I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 365: At the beginning of Huangyou’s fourth year, Xixia was very poor, Liao was in chaos, but the scenery in the Song Dynasty was unique!

Early morning on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Su Zhai.

As soon as Uncle Ji opened the door, he saw Uncle Cao Guo Cao Yi standing outside the door with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Ji, I bought a cart full of new year's goods. Find someone to move them to the backyard."

Uncle Ji smiled and said: "Uncle Guo, my family has a rule that officials cannot accept heavy gifts on New Year's Day. You'd better take it back!"

"That's for outsiders!"

"Jing Ming and I are sworn friends, a life-long friendship. Am I giving a gift? I'm buying new year's goods for our family. It's possible that I'll live and eat in Suzhai in the past few days!"

At this time, Su Liang's voice came from inside.

"Uncle Ji, just accept the gift from Uncle Guo. I'll take you to Baijia Academy in the afternoon and say it was prepared by Uncle Guo."

And this moment.

A Japanese warrior walked over quickly and said: "Special envoy, the time has come!"

After a while.

"Am I, Su Liang, that kind of person? Don't worry, I will never let you get punished!" Su Liang patted Cao Yan on the shoulder and said, "I'm not telling you right now because I want everyone to have a good time." It’s a good year. It’s not appropriate to be busy with this during the Chinese New Year. It’s totally late.”

"No one in my Cao family has ever been hit by a brick wall, and I don't want to. If there's anything you need me to do, I'll do it right away. Otherwise, I'll spend the New Year at your house this year. How about that?"

"From today onwards, I will start to enjoy my annual vacation. I will not do any chores except attending the Yuan Dynasty meeting. You can come find me again on the morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month. If you are really free and have nothing to do, go to Baijia College and go to Baijia College. Add something extra to their New Year’s Eve dinner!”

New Year's Eve.

……

Su Liang was sitting at the table, eating breakfast. When he saw Cao Yi sitting down, he said, "You haven't eaten yet, so just eat something."

The ending was completely different from what he thought.

In recent years, the Japanese Embassy.

"Jing Ming, tell me the truth. Can you help me make up for my mistakes? I really can't think of any achievements I can make? You won't exempt yourself from the punishment of the rod and leave me alone!"

Su Zimu and Su Qin were fighting and arguing and couldn't take any time off.

Su Liang drank the white porridge in the small bowl and wiped his mouth.

Cao Yi curled his lips.

The whole family was in trouble until late in the family.

"Okay, I believe you!" Cao Yi stood up and left in a confused voice.

Side hall.

Even Zuo Youding, the minister of Honglu Temple, ignored him.

Cao Yi leaned forward and approached Su Liang.

Nobu Fujiwara was wearing a black straight coat and sitting cross-legged in the center of the living room. Next to him was an agreement to be signed between Japan and Song Dynasty.

Su Liang and his father-in-law Tang Ze were drinking wine and chatting about interesting things. Tang Wanmei looked at Su Liang from time to time with a sweet smile.

After Su Liang's family had the New Year's Eve dinner, they sat around the stove, talking and joking.

Japan's special envoy Fujiwara Nobu was sitting in the embassy with a depressed look on his face.

"Yesterday afternoon, my sister scolded me. Last night, my uncle scolded me again. He made me kneel in the ancestral hall for half the night, and he almost made a move. He also said... I learned a lot from business. , and led you astray too!”

The two of them were so familiar that there was no need to be polite.

"Okay!" Uncle Ji replied.

Nobu Fujiwara considers himself proficient in business and good at guessing people's hearts.

"Jingming, when will we make up for our mistakes?"

Tang Ze, Su Zimu, Su Qin and his grandson agreed to stay up until dawn.

……

……

"My family is reunited happily. What does it mean for you to come to my house? How far is it? Go as far as you can!"

But he didn't expect it.

Among the envoys from various countries, except for the Korean envoy who said hello to him because of his neighbor relationship, other envoys stayed as far away from him as possible when they saw him.

present.

"I can't eat it, not even the delicacies!"

Su Liang went back to his house to sleep because he was going to attend the Yuan Ri Dynasty meeting.

Cao Yi walked quickly towards the back room and said as he walked: "Jing Ming, can I treat those teachers from Baijia College badly? We have already prepared the New Year's goods. Why are you and I so polite? My nickname is Tao Zhu of the Great Song Dynasty. male……"

He is still waiting, waiting for the Third Secretary Wang Yaochen to come to him before Yuan Day, apologize to him, and agree to his three conditions.

He was sure that the Song Dynasty would treat him as a guest because of the lack of sulfur, and he was sure that the Song Dynasty would agree to his three conditions in order to make firearms.

Fujiwara Nobu's mouth trembled, he clenched his fists tightly, and then said: "Pack your things, and when the meeting is over tomorrow, we will leave the Song Dynasty. This time, I will prevent the Song Dynasty from taking a piece of sulfur from my Japanese island!"

"Special envoy, is it disrespectful for us to leave on the first day of the year? Will it offend the Song Dynasty?"

"What? Are you going to stay here and get beaten?" Fujiwara Shin glared.

"No... no, why don't we watch Su Liang and Cao Yan get caned?"

"Humph, get a cane? Even if they get a hundred canes, will it look better than me getting beaten in Fan Tower? What's so good about it!"

The warrior immediately did not dare to speak any more and quickly retreated.

"boom!"

Fujiwara Nobu overturned the small table next to him and said through gritted teeth: "Fan Lou's beating is a shame for my life, Fujiwara Nobu. I will definitely seek revenge tenfold and a hundredfold!"

……

In the fourth year of Huangyou's reign, the first day of the first month.

Just after midnight, Su Liang got up.

Tang Wanmei personally prepared official robes and breakfast for him.

The couple walked to the living room and saw Su Qinyi sleeping soundly next to the stove, covered with a small quilt.

But Tang Ze and Su Zimu were already fighting with their upper and lower eyelids, and they were still holding on.

The old and the young are used to fighting.

Tang Wanmei smiled and said: "Su Zimu, go to bed quickly. Can your grandfather survive you?"

"No, I won't sleep. I swore to God last night that as long as I can survive until dawn, my grandfather will live to be a hundred years old!"

Tang Wanmei looked at Tang Ze.

"Dad, you can't hold it anymore, go to sleep!"

When Tang Ze heard this, his chest puffed up and he became energetic again.

He said: "I can't sleep either. I swore last night that as long as I can stay up until dawn, my eldest grandson will get the top prize!"

Su Liang also smiled.

"Father-in-law, son, I believe you will make it happen."

Say it.

Su Liang took Tang Wanmei to have a happy breakfast.

……

The sky is getting brighter.

In the Daqing Hall, hundreds of officials gathered.

Except for the Japanese envoy who forced a wry smile, the other envoys all smiled happily.

Still the same process.

Hundreds of officials paid homage, foreign envoys paid tribute, and Zhao Zhen delivered a New Year's speech.

Su Liang stood among the officials, drowsy.

Zhao Zhen was excited.

After the regular ceremony, he also expressed his hope that various countries would develop more business contacts with the Song Dynasty.

This attracted applause from the whole palace, and foreign envoys praised Zhao Zhen one after another.

This year, envoys from various countries witnessed the Song Dynasty expelling the Liao mission, and after Su Liang and Cao Yan beat the Japanese envoy Fujiwara Nobu, they all understood two truths.

First, you must not be arrogant or arrogant in front of the Song Dynasty.

First, don’t mess with Su Liang and Su Jingming.

……

At nearly noon, the court meeting finally ended.

Next, is the more lively Yuan Day luncheon.

Currently.

Although Su Liang did not fulfill the post of Yushi Zhongcheng, he was already the real head of the Yushitai.

As a "favorite", countless people came to him to toast.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Su Liang couldn't be disappointed and refused almost everyone who came.

In the end, he had to ask Ouyang Xiu to drink with him, and then asked Wang Anshi and Sima Guang to drink with him with tea.

Wang Anshi's face was like an eggplant beaten by frost. If Su Liang hadn't asked him to drink with him, he might have left long ago.

After the banquet.

Su Liang was already 70 to 80% drunk, and then he went home to sleep.

He basically slept in bed on the first day of the afternoon, and his father-in-law Tang Ze and his son Su Zimu were also sleeping soundly.

……

According to normal customs.

From the first to the third day of the first lunar month, Kaifeng Mansion will be closed for three days.

The so-called Guanpu is a form of gambling intended to entertain the whole people. Most of the bets are not large, just to get a good fortune.

The streets of Bianjing are crowded with people.

All kinds of tiles and restaurants are overcrowded, and there is no carriage on the road.

Many unmarried ladies will also go out during these days.

Look at Guan wrestling, look at female sumo wrestlers, and look at all kinds of new things.

These days, even if you do something outrageous, no one will laugh at you.

Su Liang's life was relatively simple.

Go to the old homes of some relatives and friends to pay New Year greetings, visit the elders, and then lie at home, eat, drink, talk, and bask in the sun...

……

The third day of the first lunar month.

The capital of Daliao, in the imperial palace.

Emperor Yelv Zongzhen of the Liao Kingdom received a document of condemnation from the Song Dynasty.

"The Song Dynasty discovered the letter urging death hidden in Xie Yi, and then two special envoys tried to persuade Yelu Chongyuan to die in person, which made the special envoys from various countries laugh."

"After the failed attempt to set fire to the Long Yu Army camp, the Song Dynasty expelled all the Liao envoys from the country."

Yelu Zongzhen clenched his fists, and veins popped out on his arms.

"It's shameful, it's really shameful, it's completely disgraced Daliao!"

Yelvzong was really a man who cherished his face very much. In his imperial career, such a shameful thing had never happened.

What's more important is——

These two cowardly things were not caused by his orders.

In fact, he didn't even know.

It is impossible for him to give orders to persuade his own brother to die.

On the one hand, Empress Dowager Xiao was still alive; on the other hand, if Yelu Zhongyuan died, there would be a high probability of a mutiny in the Liao Kingdom.

As for the fool's tactic of setting fire to other people's military camps.

It is even less possible for him to instruct people to do it.

This time.

The disgrace was spread to all countries.

"Go and call that traitor over!"

Yelu Zongzhen stared like a tiger trying to eat people.

Yelu Zongzhen and Yelu Hongji had a quarrel two days ago.

Yelu Hongji still advocated reform.

Yelu Zong really believed that the reform had failed and it was impossible to try to take advantage of the Liao Kingdom's national destiny.

Then, Yelu Hongji began to praise the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty.

Praise Zhao Zhen for how wise he is.

How diligent and knowledgeable the officials of the Song Dynasty were.

How did the Song Dynasty's reform strategy win the support of the people.

How did the Song Dynasty punish those corrupt officials?

How much changes have taken place in the Song Dynasty in the three years since the All-Song Reform Movement began...

even.

He also took out a painting of "Wonton Banquet with Bamboo Shoots and Fern in the Winter Moon" to let Yelu Zong take a real look at the atmosphere in which the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty got along.

Yelu Hongji went to the Song Dynasty once.

The Liao Kingdom is looked down upon everywhere.

After comparing with Zhao Zhen, he looked down upon his father even more.

Yelu Zong was so angry that he immediately tore up the painting "Wonton Moon, Bamboo Shoots and Fern Wonton Banquet".

After a while.

Yelu Hongji is here.

Yelu Zongzhen threw the Song Dynasty's letter of condemnation in front of Yelu Hongji.

After reading it, Yelu Hongji said: "Father, this... death plea is indeed my idea. Once the emperor's uncle dies and the blame is placed on the Song Dynasty, our civil strife will be eliminated, but... but this I don’t know anything about setting fire to the military camp!”

"Tell me, what should I do now?"

"Not only is your uncle not dead, he is still working hard in the Song Dynasty and is preparing to come back to confront you. After his cronies know this, they will definitely set up obstacles for you at every turn."

"What's even more embarrassing is that the entire mission was expelled, and we were completely unreasonable! When has Daliao ever thrown such a person away!" Yelu Zongzhen roared.

"It's shameful! If you know your shame and then be brave, it will definitely not be worse than now. I suggest that we celebrate the New Year and then implement the reform strategy!" Yelu Hongji held his head high, and his voice was no lower than that of Yelv Zongzhen.

"Reform? If you mention reform again, I will kill you, you traitor!"

After Yelu Zongzhen said this, he picked up the long sword not far away, pulled it out, and rushed towards Yelu Hongji with large strides.

Yelu Hongji ran away.

"Sir, stop, you praise that Southern Zhao Zhen so much, why don't you become his son!"

"You think I don't want to, I was born in the wrong place!"

"You treasonous son, you treasonous son, I must kill you today!"

……

not far away.

The maids on duty have become accustomed to this.

This scene occurred five times in the last month alone.

At last.

They all ended with Yelu Zong really unable to catch up with Yelu Hongji, and then the father and son did not see each other for a day or two. After meeting, they both pretended to have forgotten the scolding.

……

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, at night, in a private room of a tea shop.

The fragrance of tea lingers.

Su Liang and Cao Hu sat opposite each other.

Ordering Cao Hu to lead a team of forbidden troops to the sea to become the king of Japan was already a certainty.

Unless Cao Hu doesn't want to.

Su Liang went out to the capital many times, and the guard captains were all Cao Hu, who knew him very well.

The difference between him and most of the Cao family's children is that the latter are just looking for comfort, but Cao Hu wants to gain military honors and even applied for external transfer many times.

And when Su Liang told him the whole thing.

Cao Hu was dumbfounded.

His biggest dream in life is to become a general.

Never thought about it.

Su Liang actually asked him to become king directly.

Cao Hu was a man with great ambition. After Su Liang finished speaking, he nodded and said, "I do."

Su Liang said with a smile: "You have to think about it. On the sea, anything can happen. If you really go to the waters of Japan, it will be a knife-edge life, and your life will be in danger at any time."

"I'm not afraid. If a man can't study and serve his country, then he can go to war and serve his country!"

"Well done!" Su Liang said with sincere appreciation.

"When you go to sea, no matter if you are short of people, money, or things, just ask the court for it, and I promise that the Third Division will do its best to satisfy you! Your family will be taken care of by the Cao family, and they will never be treated unfairly."

"Yeah." Cao Hu nodded heavily.

……

The seventh day of the first lunar month, early in the morning.

Cao Yi appeared in front of Su Liang in high spirits.

"Jing Ming, you asked me to come to you today, now it's time to tell me how we can make up for it, right?" Cao Yi looked excited.

Su Liang smiled slightly.

"Let's go to Baijia Academy and hide the method to make up for our mistakes in Baijia Academy!"

(End of this chapter)