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Chapter 504: Celebrating the victory in advance



When Zhao Ji learned that Guo Yaoshi and Changsheng's army surrendered, he was very excited!

Li Bangyan, the right chief of the Hanlin scholar, told Zhao Ji: "The officials have obtained Yi and Zhuozhou, and breaking the last barrier in front of Yanjing City is a great joy. I suggest a banquet to celebrate."

Li Bangyan looks handsome and beautiful. He comes from a silversmith family. Therefore, he has been familiar with the city society since he was a child. He is very knowledgeable in singing operas, singing, lyrics and playing football. He is especially good at playing football. He is a first-class player with Zhao Ji and Gao Qiu, so he is favored by Zhao Ji.

In addition, Li Bangyan has a good relationship with Cai You, but he is in a bad relationship with Wang Fu. He and Wang Fu often compete for favor, and the two often fight openly and secretly.

Zhao Ji accepted Li Bangyan's suggestion and ordered the eunuch Tong Shili to go to Yanfu Palace to arrange a banquet.

The monarch and ministers gathered together, drank and were the same as each other, wrote lyrics and poems, sang and acted, and had fun - it was a common thing in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Of course, Zhao Ji seemed to be more prominent and more enthusiastic - because Zhao Ji liked to do literary works and had a literary atmosphere. He had a casual relationship with ministers such as Wang Fu, Cai You, Li Bangyan and other ministers in private, and did not even need to perform the etiquette of the monarch and the ministers.

At noon that day, Zhao Ji held a banquet to entertain the ministers in the Ruimo Hall of Yanfu Palace.

The ministers attending the banquet were Prime Minister Wang Fu, Jiedushi and the eunuch Liang Shicheng, the eunuch of the third department of Kaifu, Zhang Bangchang, the minister of the Secretariat Wang Anzhong, the Hanlin scholar Chengzhi Shangshu Right Prime Minister Li Bangyan, and the minister of the Secretariat Bai Shizhong.

Outside the hall, there are high bamboos and cypresses, the trees are lush, and the hall is filled with wine and laughter.

The utensils used in the imperial banquet are extremely magnificent and radiant.

Fine wine and delicacies, Shao music and beauties, the fragrance is everywhere, just like the heavenly realm.

The king and his subjects gather together and have a happy life.

After five rounds of drinking, Zhao Ji suddenly had an artistic impulse. He stood up and said, "I suddenly want to write a book."

The ministers were so excited that they hugged Zhao Ji and walked along a flower path to Baohe Palace.

The Baohe Palace treasures countless treasures, ancient tripods, Yi utensils and jade utensils, as well as a large number of works by Confucian classics and schools of thought, as well as Taoist books on golden cabinets and jade books, all of which were collected by Zhao Ji from all over the country.

When he arrived at Baohe Palace, Zhao Ji spread the rice paper, lifted his pen and concentrated his mind, held his breath for a moment, and then suddenly started writing, and then the dragon and phoenix danced, and a huge thousand-character text was completed in one go.

All the ministers were surprised when they saw it - Zhao Ji did not write about the thin gold style he was good at, but wrote the cursive script of a big book, which opened his eyes!

"The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is vast and vast, the sun and the moon are full, the city is full of heaven, the cold is coming and going, the autumn harvest is hidden in winter..."

The ministers looked at the eleven-meter-long golden cloud dragon painting and praised it all.

Wang Fu said: "The cursive script of the official family is like a leaping ape passing through a tree, the ease of the water, stretching freely, and magnificent."

Li Bangyan said: "The cursive script of the official family is either connected or broken, like blooming spring flowers and scattered pearls and jades."

Zhang Bangchang said: "The cursive script of the official family is more like a bird flying out of the forest and a snake striking into the grass."

Bai Shizhong said: "The cursive script of the official family is like green pine lying on the high mountain, and strange stones stand in the gulf."

Wang Anzhong said: "This crazy painting of the official family is ups and downs and changing, just like flowing clouds and water, and also like lightning and thunder. Its artistic level has far surpassed that of Zhang Xu and Huaisu of the Tang Dynasty."

Liang Shicheng glanced at the ministers and said, "You all saw only some fur, but they didn't see the essence or true meaning."

The ministers looked at Liang Shicheng and waited for him to continue talking.

Mr. Liang saw it and continued with serene satisfaction: "Look, looking at the whole book, it flies like a tiger lying on the dragon, floating like a wind and clouds, and is vast and unrestrained, and full of energy. Haven't you experienced the joy of victory?"

When the ministers heard this, they suddenly realized.

Zhao Ji nodded and fully affirmed Liang Shicheng's evaluation.

On October 13, Xiao Puxian’s daughter’s memorial was delivered to Tokyo.

Zhao Ji was even happier after reading it!

He immediately summoned Wang Fu and other ministers to Chongzheng Hall to study the solutions.

The ministers had very disagreements on this.

Wang Fu believed that Xiao Puxian’s daughter was just paying money and surrendering, which was unacceptable and she had to pay the land.

Li Bangyan thought it was acceptable. His reason was that the Khitan was able to pay the money and surrender, which was already a historic victory. What could it do if the Yan land was numerous and the management was cumbersome. If the court took over directly, it might even have to pay it back, which would become a heavy burden.

Wang Anzhong agreed with Wang Fu's point of view. He believed that if the Khitan did not accept the land, it would be rejected and the army should continue to go north, because the recovery of Yanjing was not entirely for economic interests, but also for border defense military interests and important political significance.

They argued for a long time, and no one could convince anyone.

Finally, Zhao Ji adopted the suggestions of Wang Fu and Wang Anzhong and decided to reject Xiao Puxian’s daughter’s above statement.

The incident of Xiao Puxian’s daughter asking for a title to be a fan shocked the court. For the Song Dynasty, this was indeed a historic victory worth celebrating.

The Dazai Wang Fu led all officials to express their congratulations, saying:

The army ordered generals to use the power of Shenzhongxia to seize the chaos and insult and perish. Then they restored the land of Yan, and flourished to the ancient times, and liked to overflow from Mian District. I heard that Shunzhaozhao and began to separate the soil of Jidu, and Zhou established 800 countries. The first to send a message to the seal of Shi. When Tianjin analyzed the friendship between wood, Gu Guangyang was in fact the situation was dangerous with the golden soup, and the fertility was a fertile land and the sea. Shi Jin did not accept the Khitan, and then he severed the land and lost the danger of Jinhe...

He respects His Majesty, his nature is Yao Ren, his wisdom is Tang Yong, and his literary virtue is profuse. He is the carriage of the four seas, and he is the power of heaven and the land of the three kings. All of this strategy for washing the battle is to be a self-determination god, and his material is all in the nine levels, and his constituents are almost ten thousand miles away. The gods are in charge of the duties of heaven and earth, and they are urgently rewarded with the reputation of retro, and they are quick to be in the anger of heaven and receive the offering of the third examination. Chen Xikuo's rituals, the map of the geography of the geography, and the transformation of civilization...

From this memorial, we can see that Wang Fu is indeed doing his best to flatter.

Zhao Ji was also a little fluttering, and he issued an edict to respond:

I have compiled a great map, and changed the common policies every day, and wanted to increase confidence, and cooperated with all nations. I have always been in line with the joy of neighboring countries and used the promise of following the deeds. Is it true that the foreign tribes rebel against the clan alliance and ordered the commander to go out to patrol the border...

Yan people were in a state of success and asked for their orders to return. They were about to restore the old border of Yanyun. They talked about the past aspirations of Chengzu, the king and his ministers were celebrated, and China and diplomatic relations were in harmony. This achievement was achieved by relying on the Liang Bi, and the great achievements were greatly promoted, which was actually a good plan...

Subsequently, Zhao Ji issued four handwritten edicts in a row.

First, Yanjing was changed to Yanshan Prefecture, and new names were given to eight states such as Zhuozhou and Yizhou.

2. Give new regained prefectures and counties.

3. The rate of exemption from the new counties is to exempt all kinds of taxes and taxes from newly recovered prefectures and counties. For poor and hungry people, they should provide relief to officials and grain, and do not displace the people.

4. To promote talented people, those who have talents who have been talented and have been buried among the people, those who have been recommended by the village but have not been tried, those who have offended the powerful or excluded by the powerful because of their loyalty, and officials who have been guilty of mistakes must be identified and promoted.

The court arranged for a quick horse to deliver Zhao Ji's hand-edict to the Xuanfu Department of Hebei, Xiongzhou.

After receiving Zhao Ji's hand edict, Cai You came to the post station and said to the Liao envoy: "We have received the edict and will not accept your resignation. Unless you take the land, you will be exempted from the negotiations. Now please leave the country immediately."

Xiao Rong was shocked!

Han Fang said bitterly: "If the Liao Dynasty no longer exists, you will definitely be disturbed by the Jurchens and Li Yan in the future, and your lips will be lost and your teeth will be cold!"

Cai You refused to listen and turned around and left.

Han Fang stood in the courtyard and said loudly: "The Liao and Song dynasties have been together for a hundred years, and the affidavits are there. Can you deceive the country and the heavens alone?"
Chapter completed!
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