Da Song Private Investigator

The next day was warm and breezy.

Bao Zheng and the others entered the palace hall early and waited quietly for Xia Liao's envoys to come to mention the contest.

About the contest between Xia and Liao envoys, yesterday Bao Zheng reported to Zhao Zhen. As the emperor, Zhao Zhen could not do anything that would damage the dignity of the country. When Bao Zheng mentioned this matter, Zhao Zhen immediately agreed. , And said that today I will find a group of ministers to discuss how to meet the enemy.

On both sides of the civil and military officials, Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair, glanced at everyone, and asked, "What do you think of the envoys from Xia and Liao countries asking me for a competition?"

When Zhao Zhen asked such a question, the court immediately ordered the discussion to start, and at this time, Lu Yijian immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Xia and Liao countries dare to challenge my Great Song. Our Great Song must not be stage-frightened. We have to compare with them, and we must win to let them know how powerful our Da Song is."

Lu Yijian's words can be said to be heard very proudly, but it doesn't mean anything, because Lu Yijian is a very smart person, he can naturally see that the emperor must compare, since there is a comparison, why not say some high-sounding words, To win the emperor's favor?

When Lu Yijian said this, other courtiers immediately followed suit.

Seeing that the courtiers of the Song Dynasty were so passionate, Zhao Zhen was quite satisfied, but at this moment, he saw Di Qing alone in the hall silent, Zhao Zhen frowned slightly, looked at Di Qing and asked, "Di Aiqing, what do you want?" how?"

As a general, Di Qing was not wearing armor at this time. He is now about 40 years old, and his face is full of weather due to years of fighting. There are so many talented people in the Great Song Dynasty, and I was afraid that they would not succeed, but I feel that since the envoys from Xia and Liao are not good, we must be fully prepared.

Those courtiers just echoed with their mouths, without mentioning how to defend against the enemy at all. Now that Di Qing raised this point, Zhao Zhen immediately appreciated it: "Okay, very good, what Di Aiqing said is reasonable, I listened to Xia Liao. Among the ministers, there are quite a few people with good civil and military skills. Since this is the case, I will hand over my Song Wen to Yan Aiqing to arrange, and for martial arts, Di Aiqing will do it. This matter is handled by Bao Aiqing, the prefect of Kaifeng. , the three of you can discuss it as much as you can, and after the envoy from Xia Liao arrives, we will make an appointment with them, and the three of you will go down and prepare."

After the courtiers of the Song Dynasty had such a discussion, the envoys of Xia Liao rushed over.

Because it was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, there were not many people here. Only their commander-in-chief Li Jingming came from the Xixia side, and the general Yeluye from the Liao Kingdom came.

After the two of them saluted Zhao Zhen, Li Jingming immediately said proudly: "We Xixia and Song Dynasty have been at war all year round. Now we have meetings and exchanges. We Xixia cherish it very much. I didn't expect you to come to Song Dynasty!" Afterwards, it was so disrespectful to ask us Xixia people to live with the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, what do you mean?"

Li Jingming was a man in his thirties, tall and burly, but with a touch of elegance. Although he was angry when he said these words, his face was calm as usual, giving people a sense of inscrutability.

And when he said this, Yeluye of the Liao Kingdom couldn't stand it anymore, raised his neck and shouted at Zhao Zhen: "I, Daliao, are commensurate with your brothers in the Song Dynasty, but now you come to the Song Dynasty, but you are the same as a small country in Xixia!" Do you look down on me, Daliao, if you live in one place?"

When Li Jingming and Yeluye shouted this, Zhao Zhen immediately felt his head sinking, touched his forehead slightly, and said: "If my Song Dynasty can coexist peacefully with Xixia and Daliao, it will be the best thing, but that There is only one post house, and it is enough to accommodate you, so why fight over it?"

The corners of Li Jingming's mouth twitched slightly: "This matter concerns my Xi Xia face, and I will never compromise!"

"I, Daliao, also have face and don't compromise."

When the two said this, Bao Zheng immediately felt a little angry, but he couldn't get angry, so he said: "Since your two countries already think that the outcome will be determined by competition, what are you talking about now? My lord Song is a great country, how can you allow you to be presumptuous in this court? What to compare, when to compare, you can list it."

After Bao Zheng said something, the envoys of the two countries blushed immediately, but although they blushed, there was nothing they could do. Finally, they had to decide on the date and the events of the competition.

After such a discussion, Zhao Zhen immediately announced his withdrawal from the court, while Yan Shu, Di Qing, and Bao Zheng considered strategies to defend against the enemy according to their respective responsibilities.

When Bao Zheng returned to the government office, Hua Lang and the others were already waiting. As soon as everyone met, Hua Lang immediately asked what the competition was about.

Everyone sat down in the living room, Bao Zheng drank a cup of tea, and then said: "In general, there are only two categories of civil and military, but there are many subdivisions of civil and military. Among them, Chinese is better than poetry, and martial is better than archery and weapons."

After Bao Zheng finished speaking, everyone felt that there was nothing unusual about these competitions. At this time, Bao Zheng continued: "There are two literary competitions and two martial arts competitions. There are four competitions in total. After the four competitions, whoever wins the game Whoever has the highest number will be considered the winner, and of course whoever wins will be the one to listen to, alas, I really didn’t expect that they would just live in one place, and now it has turned into this, almost forgetting about the business.”

The serious matter Bao Zheng mentioned naturally refers to the peace negotiation between Xixia and Song Dynasty.

It's just that Hwarang and the others didn't care much about the peace negotiation, what they cared about was the competition, so after Bao Zheng sighed, Hwarang asked inappropriately: "When will the competition start?"

Bao Zheng's eyes widened, and then slowly closed again, saying: "Tomorrow, Yan Shu and Di Qing have already gone to look for candidates to take charge of every competition. Brother Hua must come tomorrow, and I, Da Song, will lose." Great."

Even if Bao Zheng didn't say this, in order to join in the fun, they must go.

It's just that this sentence can't afford to lose, but Hwarang is a little puzzled.

At this time, Bao Zheng also seemed to see Hwarang's puzzlement, so he quickly said: "It's like this, now in my Great Song competition, we must win no matter whether it is civil or military. It's a shame and a shame. I'm not really worried about this aspect of writing compared to poetry. After all, there are many poets in Song Dynasty, and any one I pick out is better than those in Xixia and Liao. But in terms of poetry, there are some poets. It makes people worry that since the Tang Dynasty, there have been fewer and fewer people who have made achievements in poetry, and it can be said that it is one-tenth of that of the Tang Dynasty. With the current level of people in the Song Dynasty, it is difficult to have a chance of winning." After Bao Zheng finished speaking, he couldn't help sighing.