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Chapter 871 Is Yelu Hongji really going to change his surname to Liu?
"At the request of His Majesty the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, and under the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Liao Dynasty, the Prince of Liang, and the King of Korea, I, the minister, hereby present the handwritten letter of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!"

In the Chongzheng Hall, the Liao envoy Xiao Dechong knelt and bowed his head, respectfully presenting the letter from the Liao crown prince.

When Zhao Xu saw this, he immediately smiled and asked, "How is my brother?"

"Thanks to your Majesty's care, Your Highness, everything is fine. In March of this year, you will accompany my Lord to visit Goryeo, pass through the homeland of the four Han counties, and comfort the military, civilians and gentry..."

"The Korean gentry, seeing His Highness's heroic appearance, wept and bowed, saying: 'We, the ministers, have seen His Highness, the Crown Prince of the Great Liao, with the appearance of a pine or cypress in its infancy; we have seen His Highness's movements, like a deep abyss and a towering mountain; we have heard His Highness's virtuous voice, like the vibration of metal, stone and jade. We know that the Holy Dynasty has a successor, and that the Great Liao Emperor has made His Highness our king. This is truly the blessing that our descendants have cultivated for generations! So they kowtowed a hundred times, expressing their gratitude endlessly..."

"The Crown Prince then rode his horse to Kaesong and inspected the three armies on behalf of our lord. When the horn bow was first drawn, the three armies cheered, and the young horse tried its hooves, which frightened Goryeo! Then, the ministers of the Goryeo thief, Kim Soo-je and Choi Shin, saw the Crown Prince's heroic figure on the top of Kaesong City and sighed with emotion, saying: I see that the Crown Prince of the Liao Dynasty has the demeanor of King Cheng and the style of Han Ming, so they lowered themselves down the city wall to surrender..."

The Song officials in the palace listened to Xiao Dechong's words and cursed in their hearts: "The northern barbarians are really immoral!"

The demeanor of King Cheng and the style of Emperor Ming of Han.

This is the praise and description of the current official by the gentry and common people of the Song Dynasty.

Now, the people of Liao, in front of the emperor and his ministers of the Song Dynasty, put these words on the head of their grandson without blushing or beating their hearts.

Isn't this a kind of minotaur?

Zhao Xu listened but did not react at all and kept smiling.

His focus has always been on Xiao De Chong's opening remarks.

"The four Han counties?"

"Is this old man Yelu Hongji serious about this!?"

"Could it be that he wants to publicly announce that the Khitan people should change their surnames to the Han surname Liu?!"

As Zhao Xu thought about it, his heart began to churn.

Although, since Yelü Abaoji, successive Liao rulers would privately call themselves Liu.

Sometimes, people would order people to carve the inscription "Liu XX" on the ritual vessels offered to the temple.

But in the eyes of the Zhao officials, these things are role-playing, a game, and no one ever takes them seriously.

But now, Yelu Hongji's actions are completely different from the past.

It's no longer just a simple lip service.

Instead, we need to take practical actions, and even give them political purposes!
This made Zhao Xu instinctively alert.

There is no two suns in the sky, and no two masters on earth!
Anyone who has studied history will know that after the minority regime in the north completed its thorough sinicization reform and became a centralized dynasty, what should it do next?
How could we not save him just because we are separated by a strip of water?

The Sui army crossed the Yangtze River and the Southern Chen Dynasty was destroyed.

If the Liao ruler publicly changed his Han surname to Liu, would the Liao people still stay quietly in the north and be content with the Youyan area?

impossible!
We must march south to liberate the hundreds of millions of subjects who are suffering under the rule of the small Zhao Song court.

This has been the nightmare of every generation of Zhao officials since the Treaty of Chanyuan.

Not to mention, there is also the prophecy of the Mao Jin Dao.

Double the threat, double the nightmare!
Even though Zhao Xu had studied abroad in modern times, he had eliminated his Liaophobia to the greatest extent.

But I was still shocked by the possibility.

At a certain moment, the heart beat violently for a moment, and then returned to calm.

"Yelü Hongji is dreaming!"

Conquer Goryeo and recover the four Han counties.

This is sufficient to provide the Liao people with a source of legitimacy in legal terms.

It is even enough to mock the Song Dynasty in return - Little dog, I have restored the four Han counties, but what about your Hexi and Annan?

My dear nephew, if you can't handle it, you might as well let your uncle come!

Just like the Zhao emperors often dreamed of inviting the Liao emperor to Bianjing as a guest so that they could appreciate the graceful dance of the Liao people, the Liao emperor must have also wanted to invite the Zhao emperor to Shangjing as a guest, or even - it is not ruled out that he would directly invite the Zhao emperor to a banquet in Bianjing and appreciate the Zhao emperor's graceful dance.

However, Yelu Hongji's mentality is a good thing for the current Song Dynasty!
"I am worried that if the Northern Expedition succeeds in the future, ethnic assimilation will be difficult!"

"With the help of my great uncle, how much effort can I save?!"

so……

Aid to Liaoning cannot stop!
With this mentality, Zhao Xu naturally smiled brightly.

He waited for Xiao Dechong to finish speaking, then said, "I heard from you that my brother is so smart and healthy, and I feel relieved!"

"When you return to the country, I will have a personal letter to my younger brother. Please pass it on to me when you are ready!"

"Yes!" Xiao De Chong bowed deeply.

Today's relations between Song and Liao have reached an unprecedented peak since the Treaty of Chanyuan.

The economic, political, cultural and even military relations between the Song and Liao dynasties have broken through the shackles of the past.

During this mission, Xiao Dechong received personal instructions from Yelu Hongji - when you arrive in the Southern Dynasty, you should serve the emperor of the Southern Dynasty as you served me.

Xiao Dechong, of course I know, why is this?
If the Liao Dynasty wanted to destroy Goryeo, it could not do without various cheap commercial goods from the Southern Dynasties.

Naturally, his mission this time is to buy, buy and buy!
Tea, linen, silk, ironware, sugar, cotton...

The Liao people had a strong demand for all the goods on the shelves of the Southern Dynasties.

And the more, the better!
There was no other way. The army of more than 100,000 had been stationed in Goryeo, away from their hometown, for a year.

Morale can be maintained entirely by rewards.

If the rewards are not enough, morale may drop.

But the problem is that the cost of war is too high.

Moreover, the lives of the royal family, relatives of the emperor, the Xi kings, and the literati of Youyan in Shangjing City were still extravagant.

Even more extravagant than before.

Many powerful families now add icing sugar even to their meals and tea.

The ladies in the family specifically requested to use "Nanxiang" when making up.

What's more, many scholars and officials even used southern paper, southern pens and southern ink when writing poems.

Therefore, the tighter the situation is at the front, the tighter the situation will be at the back.

Before he went on this diplomatic mission, countless people in the capital city asked him to buy goods on their behalf, or to directly send people to his delegation.

The total purchase amount of luxury goods demanded by these people has exceeded one million strings of cash.

Thinking of this, Xiao Dechong felt a little sad.

But, this is the Liao Dynasty.

For him, the only good news is probably that the Liao Dynasty is now in its heyday.

The Eastern Expedition to Goryeo had already taken half of Goryeo's territory. If it were not for the sake of long-term stability, Grand Tutor Yelu Dilie would have formulated a plan to consume and annihilate Goryeo's manpower in Kaesong.

Otherwise, Kaesong would have belonged to the Liao Dynasty at this moment.

There was also a general, Xiao Butaye, who led a small army across the sea to fight against the rebellious Fujiwara clan in Japan. He won battle after battle and had already taken over the so-called Kyushu of Japan and coveted its main island.

After the summer storm, it may land on the main island of Japan at any time, kill the treacherous ministers of the Fujiwara clan who killed the king, and restore order for Japan.

A Japanese country that is a vassal of the Liao Dynasty and regards the Liao Dynasty as its legitimate ruler for generations is about to emerge!

Once this is achieved, the Liao Dynasty will truly restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties!
(End of this chapter)