A month later, it was the height of summer.

Yang Huairen had also joined Long Wuwei's large army and returned to the capital together.

According to the information obtained from the capital, Yelu Bawotai failed to recover Yang Huairen, and although he was angry, he did not intend to tear his face with Yang Huairen and the Great Song Dynasty.

After calculating the gains and losses, Yelu Bawotai still wrote a letter to Zhao Xu as the new emperor of Liao, indicating that Yang Huairen was already the golden sword and horse of the Great Liao, and he had made meritorious contributions to the arrest of the anti-thief Xiao Sabi, and was exceptionally awarded the title of king of the south.

After that, he said some friendly words about Song Liao, especially explaining the combination of Yang Huairen, the prince of the Song Dynasty and the princess of Liao, which proved that Song Liao had been close to each other for a long time.

At first glance, there was nothing wrong with hearing such a letter, and between the lines it was also to enhance Yang Huairen's status in the Song-Liao relationship, but after listening to it, Yang Huairen scolded angrily in front of the ghost sister, "This old man Yelu Bawotai is really ruthless. ”

Sister Ghost glanced at him, but she didn't deny it, his father was really ruthless in doing this.

The forbidden army could not enter the city, so they could only let the officers and soldiers of Long Wuwei and Hu Benwei make a detour back to the valley camp, but Yang Huairen could only go home after entering the palace in the first city.

broke up with his apprentice Yang Letian's family at the intersection and asked them to return to the old house behind Suiyuan to live temporarily, while Yang Huairen only took a few brothers and a group of accompanying officials into the palace.

After entering the palace gate, Xiao Lao'er and other officials wanted to go to the Ministry of Rites to report on their work, and only Yang Huairen was summoned to talk to Zhao Xu.

The same city and the same palace are not strange to Yang Huairen, but when he met Zhao Xu, the two of them seemed to feel strange.

Zhao Xu's appearance has not changed, but his mentality has changed greatly. A young emperor who has achieved an achievement that his ancestors have never achieved will inevitably make him a little fluttery.

Zhao Xu was still very affectionate when he saw Yang Huairen, and before Yang Huairen finished his salute, he waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down and talk.

"Aiqing, this time you went to Liao, for the victory of the Song and Xia wars, it can be said that you have made great contributions, I should really reward you."

Zhao Xu said beautiful words, but Yang Huairen couldn't answer, "Weichen just did what His Majesty ordered, it was all His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, Weichen just ran errands, and he didn't dare to take credit." ”

"Hey," Zhao Xu said with a smile, "why don't you dare to take credit?" Marrying the princess of Anguo of Liao and helping the new emperor of Liao to arrest the real culprit of killing the monarch and seeking power, isn't this a great achievement?

Even the new emperor of the Liao State has given you the title of the king of the south, if I don't give you the title of a prince, I am afraid that I will lose to the Liao emperor. ”

The words changed a little, Yang Huairen knew that the person who became the emperor was very small-minded, so he had to explain, "The affairs of Liao, Weichen as a Song minister, should not be in charge, but in order to achieve the purpose of this trip to Liao, he can only take dangerous moves, so he has to come to this point." ”

Zhao Xu calmed down and touched Yang Huairen's words, although he also felt reasonable, it can be imagined that it was not easy for Yang Huairen to fight alone in order to stop the Liao State from sending troops to interfere in the Song and Xia Wars.

But in his heart, Yang Huairen marrying the princess of Liao is not a good way to raise his worth?

Whether Yang Huairen was really forced to be helpless in this matter or had the intention to promote it, who can say clearly?

Now the emperor of Liao gave him the title of the king of the south, and also announced to the world to promote Yang Huairen's merits, which is a little uncomfortable in Zhao Xu's opinion, a Song minister, in the Liao State got a higher title than the Song Dynasty, this is not clear to slap him in the face of the emperor of the Song Dynasty?

He couldn't express his dissatisfaction with Yelu Bawotai, and he could only sprinkle his resentment on Yang Huairen.

But at present, Yang Huairen is a meritorious man, without his rush in the Liao State, the Song-Liao War may not be so smooth, not to mention that the Song Dynasty can win a big victory in this war, whether it is Yang Huairen's new training method or the new military food he invented, it also played a vital role, which made Zhao Xu feel embarrassed.

For Yang Huairen, the reward must be rewarded, but Zhao Xu can't give Yang Huairen a title like the Emperor of Liao, in the Great Song Dynasty, except for the founding years, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has never given a person with a foreign surname an example of a prince, unless it is after the death of a meritorious minister, the emperor posthumously awarded a false title of a prince in recognition of his merits during his lifetime.

Moreover, this time the Song and Xia War was victorious, and there were more meritorious heroes, if the reward given to Yang Huairen was too high, other meritorious people would inevitably have a grudge.

But thinking about it the other way, the emperor of the Liao State can give a prince to a Song person, but the emperor of the Song Dynasty can't give the title of prince because of Yang Huairen's merits, doesn't it seem that Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, is too stingy?

Another point, Yang Huairen married a Liao princess and brought back the Great Song Dynasty, even if Zhao Xu thought that this was a passive move he made in order to achieve the purpose of this trip, what would the other civil and military officials in the court think?

There has never been a Song person who became a concubine of the Liao State before, will anyone think that Yang Huairen is acting like a general behavior in the future?

So Zhao Xu is also using such yin and yang words to test to see what Yang Huairen's attitude is, if he has a way to solve this series of problems, Zhao Xu is thinking about the personal relationship between the two, but he really has no intention of embarrassing Yang Huairen.

Although Yang Huairen does not have the ability to dominate the power field, he still understands the meaning of Zhao Xu's words.

"Your Majesty, the title given to Weichen by the Emperor of Liao, Weichen actually doesn't want it, but Weichen is in such a special time and special place, there is really no way to refuse, so I can only accept it.

Although Emperor Liao gave the title of Weichen as the king of the south, in fact, this title does not have any actual power, to say vulgar, it is useless, it is just a gesture made by Emperor Liao in front of the ministers and nobles of Liao, in order to win people's hearts and stabilize their position.

Your Majesty actually doesn't have to be embarrassed, there are more imaginary numbers on Weichen's head, and one more, Weichen's head is big, and he won't feel heavy, Your Majesty can just think of a name that can overpower Emperor Liao and give it to Weichen.

As for the reward, then you really don't have to bother Your Majesty, Weichen went to Liao this time, and he pit the former emperor of Liao and the king of the North Courtyard A lot of money, Your Majesty turned a blind eye, even if it was a reward for Weichen. ”

Zhao Xu is not confused, doing what Yang Huairen said, can naturally solve a lot of problems, but if the people outside mention it, will they feel that he, the emperor, rewards the meritorious ministers too thinly, and say that he chills the hearts of the meritorious heroes?

He waved his hand, "You used your methods to pit the Khitan people's money, how much of it was earned by yourself, it is not appropriate to count it as my reward, there must be a reward, but you are not short of gold and silver treasures, it is really embarrassing for me......"