Seven years, for a woman, may be all she has. Li Yuhua, the princess of Xianfei who came to the Central Plains from the Western Xia Kingdom and was ready to make peace with the Great Song Dynasty, lived in the Luoyang Cold Palace for seven years and miraculously survived.

In the past seven years, Chu Tianya has come to see Li Yuhua a total of fourteen times. The Chūn Festival is held once a year and the Mid-Autumn Festival is held once a year. But the two of them spoke no more than a hundred words in total. Initially, Li Yubei had been using her pride and indifference to challenge Chu Tianya's patience; Later, she became truly dead, and asked someone to build a Buddhist hall in the cold palace, and spent her whole day with the ancient Buddha of the green lantern, ready to spend the rest of her life.

On this day, it is sunny and the Dragon Boat Festival. The Western Regions Expeditionary Force of the Great Song Dynasty, under the leadership of Generalissimo Liu Ziyu, returned triumphantly. Luoyang celebrated, and Chu Tianya personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to the Great South Gate to greet him.

Seven years have passed, and Chu Tianya has also reached the age of Qing Chūn's extreme prosperity. His body did not lose shape because of arrogance, but became more upright and strong; has a calm bearing and introverted eyes, even if he stands in the middle of a vast ocean, his extraordinary aura can always make him stand out from the crowd.

A man's bearing should be raised. Not only can there be years of condensation, but also enough experience and setbacks to polish. In the past seven years, Chu Tianya, who had been galloping on horseback, put his main experience on the internal affairs of the Great Song Dynasty. As a result, he found that the ancients did not deceive each other -- it was easy to fight the world, but it was difficult to defend the world.

Wenzhi is far more complicated and complicated than martial arts, and it has made him anxious countless times. The rule of officials in the Great Song Dynasty was very perfect and complex, like a vast forest, with lush branches and intertwined roots. Chu Tianya is like a woodcutter, if he wants to make a drastic reform in this big forest, it is far more difficult than leading soldiers and horses to fight against the Jurchens and quell the rebellion in Jiangnan.

Therefore, in the past seven years, Chu Tianya has undergone more than one rebirth change. At the beginning, the iron-blooded and iron-fisted Great Song Taishi now uses more rigid and soft methods to deal with state affairs. In the past, he relied more on a group of core people in the Hedong Righteous Army, but now he has more scholars and literati around him as his think tank. With the change of the center of gravity of the Great Song Dynasty, there have been many blood exchanges and changes in the court. The main military faction, which had completely controlled the mouthpiece of the court because of the war, slowly retreated some power and space, and gave up a foothold for Wen Shi, who specialized in governing the country.

In this way, after seven years of running-in between the civil and military forces above the court, it can also be said that it is a contest, and the two factions have reached a delicate balance. And Chu Tianya lived in the middle to weigh and restrain the two factions, just like the real king of the Great Song Dynasty, exercising the position of the Son of Heaven. And Zhao Huan, the original son of heaven in the Great Song Dynasty, has had the consciousness of being a puppet since seven years ago. In the past seven years, every time he went to the court, he only made an ornament, and when he returned to the palace, he had fun with his wife and concubine, and he did everything Chu Tianya commanded. Therefore, at least on the surface, the emperor and the Taishi got along very well.

But a very small number of people know that in the past seven years, Zhao Huan has mentioned to Chu Tianya more than once that he wants to cede the throne to him, but Chu Tianya has refused.

Seven years ago, Chu Tianya was already the king of Wei, who was a very human minister; Now, he is still the king of Wei. It's not that no one among his subordinates has ever embellished Chu Tianya to let him succeed to the throne, but he has been dismissed or persuaded by him. In short, Chu Tianya has always been very cautious and smart to guard the final bottom line, and will never be the emperor. Because, as soon as he accepts the Zen concession, he will change from a hero who controls chaos and protects the country to a traitor who deceives the master and steals the country in an instant. At present, the Great Song Dynasty, which has been peaceful for seven years, has just recovered a little vitality, and there are still Jurchen enemies in the north that have not been destroyed. At this time, as long as Chu Tianya dares to be the emperor, the Great Song Dynasty will inevitably be separated from morality and chaos, giving foreign enemies an opportunity to take advantage of.

Separated by a piece of paper, there is heaven and hell.

Chu Tianya didn't want all these years of hard work to go down the drain.

Liu Ziyu stationed the army of the Western Expedition outside the camp, and then led the main general Zuo into Luoyang Miansheng.

Inside and outside Luoyang, there was jubilation. In seven years, Liu Ziyu created a series of miracles in the Western Regions. He not only helped the Western Xia Kingdom repel the invading Yelu Dashi, but also put down several rebellions in the Western Xia and incorporated the seven small states of the Western Regions into the Great Song Dynasty as vassal states. In addition, Yelu Dashi, who was defeated one after another, had to retreat step by step, withdrawing more than 300 miles from the territory, and was still killed by Liu Ziyu's soldiers in the city to the national capital.

By this time, the war had been going on for more than six years. Liu Ziyu, who was in front of the soldiers, received a secret order from Chu Tianya, and he could not be killed. So he forced to surrender in front of the battle, and signed an alliance with Western Liao on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty. Since then, the Western Liao, which has developed rapidly and almost unified the Western Regions with the momentum of attacking the scroll, and the once invincible Western Liao also bowed down to the Great Song Dynasty.

Although this paper alliance cannot have an absolute restraining effect on Western Liao, at least, the vitality of Western Liao was seriously injured by Liu Ziyu, and he was shackled with a heavy shackle. In the future, if Yelu Dashi dares to do anything to betray the Great Song Dynasty, it will become the finger of Qianfu, and when the Great Song Kingdom goes out to fight, he can raise his arms and gather in response. For the internal affairs of the Western Liao Kingdom, the Great Song Dynasty could also justifiably interfere.

The Western Liao capital obediently bowed its head and became a vassal, and the Western Xia Kingdom, which had been greatly blessed and rescued, would naturally not be stupid enough to do nothing. Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia state, immediately announced that he would recognize the Great Song Dynasty as the suzerain, and since then he has contributed coins to the Great Song Dynasty every year.

When Liu Ziyu returned, he brought with him the letters of the two kings and the New Year's coins of the first offering.

When the news came out, the whole country of the Great Song Dynasty rejoiced.

Because from the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, it has always been the Great Song Dynasty to the Liao State or the Western Xia Dynasty to offer New Year's coins, using money to redeem peace. Feng Shui takes turns, and now it's finally their turn to honor the Great Song Dynasty!

Maybe the Great Song Dynasty really doesn't lack this year-old tribute at all, but the gap between the two is the distance between shame and glory. As long as there is still blood xìng, you can pay attention to the meaning.

Liu Ziyu, who returned heroically, was warmly welcomed by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty and Chu Tianya, as well as the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. On the same day, a grand celebration banquet was held in the palace.

I haven't seen each other for seven years, and Liu Ziyu, a young marshal who was as elegant as a scholar, has also added a little Cangsang because of the fatigue of the war and the baptism of the years, and at the same time has become more calm and mature. Compared with the pampered Chu Tianya, Liu Ziyu, who is of a similar age, seems to be older. However, despite the gap in appearance and the fact that he has not been masked in the past seven years, the tacit understanding and friendship between Liu Ziyu and Chu Tianya have not weakened by half a point. On the contrary, because of seven years of solidarity and close cooperation, it is even more profound.

The two drank at the banquet and laughed loudly from time to time. The onlookers knew in their hearts that there was no doubt that after seven years of campaigning, Liu Ziyu, the commander of the Shaozhuang faction, who was already deeply trusted by Chu Tianya, had become the most powerful military leader in the Great Song Dynasty today. The army under his command will also be the most brilliant and powerful army of the Great Song Dynasty.

According to the consistent practice of the Great Song Dynasty, after a military commander like Liu Ziyu led the army back to the court, he would definitely have to remove his military power and become an official in the court. However, Chu Tianya changed his way and let Liu Ziyu continue to lead this hundred battles of the heroic division to sit in Guanzhong to protect the two capitals. The original Gyeonggi Guard, who was also Chu Tianya's confidant and favorite general, was also transferred to Kaifeng, Tokyo.

Liu Ziyu and a group of generals under his command originally thought that after returning to the dynasty, they would be able to end the hardships of the war and live a comfortable life, but their power and zìyóu would also be greatly restricted. But it turns out that Chu Tianya has absolute trust in Liu Ziyu. This deeply touched this group of hot-blooded men, and their trust and gratitude to Chu Tianya and the imperial court rose to an overwhelming level.

Previously, the Great Song Dynasty had always adopted a suspicious and restrictive attitude and policy towards the martial arts; Now Chu Tianya is doing the opposite, giving them the greatest respect and trust. In fact, in the past, the superiors of the Great Song Dynasty did not know how to truly control the hearts of the two martial artists and give full play to the maximum effectiveness of the army. However, among a group of them, there are only emperors in the deep palace and civil servants who don't know military affairs, and no one can have the absolute authority and strong self-confidence of Chu Tianya, and dare to really do this.

After returning to the dynasty, Liu Ziyu immediately paid homage to the Taiwei and the privy envoy, and became the premier military attache of the Great Song Dynasty.

Liu Ziyu's soaring popularity was expected by everyone. But at the same time, many people are thinking that another young Zhuang military commander who was also deeply valued and compensated by Chu Tianya like Liu Ziyu back then, has only farmed and raised horses between Zhending, Hejian and Zhongshan in Hebei for seven years, how will he feel when he sees Liu Ziyu's achievements and brilliance now?

Yue Fei.

He was stationed in Hebei for seven years, and he was unknown and almost disappeared from the sight of the Chinese people. When Liu Ziyu returned to China in triumph, Yue Fei also sent someone to congratulate, which made some people think of the Great Song Dynasty and this person, a young general who was once as promising as Liu Ziyu.

Many people imagine that Yue Fei must be jealous and uneasy at this moment. used to be the right-hand man under the command of Chu Tianya, one expedition to the Western Regions to show his strength and then soar, and the other spent seven years raising horses in Hebei, except for eating food and consuming wages, it seems that nothing has been done...... The difference between cloud and mud!

The pressure on Yue Fei's shoulders increased dramatically. Even Liu Ziyu faintly felt that Yue Fei, who was thousands of miles away, and a group of generals under his command seemed to be staring at him deadly, their eyes full of disbelief. Liu Ziyu even mentioned it to Chu Tianya euphemistically, asking Chu Tianya to speak out and comfort Yue Fei......

Chu Tianya smiled and said, "If Yue Pengju would be angry or jealous because of your success, then he would not have been stationed in Hebei for seven years in obscurity. In the past seven years, the Jurchens have never stopped recuperating and strengthening their strength, and we can only do more and better than them. These things are all done by Yue Fei. You fought very hard and beautifully in the Western Regions, and Yue Fei was in Hebei, and he did no worse than you. The difference is that your deeds are praised all over the world, and Yue Fei has always been accumulating strength in Taoguang. Wait, although there is no flight, the flight will soar to the sky; Although there is no sound, the sound will be amazing...... Yue Fei, that's what you say! ”

A word to wake up the dreamer.

Only then did Liu Ziyu know that it turned out that Chu Tianya's only intention of placing Yue Fei in Hebei was to target the Jurchens.

Seven years will give the husband and wife a seven-year itch, and it is indeed too long for the peace between the two rival countries.

A blockbuster - does this mean that the life-and-death battle between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jurchens is about to start shockingly?!