Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 328
The following awards also confirmed this to a certain extent. Li Junhao, Hu Sanguang and Xu Fangyi, all three of them were awarded the title of baron of Jianguo County, each with an additional [-] food, and their official positions remained unchanged.

Generally speaking, apart from Ye Chen, the Son of Heaven is still relatively generous this time, but he did not reward gold and silver. It seems that the treasury is really tight recently.

The entrusted people came out of the class one by one and knelt down to thank the emperor for his reward.

Next, Zhao Kuangyin announced that he would give a banquet to the meritorious ministers, and it was also regarded as a banquet for the envoys of the Southern Tang and Southern Han.Everyone moved directly to the Daqing Hall in another place.Regarding this point, Ye Chen sighed in his heart that Zhao Kuangyin was really pragmatic in doing things, and he really reached the extreme in terms of saving money.Such an important two banquets can be put together.He estimated that the envoys of the two countries must have ideas in their hearts, and even secretly despise them.

In fact, Li Congshan and Xu Xuan, the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, felt contempt in their hearts at this moment. In their view, this was extremely impolite, and it was even more disrespectful to them.But they didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction on their faces.Not to mention the deputy envoy of Wu Yue State who died as the envoy.

In the Daqing Hall, Zhao Kuangyin sat high on the dragon chair, and there were more than a dozen desks underneath. The people sitting there were all powerful and important ministers of the Song Dynasty, and ordinary officials were only qualified to eat in the side hall.Ye Chen's status is not low now, and he is today's number one hero. In name, today is a feast for meritorious ministers, so he sits high on the first desk on the left, next to Pan Mei, who is behind Pan Mei It is a group of generals according to their ranks, Luo Yaoshun, Cao Wei, and Li Junhao are also among them, but they are at the back and are about to approach the entrance of the main hall.Wang Chao, Zhan Xiongwu, Yang Yanping, Xu Fangyi, Hu Sanguang and others all went to the side hall due to their lack of rank.

And because today's state banquet also had the purpose of entertaining the envoys of the two countries, Ye Chen sat opposite the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue, and next to him were the civil servants of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Pu ranked first. One, followed by Zhao Guangyi, followed by Lu Yuqing, Xue Juzheng, and Shen Yilun, three important officials of the two governments.

After a series of rituals, the celebration banquet finally began and everyone was seated.

As soon as he sat down, Li Congshan on the opposite side looked at Ye Chen with complicated expressions, while Xu Xuan's two quiet eyes with deep meaning had already cast on Ye Chen's face.Gao Pingsheng, deputy envoy of Wuyue Kingdom next to him, looked at Ye Chen with strong hostility and hatred.It's just that every time Ye Chen looked over, the latter hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen was naturally aware of the eyes of the three foreign envoys. Needless to say, the chief and deputy envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Ye Chen was once again amazed at the magic of Gu insects—when he had no communication with the principal and deputy envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the two people There is nothing unusual at all, that is to say, Gu worms will not have any influence on the thoughts and behavior of the two.In daily life, the only difference may be that their appetite will increase!
Ye Chen suddenly remembered what he had ordered Xu Xuan to do at today's banquet a few days ago, and couldn't help but smile slightly, thinking to himself: "After Xu Xuan is done, I'm afraid he will feel afraid of his boldness."

However, Gao Ping's attitude towards him, the deputy envoy of Wu Yue State, caused Ye Chen to have various speculations in his heart.He knew that according to the plan, in just one or two days, the envoys of Wuyue Kingdom would return home first.He thought it necessary to meet Gao Pingsheng before leaving Kaifeng.

Dishes, drinks, fruits, and pastries were served in the hands of beautiful court ladies, quietly but gracefully placed on each table.Ye Chen began to eat on his own. His appetite has been getting bigger and bigger recently. He suspects that it has something to do with the Blood Emperor Gu Mother hidden in his body, although this Blood Emperor Gu Mother has given him a power comparable to that of a god and demon. abilities, but he always believed that having foreign bodies in his body was not a good thing.In fact, he and Yu Qingyan have been looking for a way to drive the Blood Emperor Gu Mother out of his body.

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly became very interested in Liu Yu who was sitting in the middle on the right hand side and was eating with a great appetite, or he enjoyed the process of the emperor of a country talking to him in front of him with the courtesy of a minister. Liu Yu was actually a puppet emperor, but he was of the orthodox royal lineage of the Southern Han Dynasty after all.

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly said to Liu Yu: "Liu Qing! I heard that you are ingenious and handy. You once wove pearls into a saddle and a dragon. It is said that they are very exquisite. Is there such a thing?"

When Liu Yan heard this, he quickly stood up, scrambled and ran to the middle and knelt down on the ground, shouting long live, prostrating and prostrating, kowtowing his head like pounding garlic.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin was in a good mood. Although he was not ashamed of Liu Yan as a human being, he was very happy to see him look like this in front of him. He was very satisfied with Liu Yan's reaction and waved him to sit down and talk.

Liu Yu acted very obediently, returned to his seat and sat down, then said respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty! This minister is indeed ingenious, and indeed weaved pearls into a saddle and a dragon. And, Wei I also brought these two things today, and I am going to present them to Your Majesty." Although this Liu Yan has a twisted and cruel personality, he is actually very simple in terms of his heart. It's like a child, not humble at all, and proud of offering treasures.

As he spoke, he took out two things that he had prepared in advance from under his seat, and the little yellow door next to him stepped forward, took them, and handed them to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that when he asked casually, this guy also brought a gift.He didn't know that Liu Wei had brought these two things today to please him, but he had never dared to open his mouth, and he didn't know how to present the gift to him. Zhao Kuangyin's casual question just gave Liu Wei an opportunity.

Zhao Kuangyin held it in his hands curiously and took a look, and found that the pearl saddle and pearl dragon were indeed extremely ingeniously and delicately weaved. While admiring Liu Yu's ingenuity of workmanship and spirit of mind, he also despised Liu Yu even more.鋹.

He looked at these gorgeous playthings and fell into deep thought for a long time, and then said to the ministers on the left and right: "It may be difficult to deal with a monster that day, but although Liu Wei is good at workmanship, he is accustomed to it. If you use this kind of wisdom in governing the country, you might be able to get rid of Tianyi's control, and maybe you won't have the subjugation of the country today."

All the ministers echoed and expressed His Majesty's wisdom.Liu Yan himself just smiled, without any shame or embarrassment.Seeing him like this, everyone despised him even more.

"Come here, I will reward Liu Yan with a hundred taels of gold and a cup of royal wine. It is my return gift for accepting these two things from you." Zhao Kuangyin finally said.He was going to put these two things in the harem, not to play with them, but to use them as a warning to remind himself not to be stupid, otherwise Liu Yan's results today will be his future results.

Every word and deed of the emperor is an imperial decree, and Wang Jien next to him hurriedly ordered someone to pour a glass of wine and serve it to Liu Yu.

Liu Yan took the wine glass, his complexion suddenly changed drastically, his hands trembled like leaves in the autumn wind, he could barely hold the wine glass, and a fine layer of sweat had already oozed from his forehead.Immediately flashed through his mind was the tragic scene of him killing ministers with poisoned wine when he was in the country.After those ministers drank the poisoned wine, the toxicity immediately took hold, their faces turned pale, blood came from their mouths and noses, their stomachs hurt like wringing, they rolled all over the floor and wailed... He didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he quickly knelt down on the spot, mourning Weeping: "My minister inherits my grandfather's foundation and refuses to disobey the heavenly court. I will be punished by the king. The crime is serious, and of course he deserves to die. Now it is peaceful. If your majesty can not kill this minister, I only want to be an ordinary commoner. The life of this humble minister is to fulfill His Majesty's innate virtue. This humble minister really dare not drink this cup of wine;"

Hearing what he said, Song Zhao Kuangyin was stunned for a moment, and everyone in the hall was dumbfounded.

Zhao Pu was the first to react, and said playfully, "Your Majesty! The Marquis of Enci is afraid that the wine will be poisoned."

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly realized.He laughed loudly and said: "I put my heart into everyone's heart, and I have done things openly and aboveboard all my life. How can I take advantage of people's danger and do something like stealing from behind the scenes? You underestimate me too. Since Wang Jien has given you this glass of wine Don’t dare to drink, drink it yourself!”

After Wang Jien was stunned, he immediately knelt down to thank him, but he suddenly wondered if it was because His Majesty had noticed something to test him, and even the wine was really poisonous.After all, although he ordered someone to pour the wine just now, the little eunuch who poured the wine was not his.

Thinking of this, Wang Jien moved a little slowly. He looked up at Zhao Kuangyin when he was serving the wine, and found that the latter was a little displeased with his slow movement.Feeling all right, Wang Jien heaved a sigh of relief, he found that his back was already wet.

"Okay, pour another glass of wine for Hou Enci!" Zhao Kuangyin said.

At this moment, Liu Wei's hanging heart was put on the ground smoothly and steadily.But that fat face didn't show any reaction just now, but now it was already ashamed like pig's blood, and quickly kowtowed to apologize.

After all, Zhao Kuangyin was born as a military general. The Song Dynasty was only established for more than ten years. Some palace rules and etiquette are far less complicated than the Southern Tang Dynasty. There are not too many rules at the banquet. Then Zhao Kuangyin announced that he has entered the free mode, and he is used to it. After that, the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty began to be lively.A toast to each other, a toast to a friend who takes the opportunity to make friends.It seemed a little chaotic, but Zhao Kuangyin saw it, but he didn't think it was disobedient at all. This scene fell in the eyes of the chief and deputy envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and there was another burst of contempt in his heart.

Ye Chen took the initiative to toast to Zhao Guangyi and all the important officials of the two governments, Luo Gongming and Pan Mei first, showing his humility as a junior.Then he sat in his seat and started eating and drinking recklessly.

Unexpectedly, he hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls when Pan Mei and several younger generals present came over to toast him one after another, their words full of kindness.Ye Chen didn't dare to take it too seriously, while drinking wine politely and talking some unnutritious words, at the same time he was worried that his relationship with these generals in the army was too close, which would make Zhao Kuangyin suspicious of him.While wondering why these fierce generals in the army are suddenly so polite to him, they have never been like this before.

But then, Ye Chen figured out what was going on.Information and logistics are the most important things when marching and fighting, and the ability of the Huaxia Weifu to find out information in the Southern Han Dynasty and Sichuan and Shu this time surprised all the generals in the army.With the intelligence network of the Huaxia Weifu all over the world, the role it can play on the battlefield, as long as people who really understand military affairs are not clear.Huaxia Weifu can provide extremely strong support for the military in terms of intelligence, and can reduce the casualties of those soldiers. Of course, the military likes Huaxia Weifu.On the other hand, it is naturally because these days it is rumored that the Chinese Xiawei Mansion will have the duty and power to monitor the officials of the world in the next step. Although they belong to the military system, they are also the category of Song officials.

(End of this chapter)