Chapter 736: The Queen's Palace, Zhao Shen is angry
Chapter 736: The Queen’s Palace, Zhao Shen gets angry
In the Chongzheng Palace! Zhao Min rubbed his eyebrows and put the heavy memorial aside!
"Guan family, a maid came to the Ciyuan Hall just now and said that they had prepared fresh lotus seed porridge. Would you like to go over and eat some to relieve your fatigue?"
Ciyuan Hall is the palace where the queen of Zhao Xun lives! Although the palace in Lin'an has been greatly renovated and many halls have been added, it cannot be compared with the original Bianliang palace in terms of scale and quantity.
Originally, the emperor and the empress should live in Funing Hall and Cining Hall respectively.
However, Zhao Shen has always had a kind and filial heart, so although Zhao Gou has become the Supreme Emperor now, Zhao Gou and his queen still live in these two palaces.
Zhao Shen usually lives in Qinzheng Hall, while the Queen also lives in Ciyuan Hall, which is much smaller than Cining Hall.
Zhao Shen's first queen was the Guo family, whose ancestors were the maternal clan of Empress Mu during the reign of Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, so she could be regarded as a legitimate royal relative.
However, Guo passed away in the 26th year of his stay in Shaoxing. Zhao Shen was named crown prince and then crown princess, and was posthumously named queen after he ascended the throne.
The current queen is the Xia family, and her father Xia Xie is just a minor official, and when she first entered the palace, she was only a maid.
When Guo passed away, she was named the Lady of Qi'an County. Zhao Shenji was later named the Concubine Xian, and was only officially canonized as the Queen last year.
However, Zhao Shen's four sons were all born to the Guo family, and none were born to the Xia family.
Perhaps because he had no heirs of his own, the Xia family took more care of Zhao Shen's sons.
Moreover, although this Xia family comes from a small family, he also has his own wisdom! Most of the time, in this palace, the filial piety to the parents-in-law and the slaves and maids below do not have any arrogant and famous actions. , Zhao Shen is also relatively satisfied with this queen.
After hearing Wang Quan's words, Zhao Shen moved his body slightly and then nodded.
Someone went to Ciyuan Hall first to report, and Zhao Shen stepped out of Qinzheng Hall and headed in the direction of Ciyuan Hall.
The entire palace was not that big, so Zhao Shen didn't bother to ride on the carriage. He just walked slowly for a while and arrived in front of Ciyuan Hall!
Knowing that the emperor was coming, the servants in Ciyuan Palace had already made preparations. Queen Xia also led all the servants in the palace to pay tribute to Zhao Shen!
"I've seen officials..."
Zhao Shen frowned slightly and said, "Queen, your body is not in good condition, so why do you need to be so cumbersome?
Get up quickly!"
I don’t know whether it was Zhao Shen’s bad fate or his queen’s bad fate. The first queen, Guo, died at the age of only thirty-one, and this Xia was also delicate and frail. Not long ago, she was still alive. I had a serious illness, and luckily I got through it, but I still lacked some strength.
As she stood up, Queen Xia said with a smile, "This is my duty..."
The emperor and empress entered the palace one after another. Naturally, all the servants were waiting attentively. They chatted with Xia for a while, but Zhao Shen also felt a little more relaxed!
"Your Majesty, Mr. Liu wants to see you!"
Wang Quan came to Zhao Shen and spoke in a low voice!
"Liu Heyu?"
Zhao Shen raised his eyebrows, "It seems that they have met with Tubo, but they don't know what terms they negotiated! Xuan him should come directly..."
Zhao Shen was leaning on the soft cave. He felt comfortable and didn't bother to change places. He just asked Liu Heyu to come to Ciyuan Hall to meet him.
Not long after, a chamberlain led Liu Heyu into the palace!
"My lord, please pay homage to Your Majesty and the Queen!"
"Get flat!"
Zhao Shen waved his hand and directly picked up the jade bowl next to him without any need for servants to wait on him, and drank the warm lotus seed porridge in one gulp!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Have you met Tubo?
how?"
"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to meet with the Tibetan envoys and listened to the conditions they promised! This time I have the power of the Song Dynasty, and they already know how powerful it is, so they are somewhat sincere."
"Originally, they wanted to compensate our Song Dynasty with some gold, silver, grain and grass! However, I think about it, our Song Dynasty has a vast land and rich resources, how can they compare with Tubo?
A few pieces of silver and grain may be important to the Tibetan people, but they are not considered important to us in the Song Dynasty.
Fortunately, the Prime Minister of Tibet also recognized the interest and offered to donate 100 kilograms of cordyceps and 3,000 yaks that are unique to Tibet. Moreover, the golden knife equipped with their Tubo Zanpu will be presented to the officials as a token of appreciation for me. The Song Dynasty’s intention to surrender!”
Listening to Liu Heyu's narration, Zhao Shen, who originally had a gentle expression, gradually showed a hint of coldness!
Are the Tubo people too smart, or is this minister too stupid?
What's the use of a hundred pounds of cordyceps and thousands of yaks?
Not to mention the golden sword, it has no meaning at all!
"In addition, in order to show sincerity, Tubo was willing to let Tubo Zampu's sister marry far away and come to the Song Dynasty. In this way, the official family became the brother of Tubo Zampu, and the two countries also became a country of brothers. From now on, the two countries will be harmonious , there will no longer be the pain of war, which is undoubtedly a good thing for both Tubo and the people of the Song Dynasty!"
After the words fell, Liu Heyu bowed and waited for Zhao Shen's response.
Zhao Shen stared at Liu Heyu for a long time, "Is this the condition you negotiated with Tubo?"
But Liu Heyu slapped his forehead and said, "By the way, our Song Dynasty has captured tens of thousands of their soldiers and horses. Although these soldiers and horses can be used as labor in our Song Dynasty, they are a huge hidden danger after all. Once something goes wrong, The consequences are simply unimaginable.
What's more, the daily consumption of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses is an astronomical figure, so it is better to take these soldiers and horses directly back to them, which can also reduce some of the burden on the Song Dynasty!"
At this moment, Zhao Shen had only one idea, which was to open the head of the Minister of Rites to see what was inside!
Okay, after a long time of trouble, Tubo sent tens of thousands of troops to attack the Song Dynasty. Now, Tubo was defeated. The price they had to pay was only some cattle, sheep, cordyceps and an unknown woman, and even thousands of captured soldiers. They all had to be brought back intact! And then the matter was simply revealed like this?
Is this the idea of being a top official in the Six Books of the Song Dynasty?
"call!"
After a long while, Zhao Shen finally let out a deep breath. He knew that these people might not be able to negotiate any good terms, but such a negotiation was far beyond his expectation.
He even didn't bother to scold Liu Heyu anymore. Is such a person worth his anger?
Or, it would have been a huge mistake to let such a person hold the position of minister.