Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 396 0391 [Stupid and Adorable Empress]

It snowed again at night, and it was freezing cold.

There are 3000 garrison troops at Xiegu Pass, who have been stationed here for a long time.

There were still some of Zhu Ming's personal soldiers and the [-] soldiers who escorted the Yihe team, and they had to be taken back to Hanzhong after the beginning of spring.

Wang Yuan and Han Shizhong went to Nanxiang Basin, and Chong Yanchong went to Hanzhong.After getting acquainted with the military discipline and tactics of the rebel army, they will be promoted to generals and participate in the reorganization of the army next year.

There are also watchmen in Guancheng, beating bang bang bang.

The local young men who were forced to guard the customs by the government were released as civilians again.Some refugees moved in from the north, and Xiegu Town has regained its popularity. They have no money to save, and now they rely on working for the army for a living.

Both sides of the oblique water outside the pass, including the Wuzhang Plain, will be vigorously reclaimed to provide military supplies for the guards.

Just after the war ended, a curfew was imposed in Guancheng, and it became quiet after nightfall.

Zhao Fujin pushed open the window and reached out to catch the snowflakes in the darkness.

A gust of cold wind poured in, Zhao Fujin shivered, and hurried over to close the window tightly: "Be careful of the wind and cold."

"It's okay," Zhao Fujin has a lively personality, watching the snowflakes in his palm melt quickly, and asked with a smile, "Sister, you study a lot, what is Hanzhong like? Is it as prosperous as Tokyo?"

Zhao Fujin shook his head: "I don't know, it's also the first time I've left Tokyo."

Zhao Fujin went back to the table and sat down, muttering: "Why did he want to rebel? I heard that he also won Tanhualang. Wouldn't it be good to stay in Tokyo to be an official? We have come all the way, and we have encountered many counties, which are not as rich as Tokyo. .”

Zhao Fujin had not read Zhu Ming's call to action, but he had heard of "Zhi An Shu", and also heard the story of Tai students beating drums and knocking on the que.

She could vaguely feel that there was something wrong with Da Song, otherwise Zhu Ming and those Tai students would not have risked going to jail to speak directly to the emperor.

But it was impossible for Zhao Fujin to understand what happened.

She used to live in the imperial palace, and later lived in the Princess Mansion. Even if she went out to visit the Xiangguo Temple, someone cleared the streets ahead of time.She will never be able to see the sufferings of the people. It was not until this journey that she discovered that there are still many poor people in Song Dynasty.

Prior to this, Zhao Fujin had always thought that the people of the world had no worries about food and clothing, and firmly believed that the Song Dynasty was in a prosperous and prosperous age.

"Grand Marshal!"

The maid waiting outside the door suddenly greeted in a panic.

Zhu Ming's voice came: "Go and rest, it's cold outside."

"Yes." The maid's footsteps faded away.

Zhao Fujin hurriedly got up to greet him, but he heard a knock on the door.

This made Zhao Fujin feel better, and he was no longer so worried and afraid. At least Zhu Ming respected him.Cai Wei would not knock on the door, just pushed the door and walked in, completely ignoring her thoughts.

"Grand Marshal, please come in."

After opening the door, Zhao Fujin and his sister bowed down to salute.

Zhao Fujin was quite courageous, and kept staring at Zhu Ming.

"Are there any flowers on my face?" Zhu Ming smiled and took off his cloak, the surface of the clothes was already covered with snowflakes.

Zhao Fujin suddenly became shy, and hid behind his sister, only poking out half of his head.

Zhu Ming took off his cloak by himself, folded it and put it on the stool.

The two emperor concubines watched the whole process, without any gesture of helping, they were all served by others, obviously they didn't have the habit of serving others.

Even a little impolite, Ju Ming came to their room as a guest.As the host, when seeing a guest take off his coat, he should help find a place to store the clothes.

Zhu Ming didn't care about the details, but only thought of what happened to them, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit of embarrassment and pity.

In another time and space, Zhao Fujin was the first emperor to be sent to the Golden Camp.Moreover, it was Wanyan Zongwang who asked for it by name, and confirmed that he wanted to take Zhao Fujin as his concubine.

If that's the case, Zhao Fujin is not the most miserable, as long as Wanyan Zongwang is alone, and he is a serious "marriage".

However, Wanyan Zongwang died of the wind and cold, and Zhao Fujin was treated as a plaything and given to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Xiyin.

There are rumors that he died of "the rupture of the valley road". This is probably made up by later generations, and the history books use the word "death".

Death Tong cut, with the intention of suicide.

And after dying in the sheep-raising ceremony, most of them would not be able to bear the humiliation and commit suicide.

At that time, many women chose to commit suicide, such as Zhao Huan's queen Zhu Lian.

The goat-leading ceremony is really disgusting. Both men and women have to be naked from the upper body, covered with sheepskin, tied around the neck with a rope, and led away like sheep.

Zhu Ming asked, "Are you still getting used to the food?"

Zhao Fujin said: "Get used to it."

"It's definitely not as delicious as the imperial delicacies, and it's better to live an ordinary life." Zhu Ming said.

Zhao Fujin suddenly said: "Daddy married a lot of gold and silver. Since the Generalissimo has become the husband of my sister and me, the gold and silver should be used. The Generalissimo does not need to be too frugal. Buy more delicious food and use the money. When it's over, I'll write a letter to my dad and ask him to send someone to deliver some more... Oh, sister, why are you kicking me?"

Hearing this, Zhu Ming was speechless, and asked, "Is your father rich?"

"Yes." Zhao Fujin said.

Zhu Ming asked again: "Where did he get all that money?"

Zhao Fujin said: "The tax paid by the government."

Zhu Ming asked again: "Where does the tax come from?"

Zhao Fujin said: "People have to pay taxes for doing business and farming, I know that."

Zhu Ming asked, "Do you know how much tax an ordinary farmer has to pay?"

Zhao Fujin shook his head.

"A fifth-class household... Forget it, I can't explain it to you," Zhu Ming didn't bother to explain in detail, "You just need to know that every year, many farmers suffer from hunger because they can't pay taxes. They even sell their children Girl, even freezing to death and starving to death. Every cent of the money your father gave you is stained with blood!"

Zhao Fujin was dumbfounded, and turned to look at his sister.

Zhao Fujin didn't speak, but sighed secretly.She doesn't know whether it is true or not, but her guess is probably true because she has read many books in recent years.

Cai Kuang is a talented man. He has a lot of books at home, and he is often away from home.Zhao Fujin was bored, so he went to look through the collection of books, some were history books, some were notes from previous dynasties.

According to the description in the book, any rebellion that can grow up must be because the people are in dire straits.

When he first arrived in Tongguan, Zhao Fujin faintly heard the title "Emperor Dog".

The [-] soldiers left by Yang Zhi were waiting in Tongguan to escort the peace negotiation team.From a long distance, he pointed at them.After entering Guancheng to stay, a soldier whispered outside the house: "That is the daughter of the dog emperor, and it is their good luck to marry the generalissimo."

With the phrase "dog emperor", Zhao Fujin knew how much his father was hated.

Zhao Fujin bowed his body and bowed his head: "Isn't the servant acting as the emperor's companion?"

Zhu Ming said: "You don't need to apologize on his behalf. What he did can't be solved by apologizing. In the future, if I have time, I will take you to the folks to see how the ordinary people under my rule live. Yes. The people in Chuanxia must have a better life than the people in the Song Dynasty, but they still live very hard."

"It's all up to the Generalissimo." Zhao Fujin saluted again.

But Zhao Fujin said: "Then the dowry money from my elder sister and I should be given to the people by the Generalissimo, so that they will have money to buy clothes and food."

"Hahahaha!"

Zhu Ming was really amused, this Empress is really cute.

"Did I say something wrong?" Zhao Fujin looked puzzled.

Zhao Fujin said to his sister: "There are tens of thousands of people in the world, how can we have enough money for dowry?"

"Oh." Zhao Fujin lowered his head and pulled his sleeves.

Zhu Ming asked: "It's getting late, why don't you go to rest?"

Zhao Fujin said: "I'm going to sleep."

"Go back to your own room, your room is next door." Zhu Ming reminded.

Zhao Fujin said: "After leaving the palace, I can't sleep alone, I have to sleep with my sister to feel at ease."

"No need tonight." Zhu Ming said.

"Why?" Zhao Fujin asked.

Zhu Ming put his hand on his forehead, Zhao Fujin blushed.

Zhao Fujin suddenly came to his senses: "I see, my sister and I married the Generalissimo, and we will be husband and wife from now on. Husband and wife should sleep together, and the Generalissimo wants to sleep with my sister tonight. But I can't sleep alone, how about Let the three of you sleep together."

In ancient times, gender education was ashamed. Only older women came to give professional lectures until women got married. Families with good conditions even had textbooks (erotic pictures).

But it was obvious that Zhao Fujin hadn't touched these things yet, so she thought they were just sleeping together.

Zhao Fujin pulled his sister aside, and said in a low voice: "Go back to your room tonight, don't provoke him. Do you still remember Dad's instructions?"

Zhao Fujin nodded: "Remember, Daddy asked us to take good care of the Generalissimo, try to please him, and help Daddy speak from now on. I will help Daddy speak well, and when I get to know the Generalissimo well, I will persuade him not to rebel .”

"I'll talk about this later. Go back to your room and rest first." Zhao Fujin pushed his sister towards the door.

Zhao Fujin looked back three times at every step, and really wanted to stay. After leaving the palace, it was indeed difficult for her to sleep alone.

After finally sending this guy away, Zhu Ming opened the door and called for a guard, asked for a jug of wine and a wine warmer, and asked the guard to go to the outside room to warm up and rest.

The charcoal is lit and the wine is slowly boiled.

Zhu Ming asked: "Your sister, no one educated you in the palace?"

Zhao Fujin said: "Birth mother died of illness early, and Fu Jin was handed over to Empress Zheng to be raised. In fact, Empress Zheng didn't take care of her too much. They were raised by older palace servants, and she lacked knowledge for many years. If there is something wrong with the Generalissimo At the office, I also invite Grand Marshal Haihan."

Zhu Ming said: "You don't need to call the Grand Marshal Dalang or Husband."

"Da Lang." Zhao Fujin really couldn't call out the word "husband". Two months ago, her husband had someone else.

We chatted some gossip again, and the wine was already hot.

Zhu Ming brought up the jug, and Zhao Fujin finally realized that her husband should not pour wine for her, and hurried forward to help hold the jug.

"Let me do it," Ju Ming poured two glasses, "to warm up, it's cold enough tonight."

One cup for you, one cup for me, Zhao Fujin was too strong to drink, his cheeks gradually turned red, and became more beautiful under the light of the oil lamp.

Zhu Ming couldn't help taking a few more glances, and said sincerely: "I heard that Fu Jin is the most beautiful concubine, and today I know that what I said is true."

"Da Lang's praise." Zhao Fujin's drunken eyes were hazy, and under the influence of alcohol, he was more relaxed than before.

Zhu Ming said: "It's getting late, let's rest first."

"Yes!" Zhao Fujin's face became even redder, not daring to meet Zhu Ming's eyes, and walked towards the bed with his head down.

Two quarters of an hour later, when Zhu Ming was traveling in Wushan, the door of his room was suddenly pushed open.

Last night, holding the wine utensils, Zhu Ming hooked the door back with his foot and forgot to latch the door.

Zhao Fujin was so frightened that he quickly retreated into the quilt, while Zhu Ming reached out to grab the sword on the bedside.

In the darkness, Zhao Fujin stood at the door and said angrily: "General Marshal, sister was beaten to tears by you, and I heard it clearly from next door. Even if Dad asked us to serve you, you can't bully people like this!"

Zhu Ming almost called out to the guards loudly, but now that he knew what was going on, he was instantly speechless.

Zhao Fujin poked his head out from under the quilt, so ashamed to face others, but felt it was funny, so he burst out laughing.

"Kids, go back to the room and sleep." Zhu Ming scolded.

But Zhao Fujin closed the door, and then walked towards the bed: "I don't want to, I want to protect sister and sleep with sister."

"what!"

Zhao Fujin screamed in fright, and shouted in panic: "Don't come here, my sister was not beaten!"

"But there are assassins?"

Zhao Fujin's screams attracted the guards, who hurried to the door.

"No assassin, don't come in!" Zhu Ming hastily ordered.

Gu San put his ear close to the door, and confirmed again and again: "Is there really no assassin?"

Zhu Ming was furious: "Back off!"

The guards finally left, and the room became quiet.

Zhao Fujin asked weakly in the dark: "Where did I go wrong again? Sister, if you are being bullied, don't hide it. I will write a letter to my father to complain."

"I really didn't get beaten." Zhao Fujin bit his lip to hold back his laugh, and grabbed the quilt tightly to cover his whole body, for fear that this stupid and cute little sister would get into the bed.

Zhu Ming also didn't know whether to laugh or cry, what the hell was going on.

(End of this chapter)