Yelu Hongji couldn't help asking: "Why."
Xiao Feng said: "The Crown Princess of Xia was born in the martial arts world and has extremely high martial arts skills. She established the First Grade Hall to recruit martial arts masters. She suffered great losses at the hands of Master Chen and was very afraid of Master Chen. There is one more thing. , Chen’s master’s wife is the biological sister of Princess Xia.”
"Ah! There is such a relationship!"
Yelu Hongji asked: "It's just a national matter. How much impact can their kinship have?"
Yelu Hongji was born in the royal family and paid the least attention to this kind of kinship. In the face of major interests between countries, is this kind of relationship reliable?
Xiao Feng said: "Your Majesty, the relationship between them is not just a simple relationship, but also a struggle between martial arts masters. The Crown Princess of Xia is the master of the fearful minister."
Yelu Hongji is an emperor, so how can he understand that the royal family is afraid of a charlatan?
Yelu Hongji asked: "What will happen if you don't listen to your master?"
Xiao Feng said: "Princess Xia's martial arts skills are extremely high, superior to those of the minister, but if the master of the minister wants to kill her, it will be easy for him to kill her."
Yelu Hongji was horrified, was Xiao Feng's Princess Xia? Is this a warning to myself?
Xiao Feng didn't know the shock in Yelu Hongji's heart, and continued: "If Liao and Xia join forces, even if Song can be really destroyed, and even the emperor of Song can be killed, Chen's master will not be in any danger, but at that time, If he wanted to settle accounts with Xia, even if he devoted all the power of Xia, he would not be able to protect anyone the master wanted to kill. Moreover, I think that even if Liao and Xia really joined forces, they would not be able to destroy Song. So I am worried that Xia will not attack at all. Song will only join forces with Song to attack Liao. Xia fights for money, and Song has more money. With Song's sufficient logistics and supplies, Xia's army is no less than that of Liao."
Yelu Hongji fell silent, and Xiao Feng also kept silent, giving Yelu Hongji ample time to think.
Yelu Hongji was not thinking about who Xia would join forces with, but asked: "If Liao first attacks Song, will your master come and kill me?"
Xiao Feng was stunned, but he didn't expect that the emperor was thinking about this matter.
Xiao Feng shook his head: "No, master would not do such a thing. If he could do this, how could he allow me to become a high official of the Liao Dynasty? In fact, master only has a casual position in the Song Dynasty, teaching a talented person The ten-year-old prince's art, such a national matter, he has no chance to interfere in."
Yelu Hongji was stunned again and asked puzzledly: "He was still able to go to Daliao as an envoy back then, so why is he less and less important?"
Xiao Feng said: "Originally, my master had been released as a magistrate of a state, but I suddenly became the king of the South Branch of Liao Dynasty. And neither I nor my master concealed the relationship between me and my master. Therefore, my master was temporarily affected by me, and the Song court did not Dare to reuse him."
Yelu Hongji was overjoyed: "If the Southern Dynasty doesn't reuse your master, I can. If you take your master to Liao, I will treat him as a master and entrust him with important responsibilities. When the time comes, he will be easy to get."
This time it was Xiao Feng's turn to be stunned. How could Si Sichen keep up?
Xiao Feng flatly refused: "It's impossible. Master can't come to Daliao. This master's family is extremely wealthy. He owns an ocean-going fleet and monopolizes the ocean trade. His wealth may not even be comparable to that of the royal family. His original intention was not to As an official, I just wanted to be an idle cloud and wild crane, but because my old father was obsessed with the imperial examination, the Yanping Huang family never got a top scholar. In order to comfort his father, the master had no choice but to take the imperial examination. At thirty-eight hours, he won three prizes in a row, becoming the Huang family's first A champion. The master does not covet power and power, and can retire and return to his hometown at any time. In fact, even if a war breaks out, he is just a sinecure now and has little to do with him. It is just because the disciple Youchen is involved in it, he may not be able to stay out of it, and I don’t know how much energy he has.”
Huang Shang's experience was too fantasy, and it was difficult for Yelu Hongji to understand and accept it for a while.
Yelu Hongji suddenly thought, could it be that Xiao Feng didn't want to attack the Southern Dynasty and deliberately made up such an outrageous person to deceive himself?
Yelu Hongji said coldly: "Brother, don't you want me to go south?"
Xiao Feng understood the meaning of Yelu Hongji's words and said: "I really don't want the Liao and Song Dynasties to go to war, and the war will destroy all lives. But the most important thing is that I am worried that the Liao Dynasty may not go as smoothly as your Majesty thinks, but this is just my idea. If your majesty insists on going south and cannot trust me, remove me from the post of king of Nanyuan and choose someone wise and trustworthy, and I will not hesitate to die."
Xiao Feng did everything he could and left all choices to Yelu Hongji.
Xiao Feng spoke out and put his distrust on the table, which shocked Yelu Hongji, who was used to beating around the bush in official circles.
Yelu Hongji believed that Xiao Feng was loyal and if he was in trouble, Xiao Feng would definitely come forward. But when it comes to the southern invasion, it is obvious that Xiao Feng's attitude is negative, but it cannot be concluded that he has second thoughts.
After all, Xiao Feng grew up in the Southern Dynasties. He is familiar with the Southern Dynasties but unfamiliar with the Khitan. It is reasonable that some feelings are difficult to let go of.
Yelu Hongji thought about it again and again and said loudly: "Xiao Feng, the king of the South Academy, accepts the title!"
Xiao Feng bowed his head and obeyed his orders.
Yelu Hongji said: "The King of the South Courtyard, Xiao Feng, is loyal to the country and is my hero. I am hereby promoted to the title of King of the Song Dynasty. I will command the three armies as Marshal Pingnan. I admire you so much!"
After all, Yelu Hongji did not give up his intention to invade the south, and the entire Liao Kingdom began to mobilize troops and generals.
Song's military maneuvers could not be concealed from Liao, and Liao's military maneuvers could not be concealed from Song either.
Emperor Zhao Xu was full of vigor when there was no war. He was actually training his troops to prepare for war and had no intention of starting a war immediately. The Song army is not weak by just one ounce, nor can it be changed by just one ounce.
But as soon as the Liao Kingdom followed suit, the war was already close at hand, and Zhao Xu was still inevitably nervous. Fortunately, it was the battle between Song and Liao, and even the bravery of Taizu and Taizong did not take advantage.
He deposed the old party and restarted the new party. However, these people were very clear-minded about the reform. Facing the powerful Liao State, they all felt numb and did not agree to go to war with Liao.
It's a pity that now it's not as simple as Song training his own troops and sending generals, and he can stop when he stops. Now Liao has started to follow suit, and Song has to follow it even if he doesn't think about it.
At this time, someone thought of Huang Shang, a scholar who was idle because his disciple was a high official of the Liao Kingdom.
The fact that Huang Shang was idle was at the hands of the old party. It was not that the new party felt that he should not be idle, but that when Huang Shang was idle, the old party was in power.
It's not that Huang Shang should be reinstated, but once the war breaks out, his disciple will be the commander-in-chief of Liao, and he can't stay out of it.
Zhao Xu summoned Huang Shang privately. This was also the first time Huang Shang met the emperor.
Huang Shang's rank was not usually high enough to meet the emperor. He only met the late emperor. That was because he was the number one scholar selected by the late emperor's royal pen, and the late emperor still valued him very much. This emperor has been a puppet since he ascended the throne. It is not his turn to see whom he wants or does not want to see.
