Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 368 Zhao Guan's mood is very gloomy

In September, the autumn is high and the air is crisp, the clouds are light and the mountains are green, the golden chrysanthemums are smiling, and the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant.

The Double Ninth Festival of Jiujiu is also coming unexpectedly at this time.

Although in later generations the Double Ninth Festival does not show the mountains and dews, but now it is a major festival, the city of Tokyo is very lively, and it seems that all the worries about the imperial army's expedition a month ago have dissipated.All living beings, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and low-level people seem to have returned to the prosperous, beautiful and gorgeous days of the past.One or two days earlier, every household, no matter how high or low, would present steamed noodles with noodles to relatives, friends and neighbors.It is inserted with a small ribbon-cutting flag and mixed with fruits, such as pomegranate seeds, chestnuts, ginkgo biloba, pine nuts and the like.It is also made of powder in the shape of a lion king and placed on the cake, which is called "lion barbarian".

The Double Ninth Festival is the day of stepping into autumn, and the day of stepping into spring on the third day of March can be said to be a day when the whole family goes out, and all relatives have to climb high to "avoid disaster".The importance of this day can be seen by going out to enjoy autumn, climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwood, eating Chongyang cakes, and drinking chrysanthemum wine.

Even if there are no high places inside and outside Kaifeng City, it is still lively.Just talking about the portable women's tours during the "Autumn" period, they are deeply loved by literati, doctors and dudes.There are even comparisons invisibly.

It's like when the future generations attend a banquet, the female companions around them compare in all aspects from appearance to clothing.Now the identity of the female branch is also a place for comparison.You must know that there are high and low points in this brothel branch.To give an inappropriate example, if you look at the entertainment industry of later generations, the gap between the worth of top stars and the extras is worlds apart.

Today's Li Shishi, Cui Niannu, and Zhao Yuannu, the three famous flowers in Tokyo, are the top names in this industry.It is also a 'master' who is sought after by the children of famous families and even dignitaries.

The gap between them and the lower-level women and girls can be seen.

Asking them to come out once is expensive.But even with all the dignitaries and nobles vying to send money, they still had to cross the threshold of the three women.No, to be precise, the threshold of the two women's families has been crossed, and someone has already made a decision at Master Li's office.

Li Mansion in Xiaoyuxiang, this is Li Shishi's private residence.If she is so famous, then the workplace will be moved to Fan Lou.The relationship between this female branch and the famous building always complements each other.

There is a weeping willow in front of the Li Mansion in Xiaoyu Lane. The branches and leaves of the willow have fallen off, but they are still green.Across the wall, there is a wintersweet tree hidden on the green screen window, and a branch of a plum blossom sticks out of the wall, seeming to welcome visitors.

Zhou Bangyan quietly walked up to the deserted wing, and saw Li Shishi Zhiyi sitting alone in the inner room of the pavilion, seeming to be in deep thought.But when she saw Zhou Bangyan coming, her expression changed quickly, and she became elated, laughing at Yan Yan, as if she wanted to hide her mind from him.

"The official is here, why is it so late?" But the politeness was completely omitted, "I am so tired that I have to go upstairs several times, and I am desperate."

Zhou Bangyan sank for a moment, but decided to let nature take its course.The woman in front of her is a smart person, she has her own mind about whether she should say something or not.And why bother yourself?
After all, he is already in his sixties, and being able to attract the favor of Li Shishi, a young and beautiful famous writer in the capital, already makes him look great.

Although this literary talent can always easily capture beauties, there is a huge age gap between him and her.

Li Shishi welcomed Zhou Bangyan into the house and sat down, and found that he seemed a little different from the past. "What's wrong with the officer, you look so embarrassed?" He hurriedly poured a cup of warm wine for him.

"A companion is like a tiger. It's hard for outsiders to explain this adventure..."

In the old days of the Double Ninth Festival, the folks made a big fuss, especially in the palace.Officials are more interested in going to Jinming Lake for recreation.And as the head of the highest music organization in the Zhao Song Dynasty, Zhou Bangyan naturally needed to accompany him.This is also the reason why he came late today.

Zhou Bangyan, courtesy name Meicheng, nicknamed Halal Layman, was born in Qiantang (Hangzhou).Official Li Taixue Zheng, Professor of Luzhou, Zhishui County, etc.Song Shenzong was a student of the imperial court, and wrote "Biandu Fu" to praise the new law.During Huizong's reign, Huiyou Pavilion was waiting for control, and Dasheng Mansion (the highest music institution) was promoted.He is proficient in temperament and has created many new tones.Most of the works are about boudoir love and wandering, and there are also works of chanting things.The rhythm is rigorous, the language is beautiful and elegant, and the long tune is especially good at narrating.It was inherited by later metrical poets.His works have long been respected as "authentic" among graceful poets.Later generations of Ci theory called him "the crown of Ci scholars" or "Old Du in Ci".

Even though such a great talent is old, he can easily win the hearts of beauties.You know, Li Shishi is a branch girl.The so-called horn girl branch is the song girl branch.Li Shishi is best at "little singing".Her little singing is the best in Tokyo tile shop.It's not that the people of later generations imagined that it became famous purely with "a pair of jade arms, thousands of pillows, and a little bit of vermilion lips, thousands of guests taste".

And for her kind of mid-month oiran, those who call the Bureau are not of ordinary status, but they know a lot of secrets that are not heard in the market.

"A companion is like a tiger. Could it be that the officials are angry and have brought disaster?" Li Shishi said casually, and he was even more curious about why the officials were angry.Thinking of the note she just put away, her face remained calm, but her heart was pounding.

Zhou Bangyan drank the warm chrysanthemum wine in the wine cup and sang: "The heaven and the earth are turning upside down, and the fire is about to die; the building is about to collapse, and there is no way to support it." Who would have thought that Tong Guan's 10 troops would meet Annihilated by the entire army fought by the bandits in Liangshan?Previously, Gao Qiu's division was divided into multiple groups, and his troops were dispersed, so that he was wiped out by the Liangshan bandits.Tong Guan was suppressed by [-] people, twice the enemy's strength, and there were tens of thousands of elite Western troops among them. However, he was torn apart by the First World War, and his army was defeated like a mountain, and it was irreversible.This eunuch Tong Guan should be killed, should be killed!

Today, the official Zhao’s family in the court was going to Jinming Lake. Later, in the fourth year of Zhou Shizong Chai Rongyu Xiande, in order to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is located in a water town, an artificial lake was dug to the west of the west wall of the outer city of Kaifeng, " "Learn internal water warfare", just like Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty dug Kunming Pool in the west of Chang'an City to train the water army.Large ships can be connected to the pool, which is a naval training ground.Even in the period of Zhao Laoer, it was mostly used for training the navy, for shipbuilding, or for reading guns and crossbows.

But during the Zhenzong and Renzong periods, the old Zhao family had long lost the entrepreneurial spirit of the founding emperors, and gradually turned the Jinming Pool, where the navy was trained, into a royal playground.After several generations of emperors Yingzong, Shenzong and Zhezong processed, Jinmingchi continued to deepen and expand, and gradually became exquisite.Towers, pavilions and pavilions sprung up everywhere, and before Huizong came to the throne, it was already a serious royal garden.

Every March, after the water in the pool is thawed, Jinming Pool is partially opened, called Kaichi, and thousands of people, officials and dignitaries pour in there.
Only during the dragon boat races on the Duanyang Festival, in which the water army uses the traditional name of the Tiger Wing Army, people will remember that this place was once a heavily guarded military base more than a hundred years ago.

A person has a personality of a person, a city has a personality of a city, and a dynasty has a personality of a dynasty.If the process of modifying a military-used Jinming Pool into a playground and constantly adding bricks and tiles can be seen as the process of personality transformation of the Northern Song court, it would really complement each other.

Zhao Ji has sent people to prepare the jade and halogen books, and also summoned a few older sons to stand beside the throne. In order of age, they are the prince Zhao Huan, the king of Jia Zhao Kai, the king of Su Zhao Frame, and the king of Guangping Zhao Gou. .

Zhao Ji had many sons, so he had room to be picky. If one of the dozen or so sons pleases him, he must be born with extraordinary intelligence, or be as handsome as jade, or his mother and concubine can win his love. Beloved.He was not very happy with Zhao Huan, the eldest son.The reason why he served was only because he was the crown prince, and the reason why he became the crown prince was only because he was the eldest son of the emperor.

"The officials asked the band to play music first, and the atmosphere was relaxed. But I never expected that Tong Shumi came from outside the palace to play urgently..." Zhou Bangyan shuddered when he said this.When he was an imperial student in the Shenzong Dynasty, he used a piece of "Biandu Fu" to describe the grand occasion of Bianjing at that time, praised the new law, was appreciated by Emperor Shenzong, and was promoted to Taixue Zheng.Since then, he has become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the old party figures. He has been wandering in other places for more than ten years, and he was able to return to Tokyo when the current Taoist emperor came to power.He has been serving the current officials for ten years, and this is the first time he has seen such anger from the current officials.

What's more terrible is that Prince Zhao Huan was staying by Zhao Ji's side, and this group was furious, and finally involved Zhao Huan's life and death.

When Zhou Bangyan said this, his hands trembled.The crown prince was angered, he clearly saw the joy flashing across King Jia's face, shaking the country's foundation, shaking the country's foundation.

Zhou Bangyan bowed his head and knelt on the ground, not daring to move for a full quarter of an hour.

Zhou Bangyan, who was completely immersed in self-fear, did not notice the unnaturalness of Li Shishi around him.Li Shishi made an excuse to prepare water for him, and walked out of the room quickly, taking a big breath of air-conditioning, as if he had escaped from the stuffy box.

"That, that, it's all true?" Li Shishi subconsciously caressed his left wrist. There was a jade rabbit with a crystal carving hanging from a silver chain. Those who didn't know it would think it was jewelry, but Li Shishi knew that it was A token, a token that suddenly appeared in his dressing box one morning.

She didn't want to get involved with that group in the slightest, but sitting at home behind closed doors, the disaster came from heaven.There was someone who valued her there.

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In the mid-autumn of the sixth year of Zhenghe, the weather in Bianjing was particularly good.But Zhao Ji's inner mood was particularly gloomy.

Longevity Mountain is still as beautiful as ever. This garden, which took many years, combines the beauty of natural landscape and the beauty of artificial exquisiteness, including the best in the world, including the victories of ancient and modern times. And win absolutely.

Although it is September, the willows are still green and pink, and the fragrance of flowers is overflowing. This is Zhao Ji's great pride, but now he is not in the mood to play.Liang Shanbo has evolved from an old disease to a fatal hazard. The southeast, Jinghu, and Hedong are also brewing new civil turmoil. The Song Dynasty suddenly lost this autumn in the palace.

This time Tong Guan was defeated, and the Liangshan Bo bandit army could reach the gates of Tokyo without any hindrance.Not to mention that wherever the bandits went, cities and villages were ruined, and the gentry withered, and the latter was the staunch ally of the old Zhao family in ruling thousands of miles of the Central Plains.It is the shock that this can cause, which also makes the court's prestige collapse.

Zhao Ji is very clear that Jifu and Shandong are the fundamental places of the country.The center of gravity of the old Zhao family's rule is still in the north. Even though the wealth in the Jiangnan and Southeast areas has long surpassed that of the Central Plains, you can know a thing or two just by looking at the arrangement of the Zhao family's soldiers and horses.There are only thirteen generals in the entire south of the Yangtze River, and there are 37 generals in Hebei.

More importantly, the Forbidden Army in Gyeonggi was unbearable, and the Forbidden Army in Hebei was also unbearable.However, the Western Army could not be transferred to the Central Plains all at once.

It was very difficult to deploy [-] soldiers and horses in the past. Although the Xixia people did not dare to open their mouths like a lion, they still wanted to take the opportunity to use their knives.That would require mobilizing [-] or more soldiers and horses, and the imperial court did not know how much it would cost.Moreover, the forbidden army in Gyeonggi doesn't work, the generals are afraid of death, the officers and soldiers are timid to fight, and the Liangshan bandits come whenever they want!Where is the imperial court's national income?How can you fight without money?
He squandered all the money accumulated in the local vassal treasuries and government treasuries, the Shenzong and Zhezong dynasties long ago.

For a moment, Zhao Ji looked at Longevity Mountain with endless troubles, even hatred.How great would it be if this exquisite garden could be turned into an ingot of white silver?Even if it is a [-]% discount, he is willing.He even hated Gao Lian who had been dead for a long time.But he just gave Gao Qiu the title of Kaifuyi and the third department, accumulating less insurance, and now he is chasing down the official rank... Zhao Ji will be ashamed.

(End of this chapter)