In the Song Dynasty, a large group of people, and they were also elites, believed that the biggest reason why the Song Dynasty was able to confront the Liao Kingdom for so long was because the Liao Dynasty did not repair its internal affairs.

The main ethnic group of the Liao Kingdom was the Khitan people. In the eyes of the Song people, they were just barbarians. However, in the areas they ruled, Han people accounted for the vast majority.

In the beginning, the Khitan people regarded the Han people as slaves and took everything they wanted. They basically did not regard the Han people as human beings. This caused the Han people in the area under their rule to rebel, one after another.

Although these resistances were eventually suppressed, they also made the Liao Kingdom exhausted. This made the rulers of the Liao Kingdom see the fact that if they continued like this, the Liao Kingdom would be dragged to death.

Accepting Han people means allowing Han people to enter the ruling class, which has become an established national policy.

However, the attempt to implement this strategy was opposed by the die-hards of the main ethnic group. Under such background conditions, two systems were born, one for the Khitans and the other for the Han people.

This is how the South Court and the North Court emerged.

The South Courtyard is dominated by Han officials, while the North Courtyard is naturally composed of Khitan officials.

Over the past few hundred years, both sides have performed their respective duties and have lived in peace.

But with the development of time, the strength of the Han people in Liao District has become stronger and stronger. Compared with the Khitan people, the Han people are better at production and savings. The longer time goes by, the greater this advantage will be, especially when these northern people

Influenced by the Khitans, the Han people were skilled in bow and horse since childhood and were extremely brave.

The Han people in the North are getting richer and richer.

In contrast, ordinary Khitan people are getting poorer and poorer.

As the dominant ethnic group, the Khitans naturally looked down upon the Han people.

But it is naturally nonsense to ask a Han Chinese who wears gold and silver and is well-off and drinks spicy food to have any respect for a poor Khitan.

Contradictions naturally and inevitably arise.

Sometimes, such conflicts are just minor fights, but sometimes they escalate into court battles. Each time, it leads to a huge disturbance, with heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers.

In such court battles, the Han people often lost, but they did not never win. For example, the Lu family on Nanjing Road was a person that most Khitan people needed to look up to.

To put it bluntly, strength speaks for itself in the end.

The Lu family was able to win that battle because of their family's strong wealth and the thousands of soldiers they had accumulated with their wealth. Even a strong man like Yelu Jun respected the Lu family quite a lot on the Nanjing Road.

In the Liao region, it was difficult for the Han forces and the Liao forces to form a real joint force. The two sides defended and fought against each other. It was precisely because of their attrition that the Song Dynasty, which was at a military disadvantage, was able to stalemate with it for many years.

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And now, this kind of contradiction within the Liao Kingdom has deepened step by step. In the eyes of people like Yeluxi, the Liao Kingdom is heading towards the abyss step by step. If this continues, the Khitan clan will be in danger of catastrophe. Therefore, depriving the Liao Kingdom of

The wealth of the local Han people and the suppression of their power are what must be done.

Yelvxi's political tendency naturally attracted a large number of Khitan people to follow him.

Yelujun, on the other hand, is more inclined to integrate the contradictions between the two, allowing the Khitan people to further Chineseize and truly integrate the two races into one, so as to forge a truly unified and powerful empire.

Both of them have followers, but Yelujun's power is stronger in comparison. Because Yelvxi has been disgusted and abandoned by all the Han families in the Liao Kingdom, but Yelujun has many Khitan followers, like Yeluzhen

Such people are Yelujun's loyal confidants. Although Yeluhuan on Xijing Road is not young, he is more inclined to support Yelujun because he often does business with the Song Dynasty and has many contacts with Song people.

In the North Courtyard, Yeluxi naturally had the upper hand.

Yelujun has always been attacked by Beiyuan as a capitulator.

But this time, Ye Lujun's victory on Hebei Road made everyone in the North Campus shut up.

Yelujun fought brilliantly in this battle and directly pinned Yeluxi until he couldn't get over.

You must know that such a great victory was only achieved by the Liao Kingdom during the confrontation with the Song people, that is, at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, when the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was obsessed with the Northern Expedition, and then during the long years of confrontation, the two sides

No one can achieve such a great victory again.

For the Song Dynasty, Yelujun was naturally a nightmare.

In order to integrate the two forces of the Liao Kingdom, a member of the Liao Kingdom's royal family who spent more than ten years studying Han classics and passed the imperial examination was forced to pass the imperial examination. How could a successor who wanted to bridge the domestic conflicts of the Liao Kingdom?

Not a headache?

If we really let him take the throne, I'm afraid the Song Dynasty will never have peace in the future.

"The Imperial City Department of the Song Dynasty has not been idle. They have been sending wealth to Yelvxi so that Yelvxi can bribe the Khitan nobles." Zhang Chao knew a lot of inside information and said: "The biggest achievement in the past few years is to let Yelvxi bribe the Khitan nobles."

The Jurchens are so poor that they will sacrifice their lives for whoever gives them money."

"Yelujun also has Jurchens by his side!" Ma Xing said.

"Of course, Yeluzhen himself has been suppressing the Jurchens for many years!" Zhang Chao laughed. "It is not unusual to have Jurchens under his command, but now most of the Jurchens support Yeluxi. The Jurchen army is now in the hands of the Liao people.

Important force."

"This guy had better die suddenly." Ma Xing cursed: "Didn't the Imperial City Division try to assassinate this guy in Liaodi?"

"This kind of thing should not be attempted lightly!" Zhang Chao shook his head and said: "If we were the first to activate such an assassination mode, would you, Bachelor Ma, be able to come out like this in the future? Liao people can also assassinate. If you want to do it, you must do it.

We must ensure success without making anyone doubt us.”

"That's right. Framing Yeluxi is a good choice!"

"Bachelor, it's easier said than done!" Zhang Chao said with a smile.

Ma Xing also smiled. Yelujun is the royal family of Liao Kingdom, the king of Qishui County, and the first heir. How can he be easily assassinated? Even with his status, when he goes out, he is always cheered and supported, openly and covertly.

The protector is Zhi Fanfan.

"You said that Ye Lujun is a good person, why did he choose to be the envoy of Zhengdan?" Zhang Chao complained: "The reason why the court asked me to return to Beijing with this man was because it was worried that he would be assassinated in the Song Dynasty. This man arrived in the Song Dynasty.

Song, the number of guards will not be too many, but it is the best opportunity for people like Yeluxi to attack. They can kill the number one enemy, frame them to marry us, and successfully launch the Song-Liao War. This important responsibility of protection

, but it fell on us.”

"There is no way, the thoughts of people like Ye Lujun are really unpredictable!" Ma Xing also shook his head.

As they spoke, the sound of hoofbeats could be heard in the distance, flags were fluttering, and a cavalry team of three thousand people appeared in their sight.

Speaking of which, although the war is over and the Liao people have promised to return the occupied territory, how and when to withdraw the troops is also a bargaining process.

Like now, the Song army has just taken back Xiongzhou, and the Liao people have not yet retreated across the Juma River. There is only a buffer zone of dozens of miles between the two armies.

Zhang Chao narrowed his eyes and waved back. Thousands of soldiers sitting on the ground stood up with a roar and quickly formed a military formation.

This is certainly not for fighting.

It's just momentum.

Don't lose your momentum in front of the Liao people.

These thousands of soldiers are all heavily armored infantry, arranged in a formation, with the support of bows and arrows, but they are not afraid of cavalry attacks. If there are rangers on the side to hunt and cooperate, the power will naturally be greater.

Of course, since Zhang Chao was here to receive guests today, he would not bring the light cavalry into a complete war situation. The hostility would be too obvious.

The two sides were separated by a few miles and formed their formations. After a while, a carriage galloped out from the Liao cavalry, accompanied by about a hundred people and horses. As the banners and battles unfolded one by one, it was the Liao Kingdom's envoy.

The official envoy of the Song Dynasty was King Yelujun of Qishui County.

The two countries have been at odds with each other for so many years. This is the first time that a person with such a high status as Yelujun has served as a Zhengdan envoy to the Song Dynasty. As a result, the Song Dynasty did not even have corresponding reception etiquette, because the officials of the Ministry of Rites also had some problems.

I'm confused, what should I do?

He is the Prince of Qishui County and the first in line of succession.

According to the reception rules of the two countries, there must be at least one person at the prince level to greet him as the accompanying envoy!

But the problem is that the current situation in the Song Dynasty is like pouring oil on dry fire, with just a little spark missing. Who should be sent?

No matter who is sent, it is equivalent to official certification that this person has the same status as Yelujun, the king of Qishui County, and is almost the crown prince of the East Palace.

There is no official in Bianliang who feels he or she is strong enough to speak out on this issue.

In the end, we can only let Ma Xing welcome this person into the country and delay it in Daming Mansion for a while. Anyway, the two sides have a lot of things to talk about!

Then Zhang Chao would escort this person to Beijing, walking more slowly along the way.

It's not long since autumn, and the day of the first day is still far away. Go slowly and let the big guys in Bianliang discuss this issue carefully.

"Ma Xing, Zhang Chao has met His Highness the County Prince. Your Highness has worked hard all the way!" Ma Xing and Zhang Chao walked out hand in hand. Ma Xing stepped forward slightly, and both of them clasped their fists and bowed in salute. Their eyes scanned the surrounding area.

The guard, but his heart was filled with wonder.

The guy who looks like a Jurchen at first glance is naturally Wanyan Bage, Ye Lujun’s top thug. Why is this guy’s head wrapped like a rice dumpling and his hands also wrapped with bandages? It’s obvious that he’s seriously injured.

.On the other side, a young Han general seemed to have some disadvantages in his legs and feet.

Is there really someone attacking Yelujun's team?

Ma Xing and Zhang Chao looked at each other with no expression on their faces, but they were both happy and worried in their hearts.

I am happy, naturally, because the internal conflicts in the Liao Kingdom have reached a point of endless conflict. I am worried, naturally, because there will be trouble in the Song Dynasty.

Yelujun was attacked even on his own territory, but in the Song Dynasty, things could get better!

The Song Dynasty had a large number of spies in the Liao Kingdom. On the contrary, the Liao Kingdom did the same thing in the Song Dynasty?

The carriage door opened, and Yelujun got out, stood on the carriage shaft, looked down at the soldiers of the Song Dynasty in the distance, and then jumped down.

The whole body is just an ordinary green robe, and a square scarf is tied up with shiny black hair. It is completely different from the dressing of ordinary Khitan people. If you change the place and the scene, this Yelujun is just an ordinary person.

He just looks like a scholar! Who would have thought that he is one of the most powerful people in the world?

"We have Bachelor Lao Ma, Lieutenant Zhang!" Yelujun waved his hand, swept it left and right, and said: "To make you two laugh, I encountered a group of thieves ambushing me a few days ago. It was a bit unexpected. Although everything was
To be continued...