Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 173: Surrender to your liking and win the king’s heart

Zhao Mu was overjoyed when he saw that his words aroused the little emperor's interest.

What he has to do now is to guide the topic to "feelings of family and country", "Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun" and so on.

Song Zhezong was equivalent to the "Han Wu Emperor" of the Song Dynasty. He planned to kill Xixia, defeat the Liao Kingdom and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun, completing the unfinished work of his predecessors.

But Zhao Mu is different from Song Zhezong. He only has two things in his mind, money and girls, and a decent life of sex and pleasure.

But if you want to enjoy these with peace of mind, you must consolidate the power of the Song Dynasty, so that you can enjoy yourself in a more comfortable environment. He lived a small life with a group of wives and concubines, "enjoying endless wealth and endless years".

Although the ambitions of the two people can be said to be completely opposite, they are completely unrelated. But the core interests of both of them are the same, that is, they both want the Song Dynasty to have long-term peace and stability.

So Zhao Mu began to tell the little emperor about his affairs, but also erased some of the stories, such as Zhenlong's chess game, Beiming's magical map, and the things that happened to Mu Wanqing in the stone house. Wiped them all away.

He just briefly talked about his master Wu Yazi and asked Zhao Mu to return his relics to the hermitage. Only then did Zhao Mu go to Dali Kingdom to get acquainted with everyone in Dali Kingdom, and fell in love with Mu Wanqing.

Later, he also told the story about Duan Yu being captured by Tubo's Imperial Preceptor Jiumozhi in the Central Plains, and said that he had defeated Jiumozhi. Then he started to connect those things in Xingzi Lin. And Qiao Feng was mentioned emphatically.

After Zhao Mu's vivid "fooling", Emperor Zhezong also listened with interest. In the process of telling the story, Zhao Mu also deliberately changed from being cautious at the beginning to becoming more familiar. Even when he talked about the wonderful things, Zhao Mu stood up unruly and danced.

This frightened the Conglong guards who were guarding Zhao Mu outside. They were afraid that Zhao Mu would suddenly attack the little emperor. But Zhao Mu gestured for a while and then sat back. The little emperor was holding his chin, listening to Zhao Mu's vivid story, very fascinated. It is not easy for them to enter the palace and disturb them.

Zhao Mu saw that it was almost done, so he deliberately said in the same way as Tao: "Your Majesty, can you give me a sip of tea? I am really thirsty."

At this time, Emperor Zhezong came back to his senses and said: "Serve tea! Hurry and serve tea to the emperor!"

When the eunuch heard this, he quickly brought the tea in front of Zhao Mu.

The little emperor said: "Uncle, let's take a sip first. I really don't have anything hot here. I will have to take a bath and change clothes later, and prepare for the dinner to receive the Dali envoys in the evening. I don't have much free time. Please finish talking quickly." .”

Zhao Mu saw that this kid had fallen into the trap, and after taking a sip of tea, he continued to cheat. Until Zhao Mu finished telling the story about Xingzilin. In particular, he killed the warriors of the Xixia Yipintang, uncovered the "Xixia traitor" Quan Guanqing, overturned the "Xixia spy"'s "slander" against Qiao Feng, and almost caused the Song Dynasty to miss out on his virtuous deeds.

After Zhao Mu finished speaking, he said with emotion: "Hey! Although we, the Song Dynasty, have treated each other with courtesy for many years, these barbarians are still not grateful, and even want to kill us. The minister wishes he could kill him with his own hands with a three-foot sword in his hand. Get rid of these barbarians who disrespect our dynasty."

Emperor Zhezong also sighed with emotion at this time: "Yes, as the king of a country, I am unable to conquer the barbarians and stabilize the country. It is really my fault."

Zhao Mu saw that the atmosphere was almost heightened, and he continued: "If Emperor Taizong had regained the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun back then, when I arrived in the Song Dynasty and had the Great Wall as a barrier, why should I be afraid of the Liao dogs! If there were no Liao dogs rushing to rescue me, then Dang Xiang would The barbarians are nothing more than clowns. But now these two evil dogs are joined together and become man-eating wolves. If one day the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun can be recovered, the people in the border areas will no longer have to suffer from Liao dogs. It’s poisoned.”

Zhe Zong asked at this time: "Oh!? Does the emperor have such ambitions?"

Hearing Zhezong's words, Zhao Mu saw the opportunity and immediately shook his head and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Wei Chen has no great ambitions. I am not afraid that Your Majesty will laugh at Wei Chen. Wei Chen only likes fame and wealth in his life, and... besides"

Seeing Zhao Mu's hesitant look, Emperor Zhezong smiled and asked, "Oh? What else?" Zhao Mu pretended to be embarrassed and replied: "And beauty."

Hearing Zhao Mu's answer, Emperor Zhezong couldn't help but laugh.

Hearing Emperor Zhezong's laughter, Zhao Mu pretended to laugh along with him in embarrassment.

The little emperor smiled and asked: "Since the emperor likes wealth and beauty, why is he so concerned about state affairs?"

Zhao Mu replied: "Hey, I don't hide it from your majesty. In my opinion, there is no conflict between my liking for wealth and beauty and my desire to stabilize the country. I am a person who likes to enjoy. But I also care about the Song Dynasty and the people. . Moreover, the country is in unrest, the people are suffering, and barbarians have repeatedly invaded. Even if I lie down in a gentle country, drunk and dreaming, I will not be able to sleep peacefully."

Zhe Zong said with a smile: "In this way, the emperor's uncle is so concerned about state affairs in order to lie peacefully in the gentle countryside and drunkenly dream about life and death."

Zhao Mu also smiled and replied: "Your Majesty is wise. If the barbarians surrender and the people live in peace, then I can enjoy myself in peace."

Zhe Zong said: "The emperor is a straightforward person. By the way, I heard that Princess Shoukang once acted as a matchmaker for the emperor, saying that she would betroth the four princesses of the Zhongxiao Palace to the emperor. I wonder if this is true?"

Zhao Mu replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case, but before I came to see Your Majesty, I had already rejected the marriage in the Shang Palace in front of His Royal Highness the Princess, Princess Zhongxiao, and the mother-in-law."

Emperor Zhezong was very puzzled when he heard this. He then asked: "Didn't the emperor say that he likes beauty? I have also seen the four princesses of Zhongxiao Prince's Palace. She is indeed a beauty. I heard from the post officer that the former She also visited the emperor's uncle a few days ago. Why did the emperor refuse the marriage proposal from Prince Zhongxiao and go to Dali? Is it possible that the women from this country are more beautiful than I, the women from the Central Plains?"

Hearing this, Zhao Mu couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart. It seemed that he looked down on this little emperor. He didn't expect that he actually had great hands and eyes, and even knew about this matter.

Zhao Mu was also a little lucky. Fortunately, he was so outstanding in Qinggong that the fact that he killed Chai Qing was not revealed.

Zhao Mu replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this is not entirely true. There are two reasons why Weichen turned down the marriage to Prince Zhongxiao. The first is that Weichen had an appointment with Princess Zhaohua, so Weichen naturally cannot marry anyone else. This is what Wei Chen and Emperor Baoding of Dali and his father, King Zhennan, personally promised. A gentleman puts trust first. Naturally, Wei Chen cannot break his promise."

"The second is that Wei Chen's marriage to the Dali Kingdom will help us in the Song Dynasty to stabilize the southern border in the future. Wei Chen once had a long talk with the brothers of Emperor Baoding of Dali Kingdom. They have no intention of invading the Song Dynasty, and have even always wanted to invade the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty claimed to be a vassal and paid tribute, so I, the Song Dynasty, could be canonized. If we, the Song Dynasty, really marry the Dali Kingdom to the Qin and Jin Dynasties forever, then we, the Song Dynasty, would not only be able to stabilize the southern border without spending a single soldier, but we could even rely on Dali. The military strength is to contain the Tubo tribes, which have always been unfaithful. Then our military forces on the two southwest fronts of the Song Dynasty can be mobilized back to deal with Xixia and Liao. Therefore, whether it is faith or loyalty, I must choose Princess Zhaohua."

Emperor Zhezong couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. Seemingly thoughtful.

Seeing Zhezong's expression, Zhao Mu said jokingly: "However, Princess Huyan is indeed a beauty, and the ministers also like her deeply. They want to accept her together. Even if Princess Zhaohua is willing, I am afraid that the Huyan family will not. .What a pity!”

Zhezong was thinking about Zhao Mu's words, but was suddenly interrupted by Zhao Mu's "greedy" words and couldn't help laughing.

Emperor Zhezong laughed and joked: "Uncle Huang is really very greedy. However, since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty, and I quite appreciate his forthrightness." But then Zhezong changed the topic, "Okay, Uncle Emperor, these things will wait for a while. Let’s talk about it later. Today’s top priority is to entertain the Dali delegation. It’s almost time now. I’m going to wash up and change clothes. Please ask the emperor’s uncle to go back to the posthouse to change clothes temporarily. I will send another carriage and horse to greet the emperor. uncle."

(End of this chapter)