Sitting next to the football field, watching the athletes running hard and the cheers of the people watching, Chang Yu couldn't help but sigh. If it weren't for the war, this would be a prosperous era.
He stood up and stretched his body to prepare to play for a while, but he saw Wu Mengming running over in a hurry: "Master Governor, the emperor has summoned you to the palace."
Emperor Chongzhen had allowed Chang Yu to have fun for more than a month, and suddenly he had something important to do with him. Chang Yu guessed that it was because Song Xiance's negotiation team had come, and it was not up to him to control the issue. If you don’t want to care about it, that’s the cabinet’s business and what they do best.
"There's a quarrel, and the emperor's head is getting big!" Wu Mengming said anxiously on the way to the carriage: "The intruder is outside the city, but the court is arguing over how to receive it."
Chang Yu was startled and then smiled: "Has the quarrel come to an end? How should we receive it?"
"If the speculation turns out, the emperor won't have to look for you everywhere." Wu Mengming sighed: "Some people think that when the two countries are at war, they should not kill the envoys, but should treat each other with courtesy. Officials of the same status should go outside the city to greet you, such as the Minister of Rites. Or the Minister of War, but some people think that ordinary officials from the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of War can do it, and of course there are more people watching the excitement."
"What does the emperor mean?" Chang Yu's face became a little gloomy, and Wu Mengming said casually before he noticed it: "The emperor has not expressed his position, so I asked him to come to you."
"Since Mr. Wu has come to our house, it is up to Mr. Wu to send some royal guards to slap those court officials who expressed their intention to welcome them." Wu Mengming was startled: "Lord Governor, this is... …”
"Damn it if the two countries are at war and don't cut off the envoys, damn Li Chuang is from Mao's country! You are just a thief! If you treat it as a hostile country, doesn't it mean you have recognized the country of Dashun! I didn't directly Are you showing mercy to them by beheading them, but you still treat them with courtesy and come out of the city to greet them?" Chang Yu was furious and cursed. Wu Mengming was startled, stretched out his thumb and praised repeatedly: "The Governor is tough! That's how it should be, for a mere family. You thief, go to hell and treat each other with courtesy, this is what I think too."
Chang Yu snorted: "Master Wu is quite tough."
It is necessary, Wu Mengming said without changing his expression: "In terms of toughness, the governor ranks first in the court today, and your subordinates, who follow your lead, can only rank second, but they are still tough!"
Moreover, Chang Yu rolled his eyes and glanced at Wu Mengming's crotch: "Master Wu can be so hard at his age that he wets his shoes in the wind."
Wu Mengming chuckled, but he cursed in his heart that it would be better than holding on with your hands. By the way, you didn't have to hold him up, so you could only hang your head and drip.
"Well said! You're just a thief." After hearing Chang Yu's words, Emperor Chongzhen, who had just come down from the Qianqing Palace, couldn't help but snap: "You go and do this!"
Besides, Song Xiance traveled across mountains and rivers from Xi'an to the capital to discuss the matter of surrender. Along the way, he felt extremely emotional. The mountains and rivers thousands of miles away were filled with barren land. Who could blame him?
When I passed Baoding Prefecture, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by revisiting my old place. What a one-step difference! One step away, one step away!
Finally arrived in the capital. This was the first time he saw the city of Beijing. It was majestic and majestic. Such a capital city should be impossible to defeat without a hundred thousand troops. No wonder the Qing army entered the pass and besieged it several times.
But he was not in a hurry to enter the city. To be precise, he could not enter the city yet. Anyone with a little common sense would know that if there was no order from the court in a capital city, even the generals of the court could not enter without summons. Not to mention him, so he went outside the city by the Yongding River. After setting up camp and waiting for the court's summons, Song Xiance knew very well that the five hundred cavalry sent by Li Yan to protect him along the way were actually to monitor him along the way. His every move along the way was now under the control of the court, so there was no need to send anyone himself. After announcing his arrival in the city, the court had already known that he had arrived outside the city.
Just wait patiently over there.
At noon, the soldiers in the camp were making a fire to cook when they saw hundreds of horsemen coming from the north. Song Xiance frowned. Shouldn't they have sent officials to greet them? Why did they come from the army? Liu Xiyao was a little nervous and wanted to send orders to prepare for war, but Song Xiance frowned. If the imperial court wanted to kill them, they were chopped into pieces by Li Yan by the Yellow River. How could they be allowed to go to the capital? It would be nothing more than a show of force.
It was Tu Yuan who came, leading three hundred black tiger soldiers and rushing outside the camp gate in a blink of an eye. Song Xiance stepped forward and was about to speak, but Tu Yuan didn't even look at him and said loudly: "Where are General Li's men?"
It turned out that they were not looking for him. Song Xiance smiled bitterly and pointed to the river beside Liu Xiyao: "That's their camp over there." Tu Yuan turned his horse and left. When he got there, he dismounted and entered the camp. It turned out that he was ordered to bring food and wine. Those who came to reward Li Yan's subordinates were even rewarded with silver.
Because of the relationship between Li Yan and Chang Yu, the two men had a close friendship. They had fought in wars and visited prostitutes together, and they looked familiar even if they didn't know each other, so Chang Yu ordered Tu Yuan to come and reward him and hand over the work.
After eating and drinking, Tu Yuan came to Song Xiance's camp leisurely: "The imperial court has ordered that when entering the city in the afternoon, no more than three people can accompany you!" After saying that, he turned around and left. This made Song Xiance stunned on the spot for a moment, and then he endured it. He couldn't help but chased after him. Isn't the imperial court afraid of making the world laugh at him for being so rude?
rude? Tu Yuan reined in the horse's head and turned to look at Song Xiance: "What are you talking about, you dwarf?"
"As an envoy, I should treat each other with the courtesy of an envoy! This behavior of the imperial court is extremely rude!" Song Xiance shouted angrily. He was not angry because Tu Yuan called him a dwarf. He was born with short stature and was actually a dwarf. He had been a dwarf since he was a child. He had long been accustomed to being called Song Dwarf or Song Boy, and most people like Tu Yuan, a big man like Tu Yuan, were dwarfs in front of him, so it was okay to call him dwarf.
He was angry that the court didn't take him seriously!
I thought that Tu Yuan came here with murderous intent to show off his power, but I guessed wrong. He didn't even bother to show off his power. I thought that the worst the court could do was to send an official out to greet him. Even if you send a eunuch to deliver the order, it would be fine. I know it was just Tu Yuan who came to reward the army and said a few words!
This is an insult!
It would be fine if Li Zicheng was in a weak position at this time, and he could still swallow his anger, but at this time, the Dashun Kingdom was governed across the river by the same imperial court, and they were divided into different factions! To be underestimated like this!
In other words, the imperial court did not take the peace talks that were regarded as the top priority at the beginning of the year at all?
rude? Tu Yuan laughed loudly: "You thieves, you are so treacherous that you gathered a crowd to rebel because of your disloyalty and unrighteousness. You caused the flames of war and poisoned countless people for thousands of years, but you still have the nerve to pay respects to me here? I will ask you, Filial piety, loyalty, propriety, justice and shame, which the hell have you got into?" He said with a sigh, spitting out a mouthful of phlegm towards Song Xiance.
Song Xiance was stunned by the scolding and had no time to avoid being spit on his face. Next to him, Liu Xiyao was furious, yelling and about to draw his sword.
"What are you going to do!" Tu Yuan roared like thunder from the sky, and the horizontal sword immediately restrained Liu Xiyao. Song Xiance stretched out his hand to pull Liu Xiyao, then raised his hand to wipe his face and took a long breath and said to Tu Yuan: "General Fan sent a message back, We obey the order!"
Tu Yuan snorted and rode away with his troops. Liu Xiyao watched him go away and cursed angrily: "The great military advisor (the Song Dynasty was named the founding great military advisor of the Dashun Kingdom). The court is so insulting and has no sincerity in peace talks. We That’s all!”
Song Xiance smiled coldly and shook his head: "The imperial court hates us so much that we have no choice but to agree to peace talks, so what if we let them vent their anger? If we can promote the great cause of peace talks, this humiliation for us is nothing."
"What the military advisor means..." Liu Xiyao was quite angry at Tu Yuan's behavior just now.
"You can tell at a glance that that man is a rough man. How can he speak of filial piety, loyalty, justice, propriety, integrity and shame? There is obviously someone behind the scenes!" Song Xiance showed a trace of disdain, and then asked the soldiers to eat and rest. From the scene just now, he knew that this trip was going to be more serious. It was more difficult than he expected, and the humiliation of him by the court had just begun.
