Chapter 2 Celebration Banquets with Political Objectives
Outside the gate of Fengqiu in Bianjing, Zhao Lei saw the imperial chariot of the official Zhao Zhen docked there from a distance, and a vague figure in the imperial chariot must be the official Zhao Zhen who came to greet him. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info\qΒ5、c0m\\
When Zhao Lei got closer and closer, the official Zhao Zhen finally stepped down from the imperial chariot, leading Li Di, Lu Yijian and Zhao Yuanyan and other important ministers of the imperial court, civil and military officials, and walked towards Zhao Lei with an appreciative smile.
Zhao Lei saw that the official Zhao Zhen was so far away, so he went down to greet him, and he didn't dare to stay on the horse anymore, and Xiao Ruoruo, Yang Jinhua and others behind him turned over and dismounted, and walked respectfully towards the official Zhao Zhen.
"Good! Zhao Aiqing really lived up to my high expectations, defeated 7,000 enemies with 6,000 soldiers and horses, and burned Maling Village, taught those treacherous Qiang people a hard lesson, raised my great Song Guowei, and gave me a bad breath! The official Zhao Zhen came to Zhao Lei's side and patted Zhao Lei's shoulder and said loudly.
"The minister is afraid, the minister is the defense envoy of Gyeongju, and it is the duty of the minister to protect the family and defend the country, how dare he let the official family be so loving and come to greet him in person." Zhao Lei was still confused in his heart, but his face showed a very indifferent expression and said respectfully to the official Zhao Zhen.
"Needless to say, I set up a celebration banquet in the imperial city, and our monarchs and ministers will rest today as soon as they get drunk." The official Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Lei with a smile, and actually took Zhao Lei's hand and walked up to the imperial chariot together.
Zhao Lei repeatedly shirked, but he couldn't dispel the kindness of the official Zhao Zhen, and cured the awkwardness of sitting on the imperial chariot with Zhao Zhen.
The chariot walked slowly. Looking at the excited cheers of the people in Bianjing around him, Zhao Lei was excited in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but wonder why a small victory would attract such a big reaction.
On the occasion of the celebration banquet, Zhu Dali and Zhao Lei's personal guards were not qualified to enter at all, and Zhao Lei sent them to his home to inform the women in the family who were concerned about him. He took Xiao Ruoruo and Yang Jinhua, two female generals with special permission from the official family, and walked all the way towards the imperial city.
Although it was not yet time to eat, the joyful official Zhao Zhencai did not care whether it was the time to eat or not, and with an order, a celebration banquet with a huge scale and all the officials of the imperial court participated.
The official Zhao Zhen really trusts and values Zhao Lei, and at the celebration banquet, Zhao Lei's seat was actually behind the seven ministers of the imperial court, and he sat at the same seat with Wang Su, which was actually the treatment of three grades. And Zhao Lei is now only a military attache of the fifth grade, and the new official position has not yet fallen to him.
The celebration banquet has not yet begun, and in the Jiying Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials sit together according to their grades and talk loudly. Around them, countless delicate palace maids shuttled back and forth, putting pots of tea and pre-dinner snacks.
"What? I am very puzzled, I don't understand why the official family and the imperial court are dealing with your victory with such fanfare and high profile? "I haven't seen you for half a year, but I'm still personable. Full of maturity and stability. Wang Su, who was holding the palace maid who had just presented the tea in his hand, said with a smile to Zhao Lei.
"I don't really understand. But a small victory, there is no reason to make everyone known and fanfare! Zhao Lei said in a low voice to Wang Su that he didn't need to hide the doubts in his heart.
"Look at this! You'll soon understand. Wang Su handed Zhao Lei a folded piece of rice paper and said with a mysterious smile.
Zhao Lei took the rice paper with a puzzled face, opened it, and saw a new word written by Su Shunqin "Gyeongju Defeat" on it.
Su Sun-chin, "Gyeongju Defeat"! After reading the things on this piece of rice paper, Zhao Lei immediately understood the reason why the official Zhao Zhen was so high-profile this time.
Who is Su Shunqin, he is a star in the literary circle of the Great Song Dynasty whose reputation is second only to Liu Yong and Ouyang Xiu, and his poetry is "bold and bold." is often amazing", "every time I drink and write, I strive to be passed on", and Su Shunqin's character is even more upright, patriotic and loving the people, many times on the affairs of the imperial court, put forward opinions on many issues in the imperial court, seriously dissatisfied with the court's ** and incompetence, and repeatedly criticized the wrong principles and policies of the imperial court, belonging to the radical reformers.
Su Shunqin's "Gyeongju Defeat" is emotionally passionate, unrestrained, simple in language, and free in lyricism. The whole poem describes the detailed process of the defeat of Jieyifeng at a large length, and ruthlessly condemns the cowardice and unscrupulous of the border commanders of the Song army, who lost their geographical advantages and caused a fiasco, and points out that the imperial court did not attach importance to the selection of border commanders and strong generals, and neglected border preparations, so that the great country was humiliated by the defeat of a weak and small nation, which fully reflected Su Shunqin's strong patriotic feelings.
However, it is precisely this poem that pushed the official Zhao Zhen and the imperial court into an embarrassing situation, after all, Su Shunqin is a famous poet, as soon as his "Gyeongju Defeat" came out, the entire Bianjing, the entire Great Song Dynasty, and even the neighboring countries around the Great Song Dynasty soon knew about the defeat of the Great Song Dynasty in Gyeongju, which had a great impact on the imperial court, the official family and the Great Song Dynasty, which exceeded everyone's expectations.
After the appearance of Su Shunqin's "Gyeongju Defeat", the envoys of Bianjing countries have hardened their waists a lot, and even the people have gradually shown signs of instability, thieves have swarmed from all over the country, and the southern barbarian tribes are also ready to move, it seems that after the two defeats of Jieyifeng, the Great Song Dynasty has changed from a big country to a small country.
"In this way, the official family and the imperial court are ready to carry me out against Su Shunqin and dilute the impact of "Gyeongju Defeat". Zhao Lei pondered for a while, and said to Wang Su with a wry smile.
"Not bad! This battle of Gyeongju, the Great Song army was really defeated too miserably, two consecutive ambushes, killed tens of thousands of soldiers, the captured soldiers were also cut off their ears and noses to humiliate my Great Song Dynasty, the worst is 30,000 soldiers, actually did not cause any losses to the 10,000 Western Xia army, this kind of fiasco when did the Great Song Dynasty encounter, the impact of the battle of Gyeongju is too great, and now the morale of the army everywhere is even more low, I heard that many places have been unstable, just someone came out to convict is far from enough, we must find a person who can downplay this matter, And in the case of the fiasco of the Yongxing Army's three-way reinforcements, you defeated the Qiang Army and the Western Xia Army, of course, you will be pulled out as a target. Wang Su said with a smile.
"This Su Shunqin is also really, this kind of thing like the defeat of Gyeongju, it's too late to cover it, he actually wants to say it with such fanfare, and he also adds fuel and vinegar to the big talk, and now the Great Song Dynasty is unstable, if something really happens, Su Shunqin will be a sinner for the ages." Ye Qingchen, a member of the imperial court who was seated next to Zhao Lei and Wang Su, heard the words of the two of them and hurriedly said.
"Lord Ye's words are different, and Lord Su is just worried about Sheji, and besides, the words of "Gyeongju Defeat" are true, so what is the exaggeration." Zhao Lei heard Ye Qingchen's words and hurriedly retorted.
At this moment, the celebration banquet was prepared, and after the official Zhao Zhen reiterated Zhao Lei's exploits again, the celebration banquet officially began.
A team of court courtesans danced in the center of the main hall, while the court civil and military officials stared at Zhao Lei one after another, taking turns to start toasting, and the official Zhao Zhen's most important minister Zhao Lei set up recently, after a while, Zhao Lei had already drunk three catties of palace jade liquid, and he felt a little top-heavy for a while.
Finally after dealing with the officials who were qualified to toast, Zhao Lei finally remembered Xiao Ruoruo and Yang Jinhua who came with him, turned his head to look around, but there was no trace of them, and couldn't help but ask Wang Su beside him: "Why didn't you see Ruoruo and Jinhua who came back with me?" ”
"Those two sisters in the army! After they were rewarded by the officials, they left, this kind of banquet, they are really not suitable to stay here, accompanied by two beauties around them, Sanshi's trip to Gyeongju will definitely not be lonely! Wang Su heard Zhao Lei's words of concern and said with an ambiguous expression.
Hearing Wang Su's ridiculous words, Zhao Lei could only smile bitterly, it was difficult for him to explain the reason for bringing two beautiful women to the barracks, even if he told them that Xiao Ruoruo and Yang Jinhua were martial arts, not weaker than the generals of the three armies and four guards in Bianjing, who would believe it!
"By the way, although I have communicated letters with Brother Xiwen and Uncle Yong these days, they are all trivial matters of life that report good news and not bad news, how are they?" Zhao Lei hurriedly changed the topic, for fear that Wang Su would continue to ask.
"Ouyang Xiu, Yu Jing and Yin Zhu, they can be regarded as conscientious and conscientious, guarding the people of the Great Song Dynasty, if there is no problem, the triennial performance assessment, they have the opportunity to be transferred back to Bianjing, of course, provided that no one obstructs or someone helps them." Wang Su looked at Zhao Lei with deep meaning and said, his eyes were full of the meaning of seeing if you help or not.
"Where's Brother Xiwen?" Zhao Lei smiled slightly, diverted the topic and asked.
"Fan Zhongyan he is amazing, some time ago more than you were in the limelight, he is now in Suzhou, when you predict the flooding of the Daimyo's Mansion, Suzhou has been flooded, heavy losses, Fan Zhongyan served in Suzhou Zhizhou, recruited local people to dredge the five rivers, lead the water of Taihu Lake into the sea, half of the time, some people do not want him to make meritorious service, to transfer him to Mingzhou, take over the Suzhou gentry, people, officials tens of thousands of people jointly wrote to the official's house, asking Fan Zhongyan to stay in Suzhou, and wait for the completion of the dredging of the five rivers before transferring, after the official family knew the news, scolded that person, and reduced his income for three months, Fan Zhongyan is still in Suzhou! It is estimated that after the completion of the dredging project of the five rivers, it will be transferred back to Bianjing for reuse, after all, this is also a great contribution to the benefit of the country and the people! Wang Su remembered the unlucky appearance of the important ministers of the court, and couldn't help but smile and said.
"Is that man him or is it him?" Zhao Lei knew that the imperial court could influence Suzhou, and the people who had an enmity with Fan Zhongyan were just two people, so his eyes swept towards them and asked Wang Su.
"The one surnamed Li, Lord Lu has always had a clear distinction between public and private, and dredging the five rivers is beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty, and Lord Lu will never obstruct it." Wang Su sneered and looked at Li Di, who was talking and laughing in the upper seat, and said to Zhao Lei.
Li Di is not as good as Lu Yijian, although Lu Yijian has made too many enemies, but he can make political enemies admire him so much, which shows his character, and Li Di is so indistinguishable between public and private, dredging the five rivers This kind of important matter that benefits the country and the people, he wants to interfere in ghosts, no wonder he is unpopular in the imperial court, since I am back, Li Di, don't want to stay in Bianjing for too long. Zhao Lei looked at Li Di who was sitting on the table with a sneer, and thought to himself in his heart.
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