When the Song Dynasty was marching against Jiaozhi, it was dispatching troops and generals and preparing for deployment.

In the capital city of the Liao Kingdom in the north, a royal sutra banquet was being held.

Zhao Xiaoyan, a Hanlin scholar from the Liao Dynasty, was explaining the Analects of Confucius to the emperor's grandson Yelu Yanxi.

Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dynasty sat under the curtain in the palace with a large number of nobles from the Liao Kingdom to listen.

This is a scripture feast that has been prepared for two months.

For this day, both Yelu Hongji and the emperor's grandson Yelu Yanxi had not slept well for a long time.

Naturally, I am well prepared.

So, naturally, the answers came fluently.

The nobles of the Northern Court of Liao who accompanied Yelu Hongji to listen to the lecture all praised the sagacity of the emperor's grandson.

Especially when Zhao Xiaoyan talked about "Beichen's residence is surrounded by stars", Yelu Yanxi said in the palace: "I heard that China is under the North Pole, so the place where I live now is not the North Pole?"

The ministers congratulated him collectively and said that the grandson was a wise man.

Zhao Xiaoyan also said, "There are kings among the barbarians and the Di."

Yelu Yanxi also answered fluently, and even said: "In ancient times, the Xiongnu, yangnu and others did not know etiquette and did not follow the teachings of the saints, so they were called barbarians!"

"Since Taizu, we in the Liao Dynasty have cultivated literature and promoted military affairs, practiced corvee lightly, and used imperial examinations to select scholars. We have moved from barbarians to Xia!"

"And our dynasty comes from the Han Dynasty with the surname Liu, which is in line with the prophecy of Mao Jin!"

"Isn't it more orthodox than the Southern Dynasty's nickname?"

The ministers once again congratulated and complimented Yelu Hongji.

This made Yelu Hongji couldn't help stroking his beard and nodding proudly: "What the grandson said is true!"

“We, Daliao Fang, are the real China!”

"The Southern Dynasty is just a small dynasty that steals artifacts!"

"It's probably just Soochow, Southern Dynasty and Chen..."

The ministers all agreed, saying that Your Majesty is a wise man, has a great sage grandson, and that the Liao Dynasty has been established for thousands of years.

Hearing Yelu Hongji's words, Long Yan was overjoyed.

Thus, the sutra feast ended in such a festive and peaceful atmosphere.

After the banquet was over, Yelu Hongji held a palace banquet in the palace to entertain the officials.

Yelu Yanxi was brought back to Da Nei by her wet nurse.

At the palace banquet, Yelu Hongji took the opportunity to show to the ministers the notes sent back by Xiao Qian, the Zhengdan envoy of the Southern Dynasty, and others, which were sent back by the Southern Dynasty emperor as a gift to the emperor's grandson.

How could the ministers not know what Yelu Hongji was thinking?

They all congratulated him, saying that although there were wise kings in the Southern Dynasties, there were also saints and grandsons in the Liao Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji was in an even better mood, so he drank three to five more cups.

When the palace banquet was over, Yelu Hongji blushed and sighed deeply.

"It's time for the nobles of the Fifth and Sixth Academy to return home!" he said.

This year is the first day of the year, because I will get three million yuan of floating wealth immediately.

Therefore, Yelu Hongji began to throw away money.

Just the wealth and silk treasures given to the clan nobles of the Fifth Academy and the Sixth Academy were worth millions!

So, how did those noble ministers compliment Yelu Yanxi just now? They were complimenting Brother Kong Fang!

In front of Yelu Hongji, his close confidant Yelu Dilie said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager Xia once again sent envoys to Datong, Xijing to beg for tribute..."

Yelu Hongji shook his head and said, "No!"

"These gangsters should reflect on their mistakes!"

He recalled what the Dangxiang people had done in the past few decades, and he suddenly felt disgusted.

The three-way game between Liao, Song and Xia is a very interesting phenomenon.

The Liao and Song Dynasties were strong, and the Dangxiang people were the weakest in Xixia.

There were wars between Song and Xia for many years.

According to normal people's thinking, the Dangxiang people should firmly hold the thigh of the Liao Kingdom, right?

However, Dang Xiangjian took a different approach!

Since the time of Li Liangzuo, they have been conducting PUA-like things against the Liao Kingdom.

Although they seemed to be respectful, every time they sent envoys to the court or met with them, they always threatened the Liao Kingdom or the Song people openly or covertly, implying that if the Liao Kingdom - if the Liao Dynasty did not protect us, we would negotiate peace with the Song people.

This made the Liao Kingdom have to be patient, appease the party members, and often reward them generously.

But now the situation is different.

Song and Liao were approaching at an accelerated pace. The party members who were originally sandwiched in the middle and could blackmail Liao and Song suddenly lost the space to move around.

"Your Majesty..." Yelu Dilie said: "When the Southern Dynasty's handover is obtained, you will still see what you need to see..."

Yelu Hongji nodded: "I know!"

"Then, I will go and reject the party members..." Yeludilie asked for instructions.

"Go!" Yelu Hongji waved his hand.

Looking at Yelu Dilie's retreating back, Yelu Hongji's eyes blurred for a moment.

The old emperor, who has been in power for more than thirty years and has experienced the Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Yixin Rebellions, has already matured and become a qualified political creature.

So, he naturally knows it.

In this tripartite game between Liao, Song, and Xia, the principles that the Liao Kingdom should follow.

Maintain the war between Song and Xia, but at the same time, do not allow the Song people to destroy the Xia Kingdom.

so……

The old emperor knew what he should do.

"It seems that we have to choose a princess from the clan to train..." he thought.

After the Dangxiang people have been begging for another two or three years, they will have to step down and agree to their request.

Yelu Hongji suddenly remembered something, raised his head, looked at Xiao Wuna, another confidant who stayed by his side, and asked: "I heard about the Southern Dynasty, and you want to conquer the South again?"

Xiao Wuna lowered his head and replied: "It is true!"

Then he reported the contents of Xiao Qia and others' report.

After Yelu Hongji heard that Xiao Qia and others had written to Nanchao, he nodded: "Xiao Qian, Xiao Jia did a good job!"

"Each of them moved to an official position as a reward!"

…

Dabai Gaoguo, Xingqing Mansion.

The national mourning has ended, and the Empress Dowager Liang and her son Bingchang have been buried.

The temple name and posthumous title have also been chosen.

With the assistance of Empress Dowager Xiao Liang and Liang Yibu, the little emperor secured his position.

So the Yuan Dynasty was changed: Tianyi Zhiping.

Gengxu (21), the first month of the first year of Tianyi Zhiping.

The Prime Minister, Taishi Liang Yibu, led his army back to Xingqing Mansion from Tiandu Mountain.

Returning with him were the newly appointed Youxiang Dynasty Supervisor of the Shun Supervisory Army, Weiming Taige, and the newly appointed Zhuo Luo and Nan Supervisor of the Military Dutang Liang Xingtai.

These two places used to be the territory of Renjia.

This means that the party members have completed the internal reshuffle.

The Weiming family, the Liang family, took over Renjia's territory.

The nobles and nobles below them divided up Renjia's pastures, manors, and slaves.

As a result, the government and the public rejoiced.

Only Liang Yibu was worried.

He hugged his nephew Qianshun, sat in the bedroom, and talked to his sister about what happened when he was in Tiandu Mountain.

"Ali Gu is still hesitating and unwilling to listen to my plan..."

"The temple built by the Nanman in Xizhou is about to be completed, and many Tubo leaders have already made pilgrimages..."

"Even Zhuo Luo and Nan, many of the tribal leaders in Chao Shun in the right wing are preparing to make a move..."

A Buddha tooth relic can shake up the situation in the entire northwest.
To be continued...