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I don't know who was present muttered quietly, what a big grandson, what a young grandfather...... Yelu Xinghe reacted suddenly, this kid actually took advantage of himself! He was about to scold, but Li Ce preemptively said: "If you lose, you have to kneel down and kowtow." ”

Yelu Xinghe snorted coldly and agreed.

"Master Li, Mercury has been found." At this time, two craftsmen hurried back with a clay pot in hand.

Li Ce left Yelu Xinghe with a look of indignation, he handed the glass bottle to the two craftsmen and said, "Annoying two, first attach this gold leaf to the inner wall of the glass bottle as much as possible. ”

The two craftsmen carefully attached the gold leaf to the inner wall of the glass bottle with silver chopsticks, and then Li Ce took it, scooped out a large spoonful of mercury from the clay pot, slowly poured it into the glass bottle, and then shook it left and right, and the gold leaf suddenly adhered to the inner wall of the glass bottle, and it was tightly fitted, without a trace of gap!

"Hmm......" everyone present exclaimed, what a good idea!

Li Ce smiled, he took the glass bottle in his hand and held it high.

Yelu Xinghe's face turned pale in an instant......

"Good!" Zhao Zhen took the lead and shouted.

As soon as Zhao Zhen took the lead, all the ministers also praised it, and even Ding Wei couldn't help but secretly praise this kid for being witty enough.

"Okay, Li Ce, you really didn't disappoint the old body." Liu E Dayue finally turned the situation back.

"It's a piece of cake." The thing said with a big mouth.

Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhao Ji proudly, Zhao Ji did not look at Zhao Zhen, but looked at Li Ce, after this kid appeared, he repeatedly created miracles, first Keju Race helped Zhao Zhen, who was the penultimate in 10,000 years, win the first, and now solve the thorny problem, although he hates him, but he has to admit that this guy does have some ability, but he hates him everywhere against himself, if he can attract his own command, he will be like a tiger.

"Queen Mother, we all agreed just now, if someone can do it, we will reward it heavily." Zhao Zhen said to Liu E.

Liu E was in a good mood, today was her birthday banquet, and Li Ce could be regarded as winning glory for her, so he nodded and said, "Yes, you have no jokes, Li Ce, what reward do you want?" ”

Li Ce was excited, he wanted too many things, and suddenly he didn't know which one to say first.

Zhao Zhen saw his excited appearance, for fear that he would do something to lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds, so he hurriedly said for him: "Queen Mother, Li Ce was already the commander of the capital when he was in Zhending Mansion, and now he has been in the capital for more than a month, but he still has no official position, if such talents are not used by the imperial court, it is really a loss for the Great Song Dynasty." The implication is to grant Li Ce an official position.

Liu E hummed and said: "Some time ago, I asked you to go to Cao Wei to report, you were busy with Keju and delayed, so I will reward you today, you have served in the army, you should know more about military affairs, it is better to send you to Sanya for training." ”

"Lord Cao, is there a vacancy in the three yas?" The Queen Mother asked. The sketch just now has made the Queen Mother very happy, and now Li Ce has earned face for the Song family, and the Queen Mother has decided to promote this young man.

The three divisions are: the front division of the palace, the division of the guard horse army, and the division of the guard infantry army, which leads the national forbidden army and obeys the orders of the Privy Council.

Cao Wei had long felt ashamed of Li Ce, and when he heard that the Queen Mother asked, he hurriedly said: "The front secretary of the palace, there is still a shortage of candidates for the Marquis of Duyu." "Cao Wei actually didn't know whether the front secretary of the palace was lacking Du Yuhou or not, but the Queen Mother asked, and he was ashamed of Li Ce, there must be a vacancy if there is no vacancy.

"Duyu Hou?" Li Ce muttered in his heart, what kind of official position is this?

Du Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, changed his face, and hurriedly stood up and said: "No, the former secretary of the palace, Marquis Yu, is specially in charge of the guards of the Son of Heaven, and it is usually served by the fourth rank official, Li Ce is still young, and the minister feels that he is incompetent." ”

Why did Du Yan object? Because the Marquis of Du Yu in front of the palace is definitely a hot position, the Son of Heaven is close to the army, which is with the emperor all day long, and the so-called near the water is the first to get the moon, in this position, there is no chance to be promoted in the future. How many people are too greedy for this position. Of course, there is a more important reason, Du Yan had already found a relationship and spent money, he planned to press his uneducated son in this position, so as to give him a certain background, but he didn't expect that this matter was about to be done, but he killed a Li Ce halfway, and the fat in his mouth was about to fly away, how could he be willing to give up.

Zhao Zhen originally wanted to give Li Ce a civil official, but when he heard that he was the Marquis of Du Yu, who was the former secretary of the palace, he was also very happy, because in this way, Li Ce would become his personal guard commander, and with this guy by his side, he would be much more interesting. But Du Yan, the old guy, ran out to stir up the situation, and Zhao Zhen couldn't help but hurriedly say: "How does Lord Du know that Li Ce is not competent?" ”

Du Yanlang said: "Li Ce has never served in the front division of the palace, and he dared to mention the position of the Marquis of Duyu, I am afraid that the people below will not be convinced." ”

Li Ce didn't know what was good about this Du Yuhou, but after listening to Du Yan's repeated objections, he knew that this position was definitely a fat difference, damn, this old guy actually dared to make a hindrance from it, how could the young master let you succeed!

"Lord Du, have you heard of the victory in Ulzhou? Do you know who led it? Li Ce said suddenly.

Du Yan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he saw that this kid actually dared to question his dignified criminal department Shangshu, but because of His Majesty's presence, he couldn't have a seizure, so he had to snort coldly: "I know, it's you, young people have a little merit and talk about it all day long." ”

"That's better, some people don't have any credit to talk about, it's just a vegetarian meal." Chen Yaozuo said coldly, his apprentice was embarrassed, and he, as a master, naturally had to protect his apprentice.

Du Yan's old face turned red, he was just a servant of the Criminal Department, and later climbed to Ding Wei, so he was promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department, but he has served as the secretary of the Criminal Department for several years, but he has made no achievements, and there is no outstanding political achievement at all, Chen Yaozuo's words can be said to poke at his sore spot.

"Master Du thinks Li Xiaozi can't do it? You seem to be confident in your own judgment. Zhao Zhen asked with a displeased face.

"Lao Chen has read countless people, and I have seen a lot of young people who have become famous, but most of them are just lucky, and they can become famous in the same situation as others." Du Yan's implication is that Li Ceqi's success in attacking Ulzhou is just luck, not his ability.

"Okay, then let's talk about today's matter, none of you can do it, and in the end it is up to Li Ce to solve it, dare to ask Master Du before this, do you think Li Ce can solve this matter?" Zhao Zhen looked at him and asked.

Du Yan was stunned, His Majesty actually asked himself this, how to answer this question? If he said that he could do it, then if he was just lucky to sarcastically mock Li Ce just now, wouldn't it be a fart? But if you want to say that he can't do it, but others finally do it, isn't it because you can't judge it accurately? Just now, he also said that he has read countless people, and thinks that he is not qualified to be the Marquis of Duyu.

Du Yan's face was flushed, and the fine sweat on his forehead had seeped out, he looked at Ding Wei with some help, but saw that Ding Wei was silent like an old monk in a fixed state, damn, this old guy took his own money and didn't help himself, Du Yan secretly scolded Ding Wei for being shameless.

Ding Wei will not wade into this troubled water, his heart is like a mirror, today this matter is obviously for the Liao envoy to see, that Yelu Xinghe has already angered the queen mother, Li Ce beat him before, the queen mother couldn't help but punish Li Ce, and rewarded him heavily, she was slapping Yelu Xinghe in the face! Stupid, after being an official for so many years, he can't even see the meaning of this, and he dares to refute it with the Queen Mother, Du Yan, Du Yan, you are really stupid.

Du Yan stood on the spot in embarrassment, his colleagues were looking at him gloatingly, he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, things were already like this, he had to stop...... There was a pain in his heart, it was five thousand taels of silver! He had already spent five thousand taels of silver for this!

"The minister is thinking about it, please atone for your sins." Du Yan had no choice but to sit down again.

"General Yelu seems to have forgotten something?" At this time, a small voice sounded, with a smile in his voice, naturally it was Li Ce.

Yelu Xinghe has been losing his mind since just now, he doesn't understand how the whole craftsman in the capital can't handle it, why Li Ce easily solved it, this kid can be literate and martial, and he can do this kind of craftsmanship...... It's a monster!

"Hey, don't play stupid, call you." Li Ce didn't save face for him at all.

Yelu Xinghe's old face turned red, and the two companions next to him had already buried their heads in shame.

Li Ce knew that Yelu Xinghe was the envoy of the Liao State, and he represented the Liao State, which he could never kowtow, no matter what conditions he proposed at this time, as long as he was not allowed to kowtow, he would definitely agree, in fact, he had no choice.

"I am willing to gamble and lose, I don't know if you Liao people talk about credit?" Li Ce said with a smile.

Yelu Xinghe's cheeks twitched twice, but he didn't speak.

"Li Ce, General Yelu is far away as a guest, don't be rude." But it was the Queen Mother who stopped her, and she almost got it, so there was no need to tear her face.

Since the Queen Mother had spoken, Li Ce couldn't insist anymore, he smiled at Yelu Xinghe with deep meaning, Yelu Xinghe knew that he was laughing at himself, and glared back fiercely.

After this incident, the Song family finally recovered some of the situation, and everyone's faces looked better. After the second wine was served, the artists of the Teaching Workshop Division began to perform. This time Liu E's birthday, the Teaching Department began to prepare a few months ago, and the girls on the stage today, whether they are in appearance or figure, are selected one in a million, with the sound of fairy music, all kinds of beauties began to dance, and the ministers were soon intoxicated by the graceful dancing of the girls.

Soon the third wine was set in, and the dance music was withdrawn in favor of a vaudeville show, but then a discordant voice sounded.

"Empress Dowager Liu, the population of our Great Liao is increasing day by day, and now the Song Dynasty still maintains the number of 300,000 silver silk per year, which is far from meeting the needs of our Liao State, and our Great Liao is the emperor and asks you to increase it to 500,000 silver silk every year." Yelu Xinghe grinned, the Liao people are so straightforward, they can't be tactful at all.

The ministers were taken aback, the purpose of the Liao people's trip was to ask for money! And the appetite is still so big, I will increase the silver silk by 200,000 when I open my mouth, I really think that the money of the Great Song Dynasty is blown by the wind.

"Have you Emperor Yelu forgotten? Twenty-five years ago, when the two countries signed the alliance of Yuanyuan, it was Yelu Longxu who was in power, and the agreement was very clear, and the Great Song Dynasty gave Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk every year. The two countries have been at peace for so many years, why is Emperor Yelu now going back on his word and doing treacherous things. Ding Wei made a statement, which was reasonable, he was the head of the hundred officials, and he should naturally come forward at this time.

Yelu Xinghe had long expected him to say this, he waved his hand and said: "The signing of the alliance was the repeated request of your Song people, and my Emperor Yelu agreed to sign a contract for the sake of the livelihood of the people of the two countries. ”

Yelu Xinghe is shameless enough, the alliance of the Yuanyuan was clearly proposed by the Liao State first, but he didn't expect him to reverse black and white, saying that the Great Song Dynasty took the initiative to sue for peace.

"The three prefectures of Zhuo, Ying, and Mo are originally the territory of my Central Plains, how can there be any reason to cede them again, and General Yelu does not need to discuss this matter again." Ding Wei said bluntly, cutting land is unacceptable to the Song family no matter what, and the land of the ancestors cannot be compared to people.

"How can you Han people be so shameless, Emperor Shi Jingjiao of the Later Jin Dynasty respected my Great Liao Emperor as his father, he dedicated the sixteen states of Yanyun to my Great Liao, since then, these sixteen states are my Great Liao's territory, and now we want to ask for it back, you still do everything possible to obstruct it, and it is said to be your territory, which is really ridiculous!" Yelu Xinghe sneered, it seems that he has done his homework before coming here.

"And what about before Shi Jingjiao?" Ding Wei asked lightly.

"Hmph, no matter what we did before or after in Da Liao, in short, we either increase the amount of silver silk, or return the hometown of Liao." Yelu Xinghe said strongly.

"General Yelu is so persistent, isn't he afraid of provoking a war between the two countries?" Zhang Shixun said coldly.

"Hey...... Under the personal leadership of Song Taizong, you gathered 200,000 troops to invade our Daliao, and we were all defeated, why do you think you are more powerful than Emperor Taizong back then? Yelu Xinghe's words were extremely ingenious, so that the Song courtiers couldn't refute it.