The quaint box has a very delicate design, like a Luban lock, which is carved with various colored patterns.

The way to open the box was very ingenious, Yang Qi fiddled with it in his hand more than a dozen times, and he didn't open the box.

Zhao Defang only fiddled twice, and the box was opened.

Lying in the middle of the box is a seal wrapped in a bright yellow silk cloth.

The new mantle, six sides, the shoulder surface is engraved with the eight characters of 'the treasure of the Great Wei Dynasty by the Han Dynasty', there are slight flaws on the horns, and they are inlaid with gold.

Turning over the front of the seal, you can clearly see the eight bird and fish seal characters of 'ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang'.

Heirloom jade seal!

Everyone in the world knows that there are eight bird and fish seal characters on the seal of the country, "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang", but they do not know that it is also engraved with the eight characters of "the treasure of the Great Wei Dynasty and the Han Dynasty".

Everyone in the world knows that the jade seal of the country has a corner for some reason, and everyone thinks that the front of the seal is missing a corner, but in fact, it is the horn on the claw button that is really missing.

This is also the reason why after the disappearance of the jade seal of the country, many people imitated it, but it was easily debunked.

Obviously, the jade seal of the country in front of Yang Qi is genuine.

Since the Emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty and the Empress Dowager set fire to the Xuanwu Tower, this seal has disappeared, but I didn't expect it to fall into the hands of Zhao Defang.

In the official history, the jade seal of the country has not appeared since the disappearance of the Later Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

Yang Qi secretly guessed that in history, it was probably Zhao Defang who got this thing and wanted to keep it for himself when he was the emperor, but he didn't expect to be killed by Zhao Guangyi, so he could only bring this thing into the coffin.

The jade seal is a symbol of orthodoxy.

Rao is Yang Qi has seen a lot in the later generations, and when he sees this thing at this moment, he is inevitably a little excited.

No matter what period of time, this thing is a national treasure, a unique and extremely heavy national treasure.

Rather than throwing this kind of thing out for everyone to grab, it is better to keep it for yourself.

Yang Qi played with the jade seal of the country and looked at Zhao Defang, who was in pain.

After retreating, the two of them were in the White Tower, and they talked all night, and no one knew what the two of them talked about.

The next day, when it was dawn, Zhao Defang left.

And the heirloom jade seal was left in Yang Qi's hands.

After Yang Qi got the heirloom jade seal, he treasured it when he went back.

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The Great Song Dynasty was going to set off the Northern Expedition, and the Liao State naturally got the news.

Since Yang Qi lifted his economic control over Liao, Liao's Shangjing City has prospered again.

The long-term economic control has led to the shopping of the Liao people in Shangjing.

They are afraid that economic control will break out again, so they have almost exchanged all the money they have for daily necessities.

However, unlike the bustling streets of Shangjing, the imperial palace guarded by the people in the middle looked a little lifeless.

Empress Dowager Xiao led the little emperor to sit on the dragon chair.

The civil and military officials of the Liao State stood quietly under the stage.

The pin drop can be heard.

Empress Dowager Xiao glared at the phoenix eyes and said coldly: "Speak! All of them were dumb. Zhao Guangyi waved millions of troops and invaded my Daliao in the south, don't you have anything to say one by one? ”

Facing Empress Dowager Xiao's questioning, the hall was still quiet.

Empress Dowager Xiao could only name her, "Han Aiqing, how do you think we should deal with it?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao named Han Derang, and Han Derang naturally couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Shaking the feathers on his head from side to side, Han Derang bowed down and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the old minister thinks that there is only one battle until now." The soldiers of the Song State pressed the border, and with Zhao Guangyi's temperament, they mobilized so many soldiers and horses, if they didn't fight, I am afraid it would be difficult to end the battle. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao raised her phoenix eyebrows and nodded thoughtfully, "Naturally, I want to fight, and my Da Liao is not a soft persimmon." I have always been the only one who bullies others, how can I be bullied by others. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao's words were light, but her words were full of the domineering that a strong country should have.

After saying this, without waiting for the hundred officials to pat herself, Empress Dowager Xiao changed her words and said: "It's just that my Daliao is now suffering from serious internal troubles, although there have been some achievements in the decree of banning the sea, but the people are still in hardship." With the current grain storage in the national treasury, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support a big war that will kill millions of people.

You Aiqing can have a good plan to solve the problem of grain and grass for the army to go out. ”

The privy envoy of the Liao State, Yelu Xianzhen, the king of the Northern Courtyard, came out and said: "I don't know how many troops can be supported by the country's grain stockpile?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao's expression was a little gloomy, and she said in a low voice: "Less than 200,000 ......"

Two hundred thousand?

The officials were stunned when they heard this, and immediately hurriedly lowered their heads.

The treasury had only enough grain to use for the 200,000 troops.

The 200,000-strong army against the million-strong army of the Song State lost first without a fight.

Although Zhao Guangyi claims to have a million army, which is a bit of a boast, but if Zhao Guangyi can blow out a million army, then the soldiers and horses he really leads will never be less than 600,000.

Even so, the 200,000 troops of the Great Liao could not stop the army of the Song State.

When Yelu heard this number, his face turned pale.

Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at the hundred officials, and said lightly: "Now that the national disaster is at hand, shouldn't you Aiqing also make a contribution?" ”

The officials looked at each other, and the Empress Dowager Xiao wanted to pick up the wool and make them bleed.

The officials who have already been stabbed once are naturally impossible to be stabbed again.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

Some people proposed to let the army eat on the enemy, and some people proposed that the strong wall Qingye collect the grain and grass in the hands of the people of the sixteen states of Yanyun to supply the army......

There are many opinions, and there is no one conclusive conclusion.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at the ministers in the audience coldly, and her heart was full of murderous intent.

can share wealth and nobility, but is unwilling to share weal and woe, this kind of courtier, Da Liao does not need.

The reason why Da Liao was able to dominate the north was because of unity.

Since the Liao Taizu Yelu Agu established the Khitan State, the Liao State has relied on the unity of the Khitan Eight Divisions, plus the continuous annexation and weakening of those small tribes.

Now that the Great Liao River has been defeated, everyone is also squinted by the wealth, forgetting that they once got up from the nomadic tribe that lacked food and clothing.

The decaying aristocracy needs to be eliminated, and the emerging aristocracy needs to be supported.

In this way, we can inject more fresh blood into Daliao and continue to be strong.

Although Empress Dowager Xiao is a woman, she will never be soft when she kills people.

Yelu Xianzhen is one of the few people in the court who knows about the Empress Dowager Xiao, and he is also the first person to feel that the eyes of the Empress Dowager Xiao are full of murderous energy.

Immediately, Yelu leaned out of the column and said in a deep voice: "The old minister is willing to lead the army to the battle, and all the old minister's subordinates are willing to eat the enemy without spending money and food on the treasury." ”

At the critical moment, Yelu slanted out and suppressed the murderous intent of Empress Dowager Xiao.

Yelu slanted to compromise with the nobles of his own faction and made the court quiet.

As the privy envoy of the Liao State, Yelu Xuan's status is second only to that of Yelu Xiuge, and he has bowed his head and softened.

Naturally, the other officials in the court could not be stupid any longer.

Yelu's compromise seemed to remind the officials in the court.

The officials changed their attitude just now and expressed their willingness to help.

There are those who produce 10,000 loads of rice, those who produce 10,000 sheep, those who send armor, and those who produce clothing.

And then, even adding up what they say is still a drop in the bucket.

If Da Liao wants to fight against the millions of soldiers of the Song State, it is not something that one or two hundred thousand troops can resist.

At the very least, an army of 600,000 must be sent.

An army of 600,000 marched out on the march, costing tens of thousands of dollars of money and food every day.

Just looking at Zhao Guangyi, in order to conquer Liao, not only unlocked the sealed pile vault that had been sealed for many years, but also borrowed 10,000 yuan from the Nanguo Money Bank, which is enough to prove that fighting a war, especially a big war, costs a lot of money.