Chapter 4: Exchange of Prisoners (4)
"Taiwei. Where is the official family?" Zhang Shijie asked extremely anxiously when he saw Zhao Jiaren.
Zhao Jiaren looked at Zhang Shijie and sneered: "Do you think I will do something to the official family?"
Zhang Shijie was speechless immediately. He did think that Zhao Jiaren might do something to the government, but this kind of thing could not be said explicitly. Faced with Zhao Jiaren's questioning, Zhang Shijie also felt that he was indeed a bit too much. He quickly replied: "The Empress Dowager should have dinner with the government at this time. When she missed the government, she sent me to invite the government back."
Zhao Jiaren looked at Zhang Shijie, was silent for a moment before asking: "Can you continue to be the commander of the Imperial Guard?"
Zhang Shijie didn't say anything, but Zhao Jiaren could see that Zhang Shijie's heart was already greatly shaken. Zhao Jiaren continued while the iron was hot, "Teacher Zhang, your family is from Hebei. I think our army will fight again in the north within five or six years. Wouldn't it be a pity if Commander Zhang is not in the Northern Expedition Army then?"
After hearing this, Zhang Shijie's expression changed. Although he was able to accept Zhao Jiaren's invitation, there was a bottom line that prevented him from doing so.
Zhao Jiaren didn't force it. On the one hand, it was useless to force it, and on the other hand, he didn't lack Zhang Shijie at all. So Zhao Jiaren got up and took Zhang Shijie back, and said in a voice that Zhang Shijie could only hear while walking: "General Zhang, you might as well tell the Queen Mother Yang after you go back. The ownership of the throne is the business of our Zhao family. Don't worry about it, just like the Yang family. As the mother of the small official family, shouldn't she focus on how to make her children live happily?"
"Taiwei, the Empress Dowager is very attentive to take care of the small officials." Zhang Shijie couldn't help but argue for Empress Dowager Yang, "What's more, the Empress Dowager is worried about the Taiwei, but she did not dare to say a bad thing about the Taiwei in front of the small officials."
Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "This is probably what you taught to Empress Dowager Yang. This incident surprised me. Empress Dowager Yang also knew how to advance and retreat. Oh, by the way. If the small official abdicates, I actually think that if Empress Dowager Yang is willing, Commander Zhang might as well marry her."
Zhang Shijie never expected that Zhao Jiaren would say something, and he immediately blushed and stayed there. Even if he was married to the Mongolian, which determined everything by force, was unimaginable. Zhang Shijie's status is still far from the prince!
Just as Zhang Shijie was thinking a lot, they had already arrived behind. Zhang Shijie saw the little official's face flushed. Although he was sleepy and had a fight with his eyelids, he still tried hard to pick ropes with a little girl about the same age as him. When Zhang Shijie came in, the little official said in a daze: "Commander Zhang, you are here."
Zhang Shijie was walking with the hand of the little official family. Seeing that the little official family was walking a little crookedly, he could only pick him up. After a moment, the little official family was asleep.
When Zhao Jiaren was sleeping at night, Qin Yuzhen said to Zhao Jiaren: "That child... is so weak."
Zhao Jiaren knew what Qin Yuzhen was referring to, so he couldn't help but test the little official family. The test results surprised Zhao Jiaren. Because of the lack of exercise, the little official family was very weak. Not only the body, but Empress Dowager Yang did not have the ability to educate children. In addition, there was no scientific system in the Song Dynasty, and the little official family had not yet established various basic concepts when they were seven years old. As for the intellectual level, the little official family had no obvious defects, but also had no obvious talent.
This is the normal cultural level of the Song Dynasty at this time. Although Zhao Jiaren dared not 100% guarantee that his family's education would be really better, it turns out that China in the 21st century did have productivity that the Song Dynasty could not reach in the 13th century.
The small official family is so weak that even Zhao Jiaren's wife Qin Yuzhen couldn't stand it and couldn't help but say a few words. Qin Yuzhen is a girl from a genuine Jinshi family. She has received education on human nature since she was a child, so she rarely talks bad things about others. It is not because she is cautious, but because she is arrogant. It is the identity of the emperor that really makes Qin Yuzhen feel that she must look up to her.
Qin Yuzhen wrapped her arm around Zhao Jiaren and asked in a very low voice in his ear: "Sanlang, will you do something about the emperor?"
Although Qin Yuzhen's voice was very low, Zhao Jiaren could feel the rapid heartbeat of his wife who was close to him. He smiled and said, "I won't do such a tasteless thing."
As soon as this said, Zhao Jiaren felt Qin Yuzhen's body stiffen a lot. Then Zhao Jiaren continued, "But I will be the emperor."
Qin Yuzhen let out a long sigh, her arms hugged Zhao Jiaren's waist, and her whole body relaxed. Then she continued to ask in a low voice: "But I don't know what the difference is here."
He turned over, lay upwards, and said slowly: "Be the emperor. That is to be the emperor. And I want to be the emperor because many things that are beneficial to China and the people of China must be done after I become the emperor. For this purpose, I want to be the emperor!"
Qin Yuzhen also adjusted her sleeping position and rested her head on Zhao Jiaren's shoulder, "Sanlang, if someone else said this, I probably wouldn't believe it. But since you have saved the Song Dynasty and Huaxia, I believe it if you said this."
Zhao Jiaren originally wanted to say that it would be great if others believed it, but he still didn't say it out loud. After reading so much history, Zhao Jiaren was very surprised why the leaders who had saved hundreds of millions of people and pushed society forward were slandered as the biggest murderers. After Zhao Jiaren did things himself, he felt a little clear-headed. What leaders wanted was doing things, while ordinary people saw the lofty status gained by those people.
In the eyes of ordinary people, those noble status are so sacred. If ordinary people sit in this position and are blessed by "sacred power", they will definitely do better than those leaders.
Therefore, there are probably two ways to let the people understand the greatness of the leader. One is that after the leader dies, the people suffer two hardships and suffer two sins. Then they realize that the world they once hated is not the worst existence in reality. The other is, like Zhao Jiaren, who has improved the depth and breadth of his own vision through learning and practice, and can see the truth that is closer to the facts.
But no matter which one, what the leader said when he was alive was probably unable to make the people realize this. Because the people only see that "sacred status". So Zhao Jiaren found that he really had no other choice except shut up.
The incident where Zhao Taiwei brought the small official family out to play once shocked the Lin'an officialdom, but the officialdom was constantly changing, and there was no follow-up to this matter, so everyone just left various impressions of this matter and then threw it behind.
The large-scale trial in Lin'an was very lively. If these people could end the trial earlier, there would be a result before New Year's Day. The same lively ones were the export industry, especially the embroidery industry. The fleet of the Song Dynasty had already entered the Red Sea at this time. With the opening of the trade route with Egypt, the Song Dynasty had almost allowed the entire Indian Ocean to have purchasing power to do business with the Song Dynasty.
The prices of simple silk products have been sold out. The prices of embroidery, which is more technically compatible, have begun to rise. Graduated from the Song Dynasty, who can sketch and composition, have become the biggest profiter in this wave of market conditions. As long as those who are willing to endure hardships overseas, once they draw patterns that are recognized with customers, the benefits will be great.
Those who can process cloisonné also make a lot of money. Saltpeter is called "Chinese Snow" in the West, while cloisonné is called "Chinese Jewelry". Whether those who believe in the cross or the true gods, they are fascinated by this kind of decoration with dazzling colors and exquisite and complex patterns.
There is such a need, the majors of mulberry silkworms in agricultural schools, art, embroidery, and cloisonne in manual technology schools are full of art. Everyone believes that those who come from schools are more technical than those who come from apprentices.
The direct impact of these changes is the surge in the number of handicraft practitioners in Lin'an. Although the population of Lin'an has not yet returned to the level before the Lin'an surrender, the number of handicraft practitioners has been one and a half times that of Lin'an's population when it was at its peak. The residence of these people has become a big problem. The solution to the problem is to quickly build a new urban area.
In December of the fourth year of the Republic of China, the Land and Resources Bureau of Lin'an Prefecture officially started construction, and first asked a group of experienced surveyors from the army to increase the number of people. The construction started quickly. The group of people also came with these people. The list of relatives captured by Mongolia was counted by various troops. Finally, it was found that the total number of captured people was more than 33,000. The Song Dynasty sent the list of more than 30,000 people to Dadu, asking Song Gongming to formally exchange with the Dayuan negotiators.
The negotiations did not begin until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The negotiations were no longer responsible for the negotiations. He continued to be busy with the establishment of the government soldiers, and he really couldn't leave. Therefore, the negotiator of the Dayuan negotiations was led by Lian Xixian.
After listening to the request of the Song Dynasty, Lian Xixian waved his hand hard and immediately expressed his opinion, "Where are so many people who pick prisoners? I really can't help this."
"What do you want to do?" Song Gongming asked.
"We want to buy your muskets, so we use muskets to replace them. One musket will replace them."
"A single bullet will replace ten people!"
The prices offered by the two sides immediately changed ten times. The two sides began to bargain, but Song Gongming did not allow them at all. The quality of the Song Dynasty's muskets was definitely much better than that of the Dayuan muskets, because the barrel of the musket was thin and sturdy. Even if the double-layer barrel technology was used, the factory price was only one-fifth of the same weight as the one on the Dayuan market.
The muskets processed by Dayuan are calculated as the cost of craftsmen, and the price is about ten times that of Dasong muskets. So Song Gongming dared to ask for the price. In the previous discussion, some people thought that twenty people could also be clamored for a musket. However, Song Gongming felt that as long as the bargaining of this matter would make Dayuan think that the price could be. You might as well kill a coercion to exchange for ten people.
Seeing that Song Gongming was so stubborn and had an impatient personality, Lian Xixian changed the topic, "How can you replace people with new muskets with yours?"
Chapter completed!