On the fifteenth day of July in the fourth year of Qiande (the ninth year of Dabao of the Southern Han Dynasty, 966), the sun was shining on this day, and the birdsong outside the concierge courtyard was bursting, Zhao Dezhao got up and went to the backyard to practice Taijiquan.

At the end of the day, outside the concierge courtyard, suddenly a summoning honor guard appeared at the door of the concierge house, that person was the Honglu Temple Shaoqing, he brought the palace attendant to announce the summons, the honor guard had arrived at the door, and the attendant next to the Honglu Temple Shaoqing trotted quickly to the courtyard and went to the right chamber. After panting and searching to no avail, he finally met Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, in the backyard.

Zhao Dezhao heard the footsteps, turned around, and asked, "What is disturbing my boxing?" ”

The palace attendant bowed and said: "King Wei Chitose, Your Majesty has a decree to announce the Chitose audience." ”

It seemed that Yang Ming had already conveyed the news to the palace, so Zhao Dezhao said to the chamberlain: "You go to the left wing room to inform the envoys of the Tang Kingdom, and let them enter the palace with us." ”

The chamberlain was stunned for a moment, I don't know why this King Wei knew that His Majesty also issued an edict ordering the envoys of the Tang State to enter the palace together, and then he said goodbye and hurriedly ran to the left chamber.

Zhao Dezhao hastily packed up his clothes, and went directly to the edict, passing by the corridor, seeing Dong Zhongyan and they also happened to rush to the hall at this time, and met the envoys of the Tang State in the hall, and they were also wondering why the King of Wei asked them to accept the edict too, at this time Zhao Dezhao smiled mysteriously, "Doctor Gong can go back to Jinling this time." Gong Shenyi heard Zhao Dezhao say this, and didn't know the meaning of his words.

At this moment, Shaoqing saw that the envoys of the two countries were all together, and immediately took out the emperor's edict, which said that the angels of the Song State and the envoys of the Tang State would hold a banquet in the Shangchun Hall at noon today, and nothing else was said. After the envoys of the two countries returned to their rooms for a short rest, they took a car to the palace.

The envoys all got off the carriage outside the Mingde Gate, and the tall and majestic palace city in front of them was still the second time that Zhao Dezhao entered the palace of the (Southern) Han Dynasty, because the corners, floors and walls of these halls were made of gold and silver, baht and other things, which were particularly luxurious in the sun. It is said that the palaces such as "Xiuhua" and "Wanzheng Palace" alone cost more than 3,000 platinum ingots, which made Zhao Dezhao a little surprised.

There are also a lot of heavy metal items such as gold, silver, copper and other heavy metals used to decorate the palace hall and the royal gardens and cemeteries, which also makes Zhao Dezhao feel that the smelting and mining development of the (Southern) Han Dynasty is still good, at least in the smelting technology is also at the leading level, and in the (Southern) Han Dynasty, the smelting metals are iron, copper, lead, etc. As far as he knows, Yangchun produces copper, Yangchun and Sihui produce lead, and Yining [Xinhui County] produces tin.

And the (southern) Han coinage location is located in Yangchun, Zhao Dezhao some time ago from the Yangcheng restaurant to see is a copper coin, a copper coin circumference of seven points, each weighing three baht and six ginseng (equivalent to one money and five cents), than Tang Kaiyuan, Tianbao weighs half.

It can be seen that the scale of cast iron in the (Southern) Han Dynasty is also larger, such as Liu Sheng's construction of the Qianhe Hall used twelve giant iron pillars, each with a circumference of seven feet and five inches, and a height of one zhang and two feet; Liu Yan and Gong Chengshu build a Buddha statue pagoda, enshrined in the Dharma Temple [Guangxiao Temple], the tower is divided into seven layers, one zhang and two feet high, it is really an iron tower!

It's all money! He felt that it was necessary for Erwazi to replace all the silver bricks, pearls, gold and some luxurious decorations on the ground of the palace and replace them with food for the people, and these mineral deposits were also a major part of development!

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Zhao Dezhao thought so, his steps had already arrived outside the Shangchun Palace, and after a while, the envoys of the Song State and the Tang State entered the Shangchun Hall together, and the wine vessels and fruits and vegetables arranged today were all available, and the entire pomp and circumstance in the hall looked very grand and extravagant, and it was even more sumptuous than the last time.

Dong Zhongyan and Gong Shenyi don't know what kind of score this "Liu Gong" is on, what is sold in this pass, and Dong Zhongyan and Gong Shenyi don't know the current situation There are also officials of the Han State, as for Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, he smiled and sat on the seat close to the emperor's head.

At this time, the emperor "Liu Gang" also came, and everyone's attention also looked at "Liu Gang", "Liu Gang" was wearing a light blue round-necked robe today, not wearing a dragon robe, wearing a veil hat on his head, and there seemed to be no trace of unhappiness in his expression, and he didn't know how to describe his expression at this time.

The second baby has already sat down, and he is a little uneasy in his heart, for fear that something will go wrong, but fortunately, there are many people he knows around who are watching his performance today.

With the start of the banquet with "Liu Gang", there were already palace maids standing aside pouring wine for everyone, Zhao Dezhao's eyes glanced at the second baby from time to time, and the second baby also cast his eyes, and the two smiled.

After pouring the wine, the waiter began to serve the food on the table, and at this moment, Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, got up, picked up a glass of wine, and said to "Liu Gang": "Your Majesty, this time I was ordered by Emperor Song to send an envoy to the Han Kingdom, and now I have been staying in the Han Kingdom for a long time, I don't know what Your Majesty plans in his heart, whether he is willing to return with the land?" If Your Majesty plans to surrender to my Great Song Dynasty, then this king will not hesitate to give advice, drink this cup, and congratulate our two countries. Zhao Dezhao said this, signaling with his eyes, and the wine glass in his hand also stopped in mid-air.

At this moment, when the second child heard the King of Wei say this, he picked up the shelf of "Liu Gang" and pretended to be displeased: "How can the King of Wei say this, although the two kingdoms of Song and Han have not been concluded, the Song State is the orthodox state of the Central Plains after all. Although I had a displeasure with Emperor Song, now I also want to release my past suspicions and turn the conflict into a jade silk. After the second baby finished speaking, he glanced sideways at Zhi Tingxiao, who was standing beside him.

Zhi Tingxiao is now the front of the forbidden army palace, he is standing on the right side of the second baby at the moment, listening to the second baby, he arched his hand and said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the Great Song Dynasty is an orthodox state, it is for the upper country, and my Han State is a lower country naturally to serve the Song Dynasty as a righteous state, why not obey the will of the angels of the Song Kingdom at today's feast, lead the land to surrender and return to the land of Yi, Lian, Wu, Yan, Fu, Zhao, Liu, Xiang, and Gong Bazhou." ”

According to what King Wei said, Zhi Tingxiao has proposed today to return the land of the Eight Prefectures that the Han State had annexed in the Battle of Exterminating Chu, and Erwazi has been listening from the sidelines and has not spoken.

At this time, His Royal Highness, the Song, Tang and Han officials were all silent, Dong Zhongyan felt a little excited in their hearts, and some eagerness, if Liu Gang could return the land of the eight states, they would also explain to His Majesty the Emperor on this trip, so that the soldiers of the Song State could also save a lot of wars, and Zhao Kuangyin would also add officials to them because of this matter, at the same time, if Liu Gang led the land to surrender, like the Tang State, they would also be recorded in history by the historians because of this matter, as Song Chen, Naturally, he wants his homeland to grow stronger.

Tang Guo Gong Shenyi is a little disbelieving, when Zhou and Tang fought a war, Zhou Shizong Guo Rong for the Jiangbei fourteen states, did not hesitate to fight for the first country, the two countries fought for Jiangbei for several years, and finally the Zhou State won, the Tang State ceded the Jiangbei Fourteen Prefectures, the Great Zhou Dynasty was orthodox, and the Tang State was called a minister every year, and the Tang State has also been reduced to a second-rate country since the war. Today, Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, proposed at the banquet to let Liu Gang return to the eight states of Lingbei, although it is the same as the fourteen states of Jiangbei, but if Liu Gang agrees to this matter, the Song and Han will also reduce a lot of casualties, and at this moment Gong Shenyi is a little incomprehensible to this King of Wei......

On the side of the Han State, officials can only talk about it in private, during these days, most of the power in the court has been weakened, the Taishi Party, the National Teacher Party, and the Harem Party are no longer there, and a large piece of the court has been washed, and some ears and eyes have been uprooted in a short period of time, and the forbidden army in the palace has rotated a lot, and Liu Gang's authority has also risen sharply for a while.

…… After a long time, there was silence in the hall, and there was no noise, I think no one has an opinion, Erwazi originally estimated that the officials of the Han State must have reacted the most, and someone is bound to come out to refute Zhi Tingxiao's words, but now there is no official opposition, Erwazi is really sad for Liu Gang and these officials, and the original plan for Erwazi to let the forbidden army enter the palace did not happen.

At this moment, the second baby got up and said: "It seems that you also agree with my opinion, Fang Caizhi Dianjian is right, the land of Bazhou was the time of the civil strife in Machu, the first king committed unrighteous acts, and today you should return to your hometown and spread my will."

"Where is the knowledge system?"

"The minister is here!" At this moment, His Royal Highness had an official who knew that the system immediately got up from his seat and walked quickly to the side of "Liu Gang", and Liu Gang ordered someone to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the official immediately picked up the pen and prepared to write.

The hall was peaceful, and the officials of the Song, Tang, and Han dynasties were all listening, and they all held their breath and waited quietly.

The second baby had memorized the "Book of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty written by Zhao Dezhao in advance", but fortunately he had memorized it all, and today was just a formality, and by the way, he witnessed one thing in front of everyone, that is, the Tianwei of the Song Kingdom is not something that everyone can bully. As a Song person, the second baby felt very proud, but because today is the identity of the fake Liu Gang, so he pretended to be gloomy on his face, and finally he blurted out:

"The minister Liu Gang uses the Three Emperors to Yuyu, and all nations belong to the king of the Tao; The five emperors hang their clothes, and the six are shun. Gaihan lives in a remote place, blocking Huiyou, and has been ashamed of foresight, because he has the responsibility of later times. Since the ministers ascended the throne, the absurdity, the rule is mediocre, the national strength has declined, the government is rotten and even today's ministers rebel, fortunately, thanks to the protection of the Song State, the thieves are all dead. …… Now the emperor is angry, and the holy road is popular; Shanhe County, half into the Tifeng; The pawn warehousing is all attributed to the books. …… The old land of Chu, the first king took it unjustly, now the land of Chu has been returned to the Song soil, and the present Han Yi is returned, but the land is returned and returned together, the land of the old days, Lian, Wu, Yan, Fu, Zhao, Liu, Xiang, and Gong Bazhou. The minister Liu Gang respectfully begged to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, with the Song Dynasty as the Central Plains Zhengbang, obeyed the Song Emperor as His Majesty, descended the Han Dynasty to the lower country, went to the emperor's name, changed to the Lingnan Lord, and changed the Xingwang Mansion to Guangzhou, with the Song Emperor Qiande four years as the year name, and the fourth year of Qiande on July 15, please Your Majesty Xu Chenyi ......"

After the second baby finished speaking, he looked at the King of Wei under the seat, and Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, looked at him with a happy expression, while the officials beside him were still working hard to write, one by one, with good handwriting and small regular scripts.

This official of the Zhizhi system, at this moment he didn't expect to write a beggar book, he frowned, the pen seemed to be a daughter, slowly written, for fear of writing a wrong word, when he finished writing, his forehead, face and back were full of sweat, and his clothes were wet.

It's done, it's finally done...... The official breathed a sigh of relief.

The second baby took the edict and looked at it, and was very satisfied, so he asked the chamberlain to bring a few treasure seals of the emperor and slowly cover them on the edict.

Under the seal of the treasure, it weighed on the hearts of the officials of the Han State like a heavy burden.

At this moment, the Han State has been reduced to a vassal state of the Song State, and in the palace, the second child suddenly feels relieved, but he still has to continue to serve the Song Dynasty as the lord of the country and Li Yu of the Tang State.

The banquet in the Shangchun Hall was still going on, and at this moment, Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, got up, respectfully offered a glass of wine to the second child, and said: "Lord, Xiao Wang offers a glass of wine, and I hope that our two countries will have diplomatic relations and be safe." ”

The second baby also got up, picked up a glass of wine and drank it all.

After the banquet, the second baby asked the envoy to move to the side hall.

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