In the banquet hall of Qingchun Garden, the lanterns shine softly, the gold and silver utensils shine brightly, the rectangular giant dining table is covered with yellow and satin tablecloths, and the orchids in the gilt vase are blooming beautifully, rich and elegant.

The banquet living room is very spacious, there is a stage, now the silk and bamboo are fluttering, and the martial arts, Tsing Yi, and Hua Dan on the stage are like marquees, and they sing "Pan Tao Hui", which is a very lively martial arts play.

Qingchun Yuan is a place to watch the play when there are important guests in the palace or the princess and princess come to watch the play, like a small theater The hall has only one table, and the whole theater troupe runs at high speed, singing extremely hard, which is more energetic than the tens of millions of audiences under the stage.

In fact, Ye Zhao was also amazed by the ability of these artists in the palace opera troupe, without any mechanical equipment assistance, but the level of their stage props was unimaginably high, and the movement of the set was wonderful to the peak, Wu Sheng floated in the air on the clouds made of cotton balls, a big lotus flower made of pink silk, with two large green lotus leaves rose from the stage, the lotus leaves and petals gradually opened, the dignified Guanyin monk, dressed in all-white silk clothes, wearing a white turban, stood in the center of the lotus, when the leaf petals opened, The boy and the dragon girl stand in the middle of the petals, and after the petals are fully unfolded, Guanyin Bodhisattva gradually rises, and the petals slowly close.

Ye Zhao couldn't help but applaud lightly, the breadth and profundity of traditional Chinese art is really breathtaking, but it is a pity that in the electronic age, it is finally defeated by the false things made by electric currents, and it slowly tends to die.

Around the giant square table, sat Zhu Manyue, Ma Xiangyu and their families, young and unable to go to the banquet alone, Zhu Manyue was accompanied by her mother Zhu Jiutang, and Ma Xiangyu came with her father, that is, the boss of the small noodle shop Ma Ji Wanton Noodles.

Although Zhu Jiutang knew Ye Zhao's identity, and even made a cameo appearance for a few days, but for the first time he saw the luxury of the palace, the shock in his heart was indescribable, and when she came to the regent palace as a guest, she naturally dressed up on purpose, the flower skirt of water blue satin, the silver hairpin on the beautiful bun Zhu Hai was shiny, slightly charming, with eyebrows and eyes, and a graceful posture, but also bright and moving.

Boss Ma never dreamed that Xiangyu's good friend was the regent Fujin, and it was Chang Fujin, and he was still dizzy, and the pictures flashing in his eyes seemed to be intermittent, full of unreality, as for what people were saying, they only subconsciously answered, and they had already fallen into a state of sleepwalking.

A few steps behind him, a row of delicate maids gently shook their fans, and there was a slippery little maid wearing flowers and butterflies to send all kinds of snacks and sweets.

The two little maids carried a silver tray to Fu Jin to serve tea, a pure white jade teacup, the bowl lid was gold, and the other silver tray, there were two white jade cups, exactly the same as the previous one, one for honeysuckle, one for roses, and a pair of gold chopsticks.

Rong'er didn't have the [***] cute appearance in front of Ye Zhao, she twisted a few honeysuckles and put them in the teacup, and said to her friends Full Moon, Xiangyu, Zhu Jiutang, and Boss Ma: "You can also taste it, like it or not." "I personally helped them with honeysuckle in the four teacups.

Waiting for the little maid to send the fragrant tea to Zhu Jiutang and the others, Zhu Jiutang hurriedly got up and thanked Fujin, and Boss Ma had already made a lot of jokes, so he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

This situation made Full Moon and Xiangyu also timid, and then jumped down from the chair and looked at Rong'er.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Don't be too restrained, isn't it for you to suffer for inviting you here today, doesn't this Fu Jin miss her two little sisters?" It's so noisy, we won't be able to move around in the future. ”

"Yes, yes......" Boss Ma got up, his heart was full of joy, and he walked around? I actually stained my daughter's light, and I can kowtow to the prince from time to time?

This daughter who was considered to be a money-loser since she was born, and she just wanted to sell it for a good price when she was sent to school, suddenly became a golden bump, and Boss Ma said in his heart that when the child was born, there was a magpie in the yard calling, could it be that there was an omen in the sky? Alas? Why didn't you think that you didn't take good care of her?

Ye Zhao smiled and said to Boss Ma: "Xiangyu's family affairs are not in a hurry, in the future, Fujin will find a solid one for her." ”

Boss Ma was so happy that he didn't know what to say, grinning, smirking vigorously, and wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but was stopped by the female guard.

Ye Zhao looked at Zhu Jiutang again and said, "What's going on with the dart game?" ”

Zhu Jiutang bowed slightly: "Thanks to the prince, everything is fine." ”

For the Qing Gang, Ye Zhaozi will not take it lightly, but Old Man Zhu is also law-abiding, the business of the dart bureau has been good recently, and he has applied for thirty firearms, which is no way, most of the goods he goes go to and from Yungui, and the dart masters have no firearms.

Not only the Zhujia dart bureau, but also several dart bureaus in Guangzhou were equipped with a small number of firearms, of course, the muskets were numbered, and there were strict regulations for their use.

In Guangdong, the action to ban the militia has already begun, and it has strictly ordered the dissolution of all civilian armed organizations within three months, and firearms and even broadswords and spears must be handed over at a discount.

Guangdong has basically formed a military and civilian security structure in which the militia regiments, patrol groups, patrol houses, and local township office security teams are basically formed, and the banning of militia groups is the inevitable result of further expanding the influence of the civilian government axe to the villages, and it is also of great significance for maintaining social stability. The rest of the provinces will have to take their time, even in Jiangxi, the northern region has just quelled the war, and there will be a process of disbanding the civilian armed forces.

Zhu Jiutang pondered and said: "Lord, the matter of Zhao Wu last month really has nothing to do with my father, and we also follow the official documents of the patrol and arrest hall, and the previous incense sticks, torture sticks, and hall ceremonies have all been cancelled. ”

The Southern Dynasties drew on the experience of Hong Kong Island, where all professing triads were now convicted, and the law continued into later generations, and more than 100 years later, in Hong Kong, self-proclaimed gang members were also charged with intimidation.

Ye Zhao smiled: "It's not so unkind, you senior brothers and sisters are used to being called, do you have to force you to change your words?" As long as it is not the kind of past, disciples and grandchildren are all over the world, and violent gangs that rush to the top when encountering incidents do not mean that it is impossible to accept apprentices, and there must be a ceremony to accept apprentices. ”

Zhu Jiutang nodded again and again, only to feel that the regent said that he was in trouble.

Ye Zhao said again: "Zhao Wu's matter, I also know that it has nothing to do with the dart game, so you don't have to worry." ”

A disturbance caused by Zhao Wu happened more than ten days ago, this Zhao Wu was a disciple of the Qing Gang, and later entered the Guangzhou Health Bureau as a cleaner, but caused an incident.

The Health Bureau was not yet a permanent institution in the Southern Dynasties, and only a few large cities such as Guangzhou, Ganzhou, and Fuzhou had just been established, while the Guangzhou Health Bureau was the largest, with five or six hundred cleaners.

Most of these cleaners are outsiders, living in simple wooden dormitories built by the Health Bureau of Dongcheng New Town, which is naturally like a pig's kennel and a dog shed in the eyes of later generations, but now? Eat and live, the clothes are also unified, and there is a silver yang every month, think about the troubled times a few years ago, where to find such an errand?

However, Zhao Wu is obviously not satisfied, he is lazy to do, and gamble, often in the dormitory to gather people to gamble, disobey discipline, and finally the steward wants to fire him, he took advantage of the name of the green gang, gathered hundreds of people to rush into the cleaner dormitory compound, the steward beat up, and injured more than a dozen workers, there are many people, a strong momentum, but the head is hot, and rushed out to start looting the shop, soon hundreds of people participated, several patrols who arrived first were beaten, one of them was seriously injured, sent to the hospital and died, Then a large number of rifle patrols arrived, not to mention the force of bullets, killed dozens of rioters, Zhao Wu was also among them, and the rest were either arrested or fled, and a disturbance quickly disappeared invisibly.

This riot made Ye Zhao sigh, now in order to maintain the stability of the iron and blooded wrist is really inevitable, otherwise I am afraid that those restless cats and dogs will inevitably follow suit, after all, these years of troubled times, the killing is too heavy, and there are fierce people who have been stained with human lives everywhere, and the governing strategy of the peaceful era cannot prescribe the right medicine.

However, speaking of which, the human rights of the Southern Dynasties are now considered good, if it weren't for the weak national strength now, Ye Zhaozhen wanted to condemn and condemn the human rights records of the European countries, in the colonies, and even in their own country, the European countries are still far from the norms of civilized society, but I am afraid that they will have to slowly learn from the Southern Dynasties.

Now that I heard Zhu Jiutang talk about Zhao Wuyi, Ye Zhao didn't want to talk about it, after all, it was not a comfortable thing, he shook the folding fan, pointed to the stage and said, "The queen mother has appeared." ”

Everyone's eyes looked at the stage, the prince was interested in this scene, and the big guys had to hold their breath and watch it obediently.

After the refreshments, the big drama ended, Ye Zhao passed the meal, and the little maids sent in exquisite dishes.

And seeing Rong'er summoning the two little sisters to her side, and the three little brains cooing together, Ye Zhao smiled, his face full of love.

Ye Zhao sandwiched a chopstick of cherry meatballs, and just put them in his mouth, the little maid came to report that the fourth master Rui had arrived.

The prince's meal, which is originally a big matter, should be suppressed first, and then talk about it after the prince has eaten, but Ye Zhao has already ordered that no matter what he is doing, if an official comes to visit, he must report it immediately, and the official who chooses to visit the regent at the mouth of the meal must also be urgent.

Hearing that it was Ruisi, Ye Zhao beckoned, and the little maid sent a hot water towel, rinsed her mouth and washed her hands, and said to Rong'er: "You greet the guests." ”

Rong'er nodded obediently. Ye Zhao then told Zhu Jiutang and Boss Ma about the crime, went out of Qingchun Garden, and went straight to the flower hall of the small courtyard in the east of the lotus building.

Rui Si had been waiting in the flower hall for a long time, and when he saw Ye Zhao coming in, he was busy asking for a thousand people's peace, wearing a green silk robe, Rui Si looked more and more calm, but it was not a loss to say that he was moving his body and cultivating his body, managing thousands or even tens of thousands of spies, large and small, Rui Si, the head of the big spies, also had a bit of an unfathomable taste.

"Master, the slave has caught a leading figure of the Fairness Party, named Xue Mingjiu!" Rui Si smiled with a smile on his face.

Ye Zhao was stunned: "Xue Mingjiu? "Isn't it the matchmaker's nominal relative? Xue Sandao's younger brother?

Waiting for Rui Si to say: "This kid is quite arrogant, he must see Lord Su, and the slave doesn't dare to decide." Ye Zhao knew that it must be that little white face.

"How?" Ye Zhao picked up the teacup, blew on the green tip floating on the tea surface, and asked lightly.

"This kid went to Tsinghua Xiaozhu, and when he came out, we stared at him for a long time, found an excuse to check him, and then arrested him, but the master can rest assured, the people of Tsinghua Xiaozhu don't know that the minions are eyeing there, Xue Mingjiu himself doesn't know, he thinks it's the accent that shows the stuffing."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and Rui Si said again: "This kid is poor, and he was cleaned up a few times, so he obediently reported his name, but he is not small, he must see Lord Su, saying that he is the younger brother of Lord Su, and the slave does not dare to be proficient, and he also asks the master to decide." ”

Nothing is enough to lose, Ye Zhao couldn't help but sigh a little, Xue Sandao may not be a hero, but in this era, he can be called a strong man, but this younger brother is too embarrassed, he didn't say anything about his name twice, and he quickly pulled the matchmaker in, which is really laughable.

Thinking about it, Ye Zhao said: "Matchmaker, don't want to see him, you can ask whatever you want." ”

"Wow! The slave knows! "Rui has four rules and regulations, and he will lead a thousand orders.

Ye Zhao said again: "This person, you don't need to be all hard, give a little sweetness, he should have some weight among the party thieves, if he can be released to do things for us, it will be of great benefit to exterminate the party thieves!" ”

"Yes, the slave respects the master's holy parable." Rui Si was respectful, he didn't look like anything, but his speech became more and more explicit.

Ye Zhao waved his hand: "You also have to watch it, how to deal with this person is still up to you in the end, but there is one, even if we don't use it, we will leave a life." "If you don't know if it's not white, this person will call Rui Si to death, and the matchmaker will not be able to explain.

"Yes."

Ye Zhao glanced at Rui Si and said, "You still have something." ”

Rui Si said: "Yes, the slave received a secret report that Yixin sent people to negotiate secretly with a company in England, as if they were ready to agree to the British to build a railway from Weihai to Qingzhou. ”

Ye Zhao frowned, the north is indeed building a railway, but the consistent style, slow like an ox cart, a section of the railway from Yanjing to Tianjin seems to have been built for more than a year, and it has not yet been completed, and now the railway from Weihai to Qingzhou is going to be built?

This is different from the Southern Dynasties raising foreign capital to build railways, and I think I also know that it must have reached a secret agreement with the British, just like when the Germans built a railway in Shandong, in fact, the minerals along the way were also given away and given to others for mining.

Although the strength of the hardliners in the north is not so obvious, under the tremendous pressure of the southern dynasties, I am afraid that they have also given many benefits to the British.

Sandpipers and mussels compete, and it would be strange if the fisherman didn't take the opportunity to get involved, and he couldn't get any big gains in the Southern Dynasty, so he stared at the northern country.

Ye Zhao tasted the tea and couldn't see what he was pondering.

After a while, Ye Zhao said to Rui Si: "If you don't have anything to do, you can go, repair the railway, and serve snacks." ”

"Wow! Slaves retreat! Rui Si knelt down and kowtowed respectfully a few times, then got up and stepped back.

Ye Zhao sat in the flower hall, sipping tea, thinking silently.

By the time he returned to Qingchun Garden, the banquet had already dispersed, and Rong'er's two children had also left, and Rong'er was pacing and waiting for him, which made Ye Zhao laugh for a while.

There is a little [***] wife waiting and caring, but there is also a warm interest.

Banqueting friends in the school, Rong'er never wore Fujin's gorgeous clothes, so as not to frighten people and lose her intimacy. But it won't be too casual, Rong'er is wearing a red silk Manchurian cheongsam, but she is dignified and beautiful, and she has a young style.

"Xianggong, let's grill some meat and eat it, shall we?" Seeing Xianggong coming back, Rong'er proposed with great interest, in fact, she accompanied the guests, even if she wanted to keep her stomach, it couldn't be too obvious, lest the guests couldn't eat, and now she was worried that Xianggong hadn't eaten enough just now.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Don't eat, I wasn't hungry just now, Xiangyu and Full Moon are they eating okay?" ”

"Hmm." In fact, Rong'er made two "child" friends, and she was a little worried that Xianggong would laugh at herself, but now that she heard that Xianggong cared about the two "children", it was naturally because she was her friend, Rong'er thought sweetly, walked over, and took Xianggong's hand.

Ye Zhao picked her up and said with a smile: "Let's go, go to the study with Xianggong." "Rong'er just ordered a little head melon.

The study is antique, on the bookcase, the white jade kiln beast face pen wash is very eye-catching, the little maid is injected with clear water, Wang Wang Biyi presents, very wonderful.

There are also small maids to help polish the ink and warm the pen, the clear flower bamboo pen holder, the beautiful texture of the Jingpo Duan inkstone, the Huangshi dragon and tiger beast paperweight, the treasure of the study, each has extraordinary products, with the quaint and elegant infiltrated with wealth and majesty, clean and revealing the royal style, these antiquities are very particular about the selection, are all done by Rong'er.

Speaking of which, Ye Zhao felt that it was a waste for Ye Zhao to use this study, he was just a barbarian with a shoddy water storage pen in his hand and scribbling, how could he have half the elegance of his ancestors?

It's for Rong'er, and it will definitely complement each other.

"Rong'er, you help me write." Ye Zhao sat next to the bookcase, picked up Rong'er and put it on his lap, honestly and politely, who told his wife to write beautifully.

"Oh." Rong'er is naturally obedient and elegantly twists the brush.

Ye Zhao pondered and said: "I'll just tell me the general meaning, this text carving, word and sentence arrangement, you look at it, write it to foreigners, it is still the old rules, you must have a heroic spirit." ”

Rong'er nodded her little head again, in fact, Ye Zhao has asked her to do this in the past two years, and Rong'er is also very proficient.

There is no way, although the vernacular of the Europa countries may be easier to understand, but the original manuscripts of these note documents must be archived by foreigners, and thousands of years later, future generations will always make them feel the Chinese style, and the documents of this period cannot be all in the vernacular, which is inevitably unorthodox.

pondering, Ye Zhao said: "This is a note to the countries of Europa, telling them that the Yanjing political axe is not China's legitimate political axe, and now the Yanjing political axe privately signed with other countries, we will not recognize it, and if there is a dispute in the future, don't blame me for not saying anything." ”

Naturally, we should give vaccinations to Western countries, and don't think that China's affairs are so easy to meddle in, and in the future, if you lose your wife and lose your army, you have something to say first.

Rong'er tilted her little head, bit her little lip and thought for a while, and then put down the pen, the incomparably elegant little Kai made Ye Zhao embarrassed for a while, this little [***], why is it so painful?

(To be continued)