Chapter 16 third quarter

The accompanying staff took the copy from Ma Kuo, knowing that there would be no good words in it, in order to calm things down and avoid a frontal quarrel with Ma Kuo, they did not dare to open the copy to read in person, so they left. But a quarrel over the edict is inevitable.That night they studied with the ruling and prime ministers, and the next afternoon, the three companions came together for a second visit with copies. As soon as they entered the door, they grimaced, sighed, and put on an air of disappointment because they couldn't make a deal and the intermediary couldn't get any benefits.You and I criticize this letter sentence by sentence, either saying that this word is too strong, or that that paragraph is too harsh.All in all, the wording of this letter is arrogant and extremely inappropriate, and it is harmful to the good neighborliness. It must be revised from the beginning before it can be submitted to the royal audience.

Since it is a letter of decree, as the name suggests, it is very severe, how can it be gentle and honest, resentful but not angry?For more than a hundred years, the Liao government has always dealt with the Northern Song government, relying on power and bullying with words. How often have they paid attention to the principle of "good neighborliness"?Today, these three museum companions suddenly talked about their "good neighborliness" and accused the Northern Song Dynasty government of not being friendly enough. Ma Kuo couldn't help but secretly laughed when he heard this.

"Ma Mou was ordered to write a letter to persuade the king and princess to surrender," Ma Kuo waited patiently for their criticism to finish, and then simply replied, "I have no right to modify the words of the book. Isn't it all in vain that everyone has said so much?" Tongue?" They were still not willing to let it go, and suggested that Ma Kuo revise the manuscript, send Kuai Xingjia to send it back to Xuanfu Division quickly, and send it with a new seal.He also said, "It took only three or four days before and after, and the wording in the book was changed, so as to save face with each other, things will be handled easily."

"Ma has no right to revise the manuscript. Haven't you already made it clear to everyone?" Seeing their chattering and entanglement, Ma Kuo flatly refused, "If you want Ma to revise, you can only follow a few lines from the original book. Rewrite the words again, without adding or deleting a single word. The ministers of the noble dynasty did not measure their virtues, did not judge the time and personnel, and made quick decisions on major events, but they had this leisure time to do that sour talent with every word and every word! You are free, but Ma is not here to accompany everyone on this matter."

"I, Yao, have also accompanied the envoys of the Gui Dynasty and the Hexi family many times," Yao Fan said with a very depressed expression, "Everything is so easy to discuss with each other, and it was almost as decisive as the announcement of praise, without any hesitation. Room? It’s like doing a business, both parties need to give in a step before the deal can be concluded. Now, only my family makes concessions, and Xuan Zan holds the bargain price without giving in at all. How can this deal be successful?” "Where you can give in, I will give in to everything." Ma Kuo said calmly, "Where you can't give in, I can't give in even a single step. The commander-in-chief doesn't think that everyone is talking about military affairs now, how can it be compared to business?"

The conversation has come to an end, and there is nothing to say, so we have to part ways temporarily. After a few hours, they came to visit for the third time.This time he came at the wrong time, and he was very aggressive. He yelled at the door, and he was no longer the good-natured look of "everything can be discussed". "Xuan Zan came to our country," Xiao Kui asked sternly as soon as they met, "Is it to negotiate state affairs, or to be a spy?" "What does Xiao Shuzhi mean?" Ma Kuo said seriously, thinking to himself, "A struggle has begun, and it is likely that Brother Zhao and Brother Sha made a mistake."

"What do you mean, Xuan Zan knows it in his stomach," Xiao Kui sneered, "Why ask me again?" "A man acts openly and aboveboard. If you have something to say, please speak up. Why do you hide your head and show your tail?" Ma Kuo did not back down from his position. , Talk about restraint? What's the reason for Kui Ye to come here and disturb my dream?" "If you have nothing to do, don't go to the Three Treasures Hall. If there is nothing to do, how dare you come to disturb Xuanzan at night!" Yao Fan softened his tone, and then adopted a surprise attack tactic, and asked suddenly, "Does Xuanzan recognize Liu Zongji?"

"What's so great about this Liu Zongji?" Ma Kuo laughed, "I wrote a letter of complaint and letter to him three days ago, why didn't I recognize him?" Yao Fan was surprised when Ma Kuo said such an important matter so easily. "According to Liu Zongji's first report to the Dianqian Secretary," Yao Fan specially chose the threatening word "first report", which prompted Ma Kuo to notice the seriousness of the matter, "Xuan Zan gave him a letter in his own hand and asked him to go to the Instigating the Ever Victorious Army to rebel, is it true?"

"The Commander-in-Chief is wrong! I sent Liu Zongji a letter to instigate the Ever Victorious Army anyway, not to instigate rebellion. How can there be rebellion if you return from righteousness to obedience? There can be no mistake in these two words. My mission here is to spread comfort Military and civilians, recruit all the officials and people who are willing to surrender anyway. How can I ignore Liu Zongji's sincere donation? Let alone Liu Zongji, if you and the three Liao court officials want to offer their sincerity to me, I have to fill out the report on the spot I accept you to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. This is the official business that I should do in my duty, and it is worth the three Kuiye coming here, making a fuss?"

It doesn't matter if you instigate a rebellion, or instigate it anyway, that's what it is anyway.What could be more serious than that an envoy sent to a neighboring country instigates an army to rebel in private?Yao Fan and the others finally grasped this trick, thinking that they could make a big fuss about it and fight an active battle, at least they had to greatly suppress Ma Kuo's arrogance so that they could gain a more favorable position in the negotiation.What they hoped was that Ma Kuo would deny the matter categorically, or speak hesitantly, so they could present witnesses and physical evidence on the spot so that Ma Kuo could not deny it, that's it.This play is easy to sing.Unexpectedly, Ma Kuo did not act according to their expectations. Not only was he not guilty, but he admitted it directly, and said that it was the official business that he should do in his duty.

In the hands of Ma Kuo, all diplomatic conventions were broken, and he did whatever he wanted.Now the ones who feel embarrassed are the escorts and assistants.Yao Fan and Zhang Wei were already discouraged, only Xiao Kui was still not convinced and wanted to struggle. "Xuan Zanxiu takes this matter as normal," he said in the worst possible way of threatening, "Xuan Zan has official duties within the duties of Xuan Zan, and our court also has official duties within the duties of our court. Smuggling, how can Yao Dianshuai eat the dead body? This matter needs to be investigated in depth, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for Xuan Zan. Once something happens, Xuan Zan doesn't think about himself, don't he think about his wife, family and children in the south?" "Who does Xiao Shuzhi think Ma is?" Ma Kuo raised his eyebrows, and said coldly to Xiao Kui's threat, "As a escort, if you don't ask, how can you be afraid of death! Ma Zichong? A certain man came here, originally intending to use his own body to change the life of Quan Liao. The kings and ministers of your court listened to Ma Mou's words, measured their virtues and measured their strengths, submitted to him and gave him righteousness. , I’m just going to die with you, and I’m just fighting for a few days sooner or later. But I never thought of a word of fear. "What a tough guy!" Yao Qiang praised with a thumbs up, "Xuan Zan's muscles and bones are always made of raw copper and wrought iron. To be honest, I, Yao, really admire Xuan Zan." "Xuan Zan is full of courage, and I, Xiao, also bow down to my feet. I just want to advise Xuan Zan, don't act like this again in the future, so as not to embarrass each other." "In two days, I have to go to the palace to instigate the king and the princess to surrender anyway!" Ma Kuo laughed heartily, "How dare you neglect your duty? Could it be that you can't stop here with a few threats from Xiao Shuzhi? As for embarrassment For all the gentlemen, I can only ask for your forgiveness, and I will make amends in the future." The three escorts saw that Ma Kuo was so difficult to deal with, and that their purpose of coming here had not been achieved at all, and they even let him take advantage of what he said. "Everyone is doing business," Yao Fan said apologetically, and Quan Dang retreated, "It's unavoidable to offend with just words, please forgive me! Praise and arrange yourself, and come to accompany me tomorrow." "Wait a minute!" Ma Kuo pretended to be astonishing, and stopped them with a gesture, "When the three of you came here, Ma just finished a corner of the paperwork and was waiting to be sent to someone. It's rare that you come here by chance, so this Please ask the three of you to bring the document in person." "What business is there for Xuan Zan? It's so important!" The three asked in surprise. "This is really an important matter," Ma Kuo deliberately teased them again, "May 24th the day after tomorrow is the anniversary of my pilgrimage to the Holy Mother, Empress Dowager Chen, and I want to use a large temple in your place to set up a funeral ceremony. A sacrifice. Since the two dynasties communicate with each other, it is reasonable to notify your dynasties and send officials to accompany the sacrifice. This is the way to be good-neighborly and friendly. Please take this document to your home country. The concubine knows." When the three of them heard that it was such an important business that didn't hurt their spleen and stomach, they immediately felt relieved. "The mother of your dynasty is taboo," Yao Fan replied respectfully, "This dynasty should pay all respects to accompany such a grand ceremony, so how dare you miss something! Let me go back soon, and play and the queen will know." "This place of offering sacrifices is here," Xiao Kui wanted to make up for the rudeness just now, and showed great hospitality from the sidelines, "Jinggou Temple here has become a venue for advocating praise, which is very inconvenient. In my opinion, it is better to set it up in Beiji Temple. There is a need for advocating praise." As everyone knows, the North Pole Temple is the largest temple in Yanjing, with a spacious place and many monks. Going there to set up a memorial ceremony is just in time to receive guests and pay respects." "I've heard for a long time that the Beiji Temple is the largest temple in Yanjing, and it's very good to set up a memorial ceremony there!" "Xuan Zan has expressed his approval, and I will play the quasi-queen first, and arrange it early tomorrow morning. The storage of the color is grand and thoughtful, so that Xuan Zan can rest assured." "In this way, Ma will thank you all for your kindness on behalf of the imperial court." This was the most polite thing the accompanying envoys and deputy envoys had heard from Nan envoy since they were appointed, and they had reason to accept Ma Kuo's thanks for their hard work.

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