Wei Kang stood up and saluted: "The son-in-law thinks it's good now, but the queen thinks that the son-in-law should find a proper job in the yamen of the imperial court!" ”

Hua Mulan said: "We are royal, opening a business house is just a means to make money to supplement the family, if it is done as a serious thing, it is obviously not in line with the identity of the royal family, and it will also make the subjects discuss!" ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't agree to give Wei Kang an errand at the first time, and turned his head to look at his daughter Zhao Ling'er: "Second child, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Ling'er said: "Father, the daughter does not interfere with her husband's thoughts, he makes any decision, and the daughter supports it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said to Mulan: "The children are all older, they all have their own ideas, let's not interfere with them as elders, and impose our will on them!" My daughter is married, I also believe in her vision, I believe that the two of them can run their family well, and the son-in-law doesn't want to take the road of official career, so let's not force it, what do you say? ”

Hua Mulan glared at her daughter and son-in-law, "Hmph, I just hope you don't regret it in the future, the officials of the Great Qian Dynasty in the future are not what you can do if you want to, there are rules for everything, and this official has to climb up step by step, if you want to rely on the identity of a colt to be able to do it in one step, then you are wrong!" If you regret it in the future, if you want to be an official again, you can only be a small official when you are old, and even if you survive to death, you will not be able to be in a high position! ”

Zhao Junsheng saw that Hua Mulan became more and more energetic, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Okay, okay, Wei Kang doesn't have to make a decision in a hurry, you go back and think about it first, I will give you a few days, if you really don't plan to take the road of official career, you don't have to come here in the next few days, if you change your mind, come and see me, this matter is here, let's eat first!" ”

"No!" Wellcome agreed.

The family continued to eat, and the children were honest, and the meal was not noisy or noisy, and they ate silently.

At this time, King Jing Zhao Ting stood up and said, "Father, Erchen recently discovered a great talent and wanted to recommend it to his father!" ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look over, "Dacai? What talent does he have? ”

"Back to my father, this person's name is Chu Yuan, my son has known this person for a while, and I found that this person is unparalleled in his eloquence, brilliant writing, and even very insightful in governing the country!"

Zhao Junsheng was surprised: "Are you talking about Chu Yuan, the concubine of the princess of Nanjun in the Southern Dynasty?" ”

"Exactly, it turns out that my father also knows Chu Yuan, so it's easy to do!" King Jing Zhao Ting suddenly smiled.

Hua Mulan scolded with a straight face: "What's easy to do? I think you're dizzy, that Chu Yuan and Princess Nanjun are the royal family of the Southern Dynasty and are also captives, you bastard boy actually recommended him to your father, don't you think your father is not annoyed enough? That's it! ”

Zhao Ting was dissatisfied: "Queen Mother, Chu Yuan is indeed a concubine of the Southern Dynasty, but after all, he is a foreign surname, not Liu, and now he is in my Daqian, that is, a subject of Daqian, he is qualified to be an official in my Daqian!" ”

Hua Mulan said angrily: "I'm worried that if you raise a wolf, when you let down your vigilance, it will not only bite you, but swallow you whole!" ”

Zhao Ping, the king of Shu, stood up and said: "Fourth brother, I think the queen mother is right, don't say that the Southern Dynasty is still quite powerful now, occupying half of the Middle Earth, even if the Southern Dynasty is broken by us in the future, my great cadres will dominate the world, and our dynasty should also be vigilant against the royal family and officials of the Southern Dynasty!" As everyone knows, knowing people and faces but not hearts, who knows what these Southern Dynasty captives think in their hearts, do you think he has forgotten the Southern Dynasty, in fact, he has never forgotten in his heart, and has always thought about recovering the country! You treat him as a friend, but he is kind to you, and he uses you to achieve his various ends! ”

Zhao Junsheng opened his mouth and said: "Okay, Chu Yuan's matter will be talked about later, for the royal family of the Southern Dynasty, relatives, concubines and all those who are related to the royal family of the Southern Dynasty, for the time being, let them be officials in our dynasty!" As for those officials and generals who surrendered from the Southern Dynasty and were captured in the battle, our court cannot easily confer official titles on them, and they must be examined and inspected at all levels to ensure that they are no longer loyal to the Southern Dynasty and have no connection with the Southern Dynasty before they can be considered! ”

Zhao Ting saw Zhao Junsheng say this, and sat down with a calm expression, he boasted in front of Chu Yuan yesterday, saying that he would definitely be able to help Chu Yuan find an official position, but now he can only break his promise, where will he put this face?

The crown prince Zhao Dong stood up and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Father, Yu Zijun, the envoy of the Southern Dynasty, heard that his father returned to the court, and he has been asking to see his sons and ministers for the past few days, saying that he wants to meet his father."

Zhao Junsheng said: "There are still a few days to go to the day of the court meeting, let him meet him in the Zichen Hall that day, presumably the envoys of all the states and countries also want to see me, and they will arrange to meet me on the day of the court meeting!" ”

"No!"

After a few days, Wei Kang has not come to see him, Zhao Junsheng knows the son-in-law's thoughts, in his opinion, in fact, this son-in-law is not good if he does not take the official career, Wei Kang is not an official at all, if he really wants to be an official, he may be used as a gunman, and he may be sold one day.

On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, after the New Year, this day was the last court meeting in the nineteenth year of Daqian.

Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, and Wan Yutong came to the Zichen Hall together and accepted the worship of the ministers.

After the three of them sat down, Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Zhu Qing is flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers thanked him and got up.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Today is the last court meeting this year, what is the theme of this court meeting?" ”

As the crown prince Zhao Dong, who was in charge of the country, stood up and saluted: "Enlighten the emperor, this court meeting is mainly for the ministers to report to the emperor on the decrees and measures issued by the ministries since the beginning of this year, report on the implementation of the implementation, and report on the achievements and effects of these decrees and measures after the promulgation and implementation!" ”

"Also, publish the list of ministers on duty during the New Year and Spring Festival holidays; Finally, there is the meeting with the envoys of the vassal states and the nations! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Okay, then let's start!" ”

The main officials of the three highest institutions under the Shangshutai, Zhongshu and Menxia stood up in turn to report, and then the Shangshu of each ministry was completed, and it took a whole hour to finish.

Next, the crown prince Zhao Dong announced the date of the rest of the Spring Festival holiday and the list of the main rotating ministers of the three provinces, six ministries and nine kings during the rest of the year, starting from the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, until the seventh day of the first month is the day of rest, starting from the eighth day of the first month, the imperial court yamen work normally, and all ministers and officials must order to act on official business.

As for how to arrange the rotation of the three provinces, the six ministries, and the nine Qing yamen during the holidays, it is up to the main responsible ministers to decide for themselves.

The official of Honglu Temple stood up and said, "Your Majesty, everything is done, and the next step is to accept the audience of the envoys of all the states and countries!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Then let the envoys of the subordinate states go to the palace first!" ”

As the eunuch's edict spread, a group of envoys from subordinate states walked into the main hall in turn to worship Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and Wan Yutong, wishing him a great victory over the Southern Dynasty and a triumphant return.

Zhao Junsheng accepted their worship and gave them some comfort.

After these people found a place to stand, Zhao Junsheng asked, "Which country's envoys will take their turn to meet next?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the next person to be seen is the Persian envoy Yaztze, this person is the brother of the king of Persia, and his title is prince!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand and said, "Xuan!" ”

The eunuch immediately shouted: "The envoy of Xuanbo, Yaztize, has come to see you!" ”

The envoys were still some distance away from the Zichen Palace, and while they were waiting, Zhao Junsheng asked, "Has the Honglu Temple figured out the intention of the Persian envoys this time?" ”

An official of Honglu Temple stood up and saluted: "Back to Your Majesty, after several temptations by the ministers and other people and the people around the envoys, it is speculated that the intention of the Persian envoys this time should be to hope that Your Majesty will give an order to Kuhehan and let him continue to lead the army to attack the Bada people!" ”

In order to support more than 20,000 people in the westward expedition, Zhao Junsheng ordered 150,000 Rouran herdsmen to drive cattle, sheep and horses, and use chariots and horses to carry the pots and pans of the camp tents in the Qionglu camp to follow behind the army, providing support for the army in terms of meat and grain, as well as bows and crossbows and arrows.

This time the western conquest was used in the form of war to feed the war, and the imperial court only provided limited support, and everything was up to them.

This large army, which was mainly composed of Rouran cavalry and supplemented by the allied forces and cadres of the Western Regions, entered Dawan after crossing the Tianshan Mountains in May, and then began to wave its division to the southwest to attack the territories and tribal gathering places of the Bada Kingdom.

In just a few months, the Bada people suffered heavy losses, and in one battle, a 10,000-strong Bada cavalry was led into a gorge by Kuhehan and completely annihilated.

In the west, the Persian Empire learned that the Bada people were being attacked by the Great Qian Empire, so they also sent troops to attack the Red Hun garrison controlled by the Bada people.

Under the attack of the east and west sides, the people had to transfer back the army that attacked Zhongtianzhu, so that they could barely maintain the situation.

Soon, the Persian envoy Yaztze followed the eunuch into the palace and saluted Zhao Junsheng.

"The envoy of the Sassanid Empire, Yaztize, has come to meet His Majesty the Emperor of Daqian and greet His Majesty, the Empress and the concubine!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and asked, "Your Excellency Yaztize, I don't know what your identity is in Persia?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I am the brother of the current King of Persia, who was named Prince of Basra by the King of Persia, and held the position of Treasurer in Ctesiphon!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Okay, Your Royal Highness, tell me your intentions!" ”

"So that Your Majesty knows that I came on the orders of my king in the hope of further alliing with the Great Qian Empire and making efforts to jointly fight against the Bada people!"

"I heard that the Bada people first signed an alliance with the Great Qian Empire, and after their envoys returned to China, the Bada people tore up the covenant and sent troops to attack the western border of your country, of course, Your Majesty also sent troops to make the Bada people taste the bitterness, but my king thinks that with the current crackdown, it is not enough, and they should be completely driven out of Tochar!"