Lin'an City has been decorated with lights and joyfulness these days. The Northwest Song army has won consecutive victories in Xixia and has already attacked Xingqing Prefecture City to Lin'an City, making Lin'an City jubilant. People walked out of their homes and sang and danced, which brought the celebration to a climax.

Similarly, the great victory in Xixia was also extremely important to Emperor Zhao Gou, which quickly stabilized his throne and also caused a demonic wind in the court to support the restoration of the Supreme Emperor. Right Fan Zhixu immediately proposed a proposal to leave the Central Secretariat. Due to the abstention of the Deputy State Zhu Shengfei, the proposal was passed in the Zhizheng Hall in three to two, and Emperor Zhao Gou immediately approved the implementation. This means that the emperor's decree does not require the deputy emperor's signature to be promulgated, which is equivalent to blocking an important channel for the Supreme Emperor to interfere in the affairs of the court.

But this decree also means that the face between Emperor Zhao Gou and Emperor Zhao Ji has been completely torn apart, and there is no room for maneuver between both sides.

However, taking advantage of the great victory in Xixia, Emperor Zhao Gou did fight the more arrogant emperor Zhao Ji's arrogance, and Zhao Ji fell silent for a moment.

That morning, a pleasure boat stopped at the West Lake Wharf of Yinlong Villa. Yinlong Villa was the villa where the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji lived. It had just been renamed Yinlong Villa. Two people came down from the boat. The leader was Huang Qianshan, the Left Chief of Shangshu. He was followed by a man, but Du Chong, who was demoted to Mingzhou as a shipbuilder.

Although Huang Qianshan slaughtered a sum of money from the Du family, he was a fellow countryman of the Du family after all. If Du Chong was not given some compensation, it would be difficult to explain when the two families met in the future. Just as the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji was vigorously recruiting officials, Huang Qianshan built a bridge for Du Chong and introduced him to the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji.

Du Chong was also an old minister in Zhao Ji's era. He was highly valued by Zhao Ji in the past. Although he is responsible for shipbuilding in Mingzhou, he has a wide connection with the court and still has a certain role. Therefore, Zhao Ji is still quite interested in him, making Du Chong quickly become a loyal member to Zhao Ji.

When the two of them arrived at the gate of the villa, a eunuch came out and laughed and said, "The Supreme Emperor is receiving guests. Please follow me and take a break. I will report to you again."

Huang Qianshan was a little surprised. This time point was made specially by him before. Generally, the Supreme Emperor would not change the agreement easily. Who would be here? He couldn't help but ask, "I wonder who the Supreme Emperor is meeting?"

The eunuch smiled slightly, "I am receiving the envoys to Lin'an, Xixia."

"Is Andrian?"

"It was him who asked for a brief visit, so he had to avenge you both for a while."

"It's okay! It's okay!"

Huang Qianshan was suspicious, could the Supreme Emperor interfere in Xixia? He didn't ask much, so he followed the eunuch to the resting place.

In the study, Zhao Ji was on a high place, drinking tea while listening to the cry of the Western Xia envoy Andrei. "The Western Xia has been established for a hundred years and has been dependent on the Song Dynasty. He has been a vassal of the Song Dynasty for many years and has been a minister of the Song Dynasty for many years. Now Xixia has long been reborn and is willing to be a minister of the Song Dynasty. He is willing to return the rewards of the Song Dynasty over the years and cede the fertile land of Hexi. However, the Northwest Song army is pressing step by step. Xixia is seeing the disaster of destroying the country, the danger of destroying the country, and the life is devastated. The Song Dynasty also felt the same. Why did it impose what it does not want to be imposed on Xixia? I beg His Majesty to give Xixia a way out. The descendants of the people in Xixia are willing to be the people of the Supreme Emperor, and my king is also willing to be the slave of the Supreme Emperor. I am anxious to ask the Supreme Emperor to save his life in danger!"

Zhao Ji himself had no sympathy for Xixia. If he were in power, he would have rebuked Li Yanqing for destroying Xixia too slowly. But the problem now is that the great victory in Xixia brought great reputation to his son, consolidated his son's throne, and severely defeated his plan to depose the emperor. Of course, he hated Li Yanqing's great victory in Xixia. He wished that Li Yanqing would be defeated in Xixia and that the entire army would be destroyed. At that time, he could deposed the emperor openly.

The Battle of Xixia itself is a double-edged sword. If you lose, you hurt your opponent and win, you hurt yourself. Zhao Ji originally wanted to beg Li Yanqing to lose, but unexpectedly, the final result was to hit him hard, causing him to spend these days in extreme depression.

Now that the envoy of Xixia came to ask him, he realized that his son Zhao Gou's reputation was not over yet. If Li Yanqing really destroyed Xixia, Zhao Gou's reputation would be at its peak and he would be firmly on the throne. It would be almost impossible for him to find an excuse to abolish him.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji slowly said: "The Song Dynasty is a benevolent and righteous country, and will not do anything to exonerate his descendants. If Xixia can change its mind and become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty from now on, the Song Dynasty is willing to let Xixia live a life. I can agree to this matter and ask the envoys to reply to the king, so that he can rest assured that Xixia will not be destroyed."

Andrang was overjoyed and kowtowed, "The mercy of the Supreme Emperor, the people of Xixia will remember it from generation to generation!"

"Go! I will notify the emperor and let him end the Western Xia War immediately."

Andliang cried bitterly, and then bowed and left.

Zhao Ji walked in the study with his hands behind his back for a moment, thinking about how to put pressure on his son Zhao Gou. At this time, an eunuch whispered at the door: "Your Majesty, Huang Zuocheng and Du Chuan Envoy have been waiting for a long time!"

Zhao Ji then remembered that he was going to meet these two people today. He suddenly changed his mind and might be able to use them.

Zhao Ji hurriedly said, "So quickly and announce that they will come to see me!"

Soon, Huang Qianshan and Du Chong were brought in by eunuchs, and they bowed and bowed, "I will meet His Majesty the Supreme Emperor!"

"Two dear friends are exempted from the gift!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Ji and the others sat down again, and he sat back to his high position. This was a specially designed seat by Zhao Ji. It was taller and wider than ordinary seats. Sitting on it gives people a feeling of being tall and superior, so that the ministers below could only look up to him, which made Zhao Ji feel satisfied when he received his ministers.

Two palace maids came in to serve tea. Zhao Ji asked Du Chong with a smile, "How is the shipbuilding in Mingzhou?"

Mingzhou is today's Ningbo, the closest large seaport in the Song Dynasty and the largest shipbuilding place in the Song Dynasty. Du Chong was demoted to Mingzhou to build a shipbuilding for almost two years.

"Report to Your Majesty, four ships of ten thousand stones were built and twenty ships of five thousand stones were built. Now we are working hard to build three thousand stones of large ships, all of which are sea ships. In a year, about a hundred ships will be built, which is enough for a maritime trade merchant ship."

In order to open up wealth, the court prepared to form a semi-official caravan to various countries in Southeast Asia, so it had great demands on sea ships, which made Du Chong very busy in the past two years. However, Du Chong wanted to return to the center of the court's power as soon as possible, so he almost stayed in Lin'an during this period.

Du Chong changed the topic and said: "Your Majesty, the shipbuilding has come to an end. I am willing to serve you and beg you to give me a chance."

Zhao Ji nodded, but did not answer Du Chong's plea. He turned to ask Huang Qianshan, "What's wrong with Zhu Shengfei?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, it should be related to Zhang Ji, the former Chengdu Transport Author. He is Zhu Shengfei's in-laws. He was originally Zeng Xiulin's right-hand man. After Zeng Xiulin was liquidated, Li Yanqing did not take Zhang Ji's surgery. Instead, he recommended him as the Sanchuan Deputy Transport Author. The official also approved it very happily. Zhu Shengfei wanted to repay this favor, so it should be the reason?"

"So he stabbed me at a critical moment. He has to be so generous!"

"Your Majesty, it is probably related to Li Yanqing's victory in Xixia. When Zhu Shengfei saw the rise in the momentum of the official family, he had the idea of ​​joining the official family."

"Hmph! The fence-bearer with two faces and three swords, after I get back to the throne, I will be the first to deal with him."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ji said again: "I have something to leave to you two?"

"Please give your orders, and I will never refuse to die!"

Although this was a bit exaggerated, Zhao Ji was very satisfied with their attitude, so he said to the two: "You go to contact all officials, ask for peace in Xixia, initiate an initiative, and oppose the destruction of Xixia. This is not in line with the virtue of the great Song Dynasty's benevolence and righteousness. The momentum should be increased. The prophecy of destroying the country is also released among the people, and the conditions for pressure on me to create pressure on the rebellious son!"

The two of them bowed quickly and said, "I obey the order!"

Zhao Ji said to Du Chong again: "If you do this, I will transfer you back to the capital and assign an important position!"
Chapter completed!