Chapter 433

Zhao Jiu learned about Xi Yin's death in late May. At the same time, he also learned about the death of Wanyan Ouben, the death of Wanyan Hela, and the death of Qin Hui and his wife.

To be fair, he was a little caught off guard... How come they were all dead? If they were all dead, why was he still fussing about it?

At that moment, he wanted to turn around and return south because everything was ready in the south.

Of course, the official soon recovered his senses. He said that the deaths of these people, no matter who died in the encounter with the "Khitan bandits" or Xi Yin who committed suicide in public in Huanglong Mansion, were essentially killed by him and the Song Dynasty.

There is no need to worry about the specific form.

Moreover, at this point, we must put an end to the situation outside the Great Wall and give the entire war a result.

With this thought in mind, Zhao Jiu immediately announced that Liu Hongdao, the left vice minister of the Ministry of War and the chief of the Imperial Water Conservancy, who had just arrived at Juhua Island as a special envoy from Tokyo, would temporarily serve as the ambassador of appeasement in Liaodong. He also issued an edict to summon the important officials and leaders of Eastern Mongolia, Goryeo, Khitan, Xi, and Bohai to travel to Juhua Island to witness the final surrender of the Jin Dynasty.

Of course, he had to follow the will of the people and let Yue Fei bring the three king candidates. Originally, this job should have been done by Liu Yan, who was already handling some public and private affairs in Liaoyang. It seemed a bit of a waste of talent for Yue Fei to be the marshal. However, Zhao Jiuqing knew that after the Jurchens' turmoil, there was no real war outside the Great Wall. It seemed that Yue Fei's coming to Chrysanthemum Island to support him was the real use of his talents.

Without further ado, time passed. Emperor Zhao let Yanjing and Dongjing go their own way, but he himself was always wandering and waiting in the narrow path between mountains and seas north of Yumen Pass and south of Yiwulü Mountain.

Sometimes he went to the island, sometimes he was on land, sometimes he climbed mountains, sometimes he waded through water. Most of the time he was writing his "Miscellaneous Notes on Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons". A few times he also had to deal with some political turmoil.

The so-called disturbance is naturally caused by the endless stream of messengers from all sides.

Among them, not only did the tribes outside the Great Wall send envoys to test the waters after hearing the news of the conscription, but there were also envoys from other states who learned the outcome of the war later and had to travel a long way.

Western Liao was of course inevitable. Although they had received repeated promises from Emperor Zhao, Tokyo and Yanjing, their envoys still came one after another, waiting for Emperor Zhao to finally decide to send tens of thousands of Jurchen men and hundreds of thousands of families of various ethnic groups to the Western Regions to consolidate the foundation of the country.

Western Liao was the western barrier of the country in Zhao Jiu's mind. Even if he couldn't make money from it, it was worth unconditional support and funding. The special national conditions of Western Liao, with tens of thousands of people covering a vast area, also led them to accept almost all people with similar cultures... Not to mention the Khitans and Jurchens, Zhao Jiu even planned to send some of the well-educated Yanyun clans there. In the future, criminals and demoted officials could also be appropriately exported, and Western Liao had no reason to refuse.

No matter how chaotic the incoming population here is, they are more trustworthy than the Gaochang people and the religious Turks and Karakhanids, right?

Therefore, this all-round alliance between the Song Dynasty and the Western Liao Dynasty is almost a natural alliance. As long as future generations do not cause any trouble, it will continue for a considerable period of time.

Of course, this is also the fundamental reason why Zhao Jiu is eager to gather all the forces outside the Great Wall, because not every neighbor is Western Liao, and he needs a formal framework.

In addition, the Gao family of Dali and the Li family of Vietnam also sent batches of congratulatory envoys. There was a wave from Taiyuan to Yuancheng, a wave from Huolu, and a wave of Jurchens fleeing from Yanjing. Basically, they were all reactions after getting the news from Tokyo and realizing that the situation was going to change, and they hurriedly fed back to their countries. Even Japan, after Huolu, because Minamoto no Tameyoshi and Taira no Kiyomori wrote letters to the country, Taira no Tadamori came to the court again.

All in all, in the past, it could be considered a small gathering of nations.

Moreover, it does include the main neighboring countries of the Song Dynasty.

However, the envoys did not only come from foreign countries. In the past few days, or since the news of Emperor Zhao leaving Yuguan was spread, Tokyo also began to send special envoys continuously and repeatedly made formal requests to return to the palace.

Let's not talk about anything else, just talking about Tokyo. To be honest, Zhao Jiu certainly understood their uneasiness, but he had made up his mind and did not show any softness. Basically, all the special envoys he sent were sent to the north for appointment and were under the dispatch of Yanjing... Liu Hongdao was a typical representative of them, but he was not the only one. Before and after him, many officials of all sizes from Tokyo were treated in this way.

Soon, the Tokyo Secret Pavilion also realized the problem, or began to become more tactful. For example, after Liu Hongdao, they sent the more idealistic but politically influential Grand Chancellor Zhao Shi? to pay their respects.

But when the emperor heard the news, he immediately issued an order, asking the Grand Master, who was still on the way, to go directly to Huolu to commemorate the dead soldiers, and then go to Yanjing to build a sacrificial site modeled after Yuetai. The Grand Master originally came here with a political mission, but after receiving the new mission from Emperor Zhao, he thought about the comfort of his eldest son, so he simply gave up the task in Tokyo and did this wholeheartedly according to the emperor's wishes, and of course he also followed Yanjing's arrangements.

From beginning to end, they never left Yuguan.

After the Grand Chancellor, it was simply Lü Benzhong who came… Everyone knew that he was a young man from a famous family who could only write poetry. He was a weakling and the emperor would not feel sorry for his loss… But even so, Emperor Zhao remained calm. He was in need of a writer anyway, so he accepted him and invited him to Chrysanthemum Island to accompany him.

During this period, Lu Benzhong was a little nervous at first because of the pre-war instructions, and Zhao Jiu personally comforted him, but it was a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

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