Yun Zheng keenly captured such subtle changes. The same old politicians like Pang Ji, Han Qi, and Wang Anshi naturally felt it. After the emperor vented his anger, Pang Ji immediately asked the emperor not to act so rashly again.
The reason used is that kindness comes from the top, and things like killing people and making grudges should be his business as the prime minister.
Therefore, the banquet lectures held every three days focused on the "Song Xingtong". They tried their best to tell the emperor that killing by criminal law was the right of heaven, and that the emperor's killing was human rights, and human rights could not compete with the right of heaven.
Yun Zheng stood in the crowd and took a nap with Wu Ban in his arms. The new official hat was very heavy and not comfortable at all. My wife added cotton pads to it to make it more comfortable. It was also very warm. The north wind was howling outside, and the hall was covered with quilts.
The steam from the dragon roasting was so hot that he couldn't stand for long before he felt like sleeping. Fortunately, there was a coiled dragon pillar behind him. There were also charcoal fires inside the pillars. It was very comfortable for people to lean on them and be roasted by the warm pillars, so he leaned on them and took a nap.
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As for what Song Qi kept talking to the emperor, he didn't care at all. It was just the clichéd "Song Xingtong".
I feel sad for these old masters, expecting a tiger that has eaten people to start eating carrots? Are you kidding me? I have been in a trance before seeing the emperor. Yun Zheng agreed to eat hot pot with his wife today, but he didn't know what the emperor was thinking.
She didn't sleep well last night. Ge Qiuyan didn't allow the child to sleep between the couple. As a result, when Yun Zheng woke up in the morning, he was even more tired than taking care of the child. The most embarrassing thing was that the child was not full from milk in the morning.
I had no choice but to suck the wet nurse's milk...
Compared to Lu Qingqing, who was full of anger, and Ge Qiuyan, who was blushing with shame, Yun Zheng acted very calmly, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, but when he went out, his wife pinched her arms hard countless times.
Since then, both arms are still in disgrace, with patches of black and blue covering them, which is very pitiful.
Thinking of his success, Yun Zheng snickered. Di Qing in front of him turned his head and said helplessly: "Speak, Your Majesty has asked you twice."
Yun Zheng was startled, and hurriedly went out to start the report: "Your Majesty, I believe that the "Xingtong of the Song Dynasty" is the foundation of all generations, and must not be discarded easily..."
Pang Ji growled in a low voice with a dark face: "Your Majesty is asking you when Qingtang will be settled?"
Yun Zheng hugged his fists towards Pang Ji in shame, and hurriedly told the emperor: "Your Majesty, when Qingtang will be settled, it does not depend on our government, but whether the Tibetan people on the plateau have the ambition to come down to plunder, and whether the Xixia Kingdom has the courage to make a comeback.
"Wei Chen lives in the capital and does not understand the actual war situation, so wei Chen does not know."
Zhao Zhen sighed and said: "The tiger should be released into the forest and put on the temple to take a nap."
Han Qi smiled and said: "As long as the tiger's majesty remains, the beasts outside will not dare to knock on the door."
"What Han Qing said makes sense. It is better for tigers to be more ferocious than their own. Haha, my dear friends, it has been a miserable day today. The wind outside makes me upset, and the ice rain outside also makes me uncomfortable. Zou
Also, it would be good to allocate 10,000 copper coins from the inner government to the people of Tokyo to use as firewood and charcoal to keep them warm.
Haha, how about we go to Wucheng Hall for a drink?"
Yun Zheng was overjoyed. Only then did he realize that Zhao Zhen was indeed a good emperor. Not only did he use his own money to invite people in Tokyo to warm themselves over the fire, but he also used his own money to treat all civil and military officials to drinks. Such a considerate person must be a good emperor.
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Pang Ji went out to report: "Your Majesty, Wucheng Hall has been in disrepair for a long time and may not be able to block the wind and rain outside."
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, there are a few new wax figures in Wucheng Palace. They shouldn't be too warm. My dear friends and I might as well go around holding cups and talk about the heroes of the world."
Only then did Yun Zheng know that the emperor had spent a lot of manpower to get the wax statue back. Li Chang complained in the letter that the wax statue was difficult to transport. Fortunately, it was cold early in the north, so he wrapped the wax statue tightly with cotton.
, walking very slowly on the road. If you want to transport it to the capital, you will have to wait until at least years ago. Unexpectedly, the emperor has already transported these things.
Pang Ji sighed, not wanting to refute the emperor's dignity, so he had no choice but to follow the eunuch's guidance and walk towards Wucheng Hall.
Entering the Wucheng Hall, Yun Zheng was startled. He pointed at the wax figure of Jiaozhi Emperor Li Dezheng and asked Zou Tong: "Why, is this guy dead?"
Zou Tong whispered: "He's not dead. He's still alive and well in Guanyi. His Majesty sent someone to take Li Dezheng's size and appearance, and specially asked the master craftsmen in the capital to make it according to the living person."
Yun Zheng patted his chest and said, "That's good. I plan to wait until the war in Cochin subsides before I go there to get the stored money. If Li Dezheng dies, it will be difficult to make excuses."
Han Qi then said: "Where are you going to look for money when the war is raging in Jiaozhi? Li Rizun's capital was conquered by his younger brother and outsiders. It is estimated that he will not be able to get any money now."
"That's inappropriate. Your Majesty is a benevolent king. As a suzerain, how can you allow your vassal countries to continue war? You must give your people a peaceful life."
Wang Anshi frowned and said: "Does Marquis Yun think that Jiaozhi is still valuable to the Song Dynasty?"
Yun Zheng nodded and said: "That's natural. Jiaozhi is rich in products, and there are countless precious woods of all kinds. In addition, the rice there doesn't know how many times it is ripe in a year. It's not surprising that the seedlings and mature rice ears grow together.
, but in our Song Dynasty, it became a fucking auspicious sign. In our Song Dynasty, there have been many disasters in recent years, but Jiaozhi has never heard of any disasters. God is extremely unfair.
Therefore, giving peace to the people of Jiaozhi can give us the Song Dynasty a treasure land with continuous energy and grain production, and we will not lose money no matter what."
Wang Anshi nodded and said: "That's the truth. Food in Lingnan is cheap, but the price of transporting it back to Tokyo is very high. It's not cost-effective. In Lingnan, even beggars can eat white rice, but in Hanoi County, the people have to work hard for a year.
I can only eat when I'm busy and drink porridge when I'm free. I want to transport it back, but it consumes too much."
Seeing that Wang Anshi and Yun Zheng were discussing the lifeline of the country, Zhao Zhen asked the eunuch to bring warm rice wine to the officials. He found a place to sit down and wanted to hear what Yun Zheng was thinking.
"I said in the early years that the cannibals in our Song Dynasty were so fat that they did nothing but enjoy themselves. The residences of some rich cannibals in Quanzhou are even more luxurious than the palace, and people drink from gold cups..."
When Yun Zheng said this, he looked at the silver cup in his hand and sighed without saying anything.
Zhao Zhenyang raised his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, Aiqing, just say it. This is not a court, but a place where our monarchs and ministers have fun together. Even if you say something wrong, it doesn't matter. I will treat it as if what you said was drinking wine."
Han Qi said angrily: "Marquis Yun, are you still talking about your damn idea of privateering? Our Song Dynasty is a glorious dynasty, and we can't do those things like chickens and dogs, lest we ruin the imperial court."
Yun Zheng chuckled and ignored the ministers who were whispering to each other. When Zhao Zhen heard about Yun Zheng's theory of privateering, they all looked at Yun Zheng with disgust. He asked them to rob openly, but they couldn't do it at all.
Yun Zheng, who was silent, looked at the wax figures on display.
He patted the wax figure of Li Dezheng and said: "Unlucky guy!" He patted the wax figure of Gao Zhisheng and said: "What a pity." After coming to the wax figure of Nong Zhigao, he took a sip of wine and said: "I died in the hands of Di Shuai.
, is your blessing."
Ignoring the wax figure of Dong Fei, he poured out all the wine in his glass next to the wax figure of Qing Yi's ghost chapter as a tribute to his old friend. Finally, he looked at his own statue and smiled bitterly: "You are the most innocent of this group of people!
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Pang Ji approached Yun Zheng and said, "Tell me, what's the innocent law? If you dare to soften your heart during the war and danger, you will be punished with death. Think of your subordinates, your majesty's trust, and your personal kindness."
Nothing."
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "That's true. That's what I did. It's just that I felt a lot of pain in my heart when I made the decision."
Zhao Zhen sighed and ordered Zou Tong to fill Yun Zheng's empty wine glass with wine, then toasted Yun Zheng's statue with a glass of wine and said: "People are not grass and trees, how can we be ruthless? This is the first time Aiqing entered Qingtang and made a ghost seal with Qing Yi.
It's a beautiful story. Although Qing Yijie Guizhang is a foreigner, I have heard of his deeds. He is a sincere friend, a loyal minister, a brave general, and a righteous person. In terms of his character alone, he is indeed a hero of the generation.
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I love you, you are decisive in dealing with things and put aside your personal feelings for the sake of the country. Come and have a drink with me."
After drinking a glass of wine with the emperor, Yun Zheng knocked on the head of his own statue and said: "So the minister ordered that his likeness be made into a wax figure and placed together with the two villains to warn future generations to clearly understand their responsibilities.
All the princes were snickering just now. Please restrain yourself a little. Yun Zheng heard it. The privateering strategy is not impossible, but it depends on how to implement it. The Song Dynasty is rich in products, so the price is cheap. It only takes a small amount of money to eat people.
We can exchange a lot of our stuff for our stuff, but no one has thought of how unfair this is?
The currencies of the Great Cannibals are silver coins and gold coins, but most of them are barter. They seem to be able to exchange what we have with the Great Song Dynasty, but have any of you ever calculated the price difference between gold, silver and copper? Hmm? The price difference
I won’t tell you what it looks like today. If there are three ministers here, you will naturally calculate it. I just hope you won’t be surprised when you see that number. The wealth created by the people of our Song Dynasty with their own hands has been wasted in vain.
Take it away, the most ridiculous thing is that we don’t know it yet.”
Seeing Wang Anshi's expression change, Yun Zheng smiled and continued: "The Third Secretary said that it is not cost-effective to transport food from the south. This is true, but why should we blame this uneconomical situation on ourselves?
There are so many Hu merchants coming to Tokyo every year. Many of the ships are not fully loaded, and they are all large ships. It is easy for one ship to carry five thousand tons of grain. If they come to Beijing to trade, they must transport the same amount of grain to us according to the value of the goods.
, can Tokyo still be short of food?
If we were to issue privateering certificates to the pirates of the Song Dynasty, let them rob, and then give more than half of it to the court, I don’t believe that we would not be able to recover the losses we suffered in a large amount of trade.” (To be continued)