Chapter 21: Zhao Ji's Ambition
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Imperial City, Inner Palace.
Zhao Ji stood behind the dragon case, put down the pen in his hand, stretched his waist, and blew the "Bird Picture of Qiutang Mountain" on the table with a smile on his face, beckoning his eldest companion to come over and admire.
"Companion, don't be so rigid, I know you're for my good, you see, isn't this done, hurry up and take a look. ”
The personal eunuch Chen Ran is already very old, and he has been following Zhao Ji since he was still young.
At this time, he walked over tremblingly, looking a little struggling.
"Your Majesty's painting has grown again, not only expressive, but also vivid, but Your Majesty, it is still important to the body, you are older, and you can't think of being so willful when you were young. ”
"I see that your body needs to be well recuperated, and when you are older, don't do it yourself, just ask those who are strong to accompany you. ”
Zhao Ji is really sympathetic to his big companion.
"Thank you Your Majesty, the old slave still has some strength, and he will be relieved when he dedicates it to His Majesty, otherwise he will not be at ease when he is below. ”
Chen Ran's words are absolutely true, he has served the emperor all his life, if he can't die in his post, then it will be a dereliction of duty.
"It's not been peaceful lately, I'm always upset, Shandong Songjiang rebelled, and the Jin Tartars in the north are also ready to move, I can't sleep, the best way to calm my mood is to write and paint, I have developed a habit for many years, and I can't change it all at once. ”
Zhao Ji was worried about the country and the people, and Chen Ran was a little tearful when he listened.
"Your Majesty, with all due respect to the old slave, a few days ago, the matter between the big handsome and Zhang Thorn Shilai and His Majesty's dignitaries, I don't know if Your Majesty still remembers?"
Of course, I remember that Liang Aiqing and Liu Aiqing also came later, and I am afraid that it was also for this matter that they finally moved out of Song Jiang to relieve the embarrassment. ”
"Your Majesty sees it thoroughly, but the old slave is dull. ”
Zhao Ji smiled, drank the tea on the table, asked the little eunuch to take out the calligraphy and paintings to dry and frame, and then took Chen Ran's hand and sat on the bed, took a breath, and said: "Big companion, over the years, I'm afraid I have left you with the impression of being an image of a faint monarch, right?"
Chen Ran hurriedly knelt on the ground, this is the crime of killing the head, he has never thought about it like this, he doesn't want to participate in the affairs of the court, although there are many eunuchs in the Great Song Dynasty, but he just wants to serve the good officials wholeheartedly.
"Your Majesty, the old slave has no such intention, please take back what you just said. ”
"Companion, you have followed me for many years, I know exactly who you are, but unfortunately, some people have become very powerful over the years, and I am a little overwhelmed, I originally wanted to let go and let the crown prince ascend the throne to deal with these things.
But the prince is still a little immature, and if I can't cut the thorns from the rattan for him, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the prince to proceed.
It has been more than 20 years since I ascended the throne, and I just wanted to do a big career with high spirits, inherit the will of Emperor Taizu Taizong, subdue Yanyun, enrich the country and strengthen the army.
The weakness and incompetence of the army, even if they give them more money and food, will fall into the pockets of those greedy people, so they feel aggrieved, so they use writing and painting to relieve the bitterness in their hearts.
It is an indisputable fact that the entire Great Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and it was difficult to reverse this situation.
The situation in Frontier Heir Wu City has been reported by my secret law division, saying that there is a kid who has united with a local capital to completely solve the problem I have been trying to solve, which is really happy.
But every time I remembered that the civil official group was going to slowly corrupt this slowly growing seedling in the hotbed of literati, the big boss appeared at the right time, so I also agreed to their request with one eye closed.
Liang Aiqing saw that the generals had won a chess piece, and he was very unhappy, but there was no way, as soon as my golden mouth was opened, he couldn't change it casually, so he just used the excuse of going to recruit An Song Jiang to prevaricate.
As everyone knows, earlier, I had already sent Houmeng, the governor of Bozhou, to recruit An.
Hmph, I can see all their careful thoughts. ”
At this time, Chen Ran was already crying, and thought that his majesty had been addicted to calligraphy and painting and could not extricate himself, and his ambition had been submerged by these antique calligraphy and paintings, who knew that His Majesty had not forgotten his ambitions.
Chen Ran knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhao Ji three times, and said: "The old slave congratulates Your Majesty, congratulates the country, and congratulates Li Min, Your Majesty is so fortunate and forbearing." ”
"Hurry up, don't hurt your body, you still have a lot of things to do for me, you can't do it without you, it's difficult to find someone who believes in the Manchu Dynasty." ”
Zhao Jikong is ambitious, and internal worries and external troubles are not equal at all, making it difficult for him to start.
"Your Majesty only needs to be useful to the old slave, even if he is told, the old slave's body is still strong. ”
After speaking, the tears on his cheeks had not yet been wiped away, so he laughed.
At this time, Liang Shicheng was in a state of rage, no one dared to get close, and there were several corpses lying on the ground, all of them were people who had just been recruited, just because they didn't avoid Liang Shicheng's anger in time, so they had become dead people at this time.
Just received a message from the flying pigeon, his godson was traveling in Siwu City, and was seriously injured by a kid, and that handsome face may be difficult to show in the future.
Liang Shicheng is a eunuch, step by step to the pinnacle of power, relying not on real kung fu, money to open the way and intrigue are his good tricks.
Who knows now that people are riding on their heads and.
Wu Xi, Wu Xi, I originally wanted to win you into the high-level of the scholars, but now it seems that Old Ghost Zhong will let you go one step ahead of me, and it is really suitable for the matter, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with you when the time comes.
Now, since you have chosen to take sides, then I will let you taste the consequences of touching the tiger's beard.
"Explain it, go all out to arrest this thief, do it secretly, don't let any military general see it, otherwise, a hat that kills a colleague will be buckled. ”
"Yes!"
After kneeling on the ground outside the door and shouting "yes", there was a loud sound, and it disappeared into the dark night of the capital in a moment.
Wu Xi hit a spirit in the cold wind, the weather has been very cold recently, it has just entered November, and the thief can't wait to send down the cold snap.
This is really fatal, in the future in winter, Wu Xi will be in a heated room, saying that he will not go out, and the winter of feudalism is really impossible to spend.
This place produces coal, Wu Xi knows, but why is no one using it?
The reason for this is the underdevelopment of smelting technology, so that when these people spend the winter, a brazier in the house is considered a tool for heating.
The yard that rises from the ground has just moved in, and it is still a little damp, and it needs to be heated by fire constantly to warm up, and the room is well sealed at night, and carbon monoxide cannot be emitted, so you can only feel a trace of warmth by covering your whole body in the quilt at night.
Since moving into the new house, Wu Xi has given an order to everyone not to light a fire at night, and there is no surprise, and everyone has complied with it very well.
When I opened the door, I was frightened by the scene in front of me, and there were many corpses of people in black lying horizontally, all of them were killed in one move, and the wounds were all in the throat, it seemed that the murderer's kung fu was really good.
I just don't know who the man in black lying on the ground is, and why he died in the yard of his house.
roared and called the second dog and the bull's-eyed baby from the gentle township, so frightened that the two of them were about to kneel down and plead guilty.
After Wu Xi waved his hand and said that there was no such rule at home, the two dogs ran out, and the temperature of the corpse had not completely cooled, indicating that this incident happened just now, and the murderer didn't even have time to deal with the corpse, so he was sent away by Wu Xi's soak of urine.
There are so many corpses out of thin air, and it is impossible to tell if there is a mouth, and the expression of surprise just now has returned to normal in an instant.
Beckoning the bull's eye baby and the guy he had just recruited, he moved all the corpses to the abandoned courtyard of the neighbor's house, and then set a fire to burn them clean.
The destruction of corpses is definitely an urgent matter at present, and if it is seen by those who care, it is really unreasonable.
Then, like a nobody, I went to the kitchen to make mutton soup.
When the people in the kitchen saw the master of the house cooking in person, they pushed their tears and snot, and felt that the master disliked his craftsmanship and was sad.
Wu Xi wanted to slap her a few big mouths, but her good mood was completely ruined by her crying.
It took a long time to explain before the cook stopped crying, is it wrong that he just wants to eat a good meal of mutton soup?
If you want to say that you dislike others, it is true, but it is not to the point of driving her away, so let her stand next to her, explain the method and steps of boiling one by one, and then say: "I will only make it once, and the soup in the future will be boiled according to this method." ”
After the cook said "yes" softly, she stood behind Wu Xi with sparkling eyes and studied carefully.
The babies of small families may not be able to eat meat a year, so they are still not very good at meat dishes.
They are all poor people, Wu Xi didn't mean to embarrass her, if she is really incompetent, it is really good to be a warm bed.
Thinking about it a little too much, it may be because I haven't been to the land of fireworks for a long time, and my body has been suffocated lately, and I have a feeling of dizziness.
It's obviously an aunt, but she has to see people as teenage girls.
The family, whether it was Daddy Wu or the cook, all sat around eating the mutton soup made by Wu Xi, and put the dry buns into the soup, the taste was amazing.
"Friend, don't smell it ghostly, if you really think it's very warm on the roof of Wu's house, don't come down.
If I were you, I would come down and drink a bowl of mutton soup without any discipline and then squat up, which is also an appreciation for the master's craftsmanship, isn't it?"