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Uche and Gao Qingyi soon crossed the sea in a small boat to Dengzhou.

Wang Shizhong, the prefect of Dengzhou, hurriedly reported the matter to Zhao Ji.

In fact, in the past few days, Zhao Ji is also discussing with Wang Huang whether to send an envoy to Jin to inform the Great Song that he has sent troops to the north.

Song Guo, this is a red heart prepared with both hands.

On the one hand, the Song State was ready to recover Yanjing with its own strength.

On the other hand, Song Guo also thought about it, in case he couldn't recover Yanjing with his own strength, then he would ask the Jurchens for help.

Wang Hao analyzed: "Jin Guoneng took the initiative to send envoys here, which first shows that they still attach great importance to the maritime alliance. Then he suggested: "We should treat the golden envoy warmly, so that he can see the sincerity of my Great Song." ”

Zhao Ji listened to Wang Hao's suggestion and rewarded a large amount of gold silk to the envoys such as Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi, and Zhao Ji even rewarded them with a lot of tea he drank and the ointment to maintain the jade body.

Subsequently, Ushe and Gao Qingyi euphemistically expressed the purpose of their trip - New Year's coins.

Zhao Ji said to Zhao Liangsi, who he specially called back to receive the golden envoy: "The Jurchen wants to seek the interests of the Jurchens, and of course the Great Song Dynasty must also seek the interests of the Great Song Dynasty. At present, the Khitan has been fragmented, and its demise is the general trend, if we can take the opportunity to recover all the Han and Tang lands that have been taken away by the Khitan for five generations, it will be a great achievement. You must clearly inform the envoy that the promised coins of our dynasty will be paid, and every cent is not less, and the homeland that our dynasty wants to recover should also be included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

When Zhao Liangsi heard that Zhao Ji still wanted to level Luanying Sanzhou, he suddenly felt a huge pressure.

You know, because Zhao Ji's imperial pen codex was used as a cocoon to limit the scope of land recovery to "Yanjing and the state city under its control", the Jin people have always insisted on exchanging New Year's coins according to the scope delineated by this imperial pen codex, and if you want to break this range and recover the Ping, Ying, and Luan regions together, if there is no military intervention, it will be very difficult to complete it by relying solely on verbal negotiations.

It's okay -

Now, the Northern Expeditionary Army has set off for the north.

Zhao Liangsi hoped that the Song army could quickly achieve several big victories and show the military might of the Great Song Dynasty, so that he would also have confidence when negotiating with the Jin people.

Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi returned to the Banjing Pavilion where they were staying, carrying the gold and silver, tea and balancing ointments and other royal items rewarded by Zhao Ji, and they were very excited and could not calm down for a long time, especially Wu Xie, who smiled and said to Zhao Liangsi and Tan Yi who entertained them: "The emperor of your dynasty is really a saint, and he is also generous, which is really lovely. ”

Gao Qingyi was keenly aware of the weakness of the Song Kingdom, and then said inch by inch: "We are the official envoys sent by the Emperor of the Dajin Kingdom, so we can't always live in this post house on the outskirts, right?" In the past, every time the Khitan envoys visited, you arranged to be in Dutingyi, why did you despise us so much? ”

As soon as Zhao Liangsi heard that Gao Qingyi was concerned about the inn, he hurriedly explained: "Deputy Envoy Gao, don't misunderstand, we have no intention of despising it. It is only because the ceremony of exchange between our two countries has not yet been formalized that this arrangement has been made. In the future, once it is confirmed, it will be handled immediately in accordance with the specifications agreed upon in the etiquette. In fact, the conditions of the two inns are similar. Back then, when I first reconciled with the Khitan, I did the same. ”

During the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song State was very active in foreign exchanges, and there were many envoys from various countries who came to the Great Song Dynasty, and they were also very frequent.

In terms of reception, the Song Kingdom basically implemented the system of one country and one museum.

Such as:

The envoys of the Liao State were all arranged to receive them at the Duting Station.

The envoys of Western Xia are generally in Duting Xiyi or Laiyuanyi.

Goryeo envoy, in the Tongbunkan in the outer city.

Messengers from Nanfan, Jiaozhou, Xifan, Dashi, and Qiuzi were all received at Huaiyuanyi.

The envoys of Tibet and the party were received in the protocol house.

The last time the Jin envoys visited, they were arranged at Tongwenguan and declared that they were Goryeo envoys - until now, the Song Dynasty's dealings with the Jurchens had been kept secret.

Gao Qingyi took out a volume of documents and said: "This is a Khitan case volume, you see, were the Khitan envoys arranged in the Banjing Pavilion back then?" They were all arranged in Dutingyi. That's how it was arranged from the beginning, so why would you lie? ”

Zhao Liangsi roughly flipped through it and said: "These case files are not very complete, maybe there is negligence in the middle, and it is not that I am lying." Otherwise, I'll go and ask the prince right now to see if I can let you move into Dutingyi?" ”

When Gao Qingyi heard this, his face suddenly became happy.

Zhao Liangsi immediately reported the matter to Wang Hao, Wang Hao pondered for a long time, did not dare to make the decision without permission, so he took Zhao Liangsi to the Chongzheng Palace to report to Zhao Ji, and asked Zhao Ji to decide.

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said, "The Liao envoy has long been cut off, and the Duting Station has been idle for a long time. The Liao State is about to perish, and it is impossible for any more Liao envoys to visit in the future. It has become inevitable that Jin will replace Liao. From now on, the envoys of the Jin State will all be arranged in the Duting Station. We should try our best to meet their requests and receive them warmly. In addition, for the scope of Yandi, have you redrawn it with the Golden Envoy? ”

Zhao Liangsi replied: "The ministers have proposed to them many times, but they said that they did not have the emperor's authorization to discuss the land, and they did not dare to say much, and they needed the Great Song Dynasty to send an envoy to the Jin State to discuss with the Emperor of the Jin State." ”

Zhao Ji said: "That day, they said to me that they were sent by the emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom to discuss the affairs of the old Han land, why did they suddenly change their words? It seems that the Jurchens are indeed very cunning, so you should be careful. ”

Zhao Liangsi had dealings with Jurchen generals such as Zong Han, Zong Wang, and Xi Yin, and he had a deep understanding of this, and he said with great feeling: "What the official family said is right, the Jurchens grew up in a remote land of bitter cold and poverty, and they are bold and cunning by nature, and they really need to be dealt with carefully. ”

Subsequently, Zhao Liangsi came to Banjing Pavilion to inform Gao Qingyi: "The official family has special approval, and you can move into Dutingyi now." ”

When Uchel and Gao Qingyi heard this, they were very excited, especially Gao Qingyi, who saw this as a victory in a diplomatic battle, and he felt that he had won the status of a great power for the Dajin Kingdom.

Dutingyi is located in the downtown area in front of the Royal Street, directly opposite a large jewelry and jade shop, and there are many small shops on both sides of the street, selling paper and paintings, selling seasonal fruits and so on.

The width of the royal street is about 200 steps, the center of the street is the royal road, ordinary people are not allowed to walk on the royal road, they can walk on both sides of the street.

There are two royal ditches in the middle of the royal road, the flowing water is clear, the lotus is planted, the shore grows peach, plum, pear, apricot and other fruit trees, when the spring is on the earth, the miscellaneous flowers are intertwined, at a glance, the eyes are full of splendid embroidery.

Zhao Liangsi led Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi and other golden envoys every day to visit and browse around the capital.

Zhao Liangsi also took them up to the Ming Hall to look at the street scene of Yujie.

The square in front of Meido is the center of Tokyo City, and it is the busiest place in Tokyo.

I saw that the palace hall was towering; Qinglou painting pavilion, bead curtain Qihu; Carving car competition, BMW racing; The gold is dazzling, and the skirt is fragrant.

Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi and other golden envoys stood on the Ming Hall, dazzled and dumbfounded.

They also visited the royal gardens such as the Longde Palace, the Fan Yan Mansion and the Imperial Palace.

Longde Palace is a palace expanded on the basis of Duanwang's Mansion, pavilions and pavilions are built near the river, and the scenery is very beautiful.

Fan Yan Mansion is the residence where the princes lived, located outside Jinglong Gate, very close to Longde Palace, and was built by Tong Guan during the Zhenghe period.

At that time, the sons of Song Huizong gradually grew up, "it is appropriate to live outside", so "choose the scenery of Longmen and build the mansions".

At that time, because Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, was the most favored, his mansion was built the most grandiose.

Some people speculate based on this that Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, is likely to replace the crown prince Zhao Heng in the future.

Genyue was completed just half a year ago and took five years. The specific distribution range is east of Jinglongmen, west of Fengqiumen, north of Donghuamen, and south of Jinglongjiang, with a circumference of about six miles and an area of about 750 acres.

The garden is very artistic, breaking through the construction norms of "one pond and three mountains" in the palace since the Qin and Han dynasties, moving poetry and painting into the garden, with the theme of landscape creation.

The main body of the garden is two mountains in the north and south, the north mountain is the main peak, called the long live mountain, the circumference is about ten miles, the mountain is 90 steps high, it is the highest point of the whole garden. The second peak is called Wansong Ridge, the green pine is dense, verdant and verdant. The two peaks stand side by side, and the columns are like a screen. The mountain is full of stones of Taihu Lake, majestic and steep, ingenious and ingenious.

There are more than 40 buildings in the whole park, there are both royal style buildings and pavilions, as well as cottages and cottages in the rural atmosphere, between the mountains and rivers, there are strange flowers and beautiful trees everywhere, which is beautiful.

All of this made the golden envoys such as Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi shocked and gave birth to greed - they felt that the Great Song Dynasty was really a blessed land, and the Great Song people lived in heaven every day.

One day, Uchet pointed to a brightly lit tall building and asked Gao Qingyi, "What is that place?" It's so luxurious, it's like a fairyland. ”

Gao Qingyi said: "That should be Fan Lou, the most luxurious restaurant in Tokyo." ”

Wu Xie was stunned by the splendid scenery of Fan Tower, and he really wanted to go in and have a look and open his eyes, so he expressed this wish to Zhao Liangsi.

Zhao Liangji felt very embarrassed and said: "Fanlou is the No. 1 restaurant in Tokyo, and thousands of people have banquets there every day, so if you want to go, you have to make an appointment in advance." ”

Gao Qingyi further tested Zhao Jijunchen's attitude towards their Dajin Kingdom and said: "Fan Lou is famous, like thunder, but we have not had the opportunity to come so far, I hope that Zhao Pavilion can fulfill the dreams of our lonely people." ”

Zhao Liangsi thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll treat you." ”

In fact, all the post houses in Tokyo have very good accommodation and food conditions, with full-time interpreters, cooks and medical staff, and generally do not arrange banquets for foreign envoys in restaurants outside the post houses, because this involves security issues and confidentiality issues.

Therefore, when Wang Hao listened to Zhao Liangsi's report, he denied it: "It's not appropriate to go to Fanlou, there is no precedent for this, and you can't be too accommodating to the requirements of the envoy of the Jin State." ”

Zhao Liangsi said: "What should I do? I've promised them, I can't miss it, right? ”

Wang Hao said: "How can you agree casually? In the future, you must remember that you cannot promise anything lightly, especially when it comes to foreign affairs, and you must be even more cautious. ”

Zhao Liangsi knew that he was at a loss, so he was silent.

Wang Hao felt that he didn't dare to make decisions in this matter, so he went with Zhao Liangsi to ask Zhao Ji for advice.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji didn't blame Zhao Liangsi, but said very happily: "Since we have promised, we should fulfill it, we can't talk and not talk." As for the minister of the banquet, I thought that the specifications could be higher, so let Young Master Liang come forward to hold the banquet. ”

Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi, accompanied by Zhao Liangsi, came to Fan Tower.

I saw the lanterns hanging high in front of the door, the Ming Emperor was dazzling, the traffic was busy, and the canopy was gathered. Walking into the hall, the first thing that catches your eye is hundreds of singing and dancing beauties with heavy makeup, who are like fairies descending to earth, gathered under the eaves of the porch to wait for the guests to be called.

Uche's face was very excited, and his eyes kept looking at the faces of these girls, and his soul seemed to be taken away by these beauties, and he looked back and looked back as he went.

Uche was a Bo Jin (i.e., the leader of the Jurchen tribe), so it was not that he had never seen beautiful women, but it was the first time he had seen so many beautiful women gathered together.

Zhao Liangsi was very clear about Wu Xie's thoughts, and said: "These singers, some are good at singing and dancing, some are good at playing, and some can only sit and drink together, all of them are popular goods, and they have no taste. If you are interested, I can arrange a few tasteful ones for you in a moment. ”

When Uche heard this, his eyes immediately glowed.

Liang Shicheng has been a big celebrity around Zhao Ji since he was favored during the political and political years.

Although he is good at figuring out the emperor's intentions and being good at flattering, Liang Shicheng is not an unassertive person.

Liang Shicheng did not approve of Zhao Ji's strategic plan to destroy Liao and recover Yanyun at first, he thought that this was an unrealistic dream, and he had repeatedly euphemistically persuaded Zhao Ji to try to make Zhao Ji give up this unrealistic dream.

However, recently, Liang Shicheng's attitude has suddenly reversed, and he not only actively supports the recovery of Yanyun, but also makes suggestions and suggestions.

Zhao Ji was not surprised by Liang Shicheng's change, thinking that this was normal, because now the situation had become more and more clear, and the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty had crossed the Baigou River and advanced to Yanjing, and won the first battle.

Zhao Ji was even optimistic that the destruction of the Liao State was imminent, Yandi had become the bag of the Great Song Dynasty, and the recovery of Yanjing was just around the corner.

Moreover, Liang Shicheng was not the only minister in the DPRK and China who had changed his ideological attitude - except for a few diehards, other ministers who were not optimistic about the Northern Expedition to recover Yanjing before all sided with the side one after another.

This is also normal, after all, the decline of the Liao State is becoming more and more obvious, and their Great Song sent another four or five hundred thousand troops to recover Yanjing.

In order to highlight the characteristics of the imperial banquet, Liang Shicheng asked the wine utensils and dishes in Fan Lou to be removed, and all of them were replaced with palace utensils.

As soon as Uche and Gao Qingyi entered, they were shocked by the beautiful porcelain on the table.

Gao Qingyi's eyes stared at a set of lotus petal-type warm wine porcelain wine jugs, and his eyes radiated a strange light.

Zhao Liangsi had never seen such fine porcelain, and he was also attracted by the warmth and delicacy of porcelain.

Although Uche did not know how to appreciate art, he was also infected by beautiful porcelain with a natural instinct.

The surprised look of the Jin envoy was seen by Liang Shicheng, he smiled and said: "These porcelains are all things in the palace, which are rare for ordinary people to see, and today I specially asked someone to take them from the palace to open the eyes of the envoys of the Dajin Kingdom." ”

Zhao Liangsi hurriedly introduced Liang Shicheng's identity to the Jin envoy: "This is the young master of the school, the opening of the palace and the three divisions of Liang Xianggong, our edict of the Great Song Emperor, generally has to go through the hands of Liang Xianggong before it can be promulgated in the world." ”

When Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi heard that this person was a prime minister-level official beside the emperor, they were in awe.

Liang Shicheng smiled modestly and continued to introduce the porcelain on the table: "These porcelains are all produced by Ru kiln, and they are blue and beautiful. You see, this set of lotus petal-type warm wine porcelain pots is bright and smooth, simple and elegant, indifferent and subtle and far-reaching, beautiful or not? ”

Gao Qingyi praised: "Beautiful, really beautiful." I have heard before, the Great Song Dynasty Ru kiln porcelain is the first in the world, but I have never had the opportunity to watch, today I saw it, it really deserves its name, it is really exquisite. ”

Liang Shicheng smiled and said, "Go to the table." ”

After a while, ten dried fruits came first: fried chestnuts, rubber dates, Hebei goose pears, Heshuo pomegranates, longans, lychees, olives, warm oranges, kumquats, and hazelnuts.

There are several kinds of fruits, and Wu Xie and Gao Qing have never heard of them, and they have never heard of them.

Then, one after another began to come up one after another.

Every time a dish is served, the shopkeeper has to announce the name of the dish loudly.

Twelve dishes have been served, namely: two-cooked perilla fish, meat vinegar and intestinal shafish, steamed lychee kidney, milk stewed lamb gizzard, lotus duck, hand-washed crab, green onion splashed rabbit, fried lungs, sheep's head with false juice, crab stuffed orange, fresh shrimp hooves, mandarin duck fried belly.

In addition, there is a soup and a soup: barilla soup and goose gizzard soup.

Fan Lou has two kinds of self-brewed good wine, one is "Meishou", and the other is "Hezhi".

Liang Shicheng instructed the shopkeepers to come up with a jar and let the guests taste it.

Uche could eat and drink, and he took the initiative to take up his glass and drink it all.

After drinking three glasses in a row, Wu Xie smacked his lips, feeling that the taste of these two wines was very bland, and he asked Zhao Liangsi: "Is there any better wine?" ”

Zhao Liangsi was surprised and said, "These two kinds of wine we have drunk are the best wines made by Fan Lou." ”

Gao Qingyi smiled and said: "This dish is really good, but the taste of this wine is too light." ”

During the Northern Song Dynasty, most of the wine drunk was glutinous rice wine, and the taste was relatively light, but Gao Qingyi didn't mean this, he obviously had something to say - he thought that since it was a royal banquet, how could he drink Fanlou's own wine? The royal wine should be drunk on top of the royal banquet.

Liang Shicheng was very shrewd, and immediately understood what Gao Qingyi meant, so he said to Zhao Liangsi: "The taste of this wine is indeed very bland, you go and ask the shopkeeper to bring Guanglu wine up to a jar, and ask the messenger to taste it." ”

After a while, the shopkeeper picked up a jar of Guanglu wine.

Zhao Liangsi introduced: "This is called Huangfeng wine, that is, imperial wine, which is rare, I haven't drunk it a few times." ”

Gao Qingyi was very happy, he knew that this was the national wine produced by the Guanglu Temple of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the imperial wine, and being able to drink this kind of wine showed that the banquet was indeed of a very high standard.

Liang Shicheng said: "Come, how about we taste this wine?" ”

After opening the bottle, the strong aroma of wine gradually wafted out, and Uchet was full of praise as soon as he smelled the wine: "Good wine, good wine, worthy of royal wine." ”

Uche was really good at drinking, he drank several glasses in a row, and the smile on his face became more and more, and the words became more and more, but his legs were a little weak, and his eyes were a little confused.

Gradually, the words from Uche's mouth became more and more inaudible, and suddenly, with a tilt of his body, he slipped out of his seat and onto the floor.

The next day, the news of the drunken Fan Lou of the envoy of the Jin Kingdom spread in the city of Tokyo.

Cai Jing was taken aback when he learned about it, and he hurriedly entered the palace to meet Zhao Ji, saying: "When the ancestors were very particular about the etiquette of foreign envoys, they were very measured, and never showed extravagance, so as not to arouse their greed. Now, Liang Shoudao actually led the golden envoy into Fanlou and drunk him. If this continues, the state affairs are worried! The old minister risked his life to admonish, and asked His Majesty not to use the minister to deal with the major affairs of the military state. ”

Cai Jing was in tears and couldn't kneel for a long time.

Cai Jing's words made Zhao Ji realize that he may have committed a big taboo.

Pity!

The wood has been completed, and Wu Xie and Gao Qingyi have already recorded the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, the beauty of the Great Song Dynasty, and the beauty of the women of the Great Song Dynasty, and they will only tell the Jin people one by one after they go back.

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I'm not well, I'm still having a fever, a low-grade fever, my head hurts, my stomach hurts from taking the medicine Nimeshu that forcibly reduces fever, and I may have to take a week of drips to fully recover, I really want to take a week off, but if I really take a week off, I won't be able to live at home next month, so I'll still write.