Chapter Ninety-Eight: Banquets and Spirits
The Northern Song Dynasty should be regarded as the most peaceful dynasty in history, except for Taizu and Taizong, who are a little unclear, most of the other emperors have nothing dirty when they take over the throne, and the brotherhood between the princes is also relatively strong, for example, Zhao Yan has never suspected Zhao Yan, of course, this is also related to Zhao Yan saving his life before.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that when Zhao Yan saw that Zhao Yan was unwilling to tell the method of killing people thousands of miles away, he no longer asked, and fully cooperated with Zhao Yan's next arrangements, which also showed that a big brother and a prince of a country should have the bearing and mind, which made Zhao Yan also quite satisfied with Zhao Ji, although his eldest brother is sometimes a little impatient, but in other respects he is a qualified heir to the throne.
Half a month later, in the post house, Zhang Ren first freshened up, and then put on a brand new official uniform, then he showed a smile to himself in the bronze mirror, obviously very satisfied with his appearance, today he is going to attend an important banquet, there must not be any difference in appearance.
Since coming to Tokyo City in the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Renxian has a dizzying feeling, especially the prosperity of Tokyo City, which makes him feel extremely envious, and even has a feeling of a country boy entering the city. He has always felt that Shangjing is the most prosperous city in the world, although he has also heard of the prosperity of Tokyo City, but he has not believed it until he has seen it with his own eyes, Zhang Renxian has only appeared, whether it is the population, industry and commerce or other aspects, has been left far behind by Tokyo City.
However, after envy, Zhang Renxian had a strong resentment. Although the Liao State was built by the Khitans, it has always believed that it inherited the orthodoxy of the Central Plains Dynasty, and even the Han scholars of the Liao State also think so, among which Zhang Renxian father and son are the representatives, in Zhang Renxian's view, this Central Plains land should have belonged to their Liao State, but it was stolen by the Zhao family, so he made a great wish since he was a child, and he must help the Great Liao to regain the land of the Central Plains.
It was precisely with the above ideas that Zhang Renxian suddenly became very angry when he saw that the capital of the Great Song Dynasty was even more prosperous than Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom, because he thought that such a prosperous Tokyo city should have belonged to them, but now it was stolen by Zhao Song, and these cowardly Song people did not deserve such a prosperous capital!
Zhang Renxian is a conceited person to the extreme, he has always thought that he is the pride of the sky, the best things in the world should be enjoyed by him first, if there is something he can't get, he would rather destroy it than give it to others, for example, when he was seventeen years old, he liked a girl, but the other party was going to be sent to the harem of the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji, which made him furious, and finally used the dark line in his father's hand to poison the woman, because what he couldn't get, no one could think of it, even if the other party was the emperor of Liao.
Thinking of that beautiful girl, Zhang Renxian couldn't help but clench his fists all of a sudden, the Tokyo Bianliang under his feet was actually the same as that girl in his eyes, it was something he liked but couldn't get, since this was the case, then he didn't mind completely destroying them. It's just easy to kill a person, but it's very troublesome to destroy the capital of a country, but Zhang Renxian is not in a hurry, he has enough patience to destroy this place little by little, burning the back garden of the Great Song Palace before is just the beginning, and when he masters the greater power of the Liao State in the future, there will always be a chance to come to Tokyo City, and then the entire Tokyo City will become his own prison.
After sorting out the instrument, Zhang Ren first found Xiao Derang, the envoy of the mission, and then took a carriage with the people in the mission to the palace of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally came to the Wende Hall on the west side of the Daqing Hall under the guidance of the inner attendant.
After this period of preparation, the Great Song Dynasty has prepared this year's New Year's coins, Zhang Renxian and others have also finished counting, sealed and loaded after confirming that it is correct, and will leave the Great Song Dynasty tomorrow to return to Liao, according to etiquette, the Great Song Dynasty will definitely set up a banquet to send each other, just because Zhao Shu's health is not good, and the Empress Dowager Cao in power is a woman, so Zhao Ji, the king of Ying, presided over the banquet, and today Zhang Renxian and Xiao Derang came to the banquet.
"Haha~, Xiao Zhengzhi and Deputy Envoy Zhang are finally here, hurry up and ask for a seat, I wanted to let the two of them rest in Da Song for a few more days, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth this time, and the two of them will leave tomorrow, which really makes this king feel a little regretful!" Zhao Ji had long been accustomed to this kind of lively banquet scene, so he was not restrained at all, and greeted the two Liao envoys with a big smile.
"Thank you, King Ying!" Xiao Derang and Zhang Renxian also bowed, and then sat in the first two positions on the left, and the other members of the mission also sat separately, and the officials of the Great Song Dynasty sat opposite them.
When the Liao delegation sat down, the palace maid who had already been prepared was dressed in colorful clothes, and sent the wine and food of the banquet with the steps of Yuanna, and at the same time the music sounded, and the song and dance began to dance, at this time, I saw Zhao Ji holding a wine glass and said to Xiao Derang and others: "Xiao Zhengzhi, this king toasts you with a glass on behalf of my father, I hope you will have a smooth journey from Beijing tomorrow!" ”
Although the Liao State Mission was domineering, when facing Zhao Ji, the King of Ying, he also showed very good manners, and at that moment, Xiao Derang and the others immediately stood up with wine glasses and said, "Thank you, His Royal Highness King Ying!" ”
Zhang Renxian is no exception, although he doesn't look down on Zhao Ji very much, but he has always liked to disguise himself as a well-informed reader, so he also stood up with a smile on his face and raised his glass, and then opened his mouth to drink the wine in the cup.
But as soon as the wine in the cup was entered, Zhang Renxian, Xiao Derang and others all changed their faces greatly, and they wanted to spit out the wine in their mouths one by one, but they were afraid of losing their etiquette, so they could only swallow the burning sensation in their mouths.
"Ha~, what a strong wine, enjoyable!" Xiao Derang, who was the envoy, was the first to recover at this time, and let out a long breath and praised loudly, it turned out that the wine he drank just now was extremely strong, even if they Khitan people like to drink strong wine, but they almost couldn't help but spit it out, so we can see how strong this wine is.
"It is indeed a good wine, although our Liao country also produces spirits, but compared with this wine, it is no different from white water!" At this time, Zhang Renxian also praised the bitter cold in the north, in order to resist the severe cold in winter, both the Khitan and the Han people like to drink spirits, for example, Zhang Renxian is a good hand in the wine country, after coming to Tokyo City these days, he has tasted almost all the famous wines in the major wine shops, but what disappointed him is that most of the wine in the Great Song Dynasty is not very strong, even if it is delicious, but it always makes Zhang Renxian feel that something is missing, in contrast, he feels that the spirit in front of him is really suitable for him.
"Hahahaha~, as long as Xiao Zheng makes you like it, this wine is called 'burning knife', it is a kind of liquor that has just been brewed, this king knows that most of the Liao people like spirits, so they all let people send them for banquets, so everyone can be said to be the first batch of people to taste this wine!" Zhao Yan also laughed at this time, but behind his smile, there was a hidden sneer, he and Zhao Yan had already laid a net for Zhang Renxian, every step was carefully calculated, this kind of wine was also specially brewed for Zhang Renxian, in order to satisfy Zhang Renxian's hobby of good wine.
"Good! Da Song is really an outstanding person, we don't have such a good wine in Da Liao, I don't know if His Royal Highness King Yingwang can give us some, so that we can take it back and dedicate it to His Majesty, and then it will definitely make His Majesty Longyan happy! Xiao Derang was also very excited at this time.
"Xiao Zheng can rest assured, this king has prepared a burning knife like Baitan, and he will leave with the mission to send it to Liao tomorrow!" Zhao Ji said very generously, as long as the emperor of Liao also likes this kind of wine, it will definitely form an atmosphere among the nobles of Liao, and then it will open up the market for this kind of wine, and the Great Song Dynasty will have one more money-making goods.
Xiao Derang was even happier to hear that Zhao Ji had already prepared, this time he not only successfully completed the task of collecting the New Year's coins, but also brought back such a fine wine, which would definitely make His Majesty the Emperor look at him differently. The other members of the mission were also very happy, and the great credit was taken by Xiao Derang and Zhang Ren, and they were more or less able to get some soup to drink.
The Liao people like spirits, so they naturally can't put it down for wine like burning knives, but few of the Great Song Dynasty officials on the opposite side can adapt to such strong wine, but Zhao Ji above doesn't care about this, and frequently toasts below, as a result, the Liao delegation drank high and colorful, but most of the Great Song officials were miserable.
Zhao Ji looked at the rising Liao envoys below, especially Zhang Renxian was also very fond of this kind of wine, every time he toasted himself, he drank it all, which made Zhao Ji more sure in his heart, the reason why he prepared such a strong wine was to let Zhang Ren get drunk first, so that Zhao Yan would have the opportunity to do something.
However, just when Zhang Renxian drank with red faces, he suddenly stood up with the strength of the wine and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Ying, after this envoy came to Tokyo, I heard that the king of Guangyang County of your country is a master of painting, and he is very much loved by His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and he has been fascinated for a long time, but why didn't I see His Royal Highness the King of the County at today's banquet?" ”
As soon as Zhang Renxian's words came out, the expressions of the Great Song officials on the opposite side changed, and Zhao Yan, who was hiding in the dark room behind Zhao Ji to observe the banquet, heard Zhang Renxian's words, but he was angry and said angrily: "This bastard, when he is dying, he still wants to yin Lao Tzu, and you will look good in a while!" ”r1152
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