The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 555 Khitan Peace Talks
"The prince is here!" Naturally, the officials from the Ministry of Rites reported to the inside, in order to let the people inside know that the prince has arrived.

With this voice, Ye Luxian, Xiao Tianzuo and the others had already arrived at the door in front of the hall to wait, they definitely wouldn't have waited at the gate.

Even Xiao Yanyan stood at the door disguised as a man. Women are generally not allowed to participate in such a big event.

But he was very curious, so he put on men's clothes and stood there to see what is so special about the prince of Song Dynasty.

Three people walked from the gate, the people on the left and right were all dressed in purple official robes, and they seemed to be officials of the third rank or above.

The person on the left is known to everyone, that is, Mr. Tao Gutao, the Minister of Rites who has been here, and they have met several times.

The person on the right also looks about 40 or [-] years old, and such people are not common in the Song Dynasty.

According to their information, he should be Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the current dynasty, and they have done research on this point.

Finally, there is the one in the middle. Although he has never seen it, he is definitely not an ordinary person. Look at his yellow clothes.

With a tall and straight figure, a noble face, and a firm face revealing a kind of unyielding and self-confidence, there is a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

The attitude of the two senior officials on the left and right can be inferred. This person is the prince of Song Dynasty and the future emperor - Zhao Xu.

"Shangshu Tao Gu of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Song Dynasty pays his respects to the prince and General Xiao." Tao Gu was in charge of such matters, so he spoke first.

"Master Tao is right." Ye Luxian and Xiao Tianzuo also returned the courtesy.

"My lord, the general is here to introduce you. This is our Crown Prince, and this is our prime minister, Mr. Zhao Pu."

"It turned out to be the crown prince of the Song Dynasty. This king is very polite. I heard that the crown prince of the Song Dynasty Yingwei was extraordinary when I was in Daliao. Seeing him today is indeed extraordinary."

"Don't dare to be. The prince has such courage at such an age, which is even more admirable to Gu. Seeing that the prince is several years younger than Gu, he is really young and promising."

Zhao Xu also responded with a haha, Zhao Pu also greeted Ye Luxian and Xiao Tianzuo, and they chatted a lot of diplomatic rhetoric outside the door.

Soon after, I entered the specially prepared meeting place, which was prepared a long time ago and was specially used to hold this meeting.

The advanced vocabulary of talking will not appear here, but Zhao Xu likes to use it very much, which led to the emergence of the word talking.

Do you think that negotiations between the two countries must call a large number of officials to talk nonsense here?There is no such trouble.

That's what happens in film and television dramas, where everything is discussed in private.

It was already finalized by the time it was put on the table, and now Zhao Xu brought two important ministers here to show that there were important things to discuss.

When he met Zhao Kuangyin, he was supposed to sign the final agreement for them. Now Zhao Xu was thinking about how to get in touch with these Khitan people.

"Prince Yelu, Gu is not a procrastinator. Gu just likes to get straight to the point. Let's just say it straight. What is the purpose of you people from Liao Kingdom coming to our Song Dynasty this time?"

Zhao Xu directly refused to reveal his purpose, and asked if you could hold your breath or not.

It has been more than a month since people like Ye Luxian came to Kaifeng after entering the territory of Song Dynasty.

After such a long time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have not asked about their intentions for coming here, which makes them very depressed.

In the end, I realized that people disliked me and others for not having enough levels, and Tao Gu was also depressed enough that my level was not enough.

"My lord, our prince came here today just to have a good chat with you. Our majesty specially ordered Mr. Zhao and his subordinates to accompany the prince to show our importance. This is enough to show our sincerity."

Tao Gu's official position was not small, but it seemed a bit small in front of Zhao Xu and Zhao Pu, so he was willing to be a host.

"Okay, my king is very grateful to the prince for coming in person, and I have also felt the sincerity of Song Dynasty. This king and Daliao are very grateful for your country's hospitality for such a long time."

Ye Luxian is also very polite, he is young but his mind is not necessarily younger than an adult.

"Gu said that we don't go around in circles anymore. To be honest, your Liao Kingdom has nothing to do with our Great Song Dynasty. Gu is very puzzled why you came to Great Song Dynasty?

We must know that you Khitan and us are feuds, but you have notified our court that you are coming to our country, we all want to know. "

Zhao Xu looked at Zhao Pu and Tao Gu and then went straight to the point. I just want to know what your intention is.

In the last stage of his life, Chai Rong was still crusade against He Liao, thinking of recovering the Sixteen States of Youyun. The Song Dynasty inherited everything in the Later Zhou Dynasty, but this part was temporarily put down.

It's not that Zhao Kuangyin didn't dare, but that he couldn't put his mind where it should be now. He thought about unifying the Central Plains, and finally freed up his hands to fight Khitan.

"It's good that the crown prince is so straightforward, so I don't want to go around in circles. This king and General Xiao were sent by the emperor of Daliao to the Song Dynasty, hoping to have peace talks with the Song court, and stop the troops."

When Ye Luxian saw what Zhao Xu said, he said it for this sake, and he didn't pretend to be a gesture anymore. Anyway, he would say it sooner or later.

Moreover, Yelujing gave him a lot of authority, and he could agree to some innocuous requests when necessary, which made him more confident.

And he still wants to survive. If he can't reach an agreement this time, then his group will die if they return to the territory of Liao Kingdom.

This is also the viciousness of Yelvjing. Knowing that Daliao and Khitan have enmity, and let him talk about such an impossible task, he just wants to take the opportunity to get rid of himself.

You have occupied my throne, and now you want to get rid of me, can I just sit and wait, of course not.

Yelvjing had his own plans, and now he was thinking about how to settle this matter with Zhao Xu, and then go back to arrange his own power.

Because he just received a letter from his subordinates saying that they had successfully bribed the people around Yelvjing, so he waited for him to go back.

"Don't be surprised, the prince is here to negotiate peace with you Song Ting. I came here with sincerity this time, otherwise we wouldn't have been waiting here for such a long time. Couldn't HIA show our sincerity?"

These people have been here for nearly two months, and they seem to be really patient. Zhao Xu guessed that they had something to do, but he didn't expect that they would come to Da Song for peace talks.

The peace talks with a low profile, this is really not expected.

(End of this chapter)