It snowed again at night and it was freezing cold.
The garrison at Xieguguan consists of 3,000 people and has been stationed here for a long time.
There are still some of Ju Ming's personal soldiers and the 500 soldiers who escorted the proposal and team, and they will all be taken back to Hanzhong after the beginning of spring.
Wang Yuan and Han Shizhong went to Nanxiang Basin, while Zhong Yanchong went to Hanzhong. After becoming familiar with the military discipline and tactics of the rebel army, they will be promoted to generals and participate in next year's army reorganization work.
There are also watchmen in Guancheng, knocking loudly.
The local young men who were forced to guard the border by the government were released as civilians. Some refugees were also moved from the north. Xiegu Town has regained its popularity. They have no money to save and now make a living by working for the army.
Both sides of the Xieshui outside the pass, including Wuzhangyuan, will be vigorously cultivated to provide military supplies for the soldiers guarding the pass.
Just after the war, a curfew was implemented in Guancheng, and things became quiet after dark.
Zhao Fujin pushed open the window and reached out to catch the snowflakes in the darkness.
A gust of cold wind blew in, and Zhao Fujin shivered, and quickly went over to close the window tightly: "Be careful of the wind chill."
"It's okay," Zhao Fujin, who has a lively personality, looked at the snowflakes melting quickly in his palm and asked with a smile, "Sister, you read a lot, what is Hanzhong like? Is it as prosperous as Tokyo?"
Zhao Fujin shook his head: "I don't know, this is also my first time leaving Tokyo."
Zhao Fujin returned to the table and sat down, murmuring: "Why did he want to rebel? I heard that he was also a prostitute. Wouldn't it be good to stay in Tokyo and become an official? We came across many states and counties along the way, and they were not as wealthy as Tokyo. .”
Zhao Fujin had not read Ju Ming's appeals, but he had heard of "Public Security Shu" and the story of imperial students beating drums and knocking on the que.
She could vaguely sense that there was something wrong with the Song Dynasty, otherwise Ju Ming and those imperial students would not have risked going to jail to directly remonstrate with the emperor.
But it is impossible for Zhao Fujin to understand what happened.
She used to live in the palace, and later lived in the Princess Mansion. Even when she went out to visit Xiangguo Temple, someone would clear the streets in advance. She could never see the suffering of the people. It was not until this trip that she discovered that there was still a lot of poverty in the Song Dynasty. people.
Before that, Zhao Fujin had always believed that people all over the world had no worries about food and clothing, and firmly believed that the Song Dynasty was in a period of prosperity.
"Generalissimo!"
The palace maid waiting outside the door suddenly greeted her in a panic.
Ju Ming's voice came: "You guys should go and have a rest. It's cold standing outside."
"Yes." The palace maid's footsteps faded away.
Zhao Fujin quickly stood up to greet him, but heard a knock on the door.
This made Zhao Fujin feel better and no longer worried and scared. At least Ju Ming respected him. Cai Wei did not knock on the door and pushed the door directly in, completely ignoring her thoughts.
"Generalissimo, please come in."
After opening the door, Zhao Fujin and his sister bowed and saluted.
Zhao Fujin was quite courageous and kept staring at Ju Ming.
"Are there any flowers on my face?" Zhu Ming smiled and took off his cloak. There were already a lot of snowflakes on the surface of the clothes.
Zhao Fujin suddenly became shy and hid behind his sister, only sticking out half of his head.
Ju Ming took off his cloak, folded it and placed it on the stool.
The two empresses watched the whole process without making any move to help. They were being served and obviously had no habit of serving others.
Even a little rude, Ju Ming came to their room as a guest. As the host, when the guest takes off his coat, he should help find a place to put the clothes.
Ju Ming didn't pay attention to the details. He only thought about their experiences and couldn't help but feel a little sad and pity.
In another time and space, Zhao Fujin was the first imperial concubine to be sent to the Jin camp. Moreover, it was Wanyan Zongwang who asked for her by name and confirmed that she wanted to take Zhao Fujin as his concubine.
If this were the case, Zhao Fujin would not be considered the most miserable. He only had to submit to Wanyan Zongwang, and it was a serious "marriage".
However, Wanyan Zongwang died of cold, and Zhao Fujin was treated as a plaything and given to Wanyan Xiyin, the prime minister of the Jin Kingdom.
There are rumors that he died because of "the valley road bursting". This is probably made up by later generations. The history books use the word "died".
The person died by committing suicide, indicating the intention of committing suicide.
Moreover, most people who died after the sheep-taking ceremony committed suicide due to the humiliation.
At that time, many women chose to commit suicide, such as Zhao Huan's queen Zhu Lian.
The sheep-leading ceremony is really disgusting. Both men and women have to be naked, wear sheepskins, tie ropes around their necks, and be led around like sheep.
Ju Ming asked: "Are you still used to eating food?"
Zhao Fujin said: "Get used to it."
"It's definitely not as delicious as the royal delicacies. It's better to live an ordinary life." Ju Ming said.
Zhao Fujin suddenly said: "Dad gave me a lot of gold and silver as a dowry. Since the generalissimo has become my and my sister's husband, the gold and silver can be used. The generalissimo does not need to be too frugal. Buy more delicious food and use the money."
When I’m done, I’ll write to dad and ask him to send someone to deliver some more... Oops, sister, why are you kicking me?"
Ju Ming was speechless when he heard this and asked: "Is your father very rich?"
"Yes." Zhao Fujin said.
Ju Ming asked again: "Where did his money come from?"
Zhao Fujin said: "The taxes paid by the government."
Ju Ming asked again: "Where do taxes come from?"
Zhao Fujin said: "People have to pay taxes when doing business and farming. I know this."
Ju Ming asked: "Do you know how much tax an ordinary farmer has to pay?"
Zhao Fujin shook his head.
"A fifth-class household... forget it, I can't explain it to you," Zhu Ming didn't bother to explain in detail. "You just need to know that every year, many farmers starve because they can't pay taxes. They even sell their children.
Women, even freeze to death and starve to death. Every penny your father gave you is stained with blood!"
Zhao Fujin was stunned and turned to look at his sister.
Zhao Fujin didn't speak, just sighed secretly. She didn't know whether it was true or not, but her guess was that it was probably true because she had read many books in the past few years.
Cai Wei was a talented man who had a large collection of books at home, but he was often away from home. Zhao Fujin was bored, so he went to look through the books, some of which were history books, and some of which were notes from previous dynasties.
According to the description in the book, any rebellion that succeeds must be because the people are in dire straits.
When he first arrived in Tongguan, Zhao Fujin vaguely heard the title "Dog Emperor".
The five hundred soldiers left by Yang Zhi were waiting to escort the peace negotiation team in Tongguan. They pointed at them from a distance. After entering Guancheng and staying, a soldier whispered outside the house: "That is the dog emperor's daughter."
, it is their good fortune to be able to marry the generalissimo."
With the phrase "dog emperor", Zhao Fujin knew how much his father was hated.
Zhao Fujin bowed his head and said, "I am not here to accompany my father."
Ju Ming said: "You don't need to apologize on his behalf. What he did can't be solved by an apology. When I have time in the future, I will take you to visit the people more and see how the ordinary people under my rule live."
The people in the Sichuan Gorge are definitely living better than the people in the Song Dynasty, but their lives are still very difficult."
"It all depends on the Generalissimo." Zhao Fujin saluted again.
But Zhao Fujin said: "Then the generalissimo will give all the dowry money that my sister and I have to the people, so that they will have money to buy clothes and food."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Ju Ming was really amused. This emperor was really cute.
"What did I say wrong?" Zhao Fujin looked confused.
Zhao Fujin said to his sister: "There are tens of thousands of people in the world, how can we have enough dowry money?"
"Oh." Zhao Fujin lowered his head and pulled his sleeves to play with.
Ju Ming asked: "It's getting late, why don't you go and rest?"
Zhao Fujin said: "I'm going to sleep."
"Go back to your room, your room is next door." Ju Ming reminded.
Zhao Fujin said: "After I left the palace, I couldn't sleep alone. I had to sleep with my sister to feel at ease."
"No need tonight." Zhu Ming said.
"Why?" Zhao Fujin asked.
Zhu Ming put his hand on his forehead, while Zhao Fujin's face turned red with embarrassment.
Zhao Fujin suddenly came to his senses: "I understand. Sister A and I will marry the Generalissimo, and we will be husband and wife from now on. Husband and wife should sleep together. The Generalissimo wants to sleep with Sister tonight. But I can't sleep alone, so why not
Just three of us sleep together."
In ancient times, there was a shame about gender education. It was not until a woman got married that older women came to give professional lectures. Families with good conditions even had teaching materials (Erotic Palace Pictures).
But it was obvious that Zhao Fujin had not been exposed to this yet, and she thought they were just sleeping together.
Zhao Fujin pulled his sister aside and whispered: "Go back to your room tonight and don't make him angry. But do you still remember your father's instructions?"
Zhao Fujin nodded: "Remember, dad asked us to serve the generalissimo well, please him as much as possible, and speak for daddy in the future. I will speak good words for daddy, and when I get to know the generalissimo, I will persuade him not to rebel again.
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"We'll talk about this later. You go back to your room and rest first." Zhao Fujin pushed his sister towards the door.
Zhao Fujin turned back three times every step, wanting to stay. After leaving the palace, it was really difficult for her to sleep alone.
After finally sending this guy away, Ju Ming opened the door and called for the guard, asked for a pot of wine and a wine warmer, and then asked the guard to go to the room outside to warm himself by the fire.
Light the charcoal and slowly cook the wine.
Ju Ming asked: "You girl, no one educates you in the palace?"
Zhao Fujin said: "His biological mother died of illness early, so Fujin was given to Empress Zheng to raise. In fact, Empress Zheng didn't take care of her very much. It was all the older palace officials who were responsible for her upbringing. She also lacked knowledge in these years. If she offends the Generalissimo,
Please also invite Generalissimo Haihan."
Ju Ming said: "You don't need to call the generalissimo, you can just call him dalang or husband."
"Dalang." Zhao Fujin really couldn't pronounce the word husband. Two months ago, her husband was someone else.
After chatting some more, the wine was already hot.
When Ju Ming brought up the jug, Zhao Fujin finally realized that she shouldn't let her husband pour the wine for her, and quickly stepped forward to help take the jug.
"I'll do it," Ju Ming poured two cups. "Warm yourself up, it's quite cold tonight."
One drink for you and one for me. Zhao Fujin was so drunk that his cheeks gradually turned red and became even more beautiful under the light of the oil lamp.
Ju Ming couldn't help but look at her a few more times and said sincerely: "I heard that Fu Jin is the most beautiful emperor concubine. Now I know that what I said is true."
"Dalang is so complimentary." Zhao Fujin's eyes were blurry as he was drunk. Under the influence of alcohol, he was more relaxed than before.
Ju Ming said: "It's getting late, let's rest first."
"Yes!" Zhao Fujin's face became even redder, he did not dare to look at Ju Ming, and walked towards the bed with his head lowered.
Two-quarters of an hour later, when Ju Ming was traveling in Wushan, the door of his room was suddenly pushed open.
Last night, Ju Ming was holding the wine utensils and used his foot to push the door back, forgetting to bolt the door.
Zhao Fujin was so frightened that he quickly retreated into the quilt, while Zhu Ming reached out to grab the sword placed on the bedside.
In the darkness, Zhao Fujin stood at the door and said angrily: "Generalissimo, my sister was beaten to tears by you. I heard it clearly from the next door. Even if daddy asked us to serve you, you can't bully others like this!"
Ju Ming almost shouted to the guards, but when he learned the whole story, he was speechless for a moment.
Zhao Fujin got his head out of the bed, too embarrassed to see anyone, but he felt funny at the same time, and burst into laughter.
"Children, go back to the house and go to sleep." Ju Ming scolded.
Zhao Fujin closed the door and walked to the bed: "I don't want to. I want to protect my sister and sleep with her."
"ah!"
Zhao Fujin screamed in fright and shouted in panic: "Don't come over, my sister has not been beaten!"
"But there are assassins?"
Zhao Fujin's scream attracted the guards, who hurried to the door.
"Don't come in without assassins!" Ju Ming quickly ordered.
Gu San put his ear close to the door and confirmed again and again: "There is really no assassin?"
Ju Ming was furious: "Back off!"
The guards finally left and the room became quiet.
Zhao Fujin asked weakly in the darkness: "Where did I go wrong again? Sister, if you are bullied, don't hide it. I will write a letter to dad to complain."
"I really didn't get beaten." Zhao Fujin bit his lips to suppress laughter, and tightly held on to the quilt to cover his whole body, for fear that this silly little sister would get into the bed.
Ju Ming also couldn't laugh or cry. What the hell is this?
