Song Gexing

Chapter 267: Dun made a secret move

"No, if Guangshun Army stays, my emperor and Concubine Xiao will worry that you will abuse them."

It was Zhang Heng who was sent by the Song Dynasty to negotiate. The number one scholar in the second year of Jiayou, with his talent, he forced himself to suppress Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zhang Zai, Lin Xi and other celebrities, and took the number one scholar.

Although he is not well-known in later generations, it does not mean that he has no talent. This nephew of Zhang Dun, Su Shi praised his talent, and no one can match it within a hundred years.

His talent lies not in literature and art, but in governing the world. However, because of his upright character, neither the new party nor the old party liked him, so he spent almost all his life in foreign office.

This is a capable minister. If he had not been affected by the party struggle, he would have been a famous minister. He was both civil and military and was good at controlling water.

Now he bluntly pointed out that Yelu Hongji would not trust the Guangshun Army if they were left to the Liao Kingdom. Their outcome would be to be targeted and disappear from the world.

How could the Liao people admit it? The two sides broke up after a verbal exchange of words, followed by various diplomatic rhetoric.

But this matter obviously needs to have a result. The Song Dynasty has also made adjustments, and both sides have made concessions. The Liao Kingdom also understands that today is no better than in the past, and it is not feasible to be blindly tough.

Therefore, a new suggestion was made, that is, to let the officers and soldiers of the Guangshun Army, except for the Khitan people who must stay, the rest can choose to stay or stay on their own.

Zhang Heng made a supplementary opinion after weighing the matter. The Khitan soldiers could stay, but only to the fifth householder of the Xiao family, and no one else could intervene.

Xiao Guanyin's family has a total of five brothers in her father's generation. She is the youngest Xiao Xiaohui's daughter and the fifth grandchild.

The Xiao family of Xiao Xiaohui's generation had the most power in the Liao Kingdom. The eldest sister Xiao Peijin was the queen, and the eldest brother Xiao Xiaomu's daughter Xiao Tali was the queen. Historically, Xiao Guanyin was also the queen.

There were three queens in two generations, and Xiao Tari was Yelu Hongji's biological mother. Compared with the fifth family, without Xiao Guanyin as queen, she was much weaker.

Moreover, Xiao Xiaohui only had a small number of children. He only had one legitimate daughter, Xiao Guanyin, one legitimate son, Xiao Asu, and two concubines. As for Xiao Lingge, she was not his daughter, but the daughter of a clan member within the fifth server.

Similarly, Xiao Momo was his clan sister, not from the fifth family. It was just that among the five brothers, Xiao Xiaohui was the most kind and treated her clan members well. That's why Xiao Momo became close to the fifth family and came to the Song Dynasty as a dowry.

Yelu Hongji also weighed the pros and cons. The weakness of the fifth house made him feel relieved, because the Xiao family had a criminal record. Both generations of his father and son had tried their best to weaken the Xiao family, and they did not want to see the situation of Xiao Banchao again.

He knew very well how hard it was for his father, Liao Xingzong, to be emperor. His grandmother, Xiao Peijin, doted on her youngest son, Yelu Chongyuan, and always wanted him to succeed him. Both mother and son fought many famines.

And how much the Xiao family contributed to this, it is still unclear whether he would have been able to ascend the throne if he were not Xiao Xiaomu's biological grandson.

Because he is the son of Xiao Tali, Xiao Xiaomu turned against his sister Xiao Ruojin, and he has the uncle of the Great Liao Army God, Xiao Tali's elder brother Xiao Ala.

If Xiao Ala hadn't died young, Yelu Zhongyuan wouldn't have dared to rebel, and anyone who wasn't strong enough would be slapped to death.

Liao Xingzong was depressed back then, because his uncle was too powerful. He had finally broken up the harmony among the five houses of the Xiao family, so he didn't want to be sidelined by his uncle in the end.

Fortunately, Xiao Ala is an upright person. He has been fond of Confucianism since he was a child. He attaches great importance to the way of monarch and ministers and has no desire to be a powerful minister.

Only then before Liao Xingzong died, he told his son to reuse his uncle in order to help him stabilize the throne.

It was true that Xiao Ala helped Yelu Hongji secure the throne at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, and no one in the various branches of the royal family dared to disagree, but this old man was short-lived.As soon as he died, Yelu Chongyuan started to make trouble. Now the Xiao family is not as strong as before, especially Wufang. After much consideration, Yelu Hongji decided to agree.

Xiao Asu was summoned into the palace and told him: "You try to win over the remaining people and let them stay. Your sister is the noble concubine of the Song Dynasty, and she is no longer from Liao. You have to share in this matter." Qing, please don’t interfere with state affairs because of personal affairs, do you understand?”

After secretly rolling his eyes, Xiao Asu replied solemnly: "Your Majesty orders, but those people are very stubborn. It's okay for the Han people, but the Bohai people may be hard to persuade. I will do my best."

Of course he didn't dare to give a guarantee. If he couldn't persuade those people, then Yelu Hongji would take the blame and let him take the blame.

This is the custom of the Khitan people. Although he coveted his sister's property, he did not dare to go too far, otherwise it would be a big loss if he was ostracized in the aristocratic circle.

Fortunately, Yelu Hongji also understood that this matter could not be forced. He nodded and patted him on the shoulder: "I understand, just do your best."

Xiao Asu was restless when he returned home. This task was not easy to handle. He was not worried if it failed. Anyway, he had said it before.

What he was worried about was that after he stepped forward to do this, if his sister was dissatisfied with him, that would be a big problem.

Even though his sister was in the Song Dynasty, the Khitan people's rules were hard to break, and his sister was his biggest support.

If something happens to the Xiao family one day, he still has the escape route of the Song Dynasty. After all, he is now the uncle of the Song Dynasty, and I heard that his brother-in-law is very good to his sister.

Just when he was uneasy, Zhang Heng's servant came to his house and said that it was a gift from the imperial concubine, so he hurried to let people in.

"I've met my uncle Guo. Madam wishes you well at home..."

The visitor was an old servant of the Zhang family, a middle-aged man. He said he was an old servant not because of his age, but because his family had been a servant of the Zhang family for generations.

After some exchanges with Xiao Asu, he left. Xiao Asu calmed down and immediately called someone: "Come here, let the uncle and the second master come over!"

Xiao Asu is the third child, but he is the legitimate son, so he will naturally inherit the family business. The Khitan people are no different from the Song people in this regard.

Zhang Heng never expected that the old servant he brought out this time would quietly do such a disgusting thing to him.

He knew about sending gifts to the Xiao family, and he also respected Concubine Xiao. Especially this time, Song Dynasty had taken advantage of her, but all of this was due to Xiao Guanyin.

Without the private city of Yizhou, the Song Dynasty would not have allowed the Liao Kingdom to give up its land, and Xiao Guanyin's ability to give up her private property is enough for people to respect her.

What Zhang Heng didn't know was that his old servant also brought a secret mission, and this was not assigned by the court, but by his uncle Zhang Dun.

Zhang Dun, who was far away overseas, received the news very late, but he did not neglect it at all and immediately sent people back to handle two things.

One was to find He San, an old servant who lived with Zhang Heng in Bianjing, and the other was to find Gao Jujian to send a secret letter to Zhao Fang to facilitate Zhang Heng's mission.

Zhao Fang didn't know that he had assigned He San a task. He already admired Zhang Heng's talent. How could he refuse to agree to it and think that he was recommending his nephew to him?

(End of this chapter)