The second year of Yuanfu, the day of the day.

The sky gradually became brighter, but the sun did not show up. It was a gloomy morning, and there was a bitter north wind. Although the wind was not strong, it still hurt like a knife on his face. The square outside Donghua Gate was crowded with people, all of them waiting for the Song Dynasty officials to appear. Among them, there was Xiao Haogu, who was sore in his neck. The big golden crown on his head was too heavy! And he had to continue to hold it for several hours, and he had to go to dinner tomorrow...

He even envied his deputy envoy Liu Yun. According to tradition, Liu Yun was wearing a relatively normal Chinese official uniform. He just tied a golden belt around his waist, which was as wide as a palm, with cowhide inside, and a dozen heavy pure gold protective films on the outside, which were also suspected of showing off his wealth!

However, in Xiao Haogu's opinion, such a dress is simply stupid! Why are you showing off your wealth in front of the Great Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty? And those who came up with this idea could not understand what real wealth was.

"It's snowing! It's snowing!"

"This is Ruixue!"

"It's Ruixue!"

A low cry suddenly came from the team waiting for the emperor to worship, with a surprise.

It is not a good omen for the first day of the New Year. It is a sad wind and rain, and no one will feel comfortable. But snow symbolizes a good harvest... However, this is the view of the farmer south of the Great Wall. Xiao Haogu, the Khitan who ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddha, frowned.

If it is still snowing heavily in Kaifeng Prefecture on the New Year, it means that the temperature is very low this spring, and there is a white disaster (snow disaster) on the northern grasslands. The white disaster in spring is the most difficult for herdsmen. The hungry herds for winter are urgently needed to eat tender grass. If the recovery of the grassland is delayed due to the snowfall, I don’t know how many herdsmen have to choose between starving to death and robbing south because of the loss of cattle and sheep!

At the same time, Khitan herdsmen who can spend the winter in Shannan (south of Yanshan Mountain) will postpone going north due to climate reasons... If they stay in Shannan for one more day, they will have more conflicts with the Han people. If they stay for too long, they may miss the farming season in Shannan.

In short, I don’t know what happened in the past few years. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the life of blocking people on the northern grasslands has become more and more difficult. These barbarians are unwilling to starve to death quietly. They will rebel as soon as they go hungry, and they will never be able to extinguish them once they rebel...

Xiao Haogu, who was a little impatient, suddenly asked Liu Yun standing beside him and said, "Liu Linya, did the Song people's official family climb Donghua Gate?"

Liu Yun turned his head and looked behind him for a few moments, and said, "It's coming soon... the people are almost full."

"People?" Xiao Haogu also looked back and looked around. Wow, there were indeed crowds of people on the square behind him and Maqian Street. "What are they here to do?"

Liu Yun said: "Come and congratulate the official family."

Xiao Haogu was stunned, "After worshiping, can you get the money?"

"No." Liu Yun said, "The Song people in Kaifeng all support their official families. I remember that the people of Kaifeng cried day and night when the Emperor Shenzong passed away more than ten years ago."

Crying bitterly? Xiao Haogu thought to himself: Isn’t Shenzong a foolish monarch? What did the Song people cry? The Song people are so stupid! The Liao people are smarter than them. If the wise monarch of the Great Liao Kingdom dies, no one will really cry except monks and nuns...

At the same time, Wu Haogu, who was dragged by Pan Qiaolian to the square outside Donghua Gate, was also wondering in his heart: It was not easy to squint at home on such a heavy snowy day. More than 100,000 people ran to the square outside Donghua Gate just to pay a distance to Zhao Xu, the official of Biden Donghua Gate, and it was spontaneous... Is this really the Song Dynasty? Why is it a bit like a fanatical militarist country?

At this time, Zhao Xu, the official family, may have become a foolish monarch! Although the New Year's Day ceremony was not held, there were still so many red tapes in the Tian family's New Year's Eve. He wanted to worship his ancestors, the gods, the empress dowagers, and the others pretended to be worshipping people. He has been busy since noon yesterday and is almost exhausted.

But no matter how hard or tired he is, he has to continue to do it! And not only do the work in front of him, but also have to work hard to create the next official in the Song Dynasty... Although Zhao Xu's health is really bad and his kidneys are mostly in trouble, he still works hard to "hold hands" in the beauties in the harem. This professional spirit of hard work is really worth learning from by billions of people in the Song Dynasty and future generations.

Just when Zhao Xu secretly prayed to heaven that a beauties in the harem could get pregnant with a dragon seed earlier, the imperial chariot he was riding had already arrived at Donghua's door.

"Your Majesty, civil and military officials, envoys from all directions, students, and the common people of Kaifeng Prefecture have been waiting outside Donghua Gate."

Cao Song (the descendant of Cao Bin) was wearing a helmet and armor, and walked to Zhao Xu's chariot to report loudly.

Zhao Xu took back his mind and said solemnly: "Prepare Donghua Tower (Donghua Gate Tower)."

...

The drum music that soared into the sky resounded through the sky. Wu Haogu had heard this drum music in his original memory as if he was also going to the Donghua Gate to worship the emperor!

The sound of the drums means that the emperor is coming. Pan Qiaolian seemed very excited and pulled Wu Haogu's sleeve and shouted: "Brother Dawu, the official family, the official family is coming!"

Is it necessary to be so excited? Wu Haogu Xin said: It’s okay if others are excited, why are you excited? If Chen Youwen hadn’t exposed it in time, you might have become the wife of the next official family…

"Long live! Long live! Long live..."

When a group of figures appeared on the Donghua Tower, the onlookers of Kaifeng began to shout long live. Pan Qiaolian and her two "slaves" Jin Ping'er, Pan Ying'er, also shouted together.

Wu Haogu stretched his neck and looked around, not looking at the emperor, he had seen the emperor, and the place he was standing now was too far from Donghua Tower, so it was impossible to see the emperor clearly.

He just wanted to see the fanatical appearance of the people of Kaifeng Prefecture. It was indeed a bit unexpected. It was not the early years of the founding of the Song Dynasty, but the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, where the disadvantages appeared, and the people still supported the officials of the Song Dynasty so much. Obviously, the rule of the Song Dynasty was quite satisfactory, at least it could satisfy the people of Kaifeng Prefecture...

The official Zhao Xu looked at the dark crowd in front of him, and listened to the cheering sounds, and suddenly became cheered up. He lowered his head a little and turned his eyes to the officials, envoys and students near Donghua Tower. After a little search, he found a golden "big hat", which was the golden crown of the Liao envoy. Since he sat on the throne of the emperor, he has been trying to take the golden hat away from the head of the disgusting Liao envoy... This goal seems to be expected to be achieved now!

"Set up the palace," Zhao Xu stood on the Donghua Tower for a while, feeling a little cold, so he said to Cao Song, the affairs of Zhihemen, "Xuan Zhang Dun, Cai Jing and the envoys of the Liao Kingdom."

Although the great dynasty meeting was not held, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom still wanted to go to the palace to meet the emperor. Moreover, the Liao envoy who visited this time was not only for He Zhengdan, but also the mission of "mediating" the battle between Song and Xia!

Moreover, the Imperial City Department just secretly reported that the envoy of the Liao Kingdom stole a painting in Duting West Post yesterday afternoon...

It seems that Zhang Dun and Cai Jing's plan is likely to be successful! If we can really kill Empress Dowager Xiao Liang of Xixia, it will be a very satisfying thing.

This woman is a lunatic. Since she became the queen mother thirteen years ago, she has sent troops to invade the border every year, but she has scared herself, who was still a young man at that time... It would be even better if she could catch this woman in Kaifeng Prefecture!

...

It’s finally the turn to meet!

Xiao Haogu reached out to support the golden crown on his head, and then said to Liu Yun beside him in Khitan words: "Let's go and see if the officials of the Song Dynasty can really stand out!"

Liu Yun smiled and said, "It's probably fake. Where can the officials in the Song Dynasty ride a horse?"

After doing his best, the two Liao envoys followed Xuanzan, who had come to Xuanzang, and walked into Donghua Gate with great swagger.

At this moment, Zhang Dun and Cai Jing, led by Xuan Zan, had already walked into Donghua Gate, and were still talking in a low voice while walking.

Cai Jing said: "My grandpa, the Liao envoy actually stole the painting hanging in Duting West Post. It seems that he was fooled."

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "Haha, Wu Dalang is really capable. If the Lord Liao is also deceived, then he will be his official position."

"Ji Yizhi is not bad," Cai Jing said again, "I should also remember him for the two Liao envoys."

"Well, he is a capable man." Zhang Dun nodded, "When he sends Liao back to Beijing, he will have a holiday so that he can do his best to prepare for next year's Spring Examination Competition... If there is a Jinshi, you and I will have someone to follow."

"Oh, my husband valued this person so much?" Cai Jing was stunned. He didn't expect that Zhang Dun would equate Ji Yi with the successor of the new party.

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "You and I are old. The destruction of Xixia may be completed in your hands, but the recovery of Yanyun can only be left to the future generations. Yuan Chang, you see, who can be the future generations in the court now?"

"How is the son-in-law?" Cai Jing asked tentatively.

Zhang Dun's sons have all passed the Jinshi and have become officials in the court.

"You should avoid your relatives when you are wise," said Zhang Dun, "and these dogs are too straightforward. In the future, it will be overwhelming. Your elder brother can inherit your legacy."

"You said You'er?" Cai Jing shook his head, "I have some skills, but it's too frivolous..."

Speaking of "frivolousness", Zhang Dun and Cai Jing stopped talking at the same time. Zhao Xu's body of the official family is still worrying, and among the many beauties in the harem, no one is pregnant with a dragon seed... Now it depends on when a few princes will give birth to a son for the Tian family, otherwise this great throne will probably fall on the frivolous King Duan.
Chapter completed!