After the reward, Zhao Guangyi raised his glass to Zhao Gu and Li Fu, and said, "Two Aiqing, you have worked hard all the way, please drink this cup." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhao Gu and Li Fu raised their glasses and drank them all, and then the other ministers also toasted to the two, and the banquet was extremely warm for a while.

Zhao Gu smiled bitterly in his heart.

Yes, I have been rewarded again, I don't know if these ministers with bright eyes will say that the beautiful maids in their own family have run to their house when they leave the palace gate later.

In fact, Zhao Gu didn't expect that Zhao Guangyi would reward himself this time.

After all, Zhao Gu is just over twenty now, but he is already the founding prince of the country, and he has already reached the top of the title, only the duke is bigger than him.

If Zhao Gu has made meritorious contributions, and then add it higher, it will be the position of the county prince and the national prince, if he reaches this position at his age, I am afraid that Zhao Guangyi will not be rewarded in the future.

What does that sentence say, when a courtier can't be too smart, when your merit is so great that the emperor has nothing to give you, then he can only give you death.

Don't think it's a joke, there are not a few people who have died because of their high merits in the past dynasties.

Fortunately, Zhao Guangyi also knew this, so he added two honorary titles to him, that is, the double bachelor titles of Longtu Pavilion and Guanwen Pavilion, these two titles are not of practical use, they just sound lofty.

But above the court, there are still many people who want to get two titles, but they just can't get it.

Because although this kind of title is just a fictitious position, it is the same as the three provinces and six departments, and it belongs to the same thing as an honorary certificate, but not everyone can get it, if you are not very qualified, or have made great contributions, even if you are a product of the dynasty, you may not be able to get these two titles.

During the period of Song Renzong, the famous official Bao Zheng was a scholar of Longtuge, commonly known as Bao Longtu.

Li Fu is very frank, which may have something to do with his deep qualifications, or he doesn't care about these false names at all.

Halfway through the banquet, Li Fu was already a little drunk, and his face was flushed.

He stood up suddenly, hugged his fists at Zhao Guangyi and said: "Your Majesty, today's ministers are thinking well, and if you want to paint a poem, please ask the emperor to observe it?" ”

Zhao Guangyi became interested: "Okay, Aiqing is a famous saint of Chinese painting, and I am very happy to see you painting with my own eyes today." ”

Zhao Guangyi then asked the eunuch to bring a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, spread it out on the table, and Li Fu picked up the pen and 'brushed' and painted.

Zhao Guangyi stepped down from the dragon chair and came to Li Fu to observe, and other officials also gathered around, looking forward to the birth of a masterpiece.

Only then did Zhao Gu know that Li Fu still had this hand, and he was called the holy hand of Chinese painting, and it seemed that he was also deeply hidden.

About half an hour later, Li Fu's painting was completed, and it was a large calligraphy and painting that was one meter wide and five meters long.

The two eunuchs carefully stretched out the calligraphy and paintings for everyone to watch, and Zhao Guangyi and the ministers were shocked when they saw it.

I saw that on this painting, with a bamboo mountain as the background, it depicts a scene of confrontation between ordinary people and Liao soldiers.

On both sides of the confrontation, the Liao soldiers were strong and strong, while the ordinary people were holding bamboo weapons, and they were all weak, and there were even many old and young women and children.

But just with these old and young women and children, they actually caused heavy losses on the Liao soldiers' side, which can be seen from the hideous and jealous expressions of the Liao soldiers on the painting.

On the side of the ordinary people, there were not no casualties, under some cut bamboo, many men, women and children fell, and one person even accidentally stepped on the tip of the bamboo, and blood flowed all over the ground.

But no one on the side of the ordinary people showed fear, but the fighting spirit was high, and even the little girl of a few years old clenched her fists and did her part.

In this painting, there are dozens of ordinary people, and there are also dozens of Liao soldiers who can see their faces clearly, while other Liao soldiers do not show their faces because of the constraints of the size of the paper.

However, the faces of nearly 100 people are not the same, some have thick eyebrows and big eyes, some have high noses and big mouths, some have a look of suffering, some have comforting eyes, all kinds of people and expressions, all of which are deficient, fully embodying the painter's profound skills.

Seeing this situation, everyone still didn't know that what Li Fu painted was the scene on the bamboo mountain in the Liao Kingdom.

Everyone's eyes widened, and they were shocked and moved by the group of people who longed for freedom and covered Li Fu's retreat even if they paid for their lives.

Some officials with true temperament shed tears and wept with sobs.

Zhao Guangyi looked at the painting for a long time and sighed: "It's me who is sorry for these people!" ”

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Fu, who was drunk and clear-minded, said what he had suppressed for a long time.

"Your Majesty, I beg your majesty to rescue these captive compatriots no matter what!"

Zhao Guangyi was stunned: "Aiqing, it's not that I don't want to save them, but who knows how many Han people there are in Liao?" Where do we get help? The Liao people do not produce, they rely on these Han people, do you think they will return the Han people? ”

"But...... We've got to try! Li Fu still insisted.

Waving his hand, Zhao Guangyi's face was embarrassed: "And at this time, the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State have just concluded a letter of state, and we are counting on them to help send troops to attack Western Xia. ”

This time, Li Fu was stunned, he never thought that in the eyes of Zhao Guangyi, the emperor, there are still big and small things in the world, as an emperor, shouldn't they be treated equally?

In the face of attacking Western Xia and protecting his subjects, Zhao Guangyi chose the former without hesitation, could it be that in his opinion, the merit of opening up the territory is more important than the lives of his people?

Li Fu was silent, and many ministers who understood Zhao Guangyi's meaning were also silent, and the banquet was suddenly cold.

Zhao Gu naturally understood Zhao Guangyi's words, but he didn't feel too surprised, although Zhao Guangyi seemed to have done everything very satisfactorily, and he treated the minister with courtesy, but his nature was a person who was happy after all, and Zhao Gu was not surprised that he could make such a decision.

Don't you see the first two Northern Expeditions, each of which ended in the defeat of the Great Song Dynasty?

Is this because the army of the Great Song Dynasty could not defeat the Liao State? No, absolutely not, it's just because Zhao Guangyi's military ability is insufficient, but fortunately, he is happy.

Before Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was alive, the southern expedition to the north, countless achievements, the majesty of the time is unparalleled, Zhao Guangyi inherited the unification, always want to catch up with his brother, so in the Great Song Dynasty has not yet prepared, he boldly launched the Northern Expedition.

When the Northern Expedition was in progress, it was even more vigorous to urge the soldiers in front of him, disrupting the deployment of the leading ministers, and the final result was naturally to return home, which greatly hit the morale of the Great Song Dynasty.

The reason why the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty did not like to fight, especially high-ranking officials like Lu Mengzheng, who desperately prevented the war, had nothing to do with the repeated defeats of the two Northern Expeditions.