The culture of the Song Dynasty flourished, poetry and song and dance were still developing, and words reached their peak in the Song Dynasty. Novels and operas took shape.

But in the early stage, there were many slang words and miscellaneous dramas, and some were obscene. This is helpless, Zhou Bangyan's words are certainly elegant to the extreme, how many people can make them? And how many people can appreciate the meaning?

It wasn't until Zheng Lang took out a few operas in Hangzhou in order to suppress the Buddha that he opened a bright window for many people. It turns out that miscellaneous dramas can be played like this, even if it is unpretentious language, it can still write elegant charm. If you want to be engaging, you have to pay attention to the content of the story.

As a result, opera developed rapidly. There are still many flaws, but some praiseworthy operas have appeared in the various vashes in the capital.

The Khitan lacked cultural and entertainment life more than the Song Dynasty, and after Xiao Temo and the two came to the capital, they often came to Washe to watch the opera. There is no barrier to language, just as later, Chinese desperately learn English, but British Americans do not necessarily learn Chinese. Many people in Western Xia, Tibet, and Khitan can speak Chinese, and in some areas, Chinese is still the mainstream language, and there are many people who understand Chinese. However, very few people in the Song Dynasty understood the Dangxiang language, the Tibetan language and the Khitan language.

Suddenly hearing the Khitan princess, the two faintly felt that it was a conspiracy for Zheng Lang to call them to watch the play today.

Ignoring their thoughts, the trick continued to sing:

"The sparkling river, the willows,

Peach drunken green mountain song head.

The fragrant wind in the cover is gusting,

Horses, sheep, and cattle outside the tent.

A river with green grass, wild water and bright moon, and sand gulls swimming. (Five Evils)

A thunderbolt in the blue sky?

The royal brother took my clothes and took me by the hand,

Western heroes are worth it. (Scolding Yulang)

……”

At this point of singing, some listeners scolded: "What royal brother, what hero, princess, your brother is going to kill you!" ”

"Go back quickly, if you don't go back, you won't even die."

Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu's faces became embarrassed, Zheng Lang signaled to the guards, and the guards shouted: "Don't make noise, there are Khitan envoys who are also listening to the music." ”

As soon as they heard that there was a Khitan envoy, the crowd sat sideways with their eyes and immediately quieted down.

Keep singing.

The environment is not as good as the Khitan, but the girl still has a yearning in her heart, that girl is not pregnant with spring, and she is married to a big hero.

When it came to the party, a girl dressed as a man and played Yuan Hao came out and ordered someone to take Princess Xingping to the cold palace.

After a while, it was time for the ** part.

Yuan Hao was poisoning his mother, and was bumped into by Princess Xingping to persuade:

"Mother's vultures are not like this,

When you are pregnant in October, it is bitter,

March's food and dwelling,

Weakness in April, dizziness in May, gallbladder in June, mountain house in July,

August's vain laughter,

It's hard to move an inch in September,

Three hundred days of torment came to the ghost gate and walked away,

The pain was stacked, and he didn't know how to hug his brother.

Cheese in the wet ro,

Trembling life comes from death,

Brother, mother's meat!

The sky and the earth know the sky and the eyes,

Unscrupulous mother! (Liangzhou fifth)"

"Well said, well said!" When many people heard this, they cheered loudly one by one, regardless of whether there were Khitan envoys present or not.

Some said: "This princess of Khitan is really good, good princess." ”

But Hao didn't listen, but was furious, and asked someone to bring a cup of poisonous wine and force himself into the mouth of Princess Xingping. Princess Xingping scolded, Yuan Hao sneered and reprimanded, and also laughed at the Khitans.

Princess Xingping was finally poisoned.

It's not over, there is still a wandering soul in the end, and the soul of Princess Xingping is floating and floating, puzzled.

We are the Khitan princess, the most powerful country, how can we be treated like this when we marry into a small Western Xia. What she doesn't understand is that her emperor's younger brother, sister and brother have a deep affection, knowing that they were killed, they didn't send someone to ask them, and let it go. What kind of world is this!

Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu trembled with anger, this was a slap in the face, a naked slap in the face.

Xiao Temo listened to the ridicule and scolding of the people of the Song Dynasty, and said with a gloomy face: "Zheng Zhizhou, you immediately send someone to prohibit singing this tune." ”

Zheng Lang smiled faintly and said, "Xiao Gui, I don't know the people, it's the news from the border of Hedong, and some people know the truth." I, Song hundreds of millions of people, don't want to say that I, even Your Majesty, don't dare to forbid the mouths of the people. The fact that the Western Xia is so big, you said that your Khitan army is strong, and the Western Xia has repeatedly invaded the border areas of our dynasty, all of which have been defeated, why don't you dare to seek justice for your Royal Highness the princess? ”

"Zheng Zhizhou, your trick doesn't work, I won't send troops to Western Xia casually because of your strategy."

"Okay, I can make decisions for your Khitan if I don't send troops, your princess died unfairly, what does it matter to me?"

Zheng Lang replied tepidly, the two envoys were so angry that they went back in a bad mood, and they were still a little worried in their hearts.

They came to the Song Dynasty as envoys, and they had to pay attention to their words and deeds, and some of them had to report, and they didn't have to ask if they had fun in ordinary times, but today they came to watch the play with Zheng Lang, and they had to explain when they went back. Although he called Zheng Zhizhou, it was actually clear that Zheng Lang was the identity of the envoy and one of the most popular ministers of the Song Dynasty. Do you dare not say anything about watching a play? So what drama you watched, you have to say. Just say it, what effect will it have?

Don't even let them say that it is related to the cause of the death of the Khitan princess, and this opera may quickly spread to the Khitan territory.

The next day, Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu were walking on the street, and they heard the people of the Song Dynasty talking behind their backs.

I don't understand, it seems that Western Xia is not invincible, otherwise it would not have been defeated on both sides last year. Why did the Khitan princess die, and the Khitan people didn't care?

There is only one reason, the Khitan royal family is cruel and ruthless, and they don't care about the life or death of this princess at all.

Xiao Temo was so angry that he almost vomited blood, our Khitan royal family is really ruthless?

Take a look, the queen mother wants to harm the emperor, and the emperor immediately informed, and the emperor did not favor the emperor because the queen mother favored the emperor's brother, on the contrary, he was friendly to the emperor's brother. As a royal family, this family affection is warmer than that of you Han people.

The princess is dying in vain, but the big picture must also be taken into account.

They think like this, what big situation can the people of the Song Dynasty think of, and the people of their Khitan will not think of that big picture, it's Shenma Dongdong!

Pointing and pointing, you can't stay, and you set off immediately.

It's still Fubi.

Zhao Zhen was moved by Fu Bi's spirit and promoted him from the right Zhengyan system to a member of the Ministry of Rites.

is only a little short of Zheng Lang's official position, and he is almost equal to the official positions of Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others, and suddenly became the top member of the official pyramid of the Song Dynasty.

Fu Fu replied: "The country is in trouble, the minister obeys his orders, and it is the duty of the minister to go back and forth, why should you use the official to bribe me?" ”

Zhao Zhen was speechless.

I awarded you an official because of your merits, and I rewarded you, how did it become a bribe?

Indeed, in order to pay attention to integrity, some officials in the Song Dynasty often found it difficult for the court to confer official titles, not only Zheng Lang, but many officials have done similar things.

This left a deep impression on Zhao Zhen.

Zheng Lang personally saw off Fu Bi.

Not as dangerous as Song Dynasty officials imagined, the Khitans were also people, not man-eating tigers.

This coercion seems to be brutal and unreasonable, but it is actually clumsy and cute. Not to mention anything else, it was just the battle of Jiuqu, in which 100,000 troops died in Western Xia and Khitan, and hundreds of people suffered from the disaster. Up to 200,000 coins can be added. But how many years of increased coins will take to make up for this mismatch?

said in a low voice: "Rich brother, less silk and more silver." ”

Fu Bi nodded, as there are more people planting cotton, the price of silk cloth will rise, but there will be gold and silver pouring in from overseas, and the price will fall.

Zheng Lang silently watched the group go away.

Although there is no danger, it will be very hard to get rich this time.

also wanted to go back to the northwest, Zhao Zhen let him enter the palace after hearing about it. When she arrived at the imperial study, Miao Guifei took Princess Fukang to sit on the side, and after seeing the ceremony, Miao Guifei said, "Thank you Zheng Xianggong." ”

Hearing the truth, Concubine Miao Guifei was very moved, this is Zheng Lang would rather take the risk himself than let his daughter marry into the Khitan.

"It is the minister's duty to humiliate the minister to death, and the concubine should not be thanked." Zheng Lang said lightly.

Zhao Zhen was very touched and said: "Zheng Qing, you are not the princess's guardian knight, but my guardian knight, the guardian knight of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister can't afford it."

After this incident came out, a few people said crooked things with red eyes, saying that Zheng Lang was not afraid of death, but most people thought that Zheng Lang was loyal to the Song Dynasty and no one could match him.

Zheng Lang saw that the rumor was fierce and quickly left the capital.

I have to go back, if a few mothers hear it, I don't know what it will be.

Rode to Zhengzhou.

When she saw the eldest lady, she blamed: "Lang'er, why do you want to kill the monk?" ”

"Big lady, it wasn't killed by children. The monks of Tiandu Mountain have profound Buddhism, I sent troops to Tiandu Mountain to attack the Xixia Palace, General Di Qing believed in Buddhism, so he brought these monks back, but he did not expect to be sniped by the Xixia army halfway. The monks couldn't ride their horses, so they were left behind and let the Tanguts shoot them. Don't listen to the rumors outside, some people say that when the child is born, the sky is full of red clouds, and the child is clearly born at night, so the red glow? ”

Anyway, it made a few mothers happy, so they told a little lie and fooled around. Otherwise, several mothers will die at home.

Siniang made him laugh and said, "Lang'er, General Di is too, since you know that people's Buddhism is profound, why don't you protect them?" ”

"I want to protect it, but there are too many enemies who have been killed, and when I am in the enemy territory, General Di Qing can't ignore the lives of his soldiers. Where did you think that the Tangut people were so vicious. ”

"You can't kill that many people either."

"Auntie, the child is really calculated, the Xixia people invaded our dynasty, and there was not a single grass left in the place they passed. I seized their captives, not only did I not kill them, but I also settled them down, gave them livestock to raise, gave them ploughing the land, and even mobilized their families to join our dynasty and reunite with their families. Zheng Lang explained.

Is it possible to start a war with the Tangut people, scolding and not fighting back?

But what insight can the eldest lady have?

I can only continue to flicker.

"It's also a murder, look, you have no children so far......"

"Si Niangniang, Yuan Hao has killed more sins than children, killed mothers and sons, and killed the people, why do you have one son after another. Our emperor of the Song Dynasty is very benevolent, why do we have no children so far, and even if we have children, many of them die young? Chai Keming, you take out 10,000 yuan from your home to help the surrounding villagers, build some new houses, pave roads and bridges, and do good deeds. ”

"Whoa."

"If you want to enter the incense, your second mother's health has not been very good."

"Auntie, the child has time, Jingyuan Road is under Li Yuanhao's tiger's mouth, this cannibalistic tiger is eyeing the tiger, and can invade Jingyuan Road at any time, I dare to stay in Zhengzhou for a long time, and there will be Yanchen in the court to carve children. Chai Keming, you take the time to go to Xiangguo Temple in the capital, donate 2,000 yuan of incense, and invite the master of Xiangguo Temple to come to Zhengzhou and pray for Erniang. ”

"Let him come to Zhengzhou?"

"If he doesn't come, he will be tied up."

"Lang'er, you just have this intention, you can't talk nonsense," Erniang said kindly.

Finally flickered over.

It's just that Zheng Lang is blamed for pressing the Buddha, but he still cares about it, and repeatedly tells Zheng Lang to be careful and safe.

Then dozens of tables of wine were set up, which was the youngest prime minister of the Song Dynasty, the elders of the four towns and eight miles, as well as the large and small officials of Zhengzhou, as well as relatives, came to the banquet together.

Dozens of uncles and more than 300 cousins and cousins came to the banquet together.

Zheng Lang said that he was dizzy, so many cousins from me?

In response to the old saying, no one asks if you are poor in the downtown area, and you are rich in the mountains and have distant relatives.

took the lead in worshipping the ancestors, several mothers cried in front of the grave of Zheng Lang's father, who had never met, and many of Zheng Lang's literati wrote poems on the spot. Only then did they sit down one by one.

After a day of hard work, Zheng Lang lay on the bed and couldn't move.

But several mothers were happy, and the next day Zheng Lang said goodbye to several mothers, as well as a few loyal family members of Lao Song, all of whom were old, and took the guards on the road after repeated instructions.

I have already received the news that the Battle of Agancheng has begun, and I don't know if Yuan Hao will go crazy.

Zheng Lang also underestimated Yuan Hao.

Yuan Hao's command ability is really not good.

But not for nothing. Although brutal, he attaches great importance to talents, and his tactical ability is not good, but he has a long-term strategic vision, such as re-re-spawning and the ability to control the current situation. Zheng Lang opened his golden finger, if it weren't for Zheng Lang, only in terms of strategic vision, few people in the Song Dynasty and Khitan could match it.

Agancheng was defeated, and Yuan Hao was so angry that he vomited blood.

This was only a local war, and most of the people who died were Tibetans, but another war made him vomit blood even more.

The Khitan first sent an army to Youzhou to make him ecstatic. But soon heard about the Khitan envoy to the Song Dynasty. Yuan Hao immediately knew that the Khitans didn't want to go to war, but just took advantage of the time he took advantage of the Song Dynasty.

Yuan Hao was furious, this is the result of my defeat, and it has made you Khitan people reap a lot of benefits, and you have to fish! Regardless of the overall situation, Shengsheng betrayed us.

He didn't put the Song Dynasty in his eyes, nor did he put the Khitans in his eyes, but he also knew that it was impossible to start a war with the two countries at the same time, so he would die without a place to be buried. So he endured it. As for Agancheng, it was not in charge for the time being, but focused on farming.

Last year, several battles were fought very hard, and if we could not ignore farming and continue to fight blindly in the rear, an uprising would break out in the country.

This account will be left for after the fall.

Zhang Yuan came to offer advice and said: "Your Majesty, China's elite cavalry is all on the borders, and the troops in the pass are empty. ”

Yuan Hao asked unhappily: "How to take the opportunity to go deeper?" ”

The Guanzhong army is empty, but it can't fly over with wings, the terrain of Huanqing Road is treacherous, Yanyun Road also has many mountains and rivers to block it, and Pang Fan and the two have built countless forts, and it is impossible to break through the past layer by layer, so that the army is close to Chang'an.

After the battle of Shimenchuan, Yuan Hao gradually became disgusted with Zhang Yuan.

"Jingyuan."

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Your Majesty, Jingyuan Road is smooth, the terrain is flat and open, which is conducive to the march of our army, Zheng Lang of the Song Dynasty has a little strategy, but it is not impeccable. He is at odds with Ge Huaimin and can be exploited. And Your Majesty, he took our soldiers and people captive and resettled in the rear, not in Qinzhou, Fengxiangfu and Chang'an, but also in Weizhou and Jingzhou......"

Yuan Hao's eyes finally lit up.

"Last time Zheng Lang said that he wanted peace, Your Majesty, you can send envoys to negotiate peace with him, it is better to listen, if you don't listen to us, we will occupy the righteousness, it is that we want peace The Song Dynasty is not allowed, it is not that we want to fight, and the morale of the soldiers can be stimulated. If you listen, it is better, you can take the opportunity to paralyze them. ”

What a ploy!