Chapter 323 Public Opinion Orientation
Wu Song said: "When Tong Shuai was in the northwest, he told me that the Xixia people's treasury was empty and life was difficult. He was unwilling to suffer such a big loss, so he would come up with such a solution, so he was not surprised."
"Then what solutions do you have?" asked the prefect Cheng.
Wu Song said: "This is a military and national event, and the court boss decided, so how can I know what to do?"
"Don't give me a sloppy eye. Now the storytellers at the intersection of Tokyo are talking about the story of your Wu Song defeating the Western Xia. In the eyes of the people of the capital, they are the heroes of our Song Dynasty. But I tell you that this is just a trick in the face of absolute strength." Cheng Gongfu said seriously, "When Zi Shengming is here, prepare an exaggerated statement immediately, and send it to the capital in an 800-mile manner."
Wu Song said: "Thank you, my father-in-law, for reminding me, I will prepare immediately."
Wu Song has never seen any big battle. Of course, he understands that the public opinion of the people cannot decide anything. The people in the capital know that Wu Song is a great hero? As long as it is necessary, the court should kill him or kill him. However, Wu Song is not afraid, because Wu Song did not hinder the interests of the emperor. Moreover, Wu Yun's power has developed in the capital for so long is very amazing. Thousands of intelligence personnel and thousands of underground forces are a very powerful force. To be honest, which ministers marry concubines and which generals steal blood to drink soldiers are all mastered by the intelligence personnel.
The Xixia delegation had more than a hundred people, after a long journey, finally arrived at Kaifeng City. The Northwest Army escorted back to the mansion, and the 200 Beijing Camp Imperial Army replaced the Xixia delegation. The Xixia delegation entered from the south gate, and the road was filled with all kinds of people. The imperial guards stood in one stop and stopped the people outside.
There were constant discussions among the people: "Have you heard that General Wu Song of Dongping Prefecture won a great victory, turning the Western Xia Kingdom upside down. The Western Xia delegation was coming to take General Wu Song's life."
"No, General Wu is a great hero." Some people said.
"What's impossible? When Xixia comes, we will ask our court to kill the generals and kill these Xixia dogs." Someone said angrily.
"Kill the Xixia dog, kill the Xixia dog." Someone in the crowd responded, and the eggs and vegetable leaves hit him, crackling. The team of the Xixia delegation was originally very neat, with bright armor and clear swords and guns. Now that he was in trouble, even if the eggs were beaten, the armor would be spent.
"Fight, kill Xixia dogs and protect the general." More and more people joined the team battle. Tokyo City had the most people, of course there were more people, and eggs, vegetable leaves, and small stones smashed over like raindrops.
The imperial guards were not vegetarians, they were all held by the children of the capital. Although they were not good at fighting tough battles, bullying the people was definitely first-class. They soon fought with the people and captured more than 100 people before they stopped the people. However, the Xixia delegation was a little miserable and entered Tokyo in a mess. They originally wanted to show off their power, but now it is impossible.
The Xixia mission entered the Hongbin Building directly under the Honglu Temple. This is the place where the Honglu Temple receives guests from various countries. The head of the Xixia mission was named Xiao Heren, who was a second-rank official of the Xixia Kingdom and an imperial envoy appointed by the emperor. This specification was high enough, so the Song Dynasty court also attached great importance to it. The Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, Lord Qin, held a banquet at the Hongbin Tower that night to entertain Mr. Xiao of Xixia. The meal was not at ease, and hundreds of people waved their arms outside and shouted, "Western Xia dog, Xixia dog, Xixia dog."
The Honglu Temple itself was not strong enough to maintain order, and the Imperial Guards and the Five City Military Offices jointly maintained order. The group of Qiu Bas was ruthless and beat dozens of people with bruises and faces. They caught them and sent them to the Kaifeng Prefecture’s jail. The Kaifeng Prefect is also very stubborn. Isn’t this a cause for trouble for Kaifeng Prefecture? Can people be arrested casually? And it is still more than one hundred people arrested.
Sure enough, the public opinion in Tokyo the next day became excited. Many people did not believe that the court would be so stupid and would not agree to peace talks with the people of Xixia. Now it seems that it is wrong. The court is dedicated to maintaining the Xixia mission and is ruthless against its own people. Early in the morning, thousands of people gathered at the gate of the prefect's office, shouting slogans and asking the government to release people. The policemen's heads were aches. They were not so helpful to Qiu Ba. Those Qiu Bass lived in the military camp on weekdays and did not come out, and the people did not recognize them. But the police were different. They walked around the streets and alleys all day long. They really offended people. If they were drunk at night, they might be knocked to death. You should know that the people in the Northern Song Dynasty were not sheep. They had no experience in the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were full of blood and fighting spirit.
The prefect didn't want to cause trouble, so he ordered people to let most of the people go, leaving more than ten, and said they were the ones who took the lead. Of course, no one knew who took the lead and threw the rotten eggs. This is called not offending both sides, and there was room for them.
After a day of rest, the diplomatic mission officially went to the Honglu Temple Yamen and submitted a letter of nationality to the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple.
Qin Shaoqing said: "Your country is willing to negotiate and turn wars into jade. I agree very much. Today, my son is willing to stop wars. It is just that your country proposed to kill Wu Song, the chief supervisor of Dongping Prefecture. Why is this?"
Lord Xiao said: "Wu Song did not abide by the war norms, entered our Daxia Kingdom to kill my people, rob horses, and smashed the largest iron ore in our Daxia Kingdom. If he did not kill this person, he would never discuss peace."
As a diplomat, Qin Shaoqing's level is pretty good. He also read the Northwest War Report and admired Wu Song very much. Wu Song had the talent of Huo Qubing.
Qin Shaoqing said slowly: "Your border army enters our Song Dynasty every year to burn, kill and rob, and the border loses as many as 100,000 people. Your big iron mines are all the people of my Song Dynasty. What is the crime of my Song Dynasty just saving our people?"
The first negotiation ended without any progress, and the second negotiation ended without any progress. Of course, the Xixia delegation was going to meet the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty has always regarded itself as the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom. Xixia is just a savage from the foreign countries. If you want to meet, it requires time to arrange it, and it will be arranged ten days later.
Lord Xiao of Xixia began his activity, and there was a power in Xixia in Tokyo. He first visited Cai Jing, who had retired, and then sent a gift to Xiaowang and Gao Taiwei. Not only that, he also sent a gift to several eunuchs in charge in the palace.
A few days later, the direction of public opinion in the capital began to change subtly. In a teahouse, a scholar-like person said: "The people are stupid. This time, the people of Xixia did not want to fight, but the mountain village man Wu Song wanted to tease the fire of Xixia, kill the people, and steal the horses of Xixia, how can Xixia not be anxious? So if you kill Wu Song, Xixia and the Song Dynasty are still brothers who want to praise each other."
Chapter completed!