Golden Summoner

"Master Su, as the Minister of Rites of the imperial court, is so resistant to the visit of the Goryeo envoys to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty. In my opinion, this is a rare opportunity for the Song Dynasty to unite with Goryeo to resist the Liao Kingdom, and that The Korean envoy also brought birthday gifts to the Empress Dowager, but Mr. Su blocked it and set restrictions on the Korean envoy. I don’t know why?”

As soon as Xia Pingan entered the palace, he had just met Song Shenzong, and his eyes were quietly looking at Song Shenzong's appearance. Then Dong Dunyi immediately attacked Xia Pingan, full of gunpowder.

"I heard that the Korean envoy has sent a letter to Shangshu, and wants to buy many books printed by the Imperial Academy of the Song Dynasty. The Korean envoy also wants to read our "Taiping Yulan", "Cefu Yuangui" and other books. Shangshu Sheng Have you agreed?" Xia Pingan looked at Dong Dunyi and asked in a calm tone. (Note 1)

To be fair, Dong Dunyi and his like are not really treacherous officials, they are just pedantic and ignorant, and they take things for granted. If Dong Dunyi knew that in another thousand years, the descendants of the Korean people would be able to steal the culture they learned from China. When the achievements of civilization are said to have been invented by them, the expressions on Dong Dunyi's and others' faces must be wonderful!

Even at this time, those Goryeo sticks had no good intentions. On the surface, they were envoys who wanted to reconcile with the Song Dynasty, but in fact they were intimidated by the Liao Kingdom. The Goryeo envoys were ordered by the Liao Kingdom to spy on the Song Dynasty.

"Haha, Mr. Su is very well informed. Yes, the Korean envoy has sent a letter to the Ministry of Secretariat. He wants to buy many books printed by our Imperial College. He also wants to read "Taiping Yulan", "Cefu Yuangui" and other books. We think this is because Goryeo admires the prosperity of the Song Dynasty and longs for it..." Dong Dunyi looked proud, "We, the Song Dynasty, just used this to show our kingly and gentle strategy, win over Goryeo, and jointly fight against the Liao Dynasty, why not? "

"I heard that Mr. Dong even took in two concubines a few days ago. Mr. Dong wants to be gentle with Goryeo so much, why not give his wife and concubine to those Goryeo people to be gentle with him?"

Song Shenzong and Dong Dunyi probably never thought that Su Shi would say such a thing. Song Shenzong's face was almost laughing, but he still tried his best not to laugh. After being stunned for a moment, Dong Dunyi's face suddenly turned red. , pointing at Xia Pingan, "You... you... you Su Shi are the Minister of Rites after all, how could... how could you be so humiliating and polite in front of officials!"

"Huairou Goryeo? Dong Dunyi, you are a fairy, you are an old turtle who gave birth to a son without an asshole, you are a fool who can't tell the difference, you are a coward, you still want to sell books to Koreans, so that we, the Song Dynasty, can "Taiping Yulan" and "Cefu Yuangui" are given to those Korean people, I think you son of a turtle is like a tortoise climbing the threshold, sooner or later you will have to do somersaults..." Xia Pingan directly pointed at Dong Dunyi's nose with a Shu accent and scolded He stood up and said, "I'm scolding you now, why don't you come to Huairou and let me try..."

Dong Dunyi was in a daze and was dumbfounded by Xia Pingan's fast and urgent string of Shu dialects. He was so angry that his whole body was trembling and his face turned red. He bowed directly to Song Shenzong and stammered, " The officials...please punish...the crime of disrespecting Su Shi and insulting the ministers...in front of the sage!"

Song Shenzong was also a little confused. Su Shi was a literary giant of the Song Dynasty, an idol in the eyes of the world's literati. Su Shi usually spoke in a formal and precise manner, which made Song Shenzong a little annoyed. Song Shenzong didn't like it very much. How could Song Shenzong learn from Su Shi? Hearing these fiery market words, I felt that the Su Shi in front of me was particularly novel, not as old-fashioned as before, and I was a little stunned for a while.

"Ahem... Su Shi, how can you be so rude?" Song Shenzong scolded.

Xia Pingan saluted Song Shenzong, and then said with a serious face, "Please forgive me, I just demonstrated to Mr. Dong that the so-called Huairou can not be used for everyone, I just scolded After saying a few words to Mr. Dong, Mr. Dong hated me to the core in his heart. He wanted Your Majesty to punish me and refused to show any mercy. What the Koreans did to me, the Song Dynasty, was thousands of times worse than what I just scolded Mr. Dong. Times, if we, the Song Dynasty, want to implement the kind of gentle policy that Mr. Dong said towards the Korean people and let them get whatever they ask for in our Song Dynasty, then we will not distinguish between good and evil, and there will be endless troubles!"

"Oh, tell me, what will happen to Song Huairou and Goryeo?" Song Shenzong asked directly.

Dong Dunyi was gasping with anger from Xia Pingan next to him. He held his chest with one hand and glared at Xia Pingan fiercely.

"If the other party is a human being, you can be gentle. If the other party is a white-eyed wolf with poison on his teeth and has ulterior motives, it will be useless no matter how gentle you are. It will only make the other party laugh at me for being pedantic and incompetent. The Song Dynasty will only surrender to the majesty of swords." , but they don’t know that there is kindness in the world. They are despicable people and cannot be trusted. Goryeo sent envoys to our Song Dynasty this time. On the surface, they wanted to make friends with our Song Dynasty. In fact, they had a small calculation. It is not good for our Song Dynasty. The envoys from Goryeo who came to our Song Dynasty must have been allowed by the Liao Kingdom to spy on our Song Dynasty on behalf of the Liao Kingdom. If we resell those books to Goryeo, the Liao people can get our Song Dynasty in the blink of an eye. These books..."

"Why is Mr. Su so sure that the Korean envoy was sent by the Liao people?"

"I have seen the list of books that Korean people want to buy. The list is full of books on divination, yin and yang, calendars, arithmetic, military books, edicts, current affairs, frontiers, geography and other types of books of the Song Dynasty. According to the previous The businessman responded that there were Korean merchants who also secretly purchased books at various ports before, and all the books purchased by the Koreans would be printed in the Liao Kingdom in the blink of an eye. It can be seen in the Liao Kingdom. This time, the Korean merchants named Muyi came to visit us. The Song Dynasty actually wanted to make profits, and his true intentions would eventually be used by the Liao Kingdom. Why? The Liao Kingdom was able to control his death, but I couldn't do it. When the envoy arrived now, in addition to wanting to buy various books, he also wanted to buy various books along the way. It even depicts the victorious mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty, and the garrison and garrison, to see what is real and what is not true. How can this be good-natured? Moreover, after investigation by the Ministry of Rites, it was found that among the envoys of Goryeo there were hidden Khitan masterpieces..."

Hearing Su Shi's words, Song Shenzong's face suddenly became serious. Song Shenzong was also a promising king. He also knew what kind of people those Goryeo people were. Although those people in Shangshu Province said it nicely, they didn't draw it. The pie is very beautiful, and I want to unite with Goryeo to make Liao, but...

Dong Dunyi breathed for a moment, and finally got the opportunity to speak from the side, "It is precisely because Goryeo is controlled by Liao at the moment, as long as I, the Song Dynasty, can use a gentle approach to it, Goryeo will definitely be able to use it to my advantage!"

Xia Ping'an looked at Dong Dunyi and sneered, "Mr. Dong, has he forgotten the old things before Taizong's second expedition to Liao? At that time, before Goryeo surrendered to the Liao Kingdom and was canonized by the Song Dynasty, Taizong sent envoys to Goryeo to pass the imperial edict, hoping to communicate with Goryeo. The Goryeo Kingdom jointly attacked the Liao Kingdom and fought with all their strength to attack the dying captives. At that time, under such a great opportunity, the Goryeo Kingdom was too smart to stand still and did not dare to touch a single tree or plant in the Liao Kingdom. This resulted in the unfavorable outcome of Taizong's second campaign against the Liao Kingdom. And retreated, and then the Liao Kingdom launched a massive attack on Goryeo. Goryeo surrendered, adopted the reign name of the Liao Kingdom, and took the Liao Kingdom as its suzerain. Until now, what Goryeo did not dare to do when it was canonized by the Song Dynasty, now they are in the Liao Kingdom The cavalry were surviving under the swords and became the lackeys of the Liao people. Lord Dong and the ministers of Shangshu Province actually want to unite with Goryeo again to control the Liao Dynasty. Isn't it ridiculous? No matter how much you give Goryeo, it's just like a meat bun beating a dog. Go back..."

Dong Dunyi was speechless for a moment, and then he argued forcefully, "The envoys from Goryeo came to the Song Dynasty this time just to lend the Empress Dowager an opportunity to celebrate her birthday and test whether they could unite with the Song Dynasty. They also prepared a birthday gift for the Empress Dowager. How can Mr. Su say that those Korean envoys have evil intentions?"

Xia Ping'an said, "The time used by those Korean envoys to give us the table is Jiazi calendar, not Song calendar. Those Korean people just like to tamper in small places like this, be sneaky, use humbleness as cleverness, and have great hatred for me in their hearts. Song has no respect at all. Isn't this a different intention? How can we let those Koreans get what they want?"

Dong Dunyi was speechless again and argued, "The birthday gift prepared by the Korean envoy must be true. I heard that it is two golden pagodas, which shows his sincerity!"

"Guan Jia, this is where those Koryo people are so treacherous. The big golden pagodas that the Koryo people gave us are just two small pagodas in boxes. The Koryo people know that once we accept their so-called birthday gifts, , the imperial court's return gift was a hundred times their birthday gift, they must have made a lot of money, plus the cost of receiving the Korean envoys along the way, it was no less than hundreds of thousands of gold, the place was harassed, the people wasted money, they used two worthless Playthings, I just want to exchange the most precious classics of the Song Dynasty, fake and real, from various places, and make a lot of money. And most of these things will flow into the pockets of the Khitan people in the blink of an eye. To those Goryeo, we can only talk about power. Can't show kindness..."

Dong Dunyi was speechless and speechless by Xia Pingan.

"The official family, our Song Dynasty is richer than any country has ever seen, and the official family is rich all over the world. There are no rare treasures in the palace, not even a few Koryo knick-knacks. What's so strange about it? The Ai family is celebrating their birthday, and the golden pagoda is If it is really sent, the Ai family will be disgusted with the things of the Koreans. No matter whether they don't want it or not, Your Majesty must not let those Koreans succeed in their treacherous plots and ruin the national affairs..." As soon as these words fell, A well-groomed woman slowly walked into the palace with the support of several palace maids and eunuchs.

Song Shenzong quickly stood up from his seat and went to help him and ask for courtesy.

"I've met the Empress Dowager..." Dong Dunyi and Xia Ping'an saluted quickly.

The woman who came in was the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty and one of Su Shi's biggest fans.

"The Ai family heard in the harem that those Koreans were coming to celebrate the birthday of the Ai family and caused some trouble. They were about to come over and tell the officials not to let those Koreans succeed in their plot to occupy our Song Dynasty just because they were celebrating my birthday. I don’t care about the things of the Koreans. The Aijia think Master Su is right. The books of our Song Dynasty are all the hard work and wisdom of our predecessors, but we must not let those Koreans steal them and give them to the Khitan people. , how is that different from capitalizing on the enemy..."

After hearing this, Xia Pingan secretly gave the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty a thumbs up...

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Note 1: Su Shi's "On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Buying Books in Korea"...