Chapter 139: The Queen Mother Enters Beijing

On the second day, it was a good sunny day, the autumn wind was slow, there were no clouds, on the upper floor of Dingding Gate, Zhou Bian was dressed in royal clothes, and there were red-eyed Taishi and young masters standing on both sides. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis is the first time the Queen Mother has come to Luoyang, and the weight of the ceremony can no longer be less than that of Zhou Bian entering the city on the same day, so the Taishi and the young master naturally discussed overnight, and notified the Tian family, the Xin family, the Zhao family and other Luo Dayang nobles overnight.

Unlike the last time Zhou Bian entered the city, this time the colorful flags fluttered on the city tower, and it was obvious that the economic strength of the royal family and its dominance in Luoyang had improved considerably. And under the swaying of the colored flags in the wind, there are dozens of nobles in fresh clothes and gorgeous clothes, if it is not blocked by the battlements half of their bodies, I am afraid that the beauty of all kinds of brocade robes will be compared to the colorful flags.

Seeing that the day was approaching noon, everyone was waiting anxiously, when they suddenly saw the dust on the road in front of them, and soon a fast horse was coming, and the frame of the Queen Mother was about to arrive.

So under the leadership of Zhou Bian, everyone went down to the city tower together, and stood on both sides of the city gate in shifts, and Zhou Bian was naturally standing in it, waiting for the arrival of the frame. Finally, the dust was getting closer and closer, and everyone couldn't help but straighten their postures, only to see dozens of flags flying in front of them, and the flag-bearers were all on foot.

The first one was a luxurious carriage, and the coachmen were all dressed in brocade robes, and when they approached, the maid who was with them stepped forward to move a small stool and helped a middle-aged woman in fine clothes down. Before the brocade foot landed, he heard a bow outside the city gate, and the mountain shouted, "See the Queen Mother!" ”

Seeing that the queen mother was really coming, Zhou Bian couldn't help but hurry up to meet her, and finally grabbed the queen mother before she landed, and the maid who had supported her before naturally retreated, and Zhou Bian still walked towards the city gate alone with the queen mother.

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother walked in front of the people who bowed down, but did not look at the Luoyang nobles, but looked up at the three big characters of Dingding Gate on the tall city gate that had been corroded and broken by time, and sighed, "Alas, this is Luoyang, it is a pity that this palace is the queen mother, and the lord of my Great Zhou royal family is the first time to come to this Luoyang royal city, which is really a pity!" ”

Knowing that the Queen Mother was talking to everyone, but Zhou Bian didn't dare to continue, the expulsion of the royal family from Luoyang has happened a lot in history, not to mention that the Jin Kingdom, which has repeatedly determined that the royal family no longer exists, it is better to be careful, so Zhou Bian reminded softly, "The queen mother has worked the road, and the prince has been waiting here for a long time with the Luoyang ministers." ”

The Queen Mother looked down at everyone and said loudly, "Everyone, please get up, you are waiting for this palace here, thank you here!" He waved his hand slightly.

So everyone didn't dare to say anything, and after the Taishi introduced Tian and other big nobles, he set off to the palace again, and the queen mother naturally got into Zhou Bian's luxurious closed carriage and entered the city under layers of guards.

There was nothing to say all the way, and after returning to the palace, the queen mother set up a banquet in the Ming Hall to entertain the Luoyang nobles, and this welcoming ceremony was over. Looking at the back of a cadre of nobles and princesses and other ministers leaving, Zhou Bian was nervous in his heart, as if he was nervous about making a mistake when he was a child and was afraid of seeing his parents, but he couldn't hide, and the moment when the mother and son were alone together would still come after all, so Zhou Bian turned around and walked towards the Queen Mother with this big head, "Queen Mother, if you are tired on the road, please rest early, the prince in the palace has ordered the Liu family to clean up, and he lives in the Yong'an Palace on the west side of the Guide Palace." ”

"Wang Er is really attentive." The Queen Mother was obviously very satisfied when she heard this, and gently touched Zhou Bian's head. "Wang Erke is still coming to Luoyang for the palace to be so extravagant, but after arriving, he first sighed at the city gate, and felt puzzled?"

Seeing that the Queen Mother did not immediately ask about yesterday's events, Zhou Bian nodded hurriedly.

"You also know that the queen mother has lived a simple life, but for my royal son, it is to show my royal style, sigh at the city gate, but also to reflect the dignity of the royal family, my prince has to learn to live, now my royal family is not what it used to be, and can no longer show people with generosity and simplicity, otherwise it will not be able to suppress many big families in Luoyang."

"What the queen mother said is that the child has been taught." Although he didn't think so, Zhou Bian still nodded, but he thought in his heart that people didn't look at the clothes of your royal family, but whether the strength was good or not, but in front of the queen mother, he couldn't say this.

Xu hasn't seen him for a long time, most of them miss their son, the queen mother touched Zhou Bian's head again, and said, "Originally, the Taishi and they still wanted the palace to worship the ancestral temple today, but the palace refused, the palace is just a woman, why bother to go with so much fanfare, anyway, the palace has stayed here, and it is not too late to go tomorrow and tomorrow." The prince has not been by the side of the palace for a long time, and now the palace is in the Luoyang Palace, and my prince is going to visit the queen mother day and night! ”

"Kid, definitely." Zhou Bian hurriedly said yes.

"That's good. Wang Er is also tired today, and he has to deal with political affairs in the afternoon, so you can go and rest first, and the palace can be accompanied by Liu. The Queen Mother waved her hand.

When Zhou Bian heard this, he hurriedly saluted and withdrew.

Seeing the king leaving, Liu, who had been standing on the side of the main hall, walked up, "See the queen mother!" ”

Although the Queen Mother once wanted to let the Liu family be martyred, but aside from this, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is still quite good, only to hear the Liu family smile and say, "The queen mother came in a hurry today, didn't she hear about the king sneaking out of the palace yesterday, why did you see it today but didn't mention it?" ”

"You don't understand this, the king is big, he has his own opinions, if this palace imposes accusations, I am afraid that he will answer yes, but he will be very dissatisfied in his heart, and this palace as long as this day, he will not dare to act recklessly for a day, and it will always be a constraint on him. You have to remember this, the king is still young, if he is older, I am afraid that this Luoyang City will not be able to shut him up, the man's heart is not restrained, just like the king plays a kite, let it fly farther, as long as the line is still in his hands, he will not be able to escape, and for the king, this Luoyang is his home, we just need to guard his home, don't worry about him not coming back. Oh, it's far away, how to talk about it here, in fact, the palace is just worried about his safety, after all, the king is still young, and there are few guards around him, and when he is older, the palace will not care about him anymore, okay, don't talk about the king, you can take the palace to the Yong'an Palace to see it, this name is good, I have never heard of such a name in the Ming Palace before, it must be new, and it is difficult to work hard for this child. This palace is really the first time in this palace, and I don't know how it compares with my Chengzhou Palace. ”

Saying that, the Queen Mother held Liu's outstretched hand, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law laughed while talking, and walked leisurely towards the deep palace.

After Zhou Bian rested a little, he walked to the front hall and began to deal with political affairs again. This is not a court meeting, so only a few people such as the young master, Jian Jia, Tian Dafu and Ning Dafu were present, and they each reported their own, and Zhou Bian only nodded to indicate that he knew or put forward his own opinions. In the era when there was no paper, except for major events or those who were in a different place like Bai Gui, they basically relied on their mouths to report, and there was no such thing as a fold.

What the young master said was nothing more than a matter of training, and under the condition of guaranteed food, it was still quite effective to use veterans to lead the team to practice, and now it can basically form a queue. Fortunately, the royal family's various industries are making efforts, and after spending the royal family's various expenses and training money, there is still a slight surplus, although it is still some distance from Zhou Bian's original vision of vigorously developing commerce, but it is not bad, it is expected that the princes of this troubled era are standing one after another, resulting in commerce is not as extensive as imagined, but if it is stable and developing, and slowly opening up the trade channels of various countries, it is still worth looking forward to.

As for Tian Yi, it was an old face and a smile bloomed, it turned out that he had been holding back for half a month, and the sensation brought by the listing of refined salt yesterday still made the Tian family overjoyed, and the inventory was sold out in one day, in fact, Zhou Bian naturally knew about it, but he still listened to it with a smile, and his face was also overjoyed, after all, the royal family also profited from it, and it was still a big head. After the two of them shared the joy, Tian Yi inevitably made another request, hoping to increase the industry, Zhou Bian naturally smiled and agreed, and asked him to go directly to Cheng Zhou's Doctor Bai.

These are actually trivial things, but if you want to develop, you have to endure loneliness, King Chu Huai has not been a blockbuster for three years, I don't know if he has been immersed in these little things for three years, so Zhou Bian also set a three-year plan for himself, and he will be twelve years old after three years, although he dare not say that it is a blockbuster, but he must also make the princes and countries dare not look down on the Zhou royal family from now on.

After the matter was reported, the young master and the other three took their leave, only Ning Yue was still there, and after sending others away, Ning Yue arched his hand and said, "King, Ning has something important to report, mainly because it is inconvenient for Tian to hear it, and I ask my king to understand." ”

Knowing that this was the case, Zhou Bian smiled and said, "Ning Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

According to the king's original idea, his subordinates divided them into two teams, one team wore the uniform that the king said, patrolling the bustling market in the south, specifically to check whether there was any bullying and dominating the market, and the other team was dressed in regular clothes, and walked around the nine gates of Luoyang and the nobility gathering area of Dongcheng to monitor whether the nobles in the city had any moves. If there is no major event, every day before sunset, these two teams of men and horses must report to their subordinates on the movements of Luoyang. ”

These were already heard, so Zhou Bian nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"In the past half a month, everything has been as usual in the city, I thought that I could find the remnants of the Deng family, but there was still no clue, I think it should be that the subordinates have too few people. This will be said later, the minister will report to the king alone this time, yesterday when his subordinates came to report, suddenly several teams entered the city, the few were only twenty or thirty people, and the most were more than two hundred, and they all looked like some strong men, not merchants or men, so they were noticed by the minister's subordinates. And after they entered the city, they went straight to the homes of several nobles in the east of the city, and then they have not come out until now. Suddenly, thousands of people entered the city, and the subordinates were also suspicious, so they informed the young master and asked him to pay attention, but fortunately nothing happened so far. But why it was yesterday, the ministers were puzzled, until yesterday evening, when they heard that the king went out of the palace to visit the people, this was suddenly realized. ”

As he spoke, Ning Yue lowered his voice, but Zhou Bian was still indifferent, as expected, this aristocratic family is still a little restless, it seems that he is going to attract attention, Luoyang is his own base camp, and he can't afford to miss the slightest. So Zhou Bian bowed and said, "Then can you remember which ones?" ”

"Naturally, there are a large number of people in Luoyang, Gongzisheng, Gongziqian, Gongsun Fushang, and Henan Wang's family. Among them, the most people are the son of the winner, two batches, and there are more than 300 people. ”

Those who can be called sons and grandsons are basically descendants of Zhou Gong who were previously sealed in Luoyang, and it seems that they are still a little unconvinced. It's just that this Ning Yue is really attentive to doing things, and the status of a subordinate can do this, if it is not a traitor, it is rare.

"This king knows, and he will strengthen surveillance in the future, and he will work hard to love Qing."

Unexpectedly, Ning Yue suddenly dragged the cushion, moved closer to Zhou Bian, and said, "Your Majesty heard that the king has a dilemma in his heart, can you listen to it under Your Majesty, maybe Your Majesty can share your worries for the monarch." ”