Chapter 41: My Will Has Been Decided
Two months have passed since Wanyan Zongwang's troops surrounded Bianjing, and Bianjing has once again returned to its former prosperity. A vivid picture of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" appeared in front of Zhao Huan's eyes.
This is Zhao Huan's first time wandering on the streets of Bianjing City.
There are countless restaurants or other shops on both sides of the crowded streets. There are mostly small stalls in front of the shops. The vendors shout from time to time and look at the passers-by with eyes full of expectation.
After casually looking for a restaurant and sitting down at a table by the window, Zhao Huan began to call the waiter to order: "First, take the tea that I brought and make it. Then I will bring four dried fruits, four fresh fruits, and two
Salty and sour, the four candied fruits. The four dried fruits are lychees, longans, steamed dates, and ginkgo. Fresh fruits are fresh when you choose them. For salty and sour, pick fragrant cherries and ginger plums. Candied fruits? They are rose kumquats, fragrant grapes,
Frosted peach strips, pear meat and good husband.
The wine will be ten-year-old Sanbai Fenjiu. As for the appetizers, the young master will not order anything expensive. He will only order what you can make here, such as cooking quail, fried duck feet, chicken tongue soup, and stuffed deer tripe.
Jiang Yao, fried mandarin duck tendons, chrysanthemum rabbit shreds, fried camphor legs, ginger vinegar gold and silver hoof."
But it was Zhao Huan’s bad taste that got the better of him——
Is there anyone here to show off? I’d like to slap him in the face!
However, the scene that Zhao Huan was looking forward to did not appear. The waiter who was standing next to Li Gang and facing Zhao Huan felt his calf tightening. He hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Back to the official... Sir, we are a small restaurant.
I didn’t get any beef tendons or anything like that. As for the rest, I’ll even dig my head into the ground to find the rest for you. Do you think it’s time to change the dish?”
Zhao Huan glanced at the waiter unexpectedly and asked, "Do you recognize me?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
The waiter quickly whispered: "That day when you returned to the city, I was lucky enough to see you from a distance among the crowd, so I remembered it."
Then Zhao Huan felt even more bored: "You go down first, and just change to whatever dish you can make."
The waiter in this shop doesn't pretend to be cool, life is so lonely...
"Sir, should we change places?"
After Zhao Huan dismissed the waiter, Li Gang saw a few drunken and bragging waiters next to him. He couldn't help but feel a little worried and said, "After all, there are so many people here, right?"
"It won't be complicated in a while."
Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "It is in this kind of place that you can see things that you can't usually see, and you can hear sounds that you can't usually hear."
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The restaurant is getting quieter and quieter. Guests are constantly checking out and leaving, but no guests are going up to the second floor. Although the first floor is full, the first floor is full of people sitting and eating without even drinking.
Drinking weirdos.
Zhao Huan signaled Wuxin to fill up everyone's wine glasses, and then said with a smile: "Did Li Qing hear what those scholars just said?"
Li Gang nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, Wei Chen heard it clearly."
"The roll caller outside Donghua Gate, is he really a good man?"
Zhao Huan asked back and said with a smile: "When I was in Taiyuan, I once said that a good man should be a wolf and a slave, and a stone Yanran should be restrained. But look at them?
You are trying to persuade me to open Enke, but if the people Enke gets are all this kind of stuff, then I expect them to ban Langjuxu? Isn’t this nonsense!”
After picking up the wine glass casually, Zhao Huan continued: "Also, you said that you want me to encourage you to cultivate mulberry trees, but I ask you, what do these people need? I bought a few acres of land outside the imperial city and brought it with me.
Are you asking the emperor's relatives to cultivate an acre and a half of land just to show off?"
Li Ruobing said: "The Master said, do it first, work hard, and say Wu Tire."
What Li Ruobing means is that Confucius once said, if you want the people to do something, do it first before them, lead by example in everything, don't be too annoyed or tired, and the people will naturally support you.
You, sincerely follow what you do. Therefore, as an official, you have to encourage farmers and mulberry trees, even if they are just showing off, you, the old man, must also do it, so that you can inspire the people.
Zhao Huan glanced at Li Ruobing, chuckled and said: "The people can do it, just let it go. If they can't do it, know it."
——If the people are willing to pay attention to mulberry farming, let them do it themselves. If the people don't know why they should pay attention to mulberry farming, and they really don't pay attention to mulberry farming, just let the people know why they should pay attention to mulberry farming, and this matter can be solved.
Do you want to play poetry with me? I can do it too!
"Officials are wise, and ministers cannot wait."
After Li Ruobing gave up, Li Gang continued: "It's just that whether it's spring plowing, admonishing students to farm mulberry trees, or re-establishing the Yellow Register, they are all immediate matters. Therefore, I think the matter of analyzing Jin Mansion should be postponed."
"Why do you want to fight?"
Looking at two disheveled healthy women performing sumo wrestling in front of a sumo ring below the restaurant, Zhao Huan suddenly said inexplicably: "I don't like fighting either."
???
Li Gang and Li Ruobing looked at each other in confusion, and found that the other's eyes were full of confusion. Neither of them could understand what Zhao Huan, an official, was doing so crazy——
Whether you like fighting or not has anything to do with the current affairs of Chun Peng and Enke?
You don't like fighting, but you still think about the Xijin Mansion of the Jin Kingdom?
Ha~ Official!
"But we can't do it without fighting."
Zhao Huan said to himself: "If I don't attack the Jin Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom will come to attack me, so I can only destroy the Jin Kingdom before the Jin Kingdom goes south and stop the war outside the Song Dynasty.
, let the people continue to enjoy the peaceful life now."
"Besides, what are you studying for? To cultivate one's moral character, manage one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world!"
Zhao Huan smiled and said: "Isn't the scene in front of me good-looking? Of course it is good-looking. But can the people of Xijin Prefecture see it? Of course they can't. Because the people of Jin Kingdom are still living in dire straits, they need
I am going to save them, and I need to preach and educate them."
Li Gang and Li Ruobing immediately stopped talking.
After all, after going through so many circles, this official family just couldn't get enough of it, and they only wanted to lead their troops to destroy the Kingdom of Jin.
What should I do? Wait online, it’s quite urgent...
Seeing that Li Gang and Li Ruobing were both silent, Zhao Huan also felt a sense of boredom——
Just like Guo Degang said that when Yu Shaobao did not smoke, drink or perm his hair during cross talk, it would be less interesting to praise Yu Shaobao. It is actually quite boring for a person to pretend to be a one-man show.
After being silent for a long time, Zhao Huan put down the wine glass in his hand and said: "When I was in Taiyuan, I discussed this matter with Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, and Wang Zhen, the deputy governor of the capital.
Although Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang have retreated, they will definitely come back, and I'm afraid that when they come back, they won't be the same as before."
"They may not dare to come."
Li Gang shook his head and replied: "In the battle of Bianjing, Wanyan Zongwang only escaped with his body. In the battle of Taiyuan, Wanyan Zonghan's troops were also seriously injured. Now it is not only me, the Song Dynasty, who is busy with spring plowing, but the Jin Kingdom is also busy.
Naturally, they won’t come now for spring plowing.
In my humble opinion, if Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang go south again, they will definitely choose the time of autumn harvest to cover them with a large army. First, it is convenient to supply during the autumn harvest, and secondly, they will camp step by step and fight steadily, so that they will not be as hasty as their trip south this time."
Hearing what Li Gang said, Zhao Huan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Li Gang can be called a general, or even a prime minister, but he is still far from being a handsome man.
Use yourself to save others.
If Wanyan Zonghan or Wanyan Zongwang were equipped with weapons such as firearms and hot-air balloons, then Zhao Huan would definitely use his troops while the other party had not yet deployed large-scale equipment——
Using troops suddenly can not only have unexpected effects, but it is also possible to get the opponent's equipment, study it carefully, and then go back and build better equipment before killing the opponent.
If you wait until the large-scale deployment is completed, you will definitely be the one who suffers. How many people will you bring with you? Will they all be killed by the other party?
"In short, you don't need to persuade me anymore, I have made my decision."
After shaking his head, Zhao Huan said in a deep voice: "As long as we capture the Xijin Prefecture and leave Shanhaiguan in the east, the entire north will no longer be a threat. At that time, I can persuade Nongsang as much as I want, whatever I want
Just open Enke as you want, instead of worrying about the Jin soldiers going south every day like now."
Li Gang and Li Ruobing were immediately speechless.
After being silent for a long time, Li Gang raised his hands and said, "If the officials go to the expedition in person, how will the capital arrange it?"
"arrange?"
Zhao Huan took a sip of his wine very calmly and replied: "Of course it's the same as last time, let the Queen Mother listen to the government behind the curtain, the Queen and the Emperor's eldest son supervise the country, and you guys will stay to assist the government."
Li Gang nodded, but then shook his head: "My husband, Mr. Zhong, is old, and he is not looking good lately. Who should be the leader of the official family?"
"minister,"
In my humble opinion, if Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang go south again, they will definitely choose the time of autumn harvest to cover them with a large army. Firstly, it is convenient to supply during the autumn harvest. Secondly, they will camp step by step and fight steadily, so that they will not be as hasty as this time when they went south."
Hearing what Li Gang said, Zhao Huan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Li Gang can be called a general, or even a prime minister, but he is still far from being a handsome man.
Use yourself to save others.
If Wanyan Zonghan or Wanyan Zongwang were equipped with weapons such as firearms and hot-air balloons, then Zhao Huan would definitely use his troops while the other party had not yet deployed large-scale equipment——
Using troops suddenly can not only have unexpected effects, but it is also possible to get the opponent's equipment, study it carefully, and then go back and build better equipment before killing the opponent.
If you wait until the large-scale deployment is completed, you will definitely be the one who suffers. How many people will you bring with you? Will they all be killed by the other party?
"In short, you don't need to persuade me anymore, I have made my decision."
After shaking his head, Zhao Huan said in a deep voice: "As long as we capture the Xijin Prefecture and leave Shanhaiguan in the east, the entire north will no longer be a threat. At that time, I can persuade Nongsang as much as I want, whatever I want
Chapter completed!