Your majesty is awesome

Chapter 324 The Powerful Eunuch Who Covers the Sky With One Hand

Gao Qiu stood at the head of the group of military officials with his head held high. At this moment, the group of military officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

Although Gao Qiu had already hinted to them before, the purpose of the Liao envoy's mission to the Song Dynasty is likely to undergo a huge change.

But the problem is that these days, a group of military officials have admired the pillars of the country in the three provinces and six departments of the Song Dynasty for a while, and they can't wait to lie on the floor.

I implore the officials to agree to the request of the people of the Liao Kingdom. Their reason is that the Song Dynasty cannot do anything against the Liao Kingdom.

After all, the national strength of the Liao State is still higher than that of the Song Dynasty. Think about the few emperors at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, they all went to pinch the Liao State, and one or two were beaten to death.

What's more, now that Da Song has been cut off by Xixia, a large area of ​​land, especially the land for raising horses, is almost lost, so that Da Song has lost its established iron cavalry.

And what about Liao?The number of horses alone is probably enough to compare with the population of Song Dynasty.

How to fight such a battle, even with that pole bow?
What if I really rejected the request of the Liao Kingdom and provoked the other party to send troops to come, and my gentle Song Dynasty lost to the vulgar Liao Kingdom? Who will take responsibility?

All in all, a group of military officials has almost no right to speak and make decisions above the court.

I can only look aggrievedly at this group of weak and gentle people, and I am in a hurry to do so, so as to please Daliao.

But today, in the memorial read by that treacherous Prime Minister Cai Jing, the statement is already clear.

With the efforts of Gao Zhang and others, they reversed the thinking of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, and also made the emperor of the Liao Kingdom change the original intention of sending the envoys.

Instead of getting involved in the disputes between Song Dynasty and Naxi Xia, the business and trade negotiations between the two countries were started in a serious manner.

"This, this... is this true?" Commander Yang couldn't help turning his head to look at Gao Qiu.

He has never thought highly of this Gao Lian who became a captain by playing ball.

As for Gao Qiu's beloved son, Gao Zhang, Commander Yang had a good impression. After all, this child is quite talented, and those articles were quite popular.

Importantly, disarmament is a serious problem that has persisted for decades.

However, this 11-year-old prodigy No. [-] pick has bravely assumed this responsibility. The important thing is that he can still achieve good results frequently.

Whether it's the high-quality standard hand knife, or the shoulder pole bow that far exceeds the range of ordinary bows and crossbows today.

In the past, the elites of the Song Dynasty who lacked cavalry had no choice but to fortify their camps and fight dull battles, but now, even in field battles, they rely on the ultra-long range of the shoulder pole bow.

Enough to lead the enemy's cavalry to fear in front of a sufficient number of shoulder pole bows.

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This made a group of military officials of the Song Dynasty headed by Commander Yang finally have some changes in their impression of Gao Qiu.

In other words, for the sake of having a good son.

But today, Gao Zhang, a little baby, actually withstood the pressure of the Liao Kingdom, and even made the Liao Kingdom take back its previous fate.

If it weren't for the court, all the military officials would have wanted to lift up the little champion standing in the palace to show their undisguised love and appreciation for this child.

Finally, after Cai Jing finished reading the full text of the memorial, he took another deep look at Gao Zhang, showed a meaningful smile, and nodded slightly.

"The number one scholar really impresses me..."

Gao Zhang met the eyes of the treacherous Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, and saluted him respectfully, appearing so humble and polite.

"Thank you uncle for your love."

"...haha." A strange laugh came from the side.

"???" Gao Zhang and that Cai Jing both turned their heads to look at Cai Laoliu with black lines on their faces.

Because his own father actually praised his brother instead of himself, Cai's unicorn, Cai Laoliu rolled his eyes.

I just laughed, as if you can do nothing to me.

It can be seen that both Gao Zhang and Cai Jing have an urge to kill.

Fortunately, these two are gentlemen, and they would never do such vulgar acts in front of others.

At this moment, the commotion in the hall that was originally caused by the memorial gradually subsided.

But Cai Jing calmed down, and immediately bowed to the official. The Liao sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty, and this big problem that had caused court disputes for a long time and had been pending for a long time was finally resolved.

All of this, coupled with the official Longevity Day, the gods in the sky began to come down to invite the official to sit up and talk about the Tao.

What does this prove?It proves that all of this is the result of the versatile and talented emperor of the Song Dynasty.

The eyes of all the ministers and workers suddenly brightened, and they came out one after another, flattering like a tide, that's right, it's not that I'm too incompetent, but that you, the official, are too awesome.

Even the Haotian God in the sky and the Taishang Laojun want to make friends with you. The emperor of Daliao must have felt your terrible influence in the official family.

Otherwise, how could the Liao Kingdom break their promise and become fat for no reason because of Gao Zhang, who is only 11 years old?
This is not at all something that the king of a country can do. It can only explain that it is because you, the official, can communicate with the will of heaven and frighten the emperor of Daliao.

Seeing the ministers and workers in the Chuigong Palace jumping out one after another to flatter the emperor, they didn't mention the meritorious deeds of Gao Zhang, Zhou Bangyan, Natong, Cai and others.

The faces of Tong and Cai suddenly became ugly, and the violent Tong Zhisheng wanted to speak, but he saw Gao Zhang's soothing eyes.

Only then did he restrain the anger in his heart and stand where he was.

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Look at the admiration on the faces of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and their heartfelt praise.

It has been a long time since such a scene appeared in the court hall of the Great Song Dynasty.

As an emperor of the Song Dynasty who likes to be well-behaved, the official Zhao Ji was so fascinated by this wave of flattery.

Fortunately, after the noise of flattery gradually subsided, the official Zhao Ji looked at the three young men and showed a gratified smile.

He raised his arm, motioning for the servants to quiet down.

"Xiao Gao loves you, Qing, do you still remember what I told you when I entrusted you with a heavy responsibility in this arched hall?"

"What the officials said, of course I will remember it in my heart."

Gao Zhang obediently and respectfully replied.

"Little Gao Aiqing, you really fulfilled the promise you made to me in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in this Chuigong Palace."

"Reasonable and restrained, neither humble nor arrogant, neither loses the majesty of our Great Song Dynasty, nor harms the interests of our Great Song Dynasty..."

"Let the Liao Kingdom understand that it is absolutely impossible for my Great Song Dynasty to make my Great Song bow down just because the emperor of Liao Kingdom has a letter of credence."

Speaking of this, the official Zhao Ji took a meaningful look at the courtiers, especially the gang of counselors, who were pretending to be stupid at the moment.

It's as if the officials are talking about someone else, and it's none of their business.

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In the Chuigong Hall, the official Zhao Ji praised Gao Zhang and Natong and Cai.

It was decided to meet the envoy of the Liao Kingdom on an auspicious day, and agreed that the Song Dynasty would resume the currency input to the Liao Kingdom and open the sale of various books to the Liao Kingdom.

After all, these things were originally traded with the Liao Kingdom when Zhao Ji's father, Shenzong, was in power.

Now, it's just reopening this hole again.

Just when the official announced the news, some officials from the south of the Yangtze River stood up and expressed their opposition.

It is believed that Da Song has the most book printing workshops and papermaking workshops in his hands, but those books are the essence of culture.

How can they be easily flowed into the hands of the Liao Kingdom, which treats the Song Dynasty as a tiger.

Originally, the military power of the Liao Kingdom was far superior to that of the Great Song Dynasty. If it also came from behind in terms of culture, it would not be a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty if the Liao Kingdom cultivated more and more outstanding talents.

And the main reason is that printing books is a high-cost job in itself.

Every day, the government forcibly distributes a batch of books to various bookstores for the sake of government-run schools in various places.

Now, they still have to sell to people from the Liao Kingdom. In this way, the books in the hands of those printing houses may have no other choice but to increase the price.

When they heard that the price of books was going to increase, the officials from the Imperial College and the Ministry of Household Affairs all raised their eyes. Why, you officials from Jiangnan have quite a few bookstores in your hands.

Are you going to raise the price in place now or what?Following everyone's fierce mouth spraying, there was a commotion in the hall.

Perhaps it was the retreat of the Liao Kingdom, which finally rekindled the fighting spirit of a group of officials, wishing that even a copper plate and a piece of toilet paper in the Song Dynasty could not flow into the Liao Kingdom.

Gao Zhang narrowed his eyes and looked at the officials, not understanding what was going on.

This step on the horse followed the Ming Dynasty officials who strongly demanded that the sea be banned, but the families of those officials were all running the sea and making a lot of money.

Just like today, it is the relatives and families of officials with background and channels who are able to smuggle books from the Liao Kingdom.

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At this time, Gao Zhang glanced at Cai Laoliu behind him.

Cai Laoliu, who had been eager to try for a long time, finally received the signal from his senior brother, and immediately exhaled and spoke.

"The officials and ministers believe that in order to avoid the huge fluctuations in the price of our books in the Song Dynasty, it will affect the thousands of people with lofty ideals who are thirsty for knowledge in the Song Dynasty."

"My minister asks for the official's permission to let the Kaifeng Commercial Press of the Great Song Dynasty take over the important task of conducting book trade with the Liao Kingdom."

In the Chui Gong Hall, which was still full of noise just now, there was a deathly silence in an instant.

Pairs and pairs of eyeballs were all concentrated on Cai Laoliu's rebellious and fat face.

Even Cai Jing's eyes widened in surprise, and shock was written all over his face.

The old man of the Commercial Press heard this kid mention it.

But the Kaifeng Commercial Press actually wanted to monopolize the benefits, why didn't you, you bastard, say hello to the old man in advance?

"Cai Liulang, don't be joking, there is an agreement in the treaty that Cai Xiang just read.

The Nine Classics and Books alone need to supply [-] sets of the Liao Kingdom every year. Can he print this commercial press that doesn’t know where? "

"Even the largest book printing house in Jiangnan only prints 30 books a year."

"This Kaifeng Commercial Press is a subsidiary of Kaifeng Metal Works, which has made great achievements and successfully completed the outsourcing business of imperial ordnance.

Why, do you not understand the reputation of Kaifeng Metal Workshop? "

Cai Laoliu really deserved to be the number one provocative little expert in the Song Dynasty, with a staring expression and slanted eyes, he almost exploded his lungs on the spot.

However, the name of Kaifeng Metal Workshop, and Tong Guan, Cai Jing and Gao Qiu with gloomy expressions and silent expressions.

The combination of the three powerful eunuchs, treacherous ministers, and old people who hid the mansion with their hands covering the sky made the ministers try their best to calm themselves down.

PS: Keep working hard tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)