Inside the palace, in front of Xuande Hall, Liu Yixuan was summoned to meet Qinzong.

Liu Anguo asked his servants to wake up Liu Yixuan early, fearing that he would delay the matter of facing the king after sleeping. Liu Yixuan traveled for three days in a row and drank a few glasses of wine with Wang Zichun last night, so he was also drowsy.

Liu Anguo asked the promotion to wear a fifth-rank official uniform that had been made for Liu Yixuan. Because according to the rules of the court, officials were summoned to the emperor and had to go to the hall with an official robe. Although Liu Yixuan was awarded a fifth-rank, he was a military officer. He only wore a armor rewarded by the Qinzong in marching and fighting, and there was no decent official robe. Therefore, before his son returned to the capital, Liu Anguo asked someone to customize one in advance.

Liu Yixuan looked particularly awkward in this dark green military official robe. The black gauze wings on the top of his head were about half a meter long and were swaying on his head, which made Liu Yixuan very uncomfortable. However, although the clothes did not fit, Liu Yixuan was in a good mood. Like Sun Wukong, he was full of great interest in all kinds of things in the court.

It was already dawn, and the officials who came to the morning court came to the Meridian Gate in sedan chairs. After getting off the sedan chair at the Meridian Gate, they went to Zhaoren Hall east of Xuande Hall to wait. Half of the officials in the Song Dynasty were old men who were nearly sixty years old. They came to the court so early every day, and they were all drowsy. Several officials saw Liu Anguo sitting aside and hurriedly came over to say hello to each other and said good morning. Liu Yixuan followed his father and looked around. After looking around, he did not know any of the old men in front of him.

While everyone was greeting, a gray-bearded minister walked in. When the officials saw him coming in, they hurried over to greet him. "It turns out that the old teacher is here, please come in and invite him!" An official said attentively.

Grandmaster Zhu greeted everyone happily, came to the inner room to find a chair to sit down, looked at the Liu family father and son with a slanted eyes, and then chatted with the officials around him. All the officials in the court knew that Liu Anguo and Zhu Fan had always been disagreeable, and never greeted each other when they met, so they got used to it, so they gathered together in groups to continue their idleness.

When he met Chen, Eunuch Zhang came to Zhaoren Hall to pass an imperial edict and asked all the ministers to go to Xuande Hall to court. The ministers knew that the morning court had come, so they stood up to sort out the court uniforms and lined up to go to the hall according to the size of the official position. Liu Anguo ordered Liu Yixuan: "Xuan'er, you are not an official in the capital. You have to wait for the emperor to summon him before entering the hall, so wait outside the hall first, don't walk around at will. When the emperor uploads the imperial edict, you will enter the hall again. Do you know?"

Liu Yixuan nodded and agreed, "Well, my child has written it down. You can go to court quickly, the team has gone far away!"

After Liu Anguo ordered his son, he hurriedly rushed to catch up with the court. Seeing that the ministers had finished lined up, Eunuch Zhang ordered the eunuch on duty to beat the drum three times, opened the hall gate, and took the civil and military officials to the court.

At this time, Emperor Qinzong was wearing a yellow robe and holding jade silicon. He had already sat upright on the throne. The ministers entered the hall gate, knelt three times and nine times to Qinzong, and shouted long live. After the ceremony of the officials, they were divided into two groups of civil and military. Qinzong asked Liu Anguodao: "Liu Qing family, I sent an order yesterday to ask the son to come to the palace today. Can he come?"

Liu Anguodao: "Report to the emperor, the dog son is waiting for the order outside the hall."

"Oh, then let him come in."

After receiving the order, Eunuch Zhang quickly proclaimed loudly to the outside of the hall: "The emperor has an order, Xuan Liu Yixuan will go to the hall!"

After hearing Xuanzhao, Liu Yixuan held the official robe in both hands, fearing that he would fall and fall, so he ran into the hall. This was not the first time he had been to the palace to face the king, so he naturally no longer was so nervous. When Liu Yixuan saw the Emperor Qinzong sitting high, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "My minister Liu Yixuan met the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Seeing that he was wearing his official robe awkwardly, Qinzong felt so funny that he walked away. He walked off the throne and said, "Liu Aiqing, don't be too polite, just flatter him."

Liu Yixuan stood up and saw that Qin Zong had walked up to him. Liu Yixuan looked carefully at Qin Zong Zhao Heng, and saw that his face was slightly yellow and his eyes were blurred. He was much haggard than when he met last time. Qin Zong knew that Liu Yixuan had made many great achievements on the front line and loved him more. His father Liu Anguo was also a loyal minister he relied on. If both of his father and son could serve him loyally, it would be a great blessing.

Qin Zong pointed at his father and son, and smiled at the civil and military officials in the court and said, "Dear friends, come and see, the Liu family father and son serve the king in the same palace, which is a rare thing for this dynasty!"

After hearing this, all the officials agreed with Qin Zong's words and praised him repeatedly. One sighed: "Yes, it is rare for this family to be ministers in the same hall. It can be seen that our lord has a wise ruler!" Another whispered: "This young master of the Liu family is young and promising, and he is the future son-in-law. It seems that his future is bright!" For a moment, there was a lot of discussion in the court, only the Grand Tutor Zhu Fan looked serious and closed his eyes to rest.

Qin Zong asked Liu Yixuan: "Liu Aiqing, after you returned from the front line, is the health of the veteran General Zongze always good?"

"Thank you, the old general, is still strong and has never had any injuries."

"Oh, then I'll be relieved." He asked again: "A few days ago, did the food, grass and military pay I asked the Ministry of War to transfer to Cizhou?"

"When I returned to the emperor, when I returned to the capital, my food and military pay had already arrived in Cizhou. However, Cizhou was located in a fortress, and the old general had only 30,000 troops and horses. I was worried that if the Jin soldiers marched south in large numbers, I was afraid that the old general would not be able to handle it!"

"What? Do you think the Jin people will go south in large numbers?" Qin Zong asked.

"This is an inevitable thing. I have learned in Cizhou that the war between the Jin people in the north has ended, and the Liao king Wanyan Xiezheng rested and prepared the troops and horses to reserve food and grass. I thought that the Jin people would go south again in a short time. I also asked the emperor to send more troops across the river and go north, saying that when the Jin people were tired and rested, let the old general Zong recover Handan, Daming, and even Zhending, Youzhou, and not give the Jin people a chance to breathe."

Qin Zong was silent after hearing this, and only looked at Zhu Fan, the Grand Tutor who was blindly advocating for peace beside him. After hearing Liu Yixuan's words, Grand Tutor Zhu came to Liu Yixuan and said, "How dare you, a small fifth-rank captain, talk about military and national affairs in the court? If you don't send troops, you will have the final say. Isn't you the final decision?" He asked back and said, "How did you know that the Jin people would go south again? And what is the 'indefinite thing'? Do you have the technique of predicting the future? Humph, at a young age, don't be sarcastic on this hall!"

Liu Yixuan came from later generations and naturally knew about the Jin people's second trip to the south. It was just that he was inconvenient to find out the origin. Even if he said that, these people in the Song Dynasty might not believe it. They wanted to debate with Zhu Fan, but saw Qin Zong speaking from the side: "There is no need for Master Zhu to do this. Although Mr. Liu was young, he came back from the front line, so he naturally had his own ideas. Those of us who live in the rear naturally had to listen to the judgments of the soldiers on the front line. As an important minister of the court, the old master was also a respected senior. Don't get angry with these juniors!"

After hearing Qin Zong's words, Zhu Fan knew that Qin Zong wanted to protect the father and son of the Liu family, and then replied: "What the emperor said is very true, not that the old minister is narrow in his abilities, but the former Jin marshal Wanyan Zonghan sent envoys to discuss peace and wish to quit the war with our Song Dynasty. If the two countries can really turn war into jade and no longer fight each other, wouldn't this be a great good thing for the people of the two countries? Today, the young master of the Liu family dared to instigate the emperor to send troops to Hebei, which clearly wanted to provoke the war between the two countries again, so the old minister refuted."

Qin Zong said, "I understand the meaning of the old teacher. Let's discuss the matter of peace talks later." In Qin Zong's heart, the most troublesome thing was the matter of peace talks. The two factions in the court had different opinions. The man said that his mother had reason and said that his mother was right. Every morning court was full of verbal battles. Today, he finally welcomed Liu Yixuan back to the capital to meet the saint. Qin Zong naturally did not want to listen to the ministers scolding each other again.

Qin Zong smiled at Liu Yixuan and said, "Young Master Liu, I heard that you made the rebel general Guo Yaoshi back with a trick in Cizhou. What's going on? Tell me and all the ministers."

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "Report to the priest, I just used some tricks of carving and insects, which is not enough to tell you all the ministers!"

"Young Master Liu is too humble, right? You can catch the traitor back without a single soldier. It's beyond ordinary generals. Tell me about it!"

When Liu Yixuan heard that the emperor wanted to hear this, he had to talk to them. After all, this was also considered a piece of his achievements on the front line, so he was naturally willing to show it out. Liu Yixuan said: "When talking about this, we have to start with the Battle of Puyang. The **** disguised as the people to go to the city to spy on military affairs, but was captured by a pair of children of Wanyan Jilie, the king of Zhuozhou County stationed in Puyang. I tried my best to gain the trust of the two and set fire to their food and grass at night, so that our army successfully captured Puyang.

After the sons and daughters of Prince Wanyan lost the city, they fled to Cizhou to take refuge. When our army surrounded Cizhou, Princess Wanyan went out of the city to fight against me in order to seek revenge. I asked the coach Yuan of the "Yang" camp to fight with her, pretended to be defeated and lured her to chase her to the front of our army, and then captured her in one fell swoop. Her brother Wanyan Hong saw that she was captured, so he had to ask Guo Yaoshi in Handan for help. However, the envoy who sent the letter was captured was captured by us again. Our army took the opportunity to pretend to be reinforcements from the Jin Kingdom to attack Cizhou City. Wanyan Hong could not resist and was captured alive by us..."

Liu Yixuan talked about his experiences ahead with great interest, and the ministers also listened with relish. Qin Zong nodded and sighed: "It is indeed a good plan to pretend to be a Jin soldier to attack the city. What about later?"

"Later, Wanyan Jilie rushed back from the northern battlefield. Seeing that his children were captured by us, he led his troops to ask for it. At this time, the emperor had already issued an order to the front line, asking us not to take the initiative to fight with the Jin people. In order not to provoke the war, the Wei minister decided to negotiate terms with the Jin people and let the Prince Wanyan get 10,000 taels of silver and Guo Yaoshi to exchange for his children. Wang Yan was helpless for a moment and had to agree to our conditions, tie Guo Yaoshi to the army and exchange for his children."

After hearing this, everyone applauded and Qin Zong said happily, "Okay, it's indeed a strange plan." He said to the ministers, "Then Guo Yaoshi thought that if the Jin people were working for the Jin people, the Jin people would not betray him. Don't you know that he is a dog in the eyes of the Jin people! Humph, how can I spare him such a scum in the country? I passed my will to parade Guo Yaoshi for three days, and beheaded at Xishikou on September 7. I want to show the world that anyone who buys the boss asks for honor and surrenders to the Jin people will be their fate!"

After hearing Qin Zong's words, all the ministers praised the wise and wise, which greatly pleased the people. Qin Zong also issued an order: "Liu Yixuan was appointed as the fourth-rank general of the Central Army, and was appointed as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard. He was awarded another gold medal, so he could enter and exit the forbidden city of Da Nei!"

When Liu Yixuan heard that Qin Zong promoted him and gave him a gold medal, he was also very happy. Liu Anguo hurriedly held his son and knelt down to thank him. Qin Zong held Liu Yixuan's hand and smiled, "Liu Aiqing, I have ordered someone to hold a lunch banquet in the palace. The Queen Mother and Ling'er are still waiting to see you. You and your father and son will stay in the palace for food!"

When Liu Yixuan heard this, he could see Ling'er immediately, and smiled again and thanked him repeatedly. It was exactly: People were in a happy mood when they were happy, and blessings came to an end. After all, what happened in the future? Please stay tuned.
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