Chapter 17 The benevolent should tremble (continued)
May is coming and June is approaching. Considering that Concubine Pan Xian hinted to Zhao Guan's family more than once that she wanted to have another child... She said this once or twice, and Zhao Guan's family naturally felt very touched. After saying this three or four times, they felt that it was only for fun.
After saying this five or six times, I feel a little dry, and after seven or eight times, I feel a little irritable.
So, at the end of this month, the Zhao Guan family officially issued a decree to hand over the two princesses to the care of Concubine Pan Xian who had given birth... The effect was excellent, and Concubine Pan Xian finally stopped saying this.
In addition, Zhao Guan's family also formally received the Goryeo envoy Kim Bo-sik, who historically initiated the millennium of grandiose political thought on the Korean Peninsula, and may also be the most accomplished historian on the Korean Peninsula (this person systematically compiled
The history of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, and the unification of the three kingdoms into Goryeo Jeongsho, which was also the first official revised history of the Korean Peninsula), was a politician who supported three generations of Goryeo monarchs through various internal and external crises. He was undoubtedly a politician in his own right.
Outstanding people.
However, the meeting between such a distinguished person and Zhao Guan's family seemed uneventful. Both of them behaved a bit to the point of being perfunctory. The two parties had a great time, but only emphasized the long history of traditional friendship and the necessity of private business activities, and then they
Let it go.
In the final analysis, since Zhao Guan's family understands that Jin Fushi is a pragmatic person, they no longer have the mentality to seek benefits from him... Although there are gaps in Goryeo, to be honest, it is too early to say anything at this time, so keep an eye on it for the future.
Can.
As for what Kim Fu-shih was thinking, I'm not sure.
But according to Wang Lun, Jin Fushi should not be as calm as he appeared on the surface. Because before he entered the palace, after inquiring about some things since Jingkang, his evaluation of the Zhao Guan family was said to be very high. This important minister of Goryeo and
Famous historians believe that the Zhao Guan family still has some shortcomings, but compared with the 'Holy Lord'...for example, compared with Guangwu, it can be regarded as a 30-70 Guangwu.
Not only that, Ambassador Jin also had special admiration for the literary and artistic level of Zhao Guanjia.
Needless to say, the article "The Sapphire Case" was also said to have been carefully collected and sorted out by Jin Fushi, the "old works of lay scholar Yi An", and this person read the article in Dusheng, which was polished by Xiao Lin, Zhao Guanjia and
After Yue Fei signed the prose "A Pair of Good Horses", he copied it on the spot and said he would take it back to show it to his king.
However, after entering the palace, facing the entire palace with overgrown grass, the Goryeo envoy and important minister, who had always expressed a lack of expression for Wang Lun's "official family's poverty", fell into a strange silence.
The meeting with Zhao Jiu was even more lackluster.
Not to mention the fact that the Li envoys came and went in a hurry... After all, a certain result was achieved... and the boring life of the Zhao Song official family continued.
Time entered June, and finally there was breaking news about the war, but the source was somewhat bizarre. The former rebel Song Jiang Yubu Shi Bin, the man named Shi Dalang, suddenly appeared in the Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong) area, and then publicly called him
Emperor, and led the army to try to capture Xingyuanfu City.
Shi Dalang originally surrendered to the imperial court with Song Jiang. Later, Song Jiang died of illness, and he has been serving as a general under Zhang Shuye. Later, when the Jingkang Incident broke out, Zhang Shuye led troops to the Qinwang and became the only Qinwang minister to break through the Jin army's blockade and enter Tokyo City.
, and Shi Dalang is basically certain that he returned to his old career and became a military thief during this chaos.
But no one expected that this guy would actually live all the way to Guanxi or Shangyong area, so that he suddenly appeared in Xingyuan Mansion today, and even dared to proclaim himself emperor openly?
This incident is one of the rare things that caused the Zhao Guan family to sigh... It should be noted that the origin and name of Shi Bin Shi Dalang, once you hear it, you will know that it is the standard prototype of Jiuwenlong Shi Jin. Compared with the former military deputy capital of the imperial camp
The Yizhangqing lady who ruled Magao and the nickname Li Bao were both appropriate. Jiuwenlong Shijin was undoubtedly Zhao Guan's idol in his life when he was in the third grade of elementary school, but he didn't expect that he would eventually recognize his idol in this way.
The presence.
However, knowing that they knew it, the Zhao Guan family did not make any reaction.
There are three reasons:
First, this was just a moderate riot. Except for the fact that Shi Dalang proclaimed himself emperor was a bit shocking, the rest of the behavior was no different from ordinary military riots. Moreover, considering the delay in the transmission of the news and the isolation of Hanzhong, it was very difficult to
It may be the ripples caused by the news that Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor or that Northern Shaanxi was lost. There is really no need to make a fuss.
Secondly, Zhao Jiu has just set up a leadership structure of Yuwen Xuzhong-Zhang Jun-Hu Yin for Kansai, which can be properly tested... In fact, with the official taking the throne in the past two years, many people have gradually
He has figured out some of the official temperament, and likes to be a hands-off shopkeeper, which is undoubtedly a great advantage of the official for the ministers.
Thirdly, life here in Tokyo is boring, but the official family is also very busy, such as meeting the Korean envoys, things that are said to be useful or useless are always going on.
For example, Zhao Jiu was recently inspired by the problem of Korean monks, and he was really poor, so he thought of going to the temple to beg for alms.
He first took Concubine Pan Xian, Mrs. Wu, plus the two little princesses Zhao Shenyou and Zhao Foyou, that is, the Zhao Song royal family was full, to the Daxiangguo Temple in Tokyo... However, in the end, he came back disappointed. Because
During the Jingkang Incident, the Jin people's raids targeted the entire city and the center of Zhao and Song Dynasty, extracting money from a distance. This level of looting was too high, and the Daxiangguo Temple could not be exempted from secularism because the Jin people respected monks more, so this place has been rich for hundreds of years.
, had long since passed through the hands of the Song Dynasty court and been neatly transferred to the waist of the Jinren.
To be fair, the Daxiangguo Temple is now the same as the Zhao and Song Dynasty royal families. Basically, only the ancestral residence with a huge area is left, which has some economic value.
Only the monks of Daxiangguo Temple are not like the official family of Zhao and Song Dynasties who can travel all over the world. After all, they are more diligent and never stop pulling weeds. Therefore, the Xiangguo Temple, which is located to the east of Yujie and covers an area of large area, is still in good condition.
Excellent, I think the real estate development value should be better than that of Zhaosong Imperial City.
Therefore, in line with the principle that thieves do not steal away, the Zhao Guan family decided to forcibly requisition Xiangguo Temple, which has more open space and rooms, as an arms camp, specifically for Kaifeng Prefect Chen Gui to purchase various weapons and equipment for city defense here, and then massacre
The monks in Xiangguo Temple should also use their cooking skills to cook food and boil water for the civilian husbands and sergeants.
Of course, looking at the panic look on the master's face, Zhao Jiu didn't do everything right after all. He only said that the country was in danger, and that the city of Tokyo might face a siege, and that everyone must endure for the sake of the country.
When the two rivers are recovered one day, he, Zhao Jiu, will naturally return the right to use Xiangguo Temple, and maybe he can open a branch temple in Yanjing and expand the scale of the industry... He even left a signed document with his signature.
.
At the end of the document, the four characters "Cangzhou Zhao Jiu" are getting better and better.
What else can the great master of Daxiangguo Temple do? He can only hold this document and talk to each other, recite a few words of Buddha, and then describe the Zhao and Song Dynasty royal family's respect for Xiangguo Temple for hundreds of years.
Of course, these words must be expressing the determination to live and die with the country, rather than reminding Zhao Guan that the Buddha cannot be bullied, otherwise?
You must know that the city of Tokyo is now much more lively than last year, but the number of men among the common people is definitely not as high as the number of 200,000 imperial soldiers.
What's more, there are tens of thousands of imperial troops near Tokyo City.
Not to mention, after all, there was an official who promised to branch the temple and also gave the documents, right?
So, in the evening of that day, Zhao Guan's family turned things around and rang the famous morning bell of Daxiangguo Temple in person. After the guests and hosts had a great time, Zhao Jiu and his family enjoyed a world-famous Xiangguo Temple vegetarian meal.
Satisfied, he said goodbye and left.
After leaving Xiangguo Temple, they probably felt that the results of alms at Xiangguo Temple were not enough. Zhao Guan's family actually started their journey again the next day, but only took Mrs. Wu who was convenient for traveling. They left Tokyo and headed west without stopping, and then stopped at the boundary of Xijing.
Turning slightly south, it seems that you are heading to the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin Temple.
In other words, unlike the unlucky Daxiangguo Temple, the Shaolin Temple is located in Shaoshi Mountain, and the Jin army has many Buddhists, so it did not encounter systematic burning, killing and looting.
Not only that, or it can be said to be quite the opposite, the Shaolin Temple gradually emerged from the Tang Dynasty and continued to grow. Now, it has reached its peak. Not to mention sitting on more than 10,000 acres of farmland, the temple alone has a base of 540
There are thousands of pavilions, towers, and thousands of monks in the area.
Even as early as Renzong's reign, Shaolin Temple took the initiative to open a branch in Tokyo, trying to compete with Daxiangguo Temple.
Moreover, there has always been a practice of martial arts in the temple, and there are countless tenants working there. Ordinary military thieves and bandits are either afraid of religion or afraid of the powerful strength of the Shaolin Temple, so they mostly dislike the trouble here. In addition, the Shaolin Temple has superb methods and wars
Among them, there were people who had long dealt with common things in Dengfeng City. Whether they were monks or laymen in the Song or Jin Dynasties, as long as there were soldiers and horses crossing the border, they had their own status and expressions, so they rarely encountered harassment.
Therefore, when Zhao Guan's family came to pay homage to the mountain, the two commanders Niu Gao and Da Cui, plus the Imperial Ban Zhi personally led by Yang Yizhong, were surrounded by thousands of soldiers. Naturally, the abbot and many monks in the temple were alarmed early, and then
As I hurried out of the mountain gate to greet him, I was terrified and unbearable.
After all, no one is a fool. This official, who scraped Taoist gold powder from the Ming Dao Palace, took over other temples from Xiangguo Temple for military use, and had rumors that he was almost sleeping on his salary in the palace, moved to Shaoshi Mountain from Dengfeng early.
In addition, everyone knows that the imperial court is now in serious financial difficulties due to military expenditures. As a result, the grain and silk supplies from the southeast continue to come, and the civil and military personnel of the imperial court are still receiving half-salary treatment... I dare to ask, which eminent monk is gone?
Where are you careful?
Sure enough, when the two sides met, the Shaolin Temple monks knelt down to welcome the officials into the temple. Before entering the gate, the presiding master took the initiative to express his intention to share the worries for the country.
When asked carefully, he actually had to donate tens of thousands of dan of food he had accumulated, plus three large boxes of gold and silver, and the remaining money was nearly 200,000 taels of silk!
Such handwriting and decisiveness naturally made Zhao Guanji feel deeply that he was indeed the world's most famous person who could last for 1,500 years. His eyesight, figure, and determination seemed to be three points better than that of Jin Fushi!
It made him feel embarrassed even if he wanted to scratch the gold dust.
Of course, in order to protect such an ancient temple, the Zhao Guan family continued to ask for 200 monks in front of the mountain gate to join the army. They also took over 5,000 acres of farmland outside Dengfeng City and used it as a military camp together with the tenants.
Shaolin Temple tries its best to ensure basic food rations for the refugees from the lower reaches of Hebei who pass through Dengfeng City.
After all, according to what Zhao Guanjia said, the army and the people were one, the monks and laymen were one family, the Song Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses, and the people were wealthy, only then could we better protect the Shaolin Temple, the common valuable property of the Song Dynasty.
Although some masters from Shaolin Temple were a little stunned by this, they still tried their best to express their understanding and approval from the perspective of Buddhism.
So, the host and guest rejoiced together again.
However, the next day, when Zhao Guan's family was preparing to offer a stick of incense to the Buddha in the Main Hall for the sake of the food, money, silk, and fertile fields full of crops, there was an accompanying noble minister who couldn't bear it at all.
"Official!"
Dazong Zhengzhao, who had just returned from Yangzhou, came out seriously. "How can I not go to Xijing to pay homage to the emperor's mausoleum first, but worship Buddha first?"
Zhao Jiu was startled for a moment, and then he wanted to explain: "Didn't I tell my uncle about this matter yesterday?"
"The officials were all perfunctory yesterday, but I also know what the officials are thinking."
Zhao Shi continued to face the several accompanying ministers and a group of Shaolin eminent monks seriously in the palace. "I know that the official is seeking wealth for the country... but is it not to avoid the ceremony? In the past few days, I have been spared Xu.
Xianggong, Zhu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, came forward and said that since he returned to Tokyo, he would ask the officials to restore the old system, make up for the grand ceremony, inform the ancestors, and pray for the safety of the two saints. However, the officials ignored him and then went to Daxiangguo Temple in person.
, coming here again! I dare to ask the officials, why do they have to do things personally? And why do they have to push back and hold things that should be done personally? Why do the importance in the eyes of the officials have nothing to do with me?
The weight in your eyes is completely different?"
Zhao Jiu's complexion has long since returned to its original state, but he is standing in the main hall, under the Buddha lotus platform, smiling and facing each other: "These words...especially the last two sentences, the emperor has wanted to say for a long time, right?"
When Zhao Shi came back to his senses, he was also a little frustrated, so he handed over his hands and said again: "Officials, the old ministers have no intention of criticizing, they are just public-spirited, and have no intention of harming the authority of the official family, otherwise they would not have waited until this moment.
It’s only now that I’ve come to such a foreign place that I can give advice.”
This is true. The only people who can enter the main hall at this time are Zhao Guan's family and several noble ministers who came back from Yangzhou. They are also a few close ministers headed by Xiao Lin, plus a few motionless Zen monks... Niu Gao is simply outside the mountain gate.
, Yang Yizhong also only stood outside the palace.
Of course, what's more important is that this is a religious place after all, and it naturally has a kind of political shielding. After everyone has finished speaking, it doesn't matter when they leave the house.
"I know, and this is the problem." Returning to the front, Zhao Jiu replied quietly after hearing the words. "We are all serving the public, but our 'public' is completely different. Why is this? In fact, the emperor's uncle
I have been in Yangzhou for more than a year, and I have been elsewhere for more than a year. Our experiences have been different, and our thoughts have been different. Now that we meet again, I should have made it clear that this was my mistake."
"I respectfully listen to the holy edict." Zhao Shi bowed his head and faced him seriously.
In fact, it was not just Mr. Zhao, but also other people in the palace, from close ministers below Xiaolin, to several nobles from Tokyo who rarely accompanied him, as well as the motionless eminent monks of the Shaolin Temple, and a woman disguised as a man, Mrs. Wu, all raised their eyebrows.
ear.
"In the Jingkang Incident, I lost all my parents, brothers and sisters, and while I was living in exile, I saw that the scholars and people all over the world had similar sufferings, so I gradually developed a sense of empathy, and I came to regard the scholars and people as my parents, brothers and sisters; as for the emperor
Although my uncle and others also lost their father's family, they still regarded me as a family member of your father's family. They even wanted me to pretend to be a puppet to replace some people, without caring about the living people in front of me.
...This is the fundamental reason why things always go wrong between us after you returned to Beijing."
"Old minister...I still don't understand a little bit," Zhao Shi said with all his strength.
"It doesn't matter if I have to be more straightforward... I once swore that in this life I would revive the two rivers, destroy the Jin Kingdom, plow its courts and sweep its holes, and unify the world... Has your uncle ever heard of this?" Zhao Jiu remained the same.
His expression remained unchanged and he kept smiling.
"I've heard a little bit about it." Zhao Shi responded immediately.
"Then I dare to ask my uncle, since I want to do this kind of thing...if I succeed, I should at least be better than Guangwu in doing it? And if I want to succeed in this kind of thing, I should also learn from the ancient sages above Guangwu, right?
"
"It's natural."
"Then why don't you want me to learn Guangwu? Instead, you want me to learn from some mediocre people who have not conquered Yanyun, flattened Xixia, and then unified China for hundreds of years?" Zhao Guanjia's expression remained unchanged. "Not to mention, actually still
Some people want me to follow the example of those who ruined the family, hunted in the north, and brought humiliation to the world! Even if I am willing to humble myself, how can I do that kind of thing? Pray for peace and blessing, they are worthy of it?!"
Zhao Shi was stunned, and then he couldn't help but lower his voice and said sincerely: "Guan Jia, your world is originally the world of your ancestors, and your throne is also the throne of your ancestors!"
"The world of our ancestors was originally a world given by the people of the world, and the throne of our ancestors was originally a throne given by the people of the world!" Zhao Jiu was still not angry, and could actually smile at him. "But now that all people's hearts have been lost, Zhao Song
The world and the throne are on the verge of collapse, I should regroup the hearts of the people... Besides, water can carry a boat and it can also overturn it. Hasn’t the emperor read the book?"
Zhao Shi was completely stunned.
"Uncle Emperor," Zhao Jiu said slowly and calmly when he saw this. "For my dignity, you did not publicly remonstrate in Tokyo. I am very grateful. And for your dignity, I am also here.
This foreign land has given you a sincere answer...but I won't recognize some of the words outside the door. If the provincial ministers get into trouble again...please forgive me."
After saying this, Zhao Guanjia turned around and in complete silence, took the incense from the hands of the somewhat dull Shaolin Temple abbot, then waved his hand roughly towards the dignified golden puppet in front of him, and inserted the incense into his body at will.
In the forehearth.
He took another long breath.
I have to say that being a single husband is quite enjoyable sometimes... No wonder Zhao Ji can sink to that level?
It must be taken as a warning.
Thinking of this, Zhao Guanjia clasped his palms together again, bowed slightly to the puppet, and then turned around like a wooden sculpture.
ps: Good night...and happy holidays?
I haven't slept for twenty-one hours, and I can't sleep.