Monument Yangmen

Chapter 682
The simple box is exquisitely designed, like a Luban lock, with various patterns carved on it.

The way to open the box was very ingenious. Yang Qi fiddled with it a dozen times in his hand, but he didn't open the box.

Zhao Defang only fiddled with it twice, and the box opened.

Lying in the middle of the box is a seal wrapped in bright yellow silk cloth.

Chi button, six sides, engraved on the shoulder surface are the eight official characters of "The Great Wei Receives the Treasure of the Han Dynasty", and there are slight flaws on the horns of the Chi, which are inlaid with gold.

Turning over the front of the seal, you can clearly see the eight bird and fish seal characters of "ordered by the sky, long life and eternal prosperity".

National Jade Seal!

Everyone in the world knows that there are eight bird and fish seal characters on the seal of the Chuan Kingdom, which reads "Ordered by Heaven, longevity and eternal prosperity", but they don't know that there are also eight official characters engraved on it, "The Great Wei Receives the Treasure of the Han Dynasty".

It is well known that the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom has a corner missing for some reason. Everyone thinks that the front of the seal is missing a corner, but in fact it is not. What is really missing is the Chi horn on the Chi button.

This is also the reason why after Chuan Guo Yuxi disappeared, many people imitated it, but it was easily debunked.

Obviously, the Chuan Guo Yuxi in front of Yang Qi is the real one.

Ever since the Emperor and Empress Dowager of the Later Tang Dynasty set themselves on fire in the Xuanwu Building, this seal has disappeared, and it was unexpectedly found in Zhao Defang's hands.

In official history, since the disappearance of the Chuanguo Yuxi in the Later Tang Dynasty, it has never appeared in the Song Dynasty.

Yang Qi secretly guessed that Zhao Defang probably got this thing in history, and wanted to keep it for himself when he became emperor, but he didn't expect to be cheated to death by Zhao Guangyi, so he could only bring this thing into the coffin.

Chuanguo Yuxi is a symbol of orthodoxy.

Rao Yi Yang Qi has seen a lot in later generations, so when he saw this thing now, he couldn't help being a little excited.

Regardless of the period, this thing is a national treasure, a unique and extremely important national treasure.

Instead of throwing this kind of thing out for everyone to grab, it's better to keep it for your own collection.

Yang Qi played with the Chuanguo Yuxi, and looked at Zhao Defang who was in pain.

After the screen retreated left and right, the two of them were in the White Tower, talking for a whole night, and no one knew what the two of them talked about.

Zhao Defang left at dawn the next day.

The Chuanguo Yuxi remained in Yang Qi's hands.

After Yang Qi got the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, he treasured it when he returned home.

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The Great Song Dynasty was about to start the Northern Expedition, and the Liao Kingdom naturally got the news.

Since Yang Qi lifted his economic control over the Liao Kingdom, the upper capital of the Liao Kingdom has prospered again.

The long-term economic control has caused the Liao people in the capital to go shopping a bit crazy.

They were afraid of another outbreak of economic control, so they almost exchanged all their money for daily necessities.

However, unlike the bustling streets of Shangjing, the imperial palace surrounded by the common people seemed a bit lifeless.

Empress Dowager Xiao led the little emperor and sat on the dragon chair together.

The civil and military officials of the Liao Kingdom stood quietly under the stage.

Needle drop can be heard.

Empress Dowager Xiao stared at her phoenix eyes, and said coldly: "Speak up! Everyone is dumb. Zhao Guangyi sent millions of troops to invade our Daliao in the south. Don't you all have anything to say?"

Facing Queen Mother Xiao's questioning, the hall was still silent.

Empress Dowager Xiao only called her name, "Han Aiqing, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Empress Dowager Xiao named Han Derang, and Handerang naturally couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Shaking the feathers on his head from side to side, Han Derang bowed and said: "If you go back to the queen mother, the old minister thought that there is only one war. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty suppressed the situation. With Zhao Guangyi's temperament, so many soldiers and horses were mobilized. If you don't fight One game, I am afraid it will be difficult to end."

Empress Dowager Xiao raised her phoenix eyebrows, and nodded thoughtfully, "It's natural to fight, and I, Daliao, are not a soft persimmon. I, Daliao, have always been the only ones who bullied others, so there is no such thing as being bullied by others."

Empress Dowager Xiao spoke lightly, but her words were full of the kind of domineering that a powerful country should have.

After saying this, without waiting for all the officials to flatter, Empress Dowager Xiao changed the subject and said, "It's just that our Daliao has serious internal worries. Although we have made some achievements in the ban on the sea, the people are still in poverty. With the current grain in the treasury, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support a battle involving millions of people.

Dear friends, can you have a good plan to solve the problem of food and grass for the army to go out. "

Yelu Xiezhen, King of the Northern Court, the privy envoy of the Liao Kingdom, came out and said, "I don't know how many troops can be supported by the country's stockpile of grain?"

Empress Dowager Xiao looked a little gloomy, and said in a low voice: "Less than 20..."

20?
All the officials were taken aback when they heard the words, and immediately lowered their heads.

The grain in the treasury is only enough for 20 troops to go out for the expedition.

The 20 army faced the one million army of the Song Dynasty, and they lost without a fight.

Although Zhao Guangyi claims to have an army of one million, which is a bit bragging, but if Zhao Guangyi can boast an army of one million, then the number of troops he really leads will never be less than 60.

Even so, Daliao's 20 army could not stop Song's army.

After hearing this number, Yelu Xiezhen's face turned livid.

Empress Dowager Xiao scanned all the officials with her phoenix eyes, and said indifferently: "Now that the country is facing a crisis, shouldn't it be time for all the lovers to contribute?"

All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, Empress Dowager Xiao was trying to pluck the wool and make them bleed.

Officials who have already been squeezed once, naturally cannot be squeezed again.

For a while, there were discussions in the hall.

Some people suggested that the army should be fed by the enemy, and some people suggested that the army should be strengthened and cleared to gather food and grass from the people of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to supply the army...

Opinions vary, but there is no one conclusion.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at the officials in the audience coldly, with murderous intent in her heart.

Daliao does not need this kind of courtier who can share wealth and honor but is unwilling to share adversity.

The reason why Daliao was able to dominate the north was because of its unity.

Since Liao Taizu Yelu Aguda established the Khitan Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom has risen by relying on the unity of the eight Khitan tribes, coupled with the continuous annexation and weakening of those small tribes.

Now that the mountains and rivers of the Liao Dynasty have fallen, everyone is blinded by wealth and honor, forgetting that they once climbed up from nomadic tribes that lacked food and clothing.

The decadent nobles need to be eliminated, and the emerging nobles need to be supported.

Only in this way can more fresh blood be injected into Daliao, so that it can continue to grow stronger.

Although Empress Dowager Xiao is a woman, she is relentless when it comes to killing people.

Yelu Xiezhen was one of the few people in the court who knew Empress Dowager Xiao well, and he was also the first person to feel the murderous look in Empress Dowager Xiao's eyes.

Immediately, Yelu Xiezhen came out and said in a deep voice: "The old minister is willing to lead the army to go out. All the subordinates of the veteran are willing to feed on the enemy and not waste the money and food from the treasury."

At the critical moment, Yelu Xiezhen uttered a voice, suppressing Empress Dowager Xiao's murderous intentions.

Yelu Xiezhen compromised on behalf of the nobles of his own faction, making the court quiet.

As the privy envoy of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Xiezhen's status was second only to brother Yeluxiu, and he had already bowed his head and subdued.

Naturally, the other officials in the court could not be any more stupid.

Yelu Xiezhen's compromise seemed to have reminded all the officials in the court.

All the officials changed their attitude just now and expressed their willingness to help.

Some produced thousands of dans of rice, some produced ten thousand head of sheep, some produced armour, and some produced clothing.

Then, even if you add up the things in their mouths, it's still a drop in the bucket.

Daliao wants to fight against the million soldiers of Song State, but it cannot be resisted by 20 or [-] troops.

At the very least, an army of 60 has to be dispatched.

60 troops went out to fight, and tens of thousands of money and food were spent every day.

Just looking at how Zhao Guangyi not only untied the sealed piling treasury that had been sealed for many years in order to conquer Liao, but also borrowed [-] million yuan from the Nanguo money bank, it is enough to prove that fighting, especially a big battle, costs a lot of money.

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