I just like the Prime Minister

In September of the fourth year of Dayu Tianqi, Dayu borrowed troops from Yeluzhen, the second prince of Khitan, and sent troops to Liaodong to quell the Khitan chaos.

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It is never easy to clean up a messy old landscape, Li Chengzuo and Jiang Xizhu feel deeply about this.

The civil strife in Khitan was preliminarily determined, and the royal court was not at peace. In fact, Dayu was not much better. The two emperors who disliked each other were too busy to do their jobs, so all follow-up matters had to be postponed.

When Yeluzhen finally secured his throne and Li Chengzuo finally freed himself from the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, it was already the eighth year of Dayu Tianqi.

This year, when spring came, news came from Khitan that Yeluzhen sent an envoy to fulfill the promise he had made verbally.

However, His Majesty Emperor Tianqi did not live a comfortable life as he wished.

Dayu encountered this shocking and chaotic world, and almost destroyed the country. Fortunately, Li Chengzuo's stupid king was not really stupid but pretended. Now that the government is in such a state, the stupid king finally can't pretend, so he has to be a tyrant first and then work hard to rule.

After the rectification by His Majesty the Emperor in the past few years, the entire Dayu finally took on a new look.

In the past, fighting against the sky, the earth, and the people, although such a life was very enjoyable, it was tiring after all. Now, all kinds of people who challenged Li Chengzuo were cleaned up by him vigorously, and His Majesty the Emperor immediately felt the desire to retire. She wished she could immediately hand over this large family business to Prince Rui, while she took the prime minister away without stopping, indulging in tenderness every day.

Such an angry idea naturally met with retribution, and this retribution was probably surnamed "Yelu"——Yeluzhen sent a secret letter before sending the envoy to Beijing. The secret letter said that the peace treaty can be signed, but he only recognizes Jiang Xizhu's seal, Even Li Chengzuo's jade seal can be used as graffiti.

His Majesty the Emperor, who snatched his wife from the bird every day, and was now being coveted by foreigners, was so angry that he almost ran to Khitan, pinched Yeluzhen's neck and made him eat the secret letter.

The angry emperor's IQ was definitely not more than three years old, and he tried his best to make things happen in the palace for three days, and was finally taken back to the mansion by the prime minister on the fourth day.

I don't know how the prime minister coaxed it, but when he returned to the palace the next morning, His Majesty the Emperor was full of energy and spirit. Although his nose was not the nose and the eyes were not the eyes when the Khitan envoy came to him, he finally stopped making trouble and was finally willing to droop. He let the prime minister come out to work with a face, and was moved to cry a group of courtiers who had been made so painful by him.

Therefore, with the cooperation of His Majesty the emperor, the famous "Liaodong Treaty" was finally signed in the capital of Dayu. This agreement ensured the stability of the border for a hundred years for the descendants of Dayu. Greatest feat.

The Khitan is the biggest hidden danger on the border of Dayu, and now only a contract can be used to calm down the border trouble without losing troops or generals, and the atmosphere between the court and China is really warm.

Before the Khitan envoy left Beijing, there was a big feast in Ziguang Pavilion to send off the envoy who brought peace to both Khitan and Dayu.

The author has something to say: the scenery inside the Ziguang Pavilion is the same as before, with purple air and clouds dancing in the sky.

After the vermilion lacquer walls were repainted, there was a red glow of vitality, and the glazed tiles were polished by several degrees of winter snow, glowing with vigorous light; Mr. Zhang Yishan, the governor of Liangjiang, selected a wave of [-]-year-old women's teams from Jiangnan for the joy Ban, when I returned to Beijing to report on my work years ago, I specially brought it back and presented it to the emperor. Now Wu Nong’s soft-spoken melody is lingering on the palace wall of fiery trees and silver flowers, and the graceful shadows intertwine with the water sleeves and cloud temples to form a dreamlike fairyland. .

The lights are like daylight, and the sky is full of fireworks. The smoke of war and parting are blurred into the background of the historical whirlpool.

At the palace banquet now, there is no noble concubine who watches the excitement and doesn’t think it’s a big deal anymore—Song Yingluo is still at the banquet now, but she has changed her makeup from the past, and she is dressed in a military uniform, sitting side by side with General Pei Wenyuan, As bright as the morning sun.

In the year when Li Chengzuo sent troops to help Yeluzhen finally quell the Khitan rebellion, the good news had just been received. Taking advantage of Li Chengzuo's good mood, the courtiers brought up the matter of "establishing the empress" again, and gave up the heart of relying on the old and selling the old to crash into the Golden Palace at any time. Unexpectedly It didn't get His Majesty's condescending approval, but another shocking decree from His Majesty - the Emperor wants to let the imperial concubine out of the palace.

Emperor Apocalypse's imperial decree reads like this - the imperial concubine Song is a female heroine, she is not inferior to men in literature and martial arts, and it is an expedient measure to live in the harem. I can't bear her withering in the palace. Princess Anguo.

The imperial concubine was changed to a princess. This matter has never been heard in the past and present. It almost killed the pedantic people who shouted "unruly" in the court, and they all stood on the united front. , very neat and orderly.However, the censors and civil servants were so quarrelsome that the emperor Li Chengzuo seemed to be determined after eating the weight, and he didn't take back his order anyway. Not only that, but he even poked Song Yingluo's finger to the south of the Yangtze River to handle errands.

Now the courtiers were all dumbfounded - the Lord was no longer in the palace, let alone in the capital, no matter how much trouble they made, it was a foregone conclusion.

Others thought that Li Chengzuo sent Song Yingluo to the south of the Yangtze River to avoid disaster. Only Concubine Song knew that she was really going to do hard work. Now that the world is peaceful, the world is still a mess. It's easy to step down from the throne, but you can only think about it if you want to let go of the huge burden, so Song Yingluo happily took a task for the emperor - it's okay to live in seclusion, but he still has to lead the world thing.

Li Chengzuo responded very reluctantly. It was his lifelong wish to take Jiang Xizhu to hide in the city. It was indeed his best choice to abdicate to lead the affairs of the world, but this also completely broke his once delusional dream of doing nothing.

His Majesty the Emperor felt that he was getting emotional.

Since Song Yingluo came up with the idea, let Song Yingluo take care of it—there is a lot of waste in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, large-scale construction projects in the south of the Yangtze River will not attract attention. Li Chengzuo simply chose Jiangnan as the place where he will lead the world in the future. Send Song Yingluo out.

It's just that Li Chengzuo didn't expect that Song Yingluo's trip to the south of the Yangtze River would make her and Pei Wenyuan a pair, not to mention the success of the matter.A drudgery, a digging, it is really fate, it is this inexplicable fate that made these two people have a revolutionary feeling of sympathy and sympathy in the revitalized Jiangnan, and they came back to ask the emperor to marry them.

When this matter was reported back to the capital, the emperor and the prime minister were discussing matters in the imperial study. The usually unsmiling prime minister rarely showed a gratified and gentle smile when he heard the news. Fold soldiers".

Li Chengzuo was stunned for a long time before he had to admit that the prime minister was right.

Then there is the gift of marriage.

Since this matter was supported by Prime Minister Jiang, and Li Chengzuo was determined to get rid of these two things as soon as possible, the matter was handled very smoothly.

As for all kinds of quarrels, Li Chengzuo had long made up his mind to ignore them.

But now, His Majesty the Emperor is a little bit regretful.

The former imperial concubine, now Princess An and wife of the general, Song Yingluo squeezed to the side of His Majesty the Emperor in the name of a toast, pretended to say a few polite words, and looked at the happy conversation with her colleagues during the banquet. The prime minister winked and said: "Your Majesty, the good man of Wudun Yuan sent me a letter a few days ago, saying that the sub-helm of the 36 counties in the south of the Yangtze River has been arranged, and the manor in Lin'an City has been completed. When will you leave?"

The Jiangnan matter could not be paid from the Ministry of Accounts. Wu Dunyuan took care of everything and paid all the expenses, so he got Li Chengzuo's eloquent "imperial businessman". Several shops.

Li Chengzuo glared at her, and said angrily, "I can't go!"

Song Yingluo smiled when she heard the words, as if she was wishing the emperor a long life, but what she said almost made the emperor die of anger.

Song Yingluo: "Don't you think I don't open which pot? Do you think I'm too talkative? Hahahaha, I knew you couldn't leave!"

His Majesty the Emperor: "..."

Bastards!

However, before Li Chengzuo could retort, the singing stopped during the banquet, Li Chengzuo looked down and saw the Khitan envoy come out to salute.

"The Khitan envoy, on behalf of the Khitan king, greets the Emperor Dayu, and wishes the Emperor Dayu a long life."

No matter how Li Chengzuo heard this sentence, he felt familiar. Seeing the expressions of all the civil and military officials present changed, he suddenly remembered that it seemed that the Khitan envoy who was covered in fur was also speaking in the same tone when the Khitan was defeated and asked for peace last time.

It's just that Li Chengzuo is no longer the emperor who needed to bide his time. Now he has calmed the chaos in the four realms and secured the throne. Even if he is not a great talent, he is still a generation of emperors.

"The envoy was saved." Li Chengzuo said, "I have thanked the King of Khitan for his kindness, and I have also thanked the envoy for bringing peace to Dayu and Khitan. Dayu's vast territory is clean and peaceful. May we only have songs, dances and wine from now on, and no more weapons."

The Khitan envoy stood there for a while, but did not respond immediately.

Civil and military officials still remembered the last time the Khitans came to court, and because of this moment of silence, their hearts hung in their throats.

However, after a brief pause, the Khitan envoy didn't make any fuss as everyone expected, but instead smiled: "Thank you for the kindness of Emperor Dayu, and on behalf of the Khitan king, I accept the kindness of Emperor Dayu."

Civil and military officials all put their hearts back in their stomachs.

But the Khitan envoy gave them a big gasp: "It's just that my king heard that the Khitan sent a phoenix to your country in the past, entrusted by my king, I want to watch the phoenix dance to check its safety."

The ministers were still worried, but Li Chengzuo was really relieved.

"What's so difficult about it." Li Chengzuo smiled loudly, "I was by the Prime Minister's side when the Phoenix broke its shell, so the Phoenix was very close to it, and the Prime Minister took good care of Phoenix. Where is the Prime Minister?"

Jiang Xizhu came out at the sound, watching Li Chengzuo's eyes, Jiang Xizhu understood without his words, turned around and asked the palace servants to give a few words, the palace servants came in a hurry, and then left in a hurry, not long after, the sky and twilight in the east of Ziguang Pavilion Here, a divine bird flew from afar.

It is much gentler and younger than the appearance that covered the sky and the sun with fierce eyes in the impression of everyone in the past. Others think it is because it is far away in the sky, but only Jiang Xizhu and Li Chengzuo know that it is only because the Phoenix is ​​still A baby bird, not yet an adult.

But now it has the appearance of an adult phoenix - the fire of Nirvana that was ignited for rebirth in the past is no longer there, and the colorful phoenix feathers are extremely gorgeous, and the bright feathers are reflected by the lights like the day, as if there is a glorious light Wrapped around his side, the long tail feathers dragged behind him, swaying past the brilliant lights of the palace, until he found Jiang Xizhu's figure, he circled in the air for a few feet, did not let down his proud head, and let out a resounding sound. Under Jiang Xizhu's gesture, the Qingxiao of heaven and earth reluctantly went away.

The people on the ground couldn't come back to their senses for a while.

Jiang Xizhu took a step forward to break the silence of the banquet: "The Phoenix has returned, the messenger can rest assured."

Everyone woke up like a dream.

The sound of silk and bamboo was restarted, the sound of singing and dancing returned to the world, and the lights seemed to return to peaceful light after the dazzling splendor.

The Khitan envoy stood there, looking at the direction where the Phoenix was going away for a long time, and then at the smiling prime minister in front of him, and remained silent for a while.

His eyes flashed, and his indifferent expression was like stars in the night sky. After a moment of brightness, he returned to calm again. He took out a jade flute from his bosom, bent down to salute: "I also have a little understanding of the rhythm of Dayu, I wish you Play "Phoenix Song" to wish the banquet a good mood."

After all, it is a happy peace.

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After all, the palace banquet ended in a lively manner. Jiang Xizhu returned to the mansion, and when he pushed the courtyard door, he saw the emperor who came back earlier than him. I don't know how he escaped from the shell by playing with the golden cicada in full view.

Phoenix stood on the porch aggrieved, and when he saw Jiang Xizhu coming back, he circled above his head for several weeks aggrievedly, making a tormented wail——in such a short period of time, the emperor who did not grow up To actually find trouble with it so openly, it shows how unwelcome it is.

Jiang Xizhu ordered the phoenix to fly down, stroked its head, and let it go.

His Majesty the Emperor, who bullied Fenghuang, turned his head and smiled when he saw the person coming.

The Spring Festival Gala is warm and the branches are full of peach blossoms, reflecting the gathering and scattering of floating clouds in the sky.Li Chengzuo's pair of peach blossom eyes are sparkling, which reflects the rows of elegant lamps under the corridor of the prime minister's mansion, one left and one right, enough to illuminate the gentle and jade-like shadow under the lamps.

Jiang Xizhu was stared at by his pair of sparkling eyes, but he couldn't keep his face straight when he wanted to: "Why are you here?"

Li Chengzuo stepped forward, stretched out his hand to brush the scattered peach blossoms on the prime minister's shoulder, and flicked his fingers: "Qingluan does not go alone, but also with people...Some people have made a wrong calculation. It will be him, even if he comes to my palace in disguise and blows the last voice of the phoenix."

Jiang Xizhu grabbed his hand by his side and led him into the corridor one after the other: "You can pretend you don't know, so as not to cause trouble."

Li Chengzuo snorted, walked slowly behind Jiang Xizhu, but suddenly walked two steps quickly, put his hands on the prime minister's shoulders, leaned into the prime minister's ear and said, "However, he gave me an idea."

The fragrance of fine wine at the palace banquet and his deep voice rang out in his ears, Jiang Xizhu felt itchy, but his face turned red unconsciously to his ears. Brought into the warm pavilion.

The sycamore leaves are faintly shaded, and the phoenix is ​​lying among the trees, looking down at the swaying gauze curtain after the curling smoke has long dissipated, the world and the sky are full of spring and color.

In the tenth year of Dayu's apocalypse, the Xiaoxiao phoenix tree leaves fall.

There are rumors that in the fall of this year, Emperor Tianqi went to Jiangnan and passed through a manor courtyard. The divine bird and phoenix that accompanied him was attracted by the sound of flute in the garden.After returning to Beijing, Emperor Tianqi ordered Zixu Dao Changan, the master of the country, to set up a Taoist temple here. One year after the completion of the Taoist temple, Emperor Tianqi abdicated and has never been seen since.In the same year, Prime Minister Jiang hung up his crown and went to live in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River.

Since then, no one has found the manor where Emperor Tianqi visited. There are folk rumors that gods, birds and immortals can be seen here.

At that time, people took the name of the divine bird "Phoenix" and named it the residence of immortals, and it was called Phoenix Tower.

(End of the article)

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