Zhao Gou said: "There is nothing else, let's disperse the dynasty today, Zhongqing will start the formulation of the system and regulations of the Silk Road, and it will be implemented at the beginning of the year!" ”

After descending from the court, the emperor went back first. Qu Ping and the other officials left, and then slowly walked to the Yamato Hall where the emperor lived. Zhao Gou named it Yamato, that is, if you want to be great and harmonious in the world, if you want to be great and peaceful, you must first be unified. Qu Ping was walking, and when he heard Li Gang calling him behind him, Qu Ping said, "Prime Minister, are you on the same road?" ”

"Haha, the same way." Li Gang said with a smile, it turns out that the emperor didn't just invite himself to dinner alone. Li Gang caught up and walked side by side, saying: "During the Warring States Period, Zhao Guolin was like a capable man, Lian was quite capable of martial arts, and King Zhao could know people and be good at his duties, so Zhao State was able to resist the powerful Qin State. If it will be harmonious, the world will be peaceful. ”

Qu Ping said: "The Prime Minister is right, tolerance is great, and harmony generates wealth. You and I will do our best to assist the saints, and we will also leave a good name that will be reconciled through the ages! ”

"Haha, the prime minister is over fifty years old, and he will have to rely on General Qu more in the future!"

"Why did the Prime Minister say this, the adults are mellow and mellow, and they will live a long life."

"It's too long to live a hundred years, I'm old and confused, and when the time comes, I will be hated and disliked by others, and I will waste national food."

The two talked and laughed, and went to the Yamato Hall all the way.

Emperor Zhao Gou is so Yaxing today, and he will come back to sit there and paint, painting a picture of a hundred birds. Zhao Gou saw the two of them coming, and said, "The two Aiqing sit down for a while, and my hundred bird pictures will be completed soon." The forest is big, although there are all kinds of birds, but a hundred birds want to contend, and a hundred birds want to be phoenix! ”

Qu Ping said: "The emperor has a profound meaning, just now on the way, Lord Li also told me the story of peace!" ”

"Haha, good!" Zhao Gou said to Li Gang, "An Guogong is well versed in the law of words, are you interested in writing a poem for me?" ”

Li Gang said: "The old minister's little ability, how dare he show ugliness indiscriminately, but it will lower the quality of the emperor's treasure paintings." ”

Zhao Gou smiled, no longer reluctant. The two quietly waited for Zhao to finish painting, and the three of them appreciated and praised it again, Qu Ping said: "Your Majesty, regarding the reopening of the land Silk Road, it is best to repair a letter to the lord of Xixia before the New Year, first, to wish him a happy New Year, second, to rebuild the friendship between the two countries, and third, to hope that he will consider the people of the Song and Xia countries, release and protect the Silk Road along the route." ”

"It's okay, the New Year is still a month away, so we have to step up." Zhao Gou said, "I'll write it right away." After speaking, Zhao Gou asked Shao Chengzhang on the side to bring high-grade silk silk brocade, thought about it, and wrote the national letter in block letters. When the ink was dry, put it in a yellow silk bag, put it aside, and said to Li Gang: "Put it here first, after the meal, Li Aiqing sent someone to solemnly send it to the lord of Western Xia." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Qu Ping said again: "Your Majesty, the minister will write a letter in his personal name and hand it to Li Changyou." In the letter, I wrote that I missed his friendship and hoped that he would persuade the Western Xia lord to complete the Silk Road. Of course, this letter will not be delivered to Li Changyou in the end, but will be intercepted and handed over to the lord of Western Xia halfway, which is a plan to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Li Gang said: "General Qu is wise! ”

Qu Pingxin said that you want to call me sinister. Qu Ping said: "The minister's calligraphy is unsightly, and the Prime Minister deigns to write for me." The spies sent to the Western Xia have successfully infiltrated the interior of the Western Xia court, and it is believed that the discord plan will soon succeed. ”

"This is very good," said Emperor Zhao Gou, "the Spring Festival is approaching, let the generals at the border arrange military affairs, and return to Beijing to celebrate the festival together." ”

"Yes." Li Gang said.

Xiao Lu walked in with Wu Guifei in her arms and said with a smile, Qu Ping said in her heart: I also said that I was afraid that I would not be comfortable, and I was already commensurate with my sister holding hands so soon.

Xiao Lu met with the emperor, Qu Ping and Li Gang greeted Concubine Wu Guifei, talked about gossip, waited for dinner, and did not repeat it.

However, it was said that Li Changyou returned to Western Xia, reported the negotiations of the Western Xia Emperor, gathered enough gold, silver, cattle and horses to send them to the Great Song Dynasty border pass, and exchanged prisoners with General Wu Jue, and more than a month had passed.

Although Li Changyou was the emperor's brother, the emperor and the ministers still complained about him, temporarily relieved him of his military power, and ordered him to recuperate at home.

Today, the people in the house saw that there were cheap sheep to sell on the street, so they bought a sheep and went back and made a whole roasted sheep. Li Changyou and his wife and friends sat together, eating roast whole sheep and drinking spirits, in this cold winter, it was so uncomfortable. Li Changyou relieved himself of military power, had nothing to do, and let go of eating and drinking.

At this time, the emperor sent someone to invite Li Changyou into the palace to face the saint, Li Changyou wiped the mutton fat on his mouth, and followed the chamberlain into the palace quickly. Could it be that the imperial brother has already figured it out and is ready to reinstate himself as an official?

When I entered the palace, it turned out that it was not what I thought.

"The emperor's brother has relieved himself of military power, but he is free, and he has eaten roasted whole sheep." Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun said.

Li Changyou knew that this cousin who did not come out of the five clothes was suspicious, and explained: "The people in the house met a low-priced sheep seller on the street, so they bought it without authorization and roasted it to eat. The sheep have already been roasted, and the courtiers don't eat it, won't it be wasted? ”

Emperor Li Qianshun said: "The ministers of the court and the central government have a lot of complaints about you, at this time, you are not thrifty, and you dare to eat roasted whole sheep, so that people can see it, and say that you don't take the people's water and fire seriously!" ”

"It's not that serious, is it?"

"You have to be disciplined! Look at what I eat, dried turnips, wowotou! The Western Xia Emperor said, "Well, I didn't come to you to blame you for roasting whole sheep. The Western Xia Emperor took out the national letter written by the Great Song Emperor Zhao Gou, handed it to Li Changyou, and said: "The Great Song Emperor wants to reopen the Silk Road, and the Silk Road must pass through my Great Xia border. ”

Li Changyou took the letter of state, read it carefully, and said: "Brother Chen thinks this is a good thing at first sight, my Daxia is in the middle of the Silk Road, the Great Song Dynasty in the east, and the Western Regions in the west. ”

The Western Xia Emperor said: "Economic development is a good thing, but what I am worried about is that the Great Song Dynasty spies will take the opportunity to infiltrate our country." ”

"Strengthening the management and screening of personnel should be avoided, right?"

"Tomorrow, I will discuss with the officials again, and if the majority agree, then reply to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and reopen the Silk Road." The Emperor of Western Xia said, "There is another matter, the Prime Minister recently intercepted a letter, which was written to you by the Great Song Fuguo General, you can see for yourself." ”

Li Changyou took the letter, which said that the content of the letter was roughly the same as that of the Great Song Emperor's letter, but he asked himself to make more comments in front of the Western Xia Emperor to promote the economic and trade development of the two countries. Li Changyou said: "Your Majesty, it's just an ordinary letter, why did the Prime Minister intercept it?" ”

"Ordinary? It seems that you often communicate with Da Song! Emperor Xixia said with a cold face.

Li Changyou knelt down and said: "The emperor is a clear guide, and the ministers and brothers are dedicated to the emperor and the country, and there is no second heart!" The younger brother has never had any private communication with Da Song! ”

"Then why did he write to you and ask you to say more to promote the opening of the Silk Road?"

"Prime Minister Chen Tai was originally a Han Chinese, maybe he accepted the benefits of the Great Song Dynasty, deliberately slandered me, and provoked the relationship between the monarch and the minister!"

"Chen Tai has been in my Great Xia for thirty years, and he is still the minister who helped me regain the monarchy's power, he has become the prime minister, and he still needs to provoke the relationship between the monarch and the minister!"

Li Changyou said: "Chen Tai has always had a dislike with his brother, and he deliberately framed him!" ”

"I wonder what you guys are like?"

"Brother...... His brother married his son's favorite concubine...... However, the younger brother didn't know the secret at the time. ”

The Western Xia Emperor said angrily: "Ridiculous! Recently, there seems to be an anomaly in the Uighurs, so go and take control of the two regions of Shazhou and Guazhou to prevent the Uighurs from advancing eastward! "Shazhou Guazhou is in the westernmost part of Western Xia, so it can avoid Li Changyou's contact with the Great Song Dynasty.

"Minister...... Obey! Li Changyou had no choice but to accept the order, the emperor was going to depose himself from Beijing.

The first Spring Festival of the first year of Jianyan is coming, and Yingtiancheng and even all parts of the country are decorated with lanterns and festive. For the first time in thousands of years, the families and retired servicemen of all parts of the country who have been registered and verified have received condolences from the yamen in various places, and the people are overjoyed, feeling that this day is brighter and this winter is warmer.

The border generals were ordered to return to Beijing, first, to congratulate the emperor, and secondly, most of the generals' homes were in the capital, except for Wu Jue, because he had been guarding the southwest border for generations, and now Chengdu Mansion in Sichuan was guarded by his brother Wu Luan. Wu Jue handed over the political affairs of the Shaanxi Road Army to his nephew Wu Ting, the fifth son of Wu Lan, and brought one of his sons, Wu Gong, to Beijing to congratulate the emperor.

There are many children of the Wu family, and all of them have been trained in the army, no wonder the emperor is relieved to hand over the southwest and northwest to the Wu family to take care of. However, the emperor is also afraid of the big roots of the tree, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, and sent a decree to seal Wu Ling as the envoy of the Chengdu Fulu Festival, so far the Wu family is a double master, and it is prosperous for a while.

Today is the thirtieth year, and in the evening, the emperor will invite hundreds of officials into the palace, and will set off fireworks, requiring all officials to bring their spouses and female companions.

Xiao Lu began to dress up beautifully in the morning, and at the banquet in the evening, she had to fight for Qu Ping's face. The people in the house are dressed in festive costumes and are full of happiness.

Qu Ping sighed and said: "On the first New Year of Jianyan, Lu Ji went to Hangzhou to supervise the construction of a big ship, and we can't celebrate the New Year together. ”

Xiao Lu said: "Fortunately, he and Sister Cailian finally got married before the Spring Festival, and the two of them are together in Hangzhou, so they have a companion, otherwise they will be called lonely and lonely!" ”

"Yes, the emperor is now very interested in technical and cultural talents, and mediocre people have no future at all."

"So a lot of mediocre people went to the country to make up for their brains."

When Zhu Shuzhen heard that Guozijian was talking about Guozijian, she ran over and said, "Brother-in-law, our junior class is going to have a magical power after the spring starts!" Younger than me, only four years old. ”