Chapter 087: Getting Promoted and Getting Rich
On March 27 of the second year of Jingyan, under the holy decree: Zhao Yu, the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, was ordered to be the envoy of Guangnan West Road, the pastor of Qiongzhou, and the chief secretary of the foreign sect; Ying Jieyan was the pacification envoy of Guangnan West Road, and Jiang Xuan was the transshipment envoy of Guangxi South Road. On the same day, he went to Qiongzhou to open a government office, reorganize soldiers and horses, recruit new troops, and vow to recover Guangnan. At the same time, Zhang Zhensun was appointed as the Longtu Pavilion to be systematized, and the Guangdong system was placed as an envoy and a slight press, recruiting troops and horses, and restoring the South Guangdong Road.
The next day, Zhao Yu entered the palace to thank him, and His Majesty gave him a seal and granted the right of expediency. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households allocated military equipment and warships, sergeants and money and food, and the Queen Mother ordered the Inner Mansion to prepare a guard of honor, rewarded the things that were applied, and deployed the Inner Servants and Palace Maidens to fill the various departments and bureaus of the Royal Palace; The day after tomorrow, His Majesty issued a holy decree that the imperial court would enter the sea to avoid the enemy's front and find another place to settle. Zhao Yu led the generals in the house to see him off, and the mother and son hugged their heads and cried, and told them again before shedding tears and saying goodbye. He also knew that he would probably not be able to see them again, and he couldn't help but feel sad.
Then the courtiers said goodbye to King Wei one after another, thinking that such a little child would shoulder the burden of the shepherd's side, and they would go to that dangerous place, some were sad, some were helpless, some were sympathetic, and more people felt funny. At this time, everyone found that although King Wei's tears had not dried, he was resolute and did not have the slightest fear, and they were also very surprised. And the sharp-eyed people found that King Wei and Jiang Wanzai whispered a few words, but no one heard what they said, but they found that their faces were more solemn, and it took a while to calm down and say goodbye to King Wei.
It was almost noon, and the men and horses of each department boarded the ship one after another and set sail, and Zhao Yu did not return home until the sail shadow of the imperial ship disappeared at the end of the horizon. Thinking that the imperial court had left, Huizhou's troops were empty, the enemy army might arrive at any time, and everyone should also withdraw, so they gathered in the council hall without eating lunch and waited for the prince's orders, but for a long time I didn't see His Royal Highness come out of the inner hall, but there were bursts of noise and noise, and I couldn't help but be a little anxious, but no one dared to leave.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Highness is changing your clothes, please take a moment." After waiting for a while, Wang De, the head of the Inner Mansion, hurriedly walked in with sweat and said with a smile.
"Don't worry, the big official bothered." Cai Wanyi hurriedly saluted, he saw that although Wang De was laughing, he was very reluctant, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness is okay, is there a feint in your body?" ”
"Your Highness is fine, it's just ...... Alas, I am losing my temper, and I have scolded a few little yellow doors, and Lord Ying is persuading! Wang De looked left and right and whispered.
"It is inevitable that if you are separated from the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, Your Highness will be uncomfortable, and you have to explain it a lot." Cai Wanyi relieved himself and said with relief, even if he is an adult, it is not comfortable to be separated from his mother and brother, thinking about it, although His Royal Highness is precocious and sensible, but after all, he is still young, and it is very normal to have a temper.
"Yes, I'll ...... after a while," Wang De nodded, but before he finished speaking, he heard a 'crackling' sound of porcelain breaking, "My lord, wait a while, I'll go in and have a look." ”
"Go quickly, don't provoke His Highness to anger again." Cai Wanyi was also startled and hurriedly said.
Wang De shook his head helplessly and turned back and went in. Everyone also heard the movement inside, and they all turned their ears sideways, stretched their necks to look behind them, but there were curtains and screens to cover them, and they couldn't see clearly, and they couldn't understand, only the vague figure of the preparation flickered, thinking that the little yellow doors were cleaning up the mess. couldn't figure out the situation inside, and everyone was even more anxious, thinking that there were still many things waiting for His Highness to decide, why was there no end to the trouble at this time.
"Sprinkle the house, go in and have a look!" Zhao Mengjin drank two pots of tea, but he didn't see His Highness come out, so he couldn't sit still, so he got up and said.
"Zhao Dutong and slow ......" Cai Wanyi was shocked, it was a crime to enter the inner hall without summoning, but before he finished speaking, he had already strode in.
"Your Highness, your subordinates...... Oops! Unexpectedly, Zhao Mengjin didn't go in for a while, so he jumped out, his face was full of water, and he was still holding a cup in his hand, standing in the hall awkwardly, obviously His Highness didn't give him face.
"Zhao Dutong, are you okay?" Everyone was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, and gathered around to ask.
"Alas, I just went in, but His Highness happened to hand over a cup, I reached out to take it, and I ...... That's it! Zhao Mengjin sighed and put the cup down.
"Ahem...... Your Highness thinks I'm going to invite you to tea! Huang Xianyao hurriedly came over to wipe him, but in his heart he explained that His Royal Highness even smashed the cup with water, but he said that His Royal Highness handed him tea, Lao Zhao was really thick-skinned, but he couldn't say it clearly in front of everyone, so he asked with a smile, "Dutong, what do you see?" ”
"I didn't see anything, I just heard that His Highness was arguing with Lord Ying, it seemed that money and food were tight or something...... Anyway, His Highness is very displeased! Zhao Mengjin said vaguely, obviously not hearing anything useful.
"Eh, isn't it that the imperial court has just allocated a batch of ordnance and armor and a hundred and ten search warships, and His Majesty has also rewarded 200,000 yuan of money and 10,000 stone of grain? How can it be tight! Huang Xianyao said with some doubts.
"Where does the Sprinkle family know, you go and ask Lao Zhuang!" Zhao Mengjin was indeed smashed out by His Royal Highness as soon as he entered, but he was not injured, but it was not comfortable to pour a cup of hot tea on his head and face, and he said angrily.
"Alas, the holy chariot was rewarded with something before leaving, but the ships were damaged and needed to be repaired, and the bows and crossbows and armor were also half old, and they also had to be wiped and repaired, and the grain was all damp, and it still needed to be skinned through the mortar, and it would be good to have half of it left. The money was also given, but seventy percent was banknotes, and everyone must know how much it could be exchanged. Don't forget, the imperial court also allocated more than 10,000 volunteers and a military soldier to the house, plus the original people and horses in the house, the number has reached 30,000, but those who have to eat every day can be allocated to everyone! Zhuang Shilin looked at everyone looking at him, sighed and settled the account for everyone.
"Well, I'm afraid that with the savings in the house, it will be difficult to support the moon, no wonder His Highness is displeased." Cai Wanyi also secretly calculated, only the more than 10,000 new population expenses are a big item, and it does not include the families of the army, so it is not rich.
"Yes, His Royal Highness is also worried about this, and he once wanted me to privately sell all the utensils that the Queen Mother gave him to pay for the army." Zhuang Shilin said.
"You're selling?" Zhao Mengjin listened to Zhuang Shilin and asked urgently, it seemed that as long as he said yes, the fist would be smashed down.
"No, no, the things that were rewarded are all things for the palace to use, don't dare to give me a dare!" Zhuang Shilin hurriedly waved his hand, twisting his body and trying to break free.
"Count you as acquaintances!" Zhao Mengjin let go of his hand, but he almost knocked Zhuang Shilin on his heels, "Although our house is poor, we can't let His Highness live by being a seller." Your Highness no longer has a chariot guard of honor, won't he become a hairless phoenix, a bald tail eagle, and a famous man in our palace, so that his colleagues look down on him! ”
"Master Zhuang, has Your Highness ever said how to deal with it?" Although Cai Wanyi doesn't know how much the inner government spends, he still knows how much the outer government spends every day. And the days in the house have always been tight, and now they can only ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing, maintain normal training, and now they have added tens of thousands of mouths, how can they live this day. He knew that Zhuang Shilin was His Royal Highness's money bag, and the two may have discussed this matter.
"Rob!" Zhuang Shilin straightened the placket of his clothes that was torn by Zhao Mengjin and said with a wry smile.
"Grab ...... Where to rob, who to rob? Cai Wanyi was stunned and said, this is not like His Highness's idea, he has always used deception, never to be strong. Everyone also thinks that Zhuang Shilin said nonsense, and among the rules formulated by His Royal Highness, robbery is strictly prohibited, and no matter how many offenders are killed.
"Grab Guangzhou, grab the Tartars!" Just as everyone was talking, suddenly a child's voice said loudly.
"Your Highness!" Only then did everyone realize that His Highness didn't know when he had slipped over, and no one noticed that he was so small that when he saw His Highness come out, he quickly silenced and saluted in unison.
"Everyone understands the situation in the house, the money and food accumulated in the house can support more than a month, but now there are a lot of people, and it will only take ten days to barely maintain it. And we have to go to Qiongzhou, the road is long, if we don't try our best to replenish it, it may be difficult to insist on arriving. In addition, Qiongzhou's food self-sufficiency is insufficient, and it still needs to be transferred from the inland, so we will go to tens of thousands of people empty-handed, but we are afraid that we will also starve. Now that the imperial fleet has entered the sea, we can't count on it in the future, we can only rely on ourselves, do you dare to follow this king to rob the tartars? Zhao Yu waved his hand to let everyone sit down, and he jumped on the chair and said to everyone.
"If you don't rob it, you will starve to death, and your subordinates are willing to follow Your Highness, and you must not let people look down on everyone in our house!" Zhao Mengjin had to think about His Highness no matter what aspect he considered, so he stood up first and said, and by the way, he glanced at Ying Jieyan, who was hiding behind the screen.
"Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while, and contribute to His Highness, and his subordinates have an unshirkable responsibility!" Liu Zhu also came out of Shi Lidao.
"The left and right are a death, everyone in Guangzhou is happy, why not be happy once, and the subordinates swear to follow His Highness to the death!" Huang Xianyao is young and can think openly, and his words are rough and refreshing.
"Although His Highness commands, his subordinates have no words!" Cai Wanyi also expressed his attitude, although he still had doubts in his heart, he also knew that His Highness's arrangement was correct, and he agreed at the moment. Several of the main generals agreed, and the others had nothing to say, and the situation was here, if they didn't fight, they would definitely die, but if they didn't fight, they wouldn't necessarily die, so they all said they obeyed.
"Okay, since everyone agrees, let's rob the fuck!" Zhao Yu stood on the chair and shouted loudly, his bright red face was excited, but it also pushed the atmosphere on the field to a climax, "Everyone knows that this king has officially opened the palace and has the power, so everyone will be promoted today, okay!" ”
"Good ......" who was not happy to be promoted, everyone cheered in unison.
"Of course, whether you are promoted or not, this king has the final say, but whether you make a fortune or not, it depends on whether you can take down Guangzhou!" Seeing that the morale of the generals was high, Zhao Yu smiled again and emphasized......