This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 100
The official system of the Khitans was almost completely copied from the Song Dynasty.

What about Zhongshumen, Xiashumen, Liusi, etc., people who were officials in the Song Dynasty, if they went to the Liao Kingdom, they could almost seamlessly connect and integrate into them.

Even the official language is Song language.

As a result, many fallen scholars who were unhappy in the Northern Song Dynasty were 'poached' to serve as officials in Liao, or they defected to Liao to serve as officials.

Nearly half of Liao's officials were originally from Song!

Therefore, the Liao Kingdom knew the Song Dynasty very well.

The man standing outside the fence is almost the same as the Song people except for his face that is slightly different from the Song people.

If it weren't for the subtle differences in official uniforms that betrayed his identity, Lu Sen and Zhan Zhao would only regard him as a Songhuan grassland person.

"Khitan people!" Zhan Zhao jumped out of the yard and asked with some caution, "Why are you here?"

Whether it was because of his friend's status or his duty as a warrior, Zhan Zhao felt that he had an obligation to protect Lu Sen.

This Khitan man looked quite heroic. He clasped his fists and said, "Someone is the Situ of the Southern Academy, Xiao Du, Zi Jieshuang, and I came here to see Lu Zhenren."

Zhan Zhao frowned.

Although the official system of the Liao Kingdom is almost completely copied from the Song Dynasty, it still retains some of its characteristic official positions.

For example, the title of King of the South (North) Academy.

The combination of the two official positions can be regarded as the privy envoy of the Song Dynasty.

Mainly in charge of foreign troops and foreign wars.

And a Situ under the command of the King of the Southern Court suddenly ran to Bianjing City to act as an envoy. It was a very important thing to think about.

This Xiao Jieshuang was the envoy who mocked the civil and military officials in the court not long ago. After he left the Song Palace, he went straight to the low mountain.

He said that he wanted to see him, but he saw that his hands were slightly arched, but he did not bend down, looking rather arrogant.

After Lu Sen stood at the fence, he said, "I am Lu Sen, what do you have to do with me?"

"I heard that Lu Zhenren's spells can reach the sky, and he is an extraordinary person. Can you demonstrate it so that someone can open his eyes?"

Lu Sen raised the corner of his mouth and grinned: "Why? It's just barbarian, and it's amazing!"

After that, Lu Sen turned his sleeves and walked away.

Is it someone who just wants him to perform magic?When he is a dog, should he bark?

Zhan Zhao also shook his head helplessly and turned away.

Seeing that Lu Sen was going back upstairs, Xiao Du wanted to rush up to stop him, but just two steps forward, he saw a handsome man in a sky-blue gown standing in front of him.

"Please don't come near." Zhan Zhao held the sword in both hands and said slowly, "This is the important place of the Xianjia, please come back from the Khitan."

Xiao Du frowned slightly, he was tall, half a head taller than Zhan Zhao.

Moreover, he is also the son of a general of the Liao Kingdom. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he has also fought on the battlefield.

But facing Zhan Zhao, he felt quite uncomfortable.

This is the difference between battlefield warriors and Jianghu knights.

Fighting alone, or fighting with three or five people, naturally the knights are stronger.

But on the battlefield, knights and horses can't keep up with the killing efficiency of warriors.

The focus of martial arts is different.

"You're very good." Xiao Du looked down at Zhan Zhao for a while, and then asked with a smile, "Is it a running dog from Lu Zhenren's family?"

These words sounded insulting in the ears of the Song people, but in the eyes of the Khitan people, they were quite normal.

Because they themselves are accustomed to calling themselves 'a running dog under a certain door', which is used to refer to someone's subordinates.

Zhan Zhao had a certain understanding of the Khitan and knew what the other party meant. He smiled and said, "Not a lackey, but a friend."

Lu Sen also turned around at this time and said, "Zhan Caitou is my best friend. Be polite to this friend."

"Zhenzhen Lu is willing to talk to a certain person?" Xiao Du folded his fists and smiled, "We northerners have always been upright, unlike you southerners, who are mean-spirited. If I offended the two of you just now, I apologize."

After that, he bent down slightly, and then said, "This time I am here with sincerity and want to talk to Lu Zhenren."

The other party spoke in a sincere and sincere manner, and if it were someone else, it might be a smile.

But Lu Sen said: "You are very interesting. You pretend to be an informal man, and you want to use this method to get in the way when you say something wrong. Is it interesting?"

The Khitan man named Xiao Du was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "We northerners don't have so many twists and turns."

"I hate the stereotype of the region the most." Lu Sen said coldly: "Seeing that you are wearing an official uniform, it is estimated that you are an envoy. I don't believe it. As an envoy, you will not understand the speech, manners and customs of our Song people. taboo!"

The Khitan people still looked dazed.

Seeing this, Lu Lin didn't bother to pay attention to him, and then said, "Xiong Fei, let's come in and talk. This person is acting crazy and acting stupid, so don't pay attention to him."

Zhan Zhao smiled and turned back to the yard.

This Xiao Du waited outside the fence for a while, then took a few steps forward and reached out to touch the top of the fence.

"Sure enough, there is a layer of invisible things separating the outside world. This real person should have real skills." Xiao Du chuckled and turned to leave.

He will stay in Bianjing City for a long time, even if he can't talk to Lu Sen now, there will always be a chance in the future.

Not long after Xiao Du left, Zhan Zhao also left with a fruit basket and a bottle of honey.

When he got home, Zhan Zhao asked the housekeeper to close the door, and then he practiced his own swordsmanship frantically in the backyard.

It is the kind that cultivates with all his strength, and his inner strength is swaying out like he doesn't want 'money'. Within three feet of him, the airflow is vertical and horizontal, and the sword qi spreads out in all directions along with the martial arts moves, making a whizzing sound.

After practicing like this for half an hour, Zhan Zhao was suddenly exhausted, barely touching the ground with his sword, and walked back step by step.

At this time, his meridians have been damaged, and under the frantic pressure, he has become very fragile.

Zhan Zhao moved his body back to the table, picked up the jade bee jelly, and took a sip. Then he felt that the damage to the meridians had been repaired, and the meridians seemed to be slightly widened.

"Sure enough."

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but be overjoyed.

The North Xia Ouyang Chun's ability to break through his own limits and greatly increase his strength must be related to the jade bee jelly.

In the eyes of experts, why the opponent can become stronger and stronger in the battle can also be clearly understood.

For Jianghu people, there are only a few ways to become stronger. As long as the elimination method is used, the real purpose of jade honey jelly can be guessed.

After taking a mouthful of honey, Zhan Zhao became alive again. He walked to the center of the arena again and practiced his own martial arts with all his strength.

He believed that within half a month, he would be able to touch the back of the North Xia Ouyang Chun again.

Putting aside the matter of Zhan Zhao, Lu Sen finally found out what happened in the court after a day.

Even salted fish like him know about it, so the people in the whole city naturally know about it.

At the moment, the entire Song Dynasty became angry, and this Khitan man went back on his word, shameless.

But then I felt helpless and ashamed.

I was about to beat Xixia on my side. I didn't expect that the Khitan people would actually come in and make such threats. Few people didn't feel strangely angry.

After Lu Sen knew about this, he just snorted.

No comments were made.

Does this feel ashamed?If you let them know about Jingkang's hardship, it is estimated that nine out of ten civil servants with backbones in the court will hit a pillar and die.

He intends to temporarily hide in a small building to become unified. After all, there is still a long time before the Jingkang disaster, and there is still a chance to change.

The courtroom was arguing over whether or not to withdraw the troops.

The main battle faction, of course, said that they wanted to fight. They believed that the Khitan people were not strong now, and it was estimated that there was no way to break through the line of defense.

As for the Lord and the faction, they said that the enemy should be resolved and not to be tied. Anyway, they all hit the Xingqing Mansion. As long as the Xixia King apologizes and pays something, won't it be over?Why offend two powerful enemies at the same time?
The two sides argued endlessly in the courtroom.

Lu Sen wanted to get out of the way, but he didn't expect that Prince Runan brought Taishi Pang and Bao Zheng to the low mountain.

If it was just Bao Zheng and Pang Taishi, Lu Sen would have sacrificed some fame and be regarded as rude, so Bao Zheng and Pang Taishi were not allowed in.

But the Duke of Runan took the lead, so there was no way.

The four of them sat in the pavilion, and Taishi Pang said, "Zhenzhen Lu is really leisurely. At such a critical moment, he is actually viewing flowers."

There was a hint of reproach in his words.

It seems to hate that iron is not steel.

"Pang Taishi said that the Western Xia strategy should be interrupted?"

Pang Taishi nodded and said: "Lu Zhenren is not above the court, and all the officials feel a little lonely. You are skilled in the sky, and you are not the way of Confucius and Mencius, but you are quite insightful. I think you can give us some stupid officials."

Lu Sen smiled, he raised the large glass kettle in his hand, poured a glass of honey water for the three of them, and then said: "Politics has always been handled by your civil servants, and besides, if you are a Taoist like me, if you are involved in politics, you will have trouble sleeping and eating. Be safe."

"The big event is imminent, and Fang is the true character of a man." Bao Zheng stroked his beard and said: "Lu Zhenren doesn't need to be angry, the old man can see that you have the world in your heart."

The Duke of Runan couldn't help laughing beside him: "Why do you see it?"

"If it weren't for this, Lu Zhenren would have already started to practice pills."

Opening the furnace to practice pills is a Taoist's 'exclusive' skill, and Lu Sen has real skills. As long as he dares to say this in front of the official family, the official family will definitely come down.

Moreover, many officials who wish for longevity will also support it secretly. They definitely want money and money, and they want people and people.

The Prince of Runan laughed even more happily on the side: "My son-in-law, do you see it, this is Wenquxing, who is arrogant, and this is the arrogant Wenchen. When they don't need you, they will think you are an eyesore. When I can use you, I will start to pick you up."

Lu Sen also found it funny, and couldn't help grinning.

Come to think of it, it does.

Bao Zheng's face was a little embarrassed, but Pang Taishi's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "King Runan, how do you say it is also the Zhao family, is it appropriate to say this?"

The Duke of Runan rolled his eyes and stopped talking.

After all, he is also a prince, and the world has his share.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought Bao Zheng and Taishi Pang to see Lu Sen, but he was really angry with Wenchen's attitude of thinking about you when he had something to do, and leaving him alone.

"I can barely count as a quarter of the Zhao family." Lu Sen said with a smile, "So Fu Yin Bao and Taishi Pang, what do you two want me to do?"

It's not that Lu Sen forcibly put gold on himself, but Zhao Bilian is also the master of the hidden county. Besides, the prince of Runan is really good to Lu Sen.

Since marrying Zhao Bilian to Lu Sen, Prince Runan has time and opportunity to teach Lu Sen the unspoken rules in officialdom and to remind others of the world.

I often take him to dinner at home, and he is warmer than his own son.

Lu Sen could feel that the other party really regarded himself as family.

He is not a wolf-hearted person, so for Zhao Bilian and Runan County King, this kindness has to be returned.

"We hope that Lu Zhenren can go to the north, unite with the family, and block the Khitan army until the Western Xia strategy is truly completed." Bao Zheng cupped his hands and said.

At present, he is a privy envoy, who has the power to command and control the troops and horses of the world.

Formulating war strategies is also one of Bao Zheng's responsibilities.

"Just blocking, not killing people?" Lu Sen asked.

"Don't kill." Bao Zheng clasped his fists and said.

"Oh, the kindness of women." Lu Sen looked at Bao Zheng unhappily: "What are you afraid of? The Khitans have hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border, and the heart of the wolf is clearly revealed. You still think about two things. State diplomatic relations, don't want to hurt them?"

"My Song Dynasty cannot fight on two fronts!" said Pang Taishi.

"Since you asked me to block it, you should understand that I can kill you, too." Lu Sen sighed and said, "But you actually only want to block the enemy from outside the country, but you don't want to open up the territory... No, you should It's because you don't want to unify, the sixteen states of Yanyun are originally the territory of our descendants of Yan and Huang."

Both Bao Zheng and Pang Taishi stopped talking.

The atmosphere on both sides fell silent.

Lu Sen said after a while: "I understand, you are still afraid that I am too famous, so big that I can suppress the imperial power, and you can decide the court in one word, right?"

Bao Zheng and Pang Taishi looked up at the sky almost at the same time, as if there was something rare on it.

This has been said... Lu Sen can say that as a Taoist, Wenchen dare not talk nonsense.

The Duke of Runan sneered aside, disdainful, but also a sense of pleasure, he liked to see these great civil servants shriveled.

Lu Sen was silent for a while, and then said, "No."

Bao Zheng and Pang Taishi both turned their heads to look at Lu Sen at the same time, both anxious.

"Zhenzhen Lu, please focus on the overall situation and don't take anger." Pang Taishi said in a hurry.

Lu Sen snorted: "The overall situation is the most important thing? If the overall situation is really the most important thing, you should invite me to the north to settle the frontier at all costs. Instead of using words to trap me here, that is, to work and use invisible shackles. Tie me to death! Do I owe you literati, or whatever. Heizhu, see you off!"

Having said that, the two sides have temporarily torn their faces.

Of course, this was unilaterally torn by Lu Sen.

After Bao Zheng and Taishi Pang left, the Prince Runan who stayed behind said, "My son-in-law, you did a good job, I look comfortable!"

After all, he couldn't help laughing. When he was young, he was often 'morally kidnapped' by these civil servants.

Now that his son-in-law has let himself out, it is naturally not good enough.

He was happy, but when Bao Zheng went back, when he talked about the matter, the entire court was a little dejected.

(End of this chapter)