Chapter 69: Back to the Palace

Can't cross the same boat? There are still such regulations in the royal family, but Zhou Bian has never heard of it, so he couldn't help but stop and turn his head to look at the Taishi, but saw that the Taishi bowed his head and was silent. The pen and the fun pavilion looked at www.biquge.info the rest of the young masters and young masters and other important ministers behind him, and they didn't make a sound, so it could be confirmed that the master was indeed not wrong, so Zhou Bian looked at the queen mother suspiciously.

However, the Queen Mother didn't care so much, and snorted heavily, "At present, among the royal family, there is only one precious king, and the palace is not counted." With that, he pulled Zhou Bian onto the boat, and the supervisor and several guards hurriedly followed.

Taishi and the others had no choice but to get on another boat, the boatman propped up the oars and swung away, this Luoshui was only a few hundred steps wide, the waves were calm, the boat was slightly rippling in a moment and arrived in the middle of the river, Zhou Bian finally couldn't help but ask the queen mother, why the important people in the royal family were not allowed to cross the same boat. At this time, there were no other ministers, they were all people in the palace, and the queen mother looked a lot more kind, and explained it for Zhou Bian when she heard it.

It turned out that in the early days of the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after King Zhao ascended the throne, he launched a big war against the Chu State in the south, after a victory, King Zhao was ready to cross the Han River to return to the dynasty, and did not want the Chu State to win militarily, but he did his hands and feet behind his back, so that a group of soldiers disguised themselves as boatmen, and the boats used were glued together, King Zhao did not know that he still requisitioned a large number of such ships, and as a result, when the ship reached the center of the Han River, the hull was split, and even King Zhao fell into the water, and when the guards of the water were rescued, King Zhao had lost his breath. The Chu army took advantage of the situation to pursue, and the Zhou royal family was annihilated, which was the memorabilia of the six divisions in Hanshui, and the Chu state became stronger and stronger, and this was also the last large-scale conquest of the Chu state in the south by the Zhou royal family. So from then on, the royal family was still afraid, and made an unwritten rule that important members of the royal family were not allowed to take the same ferry, lest they all suffer at once. This is similar to the later British royal family's rule that important people cannot fly on the same plane at the same time.

The boat gently swung towards the north bank, it was rare to stay quietly with the queen mother, the water vapor on the river surface washed away a lot of the heat of early summer, Zhou Bian's heart also rippled, and for a while he suddenly felt that it was good to be like this, with his family, peaceful, and then turned his head to look at the queen mother, only to see that this always strong woman also narrowed her eyes, obviously intoxicated by it.

However, no matter how wide the river is, there will always be a time to reach the shore, not to mention that this Luoshui is not wide. The boat was obviously stunned, Zhou Bian and the others came back to their senses, it turned out that the boatman had jumped ashore and pulled the rope, and there were naturally guards waiting on the north shore. Seeing that the ship was stable, Jian Jia was the first to jump off the shore, and then turned around and stretched out his hand, the Queen Mother put her hand under Jian Jia's hand, made a slight effort, and the second went ashore, and when she turned around and wanted to take over the king, she saw Zhou Bian standing up by herself, and stepped onto the shore in two steps.

It turned out that there was a large group of people kneeling on the north shore in a smoke, headed by Pang Xing, and then there were Wang Sunjian, Liu Yun, Zhou Zhan, Zhang Hu, Jiang Ping, and others, as soon as they saw these people, Zhou Bian seemed to have returned to Songshan again, and then took a closer look, only felt that Wang Sunjian and Liu Yun's faces were more calm, and Zhou Zhan and Zhang Hu were more mature.

Pang Xing kowtowed a few times before speaking, "The king's good health is really a blessing for the ministers. This time, when they went south to train their troops, they pulled down two cottages, large and small, and only a dozen people were injured, but five people were killed or swept away by flash floods in the rainy night. Thanks to the king's blessing, the wounded are now in good condition, and the morale of the Royal Forest Army is particularly high. In addition, I would like to ask the king, what to do with these dozens of captives and Bai San'er in the Bai family's caravan that was saved? ”

"The first evil of the captives is sacrificed in front of the Taimiao, and it can be handed over to the mound at this time. Bai San'er was sent to Luoyang Baifu, there is no need to say anything else, Bai San'er is an understanding person. In addition, in this training, the rewards promised by the king must be fulfilled, and the bereavement of the wounded and the arrangements for the funeral of the deceased must be listed in a charter, which will be implemented immediately after the approval of the king. These are what Zhou Bian has thought about a long time ago, so he said it at this time.

After thinking about it, Zhou Bian wanted to add a few more sentences, but out of the corner of his eye, he found that the Queen Mother's face had begun to change, and there was a tendency to turn green, Zhou Bian had no choice but to give up, and saw Jiang Ping on the side and stopped talking, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and waved, so the scene quieted down. The Queen Mother has not been silent, maybe the Queen Mother subconsciously still thinks that Pang Xing and the others have a low status, and she is unwilling to talk to them directly.

Immediately after that, a few small boats went south, and after a few ferries, they picked up the people and carriages and horses on the south bank, and the whole process was slow, in sharp contrast to the rigor when Zhou Bian led his army south half a month ago.

The Queen Mother and Zhou Bian rode in the same car, and the rest of the ministers rode in cars and on foot, surrounded by a large number of guards, and marched towards Chengzhou City. Seeing that the Queen Mother's face was still unhappy, knowing that the Queen Mother was distressed that she would deal with state affairs as soon as she came back, if she could talk about some other topics to turn the Queen Mother's attention around, Zhou Bian's eyes rolled and turned, and after thinking for a while, he finally remembered the prescription he asked for from Doctor Qin, so he opened his mouth to show off. Sure enough, after chatting for a few words, the Queen Mother's face improved, and she lovingly hugged Zhou Bian into her arms, who doesn't like filial children. It's just that Zhou Bian is suffering, different from the previous hugs, but this time there are no negative emotions, this queen mother is not yet forty years old, it is the time of familiar charm, Zhou Bian made the boss to suppress what he thought in his heart, this is not his own mother. Speaking of the thoughts of people in their twenties, the body of a nine-year-old child is really uncomfortable.

Chengzhou City was not far from Luoshui, and after a while, a large group of people returned to the palace. Although he had only left for half a month, when he saw this ancient and slightly dilapidated palace gate again, Zhou Bian still had ripples in his heart. After entering the palace, he did not stay, obviously concerned about his son, the queen mother sent the princess and other ministers back, and returned directly to his small courtyard, just after entering the door, he heard the panicked voice of a group of women, and shouted that the king was back, but soon it was quiet again, under the leadership of Liu Qing, all the maids knelt down to say goodbye. Zhou Bian turned his head to look at the Queen Mother suspiciously, only to see the Queen Mother smiling and nodding, Zhou Bian immediately understood, daring to love the Queen Mother is trying to tie herself up with a beautiful woman, thinking of this Zhou Bian couldn't help crying and laughing.

After having dinner with his mother, he took a bath under the service of Liu's and others, and the hot water was particularly comfortable, as if he had washed away the bad luck of many days, but Liu's Qiao'er Liu Ruoshui and others obviously had red eyes, so the fraternity Zhou Bian coaxed for a long time, and several women showed a smile, and Zhou Bian lay down and fell asleep.

This sleep was extraordinarily sound, and it wasn't until the next day when the summer had risen that Zhou Bian woke up leisurely, and the leisurely days were really easy to make people lazy. Under the service of the maid, Zhou Bian washed his face and ate after eating, he only felt refreshed, the obscurity of lying in bed in the past few days was swept away, and he couldn't help but walk into the hospital, so Qiao'er took the sword, drew the sword in his hand, and danced on the mild summer day in the morning.

A sword momentum walked down, and when he felt that he was still unfinished, he suddenly saw a cheer from the gate of the courtyard, and turned his head to see that it was the Taishi and the Young Master. Zhou Bian hurriedly put down his sword, and a white eunuch on the side took it, this white eunuch was also newly sent by the Queen Mother, and now the Queen Mother is afraid that something will happen to Zhou Bian again. After the salute, the two masters walked inside. Qiao'er ran over before the two, and carefully wiped the sweat on Zhou Bian's forehead with a handkerchief, knowing that the king had state affairs to discuss, Qiao'er wiped the sweat and retreated to the side obediently.

It turned out that the two of them came to ask for instructions this time, Taishi was in charge of political affairs, originally from Chengzhou After the land reform, there were farmers in nearby Luoyang and Gongyi and even Wenyi on the north bank of the river who wanted to return to the royal family, in fact, they also wanted to divide the land, Taishi and others are currently politely refused, but this matter still needs to be reported to the king. Zhou Bian thought about it and nodded yes, Taishi handled this matter properly, if he accepted it, it would certainly increase manpower for the royal family, but it would offend several places, which would be extremely disadvantageous to the royal family, which was still very weak at this time, and there would not be so much land to divide. In addition to this, the royal family's business is also going well, the income is good, the crops planted this season are also growing well, and everything is going well.

The young division is in charge of the military, naturally it is necessary to report the three major military forces of the royal family, the palace guards and the Chengzhou garrison division are still in normal training and duty, and the Imperial Forest Army is also resting, but now the momentum of the Royal Forest Army is very different from the other two troops, no matter who approaches, they will feel that this is the real army, and when they heard this, Zhou Bian's face also showed a smile, this is the effect he wanted, of course, Li Mao, Zhao An and others who surrendered this time were also officially incorporated into the Royal Forest Army. Then the young master took out the plan for rewarding military merits listed by Pang Xing, which was basically what Zhou Bian had promised to the soldiers before, and all the property obtained from the cottage was rewarded to the soldiers, and the injured ones, as well as Wang Sunjian, Liu Yun and other meritorious service were rewarded with other rewards, which seemed to be very in line with Zhou Bian's meaning. So Zhou Bian nodded very happily and approved.

Unexpectedly, there was still hesitation on the young master's face, and he asked, "Great King, are there any rewards for the children of the clan and the nobles?" ”

Zhou Bian was puzzled, and hurriedly looked at the Taishi, and the Taishi opened his mouth to explain, it turned out that according to the ancestral system of the Zhou Dynasty, the king won the battle, and after he came back, all the nobles and nobles who were attached to the royal family were rewarded, but the reward was determined by the level of the title, and some were even more than the soldiers on the front line. Zhou Bian naturally didn't do anything about this, why did others bleed in the front, and you took the money in the back, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that no one will be willing to fight the battlefield anymore. So Zhou Bian shook his head, gritted his teeth and decided, in the future, if he does not follow the ancestral system, he will not be rewarded for those who have no military merits. The two Taishi hesitated for a moment but still nodded in agreement, fortunately, there are not many noble children in Chengzhou now, and it shouldn't be too difficult to implement.