Gao Shi waved his hands hurriedly, not daring to accept it. "Your Majesty has ruined our family. Our family can do things for the officials. That is the favor given by the officials. How dare we take advantage of it? The officials are also very taboo about this. Please give me a favor."
Please don’t embarrass our family.”
After saying that, Gao Shi left.
"Officials are very taboo about this."
Zhao Shanxiang listened to Gao Shi's last words and frowned when he thought of the benefits he received in Chuzhou.
In the end, he felt that the current official family was indeed different, and he had to treat it well without making any mistakes.
Then Gao Shi came to Zhao Fan's mansion, and Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui knelt down respectfully to receive the order.
Gao Shi unfolded the imperial edict and said loudly: "In the Song Dynasty, Zhao Fan was granted the pacification envoy to the Huaidong Road, and Zhao Kui was appointed the prison envoy to the Huaidong Road. I Shao Yingjun ordered: The ancient sages have read the scriptures, and the generals will fight hard, and the country will win.
An Ning. Zhao Fanping and Li Quan were specially appointed as the pacification envoys of Lianghuai East Road for their merits in the chaos. Zhao Kuiping and Li Quan were specially appointed as the prison envoys of Lianghuai East Road for their merits in the chaos. Lianghuai East Road passed through Li Quan's chaos, and the lives were destroyed as in ancient times, and people's livelihoods were destroyed.
It is like a ghost land. I hope that the two ministers will take charge of the Huaidong Road, relieve the people's difficulties, reshape the local destiny, and live up to my expectations. Special edict, September of the first year of Hengsheng."
"Your Majesty Zhao Fan accepted the order and thanked His Majesty for his kindness."
"Your Majesty, Zhao Kui, accepted the order and thanked His Majesty for his kindness."
Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui respectfully accepted the imperial edict, and Gao Shi said to them: "Two envoys, officials say that Huaidong Road is adjacent to the occupied territory of the Jin Kingdom, and a war may break out at any time. You have experienced hundreds of battles, and you are capable of running the army and the people.
I hope that the two envoys will sit on Huaidong Road to establish a screen for the country and protect the peace of the world."
Zhao Fan raised his hand and said solemnly: "Please tell me, father-in-law, that I will live up to the expectations of the officials and will restore the vitality of Huaidong Road as soon as possible. It can take as short as five years or as long as ten years. I will definitely give the officials a vibrant place."
Huaidong Road.”
"It's so good, so good. The officials will be very happy to hear it."
Gao Shi was also happy for Zhao Yun in his heart, thinking that the official family could finally worry less, and then Gao Shi left.
At the same time, in the Funing Palace, Meng Gong, Cao Youwen, Peng Yibin, Xia Gui, and Jiang Wanzai received Zhao Yun's summons and entered the palace to see him. Zhao Yun received them in the main hall of Funing Palace.
The five people raised their hands to salute. Zhao Yun looked at them and saw that they were all full of energy and heroic spirit, which gave people an inexplicable feeling of excitement.
Zhao Yun was satisfied in his heart, thinking that Jiang Hai and Du Gao were too old, but these five were just the right age, all around thirty years old, and Jiang Wanzai was even nineteen years old. As long as they were trained well and trained into good ministers and generals,
The Song Dynasty can make great progress in the next twenty or thirty years.
With joy in his heart, Zhao Yun walked down the hall and looked at them closely. Zhao Yun said: "General Jiang Hai has been appointed by me as the Lizhou Road Economic Envoy, and General Du Gao has also been appointed by me as the deputy envoy and pacifier of South Jingxi Road.
Jinzhou Zhizhou, the edict has been sent out, they will receive the appointment soon, and you, what do you think, I want to hear your opinions, do you want to serve in the local area, or do you want to walk in the court?
"
The five people looked at each other subconsciously and understood. Meng Gong took a step forward, raised his hand to Zhao Yun and said: "Your Majesty, I still have some experience in marching and fighting, but if you are in the court, I am afraid that you don't know anything about it, and I may make mistakes.
Your Majesty’s important business.”
Cao Youwen, Peng Yibin, and Jiang Wanzai also nodded in agreement with Meng Gong's opinion. They knew that the water in the court was as deep as the sea and they should not touch it rashly. Otherwise, they would die without knowing how.
Only Xia Gui seemed unconcerned. He was originally the commander of the palace front department and was responsible for the safety of the palace and Lin'an. He had more contact with the court and it didn't matter where he was. It was all up to Zhao Yun's arrangement.
Zhao Yun's face was calm, and he was not surprised at all by their answers. Zhao Yun's face was kind and smiling, and he said: "The weather is nice today. We, the emperor and his ministers, will go out for a walk."
Meng Gong and others were a little surprised, but they didn't say much. Finally, they and Zhao Yun all changed into common people's clothes, left the palace, and continued walking, finally leaving the city and arriving at a village outside Lin'an City.
As the group walked along the official road, the monarch and his ministers chatted about everyday matters, and the atmosphere gradually became relaxed and happy.
Walking to a big tree, Zhao Yun couldn't help but look at it a few more times and said: "Looking at the ancient style of this big tree, I'm afraid he also experienced it during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty."
Meng Gong, Xia Gui, Cao Youwen, Peng Yibin, and Jiang Wanzai all looked at it and saw that it took five or six people to hold hands to hug this big tree, which was several hundred years old.
Zhao Yun added with emotion: "If he had experienced the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, he must have also witnessed the troubled times that followed for hundreds of years."
After hearing Zhao Yun's emotion, Meng Gong and others recalled in their hearts the oral narration of that period of history by their fathers, as well as the bloody records of that period of history in books, and their emotions couldn't help but feel heavy.
At this time, Zhao Yun pointed to a village in the distance and said, "What do you think there?"
Meng Gong and others looked over and saw that the village was surrounded by green mountains and green waters, with smoke curling up from the kitchen stoves. From time to time, they could hear birds cooing happily on the trees. It was an idyllic scenery, which seemed to be intoxicating.
Jiang Wanzai looked at the village with longing, and said, "This is really a pure land."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun said: "In your eyes, this may be a pure land, but in the eyes of the local villagers, this may be pure earth."
Everyone was stunned, not knowing what Zhao Yun meant.
"Let's go in and take a look."
With that said, Zhao Yun led them into the village.
Zhao Yun and his entourage appeared, and when the villagers saw an outsider coming in, everyone looked wary.
Zhao Yun and others looked around and saw that all these villagers were sallow and thin, their clothes were shabby, and they were covered with patches. A villager came forward and said, "Young gentlemen look strange, are you looking for someone?"
Another villager was a little flustered and said, "Are you the ones sent by the King to collect rent?"
As soon as he said these words, many villagers became even more frightened and looked at Zhao Yun and his party as if they were seeing evil ghosts.
Zhao Yun raised his hand and said kindly: "Brothers, don't be afraid. We are all students going to Beijing to take the exam. We are passing by here and came here for a visit. We have no ill intentions."
The villagers felt relieved, no one paid attention to them anymore, and they dispersed.
Zhao Yun and his group were walking along the path in the village and saw houses that looked quite rural and poetic from a distance. However, when they looked up close, they were dilapidated, leaking air everywhere, and some of them might even collapse at any time.
Underfoot, because it rained yesterday and the rainwater had not dried yet, there were potholes everywhere. Even though Zhao Yun and his party walked carefully, their feet and trouser legs were inevitably stained with mud and sewage.
At this time, a little boy came out with a bowl. While eating, he went to find his friends to play with. He accidentally slipped and fell heavily to the ground. The gruel in the bowl also spilled on the ground.