The Liao envoy was filled with joy after accepting the Dongzhu, and immediately said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, if you need help from me, I will do my best."
Zhang Yue said: "Let's talk about it later."
When the Liao envoy met Zhang Yue, he did not mention any conditions, and felt that he was reliable. Prime Minister Zhang was right to ask me to come to Zhang Yue to handle the matter this time.
The Liao envoy said: "Since Mr. Zhang is so generous, I will immediately send a confidant back to report the news to the Prime Minister and the King of Wei. I am afraid that if His Majesty the Liao State loses patience and sends a large army to enter the country to important people, it will destroy the country." An agreement between our two parents-in-law."
Zhang Yue said: "Of course."
"But before that, I would like to ask Xianggong Zhang to let me meet Yelu Chun."
Zhang Yue thought that the other party's request was reasonable, and now Yelu Chun didn't have much intelligence value, so he agreed.
The Liao envoy immediately took Dongzhu into his pocket and left happily to see Yelu Chun.
When the two met, they hugged each other and cried. However, Yelu Chun, who had always looked worried, felt better after seeing the other party, stopped going on hunger strike, and started eating.
After meeting Yelu Chun, the Liao envoy immediately sent a letter to his confidants to Yanjing. Zhang Yue mobilized more than a hundred Song troops to escort him.
Afterwards, Zhang Yue ordered Tong to penetrate inside.
Tong Guan listened to Zhang Yue's words with a cautious look on his face. Zhang Yue gave a brief summary of the people sent by Liao Prime Minister Zhang Xiaojie. He pointed at the box and Dongzhu said to Tong Guan: "This is a gift from Liao Prime Minister Zhang Xiaojie. If I don't accept these Dongzhu, they are afraid that I won't do the work, so they accept them first."
"You will seal it after a while, and then send your confidants to deliver it to His Majesty Bianjing."
After saying this, Zhang Yue opened the box and showed it to Tong Guan. Tong Guan's eyes widened when he saw the nearly a hundred dong beads the size of pigeon eggs in the box.
This is an instinct of human nature.
If you see anything golden and dazzling, you won't be able to take your eyes off it.
Tong Guan is no exception.
Zhang Yue saw Tong Guan's expression in his eyes and smiled. There were more than a hundred pills in the box, but he had divided a lot of them among Liao Envoys, otherwise Tong Guan would have been even more shocked.
Zhang Yue immediately scooped up a large handful of Dongzhu from the box and handed it to Tong Guan, saying, "These are yours. Send the rest to the capital."
Tong Guan was immediately moved when he saw Zhang Yue's move. This handful was worth at least two to three thousand guan. He, Tong Guan, had been working in the palace for many years and had not earned this kind of money.
Tong Guan thought of this and said: "Xianggong Zhang, in my opinion, Xianggong can take this pearl for himself and there is no need to send it to the capital."
"Why?"
Tong Guandao said: "Now Yelu Chun has a lot of rare things to live in. Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie are willing to take the initiative to contact Mr. Xian to discuss the matter, so they can come up with a solution that has the best of both worlds. If I tell His Majesty, the matter will not be explained clearly."
Zhang Yue said nothing when he heard this.
Tong Guan took a step closer and said: "Actually, as long as my husband has completed your majesty's errands, the palace will not pursue any property. My husband also needs to support his confidants and let people do things. There is no harm in taking this Dongzhu for himself."
Zhang Yue nodded.
Making the Song-Liao Treaty without telling the emperors of the two countries was the best way to resolve the matter at present. At the same time, Yelv Chun's affairs should not be made public. Once made public, his value will be lost.
He had already had a plan in his heart, but when he came to Tong Guan, he wanted to use his mouth to express what he wanted to say.
Zhang Yue said: "What Tao Fu said makes sense."
After speaking, Zhang Yue scooped up a handful of Dongzhu and put it into a deerskin bag on the side and handed it to Tong Guan, saying, "Then take it."
Tong Guan was also shocked. When had he ever seen Zhang Yue use such methods to save money? He just gave away these four to five thousand Dongzhu.
Tong Guan gritted his teeth and said immediately: "Thank you, Xianggong Zhang. From now on, Tong's life will be yours."
Zhang Yue nodded when he heard this.
Over at Yelu Yixin in the Liao Kingdom, Zhang Xiaojie was worried about contacting Zhang Yue this time, if Zhang Yue showed any refusal or was in any difficult situation. Then they could only report to the Lord of Liao and send a large army directly into Daizhou, and Zhending Mansion would forcefully ask for people from the Song Dynasty.
By then the Song-Liao War was about to break out.
The Lord of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Hongji, gave Yelu Yixin a time limit to resolve the matter. If he failed to deliver, Yelu Yixin would also be to blame. So at the most difficult time for Yelu Yixin and others, the envoy who went to see Zhang Yue brought them good news.
Yelu Yixin couldn't wait to read the letter, and first confirmed that Yelu Chun was safe and sound.
At the same time, the letter said that Zhang Yue is a very reliable and trustworthy person (who takes money to do things).
He advised King Wei to talk to him about anything.
Yelu Yixin read the letter and asked Zhang Xiaojie, "Do you think this letter is reliable?"
Zhang Xiaojie said: "This letter is reliable. It contains my secret plan, which means it was not written under the coercion of the Song Dynasty people."
Yelu Yixin breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "The Prime Minister still has a way."
Zhang Xiaojie said: "I guess that Zhang Yue has already figured out Yelu Chun's identity earlier, so he accepted the box of Dongzhu with money to reassure us. If he accepts Dongzhu, he is in the same boat with us. If he doesn't accept it, he will not be in the same boat." ."
Yelu Yixin nodded and said: "Whether it's you Han people or us Khitan people, this is the same principle. So what should we do next?"
Zhang Xiaojie said: "Now Zhang Yue knows that Yelu Chun is a good place to live, so we have to give in to the terms, both openly and privately."
Yelu Yixin was thinking about how to ask Zhang Yue to do things, so he asked: "Is this Zhang Yue better? I will send twenty beautiful women each from Goryeo, Jurchen, Shiwei, Khitan, and Han to his house." ."
Zhang Xiaojie laughed and said: "King Wei, let's put the matter of women's sex aside for the time being."
Just then, a man hurriedly came in and said, "King Wei, there is an urgent military situation in the Xia Kingdom. Your Majesty wants you to go and discuss it immediately?"
"What military situation?"
Yelu Yixin asked.
"The envoy from the State of Xia came to report that they fought a decisive battle with the Song army at Taoshui River last month. They drowned and killed a hundred thousand Song troops, broke into dozens of places in the city, and seized countless grain and grass. However, they also lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Now let Your Majesty Come forward to mediate the dispute between Song and Xia."
Yelu Yixin asked: "Where is Liang Yi? How many cities of the Song Dynasty have been captured?"
"Not one."
Yelu Yixin immediately stood up and said: "The Xia Kingdom turned defeat into victory! How miserable was this defeat? Could it be that the generations after Li Yuanhao and Li Liangzuo are not as good as the previous generation?"
The other party said: "I don't know, but it seems that they were defeated miserably. The envoy of the Xia Kingdom said that Liao and Xia are dead and their teeth are cold. Once the Xia Kingdom is defeated, the Han people will use all their strength to deal with the Khitan. I am afraid that the sixteen states of Yanyun will not be protected by then!"
Yelu Yixin said: "This is not unreasonable. Okay, please step back. I will go later."
…
Yelu Yixin put it on immediately. As for Zhang Xiaojie, although he was the prime minister, the Lord of Liao generally did not consult him on major military and state affairs.
Seeing Yelu Yixin looking worried.
Zhang Xiaojie said with a smile: "Your Majesty will summon the King of Wei to discuss peace with Song Dynasty. Now that Song Zheng is in power, if you don't interrupt at this moment, wouldn't it only encourage your arrogance? Just ask for a decisive battle with Song Dynasty!"
Yelu Yixin was shocked when he heard this: "You and I are planning to make peace with Song Yan, but why do you want me to take the lead in the battle?"
Zhang Xiaojie smiled and said: "Your Majesty is suspicious by nature. If you talk about peace, he will definitely want to fight. If you talk about war, he will be worried. Just listen to me and do it. It will definitely be good."
(End of chapter)
