The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 97 Just take this?

The Korean mission felt very uncomfortable.

If too few people come, the task of finding out the reality of the Song Dynasty for the Liao Kingdom will not be completed.

Therefore, Pu Jiannan brought some 'local specialties' to watch others prepare the dishes.

Liang Xin arrived.

Pu Jiannan stood up to greet him. Liang Xin just nodded and said, "If you have anything to say, just tell me. I still have official business to do."

There is so much official work to do in a small Zhao Wen Guan school.

Pu Jiannan, who originally looked down on him as the son of a eunuch, showed some arrogance: "My country, Goryeo, and the Song Dynasty are brothers. This time..."

Liang Xin interrupted him directly: "Too much nonsense, let's talk about the key points."

vulgar!

This was Pu Jiannan's first impression of Liang Xin.

However, in order to do things, Pu Jiannan was still prepared to give out a generous gift.

"Come on, present the gift."

After giving the instructions, Pu Jiannan said: "I heard that Liang Xiaojian's poems are outstanding, so I came here with a conclusion. Please be careful."

After saying that, the servant came forward holding a small box.

Liang Zhong stepped forward to take it, opened it and gave Liang Xin a look. Liang Xin turned around and left. As he walked, he said: "Go and send a message. Just say it is my father's wish. The envoy from Korea is not allowed to exceed nine feet. The envoy can't exceed nine feet." The number cannot exceed ten people.”

Pu Jiannan was dumbfounded. After watching Liang Xin leave, she chased after her: "Liang..."

Liang Xin turned back: "Don't bother me. Small boxes like these are used by others to hold gift lists. Do you understand what a gift list is? It's just a list of gifts. Take out a piece of straw. You people in this small place are like this... ..." Liang Xin changed her words at this point: "Is this so ignorant?"

Originally, Liang Xin almost said: This is how to test cadres.

The words came to his lips and he changed his words.

Pu Jiannan was about to pursue a few more steps, but was stopped by two guards with swords who were seven feet tall.

Liang Xin got on the carriage: "Enter the palace."

Pu Jiannan was dumbfounded on the spot.

In the palace, Liang Xin saw Zhao Ji. After the young eunuch left, she opened her mouth and insulted Gao Li.

"Zhao Yi, I feel like Goryeo doesn't take you seriously either. They prepare so-called heavy gifts. I saw it. It's grown like vegetables. Five years is enough. The quality is better and it's made into red ginseng. The quality is poor. The slightly pickled ginseng is sugar ginseng, which is very different from the ginseng we call ginseng. It is not as good as Western ginseng. They are all grown anyway."

Zhao Ji, who was still studying the three identical paintings that were revealed, turned his head.He thought seriously for a while and said, "I remember when someone told me that the reason why my father had good relations with Goryeo was to check and balance Goryeo."

Liang Xin: "Then Goryeo ate from both ends, taking advantage of the Liao State, and then came to take ours, and then secretly sold our important information to the Liao State, but did not give us any information about the Liao State. The so-called The alliance of brothers, what is the relationship between brothers, they are all liars."

Zhao Ji: "But, this side of Liao Kingdom?"

Zhao Ji was deeply afraid of Liao.

Liang Xin: "We must let them know that just wanting to take advantage is not enough. Wait until our envoy comes back from Liao to meet us and listen to what the envoy has to say."

"It makes sense." Zhao Ji responded and returned his attention to the painting: "I have been observing these three paintings for a month. I feel that these three paintings were painted at the same time, because many details They are all exactly the same, but how can I draw three paintings at the same time? It’s just a little bit close, I feel like I’m just a little bit close to discovering the same secret of these three paintings.”

Liang Xin added: "This side of Korea..."

Zhao Ji didn't listen to a word. Apart from being afraid of Liao Kingdom, he didn't know where Goryeo was.

Liang Xin sat there and talked about some things about Goryeo. As he said: "In theory, Goryeo should pay tribute. This reason is..." Zhao Ji then turned his head: "What are you talking about? In theory, Goryeo should pay tribute to us." How many miles?”

Liang Xin:......

Liang Xin replied: "Thirty miles, I will go and negotiate and let them give us a few miles as tribute."

"That's okay. Just take care of it."

Zhao Ji didn't know much, but he had heard that before he was born, how many miles did the Song Dynasty give to the Liao Kingdom? This matter had been scolded for many years.Liang Xin also realized it at this moment. Some things were said too much and could only be said to be an attitude of her own. In fact, it was useless.

Seeing that Zhao Ji continued to study the painting, Liang Xin was ready to go home and take a look.

I don’t know how the mahjong made by Xu Shizhen, which was arranged by the craftsmen, is progressing.

Come out of the palace and cross the stone bridge.

As soon as one foot stepped on the stone bridge, Eunuch Hai jumped out from nowhere.

"Is something wrong?"

"It's four hundred miles away urgently, and it will be delivered from Hezhong Mansion."

Liang Xin felt a little nervous when she heard that Sibaili was urgent.

Hezhong Mansion belongs to the Yongxing Military Road and is also one of the northwest logistics support lines. Could something have happened?

I took the letter, but it was not a military report or an official document.

Just a letter.

Opening the letter, Liang Xin read it quickly.

In Wang Youzhong's opinion, this is a good opportunity to find trouble.

In Liang Xin's view, this is not looking for trouble, but justice.

After putting the letter away, Liang Xin turned around and returned to the palace. She entered the palace warehouse, asked for details, turned out a pack of white paper from Puzhou, and turned around and entered Zhao Ji's study.

Zhao Ji was leaning on the soft couch, applying a hot towel to his face.

Studying those three paintings is too exhausting.

Zhao Ji needs to have a good rest before he has the energy to go to Taoyuan Pavilion at night.

Liang Xin came in and sat aside, waiting for Zhao Ji to rest again.

Zhao Ji heard footsteps.

Normally, the little eunuch walks very lightly when he comes in and says hello first.

There were heavy footsteps and he came in without saying a word. It could only be Liang Xin.

Reaching out to take off the towel from his face, Zhao Ji looked at Liang Xin.

Liang Xin put the packet of paper on the table: "A steward in charge of procurement in the palace hanged himself. With your professional eyes, let's see what's going on with this paper. It can scare him enough to hang himself."

Zhao Ji took a glance and reached out to touch the corner of the paper. In this regard, his talent should not be called professional, but authoritative!

Zhao Ji said: "This should be an imitation of the thin white paper from Puzhou. The imitation is pretty good."

Liang Xin then said: "This is the tribute white paper from Puzhou. Wang Youzhong has gone to Puzhou. Li Gefei impeached many people, saying that they sold the good paper privately and sent the bad paper to the palace. They bought it for People give gifts, and they give big gifts. If I look into this matter, last year’s paper doesn’t seem to be very good either.”

What? ? ?
Zhao Ji jumped up in shock, opened a piece of paper, and examined it carefully.

Liang Xin picked up the small bell on the table and rang it twice, and the young eunuch came in.Liang Xin ordered: "The officials ordered us to collect the remaining tribute papers from Puzhou in previous years."

"Yes."

The little eunuch flew away.

Zhao Ji personally read almost every piece of paper the little eunuch brought over.

That was four years ago, and it was still considered qualified.

In Zhao Ji's eyes, the quality of paper from three years ago has begun to deteriorate.

(End of this chapter)