Halfway through the banquet, Gong E was ordered to lead the brocade weaver into the main hall. After three bows www.biquge.info and nine bows, Gong E led a group of brocade craftsmen to retreat to a corner of the main hall.

Unlike the serious and serious court banquet in Jiang Li's imagination, the atmosphere in the hall was relaxed and comfortable. Jiang Li lowered his head to look at his toes according to the rules that Gong E had taught before. The corner of his eye scanned the situation in the hall.

I saw that the main hall was full of calligraphy and paintings, as well as all kinds of new brocade that were newly presented in the Jinaya Temple not long ago.

The emperor, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, was discussing calligraphy and painting with his ministers while appreciating the brocade. The envoys of Dayan were present, and Xiao Yu, representing the royal family of Nan Chen, was also sitting among them.

The eighth prince, Zhao Jiao, was sitting beside the middle-aged emperor with a smile on his face at the moment. In front of them, there were newly arrived tapestries one after another.

Everyone in the Great Song Dynasty knows that today's Son of Heaven is an authentic literati. From the time he was still the king of Chu, he was famous for his calligraphy Danqing. It is said that the father and son of the Qin family have been reused by the emperor for two generations, most of the reason is that the father and son of the Qin family are as good as the emperor.

Jiang Li glanced at a "Picture of a Hibiscus Brocade Chicken" hanging on the wall not far away, with verdant flower branches, and a feathered brocade rooster standing tall among the heavy branches and leaves. The golden pheasant spread its wings and stared intently at the butterflies flying in front of it, ready to pounce.

Under the delicate and delicate brush, the golden rooster looks realistic, the lacquer is eye-catching, vivid, higher than the paper element, and almost wants to move. The same picture Jiang Li had seen in his study, which was a calligraphy and painting sent by Qin Yuanhua.

At that time, when I looked at Qin Yuanhua's paintings, I thought that his composition layout was not exquisite enough, and the layout suddenly grew, but it turned out to be a copy of this one's paintings.

It is also a kind of ability to copy a painting in general. Jiang Li looked at the exact same painting in front of him, but what he thought was that Qin Yuanhua dared to poison the emperor, and there must be an unknown mind behind it. He stayed in the imperial study all day to accompany him, and he heard that the emperor also wrote well, but he didn't know how similar it would be if he was imitated by Qin Yuanhua?

Qin Yuanhua, the Eighth Prince, and the hundreds of officials and ministers in this hall, who is loyal to the person sitting on the dragon chair?

Jiang Li couldn't help but raise his head slightly, and glanced at the emperor in the bright yellow dragon robe who everyone in the hall looked up, middle-aged, with a short beard, a natural and noble temperament, and an extremely handsome face that revealed a literary atmosphere.

This kind of physiognomy has a lot of charm among the literati, but as the head of a country, it seems to be more frivolous and less awe-inspiring. Just looking at the extremely subtle contemptuous look of Zhao Frame beside him, as well as the flattery of the hundreds of officials below to the emperor's calligraphy and painting, Jiang Lizhong's awe of the emperor was also a little less.

Jiang Li thought that he was secretly looking at no one and no one noticed, but a few sharp glances came over the hall.

While everyone was concentrating on the painting, some people only focused on the brocade in their hands, and from time to time they glanced at the brocade craftsman standing in the corner of the main hall.

The emperor was very interested in talking about his paintings, and the ministers and officials, including the eighth prince, were very cooperative and put on a deferential expression, and the people who could spoil the scenery like this were several people with arrogant attitudes and dressed in fur.

A big Yan man cleared his throat, it was one of the two big Yan people with a burly figure and two small beards that Jiang Li had seen before at the brocade making conference.

The Dayan people opened their mouths amid the buzzing praise of the paintings from the officials, and they actually spoke fluent Chinese: "The sons and daughters of our Tuoba family are all brave warriors, and they don't like to compare these fancy plays. Although the emperor said that he would not talk about state affairs at today's banquet, we would like to make a small request in addition to family and state affairs. ”

The emperor's clear voice was not embarrassed, and he was extremely kind: "The state of the Yan and Song brothers, as long as it does not endanger the peace on the border, General Tuoba can mention it if he has a request." ”

This Great Yan man came from the most relied on family of the Yan King in the Yan Kingdom, and his name was Tuoba Law. The Tuoba clan has led the cavalry of the Yan State for generations, and the family has very rich experience in actual combat.

In the war of aggression against Nan Chen, the king of Great Yan underestimated the enemy for a while and did not hand over the command to the Tuoba family, and many voices in the Great Yan insisted that this was one of the reasons why Nan Chen, who had been weak for many years, could not be taken in one fell swoop.

Tuoba Lu's chin was slightly raised, and he glanced at the brocade in his hand and said: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, although our Dayan is strong and strong, and the territory is vast, we don't grow mulberry hemp, and few people in China know how to weave brocade." Although the weaving brocade and silk skills of the Han Dynasty were introduced to my Dayan, it is still far from the brocade weaving skills of the Song Dynasty now. ”

He glanced at the brocade craftsman who had been summoned to the palace and said, "But the concubines of our Yan Queen's harem, the ladies and ladies of the princes and nobles are very fond of the brocade silk of the Song Dynasty. When we came, the palace specially instructed us to ask His Majesty for some more brocade craftsmen to go back. In this way, the concubines of King Yan can also order all kinds of fashionable brocade clothes in the palace. Your Majesty will not disappoint us with such a small request, right? ”

"And we need people, and we need the best brocade craftsmen." Tuoba Lu added.

"Is this," the emperor looked at Qin Yuanhua, "Aiqing is in charge of the Jinyan Academy, can there be a suitable craftsman for General Tuoba to take to Dayan?" ”

The craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty had no household registration and listened to the dispatch of the government, but they were not all slaves. If they want to be given as a gift and thousands of miles away from home, in addition to the fact that some of them are official slaves and can be at their mercy, in principle, someone must be willing.

In principle, this is so, but Jiang Li still drummed in his heart when he remembered Qin Yuanhua's threat.

Although there are many brocade weavers, there are few who are willing to leave their homes. Among them, even fewer of the top brocade weavers are willing to leave the prosperous capital to go to Dayan.

Qin Yuanhua glanced at Xiao Yu, who was sitting opposite the envoy of Dayan, and bowed slightly with a happy face: "There are many craftsmen in the Jinaya Academy, as long as the emperor trusts Weichen, Weichen will definitely choose the right person according to General Tuoba's requirements." ”

The emperor nodded: "Then the matter of selecting people will be handed over to Aiqing." ”

Opening Chrysostom is to give Qin Yuanhua the right to watch and do it himself. Although Jiang Li had already taken care of himself outside when he entered the palace early in the morning, as long as he waited for Sixi to pick up people outside the palace gate, he could run away. But this is in the palace after all, and if you are not careful, you are afraid that you will not even be able to get out of the palace gate.

Jiang Li thought of this, as if walking on thin ice. Seeing that the emperor trusted Qin Yuanhua so much, he still had some other thoughts in his heart and faded away.

Xu was Qin Yuanhua who said that she had found out the whereabouts of those treasures, but Qin Yuanhua didn't say much.

Since you want to choose the top brocade craftsmen, you can't ignore the newly sent brocade. So everyone in the hall moved their attention to the painting to the brocade presented by the palace ladies.