Chapter 152: Worries

At the beginning of the second year of Chonghe, Fan Zhixu, the attendant, poured a bucket of cold water on Emperor Zhao Ji's head. Fan Zhixu said that it is not appropriate to re-match this era name, and it coincides with the era name of our neighbors. You should know that when Emperor Renzong of Lu Dao, the Liao State in the north used the name Chongxi, and now the Liao Kingdom is called Yelu Yanxi because the name of the current lord of the Liao State is Yelu Yanxi, and Xixi has the same sound, in order to avoid it, so Chongxi is not called Chongxi, and they all change their words to be called Chonghe!

As soon as Zhao Ji heard this, his face changed, how can this be done, he has to change it immediately. On February 3 of the second year of Chonghe, the yuan was changed to declare peace. What is the meaning of Xuanhe? Cover to Xuanhe Hall and named. There is a Xuanhe Hall in the forbidden, which is the place where Emperor Zhao Ji collected calligraphy, painting and antiques. It must be known that this person is a person with an elegant hobby, and he stays in the Xuanhe Hall much longer than in the Chongzheng Palace, so he naturally feels cordial to the word Xuanhe. encountered the bad luck of Chonghe, and there was no time to think about it in a hurry, patted his head, and the name of Xuanhe was born.

Poor weight, with a head and tail, will be used for three months. However, patting the head for the era name is not serious. It didn't take long for Emperor Zhao Ji to discover that Xuanhe's faults were even greater. Looking at the Xuanhe character, it is "two days in the family", no coincidence or coincidence, and soon the broad masses of the people in the south are rising up and launching a vigorous revolutionary movement under the leadership of the Holy Prince...... Alas, there is something wrong with how to change it, Zhao Ji sighed and simply let it go!

Although it is now a sunny spring, the spring in the northwest is late, and it is still a scene of residual winter, and the weather is still very cool at night. The residence of the prince of Jiugongzhai was warm, Zhao Ta sat a few days ago to review the official documents, these documents have been read by the staff, classified according to priority, and sandwiched a note in it, on which are the handling opinions they drafted, for the prince to choose and decide.

"Hmph, a bunch of mediocre talents, who are afraid of wolves and tigers, and they still want to subdue Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures!" Zhao Ta read an official document issued to him by the Chinese Book Province, and scolded hatefully.

"Second master, what's the matter?" Jianxi, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly asked carefully.

"A few of the rulers in the court don't know if Lu Dao drank too much, or let the donkey kick his head! He appealed to me for rectifying my armaments, saying that the Liao State had protested against my repair of the city defenses and the rectification of the army in the Dai and Lu areas, and demanded that I immediately stop the reorganization of the army, demolish the newly built forts, and withdraw the troops for 20 miles, so as not to provoke the Liao State, arouse their vigilance, and ruin the emperor's plan! Zhao Ta took a sip of the hot tea sent by Jianxi and pouted and said, Jianxi didn't dare to squeak when he heard it, such national events are not something he can participate in, and he doesn't dare to put forward opinions, so he can only shut up.

Although Zhao Ta disagreed with the opinions of the DPRK and China, he felt deeply helpless, and the Great Song Dynasty had been harassed by the northern nomads since the founding of the country, and Hebei and Hedong were important supports in the national defense system. The central and eastern parts of Hebei are the impact plains of depressions and lakes, which can be said to be unfavorable to cavalry assaults, and the mountains and rivers in the eastern part of the river are not suitable for marching, so the flat avenue at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain in the west has become the best choice for nomads to go south, and most of the Khitan invasions in the Song Dynasty in history have also marched from here.

In the face of such a form, the early establishment of the dynasty fully based on the geographical environment of the north and the construction of a relatively complete defense system according to local conditions. Because the geographical environment of Hedong Road is intertwined with mountains and rivers, its national defense is commonly used to rely on the undulating mountains of the Daibei Hengshan Mountains to build pass fortresses, especially from the Khitan invasion of the four main traffic channels in the Jinzhong region - Daizhou, Bottle-shaped Village, Lou Fu Pass, Caoguchuan Road, but also select elite soldiers to reject.

However, after the signing of the "Tanyuan Alliance" by the Renzong Dynasty, the two countries ceased their wars, so in the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, in addition to aiding the Northern Han Dynasty and entering the Jin Dynasty, the Khitan southern invasion army never went to the east of the Kou River. After a hundred years of peace, the army on the Liao realm was still there, but it was no longer a male soldier in the early Song Dynasty, but it had transformed into a rabble that only ate food and was defeated with one blow. And the voice of the DPRK and China is now very strong, but they are still afraid of Liao like a tiger, what to do to fight with others in this state, it is really a bunch of thieves who are not as good as Zhao Kuo who can only talk on paper, how can Zhao Ta not worry. …,

"Second master, let's have some supper!" At this time, Zhao Xin walked in and served a bowl of mutton noodles.

"Well, let's put this first, right?" Zhao Ta nodded, but didn't look at the mutton noodles.

"Xi Ye, what's wrong with the second master, I don't seem to be very happy!" Zhao Xin saw that the prince looked displeased, and whispered to ask for joy.

"Zhao Xin, the second master is worried about the affairs of the court, he listens to you the most, you can unravel the prince!" Jianxi whispered in Zhao Xin's ear.

"Second master, try this mutton noodles, I made it myself today, but you don't even look at it!" Zhao Xinjiao said angrily.

"Oh, Zhao Xin has also learned to cook, I have to taste this!" Hearing what he said, Zhao Ta's attention was really shifted to the mutton noodles, and he sniffed and said.

"I'm the prince's personal disciple, can you taste it?" Zhao Xin smiled and handed the chopsticks to the prince and said.

"Well, it's kind of interesting, it would be better if you put some coriander to taste, but it's a pity that it's hard to find in the northwest at this time!" Zhao Ta tasted it and said with a little regret.

"Is the second master homesick, there should be fresh coriander on the market in the capital at this time, and you can also eat gourd soup!" Zhao Xin cleaned up the slightly messy case and said with fascination.

"Soldiers are home everywhere, how can they talk about homesickness!" Zhao Ta ate the noodles and said vaguely.

"Hey, why is there a letter here?" Zhao Xin suddenly pulled out a letter from a pile of papers and said in surprise, "This seems to be a letter from the family, not like an official document!" ”

"Oh, some daredevil, who got the letter to me by mistake, open it and take a look!" Zhao Ta glanced at the letter in Zhao Xin's hand and said.

"Jiang Chengzi? Enjoy the spring slanting wind and drizzle to make the spring cold. Before respecting, reminiscing about the former Huan, once dried the pear blossoms and lonely tears. Fangcao asserted Northwest Road, and don't cry, look at the green hills. The dream that ended last night. Between the water and clouds, there is no word, Zhengnai wakes up, and the hatred is still there. Tossing and turning is annoyed, the sky is easy to see, and it is difficult to see it! Zhao Xin opened the letterhead, and there was a new poem inside, "Second master, this is written by Miss Zhu to you!" He said gloomily.

"Huh?! How did she send a private message in an official document, she really doesn't understand the rules! Zhao Ta stopped frowning and said, but he was troubled in his heart, he treated her coldly, but she didn't give up, she was infatuated, and now the queen was in charge, and she was nominally her own quasi-princess, but she still didn't have any feelings for her.

"Second master, there are many circles drawn down here, I don't know what I mean!" Zhao Xin saw that the mood of the prince who had just become better had deteriorated again, and he was secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, so he asked carefully.

"Show me!" Zhao Ta took it and looked at it, and smiled bitterly, this thing is not unfamiliar to him, it is a circle of children's poems, and the first creation is this talented girl Zhu Shuzhen, which has attracted future generations to imitate it. Legend has it that after Zhu Shuzhen got married, her husband was away all the year round, and she missed it very much, so she wrote a letter to her husband. Her husband pondered and couldn't guess what the circles meant, but he didn't expect that this good thing would be caught up by himself today.

"Lovesickness can't be sent, draw a circle.

The words are outside the circle, and the heart is in the circle.

The single lap is me, the double lap is you.

You have me in your heart, and I have you in my heart.

If the moon is missing, it will be full, and when the moon is full, it will be missing.

I'm in a tight circle, and you know my intentions in secret.

There is also the indescribable lovesickness, all the way to the end..."Fortunately, he knew the allusion of Lu Dao, Zhao Ta thought about it for a while, and guessed the meaning, and chanted casually.

"Playing these little tricks in front of the prince is really unbelievable, this woman is really smart!" Seeing that the prince easily understood the meaning, he didn't think so, thinking that the prince was only six years old when he painted a congratulatory watch, moved the emperor, and laid the foundation for today's favor, and the prince is a master of guessing riddles, and now the correspondence between the intelligence stations is written in ciphers, and the password is 'created' by the prince, and the password is in his arms, that Miss Zhu plays with the prince, it is simply a class axe! …,

But it is another taste in Zhao Xin's ears, it seems that the prince and Miss Zhu really have a heart, these circles are like heavenly books in the eyes of ordinary people, the prince just swept it, and he can easily understand the meaning, it is really a marriage destiny...

"See Ki Yanmo!" Zhao Ta looked up at Zhao Xin, who was still in a daze, pushed the rice bowl again, and ordered to see Xidao. Seeing that Xi hurriedly agreed, spread out the paper, added water and ink, only to see that the prince thought for a while, dipped the pen in the inkstone with ink, drew left and right circles on the paper, and also returned Miss Zhu a paper circle.

"Zhao Xin, you will send this letter tomorrow and send it to Miss Zhu!" Zhao Ta put down the pen, dried the ink, and said to Zhao Xin.

"Yes, second master, but you also drew a circle of paper, can Miss Zhu understand?" Zhao Xin looked at the letter paper and said suspiciously.

"Hehe, with Miss Zhu's cleverness, it shouldn't be difficult, I hope she can understand what I mean, if she can't crack it, I'm afraid she will be ashamed to see me in the future, and there will be a lot less trouble!" Zhao said with a smile.

"Second master, what do you mean by writing, can you tell me?" Zhao Xinzhi said that it might be a love story written by the prince, but he still couldn't bear it and tried to ask.

"Actually, it's easy to understand, and there's nothing unsightly, so what's the point of telling you!" Zhao Ta grinned, "I can't circle the left circle and the right circle, I don't know how many circles." Now jumping out of the circle, I am afraid of being circled to old age. ”

Zhao Xin saw that the prince said frankly, his heart was mixed, and after listening to the explanation, he was even more inexplicably moved, but the trace of worry in his heart was still difficult to dissipate, and the prince replied with a pun in this poem, I don't know what kind of understanding Miss Zhu would do when she saw it, and how she would react...