After a rare moment of leisure, Jerodashi picked up his bow and arrows and walked out of the tent to relax. Crimson clouds loom over the western sky, and flocks of weary birds return, perched on the palace's heavy eaves and arches, or fly up and down in the lush canopy. The Khitan people believe that all things have spirits, so naturally they will not drive away these harmless crows. Yelu Dashi knew that there was a way to tie fire to the legs of birds that went out of the city to feed, and took advantage of the habit of tired birds to set fire to the city. Witnessing the beautiful scenery of the sunset, but thinking about the battle, he couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, I don't know when he had lost the mood to enjoy the scenery. Jerod took a deep breath of air, opened his bow with great luck, and shot an arrow with a whoosh. Only when the bowstring in his hand is tensed, the bowstring in his head can relax a little.

Walking through the flat meadow, the emperor's eldest son, Yelu Yilie, followed Empress Xiao over. Looking at the arrow target a hundred steps away, most of the arrows were stuck in the red heart, and Yelu Yilie showed a reverent and envious gaze. The mother and son stopped behind Yelu Dashi, and after he shot the arrow in his hand into the bull's-eye, Empress Xiao said in a low voice: "Your Majesty." Yelu Yi said, "Father." ”

"Yilie is going to the barracks tomorrow," Yelu Dashi smiled and handed the bow and arrows to his son, "Try it, my son of Yelu Dashi will not be worse than others." Yelu Yilie's face turned red, and he took the bow and arrow, and aimed at the arrow target in the distance for a long time, and shot an arrow and inserted it into the target, but he did not hit the red heart. Jereil looked annoyed.

Empress Xiao wanted to speak and stopped, and finally said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, can you let Yilie go home for at least ten days every month, and let him listen to His Majesty's teachings." Seeing that His Majesty seemed to ignore it, she said, "Your Majesty is talented, both civil and military, and in the whole country, if you want to teach Yilie, can you be better than Your Majesty?" Her words were filled with grievances and a hint of pride. After Yelu Dashi succeeded to the throne, he set a rule that all the children of the countrymen should go to the military camp for training after they reached the age of twelve, and the official office of the North Courtyard would arrange civil and military training. These children are only able to return home one day a month. Barracks life does not end until he reaches the age of twenty-two. The elite ones are selected into the palace account, and the ordinary ones are included in the military register. Fourteen-year-old Yelu Yilie was no exception, and Empress Xiao hoped that Yilie would not leave his mother like an ordinary child and spend his years in military camp training.

Yelu Dashi ignored it, took the bow and arrow from his son's hand, and said in a deep voice while firing the bow: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." Therefore, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, once said to Mrs. Liu, who is more than the eldest brother in the industry? Mr. Huang Zhoushan of the Southern Dynasty said well, this is to regard the world as its private property. Yilie, what I want to teach you today is that Da Liao does not belong to the emperor, but on the contrary, the emperor belongs to Da Liao. ”

As soon as Jerodashi released his right hand, the arrow flew out with a whizz. "Forget the day of the ordination. Others can slack off, rest, and enjoy themselves, but the emperor cannot, the emperor does not belong to himself, he belongs to Da Liao. As a prince, you have more responsibilities than ordinary countrymen. He patted Yelu Yilie on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I believe in you and can afford this responsibility." ”

"Father." Jereth was so excited that he couldn't speak. Empress Xiao's eyes also showed a look of relief. There are rumors below that Dashi does not want to succeed the father and son on the throne like the Southern Dynasty, but to choose a talented and virtuous successor to the throne among his subordinates. "It seems that rumors are nothing more than rumors." Empress Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the matter of begging His Majesty at first was also left behind.

After Empress Xiao and Yilie left, Yelu Dashi returned to the tent and continued to look at the twists and turns presented in various places. The history of Qin Shi Huang was a full-time punishment, bowing to the text and ink, breaking the prison during the day, reading books at night, and reading bamboo slips every day to 100 catties. Now the diligence of the Great Liao Emperor is similar to it. As the night fell, the noble concubine Xiao Se entered the deer antler blood ginseng tea, and saw that Yelu Dashi had no time to rest, and persuaded with some worry: "Your Majesty is diligent in government and loves the people, and it is the blessing of Daliao to eat and drink, but if Your Majesty is tired, it will be too late." It is necessary to know that one piece of relaxation is the way of civil and military. ”

Although Yelu Dashi didn't think so, he took her into his arms and said with a smile: "'Straight must lie down and taste the courage, and provoke the sacrifice of the strong man; You can face the desert to the north. Sunset pillow swallow clouds. The poems written by Concubine Xian are wonderful in these two sentences. ”

Xiao Sese's face was slightly cold and said, "Your Majesty, don't make fun of your concubines." She was about to get up from Dashi's arms, but she was hugged by her waist, struggled lightly a few times, and then continued to snuggle in his arms, supporting his knees with one hand, and putting the other hand on his chest, and murmuring: "I really don't know why, Your Majesty, maybe everyone in the world is laughing at the concubine." ”

Yelu Dashi's face sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Whoever dares to do this, I will punish the crime." Xiao Sese was taken aback, and hurriedly whispered comfort: "No one said that, the ominous concubine is just self-pity." Yelu Dashi gently held her hand, both of whom were extremely intelligent people who were familiar with history books, and their words of comfort here were superfluous, so they fell silent. The anger of the Son of Heaven is bleeding and drifting, but it can't control the mouths of the people in the world.

After being silent for a moment, Xiao Sese said in a low voice: "Although Your Majesty intends to work hard to make the country prosperous and prosperous, you must always take care of your own body. Yelu Dashi shook his head and sighed: "There are all kinds of waste in the country, how can there be rest." Xiao Sese's eyes moved slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Kong Ming is specialized in everything, and it is not the way of the master. General Liu Bang, General Han Xin. There are many ministers in the court, so why should Your Majesty bow to him? She spoke with genuine concern. Yelu Dashi smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and you should try it slowly." But I did the opposite, and implemented all kinds of new policies, like a storm. The ministers of the DPRK and the central government still have a lot of confusion about the new policy, but because of this, if they profit from it, they must not be deceived by me. Human nature is born to be profitable. If it is delayed, I am afraid that like Wang Anshi of the Southern Dynasty, the courtiers who implemented the new policy will gradually give birth to intertwined interests, and it will be difficult to return, and it will be too late to regret it. ”

Xiao Guifei knew that it was a taboo for women to interfere in politics, so she lowered her head and did not speak, but Yelu Dashi stroked her hair and said slowly: "The Jurchen Kingdom has always wanted to capture Liaoyang Mansion and win the land of Tokyo Dao. It is the birthplace of the Bohai Kingdom, and they will definitely contact the Bohai people to rise up as an internal response. I plan to order Xiao Suxian, the elder brother of my concubine, to stay in Tokyo, let him pretend to contact the Jin Kingdom, lure the snake out of the hole, and the Jurchens arrived at the city of Liaoyang. He took out a delicate Dongzhu hairpin from under the imperial case, inserted it in Xiao Guifei's bun, and said in a deep voice: "After pacifying the Jurchens, Bohai will restore the country, and Xiao Suxian will be the king of Bohai and guard Liaodong for me." ”

Xiao Sese's eyelids drooped, and he said in a low voice: "The concubine is grateful to Your Majesty on behalf of the Bohai tribe." Yelu Dashi smiled and took her into his arms. The moon was getting higher and higher, hanging in the middle of the sky, and the lights in the imperial tent were always on.

Not far from the imperial account, there is a low palace wall. Across this wall, the queen's tent also had a high fever of red candles, and Queen Xiao stood in the center of the big tent, surrounded by confidants and palace maids. She lost her usual graceful and virtuous demeanor, and asked coldly, "Hasn't that fox girl come out yet?" A favored palace maid said timidly: "The slave maid went to see secretly, and the entourage of the concubine was still waiting outside the imperial account." As soon as she finished speaking, Empress Xiao's face sank, and she asked, "That was just now, and now?" The palace maids below trembled and didn't dare to answer, and Queen Xiao said sharply: "Go to the outside of the imperial tent to guard, when will the fox come out, when will you come back to report." ”

The palace maid didn't dare to slack off, and she agreed and withdrew, Queen Xiao lost her temper, and then sat softly on the bed, "This vixen who is causing trouble in the government and politics is really using any means to usurp the queen for her son-in-law." His Majesty was so wise that he was actually seduced by her. When the queen thought of this, there were tears of grievance in her eyes, if it weren't for the fact that there were many people in the account, she was afraid that the tears had fallen.

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In the middle of the day, in the Bianliang Hanging Arch Palace, Emperor Zhao Ke rubbed his temples quite tiredly, he looked up and asked the eunuch next to him, "Hasn't Chen Yushi gone back yet?" "Your Majesty, exactly." He looked at the sleeve of his left hand and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Yesterday, Chen Dong dared to pull the emperor's sleeve and refused to retreat from the court, and today he stayed in the palace and had to meet him.

Because there are many people in the southeast and there is little land, the number of displaced people is increasing day by day. It was precisely because these homeless people had a grudge against the imperial court and were used by Fang Layu's party that it was difficult to completely calm down the civil unrest in Jiangnan. Wang Yan's recital said that there were large areas of plastered land in the South China Sea, and suggested that the imperial court organize displaced people to go overseas to reclaim the wasteland.

Although this strategy of expanding the sea sounds quite feasible, it is something that has not been done in previous generations, and it has to cost the court a lot of money and food. Zhao Ke was undecided, so he summoned important ministers to discuss the matter in the inner court. Prime Minister Zhao Zhifu thought that this was a move to make trouble out of nothing, to work the people and lose money, while Chen Dong, the superintendent of the imperial history, was very much in favor of it, believing that this could not only open up the territory and expand the territory, but also draw wages from the other party, which was a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. The two sides insist on their own words and do not give in to each other. Zhao Ke is not a good king, and originally wanted to put this matter aside for the time being in the name of going back to the harem to rest, so that all the important ministers of the court have a room to turn around. Who knew that Chen Dong actually didn't appreciate it, and he had to forcibly promote the matter of expanding the sea, and under the emotion, he actually dragged the sleeve of Zhao Kelong's robe and didn't let him drive the harem. Zhao Zhifu reprimanded Chen Dong for bullying the monarch on the spot, although Chen Dong claimed to be a capital crime, he actually did not give in. Zhao Kesu said that he was accommodating, so naturally it was impossible to blame him for this matter, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Chen Yushi, who is known as the first loyal and upright in the court, actually waited in the side hall for a whole day, and even the cakes that Zhao Ke specially ordered the eunuch to send at noon, he did not move, thinking of this, Zhao Ke's heart yesterday also dissipated most of the anger, and even a little moved. "What a direct minister who doesn't know whether to live or die," Zhao Ke sighed in his heart, and thought with some relief, "The state has a direct minister, and I am also a virtuous monarch." ”