In the twenty-sixth year of King Lihe, the beginning of spring, the spring is cold. The New Year has passed, and Li Du is still decorating with lights to welcome the 60th birthday of the Empress Dowager Could.

The decline of the Li family is an indisputable fact, but Li Tianzi is still the nominal co-lord of the world, so the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother is naturally a major event.

Song Xiao came by car with his grandson Sun Qianxiu, Zou Gu followed, and Han Ze and Muse led a thousand-person guard to escort them. Two miles away from Lidu, Song Xiao got out of the car and looked at Lidu from afar, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

Once when he was only the eldest son, he also drove to Luoyi with his father, Luoyi is not much more prosperous than Wuyi, the young Song Xiao looked at Luoyi with longing, and asked: "Is it really nine miles and nine long, nine miles and nine wide?"

After the young Song Xiao saw the prosperity of Lidu Luoyi, he was determined in his heart to build Wuyi into nine miles and nine in the future. Song Xiao ascended the throne, Song was only a land of ten cities, and there was not even a single sage in the temple, and there were not many talented people, poor and weak, and strong enemies looked around. Song Xiao saluted the Son of Heaven and started to be talented, and finally gained a foothold in Yuzhou. What about the foothold, there are still 100 countries left in the world, and the national strength of the Song State is at the bottom.

The land of Jizhou is full of small countries, and this piece of chess has no bright spots at all. There are only small fights between small countries, plus there are foreign invasions of Chidi and Baidi in the north, and the two great powers of Qilu in the south, and dozens of small countries in Jizhou are almost like a pool of backwater.

Jizhou is already extremely cold, the cold winter is long, the grains are difficult to grow, tigers, leopards and jackals are everywhere, and the virtuous and powerful warriors who are good at literature often go south to play a bigger chessboard. As for the big countries, they also dislike the abandoned soil of Jizhou, leaving only the small countries to survive.

At that time, Yanzhou had Zhongshan as its respect, and Zhongshan has never been a first-class big country, but it should not be underestimated, after all, Dali has been from Zhongshan for more than 400 years. Moreover, at that time, the national strength of the Li family was strong, and the princes of the world did not dare to be too presumptuous.

Yuzhou is located in the Central Plains and is the most prosperous. There are no less than 100 rich cities in the fertile land of the Central Plains, and the people of Li are even more million, how rich.

And the most prosperous in Yuzhou is Luoyi. Luoyi is nine miles and nine miles in length and width, and it is the capital of Dali country, where the princes of the world, businessmen from all over the world, celebrities and beauties, and chivalrous warriors gather here. The length and width are nine miles and nine, the sleeves become clouds, and the sweat becomes rain.

Dali has dozens of cities in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and the capital is Luoyi. Luoyi has Luoyi School Palace, and it is the most prosperous place in Luoyi, half of the saints in the world have lived in Luoyi for a long time to discuss Taoism and learning, as for the sages, talented people are as many as carp across the river.

At that time, the sacrificial wine of the school palace was the culmination of Huang Lao's learning, Yin Yin, who could govern the morality of the world, and was naturally the first saint in the world. The biggest thing in the Luoyi School Palace is that the Zhongshan Guozi Chou entered the Luoyi School Palace with benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, loyalty, and filial piety as the morality and discussed the Tao with Yin Yin for three days, and then Yin Yin returned to the palace, and Zichou entered the Luoyi School Palace, and was worshiped as the Great Li Taishi.

Qingzhou has a large Qilu, more than a dozen small countries, and a foreign Laiyi. Both Qi and Lu have the intention of dominating Qingzhou, and the small countries survive in the cracks between Qi and Lu, while Laiyi does not dare to make waves under the majesty of Qi and Lu.

The national strength of the two countries is equal, and there are big rivers flooding, and the competition between the two countries is not fierce, and they often even fight today, and then stop fighting tomorrow to control the water. The big river rushes thousands of miles and enters the sea from Qingzhou, how spectacular.

Xiao Guo, the land of Xuzhou, occupies nine points, and Xiao Guo's national strength is at its peak, which can be called the first in the world. The rest of the princes are as strong as Qilu, and they only have the intention of dominating a state, while Xiao Guo, who has already dominated Xuzhou, covets the Jiuding of the Li Chamber, which has the intention of being the king of the world.

At that time, King Xiao did something that the princes of the world wanted to do but did not dare to do - ask Jiuding. Zichou replied that there are thousands of jun, I'm afraid that King Xiao can't move. King Xiao naturally would not move the tripod in person, so he asked Li Tianzi in the Taimiao if he could move the tripod of Xuzhou back to Xiao.

Yangzhou is divided into Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and Jiangbei and Jiangnan are all territories of Wu, which are the land of fish and rice, and the people are abundant. Wu's national strength is second only to Xiao, but unfortunately Wu Wangsa has two sons, his son-in-law is Su, and his second son is born.

After the death of my king, the two sons seized the heir, and finally took the big river as the boundary river, and the Huiji as the boundary mountain, and the Jiangbei was inherited by the son Naisu of Wu Guozuo, and still took Wu as the country name; Jiangnan was conquered by Gongzi Yousheng to conquer the land of Baiyue and establish the Yue Kingdom.

Yongzhou has a large Houthi and many small countries, and further out are foreign states such as Dog Rong and Qiang. To the west of Yangguan is the bad land Yongzhou grains do not grow, all things are difficult to grow, but the victory is in the land is wide and thousands of miles can be livestocked, and half of the world's good horses and horses come from Husai.

At that time, the son of the martial saint Qimu led 100,000 iron horsemen to break through the Yang Pass, and Miao Ku went to meet the defeat.

At that time, Miao Ku was not famous, and he and his sister Miao Shu traveled to the Song Dynasty, and Song Xiao coveted Miao Shu's beauty and accepted her as his wife. I thought that Miao was just an ordinary martial artist, and he defeated less and lost more with others, but later he became invincible in the world, but the name of the world's number one was not yet firmly seated and was given to the world's first sword saint hidden dragon Fubai.

After Liangzhou was divided, the two countries still worked together to fight against Shu. There is Daba Mountain in the north of Qiguo, and there is Qinling Mountains in the north of Daba Mountain, which isolates the land of Yuzhou; In the north of Shu, there are stretches of mountains that are isolated from Yongzhou; As for Pakistan, there are Wuling mountains blocking Jingzhou.

There are high mountains as natural barriers in the four borders of Liangzhou, which isolate the foreign places and become a game of chess.

The three kingdoms competed in the land of Liangzhou, and Shu was the strongest and wanted to unify Liangzhou, but the two countries worked together to block Shu.

The superficial harmony between the two countries is only forced by the situation, and both countries regard themselves as orthodox and have the intention of restoring Pakistan. The dispute over mountains and rivers alone has lasted for decades.

The mountain is Bashan, there is Bashan in the north of Qiguo, and the extension of Wuling Mountain Range in the north of Zongguo is also called Bashan. So Qi Guo was crowned with the word "big", barely taller than a head.

Water is river water. The mountains and rivers of the Dali Dynasty are magnificent, the mountains are respected by the five mountains, and the water is big by the rivers.

The river is a big river that originates in Yongzhou, flows through Yuzhou, and finally enters the sea from Qingzhou; The river is a large river that originates in Yongzhou, flows through Liangzhou and Jingzhou, and finally enters the sea in Yangzhou.

The two countries of Qi made a fuss on the river, Qi was called Qishui, and the country was called Zongjiang.

The controversy between mountains and rivers has never stopped since then. But fortunately, the two countries have no time for civil war, after all, there is Shu in the west, so the two countries can't fight, so they fight.

Jingzhou and Yuzhou are bounded by the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River. I don't know whether the Qinling Huai River is the boundary mountain and the boundary river between the two states, or the dividing line between the cold and warm boundaries of the world. The north of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains is called a river, and most of them have ice periods; The south of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains is called the water as the river, and it does not freeze in winter.

The land of Jingzhou was originally a fief of the Southern Jing Kingdom. After the fall of the Nanjing Kingdom, there were many small states in Jingzhou, and there were three seedlings and Baiyue foreign states entrenched on the side. The state of Chu is not a big country in Jingzhou, and it is far from Xiao, Wu, and Housai.

In the past, Song Xiao, who worshiped the Son of Heaven with his father, was already in his twilight years. The situation in Kyushu has also changed again and again.

Nowadays, Jizhou is still full of small countries, which is difficult to see, although there are small countries allied, but it is also difficult to make waves.

The foreign states north of Jizhou, such as Bai Di and Chidi, have never stopped their intention to go south, so the countries of Jizhou have built Great Wall barriers to resist foreign cavalry.

After the Li family moved its capital to Yanzhou, Yanzhou respected Li, followed by Zhongshan, and the rest of the small countries were close to Li. However, when the Li family moved the capital to Yanzhou, it lost its grip on the princes, and the princes' conquest was no longer limited to the land of dominating a state, and they all had the intention of being the king of the world.

Wars are raging in all directions in the world, and only the Son of Heaven in Yanzhou has the absolute right to speak, how sad.

Qingzhou Qilu has Song Xiao intervening, Qi extinguished, Lu Xing. After Lu Gongzi Xiaobai ascended the throne, he swept through the small country of Qingzhou, and crusaded against Laiyi several times, which has the meaning of dominating one side.

After Song Xiao ascended the throne, he first ruled the country in the way of benevolence and righteousness, and then got the help of the soldier Shi Hui. The Housebaier disciples sanctified the spirit, and their strength was outstanding, so they led 100,000 Houthi horsemen to re-enter Yangguan.

The national strength of the Song State increased greatly under Song Xiao's conquest, but neither the 100,000 Huthi iron cavalry nor the Wei Ling, who was alone in the world by force, could not be matched by the Song State.

Miao, who has always been not brilliant but is too expensive with his sister Mrs. Miao, gambled with Wei Lingyangguan and won a small victory. Miao Ku was canonized, and Shi Hui joined forces to go on an expedition, and all the land of the hundred cities in Yuzhou returned to the Song Dynasty.

Xuzhou Xiao was destroyed by Fubai, who was born out of thin air, and the world was panicked. Poor and strong as Xiao Guo was defeated. After the destruction of the Xiao State, Lu and Wu each accounted for half of Xuzhou, and their national strength increased greatly.

Yangzhou Wu Yue is not harmonious after the separation, whether it is Wu Wang Naisu or Yue Wang Yousheng are ambitious, how can a state be uneasy to calm the world? As a result, the two countries have been fighting for many years, and they are bound to compete with each other.

The more general Chun led the army in the period, trapped Wu Wangnai, and was in Huiji. Wu Guoguo set up another son tassel as the king and relieved the siege of Huiji. Soon after the old Wu Wang Naisu returned to China, he died and became famous as a quack doctor Pu Miao, and also became famous for King Wu's tassel and Yue Shi. So the battle of Wuyue became more and more fierce and never stopped.

Yongzhou Housai Wusheng Qi Mu unified the Houthi tribes by force, and the Hussei were able to enter the chess game of the world; Qimu's son Bai'e swept away the surrounding countries, and the Houthi state was a little stronger, and there was no rival around; Then it was the disciple Wei Ling who was canonized again, and began to enter Yangguan in the east to conquer the Qiang, Dog Rong and other foreign races, but unfortunately Wei Ling was killed by the amazing and brilliant hidden dragon Fubai; I thought that after the Houthi lost Wei Ling, the road of conquest would cease to drum, but I didn't expect Wei Ling to be born from his younger brother Wei Xiu, and the Houthi national strength increased instead of decreasing.

The hidden dragon lurks in vain, Jianling Miao died bitterly, the martial saint of Chu State is wrong and Liangzhou Jianghou is both defeated, and now Wei Xiu is alone in the world, no one can beat his edge, as strong as the Song State has a hundred generals who are unable to compete with Wei Xiu, and can only resist the Housai Iron Cavalry according to Yangguan.

The history of the rise of the Houthis can be said to be the history of the fame of the Qimu lineage, four generations and five people, three martial saints, and the most inferior sand poison is also the eighteen warriors of the Houthis, how illustrious?

The seven generations of Ming Jun of Jingzhou Chu State opened the mountains and forests with blue wisps, and worked hard to rule the world. The inconspicuous State of Chu actually expanded its land for thousands of miles, not to mention inheriting the old land of the Southern Jing State, and also occupied three points of Yangzhou, conquering Sanmiao and Baiyue, and the land was thousands of miles wide.

Finally, there is Liangzhou. The Three Kingdoms of Liangzhou are still in a corner of peace, although they have experienced the alliance between the Song and Chu and the Song and Chu alliances to defeat the Qi, but the township brave and righteous armies of the two countries spontaneously assembled at the time of the fall of the country, and there was the Jinghong Jiang Wangshu to defeat the Song and Chu coalition army, and the national Zuo was continued.

Song Xiao had a lot of thoughts, how many romantic characters entered the game in Kyushu, and how many romantic characters had bad luck and bad fate, and finally appeared hastily.

For example, today's biggest player is Song Xiao, Yuzhou has already dominated, is the king of the world still far away?

It's a pity that Song Xiao is late in the twilight, and I am afraid that the scene of the world returning to the heart will not be seen. Song Xiao looked at Qian Xiu, his eyes were half loving and half gratifying. Benevolence is that although the ten sons are incompetent, they have their own grandchildren and grandchildren, and the talent of humble cultivation is better than their own, and there are successors to the great foundation of the Song Kingdom; It is gratifying that the ten sons are incompetent, but the two daughters are both national colors, Song Yaogui is the mother of the country, and Qiaoyu and Xiong Ran are married.

"Qianxiu, you see how magnificent and prosperous this Lidu Jiuli Jiu is." Song Xiao waved his hand, his eyes like a torch. The twilight of the hero is full of strength.

Humility has the demeanor of Confucianism, and he is already a sage when he is only twenty years old, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes a saint. Song Xiao looked at Qian Xiu, satisfied everywhere, but his heart was too kind. The heart is too kind, you can be a Confucian sage, not a king. I hope that with the assistance of Zou Gu and Shi Hui, humble cultivation can collect benevolence, swords, and power, and at that time, the hegemony can be profitable, Jiuding can be asked, and the world can be one.

Qian Xiu has been studying in Luoyi School Palace since he was a child, rarely going out, and it is the first time he has come to Lidu. He naturally understood what his grandfather meant, after all, he was now a concubine and the future king of Song.

Song Xiao has intentions in the world, and he has no intention of becoming a hegemon. Qian Xiu understood Song Xiao's hard work, and several uncles were really unable to control Song Guo's big car, so he could only enter the game.

Qian Xiu followed Song Xiao's meaning and said: "The mountains and rivers are magnificent, the rivers are clear and the sea is clear, this scenery should be very beautiful."

Song Xiao was overjoyed, so that he could look like a king, a king, or even a son of heaven.

"Let's go."

In the remaining two miles, the carriages and horses are very slow, and Song Xiao is nostalgic for the prosperity of the world, this is probably the last time he will come to Lidu.

This time, Song Xiao is going to leave the last son.

Empress Dowager Coo's 60th birthday, a major event, He Tianzi did not dare to slack off, and began to prepare as early as the year before; The princes of the world did not dare to slack off, and a little farther away, such as Xiong Ran, the king of Chu, set off a few years ago and arrived in the capital today.

When Song Xiao entered the Li capital, there were people who should have seen people who should not have been seen, and Houthi Wang Weixiu sneered: "Song Wanggui is a prince, but he is too late."

Song Xiao was not annoyed, and replied in a weak tone: "I am old, and the carriages and horses dare not go fast."

Song Xiao doesn't entangle with Wei Xiu much, but he is a martial artist, and he will be out of the game sooner or later. After greeting a few good princes, Song Xiao took Qian Xiu into the palace to see the Empress Dowager.

"Hmph, hypocritical villain, if you don't have a good sister......" Wei Xiu muttered quietly.

"That's a mistake," King Lu Xiaobai raised his glass and replied in a low voice, "Where is Song Xiao a hypocritical villain, obviously an old fox." ”

The cunning fox Song Xiao, the consensus of the princes of the world. The Song State is a sub-country, and the monarch is only a viscount, but it is the Great Li Li who is broken, so the small country actually occupies a state. The cunning fox Song Xiao is the best at scheming, unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, you can reward thousands of gold, you can give treasures (instruments), you can marry a sister, you can marry a daughter.

Now that this cunning fox looks like he is about to die, who is sure that this is not Song Xiao's disguise? Song Xiao's style has always been like this.

Although the Empress Dowager Coe is already in her sixtieth year, her body is very tough, and her face is more than ten years younger.

When the first king died, although He Tianzi and the crown were not enough to govern, the Empress Dowager Ko listened to the government, and was the first person in Dali in 500 years.

Dali has always said that women can't ask about the temple, and the three-kilometer Taishi Zi Chou and Taibao Zi Kuang both refuted, but He Tianzi, who was not knowledgeable, still agreed.

Although the Empress Dowager Ko no longer listened to the government later, He Tianzi still asked the Empress Dowager Ko to make a decision when he was undecided.

The princes worship their birthdays, King Wu tassel offers a sea coral, and King Yue sacrifices two sea corals, which have to press King Wu.

Houthi Wang Weixiu presents a bright moon photo. Half of the world's famous horses and horses are from the Houthis, and the Husai mount is a famous horse greedy wolf, with a fierce personality and is not afraid of wolves. This bright moon shines all over the body, like snow, and like the bright moon.

King Lu Xiaobai dedicated hundreds of palace laves, with a graceful figure and a good face.

Xiong Ran, the king of Chu, presented the "Mountains and Rivers", using gorgeous cloth and silk, and there were court painters to paint the rivers and rivers of Wuyue, called the Mountains and Rivers.

The rest of the princes presented gifts one by one, but Song Xiao remained silent.

"Song Wufu Minfeng, what is the important gift?" Wei Xiu asked.

"The warm and warm jade side can't be on the table." Song Xiao took out the warm jade, and a waiter presented it to the Empress Dowager Coo.

After the ceremony, the song and dance began, and the princes and ministers sat down. The secretary sat in the left column, Taibaozi Tang was the first, and Meng Lan was second; The princes sat in the right column, Song Xiao was the first, Xiong Ran was second, Xiaobai was again, and Wu Yue was followed by Hus. Wei Xiu was dissatisfied with the seating arrangement, so he could only drink alcohol. However, since Song Xiao is a prince, he should sit in a row with Tang Zuo, the prince of Zhongshan, and arrange it to be the first of the princes, which is not without deep meaning.

Song Xiao did not retreat from typhoid fever, sat down with a smile, obviously enjoying such a seating arrangement, the first among the princes, Song was the first, and half of the young Song Xiao's ambition was completed.

After the banquet, Wei Xiu glanced at Song Xiao with deep meaning, and left Lidu with his subordinates first.

Husai and Song had a bad relationship, and Song Xiao refused to borrow the way, so Wei Xiu made a detour from Jizhou.

Song Xiao didn't stay long and returned to Wuyi directly. Meng Chun's days are short, the night is long, it will be dark ten miles out of Lidu, and there is no city around, so Song Xiao can only spend the night in the wilderness.

"King, the minister doesn't know whether to say it or not." Zou Gu asked.

"Situ, please speak." Song Xiao replied.

"The Son of Heaven arranges a seat, doesn't the king think it's strange?" Zou Gu said.

"Situ, please elaborate." Song Xiao frowned, he didn't think it was strange, Song Guo was the chief of the princes, isn't it an honor?

Zou Gu shook his head and said: "Zitang is the Taibao and the princes, why did the Son of Heaven arrange the courtiers in the left column and the king in the princes column?"

Song Xiao thought about it and asked tentatively, "You mean that the Son of Heaven doesn't believe in widows?"

Zou Gu nodded and continued: "Although Wang is a prince, he rarely participates in the political affairs of Dali. Moreover, since Meng Lan entered the Li capital, Meng Lan has not lost down, and I am afraid that he has already had a national policy. ”

Song Xiao nodded and motioned for Zou Gu to continue.

"After a hundred years of kingship, what should happen to the position of Taifu?" Zou Gu was not formal in front of Song Xiao, this was the privilege that Song Xiao gave to the saint.

Song Xiao suddenly breathed a sigh, Song Guo was prominent for a while, nothing more than the Empress Dowager Li Dukou, the mother of the country Song Yao, and he was the Taifu. Now that his body is not as good as day by day, I am afraid that the situation of the Song Kingdom may not be good in the future, after all, he has offended a lot of people, not to mention the rest of the princes, that is, the temple is three kilometers away, Song Xiao and Zitang and Meng Lan are all incompatible.