No one could recognize Martha, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, as a soldier of the Guard, but no one thought he looked like a good man. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Ma Da looked vicious, and he couldn't say polite words, he shouted and drank, his eyes swept wildly, and he was regarded as a robber who came to step on it, and the men of the whole village came out to surround him, holding shovels and pickaxes, and shouting "Kill the officer".

Martha kicked down a man, turned around and ran wildly, but he didn't know the way, was surrounded by the villagers, and almost died under the sticks.

Chao Whale arrived just in time, claiming that it was his servant, who had lost his way and came to ask for directions, without admitting that he had offended the people with his words.

Chao Whale was wearing a silk shirt, like a young master of a rich family, and won the trust of the villagers and spared Ma Da's life.

The next thing is simple, Chao Whale Fat Tongue flickered, and quickly won the favor of the villagers, under the pretext that it was late and needed to stay overnight, the villagers did not dare to stay with the guests privately, and sent the two to the village.

The steward of the village has seen the world, and at a glance he judged that the master and servant were not really rich people, at most they were nouveau riche, so they politely stayed, provided wine and food, a few glasses of wine, and invited Chao Gongzi to gamble.

Chao Whale held back his gambling nature, claiming that he would not, let the servants do it for him, and he came out to enjoy the scenery and wanted to go shopping.

So, Martha gambled money in the village, Chao Whale wandered around the village, and when he saw people, he went over to talk, he is now a guest in the village, and the attitude of the villagers is much more polite.

Ma Da is good at gambling, but the gambling skills are average, and when the "young master" comes back, he has lost dozens of taels of silver, and the people on the village are more polite, and the next morning they are sent out of the village, and they are warmly invited to play again.

It was almost dark that the two returned to the city and immediately changed their clothes to meet the emperor.

The Emperor was still in Lingyun Pavilion, but he didn't summon the two of them immediately.

Zhang Youcai stayed downstairs and whispered: "Your Majesty is discussing with the generals, yesterday, today, two afternoons, Your Majesty has explained, saying that you will stay for a while after you come back, and Your Majesty wants to see you." ”

Ma Da yawned and slept on the table, Chao Whale stood aside, pondering how to tell the emperor about the situation later, and asked casually: "Are the officials in the court still complaining?" ”

"It's all back to the yamen, and they're all alive." Zhang Youcai said disdainfully.

Seven military attachés were fighting upstairs.

These seven people were all personally selected by Han Ruzi, including Lai Bingwen, who seduced his wife and had a bad reputation, Chen Huan, who was unearthed in the boring music, Di Kai, a veteran who was old and serious and recommended by the Ministry of War, Shao Kejian, who performed well when Yun Mengze suppressed bandits, and Xie Cun, a noble son who was appreciated by the emperor at a young age, and the other two were generals recommended by Fang Daye before his death.

There was only one thing they were arguing about: whether they should withdraw their troops from the Western Regions.

Most people supported the imperial court's decision, believing that Great Chu should concentrate on dealing with the threat from the north, and that the Western Regions could be temporarily abandoned and wait for the north to stabilize before sending troops to recapture it.

Only Lai Bingwen and Xie Cun objected.

Xie Cun was young and vigorous, thinking that Da Chu would fight for every inch of land, and that the Western Regions had been a vassal of Da Chu for many years, so he could not be abandoned.

Lai Bingwen thought that the reason why the Western Regions became a feudal screen was because the Great Chu was strong, and as soon as the Chu soldiers retreated, the countries of the Western Regions would definitely fall to the enemy, although the Western Regions could not afford the march of the army, but the defense of the west of the Great Chu was also very weak, and there was only one Yumen Pass that could be used as a gateway.

"It's like two armies facing each other, the enemy is strong and we are weak, even if our army has the intention of retreating, it must not be revealed, we must fight step by step, steadily and steadily, show the enemy that the enemy will fight, and then try to advance and retreat. Even if His Majesty intends to withdraw his troops from the Western Regions, he should not directly issue a holy decree, and should give the generals of the Western Regions the right to cheapen. General Deng's life and death are unknown, and General Zhang. The ministers are boastful in the capital, but it is not as good as General Zhang's view in the tiger city. ”

It was these words that moved Han Ruzi, he suddenly woke up, and regretted it, he should not have issued the holy decree to recall Chu Bing, as Lai Bingwen said, Zhang Yin and Deng Cui should be given more autonomy.

If it weren't for the emperor's majesty, Han Ruzi really wanted to reissue the holy decree immediately, but he had to stay calm, and seeing that it was getting late, he ended the discussion.

After the generals left, Zhang Youcai went upstairs and asked, "Chao Whale and Martha are back, do you want to see Your Majesty?" ”

"See you." Han Ruzi is still very tired today, but he is in good spirits.

Ma Da yawned for days, only remembering that he was almost beaten and lost dozens of taels of silver, all of which were Chao Whale to report the situation to the emperor, "The Zhuangzi we went to belongs to the Chai family, for decades, more than half of the people in the village have not been naturalized, they have heard of the holy decree, and they are reluctant to leave, saying that the Chai family is powerful, can protect them, and if they stand on their own, they are more likely to be bullied." ”

Han Ruzi frowned, "Is the Chai family very good to them?" ”

"It's good, the villagers are all grateful, but I know what's going on." Chao Whale smiled and shook his head, "The villagers can't see the Chai family at all, they only know that the land they planted belongs to the Chai family, how dare they say bad things about the Chai family?" A few bold people told me that Zhuang Tou'er was ruthless, and often found excuses to collect more rent, and did not hand it over to the Chai family, but kept it himself, but the villagers did not dare to file a complaint, thinking that Zhuang Tou'er must have a backer in the Chai family, and it was useless to sue. ”

"Would the men of the village be willing to join the army?"

Chao Whale shook his head, "I asked, no one is willing to be a soldier, and they all feel that it is a dangerous business with no return, so it is better to farm honestly at home." ”

This is almost the same situation as Kang Zijiao said, Han Ruzi sighed, thought for a moment, and asked, "The same villagers, why are you willing to join the army?" ”

"It's different, they are farm farmers, they almost never leave the village all their lives, at most they go to the nearby market to catch up, let alone go to the frontier to be soldiers, and they can be scared half to death when they enter the city. Chaojia Village is a fishing village, just fishing can not feed the whole family, the men in the village have gone out to wander when they were young, some are in business, some are coolies, and some are gangsters and robbers, which is worse than being a soldier, so as soon as His Majesty said that he should eat and live, everyone came. ”

Han Ruzi smiled, in order to support this song, it cost him a lot of money, and he even needed Cui Xiaojun to go home and insist on it, and then he sighed again, although the Cui family was reluctant, but it really helped him a lot.

"And the people had their own ideas."

"Of course, as the saying goes, 'the same rice raises a hundred kinds of people', that is, in the fishing village of the Chao family, there are also people who don't like to be soldiers, and now they still make a living by fishing. I once went back to the village, and they were quite envious of us, saying that we had a good vision and followed the emperor, but when asked if they would like to be soldiers, they still shook their heads, saying that it was too dangerous, and they had to work hard to keep their wealth, and they would rather live a hard life. ”

Han Ruzi had nothing to say, the soldiers of Chaojia Fishing Village suffered great losses in Jincheng, they enjoyed wealth and nobility, and they also served their lives when necessary.

"Some things, it's really a dilemma." Han Ruzi said with emotion.

Chao Whale nodded, he didn't feel anything difficult, but he didn't want to refute the emperor, Martha beside him suddenly stood up, glared and shouted, "What's so difficult?" It's just a break, it's all wrong anyway, it's better to be tough. ”

Han Ruzi laughed and asked Zhang Youcai to send the two away.

Zhang Youcai came back to pack his things and couldn't help but look at the emperor twice.

"What are you thinking?" Han Ruzi asked.

"Your Majesty seems to be ...... today It's a pleasure. ”

"Do you think it's strange?"

"The officials are back to the Yamen, but the problem has not been solved, and it seems that it has become more difficult to listen to Your Majesty's wishes, so ......"

"It's hard, it's hard, it's a hundred times harder than I originally expected." Han Ruzi said this, but his tone seemed very relaxed.

Zhang Youcai became more and more confused, but the emperor did not explain.

Han Ruzi returned to Qiuxin Palace, and Queen Cui Xiaojun said worriedly: "My brother...... He didn't understand the deep meaning of His Majesty's disposal of the Cui family, thinking that he would never be forgiven by His Majesty again, and he was going to die or live at home, and he hadn't eaten for a few days, and his mother wrote to me, I really didn't want to trouble Your Majesty......"

"I understand that the queen can reply to her family, saying that you have obtained my consent, and you will summon Cui Teng in two days and let him recover and come to see me."

"Does Your Majesty really want to see my brother?"

"If nothing else, just for the dangers that Cui Teng has taken for me, I should also meet him, but he still has to go to the frontier, so let's see him off."

"The Cui family has embarrassed His Majesty." Cui Xiaojun was very ashamed.

Han Ruzi shook his head and looked at his daughter, "If the emperor is not embarrassed, it must be because of inaction." ”

He went to greet the Queen Mother as usual, and afterwards followed his mother to Cining Palace, and retired the eunuchs and palace maids, "I have been back to Beijing for many days, and I have not yet asked the Queen Mother for sin." ”

"What crime please?" Empress Dowager Cining said in surprise.

"I have done a lot of things that have angered the Queen Mother outside, and I want to ask for the crime of unfilial piety."

Empress Dowager Cining sighed, "Your Majesty is my son, no matter what you do, it is not a sin, not to mention that you are thinking about the world, even if I was puzzled at the time, it is time to wake up after so long, Your Majesty is entangled in affairs, I really shouldn't add to the chaos." ”

"I am indeed entangled in affairs, so I have something to ask the queen mother to do for later."

The Empress Dowager Cining was really surprised, her son had been the emperor for so long, and this was the first time she asked for help.

"What's the matter?"

Han Ruzi was silent for a while, "Investigate the truth about Emperor Si's death." ”

Empress Dowager Cining's face changed suddenly, "Haven't you already found out that it was done by Concubine Cui?" ”

Han Ruzi shook his head, "There are many doubts in this matter, and the Empress Dowager Shangguan is only afraid that she has made a mistake." ”

"Then there is no need to clear the name of Concubine Cui." Empress Dowager Cining said dissatisfied.

"It has nothing to do with clearing grievances, if the original poisoner is still in the palace, how can I rest assured?"

Empress Dowager Cining stared at her son, "Your Majesty is telling the truth?" ”

"Sincerely, I originally wanted to investigate this matter after the purge of the imperial court, but now it seems that there will only be more and more things in the future, and I will not be able to spare my hands for a while, so I want to ask my mother for help, this matter can only be investigated secretly, and when necessary, I can ask Jing Yao for help. I have only one request, whoever is involved, please let my mother know me. ”

"Of course." The Empress Dowager Cining was still confused, "Why didn't Your Majesty let the Empress investigate this matter?" ”

"The queen is soft-hearted and can't do such a thing."

Empress Dowager Cining thought for a while, nodded and agreed, "There are not only Your Majesty living in the palace, but also the prince and princess, I will never allow hidden dangers, if there is someone else who poisons him, I must dig him out." ”

"Don't make a big deal." Han Ruzi reminded.

Empress Dowager Cining waved her hand to show that she understood.

Han Ruzi retired, he arranged a task for his mother, and next, he had to find something for more people to do, and he began to realize where he had done wrong before. (To be continued.) )