"...This is the Song Dynasty. It is gentle and tolerant. It welcomes friends from all over the world. Friends come with fine wine, and enemies come with swords and guns."

After the visitor finished speaking, he gasped slightly and found that the three prime ministers did not speak, but there was a little more emotion in his eyes.

Ouyang Xiu praised: "Well said that the Song Dynasty is prosperous, gentle and elegant, and its poems are intoxicating... For such a Song Dynasty, I wish I could live a hundred years old and have a good time to see this Song Dynasty."

Zeng Gongliang was also a little excited, "When friends come, they have good wine, and when enemies come, they have swords and guns. These words are neither humble nor arrogant, but they are extremely inspiring. I..."

He grabbed the wine pot and started drinking wildly on the spout.

Han Qi was slowing down, he threw the wine glass, got up and turned around the room for a few times, and said, "We have assisted the king and worked hard to do this, isn't that what we are doing?"

The three of them laughed loudly, and their laughter was heroic.

The Imperial City Department got the news one step earlier.

"Wen Xiaozhong's hand moved?"

Even in the New Year, Zhang Banian's face was still cold and the ghost fire in his eyes was still there.

"yes."

The secret spy who came to report did not dare to look into his eyes.

"That Liao man should be a brave man in the army, but when facing Wen Xiaochong, he was killed with just one knife..."

Zhang Banian said coldly: "One person can kill, two people can only escape. But I heard that he was practicing in a village outside the city recently. If he practiced the killing methods in the army, it would be difficult to control it in the future..."

"Shen An said that slaves are also humans..."

Zhang Banian's face was still cold.

"...The Song Dynasty hopes that every citizen has his own independent personality, even if the other party is the prime minister, he can be neither humble nor arrogant..."

Zhang Banian's eyes were slightly warm and they immediately became cold.

This Song Dynasty, even the eunuchs, the officials will not punish you easily.

Such a Song Dynasty...

Zhang Banian was very fast and later appeared outside the bedroom.

"Come in."

Zhao Zhen leaned against the head of the bed and read a book, and Empress Cao sat next to him.

"What's the matter?"

Zhao Zhen put down the book, then rubbed his eyebrows, looking very good.

Zhang Banian whispered: "Official family, half an hour ago, the Liao envoy provoked, and Shen An sent monks to kill the Liao people..."

Queen Cao's eyes lit up and her fists clenched.

Zhao Zhen glanced at her and shook his head slightly.

If this woman doesn't enter the palace, who dares to marry her?

"Isn't this common thing for Liao envoys to provoke...She is not a common thing? Shen An's family...The Mangshan Army is too late outside the city, is it Wen Xiaozhong?"

Zhang Banian bowed his head, "Yes, the official is wise."

Zhao Zhen said proudly: "After so many years, I have figured out the nature of the Liao people. It must be the Liao envoy who provoked him, saying that both sides were acting in martial arts. He was caught off guard by trying to beat Shen An. But he didn't know that Shen An had many enemies and had to take good hands to protect him when he went out... So... he thought he could cheat Shen An, but I would bet that Shen An must be laughing at that time, and he was very happy."

What the guy likes most is digging holes for people, watching others jump in and pretending to be innocent.

Zhao Zhen had seen this several times, so he naturally knew that the Liao envoy had fallen into the pit.

Zhang Banian bowed his head and said, "Yes."

"What happened later?"

Zhao Zhen was in a good mood, so he looked at Empress Cao next to him, with a pleading look.

Empress Cao just shook her head and turned a blind eye to his desire to eat mutton.

"Later, Shen An said something, except for the Liao envoys and the Western Xia envoys, those envoys were all moved."

"What did he say?" Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Did each person give them a thousand guan? Then I won't pay."

Zhang Banian repeated those words...

"Independent personality..."

Zhao Zhen laughed and said with some pride: "The people are also human beings, why do you want them to kneel down and speak? I don't want to see such a scene, and I feel sad."

Queen Cao looked at him with a little gentleness in her eyes, "The officials and the people say you are kind."

Zhao Zhen smiled.

"...Some people crawled out of their womb and held the golden key in their mouths, so they became rich and noble, but once they were in a downfall, it was not uncommon to be slaves."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "If you have the ability, you can stand out and the people can also become prime ministers. This is my hope."

Zhang Banian continued: "This is the Song Dynasty. It is gentle and tolerant. It welcomes friends from all over the world... When friends come, there are fine wine, and when enemies come... there are swords and guns."

After he said that, he looked up and felt more affection in his eyes for the first time, and said sincerely: "Officials, these are the benefits you have given to the Song Dynasty."

“Not so many…”

Empress Cao was shocked to find that Zhao Zhen was actually shy.

He lowered his head unnaturally and murmured: "I didn't give so much, let's talk about it... I'm afraid that people in the future will not believe it..."

"They will believe it."

Empress Cao took the initiative to hold his hand for the first time and said seriously: "In recent years, you have brought peace to the Song Dynasty. You have imposed countless benevolent policies so that the people of the world can live and work in peace. Throughout history... there are not many emperors like you...."

She wanted to say that it was unique, but she didn't say much after all.

Zhao Zhen felt his face a little hot, and he raised his head, with a look of longing in his eyes.

"I didn't think so much, I just thought that everyone should be treated kindly. But there were hunger everywhere in the Song Dynasty and those who were not covered in clothes, which made me feel sad every time I thought about it..."

He leaned slowly on the head of the bed, "Shen An said very well. In this Song Dynasty, everyone can have enough food as long as they work hard. This is my goal. I hope to achieve it before I go to see my father."

Empress Cao smiled and said, "It must be possible."

"Yes!" Zhao Zhen said happily: "The Jinfei Dan will be able to see benefits this year. At that time, as travelers and merchants spread everywhere, farmers from all over the Song Dynasty will spontaneously make them... This method is good."

He frowned slightly, "During the Qingli period, Fan Wenzheng and his team's innovation... were very decisive and drastic, but... but in the end there were many opponents, and I couldn't stop it..."

He looked up slightly at the void, and there was more joy in his eyebrows: "At that time, I was going to write the world and let officials from all over the country force the Jinfei pill, but Shen An stopped him... He said it would be best for the people to see the benefits themselves and be willing to do it..."

"yes!"

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Last year, the farmers around Bianliang did not need officials to keep an eye on them, and spontaneously made golden elixirs. It can be seen that the people still believe in their ears and eyes, but they do not believe in the officials' words."

Empress Cao smiled and said, "Yes, if someone told me that something was delicious, if it weren't for trying it myself, I would definitely not believe it."

Zhao Zhen slapped his thighs, and there was an excitement between his eyebrows: "If it had been so slowly back then, would it be successful? Yes, we should...innovate...innovate cannot be urgent. I was anxious back then and hurriedly summoned Fan Wenzheng and the others to let them write down the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty for me to see... The impatient consequence is a disastrous defeat."

He looked at Empress Cao and sighed: "When Wang Anshi first came to Beijing, he told me some of the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty. He was very anxious when he spoke. I looked like he saw the second Fan Wenzheng, but fortunately I didn't listen to him at that time."

Empress Cao smiled and said, "Yes, don't be anxious."

“No hurry…”

Zhao Zhen's excitement gradually dissipated, and he looked a little tired.

"When I raise it, I will slowly try to do it. I will always make the Song Dynasty better before handing it over to them. In this way, I have achieved my merits and can hold my head up when I see that woman..."

The so-called woman is his nominal mother Liu E.

Looking back on the helplessness that was suppressed by Liu E and the grief of learning that his biological mother was actually someone else, Zhao Zhen no longer had any favors for Liu E.

The return of ambition made Zhao Zhenlong very happy, so he made people reward the palace and everyone was very happy.

Zhang Banian walked alone in the palace. He looked up slightly, thinking about Chen An's words.

When we arrived at the Imperial City Department, most of us took a vacation and it was deserted inside.

"Everyone knows that I've seen it!"

The left-behind people were drinking and were a little panicked after seeing Zhang eight years.

They thought Zhang Banian should go out for a walk, but it took only a while before he actually came back.

Zhang Banian glanced at the simple wine and dishes and said, "How about the Liao envoy?"

Someone said, "Everyone knows that Liao envoy gritted his teeth and asked someone to check Wen Xiaozhong and said he wanted to kill him."

"Where is Chen An?"

"A brother heard what Chen An said before..."

"What did you say?"

"He said... Even though this Song Dynasty is in all kinds of bad luck, looking at the prosperity and tolerance, don't you feel that you should protect all this in front of you?"

Those men who were found drinking in private were stunned and then stood up unconsciously.

Zhang Banian stood beside her hands behind her back, looked ahead, and said lightly: "Last time Chen An said something to Rao Chun in Xiongzhou. You are in darkness just for the sake of the Song Dynasty to have more light..."

The men all raised their heads slightly.
To be continued...