Aguda was overjoyed. He did not expect that his Xingzhou treasure bow would be in the hands of the Liao people before it came back. He quickly took it and flattered Yelu Yanxi greatly.

Zhao Xiaoyi couldn't help but laugh. Zhang Jiedu said that straight women are straightforward, which seems to make sense.

A period of turmoil passed. As the fourteen-year-old King of Yan, Yelu Yanxi led his troops to "pacify" the Zhun tribe, massacred Jiaqin City, and killed the rebellious fierce man Dagu. Everyone in the Liao Dynasty praised Yelu Yanxi for his achievements.

The appearance of a wise king.

But what is the real situation? Zhao Xiaoyi can see clearly that a small Tucheng cannot be captured by the Liao people despite all their efforts. At that time, Taizu Taizong of the Liao Dynasty raised troops in Shuoye, marched with drums outside Haowei, swept Heshuo, and established the style of Jin and Zhihan.

That can no longer be seen.

Yelu Yanxi's knowledge of Chinese studies was quite good. He liked to invite Zhao Xiaoyi to drink wine and recite poems when he had nothing to do. Even his painting skills were above the standard. He also liked the charming and suave Zhao Xiaoyi.

Zhao Xiaoyi not only brought the braised book of ceremony, but also fine wine, famous tea, and various spices. He also brought a gift to Yelu Yanxi, the "Cooking Classic" compiled by Situ of the Song Dynasty for his little emperor.

This time, Zhao Xiaoyi's character is that of Fengzi Longsun, who is rich, knows how to enjoy, and understands etiquette. In addition to guiding Yelu Yanxi to rehearse the ritual ceremony, the rest is to teach him how to eat, drink, and have fun.

Even a pair of playing cards and gambling equipment would make Yelu Yanxi feel more novel. Zhao Xiaoyi acted as the banker and held gambling games in the camp every day, letting the leaders and generals from all walks of life come to the tent to drink and gamble together for fun.

Yelu Yanxi laughed happily when she saw her subordinates roaring in anger when they lost money.

The music and incense of the Song Dynasty, especially the dishes allegedly created by Situ, were even more difficult for Yelu Yanxi to refuse.

Fried Chinese fish was a delicacy in the Liao Kingdom. Zhao Xiaoyi's chef made use of the products of the Liao Kingdom to create pine nut bread, cream cake, roasted grouse, sizzling lamb, and a series of stir-fried quick-fried dishes.

After serving meat and vegetables, and the most delicious hot pot, Zhao Xiaoyi has become a close friend in Yelu Yanxi's heart.

Of course, the rewards given to Zhao Xiaoyi were quite generous. I heard that Master Yue Haidongqing, Prince Consort of the Song Dynasty, was quite powerful. Yelu Yanxi directly gave one of his own Haidong Qingyuns to Zhao Xiaoyi, and also specially organized a hunt to show off

The baby I tamed is such a divine horse.

On the snowy plains, the Liao people let eagles hunt, and the straight women stabbed tigers and hunted bears. Zhao Xiaoyi also brought a good thing to Yelu Yanxi - a complete set of trawling equipment used under the ice lake.

This set of equipment was tested once under the operation of the craftsmen brought by the Song Dynasty. Instead of using all the ninety-six pieces of net, only ten pieces were used to catch tens of thousands of catties of fish in one net, which shocked everyone.

Before he could reach the capital, Yelu Hongji issued an edict to confer Yelu Yanxi the title of Grand Marshal of the World's Arms and Forces for his achievements in pacifying the army.

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In the leap month, Guimao Shuo, the "Format of Yuanyou's Edict" was issued, and the imperial court set the standards for official documents.

In Jiachen, Yinqing Guanglu, a doctor, went to Gongfan Town, Shu County, where he established laws and regulations, bells and chimes, etc., and made progress in writing and drawings.

The emperor and the empress dowager went to the Yanhe Hall, and ordered the ministers and assistant ministers to read it together, and issued edicts and commendations. They issued the edict so often that all the ministers from the three provinces who served in the Tai Pavilion came to watch.

After playing the music for three days, Fan Zhen died and was given the posthumous title Zhongwen.

Fan Zhen and Wang Gui are fellow villagers from Huayang.

If Wang Gui, a Huayang native, was an obstacle to the Su family's career, then Fan Zhen, a Huayang native, has always been the Su family's great benefactor.

Fan Zhen was a pioneer in the Bashu literary world during the Song Dynasty.

In the third year of Emperor Renzong's reign in the Song Dynasty, Xue Kui, the prefect of Chengdu, met 18-year-old Fan Zhen by chance. During the conversation, he was amazed at his talent: "This is a man from the temple!"

Then he was hired to give lectures to his children in an official residence. Fan Zhen wore simple clothes and went in and out alone with a white cloth bag under his arm. He neither rode in a car nor a sedan, and was not allowed to see him off. More than a year later, the gatekeeper only knew that this poor man came every day.

There was an autumn breeze blowing in the house, but I didn't know that he was a guest on the stage.

When Xue Kui returned to the court, he took Fan Zhen to Beijing and wrote poems and essays, which immediately made him famous in Beijing.

Scholars commented that he was like Sima Xiangru and Chen Zi'ang. As soon as he came out of the sword gate, he was the leader of a generation and the leader of hundreds of schools.

At that time, there were brothers of Song Xiang and Song Qi in the capital, both of whom were famous for their literary works. When they came to Guanfan Town to write articles, they sighed that they were not like them, and they became friends in commoners.

Compared with Su Xun's coming out of Shu, Fan Zhen's reputation is truly famous all over the world and his worth is high.

What is even more powerful than his old cousin is that the talented scholar has indeed lived up to everyone's expectations. In the first year of Baoyuan, Fan Zhen was awarded the first place in Jinshi.

The story goes that when the number one scholar is called, he should be the first to stand out, jump for joy, and announce himself as the number one scholar to show off his glory.

However, Fan Zhen believed that this move was "unfavourable" and refused to do it during the imperial roll call ceremony! Therefore, although he was the top scholar, he could only be awarded the title of "Xin'an Chief Registrar".

However, his reputation was fully restored. Within a few years, he was promoted to Dongjian Zhizhi, Zhijianyuan, Hanlin bachelor, co-edited "New Book of Tang" with Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi, became a historian, and became a close comrade-in-arms with Sima Guang.

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Later, he asked Renzong to establish a crown prince and sent more than ten letters to him. Shenzong of the Song Dynasty wanted to appoint Sima Guang as deputy envoy to the privy council, and Wang Anshi was appointed as prime minister. Fan Zhen wrote five memorials in a row, clearly opposing the reform.

When he opposed Li Ding's appointment, he and Su Song were dismissed from office.

After resigning from office, Fan Zhen was happy to return to his old profession. In addition to history, music was another research direction for him.

After becoming an official, he devoted himself even more to this. With the ancient Shang and Zhou instruments provided by Suyou, Fan Zhen finally formulated an accurate millet ruler and developed a number of musical tools based on physical discoveries, such as the temperament ruler, the name,

Shengdou, Douchi, Dendrobium, etc., finally settled on Huang Zhong.

Su You's twelve equal temperament actually only solved the problem of the rise and fall of the temperament. Later, together with Sima Guang, he calculated the Huang Zhong based on the Taicu Bell of the Zhou Dynasty, which was a gratifying progress.

As the archeology of the Shang and Zhou dynasties continued to make new discoveries, various ancient musical instruments were unearthed. After comparison, Fan Zhen found that because the casting technology of the Zhou people was not precise enough, the yellow bell rhythm previously established by Taicu Guzhong was actually a bit high.

Already.

After re-examination and calculation, before his death, Fan Zhen finally completed this great undertaking and decided on the most orthodox "Huang Zhong Da Lu" in China. He sighed before his death: "If I go here, I will be buried under the ground."

Fan Zhen and Sima Guang have been good friends since they were young.

Sima Guang's wife was the third daughter of Zhang Cun, the former Minister of Rites. After marriage, Sima Guang often did not go to the bedroom to rest, but spent the night alone in the study, sleeping with his head on a pillow.

When Fan Zhen came to visit, his wife complained, saying that Sima Jun had left her alone in an empty room.

The relationship between the two is so good that the wife dares to complain that her husband does not sleep with her.

The two of them discussed each other as if they were in the same breath, and agreed that if they were alive, they would be a biography, and if they were dead, they would be an inscription.

Later, both of them fulfilled their promises. Sima Guang wrote an inscription for Fan Zhen during his lifetime, and Fan Zhen wrote a biography for Sima Guang after his death.

But in terms of academics, the two of them always argued with each other without giving in.

Fan Zhen and Sima Guang repeatedly discussed and challenged the decree on imperial music measurement, and wrote tens of thousands of letters back and forth. They argued from the time they served in the Secret Pavilion and Taijian until Sima Guang's death.

When there were differences of opinion, the two would decide the outcome by playing chess, and Sima Guang never won a game.

When Sima Guang stayed in Luoyang, Xijing, Fan Zhen went to see him, and only brought his descendant Fan Zuyu to help Sima Guang revise "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"; he also took "Bu Qian Ming" with him, and Sima Guang told Sima Kang that he was dead.

Later, I covered this; I also brought eight music essays, and everyone continued to argue.

That Duyuan party was the first time Su You met the old man, but Fan Zhen's great kindness to the Su family dates back to when Su Shi and Su Che were taking the rites exam. The examiner who admitted Er Su was Fan Zhen.

, Ouyang Xiu, Mei Yaochen.

Later, Fan Zhen recommended Su Shi as an admonishment officer. Unfortunately, Su Xun passed away, and Su Shi was worried.

Xie Jingwen accused Ersu of using the official ship back to Beijing to sell illegal salt, and Fan Zhenli defended him.

In the tenth year of Xining's reign, Su Shi returned to Beijing from Mizhou, was prevented from leaving Beijing, and was transferred to Xuzhou.

Fan Zhen let Dasu stay in his garden on the outskirts of the east city for more than two months.

In the Wutai Poetry Case, although Fan Zhen had already retired from office, he still wrote a letter to save Sansu and was fined 20 kilograms of copper.

The Twelve Equal Laws were used in the imperial court, which marked that science and engineering began to influence etiquette and politics and became a prominent school.

This important step also benefited from the strong praise of Zhao Wei, Fan Zhen and Sima Guang.

Therefore, everyone in the Su family was extremely grateful to Fan Zhen, and they all called him "Er Zhang" but did not dare to give him a name.

Fan Zhen is broad-minded and extremely insightful. In the political arena, he has always had a style of focusing on high places and focusing on big things.

The memorial discusses politics sparsely, opposes redundant officials, and requires that the three systems of military affairs, administration, and finance need to be coordinated and coordinated, so that each can do its own thing without knowing each other;

In particular, it is required to reward and nourish the people and enhance national strength so that they can effectively resist foreign aggression.

Otherwise, "I fear that the worries of the future will not lie with the barbarians, but with redundant troops and poor people!"

Even a thousand years later, when historians comment on the political gains and losses of the Song Dynasty, they talk a lot about the "three redundancies", namely redundant officials, redundant troops, and redundant governments. However, they think that the Song Dynasty was prosperous and rarely considered poverty, weakness, and the gap between the rich and the poor.
Chapter completed!