The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 32 Shu Land

The next day, Zhao Yao slept until he woke up naturally, and it was already time to wake up.When he didn't study before, he didn't wake up until Sishi every day.Since he started studying this year, he can only sleep until Sishi when he is resting and taking a bath.

Zhao Yao likes to sleep late and hates getting up early, which is one of the reasons why he hates reading.

"Yaoyao, why don't you sleep a little longer, are you hungry?" Liang Run said, "Second Uncle bought you breakfast, warmed it in the pot, and now I'll bring it to you."

"Do you have my favorite sesame seed cake?" Not far from Liang Run's home, there was an old couple selling sesame seed cakes at a street stall.The sesame seed cakes of their family are absolutely delicious, every time Zhao Yao goes out of the palace, he will eat the sesame seed cakes from this family.

"Yes, yes, I bought a lot for you, and I even bought you soy milk and tofu brain." His nephew is obviously a prince, but he likes to eat ordinary people's food.

"Great, I'm going to wash up now."

After Tong Xi served Zhao Yao to wash up, he served him breakfast.

Liang Run had already had breakfast, and now he was sitting across from him, watching Zhao Yao eat breakfast.

Zhao Yao was eating sesame seed cakes and drinking soy milk, his little face was full of happiness.

Seeing Zhao Yao eating with relish, Liang Run laughed and said, "Is it that delicious?"

Zhao Yao nodded vigorously: "It's delicious, it's so delicious."

"Isn't the food made by the imperial dining room in the palace delicious?"

"Of course the food made by the Imperial Dining Room is delicious, but it lacks a bit of human touch."

"Lack of human touch?" Liang Run was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Yao would not be able to explain clearly for a while, so he could only say: "Anyway, the folk food is delicious, and it's not worse than the imperial dining room."

"I think you eat a lot of delicacies from mountains and seas, so you think folk things are delicious."

"Second Uncle, you are wrong." Zhao Yao put down the bowl in his hand, his small expression suddenly became a little serious, "The palace does not eat delicacies from mountains and seas all at once. Whether it is the emperor father, or me and the concubine mother, we usually The ingredients are all common dishes, and there are no exotic animals."

"Ah?" Liang Run was surprised, "Really?"

"Of course it is true, but the process of the dishes we eat is more complicated than that of yours, and the others are no different. Even beef is not available on weekdays, only on important festivals or banquets. eat."

Liang Run said in shock: "I thought you guys would eat delicacies from mountains and seas."

"The emperor's grandfather and father are both frugal people, and no extravagance and waste of food is allowed. They only have a few dishes for each meal, which is similar to ordinary people's homes." Good father, but father is a good emperor.

The first time Liang Run heard about this kind of thing, he was quite shocked and exclaimed, "I didn't expect that!"

"Although the imperial grandfather established the Great Zhou, there is no real peace in the world. Isn't there still chaos in many places?" It has only been more than ten years since the imperial grandfather established the Great Zhou. "The most important thing is that there are still many places where people don't have enough to eat."

During the period of Emperor Xia Ling, there were frequent natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, and locust plagues, which caused many places to fail to harvest grains.Plus, there are man-made disasters.The officials exploited the people and blatantly robbed the people of their fields and food, causing many people to starve to death.

After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the weather became smooth.In the past ten years, there have been no natural disasters, but during the previous dynasty, a lot of fields were destroyed, and many of them became wasteland.In the past ten years, although they have been recuperating, it is impossible to let the food soar.When the first emperor was alive, granaries in many places were still not full, and food was still in short supply.

After Emperor Wu of Zhou ascended the throne, the grain harvests in many places began to be bumper, but there were still many places where the grain yields were not high.

"The first emperor and the emperor are really benevolent kings."

"Both the imperial grandfather and father have experienced famine. They both attach great importance to food, so how could they be extravagant and wasteful?" Both the imperial grandfather and father have lived through hard times, and they deeply understand the suffering and difficulty of the people, so they can understand the people and think about it. Let the people live a good life. "Although there are still many problems that have not been resolved, I believe that life will get better and better."

"The days now are much better than the days before." Liang Run experienced all kinds of natural and man-made disasters in the previous dynasty when he was a child.At that time, although he was very young, he will never forget the suffering at that time in his life.

"Second Uncle, did you go to Ping'an Guest House?" Zhao Yao hurriedly asked, "Did you find out anything?"

"I went there early today and asked the guy. The guy said those people were weird. When they came to their guest house, they were locked in the room all day, and they even ate in the room. The guy didn't even look at it. I’ve been to them before going out.” The Ping’an Guest House is not very far from where Liang Run lives, and the food in the guest house is delivered by Liang Run, and he is very familiar with the shopkeeper and the staff in the guest house.He went to inquire, and the guy in the inn would tell him of course. "Those didn't leave the room until the day they checked out."

Zhao Yao felt more and more strange about those people who went to Pei's mansion, "Did the guy tell you where their accents come from?"

"I asked, and the buddy said that the accents of those people are from Sichuan." The guests of Ping'an Guest House come from all corners of the country, and the buddies often deal with these people, and they have long practiced the ability to know where they are from just by listening to their accents. "Although they tried their best to hide their accents, they were still recognized by the guys."

"Shu?" Zhao Yao said in surprise, "It turned out to be from Shu!"

"The land of Shu is thousands of miles away from the capital, and those people came all the way to the capital just to find something in Pei's mansion. It seems that what they are looking for in Pei's mansion is very important." Liang Run asked curiously, "Pei's mansion Is there anything in the mansion that is worth their trip all the way?"

Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"Could it be that those people have something to do with the Pei family?"

"It shouldn't matter." Zhao Yao speculated, "The Pei family was wiped out 30 or [-] years ago. If those people had something to do with the Pei family, it would be impossible to wait until now to go to Beijing to investigate the Pei family."

"The Pei family was framed for treason back then, that's why they were ransacked all over the house. All valuables were taken away, not even a single chair was left behind. What can they spend so much time looking for? "Liang Run has been to Pei's mansion, but he didn't find anything good in Pei's mansion.

"Maybe they have heard something and thought that the things are in the Pei Mansion, so they came to Beijing to investigate." Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "Second Uncle, you can ask the old people in the capital about the Pei Mansion. Maybe they've heard something."

"it is good."

Seeing Zhao Yao frowning, Liang Run asked, "Yao Yao, what's the matter?"

"The land of Shu is now controlled by the rebellious army of the previous dynasty, and does not belong to the Great Zhou Dynasty. I wonder if those people are the remnants of the previous dynasty?"

Liang Run was frightened by Zhao Yao's words, and said in horror: "The remnants of the previous dynasty?"

"It is very likely that it is Han Zhong's person."

Han Zhong is a remnant of the previous dynasty. Twenty years ago, he competed with Zhao Yao's grandfather for Yongzhou, but was defeated by the late emperor, and fled to Shu with his subordinates.At that time, there were only 20 or 3 soldiers who followed him to Shu.Not long after he fled to Shu, he proclaimed himself emperor.Today, he has hundreds of thousands of troops in Shu.

When the first emperor was still alive, Han Zhong went out of Shu to attack Liangzhou, but was defeated by Emperor Wu of Zhou, and fled back to Shu in despair after being beaten by Emperor Wu of Zhou.Since then, Han Zhong has never been out of Shu, nor has he attacked Dazhou again.

Emperor Wu of Zhou really wanted to destroy Han Zhong and regain Shu, but the terrain of Shu was complex and steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack.It is not an easy task to recover the land of Shu, and it will take a lot of troops and food.At the beginning of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was a lot of waste waiting to be built, and there was not so much financial resources to attack Shu.In addition, several other prefectures also had rebellious armies to pacify, and the imperial court had no way to spare, so it could only temporarily give up the plan to recover Shu.

After the rebellious army in several other states was completely pacified, Emperor Wu of Zhou would start to recover the land of Shu.

Emperor Wu of Zhou must take back the land of Shu, and will never allow Han Zhong to remain emperor in Shu.In recent years, although the land of Shu has not been recovered, the plan to recover the land of Shu has been going on.

"People from Han Zhong?" Liang Run said in a low voice, "This is a traitor, how dare he send people to the capital?"

Zhao Yao thought to himself, Han Zhong is a remnant of the previous dynasty, and the Pei family is also a member of the previous dynasty.Han Zhong specially sent someone to find something in Pei's mansion, which should be related to the previous dynasty.

"They didn't find anything in Pei's mansion, so they probably won't come again." If they come to the capital again, they will definitely be discovered, and then they will be in danger. "I don't know if anyone in the Pei family survived."

"Didn't the Pei family have been ransacked and beheaded? How could they still be alive?"

"Maybe someone has escaped." If someone from Pei's family really escaped, they will definitely hide their names and it is impossible to find them.

"Yaoyao, do you want to find the Pei family?"

"What are you looking for from Pei's family?" Zhao Yao said, "Even if you look for it, it's hard to find it."

If it is found, I'm afraid it will bring unnecessary trouble and danger.

(End of this chapter)