Li Bangrui and Yelu Chucai entered the state government hall together and saluted Zhao Hong on the high seat.
"The envoys of the Great Mongolia, Li Bangrui and Yelu Chucai, paid homage to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty."
Yelu Chucai?
Zhao Hong glanced at the bearded man in front of him in surprise and nodded slightly.
"Why did your envoy come here today?"
It is said that this Yelu Chucai saved tens of millions of Han people and enabled Confucian culture to survive the catastrophe of the Mongolian army. He deserves to stand up and bow solemnly.
Unexpectedly, when I saw him today, he turned out to be a mighty man with a curly beard, about 1.8 meters tall.
Millions of Han people survive by relying on the benevolence of their enemy countries. How shameless and incompetent are those Han kings and officials?
"Emperor Song, our Mongolian country and the Xia people have a sworn hatred. The Song Emperor sent troops to help Xia, resulting in the death and injury of tens of thousands of our Mongolian soldiers. Doesn't the Song Emperor act in such a perverse way to become an enemy of our Great Mongolian country?"
The Mongolian envoy Li Bangrui darkened his face and became aggressive when they met. He accused the Song people of provoking them first and the Mongolian army had no choice but to fight back.
As for the bearded Yelu Chucai, he remained calm and observed Zhao Hong carefully.
The "romantic figure" Emperor of the Song Dynasty was actually so young!
"Send troops to help Xia?"
Zhao Hong smiled. This Mongolian envoy was really straightforward and despicable.
Ask China!
This reminded him of the famous sayings of Seikawa Jianguo later, and the smear techniques were very similar.
However, he likes it this way. This allows him to argue with reason and enjoy his talk.
"Your Majesty, have you ever seen me, the Song Dynasty, sending troops to help Xia? As for those firearms, the Xia people used money to buy them. As the son-in-law of the Song Dynasty, I have to sell them, right? You said that the Mongolian army suffered tens of thousands of casualties. How is it possible? Who in the world can People don’t know that the Mongolian cavalry is invincible in the world. We, a weak army of the Song Dynasty, can even humiliate the Jin people wantonly. How can we be the opponent of the Mongolian army? Your Majesty, you must be mistaken. Don’t listen to rumors and use your brain. judge."
Zhao Hong was tepid, and Li Bangrui was speechless for a moment, but when he realized what he was saying, he immediately changed the subject.
"Emperor Song, let's not talk about sending troops to help Xia for the moment. Emperor Song, your officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty attacked and killed our Mongolian soldiers for no reason and committed many crimes. What should I say about this?"
How come the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, a country of etiquette and influenced by Confucian culture, seems to be more shameless and hooligan than he is in his words and deeds?
Hearing Li Bangrui's words, Zhao Hong couldn't help but feel angry.
The thief shouts to catch the thief, but he is still so domineering and domineering!
Thinking of the people who died in Song Dynasty, Zhao Hong leaned back in his chair and his face began to darken.
In front of the blood and tears, joking is inappropriate and inappropriate.
Many times, he felt that he was not qualified to be an emperor, that he was too easily angered and could not be indifferent.
"Your Majesty, don't be so glib as you are talking nonsense!"
Guo Zhengsun was furious and scolded Li Bangrui angrily.
"The Mongolian army entered our territory of the Song Dynasty for no reason, destroyed the city of Jiezhou, slaughtered tens of thousands of our people, and attacked and killed thousands of our Song Dynasty officials and soldiers. They were full of blood and inhumane. Now your envoy is talking nonsense and confusing right and wrong. He really doesn't know what to say!"
"Your Majesty, please don't use clever words, coercion or intimidation. The blood debt of Jiezhou City and the crimes of the three passes and five states are all remembered by the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty. If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude."
Cao Youwen's face was calm, but his tone was unkind.
These Mongolian envoys were accustomed to being domineering, but they had gone to the wrong place.
"Emperor Song, the weather is too hot and everyone is a little impatient. Please forgive me."
Li Bangrui wanted to make strong arguments, but Yelu Chucai on the side stopped him.
Reason first, and if you continue to talk, they will break up on bad terms.
The Song Dynasty was a country of etiquette, not barbarians who feared power but had no morals and only knew how to use hard fists. Song people want to be reasonable.
Outside, the law of the jungle and the strong fist are the boss's methods. There is no market here, but it is easy to arouse resentment.
"Mr. Yelu, I have some good tea from Sichuan to bring relief to everyone."
Zhao Hong laughed, and the sergeant quickly brought out several cups of good tea.
"Emperor Song, tens of thousands of your elite troops have gathered on the border between Xia and Jin. Now they have occupied Yingli and Roulangshan and other fortresses south of the Yellow River. What is your intention?"
Li Bangrui couldn't help but asked again.
The armies of Song and Mongolia faced each other east and west across Xinhuizhou and Qinzhou, with an army of 200,000 looking at each other from afar. Only a ghost would believe it if the Song army was not targeting the Mongolian army.
Yingli and Roulang Mountain south of the Yellow River?
Zhao Hong was startled, then laughed softly.
Lu Wende, this guy, captured Yingli and Xishou Baotai Military Division, but he didn't even report back, which made him worry in vain.
"Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, Daxia bought a batch of grain from me, the Song Dynasty, at a high price. You said, I am Daxia's son-in-law, so I have to sell it. It is seven hundred miles from Lanzhou to Lingzhou, and there were soldiers and bandits along the way. Lianlian, if I don’t send troops, can I feel at ease?”
Zhao Hong kept his face straight and talked nonsense.
"Emperor Song, aren't you afraid that your grain truck will be robbed?"
Li Bangrui asked angrily.
This Song Emperor told lies with his eyes open, but it was difficult to find fault.
"Your Majesty, although our Song Dynasty's grain trucks are only escorted by three thousand soldiers, our Song Dynasty has a hundred thousand soldiers on the border, thousands of tanks, artillery, and hundreds of thousands of sky-shaking thunders. I want to see it, Who is so short-sighted as to dare to rob my Song Dynasty’s grain truck?”
Cao Youwen snorted coldly and said it decisively.
"You...are you trying to intimidate my Mongolian army?"
Li Bangrui was startled, with an angry look on his face.
"Intimidation? This should be a common tactic used by your Mongolian army. Unfortunately, it cannot be used here. We, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, only recognize strength, not coercion and intimidation."
Cao Youwen's answer was sonorous and powerful.
Li Bangrui and Yelu Chucai looked at each other, speechless for a moment.
The Song army has an army of 100,000 tigers and wolves, and the Song army is marching in person. The Mongolian army may have to withdraw.
It's not that the Mongolian army was afraid of the Song army. The key was that Genghis Khan died of illness, the morale of the army was weakened, plague was prevalent in the army, everyone was in danger, and the Mongolian army was not used to fighting in hot weather...
Yelu Chucai thought for a moment before speaking softly.
"Emperor Song, we, the Mongolian Kingdom, have no deep hatred against the Song Dynasty. The Mongolian army entered the Song Dynasty, but they just wanted to show off their power, but they used the wrong method. That was not their original intention."
Yelu Chucai looked at Zhao Hong with complicated eyes.
"Why did the Emperor of the Song Dynasty become an enemy of the Mongolian Kingdom for the sake of a small country that was almost destroyed? He even sent troops to the dangers of the Yellow River. Is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty a little too rash?"
He stood up for Xixia, who had nothing to do with him and was insignificant, and made a grudge against the Great Mongolia. He wanted to know what the Emperor Song in front of him was thinking.
"Sir, he has read many poems and books, and is well versed in our Chinese civilization. As the Han sages have said, if you do something and don't do something, you will shrink back. Wherever the Tao lies, even if there are thousands of people there, I will go there."
Zhao Hong said seriously and raised his voice.
"I said it was to prevent Xixia civilization from being exterminated, and to prevent hundreds of thousands of Xixia people from being massacred. Do you believe me, sir?"
Everyone in the hall heard Zhao Hong's words clearly.
"Your Majesty, you cannot be subdued by force. A true man sacrifices his life for righteousness. It is useless to tell them these benevolence, justice and morals. Only by beating them into fear and letting them bleed into rivers can they understand!"
"Your Majesty, it's useless to tell them these principles of serving the country and the people. They don't understand principles and only recognize fists. Let's compete with them to see whose fists are stronger and how much blood they can shed!"
Mr. Yelu did not reply. The Song generals in the hall were excited and shouted out one after another.
Yelu Chucai and Li Bangrui looked at each other, both surprised.
It is said that the people of Song Dynasty are weak, and all they see inside and outside the city are well-trained elites. And in this hall, there are all young and tough men, all aggressive, how can they look at all depressed?
"Emperor Song, our army is about to withdraw. The Great Khan sent me here to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty."
Yelu Chucai pondered for a moment and then spoke in a deep voice.
After hearing Yelu Chucai's words, Zhao Hong smiled coldly.
"Mr. Yelu, your great Khan has passed away from illness, so don't hide it. If my guess is correct, it was Ogedai who asked you to come. Please tell me how to negotiate a peace?"
Zhao Hong pointed to the two gold medals on the table and motioned for Cao You below to smell them.
"This is the gold medal of your Mongolian army. Take it back. Stop scaring people. It's useless."
Cao Youwen knew it well, picked up the gold medal, walked over, and put it on the table next to Li Bangrui.
"Emperor Song, please let go of the previous festivals and misunderstandings."
Yelu Chucai glanced at the gold medal without changing his expression.
"The Mongolians and the Jin people are both feuding. We, the Mongols, are determined to destroy the Jin people. But the Jin people are stubborn and will not repent. Our army wants to use the Song Dynasty to penetrate directly behind the Jin people. I don’t know if the Emperor of Song Dynasty can use the way. Our army has its own way. Thank you very much."
Yelu Chucai's words made Zhao Hong feel enlightened.
Everyone didn't know it, but Zhao Hong knew it clearly. Taking advantage of the Song Dynasty to attack the back of the Jin Kingdom were Genghis Khan's last words. Yelu Chucai even told the Mongolian army that they wanted to pass through the Song Dynasty. It seemed that Genghis Khan had died of illness.
Genghis Khan, a generation of genius and a god in military skills, died of illness, which seems to be earlier than in history. The Mongolian army was demoralized and there was no need to ask about withdrawing its troops.
Zhao Hong pondered for a moment before speaking out.
"Mr. Yelu lives the people with high righteousness and will leave his name in history. Zhao Hong admires him very much. Please accept Zhao Hong's worship, sir!"
Zhao Hong stood up, walked down, and bowed solemnly.
Cao Youwen, Guo Zhengsun and other officials had no choice but to follow Zhao Hong and salute Yelu Chucai.
"Emperor Song, you don't dare to take this seriously!"
Yelu Chucai quickly stood up straight and returned the salute.
Unexpectedly, he was favored and respected by the Emperor of Song Dynasty after he dissuaded the Mongolian army from killing. He was flattered.
In fact, what he has done is limited, otherwise the land of Two Rivers would not be deserted, and the people would not be alive.
"Sir, you deserve it. Please sit down, sir. There is no need to be polite."
Zhao Hong turned around and returned to the chair to sit down.
"Mr. Yelu is kind-hearted, but how many people in the world can he save? The system of the Great Mongol Kingdom means that anyone who attacks a city and resists will be massacred. Therefore, the Mongol army entering the Central Plains and massacring famous cities are incalculable, and women, children, old and young are not spared. The corpses of the people The mountains are piled up, rivers of blood flow, and bones are piled high. Can you, sir, repay the blood debt owed by the Mongolian army? Therefore, there is no need to talk about borrowing the road."
Yelu Chucai and Li Bangrui looked at each other and shook their heads.
Both of them are scholars, so they can certainly understand the meaning of Zhao Hong's words.
"Emperor of the Song Dynasty, the Song and Jin Dynasties are feuding people. Can you forget the shame of Jingkang? Can you forget the hatred of the country and the family feud?"
Li Bangrui unconsciously changed the word "Emperor of the Song Dynasty" to "Emperor of the Song Dynasty", and his attitude became much more respectful.
"Your Majesty, no one in the Song Dynasty dares to forget the feud between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. But the people of the Song Dynasty will avenge the family feuds of the Song Dynasty by themselves without external help. Even if the Song Dynasty restores its homeland, it will not burn, kill, and loot. It is completely unnecessary. Qiu has no fault, this is also the way our Song Dynasty officers and soldiers do things."
Zhao Hong looked at Cao Youwen, Guo Zhengsun and other ministers and said seriously.
"You tell me, when our army occupied Lanzhou, Lintao Prefecture and other places, did they kill an innocent civilian? Have they ever robbed a penny of their property?"
"Your Majesty, wherever our army went, we never committed any crimes. We helped the people, gave them porridge, asked questions about their illnesses, and never committed any cruelty."
Guo Zhengsun cupped his hands and replied seriously on behalf of everyone.
"Emperor of the Song Dynasty, is there really no room for relaxation?"
Zhao Hong and his ministers asked and answered each other's questions. Yelu Chucai knew it well and smiled bitterly, not willing to give in.
Different road non-phase plan. The meaning of Zhao Hong's words is self-evident. The political views of the two sides are contradictory and difficult to coordinate.
"Mr. Yelu, even if I agree to borrow the road from you, will the Mongolian army dare to march from the Song Dynasty? If the Song Dynasty does not borrow the road, won't the Mongolian army force it to borrow the road? This is the consistent way of your army. Could it be that I was wrong? ?"
Zhao Hong looked at Yelu Chucai and his expression became solemn.
Historically, the Mongolian army wanted to use the Song Dynasty to conquer the Jin Dynasty, but was rejected by the Southern Song Dynasty. The Mongolian army commander Torre used force to gain access, and millions of soldiers and civilians were killed or injured in the Southern Song Dynasty. This led to the Battle of Sanfeng Mountain in Mongolia and Jin.
Unfortunately, the Jin army did not live up to expectations. The army of more than 100,000 people was defeated by Torre's 30,000 to 40,000 Mongolian cavalry. Their military power was wiped out, their vitality was severely damaged, and the country was finally destroyed two years later.
"Originally, these two gentlemen are great talents, and I wanted to stay. But having these two gentlemen in the Mongolian army can make the war a lot less bloody and bloody. So..."
Zhao Hong raised his head and said to Yelu Chucai:
"I know that Ogedai is the next Great Khan of Mongolia, and I also know that he likes fine wine. I prepared a few jars of good wine and invited Ogedai to drink it. After the two gentlemen returned, they told him that I was willing to marry him. Friends, the two countries are friendly and will never use war."
"Thank you very much, Emperor Song!"
Yelu Chucai and Li Bangrui looked at each other and bowed respectfully.
How did this Song Emperor know so many things, even knowing that Wokuotai liked drinking?
Zhao Hong faced Guo Zhengsun and spoke softly.
"Guo Qing, prepare two other heavy gifts for the two gentlemen to take with them when they go back. I, the Song Dynasty, will send an envoy to go with the two gentlemen to express condolences in the Mongolian army and to worship Emperor Genghis."
Guo Zhengsun took the order, and Zhao Hong stood up with a smile on his face.
"Guo Qing, prepare a banquet. I want to entertain the two gentlemen myself, talk about the past and the present, and sit down to discuss Tao."
Yelu Chucai and Li Bangrui stood up together and bowed.
"Thank you very much, Emperor Tianen of the Song Dynasty!"
At this point, it can only be a temporary good relationship.
However, the young Emperor of the Song Dynasty was upright and gentle, which won their hearts.
However, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was not kind to the Mongolian army. He and the Song Dynasty under his leadership will definitely be the powerful enemies of the Mongol Empire in the future.
"I'll write in the afternoon, I have something to do now, thank you."
