The offensive of the Yuan army is becoming more and more fierce, the north city and the east city have fallen into the hands of the enemy, the two outer trenches have all been filled, the enemy cavalry has been able to approach the city, the front and rear armies of the Song army, the three armies are all on the city to prepare for battle, they use ballistas and rockets to give the enemy great damage, but the enemy still attacked the city several times, but were repelled by the defenders. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, after days of hard fighting, the casualties of the Song army gradually increased, and the consumption of ammunition also increased exponentially. But the morale of the whole army was high, not only because they had inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, but also because they knew that the emperor was still in the city.

Despite the careful planning and detailed planning before the war, the plan could never catch up with the changes, but this time it was God who caused the destruction, and a storm came unexpectedly, so that the last ships could not arrive as scheduled. With the current communication conditions, no one knows whether the fleet is stranded in Qiongzhou, or sheltered from the wind somewhere, or even capsized in the sea, which not only makes the withdrawal plan forced to be delayed, but the potential danger is that the retreat channel has been cut off.

Affected by the storm, the road was also raining heavily, and today while the enemy army stopped attacking, the ministers accompanying the car requested to convene a court meeting to discuss countermeasures according to the current situation. At this moment, the doors and windows in the water pavilion are closed, although it blocks the wind and rain, but it is still difficult to isolate the wind and rain, and the sound of the rushing water makes people feel like they are sitting on a rickety boat.

I don't know if it was because of the grim situation or the impact of bad weather, the atmosphere in the hall was a little dull and depressing. The emperor had not yet arrived, and some of the people looked at the lake beating by the wind from the window, some stared at the flickering candles, and some lowered their heads and pondered something, but no one said a word, as if they were afraid to break the rare silence in the wind and rain.

"Governor, Your Majesty doesn't seem to be paying attention to the battle situation these days, does he already have a countermeasure?" Wen Tianxiang turned his face and asked softly Ying Jieyan, who was sitting under him.

"The minister, the minister doesn't know." Ying Jieyan shook his head and said, "Recently, His Majesty summoned officials to meet him, and he only asked about the state system and the official system, and did not involve the current war. ”

"Oh, the situation is so tense, and it is really rare that His Majesty can still study quietly." Wen Tianxiang said with some surprise, in the middle of a dangerous city, the little emperor was not flustered, and this courage alone made many people embarrassed.

"Hehe, in addition to dealing with official documents these days, Your Majesty is studying, and it is rare to be able to settle down!" Ying Jieyan stroked his beard and chuckled, as if he was very pleased, but it was not the same thing in his heart.

In fact, the changes of the little emperor, should be strict and strange, as the emperor himself, of course he knows His Majesty's learning attitude, that is, if you can escape, you will run, and if you can, you will never take a second look. And now he is unusually hard to study unless His Majesty is enlightened, but he knows that this is extremely unlikely, then the only explanation is that His Majesty has found something that interests him.

Familiar with the laws of the country, understanding the state system and political power structure are necessary qualities and knowledge for a ruler, but although the little emperor has dabbled in these before, he will not delve into them, and has stayed at the level of understanding. However, the topic of the little emperor's inquiry this time is not only about these simple things, but also about the evolution of the political system of the previous dynasties, especially the current dynasty, and the details of several reforms. It is said that this is also normal, but Ying Jieyan knows that the little emperor is never untargeted, and there must be something bad in it!

"This is all due to the governor's teaching, Your Majesty is wise and martial is an immortal talent, and he will definitely be able to become a famous monarch in history in the future." Wen Tianxiang nodded and praised. He also wanted to inquire in detail about what His Majesty reads, but it is taboo for his subordinates to inquire about royal affairs, especially the emperor's behavior, so it is not good to ask too much.

"Wen Xiang praised it, all of them are blessed by God, so that my Great Song Dynasty will not die." Ying Jie Yan arched his hand, but secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, saying that the emperor was highly respected, but he didn't know how difficult it was to be a master to a wise emperor, not only to teach him the way to be a king, but also to try to stop those strange and deviant thoughts in his mind.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" Just as Wen Tianxiang wanted to further explore His Majesty's thoughts, the celebrants' chamberlain preached loudly.

"Greetings to Your Majesty, long live long live long live!" Wen Tianxiang didn't dare to slack off, and immediately got up and led the ministers to greet him.

"Ministers are exempt!" Zhao Yu sat on the throne and raised his hand under the support of Wang De, he deeply admired the design of Pufu, it was raining so heavily outside, he walked here from his residence, no umbrella, no clothes, not even a drop of water droplets on the soles of his shoes, the design of this corridor is really exquisite and practical.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's offensive is getting tighter, and the delay in the arrival of the ships has made it impossible for our army to retreat on time, so we need to make plans early!" Although Wen Tianxiang has not been with His Majesty for a long time, he also knows that he does not like to be verbose when discussing official affairs, and he will play it as soon as the ceremony is over.

"Hmm!" Zhao Yu nodded to indicate that he knew, and then asked, "How long can the food last now?" ”

"Your Majesty, according to the statistics of your subordinates, the grain stored in the city should be about 300,000 stones, which can still last for more than a month." Cai Wanyi got up and said.

"How many of the people in the city have not been evacuated?" Zhao Hao asked again.

"Your Majesty, after opening the curfew, many people went out of the city to take refuge in the countryside, and most of the wealthy families in the city also carried soft out of the city to hide, but there are still tens of thousands of people, including merchants!" Gao Yingsong said.

"I know, what are the casualties of Zhao Dutong's army, and can I fight again?" Zhao Yu said that he knew, and asked Zhao Mengjin again.

"Your Majesty, the battle has been hard for days, and the casualties of the infantry army are about thirty percent. Now the armies are taking turns to fight, although tired, but the morale is high, and they can still fight. However, the enemy army is outnumbered by our army, and no reinforcements are allowed, and the equipment is seriously damaged, and the ammunition consumption is huge, and the subordinates are worried that it will be difficult to last! Zhang Shijie said.

"How's the troll?" Zhao Hao asked one by one.

"Your Majesty, now the wind is high and the waves are urgent, and the naval warships are all entering the port to take shelter. Due to the continuous rainfall, the Jinjiang River has begun to rise, the water flow is rapid, and the cruise has been temporarily stopped. Since the navy had never participated in the battle, suffered few casualties, and had sufficient ammunition, the soldiers of the army were eager to fight and wanted to ask His Majesty's grace to enter the city to participate in the battle. Yoo so replied.

"What does the cardinal think is the situation?" After listening to the brief briefing, Zhao Yu turned to Zhang Shijie and asked.

"Your Majesty, I think that although the situation is not favorable to our army, it can be guaranteed in the short term." Seeing that His Majesty had consulted his own opinion, Zhang Shijie hurriedly got up and saluted, "Now there is enough grain and grass in the city, the loss of troops is not large, and there is a lack of materials such as infantry equipment and crossbow arrows, but there is still a large amount of accumulation in the naval army, which can be allocated to support the naval army, and select and transfer elite soldiers to be reinforced in time when there is danger." ”

"Now that the people have been evacuated, there is enough food and grass in the city, and the soldiers are still able to fight, then God is reluctant to let us withdraw, so what if we stay for a few more days!" Zhao Yu said with a smile after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, the return of the baggage ships has not arrived for a long time, and the rainy season is approaching, so we need to make arrangements as soon as possible, so as not to delay the time to return to Qiong!" Everyone was shocked when they heard His Majesty's answer, and such a serious matter had become a trivial matter that His Majesty did not need to worry about. Wen Tianxiang hurriedly started again.

"Then what is the best plan for the ministers and the secretaries?" Zhao Hao asked rhetorically.

"This ...... The minister thought that ......" Wen Tianxiang was asked, in fact, he was also because he couldn't think of any way to deal with it, and the ministers were worried, so he asked to hold a court meeting to discuss the matter, he also knew that now the news was cut off, and the sentinel ship could not sail to listen to the news in the storm, so there was really no good way to wait, so he didn't say anything good for a long time.

"Foolishness!" Everyone saw Wen Tianxiang standing there embarrassedly and couldn't say it, so don't be embarrassed by His Majesty's name, look at each other and get up together.

"Hehe, since some things are not under human control, why bother? Now that the ships returning have not returned, even if they don't come, when the situation is urgent, the rest of the warships will be crowded, and they will all be able to pull everyone back! Zhao Hao smiled.

"Your Majesty is in danger, and the minister can't wait!" Although the little emperor's words are a bit joking, isn't that what everyone thinks? Wind and rain are not the leader of any of them, and the returning ship cannot be found in the vast sea. The heavy rain also made it difficult for the enemy to attack, and he was always much more comfortable in the city than the enemy, and the best thing to do now was to wait.

"That's it! What else is going on? Zhao Hao was very relieved to hear the Sacred Heart, smiled and asked again.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates think that they can now send out a naval army to help fight and harass the enemy!" Yoo so got up and went out to play.

"Oh, Liu Dutong, please speak!" Liu Zhu rarely spoke in the court, and this time he took the initiative to suggest, and of course Zhao Yu supported it.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates inspected the Jinjiang River with the ship two days ago, and found that the enemy's camp was built along the river, if the rocket ships were dispatched to make a sneak attack, although they could not destroy the enemy army, they could still severely damage the enemy troops camped along the river, and reduce the pressure on the infantry army to defend the city!" Liu Zhu said.

"Well, that's a good idea, you can give it a try. You immediately make a detailed plan, report it to the cardinal and the minister, and then make a decision! Zhao Yu listened and thought for a while, he knew that no matter how ancient or modern the army went to camp, it would generally choose a place close to the water, one is convenient to get clean drinking water, and the other is that in the event of a fire, you can get water nearby.

"Subordinates obey!" Liu Zhu said.

"Your Majesty, hundreds of merchants and people in the city have asked the ministers for their lives, and I implore Your Majesty not to destroy the city in the matter of withdrawing troops!" Gao Yingsong got up and went out to play.

"Destroy the city?! I don't have any plans to do so! Zhao Yu said with some consternation. He understood that according to the convention, whenever one side captured the city, he felt that he could not occupy it for a long time, and when he withdrew, he would burn the entire city and not leave it to the enemy, "This city is the city of my Great Song Dynasty, and among them are the people of my Great Song Dynasty, how can I bear to destroy their homes!" ”

And Zhao Hao also had the idea of destroying the city at first, but he quickly dispelled it, although he felt that Quanzhou City was 'looted' by himself, but it did not destroy the foundation, as long as Kublai Khan did not want to give up this cornucopia, he would continue to support, and it would not take two years to regain prosperity, and he would have the opportunity to cut another stubble. But this can't be said explicitly, so naturally you have to use a lofty reason to show your benevolence and righteousness, so that one day your words and deeds can become the 'ancestral family law'!

"Your Majesty's benevolence, righteousness and love for the people will surely make Quanzhou inexhaustible grateful!" Gao Yingsong said.

"Your Majesty, what about these adverse properties in the city?" Wen Tianxiang listened to it and thought of a problem, some rebels in the city were exterminated by raiding their homes, and all the property that could be removed was taken away, but real estate such as houses could not be taken away. Once the Eastern Expeditionary Army withdrew, the Yuan army would soon enter the city, and it would not be possible to follow the method of auctioning off or distributing the reverse property to the people when they evacuated Guangzhou, and the best way was of course to destroy these things, but His Majesty's intention was not to let them be destroyed, and not to leave them for the enemy to continue to use.

"This ......" Zhao Yu was also a little embarrassed when he heard it, like the eldest son of the Pu family who had fled away, and he would regain possession if he left, and other families also had similar situations, so it would be equivalent to eliminating the evil, and these houses could not be taken away by themselves if they were demolished, thinking about it and saying, "In this way, tell the people in the city who have not left that they can demolish the houses of the traitors as much as possible and use the materials for their own use." ”

"Your Majesty's plan is very clever, not only to deter those rebellions, but also to cut off their foundation, and to return to the people!" Wen Tianxiang pondered for a moment and praised.

"Okay, then this matter will be presided over by the Minister of Literature!" Zhao Yu nodded and said, since it was you who proposed it, and it was you who said that it was good, then you will preside over it, and if someone scolds the street, you will also scold you, and you will not receive this credit.

"Obey." Wen Tianxiang saluted and said, "The minister still has a discussion, please ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

"Please speak!" Zhao Yu raised his hand and asked him to excuse himself.

"After His Majesty succeeded to the throne, the Empress Dowager was ordered to supervise the country and preside over the military and political affairs. But the minister thought that His Majesty was still young and still needed to learn the holy scriptures, so the minister asked to open a feast, recruit famous people from all over the world, and all the ministers in the court read it for His Majesty! Wen Tianxiang played.

"This ......" Zhao Yu frowned when he heard this, and he muttered for a moment without saying a word.

Zhao Yu pondered this for the past two days, and knew that the scripture banquet was a special imperial chair set up by the emperor since the Han and Tang dynasties to talk about the scriptures and history, and it was the main way for the emperor to receive Confucian education. In the Song Dynasty, it was called the scripture feast, and the lecturer was filled or concurrently served by Hanlin scholars or other officials. In the Song Dynasty, the lecture period was given from February to the Dragon Boat Festival and from August to the Winter Solstice Festival every year. The opening feast is a grand ceremony of the imperial court, and the prime minister knows the scriptures and feasts, and the officials such as the six Shangshu are in the class, and there are also people such as exhibitions, ceremonies, offerings, and praises. In addition to the three sutra feasts per month, there are still daily lectures, and the rituals are much simpler than the sutra feasts, or small sutra feasts and small lectures.

There are two main aspects of holding a sutra feast: one is to "taste the scriptures" and explore the subtle meanings in the scriptures; The first is to "use the past to prove the present", that is, to learn from history and learn the lessons of feudal rule. This opening feast sounds good, and the famous teachers will teach you many-to-one, which is a good thing that is undesirable in modern society, but he feels that there is a conspiracy, and it is no longer taught by a few masters, but a group to fool himself, the purpose of which is to transform himself into the Ming Jun in the minds of the scholars, but it is not what he wants...... (To be continued.) )