Dragging too much trouble

Author: solid state drive

Dragging too much trouble

Looking at the long queue gradually forming at the entrance of the industrial department, the number of people in the row of registrations is even longer than the monitoring angle.

Although most of these people looking for work were ordinary people, Confucian scholar Liao Liao among them still made Chongzhen stroke his beard and feel very satisfied.

"Shop owner, the publicity effect in newspapers and radio is really good now. If the recruitment channels in various states and counties hadn't been launched yet, I feel like I could recruit hundreds of scholars in one day."

"Indeed, there are too few promotion channels for scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, joining the army can take part in the imperial examination, and the chance is greater. There are restrictions on recommendation, so many people go.

In this disaster relief, you let the Royal Army directly transfer to become the intern county magistrate, which can be regarded as fulfilling your promise. If you promise next time, the scholars will believe it. As for the people, they will usually follow your words.

Not bad, a virtuous cycle.”

A year ago, neither Chongzhen nor Chen Ye would have dared to think about asking scholars to sign up to join the power grid. However, with the changes in policies and personnel in the past six months, scholars in the Ming Dynasty have gained confidence in the new path opened by the government.

More importantly, no one in the court of Chongzhen opposed him, thousands of people from the capital began to study below, and the grassroots of the Royal Army who had transferred to the army were supporting him.

In addition, entire regiments of the Royal Army were stationed in various prefectures to maintain order and training, protect prefecture and county officials, and ensure that government orders would not be misinterpreted. This increased the court's credibility and voice.

"I'm really going to be busy for a while. The power grid needs to be rolled out, and half of the people who want to receive memory transmission every day have to queue up.

I still have to arrange for six troops, the Royal Army personnel, to receive memory transfers, it’s really sad.”

"What are you worried about? You are better now than before."

Chen Ye saw Chongzhen complaining with a happy face and shook his head. This was cheap and good.

"You get busy first. The time is up. I'm going to check on Zhao Ji's condition."

Chen Ye spoke to Chongzhen, waved his hands, and disappeared in front of Chongzhen.

The first year of Jingkang was five hundred years earlier than the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhao Ji integrated the army yesterday afternoon, he immediately started to board the ship and set off on the road. The army started by land and marched under starry night.

By nightfall, Zhao Ji's palace regiment had already arrived in Sizhou, accompanied by the elite of the Victory Army and the local Hu Congjun in Hangzhou. The formation was very large.

This made Sizhou City nervous last night. After all, when the army arrived, if one person failed to control it well, it would be a disaster for the people in the entire county.

Fortunately, those who followed Zhao Ji were not deserters who had lost the battle, so the arrangements were well made along the way, and the people were not disturbed. In other words, the disturbance was just that the rich were disturbed and spent the night.

The accompanying palace officials and generals did not sleep well all night, because after arriving in Sizhou, Zhao Ji did not rest as usual when arriving in a new place.

He did not accept the reception of the local officials of Sizhou like he did when he arrived in Sizhou for the first time. Instead, he opened a courtyard next to the palace as a headquarters.

Zhao Ji ordered all the officials not to rest. They sent messages to send messages and recruited local officials to recruit local officials. So the people slept well all night, and all the officials had to endure the dark circles under their eyes.

After being so busy until the morning, all the officials took a rest at the headquarters. As a result, Zhao Ji, who had stayed up all night, called Tong Guan in again in the morning.

When Tong Guan walked out of Zhao Ji's temporary palace, the accompanying officials who were traveling south to worship their ancestors gathered around him. Their faces were full of worry and anxiety. They sensed that something was wrong with Zhao Ji.

Cai You talked with Zhao Ji in the middle of the night last night, but he had no intention of convincing Zhao Ji to return to Bianjing later. Instead, he was scolded by Zhao Ji and ordered him to prepare money.

After a night of doing this, his legs were almost broken, and he could hardly open his eyes. He saw Tong Guan entering the house and hurriedly stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, why have you been summoned by Your Majesty? You want to sleep, but you want to rest in Sizhou to reorganize the army?"

"Mr. Cai... Your Majesty... Your Majesty just went to bed..."

"Hey, that's great. His Majesty finally rested for a while."

Cai You felt relieved, and he could sleep well. He wanted to order more southern girls tonight.

"Your Majesty just fell asleep and became energetic again. Moreover, he asked me to summon all the gentlemen to prepare to board the ship.

He said that we must arrive at Songzhou tonight to prepare for arriving at Bianjing tomorrow night."

"Ah? Is your Majesty really serious about saying that?"

"Absolutely not! At this time, the imperial court has just negotiated peace with the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin soldiers have not yet gone far.

If the soldiers arrive, there may be misunderstandings. If the Jin soldiers go south again, how can we resist them?"

"I'm going to see the Supreme Being, so don't stop me!

At this time, the Jin soldiers have just completed the peace talks and have not yet crossed the Yellow River. Even if they want to fight, they should wait until the Jin soldiers cross the Yellow River before fighting."

"Yes, yes, the Jin people leave the Yellow River and fight again, which is the great strategy of war. Fan Xuanfu, what do you think? Fan Xuanfu?"

Fan Ne, who was asked by the Minister of Works, was obviously distracted, and he yelled twice before he came back to his senses.

"Yes, yes, what you said is correct. I also think that I should advise your majesty. Prince, you have also negotiated with the Jin people. You should know how cruel the Jin people are."

Tong Guan kept the words of the courtiers in mind, and everyone agreed that Zhao Ji should go back. Selfishness accounted for a large part of this, in order not to be liquidated.

But they did not agree that Zhao Ji was in such a hurry to go back, and it was selfish. The reason was that they did not want to go to war with the Jin Kingdom and did not want the peace talks to be invalidated.

Everyone believed that Zhao Ji's reason for returning was to go to the Northern Expedition to the Kingdom of Jin and to abolish the agreement signed by Zhao Huan, using this as an attack point to take away the rights in Zhao Huan's hands.

Otherwise, after a while, Zhao Huan will replace Zhao Ji and regroup the power, so the time should be sooner rather than later. They also support Zhao Ji to step up his packing and march to Bianjing. This is a political purpose.

But this does not mean that they support Zhao Ji's true war with the Jin Kingdom. If Zhao Ji rushes to Bianjing all night long, and the Jin people have not yet crossed the river, should Zhao Ji fight at this time?

There is not enough reason not to fight. He has already said so. If we don't fight, there will be no way to attack Zhao Huan in the future.

But if there was a fight, the Song army's combat effectiveness was not enough. It was common sense among civil servants that the Song Dynasty could not defeat the Jin Dynasty, and they were not even willing to give it a try.

It is against this background that the ministers will strongly oppose Zhao Ji's plan to arrive in Bianjing within the next two days.

"Gentlemen, I think the Supreme Being must have thought of this. The Supreme Being is unparalleled in resourcefulness and even took back six of the sixteen states of Yanyun. This feat will last forever.

Now the Taishang resolutely ordered the entire army to march quickly because the purpose of Taishang's journey south was to pray for the Song Dynasty. Now that the prayers were completed, Bianjing was also defended under the Taishang's prayers.

The official family was supposed to have unparalleled military exploits and be sung all over the world, but it was unexpected that the official family was protected by the ancestors of the Song Dynasty and still signed the indemnity peace treaty. Even though they had won the battle, they did not reduce the annual coins and did not repay the lost land, but they still wanted peace talks?

Therefore, the Supreme Being cannot let this contract be completed. He must help the official family and prevent the official family from having these stains and regrets for the rest of their lives. This is the purpose of the Supreme Being's journey south.

His Majesty has foresight and must have some considerations. Naturally, we should not drag His Majesty away!

If we really can't reach Songzhou tonight, it's God's will to let us arrive later, and His Majesty won't blame everyone."

Tong Guan saw that no one wanted to fight, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry. There were so many courtiers, but they didn't have eggs as much as he, a eunuch.

Although he is also afraid of fighting with Jin Guo, but now he is just chasing other people's butts, or trying to scare Jin Guo when it is obvious that Jin Guo can't beat him, this group of people are actually so cowardly.

"What the prince said is very reasonable. However, now that the Song Dynasty has experienced a war with the Liao Kingdom, there are not many elites left in the Western Army. There is still some strength left to defend the city, but the pursuit is slightly insufficient.

Although the victorious army is guarded by the prince, the prince also knows that during this trip south, the officials also left some generals behind, and now the victorious army is not full.

Please also ask the prince to give you some advice. Since the Yellow River is guarded by natural dangers, we can still fight with our backs if we pursue. Otherwise, there will be no danger to defend and it will be a recipe for disaster!"

"I would also like to ask the prince to tell your majesty that yesterday we traveled on a starry night, and the troops where King Qin stayed in various places were already far away from us.

If we continue to move forward, the front army comes into contact with the Jin people, and the rear army is still on the road. This is to add fuel to the enemy. In the art of war, this method is the worst policy."

"I will talk to His Majesty."

Tong Guan nodded. The opinions of the ministers were like this. Even if Zhao Ji forced him to give it, it would be useless. If Zhao Ji really wanted to go back and seize power, he would have to rely on these people.

After nodding and continuing to explain for a while, Tong Guan and several generals and ministers who also had things to do left amid the expectant and dark-rimmed eyes of a group of ministers.

Quickly returning to the palace next to the wall, Tong Guan was stopped by an official before he could reach the main hall.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is currently receiving a stranger. Please wait for a moment before communicating."

"A stranger? What kind of thing? I just went out not long ago, right?"

Listening to Zhao Ji meeting the stranger, Tong Guan couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He suddenly felt that there might be a hidden meaning in Zhao Ji's abnormal behavior. Could someone be bewitching Zhao Ji?

Since he couldn't get in anyway, Tong Guan couldn't help but stop and inquired about it from the chamberlain. It was all in the same system. The chamberlain had also been bribed by Tong Guan, so he quickly reported what he knew.

"I don't know. It's strange to say that I haven't seen anyone pass by for a while after you left. But His Majesty still treated the female official and asked her to serve tea. Just now, No, look, the female official just came back."

The chamberlain pursed her lips, and Tong Guan immediately glanced at her calmly, then looked at the palace maid carrying a pot of tea on the same wall-backed aisle on the right side of the main hall as she walked toward the door.

Based on past time speculation, Tong Guan had calculated that this mysterious man would arrive within a quarter of an hour, and at the same time, he was still a very important person.

Because this palace maid rarely serves tea and pours water herself, she is someone close to Zhao Ji.

"I'm asking you what this person is like. Have you never seen him before?"

"The little one just glanced at it when the door opened, so it wasn't very clear.

I just felt that the man was very old, and his skin was smooth, as white and greasy as those of the best women.

His hair is as short as an inch of grass like those of the monks in the temple, and his clothes are bright and flashy.

Oh, by the way, His Majesty stood up and talked to him."

Listening to the chamberlain's description, Tong Guanjiang's image of this person was completely inconsistent with the person he needed to pay attention to in his memory, but the last sentence was too important.

Zhao Ji actually stood and talked to a stranger he had never met. In the entire Song Dynasty, there were almost no people who could qualify for this.

Nodding, Tong Guan looked at the door hesitantly, but he really didn't dare to peek or eavesdrop again. What happened last time could be said to be an accident. If he was to be discovered again this time, he should give an account at the age of seventy.

Here it is.

While Tong Guan was hesitating, Zhao Ji and Chen Ye stopped talking the moment the palace maid entered the room, and the palace maid observed them carefully.

Zhao Ji's face was filled with unfinished thoughts, as if he was holding back something after being interrupted. He wisely speeded up, quickly put down the tea cups and tea sets, poured the tea and left.
To be continued...