Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

On the early morning of July 17th, when the red sun rose in the east, An Pulin and Li Rui, led by officials from the Lifan Academy, came to the Yanjing Palace.

Looking at the Yanjing Palace in front of him, An Pulin's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he nodded slightly after a while.

"Master An, you have been here before, what's the difference between now and before?" Li Rui said softly.

"Thirty years ago when I was sent as an envoy to Daliao, the imperial palace looked like this at that time, and it is still like this now! It seems that the people of Song Dynasty have just acquired Yanyun, Central Plains and other places, and they have not yet recovered from the chaos of war! Otherwise If so, how can the king of a country use other people's palaces? If the Song Dynasty is really powerful, it will definitely build palaces first!" An Pulin said.

"That's right! That's the truth! After Emperor Jianyan arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he always built palaces! It seems that the Song Dynasty is not as strong as we thought before!" Li Rui nodded and said.

"In this way, I have a solid foundation in my heart." An Pulin smiled.

The two of them entered the palace!

The first feeling that this palace gave them was that it was big, and the second feeling was that it was heavily guarded! Guards could be seen constantly in the palace, and these guards checked extremely carefully, and they could pass through normally only after going through several checks.

The Yanjing Imperial Palace has a rough feeling overall, but it is cleaned very cleanly, and various scenes seem to have been rearranged, and the details are very neat.

There are still many officials on the road, but these officials are in a hurry, and occasionally you can see officials in the palace. Those officials are also working with their heads down, and few people look up at them.

An Pulin observed all this carefully, frowning slightly. Compared with the Song court, their Koryo court was much looser!

"Where is Your Majesty?" An Pulin asked the officials of Li Fanyuan who were leading the way.

"Your Majesty is waiting for you at the Chongwen Palace," the official said.

"Chongwen Palace? Why is it there?" An Pulin asked in surprise.

"Your Majesty has been working in Chongwen Hall these days," the official said.

After walking forward for a quarter of an hour, they entered a secluded yard, which was full of big trees and shady.

There were statues of Confucian sages like Confucius and Mencius in the courtyard. In front of them was a huge hall. They entered the hall and found a young man standing there.

The young man turned his back to them, as if he was looking at a portrait! An Pulin looked at it quietly, and it turned out that the portrait was also a portrait of Confucius.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from Korea have arrived!" said the official of the Lifan Academy.

"Ah! This is His Majesty!" An Pulin was taken aback!

Because Zhao Chen didn't wear a dragon robe today, but a blue Confucian uniform, so An Pulin didn't realize that the young man was Zhao Chen.

"Korean envoys An Pulin and Li Rui pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Song Dynasty!" An Pulin immediately knelt down, and Li Rui also knelt down, and they both said in Chinese in unison.

"Stay flat!" Zhao Chen said flatly.

An Purin and Li Rui stood up, and An Purin looked at Zhao Chen from behind. He found that Zhao Chen was just as Li Rui said, giving off a gentle feeling.

However, at this moment, Zhao Chen turned around suddenly, his eyes swept towards An Pulin and Li Rui.

Immediately, An Pulin felt as if his eyes were being stabbed, and he hurriedly lowered his head! Under Zhao Chen's gaze, he felt restless standing up! The same is true for Li Rui over there!

An Pulin was horrified, and only then did he realize that the "gentle and weak" statement Li Rui gave earlier was completely unbelievable! How could a "mild and weak" emperor have such a shocking look in his eyes?

Li Rui was also horrified. When he saw Zhao Chen in Liaodong that day, Zhao Chen gave him a different feeling at all! Why did Zhao Chen undergo such a change in such a short period of time?

"Did you come to the capital yesterday? Are the receptions from the Li Fan Academy okay?" Zhao Chen said.

When he opened his mouth to speak, all the sharpness disappeared immediately, and his whole person gave off a sense of gentleness again. An Pulin and Li Rui almost thought that they had read it wrong just now.

"The officials of the Academy of Sciences and Fans of your country have treated us extremely kindly, thank you Your Majesty." An Pulin said hastily.

"It's right to treat you well! Goryeo and I are of the same line in the Song Dynasty. They both use the same characters and learn the knowledge of saints. Both of you and I are civilized countries. This is very different from Khitan and Jurchen! Khitan and Jurchen They are barbarians, they cannot coexist peacefully with us at all, they can only fight! There should be fewer swords between Da Song and Goryeo, and they can negotiate any disputes." Zhao Chen said.

"Ah! Your Majesty has agreed to discuss the matter of Liaodong with us?" An Purin said pleasantly.

"Yes, Liaodong has experienced too many battles, and it's time to stop!" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes, yes, I, Goryeo and the Great Song Dynasty both advocate civil governance, so it should be so." An Pulin said hastily.

"Cultural governance... These days in the Chongwen Palace, I often think about a question, whether literary governance is more important or martial arts is more important?" Zhao Chen said.

"Cultural governance is of course more important!" An Pulin said without thinking.

"Oh, tell me." Zhao Chen said.

"Since ancient times, wenzhiwugong, if we talk about Wenzhi, Han Wendi, Hanwudi, Tang Taizong and others are among them. They have created a generation of prosperity. Two dynasties ended, and the Han Dynasty also began to decline from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so it can be seen that no matter how good the martial arts are, it is useless, and no matter how great the country is, it will inevitably perish in the end!" An Pulin said.

"It's really better to listen to your words than to study for ten years. You two have dispelled a doubt in my heart." Zhao Chen laughed.

An Pulin and Li Rui didn't dare to ask what the doubts were, they waited for Zhao Chen to continue talking.

"About the Liaodong peace talks, you go to Wang Shu, I have asked him to handle the matter." Zhao Chen said indifferently.

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At that moment, An Pulin and Li Rui had no choice but to leave from Chongwen Hall, and they were led towards the place where the military plane was located south of the palace.

After another quarter of an hour, they met Wang Shu in a room of the Military Aircraft Office.

"The envoys of Korea, An Pulin and Li Rui, have seen the prime minister!" An Pulin and Li Rui hurriedly saluted.

"Please take a seat!" Wang Shu said with a smile.

The layout here is completely different from the one in Chongwen Hall just now. The space looks a little compact, with office desks inside and a lot of documents on the desks.

The two of them sat down, and a servant came in at the door to bring them hot tea.

"I just went to see His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty said that Lord Wang is in charge of the Liaodong peace talks, so let us come to Lord Wang." An Pulin said.

"About the Liaodong issue, we should have a good discussion," Wang Shu said.

"Your country really doesn't want to fight us anymore?" An Purin said.

"This is natural! The country has been fighting for many years, and the money and supplies have been greatly consumed! After the Northern War, the Jurchen has been destroyed, our enemies have been killed, and His Majesty is ready to reduce the army! In addition, after many years of war, the generals are now very I have always promoted culture and suppressed martial arts in the Song Dynasty. Those military generals have not read the books of saints and do not understand the etiquette of loyalty and filial piety. Naturally, they cannot be reused! I have already suggested to Your Majesty that all the generals on the front line should be called back to the country, just like the emperor. His Majesty is still thinking about releasing military power with a glass of wine, so let’s not talk about this matter, let’s talk about the negotiations in Liaodong.” Wang Shu said.

Sitting there and listening, An Pulin suddenly "understood" the thoughts of Zhao Chen, Wang Shu and others in his heart! It seems that Song Dynasty has never taken the initiative to attack, this is because of the struggle between North Korea, Chinese and Wu! The Song Dynasty has always respected the civil servants and the military inferior, and the status of civil servants is far above that of military generals. Over the years, because of the war, the status of military generals has become higher and higher. The civil servants must be dissatisfied. They will even unite with Goryeo to deal with generals.

An excited smile appeared on An Pulin's face, not only him, but Li Rui also seemed to "figure it out" and a smile appeared on his face.

"About Liaodong, Your Majesty has said that it is the territory of our Great Song Dynasty, and we cannot give it up!" Wang Shu said.

"No, that is the land of our Goryeo! Before the Tang Dynasty, our Goguryeo ruled Liaodong!" An Pulin hurriedly said.

"We can't give up Liaodong, but if you Koryo are willing to surrender to us, we can reward you with part of the territory of Liaodong. Therefore, the first condition of this peace talk is that you Koryo surrender to our Great Song Dynasty." Wang Shu said.

"It's not up to us to decide whether to become a vassal! We also need to go back and report to the Emperor of Korea!" An Pulin said.

"Is it true that you will be able to give up Liaodong after you become a minister?" Li Rui asked.

"As I said just now, we will not completely give up Liaodong, but only give you a part of the city! Of course, a city is of extraordinary value, and we cannot give it to you for nothing. You need to exchange it with money!" Wang Shu said.

"Since it was given to us, why is there any reason to exchange it with money?" Li Rui snorted coldly.

"The country's territory is so precious. It was originally a priceless treasure. Now it is a great gift for you to exchange it with money, isn't it?" Wang Shu said with a smile.

"But those cities are already under our occupation!" Li Rui said.

"Your military strength is inferior to ours. We can send troops to conquer those places at any time! But if the peace talks are successful and you buy those places back with money, and we have written the treaty in black and white, we will naturally never send troops to attack you again! From now on , those places truly belong to you Korea!" Wang Shu said.

"It seems that after the war, your country is really short of money, so you actually want to use this method to make money." An Pulin sneered.

"It doesn't matter what you say." Wang Shu laughed.

The three of them sat in the room of the Military Aircraft Department and discussed arguing with each other. At noon, Wang Shu was in charge of entertaining them. It was only four dishes and one soup, which was very simple. In the afternoon, other civil servants from the Military Aircraft Department came out to meet with An Pulin. , Li Rui to discuss.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that the two of them came out of the palace and returned to the Lifan Courtyard.