Before and after Yue Fei entered the palace gate, Zhao Huan was also ready to stop, the complicated court etiquette made him dizzy, he tried his best to boil his body, but he still couldn't withstand the torture of the ancient rituals. It is no wonder that with the physical quality of the ancients, every time there is a funeral and wedding event, you have to get tired and sick a few parties.

Zhao Ding originally wanted to retire and return to the cardinal council to do business, but was retained by Zhao Huan, Yue Fei was a member of the department, and Zhao Ding, as the cardinal minister, would be beneficial and harmless to meet with him.

When Yue Fei was ordered to come, Zhao Huan ordered him to be summoned immediately.

For this world-famous general and national hero, Zhao Huan admires and respects from the bottom of his heart. No modern person who has received an orthodox education can avoid Yue Fei's position in the entire history of the nation.

Naturally, as an adult, especially his current identity, he needs to face up to the other party's inadequacies and shortcomings when getting along with Yue Fei, rather than mythologizing him.

Because of this, Zhao Huan actually subconsciously delayed the opportunity to meet Yue Fei. In the sixth year of Dejingkang, Yue Fei was already a member of the department, the head of the three armies, and the officers and men under his command were also responsible for the important task of directly marching into the Central Plains and recovering Tokyo. Zhao Huan, who took this into account, finally issued an edict to summon Yue Fei's trip to Chang'an.

didn't let Zhao Huan wait too long, Yue Fei, who was in the cardinal, quickly arrived, and Yue Fei praised and worshipped. Because he was not dressed in the ranks, he still paid homage with a big salute, and Zhao Huan, who sat upright and received the salute, looked at the legendary famous general at the bottom of the stairs, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and he didn't even know how he felt.

He didn't order a waiver. In this era, Zhao Huan is the representative of the word "country" that Yue Fei is loyal to the country, which makes Yue Fei a little rude or disrespectful, which is an insult to Yue Fei himself.

"Yue Qing, please get up!"

Zhao Huan waited for Yue Fei to finish. smiled heartily, but couldn't help but ask for a word.

Yue Fei didn't care, he stood up, and although he couldn't completely look at the emperor, he also looked at Zhao Huan, who was sitting.

At this time, the emperor had already changed his ceremonial clothes, and he did not wear the crown on his head that was used during the sacrifice to the heavens. But he didn't wear a head, but wore a delicate seven-beam crown. He tied his hair meticulously, dressed in a moon-white round-necked robe, stepped on black leather shoes, and was decorated, showing grace and luxury. But it's crisp and clean.

And what made Yue Fei pay more attention was the emperor's spiritual temperament. The body is long and strong, not as weak as ordinary nobles, but has a vigorous vitality, and from the perspective of Yue Fei as a general. Zhao Huan's legs are obviously often ridden, and his shoulders and chest are coordinated and powerful. It is also caused by the frequent practice of martial arts, and what surprised him even more was the calluses on Zhao Huan's mouth and fingers, which had to be a military general with a bow and arrow every day, and he could not stop shooting arrows every day in order to grind such a deep trace on his hands.

He just glanced at it for a moment, and then immediately withdrew his gaze, but Zhao Huan didn't realize that his perspective and thoughts were different from Yue Fei's, and he didn't need to avoid the other party's eyes, but while looking at Yue Fei's appearance, he secretly compared it with the portraits and statues he was seeing, but he felt that although the portraits had places to beautify the details, in fact, Yue Fei was really heroic, and he raised his hand with such confidence and superb temperament, how could it be expressed by portraits?

While thinking about it, he smiled secretly, but on the other hand, he introduced Zhao Ding to Yue Fei, these two people were also seeing each other for the first time, and it was inconvenient for the two to greet in front of the emperor, so they just nodded and smiled.

Zhao Huan smiled at Yue Fei again: "Where is Yue Yun, Qingzi?" ”

Yue Fei hurriedly bowed down and said, "Just wait outside the hall." ”

"Teach him in."

The Chang'an palace is not as good as Tokyo, and the scale and pattern are not very large, although Yue Yun is waiting outside the palace, in fact, he has already listened to the answer. As soon as he heard that the emperor called him in, he first dressed up his clothes, and when the eunuchs who came to summon arrived, he walked into the hall, and arrived at Zhao Huan's seat a few steps away, and kowtowed as a ceremony.

Zhao Huan was not as cautious about Yue Zhi as he was with the rest, and he smiled and saw that Yue Yun had finished kowtowing, so he actually got up and helped him up. He himself is not short, but Yue Yun is a head taller than him, if calculated according to the measurement of modern people, it is about 1.85 meters, plus the body is strong, the muscles are coiled, the temperament of a military man tempered by many years of military career, and the atmosphere of killing a hundred battles, although he is only in his early sixteens, he has a majestic and resolute and solemn atmosphere that his peers cannot reach.

This appearance is the result of Yue Fei's hard education, and it is not surprising that Zhao Huan has seen many people in this era. It's just that compared with the reckless and brave Yue Yun in the image, there is a slight regret in my heart.

After helping Yue Yun up, Zhao Huan returned to his seat and sat down, and smiled at Yue Fei: "Sixteen years old is the rule, the martial arts general has nothing to say, looking at his appearance and bearing, he is not under the famous general, and he is really a famous warrior." ”

Zhao Huan liked Yue Yun very much, and never concealed it, Yue Fei had known it for a long time, and even sometimes wondered if he was very important, whether it was the emperor's love for the house and Wu.

Naturally, he wouldn't know that Zhao Huan was just using Yue Yun to hide his eyes, after all, there were many young relatives around him, and it was not surprising that Yue Yun had made a lot of achievements in the army at the age of twelve and received special attention from the emperor.

Hearing the emperor's praise like this, Yue Fei was happy in his heart, he thanked the emperor for his praise, and ordered Yue Yun to thank him again.

Zhao Huan smiled and ordered Yue Yun to get up, and asked about the walking situation on the road, calling for the fast boat from Xiangyang to Sichuan, but it is difficult to travel by land, and the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong is even more dangerous, and when there are few difficult places, Zhao Huan said with a smile: "Fortunately, there may be no more major wars this year, even if we have spare strength, it is not time to break the enemy." The enemy only wounded the skin, but did not damage the muscles and bones, and was in a hurry. Since the beginning of the summer, the state has begun to reduce the number of officials and bureaucrats, eliminating redundant officials and redundant personnel, and the reorganization of the army has also been completed last year. When the time comes, I will pardon and order the government hall to urge the local government to requisition and send people, and build the roads and bridges from Hanzhong to Sichuan and Jinghu in western Beijing. In all parts of Guanzhong, it is also necessary to let the Ministry of Industry and the transfer send people to inspect the water conservancy projects in the Qin and Han dynasties and the Tang Dynasty, and restore them year by year. As for the closure of mountains for afforestation and flood control of river embankments, we can also start this year. By next year, the imperial court will have more money to use, even if it is to raise the army to fight, there is no need to stop all the work, ten years later, and then look at the situation in the world! ”

More than half of Zhao Huan's energy in the past two years has been spent on military restructuring and government reform. The situation is obvious, after the battles between Chang'an and Tongguan and Taiyuan, the Jin people can no longer eat the Song Dynasty, and they no longer have to worry about being chased by chickens and dogs. In this era, the army was first reformed, the originally large and inappropriate forbidden army was downsized, and the confidant generals were used to lead the army, reform the internal system of the army, the rank system, and improve the equipment. In this way, the army will firmly grasp its own hands, and second, its combat effectiveness will be strengthened, and its advance and retreat will be satisfactory. And the army was firmly in hand, and when the finances were further eased, Zhao Huan put his mind on political reform again. With an army in his hands, and a unique feudal emperor, it is naturally more convenient to act than in later generations. And Zhao Huan acted cheaper than the previous Song Emperor, that is, at this time, it coincided with the great changes after Jingkang two years later, the original royal family was all caught in the north as slaves, and the partisan disputes of the court members were all wiped out by an ancient annoyance, and most of the surviving officials were righteous men and gentlemen, especially the center of the court, Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Yu Yunwen and others were all famous capable and loyal people in history, and the generals under their command were also famous in the history books for fighting and loyal generals. This makes Zhao Huan have very little resistance in reform, and everything is smooth. After the military system and political reform, the Song Dynasty will become stronger and stronger, the combat effectiveness of the army will be more and more enhanced, and the invasion of strong enemies in the north will inevitably be completely resolved.

Zhao Huan thought so, because in the recent period, the only thing to pay attention to is to control the army and reform the system. At this time, in front of a general like Yue Fei, when he mentioned this matter, he was proud in his heart, but he also wanted to hear Yue Fei's opinion.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Yue Fei with a smile, waiting for the other party's answer.

Where can Yue Fei understand Zhao Huan's intentions, the atmosphere is relaxed at this time, more than a dozen little yellow doors and palace maid deacons are preparing tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, ringing cups and plates are softly ringing, when he is hungry at noon, the fragrance of vegetables is already faintly visible, and the emperor's expression is pleasant, smiling happily, and it is normal to mention future plans casually.

He had no vigilance in his heart, but followed Zhao Huan's words and continued: "The minister came all the way to the west, and he has seen many officials along the way urging the people to work and build roads, and the government gives money and grain. As for His Majesty's change of the official system, the ministers heard some complaints in private, but people have selfish desires and interests, and they never thought that they would also be dismissed, so it is common for the scholars to complain a little. The minister didn't take it to heart to listen, one is that the martial arts do not interfere in politics, and the other is that the dismissed officials have nothing to complain about. ”

"Good, good!"

When Zhao Huan heard this, he was overjoyed. He knew that Yue Fei was born in a small family, completely different from those big families, and he would definitely not put his sympathy on the side of the officials who were dismissed, and at this time he heard him say it face to face, but it was exactly the same as what he pushed away, Zhao Huan was happy in his heart, and smiled unconsciously: "When Emperor Shenzong reformed, Wen Yanbo said that the scholars and doctors all complained, and Shenzong said that the people said that it was good. Wen also said, however, the country rules the world with scholars and doctors, not with the people. What Yue Fei said today is the right way, the country is true to rule the world with scholars, but the people are not rich, just with the emperor and scholars, can the world be rich and strong? ”

Everyone listened to the teaching, Zhao Huan was in a happy mood, and seeing that the table was ready, he said: "Let's all eat, I have been hungry since the morning." ”