On January 8, 1105, the fourth year of Chongning (1105), Bang, Pan and Diezhou surrendered to the Song Dynasty. The eunuch Tong Guan went on a war again, with the title of "The Staff of the Staff of the Qinfeng Road of Xihe Lanhuang". For this appointment, Cai Jing had a disagreement with the Supreme Leader of the Privy Council, his brother, Cai Bian, the affairs of the Privy Council. So Cai Bian was dismissed.

But Cai Jing, Tong Guan and the others still miscalculated. The situation quickly lost control, because of the courage of the Xixia people. After a few revenges like harassment, they suddenly felt unsure and immediately asked for help from the Great Liao Kingdom. The method was used to the highest specifications!

On January 6, Li Zaifu of the Western Xia entered Liao for help, and asked for another request: to ask for marriage for the king Li Ganshun, and to ask the Great Liao to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty.

On the 4th of the leap month, after the repeated proposals from Emperor Chongzong of Xia, Li Ganshun, Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi finally agreed to marry Princess Cheng'an, the royal family daughter. After this relationship, the Liao Kingdom began to put pressure on the Song Dynasty! On April 4, the Liao Special Envoy, the high-end ritual, entered the Song Dynasty to warn--that is my brother-in-law! Whatever you stole, do not wait for my Liao Kingdom to send troops, you will regret it!

Cai Jing and Tong Guan were panicked. It wasn't because they were afraid of the Liao Kingdom. They didn't expect that Xixia would be so easy to be timid. The original plan was that the Dangxiang people would be in a state of being in a hot temper for another two days, and they would be able to destroy Xixia! Now the Liao people suddenly inserted it, which caught them off guard...

This is indeed their miscalculation! They were in the game, but they did not see the true face of Dangxiang people. In fact, since Li Yuanhao died, Xixia has been beaten by the Song Dynasty. For so many years, the Liang group who has been challenging the Song Dynasty is the Chinese in Xia Dynasty! As for the emperors of the Western Xia, starting from Li Liangzuo, through Li Bingchang, and now Li Ganshun, they are all peace talks and pro-Song factions!

What to do? Liao people... Faced with this problem, Tong Guan turned around and walked away. He was busy going to the northwest to train troops. Cai Jing was worried about political matters. Cai Jing thought about it and called someone.

So which piece of land was taken away by the Song Dynasty? They were so scared that they could not wait to invite the then interceptor Yelu Yanxi to come forward? Answer: The Song army on Fuyan Road has recovered Yinzhou! After Zhong Yan's Fuyan army recovered Suizhou, Yinzhou, one of the five prefectures of Yinxia, ​​was recaptured by the Fuyan army! In addition to Yinzhou being recaptured, the Song Dynasty began the eternal nightmare of the Xixia people-the fort construction project. At the same time, the most important ally of the Xixia people, the Tubo people, turned to the Song Dynasty like a fence. Longji surrendered to the Song Dynasty again, insisting on claiming "My name is Zhao Huaide."

On the 11th, Xixia attacked Linzong Village and was defeated. On the 11th, she attacked Shunning Village and was defeated by Liu Yanqing. She attacked Beifan City in Huangzhou again, and was defeated by Xin Shuxian again.

On May 16, the Song envoy Zeng Xiaoguang and Wang Jian entered Liao for negotiations.

On the same day, the Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain in Xinzhou and Zhang Daoling's 0th generation grandson was given the title of Mr. Xu Jing and promised to be hereditary. This is the origin of the famous Zhang Tianshi in the history of Chinese Taoism.

Zeng Xiaoguang and Wang Jian entered Liao to negotiate, but no results were reached. Li Ganshun was so anxious! Boss Song, Liao, are you good to streamline your bureaucratic style? If you continue to hold on like this, we will be devastated in Xixia! On January 6, Li Ganshun, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, sent Li to benefit again, and Tian Ruoshui went to Liao for help.

On the 10th, Lin Rong, the confidant confidant who was selected by Cai Jing, finally met Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi and began negotiations. As a die-hard fan of Cai Jing, Lin Rong knew that Cai Jing had a very bold plan in his mind. This plan was bold enough to have an opportunity since Zhao Guangyi and Yongxi failed to make the Northern Expedition, countless court officials in the past 10 years, even hawkish bosses like Han Qi, and even those like Fu Bi who dared not do it!

Along the way, Lin Fu's spectrum was so great that he was so big that he was not like the Song Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty who had just traveled to the Song Dynasty, and those who were sent to the grassland tribes during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, such as Su Wu who never bowed his head, and even more like the Han envoy who entered the Dayuan Kingdom to seek bloody horses. The Han court was the strongest regime under the sky, and the Han people were the supreme existence of all races!

Lin Rong did this, and he was always picking on the road. He scolded him immediately when he was not satisfied. When he entered the Liao Dynasty Palace, he saw Yelu Yanxi, his posture not only did not lower his posture, but was even higher!

Lin Qian asked Yelu Yanxi: How did you manage your brother-in-law? Your brother-in-law is wrong in this and that, and hates it like this! Don’t you know? Or do you still say it with ignorance and help your brother-in-law mess with it? The only thing you should do is to strengthen your brother-in-law and the inferior racial party members, and less point fingers at our Song Dynasty! You must understand that the diplomatic etiquette of the Song Dynasty is a model for the whole world! You can only learn and never have the qualification to interrupt!

Yelu Yanxi was so stupid that he did not order Lin Rong to be dragged out and chopped that day, nor did he scold him on the spot. No matter what, he is also the emperor, so he can't afford to lose that person?

Lin Rong walked out of the Liao Dynasty Palace with great swagger, and his heart was trembling. He was really in the limelight! The countless ambassadors before were not as good as he did today! But he was really afraid, not only for the Liao Dynasty emperor, but also for Cai Jing...

Prime Minister Cai asked him to do everything possible to provoke the Liao Kingdom, not to be afraid of big things, and to make the Liao emperor furious! Only in this way can the battle be fought! Based on this principle, the subsequent things will be out of control...

Lin Rong returned to China, and the Liao Kingdom sent a special person to escort according to the rules and made a request. They hoped that the Song Dynasty would return the border fortress that Zhao Ji had robbed after he ascended the throne... This was a thorn that slammed the hearts of Xixia. In the past few years, the Song Dynasty built countless fortresses, gradually advancing to the hinterland of Xixia, and eroding the territory of Xixia little by little. The Hengshan, Tiandu Mountain and other places mentioned above were occupied in this way!

It can be imagined that their status in the Song Dynasty was equally important!

When the Khitans made this request, they did not force the Song Dynasty to do it. This is a practice, and it is the same in modern society. Sometimes politics is like buying vegetables on the street. Everyone can negotiate prices at will, asking for prices everywhere, and paying back money when they land? So they are very relaxed and do not feel that there is any danger...

But the next moment, they were shocked. Lin Rong's reaction was unprecedented. Even Fu Bi was not as brave as he refused Yelu Zongzhen. The envoy Lin actually put aside diplomatic vocabulary, abandoned his identity as an ambassador, and used very "civilian" language...

What exactly did they say? Historical books do not record, so they cannot be told randomly. But the consequences were shocking. The Khitan was so popular that they immediately cut off all services, including food. The only thing they provided was drinking water. They just opened the kettle and found that there were human excrement inside... The way back to China was still long. Lin Rong and his party were hungry all day long, almost thirsty, and finally set foot on the land of the Song Dynasty...

He struggled to return to the capital and happily said to Cai Jing, "En Xiang, I have completed the task." But he saw En Xiang's expressionless face, thinking about something, and was not ignited by his enthusiasm. Lin Rong was panicked. As a qualified slave, his first reaction was that he had made a mistake. It must be that he messed up something? I wonder if Cai En Xiang would be furious in the next moment and let him travel a long distance to Hainan Island to get a permanent residence permit?

The facts proved: he was thinking too much. Things did change, and there was a huge difference from Cai Jing's original plan! But it had nothing to do with Lin Rong. In fact, even if he succeeded, unless he messed with the Khitans and sent tens of thousands of people to follow him into the border of the Song Dynasty, Cai Jing's original plan would probably be the only way to be invalidated...

Because the interest of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty changed... Emperor Huizong became enlightened and began to pursue a high-quality life. Around January 1105 when Lin Rong returned to China, the Nine Cauldrons had been cast, the Jiucheng Palace was also completed, and the Flower and Stone Gang also began. As for the legendary "Gen Yue" still stayed in the dream of Emperor Huizong...

In such a peaceful and prosperous atmosphere, who would compete with a group of Dangxiang Manzi who barely struggled to survive in the northwest? As a result, Tong Guan's dream of military merit was suspended, and Cai Jing's move to usurp the lifeline of the country in the name of war also slowed down. When the Great Liao Kingdom sent envoys to negotiate for the second time, the peace talks were successful, the land was returned, and the peace between Song and Xia was restored...

From then on, the main theme of the Song Dynasty was the construction of both material and spiritual...

For example, the two palaces that were first built: Jingling Palace and Yuanfu Palace. Jingling Palace has a heritage meaning. It was built by Emperor Zhenzong of Song when he was praying to gods and worshiping Buddhas. It was burned in the Liu E era. Now I, Zhao Ji, are here to rebuild it!

Yuanfu is also a symbol of an era. The last year of the great brother Song Zhezong, the new palace named after this, represents my determination to continue moving along the glorious path of my elder brother!

The two palaces were quickly built and were completed as early as 110 years ago.

The casting of the Nine Triads was also completed on the 1st month after the intermarriage of Liao and Xia. After that, Cai Jing proposed to build 9 new palaces on the south side of Taiyi Palace to place them. The yellow imperial tripods in the center, the black treasure tripods in the north, the blue peony tripods in the northeast, the green wind tripods in the east, the purple red tripods in the south, the black Fu tripods in the southwest, the red crystal tripods in the west, and the white Kui tripods in the northwest. These 9 palaces are collectively called "Jiucheng Palace". Each has a city wall and a short wall on it, which is called Pi Ni. Each has different colors, echoing the tripods in its own halls, to describe the land of China. A long wall is built outside the 9 halls.

Five months later, on August 0, Jiucheng Palace was completed and Jiuding officially settled down. The next day, Song Huizong went to sacrifice himself. The sacrifice process was originally good, but when the sacrifice reached the northern treasure tripod, the treasure tripod suddenly broke... At that time, no one would have thought of what this indicates. When Song Huizong recalled this scene again, he might have some realization...

On the 6th, the ceremony of rituals and music was also completed and premiered in Chongzheng Hall. Song Huizong was overjoyed and personally named "Da Sheng Le" and issued an order: Don't use old music from now on...

The Nine Cauldrons were built and the Jiucheng Palace was built soon, which means that Zhao Ji's interest was completely changed. The period of negotiations between the Song, Liao and Xia countries. But at this time, Zhao Ji's mind was not on the negotiations at all. He was looking forward to what surprises could Prime Minister Cai Jing bring to him?

One day, Cai Jing entered the palace very happily and almost nothing was taken. For example, there were only two or three servants carrying Zhang Zhu bed, covered with yellow silk squids. It was obviously tributed to the emperor. Zhao Ji was also very curious: What tricks are Cai Jing doing? In his opinion, this bamboo bed is very small and light, and it is destined to be unable to carry heavy things. The things inside are not much expensive... guess right! The yellow paper is opened, and there is a clear green area below, but it is actually just three or two small boxwood trees...

Boxwood, an evergreen shrub in woody plants. It is generally used in garden cultivation or used as a green fence wall. It is a little ornamental, but after all, it does not bloom or bear fruit. If you want to say that it is really elegant, it is not too elegant...

But Zhao Ji's eyes flashed... I was scattered in the Hall of Elegance every day, and I was almost vomiting. Now the more rural, the more natural, the more folk things are, the more high-end it is!

The emperor fell in love with this Chu Qingcui on the spot, but he was still dissatisfied with this: Cai Aiqing, do you have any new ideas? Cai Jing thought for a while and said: Your Majesty, let’s play here first today. In two days, I will take Your Majesty to a place...

A few days later, Zhao Ji got what he wanted. He was like the legendary Liu Laolao who first entered the Grand View Garden. He was completely stunned. Although he didn't know anything, he just loved to watch it! In front of him was a messy, low-sized, bamboo fenced and thatched cottage-style house, with a very novel style. But these alone could not attract him. Cai Jing was unique. He transported several Taihu stones from Jiangsu, Jiangnan and Huzhou. Taihu stones were known for their various shapes and agility. Zhao Ji was fascinated by cleverly embedding them into these houses. So far, he had not left Kaifeng City, and had only read ten thousand books and had not traveled thousands of miles. How could he have seen these masterpieces of nature? I can't stand it, I really can't stand it! Zhao Ji issued a special department in Suzhou in Jiangnan to set up a bureau to search for him these worthless stones! Stones have accompanied him in the first half of his life...

In order to find the stones he had always dreamed of, he had to find a talented man to preside over the Yingfeng Bureau. Who is the talented man? The talented man's surname is Zhu! This is a friend Cai Jing made when he was demoted to Hangzhou. To be honest, as a senior official of the court, he really didn't take a southern native seriously. But after a little contact, Cai Jing immediately became convinced.

At that time, he was bored in Hangzhou and wandered around to Suzhou. Suzhou has many gardens since ancient times, which made Cai Jing linger and travel. Intoxicated, he felt that he should leave some memorials. What should he do? Cai Jing believes that it is best to build religious buildings. People in religious places have the greatest mobility and the farthest reputation, especially if they can be kept forever. Unlike a certain vegetable market, they will be built today and demolished tomorrow...
Chapter completed!