the credentials?"
After returning to the State Guesthouse, Zhongdu Hague asked Hao Yong.
The words he said today were actually taught to him temporarily by Hao Yong after reading the credentials given by the Song people.
Hague, the capital of Zhongdu, can serve as the official because he has the ability to remember what he hears. Hao Yongyi said that he can memorize it on the spot. Moreover, he looks fierce and fierce, which just enhances his momentum.
Their strategy was to let the chief envoy get angry and the deputy envoy to persuade him; but Song Ting's strategy was to have the junior officials come to talk and then ask the senior officials if they could make a decision.
One is to ask for a sky-high price, and the other is to leave some room.
Hao Yong did this not to embarrass Song Ting.
He walked a few steps, walked to the window, and looked at the bustling scene on the street. It took him a while to answer the question from The Hague, the capital city.
"For the sake of orthodoxy in the world."
"orthodox?"
"Yes, your majesty will not care if the idiot emperor of Zhao and Song is groveling or more groveling?" Hao Yong said, "After the death of Jin, the Song Dynasty stole the world's orthodoxy. Therefore, he must be ordered to accept the petition and declare himself a minister."
It can bring the world's orthodoxy back to Zhongzhou."
As he said that, he pointed at the Wushan Mountain visible to the naked eye outside the window, and felt many emotions.
"The Kingdom of Zhao began in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the Later Zhou Dynasty began in the Later Han Dynasty. The Later Han Dynasty was founded by Sha Tuo. Zhao Kuangyin stole the throne, and had neither a jade seal to pass down the country nor the unification of the territory. The name is not justified and cannot be called orthodox.
'Bian Kou' is suitable;
The Liao Dynasty was founded by the Khitan. Although the Khitan deviated from the Central Plains, its roots were still in China. The emperor's ancestors were in the same family as Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, so they decided to give the surname "Liu". Taizu of the Liao Dynasty was an official in the Tang Dynasty, and it was inherited by the Jin Dynasty after the destruction of the Han Dynasty.
The national jade seal, including the countries in the Western Regions, all regard the Liao Dynasty as the orthodox one."
Hao Yong paused when he continued to mention the word "Dajin".
He is from the Jin Kingdom, and of course he believes that the Jin Kingdom is orthodox in his heart, but when the words come to his lips, he cannot say them out.
After all, you can learn history by reading, and understanding the founding of the Jurchen country is inseparable from the word "barbaric".
At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchens believed that they could not rule the Central Plains, so they supported the Puppet Chu and the Puppet Qi successively. It was not until Wan Yanliang usurped the throne that they began to Chineseize.
There are two ways to fight for orthodoxy. One is to inherit the Liao Dynasty, and the other is to recognize the orthodoxy of Zhao and Song Dynasty, and then have Zhao Song accept the throne and hand over the orthodoxy to the Jin Kingdom.
After the peace talks in Shaoxing, the second theory became the mainstream, and this was the orthodox name of the Jin Kingdom.
The concept of "the four seas are one family, the world is unified, and those who follow the Chinese way are the masters of China" proposed by Hao Jing for Kublai Khan is more legitimate and reasonable than the Liao, Jin, and Song Dynasties.
There is no need to fight back and forth like those three small countries with separate regimes. The Yuan Dynasty swept the world unstoppably, and then ruled the world with Hanization. This is orthodoxy.
The unified Han dynasty was a great achievement. In comparison, the emperor's personal bloodline was not enough to affect its orthodoxy.
The problem now is...Li Xia.
Li Xia was different from the peaceful Song Dynasty. Li Xia also had the ambition to unify the world, which became a stumbling block for the Yuan Dynasty.
Therefore, letting the Song Dynasty hand over its orthodoxy to the Yuan Dynasty was a supplement to Hao Jing's ideas and a way to win over people's hearts before unifying the world.
Hao Yong came this time not because his brother had been imprisoned for several years to cause trouble for Jia Sidao, but because he was always thinking about establishing immortal achievements.
Since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been falling apart for more than 350 years. To re-establish a unified dynasty is of course an unparalleled achievement.
A small personal grudge is nothing compared to...
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Xuan De Hall.
Zhao Fu did not see the Yuan envoy get angry with his own eyes. He only heard what his ministers told him, and he was already frightened.
"Officials, in accordance with the opinions of ministers, why not just agree to the Yuan envoy..."
As soon as Wen Jiweng finished speaking, His Highness's ministers immediately came out and shouted: "No!"
"Your Majesty, you are right to say that Zeng Yuanzi's memorial is about the face of the Song Dynasty. The officials must not retreat easily. There is no war between the Song and Yuan Dynasties this year. Since it is not a great defeat, how can we be humble?"
Wu Jian, the Minister of Rites, shouted: "Zeng Yuanzi, do you want to block the peace negotiation?!"
"I just want to ask Mr. Wu, why did the envoys from the Yuan Dynasty not argue with reason when they made such ridiculous demands?"
Wu Jian couldn't help but say that he didn't dare to talk to the central capital, The Hague, so he avoided Zeng Yuanzi's question and said to Zhao Yu: "Whether to agree to the Yuan envoy's request or not, we have to let the officials decide."
Even though all the people in the palace were from the Zhuhe faction, there were still ministers like Zeng Yuanzi who still maintained their sense.
Seeing that there was a dispute among the ministers, Zhao Fu didn't know how to make a decision. As Jia Sidao's puppet for many years, he habitually said: "Then... let's ask the master?"
The ministers in the palace looked at each other in confusion, thinking that since Lu Wende was eager to negotiate peace, why would Jia Sidao be willing to get involved in such a thing?
At the end, Wen Jizhai stepped forward again and said: "Guan family. It was Duke Pingzhang who offended the Yuan envoy. I thought it would be better to ask Duke Pingzhang to go to the State Guesthouse to make amends?"
"Ah, this..."
Zhao Yu exclaimed and was frightened again.
On one hand, he offended the Yuan envoy, and on the other hand, he offended his mentor Jia Sidao, but just for a few words on the credentials?
"Then, then... let's change the certificate of credence." Zhao Fu immediately made up his mind, but at the end he added, "I... can I make the decision?"
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"Please ask the official's Sacred Heart to be arbitrary."
"Please ask the official's Sacred Heart to be arbitrary..."
Hearing the echoes in unison, Zhao Yu was stunned.
This was the first time he felt the feeling of keeping his promise.
Without hesitation, he changed the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the Song Dynasty" on the national certificate to "Nephew Emperor of the Song Dynasty"...
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On this day, Jia Sidao returned to his hometown to visit his biological mother because she was seriously ill.
He no longer cares about his credentials or the country's interests, they are too far away.
Even Li Xia's threat was not urgent enough for him.
Because it was like a dagger at his throat that scared him away because he felt that he couldn't control Lu Wende.
As smart as he is, he can only choose to avoid the edge temporarily.
In such a large court, it seems that there is no one who dares to speak out for justice.
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At the same time, Wen Yunsun, who had been promoted to Shangshu Zuosilangguan due to his achievements in the battle of Shangzhou, had just arrived in Lin'an.
Deng Yan, who was dismissed soon after becoming a Jinshi, picked him up at the dock and sighed when he returned to his residence.
"Hey, has Song Rui heard about the peace talks between the imperial court and the Meng Yuan Dynasty?"
"I've only heard a little bit about it, but I don't know the specific reason. I haven't found out anything about it. It seems like the imperial court is suppressing the news?"
"They are suppressing the news." Deng Yan said. "In the court, Jia Sidao was originally the one holding the sky, but he completely let this matter go. He left it to a group of people and the main faction to handle it. I'm afraid he wanted to secretly sign a peace treaty that would lose power and humiliate the country."
When the discussion reached this point, a follower rushed to the hall, and the two of them stopped talking.
"Alang, there is someone outside the door asking to see you. He said he brought a letter from an old friend for Alang."