Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, was the city of Youzhou mentioned by the Song people, and the Liao people called it Xijin Prefecture.

Since the envoys of the Song Kingdom went north, Nanjing was naturally the best choice for receiving them. At this time, the main officials of Nanjing gathered together after learning the news that they had been conveyed first, discussing how to entertain or deal with these envoys from the Song Kingdom.

Since the Emperor Taizong Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom has formulated a strategy like the "one country, two systems" in order to better rule the country, that is, to govern Liao and Han people, so that Han officials can be the officials in Nanjing and other places to govern the people under the rule of the people, so as not to cause too much hatred between the two ethnic groups, and at the same time, it can win over a large number of knowledgeable and talented Han elites. As a result, there is a difference between the southern and northern officials.

This move undoubtedly played a great role in promoting the development and prosperity of the entire Liao Dynasty. Because of this, the friction between the Han people and the Khitans is decreasing, and the Han people who can live and work in peace no longer care about which tribe they live under. They still work diligently and do their own responsibilities for the continuous growth of the Liao Kingdom.

Of course, all this is just a manifestation. In fact, among the officials in the South Court in Nanjing, the ones who really hold absolute real power are still those Khitan officials. As for the so-called southern officials, they are just driven by them, and their status is higher than that of ordinary people. It is rare for those who can truly gain the trust and value of the Liao court.

For example, the King of the Nanyuan who held the power of Nanjing was a Khitan. Even the heads of many ministries under his tent were mostly Khitans. Among the more than ten important officials who met today, there were only three Han people from Han people. They also seemed extremely low-key in this meeting and dared not say anything.

The fierce style of the Liao people was also extremely obvious in this meeting of high-ranking officials in the south. All of these high-ranking officials sat on the ground, and the gold and silver containers placed on the short table in front of them were not tea, but the strongest wine. Several people didn't pour the wine into the cup and bowl when they were thirsty, and they grabbed the wine pot and poured it into their mouths. Not much was said, but two people were already drinking red.

The scene made the three Han officials frown slightly, but they did not dare to speak. Instead, the fierce-looking man sitting on it said with some dissatisfaction: "Yelu Yuda, you guys are too dissatisfied. Now you have something to talk about. Wouldn't you wait for a while if you want to drink?"

"You don't know anything about Dashi Linya. We all rushed back from the outside of the city after receiving the news. We were so thirsty. Can't we bear it? Besides, we don't understand any etiquette and law. If the Song people attacked, we will fight them. But now we are just messengers. Naturally, Linya and Yelu Xiongge will deal with it. We will listen." The Liao people, especially the Khitan people, are not as particular as the Han people, so the response of Yelu Yida, who was named at this time, seemed particularly unfair, and at the same time attracted the echo and laughter of the others present: "Yes, with Dashi Linya, there are many people here, so we don't have to worry about this. You can make up your mind as you say."

Yelu Dashi could only smile bitterly, and there was no way to deal with these people. Then he looked at the top Yelu Xiongge, who is the real person in Nanjing, the King of the South Court. This person seemed quite good.

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In order to calm down, he just smiled slightly when he saw this: "Actually, the envoy sent by the Song people is nothing, but I discussed with Lin Ya before but found that this time it was different. The envoy of the Song Dynasty was actually Tong Guan, who is a number of people in the Song army, which is a bit strange."

"What's strange about it?" Several Khitan generals were still a little confused, and asked casually without taking it seriously.

"Since ancient times, no military generals took people to other countries as envoys? They didn't have to use troops to our Great Liao immediately."

"Dashi Linya, aren't you a rare general in my dynasty? Didn't you go to Song before?"

"That's different. I left with my identity hidden at the beginning, at least it was Chen Xiangnan as the main envoy on the surface." Yelu Dashi said as he looked at Chen Xiangnan who was also in the hall. The other party nodded and smiled. Then, he continued: "And that time, my main purpose was to dig out the secret son of Xixia, which was a small gain. But this time Tong Guan arrived, it was worth thinking about it. I'm afraid it was because of ulterior motives."

"It would be better to have someone eliminated them halfway. Anyway, they only entered the Great Liao Dynasty, and it would be fine to kill them." A north official sitting opposite Yelu Dashi said lazily. This tall man was almost like an ordinary person standing there. The pair of triangular eyes on his waxy face made people feel cold when they saw it. It was Yelu Sibuda, the Xuanhui envoy in the South Court, whose status here is only under Yelu Xiongge.

As soon as he said this, before Yelu Dashi and others could speak, Chen Xiangnan and several other Han ministers were already screaming: "You can't envoy Xuanhui, this is to give someone a handle, and I'm afraid it will be despised by the people of the world."

This made Yelu Sibuda's face darker and he snorted and wanted to scold him, but Yelu Dashi also said, "Envoy Xuanhui, this will only provoke a full-scale war between the Liao and the Song people. Don't you know what the situation is in our country now? How can you have such thoughts?"

"What should you do according to your wishes? Tong Guan must have ulterior motives when he comes to Daliao. Maybe he just wants to steal all the secrets of Daliao as an envoy. Do we have to sit idly by and watch them succeed?" Yelu Sibuda did not dare to make things difficult for Yelu Dashi, who was famous in the Liao Dynasty, but he refused to let go of him.

"I just said that there is suspiciousness. How can they take action before they make any moves. Of course, necessary precautions are still needed. Today, we will discuss with you so that your departments and departments can help and cooperate to watch the Song envoy team. Also, there was news from the Song State that Tong Guan had been staying outside for a while after leaving Bianjing. What we have to do is to ask the whole story from the mouths of his subordinates."

Originally, Yelu Dashi and the others planned to discuss with these people, rather than directly giving orders, otherwise they would cause displeasure to the other party. But now that he has come to this point, he no longer has too many concerns. In a blink of an eye, he ordered the countermeasures he and Yelu Xiongge decided: "As for the candidates to receive the Song envoy, Chen Xiangnan and a few Han ministers, and then I came forward to comfort them, there should be no problem. Xiongge doesn't need to see them for the time being, let them go here for a few days."

There was no objection to this, so the meeting

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Finally, it ended in a very quick time, and these senior officials of the Liao Kingdom immediately stood up and dispersed. While walking out, there were still people muttering: "I have to call us into Nanjing for this little thing. This big stone forest is becoming more and more like a Han Chinese."

"Haha, this is reasonable. After all, Dashi Linya is the first genius in the Liao Dynasty who can compete with the Han people in poetry and books in a century. Maybe if he was in charge of the rule, my Daliao would have a new look." Yelu Sibuda seemed to help explain, but there was a strange light in his eyes, and few people around him appeared.

After hearing this, Yelu Dashi in the hall could only smile bitterly and look at Yelu Xiongge, who was also helpless: "Xiongge, we have to be careful next."

"I know, I'll be at ease with you." Yelu Xiongge smiled gently. Although he was not as knowledgeable as Yelu Dashi, as a true important official of the Liao Kingdom, he was extremely calm in such major events, and was not as ostentatious as others.

"In a few days, the Song envoy team will arrive. We must prepare well." Yelu Dashi turned around and looked at the empty yard outside, and breathed gently.

At this time, the team of envoys of the Song Kingdom, who was remembered by Yelu Dashi, was indeed getting closer and closer to Nanjing. Next to this thousand-man team, there was a Liao army of two thousand people. They knew that for protection, they actually meant to monitor it. After all, it was always a pity for an enemy country to penetrate deep into the heart of their country.

After entering the territory of Liao, Sun Tu also realized that some of his previous common sense that he had taken for granted was wrong. For example, he always thought that the people who suffered from friction between the two countries must have suffered, but only after entering the territory of Liao, the lives of the people of Liao were also extremely miserable, almost the same as those of the Song people. Obviously, when the Liao Kingdom sent a team to Song Kingdom to capture Caogu, the Song army was not polite, and still harassed the Liao territory and plundered and burned and killed their lands.

This also made the Liao people full of hatred towards the Song people. When they saw the team of messengers under the flag of the Song Dynasty, the people in the villages and towns were all in a state of being able to come over at any time. You must know that this was under the "protection" of the Liao border troops beside them.

Moreover, what surprised Sun Tu and many soldiers of the Song State were even more surprising was that most of these Liao people were Han people. Originally, the Liao Kingdom divided the north and south to govern the people, and the Han people were also Han people placed in the south.

In Sun Tu's original concept, the Han people in Liao and land should be full of hatred for the Khitans, and they would break up at any time, while they were full of expectations for the Song army. As the saying goes, "The remaining people's tears are gone, and they look at the king's army in the south for another year", but in reality, they are completely reversed...

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will understand that where does ordinary people have the idea of ​​family and country? The most important thing for them is to survive and eat and wear well. As long as the ruler can do this, no matter whether he ruled himself as a foreigner or a Han Chinese.

Now, the Liao people can at least let them have food, but the Song people always invade their peace. How can there be people looking forward to the arrival of the enemy?

With some complicated thoughts, Sun Tu and his party finally arrived in Nanjing ten days after entering Liao!

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