Liao envoy Yelvpo came again with the credential of the Liao emperor.
In the months without negotiations, Xiao Ying, the deputy privy councilor of the Liao State, Yang Yijie, the deputy privy envoy, and Yelvshou, the military commander of the Shiping Army, successively came to Zhending Mansion to pay homage to Zhang Yue, and received many gifts.
Zhang Yue also asked his subordinates Cai Bian, Cai Jing, Chen Mu, Xu Xi, Tong Guan and others to go to Yuzhou and Xijing in turn. Chen Mu even met the Lord of Liao, Yelu Hongji himself.
Yelu Hongji personally asked Chen Mu about the boundary demarcation and conveyed his greetings to his nephew Emperor Song Dynasty officials.
This also corroborates the previously obtained information that Yelu Hongji, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, was indeed in Xijing and did not even go to the Spring Nabo Conference.
As for whether Lord Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dynasty was in Xijing planning the southern expedition, no one knew.
No one dares to guess.
This is completely different from the analysis that Zhang Yue had communicated to the emperor in advance, and the Liao Kingdom's path was uncertain, leading to internal instability.
Yelu Hongji stayed in Xijing for half a year, showing an attitude of being determined to win.
Anyway, this matter was reported to Bianjing, which worried the officials so much that they stayed up all night, and then issued a decree to Zhang Yue, asking him to seek peace with the Khitan.
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Longzhu said: "We must fight. Tomorrow Zhi Zheng (Zhang Yue) and tomorrow he and Yu Ru (Han Zhen) will negotiate with the Liao envoy! You will come forward."
After finishing speaking, Li Ping took out a document from the Liao Kingdom to the Song Ning Dynasty. It said: "In the northwest of Tianchizi, I passed through Henglingzi and passed a Bichuozi tree. Its south boundary is about eight miles away." .
Responsible for the specific negotiations is Xiao Ying, deputy privy councilor.
Yelu Po said: "They Song people have weakly occupied your territory of Xiaoliao. Your emperor wanted to have diplomatic relations between the two countries for a long time, so he asked you to separate. If the separation is successful, there will be no fighting all the way."
What is shameful? Everyone present saw it.
Li Ping smiled at Xiao Yingsu and said, "Your envoy said so little. One of them is verbal evidence, but there is no written evidence."
There is a problem in delaying this for some time.
Yelu Po was really embarrassed when he sent an envoy, and Long Zhu was ashamed of the cavalry on Xihe Road for showing off his troops to me. When he said those words today, he had been grudges for a long time.
Because Tianchi will not belong to Tianchi in the future, the Liao Kingdom suddenly brought it up for negotiation, but it must be paved the way, otherwise it will look very shameful.
Just at this moment, the Liao negotiating delegation arrived. Yelu Hongji, Yelu Po's representative, handed over the credentials of the Emperor of Liao and put forward more stringent conditions.
Whether to negotiate or to continue, the process must be completed. The Liao State immediately produced eight pieces of evidence that Tianchi belonged to the Liao State.
I dare to say those words now, not because I have paid attention to the soldiers and horses transferred from Xihe Road in the Song Dynasty.
Cai Bian Kekai imagined that once the new conditions of the Liao Kingdom came out, he would be criticized by the approving faction in the court.
Longzhu said: "The Khitans may not be able to win. Even if they win, their Emperor Taizong once came to rule the Central Plains, and he still went back."
Longzhu was the first to propose that Longzhu accept the conditions of the Liao envoy, but I also know that Zhuge Liang is of no use in doing things beforehand. At that time, it was time to proudly blame Cai Bian, but he should face the problem.
The subsequent memorial to the officials thoroughly analyzed the pros and cons of the situation, and ruined several cars with my words. Now I really want to explain less.
Yelvpo said: "If it's broken, I must tell you. They also use your outer moji, which is the one you can open at the front!"
Cai Jing and Li Ping were both impressed with their admiration, but they were worried that the delay would be too long.
The next day, Song and Liao negotiated, and Long Zhuqiu was very unhappy when he saw whether Long Zhu was present.
At this time, Xixia Prime Minister Liang Yimi followed a small army of 70,000 to Tiandu Mountain.
Xiao Ying gave eight reasons for proposing the ownership of Tianchi. One was that the Shunyi Army of the Liao Kingdom had requested the Song Dynasty to repair the Tianchi Temple. If Tianchi belonged to the Liao Kingdom, why did the Liao Kingdom send this note?
Seeing Li Ping produce written evidence, the Khitan envoys present all made a mistake.
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Historically, Yelu Deguang, the leader of the Liao Dynasty, destroyed the former Jin Dynasty and even took over Bianjing. However, he failed to secure the throne and ended in victory.
That time, even Zhang Yue became angry and said: "The words from the pavilion are convincing, how can you explain it like this?"
That time, the Liao State brought a formal request with a letter of credence, and the Song Dynasty ceded the seven lands by demarcating boundaries. Therefore, it was reasonable for Cai Bian to ask officials to respond with a letter of credence.
This is also a side effect of the conflict between different opinions, and the country's small political affairs are prone to swing from right to left.
Now Liang Yimi is coming with his troops to take revenge!
This strategy of the Liao Kingdom is very common in the negotiation field.
Cai Bian felt a chill in his heart after reading the official's instructions.
A person is like that, and a country is like that. We must keep walking on the path we have chosen.
At this moment, Cai Bian sincerely lamented that those who succeed in trivial matters must lack strategic determination. That is empty talk.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhang Yue asked.
In fact, thinking is all about thinking, that is a certain thing.
There was still a war, so Zhang Yue planned to defeat Bianjing.
When Cai Bian spoke, Cai Jing had already spoken out: "Shangguan thinks that talking like that is just a word! When things are urgent, it's easy to do it right!"
Yelupo smiled slightly when he heard this but thought to himself, if the emperor of the Song Dynasty had only used people like him, it would be easy to defeat Bianjing.
During the Eighth Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, Hengling was roughly defined as the boundary, and Tianchi was to the north of Hengling.
News came that the Xuanfu Division in Zhending Mansion was in chaos.
Secondly, King Yi of Khitan once led a hundred tribesmen to graze here for more than half a year, and no Song people had any objections.
Seeing Cai Bian reading a book, Cai Jing asked worriedly: "Prime Minister Xuan, how will the officials deal with this?"
Xiao Yingruo defended himself: "The Hengling mentioned at that time was not the Hengling mentioned today."
Nawai was attacked by Cai Bian and Wang Shao in the eighth year of Xining, and even the Tiandu Mountain Palace was burned down.
Yelupo said with a warm smile: "The Khitan people are the ones who decide to beat us, and the Song people are the ones who count. You guys, think about it for a while, and beg for peace in a few days, that's all."
At that time, the officials also knew about this, and Zhang Yue said to Long Zhu: "May I ask Xianggong Zhang, how should I talk to the Liao envoy tomorrow?"
Cai Jing and Li Ping were surprised when they heard this and said: "This plan is a small kindness!"
It is expected that Cai Bian, with his official temperament, would attach great importance to the appearance of the emperor. It is a very honorable thing to be recorded in the annals of history. I must be determined again and feel that it is worse to be soft and hard on the Khitan in the negotiations, so I will temporarily urge Cai Bian to negotiate peace.
"On the contrary, you have no written evidence that Tianchi belongs to the Song Dynasty."
"You guys are trying it out. Are their horses and soldiers on Xihe Road slow? Are their horses slow and their swords sharp?"
But the problem is that once the certificate of credence is issued, it does not leave a written record. It will be written into history in the future.
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The side continued to exert pressure and at the same time put forward more stringent conditions than before, which shook the confidence of the negotiators and was criticized by those who applauded it.
After everyone heard what Zhang Yue said, they had no confidence at all, so they considered themselves the losers.
Cai Bian returned to the study, and Cai Jing and Li Ping came with a worried look on his face.
"You should go down and fight with the officials over this matter."
We knew that we couldn't change things with words, and the officials wanted us to show our attitude.
That is to add the ownership of Tianchi to the original disputed ownership of the boundaries of the four places.
After saying that, Longzhu stood up and left.
Longzhu said: "This matter is difficult. We cannot ask the officials to give us a letter of credence as a formal reply to the Liao people's demarcation of the border!"
