Chapter XX The Emperor's Robbery
Yun Zheng keenly captured such subtle changes. The same old politicians like Pang Ji, Han Qi and Wang Anshi naturally felt it. After the emperor vented his anger, Pang Ji immediately asked the emperor not to act rashly again. The reason used was that gratitude was due to the superiority, and murder and grudges should be the affairs of him, as the prime minister. {
Therefore, the banquet once every three days focused on the Song Dynasty. They wanted to tell the emperor with all their might that the criminal law was the right to kill people, and the emperor killed people was the right to human rights, and human rights should not be fought against with heaven.
Yun Zheng was holding Wuban and napping in the crowd. The new official hat was very heavy and it was not comfortable at all. His wife added a cotton mat to it. It was so comfortable, and it was very warm. The north wind was howling outside, and the hall was steaming hot with the ground dragon. I couldn't stand for long and wanted to sleep. Fortunately, there was a dragon pillar behind him, and there was also charcoal fire inside the pillar. It was very comfortable for people to lean on it and be roasted by the warm pillar, so he leaned on it and napped.
As for what Song Qi kept telling the emperor, he didn't care at all. It was just the cliché "Song Zhengtong".
I felt sad for these old masters and hoped that a tiger who had eaten humans would start eating carrots? What a joke? I had been wandering around before I saw the emperor. Yun Zheng promised to eat hot pot with his wife today, but he didn't know what the emperor was thinking.
I didn't sleep well last night, so Ge Qiuyan didn't allow the child to sleep among the couple. As a result, when Yun Zheng woke up in the morning, he was even more tired than watching the child. The most embarrassing thing was that the child was not full in the morning, so he had to go to the nurse's milk with grievance...
Compared to Lu Qingying, who was angry and Ge Qiuyan with a blushing face, Yun Zheng was very calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him. He was just pinched on his arm by his wife countless times when he went out. His arms were still ashamed, and they were covered with pieces of black green on them, which was very pitiful.
Thinking of the pride, Yun Zheng smiled secretly. Di Qing in front of him turned his head and said helplessly: "Speak, Your Majesty has asked you twice."
Yun Zheng was shocked and hurriedly went out to work and started the remark: "Report to Your Majesty. I believe that the "Song of Song Dynasty" is the foundation of all ages and must not be abandoned easily..."
Pang Ji roared in a dark face and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is asking you when Qingtang can be stable?"
Yun Zheng hugged Pang Ji in shame and quickly pronounced to the emperor: "Report to Your Majesty, when will Qingtang be stable? It is not in our dynasty. But whether the Tubo people on the plateau have the ambition to come down and rob. Whether the Western Xia Kingdom has the courage to make a comeback. I am in the capital and do not understand the actual situation of the war, so I don't know."
Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "It's time for tigers to be put into the mountains and forests, and put them on the temple and take a nap."
Han Qi smiled and said, "As long as the tiger's heroic spirit is still there, the beasts outside will not dare to knock on the door."
"Han Qing's words are reasonable. It's better for the tiger to be more fierce than his own. Haha, my dear friends, today is a tragic wind and rain. The wind outside makes me feel upset, and the ice rain outside makes me feel uncomfortable. Zou Tong, allocated ten thousand stags of copper coins from the inner palace to distribute them to the people of Tokyo as firewood and carbon coins, so it's better to warm it up.
Haha, as for us, might as well go to Wucheng Palace to have a drink?"
Yun Zheng was overjoyed. Only then did he realize that Zhao Zhen was indeed a good emperor. Not only did he take out his own money to invite people from all over Tokyo to cook fire, but he also took out his own money to invite all civil and military officials to drink. Such a person who cares about people's hearts must be a good emperor.
Pang Ji came out of the class and reported: "Your Majesty, Wucheng Palace has been disrepaired for a long time, and may not be able to stop the storm outside."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "It's okay, there are a few new wax figures coming in Wucheng Palace. It should not be too warm. I and my dear friends might as well wander around with cups and discuss the heroes and heroes in the world."
Only then did Yun Zheng realize that the emperor had spent a lot of manpower to get the wax statue back. Li Chang complained in the letter that wax statues were not easy to transport. Fortunately, it was very cold in the north. He wrapped the wax statues tightly with cotton and walked very slowly on the road. If he wanted to transport them to the capital, it would not take until at least before the New Year. Unexpectedly, the emperor had already transported these things.
Pang Ji sighed, and it was not easy to refute the emperor's face, so he had to follow the eunuch's guidance toward Wucheng Palace.
After entering the Wucheng Palace, Yun Zheng was startled and pointed to the wax figure of Jiaozhi Emperor Li Dezheng and asked Zou Tong: "Why, is this guy dead?"
Zou Tong whispered: "I'm not dead, but I'm still living in the inn. Your Majesty sent someone to take Li Dezheng's size and appearance, and specially asked the masters and craftsmen in the capital to make them according to the living people."
Yun Zheng patted his chest and said, "That's good. I plan to wait until the war in Jiaozhi Kingdom has subsided before going there to get the deposited money. If Li Dezheng dies, it will be difficult to make excuses."
Han Qi continued: "Jiazhi is in full swing now, and you go there to find money? Li Rizun's capital has been broken by his younger brother and outsiders. I guess he will probably not be able to come up with any money now."
"This is inappropriate. Your Majesty is a kind king. How can you allow your vassal state to be in constant war? You must always give your people a happy life."
Wang Anshi frowned and said, "Does Yunhou think that Jiaozhi is of value to our Song Dynasty?"
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "That's natural. Jiaozhi has abundant resources and numerous precious woods. In addition, the rice there is not a lot of ripe for a year. It is not uncommon for seedlings and mature rice ears to grow together, but in my Song Dynasty, it became auspicious. In the past few years, my Song Dynasty has been in constant disasters, but Jiaozhi has never heard of any disasters. God is extremely unfair.
So to give the people of Jiaozhi a peace, you can exchange me for a treasure land with energy and continuous grain production, and no matter how you calculate it, you won’t lose money.”
Wang Anshi nodded and said, "That's the reason. The food in Lingnan is cheap, but the price to transport it back to Tokyo is very high. It's not cost-effective. In Lingnan, beggars can eat white rice, but when they arrive in Hanoi County, the people can only eat when they work hard for a year and drink porridge in their spare time. I want to transport it back, but it's too much."
When Zhao Zhen saw that Wang Anshi and Yun Zheng were talking about the lifeline of the country, he asked the eunuchs to bring warm rice wine to all the officials. He found a place to sit down and wanted to hear how Yun Zheng thought about it.
"I said in my early years that the great food people ate in my Song Dynasty and were full of energy and did not do anything, and enjoyed it all. Some great food rich people's residences in Quanzhou were even more luxurious than those in the palace, and they were drinking in golden cups..."
Yun Zheng said this and looked at the silver cup in his hand and sighed and stopped talking.
Zhao Zhen raised his hand and said, "Your dear, just say it. This is not a court, but a place where our king and ministers enjoy each other. Even if you say it wrong, it doesn't matter. I just think you are talking about drinking."
Han Qi said angrily: "Mr. Yun, do you want to say that your damn privateer idea is not? My Song Dynasty is a glorious Heavenly Dynasty, and those things that can't be done by roosters and dogs, so as not to ruin the chaotic leadership."
Yun Zheng smiled and ignored the whispering ministers. When Zhao Zhen heard about Yun Zheng's privateer theory, he looked at Yun Zheng with disgust and asked them to fight Ming to rob, but he could not do it at all.
Yun Zheng, who was silent, looked through the wax figures displayed all the way.
He patted Li Dezheng's wax figure and said, "It's a bad thing!" He patted Gao Zhisheng's wax figure and said, "What a pity." After coming to Nong Zhigao's wax figure and took a sip of wine and said, "It's your blessing to die in the hands of Di Shuai."
Ignoring Dong Wen's wax figure, but poured out the glass of wine next to Qingyi's ghost-killing seal to pay tribute to his old friend. Finally, he looked at his statue and smiled bitterly: "You are the most innocent among these people!"
Pang Ji approached Yun Zheng and said, "Tell me, what an innocent law? If you dare to weaken your heart in a fierce battle, you will be punished. Think about your subordinates and your Majesty's trust, your personal kindness is nothing."
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "It's true, I did that, but my heart aches when I made the decision."
Zhao Zhen sighed and ordered Zou Tong to fill Yun Zheng's empty wine glass, and then toasted Yun Zheng's statue with a glass of wine and said, "Who can be ruthless than plants and trees? My dear friends went to Qingtang for the first time to make friends with Qingyi Ghost Chapter. Although this person is a foreign race, I have heard of his deeds. This person is sincere in his friend, loyal to his ministers, brave to be brave, and righteous. He is indeed a hero in his generation based on character alone.
My dear, I have been decisive in my affairs, and I have abandoned my personal relationship for the country, and come and have a drink with me."
Yun Zheng drank a glass of wine with the emperor and knocked on the head of his statue and said, "So the humble minister ordered his appearance to be cast into a wax figure and put it together with two villains, warning later generations to clearly know their responsibilities.
Just now, everyone was laughing, please restrain yourself a little. Yun Zheng heard that the privateer plan was not impossible, it depends on how to implement it. The Song Dynasty has abundant resources, so the prices are cheap. The great cannibal only needs to exchange a large amount of our things with very few things. Didn’t anyone think about how unfair it is?
The currency of the great cannibals is silver coins and gold coins, but it is more of a barter. They seem to be communicating with our Song Dynasty, but who has calculated the difference between gold, silver and copper? Well? I won’t talk about the difference today. With the Sansi Envoys here, you will naturally calculate it. I just hope that you will not be surprised when you see that number. The wealth created by the people of the Song Dynasty with their hands was taken away by others. The most ridiculous thing is that we don’t know it yet.”
Seeing that Wang Anshi's face changed drastically, Yun Zheng smiled and continued, "The Three Sessions said that it is not cost-effective to transport food from the south. This is true, but why should we put this cost-effectiveness on ourselves?
There are so many Hu merchants coming to Tokyo every year. Many ships are not full, but they are all big sea ships. It is easy for a ship to carry 5,000 dan of grain. If they go to Beijing to trade, they must transport us an equal amount of grain according to the value of the goods. Can Tokyo still lack food?
If we are issuing private certificates to the pirates of the Song Dynasty, asking them to rob, and then giving them half of them to the court, I don't believe we can't find the losses we suffered in a lot of trade." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!