Chapter 619: Who Should the Song Dynasty Serve as the Envoy for He Liao's Birthday?
Chapter 619 Who should the Song Dynasty be the envoy to celebrate Liao’s birthday (second update)
Author: sunny
Chapter 619 Who should the Song Dynasty be the envoy to celebrate Liao’s birthday (second update)
Early the next morning, a group of officials who went to Chui Gong Hall saw Yang Jian standing in front of Chui Gong Hall, giving an announcement to a group of important officials.
The official family was ill, and the Ming Yue Dynasty meeting was cancelled. Although the officials said nothing on the surface, in their hearts they were cursing at the foolish king who was always absent from the morning court.
Since I'm not going to have a court meeting, why didn't I give notice in advance? As a result, I didn't even dare to sleep with Xin Na's concubine because I was too tired, for fear that I wouldn't be able to get out of bed the next day.
"Is the official really sick?" After the officials were almost gone, Cai Jingna came closer and asked in a low voice.
Facing the Prime Minister Cai who had already surrendered to the officials on the issue of being an envoy in the Third Division, he once again gained the favor of the officials.
Yang Jian looked at Cai Jing with an expression like "I guess the official is sick or not".
Cai Jing understood instantly, rubbed his brow helplessly, then turned and left.
When the officials were in court last month, they had dark circles under their eyes. After staying for less than half an hour, they announced their withdrawal from the court, and the bright moon simply did not come.
I don’t know whether the official engaged in art in the harem or if he was flirting with some ruthless concubine.
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Zhao Ji, an official who perfectly missed the morning meeting, didn't recover until the third day because he stayed up all night and got drunk.
At this moment, with his head wrapped in a red towel, he was walking lazily in the pavilion, looking at the flowers and trees outside the pavilion, his face looking extremely solemn.
In the pavilion, there is a painting hanging, which is exactly his masterpiece "Picture of Wintersweet and Mountain Birds".
It turned out that there was only one poem left there, and the official Zhao Ji had specially reserved the other half.
After Xiao Gao enters the palace, he is going to have him copy his five-character quatrain here and put it on his monogram seal.
As a very perfect masterpiece, there is a good story about the relationship between master and disciple, and it must be filled with a sense of ritual.
Even if he drank a little too much yesterday, Mingyue carefully recalled the scene he and Xiao Gao co-created yesterday.
He was still deeply shocked. Apart from God's will, Zhao Ji couldn't find a better explanation.
Afterwards, in those dream-like scenes, his daughter Zhao Fujin appeared, and she wanted to beg Xiao Gao to lead a red line with the ruthless girl.
Zhao Ji couldn't tell whether he was speaking in a dream or whether he had communicated with the gangster in reality.
Can you think of it, it would be great if Xiao Gao, a ruthless gangster who has a close affinity with me, could become my ruthless son-in-law?
The ruthless girl Zhao Fujin is also very interested in painting. If she, a master of poetry, calligraphy and painting in the Song Dynasty, has the blood of the ruthless disciple Xiao Gao, wouldn't she be able to join forces?
At that moment, I heard footsteps coming from outside the pavilion. When I raised my eyes, I saw Tong Guan walking quickly towards him.
Zhao Ji then calmed down his thoughts and signaled the wrong person to enter the pavilion to explain.
The tall and burly eunuch with a sparse beard bowed respectfully to Zhao Ji, then took out a scroll from his sleeve and placed it with his legs respectfully.
"My slave sent greetings to the official. I heard that the official was ill, so I specially found a prescription to soothe the nerves and replenish the energy, and dedicated it to the official..."
The official Zhao Ji smiled and signaled Yang Jian to take the prescription away.
"Okay, okay, am I interested? How are the preparations for the General Staff Council going during those confinement days?"
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At this moment, Wu Zhizhong was walking towards the depths of the palace with Wang Siqing of Na Honglu Temple, and now it was getting closer and closer to the birthday of the Emperor of Liao Kingdom.
Last year, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom sent an envoy to congratulate the official's birthday, so now it is time to finalize the matter of sending an envoy to the Liao Kingdom.
By the time Wu Zhizhong and Wang Siqing arrived at the imperial garden, they heard the chatter and laughter coming from the pavilion in the distance.
When he raised his eyes, he saw the powerful eunuch Tong Guan chatting happily with the officials.
Unexpectedly, Tong Guan would be here, which made Wu Zhizhong's face darken. He was not willing to deal with the powerful eunuch Tong Guan and the traitor Cai Jing.
At this moment, the official also noticed the two of them. He raised his leg and pointed, and a young eunuch was flying towards that direction.
Wu Zhizhong and Wang Siqing hurried towards the pavilion.
After Wu Zhizhong saluted the official, he straight away began to state whether the birthday of the Emperor of Liao was not far away.
In accordance with the etiquette between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, the great counselors hung colorful decorations in the courtyard to celebrate the emperor's birthday.
"... He asked the officials to make it clear who the Song Dynasty should appoint as the envoy to celebrate the birthday of the Liao Dynasty."
Originally, Tong Guan was watching with cold eyes. After all, the affairs between the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple were not compatible with his powerful eunuch who held military power.
Can it be revealed as soon as it is clear? Hearing that he actually requested an envoy to Liao, Tong Guan, who had not sent out an army for two or three years, couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he made another new contribution.
The official was stroking his short beard and rubbing his still somewhat numb mind, while he was mentally considering candidates.
Then he saw Tong Guan, who was standing by, come to him and prostrate himself to the ground.
"I sincerely ask the officials to allow me to take charge of the affairs of the Liao Kingdom."
"Why not?" Zhao Jidong, an official, asked consciously.
"The official family, the Song Dynasty used troops in the Hehuang area and made many achievements, but Xixia was weak and asked for help from the Liao Kingdom..."
It turns out that the Liao Kingdom was very vocal at the beginning and asked to be the master of Xixia, help them conquer the Song Dynasty, and get back the occupied land and population.
However, in the past, the Liao Kingdom broke its promise and instead of showing off its ability to antagonize the Song Dynasty, it signed a series of trade treaties with the Song Dynasty.
"So, I thought that maybe there was something going on outside the Liao Kingdom, which prevented them from exerting full pressure on the Song Dynasty."
"The Liao Kingdom has invaded and occupied the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyan for many years, and all the emperors of the Song Dynasty are determined to regain it. Therefore, I beg the officials to allow me to go deep into the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom to explore the reality of the Liao Kingdom..."
Wu Zhizhong's face darkened when he heard this. The Song Dynasty was like the Ming Dynasty. The affairs of the three departments had not yet been clarified, and the preparations of the General Staff Council had not been fully completed.
The troubles in Xixia have not yet been resolved, but the man wants to find out the reality of the Liao Kingdom. Why, he thinks that the Ming Dynasty has many shortcomings, and the Song Dynasty, which has not yet completed its reforms, will die in a hurry, right?
But when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the official family was actually moving, which made Wu Zhizhong's vision darken.
Fortunately, he was not a resourceful old man after all, so he stood up immediately.
"In the official family, I think that since the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty, they have all been officials of foreign dynasties as envoys."
"There has never been a precedent for a foreign official to serve as an envoy. Once this precedent is set, the consequences are unpredictable and officials must be cautious."
The Wang Siqing also secretly despised Tong Guan, who had just jumped out with the intention of seeking the merit of being an envoy, and bowed to the official.
"I second the proposal, and I would like to ask the officials to be careful about it."
