Zhao Liangsi, Li Shanqing and others left Liangshan and hurried all the way to Dengzhou.
Wang Shizhong, the magistrate of Dengzhou, hosted a banquet in honor of Zhao Liangsi, Li Shanqing and his entourage. That night, Zhao Liangsi, Li Shanqing and their entourage rested in Dengzhou.
On the second day, the Dengzhou magistrate Wang Shizhong sent dozens of sergeants to escort Zhao Liangsi, Li Shanqing and his party on a large ship to Liaodong.
This time, the ship did not go around the sea and crossed the Bohai Bay. It took only three days and three nights to reach the Liaodong coast.
The Jurchens had received the news in advance and knew that Cheng, the third-rank secretary of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Liangsi, the editor of Youwendian, accompanied by Li Shanqing, came to Liaodong by boat to discuss an alliance with the Jin Kingdom. The Kingdom of Jin paid great attention to Zhao Liangsi's envoy Jin and sent officials to wait at the seaside. Wanyan Wu Qimai, the government official of the Second State, was also entrusted by the great emperor Wanyan Aguda to make a special trip to Liaoyang Mansion in Liaodong to welcome the arrival of Zhao Liangsi and other Southern Dynasty envoys.
After Zhao Liangsi and his party arrived at the Liaodong coast, they were accompanied by Jin officials waiting on the shore and headed to Liaoyang Mansion. In the palace of Liaoyang Mansion, Wanyan Wu Qimai, the two ministers of the Jin Kingdom, met with Zhao Liangsi and other Southern Dynasty envoys.
After the two sides exchanged greetings, Wanyan Wu Qimai specifically said to Zhao Liangsi: "The Jin and Song Dynasties exchanged envoys, concluded an alliance, and jointly conquered the Liao Dynasty, which created a friendly relationship between the two countries. It is gratifying; however, between the two countries, In the process of our country's exchanges, there were some twists and turns, mainly manifested in your country's condescending attitude, regarding our country as a vassal, and your country's envoys to our country with the imperial edict of your country. Our country is very dissatisfied with this. The envoy's trip to our country this time can be Do you carry your country’s official credentials?”
The Great Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Kingdom was very displeased because he did not carry the credentials of the Song Dynasty the first two times. Therefore, after the two officials of the Jin Kingdom had exchanged greetings with Zhao Liangsi, they were most concerned about whether Zhao Liangsi had brought the credentials of the Song Dynasty. ? Whether to put the Kingdom of Jin on an equal footing. The reason why Wanyan Wu Qimai said this was to verify whether Zhao Liangsi carried official credentials so that he could proceed with the next steps.
Fortunately, Zhao Liangsi was fully prepared when he went to Jurchen this time. He not only brought his credentials, but also a personal letter written by Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji to Emperor Wanyan Aguda of Jin Dynasty.
Zhao Liangsi played a clever trick and wanted to whet Wanyan Wu's appetite for begging. Therefore, instead of taking out his credentials, he took out Zhao Ji's autographed letter and handed it to Li Shanqing, asking Li Shanqing to read it to Wanyan Wu for begging. .
Li Shanqing took the letter handed over by Zhao Liangsi, unfolded it, and read: "The Emperor of the Song Dynasty sent a special letter to the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and sent our secretary, Zhao Liangsi, to your country to discuss the alliance between the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty. Both parties agreed. All matters will be confirmed by our court, Zhao Liangsi, as the representative of the imperial court. I hope your country will contact you."
In the letter, Emperor Huizong's words were very fair. After listening to Wanyan Wu's letter, although he was satisfied with the content and words of Emperor Huizong's letter, there was a saying in it that "the emperor of Song Dynasty wrote a special letter to the emperor of Jin Dynasty", so he asked Li Shanqing He asked: "Is this the national document?"
Li Shanqing replied: "The political situation in the country was extremely fierce. This is a letter written by the emperor of the Song Dynasty, not a letter of credence."
When Wanyan Wu saw the beggar, he felt unhappy. Wanyan Wu was begging for money and thought that no matter how sincere and fair the Emperor of Song's words were, the letter was still a personal letter, not a formal letter of credence, and he still did not treat the Jin Kingdom with the etiquette between countries.
Wanyan Wu's face darkened as he begged to buy something, and he became unhappy.
Seeing this, Zhao Liangsi hurriedly said: "In the affairs of the two countries, in our dynasty, there is a saying that 'the shores of the land are not the king's ministers, and the whole world is the king's land.' In our dynasty, the Holy One is the country, and the country is the Holy One. In fact, I am a pilgrim. The handwritten letter is of a higher quality than the credential."
After Wanyan Wu Qimai heard the words, "Could the shore of the land be the royal ministers, and the whole world could be the royal soil", he was still unhappy, but he agreed with Zhao Liangsi's view of the relationship between the emperor and the country in the Southern Dynasties, and believed that it was indeed the case. , there is a letter written by the emperor of the Southern Dynasties, and the words are sincere and very clear. It is indeed a bit higher than the credential. Thinking about it this way, Wanyan Wu Qimai was not so entangled in whether he had credentials.
Zhao Liangsi saw that Wanyan Wu's expression improved when he was begging for money, so he hurriedly said: "The government of the two countries, in addition to the personal letter from the emperor of our country, I also brought a large number of gifts. This is not respectful, so please accept it."
Wanyan Wu Qimai heard this and said: "The envoy is here on behalf of the Song Dynasty. Since he is coming to discuss relevant matters on behalf of a country, it is the minimum etiquette to bring formal credentials. Envoy He did not bring formal credentials, but only a personal letter from the emperor of your country and some gifts. It seemed more like visiting relatives. In this case, how could the two sides discuss national affairs? When your country Hu Yanqing returned to the Song Dynasty, The Great Emperor of our country has repeatedly told us that when you send people to discuss the alliance again, you must bring official credentials. To this end, our country also specially sent Li Shanqing, the imperial official, to go with you, in order to implement the alliance between the two parties and jointly conquer the Liao Dynasty. This time, why did the envoy come without credentials? In this case, the two countries of Jin and Song can only talk about intention, and it is impossible to conclude a formal alliance. "
Zhao Liangsi saw that the people in the Jin Kingdom attached great importance to whether the Southern Dynasty imperial court had relations with them if they had letters of credence. He also whetted Wanyan Wu's appetite for begging, so he smiled and said, "What the government of the two countries said is absolutely true."
When Zhao Liangsi heard this, he smiled slightly and said: "What Erguozheng said is absolutely true. When I came this time, I not only brought an autographed letter from the emperor of our dynasty, but also a letter of credence. I just asked Erguozheng to see my autograph on the pilgrimage. This letter is just a greeting and a greeting, and here is the official letter of credentials."
With that said, Zhao Liangsi took out his credentials from his sleeve like a magic trick and handed it to Wanyan Wu to beg for money.
When Wanyan Wu Qimai saw Zhao Liangsi take out his credentials and hand them over, he quickly reached out and took them. When he opened them, he saw that they were all in Chinese, except for the red official seal of the Southern Dynasty, which was extremely conspicuous. Wanyan Wu was overjoyed and called Li Shanqing over. He handed Li Shanqing the credential of the Song Dynasty and asked, "Look, is this the credential of the Southern Dynasty?"
Li Shanqing took the credential of the Song Dynasty from Wanyan Wu Qingmai, looked at it, and said: "The political situation back home is extremely fierce, and this is the credential of the Southern Dynasty."
Wanyan Wu Qimai was overjoyed when he heard this. He took back the credentials of the Southern Dynasties from Li Shanqing, read them again and again, and then said to Zhao Liangsi: "Your Majesty has traveled thousands of miles across the sea, and the journey has been bumpy and hard. Your Majesty, please Let’s rest first, I will take care of the envoy and then discuss matters related to the alliance between the two countries.”
Immediately, Wanyan Wu Qimai arranged for Zhao Liangsi and his party to rest and hosted a banquet for them.
After the banquet, the two sides held their first formal talks.
Zhao Liangsi said: "I have been assigned by my pilgrims to come to your country to discuss the alliance. I wonder what your country's plans are?"
Wanyan Wu begged to say: "The signing of an alliance between the Jin and Song Dynasties to jointly conquer the Liao Dynasty is a thing that is beneficial to both countries. Da Jin is naturally very willing; however, the alliance between the Jin and Song countries was initiated by your country. Your envoy should come up with specific contents of the alliance so that both sides can negotiate on this item by item."
Zhao Liangsi said: "As for the specific content of the Song and Jin alliance, our court naturally has it. Generally speaking, it is an alliance between the two countries to jointly conquer the Liao Dynasty. Your country attacks from north to south, but it is not allowed to cross Songting and Gubei. South of Yuguan; our country attacks from south to north, and will not cross Songting or north of Gubei Yuguan."
Wanyan Wu Qimai laughed when he heard this and said: "Your envoy's words are concise and concise, but this discussion is too general. The two countries jointly attacked the Liao Dynasty, and there were many changes during the period. The offensive posture was not necessarily the same, and the territory and time occupied were not necessarily the same. How could it be done? Draw a boundary and not take the initiative to attack? If our country halts its troops south of Songting and Gubei Yuguan, and your country is still unable to capture the position, is it not possible to allow the Khitan to rest and recuperate and accumulate strength?"
Zhao Liangsi came with a complete plan. The key was that he had not seen Wanyan Aguda, so he did not explain the specific plan to Wanyan Wu in detail. Zhao Liangsi's idea was that if we want to talk about the specific and detailed content, we should wait until we see Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Great Jin Dynasty before talking about it, so that we can confirm it at once and avoid being passed around in the middle.
After hearing Wanyan Wu's begging words, Zhao Liangsi pondered for a moment and then asked: "I would like to ask for your opinion. Regarding the signing of an alliance between Song and Jin and the joint attack on Liao, whether the two countries' political affairs Do you have a complete plan? If this envoy negotiates with the two countries to agree on the content of the alliance, will it be effective?"
Zhao Liangsi first politely respected the Kingdom of Jin, and then attacked Wanyan Wu Qingmai. What he meant was that Wanyan Wu Qingmai said, does it count? Can you make the decision on some things?
Regarding Zhao Liangsi's words, Wanyan Wu Qingmai was not happy either.
Wanyan Wu was begging for money and thought, as the crown prince of the Jin Dynasty and the governor of the two countries, my words don't count. So, as a third-rank official of the Song Dynasty, can you become the home of the great emperor of your family?
Thinking of this, Wanyan Wu Qibian said: "The specific matters will naturally need to be discussed in detail, and the final decision will have to be made by the emperor of our country. However, when your envoy is sent to our country, have you also made the final decision on many details discussed by the alliance?"
Wanyan Wu begged to buy counter-general Zhao Liangsi's army.
Hearing this, Zhao Liangsi said: "I am sent as an envoy to your country with my handwritten letter on my pilgrimage. The identity and mission of my envoy have been explained in my handwritten letter on my pilgrimage. Since I have been ordered to go to your country as an envoy, The country naturally represents the official opinions of our DPRK, and what we say is naturally the official opinion of our DPRK."
Zhao Liangsi responded to Wanyan Wu's begging.
Wanyan Wu was at a loss for words while begging for money.
Zhao Liangsi said: "I want to see the great emperor of your country. Is it possible?"
Wanyan Wu begged to say: "The great emperor of our country is going out with his troops to attack the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing of Khitan. If the envoy has specific conditions, please tell me directly. I will be responsible for the affairs of the Jin-Song Alliance in our country."
After Zhao Liangsi heard that Yan Wu Qimai put gold in front of Song Dynasty when talking about the alliance, he felt unhappy and said: "My dynasty is a country in the Central Plains, an ancient civilization; your country has just been established, not long ago. Even if we are discussing an alliance, our country should be in front and your country in the back, and the name of the alliance concluded between the two parties should be called the Song-Jin Alliance."
After hearing this, Wanyan Wu Qimai said: "Your envoy's proposal is inappropriate. Although your country is a country in the Central Plains and has an ancient civilization, it was your country that came to our country to request an alliance after all. Therefore, the name of the alliance decided by both parties is naturally Jin is in front, Song is in the back.”
After Zhao Liangsi heard this, he smiled and said: "It is inappropriate to say this about the affairs of the two countries. Our country has a population of tens of millions and is a huge country. We must not be ranked behind in the ranking."
Wanyan Wu Qimai also smiled and said: "National alliances, no matter how big or small, mainly depends on which side is stronger. At present, it is your country that comes to our country to request an alliance, and it is not our country that goes to your country to request an alliance. If you want to discuss an alliance When it comes to matters, Jin should come first and Song should follow."
In the first round of negotiations between the two parties, differences first arose on the name of the alliance.
Zhao Liangsi saw that Wanyan Wu's begging could not be explained, and he did not want to get too entangled in this issue and delay the subsequent negotiations, so he thought about it and suggested: "In this alliance, it is for both parties to gain their own benefits. What both parties want is not that one party takes the initiative and the other party is passive. Since this alliance started from the sea and came across the sea, why not call it the Sea Alliance."
After hearing this, Wanyan Wu Qimai felt that it made sense, so he nodded and said, "Your envoy's proposal is a good one. If this alliance is successfully concluded, it will be called a Maritime Alliance."
At this point, the name of the alliance has been determined, and now it’s time to talk about the specific conditions.
Zhao Liangsi explained his conditions in detail.
After hearing this, Wanyan Wu Qimai said: "I have generally known what the envoy said, but to sign it in detail, it has to be confirmed by the emperor of our country. Therefore, the envoy Huanqing stayed here and waited for the emperor of our country. After conquering the Khitan capital, and returning in triumph, we will negotiate with the envoys in detail and sign a treaty."
Before coming to the Kingdom of Jin, Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji specifically asked Zhao Liangsi to seize the time to make money and strive to sign the alliance as soon as possible. The sooner the better. When Zhao Liangsi thought about this, where could he stay and wait until Wanyan Aguda conquered Dading Mansion? Therefore, Zhao Liangsi said to Wanyan Wu Qimai: "Since the Great Emperor is conquering Khitan Zhongjing, I have also admired the Great Emperor's reputation for a long time, and want to rush to the Great Emperor's camp, firstly to witness the Great Emperor's appearance, and secondly, to discuss alliances at any time Things."
After Wanyan Wu Qimai heard this, he thought for a while and said to Zhao Liangsi: "That's fine. Not long ago, the Khitan also sent envoys to establish a good relationship with our country and named the great emperor of our country the Emperor of Donghuai Kingdom. Now, He was detained by our country in Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo. Since your envoy wants to go to our emperor’s camp, you might as well go with the Liao envoy so that the two sides can make a decision and see if they can sign an alliance."
Zhao Liangsi heard this and said seriously: "I don't like to hear these words about the two countries' affairs. Since your country wants to sign an alliance with our country, why do you keep the Khitan envoys here? Is it possible that your country still wants to have another relationship with the Khitan envoys? Sign a contract? In that case, I will return to the DPRK and the two countries will no longer discuss the alliance."
Wanyan Wu begged to say: "No! Our country detained the Khitan envoys because the Khitan despised our country and made our emperor emperor of the Eastern Huai Kingdom. The reason why we let your envoys go with the Khitan envoys is because In order for you all to witness the power of our great emperor, we are not going to sign another contract with the Khitan."
After Zhao Liangsi heard this, he was afraid that he would miss the signing of the alliance due to long nights and dreams, so he agreed to go with the Khitan envoys to camp near Wanyan Aguda near Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing to meet Wanyan Aguda and sign a maritime alliance.
Zhao Liangsi and his party set off immediately.
When Zhao Liangsi and his party arrived at Wanyan Aguda's palace near Zhongjing, Wanyan Aguda was discussing with generals Wanyan Nianhan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Talan, Wanyan Cibushi, and Wanyan Hanli to attack the Liao Kingdom. Matters in Beijing.
When he heard that Zhao Liangsi, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, asked for an audience, Wanyan Aguda was overjoyed and hurriedly said to Wanyan Nianhan: "Nianhan, please quickly invite the envoy of the Central Plains Kingdom to come to the tent to meet you."
After hearing the order, Wanyan Nianhan went out of the tent and respectfully invited Zhao Liangsi and others to enter the tent.
Zhao Liangsi arranged for non-essential personnel to wait outside. Wanyan Nianhan allowed him and several important personnel to enter Wanyan Agu's tent.
When Wanyan Aguda saw Zhao Liangsi and others coming in, he hurriedly stood up and said, "But Secretary Zhao, the envoy of the Song Dynasty?"
Zhao Liangsi bent down and replied: "Exactly."
Wanyan Agu said: "Very good! Very good! Please sit down quickly."
Zhao Liangsi felt relieved when he saw Wanyan Aguda's good attitude, so he sat on one side with several others.
Wanyan Aguda asked Zhao Liangsi: "How is the great emperor of your country?"
Zhao Liangsi replied: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of our country, has worked hard to govern, studied national policies, written essays, and splashed ink on pictures. The country is prosperous. This has always been good. However, he has never forgotten his hometown of Yanyun, which was lost to Khitan during the later Jin Dynasty. Therefore, he sent me as an envoy." My ministers, I would like to form a good relationship with your country and jointly attack the Liao Kingdom. You can avenge the past grievances, and our country can also take advantage of the situation to take back the homeland of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun."
Wanyan Aguda heard this and said: "Very good! Very good! Secretary Zhao is on his mission to our country. Did he bring your country's credentials with him?"
Wanyan Agu was worried about whether he came from the Song Dynasty with official credentials.
