In the fifth year of Jingkang, Tokyo City, starting from May 21, from the Royal Street to the Xuande Gate, and then to the Imperial City Jiying Palace, the forbidden army and the palace people began to build color sheds, which lasted for more than ten miles.

Also from May 21, in addition to the place where the border is fighting, the whole country of the Great Song Dynasty is on vacation for three days, and the government and the opposition celebrate together to congratulate the Great Song Emperor Zhao Huan on his 31st birthday.

On May 23, the day of the "Qianlong Festival", the ministers of civil and military affairs in Tokyo City, the relatives of the emperor, and the officials from all walks of life from the south of the Yangtze River, Sichuan, and the southwest of the country congratulated the Son of Heaven on his birthday. In order to win the favor of the emperor, the festival envoys have offered a large number of treasures to play, famous paintings of BMWs, in order to please the emperor.

Everywhere in the city, it is also a lively scene. Taoist priests built dojos in various Taoist temples and prosperous places in the city, chanting sutras to drive away evil spirits to wish the emperor his birthday. On the same day, slaughter was also banned in the city of Tokyo, and officials postponed the execution of prisoners in order to make peace.

"Li Dutong, you said that today's official family's birthday, but we have to come to this inner city to inspect, and we can't look down on the excitement, is there something indebted?"

In the inner city of Tokyo, on the Suzaku Gate, Zhai Liang, who was in iron armor, looked at the lively streets of Fangshi, and then looked at Li Yanxian who was thoughtful next to him, and said softly.

"Deputy Marshal Zhai, tens of thousands of brothers of my loyal army died on the battlefield, Wang Xianggong was killed, Dong Ping was killed in battle, Zhang Heng's brothers were imprisoned, and the future of the loyal army is uncertain, I am worried. What does it matter to me on the birthday of the official family?"

Li Yanxian was careless, Zhai Liang was speechless for a while, and said something inadvertently.

"As the commander of the First Army, how can Wang Song be so selfish. Now not to mention the death in the war, it has also made the loyal and righteous army fall apart, and the great cause of resisting gold ......"

Zhai Liang hadn't finished speaking, and was already interrupted by Li Yanxian.

"Vice Marshal Zhai, as a fellow countryman of Wang Xianggong, how can you believe these rumors, there is no distinction between right and wrong! Wang Xianggong has always been thoughtful and prepared for a rainy day. If he hadn't gone to the three states outside the river, Fuzhou, Linzhou, and the Jinning army, they would have been captured by the Jin people long ago. ”

Zhai Liang's face turned red, and Li Yanxian's words just hit his mind.

Although he was also sad about Wang Song's death, he did not feel that Wang Song was important. In other words, without Wang Song, the great cause of resisting gold will not have much impact.

"Having said that, as the commander of the First Army, he is too frivolous!"

"Zhai Liang, you are so confused! If it weren't for Zhang Shuye and others who didn't send their troops and asked to stand by and watch, Wang Xianggong would not have died in battle, and our army would have broken the Jin people in the three states outside the river. Why are you so stupid!"

Li Yanxian was more than ten years older than Zhai Liang, and Zhai Liang was disrespectful to Wang Song, so he couldn't help but reprimand him loudly.

Zhai Liang's face turned red, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Brother Zhai Liang, forgive me for being presumptuous!"

Li Yanxian turned his head and said coldly: "Whether it is training troops or commanding troops, you are very different from Wang Xianggong!" In the entire Great Song Dynasty, except for Wang Xianggong, no one was able to carry the banner of anti-Jin. I can't do it, you can't do it, and no one in this Great Song can do it!"

Li Yanxian's face was pale, and he walked away directly, leaving Zhai Liang, who was red-faced and red-eared, alone on the city wall in a daze.

"Congratulations on your Majesty's birthday! I wish Your Majesty a long and blessed life, and a thousand years of eternity!"

In the Jiying Palace, Emperor Geng Nanzhong, on behalf of the ministers, picked up the wine glass and congratulated Zhao Huan, who was sitting in the hall and dressed in auspicious clothes.

"All the families have fun."

Zhao Huan stood up, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip with his face covered.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

And all the people in the temple drank it all. Such a small wine glass is simply not worth mentioning for these ministers who have been immersed in the staggered and snowy months for many years.

Although the emperor held a birthday banquet, there was no singing and dancing, string performance, let alone poetry and lyrics. The palace banquet was not very rich, which also made all the ministers present taste the same as chewing wax, and felt that it was a big disappointment, and many people were listless and could not arouse their interest.

This is not as delicious as the food at home, the wine is average, there is no warbler Yanyan, and the atmosphere is much worse.

Zhao Ji raised his glass and said, "Official, I salute you and wish you a happy birthday."

Zhao Huan picked up the wine glass and replied, "Emperor Xie Daojun."

He was about to drink it all, and the eunuch next to him kicked Zhao Huan lightly, and pretended to say: "Official, the queen has confessed, you have suffered from the wind and cold, and your body and bones have not yet healed, so it is not appropriate to use a lot of wine, so don't drink it."

Zhao Huan was shocked, put down the wine glass, coughed vigorously and said: "No wonder I always can't breathe, it turns out that my body bones have not healed yet, but I am too careless."

The eunuch hurriedly said, "The official family is Shengming."

Zhao Huan's face remained unchanged, and he signaled: "Emperor Taishang, children can't drink more, Emperor Taishang, please take care of yourself."

King Kang Zhao Gou sneered on the side: "Big brother drank a glass just now, and now he puts it down and doesn't drink it, are you worried that this wine is poisonous?"

Everyone at the table was shocked, Zhao Huan's eyes flashed, his face did not change, and he said coldly: "The ninth brother drank too much." I'm just unwell, do you want to force me? ”

Zhao Gou smiled and continued: "Official, since the Emperor Taishang returned to Tokyo City, he has been under house arrest by you in Longde Palace. If it weren't for today's birthday, I'm afraid the emperor would still be lonely, a cold moon in the cold palace. ”

"You ......"

Zhao Huan's face turned red, the wine glass was heavily placed on the desk, and he said coldly: "King Kang, you established the Marshal's Mansion in Hebei that day, with hundreds of thousands of troops. The Jin people besieged the city, and you couldn't patrol it, causing the Jin people to almost break the city, and the soldiers and civilians were killed and injured countless times. You have made such a big mistake, what kind of face do you have, talking about my birthday, slandering my father-son relationship. It's ridiculous!"

"The golden people are like wolves and tigers, not because I don't support the army, but because of the strength."

Zhao Gou smiled at Geng Nanzhong on the opposite table and said, "Old Minister Geng, you were also in Hebei that day, you naturally know what the military situation is." Explain it to the officials, lest I be a fish in the pond at the city gate. ”

Geng Nanzhong nodded, the expression on his face was quite calm.

"The official family, it was indeed Jin who was powerful at that time, and it had nothing to do with His Royal Highness King Kang. The officials disturbed themselves. ”

Zhao Huan was startled at first, then shook his head and laughed.

"It's really a nest of snakes and rats! Geng Xiang, when did you also have a friendship with Brother Jiu, which surprised me. ”

Geng Nanzhong didn't speak, closed his eyes, and lowered his head to the ground. Tang Ke next to him was silent, bowing his head and talking to the official next to him.

Zhao Ji secretly observed, only to see Zhao Huan's fingers trembling slightly, obviously extremely angry, his eyes were hideous, and the killing machine flashed.

Zhao Huan calmed down his anger, his eyes swept over the people in the hall, Huang Qianshan, a scholar of Zhaowenguan University and the governor of Zhaozhou, stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister wishes Your Majesty a happy birthday, a safe body, and peace for the country and the people."

"I received a congratulatory gift from the Qing family, such a big jade Buddha, which is very spectacular."

Zhao Huan bowed slightly: "The Qing family has a year's worth of money, such a valuable thing is worth more than ten thousand gold, where did the Qing family get it, is it the people's fat and people's ointment, or is it forcibly requisitioned and bought?"

He was coldly spoken by Zhao Gou, and Geng Nanzhong didn't know each other, so he was still angry. Huang Qianshan appeared at this time, and it happened to touch his moldy head.

Huang Qianshan's face flushed for a while, and the cup in his hand was raised, but he didn't know how to put it down.

King Yun Zhao Kai stood up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why should you be so serious!" Today is the joy of your birthday, and Mr. Huang is also an unintentional mistake, so don't worry about these little things. I salute the official family with a cup, I wish the official family a long life, and I will last forever in the Song Dynasty. ”

"Third brother, you have a heart."

Zhao Huan's face returned to calm, raised his wine glass, and took a sip.

"Official, I also wish you a long life, a long life, and peace for the country."

Qin Hui stood up and gently pulled Huang Qianshan's sleeve. Huang Qianshan's face was red and white for a while, and together with Qin Hui, he drank the wine in the cup and sat down with his head down.

There was silence in the main hall, and no one thought that these unpleasant things would happen on the birthday of the official family today.

Tang Ke raised his wine glass and said loudly: "Everyone, the official family is just in a bad mood and has no other intentions. Don't be surprised, just drink freely. ”

Zhao Huan slapped the table with a "snap", and said loudly and angrily: "Tang Ke, what are you talking nonsense, do you still have the emperor in your eyes?"

Tang Ke pretended to be apologetic and said: "The officials are not to blame, the ministers drank too much, they were not strong enough to drink, and they said something that should not be said, and I hope the officials will not blame."

Li Gang looked at the people in the hall and "chuckled" in his heart. These people are so bold and reckless, I am afraid that something big will happen today.

Sure enough, Zhao Ji coughed lightly twice and said softly: "Official, what are you doing?" Today is your birthday, is it too reckless to insult your subordinates like this, regardless of your manners, and damage the royal prestige?"

Although he spoke softly, the ministers at the surrounding tables could hear it clearly. Seeing the Emperor Taishang speak, everyone else sat up straight, and everyone in the hall became silent.

Everyone took turns to ridicule with guns and sticks, Zhao Huan's face was pale, he was angry, and shouted loudly: "Emperor Taishang, do I reprimand my courtiers and ask for your consent?" Have you drunk too much, come on, help the emperor return to the palace!"

Li Gang was taken aback, everyone looked at Zhao Huan, something big must happen today. He quickly got up and said, "Your Majesty is not strong enough to drink, so let's go back and rest."

Li Gang stepped forward in person, but Zhao Gou grabbed him and said with a smile: "The official family and the Emperor Taishang haven't seen each other for some days, just to talk about the relationship between father and son, Li Xianggong should not come forward to disturb."

Li Gang knew that all the actions of everyone in the hall were aimed at Zhao Huan, the son of the Great Song Dynasty. Those who have a heart have long been ready to wait, only the Great Song Tianzi and many ministers below have not yet realized it.

"His Royal Highness King Kang, what do you want?"

Li Gang looked around and said in a low voice: "Why are they all the guards of your Imperial City Division, and the forbidden army of the Front Division of the Palace and the Guards and Pro-Military Division are not there." You're going to ......"

"Lee Sang-gong will wait and see what happens."

Zhao Gou looked at Li Gang, and the coldness in his eyes made Li Gang shudder. He shook his head helplessly and sat back in his seat.

When the eunuch next to him went up, he had to carry Zhao Huan down.

Zhao Kai stepped forward, blocked the eunuch, and said with a smile: "This is a family banquet, and the emperor and the official family still have a lot to say." The official family hasn't drunk yet, so why don't you get drunk and don't retreat!"

Zhao Gou stepped forward and sneered at Zhao Huan, who was pale: "Official, your world is also let by the emperor, how can you come with peace of mind." Since the official family succeeded to the throne, the mountains and rivers have been broken, the land has been abandoned, the people have suffered, and the people have no livelihood. The official family asked himself, are you worthy of my ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

The ministers in the palace stood up and looked forward.

Li Gang stood up and wanted to step forward, but Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the side, waved his hand to stop him: "Li Qing's family, this is my royal private matter, you don't need to say much, just wait and see."

Li Gang was helpless, came to Zhao Ji's case, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, your lips and teeth are cold, and your blood is thicker than water, I hope Your Majesty will not be rash and make the world laugh."

Zhao Ji nodded lightly and replied: "The important minister of the Qing country, I have my own measure, and the Qing family can rest assured."

Li Gang shook his head to the end, stepped aside, and said no more.

Yuwen Xuzhong was also shocked, not knowing how to deal with the changes in this hall.

Zhao Huan's face was red, and he said loudly: "Emperor Taishang, if you want this throne, you can take it today." I abdicated to make way for Xian, and I didn't care about political affairs. It's just that if you re-establish Huashi, favor Cai Jing, Tong Guan and other demons, the Great Song Dynasty will be ruined on you sooner or later!"