74. Return to Tokyo
Tokyo City is really a good place, basically everything, the streets are full of merchants and people, bustling, almost anyone can find their place in the world's largest city, find like-minded people, find their own happiness - this is the biggest feeling when I return to Tokyo City, compared to the capital of Western Xia is still too small, not to mention the small population, commodity trade and taverns and green buildings can not be compared with Tokyo.
I walked the streets of Tokyo with Yu Yan and Qinglu, a feeling of prosperity and peace and danger came to my heart at the same time, prosperity and peace is the scene in front of us, danger is the biggest harvest of this trip to the outside of the Sai, the Western Xia, Tubo, Liao and many grassland tribes outside the Saiwai are gearing up and ready to move, and the Great Song Dynasty still advocates the rejuvenation of the country through culture and education all day long, and the world is governed by culture, etc., the prosperous world capital has turned into ruins as if it is in front of you. I don't mind if this tragedy happened to the Zhao family's court, but it's a pity that the prosperity and life that have accumulated for more than a hundred years are destroyed under the sword soldiers. What's more, under the dangerous nest, even if I don't care about myself, my relatives and friends still have to live in this country.
It seems that the trip to the Great Song Dynasty Palace is unavoidable, after returning to Biyouju, I explained to everyone about meeting the palace, by the way, this Biyouju is a mansion built by the women of the Vulture Palace for me, located outside the Vermilion Bird Gate, I think the Jiangnan Courtyard is too noisy, and after the people of the secret tribe join, they also need a place to accommodate the guests, so they let the Vulture Palace come forward to purchase and renovate such a mansion covering an area of more than ten acres, pavilions and pavilions and martial arts training grounds. If you want to say that Tokyo is expensive, this mansion costs nearly 1 million kan, and it can be regarded as a luxury house in Beijing. The house near Biyouju has also been bought, as a place for my subordinates to live, and at the same time convenient for guarding Biyouju, of course, with my current reputation, no one dares to come to the door to make trouble.
Walking alone on Suzaku Street, the streets were full of pedestrians, and a feeling of being watched came to my heart, not only those clumsy Imperial City secret agents, but also some killers hiding in the shadows, and unknown agents of major forces were observing me, intentionally or unintentionally—this feeling is not new to now, since the first time I stepped into the city of Tokyo, and now as my fame rises, the number and frequency of monitoring me are getting higher and higher. I snorted coldly, and my hands gently waved a Buddhist treasure bottle seal, and fifteen true qi shot out from the ten fingers of both hands silently and rushed around.
About ten breaths after I left, the fifteen secret agents, whether bright or dark, could no longer bear it, and almost invariably spat blood, and the spies were horrified to find that their qi sea had been wasted, their internal strength had been lost, and they had become wasted. Glancing at Murong Fu's distant figure with palpitations, these people endured their seriously injured bodies and hurriedly dispersed to return to the masters of the family. These are all relatively close, more obvious, and more arrogant, most of them are mainly secret agents of the Imperial City Division, and some masters of big forces or families in the distance understand that this is a warning, if you follow and monitor like this next time, I am afraid it will not be as simple as martial arts being abolished.
When I arrived at the gate of the palace, the soldiers of the forbidden army stopped me, and the captain guarding the gate knew me when he arrived, and saluted respectfully: "Meet the national teacher, and the lower official will immediately send someone to report to Your Majesty." ”
"No need." I said lightly, "Gusu Murong returns to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty...... voice spread far away, not only in every corner inside and outside the palace, but also in the five or six nearby Fangsi streets, and for a moment the world centered on the palace seemed to be quiet, shocked by my bold and reckless way of "meeting".
The captains and soldiers of the forbidden military colonels guarding the gate of the palace stared at me in horror, their hands trembling slightly, but the word "presumptuous" never dared to say it, and they could only stop in front of me like a clay sculpture of wood, but they did not dare to show their blades. I shook my head slightly, this forbidden army is so timid and timid, reflecting the overall strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it is really disappointing, thinking of the grassland warriors of the Saiwai secret tribe who are not afraid of death, and make a judgment. Fortunately, the several major armies in the frontier led by the Seed Family, the Yang Family, and the Zhe Family are still quite brave, otherwise guarding such a world of flowers would have been destroyed a long time ago.
It didn't take long for a eunuch to quickly run over and say, "Spread the word that Murong Guoshi has come to see you!" ”
Inside and outside the palace, there were more than three times as many soldiers of the forbidden army as usual, and each with a gun and armor, and there were archers with bows and arrows on standby not far away, as if it was a flood beast that was coming. My reputation for being almost invincible in the world has spread all over the Great Song Dynasty, and even the grasslands in the far west to the islands in the east are rumored to be an invincible sword god in Gusu City in the south, and my reputation for killing people can also make any barbarian jealous, no wonder the palace forbidden army is so nervous. In fact, this is just the lack of self-confidence of the Zhao and Song royal families, suspicious and suspicious, I asked myself that I have not done anything sorry for the Great Song Dynasty, let alone raise troops to rebel, but unfortunately this kind of saying is estimated that few people in the Great Song Dynasty believe it, and the emperor wants absolute security, and any threat to the emperor's throne must be eliminated in the bud.
In the Zichen Palace, a cadre of civil and military ministers was like a great enemy, all staring at Murong Fu who was walking slowly, Zhao Xu sat on the hall, looking at me calmly, although there were hundreds of people in the hall for a while, it was as quiet as a dark room. I raised my eyes and looked at Zhao Xu, clasped my fists with both hands and said, "Gusu Murong Fu visited the official family." ”
Zhao Xu stood up slightly and raised his hand and said: "Aiqing is exempt, Murong Guoshi fought in the Western Xia, and promoted the permanent peace between the Western Xia and my Great Song Dynasty, and the King of Western Xia took the initiative to retreat from the emperor's position, and his military achievements were brilliant, he can be called the first general in the history of my Great Song Dynasty, and I thank the national teacher on behalf of the world!" Come on, take a seat! ”
I unceremoniously sat down in the position of Zhao Xu's head, pondered for a moment, and found that the emperor and ministers were silent, so he spoke: "Although Murong Fu accepts the position of national teacher, he does not belong to the jurisdiction of the Zhao family. However, the Zhao family's emperor and a cadre of ministers are narrow-minded, and they suspect all day long that they are trying to seek a series of positions, but it makes a certain feeling sad and ridiculous. The Taoist "Nanhua Sutra" once said that the owl was afraid that the phoenix would rob the rotten rat and eat it, so it made a sharp and strange cry in an attempt to scare the phoenix away, but what was the difference between the behavior of the people in front of him and the owl? Hehehe, hahaha. ”
The entire Zichen Hall spread my ridicule, Zhao Song was a little embarrassed for a while, Zhao Xu said: "The national teacher is serious, the court did have a discussion before, some people said that the national teacher's martial arts power is too great, which may damage the foundation of my Great Song Society, especially the old party faction headed by Lu Dafang, strive for the national teacher to be a demon master and disrupt the country, and there are many actions in the open and in the dark, I am also confused for a while, and I was confused by the harem women, so I am rude to the national teacher, here I apologize to the national teacher." ”
There was silence in the palace, and I was a little disdainful at first, but when I heard it, I couldn't help but be moved: "The official family is the supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, but he knows that he can change his mistakes, and he can take the initiative to admit his mistakes, which is really rare, but I will not pursue these bad things." It's just that your Zhao family has a lot of constraints, and Li Tang's Niu and Li party struggles are constantly staged inside and outside the court, not only will the national strength be consumed, but nothing big can be done, and I am afraid that there will be a day when the prosperity will turn into decline. After all, you can continue to suffer like this, but the enemy will not wait for you. ”
Lu Dafang stood up and said: "Evil words confuse the public, the national teacher keeps saying that the crisis and threat are nothing more than a few barbarians on the grassland, although the Great Liao and Western Xia are powerful, but my Great Song Dynasty has millions of soldiers, as long as I respect the courtesy and virtue, what is there to fear, the ancients are cloudy, the benevolent are invincible, and at present, we should still follow the rules of the ancestors and govern the country with benevolence, so as to regain the prosperity of the Renzong." ”
I frowned slightly and said: "The battle of words and tongues is really meaningless, whether it is to rule by inaction or to govern the country with benevolence, you need to recognize the situation and guide according to the situation, you can't even see the actual situation clearly, how can you talk to me about what benevolence governs the country, if the Great Song Dynasty perishes, it will definitely die in the hands of your self-righteous so-called righteous people." Not much to say, I came here today just to ask the official family how you are progressing about moving the capital to Chang'an. ”
Emperor Zhao Xu was embarrassed: "After the national teacher left, the ministers of our dynasty talked a lot about moving the capital to Chang'an, in addition to the decline of Chang'an mentioned before, unable to bear the heavy responsibility of the prosperous operation of Bianliang today, and damaging the national capital, talking more about the huge cost of moving the capital, and the household department summarized and reported that the initial cost of moving the capital would be tens of millions of yuan, not a one-day thing, and it needs to be slowly planned. ”
I lightly clasped the table with my fingers, and after Zhao Xu finished speaking, he said slowly: "Those who become big things are not informal, and those who become big things do not hesitate to tip, although there are many tens of millions, in fact, the strength of the imperial court is not impossible to raise, and there are priorities, as I said before, you can move the main body of the court first, the official family and the main departments of the court go first, and the others are slowly drawing, but unfortunately the officials have never been able to make up their minds, and most of the important ministers of the court enjoy the prosperity and convenience of Bianliang, and they are unwilling to move the capital from the bottom of their hearts." Although it is difficult to leave the homeland, you are also accustomed to Bianliang, and many people have bought land and property Bianliang has already taken root here, and moving the capital hurts your muscles and bones, in fact, it is mainly to damage your interests, and what harm is there to the country and the people. ”
"The official family and the scholars rule the world together, this is the national capital of our dynasty, it is not firm at all, the country is difficult to be safe, and after the capital is moved, the prosperity of Bianliang will come to naught, is the huge loss that the national teacher wants to see? Moreover, even if the national teachers and officials and some ministers are willing to move the capital, are the people in and around the Bianliang region willing? The stakes are high for the relocation of the capital, and the move of the national teacher is too hasty and really inappropriate. Su Zhe stood up and said.
"The pros and cons of moving the capital have been discussed for a long time, and I am here today to say that, first, the move of the capital was not suddenly proposed by me, but the work that Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty was preparing to carry out while he was alive, and it was even halfway through, but it was stopped by his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi in his own interests; Second, the relocation of the capital is indeed very important, and I have been procrastinating for a long time because of the lack of sufficient opportunities, and my own appearance is this opportunity, which is the opportunity for me to prosper in the court; Third, the relocation must be carried out as soon as possible, and anyone who opposes or obstructs the move of the capital is the enemy of all the people in our court. I said word by word, "The enemy of the Great Song Dynasty may be able to bounce around in the government and the opposition and outside the fortress, but my Murong Fu's enemy has only one end, and that is death!" ”