Chapter 688: Redemption

The abdication of the old emperor and the ascension of the new emperor to the throne is the first major event in the world, because there are still some people who support Li Zong, and they are all diehards, so the court situation is not easy to grasp, which makes Shi Bin feel very troublesome.

Of course, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi also knew about this situation, and when they found that Shi Bin had been frowning for several days, they agreed to talk to Shi Bin.

On this day, as soon as Shi Bin came home, he was enthusiastically dragged by the two of them to Jia Ling's bedroom for tea. This situation is not much, if things are abnormal, there must be demons, Shi Bin was a little puzzled and vigilant at the same time, afraid that the two of them would do something.

As soon as she entered the door, Jia Ling smiled and said, "Husband, isn't it what everyone agrees with the old emperor's abdication and the new emperor's accession to the throne?" Why didn't Sister Xi Shi and I see you smiling, but felt that you were even more sad? ”

It turned out that this was the reason, Shi Bin's heart immediately relaxed, and replied with a wry smile: "Things are not as simple as we expected before. Rijong abdicated, and the number of people who supported him was indeed mostly small, but there were still a few diehards who fought against me, so it was still difficult to fully control the situation. ”

Hearing that this was the reason, Jia Ling and Sai Xi Shi immediately laughed, and Sai Xi Shi said: "Husband, did you do something less when Zhao Yu ascended the throne this time?" ”

What was done less? Shi Bin was ignorant and didn't understand much, so he gave Sai Xishi an inquiring look.

"From ancient times to the present, all new emperors who ascend the throne must reward their ministers and grant amnesty to the world. And you, it seems, have not done anything. ”

Sai Xishi's words can be regarded as waking up Shi Bin. Indeed, of course, the emperor's throne has to win people's hearts, how can he not do these things? And he can also take the opportunity of the reward to remove the real power of those die-hards, and only give them some false names.

In that case, it is natural to do it quickly. It didn't take long for the government and the opposition to get benefits, and for a while there were almost no people who said that Li Zong should not abdicate, and they all changed their tunes, saying that Li Zong was old and decrepit, and he should indeed abdicate. As for the die-hards, they were shelved.

Because the new emperor is mentally handicapped, no matter how hard he tries, he can't do without Shi Bin's assistance, so as long as Shi Bin doesn't leave him out of the air, but there will be a stack of official documents accumulated in the imperial study without review in three days.

Shi Bin is an anxious man, and he can't stand the new emperor's 'slackness', but he doesn't want to do everything that the emperor should have done, wouldn't it be a loss? originally thought that the emperor was a fool and would make it much easier to do things by himself, but he didn't expect that fools are also fools. So in the end, Shi Bin simply asked Wang Yi and Li Shao to do more things, and he only controlled the overall situation.

After being busy for more than ten days, Shi Bin finally finished his official duties, and Shi Bin rarely took a break, so he pulled Xu Feng to drink tea together.

"Xu Feng, what do you think of this tea?"

"Very good, although adults don't drink much tea, but they drink good tea, and ordinary people can't drink it." Xu Feng said with a smile.

"Now that the emperor is mentally handicapped, the court has indeed become my word, but it feels a lot boring, and I don't know what to do." Shi Bin said with a slight frown.

"Do you think that no one dares to argue with you and lose the fun of competition?"

"That's true. The emperor is mentally retarded, and the rest of the officials are obedient like lambs, which is really meaningless. Shi Bin smiled helplessly.

"My lord, there are gains and losses."

"Okay, then you can help me figure out how to make this life interesting, I can't go on like this. It won't be long before I'm slacking off on my own. ”

I wanted to say that 'life is boring a lot of the time', but looking at Shi Bin's expectant eyes, and having great kindness to himself, Xu Feng had to think hard. In the end, an answer was come up: to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties.

"Restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties?" Shi Bin muttered, "The Six Great Protectors? ”

"Exactly!" Xu Feng said with a smile.

"Now that the emperor has just ascended the throne, it seems bad to send troops. Even if you want to send troops to fight, where will you fight? The emperor's mentally retarded appearance estimated that he would be frightened into fear when he heard about the war, and he would definitely oppose it. Speaking of this, Shi Bin couldn't help but lament: "Mistake, mistake." How did I support such a waste to be the emperor, and it was indeed convenient for my rule internally, but I forgot that he would never approve of war. ”

Shi Bin's words made the smile that had just appeared on Xu Feng's face froze. Because the new emperor, who is mentally retarded, will never agree to send troops, that is, it is useless to break his mouth. And I don't know where to fight, except for Tubo, there seems to be no enemy around the Great Song Dynasty now. But Tubo is poor and bad, and Shi Bin is really not interested in occupying it.

"My lord, maybe we don't have to go to war, so what about rebuilding the six major capitals in other ways? In short, with them as our periphery, our Great Song Ke will be much more stable. Xu Feng said with a smile.

After Xu Feng said this, Shi Bin suddenly felt that he had energy and would live a wonderful life again.

"Then tell me how we are going to rebuild the Six Metropolitan Protectorates?"

"We can trade with those people who have become foreigners, export culture, and they will naturally return to their hearts when they live well and get enlightenment. Even if it doesn't become our territory, it would be nice to make it our vassal. It's always going to be a lot better. ”

Influencing others through trade and culture is the smartest way, and Shi Binma agreed with Xu Feng's suggestion and couldn't wait to consult with a few other people. Jia Ling, Sai Xishi, Wang Yi and Li Shao also agreed after hearing Shi Bin's plan, but asked where to start first.

This is a very practical problem, because Ali Buge is now a brother with Shi Bin, and the north side from the Hexi Corridor along the Qilian Mountains and the Great Wall to the east is all the territory of the Yuan people, how to establish the capital protection mansion? Could it be that Ali Buge, the Great Yuan Emperor, was asked to be a vassal to the Great Song Emperor? Jia Ling and the four of them suddenly felt a little stupid and dreamy.

"I want to say a word." Xu Feng said. Anyway, there was nothing to say, so everyone motioned for Xu Feng to speak. "Please don't always think about the six major protectorates of the Tang Dynasty, we can trade with them first and export culture. Now that Brother Ali Bu and Lord Shi are brothers, it will be easier to communicate with Yuanren. We may be able to find another way to establish the Protectorate. ”

Seeing that everyone didn't quite understand, Shi Bin explained: "Xu Feng's meaning is to make the lives of those people outside the country better and educated by carrying out trade and exporting culture, so that they will naturally be willing to submit to my Great Song Dynasty." ”

The method is indeed feasible, but Jia Ling and the four of them all think that it is not a good way to achieve results too slowly, and they may not be able to see any results for decades.

"What the hell are you going to do?" After talking for a while, Shi Bin also began to agree with the opinions of Jia Ling and the others, so he asked impatiently.

It's a pity that no one has a good way, so they can only be silent and stuffy. There was no point in talking about it any longer, Shi Bin could only announce the end of the meeting in disappointment and go for a walk by himself.

When he walked to a tea stall, a smell of tea wafted in, and Shi Bin immediately felt thirsty and sat down to drink tea. Slowly tasting this bit of green tea, Shi Bin's mood slowly improved, he felt a lot more relaxed, and he was also in the mood to see the beautiful scenery of Jingshi.

After observing for a while, there was a very uncomfortable noise in my ears. Turning his head, he saw a pawnshop guy and a man in rags arguing. The pawnshop guy looked vicious, and kept pushing and scolding the man, while the man kept begging for mercy, as if to get the pawnshop to return him an item.

Although there are often intrigues in the officialdom, Shi Bin doesn't like this kind of bullying, not to mention disturbing Yaxing, who is the first minister in the world to drink tea? So ignoring the kind reminder of the tea stall owner, he immediately got up and went to be the hero of the injustice.

Walking up to the two, Shi Bin asked coldly, "Why did you hit him?" ”

"Can you control who you like to beat? It's okay to get out of the way, don't meddle with rats! Annoyed the master, the master even beat you together! The pawnshop guy scolded very rudely.

I haven't been scolded like this for many years, and now I'm actually scolded by a pawnshop guy.

Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable? Although there are no guards by his side, Shi Bin is not afraid of a pawnshop guy. So as soon as the guy's voice fell, he was beaten to the ground by Shi Bin with a five-fingered mountain.

"You mouth full of dung, call your shopkeeper out, and say that someone wants to see him!"

Despite his humble status, the guy still has some brains. Combined with his own beating and Shi Bin's tone, he did not quarrel with Shi Bin, but called the pawnshop shopkeeper out as Shi Bin said. Since Shi Bin often came here for a walk, and the shopkeeper had also seen Shi Bin on other occasions, he immediately apologized and slapped the guy again. When he learned that the person in front of him was the world-famous Duke of Qi, the pawnshop guy immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

Shi Bin didn't like this wagging tail and begging for mercy very much, so he let him kowtow there, and he went to help the man up. After the man knew Shi Bin's identity, he immediately thanked him again and again. When this hero is naturally not to make people thank, but to know why that person was beaten, but he didn't dare to fight back.

When the man who was willing to make the decision for himself came, the man immediately told the reason: the pawnshop was bullying and changed the man's ancestral bracelet from life to death, so that the man could no longer redeem the bracelet.

This kind of bullying thing can be found everywhere, Shi Bin can only sigh at social injustice, but when he sees one, he still has to solve one, so he immediately ordered the pawnshop to return the bracelet according to the rules, and compensate the person for five taels of silver medical expenses.

didn't think that the pawnshop dared to disobey his will, and as soon as he finished speaking, Shi Bin left. It didn't take long for Shi Bin to feel a little strange, because the word 'redemption' kept flashing in his mind. Running back to the mansion quickly, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi were pulled together by Shi Bin to talk before they could figure it out.

"Lady, what do you mean by redemption?"

"Redemption? Isn't redemption just like your own things falling into the hands of others, and you spend a certain price to get them back? Sai Xishi, the female bandit, replied quickly, "We want to pay a ransom for tying up meat tickets." Speaking of this, Sai Xi Shi immediately shut up, because she remembered that the husband in front of her had been tied up by herself.

"Then why do I always think of the word 'redemption' after dealing with the pawnshop bullying?" Shi Bin said with a frown.

"Could it have something to do with the matter we just talked about? What does it have to do with open trade and exporting culture? Jia Ling said.

"One is opening and exporting, and the other is redemption, which is not the same thing at all." Sai Xi Shi shook his head and said.

Suddenly, Shi Bin smiled: "It's not necessarily that there is no contact at all." ”

Seeing Shi Bin's smile, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi understood that he had thought of a way, and most of it was a good way to work, so they asked.

"How about we try to redeem what we need through trade?" Shi Bin said with a smile.

"You mean to buy back the land that was ours?" Jia Ling asked.

"So to speak. Ali Buge is now not strong enough to rule such a large area of land north of the Great Wall, and some places are certainly dispensable to him, but they are more important to us. Wouldn't it be appropriate if the terms could be negotiated to redeem it? ”

"It makes sense that you can try to redeem it. So how do I redeem it? How to trade and export culture? Sai Si Shi asked.

"Let's sell the things that the Yuan people have to them at a low price, the mouth of eating people is short, the hands of taking people are short, after a long time, Brother Ali Buge will definitely send someone to ask me why I am like this. When the time comes, we'll be open to talking to him. Shi Bin smiled.

As soon as the two heard Shi Bin say that they wanted to sell the goods at a low price, their faces immediately became gloomy. You know, they are all iron roosters who must compete with each other, how can they allow themselves to suffer?

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Bin immediately changed his words and said: "Of course, this is sold with the things of the imperial court, not ours." Our stuff is still at a normal price when trading, and it is to make money. ”

Hearing this explanation, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi's faces changed for the better, and they agreed with Shi Bin's redemption strategy, and Shi Bin himself breathed a sigh of relief.