The ancients said: The wrath of the Son of Heaven ambushes millions of corpses and bleeds for thousands of miles. And Zhao Yu drove away several former ministers of the previous dynasty in a fit of anger, but it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and he was immediately attacked by a group of scholars. This is equivalent to rounding his arm and slapping a circle of people's faces. Although many of them are no longer in the court, they still enjoy prestige among the opposition, but when this matter is revealed, it is tantamount to lifting their last fig leaf and revealing their red monkey buttocks.

Under the current situation pointed out by Qianfu, these people naturally dare not stand up to defend themselves, but there is no shortage of famous Confucians, who either write books behind closed doors after retiring, or open a museum to teach apprentices. In this way, the little emperor not only slapped those people in the face, but also pressed the faces of their disciples and grandchildren into the dung pit, which not only stinked his reputation, but even his career may be ruined, so he began to take action.

Of course, these people don't dare to directly target the little emperor, but they have the ability to scold Huai, beat dogs but chase chickens. So he wrote a letter requesting that the Empress Dowager be pardoned, reinstate the honorific title, and be buried with Emperor Lizong in the imperial mausoleum, in order to express his love for the Empress Dowager in disguise; Or they published articles in the tabloids, each singing praises for their masters, counting their exploits, and how to protect the township during the fall, according to the Mengyuan expedition.

Even if it is mentioned that he did not go to court back then, he was either late due to illness, his parents were sick, or he had other official duties, anyway, he had his own reasons to excuse himself. did not admit to the fact that they were killed for evading, and in their opinion, once the Empress Dowager died, there was no proof of death. The subtext is an insinuation that the little emperor does not distinguish between right and wrong, wrongs people indiscriminately, and puts the blame for the loss of the country on them, which is ill-intentioned.

"Your Majesty is well!" Zheng Huchen entered the meditation room where His Majesty was resting, and saw that the ground was messy, throwing both books and newspapers, and the little emperor was crooked in the pile of papers, and he smiled and stepped forward to salute.

"Sit down, is it good news or bad news that Director Zheng brings?" Zhao Yu raised his eyes to look, sat up lazily, pulled the newspaper on the ground aside, and pointed to the exposed futon.

"Hehe, my subordinates have brought both good news and not so good news today!" Zheng Huchen thanked him again before sitting down.

"Good and bad are good, I'm suffocating to death!" Zhao Yu stretched his waist and said, "The Queen Mother is letting me cultivate my mind, it's not a Taoist temple, it's a monk temple, and I'm not afraid that I will really end up at home!" ”

"Then does Your Majesty want to be a monk, or do you want to be a Taoist priest?" Zheng Huchen quipped.

"Hmm...... I think it's better to be a Taoist priest, and sometimes I can eat mixed meat! Zhao Hao held his cheeks and thought for a moment, and said seriously.

"Haha, Your Majesty's vegetarian food in Jiqing Temple is still good, and my subordinates heard that in order to take care of Your Majesty, the host will be the monk chefs in several major temples such as Tianzhu and Lingyin in Hangzhou City, and the vegetarian chefs in the major restaurants have been invited here to serve the imperial meal. Your Majesty wants to eat meat, how can these celebrity chefs live! Zheng Huchen laughed.

"Alas, no matter how good the cook is, the ingredients are nothing more than tofu and vegetables, and no matter how you change the pattern, it can't become meat. It's still fresh to eat occasionally, but it's not a shame to do it every day! Zhao Yu sighed and said.

"Do you want your subordinates to send something to Your Majesty to satisfy your hunger?" Zheng Huchen leaned forward and said softly.

"No need, now I am guarding the soul of the Empress Dowager, or it is better to have some awe!" Zhao Yu cried and pointed at the way of heaven with a sad face.

"Your Majesty, no one will know!" Zheng Huchen said again.

"No, my heart can't get over it, just bear with it!" Zhao Yu poked his heart and said.

"Alas, how many people know His Majesty's heart!" Zheng Huchen sighed when he heard this, looked at the newspaper on the ground and said, "These dogs still have the face to make a big statement in the newspaper and write to the court, and their subordinates will keep them shut." ”

"Ignore them, let them go! Come and don't be rude, let Boyan see it, it's good to rest assured. Zhao Hao smiled.

"Your Majesty is really far-sighted, step by step, and his subordinates can't do it!" Zheng Huchen listened to Shi Lidao.

"The sycophants often don't work, why did you come here today?" Zhao Hao smiled. He felt that chatting with Zheng Huchen was very easy, and he didn't have to hold it at all, and in addition to trusting him, it might be that he was more inclined to the dark side of his thinking, so it could be regarded as a similar smell.

"Your Majesty, Timur's action team has already heard the news, and it will return to Lin'an in the near future!" Zheng Huchen said with a smile, "The first group jumped into the water to escape at the moment of collision with the boat, but two people were affected by the explosion and were swept into the whirlpool and failed to surface. The other two were swept away by the current and were rescued by the second group, but they were also seriously injured. In order to prevent the enemy from intercepting in front, he abandoned the ship and went ashore halfway, and hid in various places for a long time, which is why he could not find it for a long time. It wasn't until the rumors passed that I got in touch with the answering personnel, and then took advantage of the chaos to retreat! ”

"This is good news, can the wounded be healed, can the bodies of the martyrs be found?" Zhao Yu nodded and asked again.

"The injured have basically recovered, but one of them may be left with some disabilities, and the bodies of the martyrs have been found, but it is difficult to bring them back, so they can only be temporarily buried in Sichuan and Shu." Zheng Huchen replied.

"When I come back, I will be properly settled, take good care of it, and I will personally reward it after I get out of it!" Zhao Hao said excitedly.

"Your Majesty, at present, Nanzhao has fallen into chaos, and all forces are trying to compete for dominance, and now Meng Yuan has transferred Guangxi Province to Xuanfu Envoy, and concurrently manages the army to recruit Zhang Lidao to preside over the overall situation." Zheng Huchen said again.

"Zhang Lidao is indeed a cadre, brave and strategic, he once served in Nanzhao, and he still has some prestige!" Zhao Yu frowned when he heard this, in fact, the Song army only controlled most of the Guangnan West Road, and the left and right rivers were because of the large number of Tibetan tribes, rebellion, and complicated people's feelings, so he did not use troops there, and he is still under the control of Meng Yuan.

Zhang Lidao was a Jinshi of the Jin Dynasty, and he entered the palace at the age of seventeen as a guard. After Kublai Khan succeeded to the throne of Khan, he drove the northern expedition to the left and right. In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, he was appointed as an envoy to Western Xia, and was known for his ability and agility. The prince Hu Ge was crowned the king of Yunnan and ordered Zhang Lidao to be the royal literature. He persuaded the king to attach importance to agriculture, so that the people would not have to worry about food and clothing, and immediately appointed as the agricultural official of Dali, and also led the affairs of the tuntian, wearing silver charms. Soon after, he sent an envoy to Annam with the squire Ning Duanfu, and agreed with the king of Annam to pay tribute every year.

At that time, the marshal of the 37th capital of Yunnan, Bao Heding, ruled for a long time, and planned to use a banquet to kill Ku Gechi with poisonous wine, and bribe the officials of the Wang Prime Minister's Mansion to not reveal his conspiracy. After Zhang Lidao found out, he went straight to the Shuaifu to ask for a meeting, but was stopped by the guards guarding the door, who argued with them endlessly. When Hu Gechi heard the sound, he was summoned to the house. He told the king of the plot of Bao Heding, but the king had drunk poisoned wine and died in the evening.

Bao Heding occupied the throne and persuaded the princess to hand over the royal seal, Zhang Lidao secretly befriended thirteen righteous people, agreed to fight for thieves together, and swore an oath of blood and drinking, and pushed one person into Beijing to report the coup d'état in Yunnan. Their plan was unfortunately exposed, and Bao Heding imprisoned him and was about to be executed. The craftsman promoted Zhang Zhong and Lidao as brothers, and contacted some people to rob Lidao from prison and flee to Tibet. There, he met the imperial historian Bo Luohuan and Wang Fu Bei sent by the emperor and the people sent to report to the imperial court. They then returned to Yunnan together, interrogated Bao Heding and the officials of the palace who had taken bribes, and executed them.

In March of the tenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Lidao was in charge of the agricultural affairs of the Great Division. Because of its familiarity with Yunnan, Zhongshu Province was awarded the title of Dali Patrol to persuade the peasant envoys, Peijin Fu. He governed the Kunming Pond and obtained thousands of hectares of fertile land, and taught the local sericulture farming, so that the Tibetan tribes in the mountains came to vote one after another. Later, he built a Confucian temple, set up a school, persuaded the children of the scholars to go to school, selected the sages of the Sichuan scholars, hired as teachers, and led all the students to worship Confucius at a certain time every year, so that everyone spoke of courtesy, and the customs gradually changed.

In the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Lidao tried his best to invite Shizu to inherit the prince of Yunnan and Timur first. Kublai Khan agreed, and ordered him to be the Guangxi Provincial Propaganda Envoy, and also in charge of the army recruitment envoy, still wearing tiger charms. When he resigned, the emperor gave him a bow and arrows, clothes, and a saddle horse. As soon as he arrived, he encountered the rebellion of the big leader of Henilu, Bisi, and incited various ethnic minorities. Lidao immediately sent troops to conquer its city, took advantage of the victory to the west, captured the seventy cities of Jinyadian, crossed Madian, and reached Kepu. It also incorporated 250,000 households in the Liangjiang Zhinong Shigui, Cen Congyi, Li Weiping and other departments......

"Your Majesty, Zhang Lidao has been in Nanzhao for a long time and is familiar with the people's feelings, will he soon quell the turmoil when he enters Nanzhao?" Zheng Huchen rarely heard the little emperor praise an enemy minister, but now he did not hesitate to praise Zhang Lidao, and he was a little worried.

"I can't rule out this possibility, but I think that the situation has changed at this time, and now that we occupy most of the south of the Yangtze River, the Mengyuan forces are no longer in their former power; Moreover, only Sichuan and Shu can send troops to aid Nanzhao, but they have to guard against us going north along the river, and they will never dare to use a large army. And as soon as Timur died, the turmoil broke out in an all-round way, and the interests of all parties were entangled. Zhao Yu said.

"Zhang Lidao can transfer troops from the left and right rivers!" Zheng Huchen thought about it.

"Does he dare? I'm afraid that he will lead the troops with the front foot, and the two rivers will have to rebel on the back foot, and besides, he can rest assured that we can be assured! Zhao Hao smiled.

"Your Majesty is right, if he suppresses the Nanzhao Revolution with the soldiers of the two rivers, it will be a chicken flying egg beating, and neither place will be protected!" Zheng Huchen said.

"Don't pay attention to them now, when they are exhausted, we will make another move, and take Liangjiang and Nanzhao in one fell swoop, you just need to pay attention to who wins and who loses!" Zhao Yu said.

"My subordinates know." Zheng Huchen nodded and said, "In addition, the matter of smuggling grain to Jiangbei has also been revealed, and the participants in the investigation of each sub-station of the Economic Affairs Bureau are those Xiang troops who are guarding Fujian and southern Zhejiang, and they actually use only half of the troops to defend the town, and the rest are in Tuntian or doing business, and almost every garrison in the state capital has private property, and military discipline is relatively chaotic. ”

However, they did not dare to use public funds, but used the soldiers to rent the land of the government and the grain produced by the public estate for smuggling, while they did not go to the inland waterways, but went directly to the sea, traded with the merchants of Jiangbei on the open sea, and then bought and sold with Jiangnan merchants in the fishing ports in the coastal areas, and made the difference in price. It is precisely because of the avoidance of warships patrolling the coastal waters, or the smuggling of warships, that has not been exposed! ”

"And what about along the river?" Zhao Yu frowned and asked. As for the situation of the coastal army, he felt that it should be attributed to the problem left over from history.

When establishing various base areas, the imperial court used salt instead of salt for the funds required by the various ministries, and did not actually distribute gold and silver, so the ministries had to sell their own funds and raise the surplus funds to solve the livelihood problem. They took advantage of the unusually high salt tax in the occupied areas, the greed of the merchants for profit, and the connections between the clan relatives and the surrendered army, and sold the salt to obtain the materials they needed.

At the same time, the rebels forcibly seized large tracts of land, and cultivated part of it themselves, and rented some of it to tenants, so that the harvest could be used as military rations. Moreover, each base is scattered in various places, so it is its own policy, and the surplus is used for its own use, and when it has become a habit to sell smuggling, it is naturally impossible to control it for a while. Zhao Yu knew that this tail had to be cut off, otherwise it would not only be an enemy, but would also make the local army quickly corrupt and degenerate, and if he wanted to maintain his combat effectiveness, he had to carry out training.

"Your Majesty, the armies in the areas along the river are still good, and there are unscrupulous traders in the Jiangbei region who take advantage of the night or bad weather to venture across the river. Of course, there are also those who take the initiative to trade in Jiangbei, but the scale is very small, and most of them are for their own use. Some time ago, when various departments of the navy were deployed, some people took advantage of the chaos to traffic on a large scale, and as a result, mutton in the areas along the river was as cheap as dirt. Zheng Huchen said.

"Well, it's not bad, it's not rotten to the bone. But the local Xiang army must be strictly controlled, otherwise it will be another Qin Linfeng! Zhao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and asked viciously, "Is there anyone in the Secretariat who is involved?" ”

"Your Majesty, your subordinates dare to use a head guarantee, and no one in the Affairs Bureau will participate in the trafficking of smuggling!" When Zheng Huchen heard this, he immediately got up and saluted.

"It's not the best, if I find out, I'll cut off your head and kick it as a ball!" Zhao Yu pursed his lips and chuckled, pressing his hand to let him sit down.

"But my subordinates miss the days of selling illicit salt very much, it's really a daily profit!" Zheng Huchen arched his hands and sat down and said with a smile.

"Hehe, that's just an extraordinary time, doing extraordinary things, you're still addicted." Zhao Yu pointed his finger at him, "Is there anything else good?" ”

"It's really a great thing, but Your Majesty wants to leave his subordinates to have a vegetarian banquet in this temple!" Zheng Huchen said with a weird smile on his face.

"This is easy to say, anyway, these monks are so rich that they don't eat for nothing, and they don't spend a penny!" Zhao Hao happily agreed.

"Your Majesty, look at these!" Zheng Huchen looked at no one on the left and right, and then took out a few scrolls from his sleeve and put them on the upper road.

"What does this woman do?" Zhao Yu casually took a painting scroll, unfolded it and saw that it was a picture of Zhang Shinu, and asked puzzledly......