The Southern Song Dynasty began with the apprenticeship of Huang Shang

Chapter 108
Zhang Jun and his wife Li Shi came to the hall and greeted everyone with a smile.

Everyone in the hall stepped forward to express their friendship, hoping to make friends with Zhang Jun, a court official who is under one man and above ten thousand people.

"Princess Nanping is here!"

At this time, a voice came from the door, followed by Zhao Ji, who was dressed in a light blue dress, with her hair in a bun, and pearl flowers on her head, walked in accompanied by a maid.

Zhang Jun and his wife hurriedly led everyone in the hall to greet them.

"See Her Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"

Everyone knelt down and sang loudly.

Yang Chengye stood in the corner without attracting the attention of others, and looked up at the princess. Isn't this the Zhao Ji who fought Zhang Sanqiang in West Lake that day?Unexpectedly, she also came.

With a smile on her face, Zhao Ji supported her with one hand, and said, "Everyone is flat, this princess is here to attend the banquet hosted by Master Zhang in place of her father."

"You don't have to be restrained!"

"Thank you princess!"

Everyone got up one after another, Zhang Jun and his wife stepped forward and said: "The princess is here, making my humble servant shine!"

"Princess, please sit down!"

Zhao Ji nodded, and with the help of the maid, took the main seat, and asked at the same time: "Master Zhang, why didn't you see your daughter?"

Zhang Jun replied: "Princess Qi, the little girl is dressing up in the boudoir, I will let her come to see the princess!"

Zhao Ji waved her hand and said, "No need, Mr. Zhang should entertain the guests."

Zhang Jun took the order and asked his wife to accompany Zhao Ji, while he himself went to meet the guests.

"The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin has arrived!"

At this time, there was another sound at the door, followed by a middle-aged man wearing a clerk's uniform with a slightly dark complexion and a smile on his face, walking in with two subordinates.

Hearing the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin, everyone's expressions changed immediately, and they all looked in the direction of the gate.

This person is none other than Wanyan Honglie, the Sixth Prince of the Kingdom of Jin who was envoy to the Song Dynasty.

Zhang Jun did not greet him, but stood in the middle of the hall, looking at Wanyan Honglie.

Before Wanyan Honglie reached the hall, he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, please don't blame me for being late!"

Zhang Jun said indifferently: "I have a small banquet, how dare I invite the King of Dajin to come in person?"

Wanyan Honglie didn't think it was disobedient, he still smiled and said: "Da Jin and Da Song are neighbors to each other. Although there were wars, they can still coexist peacefully these years. This is the blessing of the people."

"This king came to Da Song to make the two countries live in peace. My Da Jin Kingdom will definitely not start a war."

Hearing this, Zhang Jun sneered and said, "Your Majesty's words are wrong. Don't you know that not long ago, your Kingdom of Jin and Xixia blatantly joined forces to launch an attack on our important town of Xiangyang?"

Wanyan Honglie's complexion changed, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Zhang does not know that the attack on Xiangyang a few days ago was not the order of His Majesty the Great Jin Emperor, but Wanyan Jinzhi, the grandson of my uncle Wanyan Wushu, did it without authorization. for."

"Today, the king has received His Majesty's imperial edict to deprive Wanyan Jinren of his military power and put him under house arrest for life. This can be regarded as an explanation to Song Dynasty."

Zhang Jun sneered, "I can't see it, can I?"

"Your Dajin Kingdom and Xixia coalition forces are approaching fiercely, and they are about to take down Xiangyang City. If our soldiers and people in Xiangyang hadn't vowed to fight the enemy to the death, I'm afraid they would have been captured by you long ago."

"If you fail, immediately put on a reconciliation attitude. If you win, will you send troops south to attack Lin'an, and reproduce the changes in Bianliang?"

Zhang Jun's words were not polite at all, causing Wanyan Honglie's complexion to change again and again, and the rest of the people also showed a look of admiration to Zhang Jun, especially Zhao Ji, whose eyes were full of admiration.

"hehe"

Wanyan Honglie knew that he was not popular with everyone, so he hurriedly changed the subject and said, "We don't talk about state affairs today."

"My king heard that Mr. Zhang is going to have a wedding today, so he came here to congratulate him specially. A small gift is not a respect!"

Wanyan Honglie said to ask his attendant to present the gift, but Zhang Jun didn't even look at it, and it was the servant who took the gift to avoid Wanyan Honglie's embarrassment.

Then Wanyan Honglie sat directly at the side of the hall and nodded to Zhao Ji.

"This Wanyan Honglie is really thick-skinned. People don't welcome him anymore, but he still stays with shamelessness."

"It is said that this Wanyan Honglie is a character. He has been in An'an for nearly a year. He has been wandering around in the eyes of court officials and has very close personal relationships with many officials."

"I've also heard that many people wanted to kill him, but the place where he lived was heavily guarded, and those who went to kill him were all killed instead."

"Hmph, I don't believe he can always be like this, and one day he will be decapitated!"

Yang Chengye listened to everyone's discussion, and looked at the sixth prince of Jin Kingdom with great interest.

At this time, Zhang Jun pressed his hands together and said, "Today, the official has three happy events to announce!"

"My lord, don't you just want to recruit a son-in-law? Where did the three happy events come from?"

Someone in the crowd yelled.

Zhang Jun smiled and said: "Everyone, please be safe and don't be impatient, and listen to my official advice."

"The first happy event is the great victory in Xiangyang. Almost all the Jin and Xixia soldiers who will commit crimes in the future will be killed. Only ten thousand remnants will flee."

"it is good!"

As soon as Zhang Jun finished speaking, everyone applauded loudly.

Zhang Jun continued: "The second happy event is this official's wife and brother, who made great contributions in the defense of Xiangyang this time, led the army and people of Xiangyang to repel the invading enemies, and were bestowed by the emperor as the Great General Huwei. .”

As soon as Zhang Jun finished speaking, everyone started discussing again, they were all talking about who Zhang Jun's wife and brother were, and they were able to make such a great contribution.

Zhang Jun looked at the expressions of the crowd, and continued, "We invite Li Zhihou, the Great General of Huwei, now."

As soon as Zhang Jun finished speaking, Li Zhihou in casual clothes stepped out, cupped his hands at the crowd, and said: "My servant Li Zhihou, thanks to the emperor's favor, he has been promoted to the rank of General Huwei."

"However, the general in the defense of Xiangyang did not dare to be greedy for credit. It all depends on the soldiers' lives and the people in the city working together."

"At the same time, I would also like to thank the disciples of the Beggar Gang for their support. Otherwise, how could the [-] old, weak and disabled soldiers in Xiangyang City be able to fight against the [-] coalition forces of Jin and Xixia?"

Listening to Zhang Jun and Li Zhihou's words, Wanyan Honglie's face became more and more ugly, and finally he couldn't help standing up and said: "General Li, as far as I know, the biggest hero in the defense of Xiangyang is not you, but another young man." Hero, don’t know if it’s true or not?”

Li Zhihou's expression changed slightly, he looked at Wanyan Honglie, and said: "It turns out to be the sixth prince of the Jin Kingdom, it seems that the prince is quite well informed."

"That's right, there was indeed a young hero who did a lot of hard work in defending Xiangyang this time, but I don't know who his name is."

"I think it's not that General Li doesn't know who it is, but he wants to take the credit of others for himself!"

At this time, another voice sounded, attracting everyone's attention.

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