"Then send an envoy to take charge of this matter and return to the east with the late emperor's remains." Empress Dowager Xiao thought for a moment and agreed directly.
"The Queen Mother is wise." Xiao Worila responded quickly.
"This should be the 'half' that the king said, then may I ask what the 'half' is?" Xiao Tabuyan continued to ask.
"Please understand, Your Majesty... Even though the alliance between Song and Liao is as solid as it is, there is still the term 'a hundred thousand people'. Then may I ask, Your Majesty, our Great Liao is located in the West Sea, what is the foundation of our country?" Xiao Worila asked earnestly.
After hearing this, Xiao Tabuyan finally laughed, and then sighed sadly again: "I understand the late emperor's meaning, and I also know the painstaking efforts of the king and his ministers..."
At this point, Empress Dowager Xiao, who was still in mourning, stood up, looked around, and said solemnly: "As everyone knows, our dynasty is called the continuation of the Great Liao Dynasty, but in fact we have traveled thousands of miles to re-establish the country. Last year's household statistics showed that the 'old people' of Hu Siwoluduo were no more than 240,000 households. It is natural to be trembling with fear and treading on thin ice to rule over a vast territory with 240,000 households. And the biggest reliance outside, that is, the ally of the Song Dynasty, has the words 'a hundred thousand people'. It can be seen that although the alliance is important, foreign affairs are only foreign affairs after all. The real internal reliance is only ourselves... My lords, the late emperor asked us to read these letters. On the one hand, it is of course to remind us that we must maintain the alliance, but more importantly, he is afraid that after he left, the country will fight for power and lose the spirit of unity and travel thousands of miles to establish the country, so that civil strife will arise and the building will collapse, so he specifically warns us!"
"The Queen Mother is wise!"
After hearing this, Marshal Xiao Wulila immediately stepped back and knelt down in front of Empress Dowager Xiao. He then took out a dagger from his waist, cut his palm, and pointed to the sky: "The country was lost, and the late emperor traveled thousands of miles to establish the foundation of the West Sea and the River. I am a stray dog, but I received the late emperor's great grace and followed him on the Western Expedition. I was awarded the title of marshal and the rank of king... In this life, I must respect the late emperor's blood as the orthodoxy. If I deviate from it in the slightest, I will not die well in life, and I will not be able to return home for a proper burial after death!"
The rest of the ministers woke up one after another, whether they were Khitan, Xi, Han, Jurchen or Bohai, they all knelt down and swore an oath to show their unity.
Four months later, in the dead of winter, Zhao Jiu waited for Yelu Dashi's skeletal coffin in Yanjing. With mixed feelings, he went out of the city to greet him in person. However, in addition to many expected diplomatic affairs, he was surprised to receive a "reply letter".
When I opened the letter, there was only a few words.
As the saying goes:
"Flowers are blooming on the road, so I should go home slowly. However, the mountains and rivers are difficult to cross, so who will pity the lost people?"
There are two signatures, namely: "Written by Empress Dowager Xiao Tabuyan of the Great Liao Dynasty" and "Written by Xiao Wulila, the Marshal of the Army of the Great Liao Dynasty".
After Zhao Jiu finished reading, he was silent for a whole stick of incense in the cold wind before he came to his senses. Then he just put the letter away calmly and looked back at Yue Fei, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council who was accompanying him:
"Although Dashi is dead, the Western Liao Dynasty is still strong. It would be better to conquer Dali first."
Yue Fei naturally nodded in agreement.
PS: Thanks to slyshen for the silver cuteness, and thanks to Fushengqieyongyuezuojiu, Anxingzhiguang, Jiayi1989, Xianyun V Yehe, ncchild666, and Dancing with the Wind for the upper cuteness.
After finishing the book, the appendix can only be published with information related to the work, which is too bad!
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