Before dawn, the sound of birds chirping could be heard outside the window.
Mou Zhu turned over and heard a deep voice coming from beside her again.
"I bow my head in the spring, and I hope that your majesty will keep the love of Shun and Yu, take the country as your duty, and take the head of Guizhou as your worry..." "Official?"
Mou Zhu rubbed his eyes and saw Jiang Chun sitting on the bedside in the gray morning light with disheveled hair. His face was very tired, but his eyes were full of energy, and his lips were opening and closing, as if he was reciting something.
"The officer didn't sleep all night again?"
"ah?"
"Sleep, wake up... Conglong's merit is at least Jingzhaoyin. If my father finds out that I have become Jingzhaoyin, he will be relieved."
"I think the officials are crazy." Mou Zhu stood up and complained, "Isn't the official high enough? You talk about it all the time, and you don't worry about your children's future or marriage."
"Wash and change my husband's clothes. Your Majesty wants to..."
After reciting the word "Your Majesty" for several days, Jiang Chun realized that Li Xia had not officially ascended the throne, so he paused, but was too lazy to change it again.
"Your Majesty will summon me today.
"Your Majesty, you used to live in our house. Why is he worthy of being so tight?"
Mou Zhu complained in a low voice, but still stood up to serve Jiang Chun. However, when she picked up her official uniform, she heard Jiang Chun say: "I will do it myself. You go and call your daughter to the front hall."
Over the past few months, Jiang Chun would chat with Jiang Huo about official affairs every day before going out, not to give her daughter some advice, but because she wanted to hear her daughter's analysis of various news in Chang'an's officialdom.
Although Jiang Chun didn't admit it, he knew in his heart that he was inferior to his daughter in terms of vision and ideas of doing things.
"Do you remember that she is your daughter, not your son." Mou Zhu stubbornly put the clothes on Jiang Chun's head and kept talking: "Daughters should get married, not become your colleagues in the officialdom."
"What colleague? She has a further official position than me."
"I heard that your Majesty will no longer appoint women as officials after he ascends the throne? You must find a good marriage for your daughter.
"Who did you listen to?"
"It's been said that a serious imperial court can't use female officials. I heard that Chief Yan has already submitted his resignation."
Jiang Chun didn't know whether the news was true or not, but he nodded and said: "Yes, things are different now. There is no shortage of manpower anymore, and the court should be more solemn... You go, I will dress myself and call my daughter forward." Hall."
"I know, I know."
Jiang Chun was really good at dressing himself. Wei Jin was sitting in the front hall and waited for a long time before he saw Jiang Huo coming over wearing official uniform, carrying an official hat and yawning.
"Why are you doing this so early? It's not even time to go to the Yamen yet."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty summoned me today."
When meeting her daughter, Jiang Chun became much more restrained and did not dare to scream.
But Jiang Huo had already heard the half-word blurted out. He smiled and said, "What are you so anxious about, Dad? Ascension to the throne is a big event, how can it be done so quickly."
"Is the auspicious day set?" Jiang Chun stretched his neck and asked.
The lucky ones are Li Ye, Qin Jiushao, Guo Shoujing, Sun De or these people. They all have good relations with Jiang Di, so she must know.
"It's not decided yet. If it is decided, I will tell you, the governor of Chang'an, of course."
Jiang Huo calmly sat down at the table, picked up a piece of steamed bun and bit it, reminding Jiang Chun: "By the way, dad will also entertain the Mongolian envoys today, right?"
"How do you know?"
"The envoys of Yuanmeng have made great efforts all the way, how could I not know? I said dad, you should focus on these serious things. If you only think about the merits of following the dragon all day long, the king will not be happy."
When Jiang Di said this, he gave up and asked: "Dad, do you know what the king cares about most before he becomes emperor?"
"What's the matter?"
"War." Jiang Huodao said: "Whether there is a war with the Song Dynasty or not, whether there is a war with the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties will fall on the head of the Yuan-Meng envoy."
Jiang Chun looked serious, nodded, and said: "Yes, the King of Qin is more concerned about not delaying official duties than the enthronement ceremony. It's just that I haven't understood this Mongolian envoy."
"Even the daughter knows, but the father doesn't?"
"I'm busy with official duties. You should talk to your father about it."
"Well, the envoy here this time is Zhao Liangbi. Zhao Liangbi once
After serving as the Xuanfu Secretary of Shaanxi and working with Lian Xixian, when the king regained Chang'an, he was responsible for carrying military and civilian supplies across the Yellow River and settling in Shanxi. It can be imagined that he is very familiar with Chang'an..."
When Mou Zhu came in with another bowl of steamed buns, she saw her husband leaning forward, listening carefully to his daughter's words, like a subordinate.
She shook her head and sighed slightly in her heart, thinking to herself what the use of her husband's being a Jinshi was.
"..."
"The deputy envoy Yelu Nainai is the great-grandson of King Yelu Liuge of Eastern Liao Dynasty."
"Yerunai Nainai?"
Jiang Di raised his hand and made a sign of "two" and continued: "His brother Yelugu is the general manager of all households on Guangning Road. He holds a golden tiger talisman and assists the kings in controlling Goryeo. He is a powerful figure in the Mongolian army today..."
"How did you know this?"
"It's not a secret." Jiang Huodao said, "My friend in the Military Intelligence Department distributed this information to all the officials responsible for welcoming it. Didn't dad receive it?"
"My father went to entertain the landlord yesterday."
"It turns out that the landlord has arrived in Chang'an, and my daughter will pay her a visit someday."
"Without further ado, let's talk about the purpose of Meng Yuan sending envoys here at this time."
Jiang Di finished eating the steamed bun, wiped his mouth, and said, "Why else? It's not like Dad couldn't think of it."
Jiang Chun realized that he was indeed used to asking his daughter and had forgotten to think alone. After pondering for a while, he asked again: "Then...how should we deal with it here?"
"Recently, the princes often discuss the current situation through the old events of Xixia, and talk about Li Yuanhao's strategy of relying on the Song and Liao, and uniting with the Liao to defeat the Song. Because we currently do not have the strength to face the combined offensive of the Song and Yuan, we must defeat them one by one, fight and make peace, and gradually expand.
.”
Jiang Chun didn't quite understand, and couldn't help but ask what it meant, so he could only nod in approval.
"How did your daughter's family deduce these?"
"What Qin Jiushao said to his daughter."
"Qin Gong?" Jiang Chun twisted his beard and said, "I met Qin Gong a few days ago. He seemed...not very talkative?"
Jiang Huo knew without guessing what Jiang Chun wanted to say. He must have put his hot face on Qin Jiushao's cold ass. A person like Qin Jiushao, who has a higher eye than his head, would never pay attention to a mediocre person like her father.
"Dad, you don't need to pay attention to him. Old Qin is used to being praised by others. If you scold him, he will become talkative.
"How unbecoming is this?"
"My daughter has gone to the Yamen."
Jiang Huo finished his bowl of soup, put his official hat on his head, and walked out.
"By the way, Dad, don't pay too much attention to my gossip. Qin Jiushao's analysis of government affairs is always wrong..." "Wrong?" Jiang Chunyu sat there and murmured, "I think Mr. Qin is right.
…”
Previously, the Song court only sent a doctor from the Ministry of Etiquette to see Li Xia, because the court emphasized the etiquette of respect and inferiority.
Kublai Khan was different and directly sent important ministers like Zhao Liangbi.
It can be seen that the Mongols really suffered a loss in the Western Regions and could not spare any effort to retaliate, so they immediately sent envoys. This is "fear of power but not morality". They do not think that paying too much attention to Li Xia will be embarrassing, and they do not talk about those false claims.
Talk only about interests.
"We will give you one hundred thousand taels of silver and one hundred thousand bolts of silk as annual coins, hand over Xiliji, the Mongolian traitor who proclaimed himself Khan in Liupan Mountain, and return the jade seals of Jiu Fang Bai Guo and Meng Ge Khan. As long as you agree to these conditions, His Majesty the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty is willing to
I will grant you the title of King of Anxi, and from now on I will no longer raise troops to conquer..."
Zhao Liangbi arrived in front of Li Xia and quickly put forward the conditions of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
He was a Jurchen, whose real surname was "Shu Yaojia", which was incorrectly pronounced as "Zhao Jia", so he took Zhao as his surname. He was a Jinshi in the Jin Dynasty. He was talented and learned, and was highly relied upon by Kublai Khan.
After hearing this request, Li Xia did not express his position. It was Wu Ze who spoke up.
"It's ridiculous. My king has now conquered Xingqing Mansion. The army has regained the Hetao and invaded Yanjing. It's just around the corner. How can he accept such a peace treaty?! As for the King of Anxi? It's even more ridiculous. Why don't I tell you that my king is ready for everything.
That is the position of the Emperor."
Zhao Liangbi was not surprised but overjoyed. He shook his sleeves, stepped forward, and said to Li Xia: "In that case, as long as you agree to our conditions, His Majesty the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty may recognize your throne and marry the princess...
"
As the prefect of Chang'an, Jiang Chun was also receiving
In the ranks of envoys,
Currently standing in the lobby.
He listened to this, thought of the conversation with his daughter this morning, and analyzed the situation in his mind.
Zhao Liangbi's conditions sounded ridiculous at first, but when you think about it carefully, they are actually very beneficial to both parties.
Kublai Khan did not want to start a war for the time being, but wanted to provoke a war between the King of Qin and the Song Dynasty, and extorted benefits to stabilize his position.
The King of Qin could not withstand the combined offensive of Song and Yuan, so he could first start fighting with the Song court to determine the throne by giving up part of the benefits to Kublai Khan.
Looking back at the diplomacy of the past six months, it can be confirmed that Kublai Khan has successfully separated the King of Qin and the Song court.
Because Song Ting jumped into the trap too eagerly, it was impossible to stop the conspiracy.
The war is shifting from between the King of Qin and Mongolia to between the King of Qin and the Song Dynasty.
In this case, Meng Yuan became the party that reaped the benefits, sometimes blackmailing the Song court, sometimes blackmailing the King of Qin.
Back then, this was how the Liao State instigated Xixia and the Song Dynasty, and this was how the Xixia State used the Liao State to become emperor and defeat the Song Dynasty...
Jiang Chun thought about it and found that the conditions given by Kublai Khan were actually the best way out at the moment.
And Qin Jiushao had already guessed all this.
Jiang Chun was amazed, secretly thinking that observing history can indeed make people wise...
For the fastest update, please enter -M..COM- in your browser to view