The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1201 Ask Wenlong
Lin'an Mansion, Liangzhe West Road.

Only a few days later, this weather-beaten old capital of the Southern Song Dynasty was bustling like never before.

Countless new faces appeared in the city.

There are people from the rivers and lakes, rich businessmen, and ordinary people.

Military parade, this is still a very new word for people of this era.

The emperor wanted to take advantage of the restoration of Lin'an Mansion to carry out a military parade, so they all naturally wanted to see what a grand event the military parade was.

As time passed, more and more people continued to pour into Lin'an Mansion.

This even made the Governor of Lin'an Mansion have to order the soldiers to interrogate the people entering the city, so as to prevent people with ulterior motives from entering the city.

At the same time, soldiers had to be sent to the gate of the city to guide the people, trying to persuade them to go to the surrounding cities.

Ten days passed.

Zhao Dongting and Kong Qiangu hurried on their way and finally arrived in Changsha.

Compared with the grand occasion of Lin'an Mansion, Changsha at this time seems quite peaceful.

It has been ten days since the empress left the city with all the civil and military officials, and the upsurge of the people who were talking about the military parade has gradually passed.

Although they all want to go to Lin'an Mansion to see the grand scenery, but in this day and age, not everyone can travel far if they want to.

After Zhao Dongting and Kong Qiangu returned to Changsha City, there was no disturbance at all.

Only a few old ministers, such as Chen Wenlong, Deputy Minister of State, and Chen Jianghan, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, stayed in Changsha City.

After Zhao Dongting learned that Le Chan had led everyone to Lin'an Mansion, he announced Chen Wenlong to the imperial study.

Until now, the fact that Li Xiushu gave birth to Li Zuoxiao for him is still a top secret in Song Dynasty.

And probably for a long time in the future, Zhao Dongting will not make this matter public.Because this will have a great impact on the situation in Xixia and Song Dynasty, and Li Xiushu will also be contaminated with many troubles because of this.

But Li Zanxiao will always come back with Wu Amiao and Jun Tian, ​​and if Zhao Dongting doesn't make proper arrangements, he will always feel worried.

After all, Li Zanxiao is his biological child.

Originally, his idea was to let two of Le Chan's daughters stay in Changsha City to take care of the three children.But now, all the girls have already gone to Lin'an Mansion.

He can only find Chen Wenlong, who is loyal and reserved, and who is now in charge of the overall situation in Changsha.

Although Chen Wenlong's status in the court was inferior to those of Lu Xiufu, his loyalty was absolutely beyond doubt.What's even more commendable is that this old minister knows how to keep his mouth shut.

When Chen Wenlong arrived at the imperial study, Zhao Dongting only smiled and said to Eunuch Liu: "Give Mrs. Chen a seat."

Chen Wenlong, who had just knelt down, quickly thanked him.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand and said, "Master Chen, since the empress and the others left Changsha, is Changsha city still stable?"

Chen Wenlong cupped his hands and replied: "Reporting to the emperor, there is nothing abnormal in Changsha City."

Zhao Dongting narrowed his eyes slightly, "Since all the people from the Great Song Dynasty came to Lin'an Mansion together, such as Dali, Xin Song, overseas countries and Yuan Dynasty, what happened?"

Chen Wenlong murmured: "No secret letter has ever been sent to Changsha."

Talking about what he thought of, Lian said again: "Your Majesty, the Lord Mayi who begged the Lord came to Changsha City a few months ago."

"Oh?"

Zhao Dongting was slightly moved, and then chuckled, "Master Mayi also wants to respect me as the emperor of heaven?"

Chen Wenlong said: "Exactly."

Zhao Dongting nodded lightly, "Then Japan, Korea, and Yueli Dynasty, what actions are they taking?"

Chen Wenlong shook his head and said, "They never sent envoys here. Even, in the past few months, Japan has issued many regulations against our merchant ships in the Song Dynasty."

"Speak in detail." Zhao Dongting said.

A little doubt and anger appeared on Chen Wenlong's face, and he said: "I don't know if I heard that the Lord of Liuqiu canonized you as the Emperor of Heaven. The Japanese seem to be quite dissatisfied with this. Originally, we were doing business with our dynasty. , our dynasty has always been in a dominant position, and it is Japan who favors our business. Just a few days ago, there was a rise in Japan to raise tariffs on our goods from the Song Dynasty, and even boycott Song merchants. Veteran I think there should be a shadow of the Japanese shogunate behind this incident."

As he spoke, he didn't know if he was laughing out of anger, and said: "The old minister even heard that a businessman who came back from Japan said that there is a saying in Japan that Japan has an emperor. The emperor is the orthodox world, and the Emperor of Song Dynasty It's just a joke."

"Ha ha."

Zhao Dongting chuckled when he heard the words, and muttered softly, "You're still so arrogant."

Then he curled his lips lightly and said: "Let's put this matter aside for now. It's just Japan, we Da Song don't need to take them too seriously."

But his heart was full of murderous intentions.

Boycott the Song Dynasty and squeeze tariffs.

This shogunate is really brave enough.This is no different from breaking ground on Tai Sui.

It seems Bushido has let them develop the habit of defiant.

But this is not necessarily a bad thing in Zhao Dongting's view.

Coming from a later generation, he had a natural dislike for Japan, and he would be disappointed if the Japanese shogunate respected him as Emperor of Heaven.

The happier the little grasshopper dances, the easier it is to step on.

It's just that the Yue Li Dynasty didn't send envoys to bow down to the Song Dynasty, which surprised Zhao Dongting.

I don't know if the ruler of the Yue Li Dynasty had a fluke mentality that the Song Dynasty would let him go, or he felt that the Yue Li Dynasty had the capital to compete against the Song Dynasty.

In Zhao Dongting's heart, he never revealed the fact that the [-] troops from the Li Dynasty attacked Guangnan West Road.

He can't control the countries that are too far away.But these neighboring countries, Zhao Dongting does not want them to be rampant.

On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly?
After pondering for a while, Zhao Dongting only said again: "Now many forbidden troops, including the newly established Zhudizi forbidden army, have sent soldiers to Lin'an Mansion, right?"

"Yes."

Chen Wenlong said: "Military districts from all over the country have sent pigeons to send letters back, and some soldiers have left for Lin'an Mansion."

Zhao Dongting nodded again, then fell silent again.

The military parade in Lin'an Mansion was an idea he had conceived a long time ago.

This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the military power of the Song Dynasty, and at the same time, it is also an opportunity for the Song Dynasty to officially declare its dominance to surrounding countries.

It is only necessary for all countries to see the strength of the Great Song Forbidden Army in the military parade. Presumably, no country will dare to covet the Great Song for a long time.

He can also focus on developing Song's economy, agriculture and other things.

This is his layout.

The current Song Dynasty really needs to recuperate. After all, no matter how powerful the country is, it cannot withstand years of continuous conquests.

Chen Wenlong looked at Zhao Dongting without opening his mouth for a long time, and said softly: "If the emperor has nothing to do and wants to order, then the old minister will leave first?"

He who stayed in Changsha obviously had a lot of things to worry about.

Zhao Dongting came back to his senses and said, "There is one more thing I need to tell Mr. Chen."

Chen Wenlong said repeatedly: "Please show me, Your Majesty."

Zhao Dongting said surprisingly, "The Empress of Western Xia, Li Xiushu, is pregnant with my child. This is why I suddenly went to Western Xia this time. Now I and the Sword God have to rush back to Changsha City because of the incident in Lin'an Mansion. General Wu is still on his way back to Changsha with my child. The child is still young, and when he comes back, I need you to arrange him in my bedroom. And there must be no such thing as this. spread it."

Chen Wenlong was stunned on the spot, and said, "Female... the empress gave birth to your baby for the Holy One?"

Zhao Dongting only nodded slightly.

Chen Wenlong's face was full of astonishment, and after a while he said again: "Is the empress willing to let you take him back to Changsha?"

Zhao Dongting said: "This is the second thing I want to talk to you about."

As he said that, he told Chen Wenlong in detail the overall situation set up by himself and Li Xiushu.

This only made Chen Wenlong even more dumbfounded, and it took a long time before he stammered: "If, so, why don't our Song Dynasty and Xixia turn against each other?"

He looked at Zhao Dongting with some concern, "Your Majesty... do you think this matter should be delayed? After all, our Song Dynasty has just stopped fighting..."

Zhao Dongting just waved his hand, "No need. I told you about this, just to let Mr. Chen secretly gather food and grass from all over the place during the time when I'm not in Changsha. Since the Empress and I set up such a big situation, it's absolutely impossible. Before I returned from Lin'an Mansion, I let the Xixia army attack Song Dynasty. After the Xixia army attacks Song Dynasty, I will handle the rest. You only need to prepare for the army to go out."

(End of this chapter)