The fifth and fifth chapters Daqing Hall situation II
Hundreds of officials, high and low, returned to their respective positions, and civil and military ministers had their own trains. But Su Jin had nowhere to go. He didn't know where he should be, and no one told him, so he had to stand at the last position near the entrance of the palace;
The door was well ventilated, but in this winter season, ventilation may not be a good thing. After a while, Su Jin's legs were so cold from the cold, and his upper and lower teeth began to chatter.
Finally, a chamberlain came out of the side hall gate and stood on the steps under the throne, shouting: "The emperor has arrived!"
Su Jin braced himself, stretched out his head to look, and saw two guards raising the curtain of the left side hall passage high. One of them was wearing a sky-high crown and a yellow dragon robe covered with crimson gauze and silk, and they walked out slowly.
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All the officials knelt on the ground. After Zhao Zhen ascended the throne and sat down, they all kowtowed and shouted: "Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"
Zhao Zhen smiled, waved his hands and said: "You all love me!"
All the officials stood up one after another and stood up. Zhao Zhen said: "Give Prime Minister Lu a seat!"
The chamberlain brought a brocade stool and placed it at the top of his left hand. After Lu Yijian came out to thank him, Shi Shiran sat on the brocade stool.
Zhao Zhen glanced at the ministers of His Highness, and saw Su Jin standing at the bottom from a distance, with a smile on his face, he looked away and said: "My dear friends, if you have anything to discuss today, please come forward and ask for it. It will be announced soon."
Now that the discussion is over, I have a few more things to ask you to discuss."
All the ministers knew very well and understood what Zhao Zhen was talking about in the court discussion.
After a brief silence, an official from the train on the right stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Du Yan, has something to report."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Du Aiqing, what's the matter?"
Du Yan said: "The director of the ceremonial chamber of the Privy Council reported that the Liao State sent an official letter, saying that in the near future, the general will send envoys with credentials to pay homage to our emperor. Please give me your permission."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "The Liao people just arrived in winter last year, and now they send people here again. What is their purpose? Can the official letter explain the reason?"
Du Yan said: "Your Majesty, the official letter did not mention it. I have ordered Qian Chen, the hostess of the hostess, to find out the response. I thought there was no need to worry about it. It is nothing more than a courtesy between host and guest.\\..\\"
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "The envoys of Liao are different from each other. The etiquette for welcoming them should comply with the national system and treat them with grand etiquette. They can go to Honglu Temple to receive them with full authority. When the envoys arrive, they can be led to the court to deliver them to the country.
Book."
Du Yan bowed and said: "I obey the order." After saying that, he turned around and stepped back. Suddenly someone came out of the official row on the right and said: "Your Majesty, I have objections to this matter."
Zhao Zhen was stunned and said: "Chen Aiqing, what are your objections?"
This man is tall and thin, with a slim appearance. He is Chen Zhizhong, deputy envoy to the privy council. He is also a veteran of two dynasties. He was just promoted from the Qingzhou prefecture last year and returned to Beijing to serve as deputy envoy to the privy council.
"I am in charge of the defense of the east and west roads of Hebei Province. Recently, I received a report from the east road of Hebei Province. There is a gathering of Liao soldiers and horses in the Beigu Jinguan Pass of Bazhou and Waqiao Pass of Xiongzhou. It seems that there is something unintended. I think this is the connection.
When people from the Liao Dynasty come to envoy, there may be trouble."
Zhao Zhen said in astonishment: "How come Privy Du didn't mention this matter?"
Du Yan glanced at Chen Zhizhong curiously and said: "Your Majesty, what Deputy Envoy Chen said has indeed been reported, but it happened from time to time when the Liao people mobilized troops and horses on the border, so there is no need to make a fuss; north of Waqiao Pass
This is a place belonging to the Liao people. They deploy troops and horses to station at the border, just like our troops stationed at Hebei East Road, Baoding and Xin'an. It is an extremely common thing, and Deputy Ambassador Chen is a little surprised."
Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "That's true, but we need to be careful and monitor strictly."
Du Yan said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that nothing will happen."
Chen Zhizhong said coldly: "I don't think so. This time it seems to be different from usual. The generals leading the troops of the Liao people are Yelu Zongyuan, the emperor's brother of the Liao Kingdom, and general Xiao Hui. These two are famous generals of the Liao Kingdom. Then Yelu
Zong Yuan is the general marshal of the Liao Kingdom. It is said that the troops assembled this time include 50,000 elite palace troops and 100,000 tribal troops. It can be seen that the coming force is menacing and must be guarded against."
The ministers took a breath. In the past, most of the troops stationed on the border between Liao and Song were tribal armies and Jingzhou armies. The so-called tribal armies were actually the retinues of princes, ministers and tribal leaders. The daily border guards of the Liao Kingdom recruited these troops.
The army is sent to guard, firstly to reduce their threat, and secondly, it can also give these princes and ministers an opportunity to make meritorious deeds; while the Jingzhou army is just a number of civilians, similar to rural warriors. They are large in number but can only be recruited in wartime, and their combat effectiveness is limited.
Not strong.
As the most elite palace guard army, they are the emperor's bodyguards. They are under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor. They are similar to the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty. Their equipment and combat power are superior to other arms. Their duty is to defend the capital and protect the emperor. Generally, they are not
In a large-scale campaign, these troops will never be transferred from the capital.
Now that the Liao Kingdom's 500,000 palace troops have transferred 50,000 to the leadership of Yelu Zongyuan, there is definitely something wrong here.
Zhao Zhen looked unkind and shouted: "Chen Aiqing, do you understand this matter?"
Chen Zhizhong said: "I just got the report last night. I planned to ask Privy Du to take a look at it early this morning, but Privy Du discussed other matters with Prime Minister Lu when he was in the court room, and I didn't have time to inform him."
Du Yan glared and said: "Deputy Ambassador Chen, this is your fault. You didn't come to inform me about such a big matter. Isn't this teaching me how to deal with the loss of authority in front of the emperor?"
Chen Zhizhong hurriedly said: "Privilege Du, don't be angry. It's your fault to be lowered."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "There may be something fishy about this matter. If the Liao people are like this, do they really want to use troops against the Song Dynasty? My dear friends, who can explain it to me?"
There was a buzz in the hall, and the ministers were talking one after another, each guessing the intentions of the Liao people. Zhao Zhen looked at everyone, his eyes fell on Yan Shu, and said: "Yan Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?"
Yan Shu stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, I think you don't need to pay too much attention to this."
Zhao Zhen said: "Oh? How do you say this?"
Yan Shu said: "The Liao people have an alliance with us, the Song Dynasty. It is absolutely impossible for them to use their troops brazenly without any warning. Moreover, if the Liao people intend to attack our country, the Song Dynasty, how can they send people to deliver official letters and order envoys to come to pay homage?"
, I think there must be other reasons; but it is unlikely that the two countries will go to war immediately."
Zhao Zhen nodded, feeling that what Yan Shu said made sense, and all the ministers in the court also nodded in agreement; if the Liao people had no intention of sending troops to embarrass the Song Dynasty, there was no need to worry, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot.
Lu Yijian gently stroked the white beard under his chin and nodded slightly. When he saw Zhao Zhen looking towards him, he coughed and stood up, turned around and scanned the whole place. Everyone stopped talking immediately and there was silence in the hall.
"Lu Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhao Zhen said.
"Your Majesty, I basically agree with what Yan Sansi said, but I have a few points to add." Lu Yijian spoke slowly, and continued without waiting for Zhao Zhen to ask: "I, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, signed an alliance with the Liao people in Chanzhou
, there has been no military war on the border between the two sides for nearly 40 years, and the two countries are also friendly, with envoys coming and going more than dozens of times every year. When the late emperor died, the whole country mourned the Liao leader and gathered the ministers of Fan and Han to mourn for several days.
From the concubine down, everyone is wet with tears. This is the result of decades of good relations between the two countries and is not a pretense."
Some of the ministers nodded silently, while others shook their heads slightly, disapprovingly.
"After Shengshan ascended the throne, he upheld the ambition of the late emperor to make peace with the Liao people, and never exceeded the agreement of Chanzhou. Although the leader of the Liao Dynasty changed, he did not break the agreement and use troops against the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the veteran thought that this move
There is no need to make a fuss; Your Majesty can wait until the Liao envoys arrive to inquire more and find out the reason."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "It makes sense, but it is not advisable to overreact, otherwise the Liao people may also be frightened, which will damage the good relations between the two countries, but just pay close attention to the border trends."
Lu Yijian said: "This is exactly what I meant. If I, the Song Dynasty, reacted too much and ended up being criticized by the Liao people, it would be hard to explain."
All the ministers nodded in agreement and breathed a sigh of relief. Yan Shu and Lu Yijian both said that the matter was fine, which gave Zhao Zhen and the ministers reassurance.
In the midst of the echoes, someone chuckled, the sound was very loud, the laughter was full of sarcasm, and it sounded unusually harsh.
Everyone turned to see who was laughing. Hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at the bottom of the hall. A young man wearing a blue official robe stood there nondescript. The smile on his face was not gone, and his hand was still covering his mouth.
lay down.
The person who laughed was Su Jin. Su Jin couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Lu Yijian said about the Chanzhou Alliance and the good friendship between the two countries. The Chanzhou Alliance is what is known in history as the Chanyuan Alliance.
As a liberal arts college student, Su Jin still had some impressions of this covenant. It was an out-and-out covenant that was humiliating and humiliating the country, but it was praised by these people without shame and displayed as an achievement. It was really hard not to laugh.
"My lord, is there anything funny about this?" Lu Yijian's face was as dark as water, and he asked coldly. He originally wanted to cause trouble for Su Jin today, but he didn't expect that before it was his turn, he jumped out and caused trouble.
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Su Jin didn't expect that everyone would be so sympathetic to his chuckle, and was caught off guard. Seeing Lu Yijian asking questions, he quickly suppressed the panic in his heart, raised his hands and saluted, "Your Majesty, Su Jin, has met Prime Minister Lu."
Lu Yijian said indifferently: "I know you are Su Jin. I am asking you why you are laughing. In the court hall, the monarchs and ministers are discussing national affairs, but you are here with a playful smile and a sarcastic look on your face. It is too inappropriate."
"Yes, yes, do you understand the rules?" Pang Ji, with a black beard and a big face, quickly agreed.
"I would like to ask Special Envoy Su, what did Prime Minister Lu and the Emperor say just now that made you so happy?" The dark and thin Du Yan also stared at Su Jin and angrily shouted.
Yan Shu and Ouyang Xiu secretly shook their heads and sighed. This Su Jin simply doesn't understand the rules. You should stand in a polite manner in the court. Before it's your turn to speak, you make sarcastic sounds. This is not to make yourself uncomfortable.
What?
Seeing Lu Yijian and others acting aggressively, Su Jin felt a little nervous and cursed himself why he laughed so loudly and caused trouble for no reason.
But looking at this, if you don’t give an explanation, these people will not let you go.dd