Shao Song

Vol 2 Chapter 36: candle

"If you say that Jinren doesn't pay much attention to the two sages and the nobles, how can the land of the five counties of Jingdong be so easily returned?" After the Jin Guo messenger brought the conditions for negotiation, the discussion in Tokyo naturally went to a higher level. .

"I don't think so...According to my opinion, the overall situation is clear right now. The key lies in the first line of the Yellow River, such as northern Shaanxi and Jingdong. For us, we may still have time to kill. There may be one or two defeats, but sooner or later. The ones that can be beaten, especially JD.com, are a few hundred miles east of Tokyo, which are important places to be taken down anyway; to the Jinren, these two places are like chicken ribs and tasteless. It's a pity to throw away, if you want to fight, it must be a big battle, but if you cross the river to fight, I'm afraid it will be another Yaoshan, and if a small battle, it's just a futile...It's not as good as being generous, please ask for a few years. Be frank and stable, just because Agu beat a few sons to stabilize inside."

"...There is some truth to what you say like this."

On this day, just a few days after Donghuamen, a new store was downstairs. A group of students were talking about it. In the upper pavilion, Wang Shu of the Ministry of War, who was eating cold porridge to escape the summer heat, listened for a long time before talking to him. Guozijian Jijiu Chen Gongfu, who sat opposite, sneered: "It does have some truth, and today's students are not as knowledgeable as they used to be!"

The direct administrator of the following group of students, that is, Guozijian Jijiu Chen Gongfu, he just shook his head: "Where is their own knowledge? It's just copying other people's words... The official sent the mansion report to Hu Quan, and After all, he had hurriedly taken over this matter, and he could only find assistants from the students who copied the Dibao. Now that Dibao has such a momentum, even the chief executive has to gradually express his innocence on the Dibao... and he can't help it. The students know more about it."

"That's true." Wang Shu nodded in approval.

But between the two people's words, there was talk again downstairs.

"Speaking of which, the conditions for this negotiation are not too big a problem for the Jinren?"

"I don't think so. In my opinion, the five counties of Jingdong don't matter. On the contrary, the return of the Second Saint is a big obstacle for the Jinren."

"You guys have empty mouths and white teeth...The golden ambassador Ulinda came up so casually. It is either still or not, and it is left to the official to ask for it. Everyone knows this. Where does it become a hindrance? "

"You are just empty mouth and white teeth. The return of the second sage is naturally irrelevant, but this matter is not thrown out but it is an important point... There are Qin Hui and Han Fang on the Jinren side who are so familiar with the country. People in the inner world, how don’t you know that as long as you say the second sage, the official will have to resist asking for it, no matter how dull it is? And once so, the success or failure of the second sage will be a heaven for me and the official. Big trouble, and the officials have trouble, isn't it a big profit for the Jinren..."

"Speak carefully!"

"Why be careful? The folks all talked about this matter. They all said that the second sage came back to seize the throne, and that several of the officials were under house arrest. We are not in the Taixue, why can't we say... "

"Sure enough, there is some knowledge." Wang Shu upstairs couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"It's no wonder they are so insightful." Chen Gongfu defended the students instead. "When I met, I said that the two sages came back to fight for positions, but the master was worried that the officials would do big things in turn, but ordinary people thought about it, but they always felt that neither of them was reliable, and they did not know the officials. Mind... it's you and me, isn't it just guessing?"

"That's true."

"Let's take one step at a time!" Chen Gongfu shook his head again. "No matter what, what should come will come. Anyway, it will be the next two months."

Hearing this, it was Wang Shu's turn to shake his head more than just: "Yesterday, the court summoned Wulin Dazanmo. You are not in person, but you don't know. That guy is full of promises, just entangled with money, but After being scolded in person by Zhang Xianggong, he didn’t mention it anymore, as if he had been prepared...According to my guess, they might have held Liu Yu in Jinan, and the second sage was already on the road. It takes less than two months."

"If this is the case, the golden man is really embarrassing." Chen Gongfu frowned. "Otherwise, why is it such a delivery? Isn't it just to deliberately want the official family and the court to mess up for this?"

"It's messed up." Wang Shu sighed more and more. "Aren't the two queen mothers coming these few days? They both asked the official family to go to the riverside as a welcome. The official family didn't pay any attention at all, just staying in the harem... I heard that it was Pan Guifei who said, I took the initiative to go to the riverside to greet him, but I actually ate it."

Chen Gongfu didn't know what to say.

But Wang Shu said again: "There is one more thing, it is estimated that today's secret pavilion meeting will be said, Yue Fei has a secret note to send, but it was written publicly, it is the meaning of a fight..."

"What's this?" Chen Gongfu didn't care. "Yue Fei is from Hebei. He came back hurriedly from the bandit. He heard about the peace talks on the way, and he didn't get any official appeasement, so he hurriedly wrote a letter..."

"Han Shizhong and Wu Jie are already on the road." Wang Shu blurted out again.

Chen Gongfu was silent for a moment, but still shook his head: "The second sage is approaching, and the official family will always be unable to avoid it. At that time, the whole dynasty, civil and military, must come together to welcome them. Han and Wu are not more fashionable than Yue Fei, and they should come. , It’s just far away in Guanzhong, I always have to shout in advance."

"Everything makes sense!" Wang Shu sneered again, but stood up directly. "Never mind! Let's go...it's almost time."

Chen Gongfu nodded slightly and got up.

Both of them were dressed in purple robes and went downstairs together, but they were shocked that the seven or eight students who had just returned to the residence to stand up together, especially two of them, it is estimated that they said something "Lishi" before. ,'I can't say', I just jumped up in shock.

But fortunately, these two officials did not pay attention to these students at all. They just left the restaurant and headed to Donghuamen, which in turn attracted the envy of the group of students who had escaped from their lives... Although the Secret Pavilion had encountered it once. Siege, but the ruling and opposition parties can still see that those who can participate in the Secret Pavilion meeting are themselves beyond the scope of ordinary officials.

In particular, this form of organization has also been acquiesced by the Zhao official’s family in the harem...It is said that it will become a standard when encountering extraordinary situations in the future, and then give the relevant participants a certain political identity bonus.

In fact, after this time, there has been a new saying among the people that since the official came to the throne, it has been deliberately or unintentionally weakening the authority of the internal officials and the internal ministers, delegating power to the two governments, the sixth ministry, the nine temples, and the fifth prison It is to use this to buy the upper and lower courts in order to prevent the resettlement of the second sage in advance.

Of course, that sentence is still wrong, the premise is wrong, and the inference is naturally ridiculous...It is only the folks have confirmed it, or they like to say that the second sage will return to the ridiculous saying that there will be such rumors.

Turning back to the front, Wang and Chen left this main shop that had just reopened, and directly transferred to Miyagi, entered Chongwenyuan, passed the Dutang, and went to the secret pavilion. It was not long before the rest of the central officials arrived, but they were still the same. It was Liu Ji who presided over the meeting.

However, Liu Xianggong opened his mouth, and Mange was dumbfounded: "The two queen mothers were trapped on the north bank of the Yellow River by the Golden Army. Who will pick up?"

"Are the golden guys playing with us?!" Wang Shu immediately furious. "Dare to do such things?!"

Not only Wang Shu, but also Li Guang, Liu Dazhong and others were also acting, and for a while, they were in a mess in the secret pavilion.

However, seeing the chaos in the pavilion, Liu Ji, a few apparently informed people, such as the chief executive, Hongyusi Qing Zhai Ruwen, and Zhu Shengfei, the minister of rituals, looked embarrassed... Obviously, there was an inward feeling.

It took a while before Liu Ji had time to tell the truth.

It turned out that, just like what Chen Gongfu and Wang Shu discussed before, I don’t know whether it was the Jinren deliberately or the chaos caused by the information channels. The Jinren released the prisoners in batches... At first it was a few of Yanjing’s. The emperor and the noble daughter are now in Yangzhou; then a group of emperors and noble women from the Five Kingdoms City, as well as a group of younger clan children, are already on their way to Yangzhou at this time; Then came a group of abducted ministers’ families and children. The court had just arrived a few days ago and the court was discussing commendations and grace; but the current wave is dominated by the queens and concubines of the second sage... The most important ones are naturally the two queen mothers, that is, the empress dowager Zheng of the Supreme Taoist emperor, and the "biological mother" of the official in the harem, the Queen Mother Wei.

However, happiness may come too suddenly, these people can hardly believe it when they have been sent south... and others can only hold their breath, but there are some problems with Queen Mother Wei. The queen mother didn't know if she felt that she felt swayed, or she was afraid of the North Country experience to a certain extent, or she was passively the queen mother, without basic political literacy, anyway, she did something that makes people speechless.

Specifically, on her way back south, she first collected some jewelry returned by the gold man when she came, and rewarded or bribed the gold soldiers who escorted them, so she could hurry on the way in the hot summer. Crossing the river...This is actually nothing, even completely understandable.

But the key is that after handing over the last piece of jewelry, she was still a little worried, but actually borrowed two thousand taels of gold from the Jinjun general headed by her, and continued to reward and bribe.

Because the Queen Mother Wei had a special status, and she promised to borrow two thousand, she would return three thousand when crossing the river, so Meng'an was naturally happy.

But when came to the river, where did Zhang Rong get the three thousand taels of gold? Not only Zhang Rong, but also Fengying Ambassador Quan Bangyan, who just returned from Ding You, doesn't have the money? And don't you dare to give it if you have money?

Ever since, the Jin Jiang buckled the two queen mothers directly at Xiao Wu Xun, and jumped directly into the Yellow River, and cursed the Song people for nothing.

"Even if you have money, you can't give it!" Wang Shu was furious after hearing this. "I would like to see who would dare to give this money?!"

The ministers looked at each other, and there was nothing to say... This is not a matter of three thousand taels of gold at all, but a matter of the state's basic position of insisting on not paying any price during this negotiation. I have worked hard for so long before, and under the pressure of the non-violent and non-cooperative attitude of the officials, under the pressure of the military, and under the pressure of the people, how dare to make the slightest weakness on the scene?

And it’s hard to come up with an equality treaty that ranks number one in the history of the Song Dynasty. Who would have imagined that a Queen Mother Wei and three thousand taels of gold would appear?

But it has to be said the other way around. After all, it was made by the Queen Mother Wei, and it was fair enough to blame.

"What do the officials say?" Li Guang also had a headache. "It's about the Queen Mother, should he always answer?"

"The official said, ask the Ministry of Etiquette to handle it according to the system." Liu Ji was helpless. "But if he wants money, he has saved for four or five years, but he has only a few thousand guan worth of money, and he cannot afford to pay three thousand taels of gold... If he is forced to pay, he will naturally not be able to refuse to pay according to the rules of repaying the mother’s debts. , But please give him a few days of grace and let him go to a relative's house to borrow money."

It's ridiculous!

After hearing this, all the cadres present were almost in a general state of mind... and this absurdity not only refers to the official attitude towards the birth mother, the yin and yang weirdness towards everyone, and what is even more absurd is that the people present all know that the official is this It turned out to be the truth.

In the harem, unless the national debt is issued or the state leader is asked to borrow it, there is really no gold cash of three thousand taels!

Then, everyone instinctively looked at Zhu Shengfei, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Shengfei's complexion remained unchanged, but his back was already full of sweat...In other words, the official said the word ritual, but it made him not even look for a person to throw the pot, and he has repeatedly been slippery before. Qiu, push the big things up to the clerk, and push the small things down to Hongyu Temple. It is obviously the ceremonial department that does this matter seriously, but it doesn't touch the slightest thing.

But this kind of improper behavior, naturally, no one wants to pull him now.

"The Ministry of Ritual will go to Huazhou in person." After staring at it for a while, Prime Minister Zhao Ding gave the order.

Zhu Shengfei was helpless, he could only stand out, but he was still not reconciled: "Could you please tell me bluntly, the gold man is cruel and rude, if the two queen mothers force these three daughters, what should I do?"

"You are a book for the Ministry of Etiquette, and you have your own opinions." Zhang Jun, the pivotal minister, couldn't stand it anymore, but he was prevarication before the others.

In desperation, Zhu Shengfei had no choice but to put his hand over and face Qing Di Ruwen of Hongyou Temple behind him: "Zhai Keqing, can you go to inform the Jinshi first?"

Zhai Ruwen has been scorched by Zhu Shengfei these days, and he was too lazy to perfuse after hearing the words: "Zhu Shangshu, don’t you tell the gold ambassador to be short? How different from begging for the gold? The face that had been erected for two months before was lost. Exhausted!"

Zhu Shengfei was completely unable to.

But at this time, Wang Shu from the side stood up and said, "If the Ministry of Rites is not willing to go, the Ministry of Criminal Justice can go, so as not to make the country lose the slightest dignity... There is nothing to hesitate, no money, no more! A drink with me Nanjing had made it clear as early as that year. Why do you hesitate now?! Is it just because it is the official mother?!"

What this said, the rest of the people wanted him to go, but in any case, this job was not his turn, right?

Therefore, turning around, Zhu Shengfei had no choice but to nod his head, but publicly put forward a condition: "The next official will leave after the meeting, but before leaving, there is a matter that requires a few comrades to make a promise..."

Zhao Ding and the others frowned together, only to feel that the relationship was too much.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Shengfei sighed, but shook his head in the secret pavilion: "The next official has no other request. I just want you to resign after this matter."

Everyone was stunned, but also a little stunned.

In other words, it is true that the discussions these days have made everyone want to die, but the official devolution of power and the feeling of a group of people in the secret pavilion manipulating state affairs is really unstoppable. Several people are thinking about resigning and returning home. So for a while, these people didn't know if he really felt wronged, or whether he was retreating as an advance, and using this to bargain with the bosses.

After a pause, Zhao Ding frowned helplessly: "Zhu Shangshu, you are a dignified scholar, and you must approve the official's resignation."

"This subordinate naturally knows." Zhu Shengfei was calm and right. "Of course, the official side is the official side. The next official will have an official document to explain it, but you must first allow me to get ill and not come to the secret pavilion to take care of the affairs after this incident."

As soon as he was about to speak, he saw Zhang Jun preemptively take a bite and waved his sleeves directly: "I have no objection, but how about asking the Ministry of Etiquette to welcome the Queen Mother back?"

Zhu Shengfei was relieved instead.

But when this matter is set, the rest of the matter seems to be indifferent...Of course, it just doesn't matter in theory, Yue Fei's Zhazi, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie's exit, and the attitude of the officials to abandon themselves, which one doesn't matter?

But as the saying goes, you don’t have to worry if you have too many debts. If you have too many lice, you are not afraid to bite. You have tolerated the last riot. What can't you tolerate?

In this way, the secret pavilion meeting ended in a hurry, and nothing else was mentioned, except that Zhu Shengfei went to Huazhou to meet Quan Bangyan and Zhang Rong to pick up the queen mother, but unexpectedly, the smooth progress there was simply incredible... Zhizun arrived there, gritted his teeth and conveyed the unmistakable attitude of the center, that is, he would not give even one or two money. As soon as his attitude came out, a daming man who didn’t know where it was hiding appeared on the opposite side. Gao Jingshan drew the whip directly on the face of the accompanying Bohai Ji Meng'an, and the latter honestly put the person back, not even daring to ask for the capital.

The empress dowagers of the two palaces crossed the river... things went smoothly as if in a dream.

Since the two empress dowagers crossed the river, they were only a little away from Huazhou to Tokyo. However, on the third day, Empress Dowager Zheng and Empress Wei returned to Tokyo under the **** of Zhu Shengfei and Quan Bangyan.

The official claimed to be ill, and said that he missed all the queen mothers and concubines excessively, for fear that they would cry and faint as soon as they met, which would break their physique, so they didn't come to greet them.

However, there was no problem with the etiquette except that the official family did not arrive. Below Gongxiang Lu, Zhu Xianggong quoted a hundred officials from Wenwu to greet him. Then Pan and Ergui Concubine Wu came forward, with the assistance of Zhu Xianggong, at the gate of the city. The two empress dowagers Luanjia were formally connected.

During this period, how did the two queen mothers meet and greet several well-known friends in the north one by one, and praised them for being like Zhuge Wuhou; how to meet Han Shizhong, the most well-known in the north, is unavailable. In the end, how did the two imperial concubines and the two queen mothers cry at the gate of the city, which caused the onlookers to cry together when they remembered the past of Jingkang... All kinds of episodes are not worth mentioning.

In the afternoon, the group finally wiped away their tears and returned to the palace, but they went directly to Jingfu Palace. They first watched a show of "The Legend of the White Snake", and then hosted Master Fahe and Wuyueguan at the Bianliang Branch of Shaolin Temple. Religious people are waiting here, with a group of monks and Taoist priests praying for the two queen dowagers respectively...tossing to the evening, and finally holding a big banquet at Gyeongbokgung Palace, both to welcome the two queen mothers and the other emperor concubines, but also to entertain A hundred officials of civil and military affairs, to make a serious celebration ceremony for the Queen Mother to return to Luang.

And at this time, Zhao Jiu, the official Zhao Jiu, who had been ‘missing too much, for fear of crying and fainting as soon as they met’, finally came forward.

Let’s also say that people like Queen Mother Zheng, Princess Wang Gui and Princess Qiao Gui were all the protagonists in Zhao Ji’s terrifying harem. They were so delicate and thoughtful, not mentioning the wind and snow in the north. Along the way, how could you accidentally inquire about the new customs and the new monarchy here? It was the Queen Mother Wei who had experienced the incident on the river and was also very careful.

Coupled with the presence of all officials at this time, everything is in order naturally, and both sides have done nothing decent... With the Queen Mother Zheng, who dared not even bow the official to kneel down, let the two expensive ladies a long time ago. The concubine held her back, for fear that the official would'cry and faint'; with the Queen Mother, although she wanted to come forward to speak, but after a few years, she felt that the other party had almost nothing the same as before except for her appearance, but she was a little timid. .

As a result, the feast was finally held as usual.

But it was a big banquet. Because of the simplicity of the palace, there was no serious etiquette. Several queen mothers and noble concubines sat on top of them. The official family and the two noble concubines, plus the other miscellaneous clan who came back this time, were seated on one side. , Several ministers were sitting opposite each other. As for the low-level civil and military officials, they were dismissed early...This posture is really like a family banquet for the elders who don’t need to shy away from the family of ordinary officials.

However, what is interesting is that as soon as the banquet opened, there was no perfunctory process, up and down, left and right, men and women, but no one moved the chopsticks or the bowl, just watching the official thoughtfully. But the official also had nothing to say, just sitting sideways in the seat, the scene was really embarrassing.

Finally, after a long pause, Empress Dowager Zheng had a task on her body. No matter how difficult it was, she would have to speak, so she gritted her teeth and said, "The official... a few months ago, we started from the Five Kingdoms City. The two emperors still don't know the situation of the dispute, but Climbing the shaft of the car, repeatedly entrusting words and officials, ask the officials not to forget the letter sent by Zheng Yinian, in fact, as long as one Taiyigong envoy is enough to settle down...The officials don’t know, at that time your eldest brother was almost crying in front of the car. We fainted and got a golden whip. The few of us had no choice but to swear on the spot. If we don't rescue him, we will all be blind."

Zhao Jiu was startled and nodded, but said nothing.

Seeing this, the men and women of the civil and military men and women all felt numb in their scalps and felt cold, but they really didn't know how to continue. The Queen Mother Zheng tried to speak, but when she spoke again, she couldn't help crying.

After all, the Empress Dowager Zheng is the Queen Mother. This time she returns, she has no worries about the wind and snow in the north, but the rest of the noble toffees and toffees also think of the wind and snow in the north, and can’t help but burst into tears~www.wuxiaspot.com ~Unfortunately, I didn't dare to cry too much, for fear that the official would be offended, and their son would not be able to come back.

The scene froze for a while.

After another moment, when Lu Haowen and Zhao Ding stood up helplessly and prepared to deal with it, Queen Mother Wei was still the most emboldened and couldn't help but make a happy face for a while to make the scene reconcile: "Nine brothers are too wronged. Something... On the way here, I heard people say that you usually only light a candle in the palace. I thought it was a rumor. As a result, there is a banquet in Gyeongbokgung Palace. Sure enough, there is only one candlestick standing on a case. A candle can eat pork, chicken, and fish, but it’s not as good as your dad’s. The dinner was almost daytime, and a meal cost a hundred sheep."

As soon as this statement came out, the scene was a bit cold and scary.

Don't say that there are several officials, Shang Shu, and Qing Cheng, who directly sighed slightly in the twilight. It is the Queen Mother Zheng and people with political dignity who know that it is the Queen Mother Wei who has said the wrong thing.

However, after all, it was the Queen Mother Wei and the biological mother of this body. After a while, Zhao Jiu finally leaned forward and smiled and said: "The Queen Mother said that if it weren’t for the night, it’s almost like the day, a banquet for a hundred. Sheep, where can I be the king of subjugation? I even took the whole family to the Five Kingdoms City? And if I don't even feel that it costs to light a candle, why should I start anew and become the king of ZTE?"

"The official family is simple." In the silence, it was the Queen Mother Zheng who turned her back on behalf of the pale-faced Queen Mother Wei. "So it can be a big deal."

"It's not simple." Zhao Jiu put away his smile, and sighed in the audience. "But every time you go against the fuck, things will come to mind!"

This time, even the Empress Dowager Zheng's face turned pale, but the Queen Mother Wei's political literacy was really poor, and she still didn't understand after she slowed down.

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