Chapter 5: Victory at the Yellow River Estuary
A few days later, Zhou Renzong finally passed the first seventh period.
In the grand scene of mourning with the whole country, he was sent to the Great Zhou imperial tomb outside Changdan City. Except for Empress Dowager Zhang, the other concubines and princesses went to guard the tomb.
Due to the war, Zhao Yan exempted most traditional Chinese etiquette and sat in the palace.
At this moment, there are only more than a month left before the end of the year, and the weather is getting colder again.
The Chakong Hall.
Zhao Yan was wearing a marten robe, surrounded by a stove, holding a book in one hand, and dozing off.
In such a comfortable environment, it would be strange if you don’t fall asleep!
Liu Chaotong, the director of Jixian Academy, stood on the side, and was telling the stories of ancient sages and sages with passion.
When he saw that Zhao Yan was almost asleep, he couldn't help but increase his voice instantly.
Bang!
Zhao Yan was shocked and knocked on the table. He woke up instantly. Then he looked at Liu Chaotong, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Director Liu, is it time to have lunch?"
"If Your Majesty is hungry, I will immediately ask the people from the Royal Kitchen to prepare!"
"I want to eat mutton hotpot!" Zhao Yan said excitedly.
Liu Chaotong waved his hand to the little eunuch at the gate, and the latter immediately went to pass the meal in the imperial study room.
"Director Liu, do you want to have a meal together?" Zhao Yan asked.
"No...no...no, no, let's get to this day's homework, I'll leave!" Liu Chaotong bowed deeply and then retreated.
Liu Chaotong liked this new emperor and had a headache.
I like it because Zhao Yan is talented and can learn from it inferences from anything he teaches, and even raises many forward-looking questions.
The headache was because he had too much contact with the emperor and found that he was particularly unpretentious and had a little teenager's character. Yesterday, he pulled Pan Wenyue, the director of the Second Hall, for lunch. As he was eating, Zhao Yan immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and said that he would sit with Pan Wenyue and discuss it.
If the Censorate sees this, Pan Wenyue will be impeached to death, and Pan Wenyue will be called for leave today.
As the saying goes, being with the king is like being with a tiger. Liu Chaotong doesn't want the emperor to be indifferent to him.
A great disrespectful crime is enough to bring his career to an abrupt end.
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On the dining table, an exquisite brass hot pot is placed in the center of the table.
More than a dozen dishes such as spinach, perilla, snow lotus root, winter bamboo shoots, etc. are fresh, and the most eye-catching thing is the plump mutton slices cut in the four large plates.
In this era, pork was an inequality ingredient for ordinary people, and the scholar-official class generally ate mutton and venison.
The emperor naturally ate the best quality mutton.
And now, Zhao Yan no longer has to follow the rule that one dish cannot exceed three bites when eating.
Just the day before yesterday, Xiao Jingye and Kong Moshan accompanied Zhao Yan for dinner.
When Zhao Yan asked the little eunuch to hold the fourth chopstick for him, Xiao Jingye reached out to stop him.
Zhao Yan put the chopsticks and started taking off his clothes.
Xiao Jingye was stunned and asked, "Your Majesty is hot?"
Zhao Yan replied: "I feel uncomfortable even if I eat. I will stop doing this emperor!"
Hearing this, Xiao Jingye looked depressed and had to stop forcing Zhao Yan to abide by this rule.
At this moment, the hot pot was fresh and spicy, and there were three little eunuchs serving him next to him.
As soon as Zhao Yan stretched out his hand, the dish he pointed to was pinched into a hot soup pot by the eunuch. This kind of small life can be said to be full of luxury in the world.
But Zhao Yan was not very happy. Naturally, the more people they eat, the better. Eating hot pot alone will make you eat lonely.
It's so cold!
During the meal, snowflakes suddenly floated outside.
Zhao Yan looked at the snowflakes that were getting heavier and he couldn't help but worry. If the mountains and rivers did not release water successfully, and the mouth of the Yellow River was frozen again, then the Great Zhou would be in danger.
He must find a way out for himself.
After the meal, Zhao Yan summoned Liu Dazhong, the former butler of the Prince of Yue’s Mansion, into the palace.
In addition to filling the 45,000 taels of silver and the carts of treasures, Zhao Yan also bought some land in Jiangnan.
If the emperor cannot continue to be the emperor or changes his dynasty one day, he fled to Jiangnan under his identity, and he always had to buy some home business for himself in advance.
Liu Dazhong is about thirty years old and is round and fat. He seems to be honest and honest, but in fact he is very smart in business. Over the past six months, Zhao Yan has taught him a lot of knowledge about economics. Liu Dazhong admires him and is full of thought.
If Zhao Yan didn't come to be this emperor, he would definitely become the richest man in the Great Zhou within five years. With his mind and identity, it would be too simple to make money in this era.
"Liu Dazhong, a grass man, pays homage to the emperor, long live my emperor!" Liu Dazhong knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
These days, he felt like he had a lifetime ago. He was puzzled in his heart that he could go shopping in brothels with him last month, so he could naturally say "Miss, laugh at me" without being able to adjust the idle prince, but why did he suddenly become the emperor?
"Get up!" Zhao Yan said with a smile.
Liu Dazhong stood up, his legs trembling, and he didn't dare to look directly at Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yanqing sipped tea and said, "Da Zhong, you should know very well how many families I have in the Yue Palace. Now I ordered you to go to Jiangnan to do business. As long as it does not violate the national laws, the court can make all the money you make. How about you two, eight, what about you?"
Plop!
Liu Dazhong suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, you... You have ruined the grass people. It is the blessing of the grass people who can make money for you. How dare I share the money? They are all your Majesty's, all your Majesty's!"
Liu Dazhong knew very well that with the ability given to him by Zhao Yan, it took only a few years to make him walk sideways in the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Zhao Yan pretended to be angry and said, "Do you still dare to resist the order?"
"I dare not, Caomin must not!" Liu Dazhong's head hit the ground, and his back was sweating profusely.
Zhao Yan laughed out loud, then helped him up and said, "Da Zhong, it would be fine if you made money in Jiangnan. If you lose money, I will really take your life. Do it boldly. I will not treat you badly!"
"Yes!" Liu Dazhong bowed, his heart full of passion.
His biggest dream in life is to make money, and make more and more money. But he does not love money, he only enjoys this wonderful process.
After Liu Dazhong left, the snow outside the hall gradually stopped.
As soon as Zhao Yan walked to the gate of Chuigong Hall, he saw three figures running wildly.
The one in the lead is Wen Xiang Xiao Jingye.
Xiao Jingye held his robe in both hands and walked rapidly. When he saw Zhao Yan from afar, he shouted: "Your Majesty, Huang..."
Bang!
Xiao Jingye fell into the snow nest with a fall.
Two young officials next to him quickly helped him up.
Xiao Jingye stood up and did not bother to take off the snow stains on his body, and continued to run towards Zhao Yan panting.
His smile was bright and he smiled like a child.
Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel happy and said to himself with some excitement: "It must be that Xingshan River and Pond has successfully released water!"
"Your Majesty, the Yellow River Estuary is a great victory, the Yellow River Estuary is a great victory! After the Marshal Wu released waters in Xingshan River, the Northern Mongolian Army directly evacuated. Fortunately, the soldiers of Qingzhou, which were occupied by the occupied Yunzhou, formed a team of 3,000 people, and sneaked into the food and grass of the Northern Mongolian Army. According to reports in the front, the Northern Mongolian Army had abandoned the four prefectures of Qingzhou, Gunzhou, Yunzhou and Jinzhou, and planned to stay only in Qingzhou and Chenzhou."
Although the Northern Mongolian Army was powerful, the Great Zhou Dynasty was unable to survive.
Their 30,000 people could not defend the six states in the north of the Yellow River. Because they were worried about being eroded, they could only retreat to the two northernmost states.
Xiao Jingye exclaimed and continued to say excitedly: "Our army has already gone to the border to set up defenses. This winter, the Northern Mongolian Army will not be able to trigger another war!"
Zhao Yan looked at Xiao Jingye's happy expression and suddenly felt that this little old man was very cute.
He suddenly realized that as a time traveler or an emperor, he really had the responsibility to let more people get the happiness they wanted.
"Xiao Xiang, just send someone to report it, and Chaoxue came here in person. What if you break it?" Zhao Yan patted Xueshui on Xiao Jingye's shoulder and said with a smile.
Xiao Jingye was flattered and quickly bowed: "The great victory in the Yellow River mouth depends on the plan of His Majesty. The old minister runs errands, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"
In less than three days, the great victory in the mouth of the Yellow River spread throughout the Great Zhou Kingdom.
However, the protagonist praised this time is not the Martial Commander Yang Xinghuai who was releasing the mountains and rivers, nor is the head coach of the Shence Army, Yang Hong, the son of Yang Xinghuai who regained the four states.
But the new emperor Zhao Yan.
"The new emperor used a thousand miles of tricks, and the Northern Mongolian army was defeated and fled overnight."
This is basically the saying that is circulated in the streets and alleys.
Public opinion is very important, and it is important to establish prestige for the new emperor.
Xiao Jingye was well aware of this, so he sent his pen to keep spreading the words, just to build imperial power, calm the people's hearts, let the emperor Zhao Yan sit firmly, and let the people of the world believe in this new emperor.
Chapter completed!