Out of the main hall, Yelu Dashi wiped his sweat, and the whole person seemed to be ten years old. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He looked at Zhou Quan, who came out at the same time as him, and said with a wry smile: "The horse is really ruthless!" ”

Zhou Quan disagreed: "The dispute between the two countries, how can it be based on personal feelings, if you are me, I am afraid that I am ten times more ruthless than me...... Then the lord of the Xia country, isn't he the son-in-law of your country? ”

Yelu Dashi nodded slightly, unable to say anything more.

The monarchs and ministers of the Liao State are not all incompetent, Yelu Dashi only woke up a little, and they realized that this time they went to the Song State to ask for Liaodong, and they would encounter very difficult negotiations.

The Song State will definitely take the opportunity to raise the price and ask for the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the bottom line of the Liao State can be cut off one or two, and it cannot be exhausted.

But the Song State has a lot of appetite, and with only one or two states, it is impossible for the Song State to give up, and in this case, the Liao State must add more bargaining chips.

So they targeted the Xia Kingdom.

There were also wars more than once in the history of Liaoxia, so while the Xia State was at war with the Song State, it actually stationed a lot of troops on the border with the Liao State.

But the current king of the Xia State, Li Qianshun, was forced by the pressure of the Great Song Dynasty to marry the "princess" of the Liao State as a concubine, but he was still wary of the Liao State, but in the past two years, the Great Song Dynasty began to cut down the Xia, especially this year, the veteran Liu Fa, Liu Yanqing, the new Rui Zhi Yanzhi, and Yao Pingzhong all made military exploits, and under the pressure of these people, Li Qianshun had to withdraw the troops to defend the Liao State.

Therefore, even though the Liao State had just experienced a defeat, it still calmly crossed the Yellow River and entered the Hetao.

The Yellow River is harmful, only a set of profits, and the land of the Hetao has always been known as the south of the Yangtze River, but the Song State was busy attacking Xingqing, where could it pass through the desert to take the Hetao, so it was easy for the Liao State to pick up this cheap.

This piece of land was also taken out by the Liao people and used as a bargaining chip to trade with the Song State.

When Yelu Dashi took out the river loop, Zhou Quan really didn't think of this, and Zhao Ji was also a little confused, but one person had already prepared for this.

Cai Jing.

Cai Jing did not hesitate, and also drew the two armies and one state belonging to the Liao State, and also bit Shuozhou, which happened to be above the bottom line of the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State.

Although Yelu Dashi tried his best, in the end, he had to agree to cut half of Shuozhou to the Great Song Dynasty, and the two sides took the Great Wall as the boundary in Shuozhou. This also means that the Great Song Dynasty obtained a barrier and opened the passage to the Datong Mansion in Xijing of the Liao State.

Yelu Dashi finally understood the old spicy place of the traitorous minister of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Where is Her Royal Highness the Princess, I don't know when I will be able to return to the fiefdom?" Yelu Dashi asked again.

"Yu Liyan is still in Liaoyang." Zhou Quan said.

When she will return to Fengyi, Zhou Quan did not say, Yelu Dashi hesitated for a while, but could only sigh, and then accompanied by the pavilion companion, returned to his post house.

Zhou Quan glanced back at Yanshou Palace, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

He was about to leave when he saw a prison guard beckoning to him. Zhou Quan was a little surprised, and walked over, but saw the inner eunuch saluting him with a smile: "The official family said, please don't leave first, after the Taishi and they leave, the official family will still see the system." ”

Zhou Quan felt a little strange in his heart, he was already fine, and Zhao Ji still wanted to see what he was doing.

After waiting for a long time, the inner eunuch came out again, but did not take him to the main hall, but went around to a side gate and entered a garden.

Zhou Quan is also a frequent visitor to Yanshou Palace, and after walking a few steps, he felt that something was wrong, so he stopped and said, "Where is this going?" ”

"Zhou Zhizhi just go with our family, will our family still harm you!" The inner prisoner laughed sharply.

Zhou Quan refused to take a step, what the inner eunuch said was better than singing, but in the inner garden, how could he walk around, and it was not as good as the palace of the king of Goryeo, in case he broke into Zhao Ji's harem, who would settle this account?

At this moment, he saw Liang Shicheng coming over with a smile and bowing his hand to him: "Zhou Zhizhi, you just go with him." ”

Zhou Quan could only follow the inner prison inside, and after two more rooms, he finally saw Zhao Ji.

It's just that Zhao Ji at this time changed into a regular clothes, and he didn't look like an emperor, but like a middle-aged scholar. Seeing Zhou Quan, he smiled slightly: "You are still cautious, in my palace, is there anyone who dares to harm you?" ”

Zhou Quan smiled bitterly, I don't know, this is all Zhao Ji's arrangement.

If he is not cautious, he is afraid that Zhao Ji will suspect him of being domineering.

"I've seen the official."

"No courtesy...... Da Lang, take the brothers to meet Zhou Lang, no matter the monarchs and ministers here, only the year teeth, Zhou Lang is older than you, you call him a brother! ”

It must be admitted that although Zhao Ji is a faint king, he is by no means a stupid person, and he knows very well where to start with a character like Zhou Quan, so as soon as he opened his mouth, he used personal friendship to get Zhou Quan's emotions.

Although Yelu Dashi called Zhou Quan the most ruthless, just for the sake of a Yu Liyan, he dared to take the risk to participate in the war between Liao and Jin, how could this be considered ruthless?

In Zhao Ji's opinion, this is simply amorous.

Although he was polite, Zhou Quan couldn't take it seriously, and greeted the kings at the moment.

Dalang is the current crown prince Zhao Huan, and the younger brothers are Zhao Ji's third son Zhao Kai, fifth son Zhao Shu, sixth son Zhao Qi, seventh son Zhao Xu and ninth son Zhao Gou. Zhao Ji's ability to give birth to a son is rare in the Zhao family, and he still has more than ten sons, but he is younger and not here.

"Don't you want to hear the story of Huo Banchao, today I will invite Zhou Qing to come here and tell you how he became famous in a foreign country!" Zhao Ji said with a smile.

Zhou Quan had to say how he participated in the battle of Liaojin, of course he had a choice, for example, he couldn't say that the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce could mobilize nearly 10,000 troops now, if he said it, he was afraid that he wouldn't want to leave the palace.

He said that when he heard the news of the Liao rebellion, he went to Suzhou, Liao State, met with Yu Liyan's subordinate Yelu Marge, won his trust, and mobilized the Liao army to go north, first breaking Gao Yongchang, and then fighting the Jurchens. As for the cannon, he also deliberately concealed it, saying only that he would use a stone machine to disrupt the enemy position.

He said as he observed the princes.

The crown prince Zhao Huan listened very carefully, but Zhou Quan judged from the fact that the focus of his eyes was not on him, he was actually absent-minded, and even a little disapproving.

The third Zhao Kai is also a strong fighting spirit, and he obviously has little interest in it, but because of Zhao Ji's attention, he pretends to be very interested.

The rest of the sons are quite interested, and these sons of Zhao Ji are quite smart, Zhou Quan speaks before and after, and they can find out the slightest discrepancies, as for the foreign terroir and foreign customs, they can often quote scriptures and discuss them.

Only the ninth son, Zhao Gou, when Zhou Quan paid attention to him, he showed a kind smile to Zhou Quan.

It seems harmless to humans and animals, but when everyone else is actively discussing, he is silent, neither expressing himself nor making himself seem withdrawn.

If he didn't know that this was the famous Song Gaozong, Zhou Quan would only regard him as one of the more mediocre princes.

After talking about the situation of the Liao Kingdom and the customs of the Jurchens, Zhao Ji coughed lightly, and these princes suddenly quieted down. Zhao Ji waved his hand: "You go to study, I still have something to discuss with Zhou Qing." ”

The crown prince Zhao Huan and the third king Zhao Kai both showed a little joy, obviously, they were not much interested in talking to Zhou Quan.

It was Zhao Gou, who also saluted Zhou Quan when he left, and then turned around and asked Zhao Ji: "Father, the sons feel that Zhou Zhizhi is very close, when will my father ask Zhou Zhizhi to tell us about overseas affairs?" ”

Zhao Ji smiled: "It's rare that you are interested in overseas things, okay, okay, invite him every two ****." ”

After sending these princes away, Zhao Ji looked slightly solemn, waved his hand again, and those inner eunuchs and servants also left one after another, and even the palace maids who were beating his back on the side also bowed and retreated silently.

Suddenly, in this side hall, only Zhao Ji and Zhou Quan remained.

Zhou Quan's heart froze, Zhao Ji put on such an appearance, it seemed that there was something important.

"Zhou Qing has seen Lord Liao, what do you think of this person?" Zhao Ji asked.

"The Liao lord is good at hunting, does not like government affairs, is stupid, listens and believes partially, is irritable and soft-eared, and has no appearance of a hero."

"How does it compare to me?" Zhao Ji laughed.

Zhou Quan was a little speechless, he had already reduced Yelu Yanxi to such a point, Zhao Ji still wanted to compare with him?

He wanted to say, "You are Ah Da Mo laughing Ah Er", but when the words came to his lips, he became: "The official family is erudite and talented, he is too good to read, and he is exquisite in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, how can he be compared with the Liao Lord!" ”

This is not a compliment, if Zhao Ji is not an emperor, when he is an artist, he is definitely first-class, and when he is a calligrapher, he is super first-class.

"What about these children in Yiqing's eyes?"

Zhou Quan suddenly felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

Zhao Huan has long been established as the crown prince, and the position of the prince has been decided, but Zhao Ji first made the foreshadowing, and then asked such a question, only proving one thing.

He wants to be easy to store!

Since ancient times, the matter of easy storage and the involvement of the country have all been to cause blood. He Zhou Quan is not really loyal to the Zhao family, where is he willing to intervene in this kind of thing?

Thinking of this, Zhou Quan smiled and said, "The official family asked me, but they asked the wrong person." ”

"Oh, why?"

"The minister is from the market, and what he likes is businessmen, and he can't even read, and he wants to be driven out by the gentlemen in the school, where is the wisdom to know people? Above the court of the official family, the hall is full of vermilions, which one is not more outstanding than the minister's vision? If the ministers had their kind of vision, the ministers would have been dressed in purple clothes a long time ago, where is it still the current one? ”

Zhao Ji laughed when he heard this: "Slippery head!" ”

Zhou Quan didn't say anything, but said everything.

If Zhou Quan wants to support the crown prince Zhao Huan, he should directly say that Zhao Huan is benevolent and the most gentlemanly. But Zhou Quan staggered the matter, and it was clear that he also felt that Zhao Huan was not very reliable.

After a pause, Zhao Ji said: "Don't worry, a piece of Zhu Yi, I am not stingy, this time your contribution can also be described as an opening, and you have half of Shuozhou...... I just told Cai Yuanchang that a founding son is indispensable, there must be a silverfish bag, your father can't be lower than you, how about the founding uncle? I know that you don't want to stay in the capital division, and the affairs of the East China Sea can't leave you for the time being, so I don't give you a real job, what else do you want, just tell me! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ji smiled again: "Naturally, except for asking me for money, I want to cut down the summer and build Genyue, I am already so poor that I have to turn my fate to you, the rich man!" (To be continued.) )