Compete for the Song Dynasty

Liang Luoyao looked at herself in the mirror, she became more and more beautiful after being meticulously dressed, the maid stood behind her, and carefully pinned the phoenix hairpin on her bun.Empress Liang Luoyao dismissed the maids and hurried to Longhua Hall, where Li Liangzuo was sitting on the throne.

Liang Luoyao worshiped with a graceful figure: "See the emperor!"

Li Liangzuo glanced at Liang Luoyao, the daughter of a Han Chinese who was two or three years older than himself, she had the gentleness of a lady.Just glanced at it, Li Liangzuo let out a "hmm", and continued to look down at the memorial on the Longshu case.Empress Liang Luoyao was left there.

She was a little nervous, she didn't know why after seeing Wang Pang in the hall, her mind was full of that person's face.However, she still looked at her emperor's husband with a smile on her face, although she secretly felt a little resentful.Seeing Li Liangzuo ignoring her, she felt bored, but she was not willing to retreat so boringly. After thinking about it, she went to the Longshu case and polished it for Li Liangzuo herself.

With a "snap", Li Liangzuo threw a memorial on the Longshu case.Liang Luoyao was taken aback, who is the emperor with?Is it because you are angry with yourself, or because you are dissatisfied with your own reply to the memorial when he is not around?Her mind was running fast. [

Li Liangzuo was a little angry. Reports came from the border that the two armies often had conflicts, and Xia Jun had lost a lot of food, grass and soldiers in recent battles.Now the Song State has strengthened its garrison, and the border gates are asking for support.

He pointed to the memorial and said to Liang Luoyao: "Since the Qingli peace talks, the Song Dynasty has appointed Emperor Xia Jing as the Lord of the Xia Kingdom. He should recognize my position in Xixia, and just abide by the respective agreements on the border. How can we return the reason and increase the number of troops?"

Liang Luoyao heard that Li Liangzuo was not angry at herself, so she felt a little relieved: "Your Majesty, don't mention the Qingli peace agreement again. Song Guo promised to give property and tea to make Xixia become a vassal of Song. The battle of Dingchuanzhai defeated Song Guoben We should go straight to Chang'an, if it wasn't for the Liao Kingdom's struggle and our country's civil strife, I am afraid that the late emperor would have taken a large part of the Song Kingdom by now."

Li Liangzuo listened to Liang Luoyao's words and pondered. Liang Luoyao must have some advantages to be a queen. She can assist Li Liangzuo is one of them. The commonality between Yao and Li Liangzuo can be dealt with.He was somewhat in awe of Liang Luoyao, and Li Liangzuo, who was struggling to survive in the cracks, had alert eyes.It has to be said that at least for now, he still has to listen to some opinions from Liang Luoyao.

"Yes!" Li Liangzuo sighed. "Now there is the Liao Kingdom in the north, and the Song Kingdom in the east. The three-legged power cannot be moved rashly. What does the Queen think about the business with the Song Kingdom?"

Liang Luoyao was also about to ask this question, seeing that Li Liangzuo spoke first, she really didn't really want the border to be safe.The Liang family is not from Xixia, and it will take time to establish their own party members in the court.Among the many old ministers of the Xixia Kingdom, only Man Baa and Ji Lalei are left with prestige and power after several battles. This Han girl Liang Luoyao who admired Wu Zetian must have a The support of the forces among the Fan people.

Liang Luoyao originally thought that through the intermarriage between Liang Yibu and Ji Lalei's daughter, she had grasped a clue.But suddenly Li Liangzuo transferred back the general Manbaa from the front, and Manbaa also brought the king of Song State to persuade Li Liangzuo to do business with Song State.If there are frequent frictions at the border, Li Liangzuo can be urged to lead the army to conquer, so that the Liang family can control the rear, and at least can send Man Baa away.

It would be fine if Wang Pang is the kind of person who is annoying and loses liking for Liang Luoyao when he meets Liang Luoyao, but Wang Pang stands on top of the court and let those old, rough, or ugly officials set off Yushu facing the wind.

"Empress Liang, what can I ask you?" Li Liangzuo's voice sounded beside her ears, and Liang Luoyao realized that she was a little distracted.

She looked at Li Liangzuo's fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, and felt a little annoyed. How long would it take to overwhelm him? Liang Luoyao frowned and said, "I'm thinking about it too, I just don't understand why the emperor doesn't Let him stay a little longer, so we can ask more questions about the Song state before we can make countermeasures?"

Li Liangzuo said indifferently: "How can an envoy come to make a deal between the two countries? Wang Pang, a Han, was able to get help from General Man Baa within a few days after he came to Xia, which shows his scheming."

Li Liangzuo's tone was flat, but he also said that Liang Luoyao was on his mind: Liang Luoyao, who wanted to win over the Tibetans for an alliance, seemed to feel that Li Liangzuo was alluding to herself.Just when I wanted to ask Li Liangzuo how to plan, I heard the guards from outside the hall reported that the commander of Feilongyuan often asked to see him.

Man often came to see the emperor and reported to the emperor that he was patrolling the palace. When he saw the king of Han entering the palace, he asked to bring a sword with him. Just in case of accidents, he came to ask for the holy will and asked himself to accompany him.

The personal bodyguards of Feilongyuan didn't stick around the emperor casually, especially when the emperor summoned important people alone, unless the emperor had the will to accompany them closely, they had to keep a certain distance away.

Li Liangzuo hadn't smiled this morning, but now he was laughing loudly, there was always something new for the king, everyone knew that he couldn't bring a sword when entering the palace, but he had to do it clearly.Even if you want to assassinate the king, that's not the case. "Allow him to enter the palace!"

This morning, Wang Pang arranged some things for He Xingyuan and Xiao Wu to do.Then he followed the eunuch who was ordered to take the king into the palace to the outside of the imperial city, and entered the imperial city. The eunuch was in front, and he walked in the middle, followed by the guards of Yi Weisi; You know they've hooked up.

You little eunuch, you have to be careful to lead the way, Wang Pang thought in his heart, after all, it is safe for the time being before the audience, he followed generously until he entered the inner palace, and saw Manchang waiting there.

Manchang stopped Wang and asked him to wait outside the hall.After a while, Man Chang came out of the hall and brought Wang Pang to the Hualong Hall.

The Hualong Hall is not a main hall, it is equivalent to the emperor's study room. There are bookshelves, dragon book cases and other practical objects in the hall; the east of the main hall is the place where the emperor rests; the emperor's meals are in the west of the Hualong Hall, where tables and chairs are placed.When the emperor eats, he eats where the emperor is, but in all the palaces where the emperor often goes in and out, there will be places where the emperor eats. [

When Wang Pang entered the palace, he first met the emperor and queen. At this time, the emperor Li Liangzuo was sitting on the dragon bed on the west side of the throne.After Wang Pang sat down, Li Liangzuo said: "Although you are in the palace today, you should not be restrained." After that, he ordered someone to fetch a piece of white camel felt and said, "This is a gift from me to the prince, which has nothing to do with state affairs. .”

Wang Pang knew that the white camel felt was originally made of white camel skin, which was very rare and expensive.But the separation of public and private affairs is a bit interesting, Wang Pang smiled, let him hold it first, I will accept the move if you make a move, thank you today, Li Liangzuo ordered the imperial dining room to hold a banquet.

This is not the first time for Wang Pang to accompany the emperor to eat, remember a principle to listen to him more and move less chopsticks.It is said to be a banquet, but it is actually a problem. The dishes prepared from the imperial dining room and tested by the inner court are poisonous or not. The half-cold dishes on the table are the emperor's food.

This is not the same as when the emperor eats, a few people sit together at a big table to toast each other and drink five and six. Wang Pang came up with such a method in Jinxiu Tower.I usually see a large table with dozens of dishes and bowls in front of the emperor, that is not the Song Dynasty.After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the meal sharing system was followed, with a small table in front of the emperor and queen.The serving dishes are divided into nine courses, and each dish is removed before the next one.

Wang Pang, who accompanied him to eat, sat at the side of the hall, and there was a small table in front of him.The court ladies and ministers served the dishes one by one.This invites distinguished guests to eat in the palace, and they can't set up a table and then surround the table like modern people.When the emperor eats every day, if he eats the dishes on the same plate with the emperor like Jinxiulou, it is because his head is in the way.However, Emperor Renzong was in Jinxiu Tower that day, and he visited privately in his incognito, just to join in the excitement and novelty, so naturally it became an exception.

But outside Xingqing Mansion, Wang Pang invited Li Liangzuo to eat hot pot because Li Liangzuo liked to surprise; Eating is too new for him.

Meals are not the main thing. After three rounds of drinking, after finishing the cliché, Li Liangzuo looked at Wang and asked: "Xia Song has an appointment first, and now Song Guo is the first to break the contract, so I don't try my best to be friendly." The alliance of commerce, but seeing that Wang Gongzi’s trip is out of the way of the common people, our country will show our sincerity to Song State out of righteousness. If Wang Gongzi returns to Song State, if this matter can be done well, the merchants of Yanma will also solve Song Dynasty country's disaster."

When Wang Pang heard it, it's alright, boy, you'll still have to be cheap to act like a good boy.Seeing the queen smiling, he seemed to appreciate the emperor's words.Now in your territory, I will make you cheap first.

Thinking of this in his heart, Wang Pang put down his wine glass: "It's not just salt and horses? Xixia has a vast land and rich resources, and its real estate is abundant. We Song people all know that Xixia has four treasures."

Li Liangzuo felt happy when Wang Pang said this: "Oh? What are the other two treasures of Xixia that Mr. Wang said?"

Wang Pang thought, little emperor, let's see how I teach you: "Now, do you know that in the eyes of us Han people, the products of Western Xia are the least valuable among the four treasures."

Liang Luoyao frowned slightly. What did Wang Pang want to say? Salt is related to people's livelihood, and horses are necessary for combat. He even said that it is the least valuable of the four treasures.But I was not easy to refute, firstly I wanted to hear what Wang Pang had to say, and secondly, I was also a Han Chinese, at this time, being a Han Chinese unconsciously made Liang Luoyao lean towards Wang Pang.

Li Liangzuo and Liang Luoyao thought about the same thing. Seeing what Wang Pang said, he said: "Young Master Wang is just joking. You, the Song Kingdom and our country, want to do business for these two things?"

Wang said with a "ah~ (three voices)" and said: "The green salt and Dangxiang horse are famous, but you have salt in Xia, and we have salt in Song, and you have horses, and we also have it. It's not a matter of price. , This is something that everyone has. Besides, when the horse is old, the salt is good enough for a day. The border trade is to make the money of everyone on the border circulate, and the people of the two countries will be rich. "

Li Liangzuo said in his heart: Wang Pang didn't refute clearly, and he seemed to be at a disadvantage in what he said, but didn't he also say that there were two other things?This made Li Liangzuo more interested.