Chapter 233 The hearts of the people are not enough, and the big food merchants

Great Song Lin'an, in the inner garden under the Phoenix Mountain, Lanting.

In the dressing pavilion, there was a pot of wine and a few plates of dried fruits on the stone table polished as smooth as a mirror, Zhao Youju and Yang Miaozhen and Han Yu sat here, listening to the second daughter's whispering, he smiled and nodded.

Jia Yuanchun looked at them together from a distance, and there was no jealousy in his eyes, but envy.

When Yang Miaozhen and Han Yu were pregnant, it was her best time, but Zhao Youju was busy with state affairs and had little free time, so she finally had one or two opportunities, and she couldn't grasp them firmly. Last time, she was scolded by Xie Daoqing lightly, which made her very ashamed, and she avoided Xie Daoqing for half a month.

Zhao and Ju peeled the sunflower seed shell, after peeling out a handful, they divided it with Yang Miaozhen and Han Yu, if there is a minister who sees it, I am afraid that I will have to admonish again, it will be the queen mother, and I can't blame Yang Miaozhen and Han Yu for not knowing the importance of dignity and humility.

But now everyone knows that Yang Miaozhen and Han Yu have the final say on the affairs in the harem, so they will not be bored to be bored.

"Official, some time ago, I heard that the Great Cannibal offered a book to Your Majesty, Your Majesty was very happy, I don't know what kind of book it can make Your Majesty so happy." Han Yu asked.

"Oh, you've actually studied some of that book, and it's about geometry." Zhao Youju said with a smile.

This so-called cannibal dedication is the famous "Geometric Original", that is, the work of Euclid, Jeckens Kai heard that the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty liked the codes of various countries, and did not hesitate to dedicate this book. This also made Zhao Youju, who was originally going to dry him for a few months, change his mind and decided to meet him first.

"Is the book important?" Yang Miaozhen asked curiously: "Teach people to make mechanical cannon giant ships?" ”

She was not very interested in learning, but she was very impressed by the manufacture of mechanical cannon ships, especially after seeing the power of cannons, she once lamented that she was useless in the battle array, so she was very interested in the results of this book.

"It's pretty much the same, but you can't make it just by studying this book." Zhao Heju hesitated for a while and then said: "Speaking of this, I want to see this big cannibal later today, if you want to hear it, don't be afraid to listen to it behind the screen, just be careful not to show your feet, lest I be chewed by the ministers again." ”

"It's just a white man, and when I was begging, that Duncan Polo gave me a lot of smoke, so there's nothing to see." Yang Miaozhen shook his head: "For these little things, you will be criticized by the courtiers, so I won't do such things." ”

"The slave also has to take the child, and he doesn't have time to pay attention to that big cannibal." Han Yu pursed her lips and smiled: "The two babies are now being carried by slaves, and the four ladies are wandering around every day!" ”

Hearing her complaint, Yang Miaozhen took her hand and shook it and said, "Okay, you sister Ayu, you obviously promised not to tell him, why do you have to tell him!" ”

Zhao and Ju Ban frowned, shook their heads and said, "Fourth lady, you have just finished confinement, why do you have to run around?" ”

"It's really stuffy." Yang Miaozhen stuck out her tongue: "I haven't run around, I've just walked around in this inner garden." ”

"You have to take care of your body, now you are still young, so it is not obvious, if you are sick or something, you are weak after giving birth, and you are afraid of falling for a lifetime!" Zhao Youju reproached: "Greedy play also clears the time, don't care about yourself at this time, when will you take care of yourself?" ”

Although he was reproached by him, Yang Miao's heart was sweet, and he stuffed the sunflower seeds in his hand into Zhao Heju's mouth, and said angrily: "I know, I know, I don't dare anymore!" ”

Han Yu pursed her lips and smiled, her big eyes flashing twice. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jia Yuanchun and the others, turned her face and smiled at them: "Yuanchun, Daoqing, Shuniang, all three of you come here." ”

Although Han Yu is not very majestic, she is gentle and tranquil, and the people in the palace have made mistakes, and they are afraid of being scolded by the Queen Mother, so they will come to beg her. She doesn't say a word, often just a few words will turn into rain, if it doesn't work, she will discuss with Yang Miaozhen, Yang Miaozhen is a straight temper, but she is also kind-hearted, she goes to the queen mother to intercede, and can always make the queen angry into joy. People are so strange, when Yang Miaozhen first entered the palace, the queen mother was afraid of her strength, looking at her and looking at her was not pleasing to the eye, there was no fault with her body, but since the assassination, she has completely changed her character, how to see how she likes it, and when she sees her, she is not called a concubine, but "the old girl crazy lady is here", both of them are surnamed Yang, calling her "old girl", half ridicule and half affection, Yang Miaozhen is not annoyed.

Hearing Concubine Han call them, the three girls walked up together, Han Yu smiled and said, "You have been studying in Boya Building these days, have you ever left the homework I taught you at the beginning?" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, Jia Yuanchun's heart was pounding, she didn't have much interest in the mathematics taught by Han Yu, so Han Yu had already lost those during her childbirth.

"Look at it...... Yuan Chun must have thrown it away, and the lady would occasionally look at it twice, Daoqing would be quite beneficial if he wanted to, right? Han Yu smiled gently: "Our women's school will reopen again tomorrow, you remember to inform the rest of the people that you must come." ”

"It's too early, aren't you? And who will bring the children? Yang Miaozhen disagreed: "Sister Ayu, you don't allow me to run around, but I mess around!" ”

"Let's start the class in a month, and let these little girls review it." Zhao Youju also smiled: "Ayu is an addiction to being a gentleman." ”

"I heard that Wan'er is begging to be a female gentleman and is not married yet, she is only three years younger than the slave, and now she is twenty-five." Han Yu said tactfully: "Your Majesty, it's not easy for a girl to marry after twenty, and you still have to ask about Wan'er's affairs." ”

These words made Zhao Youju a little embarrassed, Geng Wan's thoughts, whether Zhao or Ju, or Han Yu, were all clear, even Yang Miaozhen was also begging to deal with Geng Wan, and she also knew her thoughts. Zhao Youju frowned, Han Yu would not mention this matter for no reason, I think Geng Wan wrote a letter to her.

"You ...... with the four ladies in this matter" Speaking of this, Zhao Youju felt that this was putting his responsibility on his wives, so he closed his mouth and pondered for a long time, but he couldn't find a way. He treats righteous young people differently, these people are just like his students, so he will not be like those palace maids who have no feelings for them, just point out a person to marry for them.

"The slave has a thought." Han Yu and Yang Miaozhen exchanged a look, this is the secret of the two sisters, there are countless fans in this harem, it is impossible to stop it, rather than this, it is better to bring in someone who knows the roots. It doesn't have to be recommended to Zhao and Ju pillows, at least their cronies in the palace have more ears and eyes, and some of the tricks of these ghostly little girls are easier to deal with.

"Huh?" Zhao Youju said: "Say, swallow and spit out, as if I am so fierce." ”

"Hehe, the official family is mighty, the little woman is as afraid as a tiger." Yang Miaozhen interjected with a smile.

"Slave thinks, Your Majesty often says, education should start from a young age, our two babies, others are afraid that they can't teach, and the official family may not have time for it, so it's better to transfer Wan'er, Your Majesty named her a female official, one is to enlighten the baby, and the other is that these little girls in the palace, when the slave can't be taught, there is also a helper, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?"

Zhao Youju didn't think too much about it, his mind was all on the two children, and after hearing Han Yu's words, he smiled and said: "You think too far, this is not even a year old, so you are thinking about the enlightenment...... Anyway, it's not good for Wan'er to always put her in Liuqiu, so she will be transferred back, and as for Liuqiu's school, let's choose another suitable person. ”

There are not many people in Zhao and Ju's pockets, although the school is a place for a hundred years, but compared to the more complex officialdom, it is a simple position, and it is not difficult to choose a person.

Hearing that they were going to summon a woman named "Wan'er" into the palace to teach them, Xie Daoqing and the others were curious, and Zhou Shuniang and Jia Yuanchun were somewhat unconvinced.

"Your Majesty, the time has come."

Xie Daoqing looked at the pocket watch and said to Zhao and Ju, she is now responsible for arranging Zhao and Ju's daily itinerary, she is also very responsible, and things are not harsh, although the Son of Heaven and the two concubines are happy, she still urges.

Pocket watch is a new thing for the production of the flow, because of the improvement of processing accuracy, many of the original procedures that need to be manufactured by hand, are now changed to machinery, which makes the old craftsman Fei Fei a little emotional, but he is not useless, how to make the flow of machinery more precise, has become the direction of his efforts with his apprentices. Although all the workers who came out of the elementary school could write and calculate, when it came to practical operation, they had to bow down in front of such skilled craftsmen.

"I'll go over first, I want to meet the big food envoy, you don't want to let the little ones run around again." Zhao Heju explained to the second concubine, and then got up and left behind Xie Daoqing.

"Dao Qing is not harsh." Han Yu praised in front of Yang Miaozhen: "These days, thanks to him. ”

Jeken Skye is a foreign envoy, so naturally he can't be seen in the harem, and the Son of Heaven can't go out of the palace at will, so Zhao and Ju are in the Tianzhang Pavilion of Wansongling. When Zhao and Ju arrived, Jeken Skye had been waiting for a long time, he was more familiar with the Great Song Dynasty, but he had not arrived in the past few years, which made him refreshed, so when he saw Zhao and Ju, he didn't need to be pointed out by others, and immediately bowed down and bowed.

After Zhao Youju gave him a seat, he asked with a smile: "It is not easy for your envoy to come from afar, and the road is full of turmoil and obstacles, I think I have experienced a lot, and tell me what I have seen and heard along the way." ”

Jakensky secretly glanced at Zhao Heju, the youth of the Great Song Emperor surprised him, he told him in detail about his trip, only halfway through, Xie Daoqing said outside again: "Your Majesty, Cui Xianggong asks to see you." ”

"Please come and hear it too." Zhao and Ju are not surprised, Cui and He love to run to the palace when he has nothing to do, sometimes he comes to play the right game, sometimes he comes to eat and drink, sometimes he comes to chat with him, and during this time, he simply came for his two precious children.

This is a wonderful person, Zhao Youju felt that he had chosen him to be the prime minister, and he was really right.

Choi listened carefully to Jekenskai's talk about the Great Eclipse, especially about the Abbasids' war with Monhu, and asked questions from time to time. After all, Jakensky has been away from the Great Food for more than a year, so he can only say a rough idea of the specific situation, but he is very familiar with the products and customs along the way. When he spoke of the Mustansiriya school in the city of Baghdad, he left his seat and saluted Zhao and Ju: "At the same time that this great university was being built in our country, in the far east, a holy monarch also expanded his university and collected countless precious texts. The villain must pay tribute to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty of the Holy Ming for this matter - an emperor's territory can only be passed on to his son, but the knowledge he left behind can be passed on to the world! ”

These words made Cui He shocked: "You black-clothed king, you actually have such ambitions!" ”

Zhao and Ju expanded the Guozijian and built Taixue big and beautiful, and the cost was between the inner library, so the courtiers did not object, in their minds, this is a move to promote religion and preaching, and it is a great good thing done by the Son of Heaven, but Jaken Skye's words made Cui He realize that the Son of Heaven is not only planning this, otherwise why would Taixue be so big, but most of the area is now empty!

"Speaking of this, I heard that your people are good at collecting books, and I have something to entrust to your envoys." Zhao Youju said: "If the envoy returns to China, he will buy books from Dashi University and Tupiao Astronomy, but he will get very little, one is because of the long distance, and the other is that Dashi merchants are generally reluctant to sell books, not only the time and energy consumed are too great, but also the profits are not safe.

In Zhao and Ju's view, the Tang and Song dynasties were quite open, but this level of openness was far from enough, with the development of the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, especially after the Song-Jin Covenant, the idea of the "Heavenly Empire" began to rise again in the Great Song Dynasty, how to make these overconfident scholars and doctors open their eyes to the world, the best way is to make them realize that there is still a civilization in the world that can be as beautiful as the Great Song Dynasty. He can bring the knowledge that promotes the development of science and technology from later generations and forcibly teach and teach the young people, but those books of philosophical wisdom are not as ignorant as he can start a sect. The plan now is to translate the articles of Western philosophers, which is just like Zhao and Ju have always believed: the so-called learning begins with mathematics and ends with philosophy.

"How?" Seeing that Jakensky was silent for a long time, Zhao Heju smiled and said, "I handed over my three-year franchise of Great Song Silk to you, can I get these books in exchange?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Hearing Zhao and Ju promise such a big piece of cake, Cui He couldn't help but shout, but Zhao and Ju glanced at him and shook his head.

"Your Majesty is saying...... All the silk sold to Da Shi in three years belongs to me? ”

"It's not all yours, but you have to buy it at the average price of this year, all the big food merchants, I only allow you to buy silk from the Great Song Dynasty, do you sell it back to the big food yourself, or do you resell it with the rest of the big food merchants in the Great Song Dynasty, how about it?" Zhao and Ju Dao.

"Thank you...... Thank...... Your Majesty, O Allah, what a wise emperor you have bestowed upon the Great Song Dynasty! Jekensky was ecstatic and threw himself at Zhao and Ju's feet, almost kissing the tips of Zhao and Ju's shoes.

He knew what a fortune it was.

"Great Your Majesty, no wonder you are called the Lord of Light!" He shouted excitedly and danced in front of Zhao and Ju: "All the caliphs together are not as wise as you, Allah, I must have done countless good deeds to accumulate such blessings!" ”

"Ahem!" Cui coughed a few times, and Jekensky came to his senses, and he hurriedly bowed down: "Your Majesty, please forgive the recklessness of the grass people, I am so happy and excited!" ”

"All of this will not take effect until you get me the books." Zhao Youju said with a smile.

"Of course, of course! I'll take a boat to Quanzhou tomorrow, and my ship is in Quanzhou, and I'll be back to Baghdad in the shortest possible time—if His Majesty the Great Song Emperor can send me a steamboat of that kind, I'll be able to get those books back sooner!" ”

The greed of the Arab merchants made Zhao and Ju a little annoyed, he glanced at Jekensky coldly, Jekensky felt as if he had been poured from head to foot by countless ice and snow, he suddenly remembered that this was the Great Song Emperor in front of him, who held the power of countless lives and killings, and not long ago, he also cut off the head of the fierce barbarian Khan as a gift to others.

Note 1: The Southern Song Dynasty Tianzhang Pavilion is not considered to be in the inner palace, which can be seen in Zhou Mi's "Wulin Old Things" and Yue Ke's "Shame Tanlu".