On the 14th, Bi Shi'an, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty who stayed in Beijing due to illness, heard the news of the alliance in Lanyuan, and wrote to Kou Zhun "The plan has been decided, only the monarch is reluctant" Some people are discussing whether 300,000 taels is too much, and the old prime minister smiled, "Peace and peace, the two sides must have some reconciliation, and the discussion will be successful!" Although Empress Dowager Xiao is old, Emperor Liao is still young. If you don't do that, how can you keep peace for a long time?"

On the 15th, he started driving. On the 19th, the scenery returned to Beijing.

On the 25th, Zhao Heng issued an edict to change all the place names with 'Rong' and 'Lu' on the border to release the sincerity of the Great Song Dynasty...

On the 26th, he ordered the meritorious hero Wang Qinruo to return to the court from the Daimyo's Mansion. On the 29th, the emperor saw the desolation of the land of Hebei and issued an edict.

The Liao army also took part in December and returned to Youzhou City on January 9 of the following year. Great reward for hundreds of officials. Among them, the most prominent are 2 Han people: one is the first hero of the Lanyuan Alliance: Wang Jizhong gave the name Yelu Xianzhong. The other is the behind-the-scenes hero of the Lanyuan Alliance: the great prime minister Han Dechang gave the surname Yelu and was renamed the king of Jin. In November 05, it was granted permission to set up a palace tent that only the emperor has the right to set up (more than 200 years in Liao history, this Luduo has only been built in total: 9 emperors, the Empress Dowager Yingtian Shu Luping, the Empress Dowager Chengtian Xiao Xuan, the imperial brother of Liao Shengzong Yelu Longqing, the last one is the Han Han Derang) in April 10 and gave the name Yelu Longyun. After all these were done, the Great Khitan Emperor also gave him another honor: he was given an iron coupon for the Danshu book, which was written by Liao Shengzong himself, fasted and burned incense, gathered all the courtiers of the Han Dynasty, read it in public under the Big Dipper, and swore that he would never lose to Han Derang!

All of the above, generally speaking, Han Derang should have fainted on the spot, and chose to commit suicide after waking up. lest you die a worse death in the future! As a Han Chinese, he is familiar with the classics of Han and Liao, and such power and favor are equivalent to a snowy butcher's knife in any dynasty. 100% means that it will not be long before Han Derang and his entire family will move their heads, without exception. Even if you get along with the Queen Mother or more queens and princesses, it won't help! But Han De asked those who came not to refuse, and accepted all the orders. The whole world knew that he had been raised to such an unprecedented height. also had to make future generations have a lot of conjectures about his relationship with Empress Dowager Xiao...

On January 5, 1005, the 2nd year of Jingde, Wang Qinruo returned to the court. On the 6th, the Great Song Dynasty reappointed the guards of Hebei Prefecture and dismissed more than 290 people. Wang Chao, the chief general of the Dingzhou Great Array, pleaded guilty. On the 19th, he was demoted to the rank of Chongxin Festival envoy and resigned from his military position.

On February 5, the famous Song general Li Jilong died. The Alliance of the Abyss is like a watershed, and how many heroes seem to have been born for him. And once it is determined, these people will disappear and disappear in the long river of history: in 1005, Li Jilong, Lei Youzhong, Zhang Ning, Bi Shi'an... Passed away one after another; Year 1006. Wang Jiying, Gao Qiong... Died one after another. There's even him: Kou Zhun! Kou Xiang seems to have been born specifically for the moment of Lan Yuan, and after that, Kou Xiang will become a philistine and layman who loves power...

On the 8th, the Khitan set up the first field in the Zhenwu Army.

On the 15th, Sun Wei and Kang Zongyuan of the Great Song Dynasty were appointed as the birthday envoys of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and the first batch of Liao delegations were warmly welcomed by the Liao Emperor and the Empress Dowager in Liao, down to the ordinary Khitan people...

On March 6th, the Great Song Dynasty Imperial Examination, this time a total of 1,001 people including Li Di were taken, which can be described as an unprecedented grand event!

29th. In response to the Great Song Dynasty's move to change the name of the place, the Great Khitan also changed the Yizhou Flying Fox Road Envoy to a pacification envoy to release the sincerity of the Great Khitan...

In April, Wang Qinruo, Kou Zhun's chief old enemy and returned from the Daimyo's Mansion, resigned voluntarily. I'd rather not participate in this political affairs. Never work in the same office as Kou Zhun again! But the emperor is nostalgic. On the 26th, Wang Aiqing, I specially invented an official title for you, "Senior Minister's Palace", you go to work.

It is said that there were many prodigies in the Great Song Dynasty, and the later Fang Zhongyong was one of them. It's just a negative example. There are more typical positives, such as Yang Yi (11-year-old Zhongjinshi) who drank dimly from Chengtou and Kou Zhun in the dark. The first person in ancient and modern times) and the current Yan Shu (14 years old) Jiang Gai (12 years old)

On the 13th, two people went to the palace at the same time to take the emperor's examination. Yan Shu wants to write 1 poem each. Jiang Gai composed 6 poems. As a result, Yan Shu was quick to think. Quickly completed, the poetry is excellent. Zhao Heng appreciated it very much, and immediately wanted to be sealed. But Kou Zhun walked out, put on a straight face and said, "Your Majesty, seal the official and seal the ginger cover."

"Huh? For what" The emperor was a little stunned.

Kou Zhun's expression was even more strange, as if he had heard a big fallacy that was against heaven and earth, against humanity and against ancestors, "Does this still need to be explained?" Jiang Gai is a native of the Daimyo's Mansion, and Yan Shu is a native of Jiangnan, "This is the rule!" At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, people south of the Yangtze River could not use it, and they could not use it. His Majesty Taizu's important quotations were posted on the office chair of the Prime Minister's Political Affairs Hall in Dongfu - southerners are not allowed to sit in this position!

So at this time, Kou Zhun said it rightly, and presumably the corner of his eye glanced at Wang Qinruo, who was angry next to him, but could only swallow his anger: What? Lao Wang, Jiangnan people just can't be reused... And you are an authentic Jiangnan Jinling person, Li Yu's hometown.

Seeing that the matter is about to be decided, Wang Qinruo and Yan Shu's lives are coming to an end. Unexpectedly, Zhao Heng suddenly smiled: "What's wrong with the Jiangnan people?" Zhang Jiuling of the Tang Dynasty was also a native of Jiangnan, not a generation of celebrities"

In June, he finally got the Khitan and got rid of Li Jiqian in advance, and Zhao Heng finally let out a sigh. Let the privy envoy Wang Jiying be responsible for the front of the palace and the 2 guards to eliminate the old and weak, and select elite soldiers.

On September 8, Li Deming sent his envoy Bai Wenshou to pay tribute.

On the 22nd, the emperor ordered Wang Qinruo and Yang Yi to be responsible for editing the last of the four major books of the Northern Song Dynasty - the historiography book "The Deeds of the Monarchs and Ministers of the Past Dynasties"

On October 5th, a three-division envoy named Ding Wei presented five volumes of "Jingde Farmland Edict". He is the most powerful minister in this era, whether it is Wang Qinruo, Kou Zhun, or even Zhao Heng, they are all played by him. They all turned over and fell into embarrassment, and there was no chance of a comeback. His deeds can be compared with the Taizu Dynasty Zhou, Pingjing Lake, the right to collect troops, the Khitan Peace War, the Western Xia rebellion and so on. Of course, that's all for later. But there is a sentence about him in the holy quotations... Maybe only Li Xin can deal with him, but it is only the first step to prevent it: never promote him to an official! If once he is put in the position, history proves that he swept everything...

On the 10th, Kou Zhun's great benefactor and the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, Bi Shi'an, the old prime minister, died of illness.

On the 11th, Zhou gradually became the birthday envoy of the Liao Lord, South Korea Huawei was the birthday envoy of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and Zhang Ruogu was the Zhengdan envoy. On the 28th, the first batch of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk were paid to the Great Khitan. It's been a matter of course...

On November 29th, the Khitan Yelu Liuning and Yelu commissioned the envoy Song to congratulate the Chengtian Festival.

In December, it was decreed that retired officials would receive half of their incumbents. In the pre-Tang system, there was no retirement salary unless officials enjoyed special allowances... From this point of view, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are really happy!

One day at the end of the year, the emperor suddenly found that the intimate senior scholar Wang Aiqing was standing behind Li Zongge, a scholar of the Hanlin Palace. It turned out that Prime Minister Kou was taking Wang Qinruo again! He used his power to demote the title of senior minister to the bachelor of Hanlin, so that the former deputy prime minister Wang Qinruo was not even as good as the champion who had just been admitted... This is so unkind. The Great Song Dynasty is from beginning to end. I have never abused the prime minister like this.

The emperor couldn't see it, and added the word "big" to Wang Aiqing's official title, which became "Senior Scholar of the Imperial Palace" and then the emperor smiled and asked, "Big 'bachelor' Aiqing, are you satisfied with being this official" Kou Zhun was very dissatisfied, so he sprinkled the evil fire on the person with the highest rank and the most sacred and inviolable among the Han people at that time - Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng!

Kou Zhun strutted in front of the emperor, his toes high. I am a hero, I want to be treated, not only the salary, but also respect! Zhao Heng satisfied him, just like he did with Lu Duan back then. Lu Duan directly helped Zhao Heng ascend the throne. But if Kou Zhun hadn't helped him get the title of prince before, what would Zhao Heng do logically? Coupled with the Lanyuan Alliance that had just passed, no matter what, Kou Zhun far surpassed Lu Duan's contribution to Zhao Heng. So he was more justified. Just like reminding the emperor of his memory, from time to time he would say to Zhao Heng in public, "Your Majesty, don't forget." Without me, can you still go back to Kaifeng to be this prince of peace?"

This sentence is more like Cao Cao's Jizhou when he conquered Yuan Shao during the Three Kingdoms, before entering the city. Xu You smiled and said the sentence "Ah Hide, you can't tell me, you can't Jizhou..." He was beheaded by Cao Cao's love for Xu Chu...

But what about Kou Zhun? He was able to arrive late and leave early in the court meeting between the emperor and the prime ministers. And when he left ahead of schedule alone, the emperor actually watched all the way, in awe.

All this was seen by Wang Qinruo. There are two sides to everything, but only the most intelligent can observe the subtle and subtle side – the strongest point is the weakest point. But you have to be able to find out!

Wang Qinruo found out. Just when Kou Zhun swaggered out of the Jinluan Palace, and when he was at the pinnacle of his life under the emperor's eyes, his tragedy was planted...

On this day, Wang Qinruo asked softly, "Your Majesty, do you respect Kou Zhun so much because he has made great contributions to the society?"

"Of course" Zhao Heng was a little surprised. This is something that the whole Song Dynasty knows.

"In the battle of Lanyuan, His Majesty was not ashamed, but thought that Kou Zhun had made great contributions. This... Where does this start: "Wang Qinruo is worried.

"How" Zhao Heng was habitually a little nervous.

"Your Majesty, think about it. The place of the alliance is not on the border of the Song-Liao Kingdom, but in the hinterland of our Great Song Dynasty. And you are in the city, and the Liao army is under the city... This is the most typical and shameful 'alliance under the city' in "Spring and Autumn"... It's a surrender."

With a loud bang, Zhao Heng's world realm collapsed. All the pride of honor turned into complete shame in this moment. He thought that everyone was praising and singing praises to him, but he realized that he had been nailed to the pillar of shame. In particular, the 300,000 taels of coins that he was most proud of became the "criminal evidence" of his surrender

Shame... Zhao Heng felt that the world was spinning for a while. How can I save face? At this moment, Wang Qinruo spoke again: "Your Majesty, do you know how to gamble?" When the bet is about to be lost, gamblers will often put all the money on their body to a 'desperate bet', and you are under the city of Shanzhou, it is Kou Zhun's desperate bet! Again and again he forced you to go to the front ... That's the gambler's mentality."

"Enough" Zhao Heng didn't want to listen anymore, and the 8 words "alliance under the city" and "all or nothing" completely subverted Kou Zhun's image in the emperor's heart and his greatest credit. Don't mention any more Kou Zhun and any Abyss Alliance, I want to be quiet...

I don't know if Zhao Heng, who has calmed down, has gone through the history books and read the "Alliance under the City" carefully, maybe the history after that will not be like that again. Because the real "alliance under the city" in history is not humiliation, but a "covenant" that only the dignified people deserve

Open the Historical Records. In 594 BC, the army of Chu had besieged the capital of Song for 5 months. The weak Song State really couldn't support it. But they had other ideas about surrender. Hua Yuan, the prime minister of the Song State, went down the city at night, quietly sneaked into the military camp of the Chu State, and kept touching the big tent of the Marshal Ziyuan of the Chu State, and forced Ziyuan with a dagger, "We have begun to eat human flesh and burn human bones to live." It really can't be supported. But we would rather die than surrender! Do you want to make a covenant? Now the Chu army must withdraw and return the dignity of the Song State! Then we can sign an alliance with the state of Chu," the king of Chu Zhuang sighed, "Honest gentleman! Our army only has 2 days of food and grass", so the Chu army withdrew, and then the two countries formed an alliance. This is the truth of the "Alliance under the City"! How can Song Guo be humiliated?

But at this time, Zhao Heng had only one thought in his heart. That's to try to recover your losses! People's reputation is a second life, and they must do whatever it takes to get their face back... From this moment on, the Great Song Dynasty fell into a 16-year madness... (To be continued......)