Qian Song

Chapter 198 Zhao Ji: Our Great Song Dynasty is Invincible

...

Although Li Qingzhao had the idea of ​​going to Yanjing to see what kind of person Li Cun was, Li Qingzhao was still a woman no matter what, and now there were uprisings in Shandong and Hebei.

As for Yandi, Qin Hui said that it has almost stabilized there.

But on the border of Yandi is the millions of troops of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

How could Li Qingzhao, who was born in an official family, not know what kind of discipline the Song Army had?

Therefore, whenever Li Qingzhao said to Zhao Mingcheng, "I want to go to Yanjing while it is still in the hands of my Han people, what do you think?" Zhao Mingcheng could say something about Li Qingzhao, or dissuade Li Qingzhao, Li Qingzhao may have given up the idea of ​​going to Yanjing for a while.

But when Li Qingzhao said this to Zhao Mingcheng, Zhao Mingcheng just ate and read while Li Qingzhao said, he nodded over there, saying "um", "ah" and "okay" perfunctorily to Li Qingzhao.

From Li Qingzhao's point of view, it seemed that Zhao Mingcheng didn't hear what she was saying at all, and it seemed that Zhao Mingcheng didn't believe that she could go to Yanjing alone.

Li Qingzhao didn't say anything on the surface, but he was ruthless in his heart: "Yanjing is not a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, I will try to see if I can get the scriptures!"

in fact--

Even at this time, Li Qingzhao was only "talking angry".

As long as Zhao Mingcheng gave Li Qingzhao some steps, Li Qingzhao might just go downhill and not go to Yanjing.

However, Zhao Mingcheng only stayed at home for half a day, to be precise, he only read books at home for half a day, and left again without spending the night at home.

Next, Zhao Mingcheng was away from home for several days.

Seeing this, Li Qingzhao was furious!

But making troubles without reason is not something a woman like Li Qingzhao can do.

So, Li Qingzhao, who was driven to a dead end by Zhao Mingcheng, left a letter to Zhao Mingcheng, and then dressed as a scholar, accompanied by two personal maids who were also female companions and four loyal servants, set foot on the road. A trip to Yandi...

……

Let’s talk about Qin Hui again.

In fact, Qin Hui regretted not seeing Zhao Mingcheng in Laizhou.

Now that Cai Jing has become an official, it seems impossible to return to his official position.

But Wang Fu, who is in power, is not a reformist.

The collective return of conservatives to the court of the Song Dynasty is obvious to all.

The political power of the Zhao family and the Li family among the conservatives is not small.

If Qin Hui can get on the express train of the conservatives, he will definitely have a bright future.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a conflict between Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao.

Qin Hui didn't want to get involved in this kind of family conflict.

In addition, Zhao Mingcheng, the hostess, was not at home, and it was difficult for Qin Hui to spend too long with Li Qingzhao, the hostess who was not related to him by blood.

Therefore, Qin Hui refused Li Qingzhao's request to stay on the grounds that he was busy with official duties, and continued to return to Beijing to go to the palace.

Laizhou is actually not far from Bianliang City in Tokyo.

It only took Qin Hui two days to return to Bianliang City in Tokyo from Laizhou.

But before Qin Hui entered Bianliang City in Tokyo, Qin Hui found that the people in Tokyo were very happy.

Qin Hui was puzzled, so he went home and asked Mrs. Wang.

Wang said: "The officials and all the ministers in the court have heard that Guo Yaoshi has surrendered, and that the thief Li cut off the nose of the Jin envoy, and that he has turned against the Jin man. When two tigers fight, one will die and the other will be injured. It has become invincible, so everyone inside and outside the court is celebrating."

Qin Hui felt that it was right for him to come back this time.

In fact, Zhao Ding and Qin Hui were very excited when they saw that soon after Li Cun got the land of Yan, he was going to fight the Kingdom of Jin.

But as Li Cun took control of Yandi with the force of thunder, and wiped out the powerful Tataer tribe in one battle, the key itself did not have too many casualties. Wang Zuozhi's Zhao Ding and Qin Hui immediately realized that , their Great Song Dynasty may be wrong, and they are very wrong.

"This is not about chasing wolves and tigers at all, but returning tigers to the mountains. Li Cun's south without horses and excellent cavalry may not have grown so fast. Now that Yanyun can form a first-class and powerful cavalry , I am afraid there is nothing that can restrain Li Cun...to rule the world."

Qin Hui originally wanted to go to the palace to face the saint tomorrow, but seeing that the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were so wrong, Qin Hui didn't want to delay any longer.

Therefore, regardless of the darkness of the sky, Qin Hui went directly to the palace to see Zhao Ji.

When Qin Hui came to the gate of the palace, the gate guard told Qin Hui that since Guo Yaoshi led the eight thousand victorious troops to surrender, and because Li Cun, the confidant of the Song Dynasty, had fallen into the Song Dynasty's plan to drive away wolves and tigers, it was impossible to attack the Song Dynasty again. The dynasty was threatened, so Li Langzi advised His Majesty to hold a banquet to celebrate. Currently, His Majesty is having fun with a group of confidant ministers.

When Qin Hui heard this, even the guards knew that this was a plan to drive away wolves and tigers, and he was even more worried: "How can it be impossible for Li Cun to figure out such a simple plan? Take a step back, even if Li Cun can't figure it out, General Lu, Could it be that Chen Kuutong's generation can't figure it out? This is clearly Li Cun's plan."

Qin Hui knew that although Wu Min had come up with this strategy of driving wolves and tigers away, Li Bangyan's contribution was indispensable for its real implementation.

It's no wonder that Li Bangyan would persuade His Majesty to celebrate to flaunt his achievements.

Qin Hui had a bad impression of Li Bangyan.

Although Li Bangyan has a good skin, is quick to deal with, and is full of talent, but this cannot conceal the essence of Li Bangyan is also a jester.

Li Bangyan was born in a family of silversmiths. He was familiar with the market society since he was a child. He was good at singing and dancing.

Li Bangyan is especially good at playing football, and he is a super player like Zhao Ji and Gao Qiu. If the three were born in later generations, the Chinese men's football team would never be as shameful as later generations.

Zhao Ji is an artist at heart, he hates rigid people, and likes Cai You, Li Bangyan, Gao Qiu and other people who can play.

Therefore, Li Bangyan was favored by Zhao Ji.

Li Bangyan did not help Zhao Ji, a Bole, to govern the Song Dynasty well because of Zhao Ji's favor and trust in him. Instead, relying on Zhao Ji's favor, he fought openly and secretly with Wang Fu, until the state affairs were like a child's play.

Everyone in the Great Song Dynasty saw this matter very clearly.

Even Zhao Ji is very clear about this.

But Zhao Ji kept pretending not to know these things.

——Zhao Ji is an artist as well as an emperor. He has learned the art of emperors. Therefore, Zhao Ji is willing to see conflicts among his officials, especially the high-ranking ministers.

This may be a common problem of all emperors, because if the courtiers are in harmony with each other, form gangs, and form cliques for personal gain, it may threaten the imperial power.

So, even though Zhao Ji knew everything, he just let this situation exist.

To some extent, since Cai Jing became an official for the third time, the Zhao Song Dynasty has actually been out of control.

It's just that Zhao Ji didn't realize at all that he was still immersed in his imperial art.

Qin Hui was a private school teacher in his early years, and later became a Jinshi and became a professor in Mizhou. Then he took the examination of Ci and Maoke, and served as the teacher of Taixue.

That is to say, Qin Hui has been a teacher all his life, and he has a rigid teacher's side in his bones, so he can't understand Li Bangyan, Cai You, Gao Qiu and other people who are unlearned and incompetent and who were granted Jinshi background because of the emperor's favor. High position, control the government.

However, so what if you can't see through it, Zhao Ji likes to appoint such people, how many of these people who are in power in the court are not like this?
Comparing Zhao Ji's way of employing people with Li Cun's way of employing people, Qin Hui became even more pessimistic about the future of the Song Dynasty.

Qin Hui felt that it was wrong for him to think so, so he quickly suppressed the negative emotions in his heart, and asked the guard to inform him that he had something important to meet with the saint.

At this time, Zhao Ji was drinking with his cronies and ministers, writing lyrics, composing poems, singing and acting, and having fun.

Zhao Ji's trusted ministers who participated in this Qu Banquet included Prime Minister Wang Fu, Jiedu envoy Kaifu Yitong and the third division's servant Liang Shicheng, Kaifu Yitong and the third division's Taiwei Gao Qiu, Zhi Privy Council official Zheng Juzhong, Zhongshu servant Zhang Bangchang, Shangshu Zuocheng Wang Anzhong, Hanlin Bachelor Chengzhi Shangshu Youcheng Li Bangyan, Zhongshu Menxia Shilang Bai Shizhong, etc.

These people all belonged to the court officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

In fact, Quyan was not created by Zhao Ji. The emperors of the Song Dynasty seemed to like to use Quyan to attract people's hearts.

However, compared with the previous emperors of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Zhao Ji is obviously more enthusiastic about holding Quyan, even to the point where he will hold it several times a month.

This is mainly because Zhao Ji likes to dance and write, and he has a literati atmosphere and a democratic style, so he hates well-behaved people.

The most intuitive manifestation is that when Zhao Ji interacted with Cai You, Wang Fu, Li Bangyan and others, sometimes there were no rules between monarchs and ministers at all. When they played together, it was more like a gathering between good friends.

Outside the hall, there are tall bamboos and cypresses, lush forests, and inside the hall, there are intertwined cups of wine and laughter.The utensils used for the imperial banquet are incomparably magnificent and radiant.Fine wine and delicacies, Shaole music and beautiful women, the fragrance is overflowing, just like heaven.The monarch and his ministers gather together happily, and the joy is so harmonious.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao Ji suddenly had the urge to create art.

So, Zhao Ji stood up suddenly and said: "I want to write a book, and everyone who loves you will follow me to read it."

As soon as Wang Fu and the others heard this, they knew that today they were lucky enough to see Zhao Ji's masterpiece again, so they embraced Zhao Ji and headed happily to the Hall of Preservation and Harmony.

In the Palace of Preserving Harmony, there are countless treasures, ancient tripods, Yi wares and jade wares, as well as a large number of Confucian classics and books of various schools of thought, as well as Taoist gold cabinets and jade books, which are collected by Zhao Ji from all over the country. The literati treasure that came here, if a literary lover like Li Qingzhao could come here, he would definitely be happy to leave.

As soon as everyone arrived at Baohe Hall, Liang Shicheng quickly helped Zhao Ji spread the rice paper.

Zhao Ji picked up the pen and concentrated on it, held his breath for a moment, and then the pen took off, completing a thousand-character essay in one go.

"The heavens and the earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric, the sun and the moon are full, the days and nights are arranged, the cold comes and the summer goes, autumn harvests and winter hides..."

Wang Fu and the others were dumbfounded, because Zhao Ji didn't write about his thin gold body this time, but a big book with wild cursive.

The key point is that Zhao Ji's wild cursive gives people a feeling of rapid wind and rain. Whether it is written with a pen or written in knots, there is a feeling of unpredictable changes. The overall momentum is unrestrained and smooth, and it is magnificent , its level is not inferior to that of Zhang Xu and Huai Su, the lines are twisted and twisted, looking forward to each other, the relationship between the end and the end is very close, and there is a feeling of ups and downs, but there is no single failure in the whole article, which shows that Zhao Ji's love for The control ability of cursive script is also super strong, the line thickness changes obviously, and it is also flexible. Although it also has Xue Ji's brushwork, its own characteristics are still very prominent, and the line quality visual experience is very good.

Wang Fu and others really didn't expect that Zhao Ji hid so deeply, his wild grass was more amazing than his thin golden body.

This really opened the eyes of Wang Fu and others. Looking at this 11-meter-long painting of golden clouds and dragons, they were full of praise.

Wang Fu said: "Official cursive script is like a monkey leaping over a tree, and a qiu getting water. It stretches freely and has a magnificent momentum!"

Li Bangyan said: "Official cursive script is either continuous or broken, like blooming spring flowers, and like scattered pearls and jade."

Zhang Bangchang said: "Official cursive script is like a bird coming out of the forest and startling a snake into the grass."

Bai Shizhong said: "The official cursive script is emerald pines lying on the high mountains, and strange stones standing on the chasm."

Wang Anzhong said: "Official cursive script is full of ups and downs and changes, just like flowing clouds and flowing water, and like lightning and thunder."

Liang Shicheng shook his head: "Looking at the whole book, it flies like a tiger perched on a dragon, floats like a meeting of wind and clouds, the ocean is unrestrained, and the air permeates the Changhong. This is the official celebration in advance of our upcoming great victory in the Song Dynasty."

Only then did Wang Fu and the others suddenly realize.

Zhao Ji also nodded, thinking that Liang Shicheng knew him best.

That night Zhao Ji and his ministers were all drunk in the Palace of Preserving Harmony.

Under such circumstances, how dare the guards inform Qin Hui?

As a result, Qin Hui just waited foolishly outside the palace all night.

It is the end of November in the lunar calendar.

After being frozen all night, Qin Hui got a severe wind chill and almost died, unable to face the saint at all.

After Zhao Ji and his ministers sobered up the next day, Wang Fu sent a congratulatory form to Zhao Ji on behalf of the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty:
Congratulations to Your Majesty the Emperor, who possesses the nature of Yao and benevolence, is both wise and courageous, born of literature and virtue, with the chariots of the four seas, suppresses the power of heaven, and opens up the land of the three kings. All the strategies of collecting and conquering are dependent on the god of arbitrariness, The slender material is in Jiuchong, the deed is almost ten thousand miles away, the gods serve their duties, the heaven and the earth are in harmony, and they are eager to achieve the honor of the ancient times. , more explaining the transformation of civilization, strategizing, killing two birds with one stone, using the prestige of Zhongxia, taking chaos and humiliation, first restoring the land of Yan, then the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and then restoring the fourteen counties in the south of the Yangtze River. Cotton area...

From Wang Fu's congratulatory form, it is not difficult to see that the ministers of Zhao Song Dynasty were very optimistic about the current situation, so much so that they could do their best to please Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji was so dizzy by Wang Fu and other civil and military officials, he was very unhappy.

The next day, Zhao Ji issued an imperial edict in response:
My heir compiles Pitu, renovates the common government every day, thinks big and trusts, and cooperates with all nations. In the past, the emperor and his ministers celebrated, and the Chinese and foreign countries rejoiced, and this merit was achieved. It was thanks to Yu Liangbi, who praised the great achievements, and it was really a good plan...

Afterwards, Zhao Ji issued four imperial edicts in succession:
[-]. Give Zhuozhou a new name "Zhuoshui County".

——This is because Wang Fu and others persuaded Zhao Ji not to startle the snake first, lest Li Cun react and not start a war with Wanyan Agu, otherwise Zhao Ji would even give names to Yanjing and other Yandi prefectures and counties, and even Zhao Ji even said The new name of Kyushu has been thought up.

[-]. Grant Qu amnesty to the newly recovered Zhuozhou and manage the county seat.

[-]. The rate of removal of twigs.

[-]. Recognize talented people.

Wang Fu quickly arranged for a fast horse to send Zhao Ji's imperial decree to the Hebei Xuanfu Department of Xiongzhou.

As for Qin Hui who ran all the way back from Yanjing and fell ill again, everyone seems to have forgotten...

……

……

Ask for a monthly pass!
(End of this chapter)