Lin'an Mansion on Liangzhejiang West Road.

This weather-beaten old capital of the Southern Song Dynasty has been unprecedentedly lively in just a few days.

Countless faces appeared in the city.

There are Jianghu people, rich businessmen, and ordinary people.

Military parade is still an extremely new word for people in this era.

The emperor wants to take the opportunity of the recovery of Lin'an Mansion to carry out a military parade, and they naturally want to see what kind of grand event the parade is.

And as time passed, more and more people continued to pour into Lin'an Mansion.

This even made the governor of Delin'an Mansion have to send an order for the soldiers to check the people entering the city, so as to prevent people with ulterior motives from entering the city.

At the same time, he had to send soldiers to the city gate to guide the people and advise them to go to the surrounding cities as much as possible.

Ten days passed.

Zhao Dongting and Kong Qiangu hurried away, and finally arrived in Changsha.

Compared with the grand occasion of Lin'an Mansion, Changsha at this time seems quite calm.

It has been ten days since the queen left the city with hundreds of civil and military officials, and the enthusiasm of the people who had been talking about the military parade has gradually passed.

Although they all want to go to Lin'an Mansion to see the grand scenery, in this era, not everyone can travel far if they want to.

After Zhao Dongting and Kong Qiangu returned to Changsha City, they did not make any waves.

Only a few old ministers such as Chen Wenlong, the deputy state minister, and Chen Jianghan, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, remained in Changsha City.

After Zhao Dongting learned that Le Chan had led everyone to Lin'an Mansion first, he announced Chen Wenlong to the imperial study.

Until now, the fact that Li Xiushu gave birth to Li Goxiao for him is still a top secret in the Great Song Dynasty.

And probably for a long time in the future, Zhao Dongting will not make this matter public. Because this will have a great impact on the situation in Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, Li Xiushu will also be involved in a lot of trouble.

But Li Goxiao will always follow Wu Amiao and Jun Tian back, and if Zhao Dongting doesn't arrange it properly, he will always be relieved.

After all, Li Goxiao is his biological child.

Originally, his idea was to let two of Le Chan's daughters stay in Changsha City to take care of the three children. But now, all the women have gone to Lin'an Mansion.

He can only find Chen Wenlong, who is loyal and reserved, and is now in charge of the overall situation in Changsha.

Although Chen Wenlong's status in the DPRK and China is not as good as that of Lu Xiufu, his loyalty is absolutely undoubted. What's even more commendable is that this old minister knows to keep his mouth shut.

When Chen Wenlong arrived at the imperial study, Zhao Dongting only smiled and said to Liu Gonggong: "Give Lord Chen a seat." ”

Chen Wenlong, who had just fallen to his knees, hurriedly thanked him.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand and said, "Lord Chen, since the queen mother and their mother left Changsha, is this Changsha City still stable?" ”

Chen Wenlong replied: "Back to the emperor, there is nothing abnormal in Changsha City. ”

Zhao Dongting narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then since our people from all walks of life in the Great Song Dynasty went to Lin'an Mansion, such as Dali, the New Song Dynasty, and then overseas countries and the Yuan Dynasty, what is the movement?" ”

Chen Wenlong muttered: "There has never been any secret letter to Changsha. ”

Saying that he remembered something, he said again: "Your Majesty, it was a month ago that the lord of the country asked for a Ma Yi lord to come to Changsha City. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Dongting was slightly moved, and then chuckled, "The Lord of Ma Yi is also willing to respect me as the Emperor of Heaven?" ”

Chen Wenlong said: "Exactly. ”

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, "Then Japan, Goryeo, and the Yue Li Dynasty, what are the moves?" ”

Chen Wenlong shook his head and said, "They didn't send envoys here. Even, in recent months, Japan has issued many decrees against our merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Tell me more." Zhao Dongting Road.

Chen Wenlong's face showed a little doubt and anger, and said, "I don't know if I heard that the Lord of the Flowing Kingdom has consecrated you as the Emperor of Heaven, then the Japanese country seems to be quite dissatisfied with this. Originally, we were engaged in trade with our DPRK, but our DPRK has always occupied a dominant position, and it is they who are in Japan to trade with us. Just some time ago, there was a rise in Japan to raise the tariffs on our Great Song Dynasty goods, and even boycott the Song merchants. The old minister thought that there should be a shadow of the Japanese shogunate behind this incident. ”

As he spoke, he didn't know if he was laughing angrily, and said: "The old minister even heard that a businessman who came back from Japan said that there is such a saying in Japan that there is an emperor in Japan. The emperor is the orthodoxy of the world, and the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is the joke. ”

"Huh."

Zhao Dongting chuckled when he heard this, and muttered softly, "Still so arrogant." ”

Then he pouted lightly and said, "Let's put this matter down first." Just Japan, we don't have to take them too seriously. ”

But his heart is actually murderous.

Boycott the Song Dynasty and squeeze tariffs.

This shogunate is really bold enough. This is no different from breaking ground on Tai Sui's head.

It seems that bushido has made them get into the habit of seeing no one in their eyes.

This is not necessarily a bad thing in Zhao Dongting's opinion.

He was born with no good feelings for Japan, and if the Japanese shogunate also respected him as the emperor, he would be disappointed.

The happier the grasshopper jumps, the easier it is to step on.

It's just that the Yue Li Dynasty didn't even send envoys to bow down to the Great Song Dynasty, which made Zhao Dongting quite surprised.

I don't know if the lord of the Yue Li Dynasty had the luck of the Great Song Dynasty and his past, or felt that the Yue Li Dynasty had the capital to compete with the Song Dynasty.

In Zhao Dongting's heart, he never revealed the matter of the 100,000-strong army of the Yue Li Dynasty attacking the Guangnan West Road.

Countries that are too far away, he can't control them. But in these neighboring countries, Zhao Dongting does not want them to be rampant.

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly?

After a little silence, Zhao Dongting only said again: "Now many forbidden troops, including the newly established Zhudi Character Forbidden Army, have already sent soldiers to Lin'an Mansion, right?" ”

"Yes."

Chen Wenlong said: "The military regions in various places have already sent a message back from flying pigeons, and some soldiers have set off for Lin'an Mansion. ”

Zhao Dongting nodded again, and then fell silent again.

The military parade in Lin'an Mansion was an idea he had a long time ago.

This was an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the military might of the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time, it was also an opportunity for the Great Song Dynasty to officially declare its hegemony to the surrounding countries.

As long as all countries have to see the strength of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army in the military parade, I think that no country will dare to covet the Great Song Dynasty for a long time.

He could also focus on developing the economy, agriculture and other things of the Great Song Dynasty.

Here's his layout.

The current Great Song Dynasty really needs to recuperate, after all, no matter how strong a country is, it can't withstand years of conquest.

Chen Wenlong looked at Zhao Dongting for a long time and didn't speak, and said softly: "If the emperor has nothing to do and wants to give orders, then the old minister will retire first?" ”

Staying in Changsha City, he obviously has a lot of things to do.

Zhao Dongting came back to his senses and said, "There is still something I need to tell Master Chen. ”

Chen Wenlong said: "Please show the emperor." ”

Zhao Dongting's words were astonishing, "Li Xiushu, the empress of Western Xia, is pregnant with my child, and I suddenly went to Western Xia this time, just for this." Now I and the Sword God have to rush back to Changsha City first because of the matter of Lin'an Mansion, and the Guozhang and General Wu are still on their way back to Changsha with my child. The boy is still young, and when he returns, I will need to have him placed in my bedchamber. And this matter must not be spread out in the slightest. ”

Chen Wenlong was stunned on the spot, and said, "Female ...... The Empress gave birth to a child for you? ”

Zhao Dongting only nodded slightly.

Chen Wenlong's face was full of surprise, and he said again after a long time: "The empress is willing to let you take him back to Changsha?" ”

Zhao Dongting said: "This is the second thing I want to talk about. ”

As he spoke, he told Chen Wenlong in detail about the overall situation that he and Li Xiushu had laid out.

This only made Chen Wenlong even more dumbfounded, and it took a long time before he stammered: "If so, in this way, how can our Great Song Dynasty turn against Western Xia?" ”

He looked at Zhao Dongting with some concern, "Your Majesty...... Did the old minister think that this matter would be slowed down again? After all, our Great Song Dynasty has just stopped the soldiers......"

Zhao Dongting just waved his hand, "No need." I told me about this, just to let Master Chen secretly let the grain and grass be concentrated in various places during the time when I was not in Changsha. Since the empress and I have laid out such a big situation, it is absolutely impossible for me to let the Western Xia army attack the Song before I return from Lin'an Mansion. When the Western Xia army attacked the Song Dynasty, I would take care of the rest of the things myself. , just get ready for the big army to go on the march. ”