Chapter 61: The Emperor's Prime Minister
Although he has experienced countless exams in modern times, Zhao Rui does not have any ancient exam questions at all, and there are already hundreds of people lined up outside, so everything is simple and directly thinks of the simplest question.
"Tell us what you think about the current situation in the world."
There were only Zhao Rui and the candidates in the room, and under Zhao Rui's intentional hints, these literati talents also spoke freely.
Some people who bite the text and pretend not to be forced, who say that there is great hope in the Southern Song Dynasty, and even more so pedantic and cunning people.
Zhao Rui deeply felt how short-sighted people in this era were, and at the end of the day, 32 barely qualified people were accepted.
In the past few days, because of the victory, the soldiers have trained more seriously, and those new martial arts practitioners are obviously a little unbearable, but the example of the old soldiers, coupled with Zhao Rui's heroic aura, will not let them leave.
The guarantee of five taels of silver per month is much more profitable than finding a living.
In addition to the daily physical training and the practice of the Yue family's marksmanship, marksmanship training has now been added, but Zhao Rui does not have so many bullets for them to practice, just practice aiming with an empty gun.
However, Zhao Rui knew that marksmanship was made of bullets, and it seemed that he had to go back to modern times to purchase a large number of ammunition, but Ling Yu did not have an accurate delivery time, which made Zhao Rui feel deeply limited.
At the same time, the goods brought by Zhao Rui were almost sold.
On the streets of Jingjiang Mansion, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law all wore shiny hairpins, which added a lot of color to the women in the city.
Some keen businessmen also came to Jingjiang Mansion to pick up the goods, but there was not much left to issue the card, so they could only take colored rubber bands, and they were all dissatisfied.
Especially in big cities, it is sought after by the aristocracy, and several hairpins that meet the aesthetics of the Song people have even been speculated to sky-high prices!
It is estimated that if Zhao Rui goes to Lin'an City to sell, the price will definitely be several times higher than that of Jingjiang Mansion.
Lin'an City Palace, in the Huijing Hall.
"Hehe, sister! Do you think my hairpin looks good? β
The concubine who was reviewing the recital glanced at it and said in disgust: "Be quiet, don't wake up the emperor......"
As soon as the concubine finished speaking, she was dazzled by the hairpin, threw the music fold aside, and went to play with the hairpin.
"Wow! You're so beautiful, shiny, I've got a few collections that don't have a ...... like you."
"Hehe, sister, don't beat me, this piece was bought by people out of the palace just now!"
"Yike...... There's a new one again, I'll take a look! β
"I'm going to see it too, I'm going to see it too!"
No matter how beautiful the agate stone in Huijingtang is, it can't compare to a small hairpin.
The four flower-like concubines gathered together, chirping and laughing.
On the imperial couch in the middle room, Zhao Yuan, the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, woke up naturally from his sleep and stretched his waist for a long time.
Yesterday, I took the Tiger Whip wine and it really worked, and I could even connect the four imperial concubines, which was really brave! But it seems that it has been three poles in the day, and it is still tired after all.
Zhao Yuan heard the voice of the concubine outside, and lay on the bed and shouted: "Concubines, come quickly, and fight with me for another three hundred rounds!" β
Zhao Yuan has been stupid since he was a child, and after he became an adult, he fell into the affairs of men and women and couldn't extricate himself, and now he is twenty-two out of thirty, and he is still enjoying it.
"Yikes! The emperor woke up......"
The fourth concubine hurriedly ran to Zhao Yuan, knelt on the edge of the bed, and praised the emperor for how brave and strong he was last night, and Zhao Yuan couldn't stop smirking when he heard it.
"What were you talking about?" Zhao Yuan asked casually.
"Back to the emperor, we are discussing how to look good in the hairpin! Your Majesty, please see ......"
A concubine shook the hairpin in her hand as if she was offering a treasure.
"Oh, it's really exquisite, I think it's even more beautiful than the jewelry in the palace!" Zhao Yuan was also amazed when he saw it.
"Your Majesty, I know that this is a businessman named Zhao Rui in Jingjiang who is selling, but I heard that the quantity is extremely rare, and it has even been sold out, alas...... Such a beautiful object is gone......"
A concubine looked regretful and regretful.
"Hehe, what's this, the whole world is mine, I just let that Zhao Rui buy it! Purchased goods, specially brought to Lin'an! Zhao Yuan smiled nonchalantly.
"Huh? Zhao Rui? This name is so familiar! β
The concubine who had just made the folds had an idea, jumped and ran to the outer room, and took the folds that had been opened on the table.
"Your Majesty, look at it, there is a person in Jingjiang Mansion who has a meritorious role in repelling the Tartars, also named Zhao Rui, I don't know if it's the same person!"
"If you don't look at it, don't you have to sleep after watching it? You read it, convert it into vernacular and listen to me, alas, those who can't listen to it these days have a headache when they listen to it! β
Emperor Zhao Yuan frowned, and seemed to be particularly disgusted with things like words.
The concubine took this piece of music written by Liang Dong, which praised Zhao Rui as a heroic boy without hesitation, killed more than 2,000 Tartars, seized more than 300 sophisticated weapons, and even made the princess Arjuna of Dayuan fall in love and took the initiative to stay in Jingjiang City, and finally summed it up, if there was no own arrangement and command, Zhao Rui would not have been able to achieve such an impressive record.
"Wow! This man is amazing! β
Zhao Yuan listened interestingly, and directly turned over and clapped his hands and shouted: "Spread my will, let Zhao Rui come to see me as soon as possible!" By the way, let him take Princess Dayuan, hehe, I've never played with the princess of Mengren! β
"Yes...... Emperor. β
In the "Back Garden" across the lake from the palace, Jia Yidao, the prime minister of the dynasty, was fighting crickets in the pavilion with a group of concubines.
"Haha, Miaozhen, you should take it back, in case my black-headed general bites him to death, I can't bear to feel sorry for you!"
Jia Yidao is close to sixty years old, with gray hair, and the concubines next to him are all beautiful girls, and the one called "Miaozhen" turned out to be a young nun.
At the end of the Song Dynasty, there was a great trend of lewdness and luxury, don't look at Jia Yidao to celebrate the year of the sixtieth year, but he didn't live behind, so he got a nun to come back for a change of taste.
"My lord, the emperor has a decree to leave the palace today!"
A guard from the Taishi's Mansion stepped forward to report and handed over a letter.
"Alright, let's go down."
Jia Yidao's face was as usual, and now the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty are all looking at their own horses, and the emperor has already been set aside, knowing that this is a handwritten scroll of the holy decree sent by the Hanlin Academy, and he opened it and looked at it casually.
What can he, Zhao Yuan, an idiot, do, do, and not much of a beauty pageant or a trick.
Hey? Zhao Rui again?
The letter has two parts: the original text of Liang Dong's recital and the emperor's decree.
This is the second time Jia Yidao has seen this name today.
In the morning, the Jingjiang Prefecture General Judge also sent a letter, which also mentioned that Zhao Rui's musket was sharp, lest it threaten the safety of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Although Zhou Tong is judged to be his protΓ©gΓ©, but at present, Xiangfan is besieged, and he doesn't know when the country will be ruined, how can a civil force be a threat?
Isn't this a waste of his time to have fun, Jia Yidao didn't even bother to reply to the letter, and just forgot about it.
Now that I have read the decree, I have connected two things.
Killed more than 2,000 Yuan troops, captured more than 100 weapons and horses, and the princess of the Yuan Dynasty Wei Guo was admired, so that the 80,000 yuan army retreated......
These words are teasing Jia Yidao's nerves over and over again.
The green tendons on his forehead jumped suddenly.
Difficult...... Could it be that the Great Song Dynasty was saved?
Jia Yidao is a very popular minister, and he has the power to cover the government and the opposition, and he doesn't want to lose his current extravagant life more than anyone else.
The reason why he was besieged and didn't report it was just because he was cold to the court, and felt that the time of the Great Song Dynasty was short, so he broke the jar and broke it.
However, this sudden appearance of Zhao Rui gave Jia Yidao some spark of hope.
What if these muskets could really defeat the Yuan army......
Jia Yidao was a little anxious, and he couldn't wait to meet this young man named Zhao Rui.
"My lord, come and play, I have a green hemp head here, it's very tight!"
Another beautiful concubine saw Jia Yidao wandering for a long time, and couldn't help but call out coquettishly.
These concubines are familiar with the rolling melons on the back of Jia Yidao's "Promoting Weaving Sutra", and the nouns and terms come as soon as they open their mouths, just to please him, but now they make him a little bored.
"What to play! Playthings don't understand or not, let me go back to the house! β
Jia Yidao sent a nameless fire, and went directly to the Hanlin Courtyard in a sedan chair, he urgently needs to see more Jingjiang Mansion now!
Lin Shizhao didn't go to the shop today, took leave, and was walking in the direction of Jingzhongshe.
After the turmoil, the Lin family returned to its former tranquility, and the porcelain shop reopened, but Mrs. Lin couldn't help muttering, why didn't she see Zhao Rui to propose marriage.
Therefore, Mrs. Lin forcibly asked Lin Shizhao to go to Zhao Rui's mansion, and she had to vaguely understand what he meant.
Cut, what did you do earlier.
Wouldn't it be a long time ago to marry his sister to him, so why would he use himself to inquire about Brother Zhao's thoughts.
Does obscure mean to be tactful? But what about the more tactful words?
Lin Shizhao frowned, and before he could think about it, he had already arrived in front of the Jingzhong Society.
There is a pair of jade lions on the left and right of Jingzhong Society, and the door is newly painted with red paint and is open. From time to time, there were bursts of roars from the people who practiced martial arts inside, and the sound resounded through the sky, and the momentum was mighty.
Lin Shizhao walked in with a probe and saw the little girl Zhiling, and hurriedly called her to his side and asked, "Is Brother Zhao at home, I have something to tell him, you can take me there." β
The courtyard was full of people, and Lin Shizhao couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw it.
"Oh, Lin Gongzi, it's not the right time for you to come, my young master is not in the house, so I went out to find Hu Ren to buy goods yesterday."
"...... like this"
Lin Shizhao ran in vain, sighed helplessly and was about to go back, but bumped into the prefect Zhu head-on.
"The villain sees the prefect!"
Lin Shizhao hurriedly saluted.
But Zhu Ji regarded him as if he had nothing, and hurried into the courtyard with a few people.
"Where is Zhao Rui? Let him come out and take the order! β
He was accompanied by a eunuch, who barked at the throat of the male duck.
Zhao Rui was not there, everything was decided by Zhao Xiaoyi, Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ran forward.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my young master went out to buy goods and did not return, please forgive me."
Before Zhu Ji could speak, the eunuch lowered his face: "Be bold and make a fool of the people!" It's hard to let our family wait for him! β