Chapter 287: Gift-giving

Taiyuan

This one of the nine-sided towns of the Great Xia Dynasty can be said to have flourished several times and declined several times.

Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, it is the peak of Taiyuan's prosperity, from the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty to the turbulent times of the Jin and Yuan dynasties, Taiyuan has experienced the longest trough and dormancy in its history.

After the Great Song Dynasty erased the Northern Han Dynasty from its own territory, it took over the monstrous flood and destroyed the entire Jinyang City, in order to remove the royal spirit of Taiyuan.

However, in the end, it was out of the need to resist the national defense of the Khitan, and only three years later, the Great Song Dynasty had to rebuild Taiyuan City in Tangming Town, on the east bank of the Fen River, thirty miles northeast of the former site of the ancient city of Jinyang.

However, I don't know if it is afraid of the imperial spirit that the heavy boulder walls of Taiyuan in the Sui and Tang dynasties can not resist, and the Song Dynasty built Taiyuan City is small and cramped, which is extremely inconsistent with the status of the northern frontier town and the regional central city.

Until the period of the Great Xia Taizu, the Great Xia army regained Taiyuan after falling for hundreds of years.

In order to prevent the nomadic forces from going south, strengthen the centralization of power, and put the military power in various places in the hands of the royal family, Gao Yuan, the Taizu of Xia at that time, canonized his third son as the king of Zhao and held the festival Taiyuan,

Roughly calculated, there have been nearly eleven generations of King Zhao since the hereditary replacement.

However, today's Taiyuan City can be described as a dragon.

When An Yi took Gao Ciyi and Liao Ying, as well as tens of thousands of Shaanxi troops who escaped death from Lanzhou City, to Taiyuan City,

It was not only Gao Cixun, the king of Germany, who was greeted by Gao Cixun, the king of Zhao, who was originally stationed here, with more than 10,000 majestic soldiers and soldiers with fine guns and bright armor, and Sun Dezhang, the former governor of the five armies of Great Xia, who had just come from Lanzhou City on a dusty flying horse.

According to the generation, Gao Cixun and Gao Ciyi are also called Gao Youjin's uncles, because their fathers, the former emperor Chongzheng Gao Youxiao, are Gao Youjin's own brothers.

But if you count it from Gao Cixun's life alone, this son of Gao Youjin is also the husband of the younger sister of the imperial concubine Sun,

In other words, this Gao Youjin's son, logically speaking, should be a person of the same generation as Gao Cixun, but when he met Gao Cixun, he should call him an uncle, and this Gao Youjin must be Gao Cixun's grandfather.

But everything is still based on royal etiquette, so Gao Cixun saw this Gao Youjin, who should be called grandfather, and he was just an uncle,

This is also the reason why King Gao of Zhao supported Gao Cixun by Jin with a strong force, because the Gao family and the Sun family in Jinzhong are already blood thicker than water, and their previous in-laws are even closer than Chongzheng's own brother and Gao Cixiang's eldest nephew who can't be far away.

An Yi rode on the standing horse and watched the fanfare in front of Taiyuan City from a distance, leaned closer to Gao Ciyi's side and said: "It seems that your name as the King of Huai is really quite supportive, and everyone is out of the city for fifteen miles to greet him." ”

"Hey, the devil knows if he's coming to greet me, or if he's coming to greet his jade seal." Gao Ciyi looked at the rows of soldiers with silver armor shining in the sun on both sides, and chuckled lightly.

"To say, it's really the first time I've seen this King of Germany, and I don't know what kind of character it is." 、

An Yi cast his gaze at the man who was standing at the front, standing with his hands in his hands, wearing a python robe and jade belt, looking majestic and heroic.

Gao Ciyi replied without thinking: "Speaking of which, my brother is much more brotherly than the one in Wang Jingli, he is a fiery character, he was stubborn when he was a child, and he is the most capable of causing trouble." But since I went to the barracks with his uncle Sun Dezhang, I heard that it is much calmer, and I haven't seen it since. ”

As he spoke, he looked at An Yi and nodded, and Gao Ciyi continued as if he was not at ease, "I think it is not this King De that you should be careful about, but his queen mother." ”

An Yi smiled, just nodded and didn't speak, because there was a sentence in his heart that was between Gao Ciyi, and it was not easy to say,

He wanted to grieve for Gao Ciyi's father, he really didn't know how gloomy and terrifying the harem Chongzheng faced every day, not to mention anything else, Liu Xuan, the queen, and the imperial concubine were not easy to get along with, and they all had to be old lady-level existences in the mansion of a large family.

When Gao Cixun was about one or twenty steps away, Gao Ciyi and An Yi and Liao Ying behind them had already turned over and dismounted, and slowly walked in front of Gao Cixun.

"Brother Gao Ciyi, meet Brother Wang!"

"Meet His Royal Highness King De!"

Gao Cixun smiled and hurriedly stepped forward, "Okay, okay, Brother Wang, Uncle Jing Yuan don't have to be polite, please get up quickly, please get up quickly." ”

An Yi stood up and looked at this Gao Cixun up close,

Dressed in a purple brocade python robe, with a jade belt of the same color gold silk spider pattern around his waist, his black hair was tied up and fixed with a crown inlaid with blue gilt, his slender body was straight and straight, and the whole person was handsome and handsome, revealing the innate nobility, handsome and not inferior to Gao Ciyi's face did not leave too much vicissitudes because of the ranks, but there was a sense of precipitation and maturity of the years,

Maybe it's because of his temperament, even the comfort on the side is secretly frightened, maybe the kind of air that haunts the king around the world's mouth, but that's it,

In contrast, Gao Ciyi looks more like a handsome white-faced scholar.

In fact, Gao Ciyi is okay, in terms of image alone, Gao Cixiang, the king of Yong, can be compared to the mud by the king of Germany, Gao Cixun, I really don't know if Chongzheng had doubts in his heart when he saw his two sons at the same time, how could there be such a big gap.

"Let this king introduce you."

Gao Cixun looked quite kind, pulled his royal brother Gao Ciyi, and then turned to one side, holding his hand and introducing to him and Anyi: "This is my uncle Wang, His Royal Highness King Zhao." I don't need to say much about the latter one, you should know, General Sun Dezhang, the Metropolitan Governor. ”

"See King Zhao and the Grand Duke."

This King Zhao looks a lot younger than the King of Shu, and An Yi feels that it is about the age of his old man An Zhiyuan, but his body is much richer than An Zhiyuan.

"Jing Yuanbo's name King Ben has heard of it a long time ago, if he hadn't seen it today, he thought he was a veteran who was over half a hundred years old, but he didn't expect it to be a dignified young man. In the battle of Chengdu, the little prince Yelu Xiuke was defeated, and the army of the Liao Dynasty was severely damaged in three battles and three victories in Lanzhou, and he also led the Sichuan and Shaanxi armies to successfully break through. ”

An Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said politely: "The prince has won the award, but it is all thanks to the soldiers' lives." ”

"Don't be arrogant, this is a good minister."

King Zhao smiled and praised Anyi fiercely, and then said to Gao Cixun: "Your Highness, you have a big gift today." ”

His face was silent, but he could hear the words "great gift" deliberately accentuated by King Zhao, so he quickly turned around and returned to the horse, invited the edict and jade seal on the horseback, and then held it in front of King De with both hands, and said respectfully:

"I only cared about the ceremony, but I forgot the big thing. This is the edict left by the former emperor, and the jade seal of the Great Xia heirloom country, which is now offered, and all of them belong to His Royal Highness. ”

When King Gao Cixun saw the roll of yellow silk and a treasure seal in An Yi's hand, his heart couldn't help but tremble.

Rao is pair of hands that had clenched the swords and slashed countless enemy soldiers, but they could not suppress the vibrations that came from the depths of every vein and the spiritual endings.

It's been too long, he's been waiting for this moment too long.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone was watching, Gao Cixun would even want to hold this piece of cold jade lump tightly in his arms, hold this piece of supreme power in the world, and hold the entire Great Xia Dynasty in his arms.

Gao Ciyi took the edict and the jade seal in An Yi's hand, first handed the jade seal respectfully to King De, and then slowly unfolded the edict, riveted the dantian qi, and read aloud:

"Gao Cixun, the second son of Prince De, writes an edict every year in accordance with the previous day, and can convey his intentions in detail, and instruct his subjects, and his achievements are very great, and he has ambitions and loyalty, talents and excellent economy, and the people and officials, and appeases the frontier. After succeeding me to the throne, that is, the emperor's throne, he should perform the ritual system, obey the canon, hold the service for 27 days, and publish the proclamation to the world, so that the salt envoy will know about it. ”

After speaking, he raised the holy decree in his hand high above his head, and shouted at the army behind Gao Cixun,

"Hooray! Banzai! ”

Zhao Wang and Sun Dezhang, who followed behind, also shouted long live,

"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! ”

Even the more than 10,000 guards behind him, regardless of whether they heard the holy decree clearly, were like a small pebble thrown into a calm mirrored lake, and the shouts were like splashing ripples, rippling in circles.

For a while, the shouts like the roar of mountains and seas enveloped the entire Taiyuan city.

Gao Cixun was very sober and not immersed in the sound he had been waiting for a long time, raised his right hand high, stopped the tsunami-like shouting of the mountains behind him, and then smiled at An Yi and Gao Ciyi,

"Brother Wang and Uncle Jing Yuan are here, for me, it is like a long drought and a rain, quickly follow me into the city."

Holding one in one hand, he looked quite affectionately dragging two people and walked straight to Taiyuan City.

.........

Taiyuan Palace

What is more unexpected is that King Gao Ciyi did not set up his residence in the palace of King Zhao, but borrowed a small palace left by Chongzheng before.

According to the general rich mansion, it is just not big, but if it is according to the royal palace, it can be described as cramped.

In the small hall, there was a simple marble willow table, and on both sides of the table were seven or eight black lacquered poufs made of wood.

"Sit down, the palace is shabby, I hope the prince and uncle will not be surprised."

Although Gao Cixun said so, it didn't seem to fit well with this cramped little palace, and the tea cups served by the maid on the side were all precious utensils inlaid with gold and jade, and the tea inside should taste like a top-notch red robe.

The abruptness in it made An Yi feel that the few teas in front of him were more valuable than the entire temple.

"Brother Huang is too wronged himself, where is this place where the nobles of Tianhuang can stay?"

Since reading the edict, Gao Ciyi has changed his name to the imperial brother, and it is obvious that Gao Cixun is also very useful to this title.

He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Wang's words are wrong, now the situation is chaotic, traitors are in charge, no matter how big the palace is, it is really difficult for my brother to sleep steadily." ”

"Brother Huang doesn't have to worry."

Gao Ciyi answered, "This time, together with Uncle Jing Yuan, tens of thousands of elite Shaanxi troops came to help, what I want is to help His Highness clarify Yuyu and cleanse the world." And ......"

As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows at An Yi with a smile,

An Yi replied knowingly: "And this time, we also brought a great gift to King De." ”

King De's eyes lit up, "Great gift? Isn't it the jade seal and the edict you offered before? ”

"That's just one of them, and the other ......"

With a strong smile, An Yi pointed to the direction of the guide with his hand, and said word by word: "It is the Great Xia Yangtze River Sailor who is dragging in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River!" ”

"Yangtze River Water Division?!"

Gao Cixun stood up suddenly, and his excitement was overflowing for a while, no matter what, he knew what this only sailor of the Great Xia Dynasty meant to him, and what it meant to Great Xia.

"That Admiral of the Yangtze River Navy is Zheng Yuan, the nephew of the queen, how can you call it?"