Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 426 79 Two Capitals Chengqiu Ruins - 4

In the Daqing Palace in Bianliang, Brother Yelu Tie supported the dragon chair with both hands. He slowly looked around this magnificent palace, and he couldn't help feeling a surge of heat in his heart.The main hall of the Song Dynasty imperial palace is the entire imperial palace, the entire Bianliang, and is the center of the Song Dynasty.After several dynasties of continuous renovation and construction, the whole hall is magnificent and resplendent.The characters on the palace plaques are all written by the Southern Dynasties, and the carved beams and painted buildings are beautiful. In addition to the auspicious patterns such as dragon and phoenix, unicorn, turtle, crane, and bat, the landscapes, flowers and birds are drawn from famous places in the Song Dynasty.Sitting on the dragon chair, looking down at the main hall, it seems that the entire Great Song Dynasty is underfoot.

An inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of Brother Yelu Tie's mouth. He slightly nodded towards Zhao Zhifu and Qin Hui who were standing beside him, and said with a smile, "I finally understand what happened to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. However, this is not where we Khitan people should treat." The place."

Zhao Zhifu's heart moved, and he thought to himself, could it be that the Emperor Liao didn't intend to stay for a long time?He obediently agreed, and together with Qin Hui, the political adviser, followed Yelu Tiege, the privy envoy of the North Court of Liao Dynasty, and the three of them walked out of the empty Daqing Hall.A group of palace guards led their horses and waited in front of the main hall. Yelu Dashi stepped on the shoulder of a guard and mounted the horse in front of the hall. Officials, go to His Majesty's imperial account to meet the Emperor of Song."

"Yes—" Zhao Zhifu bowed his head and said, only to hear the sound of horseshoes gradually going away.He raised his head just now, and after a while, the hall, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, was full of traces of urine and feces, Qin Hui sighed helplessly.

Daqing Hall is the palace where the country holds grand ceremonies and the emperor fasts.Even the head of Zai Zhi would have to dismount in front of this hall, but now, it is a place where northern cavalry come and go wantonly.The emperor of the Liao Kingdom liked to camp with chariots and horses, but he didn't like living under the roof.Brother Yelu Tie led his troops into the city this time to urge Zhao Zhifu and Qin Hui to collect gold, silver and silk to compensate the Liao army in Bianliang City. He just came to the Daqing Palace on occasion. He was detained in the Liao army camp outside the city.

After staying in Shaowu Xiancheng in Tokyo, he committed suicide, and there was no one in Bianliang City.I don't know if it is to abide by the oath or have other plans, Liao Emperor Yelu Dashi released Zhao Zhifu and Qin Hui to maintain the situation in Bianliang City, and forced gold, silver, money and silk donations from the palace ban, treasury and folks, as the Liao army's unstoppable The conditions for personally entering the city to plunder.After the peace talks, many of the Banzhi guards and imperial guards in Bianliang City fled suddenly, and the rest of the imperial guards were forced to leave the city and live in camp in the wilderness under the supervision of the Liao army.

In the afternoon of the next day, hundreds of ministers of the Song Dynasty, dressed in purple official robes, slowly walked out of the Nanxun Gate in the same queue as they went to court.When they came to the imperial tent of Yelu Dashi, the imperial tent was so huge that it was as magnificent as a palace, and it could accommodate thousands of people standing inside. When all the officials walked into the imperial tent, they immediately saw Yelu Dashi and Zhao Ke sitting side by side. In the middle of the big tent, the seats on the left side of the big tent are full of dignitaries from the Liao Kingdom, while the seats on the right side are empty, reserved for the ministers of the Song Dynasty, there are not enough seats, Brother Yelu Tie has informed in advance that there are only four or more seats Only senior officials are eligible to sit down.

"The official family is the official family!"

"Official!"

"Officials! The minister is late!"

Although it had been expected, the ministers were still pleasantly surprised and whispered to each other.Some people cried bitterly on the spot, and the situation was a bit chaotic for a while.Zhao Ke sat beside Yelu Dashi with a pale face.He is usually locked in a stable with all the concubines. He used to be next door to the stable with Zhao Zhifu and Qin Hui, and he could comfort each other with good words. A few days ago, even Qin Hui and Zhao Zhifu had no news.Zhao Ke has been feeling anxious for the past few days. He wondered if Yelu Dashi won Bianliang and started killing useless people. He might have already killed the second prime minister Zhao and Qin, and it will be his turn next.

When he was about to be taken out in the afternoon, Zhao Ke hugged the pillar tightly and refused to leave. He refused to listen to what he said, and the palace tent army forcibly dragged him out.When he came to the imperial tent, Yelu Dashi was asked to sit side by side on the dragon chair with this smile on his face. Zhao Ke felt like falling into a dream, and became more and more frightened. Getting angry, Zhao Kecai sat down tremblingly with half of his butt on the bed.After Zhao Ke subdued, Yelu Dashi took him as air, and discussed with Liao's important ministers and generals how to divide troops to attack southeast counties.Although Song State still has hundreds of thousands of remnants of the forbidden army, the distribution is more concentrated in the west than in the east.Instead of fighting bitterly with the remnants of the Song army in the west, the Liao army might as well drive southward with light cavalry and take the southeastern counties first.The Northern Forbidden Army paid food and salaries to the southeast.Once the southeast falls into the hands of the Liao State, the Song State will be gone.With the pressure of the Song Emperor's edict and the lack of food and pay, Xijing, Hedong and Southeast camps had to submit.The more Zhao Ke heard it, the more frightened he was, but when he thought that Yelu Dashi had no shyness in discussing these important military matters, he obviously regarded himself as a dead person, and he fell into an ice valley again, unable to pay attention to what they discussed.At this time, the ministers of Song State who came to see them went outside the tent.

Yelu Dashi looked at the officials of the Song Dynasty in the tent with a half-smile. He noticed that Zhao Ke beside him was shaking violently, and his heart became even more contemptuous. He turned his head slightly and gestured with his eyes. Tong Guan who was standing beside him hurriedly cleared his throat. , said in a loud voice: "Okay—worship—gift—" He deliberately prolonged his voice, and shouted three times in a row.

All the courtiers of the Song Dynasty looked at each other in blank dismay. This ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to pay homage to His Majesty was the courtier's courtesy to the emperor.When Yelu Dashi was an envoy of the Liao Kingdom to Bianliang, he refused to bow down to the emperor Zhao You, which made Zhao You furious, but because he had no status as a monarch or minister, he couldn't say anything about him. Come on, I can only vent my anger on Li Ruobing, the supervisor of Duting West Station.Now the emperor of the Liao Kingdom sits side by side with the officials in a big way. If he pays homage to the officials by kneeling, it is tantamount to paying homage to the Yelu Dashi.

"Alas—" Prime Minister Zhao Zhifu sighed, intertwined eyes with Shenzhi Zhengshi Qin Hui, with a hint of bitterness and impatience in his eyes, and slowly knelt down.After bending the knee, it is difficult to straighten it.In the past few days, because of the Liao army's "forced" gold, silver, and silk, the two have lost their reputations throughout their lives, and they have been scolded unbearably by the people of Bianliang behind their backs.Seeing the two ministers taking the lead in kneeling down, several courtiers who were usually close to Zhao Zhifu Qin Hui also knelt down.Other courtiers of the Song Dynasty lost their minds.

Hundreds of courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty knelt down and bowed on the spot.Sitting on the left seat were Liao officials looking down on them.

In the Song Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor ruled the world together, and the capital officials are the most valuable. Almost all of the hundreds of officials in the tent are Jinshi. There are many disciples with old backgrounds all over the world. Laughing, he raised his hand with a smile, and was about to say, "Everyone is flat." Suddenly, the smile on his face froze, and his eyes turned cold. Near the entrance of the imperial tent, several officials of the Song Dynasty were still standing, except for one Except for the official robes which are purple, the rest are scarlet official robes.Because they were standing at the back, they were not very eye-catching. At this time, following Yelu Dashi's gaze, the faces of the dignitaries of the Liao Kingdom were full of anger, and many people put their hands on their knives.In the royal tent of the Liao Emperor, hundreds of courtiers of the Song Dynasty bowed their heads and bowed down.

Yelu Dashi's face was cloudy and cloudy, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Who is standing below?"

"Wu Angying, Minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Great Song Dynasty." The tall man in a purple official robe said loudly.Yelu Dashi frowned slightly, his ears were extremely sharp.

"Xu Rubi, a member of the military department of the Great Song Dynasty!" A person next to him said in a deep voice with thin cheeks.Xu Rubi and Wu Angying were standing together, as if they were hearing roll call outside Jiying Hall.

"Pan Yuanjie, the censor in the Great Song Palace!" Pan Yuanjie stood not far from Xu and Wu with a face like a crown of jade.

"Huang Boyu, the supervisory censor of the Great Song Dynasty!" "Han Zongdan, the censor of the Great Song Dynasty!" Han Zongdan, Huang Boyu and Pan Yuanjie stood relatively far away, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled. .

"Member of the Ritual Department of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Yinshu!" Zhang Yinshu frowned and looked at his kneeling colleagues, his eyes full of hatred.

"Lin Zhongfu, the official promoted by the Kaifeng government of the Great Song Dynasty!" Lin Zhongfu calmly bowed his hands to Yelu Dashi and the Liao officials during the meeting.

"Chen Shenyan, Deputy Chief of the Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty!" His eyes were fixed on Yelu Dashi.

"Qian Shou, a member of the Ministry of Officials in the Great Song Dynasty!" Qian Shou blankly glanced at the purple-clothed officials.

The entire imperial tent was astonishingly quiet, only listening to these officials of the Song Dynasty report their official positions and names, Yelu Dashi's face became more and more gloomy, his heart moved, and he glanced at Tong Guan, these people actually had a relationship with Tong Guan His list was the same, at least Shao Wu, the privy envoy, and Deng Su, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, were missing, both of whom were the most active officials of the Song Dynasty in the Lishe.

Yelu Dashi frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "As subjects, why don't you pay respects when you see the emperor?" Tong Guan also reprimanded: "Bold!" The group of ministers, the clinker is suddenly changing, how can he not be frustrated.

Wu Angying smiled slightly, looked straight into Yelu Dashi's eyes, and said in a deep voice, "I am a dignified Chinese, and I will not kneel down to the king of barbarians and barbarians." He looked at the other people, Xu Rubi and others smiled and nodded Said yes, as if what Wu Angying said was an obvious and self-evident truth.

Seeing these people's composure, especially Wu Angying's contemptuous eyes, Yelu Dashi felt a burst of rage, the veins on his forehead twitched slightly, staring at Wu Angying, if eyes could kill, this person would have already been decapitated.Wu Angying seemed unaware of his majestic majesty, and still looked at Yelu Dashi without giving in, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.