In this period of national collapse and family collapse, Wen Tianxiang has always felt that he will live a turbulent life. Therefore, when he arrived at the three-story building of the Ministry of Rites early in the morning of December 13 and started to work, brewed a pot of tea, and picked up the "China Daily", he felt an indescribable sense of disobedience. However, no matter how much he violated the peace, Wen Tianxiang couldn't break the void with his mind. In this material world constructed by gravitational traps, he can only live like everyone else.

The headline on the front page of the China Daily was no longer a description of the anti-aggression war, but 'The Great Song Dynasty Round-the-World Voyage Fleet Returns to Quanzhou, Proving with Facts that the Earth Is indeed a Sphere'. The content is to talk about a fleet of seafaring guilds that departed from Quanzhou and continued westward after entering the Tianzhu Ocean, crossing the Cape of Good Hope and entering the South Atlantic. The fleet headed southwest in the South Atlantic, making its way through the staggering strait between Fuso and Antarctica, and finally into the Pacific Ocean. All the way west back to the Great Song Dynasty.

All the articles in the China Daily were written in the vernacular, and Wen Tianxiang could read the joy in the articles, but Wen Tianxiang could not understand what this joy was for. Even if it proves that the ground under your feet is a ball, what can you change?

Theoretically, the Ministry of Rites should be quite idle, and Wen Tianxiang is not so leisurely. Now there are still many people who have moved south, and the work of welcoming them has been handed over to the Ministry of Rites. Not long after reading the newspaper, Wen Tianxiang, who was in the Mawei office, was about to go to work at the dock.

On December 14, Wen Tianxiang picked up the "China Daily" and just glanced at it, and was stunned by the title. The big headline is 'King Champa and King Jiaozhi announced the dedication of the country to the Great Song Dynasty, starting from the first year of the Republic next year, our Great Song Dynasty will add three new counties of Cochin, Champa and Siam'.

After reading the title several times, Wen Tianxiang only felt that his heart began to beat wildly. After reading the news content again, Wen Tianxiang felt that his understanding of the headline was indeed correct. Zhao Jiaren's army conquered the wild lands of the south and incorporated them into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. This news did not make Wen Tianxiang feel happy, but made the Ministry of Rites Shangshu very unhappy. When is this time, instead of fighting with the Mongols, but sending the army to fight in the land of miasma, it is really putting the cart before the horse.

With his own thoughts, Wen Tianxiang went to Zhao Jiaren to inquire about this, but he didn't expect Zhao Jiaren to be in a meeting. When asked by the guards when the meeting would end, the guards told Wen Tianxiang that he had 'no comment'. This made Wen Tianxiang feel a little sad in his heart.

After the establishment of the provisional imperial court in Fuzhou, Zhao Jiaren put the little emperor and the empress dowager in Fuzhou City, and he took civil and military officials to work in Mawei. Zhang Shijie and others were quite wary of Zhao Jiaren, so they stationed in Fuzhou with the troops who arrived in Fujian with him. As a result, Wen Tianxiang was surrounded by strangers, and he felt that there were very few people who could talk. Especially when you're in a bad mood.

Just as Wen Tianxiang returned to his side to start work, a correspondent sent a document over. Zhao Jiaren asked Wen Tianxiang to meet him in the afternoon. Before the appointed time, Wen Tianxiang arrived outside Zhao Jiaren's office.

Sitting on the waiting bench with a group of officials who had shortened their haircuts, Wen Tianxiang felt quite emotional in his heart. Zhao Jiaren's methods of doing things are different, and after the order of 'one of the basic conditions for becoming an official is short hair' was issued, some people did leave angrily. More people choose to have short hair, and when all the officials have short hair, any criticism of short hair becomes insignificant.

After the order is decided, it is just a matter of screening out the disobedient people, and there is no longer any time wasted in discussion. Zhao Jiaren's resolute and resolute methods make people feel great pressure, and the young students who graduated from the first class of the school make the seniors feel even more pressure.

While waiting, several uniformed female officials passed through the hallway, and the men's eyes involuntarily fell on them. Women don't have to force their hair to be cut short, but they are not allowed to keep their hair crossed. The front of the forehead is unified bangs, and the back is neck-length short hair or a ponytail that is tied up, which shows the ability in the feminine femininity.

This is also the least favorite thing about Wen Tianxiang in Zhao Jiaren's school, and those outstanding women also got the opportunity to be officials. In addition to competition from young men, the bureaucracy is also beginning to face competition from women. Zhao Jiaren can use his school to create and control the ranks of officials as he pleases. Zhang Shijie actually wanted to fight before going south, and after seeing a lot of things, he chose to lead troops to protect the little emperor.

Just as Wen Tianxiang was thinking nonsense, the secretary came out of Zhao Jiaren's office, "May I ask which one is Wen Tianxiang Wen Shangshu." ”

Wen Tianxiang immediately stood up and followed the secretary into the office under the watchful eyes of everyone waiting.

In addition to cutting his hair short, Zhao Jiaren also shaved his beard. After restoring the style of the 21st century, Zhao Jiaren, who is already 33 years old, looks not much different from the 24 or 5-year-old hairy boys. This is not Zhao Jiaren's trait alone, as long as there is no problem of lack of nutrition since childhood, Chinese people generally look young.

"Taiwei Zhao, I don't know what's going on with this Jiaozhi and Zhancheng?" Wen Tianxiang came up and asked this question.

Zhao Jiaren moved his body to make himself more comfortable in the chair, and he said very relaxedly: "I was a Jiaozhi envoy before, because the Jiaozhi people sent troops to follow the Mongols to attack the Great Song Dynasty, so I sent troops to fight. The city will be taken by the way. I invited Wen Shangshu to come to let Wen Shangshu do the work of their dedication to the country. ”

Wen Tianxiang didn't have the slightest excitement on his face, he expressed his opinion worriedly, "Now the great enemy we are waiting for is Mongolia, and Jiaozhi and Zhancheng have always paid tribute, and attacking them will only make the relatives and enemies happy." Besides, these two places are miasma lands, so what can you do if you take them? ”

Zhao Jiaren was in a good mood, but after Wen Tianxiang made these words of worrying about the country and the people, his mood became not so good. However, Zhao Jiaren thought about it, there was no need to regard Wen Tianxiang as a capable opponent, just treat him as a mentally ill patient. Under the crisis of the death of the country, Wen Tianxiang's mental health must be problematic.

With the new positioning, Zhao Jiaren felt that he could face Wen Tianxiang calmly, at least to the point that his tone would not be considered hostile, "Wen Shangshu, let's talk about it here, without investigation, there is no right to speak." Have you ever been to Cochin? Have you ever been to Champa? If not, then don't speak according to your imagination. And what is a miasma? The Nautical Guild has studied this, and I think you can read it first. In addition, your job now is to do a ritual and do it well. As far as the people are concerned, they will see that we can carry out a war of annihilation, and their confidence in the imperial court will increase. Militarily, we have trained our ranks in the war and accumulated experience, so that we can have a stronger army to deal with the Mongols. Isn't that a good thing? Let me ask you again, can you do this ceremony? ”

was given such a huge amount of information by Zhao Jiaren, that is, Wen Tianxiang has a good memory, and he actually remembered the content in his heart. Silently recalled Zhao Jiaren's words one by one in his heart, and Wen Tianxiang couldn't find any objections. Zhao Jiaren does things differently from Jia Yidao or other prime ministers, Zhao Jiaren will not order everyone to do the work they can't do. As the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, if he can't hold the ceremony of dedicating the country, then it can only be said that Wen Tianxiang has a problem with himself. As for Zhao Jiaren's evaluation of Jiaozhi and Champong, the Nautical Guild has been operating in the South China Sea for so long, and Wen Tianxiang feels that he probably doesn't know as much about the two places as Zhao Jiaren.

Since he couldn't refuse, Wen Tianxiang nodded and agreed, "I'll go and prepare for the ceremony now." ”

Because it was a war period, the New Year's Day holiday was still there, and various lively events were suspended. After such an auspicious but relatively light New Year's Day, the seventh day of the first year of the first year of the Republic, that is, the seventh day of the first month of the Song calendar in 1273, the citizens of Fuzhou saw a different kind of great excitement. The king of Jiaozhi and Champa 'bowed their heads and tied their necks, and commissioned their subordinates'. The ropes were tied and tied to the bottom of the platform, and the officials and soldiers next to them presented the seals of the kings of the two countries and the overview of the household registration register to the officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Jiaren did not stand in the front row, and the most conspicuous thing in the center was Yang Shufei, who was holding the little emperor. The little emperor couldn't stay outside for too long in the middle of winter, so he just sat symbolically and left the main seat of the platform after receiving the offerings. Being able to see the official family and the queen mother with their own eyes, the citizens of Fuzhou stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks to try to see.

Waiting for the official family and the Queen Mother to leave, Zhao Jiaren and others standing next to him got off the stage. When he was talking to Wen Tianxiang, Zhang Shijie and others, he heard a sudden loud voice outside. Zhang Shijie was so frightened that if there was suddenly such a loud voice in the army, it would be to bomb the camp!

However, Zhao Jiaren's expression was as usual, and he smiled: "I arranged for everyone to shout slogans." Don't worry. ”

As soon as Zhao Jiaren said this, Zhang Shijie and others reluctantly settled down to listen, and listened to the people outside shouting, 'Long live the Great Song Dynasty!' ''Long live China!'' ''Destroy the Mongol invaders!'' ''Take back your hometown!'' ’

Even if they knew that this was not a camp, nor was it a civil uprising, hearing the sound of a tsunami in the mountains, Zhang Shijie and others, who were born in scholars, did not look good. Zhao Jiaren looked at them and said with a smile: "Everyone, it's hard for you to be afraid that the people won't succeed." Let's go out and meet the people now, and let them know that we can win! ”

Listening to the overall sound of the tsunami of the mountains outside, thinking of facing thousands of people who had never known each other, Zhang Shijie and other scholars were embarrassed. Zhao Jiaren patted Wen Tianxiang on the shoulder, "Let's go, let's take the lead." He took the lead and walked to the high platform.

Wen Tianxiang was also uneasy in his heart, but with Zhao Jiaren leading the way in front, Wen Tianxiang himself couldn't help but want to see the excitement he had never seen.

When the people in the audience were silent, Wen Tianxiang, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, presided over the dedication ceremony, and he felt that the whole was acceptable. There were still so many people, and when they began to speak, Wen Tianxiang felt that the sound was like a hurricane, although it was invisible, but it was like a form. My heart is racing and my mood is nervous. Even if Wen Tianxiang was a bold person, even if he knew that the people were cheering, Wen Tianxiang still felt a panic.

The feelings of those scholars who followed Zhao Jiaren were even worse than Wen Tianxiang's, and under the fear, many of them stiffened, and some even sweated on their foreheads. These people didn't dare to look directly at the people, so they couldn't help but look at Zhao Jiaren, who was in the lead. Seeing that Zhao Jiaren did not have the slightest fear in the face of tens of millions of people, he stopped at the side of the platform near the people, raised his hand and waved it to the audience. Seeing Zhao Jiaren greeting him, the audience immediately erupted in a tsunami-like cheer.

"Captain Zhao!" "Captain Zhao!" Some people couldn't help shouting, driven by those trained students and cadres, the shouts became more and more neat, and the impact of the huge sound made Wen Tianxiang and others behind Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but want to retreat.

Zhao Jiaren raised his hands and pressed down, and the students and cadres themselves stopped shouting first, and whispered to the people around them not to continue shouting. The venue soon fell silent. Such a rapid change in the people made Wen Tianxiang feel that the hairs on his back stood on end, and he intuitively felt that under the quietness would be a stronger force.

More than a dozen loud men soon ran in front of the stage. When they stood still, Zhao Jiaren said loudly: "We are gathered here today to celebrate our victory!" We won a big battle! ”

As the loud man shouted these words to everyone, there was another jubilation below. Zhao Jiaren suppressed his voice again and continued: "Here, I want to thank everyone, it is because of you, it is because of you, it is the tens of millions of people like everyone in the Great Song Dynasty that we can have today's victory." Without you, there would have been no such victory. Of course, there were people who died bravely in the war, and now please bow your heads and pay a moment of silence for those who have died. ”

After speaking, Zhao Jiaren crossed his hands in front of him first. The master of ceremonies shouted, "Silence begins!" Zhao Jiaren seriously lowered his head. There were some exclamations from the crowd who saw this scene. Everyone never expected that such a big official as Taiwei Zhao on the stage would behave so politely.

After the master of ceremonies announces the 'end of silence'. Zhao Jiaren raised his head and continued to speak. "This victory is not enough to destroy the invaders, we will have many battles in the future, and the war will continue for a long time. But I assure you that as long as we are united and united, victory will already be ours. At that time, everyone will no longer have to be afraid, and they will no longer have to sleep and eat. I, Zhao Jiaren, as the Great Song Taiwei, assure you that this day will come! Long live the Great Song! ”

"Long live the Great Song!" "Long live the Great Song!" There was another tsunami-like cry from the audience.

After making a speech, Zhao Jiaren stepped down from the high stage with Wen Tianxiang, Zhang Shijie and others. After discussing the arrangements for the future, everyone went their separate ways. Zhang Shijie looked at Zhao Jiaren's back walking quickly, and said with palpitations: "Taiwei Zhao is really good to the people. ”

Wen Tianxiang just nodded, he knew that Zhang Shijie was jealous of Zhao Jiaren. After this, Zhang Shijie's jealousy was only deeper. Wen Tianxiang didn't think about it so much, if Zhao Jiaren really wanted to do something, how could Zhang Shijie stop it. He was reminiscing about the things in his heart, and in the face of so many people, Zhao Jiaren was able to control it freely. What's more, Zhao Jiaren's words are not the slightest thing to be faulted with.

This is a true hero! Wen Tianxiang sighed in his heart.