.Chapter 229 Su Dongpo invites guests

From the beginning, the Liao Kingdom had a speculative heart from this huge battle between the Three Kingdoms of Song, Liao and Xia. The Liao Kingdom wanted to use its "spun bricks and jade" action to drive the Western Xia to attack Song with all its strength, and the Liao Kingdom could gain the greatest benefits from it.

Later, the three passes were broken, which allowed Xiao Temo to see greater hope. The morale of the Liao army rose greatly. It can be said that he had seen hope of destroying the Song Dynasty. Therefore, before Ansu and other cities were leveled, he quickly advanced southward, captured Ying and Mo and approached Hejian Prefecture.

From a purely military perspective, Xiao Temo's rapid advancement tactic was very successful. The further south, the weaker the defense of the Song army, the faster it was, the more materials it could plunder, and the greater the panic caused.

Most of the Song army was pressed on the border. If Xiao Temo could approach Tokyo quickly, it would be very likely to lead to the complete collapse of the Song army in Hedong and northwest.

Later Mongolian legions used this trick to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. After breaking through Xiangyang, they did not engage in many entanglements with the Song army on the border and rushed directly to the capital Lin'an, which led to the rapid collapse of the Southern Song Dynasty as a whole.

The Liao army can be said to have such an opportunity this time. Unfortunately, Xiao Temo, who had been speculative from the beginning, did not have the courage of the Mongolian Legion, and dared to ignore the way out and logistically attack the heart of the Song Dynasty for a long distance.

While he was attacking Hejian Prefecture, news of the defeat of the Western Xia came. At the same time, after the support of the Western Army, a total of 70,000 troops of the Song army left Yanmen Pass and fought with the Liao army in Huihe;

The Song army, with great morale, not only won one shot, but also captured Wuzhou with the momentum, and the troops forced Shuozhou and Mayi.

While this made Xiao Temo difficult to get on the brink of the tiger, it also greatly encouraged Tokyo. The Privy Council once again ordered that all the land of Wuzhou must be taken and a new line of defense should be built on the Great Wall north of Wuzhou.

This means that Wuzhou is going to be decided this time, and the Liao Kingdom wants to fight. If the Liao army wins, we have nothing to say. If we lose, we have to pay some interest.

Under this situation, Miao Su's reinforcements arrived in Daming Prefecture, Beijing. Xiao Temo plundered in Ying and Mo Erzhou, and quickly withdrew his troops. Pan Rui raised his troops to pursue them and recovered the third pass on the eighth day of the eighth month.

The Song and Liao dynasties entered a military stalemate, and the next thing should be more about fighting words at the negotiating table...

As for the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty did not think it was qualified to negotiate with the Song Dynasty.

In the face of this huge crisis, what surprised the officials of the Song Dynasty the most was the calmness and ability shown by Empress Liu;

Although the proposal of borrowing from wealthy families failed to pass the court, she clearly dealt with the government's government's main and secondary policies, and her methods of dealing with the floods in Jiangzhou were remarkable. She truly gained the sense of recognition of her rule from behind the curtain and established her initial authority.

Zhang Dun took a relatively gentle attitude towards those opponents and insults in the court and the country before. After all, the Song Dynasty faced such a big crisis this time, and it was normal for others to worry about the destruction of the country.

More importantly, the Song Dynasty needs stability now, and the aftermath of Zhao Xu's death has not yet dissipated. Political stability is now more important than anything else.

The son born to Empress Liu was named Zhao Jie. On the third day of the birth of this child, news of a great victory in the northwest came, hence the name.

When Zhao Si ascended the throne, he announced in court that his son had been born, he was appointed as the crown prince. Empress Liu is still in confinement, and this matter has not been mentioned yet.

It is still unknown what kind of storm will be caused by then. At least as the clouds of war dissipate, they slowly calm down.

Huanzhou.

Yang Yi had just returned from the reconstruction of Hongdezhai and received an invitation from Su Shi. This was a new story. It was the first time that Su Shi had invited him to have a banquet so formally.

After washing, he changed into a regular dress and walked to Changzhisi. Changzhisi was the office office of the Tongzong, which was about a hundred steps away from the provincial government office. Su Shi and his family lived in Changzhisi's rear yamen.

When Yang Yi arrived, Su Shi was already waiting in front of the steps. The two bowed to each other. Yang Yi laughed and said, "I wonder how Master Su is treating guests today? Master Su Wen is best at cooking fish, why am I looking forward to it!"

Su Shi also smiled and said, "Ren Zhi requests! You should not let Ren Zhi play the sword and sing and eat without fish!"

The two of them exchanged a few joking greetings and walked in.

Next to the side room of the back yamen, Su Suili, the son of Su Shi, was studying under the window. He was thirteen years old and still had a childish voice;

The way of reading the book is to highlight the bright virtues, to be close to the people, to stop at the highest good, to know the end and then to be calm, to be calm, to be at peace, to be at peace, to be at peace, to be at peace, to be at peace, to be at the end of things, to be at the end of things, to be at the beginning, to know where to be in the beginning, to know where to be in the beginning, then to be at the end of things, to know where to be in the beginning, then to be at the end of things, to be at the beginning, to know where to be in the beginning, then to be at the nearest path.

Seeing Yang Yi and Su Shi walking between the flower paths, Su Suili quickly accepted the greeting: "My nephew has met Uncle Yang."

Seeing his sword-browed eyebrows and starry eyes and looking like a little adult, Yang Yi smiled and said, "There is no need to be too polite to be polite. Uncle tests you, how can I do it in college?"

Su Suili bowed again and replied modestly: "The great one means erudition, the learning of the great one."

Su Shi immediately acted like a strict father and scolded: "You ignorant dog, your uncle Yang is the top scholar and is well-educated. There are some opportunities that you don't ask for advice and show off your skills. It's really stupid."

"There is no need for Bachelor Su. Who dares to give advice to Mr. Su's son? The child of a child who enters elementary school at the age of eight and then enters university at the age of fifteen. So he recited the "Great" in a thirteen pairs. It is really commendable."

While talking with a smile, Yang Yi took off a piece of jade and ate it with Su Sui. "A gentleman wears jade. Although this jade is not expensive, he just thinks of Uncle Yang's little intention today. Accept it quickly!"

Su Suili quickly refused. Su Shi's expression calmed down a lot at this time and he said, "The elders give you, you must not refuse, just keep it. Why don't you thank you for your uncle Yang?"

After Su Suili took the jade, Yang Yi laughed and said, "Everyone is fostered by his adopted son. I am ruined by intelligence. I only hope that the child will be foolish and rude, and will be free from disasters and troubles. Mr. Su! It seems that Suili is not as foolish and rude as you wish!"

When Yang Yi mentioned this, Su Shi felt a lot of emotion. When he was demoted to Huangzhou, he almost lost his life after a prison disaster. Su Suili was born to his concubine Wang Chaoyun when Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou. Thinking of his own experience, Su Shi wrote such a poem at that time.

The two of them sat in the pavilion in the garden. Several sparse chrysanthemums beside the pavilion are in bud. There are also several rows of bamboo planted by Su Shi, and new bamboo shoots have also grown.

A gentleman is like a bamboo, like a literati like Su Shi, who would rather eat without meat than tolerate living without bamboo.

Su Shi came to Huanzhou this time and brought several young and beautiful singing concubines, but he didn't come out this time. The reason is that Yang Yi guessed that Su Shi had something to say to him.

Yang Yi could guess something about Su Shi wanted to say, but he didn't want to talk about these things. Now he just wanted to resettle all the people in Huanzhou before the cold winter came;

As for the matter in the court, it will rain and my mother wants to get married, let her go! At least at this time, he doesn't want to interfere too much.

Su Shi's concubine Wang Chaoyun first brought a small sand pot. When she opened it, she felt a strong fragrance. When Yang Yi saw that this was not the "Dongpo pork" made of Huanzhou fragrant pig!

"I've heard of this dish for a long time! I can't be polite today!"

Yang Yi nodded to Wang Chaoyun, smiled very happily, and picked up a piece of yellow and oily "Dongpo pork" and tasted it as if no one else was around.

Seeing that Wang Chaoyun was so casual and unruly, he couldn't help but chuckled.

"Good skills! Thank you for your hard work, so sit down and have a meal together!" Yang Yi greeted him while eating, as if he was the master.

Wang Chaoyun had learned a lot about the Yang family from Thirteen Niang and the others before, but he was still a little stunned. She was just a concubine, not a wife, so how could she be called Yang Yi’s sister-in-law?

She didn't know how to defend her for a moment, so she had to say, "Eunuch Yang is slow to use, there are still a few dishes under the kitchen, so I will serve them first."

Su Dongpo raised his glass and invited him to drink: "Don't pay attention to her, come, let me ask!"

"Please!" Yang Yi drank a glass with him, looked at Wang Chaoyun Niaoniao's figure as he was leaving, but his heart was inexplicably tightened.

No! After you go back, you must warn Qingniang and let her run to Lao Su less!

Qing Niang is in her prime and is twelve or three years old, and she is graceful and graceful, and her body is filled with the fragrance of poetry and ink, which is extremely moving. If she is old Su...

Lao Su has a criminal record! You have to be careful! You have to be careful!

Not to mention anything else, Wang Chaoyun is the best example. This girl was originally from Qiantang. She was born with beautiful, smart and wise, and could sing and dance. She became a singer and dance class because of her poverty.

She was born in the seventh year of Jiayou (1062), and was attracted by Lao Su in the fourth year of Xining (1071), and since then she has followed Lao Su.

Tsk tsk! Calculate the age of Wang Chaoyun at that time, Lao Su is really good at it!

Like Bai Juyi, Du Mu and others, they also like young girls. Even so, they still have to admire Lao Su, who is cruel enough!

There is another saying that Su Shi dredged West Lake because Wang Chaoyun wanted to do something good for his hometown and kept blowing the wind beside Su Shi, so Su Shi made up his mind to do some practical things for the people.

Judging from Su Shi's previous personality, this statement is still very reliable.

In the past, Su Shi was very arrogant and had a strong sense of enjoyment. It was not difficult to find evidence from his many deeds and memorials. Su Shi had been an official in several places before. When he was in Xuzhou, he had already been a virtuous policy that he talked about.

Only when he arrived in Hangzhou last time did he carry out a West Lake dredging project. This project is not big or small, but it still steals the limelight after a thousand years.

It can be said that while Su Shi made the West Lake, the rippling and clear waves of the West Lake became Su Shi.

Su Shi's talent and the beauty of West Lake perfectly combine, making Su Shi's political achievements extremely dazzling.

Even after one thousand, few projects were more well-known than Su Shi's project of dredging West Lake.

In fact, it really depends on the actual effect. Su Shi's West Lake project is just that. It is considered a big deal in one state, but it is nothing if it is placed in one country.

Not to mention the distance, Fan Zhongyan built a 300-mile-long sea dam in Jiangsu. The project volume is larger than Su Shi's dredging of the West Lake and its function is greater than that of the West Lake project.

But fame! The difference cannot be determined by reason!

ps: I have been persisting, let’s see the officials and reward them!
Chapter completed!