On January 28, 1105, the three prefectures of Bang, Pan, and Die surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty. The great eunuch Tong Guan went out again, and his title was Xihe Lanhuang Qinfeng Road Jingluo pacification envoy. For this appointment, Cai Jing had a disagreement with the top leader of the Privy Council, his own brother, and Cai Bian, a member of the Privy Council. So Cai Bian was dismissed.

But Cai Jing and Tong Guan still miscalculated, because the situation quickly got out of control, because of the courage of the Western Xia people. After they retaliated a few times as if they were harassing around, they suddenly had no bottom in their hearts, and immediately asked for help from the Great Liao Kingdom, and the method was used to the highest standard!

On January 6, Li Fufu of Western Xia entered Liao to ask for help, and asked for two more things: to ask for the marriage of the lord Li Qianshun, and to ask Da Liao to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty.

On February 4, under the repeated marriage proposals of Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi finally agreed to marry Princess Cheng'an, the daughter of the royal family. After having this relationship, the Liao State began to put pressure on the Song Dynasty! On April 4th, the envoy of Da Liao gave a high-end salute to Song to warn - that is my brother-in-law! What did you rob, don't wait for my Great Liao Kingdom to send troops, you regret it!

Cai Jing and Tong Guan panicked, not that they were afraid of the Liao State, they didn't expect that Xixia would be so easy to coax, the original plan was that if the party members were in a fire storm for two more days, they would be able to cause the fact that Xixia would be destroyed! Now the Liao people suddenly intervened, which caught them off guard...

This is indeed a miscalculation on their part! In the bureau, they did not see the true face of the party members. In fact, since Li Yuanhao died, Western Xia has long been afraid of the Song Dynasty, and for so many years, it has been the Liang Group and the Xia Chinese who have been arguing with the Song Dynasty! As for the emperors of Western Xia, starting from Li Liangzuo, through Li Bingchang, to the current Li Qianshun, they are all the peace faction and the pro-Song faction!

What to do, Liao... Faced with this problem, Tong Guan turned around and walked away, he was busy going to the northwest to train troops. The political affairs are Cai Jing's worries. Cai Jing thought about it and called someone.

So which piece of land was taken away by the Song Dynasty in Western Xia? So much so that they were so afraid that they couldn't wait to invite the Interpol at that time, Yelu Yanxi, to come forward? Answer: The Song army of Yanyan Road has recovered Yinzhou! Following the recovery of Suizhou by the Yan Yan Army of the year, Yinzhou, one of the top five states of Yinxia, was recovered by the Yan Yan Army! In addition to the recovery of Yinzhou, the Song Dynasty began the eternal nightmare of the Tangut people - the construction of fortresses. At the same time, the most important allies of the Tangut people, the Tubo people, fell to the Great Song Dynasty like grass on the wall. Long Yi surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty again, insisting that "my name is Zhao Huaide"

On the 11th, the Western Xia attacked Linzongzhai and was defeated. On the 22nd, they attacked Shunning Village. Defeated by Liu Yanqing. attacked the city of Beifan City in Huangzhou again, and was defeated by Xin Shuxian.

On May 16, the Song envoys Zeng Xiaoguang and Wang Jian entered Liao for negotiations.

On the same day, the 30th generation of Xinzhou Longhushan Taoist priest and Zhang Daoling was given the name Mr. Xujing, and was allowed to be hereditary. This is the origin of the famous Zhang Tianshi in the history of Taoism in China.

Zeng Xiaoguang and Wang Jian entered the Liao negotiations, but no results were reached. Li Qianshun is in a hurry! Boss Song, Boss Liao, are you streamlining your bureaucratic style? If you continue to drag on and talk like this, our Western Xia will be ruined! On December 6, Li Qianshun, who was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, sent Li Fufu and Tian Ruoshui to Liao for help.

And the 10th. At that time, Lin Yu, a confidant who was selected by Cai Jing, finally met with Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi and began to negotiate. As a die-hard fan of Cai Jing, Lin Ji clearly knows that Lu Dao has a very bold plan in Cai Jing's heart, and this plan is so bold that it has been since the failure of Zhao Guangyi's Yongxi Northern Expedition. In the past 120 years, countless courtiers, even hawkish bigwigs like Han Qi dare not think about it, and even a strong and unyielding person like Fu Bi dare not do it!

Along the way, Lin Ji's spectrum was so big that he was scared to death, he was not like a person from the Song Dynasty. It is the Han Dynasty people who have just crossed over to the Song Dynasty, and the cattle people who were sent to the grassland tribe during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, such as Su Wu who never bowed his head, and even more like the Han envoy who entered the Dawan Kingdom to seek sweat and blood. The Han court is the strongest regime under the heavenly dome. The Han Chinese are the supreme beings of all races!

That's what Lin Ji did, picking thorns on the road at any time, and immediately scolding if he was not satisfied, after entering the palace of Liao Kingdom and seeing Yelu Yanxi, his posture not only did not lower, but rose higher!

Lin Ji asked Yelu Yanxi: How did you manage your brother-in-law? Your brother-in-law is so wrong and so nasty! Don't you know the way? Or are you trying to make it clear and help your brother-in-law muddy the waters? The only thing you should do is to strengthen the management of your brother-in-law and the inferior race party members, and less finger-pointing at our Song Dynasty! You have to understand that the etiquette of diplomatic relations in the Song Dynasty is a model for the whole world! You only have the right to learn, and you are never qualified to interject!

Yelu Yanxi was simply stupid, he didn't order Lin Yu to be dragged out of the city that day, and he didn't scold him on the spot. Anyway, he is also an emperor, and he can't afford to lose that person?

Lin Yi swaggered out of the Liao Imperial Palace, trembling with joy in his heart. He's really in the limelight! Countless ambassadors before, when added together, they were not as cool as he is today! But he was really afraid, not only for the Emperor of Liao, but also for Cai Jing...

Prime Minister Cai asked him to do everything possible to provoke the Great Liao State, don't be afraid of big things, and he will definitely make the Emperor of the Liao State angry! That's how the battle can be fought! With this in mind, the rest of the story gets out of hand...

When Lin Ji returned to China, Liao Guo sent a special escort according to the rules, and made a request. They hoped that the Song Dynasty would return the border fortress that Zhao Ji had seized after his accession to the throne and had been covered... This is a thorn in the heart of the Western Xia, Chongning in the past few years, the Song Dynasty has built countless fortresses, gradually advancing to the hinterland of the Western Xia, little by little encroaching on the territory of the Western Xia. The aforementioned Hengshan, Tiandu Mountain and other places are occupied in this way!

As you can imagine, their status in the Song Dynasty was equally important!

When the Khitans made this request, they did not force the Song Dynasty to do it. This is a common practice, and it is also the case in modern society, politics is sometimes like buying vegetables on the street, everyone can talk about the price at will, and it is okay to ask for the price and pay the money on the ground? So they are relaxed and don't feel any danger ...

But in the next moment, they were stunned, Lin Yi's reaction was so strong that they had never seen it, and even Fu Bi was not as brave as him when he rejected Yelu Zongzhen. The envoy actually put aside the diplomatic vocabulary and his identity as an ambassador, and used a very "civil" language...

What exactly was said? There is no record in the history books, so you can't talk nonsense. But the consequences were shocking, and the Khitan people went crazy and immediately cut off all services, including food. The only thing that was provided was drinking water, but when I opened the kettle, I found that there was human excrement in it... There is still a long way to go. Lin Yu and his entourage suffered from hunger for 3 whole days, almost died of thirst, and finally set foot on the land of the Song Dynasty...

He struggled back to the capital, and happily said to Cai Jing, "Eun Xiang, I have completed the task" but saw that Eun Xiang was expressionless, thoughtful, and not ignited by his enthusiasm. Lin panicked, as a qualified minion, his first reaction was that he was wrong. He must have messed up something? I don't know if Cai Eunxiang will be angry in the next moment and let him travel a long distance. Going to Hainan Island to get a permanent residence permit?

It turns out: he thinks too much. Things have indeed changed, and there is a huge difference from Cai Jing's original plan! But it has nothing to do with Lin Yu. In fact, no matter how successful he is, unless he provokes the Khitans and sends tens of thousands of people to follow him into the border of the Song Dynasty, Cai Jing's original plan may still be nullified...

Because of Song Huizong's interest in Zhao Ji, he shifted... Huizong opened his mind and began to pursue a high-quality life. Around December 1105, when Lin Yu returned to China, Jiuding had been cast, Jiucheng Palace had been completed, and Huashigang had also begun, as for the legendary "Genyue" was still in the dream of Song Huizong...

In such an atmosphere of peace and wealth. Who is going to compete with a gang of party barbarians who are barely struggling to survive in the Great Northwest? As a result, Tong Guan's dream of military exploits was suspended, and Cai Jing's move to usurp the country's lifeline in the name of war also slowed down. When the Great Liao State sent an envoy to negotiate for the second time, the peace talks were successful, the land was returned, and peace was restored between the Song and Xia...

After that, five or six years. The main theme of the Great Song Dynasty is the dual construction of material and spiritual...

For example, the two palaces that were built at the beginning: Jingling Palace and Yuanfu Palace. Jingling Palace has the meaning of inheritance, it was built by Song Zhenzong when he asked God to worship Buddha, and it was burned down in the era of Liu E, and now I Zhao Ji came to rebuild!

Meta symbols. It is also a symbol of the era, the last year of the great brother Song Zhezong, the new palace named after this name. On behalf of my Zhao Ji's determination to continue to move forward along the glorious path of my brother!

The two palaces were built quickly, as early as 1103.

The casting of Jiuding was also completed on March 21, one month after the Liaoxia intermarriage, after which Cai Jing proposed to build nine new palaces to the south of Taiyi Palace to place them. In the center, the yellow Emperor Ding, the black Bao Ding in the north, the blue Mu Ding in the northeast, the blue Cang Ding in the east, the green Wind Ding in the southeast, the purple Tong Ding in the south, the black Fu Ding in the southwest, the red Jing Ding in the west, and the white Kui Ding in the northwest. These 9 palaces are collectively referred to as "Jiucheng Palace", each with a city wall and a short wall, which is called the Eye. The color of each eyelid is different, echoing with the tripod in their respective halls, in order to metaphorize the land of China. And outside the 9 halls, a long wall was built.

Five months later, on August 20, Jiucheng Palace was completed, and Jiuding officially settled down. The next day, Song Huizong personally went to the sacrifice. The sacrificial process was originally good, but when the sacrifice reached the northern Baoding, the Baoding suddenly broke... At the time, no one would have thought about what this portended. Wait until 20 years later, when Song Huizong recalls this scene, he may have an understanding...

On the 26th, the ceremonial ceremony was also completed and premiered at the Chongzheng Palace. Song Huizong was overjoyed, and personally gave the name "Da Sheng Le" and decreed: Don't use the old music from now on...

Soon after the completion of Jiuding and Jiucheng Palace, Zhao Ji's interest was completely transferred, and the period of negotiations between the Song, Liao, and Xia kingdoms was completed. But at this time, Zhao Ji's mind was not on the negotiation at all, and he was looking forward to what surprises Prime Minister Cai Jing could bring him?

One day, Cai Jing entered the palace very refreshed, bringing almost nothing. As for the belt, only two or three servants carried a bamboo bed covered with a yellow silk handkerchief. Yellow covered? Obviously, it was a tribute to the emperor, and Zhao Ji was also very curious: What trick is this Cai Jing doing? In his opinion, this bamboo bed is very small and light, destined to not be able to lift heavy things, and the things inside are definitely not valuable... You guessed it! Huang Pa unveiled, and the bottom was green, but it was only three or two small boxwood trees...

Boxwood, an evergreen shrub in woody plants. It is generally used in garden cultivation or to make green fence walls. There is a little bit of ornamentality, but after all, it does not bloom and does not bear fruit, and it is not elegant to say that it is really elegant...

But Zhao Ji's eyes flashed... Every day I am messing around in the hall of elegance, and I am about to vomit in Ya, and now the more local, natural, and folk things are, the more high-end they are!

The emperor fell in love with this cluster of Qingcui on the spot, but he was still not satisfied with this: Cai Aiqing, do you have any new ideas? Cai Jing thought for a while and said: Your Majesty, let's play here today, and in two days, the minister will take Your Majesty to a place...

A few days later, Zhao Ji got his wish, he was like the legendary Grandma Liu when she first entered the Grand View Garden, and he was completely stupid. I don't know anything, but I just love to watch! In front of him was a messy, low-rise, bamboo-hedged hut-style house, with a very new style. But that alone didn't appeal to him. Cai Jing was ingenious, and he transported several pieces of Taihu stones from Jiangnan, Suzhou, and Hu. Taihu Lake stones are known for their variety of postures and agility, and Zhao Ji was fascinated by them when they were cleverly embedded in these houses. Up to now, he has not been out of Kaifeng City, he has only read thousands of books, and he has not traveled thousands of miles, how have he seen these masterpieces of nature? I can't stand it, I really can't stand it! Zhao Jixia aimed to set up a special department in Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River, to collect these worthless stones for him! Stone, which has been with him for the first half of his life ever since...

In order to be able to search for the stone that you dream of in your heart, you must find a capable person to preside over the Ying Feng Bureau. Who are the capable people? The surname of the capable person is Zhu! This is a friend Cai Jing made when he was demoted to Hangzhou. To be honest, as a member of the imperial court, he really didn't take a southern aboriginal in his eyes. But after a little contact, Cai Jing immediately took it.

At that time, he was bored in Hangzhou, wandering around and wandering to Suzhou. Suzhou has many gardens since ancient times, so Cai Jing stayed back and forth, and he felt that he should leave some commemoration in his intoxication. What to do? Cai Jing believes that it is best to cover religious buildings. Religious places have the greatest mobility and the farthest word of mouth, especially if they can be passed on forever, unlike a vegetable market, which is built today and demolished tomorrow......

So Cai Jing chose a large temple and wanted to build an exquisite monk's house in it. The idea is good, but where does the money come from? He is now a degraded Beijing official, and he is difficult to protect...... The monk in the temple gave him ideas. There is a powerful man named Zhu Chong in the local area. If he had come forward, it would have been ...... (To be continued......)