The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 475
I don't know how Zhao Kai persuaded Zhao Ji, but after only two days, Zhao Ji ordered someone to summon Mu Xu into the palace.

Under the guidance of the servants in the palace, Mu Xu entered from the Chenhui Gate, passed through the Daqing Hall, Wende Hall, Zichen Hall and other outer palaces all the way, and headed towards the Qunyu Pavilion in the harem.

Speaking of the imperial palace in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are many allusions.It is said that not long after Zhao Kuangyin established the Great Song Dynasty, he felt that Kaifeng City, as a canal hub, was not safe to defend. In addition, the imperial palace was rebuilt from the Jiedushi's mansion and was too narrow, so he had the idea of ​​moving the capital to Luoyang.

However, due to the strong opposition of Zhao Guangyi, the governor of Kaifeng at that time, Zhao Kuangyin died suddenly in the shadow of an ax and candle, and the matter was left alone.

But Zhao Er didn't know that his little selfishness hurt his descendants.For the six emperors from Song Zhenzong to Song Zhezong, all thirteen sons died young like Song Renzong, or they had no heirs like Song Zhezong.

The reason is that when the palace was originally rebuilt, most of the underground water diversion and drainage pipes used lead pipes.

Even elementary school students in later generations know that lead is poisonous. If people are exposed to it for a long time, it will definitely affect their health. However, not many ancient people in Song Dynasty knew this.This caused the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty to be short-lived, if they had few sons.

Of course, apart from the brothers Zhao Kuangyin at the founding of the country, the only exception is Zhao Ji.Refusing to complete the statistics, Zhao Ji had [-] children in his lifetime, which is the crown of all emperors.

You may be wondering why Zhao Ji, not only does not have the trouble of having few children, but also gives birth to a litter of children like a boar?
In fact, this is all because of a Taoist priest. It is said that at the beginning of Zhao Ji's succession to the throne, he was worried that he would have no heirs like his elder brother Song Zhezong Zhao Xu, which would lead to the fall of the throne, so he asked a Taoist priest for help.

At that time, a Taoist priest named Liu Hunkang said to him, "The Fengshui of the imperial palace is not good, and the terrain is too low, so the descendants are not prosperous. If your majesty can build a mountain in the northeast of the imperial palace, the descendants will be prosperous in the future. "

The northeast is called "Gen" in the gossip of Zhouyi, and the hexagram symbol is a young man with many sons. Zhao Ji obeyed Liu Hunkang's words and built a mountain in the northeast of the palace. This is the origin of the famous Gen Yue.

Later, because Zhao Ji lived in Genyue most of the time, he avoided the trouble of lacking heirs.

If Mu Xu looked at it from the perspective of future generations, he felt that the Taoist priest named Liu Hunkang probably understood the characteristics of metal lead, so he used the name of Fengshui to fool Zhao Ji.

After all, in ancient China, apart from cultivating immortality and alchemy, those Taoist priests were often part-time chemists, and the earliest gunpowder was made by these people.

Just when Mu Xu was wandering in the sky, he unknowingly arrived outside Qunyu Pavilion.The servant asked Mu Xu to wait outside the door, but he went to report without mentioning it.

Not long after the waiter left and returned, Zhao Ji's oral order came, ordering Mu Xu to come in and have an audience.

Mu Xu picked up his mood and followed the servants into the cabinet, but seeing the Emperor Daojun Zhao Ji sitting in the dragon chair in the middle, talking and laughing with Yun Wang Zhao Kai who was standing beside him, the father and son seemed to be in a good mood.

But Mu Xu's attention was not on them at this time, because as soon as he entered the pavilion, he could hear the inaudible sounds of women playing and the ring pendant touching the ground behind the East Shou screen.

After thinking for a while, Mu Xu guessed that Zhao Fujin and her sisters must be hidden behind the screen.

As if he didn't realize this, he strode up to Zhao Ji a few steps away, bowed down and said, "Mu Xu, Minister Dingxiang Jiedu, pay homage to my emperor, long live!"

Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he heard the words, and joked to Zhao Kai, "Mu Qing's family will still talk like this, and I am a little worried. He will talk sweetly and trick my fifth sister in the future!"

Zhao Kai gave Mu Xu a look that the event had already been accomplished, and responded, "I feel that Master Mu's words are wrong. Father is the king of Shenxiao Yuqing who descended to earth, and his life should be endless, ten thousand years. Say less!"

"When did the third brother learn to be so glib?" Zhao Ji seemed to be blaming Zhao Kai, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face, which showed how much he liked these words.

Seeing this situation, Mu Xu cooperated with Zhao Kai at the right time and said, "Your Highness King Yun is right, it's the humble official who made a slip of the tongue, it should be said that the longevity of the official family is as good as the heavens!"

Zhao Kai immediately followed suit, gagging constantly, making Zhao Ji laugh out loud from time to time.

After a while, Zhao Ji stopped smiling, waved his hands and said, "Hold on, let's talk about business."

Then, his eyes fell on Mu Xu, and he said, "The Qing family should have already guessed, I will announce the purpose of your visit today."

Mu Xu put on an embarrassed look on purpose, Qiqi Ai said, "Chen... I can guess a little bit."

Seeing Mu Xu like this, Zhao Ji really put most of the worries in his heart away, shook his head and said with a smile, "Both colleges should get married, and female colleges should get married. This is a matter of human relations, so you don't have to be ashamed."

"Yes, that's what the officials taught me."

"I called the Qing family here because I have something to tell you. Originally, according to the rules of the imperial court, the concubine should not marry far away, but the Qing family and Maode are predestined by fate, and King Yun interceded later.

Therefore, after much deliberation, I finally persuaded the Queen Mother and all the ministers to make an exception for the two of you.While the Wangqing family will serve the imperial court faithfully in the future, they will also treat my son kindly.If not, I will punish you for your crime. "

Mu Xu hurriedly bowed three times, and said solemnly, "The official's great kindness and great virtue, the humble minister will never forget it, and I should form a straw ring to repay the king's kindness. The minister can also promise the official that he will not Let Di Ji suffer a little bit of grievance."

Zhao Ji nodded in satisfaction, and continued, "Three days will be an auspicious day for the auspicious road. There will be court officials going to the mansion to read out the will and discuss the wedding date. You can go back to prepare first, so don't lose your etiquette."

Mu Xu responded with a full mouth, and then quietly glanced at the direction of the screen, then bowed and left.

After Mu Xu left, Zhao Ji smiled and said to the screen, "I've already left, you girls don't want to hide."

As soon as the words were finished, Zhao Fujin came out with a blushing face, surrounded by Zhao Jinnu and several other sisters.

Looking at her daughter's shy expression, Zhao Ji couldn't help joking, "This is what you want, but are you still satisfied?"

Zhao Fujin stomped his feet and said angrily, "Why is the father, like the sisters, making fun of my daughter?"

Zhao Jinnu interjected, "I don't know who was full of worry just now, for fear that the father would embarrass his lover. Now that the time has passed and the situation has changed, and he beat him up again, he blamed the father!
According to me, Father, why don't you announce that Mu Xu again, so that you can teach him a lesson, so as to improve someone's memory. "

Zhao Ji pretended to think for a while, and replied, "Sister Jin is right, I think Mu Qing's house has not gone far at this time, so call him back as a father, how about it?"

Although Zhao Fujin knew that this was just a joke, he hurried to Zhao Ji's side, hugged his arm and stood up until he agreed to do so.

Not to mention Zhao Ji, who was enjoying family happiness, and said that as soon as Mu Xufang returned to Yingguo's mansion, he immediately ordered people to invite Lehe and others, and told them straight to the point that Zhao's official family wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law.

The few people hadn't heard any rumors beforehand, and they were in an uproar when they heard the news.

As Mu Xu's loyal confidant, Wu Song came to his senses first, and immediately congratulated Mu Xu, Chai Jin and Lin Chong hurriedly followed, and Chai Jin asked, "Which emperor will the village master marry? "

Mu Xu thanked several people for their kindness first, and then replied, "It's the fifth daughter of the official family, Maode Diji."

After getting this definite answer, others are fine with it. As Chai Jin, who is familiar with the situation of the Great Song clan, said, "I heard that Emperor Maode Ji is the most beautiful woman in the capital, and the village master has made a lot of money this time!"

Mu Xu waved his hand, said a few words of self-effacing, and inadvertently found that Le He frowned and said nothing, so he asked, "Brother Le, do you have something to say?"

Le He hurriedly replied, "My subordinates are thinking about Yunzhou. Not long after the village lord went south, the Liao Kingdom sent troops to Juyongguan and Feihukou several times, trying to regain the lost land.

Although they were all repulsed by our army, the Liao people would not give up easily.Another thing is that Yunzhou and other places are newly occupied. After all, people's hearts are not stable, and the village owner should go back as soon as possible. "

Mu Xu couldn't help nodding his head to agree with the words, and murmured, "Why don't I know this, but the Song Dynasty court was too procrastinated, and the date of the Northern Expedition has not been determined until today. Now that this happens again, I can only wait a little longer As for the safety of Yunzhou and other places, I believe that Master Xu and the others will not disappoint me."

Hearing Mu Xu's answer, Le He could only choose to keep silent. If he continued to speak, he would be suspected of distrusting Xu Guanzhong and others.

The most important thing is that Lehe is not really worried about the safety of Yunzhou and other places. He recognizes Xu Guanzhong's ability very much, and his reply just now is just a temporary excuse.

What Lehe is really worried about is that, as Emperor Maode, if she marries Mu Xu, she will definitely occupy the position of wife.

It would be fine if Mu Xu had any heirs to return, but until today, he has not had a son Cheng Huan under his knees.In this way, if Emperor Mao De gave birth to the eldest son first in the future, it will inevitably cause troubles in vain.

Don't you see that even if he is as wise as Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, he has sighed many times, "Li Ke's son Yingguo is like me!", but he still dare not say that he is in Li Ke.Speaking of the reasons, the problem is not with Li Ke's biological mother Yang.

Who told the Yang family to be the daughter of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin and the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty, naturally worried that once Li Ke succeeded to the throne, there would be a move to restore the Sui Dynasty.

Even if Li Ke didn't have this kind of thought, his mother, Yang Shi, and those old ministers of the Sui Dynasty might not have such a thought.

Once Empress Maode gave birth to a male son to Mu Xu in the future, the situation will be very similar to Li Ke, and compared with Li Ke, this son will have an inherent advantage, that is, the status of being famous.

Le He wanted to remind Mu Xu about this matter, but he swallowed the words again.First of all, he was afraid that Chai Jin and others were around, so he couldn't bring it up rashly.Secondly, it suddenly occurred to him that this matter was related to Mu Xu's private affairs, and if he intervened, he might offend her.

After thinking about it again and again, Lehe temporarily dismissed this idea, and planned to discuss with Xu Guanzhong and others in private before deciding how to proceed after returning to Yunzhou.

Mu Xu didn't know that in such a short period of time, Lehe was thinking so far, and was already thinking about his future heir. He was now very interested in asking Chai Jin about the specific procedure for the imperial court to marry the princess.

It's a pity that Chai Jin didn't know much, so he came up with an idea, "If the village master is afraid of something going wrong, he might as well invite a ceremony officer back."

Mu Xu thought about it, and said, "Then leave this matter to Brother Chai. If necessary, you can make up your own mind. Be sure to handle it properly, so as not to give those big turbans an excuse to make trouble again."

Chai Jin clasped his fists and replied, "Although the village master can rest assured, Xiao Ke will do his best to make this matter a good one, so that I won't lose face in Liangshan."

Wu Song interrupted suddenly, "Brother, you have been canonized by the imperial court as the Dingxiang Jiedu Envoy. Is it inappropriate for us to call ourselves Liangshan again?"

Mu Xu was taken aback, and then asked for opinions from several people. Lin Chong was the first to speak in agreement, "The general thinks Brother Wu's words are reasonable. If he is called Liangshan again, it will inevitably give outsiders the feeling that we are still grassroots bandits."

Both Chai Jin and Shi Xiu nodded in agreement, while Le He said, "This subordinate also agrees with Brother Wu's idea. We can take this opportunity to correct the atmosphere so as not to make it difficult for the village master in the future. And there is another advantage in this way. Even if the village master recruits talents, he will have righteousness in his hands."

Of course, Mu Xu understood what Le He meant by making it difficult for him to do so. Speaking of which, he had been deliberately downplaying the Jianghu brothers for a long time, but the effect was not good.Since his subordinates took the initiative to bring it up today, then he naturally pushed the boat along the way,
"Alright, just according to the wishes of the brothers, you can call me the envoy from today onwards. When I return to Yunzhou to officially open the government and establish teeth, I will give you specific official positions. In the future, everyone will be in public. They will be commensurate with their respective official positions."

Several people looked at each other, then bowed down and saluted in unison, "I have seen the envoy."

Mu Xu returned a half salute, and said, "Everyone is exempt."

After everyone sat down again, Mu Xu said again, "Just now I heard Brother Le mentioned recruiting talents, and I suddenly thought of a person, maybe I can recruit him, and we will work together to achieve a great cause!"

After all, Lin Chong is from Tokyo. As soon as Mu Xu opened his mouth, he blurted out, "Zhai... the envoy is talking about Professor Wen from Anren Village outside the city?"

"Brother Lin has also heard of Wen Huanzhang?"

Lin Chong explained, "Your Majesty doesn't know, this professor and Jiayue are old acquaintances, so the villain has heard about him quite a bit, but has never seen it in person."

"What's his reputation like?"

"People who have met him all say that he has a deep understanding of strategy, good at military tactics, has the talent of Sun Wu, and the wisdom of Zhuge. Even if he is suspected of being flattered, he is definitely not someone who is in vain!"

Mu Xu immediately said happily, "Okay, then I will go to visit in person and ask him to come out to help me."

At the moment, Mu Xu left Lehe to sit in the mansion, Chai Jin and Wu Song went to prepare for the reception of the envoys who gave the marriage, and he himself took Lin Chong and Shi Xiu, ordered ten personal guards, brought various gifts, and went straight to Anren Village outside the city.

(End of this chapter)