The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 526 Purpose
Before King Dai left the northern border, King Han specially came from Youzhou to bid farewell to him and gave him many things. The king of Dai and the king of Han also performed a show of brotherly love in front of the soldiers and officials in the north. The people who saw it thought they had a good relationship.

Chu Ying did not return to Beijing with Dai Wang, he continued to stay in the north. Just when the emperor issued an order for King Dai to return to Beijing, he also gave Chu Ying an imperial edict, allowing Chu Ying to serve as the general of the northern military camp and stay to continue to defend the Huns.

King Han never expected that the emperor would keep Chu Ying. It stands to reason that the emperor should call him back to the capital together. After all, General Deng has recovered.

Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, General Deng has been leading the soldiers in the northern military camp to resist the Huns. Now General Deng was suddenly asked to follow King Dai back to the capital, leaving Chu Ying behind. This caught King Han off guard.

It is not a good thing for King Han and others that Chu Ying continues to stay in the northern military camp.

The emperor's will was for General Deng to return to Beijing to recuperate. General Deng had worked hard for more than 20 years in resisting the Huns in the northern border. It was time to return to Beijing and have a good rest. As for the son who drugged General Deng, he was originally supposed to be taken back to Beijing for interrogation, but unexpectedly he committed suicide in the prison of the military camp out of fear of guilt.

Many people know whether they really committed suicide or were killed by others.

The soldiers who were accomplices of General Deng's son were not qualified to be escorted back to the capital for interrogation. As early as a few days ago, Chu Ying had personally interrogated them and then punished them in accordance with the law.

These guilty soldiers were exiled to Lingnan, and Zhao Yao specially sent people to pick them up. It was Zhao Yao who wrote to the emperor asking him to exile these people to Lingnan. In addition to these people, some Huns prisoners in the northern military camp were also sent to Lingnan.

These days, Zhao Yao is buying people everywhere. He sent people to work in the Western Regions and bought many slaves. Although the Zhou Dynasty abolished slavery, the Western Regions, Xiongnu, Annan and other countries did not abolish it.

In the past few months, Zhao Yao has bought tens of thousands of people from these countries. Because of this incident, he was accused by officials in the capital of raising private soldiers and being rebellious. Let the emperor punish him severely.

Zhao Yao dismissed the participation of the officials in the capital and did not even bother to explain. He continued to buy people everywhere as they participated.

Because Zhao Yao bought many people back, the pressure on the Ministry of Industry was reduced a lot, and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry no longer frowned. In addition, the second season of rice has been harvested, and people have joined in the construction of Marsh Mansion. These days, construction in various parts of Marsh Mansion is proceeding very quickly.

Of course, the people's efforts to build the Marsh Mansion are not free, the yamen will pay them wages. Although the wages are not very high, food and housing are included. The people are very willing to do it.

During this time, Marsh Mansion was very dynamic, and people could be seen working hard everywhere. The most important thing is that they work with a smile rather than a look of despair. In the past, it was compulsory for ordinary people to work for the yamen. Not only did they have no money, they also didn't have enough to eat. If you do a little bad job, you will be whipped. In previous years, many people in Marsh Mansion died under the whips of the government officials.

Those exiled criminals and bought slaves also received wages for their work, but it was very small. Of course, they can also eat enough, and there is meat for every meal.

The most indispensable thing in Marsh Mansion is meat, and these meats are all fish from the sea. Every day, various kinds of fish are available in various vegetable markets and vegetable stalls in Marsh Mansion.

Most of these fish and meat are very cheap, and basically everyone can afford them. After having cheap fish and meat to eat, the people of Marsh Mansion have gained a lot of weight visibly, and their complexions have also improved a lot.

Last year, when Zhao Yao first came to Marsh Mansion, the people were all emaciated and skinny, with hollow eyes and despair on their faces. But now, the people's faces are full of happy smiles, and their eyes are filled with the light of hope.

At this time, it was noon, and the people, the exiled criminals, and the purchased slaves were sitting together to eat. Three dishes and one soup, two plates of meat, one plate of vegetables, and a bowl of delicious fish soup.

Everyone sat together, eating and chatting. Although there is a language barrier, we can make gestures with our hands to let each other know what the other is saying.

After they finished their meal, there was a steady stream of hot tea to drink. In the evening, they still had snacks to eat. Of course, snacks are not desserts, and desserts do not satisfy people who work. The snacks they eat in the evening are steamed buns, steamed buns or sesame seed cakes. When it gets dark, they will have another rich dinner.

The common people talked about common topics while eating, or about Zhao Yao, His Highness the King of Han.

A middle-aged man finished his meal and said while picking his teeth: "His Royal Highness is going to Annan and Johor as guests, and I don't know when he will come back?"

A middle-aged woman said with a worried face: "Will something happen to Your Highness? Will those people in Annan harm Your Highness?"

"Those foreigners would not dare to harm our Highness."

"Yes, yes, our Highness is very powerful. Those foreigners are no match for our Highness."

"I heard that those foreigners want to be a matchmaker for our Highness." The aunts gathered together to discuss, "Those foreign royal families want to marry the princess to our Highness and become the princess."

"Those foreigners keep sending beauties to His Highness, but His Highness doesn't want any of them."

"Our Highness has not yet married a princess, and there is no maid around him. Everyone is saying that His Highness likes men, but there is no man around His Highness."

"Since His Highness came to us, he has been busy making our people live a good life. He has no time to fall in love."

"Thanks to His Highness the King of Han, otherwise we wouldn't have the good life we ​​have now."

"His Highness has not been in Marsh Mansion these days. I always feel empty. I don't know when His Highness will come back."

Zhao Yao, who is missed by the people of Marsh Mansion, is on his way back to Marsh Mansion.

His visit to Annan, Piao and other countries this time had no special purpose. In the past few days, although he had visited countries such as Johor and Pyu, he still saw the customs and customs of foreign countries.

"Second uncle, we have only been out for a few days, and you are urging us to go back. I haven't had enough fun yet." Zhao Yao originally planned to play for a month, but he didn't expect to come back after only ten days. He originally wanted to go to sea secretly, but he didn't expect to be discovered by He Lianfang, who had no choice but to take him to sea with him. He Lianfang glanced at the angry Zhao Yao coldly, and said angrily: "I'm afraid you don't want to come back." In the past few days, Zhao Yao had a lot of fun in Annan and Johor, and had no intention of returning to Marsh Mansion. thought. He Lianfang was worried that if he continued to play, he would really be reluctant to come back.

Zhao Yao: "Second uncle, you think too much."

"You'd better think so." He Lianfang didn't believe what Zhao Yao said.

"I really think so. Dazhou is my home." After he completed the construction of Marsh Mansion, he set sail and traveled around.

While ordering tea, He Lianfang asked: "These days, what have you gained from going out day and night?"

Zhao Yao said seriously: "To be honest, the food in these countries is really terrible, and the fun is not as fun as in Dazhou, but the pictures are fresh."

Regarding Zhao Yao's act of pretending to be stupid, He Lianfang gave him a blank look.

"You went to Annan and Johor not just for fun, but for an ulterior purpose."

"Second uncle, you have wronged me. I really just want to eat, drink and have fun. I have no other purpose." Zhao Yao put on an innocent face, "Besides, what purpose can I have?"

He Lianfang took a deep look at Zhao Yao and said nothing.

"I really have no purpose." Zhao Yao's eyes were very clear and his expression was very sincere.

He Lianfang's eyes did not change, but her tone was obviously cold: "Are you planning to hide it from me?"

"Second uncle, what am I hiding from you? Besides, there is no need for me not to tell you." Zhao Yao scratched his face and said, "The main purpose of my coming to Annan this time is to eat, drink and have fun, and then check out the hidden places. People from the Southern Wei Dynasty here.”

He Lianfang's tone returned to normal: "What did you find out?"

"Nothing useful was found." Zhao Yao said, lying on the table, his head rolling around on the table, "It's almost as we guessed, but I have heard the secrets about the royal families of Annan and Johor. Quite a bit. "When he said this, he immediately sat up and his expression became gossipy. "These secrets about foreign royal families are very explosive. Second uncle, do you want to hear them?"

"Do not want to."

"Second uncle, let me tell you..." Regardless of whether He Lianfang wanted to listen or not, Zhao Yao began to tell him the secrets he had heard.

He Lianfang didn't bother to listen after a while and drove Zhao Yao out.

"Second uncle, listen to what I have to say to you..."

"Get away."

"Second uncle, listen to me..." Zhao Yaozheng was talking happily. Even if He Lianfang kicked him out, he stood at the door and talked for a while until he finished telling the secret he heard.

He Lianfang, who was forced to continue listening to the unbearable secrets: "..."

After Zhao Yao finished telling the secret, he left the door of He Lianfang's room.

Returning to his room, Zhao Yao's expression changed instantly, and he sighed helplessly in his heart: The second uncle is really not easy to fool, and I don't know if he believed what he just said.

His visit to Annan and Johor this time was not just to eat, drink and have fun, but also to inquire about some things. Of course, we also investigated the movements of the Southern Wei people hiding in Annan and Piao.

I wouldn’t know if it didn’t happen, but I’d be shocked if it happened.

The situation in Annan and other countries was more serious than he imagined.

Since these countries surrendered to the Great Zhou Dynasty, they have been seriously infiltrated by various forces of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing for Da Zhou and themselves.

Although these circumstances were somewhat unexpected, they were still within his expectations. What surprised him the most was the power of the King of Han and the Three Princesses of the Huns in these foreign countries. He guessed that they would reach out to foreign countries, but he did not expect that they would reach out so far.

We can no longer let their hands stretch out, we have to cut off their hands. Since they also colluded with the Southern Wei people, let them fight among themselves.

"come out."

A figure suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Yao, "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

Zhao Yao came close to the secret guard's ear and whispered something to him.

After hearing this, the secret guard disappeared from the room.