As soon as the winter moon arrived, the palace people in the palace began to be busy in Tianyi Palace. Not only is it renovated everywhere, but even the small garden behind the palace is lit up everywhere.

It turned out that on the 11th of this month, the Empress Dowager will celebrate her 80th birthday. At that time, the civil and military officials of the court, and the royal family inside and outside the capital will come to pay their respects.

Yes, the Queen Mother has been in a good mood these days. Counting the days, after retiring from the dynasty on this day, Renzong came to Tianyi Palace.

When I was checking the preparations, I suddenly heard a report from the palace people: A sixty-year-old iron tree in the back garden of Tianyi Palace has bloomed!

Renzong was overjoyed and immediately helped the Empress Dowager to watch. I saw that in an inconspicuous corner on the right side of the garden, a pom-pom-like bud had grown out of an iron tree with open leaves.

The color is gray-green, and the smell is slightly fragrant. Seeing that Renzong seemed disappointed, the Empress Dowager introduced, "This tree was planted when your father Zhenzong was born, and it did not bloom until he ascended the throne.

The last time it bloomed was when you ascended the throne, and now it is blooming again, it is really auspicious from heaven, to ensure the longevity of my Great Song Dynasty, and the health of Your Majesty's dragon body!

Renzong was so interested that he said lightly, "What is auspicious from the sky, it's just thanks to the emperor's grandmother!"

Because they are all in the line of Taizu, Renzong and the Empress Dowager exchanged a few words of greeting with everyone before hurrying back to the palace.

By the time Zhao Weiming and his entourage arrived in the capital, there were only two days left before the Empress Dowager's birthday.

After arranging Shi Shouxin and others to rest in the post house, Zhao Weiming and Princess Changyang hurriedly came to Tianyi Palace and went to greet the Empress Dowager first.

When several people were drinking tea and talking, Renzong, who learned that Zhao Weiming had arrived, also hurried to Tianyi Palace.

After the ancestors and grandchildren greeted each other, they started talking in the Tianyi Palace. Speaking of the covenant with the Jin State in Lanzhou that day, Zhao Weiming explained the situation in detail to Renzong and others.

After listening, the Empress Dowager nodded with a smile and said, "This matter is very good, and it is worthy of being a descendant of the Zhao family!"

Listening to the praise of the Empress Dowager, Zhao Weiming was at a loss for a while, and said, "But, but it costs so many silver taels every year, ..... ''What happened to Zhou Lisong in the era of Taizu?'

Renzong suddenly interjected and asked. Zhao Weiming immediately replied with a straight face: "Calm the world, unify the country, and save the people from the suffering of war!"

Renzong nodded and said, "To save the people from the suffering of war, it is not only by force.

In addition, the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty is now overflowing, with an annual surplus of tens of millions, and it is indeed a very cost-effective move to spend these taels of silver to get peace and quiet in the north for decades, and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment!

''Taizu unified the world so that the people would not suffer from war, so what about Yizu?' the Empress Dowager suddenly interjected.

Seeing that Zhao Weiming was confused, Princess Changyang explained, "Yizu respects Zhao Jing and is the grandfather of Taizu.

Yizu's great-grandfather Zhao Zhao once served as a county magistrate in the Tang Dynasty, and his grandfather Zhao Wei also lived in the imperial history; however, the blessings and misfortunes changed, and when Yizu was a teenager, the Zhao family had already declined.

Fortunately, Yizu had great ambitions and revived the family business, and later when his son Xuanzong arrived, although the Zhao family had become commoners, Xuanzu did not forget the glory of his ancestors.

When he was young, he worked hard to improve himself and was determined to revive his family business; later, because he was brave and good at fighting and accumulating military exploits, he was appointed as the commander of the holy capital by the Later Han Dynasty, and then there was Taizu and Taizong, and only then did he have the huge country of the Zhao family; therefore, the glory of the Zhao family was accumulated by following the ancestral teachings and the descendants of later generations.

Zhao Weiming has never heard anyone talk about this, so he has always listened to it with interest. 'Therefore, the family and the country, the family and the country can be established' After watching Princess Changyang finish speaking, the Empress Dowager finally concluded.

Hearing this, Renzong, who had been listening silently, suddenly got up and saluted the Empress Dowager and Princess Changyang, and said, "The elders have taught you a lot!"

In ancient times, sages once said, 'Self-cultivation and unity of the family rule the country and level the world'! If a family is unstable, how can we talk about governing the country and leveling the world?

As he spoke, he paid attention to the change in Zhao Weiming's expression: "Now that there is peace today, the people are rich;

Zhao Weiming didn't want to blurt it out. Seeing the family enjoying themselves, the Queen Mother was deeply grateful.

Immediately instructed the palace people to prepare meals, and the family chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. The next morning, the dynasty dispersed, and Renzong came again.

After he first reported to the Empress Dowager about the situation of the hundreds of officials in the court congratulating her on her birthday, he immediately asked Zhao Weiming about something.

It turned out that Duan Siping, the regent of the modern state administration of the Nanzhao Kingdom far away in the southwestern border, took the opportunity of congratulating the Empress Dowager on her birthday to ask the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty for the name of the country; although it was common for the lords of these small border countries to change people, Renzong had a feeling of déjà vu that he had heard of the emperor Wang Yuanheng on his part; he vaguely remembered that this Wang Yuanheng seemed to have some connection with Zhao Weiming.

Yes, as soon as he retreated, he hurriedly came to Zhao Weiming for verification. After hearing this, Zhao Weiming immediately smiled and said, "I think it's because the imperial brother has a lot of state affairs, but I forgot that this Wang Yuanheng is the name used by the younger brother when he walked the rivers and lakes."

After a pause, he said, "Although this Siping is familiar with my younger brother, I have never served in the Nanzhao Kingdom, let alone their emperor!"

'Renzong is wonderful. Asked about Zhao Weiming's relationship with Nanzhao, Zhao Weiming told Renzong in detail how he assisted Duan Siping to defeat the Tuyuhun army and capture the emperor of Nanzhao.

Renzong listened while not holding his head. Finally, he said, 'Although it is not certain who the emperor of Nanzhao is, it is legitimate for him to ask for the name of the country, but I do not know what name to give him?'

I don't know what the royal brother can think''This is the matter of the imperial brother, how dare the younger brother call the shots!' Zhao Weiming blurted out.

After a pause, Zhao Weiming said again, 'His Duan clan originated in Nanzhao Dali City, so he was given a Dali country;

Renzong smiled and said, "This is exactly what I mean" Knowing that Duan Siping was resting at the royal hotel outside the palace at the moment, Zhao Weiming, who had the heart to visit, thought that tomorrow would be the birthday of the Empress Dowager, and he was worried that he would miss the right thing, so he had to give up and wait for him to come tomorrow to pay homage to his birthday.

Early the next morning, when Zhao Weiming came to Tianyi Palace, the palace was already full of Princess Luguo, Princess Changyang and others who came earlier.

Because they were all close relatives, they didn't say much, so everyone found a seat in the hall and waited silently. Not long after, as the people who wished their birthdays from a distance arrived one after another, the Tianyi Palace was soon filled with imperial relatives from all over the world to celebrate their birthdays.

Because he didn't know most people, although Zhao Weiming watched the two aunts and Renzong who came in a hurry to greet everyone and was very busy, he always sat alone in a corner of the hall without saying a word.