The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 21 The Psychic Sea Snake
After Zhang Shijie's crying gradually stopped, Li Yuanxiu shouted: "I have something to play..."

Looking at the officials below who were secretly wiping tears, he deeply admired the emperor in his heart.He went to court yesterday and today, and even caused the courtiers to cry. This kind of ability is far beyond his reach.

None of the ministers spoke.

Quzhou Island was originally a small place, and lacked contact with the outside world. How could there be any major events in this place?
In the current Southern Song Dynasty, most of the armies and horses are fighting independently, and the emperor Zhao Dongting actually doesn't have much control over the people below.

Seeing that they were silent, Zhao Dongting said, "Since you have nothing to play, I will say two things."

All the ministers looked at him.

Zhao Dongting said: "From now on, Yang Yidong, who is in charge of the official affairs of the infantry guards, will be promoted to be the general of the left and right guards."

The following officials were puzzled, but still no one made a sound.Although the generals of the left and right guards are high-ranking generals, they certainly don't have much real power at the moment. Yang Yidong's promotion will not have any impact on the situation in the court, and he has no great interest in them.The little emperor has acted decisively and with unique courage these days, they naturally will not touch the emperor's bad luck for this matter.

Yang Yidong stepped out of the queue, knelt down on the ground, "I thank the emperor!"

Zhao Dongting made him flattened, and continued: "In addition, the former head of the bodyguard infantry, Yue Peng, is promoted to be in charge of the bodyguard infantry."

The ministers trembled in their hearts, and immediately understood that this was the real intention of the little emperor.

They couldn't help thinking in their hearts, Yue Peng was really favored by the emperor, and many people's thoughts quietly came alive.

Su Liuyi's complexion was not very good-looking.

Originally, Yue Peng was finally removed from the post of deputy official, but now he was directly promoted to official again.After this, wouldn't his nephew have to be suppressed by that Yue Peng?

Su Quandang had offended Yue Peng just now, and he still didn't know how he would be punished by that Yue Peng.

Thinking of this, Su Liuyi could only bite the bullet and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."

Zhao Dongting expected that he would make an appearance, so he was not surprised, and said indifferently: "Ai Qing speaks bluntly."

Su Liuyi said: "The minister's nephew, Su Quandang, wants to be transferred to the front office of the palace, and please grant the emperor's permission."

He knew that Zhao Dongting was in charge, and it was almost impossible to bring down Yue Peng, so he simply handed over the military power of the infantry guards.In the future, Su Quandang will work in the Dianqian Division, at least he will not be bullied by Yue Peng.

Zhao Dongting didn't want to offend Su Liuyi too much, so he said, "I'm sure."

If Su Quandang was forced to remain under the pressure of Yue Peng in the infantry guards, Su Liuyi would inevitably feel dissatisfied.It's really not worth it for a mere Su Quan.

Su Liuyi also knew in his heart that Zhao Dongting would definitely grant permission, and after thanking him, he calmly walked back to the queue.

The matter between Yang Yidong and Yue Peng was settled.

Zhao Dongting opened his mouth, and was about to ask about the current distribution of the Yuan army and the Southern Song army, when suddenly a young eunuch rushed in from outside the hall in a panic.

He fell to his knees and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something has happened!"

Zhao Dongting recognized that this was the little eunuch who cleaned his bedroom, and he didn't care to scold him regardless of the occasion, just asked: "What's the matter?"

The little eunuch seemed quite frightened, and said: "Then, that Huanglong... has arrived in your palace, Your Majesty."

Now the officials and Zhao Dongting were not calm for a moment.

Zhao Dongting was speechless and said: "Huanglong has arrived at my bedroom?"

The little eunuch nodded, "That's right, sitting on your bed, Your Majesty, almost scared the servant to death."

Zhao Dongting was speechless.

Why did the sea snake suddenly run to his bed?

This may not be a coincidence?

Even if he traveled from modern times to ancient times, he couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.If it's a coincidence, it's too coincidental.

At the moment, even Zhao Dongting couldn't help muttering in his heart, "Is that sea snake really psychic?"

It was really hard for him to imagine how such a thick sea snake sneaked into his bedroom without anyone noticing, and chose his bedroom.

Even Zhao Dongting, who didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, was a little shaken now, thinking that if he was passed through, could he really be the chosen one?
At this time, Chen Wenlong, the political counselor in the hall, suddenly stepped forward and said happily, "Your Majesty, it is an auspicious sign for Huanglong to enter the house!"

Immediately afterwards, ministers echoed, saying that this is a great auspiciousness.

It's just that Zhao Dongting is not good at swearing, otherwise he is afraid that these ministers will be scolded bloody.

Even if the golden sea snake was really a psychic beast, and it ran to his bed, Zhao Dongting was afraid that it would swallow him up in one gulp!

After a while of silence, Zhao Dongting said, "In that case, let's go and have a look first."

He made up his mind that if the sea snake was aggressive, he had to chop it up no matter what.No matter how auspicious the beast is, no matter how exciting it can be, it is far less important than my own life.

The ministers wanted to see it for a long time, and hurried out with Zhao Dongting.Only Zhang Shijie was left lying helplessly on the dragon couch.

However, when they arrived at Zhao Dongting's bedroom, they only heard the report from the guards that the yellow dragon had already run away again.

Zhao Dongting asked softly, "Why don't you stop me?"

Several guards looked at each other, and the commander said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, we are afraid of hurting the beast, so we dare not stop it..."

He said he was afraid of hurting the auspicious beast, but of course he didn't dare to stop it, for fear that the sea snake would show its power.

Zhao Dongting also had no choice but to give up, and took all the ministers back to the Yizheng Hall.

In the Yizheng Hall, he finally learned from Zhang Shijie and others that the current situation in the Southern Song Dynasty was even worse than he had imagined.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were only a few territories in Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan that were not completely occupied by the Yuan army, and the regular army was completely wiped out. Except for the Hunan governor Zhang Lieliang and Wen Tianxiang who commanded troops, the rest of the places were actually mostly It is the insurgents who are resisting the Yuan army.

Rao is Zhao Dongting who is full of ambition, and now his heart is a little beating.

Compared with the Yuan Dynasty, the current Southern Song Dynasty is almost the difference between an ant and an elephant. There are far differences in military strength, financial resources, and territory.

Zhao Dongting knew in his heart that if he wanted to continue to deal with the Yuan army, he could only rely on the strength of the rebel army.

But now living in Quzhou Island, it is difficult to contact those insurgents.Moreover, it is still unknown whether those rebels want to resist the Yuan army, or want to establish themselves as kings.

Therefore, Zhao Dongting did not immediately express any views in the Palace of Political Affairs.

After announcing the dispersal of the dynasty, he went to the weapon workshop again.

What he can rely on most now is the modern knowledge in his head.

At night, fearing that the sea snake would come again, Zhao Dongting specially selected ten people from the infantry guards and arranged for them to guard outside his door.

The great eunuch Li Yuanxiu was a great expert, so naturally Zhao Dongting also kept him in the palace.

If he was not there, no matter how many guards there were, Zhao Dongting would not be at ease.

Unexpectedly, that sea snake actually came outside Zhao Dongting's bedroom again at night.

It was about eleven o'clock, Zhao Dongting had already fallen asleep, and Li Yuanxiu opened another small bed under his bed to lie down.All I heard was a guard shouting outside, "Huanglong is here! Huanglong is here!"

Both Zhao Dongting and Li Yuanxiu opened their eyes, and then ran out.

At the gate, Li Yuanxiu stopped Zhao Dongting behind him.

The sea snake probably climbed up from the cliff in the dark, the night was so dark that no one noticed, it was already confronting the guards in Zhao Dongting's courtyard.Its snake head was raised high, and its tail kept swinging. More than ten guards surrounded it with knives, but no one dared to make a move.

What is strange is that this sea snake has no intention of attacking.

Zhao Dongting felt very strange, and couldn't help feeling a little happy about this psychic guy.

But at this time, the sea snake suddenly jumped out of the courtyard at a very high speed.

Seeing that it didn't hurt anyone, Zhao Dongting shouted: "Close the door quickly, don't hurt it!"

The two guards guarding the door closed the door, then rushed open.

A sea snake slammed into the wooden door, knocking the two wooden doors out, and then flew out of the courtyard.

Zhao Dongting and others chased after it. When they reached the gate of the courtyard, they saw it was dark outside, but they couldn't even see the shadow of the sea snake.

There are still a few oil lamps in the courtyard, but there are none outside the courtyard.

Zhao Dongting cried out inwardly that it was a pity, knowing that he couldn't find the sea snake, so he had to go back to his room to sleep.

The sea snake did not come again that night.

During the day, Zhao Dongting always went to court as usual, and then went to the weapons workshop.

In the past few days, the sea snake came every night, but never hurt anyone, and just left after a while.

Not to mention the guards, even Zhao Dongting himself became a little numb, assuming that the sea snake would not hurt anyone.So he sent those infantry guards back to the barracks, and he didn't let Li Yuanxiu stay in his room every night.

(End of this chapter)