Chapter 33 Chucai Record

Wanyan Liyao held the jade cup in his hands with his hands, staring at the hot steam rising from the cup with his eyes straightened. His legs were tight and his toes moved from time to time, and it was obvious that he was very uneasy. The old man sitting in front of him was the Minister of Rites of the Great Sui Dynasty. He was a second-rank official. Since the Khan of the Northern Liao Dynasty, Wanyan Yong, decided to leave the Mongol Empire and surrender to the Great Sui Dynasty, he sent no less than ten groups of envoys to sneak into the Great Sui Dynasty to seek the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty. This is the first time he has enjoyed such high-standard courtesy.

In the past, although the envoys treated each other with courtesy after they arrived in Chang'an, they would receive many rewards from His Majesty the Great Sui emperor, they did not make any progress in requesting to be the surrender of the Great Sui emperor. The Emperor of the Great Sui who was regarded as the Heavenly Khan did not see them at all.

This time, it seems that things have turned around.

Wanyan Liyao read all the books about the Great Sui Dynasty and had asked many people about the Great Sui Dynasty. He even pretended to be a Han Chinese when he was young and lived in the Central Plains for three years. If it weren't for the important things that happened in the 100,000 mountains in the Northern Liao Dynasty, he would have even rather be an ordinary citizen of the Great Sui Dynasty in a small town in the Great Sui Dynasty.

The 100,000 mountains are too bitter and cold, and there is no way to compare with the beautiful world of the Great Sui Dynasty.

He liked the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Great Sui Dynasty, liked the confidence on the faces of the people of the Great Sui Dynasty, liked the writings of the Great Sui Dynasty, and even liked the women of the Great Sui Dynasty. Although if he wanted, the beautiful women in the Northern Liao Dynasty would be willing to marry him. The Northern Liao Dynasty was poor and extremely cold, but the beauty of women was the world.

There were also several beautiful girls from the Northern Liao territory in the harem of the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty. Da Kedun of the Mongol Empire was from the Mongolian Yuan nobles, but three of the twelve Xiao Kedunli came from the Northern Liao Dynasty.

The nobles of the Mongol Yuan Empire and the wealthy businessmen of the Great Sui Dynasty also boasted about marrying a woman from the Northern Liao Dynasty. The women from the Northern Liao Dynasty were not only very white in skin, but were naturally charming. I don’t know how many wealthy businessmen had lost interest in the bellies and swallows in brothels after getting a woman from the Northern Liao Dynasty.

But even so, Wanyan Liyao still felt that he would rather marry a rough country woman from Dasui village. It was a very enjoyable thing to farm quietly and raise flowers for the rest of his life. When he woke up in the morning, he carried a hoe down to the field, and his wife wiped his sweat and handed him water. Life was dull, but stable and down-to-earth.

In Northern Liao, there is no land to cultivate.

"I heard that the cold world of 100,000 mountains is no match for it. When I was young, I had the idea to go to your place to take a look, but later I had no time to become an official. Later, my burden was lighter and I had time to have free time, and my body could not move."

Huai Qiugong saw the cramping of Wanyan Li Yao, and smiled and said, "The Great Sui Dynasty has always treated you people from Northern Liao as friends. I think you can feel this too. So when you arrive in Chang'an, you should not be so uneasy. You can regard this place as your second hometown."

Wanyan Liyao quickly put down the jade cup in his hand, put his hands together and said sincerely: "Hundreds of thousands of people in the Northern Liao Dynasty are willing to crawl at the feet of the great Tiankang Khan to declare his loyalty. You know, we have extremely sincerity and loyalty. As long as the great Tiankang Khan is willing, we can even migrate into the Central Plains to become the Shun people of the Great Sui Dynasty. We are willing to cultivate land for the Great Sui Dynasty and donate our horses and money and grain."

Huai Qiugong couldn't help but smile, stroked his snow-white beard with a smile, "Your Majesty does not lack hundreds of thousands of people, and the Sui Dynasty also has land."

Wanyan Li Yao's eyes dimmed, and he didn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty values ​​your sincerity."

Huai Qiugong personally filled Wanyan Li Yao with tea and said kindly: "Before I came, Your Majesty specifically explained that you, the people of Northern Liao are all thinking about the Great Sui Dynasty. Let you rest assured that this matter cannot be decided in a day or a day. The Great Sui Dynasty has the best national strength in the world and is never afraid of any enemy. But blindly doing something without any preparation is stupid... I say this, do you understand?"

"The grass people understand."

Wanyan Liyao's heart moved and he could hardly help laughing. Huai Qiu Gong's meaning was already very clear. How could he not be surprised?

"You are not a slut."

Huai Qiugong picked up a thin stack of paper on the table next to him, and flipped it over and chuckled, "In the third year of Tianyou of the Great Sui Dynasty, you entered the pass from the Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Shandong Dao Niangzi Pass, using the name Chen Sansheng. The Great Sui Road Initiative that he carried was issued by Xiangcheng County Government of Hexi Dao. I don't know how much money you spent to buy it, but that doesn't matter. The Xiangcheng County Magistrate was cut off his head because of this incident, but he just claimed to have died of illness."

"You lived in Xiangcheng Countryside for three years. In addition to exploring mountains and rivers, you locked yourself up at home to read books. You are very diligent and studious, and you have mastered calligraphy. Even the words written by the professors in Xiangcheng Countryside are not as beautiful as you write. Only three years, the professors of your knowledge cannot compare with your knowledge. Three years later, because your father... that is, the Khan of the Northern Liao Dynasty, Wanyan Yong, wanted to eliminate his brother who tried to rebel and recall you for discussion, so you left Xiangcheng and returned to the Northern Liao Dynasty. I firmly believe that the reason why Wanyan Yong made up his determination to surrender to the Great Sui Dynasty was definitely unrelated to your three years in the Great Sui Dynasty... Is it right? His Highness Wanyan Chongde, the prince of the Northern Liao Dynasty?"

Wanyan Li Yao's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously shrank back his body. His eyes when he looked at Huai Qiugong were full of incredible, but more of them were fear.

"Don't be afraid."

Huai Qiugong smiled and raised the paper in his hand: "I only knew this. This thing was handed over to me by the governor of the Qingyao before I came. In the Qingyao, the information about you is more than that. If you hadn't lived in Xiangcheng and the countryside for three years, you were really studying hard. Occasionally, you had no other thoughts and hadn't deliberately inquired about the situation of the Great Sui border army, how could you survive until now?"

The Great Sui Dynasty Love Yai!

Lord Hou.

Wanyan Liyao remembered these two names deeply in his heart, and his awe for the Sui Dynasty became much stronger.

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The Great Sui Kingdom occupied the Central Plains and never lacked large-scale cities. The largest one was naturally the imperial capital Chang'an City. I am afraid that many old people who lived here for their lifetime could not explain clearly. Because the construction of Chang'an City has never stopped for more than a hundred years since the founding of the Great Sui Kingdom. The emperors of the Great Sui Dynasty had two things that must be done and never changed.

First, foreign wars, seize a piece of other people's land into the land of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Second, repair and expand Chang'an City.

Compared with his father, the current Emperor Tianyou Emperor Yang Yi of the Sui Dynasty, there is one thing that is worthy of praise. His Majesty, the emperor, who did not look very tough, completed most of the renovation and expansion of Chang'an City. Because Wu Yidao, a wealthy man from the Sui Dynasty, was willing to contribute half of his monk's property, and hundreds of thousands of gold were repaired a whole city wall. It also included the new construction of the forty-eight arches in the city. Of course, as a reward, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty not only granted the first-class marquis of Wu Yidao, but also gave him the entire street of the forty-eight arches.

Chang'an City is 128 miles from east to west and 108 miles from north to south.

How huge is the project of building a city wall?

For more than a hundred years, Chang'an City has been continuously being built. When Emperor Tianyou finally completed the renovation, Chang'an City can really be regarded as a complete imperial capital. The city wall is two meters wide and four meters high. The wide wall can allow more than a dozen soldiers to walk side by side. Horse faces and arrow towers are all available. A heavy crossbow is installed every thirty steps, and a wolf teeth are installed every two steps.

Just the money to build heavy crossbows and wolf teeth is enough to be shocking.

Chang'an City has thirteen city gates, ten city gates in the north and south of Chang'an City, and thirteen city gates in the north and ten city gates, taking the number of forty-nine. When Wanyan Li Yao entered the city, he was walking the smallest Dingqian Gate, which was already shocked. If he was walking the Yongding Gate in the north and south of Houde Gate, he would be surprised and could not even walk.

Chang'an City is the heart of the Great Sui Dynasty, and Tai Chi Palace is the heart of Chang'an City.

The palace is located in the northern city, covering an area of ​​10,000 acres.

The imperial palace is generally divided into four parts, the Tai Chi Palace is in the middle, which is where the emperor goes to court to discuss matters. The west side of the Tai Chi Palace is the Yeting Palace, the northeast is the East Palace where the prince lives. The south side is the imperial city, which is where the empress and the concubines in the harem live.

The emperor went to court in Tai Chi Hall.

From the small door behind Tai Chi Hall, you can't walk north far. The Baohe Hall is more than a circle smaller than Tai Chi Hall, but it will not lose much importance compared to Tai Chi Hall, because this is the place where the emperor rests and handles government affairs. The so-called imperial study is located in Baohe Hall.

The Imperial Study Room is the East Warm Pavilion of Baohe Hall.

Emperor Tianyou Yang Yi can be said to be the least of all the emperors who love women since the founding of the Sui Dynasty. His number of concubines is one-third of his father and is not enough. His favorite woman is the queen, and even the most picky person cannot blame the emperor for being at fault in this regard.

The emperor rarely returns to the imperial city to live, and usually lives in the East Warehouse. The ministers all say that the emperor is diligent, but in fact it is because he is too lazy.

The emperor once complained more than once in private why the palace was built so big, and it took so long to pick up a girl. What can he do if his legs were sore when he got there? But he didn't know that the people had already complained that if the people in Xicheng wanted to have a meal at the HSBC Building in Dongcheng, they had to set off one day in advance. They took the direct carriage in the city for a whole day and halfway and had to find an inn for a stay...

Huai Qiugong, the Minister of Rites, was old and made great contributions, so he had the privilege of not kneeling when he saw the emperor. Not only did he not have to kneel, there would be a stool in the East Warehouse as long as he came to sit.

"How is it?"

The emperor pinched a piece of almond crisp and put it in his mouth, and flipped through the memorials while eating. This was an emperor with some quirks. He didn't like to sit on a chair, but instead made a dirt kang in the East Warehouse. When dealing with government affairs, he liked to sit cross-legged on the dirt kang. When he was tired, he would lie down and sniff for a while.

Of course, this is also praised by the ministers as a manifestation of diligence.

Actually, it's because he's lazy.

Laziness means being lazy in some aspects, and he has never slacked off in handling state affairs and government affairs.

Huai Qiugong pursed his lips and did not answer.

Emperor Yang Yi waited for a while but couldn't answer. He turned his head and looked at the old minister who had white hair and beard staring at his almond sniffle and couldn't help but lick his lips. He couldn't help but smile and ordered the eunuch Su Buwei, who was serving around him, to take the remaining half of the almond sniffle to Huai Qiugong.

"I'm not embarrassed at such an age."

Huai Qiugong pinched a piece of almond crisp and stuffed it into his mouth. While chewing, he replied: "Looking at the sweetness of Your Majesty, I feel greedy... The people of Northern Liao should be fine, it doesn't look like a conspiracy of the character of the Mongolian Yuan. The old minister thought about it, if it was really a game made by the Mongolian Yuan, the game would be too rough."

"Brother Meng has this idea, but he doesn't have this courage."

The emperor smiled and asked, "Is Fan Gu in the border town guarded by Li Xiaozong? He is a clever person. He will immediately send someone to Chang'an when he knows."

"I heard from Wanyan Chongde that a man named Fang Jie saw through their thoughts. He also said that he would rest assured that when he arrived in Chang'an, there would definitely be a big official to see him."

"State explanation?"

The emperor was stunned: "Why does this name sound familiar?"

Su Buwei, the eunuch who was bent beside him, whispered: "Isn't it just a candidate who was selected by Fan Gu to send to the Martial Arts Academy. Your Majesty talked to Lord Hou, the governor of the Love Yai yesterday."

"It's him again?!"

The emperor sat upright, thought about it, picked up a thick notebook from the table, picked up a red pen and wrote the two words neatly on the notebook, then wrote notes under the name in small fly heads, and then blew the ink marks and closed the notebook and put them aside.

The book is very thick and looks a bit old. It is blue and there are three big characters written on the cover.
Chapter completed!