Chapter 46: Expulsion
When I arrived at the council hall, there were already many officials waiting outside. But in the past, Zhang Shijie and Mr. Zhang, who always came first, are not seen today.
Seeing Zhao Dongting arrive, the officials who learned that he was going to officially pro-government today saluted one after another, and then walked towards the Yizheng Hall with Zhao Dongting, and stood in order in the Yizheng Palace.
At this time, the time of the early dynasty had not yet arrived, and Zhao Dongting did not go to the dragon couch to sit.
He walked up to Lu Xiufu and asked, "Did Lord Lu sleep well last night?"
Lu Xiufu's face was full of strangeness, and he didn't know why Zhao Dongting suddenly asked this, but he still said: "The minister slept fairly peacefully last night. ”
Zhao Dongting looked at Su Liuyi next to him again: "How is Lord Su sleeping?"
Su Liuyi's expression was even more strange than Lu Xiufu's, and he only said in his heart that the little emperor didn't fight Quandang yesterday, and now he wants to talk to me to show goodwill. He has just become pro-government, and it is normal to win over courtiers. After thinking about it, I thought that the emperor didn't hate me so much, and his eyes showed a slight joy, and he said: "Thank you for the emperor's concern, the minister also slept peacefully last night." ”
I didn't think about it, but Zhao Dongting shook his head slowly, and sighed: "The two Aiqing slept peacefully, but I almost didn't sleep all night......"
Lu Xiufu and Su Liuyi immediately looked at each other, and the ministers next to them also showed puzzled expressions.
Lu Xiufu asked, "Why does the emperor can't sleep all night?"
Chen Wenlong, Liu Di and others were also busy listening.
Zhao Dongting said: "I listened to the continuous sound of the waves crashing on the shore of this Jizhou Island, and I couldn't stop thinking about when we would be able to end such a fugitive life, when would we be able to expel the Yuan thief and restore my Great Song Dynasty." The sound of the waves tidal after tidal waves, it seems that the ancestors are constantly reprimanding in my ears, asking when I will be able to eliminate the Yuan thief, so that my heart is like a hundred claws scratching my heart, where can I sleep?"
When the ministers heard Zhao Dongting's words, they couldn't help but think of the miserable and fugitive life in the past few years, and instantly felt sad from it, and then thought of the Great Song Dynasty is now in danger, there is a shortage of soldiers and generals, and it is really difficult to expel the Yuan thief. A few elderly ministers couldn't help but kneel in the hall and cry, "The ministers are incompetent......
Their crying ignited the emotions of everyone in the hall, and the crying was endless, and even Li Yuanxiu, the big master standing next to Zhao Dongting, couldn't stop wiping his tears.
In the entire hall, I am afraid that Zhao Dongting did not cry.
He looked at these wailing ministers, and thought in his heart that these ancients were really as cute as Jin Yongxiao's words, and they were so easily instigated. It's just that I don't know if the knights of this era are as righteous and awe-inspiring as Guo Jing in Xiao's story, if that's the case, maybe they will also be a very strong force against the Yuan army.
His mind was now alive.
Concubine Yang Shufei and Yang Yidong walked in from outside the hall at this time, and saw that the ministers in the room were crying, their faces full of doubts.
Concubine Yang frowned and asked, "Why are you Aiqing crying here?"
A few people stopped crying and were about to answer, but they saw a slightly chubby figure running in a hurry outside the hall, shouting in their mouths, "Queen Mother, Emperor, Xiangrui, Xiangrui...... The Queen Mother, the Emperor, auspicious from the sky......"
When he ran to the main hall, it was not Zhang Shijie and Master Zhang.
Zhang Shijie was panting, but his face was full of joy, looking at Yang Shufei and Zhao Dongting, he was out of breath and said: "Queen Mother, Niangniang, there are dozens of people on the beach who see the yellow dragon churning in the sea. ”
Everyone was full of incredulity.
Zhang Shijie continued: "This is my Great Song Dynasty auspicious omen! The emperor has just been in power, and such a divine beast has appeared galloping on the sea, is it not the symbolic emperor who is like a yellow dragon going to sea, leading my Great Song Dynasty army and people to drive away the Yuan thieves and restore the country?"
Not to mention Zhao Dongting, even the rest of the people were stunned when they heard this, and the crying in the hall suddenly stopped.
Is there really a dragon in the world?
Of course, Zhao Dongting didn't believe that there were any divine dragons in this world, but he vaguely remembered that this matter seemed to have been recorded in the history books. At that time, Zhao G had died of illness, and Zhao M, the king of Guang, became the emperor, and some people saw the Yellow Dragon tumbling on the sea, so the small court also deliberately changed Yuan Xiangxing, and promoted Jinzhou Island to Xianglong County.
I didn't expect that after I crossed over, such a thing really happened.
Immediately, Zhao Dongting hurriedly said, "Where is Huanglong?" ”
As he spoke, he hurried out of the hall.
The ministers hurriedly trotted behind, and there was a lot of discussion.
The dragon's statement is illusory, and everyone wants to know if it's true. Many people thought in their hearts that if a divine dragon was really born, then it was impossible to say that the Great Song Dynasty might really have some hope of revival in the hands of the little emperor.
Zhao Dongting didn't think that there would really be a yellow dragon going to sea, he just thought that this was a trick deliberately made by Zhang Shijie to unite people's hearts, just like the trick of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the Qin Dynasty when they stuffed brocade in the belly of the fish and wrote "Chen Shengwang" on it.
He had just hurried out of the council hall, and of course he was just putting on a show.
Now that the people of the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty are in a downturn, and Zhao Dongting has just ascended the throne, I have to admit that Zhang Shijie has taken this opportunity quite accurately. If the matter of Huanglong can really spread, and the army and the people have confidence again, then Zhang Shijie should be the first to take credit.
Thinking of himself, Zhao Dongting suddenly felt that he really underestimated the wisdom of the ancients. I just used the matter of the waves to cause the ministers to cry bitterly, but I didn't expect Zhang Shijie to even be able to make Huanglong go to sea. This comparison is simply a superior judgment.
A group of people rushed to the bottom of the mountain and the sea.
The guards on the road looked sideways, not knowing what kind of wind the queen mother, the emperor and the civil and military ministers were pumping today.
Zhang Shijie ran at the front to lead the way, and when they ran to the beach with Zhao Dongting, they were so tired that they couldn't even straighten their waists.
The shoal ahead is rocky and the waves crash against the reef. Here, there are already a lot of people gathered, all looking towards the sea. Most of these people are the family members of ministers and guards, all brought out from Lin'an, and when they saw Zhao Dongting and Yang Shufei, they hurriedly saluted, knelt on the ground and shouted long live.
Zhao Dongting thought in his heart that this Zhang Shijie's mind was really delicate, and he did a full set of acts, I was afraid that he had long expected that his people would come to watch.
Some of the ministers actually believed it and asked these people gathered on the beach, "Where is the Yellow Dragon? Where is the Yellow Dragon?"
They still craned their necks to look out to sea.
Zhao Dongting just wanted to laugh in his heart, if these people had really seen Huanglong, would they still be able to stay here?
Sure enough, everyone present said they didn't see it.
The ministers all looked at Zhang Shijie.
Zhang Shijie said: "There are indeed people who see Huanglong rolling with the waves here. ”
As he spoke, he looked at the people around him, "Do you know who witnessed the Yellow Dragon go to sea?"
These people who are waiting for Huanglong to appear here, you say a word, I say a word, some say it is Zhang San, some say it is Li Si, everyone says it is quite like that, it is so lively, at the moment, even Yang Shufei, Yang Yidong, Lu Xiufu and others are also suspicious.
It's not that they're not smart, it's that ancient technology is limited, and Shinto things are quite popular, and there are far more believers than unbelievers.
Zhao Dongting already knew it in his heart, but naturally he would not debunk Zhang Shijie. Zhang Shijie's move is to unite people's hearts for him.
It is conceivable that as long as the matter of Huanglong spreads, Zhao Dongting will have a great reputation in the future.
At that moment, Zhao Dongting pretended to be full of excitement and shouted: "The dragon goes to sea, and the Great Song Dynasty will prosper." When the heavens rain down such beasts, our Great Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians will be able to expel the Yuan thieves and recover the rivers and mountains. As he spoke, he looked at Lu Xiufu next to him, and said: "Lord Lu quickly drafted a decree, and in the future, this Jinzhou Island will be renamed Xianglong County, and I, the army and people of the Great Song Dynasty, will start from here and expel the Yuan thieves step by step!"
Zhang Shijie has already built momentum, of course he must seize the opportunity, and he can't let Zhang Shijie's hard work be in vain.
For a time, the ministers were excited, and the people cheered.
And at this moment, suddenly a voice almost ripped through his throat and shouted, "Look! The dragon is out again!"
And they all looked out to the sea.
At this time, even Zhao Dongting was stunned.
Just a few dozen meters away from the coast, there was a golden behemoth in the waves, undulating with the waves, afraid that it was more than ten meters long, but it seemed to have no scales on its body. It flicked its tail violently, curled up several huge whirlpools, and then shot towards the shore like a cannonball.
The people on the shore exclaimed.
Li Yuanxiu couldn't help but stop in front of Zhao Dongting, "The emperor is careful!"
When the golden beast got closer to the shore, some people couldn't suppress the panic in their hearts and hurriedly ran back.
The strange beast floated and fell in the waves, and there were two small horns looming above their heads.
Zhao Dongting was also shocked and frightened in his heart, but thinking of Li Yuanxiu's skills, he stood there in a daze, ignoring the exclamations of the ministers.
In his previous life, he had never heard of such a strange beast in the world, and he wanted to see what it was.
In less than ten seconds, the golden beast had already washed up to the shallow reef.