442. November 15, 2nd year Sunny After the snow, the first sunny day, covered in silver.
The snow has finally stopped, and the sun is breaking through the clouds, which makes people happy.
The snow on the street has not yet melted, but there are a lot more pedestrians, and the hawkers who are begging for a living can't wait to take to the streets, and Jinling City seems to have regained its prosperity overnight.
You can see people sweeping snow everywhere, and Zhao Xing deliberately went out of the palace today to personally clear the snow for the people, although it was a show, but it still won a piece of praise.
When Zhao Xing came out, the civil and military officials naturally couldn't watch the emperor sweep the snow, so officials at all levels, large and small, swept up on the main road with brooms, but it was a hot and happy scene.
Many people were moved to tears when they saw that they had such an emperor in their homes, and their hearts were surging, and even everywhere Zhao Xing went, he could hear the mountain cry long live.
"This old woman, how much is this cake?"
Zhao Xing held the broom in his hand and walked in a hot sweat to stop in front of an old woman who sold baked cakes and stopped to inquire about the price, so frightened that the old lady's legs and feet were weak, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.
"Tell me the price."
At this time, a guard from the Imperial City Division next to him stepped forward and whispered, "Three pieces of ten cents." ”
Zhao Xuan was happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "It's so affordable." ”
After speaking, he groped around for a while, found a handful of copper plates, lined up ten coppers on the old woman's desk, took three cakes and thanked him, and then found a dry eaves under the eyes of everyone and sat down to eat.
He gulped down the tasteless pancakes, and when he was thirsty, he took off the kettle he carried with him and took a sip, with a skillful posture, like a handle that often worked.
This small detail moved those people to tears, and an old man even wanted to put his own blanket on Zhao Xuan despite the obstruction of the Imperial City Division, for fear that he would catch a cold.
At the end of the emperor show in the morning, Zhao Xing returned to the palace to take a shower and change his clothes, and said to Zhao Xiang with a chicken leg in his hand: "Xiangguo, you said that the people eat the cake without oil and water, and they can still be grateful to me. ”
"Officials, there are scales in people's hearts, if everyone in the world can eat that cake, the world will be peaceful." Zhao Xiang sighed and said, "Official, the people really don't want much. ”
"Yes......" Zhao Xuan sighed: "But this Song Dog's method is really good, this cloud opened and snow stopped coming to such a hand, you can see it, the people really regard me as a monarch." ”
"That guy didn't know what he had in his head all day." Zhao Xiang sighed and said: "But it's hard to say whether this method is good or bad, if you lose the royal majesty, what should you do?" What if those with ill intentions think that the emperor is nothing more than that? ”
"Hey......" Zhao Xuan laughed: "There are many emperors who are high above, and they are still lifted when it should be lifted, I think Song Gou's method is good." ”
"Official...... ...... thou shalt not be called a dog"
"Others can't do it, this Song dog is an exception."
Seeing Zhao Xing's happy appearance, Zhao Xiang could only sigh silently, if others heard Zhao Xuan call his courtiers dogs, this is no longer an unseemly thing, if this is made by someone with a heart, but something big will happen.
But Zhao Xiang is not easy to say a lot, just remind him, after all, Zhao Xing is not a serious prince, and the ambition on his body may be difficult to eliminate for a while.
"By the way, official, tomorrow the old minister will take leave."
"Oh...... That kind of human pox, right, Zhao Xiang, you said that you are old, why bother. Zhao Xing also persuaded him bitterly, but this old man was very stubborn, and he had to test the poison himself: "In case there is a good guy, how should I be the head of the hundred officials?" ”
Zhao Xiang bowed and saluted: "Xie Guan's family cares, but this matter has to be done, the minister is the head of a hundred officials, and he has to lead by example, if this plague god can be expelled in my Great Song Dynasty, how can the official family not be a merit for a hundred generations?" ”
This old man...... Zhao Xuan smiled and shook his head, obviously he wanted to live for a hundred years, but he still wanted to pull himself as the emperor, and he would have to suffer the crime of living a free death.
"Then Zhao Xiangwan should be careful."
"The old minister Xie Guan's family is worried."
While he was talking, Xiao Yu came in and reported that Zuo Guogong asked to see him. When Zhao Xuan heard this, he immediately summoned him in.
"Northern Emergency."
Zuo Guogong is now in the responsibility of the right minister, supervising the major affairs of the military aircraft, after coming in, he first saluted Zhao Xing and then saluted Zhao Xiang, Zhao Xiang hurriedly got up and saluted back, and the two sides were full of courtesy.
"Thanks to the spies, the steppe tribes have been integrated into one ten days ago, called the Golden Horde!" Zuo Guogong's voice was loud: "Now the Golden Horde has 13,000 iron horsemen knocking on Taiyuan!" The Liao State asked for help. ”
Zhao Xing gasped, what Song Beiyun said finally came true, he once said that if the weather is abnormal in the autumn and winter this year, the grassland departments will definitely become one, and then it will become a terrible force entrenched in the north, if it is not resisted with the Liao State, the Song State is in danger!
"Sure enough...... Sure enough, it should have come. ”
Zhao Xuan stood up and opened the curtain behind him, revealing the huge map, looking up at the northern territory.
"Zuo Guogong, what do you say will happen if Taiyuan is breached?"
Zuo Guogong said in a deep voice: "Liao Guo Xu is going to be divided into two. ”
Zhao Xiang got up at this moment and arched his hand: "The Great Song Dynasty is now dependent on the Liao State, if the Liao State cannot resist the north, the Great Song Dynasty will be in danger." ”
"Help." Zhao Xing nodded: "Zuo Guogong, draft the document." ”
"Obey the Divine Commandment."
At this time, the Buddha Baonu, who had just been married, was standing at the head of Taiyuan City in military uniform, and her heart was very anxious, her skin was blown and broken, but now the corners of her mouth had been blown by the cold wind and began to fester, and the pain was so painful that she couldn't even eat, and she had obviously lost weight in the past few days.
The letter asking for help has been spread for many days, but she doesn't know if the letter can reach the Song Kingdom due to the heavy snow all the way.
And now Taiyuan has almost been separated by the heavy snow into a lonely city, the cavalry of the grassland roars back and forth every day, taking advantage of the heavy snow to plunder everywhere, which makes Buddha Baonu hate it in his heart.
"Your Highness, you can rest first...... If we're exhausted, we're done. ”
The general below gently persuaded her, but the Buddha Baonu was unmoved, she picked up her baby binoculars and looked into the distance, but her eyes were white.
She was a little anxious, but there was nothing she could do. Although the warriors of the Liao State are also good at galloping and fighting in this ice and snow, but now the Golden Horde is relying on the cavalry that comes and goes like the wind to catch the Liao State by surprise.
People don't fight with you at all, they run away as soon as they see each other, and they don't dare to chase after them, if you lose your way in this vast snow, then you are missing from the system......
The current situation is that the grassland is plundered on multiple fronts, Daliao is passively defended, and Taiyuan is the most dangerous here, and if it is not handled well, it may be besieged.
Buddha Baonu has now sent all the troops in her hands to the front line, and the country can be described as empty, if someone is doing something in the national capital at this time, she really has no way.
"Da Song hasn't responded yet?" Buddha Baonu asked in a hoarse voice, "Is the letter not delivered yet?" ”
"I don't know...... This year, the weather was very unusual, many roads were blocked by snow, and it was difficult to ......"
And at this moment, suddenly a scout rushed over with a snort: "Your Highness! Your Highness!!! ”
"Say."
The scout knelt down on one knee in front of Buddha Baonu: "There is a Song country ...... down the city Caravan. ”
"Caravans?" Buddha Baonu was stunned for a moment: "How could the caravan come here?" ”
"I don't know...... It's just that there was a request in the caravan to see His Highness. ”
Buddha Baonu frowned and turned around and walked down the city wall: "See." ”
When Fobaonu met with the caravan class, Xiao Song squatted in front of a fire with Lao Wang in the courtyard.
"Taro is a thing, I eat too much heartburn." Xiao Song pulled out the taro in the fire with a stick: "You are old and decrepit, so you should not eat more." ”
"Why are you talking so hatefully?" Lao Wang also pulled out one: "What if I eat one?" ”
"You eat, you eat, didn't I let you eat? Am I not afraid of your heartburn? Song Beiyun rolled his eyes: "I don't know what to do." ”
Lao Wang peeled off the hot taro, put it in his mouth with a sigh, and after eating two bites, he turned his head and asked, "How did you expect that the grassland would become a country?" ”
"So you eunuchs." Song Beiyun sighed: "Life is not short, but knowledge is not long." There are more than 130 large and small grasslands, and it will snow in August this year, and at least 80 of the more than 130 will starve to death, and in order to survive, the small ones can only go to the majority, and the majority will become stronger and stronger, and the strong will continue to annex the other ministries in the end. After all, when there are more people, you have to eat. ”
"Oh...... That's right. ”
"If I'm not mistaken, now the Liao State and the grassland have already fought." Xiao Song sighed: "Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise I would have waited for your reaction speed, and the Liao Kingdom would have been torn apart." ”
"You? Do you help Liao fight the war? How do you do it, aren't you all at home teasing crickets these days? ”
"Hahaha, stinky eunuch, why should I tell you?"
If it weren't for Song Beiyun's usefulness, Lao Wang tore him up a year ago, and his words were too annoying......
"Don't worry, I've got it all planned, it's okay." Xiao Song patted Lao Wang's shoulder: "You wait to watch the news, let you see what it means to strategize and win thousands of miles away." ”
"You really think you are a god of war, but I talked to Fuwang Chitose, and he said that you fight in a sparse manner."
"The word sparse...... The prince stole my words. ”
Xiao Song didn't explain, just continued to bury his head in tossing the cage of roasted taro, and as for the war situation in the north, he and Miaoyan basically pushed it out, as a member of the director's department, he didn't panic at all.
"Are you alright?" Jin Ling'er's voice came from inside the house: "I'm going to be hungry." ”
"It's coming, it's coming." Xiao Song put the peeled taro on the plate: "I'll go get some sugar for you to dip in." ”
Lao Wang looked down at the half-eaten taro in his hand: "Can you still dip it in sugar?" ”