"This is—" Li Shuang raised his head in confusion and looked at his father.

"This is for the Jin people, the cunning rabbit is still three holes, is my Li Chuwen not as good as a rabbit?" Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on Li Chuwen's face.

Tokyo Bianliang.

Bianliang in September is the most beautiful season of the year in the city, and the Bianhe River is packed with boats full of autumn gifts, grain, and specialties brought from all over the empire. The lucky ones who live in it either warm a pot of good wine, cut a plate of fish belly, cut half a catty of lamb, and invite friends to have a drink; Or take your family to the market next to Daexiangguoji Temple for half a day. It should be said that in the autumn of the third year of Xuanhe, there was no place on this planet where so many people could live so comfortably and so civilized as the people in Bianliang City.

Kim Myeong-chi.

This place is located outside the Shuntian Gate in the west of Bianliang City, which was originally used for the exercise of the water army, but when it came to the time of Emperor Huizong, because the south had already been pacified, the water army had become a display of the royal weather ornament, and this Jinming Pond also became a garden for the royal tour, and a wall was naturally built around to isolate the inside and outside. In its south gate, from the south bank to the center of the pool, there is a huge arch bridge - Xianqiao, hundreds of steps long, the bridge deck is wide. The bridge has three arches "vermilion lacquer fence shield, lower row of goose pillars", the central uplift, such as the flying rainbow shape, called "camel rainbow". There are five halls connected to the Baojin Building at the head of the bridge, located in the middle of the water, the heavy hall Yuyu, the Xionglou Jiege, the strange flowers and stones, the rare birds and monsters, the dock wharf, the war ship dragon boat, everything is complete. At the end of the bridge, there is a group of halls, called the Five Halls. It was the living place of the emperor during his amusement. On the north shore of the five halls, there is a "Ao House", also known as Long Ao, which is the place where the big dragon boat is parked. North of the fairy bridge near the east bank, there is a north-facing place, is the place where the ministers are feasted, called the Linshui Palace.

On the main hall of the dragon boat, there are more than ten people sitting scattered, all of them in brocade robes and jade belts, one of them is about 40 people, wearing a golden crown. The two long sleeves were tied with ribbons. was waving his arms to beat the drum, only to see the drum sound agitated, the sound of the clouds, dense and inaudible. Suddenly. The drums stopped abruptly. Everyone on the boat was already stunned, as if the drum was still in their ears.

"Official, Weichen is ugly!" Drummer. No, it should be said that Zhao Xiang, the king of the Great Sect of Qin and Jin, put down the drumstick, bowed down to Zhao Ji on the first seat, and said, this supreme did not wear a crown on his head, but simply pulled it, inserted it with a hosta, and only wore a cyan robe on his body, the only thing that can show his noble identity is only a jade belt around his waist, I saw him smile and tap his palm a few times, but it is the most brilliant paragraph in the "Qin King Breaking Array Music" that Zhao Xiang just played, and said with a smile: "Brother Twenty-Seven is really the holy hand in the drum today, If it is based on the evaluation of drum music, a certain family should have asked you to do it with Brother Twenty-seven! ”

Zhao Ji was witty by nature, and knew that Zhao Ji was very lenient with those who could reward him with poetry and wine, so he responded with a smile: "If Brother Eleven spends his efforts on writing and painting, throwing pots and making poems, we will not succeed!" ”

"Brother Twenty-Seven is too modest, too modest!" Zhao Ji laughed, he shook the dust in his hand twice, and smiled at the people next to him: "Although a certain family is supreme, it is rare to listen to Dazongzheng personally beat the drum on weekdays, and you must not listen in vain, and also dedicate an art to Dazongzheng to see!" ”

It turned out that the people in this boat, except for Zhao Ji and Zhao Xi, the king of the Dazong Zheng Qin and Jin Dynasty known as the "Drum King" of Kaifeng, were all adult sons of Zhao Ji. Listening to Zhao Ji's order, everyone got up one by one, or wrote poems and lyrics, or sang songs, at that time, the Zhao Song royal family did a really good job in the cultural education of their children, and Zhao Ji's sons more or less inherited Zhao Ji's own artistic cells, these princes performed one by one and were impressive, so that Zhao Ji, the father of the head, couldn't help but bow his head slightly.

After a while, it was the turn of Zhao Heng, who was the crown prince, he was still a young man in his early twenties, he looked like a square look, with a hint of panic on his face, and stood up and said: "Erchen has no words to give, only a short poem, and please invite my father Emperor Haihan!" ”

"Okay, you can listen to it!" Zhao Ji said with a smile.

"Yes, beat the drum and use the soldiers. The city of the earth is Cao, and I travel south alone. From Sun Tzu Zhong, Ping Chen and Song. I don't want to go, I'm worried. Where do you live? Lost his horse? What do you want? Under the forest. Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said. Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. Yu is broad, not I live. Yu Xun Xi, I don't believe it. ”

Before Zhao Heng finished speaking, Zhao Ji's face showed a trace of displeasure, and the rest of the princes, except for a few who were still young, their faces changed greatly. It turns out that this short poem sung by Zhao Heng has a great origin, it is the "Wind Drumming" in the "Book of Poetry and National Style", this ancient style poem is four sentences and one paragraph, divided into five paragraphs, the first three paragraphs are the scene of the expedition in the tone of the recruit; And the last two paragraphs are the oath of the soldier and his wife when they parted to grow old together, but they didn't want to fight together, the oath came to naught, and the two were thousands of miles apart and could never see each other again. Zhao Heng sang this "Shao Feng Drumming" at this time, which was obviously in line with the fact that Zhao planned to beat the drum, but in fact, it was to take the opportunity to persuade Lianjin to fight Liao. None of the people in the Zhao family on the boat are full of poetry and books, such as "Three Hundred Poems of Songs", which is even more ripe for early reading, how can they not know what Zhao Heng means.

"Hehe, Brother Heng is singing this poem at this time, but it also fits the drum of a certain family, but it is a little flattering, and he wants to be punished with a glass of wine!" At this time, it was Zhao Xi who spoke, and it turned out that this great sect was seeing that the atmosphere was not good, and hurriedly jumped out to play a round.

"Heng'er, what Zongzheng said is very true, you must be punished with a glass of wine!" Zhao Ji also adjusted his mood at this time, and said to Zhao Heng with a smile.

"Son's Honor!" Zhao Heng was just a cowardly teenager, he mustered up the courage to finish reading the poem, he was already weak and timid, hurriedly raised his wine glass, raised it to Zhao Yi from afar, drank it in one gulp, and heard Zhao Ji's voice in his ears: "As a prince, you must be cautious in your words and deeds before you can be a teacher in the world, you know!" In the end, Zhao Ji's voice was already quite stern.

"Erchen knows!" Zhao Heng lowered his head, and his body was already trembling slightly.

At this moment, an old eunuch came in from outside, whispered a few words in Zhao Ji's ear, Zhao Ji nodded slightly, got up and walked outside, and came to a rather secret cabin, there was already a short and fat official waiting, and when he saw Zhao Ji coming in, he hurriedly got up and knelt down and said: "Weichen greets Your Majesty!" ”

"Aiqing, please get up!" Zhao Ji stretched out his hand and smiled: "You and I are not in front of everyone now, so these false gifts will be forgiven!" “

"Your Majesty's grace is high and high, and it is difficult to repay Weichen even if he is full of liver and brains! However, the courtesy of kings and ministers cannot be abolished, if so, how is it different from beasts if humans do not exist? The official knelt down and kowtowed twice, took out a letter from his bosom and said: "This is a secret letter from Yanjing, Your Majesty, please see!" ”

Zhao Ji stretched out his hand to take the letter, opened it, his face changed slightly, his eyes couldn't help but shine, and asked, "This Li Chuwen is the person Aiqing said in the past?" ”

"Yes, this person has long had the heart to go south, and since Weichen fled south, there are still letters to and fro!" The person kneeling on the ground to answer was Zhao Liangsi, Zhao Ji read the letter twice, became more and more excited, and said to the attendant on the side: "Liang Gong, quickly help Zhao Qing's family up, how can you talk like this!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you Liang Gong. Zhao Liangsi took advantage of the old eunuch's help and hurriedly stood up: "Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Yeluchun has established himself as the emperor, he is a rebellious minister and thief, my Great Song Dynasty is the brotherly country of Daliao, and it is natural to beg for thieves for the brother's state, and no one has anything to say!" ”

Zhao Ji nodded slightly, did not answer, stood up and paced back and forth in the cabin, obviously he was quite excited at this time. The news brought by Zhao Liangsi cleared a huge obstacle for him to move forward, that is, he became famous. Perhaps to modern people who have been impregnated with Machiavellianism, this so-called "famous teacher" is just a synonym for pedantic, but for the East Asian continent in the twelfth century, the state of etiquette, the righteousness of kings and ministers is still an irreversible "political correctness" like the "democracy and freedom" of the 21st century. Even as the emperor of the Ninety-Five, if he wanted to gather the strength of all the courtiers and the people, Zhao Ji could not ignore these. Fang Cai's episode in the dragon boat is a stark example, he knows very well that the eldest son's actions are not out of his own heart, and this young man with a somewhat cowardly character is just a puppet of those Qingliushi doctors behind him, but he cannot completely ignore the actions of these people, after all, this country, this world is not his alone, but he shares it with these scholars.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhao Ji was awakened from his contemplation by Zhao Liangsi's voice, he turned his head just in time to see the other party's blazing gaze, and only then did he react that the inescapable minister in front of him thought that he was shaken. Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile slightly, he decided to confide a little secret to this courtier who had already bet everything on the gambling table that he shouldn't let him know, which was a small trick he often used to show intimacy to his favored courtier.

"Liang Gong, tell the Zhao Qing family about that matter!"

"Yes!" The old eunuch responded, and told the story of the prince of Fangcai's "Sao Feng Drumming", hearing this, Zhao Liangsi's face was already pale, and he knew very well in his heart that a courtier like himself who fled south did not have the slightest foundation, if the Northern Expedition did not succeed, others might have a way out, and his best ending was to send a far evil military state, and spent his life in that smoky place, so what was the purpose of abandoning the grave of his ancestors and risking to flee south?

"Zhao Qingjia, don't worry, the heart of the widow has been decided, you have worked hard all these years, others don't know, but the widow still knows. Don't take the things that the rotten Confucians around the prince said, you don't have to take it to heart. It's enough for you and me to surrender to the deed! When Zhao Ji said this, he casually untied the jade belt around his waist, handed it to the old eunuch on the side, and said with a smile: "You work hard for state affairs, and this jade belt will be rewarded to you!" (To be continued......)