Chapter 252: Zhongshun Xun'er, Chen Guo asks for war
Emperor Chunzhi turned his head and saw Xiao Pingze, the loyal and shun king, lecturing his son in a low voice, and he immediately felt happy.
"Come here Tianyang!" The emperor waved.
The person being called was a boy of about twelve years old, named Xiao Tianyang. He was the only son of King Zhongshun. He was smart and lively, and was favored by the emperor. When he heard Emperor Chunzhi's greeting, he suddenly felt like he was being amnesty.
He walked over and bowed.
"Uncle Huang!"
"You said you made a lot of money? How much?" Emperor Chunzhi looked at his nephew and asked a little funny.
When King Zhongshun, Dai Quan and other people around Emperor Chunzhi heard the emperor's question, their faces suddenly changed. King Zhongshun became even more nervous, his face turned pale, his mouth moved, and he muttered something silently.
Dai Quan, who has sharp ears, vaguely heard the general idea.
"This kid, please don't talk nonsense!"
Xiao Tianyang seemed not to be affected by the surrounding atmosphere at all, and stretched out a palm.
"Back to Uncle Huang, my nephew made five thousand taels!"
Emperor Chunzhi curled his lips: "Five thousand taels, that's a lot! You can make so much money so easily, can you teach me how to do it to the emperor's uncle?"
"It's not easy at all!" Unexpectedly, Xiao Tianyang lowered his eyebrows and said with a bitter look on his face: "In order to earn this little money, I have been frugal and frugal for more than two months."
"Oh? But why?" Emperor Chunzhi was really curious now.
"Back to Uncle Huang, it's like this..."
It turned out that Xiao Tianyang scraped together his savings and even pawned his jade pendant to bet all five hundred taels on the Chen Guo team. Now that the Chen Guo team had an upset victory, Xiao Tianyang not only got his money back
, and made several profits.
"As a descendant of the Tian family, how can you bet on other countries?" Emperor Chunzhi asked with a sullen face, pretending to be angry.
Seeing this, King Zhongshun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He saw that his imperial brother was just teasing his son.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Tianyang's next words made everyone stunned.
"This is because my nephew has been investigating for a long time and concluded that Chen Guo's polo team will definitely win!"
"Why?" Emperor Chunzhi was a little surprised.
Xiao Tian rolled his eyes and said respectfully: "My nephew has been observing the people of Chen Kingdom almost every day. Their schedule is very regular. When the city gate opens every day, they go out from the Guest House to the racecourse outside the city.
Practice polo and return just as the sun goes down, repeating this process for more than a month.
On the other hand, the polo team in our country only practices every three days, and their energy and spirit are not as good as others. My nephew heard that soldiers are more valuable than elites, so he..."
"Hahaha!"
King Dongping listened clearly and laughed: "He even used the art of war. This doll is not simple!"
"But..." He changed the topic, "The real reason is more than that, right? Your spirit is just like Jia Daishan's monkey spirit, so you can't fool me."
Xiao Tianyang scratched his head in embarrassment, but he didn't expect King Dongping to see through it at a glance.
King Zhongshun was surprised: "What? Is there any hidden secret?"
Xiao Tianyang was so stared at that his neck shrank and he began to hesitate: "Forget it, let's do it."
Under the emperor's sight, he could only tell the truth.
"I, I can't stand the arrogance of Zheng Can, Qiao Lun and the others, so..."
King Zhongshun was puzzled: "They can live however they want, what does it have to do with you?"
"They looked down on me and said that, father, you are just a general manager who only knows how to steal money..."
Four ends? King Zhongshun was startled, and then he remembered that this was talking about Yu Hong, the prefect of the Liang Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
This man often told people that when I became the prefect of a county, I would make him "eat all the fish and crabs in the water, all the elk in the mountains, all the rice in the fields, and all the people in the villages." Therefore, the people called him "the prefect of the four annihilations." p>
King Zhongshun looked unhappy, but he laughed: "Whatever they say is up to him. They are all doing things for the imperial court. I have a clear conscience."
"Eighth brother..." Emperor Chunzhi stared at King Zhongshun silently for a long time. Looking at his much thinner face, he couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart. He moved his mouth to say something, but in the end he only said one sentence. "It's hard for you."
King Zhongshun heard this and even said he did not dare.
Emperor Chunzhi waved his hand: "You and your son are both good people. Thanks to Tianyang's advice, this polo match came up with a way to guess the Mengcai. This not only inspired the people's morale, but also made people happy.
The internal treasury has made a lot of money, which has also alleviated the livelihood problems of the refugees in Shenjing. I have to thank you very much."
The tone is sincere, indeed coming from the heart of Emperor Chun Zhi.
King Dongping exclaimed: "The idea of this polo match was actually the idea of your father and son? Not bad!"
He said "not bad" several times in a row.
It's not an exaggeration to say that he is a human being who has lived to his level. Even though the emperor personally went out to worship heaven and held a grand polo match, which seemed grand and expensive, in fact, he also had a secret in his heart.
Abacus, every time there is a polo match of this scale, there must be a spontaneous game among the people to bet on the winning team, but this year the Ministry of Internal Affairs has ingeniously launched a new game, which allows you to bet on a single game or multiple bets.
It is long and has different gameplay, which immediately attracted many people who like this method.
This ticket requires two hundred taels of cash to purchase. Due to its novel style and the royal endorsement, even if it is expensive, it will be easy to sell. From this alone, it can be imagined that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a lot of money. In addition, the palace
In the past few days, King Wu couldn't help but think that all the alleys must be very lively after nightfall, which will be another source of income.
More importantly, encouraging polo can stimulate the style of horse racing among the people, which is also of great benefit to maintaining the country's military preparedness.
King Zhongshun quickly took his son to thank King Dongping.
Looking at the two emperor brothers, King Dongping nodded secretly.
At this time, someone came to report from the bottom of the city tower, saying that the victorious Chen Kingdom polo team had finished lining up below the city tower and was waiting to see Your Majesty.
Emperor Chunzhi raised his eyebrows, paused and then said calmly: "Pass it on."
As usual, the winning team will get the opportunity to meet the emperor.
Under the city tower, eight members of the victorious Chen Kingdom polo team had completed their formation and were waiting for the holy driver.
The internal officials and the people from the Dianqiansi stood guard on both sides. Rong Zhong stood in the ranks of the Dianqiansi and stared at the group of Chen people. However, this group of people only cheered briefly and then returned to calm, showing no signs of victory.
Rong Zhong's original plan to accuse them of being impolite before the emperor came to nothing.
"Meet the Great Emperor!"
Seeing the canopy representing the royal chariot, Chen Guo and his entourage immediately knelt down to salute and shouted to the tower.
Emperor Chunzhi encouraged him a few words without interest, and was about to let him leave, but he didn't expect that the other party actually made a request.
"Fight again?"
After hearing this, Emperor Chunzhi frowned almost invisible.
These people don’t want rewards, but just want to fight again. What’s the point?
While he was thinking about it, he heard King Dongping sigh inaudibly and said slowly: "I'm afraid Chen Guo is here to demonstrate this time. Now, Tu Qiongdagger has met..."
When Emperor Chunzhi heard this, his eyes immediately shrank, his fists under his sleeves clenched and unclenched, and he said coldly: "If he wants to fight, then fight!"