Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 778 The Mysterious Old Taoist Priest

After Zhao Wen finished reading the newspaper, he began to review the memorial.

The number of memorials in front of Zhao Wen is much more than when the world was not taken down, but the number is not as large as the number of memorials from the Ming Dynasty.

After all, there are many unimportant things that Zhao Wen has handed over to the two courts for handling, and there are really not many things that Zhao Wen can handle.

Zhao Wen sat in the imperial study for one day, as long as Zhao Wen's butt was next to the chair, he would not be able to stand up in a short time.

In the afternoon, Zhao Wen stood up, stretched his waist, took a deep breath, and relieved his fatigue.

Before Zhao Wen walked out of the imperial study, Liu Wenzhong came into the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the award ceremony has almost been arranged. When will it start? Now, the generals from all parties have arrived in Xuanzhen. Except for Zheng Yiguan, Hong Chengchou and Mao Chengzuo who are far away overseas, the rest Basically everything that can be reached has arrived.”

Before Zhao Wen asked, Liu Wenzhong spoke up.

"In this case, let's arrange it as soon as possible, this matter cannot be delayed!" Zhao Wen replied.

"Your Majesty, two days later is an auspicious day, why not put it in two days?" Liu Wenzhong asked.

Zhao Wen nodded, "Okay, listen to you, let's put it in two days!"

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing!" Liu Wenzhong didn't go out, but asked again.

Zhao Wen asked: "Ai Qing, is there anything else?"

"Your Majesty, there is. The matter of establishing the crown prince should also be settled, and the ceremony for establishing the crown prince should also be held!" Liu Wenzhong said.

"It's done early and finished early, how about this, after the reward ceremony is completed, we will hold the grand ceremony for the establishment of the reserve!" Zhao Wen said directly without objecting.

Liu Wenzhong heaved a sigh of relief. Although Zhao Wen had already regarded Zhao Mingyu as the successor of the empire, he had never held a grand ceremony for the appointment of the crown prince.

As the saying goes, change comes later, although Zhao Mingyu's position is now unbreakable, what if?
"Your Majesty is holy!" Liu Wenzhong saluted Zhao Wen respectfully and shouted loudly.

Zhao Wen waved his hand, "Okay, if Aiqing is fine, go out first, I'm a little tired, go out for a walk!"

Zhao Wen walked outside after saying that, and Liu Wenzhong had nothing else to do, so he left the imperial study.

After Zhao Wen walked out of the imperial study, he did not go out for a stroll as usual, but came to the harem.

Zhao Wen came to the courtyard where Zhao Mingyu lived, intending to take a look at his son.

Although Zhao Mingyu is not very old now, he is almost ten years old, and now he will be made the prince by Zhao Wenli, so now he already has his own residence - East Palace.

But because of his young age, Zhao Mingyu lived with Li Xiaoying most of the time.Generally speaking, after becoming a crown prince, the prince should live in the East Palace.

As soon as Zhao Wen stepped into the gate, he heard the sound of reading.

Zhao Wen immediately recognized that it was his son's voice.

Zhao Wen followed the voice and walked over, and it didn't take long to arrive in the front yard.

I saw Zhao Mingyu sitting behind a table in the yard, holding a book in his hand, reading aloud.

In front of Zhao Mingyu, sat a middle-aged scholar. The middle-aged scholar held a book in one hand and a pointer in the other. His eyes kept scanning Zhao Mingyu's body.

This middle-aged scholar is one of Zhao Mingyu's teachers and is mainly responsible for teaching Chinese studies.

Zhao Mingyu's study task is still relatively heavy, from morning to night.

Zhao Mingyu was not an ordinary child, so Zhao Wen had to increase his education.

Zhao Mingyu has a lot to learn. In addition to Chinese studies, he also needs to learn a series of contents such as mathematics and science.

Zhao Wen stood in front of the yard, looking at Zhao Mingyu who was sitting there reading a book with a smile on his face.

"I think back then, when I was this old, I felt a headache when I mentioned reading. I never thought my son could sit still!" Zhao Wen said with a smile.

"Your Majesty is talented and intelligent, but you are born with knowledge, and those ordinary people can't teach Your Majesty anything!" Chen Donglai offered a flattery.

Although Zhao Wen knew that flattery was not a good thing, it was nice to hear.

Zhao Wen said with a smile: "People who are born with knowledge are all deceitful. There are no people who are born with knowledge in this world. There are only people who are born with knowledge!"

While speaking, Zhao Mingyu's reading voice suddenly became quieter. It turned out that Zhao Mingyu saw Zhao Wen.

"father!"

Zhao Mingyu yelled at Zhao Wen, and then hurriedly ran towards Zhao Wen with a smile on his face.

Zhao Mingyu's teacher also reacted, he hurriedly stood up, ran to Zhao Wen, and saluted Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen squatted down and opened his arms, Zhao Mingyu threw himself directly into Zhao Wen's arms.

"Father, why are you here?" Zhao Mingyu raised his head and asked excitedly.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Wen rarely came to Zhao Mingyu's place.

Zhao Wen touched the top of Zhao Mingyu's head and said, "Let's see how your studies are doing today!"

"Father, I memorized a lot of things today. Daddy, do you want to listen? I'll recite it for you!" Zhao Mingyu said and began to recite it for Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Mingyu who was standing in front of him with a book on his back, and kept praising him.

Zhao Mingyu's teacher stood aside quietly with a smile on his face.

"It is said that His Majesty and the prince have a deep father-son relationship. Seeing you today, it really deserves their reputation!" Zhao Mingyu's teacher thought secretly.

"Okay, let's recite it here today. I came to you today because I have something to tell you.

In a few days, after the awarding ceremony is completed, it will be your ceremony to establish a crown prince, so get ready in the next few days. " Zhao Wen stroked the top of Zhao Mingyu's head and said.

Zhao Mingyu said: "Father, should I still study these days? Why don't I stop for a few days?"

Zhao Mingyu's face was full of anticipation.

Zhao Mingyu is also a child. Is there anything a child doesn't like to play?So Zhao Mingyu seemed to be taking a break from his busy schedule to see if he could rest in the past few days.

"You little brat, do you think I don't know what you're thinking?" Zhao Wen nodded Zhao Mingyu's nose, and scolded with a smile: "For the sake of your hard work recently, I'll let you study for half a day.

In the next few days, there will be no classes in the afternoon, so let's prepare well for the ceremony. "

"Thank you dad, thank you dad!" Zhao Mingyu jumped up for joy.

"Today's book is still to be read, so hurry up and read!" Zhao Wen pointed to the tables and chairs in the yard, and looked at Zhao Mingyu.

Zhao Mingyu stuck out his tongue, and reluctantly walked towards the table and chairs.

Zhao Wen stayed here for a while, then left and walked towards Kunning Palace.

Li Xiaoying is the current queen and Zhao Mingyu's mother, so it's normal to tell her about it.

Not long after, Zhao Wen came to Kunning Palace.

At this time, Li Xiaoying was sitting in the grand ceremony of Kunning Palace, holding a copy of today's newspaper, reading it with relish.

Although Zhao Wen didn't determine the scope of Li Xiaoying's activities, Li Xiaoying felt that since she was a queen, she should look like a queen.

In Li Xiaoying's traditional concept, it is better to seldom do things that show her face, so Li Xiaoying spends most of her time in the palace, and her favorite thing on weekdays is reading newspapers.

Li Xiaoying came from a scholarly family, so it's normal for her to like writing.

"What are you looking at? So happy?" Zhao Wen asked with a smile as he looked at Li Xiaoying who was sitting on the main seat with a smile on his face.

Li Xiaoying heard Zhao Wen's voice, put down the newspaper in her hand, and stood up, "It's nothing, it's just the story in the newspaper!"

"To be honest, there are indeed some good stories in the newspaper!" Zhao Wen walked up to Li Xiaoying and said with a smile.

Zhao Wen sat down and pulled Li Xiaoying to sit next to him.

"I've decided to hold a grand ceremony for the crown prince in a few days!" Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaoying and said.

Li Xiaoying was stunned for a moment, then said: "Why are you in such a hurry? He is still young, he can do it anytime!"

Although Zhao Wen had decided to make Zhao Mingyu the crown prince a long time ago, it was only a verbal agreement. If the ceremony for establishing the crown prince was not held, the matter could not be completely settled.

As Zhao Mingyu's mother, Li Xiaoying was naturally worried.

Li Xiaoying let out a long breath, and relaxed, "Mingyu is a kid who likes to play around, and he even climbed a tree to dig out a bird's nest a few days ago, I really don't know what to say!"

"Haha, this proves that he is in good health!" Zhao Wen laughed indifferently.

……

Liu Wenzhong walked out of the gate of the Senate and got into the wood-burning car that was still waiting outside the Senate.

Wood-burning cars have been manufactured very early, but the output of wood-burning cars is not very large now.

After all, the factory still mainly produces trucks, mainly supplying the army.

In addition, Zhao Wen controls firewood-burning cars, so in Xuanzhen today, there are only a handful of people who can travel in firewood-burning cars. Except for Zhao Wen and Zhao Wen's family, there are only a few people who are familiar with Xuanzhen. Only those who have made great contributions to the town are eligible to travel in wood-burning cars.

Liu Wenzhong, as Zhao Wen's number one civil servant, especially Li Xiaoying's godfather, is of course qualified to sit.

The wood-burning car is more similar to that kind of old car, the front hood has a round head and a relatively large volume.

There is also an iron pipe for storing gas at the rear of the car.

Liu Wenzhong sat in the back row of the firewood car, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

"laugh!"

The driver stepped on the brakes suddenly, and there was a screeching brake sound, and Liu Wenzhong moved forward under inertia.

Fortunately, the current speed is not fast, and Liu Wenzhong is wearing a seat belt, otherwise, Liu Wenzhong will definitely hit the front seat.

Liu Wenzhong said to the driver with a gloomy face, "What's going on?"

The driver turned his head hastily, and said with apologetic expression: "My lord, this was not intentional. There is someone blocking the way in front, it seems to be a Taoist priest!"

"Someone is blocking the way? A Taoist priest? What's going on here?"

The anger in Liu Wenzhong's heart also dissipated a lot, after all, it wasn't the driver's intention.

Liu Wenzhong looked out along the front windshield, and sure enough there was a Taoist priest standing in front of the car.

"Your Excellency, he is indeed a Taoist priest!" The driver said again.

After the driver finished speaking, he stuck his head out of the car window and yelled at the front, "Hey, who are you? What are you doing there? Get out of here!"

In front of the car, a gray-haired Taoist priest in his sixties or seventies, with wrinkled face and patched gray Taoist robes, closed his eyes and remained motionless.

The Taoist priest held the floating dust in his left hand, and a flag with a big hole in it in his right hand.

"What about you? Hurry up!" The driver yelled again.

The Taoist priest stood there quietly as if he hadn't heard it.

Liu Wenzhong threw the front windshield and looked at the Taoist priest with a strange expression on his face, "The Taoist priest didn't do it on purpose, did he?"

"My lord, I'll go down and have a look!" The driver got out of the car and came to the Taoist priest.

"Hey, you Taoist priest, are you blind? How dare you stay still here, so you're not afraid of running into you to death? Let me tell you again, the person in the car is Lord Liu, get out of here!" the driver said. He shouted and cursed at the Taoist priest.

However, the Taoist remained unmoved.

"Hey, you old Taoist priest, you really don't know what to do!" The driver stretched out his hand to push the Taoist priest.

The driver's hand pushed the Taoist priest hard, but the Taoist priest remained motionless.

The driver did not believe in evil, and increased his strength.

However, no matter how much the driver increased his strength, the Taoist priest still did not move.

The driver's face became serious, and he took his hands away from the Taoist priest.

"This man is weird!" the driver secretly said.

Liu Wenzhong, who was sitting in the car, got out of the car. Looking at the Taoist priest in front of him, he asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? What are you doing here? Are you waiting for this old man?"

Liu Wenzhong is not a fool, when the matter developed to this point, Liu Wenzhong also realized that this person must be waiting for him here.

That's right, Liu Wenzhong's route home every day is fixed, and those who are interested can find out after a little inquiring.

The Taoist raised his eyebrows, half-closed his eyes, touched his upper and lower lips, and uttered a sentence, "Liu Wenzhong, the person in charge of the current Council of Political Affairs, Mr. Liu!"

"It's the old man, why are you looking for the old man?!" Liu Wenzhong asked.

"Today's prince!" The Taoist said nothing but these few words.

Liu Wenzhong was even more puzzled, what exactly does this old Taoist priest who pretends to be mysterious want to do?
Although the grand crown prince ceremony has not yet been held, everyone in Xuanzhen basically knows that Zhao Mingyu is going to be crowned prince.

This Taoist priest came here, pretending to be mysterious and telling himself about it, what exactly did he want to do?
"Since the Qin Dynasty, none of the princes of the founding emperors has died well!" the Taoist said again.

Liu Wenzhong only felt his head go blank.

That's right, the old Taoist was right.

During the Qin Dynasty, the son Fusu was murdered by Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, and Liu Ying, the prince of Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty, became a short-lived ghost under the control of his mother.

Yang Yong, the prince of the Sui Dynasty, was killed by Yang Guang, and Li Jiancheng, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, was killed by Li Shimin. He competed with him for the crown prince, but died of illness.

Although what the Taoist priest said was not quite right, it was almost the same.

(End of this chapter)