Chapter 49: Hidden in the City
The emperor made a secret order, Zhao Ta completely became an idler, and there were many guests in front of him, but the emperor did not treat him badly, and the monthly salary added up to 20,000 yuan, which was one of the few among the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty. Then he asked him to take a concubine among the ministers' daughters, but he was rejected by Zhao Ta, and he still had a couple outside, and he married a few more than enough to make up two tables of mahjong, but the emperor still sent him more than a dozen palace maids who were as beautiful as flowers.
This means that Zhao Ta understood at a glance, the emperor's brother is learning from Taizu's 'cup of wine to release military power', so that he can stay at home honestly, don't worry about everything, and enjoy the glory and wealth. But don't think about it, you have to cover seven or eight chapters when you go out to the capital, and if you want to go to Longde Palace to see your parents, you have to make a report half a month in advance, write an application, and even send the newspaper to his mansion is a condensed version.
Zhao Ta seems to admit his fate, since he let him stay, he will rest it, get up every morning and walk around the house, play a few punches, and then accompany the princess to breakfast, if the weather is good, go to the pond in the garden to fish, catch up with the wind and rain to read in the study, anyway, it is a lot of full...
One day after breakfast, Zhu Shuzhen accompanied the prince to the garden, it is now early summer, the flowers in the garden are red and willow green is beautiful, go to a rockery, there is a peony planted, Zhao Ta saw a few flower workers pruning branches, soil watering, he suddenly approached, grabbed a shovel in the hands of a flower worker, and frantically shoveled all the budding flowers and plants!
"Lord Wang, what's wrong with you? Stop the prince! Zhu Shuzhen exclaimed.
"Get out of the way!" Several florists were also frightened, and stood aside at a loss, hearing the princess's orders. hurriedly stepped forward to block it, but was thrown away by the prince. They had never seen the prince like this, with a murderous face. There was a fierce light in his eyes, as if he had a deep hatred for these flowers and plants.
"Lord Wang..." Zhu Shuzhen was also frightened, and shouted to step forward in person.
"Leave him alone, it'll be fine for a while!" Xiao Mei, who was following behind, hurried over when she heard the screams, but grabbed the princess.
"Sister Xiao, what's the matter?" Zhu Shuzhen asked with a crying voice.
"If it's okay, it must be that the prince is upset, just go crazy for a while!" Xiao Mei sighed and said, waving her hand to let a few florists leave.
Zhu Shuzhen looked at the prince in the flower garden. It didn't take much effort, and there was already a piece of broken flowers and branches lying on the ground, but he didn't have the intention of stopping, maybe he felt that the robe on his body was in the way, so he took off the two handfuls, threw them aside, threw off the leather boots on his feet, and threw himself into it, Zhu Shuzhen looked at the crazy prince. Tears flowed unconsciously...
"The tiger is imprisoned in a cage, and the general is trapped in the fighting room!" These days, the prince often shouts loudly in his sleep, waking her up. Zhu Shuzhen looked at this huge palace, but for the prince, it was a cage, and he would have great ambitions. The fierce generals who gallop across the field are imprisoned in this square inch. How can he not feel depressed and aggrieved. But to whom can these things be told?
"Lord, take a break. Drink some tea! Zhao Ta, who was still immersed in crazy pleasure, was pulled back by the gentle words, and Zhu Shuzhen took out a champa and wiped the sweat on the prince's face.
"Oh!" Zhao Ta's obedient Ren Zhu Shuzhen wiped off the sweat for him and picked off the flowers and leaves that fell on his body, only to find that nearly an acre of peony had been destroyed under his shovel.
"Crazy enough, go to the pavilion and take a rest, you scared the princess!" Xiao Mei came over at this time and slapped the prince, put clothes on him, and said angrily.
"Hehe, it's just a whim, and I suddenly found that this land can grow some melons and vegetables, just enough to eat fresh!" Zhao Ta said with an embarrassed smile.
"Why did the prince think of farming again?" Xiao Mei was stunned for a moment and said, thinking of the greenhouse in Beifuzhong, shouldn't the prince want to move that one over?
"I have to find something to do..."Zhao Ta looked at the sky and said with a sense of disappointment, in the past, he had always hoped that one day he could live this kind of quiet life of guarding his wife and children, not worrying about eating and drinking, and not asking about the world, but when he really had to be idle, he felt empty in his heart and uncomfortable. On the contrary, I miss the tired daily fighting and killing in the past, and the busy life, which may be the nature of human beings, when they are accustomed to the days when they are at the peak of power and control the life and death of people, when they suddenly lose all this, they are at a loss and at a loss!
"It's okay, you lose your soul every day, and you don't know what to do!" Xiao Mei sighed and said pitifully, this world is too small, I am afraid that I will not be able to accommodate the prince, but she believes that a tiger is a tiger after all, and one day stepping into the mountains and forests will still be a king.
"I'm going to plant courgettes and beans here, some radishes over there, and a few leeks over there, I don't know what I really like to eat?" Zhao Ta drank a bowl of water and pointed to a messy flower garden and began his planning.
"Whatever the prince likes, I like!" Zhu Shuzhen said.
"Hehe, then the husband sings and the wife follows, and then plant beans for the husband and go down the mountain!" Zhao Ta stretched out his hand and scratched Zhu Shuzhen's face, and said with a smile.
"The prince wants to learn from Tao Gong to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, but this is a prosperous place, how to live in seclusion!" Zhu Shuzhen said.
"As the saying goes: small hidden in the wild, hidden in the city, big hidden in the court. As a husband, you can't hide in the wilderness, and it is difficult to hide in the court, you can only hide in the mountains and rivers of this palace! Zhao Tan said with a smile, but everyone could clearly see that the prince had helpless bitterness on his face.
"Then how about we build a thatched hut in this garden, plant a few weeping willows, move some bamboo, build a stone bridge, change it into a rural scenery, and change this pavilion to 'City Hidden Pavilion'?" Zhu Shuzhen pointed around and said.
"Hehe, the construction of a lot of construction, but it stained this hidden word, just be at peace with what you encounter, just enjoy yourself!" Zhao Ta smiled bitterly and said, this little lady is really an idealist, she has a fight with her father, and she is stunned to make something ordinary in the prosperity.
"Could it be that the prince is just a whim, and he thinks this thatched hut is simple and difficult to sleep, right?" Zhu Shuzhen looked at the prince and teased.
"Ha Luha, you look down on me too much, fighting outside, climbing the ice and lying in the snow, sleeping in the wilderness, sleeping with the corpse is a common thing, if there is a thatched hut to hide from the wind and rain is a fortunate thing, where dare to say simple!" Zhao Ta looked at the naïve Zhu Shuzhen and smiled.
"Lord Wang, the battle on the battlefield, the high platform points the troops, the war drums are like thunder, the golden iron horse, the armor is sharp, the army is covered and killed, the enemy is beheaded, think about how spectacular it is, I want to see it!" Zhu Shuzhen said with a look of fascination, as if it was a very interesting game.
"War is the most cruel and inhumane choice in the world, and it is the most helpless choice. When you look at the mountains of bones piled up after the war, the cries of the soldiers who are dying, and think that you may never return, you will never want to experience it again, it is the most miserable thing in the world, it is not a magnificent thing, but a nightmare! Zhao Ta's face twitched, and he said in a deep voice.
"Don't talk nonsense, scare the princess!" The war in the poem is always written so magnificently, but in the mouth of the prince, it is diametrically opposed, Zhu Shuzhen was stunned when she heard it, and Xiao Mei quickly interrupted the prince's words.
"Okay, let's not talk about those tragic things, let's think about what else to plant?" Zhao Ta said with a smile.
"This time it is said that the prince beheaded the Jurchen general, but it is true?" Zhu Shuzhen seemed to be still immersed in the words of the prince, and asked again.
"Of course, it is the Jurchen ten thousand households, brave and good at fighting, the gold lord A Guda once gave him a gold medal to show his bravery, and when he attacked Liao, he led a hundred horsemen to rush into the Khitan tens of thousands of troops and returned to the commander, I beheaded it to win its gold medal is still in my hand, it can still be fake!" Zhao said.
"No wonder the prince still shouts to kill the thief in his dream, it turns out that it is not a rumor!" Although Zhu Shuzhen heard the good news that the prince would capture the flag, how could she think that her polite husband was not like a person who could personally go into battle to kill the enemy, so she asked.
"Princess, don't look at him as a scholar, tens of thousands of people have died in his hands, this kind of thing can't be talked about for a few days, and killing an enemy general will lie!" Xiao Mei couldn't help but shake her head when she looked at the princess, she didn't even know her husband, this wife was really unqualified, no wonder the prince didn't like her!
"The prince has suffered in the past few years, and tomorrow I will farm with the prince!" Zhu Shuzhen touched the prince's face and smiled...
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The Jin soldiers retreated, and the crisis was temporarily resolved, but Zhao Huan was not much excited, the Jurchens did not return to King Su as promised, and their mother cried several times in front of them, but the Jurchens sent several envoys to urge the delivery of the New Year's coins and pay the things that should be paid for the peace agreement, and the autumn tax was just collected and sent to the Jurchens most of it. But the mules and horses he asked for were difficult to get together, so he had to forcibly recruit them from the people, and finally had to send them to the military horses, but the Jurchens disliked that most of the horses were old and weak, and they had to make up for them with money.
Although Li Gang was far away, those who fought the main battle were still unwilling, and they wanted to reorganize their armaments, repair the city, recruit troops and expand the army, and prevent the Jin army from going south again, and the Western Xia also joined in the fun, not only did not give the past coins and tributes, but also raised troops to invade the border many times, harassing Lingxia and other states, first thanks to the strict defense of the Tun army, and the local army also asked for reinforcements many times, but now there is no money available. Everything went wrong, which made him angry and helpless, and he couldn't eat.
"Why didn't King Qin attend the court meeting today, but he has a grudge?" Zhao Huan took a bite of food and asked the waiter who was waiting.
"Your Majesty, the King of Qin said that he was sick and sent someone to report it!" Li Fu hurriedly replied, he was an old man of the Qiandi, and he knew that the Emperor Dao had already prepared.
"What has he been doing lately?" Zhao Huan frowned and said, "This King Qin is too uninteresting, and he is not ashamed to give him face, I don't allow others to come, you are still sick."
"King Qin shoveled a peony in the garden, planted some vegetables and vegetables, and watered and removed insects in the field with the princess every day, and he was very busy!" Li Fu replied, but Zhao Huan was stunned... (To be continued......)