Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In the early morning of July 17, when the red sun rose in the east, An Pulin and Li Rui came to the Yenching Palace under the leadership of officials of the Lifan Academy.

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

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

"Thirty years ago, I went to Daliao as an envoy. The palace was like this at the time, but it is still like this now! It seems that the Song people have just acquired Yanyun, Central Plains and other places, and they have not recovered from the war! Otherwise! If so, how can the prince of a country use the truth of other people's palaces? If the Song Dynasty is really powerful and incomparable, he will definitely build the palace first!"

"Yes! That's the truth! After Emperor Jianyan arrived in Jiangnan, he used to build 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 bottom in my heart." An Pulin smiled.

The two of them entered the palace!

The first feeling that this palace gave them was big, and the second feeling was that it was heavily guarded! The guards can be seen constantly in the palace. These guards check extremely carefully. After several inspections, they can pass through normally.

The Yanjing Palace has a rough overall feeling, but it is very clean. The various scenery seems to have been re-arranged, and the details are very neat.

You can still see 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 doing things with their heads down, and few people look up at them.

An Pulin carefully observed all of this, frowning slightly, compared to the Song Dynasty court, their Korean court is much looser!

"Where is Your Majesty?" An Pulin asked the Lifanyuan officials who led the way.

"Your Majesty is waiting for you in Chongwen Hall." The official said.

"Chongwen Temple? How could it be 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 shade.

There were statues of Confucian saints 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 and seemed to be 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 Korean envoys have arrived!" said the official of the Rifan Academy.

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

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

"Korea envoy An Pulin and Li Ruibai see His Majesty the Song Emperor!" An Pulin immediately knelt down, and Li Rui also knelt down, and the two said in Chinese in unison.

"Be flat!" Zhao Chen said lightly.

An Pulin and Li Rui stood up, An Pulin looked at Zhao Chen from behind, and he found that Zhao Chen, just as Li Rui said, gave people a gentle feeling.

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

Suddenly, An Pulin felt as if his eyes were being stung, and he hurriedly lowered his head! Under Zhao Chen's gaze, he has a feeling of standing restless! The same is true for Li Rui over there!

An Pulin was shocked, and only then knew that the "moderate and weak" statement given by Li Rui was completely unreliable! How could a "gentle and weak" emperor have such shocking eyes?

Li Rui was also horrified. When he saw Zhao Chen in Liaodong that day, Zhao Chen didn't feel that way at all! Why did Zhao Chen change in such a short period of time.

"Did you come to the capital yesterday? Is it okay for those people in the Lifan Academy to entertain you?" Zhao Chen said.

He started to speak, and all the sharpness disappeared again, and the whole person once again felt gentle. An Pulin and Li Rui simply thought they had made a mistake just now.

"The officials of the Lifan Academy of your country have treated us extremely kindly, thank you, Your Majesty." An Pulin said hurriedly.

"It's right to treat you kindly! Goryeo and I are in the same line. They both use the same script and learn from the knowledge of sages. Both of you and I are civilized countries. This is very different from Khitan and Jurchen! Khitan and Jurchen are very different! It is a barbarian who cannot live peacefully with us at all, only at war! But there should be fewer warriors between Da Song and Goryeo, and any dispute can be negotiated." Zhao Chen said.

"Ah! Your Majesty agreed to discuss the affairs of Liaodong with us?" An Pulin said in surprise.

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

"Yes, yes, I admire the rule of culture in both Korea and Dasong, and that should be the case." An Pulin hurriedly said.

"Wenzhi...I am often thinking about a question in the Chongwen Hall these days. Is the rule of culture more important or martial arts more important?" Zhao Chen said.

"Naturally, the rule of culture is more important!" An Pulin said without even thinking about it.

"Oh, tell me about it." Zhao Chen said.

"Since ancient times, when it comes to Wenzhi, Emperor Wen, Emperor Wu of the Han, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty are among the leaders, and they all created a generation of prosperous times. To speak of martial arts, the most powerful since ancient times is the Emperor Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han, but the Qin Dynasty Two generations ended, the Han Dynasty also began to decline from Emperor Wu of the Han. It can be seen that no matter how high martial arts is, it is useless. No matter how big the country is, it will inevitably perish in the end!" An Pu Lin said.

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

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

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

At the moment, An Pulin and Li Rui had to leave the Chongwen Temple, and they were taken to the place where the military plane was located south of the imperial palace.

After another quarter of an hour, they saw Wang Shu in a room of the military plane.

"Korea envoys An Pulin and Li Rui have met the Prime Minister!" An Pulin and Li Rui hurriedly saluted.

"Sit down, please!" Wang Shu smiled.

The layout here is completely different from the layout of the Chongwen Hall just now. The space looks a bit compact. There are office desks inside, and there are many documents on the desks.

The two of them sat down, and an attendant 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 presided over the Liaodong peace talks, so let us come to Lord Wang." An Pulin said.

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

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

"This is natural! Many years of national wars have consumed a lot of money and materials! After the War of the North, Jurchen has been destroyed and our enemies have been killed. Your Majesty is ready to reduce the army! In addition, after many years of war, the generals are now very Domineering! I have always promoted literature and suppressed martial arts. Those generals who have not read the book of sages, do not understand loyalty and etiquette, naturally cannot be reused! I have already suggested to your Majesty that all the generals on the frontline should be called back to China, just like too much The ancestors were still thinking about releasing their military power through a glass of wine back then. Okay, let’s not talk about this matter, let’s talk about the Liaodong negotiations.” Wang Shu said.

An Pulin was sitting there listening, and he suddenly "understood" the thoughts of Zhao Chen, Wang Shu and others! It seems that Song Dynasty has not taken the initiative to attack, this is because of the struggle against Chinese martial arts! The Song Dynasty always respected Wupu, and the status of civil servants was far higher than that of military generals. In recent years, due to the war, the status of military generals has become higher and higher. The civil ministers must be dissatisfied. Song Wenchen will definitely not let the military generals make new contributions. It will even work with Goryeo to deal with military commanders.

An excited smile appeared on An Pulin's face. Not only him, but Li Rui also seemed to have "figured" this truth, and a smile appeared on his face.

"About Liaodong, your Majesty said, that is the land of our Song Dynasty, we can't give in!" Wang Shu said.

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

"We can't let go of Liaodong, but if you Goryeo is willing to claim to us, we can reward you with part of the territory of Liaodong. Therefore, the first condition for this peace talks is that you, Goryeo, will claim court to us." Wang Shu said.

"Whether to be a minister or not is not something we can decide! We also need to go back and report me to Emperor Gaoli!" An Pulin said.

"Can you let Liaodong out after you become a minister?" Li Rui said.

"I just said that we will not completely give up Liaodong, but only give you a part of the city! Of course, a city is extremely valuable, and we can't give it to you in vain. You need money to exchange it!" 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 letting you exchange it with money, this is already a huge gift, isn't it?" Wang Shu smiled.

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

"Your military strength is not as good as ours. We can send troops to lay down those places at any time! But if the peace talks are successful, you can buy those places back with money, and we have written the treaty in black and white, and we will naturally never send troops to attack you again! From now on , Those places really belong to you, Korea!" Wang Shu said.

"It seems that after the war, your country is indeed short of money, and you have to use this method to make money." An Pulin sneered.

"Let it be what you say." Wang Shu laughed loudly.

The three of them were sitting in the room of the Military Aircraft Department and discussing with each other. When it was noon, Wang Shu was in charge of serving them. It was only four dishes and one soup. It was very simple. In the afternoon, other civilians from the Military Aircraft Department came out to talk to An Pulin. , Li Rui discussed.

When it was getting dark, the two of them came out of the palace and returned to the Lifan Academy.