Chapter 300 Daqing Hall
The Daqing Palace, whether it was Zhao Gou, the current saint Zhao Xing, or the left prime minister Wang Huai, the right prime minister Tang Situi, the Xin king Zhao Yu and other ministers, were all standing in the palace of the Daqing Palace, facing the dragon throne at the head of the hall and the three Jin envoys on both sides, performing the courtesy of the ministers.
The three envoys of the Xia Kingdom: Su Zhiyi, Han Daochong, and Ren Lei, were also standing in the hall and saluting to the three envoys of the Jin Kingdom: the Left Chief of the Shangshu Shi Liezhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Zhang Xuansu, and the Censor An Yanjing.
Although the Southern Song Dynasty no longer had to surrender to the Jin Dynasty since the Longxing Peace Agreement and Wei Qi's envoy to the Jin Dynasty, it was changed to Song, and the relationship between the two emperors of Jin was uncle and nephew.
But even so, after the Jin people's mission arrived, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and others still needed to salute the three men holding the Jin emperor and Wanyan Yongqing congratulated the Song Dynasty's decree and receive the order to show their respect for the Jin people.
After Zhao Xing held the will of the Jin Dynasty in his hands and handed it to Wang Deqian next to him with great seriousness and caution, the Jin people slowly walked down from the head of the Daqing Hall and sat down on the chair that had been prepared long ago next to him.
After the three of them sat upright, Zhao Xing bowed again at this time, and then ascended the dragon throne that symbolized his throne and had just been sat by the Jin envoy.
Wang Huai, Tang Situi and other ministers stood in two groups on both sides of the Daqing Hall, looking down at their toes one by one. No one could know what they were thinking about at this moment.
Shi Liezhi glanced over the officials of the Song Dynasty, and then looked at the three envoys of the Xia Kingdom who were also standing. With a sneer and pride on his face, he pointed to the other three chairs beside him, signaling the envoys of the Xia Kingdom to sit down before he said to Zhao Sheng on the dragon throne and Zhao Gou opposite him: "I guess you have heard of it. My envoys of the Jin Kingdom lost five people when I was on the land route at Jiaxing Inn."
Zhao Gou stroked his beard and pondered without saying a word. His eyes swept over Zhao Xing on the dragon throne, then swept over Shi Liezhi and others, and then moved to the officials of the Song Dynasty. In his mind, Wang Lun took the five clothes of three men and two women from Hening Chu Ye Qing's hand last night.
"Is there any envoy, Lord Shi, I wonder who is missing in your country?" Wang Huai raised his head and asked in front of Shi Liezhi.
"Oh? You asked very well." Shi Liezhi glanced at Zhao Gou who was pondering and continued, "These five people are the uncles of the emperor of your country. The emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom gave you the gifts. After the New Year's Day, your prince's wedding was a wedding. So to express his congratulations, I, the Great Jin Emperor, specially selected five strange people. I wanted to surprise my great nephew, but unfortunately, I lost it in Jiaxing. Who did you think this was done?"
As Shi Liezhi spoke, his eyes looked at Zhao Sheng, who had a slightly ashen face. He spoke up with a nephew. Not only Wang Huai and others had extremely ugly faces, but Zhao Gou, who had always been so cunning and worldly, had a very embarrassing look at this time.
When Zhao Xing sat on the dragon throne, he had long lost the majesty that he should have as an emperor on weekdays. On the surface, he looked no different from usual, but he felt everything in his heart. Sitting on the dragon throne seemed to be sitting on a sea of swords and fire, which made him extremely uncomfortable.
"Your country lost people by itself, which means that your country's soldiers are incompetent, or are the so-called strange people unwilling to be used by your country?" Liang Kejia asked with a sneer.
Today, the face of the Song Dynasty was lost in the Daqing Hall. Faced with repeated humiliation by the Jin envoys, although he did not dare to attack in public in front of Zhao Gou and Zhao Sheng, a few cold words would not cause any disaster.
"You are right, I'm afraid I don't want to be used by me, Dajin. However, Dajin has always been a disobedient person, no matter whether he is a strange person or a reason or not, there are enough incompetent soldiers to make him honestly surrender. Although he lost this time, he will be so lucky to see him next time. If I catch him, then don't blame me Dajin for being rude to these disobedient things." Although Shi Liezhi was answering the words of the Liang Ke family, his eyes were swaying back and forth on Zhao Gou and Zhao Sheng, and the threat and humiliation between his words were obvious.
"you……."
The Liang Ke family didn't want Shi Liezhi to compare them to things. When they were about to question, they saw Zhao Gou, who was sitting on the chair, waved his hand and said in a calm tone: "Whether Lord Shi brought the emperor's gift this time or not, I appreciate this intention. The Jiaxing incident was just a few talented people and strangers. As long as Lord Shi and all the distinguished guests are safe and sound, I will feel at ease. Lord Shi, please feel at ease. When you return to your country, I promise you that this will never happen again."
"Oh? So, you seem to be very clear about this?" Shi Liezhi looked at Zhao Gou with a playful smile and asked.
Zhao Gou did not seem a little angry because of Shi Liezhi's rude questioning, but still said in a friendly manner: "Before the envoys arrived in Lin'an, Jiaxing Prefecture had already reported it to me urgently, so I naturally knew it very well."
Zhao Gou's words were ambiguous, and Shi Liezhi was not sure about it for a moment. Is this matter secretly sent someone to do it?
Shi Liezhi looked at Zhao Gou with a playful smile again, and then continued to ask quietly: "So... how do you guarantee that this will not happen again on our way back to my Dajin?"
Zhao Xing, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was still quite nervous at this time, afraid that the Jin envoy would suddenly attack Zhao Gou. After all, he knew better than anyone else. What was the surprise that the Jin man Shi Liezhi said was better, and he knew better. How those surprises were lost and who stolen them.
So at this moment, he felt more grateful and admired Zhao Gou.
When Zhao Gou wanted to take charge of the Imperial City Office with his own hands, although he didn't say anything on the surface, he still felt unhappy about Zhao Gou, asking for this yamen that had lost a great effect.
Although he knew at that time that Zhao Gou wanted to take the Imperial City Office, Zhao Xing never thought that the Jin people would bring the Zhao Song royal family from the north twice in a row in such a short time.
Of course, he did not expect that the Imperial City Department, which was under the charge of his father Zhao Gou for only a few months, would undergo a qualitative change in a short period of time.
Moreover, whether it was the Sizhou trip or the Jiaxing trip, the Imperial City Department made the two misunderstandings to the point where they were perfect and impeccable, so that the Jin people could not find even a slight flaw.
Zhao Xing, sitting on the dragon throne, was full of admiration for Zhao Gou's vision and scheming at this time. He also had a hint of curiosity and urge to explore the Imperial City under Zhao Gou's command to be able to silently and simply and effectively resolve the humiliation of the Jin people.
Of course, the young commander of the Imperial City Division was able to control the entire Imperial City Division in a short period of time, and knew all the actions of the Jin people. This naturally made him feel more interested and curious. He wanted to meet what kind of young man Ye Qing, who had met in Deshou Palace last time, was.
Just as he was thinking about his concern, Zhao Gou in the hall responded calmly in the face of Shi Liezhi's question: "When your country is back, in order to avoid this happening again, I naturally plan to send heavy troops to protect you all the way back to the other side of the Huai River, so I dare to make such a guarantee."
Shi Liezhi looked at Zhao Gou who was calm and laughed. There was a hint of dissatisfaction and helplessness in his laughter.
Zhao Gou was obviously secretly suggesting that he knew clearly, but he had no trouble with Shi Liezhi and others. Moreover, Zhao Gou's answer completely covered up his true meaning of the words that when the Jin people's delegation returned, it would not happen again.
This made Shi Liezhi feel helpless and angry, and he feels like he has nowhere to vent.
The envoys of the Xia people watched Zhao Gou talk to Shi Liezhi throughout the whole process, and never spoke from beginning to end. At this time, when he saw Shi Liezhi's eyes glance, he immediately stood up and said proudly: "The Emperor of the Song Dynasty should not be too favorable to one or the other, right? Since the envoys of the Shang Kingdom returned, you sent heavy troops to escort him, what's wrong with me, Xia people? Are you not worthy of the Song Dynasty to escort him?"
"Why, Daxia has always been known for its strong army and horses. Are you afraid of encountering any unexpected happenings on the road? Or do you also lose something on the way here?" Wang Huai said again.
Zhao Gou, who was standing beside him, smiled at Shi Liezhi without saying a word, as if he had not heard the words of the Xia envoy.
Shi Liezhi also looked at Zhao Gou with a smile on his face, and the mockery in his eyes became increasingly intense.
"Is it strong or not? Is it true that Wang Xiang knows whether the soldiers are strong or not? When the Song Dynasty fought against me, Daxia, there were fewer victories and more losses, right? So, in the eyes of the envoys of the Shangguo Kingdom, aren't your heavy troops like waste? What's the use? I, Daxia, isn't it rare?" The envoy of the Xia people, Ren Lei, sneered.
He was specially named by the Jin Dynasty and asked him to go on a mission to the Song Dynasty. Xia State, as a vassal state of the Jin Dynasty, had just been closed by the Jin Dynasty a few days ago.
Because in the eyes of the Jin people, the Xia people always exchanged their useless jewelry for their silk cotton and other items, which was equivalent to using useless things to exchange for their useful things. So they closed the security guard in anger. The two major towns in Lanzhou made Xia Guo unable to exchange for the things the royal family wanted now with jewelry.
The reason why he was named by the Jin people and followed the other two to the Song Dynasty was because the Jin people wanted to use him to monitor the other two envoys of the Xia Kingdom so that the Xia Kingdom would take this opportunity to secretly reach certain transactions with the Song Dynasty.
"It is naturally the best not to be careless. I just don't know that your father Ren Dejing is fine now in Xia Kingdom? Is your sister okay?" Wang Huai continued to ask with a sneer.
Ren Lei's face changed instantly, but soon returned to normal. He looked at Wang Huai and snorted: "If you are worried about Wang, your father's health is very strong and strong. Of course, you don't have to worry about Concubine Ren."
Looking at Wang Huai's sarcastic smile, Ren Lei's face became increasingly ugly.
Chapter completed!