Zhao Shu waited for Han Qi to play the birthday of the Empress Dowager of Liao, but he forgot one thing, Han Qi usually even if there is this chapter, it is also the last to play, Prime Minister Han Qi is holding this chapter in his hand and thinking about it, who should be recommended to the Liao State to go to the country, he is old, he is not willing to travel long distances, in the past, it was the old guy Fu Bi who went, and now Fu Bi is not in the court for his mother's funeral, and then look at the new prime minister Zeng Gongliang, who is over sixty years old, the emperor will definitely not send him, he looks around to see these officials, can be qualified to replace the Song Dynasty to envoy Liao, There are really few people who can satisfy the emperor,

Emperor Renzong was a little tired at this time, and he didn't know what was going on recently, his body was not as good as a day, he sat on his side a little, and then the minister's recital was handled according to the usual practice, and he could deal with it at that time, and put it aside if he needed to discuss it again.

It was Xue Xiang's turn to play, Xue Xiang pointed out that the total number of Shaanxi Road Troops and Forbidden Army reached 250,000 people, and more than half of these soldiers were old and frail, suffering from diseases, and playing with carving insects.

Originally, Emperor Renzong nodded, the quasi-performance is a very simple matter, but Emperor Renzong will be sleepy, tired and confused, the officials above the court also seem to see that Renzong is tired, Xue Xiang just finished playing, and stood in the hall with an ivory wat in his hand waiting for Renzong's answer, and then looked at Emperor Renzong: he used one arm to stand on the side of the throne and bowed his head, supported his head with his hands, his eyes were half-squinted, and he seemed to be asleep, after listening to Xue Shang's play, Emperor Renzong's other hand was slightly raised and lowered, He thought in his heart that it would be good for the prince to make a decision about this matter, and he remembered that Wang Bi knew Shaanxi Road very well, and his brain was confused when he thought about it at the same time, so he actually put the two things together and said: "How does the emperor and the king look at this matter." ”

This words were like a muffled thunder in the main hall, which stunned everyone, all the officials looked at each other, opened their mouths and showed surprise, Lord Bao and Wang Anshi were even more surprised, how did their son become a prince, this joke was not made casually, but no one dared to speak out, everyone suspected that they had heard it wrong,

Wang said in his heart, his sister and his uncle, how can Lao Tzu answer, if he doesn't speak, the emperor asks his name, and speaking is equivalent to admitting that he is the emperor, and the emperor seems to be drowsy, if he is talking in a dream, who dares to disturb the holy car to wake up the emperor and lose his head,

Forget it, you sleep and I will sleep, who will not pretend to sleep, Wang next to him holds the ivory wat with both hands, his head is lowered and his eyes are closed, what is the love, he can feel it with his eyes closed, the fire in the eyes of the prince Zhao Shu is about to burn him,

The usual ministers on the hall discuss your words and my words, occasionally mixed with the buzzing sound of each other's ears, are the voices that Renzong is used to, just like some wives can't hear their husbands snoring and can't sleep, Renzong is also like this, suddenly can't hear the ministers talking, the hall is silent, Yu'er woke up immediately, he also realized that he said the wrong thing just now, but how can the words be round,

The emperor squinted at everyone, Zhao Shu was looking sideways at the king, from the perspective of Emperor Renzong, he saw the back of Zhao Shu's head with hard wings, and then looked at the king next to him as if he had nothing to do with himself, and pretended to be asleep in the court. Hearing him say this, the ministers all understood that Renzong had just made a mistake and made a mistake for himself, and the crown prince Zhao Shu was not a taste in his heart, and even his own name The emperor could call it wrong.

Prime Minister Han Qi slowly stood up, and now he thought of a good candidate, Wang Bei, but he and Zhao Shu had different starting points, and he didn't know that even if he didn't nominate Wang Bei, the prince would strongly recommend him.

Han Qi stepped forward and said: "Qi Qi Sheng, in two or three months it will be the birthday of the Empress Dowager of Liao, and Liao sent an invitation to invite our country to send an envoy to congratulate her birthday, and asked the Holy Lord to send an envoy to Liao, in order to express the goodwill of the alliance between the two countries." ”

Renzong looked at Han Qi, Han Qi was Zeng Gongliang beside him, and there was no figure of Fu Bi, Renzong felt a little lost in his heart: Renzong opened his mouth and asked the ministers: "Which minister is willing to send an envoy to Liao." ”

There was silence above the court, what happened to the officials of the Song State, there are many people here who know that their abilities are not good, and there are also those who are unwilling to go to the Liao State.

"The prime minister has a suitable candidate."

The king will wake up, he was pretending to be asleep, not to mention hearing the words of the envoy to Liao,

How old Han Qi is, even if he wants to recommend Wang Bei in his heart, he doesn't say clearly: "I don't know if the emperor has a candidate in his heart, and the ministers are willing to discuss suitable people with all the ministers." ”

Emperor Renzong looked at the hundred officials and asked helplessly: "Which minister can nominate the right person to be the envoy to the Liao State." ”

The prince scolded Han Qi in his heart, this will be Lord Bao to speak, he knows that there must be a king next to him for a while, anyway, he is also the patriarch of the dynasty, and he has prestige, he cleared his throat and signaled that he was going to speak, "Qi Shengshang, Weichen thinks that those who envoy to the Liao State should have literary talents, I heard that Yelu Hongji is also a person who likes Sinology, and his poetry is quite profound, if the average young man is afraid that he will not be able to take on this responsibility." ”

The king listened and snickered, and said that his father-in-law chose himself out first.

The ministers buzzed again, Renzong looked at Lord Bao, old Bao, old Bao, the new civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will not talk about it, just you old ministers have already seen you through, just Yelu Hongji's few poems, can you also mention the profound attainments in my Great Song Dynasty,

"Oh, I haven't heard of this, does anyone among the ministers know what poetry Yelu Hongji has written?" Renzong asked deliberately,

Bao Zheng pretended that Ouyang Xiu, who had just noticed, was also in the imperial court, and said in surprise: "Oh, Ouyang Hanlin must know, right, Uncle Yong." ”

Ouyang Xiu looked at Bao Zheng the same, and scolded in his heart, you are just a righteous son, why are you pushing this thunder on me, who doesn't know that Yelu Hongji, the current emperor of the Liao Kingdom, thinks that one is one and the other, and he loves to make things difficult the most, but since Bao Zheng said so, if he doesn't know, wouldn't it make people laugh,

There is no way Ouyang Xiu said stubbornly: "The emperor of Liao is good at calligraphy and painting, loves poetry, and has a "poetry friend" with his subordinates.

Bao Zheng said happily to Renzong after listening: "Yes, you see, I said yes, this poem compares Li Yan's "Huang (huangju) Chrysanthemum Fu" poem to a colorful chrysanthemum, the fragrance is lingering, the wind blows away, and the "sleeve still feels" is written elegantly and with special charm, anyway, I can't write it Bao. ”

Ouyang Xiu was so angry, he almost didn't glare at him, and said in his heart that he couldn't write it, you have to be so nervous,

Renzong looked at Ouyang Xiu and nodded, and was just about to speak Sima Guang stood up, Sima Guang and Ouyang Xiu were close friends, he knew that Ouyang Xiu was unwilling to go, so he stood up and said: "Qi Shengshang, the minister thinks that Ouyang Yongshu is not suitable, Uncle Yong is not knowledgeable, but this is in charge of the Hanlin Academy's heavy official duties, and it is important to choose good materials for the country, not to mention that the Khitans are belligerent, and it is not appropriate to choose a weak person to go." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their attention to Chong Ge again, and no one looked at him when he was stunned, he was a military general who was born with a temper, and he knew that it would not be his turn, so he simply ignored it,

Renzong shook his head, he didn't think that it was not good to plant a brother, but that the responsibility of a seed was heavier than Ouyang Xiu, a seed was in charge of the Privy Council, and he was responsible for the major affairs of national defense, how could he go to congratulate a queen mother of a neighboring country on her birthday,

This will be the turn of the crown prince Zhao Shu to appear, he sighed and said: "If you want to talk about this Liao country, it is not a big deal, Liao has a dual-track official system of southern officials and northern officials, with "the system of the clan to govern the Khitan, and the Han system to treat the Han people", the north official governs the palace account, the tribe, and the government of the subject country, and the south governs the Han people's prefectures and counties, rents, and military horses. ”

As soon as the prince talked about the topic, he immediately thought that it should be related to the prince at this time, Zhao Shu was well-informed, and he could know that the biological father under the moon was Di Qing, not to mention the information of Liaoguo, okay, choose me,

Zhao Shu looked at Wang with a smile and said: "If you want to talk about the system of two systems in this country, Wang Shilang is familiar with this officialdom management, not to mention the experience of the previous envoy to Western Xia. ”

Wang Bi didn't wait for Zhao Shu to continue, and then said that the identity of He Libo was involved, then it was not a sentence or two to say clearly, sooner or later this matter would have to be his turn, the bar died ** upward, and he would not die and then shake,

Thinking of this, Wang Bian took a step forward and said loudly: "To congratulate an old woman in Liao on her birthday, why bother the ministers with heavy military aircraft, the ministers and kings are willing to go." ”

Special note in this article: Regarding the question of the name of the Liao State, this time should be the Khitan, but for the convenience of the reader to read and call it the Liao State, and then add this note to illustrate: In 907 AD, the Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji unified the Khitan tribes called Khan, the country name "Khitan", in 916 changed the Yuan Shen Book, changed the Bohai State to the Dongdan State, and set up his eldest son Yelu Bei as the king of Dongdan, and then became the vassal of Liao, in 947 Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang changed the Khan to the emperor in Kaifeng (and set the capital here), and officially named the country as "Liao", and was repelled by Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Later Han Dynasty, Also the capital of Youzhou, Shangjing, in 983 Empress Dowager Xiao (the queen of Liao Jingzong Yeluxian) had reinstated the name of "Great Khitan", in 1066 Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji restored the country name "Liao"