Chapter 355 The Song of "The No. 1 Great Song Dynasty"

Snowflakes floated in the sky at some point.

Walking into the city gate dull, Zhao Xing's face was depressed, and Shuai Fan couldn't help but feel resentful: "What are the censors doing? Don't they know how rare this agreement in our hands is for the Song Dynasty. We have gained a foothold on the north bank of the Yellow River, and we pried a crack from the tightly controlled horse ban strip of Liao.

From then on, we can exchange a large amount of luxury goods for the much-needed war horse. Ten years later, our national strength will be completely different - the censors ignored these many benefits..."

Zhao Xing gently persuaded: "Forget it, the existence of the opposition is to make less mistakes. Although I often think they are too much, one day, if Your Majesty says one plus one equals nine, a group of censors will also exclaim in unison, saying that our Song Dynasty's national conditions are different, and we cannot copy the mathematical rules of the earth's civilization, and we need to analyze specific issues in detail. Therefore, one plus one equals several that conforms to the national conditions. His Majesty the Emperor said - equals nine, which is too great and too in line with the national conditions... Haha, then we were really desperate."

Zhao Xing is actually talking about the late era of Emperor Huizong of Song. In the late era of Emperor Huizong of Song, party struggles had exhausted the vitality of the Song Dynasty, and only a group of timid officials were left in the court. Originally, the system of the Song Dynasty could prevent the emergence of warlords, but in the late era of Emperor Huizong, officials who "dare to speak" no longer existed, and only officials who "dare to say it is". Therefore, the emperor's favorite ministers inevitably became warlords. Therefore, when the Jin soldiers came to the city, no one in this capital that had been bathed in the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years was willing to pick up a knife for it; so, this majestic city fell without vigorously resisting...

Shuai Fan choked: "But, the achievements of destroying the country are not rewarded; the achievements of seizing the land are ignored; the huge amount of taxes are not praised... It is too much."

Zhao Xing laughed and explained: "I used to think you could understand my thoughts, but now I find that you are also a Song Dynasty person. He is a person who grew up under the 'Dudu Wenzhang I'. He has received all the education of the opposition since he was a child... Times are different. Now we are entering the business era. You must understand "depressed and literary", and be glad to the existence of the opposition with an appreciation.

Thinking back then, Wang Anshi's reforms were made, but the result was to use reforms as a means to exclude opponents of his power; after Sima Xianggong came to power, the old party followed suit, but what did the Song Dynasty look like? After Zhang Dun came to power, he repeated Wang Anshi's trick, and you and I were demoted to Hainan. If there was an opposition at that time, we would be rewarded with a calm and meritorious service. Would you stay in Guangnan for several years? Then would the thirty-three Yuanyou party members die in Lingnan?

Therefore, for your and my future, we must tolerate the existence of the opposition. We must establish a new gentleman political model for the new era, or set a political bottom line for future government affairs - political opinions and objections. We must never use the art of conscription and punishment. If we cross this bottom line, everyone can be punished!"

Shuai Fan snorted: "You said it is purely a fantasy of the void, is it possible?"

After saying that, Shuai Fan didn't explain anymore and took big steps towards his soldiers.

Zhao Xing shook his head slightly. He walked out of the city gate indifferently. At this time, Shuai Fan had already talked to the soldiers for a few words. Several officials from the Privy Council appeared in the city. They came forward and greeted each other. They were just the arrangement of Zhao Xing's soldiers. The Privy Council had already planned to place them in the capital guard station opposite Duting West Post.

At this moment, suddenly, a high-pitched and leisurely voice chanted a poem in a gentle manner. Zhao Xing heard it. It was "The Book of Songs. Picking Wei". His eyes turned to the officials of the Privy Council who were greeting, turned to Zhao Tingzhi, and turned to Jiang Zhiqi. All of these people showed a confused expression without exception.

After a moment of pause, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and a team of music and music blew and twisted across the corner of the wall. At the corner of the street was the "Yichenglou Restaurant" and "Yao Zhang Sidian" in the capital. These music stepped out of the corridor and stood naturally in the middle of the street and continued to play.

Immediately afterwards, a team of beautiful women dressed in costume sang in a sing. Walking out of the street corner, the leader was Guan Miaomiao, the "leader of the ten greats" in the capital. She bowed to Zhao Xing slightly and continued to sing: "I went there in the past, and the willows were swaying.

Now I think about it, it’s raining and snowing.

The road is slow, and the thirst and hunger are carried.

I am sad, and I don’t know that I am sad.”

A burst of sadness that could not be expressed in words surged into Zhao Xing's heart. At this moment, his eyes were filled with tears.

Guan Miaomiao danced without following the order of this poem, and jumped directly to the next verse and sang: "Pelvi, the beauty of Weichang.

Who is that road, the carriage of a gentleman.

After the chariot is driven, the four peony industry is in operation.

How dare you settle down, win three times a month.”

What flowers are blooming in full bloom? The flowers bloom in layers. What cars are tall and big? The general of the tall chariot is riding. He is going to fight with a chariot. Four strong horses are galloping together. How dare the border land live in peace? Frequent successes are reported within one month!

Following Guan Miaomiao's tone, Zhao Xing choked and sang back: "Caiwei, Caiwei, Wei is soft and soft.

He said he was returning and said he was returning, and his heart was also worried and stopped.

Worry is intense, hunger and thirst.

I have not settled, so I will not be hired."

The officials of the Privy Council showed a sudden expression. Their expressions showed that this welcome event was not arranged by them, but they could understand the preference of the Beijing music music for Zhao Xing because Liao Xiaoxiao, the woman with the best ending among the Beijing music music.

Modern people may find it difficult to understand why ordinary people can stop the road and sing on the road at the welcoming ceremony held by the court. In fact, one sentence can explain the reason: the Song Dynasty did not have a curfew or martial law system.

With the singing of Guan Miaomiao, the past scenes seemed to open the floodgates and surged into Zhao Xing's heart.

In the spring of the second year of Yuanyou, on the ninth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, on March 15, Zhao Xing came to the capital and entered the world's greatest city to participate in the imperial examination. At this moment, the prosperous scenery of this city passed by like movies: drum play Chen Yiniang, picking plum sanniang, Song Xiaoniang's hundred tongues, Shi Huiying's squeezing, Zhang Shanren who was telling jokes... and the deceased Liao Xiaoxiao.

In the past, after the imperial examination, Zhao Xing hurried south and then returned from Huanqing. The disheartened Zhao Xing could not see the joy of the capital. Now, on the morning of rain and snow, Zhao Xing once again stepped into the largest city in the world. For a moment, he was filled with mixed feelings.

At this moment, all the sacrifices are worth it!

Well, it seems too hypocritical to say this, so let's put it another way - nothing is unbearable for a smart person. They do not care about the process, but only care about the result... and this result is usually based on their own safety. This is what the saying goes: a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

If the Song Dynasty destroyed its country and relied on the Song Dynasty to make a living, who could survive?

Ha, maybe only Confucian scholars can continue to survive, because the destruction of the country means that the "five virtues" of Confucianism have won again, and they always "go from one victory to another" like this, which is the saying goes: from one destruction of the country to another destruction of the country. This is called changing dynasties.

Guan Miaomiao's song seemed to open the faucet of the capital's Huanqing area. Suddenly, countless people came out of the houses, alleys, restaurants... or some ditches. Suddenly, there were crowds of people in Wan'anmen. The people of the capital of the Song Dynasty took out the momentum of chasing contemporary singing and dancing stars, holding seasonal fruits in their hands, and making a shocking sound at Zhao Xing. Someone shouted, and the fruits like waterfalls hit Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan. In the blink of an eye, the two of them buried themselves in a pile of fruits half a person high.

Zhao Xing then realized that he underestimated the star-chasing fanaticism of the people of Bianliang City. Even though he had been on the battlefield for a long time, he was also shocked by the raindrop-like fruit attack. Shuai Fan had half a piece of melon skin on his head. He said dizzyly: "What's the matter, what's wrong?"

Zhao Xing took a piece of banana from his forehead, struggled to pull out his hand from the pile of fruits, pushed away the banana peel, and gnawed the banana leisurely, and said slowly: "Is this a fruit throwing car?"

Shuai Fan shook his feet from the fruit mountain beside him, half proud and half boasting: "This is not a car that throws fruit. It is clearly a city that throws fruit. It is a city that throws fruit. It is a city that is! Yes, I have experienced many battles. If I don't die from my opponent, don't be killed by these fruits!"

"The fruit throwing car" refers to the famous ancient beauty Pan An. It is said that this guy is very popular among beauties. Every time he goes out on the street, the girl can fill the car with fruits thrown by the girl, so now he uses "beautiful appearance than Pan An" to describe a man's handsomeness.

It was so cool that Shuai Fan waved his hand and pulled the watermelon peel off from his forehead, which was so cool. The audience around him suddenly let out even more intense cheers and screams, and his liveliness was no less than the feeling of a modern fanatical star-chasing group meeting the emperor superstar.

At the beginning, the sudden arrival of fruit attack also scared the throwers. They did not expect that the amount of fruit they threw was so huge that they buried the two great men and horses in the fruit mountain in the blink of an eye. However, seeing the two of them calmly pulling out of the fruit pile, and they were still in the mood to tease each other while tasting the thrown fruits, the audience let out a ecstatic shout of surprise, and could only repay them with more violent fruits.

This time, Zhao Xing's servants were slow to react. They did not expect that their master would encounter "fruit murder" in the capital Bianliang. When they saw the more violent fruits hit, they were stunned for a moment, and they savored it. They quickly stepped forward and used their bodies to block the throwing fruits, and had to deal with the crowded audience frequently.

The crowd screamed from time to time, and the girl fainted. The scene was very fanatical. The Confucian scholar calmly commented from time to time: "I am really a famous general of the Song Dynasty. I can still remain calm when I was suddenly attacked. Oh, the famous generals of ancient times are just like this."

A scholar next to him looked at the man who was just talking with contempt and retorted: "What are the famous generals in ancient times? Di Qing of this dynasty was respected as a 'famous general' after only half of Jiaozhi. The Zhao Taiwei destroyed Dali, swept Zhan Po, and forced countless small countries in Southeast Asia to surrender... Did you look at the ceremony of the ritual held in the previous ritual? I clearly saw the slap of Zhao Taiwei on the faces of those kings. They were swollen by the slap of Zhao Taiwei, so they were so plump. Who can compare with this kind of majesty in ancient and modern times?"

Zhao Xing's guard tried his best to open the road from the crowded crowd and made a difficult journey outside the Xuande Tower. The imperial guards finally came out to welcome him and helped Zhao Xing block the fanatical audience. Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan, two undefeated generals, fled into Xuande Tower with fruit juice, melon peel, banana peel, grape peel, and wore clothes and armor. Zeng Bu went out to welcome him. Looking at the embarrassing appearance of the two generals, he joked: "Haha, if the king of the small country in Nanyang saw him, I don't know how happy you are, finally... you two have today."

Zhao Xing quickly greeted: "Zeng Xiang, there are some spare court robes, but the image of the subordinate officials is not intact. I dare not..."

Zeng Bu laughed and said affectionately: "Li Ren, I have received the lamp you sent. It's very beautiful lamp, I like it very much."

Let me say a polite word to get closer. Zeng Bu continued: "Today is exactly the last big banquet of 'all nations coming to pay tribute to all nations'. Your Majesty is entertaining the envoys of all nations in Zichen Hall. You can go to take a shower and change your clothes. But in my opinion, it is most appropriate to dress up in others."

After saying that, Zeng Bu's meaningful hint: "Good comes from the best."

Zeng Budi means that you are so embarrassed to see the little emperor and ask the little emperor to give you a new outfit. Zeng Bu reminded him and Zhao Xinggong bowed and immediately thanked him: "Thank you Zeng Xiang."

Shuai Fan felt relieved at this moment. Zichen Hall was the hall where the grand ceremony was held, especially the state ceremony. This shows that the little emperor lowered his head to the censors in terms of the specifications of the reception, but in terms of the specifications of the banquet, the censors made concessions to the little emperor. He agreed to hold the highest level of celebration banquet in a hall where the state ceremony was officially held.

The banquet had been set up, and the ministers had sat in front of their own food court according to their ranks. Han Zhongyan led several important officials to welcome him at the gate of Zichen Hall, including the Zuo Zhengyan Chen Guan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Zhang Shangying; the court invited the doctor, the Baowen Pavilion was waiting for Ye Zuqia; the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall, the Right Guanglu Dafu, and the Minister of the Sect Li Qingchen; the court ransom, the Shaofu Shaoshu, the branch secretary of the Xijing Xingshu, the Zhongfu, the Guanglu Shaoqing, the branch secretary of Nanjing Lu Jiawen...etc.

These people laughed in unison when they saw Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan in a mess. The others only laughed and said nothing. The top scholar Ye Zuqian teased: "Ah, Zhao Taiwei fought in Nanyang and went into the Liao territory for 300 miles. He has never seen such a mess. It can be seen that the people in the capital Bianliang are much more fierce than the Liao soldiers."

This joke caused a lot of laughter. Zhao Xing sighed in disappointment. Everyone thought that Zhao Xing's sigh was to hide his embarrassment. Shuai Fan knew Zhao Xing's character. He used the action of fiddling with the skin on his body to cover him and approached Zhao Xing and asked in a low voice: "Why do you sigh?"

When Zhao Xing saw everyone laughing, he took the opportunity to whisper: "I originally thought the new army and the new atmosphere. But now it seems that there is still tension in the court. Look, everyone is on guard against each other when laughing."

Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan whispered, but did not notice that Zeng Bu had already come to the two of them. After hearing Zhao Xing's words, he reached out and pinched Zhao Xing's hand and whispered: "Nephew, come to my house when you have time."

With Zeng Bu's action, Han Zhongyan's laughter stopped abruptly. He stepped forward and pretended to be intimate, but Zhao Xing could feel the politeness in his heart: "Speaking of this, I stole a carriage from Li Ren when I took office. Today I saw the creditor, but I did not realize to avoid debts. Haha, Li Ren's nephew, I am very satisfied with your carriage and don't plan to pay it back. What do you have to do?"

Zhao Xing smiled honestly and replied: "Mr. Han, the old rules, the calligraphy and paintings will be compensated. If you give me a few calligraphy and paintings, you will compensate the carriage's debt."

Han Zhongyan laughed loudly: "My handwriting is not as good as Su Laopo. By the way, how are your teacher good lately?"

Han Zhongyan reminded Zhao Xing in a vague way: Don’t forget that your teacher was demoted to Lingnan by Zeng Bu and others, so don’t get too close to him.

With this reminder from Han Zhongyan, Chen Guan's eyes at Zhao Xing became much more friendly. He was a literati. No matter what, the literati had a strong sense of respect for teachers. Zhao Xing was willing to travel to Lingnan for his teacher. When he was working in the local area, he unscrupulously protected his teachers. In the eyes of literati, such disciples are worthy of pride.

Chen Guan thought so in his heart. At the venue, the ministers of the earth had similar ideas. They also abandoned their party position at this moment. They looked at Zhao Xing, the young man with satisfaction, and nodded repeatedly: "Pu Duke went to Linhai for several years, and now he has been pardoned and returned to the court. I think I can see the style of the land in the capital soon. But Po Duke has been in Lingnan for several years, so why haven't he heard the poem circulating?"

The eunuch Liang Shicheng showed his face from behind the crowd with a flattering face. He nodded frequently to everyone and said with a smile: "The official family is anxious. Ministers, can you enter the palace to negotiate?"

The banquets in the Song Dynasty were open, and ministers could walk around each other's meals, and each dish was accompanied by singing and dancing, which was extremely noisy. With Liang Shicheng's reminder, the ministers made way for the hall to open the door and led Zhao Xing into the hall.

When the officials in the hall saw Zhao Xing coming in, they were silent at first, then burst into laughter.

On the jade throne, the little emperor also laughed and fell down. He bent over and gave a few instructions to the eunuchs beside him. Several eunuchs led the two to take a shower and change clothes. After changing into new clothes, they came back to the hall. Everyone looked at the two of them with great joy.

Not until the central center of the Song Dynasty, I don’t know that there are many officials in the court. Today’s guests are ministers above the third rank. In this way, officials filled the entire hall. Not long after Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan sat down, ministers came to greet each other. The long names of the two made the eyes dizzy when they heard it. Shuai Fan couldn’t help but blurted out: “Sir, now, I would rather go back to Guangnan again. Oh my God, remembering so many names and faces is even more tiring than fighting ten battles.”

The bell rang three times, and the ministers took their seats. The eunuchs came out to drink with their whisks, and the banquet began.

First, several ministers took turns singing slogan poems to congratulate the new contract between the Song and Liao countries, and then the left and right servants led the way to congratulate His Majesty... After a long etiquette, the bell rang again. The official state banquet of the Song Dynasty began.

This is a first-class banquet in the Song Dynasty, and the show is naturally very large.

This banquet is also the end of the "All Kingdoms Come to Tribute" banquet. The farce directed by Zhao Xing himself started from the dynasty. The whole banquet was divided into nine sessions, each with a name. Now this is the last state banquet, and Zhao Xing happened to return to Beijing with the new contract of Song and Liao, so the little emperor specially ordered him to wait for him to come back to start the banquet. For this reason, Wang Shiru also benefited from it, and avoided the pre-congratulations and went straight to the hall to enter the banquet.

The Zichen Hall held a banquet was decorated with lanterns, and the hall was luxuriously covered with beautiful curtains and bright candles. The civil and military officials and foreign guests sat in the main hall (the hall), the dou hall (the side hall), and the corridors on both sides. The cushions under their butts were also strictly divided. The cushions under their third rank and above were red and purple, and the lower ones were green, black, etc.

It was rare to attend the state banquet of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Xing looked around excitedly, greeting his acquaintance Fei while observing the arrangements in the store. As if he wanted to engrave all this in his mind... Ah, his only regret now was that he could not find Li Gonglin. Otherwise, he would have to describe this scene, especially the scene he was present to pass on to later generations. How beautiful it would be. I just don’t know how surprised it would be to see later generations see such a task appearing in the painting?

Officials of the Ministry of Rites also continued the ceremony in the pre-set singing mountain building in front of the palace. The ceremony was lined up with "group of immortals", divided into "six tributes", worshiping nine times, and singing praises five times - this is called "Nine Dragons and Five Phoenixes". When officials of the Ministry of Rites danced and congratulated, officials of the Sitianjian also sang slogan poems beside the singing mountain building, which was called "chicken singing".

The officials were so frightened that they could attend such a state banquet. There were few people who looked around like Zhao Xing, who looked like a country bumpkin who had first entered the city. Zhao Xing winked at people. The officials touched by his eyes all looked strange, as if their muscles were cramped on their faces and could not control their expressions. They tried their best to pursed their lips. As long as Zhao Xing looked away, they turned their backs and their shoulders were thrusting like a smog...

Zhao Xing was there and admired the arrangements around him without blushing. When he turned his head, he found Shuai Fan's hand reached out to the food plate in front of him. He hurriedly reached out and stopped Shuai Fan, lowered his voice to remind him: "You dare to reach out even when you look at the food on the plate. Stop, don't make people laugh at you."

Above the hall, there are a wide range of foods displayed in front of each official seat, and the foods are clearly displayed in different levels. In front of Zhao Xing, there are ring cakes (equivalent to today's vermicelli), oil cakes, date towers, and pigs, sheep, chickens, gooses, rabbits, and flesh. In front of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, pigs, sheep, chickens, gooses, rabbits, and bones and meat.

But these foods are called "watching the plate", which can be seen but not eaten. If you look at them, you will be despised immediately when you stretch out your hand. Only those who are not educated these days can reach out to watch the plate. This is called "not knowing etiquette", and even the barbarians of the Liao Kingdom will not do.

Shuai Fan muttered dissatisfiedly: "I'm hungry, I'm rushing all the way from morning to now. I'm hungry and my chest is pressed against the back. It's like a torture to look like a table full of food that can't be eaten!"

According to Shuai Fan's rank, he cannot sit with Zhao Xing. But today's state banquet also means rewarding merits, so Shuai Fan is on par with Zhao Xing as a hero.

Originally, before such a state banquet, the officials of the Ministry of Rites would greet the participants aside and introduce the etiquette to pay attention to in advance. During the introduction of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the officials at the banquet could eat some snacks they carried with them so that they would not make a fool of themselves at the banquet. But today, what was a little surprised was that because the state banquet had to wait for Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan, the officials in the hall were delayed for too long, and even the officials of the Ministry of Rites were almost hungry. So as soon as Zhao Xing arrived, they led him and Shuai Fan into the hall, causing the two to miss the opportunity to eat something in advance.

However, the torture of the two was not over yet. Before the first three glasses of wine in the Song Dynasty, the dishes were not served. Moreover, each cup of wine was mixed with a series of performance programs, including ventricular skills, music, dance, etc., and there were many tricks.
Chapter completed!