Han Chengxu had sensed Liao Yingzhong's difficulty and asked, "You are all smart people, why didn't you prepare a third escape route?"
"If we were really smart, how could we survive such a defeat?"
Liao Yingzhong subconsciously retorted.
Later, he realized his current situation and shook his head.
"If there was a third escape route, Pingzhang could have surrendered... His Majesty must have considered Princess Rui's face and would not have killed him. Unfortunately, he did not have time to surrender."
"You mean, he's dead?"
"I also guessed that if Pingzhang Gong is still alive, he will simply surrender or return to Lin'an."
Liao Yingzhong is very polite and refuses to let out any flaws in her words.
Li Xia looked at him for a while and suddenly said: "Since you really don't know, that's all. Today I won't talk about Jia Sidao, but about you."
"Your Majesty, please grant me death."
Liao Yingzhong didn't wait for Li Xia to say the following words of solicitation.
Because he sincerely wanted to die and was afraid that Li Xia wouldn't let him go, he didn't want to offend Li Xia.
"After the defeat of Lugang, I already intend to die, but I don't know the whereabouts of Duke Pingzhang, and it will be difficult to die. Now that the news of Duke Pingzhang's death is almost confirmed, I am willing to follow him to the underworld."
Weng Yinglong quickly advised: "Yaozhou, why are you doing this? The Holy Son of Heaven is right in front of you, wouldn't it be better than Jia Sidao..."
"The emperor is a sage, but he cannot give me everything that Duke Pingzhang gave me. What kind of food and clothing did I have originally? What happened after I surrendered? How close did Duke Pingzhang treat me? How could he be with me if he surrendered to a new master?
You are both a teacher and a friend, trusting each other?"
Liao Yingzhong said, slowly kneeling down in front of Li Xia.
"No matter how wise the emperor is, he cannot change the more than thirty years of kindness and friendship between me and Duke Pingzhang... I can only ask your majesty to grant me death."
During this period of time, countless officials from the Song Dynasty surrendered. Unexpectedly, the ministers in the palace did not expect that it was Jia Sidao's staff who were the most loyal to their lord.
When Han Chengxu and others saw Liao Yingzhong acting like this, they said nothing more.
There is no shortage of talents in the world, but there is a shortage of loyal people, especially in today's declining world. All officials are interested in helping Liao Yingzhong become a model of loyalty.
Li Xia asked, "What will happen to these calligraphy and painting treasures after you die?"
"Since Your Majesty has captured it, how can the criminals interfere with the reward or collection? I just hope that it can be well preserved and not destroyed at all." Jue
"I don't plan to give out the reward."
As soon as these words came out, several important ministers in the palace were somewhat disappointed.
"I don't want to keep them in my private vault either."
Li Xia stood up, took two steps closer, and said: "I think we should protect them and engrave them so that the beauty of Chinese civilization can be spread more widely, but I don't know how to do it... You are an expert in this area."
Liao Yingzhong was stunned and subconsciously said: "It costs money to publish books and engrave them. I'm afraid the cost is far more than your Majesty thought."
"I really don't understand these, but I have some ideas. Do you know the newspaper? Although it is not as beautiful as the books you publish, it can spread articles and enlighten the people's wisdom."
"I know, the newspapers in the North are great. It's just that the proofreading is a bit rough, the printing is blurry, and there are often errors in the use of dictionaries, word choice and sentence construction." Jue
When we got to what Liao Yingzhong was interested in, her tone of voice immediately changed.
"You said that I can't give you what Jia Sidao can give you. It's true. But I need you to do the publishing and collecting of books that you are best at in your life."
Li Xia didn't know how to describe his grand vision for publishing the book, so he simply quoted a sentence.
"Books are the ladder of human progress."
Liao Yingzhong couldn't help but nodded and said: "That's true."
"I plan to build a Chinese museum to protect, study, and spread these treasures. Is it feasible?"
"Your Majesty also likes to collect treasures?"
"It is not collected for me, but for future generations."
"The sinner is stupid, I wonder why your majesty is like this?"
"Let future generations see more cultural treasures, and let all nations look up to our Chinese culture more."
The recent southern expedition has been going smoothly, but Li Xia is very uneasy.
He could imagine that the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty so smoothly, which made him feel that he was doing the same thing as Kublai Khan.
He needs to tell himself repeatedly that he must do better than Kublai Khan.
When he changes history, he hopes that when this life comes to an end, he can be sure before he dies that what he has done in his life has indeed made his family and country stronger and stronger than before.
This desire began to permeate everything.
Liao Yingzhong felt that what Li Xia said was too public-minded.
He was used to selfish interests in Jiangnan, so he didn't trust Li Xia.
"Your Majesty has not unified yet, but is he already thinking about future generations?"
"Let's put it this way, I can promise you that I won't take a single burial object with me after my death to show my sincerity."
"Your Majesty, no!"
Several old ministers in the palace were startled and fell to their knees one after another.
Funerals are a major ritual event these days. The so-called "elephant lives to send it to death", if it is true as Li Xia said, it covers etiquette and their concept of gods and ghosts.
Even Liao Yingzhong was shocked.
Although he was unwilling to surrender to Li Xia, he knew that if he didn't handle this matter well, he would be reviled after his death.
"Your Majesty, please take back your life! Even if you don't want to use worldly treasures as burial objects, you must not lose the emperor's etiquette."
"This is something to say later. You are an expert. Tell me how to preserve these." Li Xia pointed to the box of treasures and said: "Whether Jia Sidao lives or dies, the water of the Yangtze River will not be affected by him."
But after all, the world continues."
Liao Yingzhong's eyes gradually filled with tears. After hesitating for a long time, she finally responded: "I am willing to listen to your Majesty's orders."
"I can't give you the original expenses for food and clothing..." Jue
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At the end of the day, everyone else left first, but Han Chengxu stayed.
"Your Majesty seems to be concerned about the failure to capture Jia Sidao alive?"
"Mr. Han thinks that's why I recruited Liao Yingzhong? That's not the case. It's really because we have too few experts in this field."
"Actually, the little old man didn't realize whether the "Quick Snow Shi Qing Tie" is genuine or not...is it an authentic work?"
"Authentic."
Han Chengxu couldn't help stroking his long beard. After a while, he murmured: "Thinking about it this way, it's natural that Concubine Kang was born in the palace and has some petty tempers. When Jia Sidao died, did she not get into trouble with His Majesty?" Jue
Li Xia smiled.
"Old Han is so worried. When did I let the little girl feel sorry for her? It was she who told Jia Sidao about digging up Yu Jie's jade belt. We don't believe that Jia Sidao died like this."
"That's good, that's good."
Han Chengxu looked at Li Xia deeply for a while, and then said: "If your Majesty likes those treasures, it should be collected as a palace collection..."
Halfway through his words, Han Chengxu stopped himself, patted his knees, and said, "I'm a young man and I'm angry."
"Mr. Han always cares about me, I understand..."
~~玏
Over there, Liao Yingzhong left the palace and was taken by Huang Gongshao to settle her.
Not far away, a shout came from behind.
"Mr. Liao, stay."
Turning around, I saw a middle-aged woman coming with several maids.
Liao Yingzhong thought for a while and said in surprise: "Hu Zhen?"
"Mr. Hu." Huang Gongshao quickly stepped on Liao Ying and saluted.
"Oh, Mr. Hu is so polite." Jue
Hu Zhen greeted him with a smile and said, "I have a small matter to ask Mr. Liao."
"Please tell me. The students must tell you everything they know."
"Where's the cat?"
Liao Yingzhong was stunned for a moment, then understood immediately and replied: "Still in Geling Villa."
"Thank you."
Hu Zhen turned around and left, getting on a donkey cart.
Liao Yingzhong looked around and saw that the donkey cart was very ordinary. Compared with the pomp and circumstance when Hu Zhen ran the Fenglian Tower, it could only be said to be shabby.
But he didn't dare to look down on her anymore.
"That's all she asked?" Liao Yingzhong asked Huang Gongshao, "Where are you going?"
"I think I'm looking for someone to protect Concubine Kang and Concubine Ning's cats."
"But what I just talked about was the Geling Villa in Lin'an."
Huang Gongshao lowered his voice and said: "Can I not know? They just have this ability."
"How is that possible? That's Lin'an City." Liao Yingzhong said in surprise, "Did the Public Opinion Department be used? Are they still so powerful now?"
Huang Gongshao didn't want to talk about the imperial concubine, so he lowered his voice and said, "How big of a deal is it? It's not that powerful and naive. It's not difficult for people to do things in Lin'an. It's just a letter." Jue.
Liao Yingzhong felt it was an exaggeration.
No matter what, he didn't believe that the demon concubine and the princess of Rui country could reach out to Lin'an to take care of a cat...
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Lin'an.
The panic-stricken scene in the hall of the Great Song Dynasty can no longer be described in words.
After being defeated to this extent, Xie Daoqing certainly wanted to move the capital.
The problem is that many officials, whether central or local, are fleeing every day.
How can we move the capital if we can't convey government orders?
When Xie Daoqing recovered from the extreme shock, he finally issued an edict to stabilize the court first...
"My lord, the Queen Mother has issued an edict and posted a notice outside the palace gate."
"read."
Liu Mengyan was sitting under the candlelight, cutting an envelope with a paper knife, with a look of anxiety in his eyes and muttering something in his mouth.
"Is this a reply this time? Zhang Wulang, why are you so petty?"
"What did your husband say?" Jue
Liu Mengyan said impatiently: "You miss me, don't worry about me."
He pulled a piece of paper out of the envelope, but it was blank.
"Yes." The young man began to read: "The Queen Mother said that our country has treated the scholar-bureaucrats well for three hundred years."
After reading this, the boy glanced at Liu Mengyan and saw that he was cutting another letter. He didn't know if he was listening, so he had to continue reading.
"I and the official family are in trouble, and you, the young minister, can't come up with any plan to save the people. Internally, the official has left the country, and externally, he has been entrusted with seals and abandoned the city to seek refuge and live in eternity. Who else is there? How can we see the late emperor underground?"
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"Ha." Liu Mengyan finally reacted and said to himself: "Everyone has fled, and you still ask: Women are in power."
He put the blank paper in his hand on the candle flame and baked it carefully.
The young man continued to recite Xie Daoqing's will.
"The destiny of heaven has not been changed, and the laws of the country still exist. Anyone who is in the official position will be transferred once by the Ministry of Education..."
"Okay!" Liu Mengyan suddenly exclaimed softly and shook the letter paper in his hand.
"Ms. sir, are you going to be promoted?"
"Go away."
"But there is another saying... Those who flee from the country will be noticed by the censor."
The last sentence was still such a weak threat. Liu Mengyan became even more impatient and couldn't help scolding: "Why don't you get out? Stop bothering me with that stupid woman's nonsense."