Qian Song

Chapter 479: A Map of Thousands of Miles of Country (please vote for me!)

Chapter 479: A Map of Thousands of Miles of Country (please vote for me!)

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After a while, the food and wine began to arrive one after another.

Every time a dish is served, the little eunuch Bo'er, who is now completely Chinese, has to announce the name of the dish loudly.

A group of young eunuchs served twelve dishes one after another, namely: double-cooked perilla fish, fish with meat and vinegar, steamed lychee kidneys, lamb gizzards cooked with milk, lotus duck, hand-washed crab, rabbit splashed with green onions, raw Stir-fried lung, shredded sheep's head in deficient juice, crab stuffed with orange, fresh shrimp, hoof, and fried mandarin duck tripe.

In addition, there are one soup and one soup: Baiwei soup, goose gizzard soup.

The wine is Guanglu wine.

The jar of Guanglu wine is dark red, and the mouth of the jar is covered with yellow silk.

This Guanglu wine is the national wine produced by Guanglu Temple of the Song Dynasty, which is also the royal wine. It is also called "Huangfeng wine".

The imperial wine that everyone drank at this banquet was not the imperial wine brewed during the Daqian Dynasty, but the aged imperial wine left over from the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Because Li Cun didn't like drinking much and didn't like his ministers to drink, he rarely rewarded royal wine. Therefore, even though the Daqian Dynasty had been established for so many years, there were still a lot of royal wine from the previous dynasty.

Now, Li Cun just had people move out to entertain emperors, kings, khans, chiefs from various countries, princes, princes, princes, princes from various countries, as well as all the civil and military officials of the Daqian Dynasty.

After opening the bottle, the strong aroma of Guanglu wine gradually spread out.

Many people who are too drunk feel dizzy just by smelling the smell of alcohol.

Wanyan Dan, who loves drinking, was full of praise when he smelled the best wine in the world: "Good wine! Good wine! It is indeed the royal wine!"

Then, Wanyan Dan stood up, bowed to Li Cun on the ground, and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the fine wine!"

When Li Cun held a banquet of hundreds of emperors, the emperors, kings, khans, chiefs, and princes, princes, princes, and princes of various countries behaved differently, but most of them were dull, silent, dejected, calm, sad, resentful, regretful, Those who are forbearing, desperate, jealous and ready to find opportunities to express themselves in order to escape from the prison, but there is only one person who is happy.

This person is Wanyan Dan who has not been able to get a drink for a long time.

In fact, Wanyan Quan had been excited for an unknown amount of time when he learned that Li Cun was going to hold a banquet of hundreds of emperors and that he would be invited to participate.

Yes.

Wanyan Dan in history first paid tribute to the clan ministers and entrusted him with state affairs, and then vigorously developed Han culture and governance. He was a wise man for a while.

But Wanyan Dan at this time may be because he has no hope at all, or it may be just because he has a nature of indulgence in drinking, sex, and endless pleasure. In short, Wanyan definitely has no chance to be a woman now. Because he is no longer capable of killing, he can only put all his passion on drinking, pursuing alcohol to numb himself, and racking his brains to immerse himself in that state of drunkenness and dreams.

Precisely because of this, when Wanyan Quan heard that Li Cun was going to hold a banquet, instead of having any other ideas, Wanyan Dan was overjoyed to have a good drink.

Looking at the completely crippled Wanyan Dan, Li Cun shook his head in his heart and said, "He La, just drink as much as you want. The good wine is enough for today."

When Wanyan Dan heard this, he was even more delighted. He immediately picked up the wine glass and took a sip, swallowing it happily. Then his face was full of intoxication and he said: "The bells, drums, food and jade are not expensive, but I hope it will last forever." Drunk and reluctant to wake up. Since ancient times, sages have been lonely, but only drinkers leave their names. In the old days, King Chen had a banquet, and drank a lot of wine, and had a lot of fun. Why does the master say that he has less money, and he must sell it to you. The five-flowered horse , Thousands of gold fur, I will exchange it for fine wine, and I will sell the eternal sorrow with you!"

Many people present had a common thought at this time, that is, Li Bai's "The Wine" was ruined by Wanyan Dan.

Yelu Yanxi couldn't stand Wanyan Dan the most. He said to his left and right: "Aguda is also a hero, how could he have such a useless grandson? No wonder the country has perished."

The people on the side couldn't help but snicker after hearing this, and whispered: "Yelu Abaoji is not as heroic as Wanyan Aguda, but because of you, you did not help your great-great-grandson, and the country perished."

Yelu Yanxi obviously heard the whispers of these people, but he pretended not to hear it, and stood up and said: "Your Majesty has unified the world and created an unprecedented country. , I have not hunted for many years, otherwise I would have hunted a white tiger skin with my own hands and presented it to His Majesty to congratulate His Majesty for his achievements."

Yelu Yanxi said this deliberately.

During the recent period, Yelu Yanxi has been asking his daughter, grandson, granddaughter, and daughters of the clan to lobby Li Cun, hoping that Li Cun can take him out for a happy hunting trip.

In order to realize this wish, Yelu Yanxi even went to the extent of digging holes in the house to beg Brother Xiao Gui and his former concubines to let them also give Li Cun some love.

It can be said that in order to be able to hunt once, Yelu Yanxi even gave up his old face.

Let's put it this way, after staying in the City of All Nations for more than [-] years, Yelu Yanxi has been able to adapt to everything else, but the fact that he can't hunt makes him really worried and scratched his liver.

Moreover, Yelu Yanxi felt that he was now over 70 years old. If he did not hunt properly, he might not be able to ride a horse or draw a bow in a few years. By then, even if Li Cun let him When he went to the hunting grounds, he could only take a look.

Such Yelu Yanxi obviously could no longer pose any threat to the Jiangshan Sheji of the Daqian Dynasty.

Besides, there are also the faces of the daughters of the Liao royal family and clan members.

So Li Cun showed great mercy and said: "After this banquet, Aguo is going to go hunting. I will ask my troops to accompany Aguo to hunt for ten days. How about that?"

When Yelu Yanxi heard this, he was overjoyed. He immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is truly a kind and merciful Holy Lord. The sinners who handed us the Liao Dynasty into your Majesty's hands can be regarded as worthy of my Khitan ancestors."

After hearing Yelu Yanxi's words, many people were thinking that there was such a shameless person in this world, who ruined the country and country that his ancestors worked so hard to conquer, and even licked his face and said that he handed it over to the enemy. The key is to be able to say such shameless words that are worthy of our ancestors. This is too shameless.

But no one said what they were thinking.

It's not that these people care about Yelu Yanxi, a useless and shameless old guy.

But this may make Li Cun unhappy.

It should be noted that when the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be laid down and blood will flow for thousands of miles. If Li Cun is displeased, the consequences will be disastrous.

Everyone present knows very well that even though Li Cun is smiling and has a kind face, under the leadership of Li Cun, the Qian army has probably massacred tens of millions of aliens. man of.

Not to mention anything else, Song Jiang and Wu Yong alone killed as many as two to three million people while searching for gold and silver for the Daqian Dynasty in Japan not long ago.

You know, Japan has a total population of only 1000 million.

The key is that most of those killed by Song Jiang and Wu Yong were Japanese nobles and people who were loyal to Japan and unwilling to obey the rule of the Daqian Dynasty.

It can be said that after such a killing by Song Jiang and Wu Yong, the foundation of Japan was completely destroyed.

Song Jiang and Wu used methods such as building railways and mining gold mines in Japan with high salaries, and giving Japanese aristocratic women to settle in Japan. They attracted nearly [-] million people from the Daqian Dynasty, and there were only a few who were willing to settle in Japan. As many as millions.

It can be said that after the governance of Song Jiang and Wu Yong, Japan is no longer the Japan of the Japanese, but the Japan of the Daqian Dynasty.

Who dares to touch such a ruthless Li Cun?

Li Cun still gave Yelu Yanxi, his father-in-law, and Lian Qiao some face. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Ah Guo. Today, I will not treat the former Liao people badly."

Yelu Yanxi bowed again solemnly: "Now that I am here, I will express my gratitude to Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of the former Liao people."

After Yelu Yanxi sat down, Zhao Ji looked at Zhao Huan, who was looking at him expectantly, and then at Zhao Gou, who was completely dressed as a woman, and finally set his sights on Zhao Huan, who looked older than him. On Zhao Kai.

To be honest, Zhao Ji, who has already missed out on the selection once and was forced to miss out once, really wants to give the Zhao family's last hope to Zhao Kai, who is most similar to him, but Zhao Kai's health is getting worse and worse, and it is even possible that If you can't survive him, how can you take on such a big responsibility?And his other sons really did not have the authority to command the Zhao family.The key point is that with Li Cun's character of being intolerant of sand, he will definitely not let him hand the Zhao family into the hands of a capable person.

To understand this, Zhao Ji could only look back at Zhao Huan and thought: "I hope he can make some progress after experiencing these hardships." Thinking of this, Zhao Ji said: "Huan'er, I just go and present the painting."

When Zhao Huan heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly responded: "Alas!", and then quickly arranged his clothes.

Seeing that Zhao Ji finally chose Zhao Huan, the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song dynasties who came with him were all disappointed!

but--

These royal families and clans of the Zhao and Song Dynasties also understood Zhao Ji.

They knew very well that Zhao Ji, who had already suffered two big losses from the two filial sons Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou, wanted to choose Zhao Kai this time, whether it was Zhao Shu or Zhao Qi or any other son. I don't want to choose Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou, the two filial sons, especially the former.

But at first, Zhao Kai, whom Zhao Ji had been working hard to promote, was in really poor health and might not be able to take on the important task of retaining the Zhao family.

Secondly, everyone in the Zhao family understood that Li Cun was happy to see Zhao Huan succeed Zhao Ji in charge of the Zhao family in the future.

This is understandable.

After all, a stupid and cowardly leader of the Zhao family was no threat to the Daqian Dynasty.

And Li Cun's attitude was definitely something that prisoners like them would not dare to disobey.

To be honest, Zhao Ji's ability to withstand Li Cun's pressure and push Zhao Kai to the throne for so long was enough to impress all the royal families and clans of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Nowadays, God's will and Li Cun's intention is to let Zhao Huan succeed Zhao Ji as the leader of the Zhao family.

In this case, Zhao Ji's most correct choice is to listen to heaven and Li Cun and then resign himself to his fate.

However, Zhao Huan's past stupidity and cowardice were still fresh in the minds of the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Moreover, until now, Zhao Huan still does not know how to repent.

This inevitably made the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song Dynasties have no confidence in Zhao Huan.

But if you don’t choose Zhao Huan, who else can you choose? Zhao Gou, who is neither a man nor a woman but can be played with by others?

Now, the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song dynasties can only beg God to let Zhao Ji live a few more years, and it is best to survive the death of the two filial sons Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou.

Some royal families and clans of the Zhao and Song dynasties further prayed that God and Li Cun would never let Zhao Gou lead them.

If that day comes, then the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song Dynasties will no longer be the overlords in the City of All Nations, but the laughing stock.

While all the royal families and clans of the Zhao and Song dynasties were thinking wildly, Zhao Huan had already sorted out his Taoist robe, which was the Taoist robe that Li Cun had given him many years ago.

Zhao Huan stood up, and then gave Li Cun a deep salute that was more standard than that of Wanyan Quan and Yelu Yanxi, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I would like to congratulate you on the great unification of the world and the creation of unprecedented thousands of miles of land. Your contribution is in the contemporary era. The "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" was written by my father himself and assisted by my Zhao family. It took five years and seven months to finally complete it. Now I, Zhao family, present this treasure to Your Majesty."

After saying that, Zhao Huan also glanced at Yelu Yanxi, who only promised a bad check.

There is a saying in later generations that "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", one of China's top ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation, was not created by Wang Ximeng under the guidance of Zhao Ji at all, but was created by Zhao Ji during his time. It can also be said that Zhao Ji is Ximeng. "Ximeng" is Zhao Ji's understanding of Taoism.

Li Cun confirmed this statement.

Later, when discussing Taoism with Zhao Ji, Li Cun said casually: "How about you draw a "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" for me someday?"

Zhao Ji agreed wholeheartedly at that time, and even used this as an excuse to ask Li Cun for many top-notch calligraphy and painting tools such as pens, inks, paper and inkstones.

Li Cun also waited for Zhao Ji for a few days, but when he saw that Zhao Ji had no words, he shook his head and smiled, thinking that Zhao Ji was also here to fight with him, so he put the matter down.

Unexpectedly, it was just a painting, and Zhao Ji actually spent five years and seven months painting it.

Li Cun quickly ordered people to unfold it.

Open the scroll wrapper, and you will see what Zhao Ji wrote in thin gold at the beginning: Conquer the east and conquer the west, conquer the south and conquer the north, all barbarians surrender, and the world is boundless.

Ignoring other things, just these sixteen characters, penetrating into wood, vigorous and powerful, silkworm head and swallowtail, pen moving dragon and snake, dragon flying and phoenix dancing, iron painting and silver hook, vividly display the domineering power of Li Cun and the majesty of the Daqian Dynasty.

When the 120-meter long scroll was fully unfolded, everyone present, whether they were people who knew painting or not, were all shocked.

At the beginning, the top of the mountain goes straight into the sky, and then there are rolling hills and lofty mountains. The scenery changes with each step.The waterfalls in the mountains splash and flow into the river again.The local customs and customs are taken care of in every possible way.When you reach the edge, the sea is vast and boundless...

Zhao Ji used his royal majesty of "I own the country" and his perfect "view of the country" landscape sketching techniques, and relied on his extraordinary aesthetic ability to show the beautiful and domineering Daqian dynasty soaring into the sky and all the barbarians surrendering. The world is unified.

The uncanny craftsmanship of nature, the vastness of the Daqian Dynasty, and the domineering power of the Daqian Dynasty that made the world surrender are fully displayed in Zhao Ji's works...

Moreover, there are a lot of details in this "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains".

If you look carefully, you can see the characteristics of the various countries, peoples and regions defeated by Li Cun in the painting.

The key is that it incorporates so many and rich elements, yet this picture doesn’t feel inconsistent at all.

good drawing!

Top-notch artwork!

More importantly, this is definitely a magnificent cultural project that can demonstrate the cultural heritage of an empire.

Li Cun had to admit that Zhao Ji's aesthetics and Zhao Ji's artistic achievements were at least 1000 years ahead of the world.

At the same time, Li Cun also understood that the reason why Zhao Ji gave him the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" was because he and the royal and clan daughters of the Zhao and Song dynasties had asked him for many years, which was to give them the Zhao family's inheritance. After.

All along, Li Cun has been pursuing, eradicating the roots without giving the enemy any chance to stand up.

But the actual situation is that this is really difficult to do, especially after Li Cun destroyed so many countries.

Not to mention other countries, just the Liao Kingdom, Li Cun failed to eradicate the weeds.

You know, there are still many Liao clans serving as officials in the Daqian Dynasty, and several of them have even become high-ranking officials in the Daqian Dynasty.

Also, it is said that before Jin Wushu was annihilated, he sent Wanyan Xinilie's son and Wanyan Ohu's son away and hid them.

There are actually many such things.

Let me ask, knowing that their country is going to perish and that they are going to be imprisoned for life, who would not try to save some blood for themselves and their dynasty as long as there is a chance?

Only in the Zhao and Song dynasties, through the clever operations of Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou, Li Cun completely wiped out the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

As a result, Zhao Ji had to do everything possible to please Li Cun and beg Li Cun to give them Zhao a heir.

So the question is, should Li Cun agree?

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(End of this chapter)