I am Da Song

Chapter 290
At the turn of spring and summer, the city of Tokyo is in full bloom, especially the peach, plum, and apricot trees planted on both sides of the imperial street, blooming in succession, with mixed flowers alternately, looking like embroidery.

In April, the government tied a colorful brocade fluttering in the wind between a piece of splendid flowers and trees, and Tokyo Imperial Street, decorated with this blooming brocade, held a grand prisoner offering ceremony.

The target of the offering of captives was the chief of the Caotou Tatar tribe, which showed the great martial arts of the Song Dynasty in the direction of Longyou.

Under the personal leadership of Liu Kai, the army of the Longyou Governor's Mansion traveled hundreds of miles westward along the Qilian Mountains, and found the main force of the Tatar tribe.

Master Wang fought hard, beheading more than [-] people in the first battle, capturing more than [-] men and women, more than [-] horses, cattle and sheep, and countless gold treasures.

The Longyou Governor's Mansion arranged for these people to enrich their household registrations near Xining City and cultivate fertile land, while making a grand victory in the Central Plains.

After the Song Dynasty was changed to the Yuan Dynasty and Jianye was established, all the generals in the army were determined to reproduce the most popular allusion of the Tang Dynasty in the army, and countless countries were destroyed.

Liu Kai was the first general in the Song army who "led his troops to conquer the country, and held his king to question the crime before the imperial court".

Mie Caotou Tatar is not a particularly great feat, but its significance is extraordinary. It shows that the Song Dynasty began to expand its territory and destroy the country.

Its significance is comparable to the destruction of Tuyuhun and the conquest of Linyi in the Sui Dynasty, and the destruction of the Turks and the conquest of Gaochang in the Tang Dynasty. They are all the beginning of the Central Plains recasting the supremacy of the East.

Song Ting, however, would naturally not be satisfied with just conquering Tatars, and the empire's eyes soon shifted to a farther and grander goal.

However, the Central Plains has always had a tradition of cautious warfare.

The concept of Fei Gong has profound influence on all social strata from Mohism to Confucianism.

This deep-rooted concept is carried out in the hearts of most people.

This makes the whole society not have a very clear understanding of war, unable to focus on national interests, and effectively expand its political, military, diplomatic, commercial and other interests through war.

Fortunately, Zhao Huan is very young, only 29 years old this year.It won't be until May 23 this year that he will be thirty.

He has a lot of time to promote ideological change, recast the academic system, and change people's conceptual traditions.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could push Confucianism to the supreme position, and he, Zhao Huan, could also change Confucianism beyond recognition.

This is compared to which emperor lived a long life. Zhao Huan did not practice immortality, did not make alchemy, did not drink too much, did not have any bad habits, and was very confident of longevity.

And as long as the emperor lived long, Confucianism would definitely make the most suitable theoretical revisions to meet the needs of the ruler.

Recently, the imperial court is busy preparing Zhao Huan's 30th Christmas celebration ceremony, and Zhao Huan intends to take advantage of the gathering of the crowd to promote his own view of national interests.

For the first time to talk about national interests, it would be too esoteric to talk about political geography and alliance relations. Zhao Huan intends to talk about the most direct, which is to talk about economic accounts.

The whole territory of the Song Dynasty was peaceful and peaceful, and the atmosphere in the palace was quite peaceful and leisurely.

Shang Gong, the head of the 24th Division of the Sixth Bureau, and Tang Yizhengyue are also pregnant, so it is surprising to say that the person who recently followed Zhao Huan to help him with government affairs was actually Xiao Yinger, who was the one who was next to the queen. The dazed personal court lady Yan Ying.

She is used to dressing herself up neatly, with her hair tied with a headband, like a young girl with vitality, but her breasts are quite large, fair and plump, and delicate.

Zhao Huan was not a saint either, such a girl with a distinctive personality dangled in front of him every day, her chest was delicate and white, so he turned into a beast once he was impulsive.Eat the girl dry and wipe it clean, heartily.

The biggest benefit of having her by my side every day is that it is convenient for Zhao Huan to settle his financial accounts recently.

This time Liu Kai offered prisoners and reported the war benefits to Zhao Huan today. In addition to calling the prime minister and minister Ji, Zhao Huan specially brought her with him to consult the royal family's financial affairs.

Because it was not a formal court meeting, the venue for the meeting was the Chui Gong Hall, where Zhao Huan usually worked and rested.

But Zhao Huan was actually not a particularly diligent emperor. Government affairs were all handled by the Political Affairs Hall, which did not have the majesty of the emperor's office.

If you ignore the attributes of his palace, it is actually more like Zhao Huan's study, so the layout is very comfortable and simple.

There are crystal clear square crystal vases on the desk and table, and white lilies are inserted in the vases.In addition to the vases, there are also the green plants that Tang Yi usually keeps here, which are full of greenery and vitality on the wooden flower stands beside the wall.

The furniture in the palace is the most popular and elegant color of the palace, the log light yellow table and the matching soft couch.

In Menghualu, the aesthetics that Song Dynasty is extremely proud of, Zhuxia culture, the acme of thousands of years of evolution, is vividly displayed in the Chuigong Hall.

Walking into the palace, there is no sense of oppression, and the eyes are full of comfort and joy. The air is fresh and the layout is comfortable, which makes people relax physically and mentally.

Zhao Huan leaned on the soft couch, waved his hands to the generals, and said, "Sit casually, don't be restrained. Today is our monarch and ministers chatting, and we don't follow the rules of etiquette."

"Thank you, the official family." After several ministers were seated, Yan Ying brought a few plates of crystal clear fruits with her maid.

Zhao Huan greeted: "Come and taste it, this is the best-selling fruit in the capital at present. The Shangshi Bureau just went to Donghuamenwai Street to buy it today. Whether it is lychees, sweet oranges, mangoes, plums, or pineapples, they are very popular. Fresh. Especially this Kunlun melon, which is a tribute sent by the Gaochang Kingdom in the Western Regions this month, is very sweet."

Several ministers picked up the fruit plates around them to taste the treasures of the royal family.

Although the salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty were high, tens of thousands of guan a year, if there was no corruption, the prime minister of the dynasty would not have the strength to buy so many types of fruits at once.

Like Hou's Mansion and Wang's Mansion, there is also a batch of fresh mangoes, oranges, sweet oranges, etc., and each room is divided into one share.

Only the palace, rich in wealth, can not care about the price of fruits at all, and only pursue quality.

But in this regard, the court officials did not make any accusations.

Because the royal family bought it entirely with their own wealth, and did not add a share to the subjects of the Song Dynasty because of the food and drink in the palace.

It is a 200-year-old tradition of the Song Dynasty Palace that Shangshi Bureau goes to Donghuamenwai Street to purchase supplies.

Outside the Donghua Gate, the market trade is the most prosperous here, and it is forbidden to trade here.What's more, all diets, fresh flowers and fruits, fish, shrimp, turtles, and gold and jade clothing are all wonders in the world.

Not only the imperial palace buys it, but also rich and noble families in Tokyo city are frequent customers.Whenever all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables are on the market, everyone rushes to buy them.Especially in April when eggplant gourds are on the market, which is the dish that Grandma Liu eats in the Grand View Garden, each pair can sell for three to fifty thousand dollars, which is more expensive than a set of steppers.

This wealth made Mei Zhili, the Prime Minister of the Right, sigh with emotion: "I read the "Monthly Order of the Four People". During the Qin and Han Dynasties, plums and grapes were eaten in June, melons were eaten in July, dates were peeled in August, and beans were enjoyed in September. As long as I look forward to this Wufu and people's peace, there is a world of difference between the time and the scenery."

(End of this chapter)