Chapter 644 Where are the Four Han Counties?
Zhao Yulin told the gentlemen: The danger to Tubo mainly depends on them to solve themselves. He believes that with Deputy Director Yangjin here, they should be safe. As long as the people of Tubo Road are mobilized and go all out to support the battlefield, we will have nothing to worry about.
Zhao Feiyan's face lit up and she said with a laugh: Yes, there is the new Langerke Prefecture on the Tubo Road, which is much closer across Wuduan. We can definitely withstand the attack of Hubili's army, no need to worry.
It will be much easier after further discussion.
Zhao Feiyan took charge of transferring war reserve funds to Tubo Road and Gansu Road to ensure the transportation of military supplies, established a fixed support transportation team, and brought it under the dual management of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Zhao Yulin said: That's great, we need to write another article and ask the Ministry of Rites to publish it in the New Song Newspaper in the name of the king, telling the world that the New Song Kingdom will march into Harkhorlin in the northern desert, completely defeat the grassland empire, and order the three armies to bravely kill the stubborn enemy.
Du Fan said with joy that this was a great move and the Grassland Empire would definitely take care of their rear.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said to Cao Yong: Hubili's main force has gone west, and Mobei has been emptied by him. They are just for show, and we can easily wipe them out.
Cao Yong immediately stood up to report to everyone and went back to make plans, and waited for Minister Yang to come back and inform everyone.
After returning, Feiyan made a cup of Emei Snow Bud tea for Zhao Yulin and said with a smile: Brother has full confidence in Sister Yangjin, aren't you afraid that something might happen to her?
He looked far into the west and said, "They are thousands of miles away. What else can we do? Yang Jin is very smart and not an ordinary woman. She will definitely be able to make it."
Feiyan sat in his arms and said: "What about me? I am just an ordinary person."
He knew that the woman was jealous, so he hugged her tightly, slapped her on the face and said: Our king’s wife is not an ordinary woman.
At night, the emergency troops from Tubo Road reported in.
Yangjin gave a detailed report on the deployment of troops and the supply of food and supplies on the front line. After reading it, Zhao Feiyan felt relieved and kept calling her sister "awesome".
He said that Yangjin was a native Tibetan and knew Tibet very well, and he believed that she could do a good job.
The next day, a delegation from the Kingdom of Goryeo, led by Prince Wang Dian of the Peninsula, arrived.
In order to bypass the war zones between the two countries, this guy took the sea route straight to the mouth of the Yangtze River. Unexpectedly, his official ship ran aground on a reef at the estuary. Fortunately, he met the patrol fleet of the New Song Dynasty, otherwise the entire delegation would have been eaten by fish.
Wang Dian was frightened and recuperated in Jiankang Prefecture for ten days. Fearing that the Shenwei Army would continue to advance eastward, he requested a government ship and rushed to Chengdu.
The new Song Dynasty's Ministry of Rites sent a deputy envoy to give him a lukewarm reception, which made Wang Dian feel very uncomfortable. He could not afford to waste time, so he went directly to the Ministry of Rites to talk to Shangshu Li Liang.
Li Liang was displeased and asked him why he was so disregarding etiquette when it was a relationship between countries, and asked him to see him again tomorrow.
The girl returned to the inn awkwardly and waited.
In the evening, Zhao Feiyan summoned the officials of the Central Council to discuss how to deal with the envoys from Goryeo.
The gentlemen all agreed that although Goryeo was a small country, the king had a big heart and must be governed. Now that the Mongolian army has left, we should catch them and give them a good beating.
Zhao Yulin saw that only the Minister of Revenue Du Fan remained silent. He coughed twice and said: The Kingdom of Goryeo does not abide by the rules and offends the majesty of the superior country. They should indeed be punished to let them know that our New Song Kingdom is not made of clay.
But right now our main enemy is still the Grassland Empire. This hungry wolf may pounce on us and bite us at any time. We must concentrate our efforts on attacking the military strength of the Grassland Empire.
The gentlemen began to whisper to each other and nod while drinking tea.
He went on to say: "The surrounding small countries have taken the initiative to join our New Song, and we still have to see their sincerity before deciding whether to really accept them. Our New Song has become stronger and will not bully the weak or do the law of the jungle."
Zhao Feiyan thought her husband was right, and looked at her husband approvingly as he nodded and drank tea. She thought the Ministry of Rites should formulate a set of rules for receiving foreign envoys, and we should act in accordance with the law.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said to Hua Yue: Not only should we abide by the rules when receiving foreign envoys, but we should also establish principles for dealing with each other. Equality, mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence should be the basis for exchanges between countries. Why should we be the ones to be taken advantage of?
All the gentlemen agreed and nodded continuously.
Li Liang brought the topic back to the present and asked what to do with Goryeo?
Du Fan snorted coldly and said: "We should ask the Goryeo envoys where the four counties of the Central Plains were during the Han Dynasty. How did the previous emperor of the Tang Dynasty govern the peninsula?"
Once they figure this out, they will know where the border is.
A small vassal state has so brazenly penetrated into Long'an Prefecture of the upper country. If our Divine Power Army does not go through, they are afraid that they will occupy more land.
Doesn’t that mean we’re about to fight our way to the Great Wall?
The gentlemen shook their heads and shouted: Absolutely not, we must set rules for Goryeo.
Zhao Yulin asked Li Liang to talk to the prince of the peninsula, Wang Dian, and told them that the Han River would be used as the boundary for the time being, and that the capital of Goryeo, Kaesong, could be left to them. As for whether Goryeo would become a vassal, it was up to them to decide voluntarily, and the New Song would not force anyone to do so.
Zhao Feiyan listened and nodded, thinking that Zhao Yulin 's strategy was not very good.
Yu Jie also said that the Goryeo Dynasty had existed for many years, and the separatist regimes on the peninsula had been fighting with and submitting to the Central Plains Empire from time to time, so we didn't need to force the Goryeo Kingdom into a corner.
The gentlemen laughed immediately.
You Shi said very seriously: All under heaven belongs to the king. If Goryeo refuses to obey, it means it is not following the rules. The New Song Dynasty must teach it a lesson.
Zhao Yulin was too lazy to argue these feudal ideas with them, so he signaled Feiyan to summarize and adjourn the meeting.
The next day, Prince Peninsula was dumbfounded when he negotiated with the Ministry of Rites again.
When Wang Dian heard Li Liang tell him that the New Song Dynasty would use the Han River as its boundary, which meant that most of the peninsula would belong to the New Song Dynasty, he thought this was unacceptable. His father would definitely not agree.
The left and right deputy envoys had already started arguing with the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the New Song Dynasty.
This guy took out the imperial edict of the grassland empire granting land and showed it to Li Liang, telling Li Liang that Hubili Khan had awarded the entire Liaodong to the Goryeo Kingdom.
Li Liang became furious when he saw it and tore it into pieces.
Wang Dian's followers smiled and said that it was just a replica and the original was still in the hands of their king.
Li Liang shouted that the small country of Sweet Potato was only worthy of being called a king, so how could it be called a ruler? The stewards and advisers immediately argued that the Han emperor had conferred the four counties of the peninsula and that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty had conquered Goryeo.
Seeing the quarrel, Li Liang sighed and said that Goryeo had forgotten its identity, so let's not talk about it. The third young master had said that the Han River would be the boundary, and Goryeo's capital, Kaesong, could be retained, but the rest was out of the question.
Wang Dian was stunned immediately. What the third young master set was the final bottom line of the New Song Kingdom and there was no room for negotiation.
How dare he sign this alliance and ask to meet the third young master.
Li Liang shook his head and drank tea and said: Third Young Master is very busy and has no time. This is not only the decision of Third Young Master, but also the collective decision of the Central Council of New Song. No one can change it. Go back.
Wang Dian reluctantly left Jinguan City, and after returning to the posthouse, he sat there dumbfounded and silent. The officials accompanying the palace were furious, and they all packed their bags and prepared to return home.
Everyone carried their luggage to the room where he lived, but saw the prince still sitting there without moving.
Wang Dian said to everyone: Minister Li is right, we were the ones who made the mistake first and offended the Central Plains Empire. He was going to the Zhao Mansion and he had to meet the third young master and get the exact news.
In the evening, Wang Dian went to Zhao Mansion alone to meet with Commander Zhao of the Shenwei Army.
When Zhao Yulin heard that the Prince of Peninsula had come, he knew that this girl would not give up, so he ordered the housekeeper to lead her into the living room and accompany Zhao Feiyan to meet Wang Dian.
After Zhao Feiyan and Wang Dian had tea, they said: A family and a country are the same , we cannot break our promises. I remember that when the prince came to New Song, he promised to be a vassal state of New Song. New Song inherited the rights and responsibilities of the Middle-earth Empire, and it will definitely keep its word.
When Wang Dian heard Zhao Feiyan's decisive words, he knew that what Li Liang said was true. The new Song Dynasty's strategy towards Goryeo was decided after collective discussion.
Zhao Yulin asked him to go back and discuss whether to follow the New Song and become a vassal state of the New Song, or to go their own way and be friendly neighbors, and the New Song would not interfere. However, exchanges between countries must be based on mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.
The tone is exactly the same as what Li Liang said, which shows that the new Song Dynasty has strong execution capabilities.
Seeing his silly expressionless face, Zhao Feiyan smiled and said: She heard that the prince's official ship had hit a reef and sunk at the mouth of the river, and the Ministry of Rites had prepared a brand new official ship for the prince outside the South Gate, and the prince could take it directly back to the country.
After saying that, the woman picked up the tea bowl and drank gracefully.
Wang Dian knew that it was the King of Feiyan who was seeing off his guests, so there was no point in saying anything more, so the girl stood up and politely said goodbye.
Zhao Yulin smiled and took Feiyan for a walk in the yard, praising the woman for her perfect grasp of the dignity of a ruler.
The woman said dissatisfiedly: It was she who personally presented the essence of gunpowder and the crossbow to Goryeo, but they forgot about it so quickly. The Goryeo people are really insatiable and too much.
Zhao Yulin didn't comment, but gently pushed her from behind and continued walking forward.
It was late autumn, and the old leaves on the ginkgo tree were falling down, landing on their heads and shoulders. Zhao Feiyan happily caught them and played with them, telling him that there was another worry: the emperor of Huaxi Village wanted to marry Zhao Yanlan to the eldest son of the Shi family, and her father had sent a letter to pardon the eldest son's crime so that they could have a happy marriage.
Zhao Yulin secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that the old emperor had a keen eye for talent and immediately found a suitable buyer for Zhao Lanlan.
He asked Feiyan what she thought.
Zhao Feiyan said that the eldest son of the Shi family had committed a serious crime of treason, so how could he be pardoned at will? She disagreed.
Zhao Yulin thought that he could take this opportunity to educate this pair of funny people again, and discussed this with Zhao Feiyan.
In Huaxi Village, Zhao Yanlan was talking to Old Lady Xie. When the Empress Dowager heard her beloved granddaughter say that the Emperor intended to marry the eldest son of the Shi family as his son-in-law, she was immediately delighted and immediately asked the maid to call her over for a chat.
This old witch is still thinking about the imperial power of the Song Dynasty, and wants to pull her lovely granddaughter into the plan.
The old witch told Zhao Ruilan: In the current court, those who are still grateful to the Zhao family should look at Prime Minister Shi's family. The eldest son of the Shi family has gotten along well with our Lan'er since childhood. The emperor has chosen the right person to marry Lan'er to the eldest son of the Shi family.
