Crossing the Condor Heroes: The First Sword of Quanzhen

Chapter 604 The Messenger's Audience

After Cheng Ying went to the palace, he followed Li Qingwei's instructions.

When she was five steps away from Li Qingwei, she stood still and cupped her hands, but she did not bow.

Instead, he said indifferently: "Cheng Ying, the envoy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, sees the emperor of the Southern Dynasty."

Hearing Cheng Ying's words, the civil and military officials of the Great Song Dynasty whispered in such a solemn occasion of the court meeting.

Many military officers were even very dissatisfied with Cheng Ying's "arrogance".

At this time, Jia Sidao scolded: "Is this the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty? As an envoy of a country, why is he so ignorant of etiquette? Why doesn't he worship me when he sees me?"

Cheng Ying glanced at Li Qingwei who was beside Jia Sidao, and then said: "The envoys of the upper kingdom do not worship the lord of the lower kingdom."

Hearing Cheng Ying's words, everyone present was filled with righteous indignation. The Mongols who were powerful back then were not as arrogant as Cheng Ying at this time.

Seeing Cheng Ying's aura, Zhao Yu frowned slightly at this time.But nothing was said.

Seeing Zhao Xuan didn't speak, and Jia Sidao couldn't say much.

What Cheng Ying said just now is a crime of disrespect.

It's just that the other party is the Tang envoy, and Jia Sidao can't say anything. After all, the small friction in Hanshui before made them lose the general Hanshui navy, and the people in the rivers and lakes who helped defend Xiangyang before are now scattered like birds and beasts. .

Although the Privy Council ordered Lu Wende to search for it several times, Peach Blossom Island was located overseas and could not be found.

Now these civil servants are very regretful, and have expelled Guo Jing who was guarding Xiangyang. With Guo Jing's appeal, all the knights in the rivers and lakes came to watch the wind and defend the gate of the Song Dynasty together.

But now that Guo Jing has left, naturally not many of these people are willing to play for Song Dynasty.

Without the barrier of Guo Jing and others, plus Datang has such a powerful military force.

This Tang Dynasty naturally has the capital of "barbaric".

In the eyes of a strong country, a weak country can only submit to its vassals, give away its daughters, and cede land and pay compensation.

Zhao Yu now feels ashamed of himself, after all, if this sentence shakes the foundation of the Song Dynasty, if he forgives Cheng Ying, where will the national prestige of the Song Dynasty go?

Where is his face as the emperor?

But judging from Li Qingwei's previous description, the "civil and military officials" of the Tang Dynasty all wanted to find fault with the Song Dynasty and start a war with the Song Dynasty, taking the opportunity to annex the Song Dynasty.

And the words of this "messenger" seemed to be deliberately finding fault.

If the envoy is punished, then wait for the war to start.

Right now, Zhao Yu is riding a tiger, and Zhao Yu now turns his attention to Li Qingwei, wanting his "precious son" to smooth things over.

Li Qingwei also noticed Zhao Yu's gaze, now it's time, he went out in front of Cheng Ying, and then bowed to Cheng Ying.

Everyone's eyes widened.He looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

Cheng Ying was also taken aback, but she didn't show it. Being worshiped by her own emperor really "destroyed her life".

But Li Qingwei didn't care about it at all. After all, she had to do a full set of acting. Although Cheng Ying was a courtier now, it was okay to be worshiped by him. After all, she might have to kneel in front of him for the rest of her life.I can be regarded as giving her some compensation in advance.

Li Qingwei said at this time: "Master Cheng, although Master Cheng represents the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty on this trip, but the Emperor is far away in Kaifeng right now, and now there are only you and me here, as well as the monarchs and ministers of my Great Song Dynasty. I also ask Master Cheng to look at the emperor on behalf of the king. On the face of it, show some respect to my father."

At this moment, Li Qingwei cupped his fists and bowed to Cheng Ying again.

Cheng Ying was talented, she immediately understood what Li Qingwei meant, and the two of them immediately "performed" together.

Cheng Ying looked up at Zhao Yu who was sitting on the dragon chair, and she said, "Forget it, Mr. Zhao, as one of the three princes of the Great Tang Dynasty, is the pillar of our Great Tang Kingdom, so this worship is not to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. , but to his 'father'."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Ying bowed to Zhao Yu.

At this time, Li Qingwei also straightened up, blinked at Cheng Ying twice, and praised her for doing a good job.

Although the other party did not worship the status of the emperor of Song Dynasty, he still bowed down to Zhao Yu after all.Da Song can be regarded as saving some face, and this matter is over.

After all, with face gained, no one wants to start a war.

Cheng Ying said after paying homage: "Today, the envoy came here, carrying the decree of my Emperor Tang, to ask for my lord's marriage. My Emperor of Tang loves Princess Ziwei of your country, and we are willing to form an alliance with the Southern Dynasty and make Qin and Jin a good relationship forever. I hope the emperor of the Southern Dynasty agrees!" The second half of Cheng Ying's sentence was obviously threatening.

Hearing this, Zhao Xuan trembled all over.

It's just that he was sitting on the dragon chair, and everyone didn't notice, otherwise the face of the emperor of Song Dynasty would be completely lost to him.

Zhao Yu said at this time: "It's a good marriage between Qin and Jin? The Lord Tang didn't communicate with me in the Song Dynasty before, and now he sends an envoy to propose marriage. It's a bit rude. I don't have many children, and my daughter is There is only Ziwei Emperor Ji. I regard her as the apple of my eye, if the monarch of your country wants me to let him have the apple of my eye, this is a bit against the rules."

At this time, Cheng Ying looked at Li Qingwei, and Li Qingwei said at this time: "Father! I have discussed with the Tang Lord before, and the Tang Lord is willing to cede the three counties of Xinye as a betrothal gift, and ask to marry the imperial sister."

For this condition, only Li Qingwei, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Ying had no guts to agree to.

Zhao Yu said at this time: "It's just the land of the three counties, and you want to marry my favorite jewel? Unless he trades the whole of Nanyang, or Hanzhong. Otherwise, this matter is out of the question."

Zhao Xuan's move was just to bargain with Cheng Ying, the "messenger".

After all, if he agrees, then his precious daughter and the woman he likes will be gone. He feels that if he doesn't ask for more things, he will feel sorry for himself.

Li Qingwei's face changed at this time, Zhao Yu's request was a bit too much, the current territory of Datang itself is not very large, not to mention that there is not a single inch of land in Datang that is superfluous.

Li Qingwei's willingness to give up the three counties of Xinye this time was already out of Zhao Ke's face.

Moreover, Hanzhong and Nanyang are both strategically important places. These places are condescending, and as long as they move forward, they can swallow the land of Bashu and Jingxiang.

If he surrenders to the Southern Song Dynasty at this time, then when the Southern Song Dynasty is recovered in the future, his strategic posture will be very passive.

Although it is also possible to emulate the Mongols and encircle the Southern Song Dynasty by capturing Tubo and surrendering Dali, Li Qingwei feels that his side does not have the strong mobility of the Mongols.

After all, Mongolia has a complete animal husbandry industry, and they have flocks of cattle and sheep. The most important reason why I chose to raise troops in Guanzhong is that there is a place to raise horses in Guanzhong, which can develop mobile troops.

If he adopted the method of usurping the throne in the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Expedition, he would not have the strength of Yue Wumu, Xu Da, and Chang Yuchun. With the horses he snatched, he could pull up a cavalry team that could rival the Mongolian Tartars.

(End of this chapter)