Volume 1 The Storm in the Capital Chapter 18 The Zhou Family in the Capital Zhou Ziru

Unconsciously, the further I went, the less noisy I was, and the fewer pedestrians around. In the end, the sedan chair stopped in front of a house, and at first glance, you would think that this was just an ordinary big family, and you would not think that the Zhou family who lived in it for more than 600 years was the Zhou family, who had been sitting firmly in the position of the prime minister of the Great Qi Dynasty for more than 600 years. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is a miracle that it has not faded for 600 years.

"Your Majesty, it's time to the Zhou Mansion, look, do you send someone to announce it or..."Chief Wang asked outside the sedan chair.

"No, I'll go in and have a look." Zhao Yizhi said and walked down the sedan chair.

Manager Wang gave the palanquin man some reward: "You are waiting here, don't take on any other work today, no one asks, you don't know anything when someone asks, do you know?" ”

"Yes, yes."

"I don't know, I don't know."

Several palanquin drivers took the money with a smile on their faces, and when they saw that Manager Wang's eyes were glaring, they all hurriedly changed their words.

Zhao Yizhi ignored the arrangement of General Manager Wang and came to the door of the Zhou Mansion, where a simple plaque was written "The world is for the public". This is also why Zhao Yizhi came to this world to know that it turned out that there would never be any Zhang Mansion and Li Mansion written on the door, and most of them were not hung with plaques. The plaques are all commemorative significance, and no matter how powerful the cattle are to death, they only dare to hang a "scholarly door".

Ordinary people can't hang the house plaque, and this dignified Xiangguo Mansion doesn't even hang the house plaque, and hangs an old piece of "The world is for the public". Although this plaque is old, it also looks shiny, and there is no trace of dust and cobwebs on the plaque, and it is often wiped and maintained.

"This is the year Qi Taizu sealed, I heard that the first seal was 'the sun and the moon shine together', the first Zhou Xiang Zhou Yu begged His Majesty to change the seal of this 'world for the public', six hundred years, with rosewood, in order to preserve it for so long!" Manager Wang followed from behind, saw Zhao Yizhi staring at the plaque, and explained on the side.

"That Zhou Xiang is also a capable person, and he dares to hang a plaque like 'The World is for the Public', and Qi Taizu actually agreed." Zhao Yizhi sighed. Suddenly, he glanced at the manager Wang next to him, and the word "tour guide" suddenly popped up in his mind. couldn't help but smile and walked towards the house.

A little boy at the door, about fourteen or fifteen years old, fell asleep on his stomach on a small wooden table in the upside-down room. Manager Wang wanted to wake up the child and open the front door to greet Zhao Yizhi. Zhao Yizhi waved his hand to stop the head Wang who stepped forward, bypassed the shadow wall, and walked straight to the courtyard.

A tall tree in the courtyard, the shade of the tree shades the small half of the yard, but it does not make the courtyard dark, Zhao Yizhi circled around the tree, about ten steps, the trunk is vigorous, the branches and leaves are also very lush, although it is early in the morning, but after all, it is summer and summer, but there is a trace of shade under the tree.

"What kind of tree is this?" Zhao Yizhi turned back to Mr. Wang and asked.

"It's a locust tree." A voice came from the hall, and without waiting for the king to answer, he replied aloud.

Zhao Yizhi looked at it and saw a young man, who was about eighteen or nineteen years old, similar to himself, the emperor. The face is very delicate, the skin is also very fair, and the long hair that is not tied up is scattered, at first glance it looks like a woman. Only the eyebrows and eyes can see a trace of man's fortitude and heroism. Dressed in white, if the wind rises, it must be like a fairy who drifts away. It's just that this handsome man, holding a fritter in his hand at this time, holding a bowl of gruel, eating and drinking a mouthful, has no elegant temperament.

"The locust tree is also known as the tree of the three princes, and it has the symbol of the auspicious omen of the family. Sophora leaves can clear the liver and diarrhea fire, locust branches can dispel wind and stop bleeding, locust roots can disperse stasis and reduce swelling, and locust horns can cool blood and brighten eyes. Our Zhou family is naturally going to plant locust trees! The boy took a sip of gruel and told him about the benefits of the locust tree.

"If I'm not mistaken, this locust tree was planted by Zhou Yu, the first generation of the Zhou family, right?" Zhao Yizhi guessed.

The young man laughed out loud with a "poof": "The locust tree is more than 20 years, less than 15 years, even if it is properly maintained, it is a miracle to live for a hundred years, how can it live for 600 years?" ”

"You kid, why do you come here like this? Isn't that rude? Zhao Yizhi was sometimes embarrassed, so he had to divert the topic.

"Who is a child? I'll be crowned in two years' time. Besides, you're not a kid? How much older are you than me? If you come to someone else's house without saying a word, who is rude? The boy took another bite of the fritter and rolled his eyes and asked.

"Bold! This is Your Majesty today! How to babble! When Mr. Wang heard this, he shouted loudly on the side. Zhao Yizhi hurriedly waved his hand to stop Manager Wang, but he really couldn't stand the appearance of Manager Wang's loyal minister.

"You're right, it's me... It's abrupt. Can Zhou Ziru be at home? Zhao Yizhi approached and asked.

The young man took a bite of the fritters, "I am, Your Majesty is looking for me?" ”

Zhao Yizhi just took two steps, and the foot he lifted did not fall for a long time. This is Zhou Ziru? This is a high school student, a country's policy to ask this little hairy child? In fact, Zhao Yizhi, the emperor, also died a few days after his eighteenth birthday, let him be this cheap emperor, in the eyes of others, he is also a hairy boy, otherwise Li Changwen would not dare to argue with him. It's just that he was already a working social animal in his previous life, and his mind is no longer a child.

The young man finally finished eating, handed the bowl to the maid on the side, cleaned his hands, bowed down and said, "Grass people Zhou Ziru, please see Your Majesty." As he spoke, he prepared to kneel. It's just that I rubbed for a long time, and I pulled the corners of my clothes, and I rolled up my sleeves, and my knees just didn't bend a little.

Zhao Yizhi came back to his senses and signaled: "Excuse me, Zhou... Now that I've had my fill, I'd like to talk to you. ”

"Your Majesty, please." Zhou Ziru immediately tidied up the corners of his clothes and cuffs, which was a lot more neat than the friction just now, and bent down to the main hall to ask.

Zhao Yizhi took the lead and walked in, and Manager Wang had just followed him to the door, but Zhou Ziru asked out loud, "Is it alone?" Zhao Yizhi glanced back at Mr. Wang, and Mr. Wang was also stunned.

Zhao Yizhi nodded: "Alone." Zhou Ziru turned around and followed in, and Manager Wang rolled his eyes angrily outside the door, but he had no choice but to flash to the side.

"Your Majesty is here for the flood in Anhui City, right?" Before Zhao Yizhi sat down, Zhou Ziru had already taken the lead in asking behind him.

"You... How does Mr. Zhou know? Zhao Yizhi pouted half of his buttocks and raised it again, and asked Zhou Ziru.

Zhou Ziru saluted Zhao Yizhi from the fragrant tea prepared in advance on the table: "Your Majesty, please sit down." Anhui City flooded, but Chen Yu, the governor of Jiangnan, did not report it and was imprisoned by His Majesty. The news of Yin Mengwei's return to Beijing, the grass people only learned about it in the morning, and the hole leopard. Your Majesty must not know what to do with Taishi Li now. So he deigned to come to the humble house. ”

Zhao Yizhi received the fragrant tea, lifted the lid of the tea, the fragrant tea was hot, and his heart was shocked: "This kid can even know that I will come today?" ”

"Chen Mengwei will arrive in Beijing this afternoon, and if Your Majesty doesn't come this morning, there will be no time or opportunity to come later. Your Majesty wants to come, only in the morning. If the grass people guess wrong, they will only live up to a cup of fragrant tea, what does it matter? Zhou Ziru took the lead in taking a sip, and then said: "Your Majesty don't be surprised, although the news of my Zhou family is not as fast as the imperial court, it is not slow. I guessed right now, which means that Your Majesty is also a wise king, and what he does is also the work of a wise monarch, not the lord of mediocrity, which is gratifying. ”

Zhao Yizhi put down the teacup and said, "Since Mr. knows everything, then I have two questions in my heart, and I don't know if Mr. may answer the questions." ”

Zhou Ziru replied first: "Master Li deserves to die." ”

"The second question, Mr. Ling Zun Zeng Yan is not of great use, today's view, Mr. Zhou's thoughts and thoughts are different from ordinary people, and there are indeed geniuses, what Ling Zun said is not true, why?" Seeing that Zhou Ziru was quick to speak, Zhao Yizhi also became straightforward.

"The grass people's talent is shallow, and they are still a little inferior to their father." Zhou Ziru said lightly.

"Isn't it because I had that mediocre reputation before, Mr. Zhou cherishes feathers?" Zhao Yizhi said with a smile.

"Ahem... Your Majesty doesn't have to say that if you see through it. Zhou Ziru coughed lightly, a little embarrassed.

"I don't know if Mr. is willing to be a minister?" Zhao Yizhi's eyes were a little hot, Zhou Ziru's calmness and intelligence are not what an ordinary high school student should have, the Zhou family has been inherited for 600 years without falling, and it really deserves its reputation.

"In a few words, Your Majesty has been appointed as the Prime Minister, is it a child's play..."Zhou Ziru paused, and then said, "Shenzhou is turbulent, the eight kings are ready to move, the four places are rampant, and the people are poor, I don't know how much Your Majesty knows and how much he cares." ”

"I've heard about it, but I don't know the details, so I came here to ask my husband for help."

"I just don't know what your majesty's ambitions are?" Zhou Ziru took a sip of tea and looked at Zhao Yizhi.

Zhao Yizhi stood up, took two steps forward, looked outside the door and said loudly: "I once heard that the ancestor of the Zhou family once said, 'Die the Zhou family, and then die the Zhao family', today I can also say that if the Zhao family is here, the world will be there, and the people will be safe." For the common people of the world, for the ancestors of the society! May the country and the people be safe! ”

Zhao Yizhi saw that Zhou Ziru was slightly moved, and then smiled: "Of course, that is official words, I didn't hide it from Mr. Zhou." If the country is unstable, how can I, as the king of a country, end well? You also have to think about your own net worth and life. All in all, both public and private, I have to maintain this Great Qi Dynasty! ”

Zhao Yizhi saw that Zhou Ziru still didn't speak, and then said: "The Zhou family is based in the capital, and has lived in the country for more than 600 years, and it is known to the world. If today's turmoil is the time of Zhongxing, doesn't Mr. Zhou want to make some merits to respect his ancestors? ”

Zhou Ziru bowed his head and was silent, for a long time, and said slowly: "Your Majesty's honesty and sincerity are known to the people, but Your Majesty's orders are not resigned. I only hope that the Daqi Society will be eternal, and I only hope that the Zhou family will not decline. ”

Zhao Yizhi smiled and nodded: "I just hope that the country and the people are safe." ”

Zhou Ziru was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Yes, I just hope that the country and the people are safe." ”