Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 212 Some civil and military ministers are still busy

In the end, even the emperor gave a banquet, and basically they didn't have to eat it. The officials offered wine as the emperor and congratulated the Song Dynasty.

It took about four hours in total, this year's routine was declared over, and the officials who had no errands could go home, but the emperor and some civil and military officials were still busy.

There are no surprises and surprises at present, and the Great Court will end like this.All the officials came out from high to low, and went outside Wende Gate, and each returned to the public hall. The two officials with the title of Zhizhi stayed behind and walked towards the Chongzheng Hall at the back of the imperial city.

The Shuowang Grand Court Meeting is only a ceremonial court meeting. If four or five hundred people gather in the Wende Hall of the Outer Dynasty, what political affairs can they discuss?The real place to deal with state affairs is the Chuigong Hall of the Inner Court, where only the Zaizhi and some important courtiers participate in daily life, and the Chongzheng Hall, where the emperor "views affairs" after the court meeting.

However, this time the envoys of the Southern Han Dynasty stayed, and Ye Chen received a notice from a little Huangmen, so he also stayed.

Although Meng Xiu and Qin Quan's official positions in the Southern Han Dynasty were not low, the former was at the third rank, and the latter was at the third rank.Although they are not eunuchs, they are eunuchs.If it weren't for Zhao Kuangyin's understanding of the domestic situation in the Southern Han Dynasty, he would definitely regard the two people's arrival as a great shame and shame, and have them driven out of Kaifeng City early.

It was the first time for Meng Xiu and Qin Quan to come to the Great Song Dynasty. They came to Kaifeng City. Along the way, he was amazed by the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty and the tranquility of the people. grand.I feel that the Southern Han Dynasty is really far from being compared with it.

But so what?No matter how powerful the Great Song Dynasty was, and no matter how powerful the Song Emperor was, could he still be compared with the Celestial Master?The Heavenly Master is the reincarnation of the Heavenly Jade Emperor. Sooner or later, the teachings of Tianyi will spread to all countries in the world, and the Song Dynasty is no exception.When the Celestial Master achieves great feats, after leaving the pass, he will come to the Great Song Dynasty, and it will be easy for the Emperor of Song to kneel down at the feet of the Celestial Master just like the Emperor Liu of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Both Meng Xiu and Qin Quan firmly believed in the above views.Because they are fanatical believers of Tiandao Chen Jingyuan.When Chen Jingyuan asked them to set themselves on fire, they would do it without hesitation, and if they asked them to eat their parents and relatives, they would not even hesitate at all.This is the horror of Tianyi.

"Even if I die today, I still have to complete the task entrusted by the celestial master." Meng Xiu and Qin Quan looked at each other, seeing absolute absoluteness in each other's eyes.But in fact, how do they die, or how do they die in order to complete the task of the celestial master?They themselves do not know.All they could really do was tell Emperor Song what Chen Jingyuan asked them to say.

"Your Majesty has a decree. Xuannan Han envoys Meng Xiu and Qin Quan go to the palace to have an audience."

The communication from outside the door interrupted the wild thoughts of Meng Xiu and Qin Quan. The expressions on the faces of the two were very strange at this time, and there was a chilling enthusiasm in their indifference. They took the letter of credence and walked into the palace .

Zhao Kuangyin sat on the large throne, his eyes were full of disgust and irony.After the envoys of the Southern Han Dynasty arrived in Kaifeng yesterday, the people of Wu Desi bribed the people around the two envoys of the Southern Han Dynasty, and knew the purpose of the envoys sent by the Southern Han Dynasty.Zhao Kuangyin was unbelievable at the time, and even the first thing that appeared was the heartbeat. Although he was forced to suppress this heartbeat by reason, the heartbeat still burst out from the bottom of his heart from time to time.

However, he was the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty after all, so how could he do such stupid things as self-destruction of the country's foundation.

Meng Xiu and Qin Quan were used to seeing the ugly appearance of the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty. After all these years, they no longer had the slightest idea of ​​the supremacy of imperial power in their hearts.But it's not stupid for the two of them to be sent by Gong Chengshu to accomplish this great event.After entering the door, he raised his head for a moment, then immediately lowered his head.Pretending to be humble, he obeyed the appointment of the ritual officer, saluted, wrote, greeted, and then listened to the hadith.

Facing the two eunuchs, Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to say nonsense, let alone hades, glanced at Ye Chen standing in the queue, and said directly to Meng Xiu and Qin Quan in a slightly ironic tone : "You two have come here from thousands of miles away, if you have anything to say, just say it?"

Meng Xiu didn't seem to be aware of Zhao Kuangyin's sarcastic tone, so he said to himself: "My Southern Han Kingdom is willing to submit to the Great Song just like the Southern Tang Dynasty, and regard the Great Song Dynasty as the superior state."

The civil and military officials next to him heard the words, and there was a commotion immediately. A civil official immediately came out of the shift, bowed and said: "Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty, without fighting, you made the Southern Han surrender without fighting."

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen civil officials also expressed their congratulations. In the end, except for a few important officials such as Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi, most of the civil and military officials came out to congratulate.

Zhao Kuangyin was unmoved, and ignored the congratulatory ministers, but stared at Meng Xiu and Qin Quan with a half-smile and said: "In that case, those two envoys haven't handed over the letter of credence. And this Why didn't the next tribute be brought?"

Meng Xiu said: "Your Majesty! In the Southern Han Dynasty, more than 400 million people, 24 states, and 170 counties all surrendered to the Song Dynasty. There is only one small condition."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly, glanced at Ye Chen, and found that the latter was frowning, and said, "I don't know what the small condition of your country is?"

Meng Xiu lifted his spirits and said, "As long as Your Majesty sends me a person from the Southern Han Dynasty, my Southern Han Dynasty will have more than 400 million people, 24 states, and 170 three counties all surrender to the Song Dynasty."

The officials were in an uproar, and many people thought that there was such a good thing, that one person could win the surrender of a whole country.Could it be that they want to ask for hostages, or marry.In history, the upper and lower kingdoms worried that the upper kingdom would destroy them, and there were many examples of asking for hostages.As for the marriage of married princesses, it is no longer a minority.Such conditions are really nothing compared to the surrender of a country.

It's just that today's son has only two sons and a daughter, and if one of them goes to the Southern Han Dynasty, the emperor may be reluctant in his heart.

Zhao Kuangyin had lost the patience to talk to these two eunuchs, and said in a deep voice, "You want me to send you alone, who is this person?"

Meng Xiu didn't notice the sarcasm on Zhao Kuangyin's face and the impatience in his words at all, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, as long as you send the Xiangfu Hou Yechen to our Southern Han Kingdom, our Southern Han Kingdom will surrender to the Song Dynasty."

The audience was silent for an instant, and all civil and military officials all looked at Ye Chen. Ye Chen's expression was naturally extremely ugly, thinking that Chen Jingyuan's handwriting was so great.

However, if he just surrendered to Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin would probably not agree.But if he offered the country directly, Zhao Kuangyin would most likely agree.After all, when choosing between a country and a person, no matter how special this person is, it may be difficult to compare the value of a country.This is possible unless this person is the legendary Zhuge Wuhou or Sun Bin alive.But Ye Chen doesn't seem to have such value yet.

Ye Chen looked anxiously at Zhao Kuangyin, who took a deep look at Ye Chen and was about to speak, but suddenly one of the civil servants came out of duty, pointed at Ye Chen, and said righteously: "Ye Hou! Courtier, if you don't stand up at this time, don't tell me you want to be that unfaithful villain."

This person is about 40 years old, with a white face and black beard, and he has the temperament of a Confucian. He is Tao Gu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

Tao Gu is an outstanding person in terms of his talent and knowledge.From the Five Dynasties to the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Wen Han was the best.His qualifications are also very deep. In the later Jin Dynasty, he was already an official to Ruzhizhi, who was also in charge of internal and external systems, and participated in secrets.Later Han and later Zhou dynasties were all important ministers.But Ye Chen learned from Luo Gongming and Cao Bin that this person's character is not very good.Now he is serving in the Hanlin Academy, which is regarded as a noble position.

After Tao Gu said these words, he was secretly proud, thinking that fortunately he reacted quickly and said this sentence first, making such a great contribution easily.He believed that the emperor would definitely sacrifice a little Yechen in exchange for the surrender of the Southern Han Dynasty.But in this case, as the Son of Heaven, naturally he cannot resort to it in person.At this time, it is very necessary for the courtier to say something for him, and even force Ye Chen to understand the current affairs by himself.As for what the Southern Han Kingdom wants Ye Chen to do, is this very important for the Song Dynasty to win a kingdom?He doesn't think so.

Seeing Tao Gu say such words, Zhao Kuangyin looked a little weird, so he didn't say anything. He also wanted to see how Ye Chen would respond.

Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Yuefeng had a deadly feud with Ye Chen. Last night, he received a message from Zhao Guangyi. According to Zhao Guangyi's intention, let him not stand out and wait for the changes. He actually did what he wanted to do, and he was naturally happy to see it succeed.Simply follow Zhao Guangyi's instructions and watch the changes.

As soon as Tao Gu's words came out, at least one-third of the civil servants couldn't help but secretly blamed themselves for being slow in responding, which made Tao Gu take the lead.The other two-thirds of the civil servants, some are concerned about the relationship between Cao Bin, Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao, Luo Gongming and Ye Chen, and the other part belong to Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi. Without the instruction of the two Zhaos, they will not easily appear class speech.

The second quickest responder was Lv Yuqing, who had already had a feud with Ye Chen.Although Lu Yuqing can be regarded as a member of Zhao Guangyi's family, after all, as a deputy prime minister, strictly speaking, he can only be regarded as an alliance with Zhao Guangyi.Naturally, you don't have to look too much at Zhao Guangyi's face.Therefore, sometimes Zhao Guangyi would not rush to report some news to him.

"Ye Chen! Eat the king's salary and share the worries for the king. At this moment, you still don't stand up to share the worries of the officials and be loyal to my Song Dynasty. Don't you want to rebel?" Lu Yuqing is worthy of being the deputy prime minister. What he said He was more ruthless than Tao Gu, not only made Ye Chen stand on the edge of the cliff, but also made Cao Bin and Luo Gongming, who were about to speak for Ye Chen, change their expressions drastically, hesitated to speak, and had to reorganize their words to avoid conspiracy this sensitive topic.

In fact, before Zhao Kuangyin, Ye Chen, or Cao Bin, Luo Gongming, and Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao said anything, as soon as Lu Yuqing finished speaking, more than a dozen civil servants came out of the shift almost at the same time, pointed at Ye Chen, and said different things , but the same meaning.

Ye Chen's face was ashen, and his heart was awe-inspiring. He is a scholar. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "hypocrisy is no more than a literati, and viciousness is no more than a scholar." But to put it bluntly, it was just for his own selfishness, to show loyalty in front of the emperor, and to speculate.As for Ye Chen's life and death, they don't care about it!

(End of this chapter)