The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 13: All personnel are exhausted, just listen to fate

After this was done, Zhao Fujin lay down temporarily!
Since he ascended the throne on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Fujin has plugged up all the omissions he could think of in the first Kaifeng defense battle. Yesterday, he improvised and made an impromptu speech. As for the effect, it remains to be verified. After all, the Song Dynasty has been suffering from abuses for hundreds of years. It can change in a day or two.

The human part has been done, and the rest can only be left to fate!
Zhao Fujin, who was lying down for the time being, went back to Akihito Palace. This was the place where she had lived for seven years. She had only been away for a few days, but the inside had changed drastically!

All furnishings and expenses were rearranged according to the emperor's standards.

There were several times more chamberlains and maids serving him!
"Are you all left over from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Zhao Fujin sat down on the couch, kicked off a pair of shoes, and leaned over slightly to smell it, which made him laugh!
After all, I had been spinning around for five days and barely left the imperial study. I couldn't take off my shoes and wash my feet in the imperial study. Although I had already ruled the world and became the empress of the Song Dynasty, she was still a girl after all!
Seeing the friendly smile of the official, the waiting chamberlain and maids also relaxed a lot.

"Guan family, we stayed in Kaifeng voluntarily!"

"Oh, aren't you afraid of gold thieves breaking into the city?"

"Not afraid!"

These servants have no confidence in what they say!
Zhao Fujin chuckled: "Let's talk casually, don't be so formal, Akihito Palace is not a Chui Gong Palace."

As Zhao Fujin spoke, he pulled out the hairpin and spread out his black hair. He grabbed a strand and sniffed it. He curled his lips. The smell was indeed not very good.

"It's useless to be afraid. The Ministry of Internal Affairs only said that we should serve the Emperor when he goes south, but his family is in Kaifeng. What will they do if we leave?" A maid with delicate features and a chubby face muttered in a low voice.

Zhao Fujin glanced at her. She was a child about ten and a half years old. She still had some baby fat, but her eyes were clear, bright and endearing.

"What's your name?"

"Back to the official's house, my maid's name is Chunxia!"

In the Song Dynasty, whether in the palace or among the people, servants generally did not call themselves slaves or maids. The relationship between servants and their masters was actually an employment relationship. Only among barbarians such as Xixia or the Jin Kingdom, this There will be such a title as slave!

It is worth mentioning that the emperor insulted ministers and superiors insulted subordinates, such as shackles, whips, and spankings. During the same period, only the Jin State did this. In the Yuan Dynasty, this practice of the Jin State was inherited, and It is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that after Lao Zhu conquered the world, although he restored Han orthodoxy, he could never change the relationship between master and slave. The poison of the golden thief is too deep!
"How many people are there in your family?"

"When I returned to the official house, there was no one at home. Chunxia was originally an orphan. She grew up in a nursing home and only entered the palace last year!"

"Since you have no relatives or friends, why don't you want to go south with the Supreme Emperor?"

Chunxia pouted: "The monthly salary is less!"

Zhao Fujin laughed when he heard this: "You are greedy for money!"

Chun Xia's chubby cheeks turned red: "The officials are making fun of me. Chun Xia has no father or mother. She has to save her own dowry, otherwise... she won't be able to get married in the future!"

What Chunxia said was not a joke. Marriages in the Song Dynasty were much fairer than those a thousand years later.Thousands of years later, the man’s betrothal gift is clearly marked with a clearly marked price. Anything less is not enough for love!The dowry given to the woman depends on her mood. If her family is well-off, she will be given more, and if her family is average, she will be given less.

This was not the case in the Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, the betrothal gift and the dowry must be equal. The man's betrothal gift must be one hundred thousand guan, and the woman's dowry must also be [-] guan. Any less is a sign of mismatch. If you meet a young talent, Those rich girls don't even ask for betrothal gifts, only dowry, and the final battle is to see who has a rich dowry and who can marry a happy man.

You ask, do several men compete for a woman with their bride price?
Haha, even the daughter of Emperor Daojun is worried about getting married!
Therefore, if our male compatriots after a thousand years know about the events of Song Dynasty, they will probably sigh: God's way is so easy to reincarnate, who will God spare!

Zhao Fujin waved to Chun Xia and called Chun Xia to his side: "Are you thinking of getting married at such a young age? Please serve me well. I will pay for your future dowry on your behalf!"

Chun Xia's eyes widened and she was speechless for a long time: "Really...really...really?"

"You are not joking! Now go and boil some hot water for me. I need to take a shower and change clothes!"

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The outer city wall of Kaifeng is a full eighty miles long. In the past 20 years, the city defenses have been abandoned and in disrepair. It is no longer the strongest city in the world it used to be.

The Ministry of War is responsible for this, and it has written many times over the years requesting funding for repairs, but all of them have been rejected.

Although Emperor Daojun is willing to spend money on stones, it depends on what kind of stone it is!
It is absolutely impossible to spend money on a stone with no aesthetic value like this for city defense!
So these days, Li Gang has suffered a lot!
On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, when the empress decided to start a war, Li Gang's first task was to recruit laborers to repair the city defenses. Fortunately, there were many people who moved into Kaifeng City from the clear wilderness, so there was no shortage of laborers. A few days ago, the property of some of the six thieves was confiscated. , plus the replenishment from the treasury, there is no shortage of money to repair the city defenses!

What Song Dynasty lacks now is only time!

Li Gang has hardly been down the city wall these days. On the 80-mile outer city wall, Li Gang is flying everywhere like bullets. The building oars here are not strong enough, the felt curtain over there is not hung in the right place, and how much kerosene is prepared? , how is the stock of wood? Although he is not good at it, fortunately, he is now in charge of Kaifeng's defense affairs. Officials from the Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Households, and veterans of the Forbidden Army must listen to his orders and accompany him day and night. Watch him everywhere.

Whenever problems are discovered wherever they go, they will be discussed on the spot and the results will be implemented on the spot.

Therefore, during this period of time, the Song Dynasty court was operating at a rapid speed and its execution power was unprecedented!

Otherwise, stress is the biggest driving force!
The only point of contention is the issue of deploying bed crossbows on the 80-mile city wall!

Because the outer city wall is too large and the number of bed crossbows is limited, it is impossible to arrange them evenly, so Li Gang believes that the deployment should be focused on Nanxun Gate!

The reason is that if the Jin army attacks the city, they will definitely attack Nanxun Gate!
Firstly, the moat here is the shallowest, and secondly, in order to show its strength, the Jin army will definitely choose to attack frontally!

Others have different opinions, but they all feel that Nanxunmen is the least in need of deploying heavy crossbows!

Everyone was arguing and arguing with no result in the end, so someone suggested: "Since everyone has different opinions and no one dares to make a hasty decision, if we miss the war in the future and die without redemption, we should go to the palace and let Let’s break up the official relationship!”

When everyone heard this, they could only do this, and everyone followed Li Gang into the palace to meet the saint!
(End of this chapter)