Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 31: A sea of ​​orphans (Special thanks to the book friend, Master of Civil Engineering, for his monthly ticket!)

Wang Yan hesitated for a moment, thinking that anyway, he had spent a lot of money to please the little emperor. He only dressed up and collected the fifth morning dew, and already spent two hundred taels of silver to make her beautiful clothes and jewelry, and ordered the maids in the palace to teach her etiquette. It would be foolish to offend Zhang Yong at this moment.

Wang Yan was scheming and immediately said with a smile:
"What did Zhangdu Yuhou say? I was just thinking about what treasures should be presented as tribute, and asked Zhangdu Yuhou to take them back to the capital and present them to Your Majesty.

Marquis Zhang Du Yu, please wait a moment. "

In less than half an hour, hundreds of four-horse carriages arrived from the soldiers and servants of Jiedushi's mansion. The carriages were so wide that one could carry about thirty children of 5 or 6 years old.

The fifth morning dew was also delivered from the VIP hotel by two pretty maids aged 12 or 13 in the mansion.

Jinzhou Jiedushi Wang Yan was full of flattery. He and Zhang Yong expressed their gratitude and presented many jewels back to the capital to Empress Dowager Fu and Emperor Chai Zongxun. They personally sent Zhang Yong and other hundreds of forbidden troops and more than 30,000 orphans out of Jinzhou. The southeast gate of the city.

Zhang Yong and others waved goodbye to Jinzhou Jiedushi Wang Yan, and set off back to Bianjing with the charming Fifth Chaolu and more than 30,000 orphans.

After two days of traveling, Zhang Yong walked to the carriage and asked Wu Chaolu to talk.

Seeing Wu Chaolu opening the car window and showing his head happily, Zhang Yong couldn't help but smile and said:
"Miss Chaolu, we can reach the capital in two days' walk.

Your Majesty is kind and amiable, and you will definitely receive excellent care when you see His Majesty.

Meeting the Holy Spirit is no small matter. There are some things that Big Brother must explain clearly to you.

That day at the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion in Jinzhou, I saw that you were carrying a short sword with you. Was this short sword passed down to you by your parents? "

Wu Chaolu nodded, unable to conceal her shyness on her beautiful little face, and said:

"Brother, you are so smart.

This short knife was my father's knife when he was alive. After my father passed away, my mother buried him and kept this short knife.

When my mother was critically ill last year, she was worried that Nunu was too young and helpless, so she passed this dagger to Nunu and made Nunu swear an oath that she would never disgrace her father's reputation. "

Zhang Yong sighed and thought to himself: "Miss Chaolu's parents are both upright people with integrity, and her father is my loyal minister of Dazhou."

Zhang Yong said: "Miss Chaolu, once you meet His Majesty in the capital, everything will be safe for you.

You are about the same age as His Majesty, so His Majesty will definitely like you, and no one will be able to bully you in the future.

When meeting His Majesty, you are absolutely not allowed to bring sharp weapons or other objects with you. Please also ask the girl to hand over this short sword to me. I will keep this relic of your parents for you and will never lose it. "

Fifth Chaolu thought for a while with a crooked face, because in the past few days, whether it was the more than twenty days of waiting at the Jinzhou Jiedushi Mansion or the days of setting off to Bianjing, everyone around her was very fond of her. Well, it was a huge difference from the previous situation, so her sense of security increased day by day, and her trust in Zhang Yong and others also increased day by day.

Fifth Chaolu smiled and said:
"Big brother, Nunu believes what you say. Then Nunu, the short sword left by father, should be kept by big brother."

Wu Chaolu lowered the wooden window of the carriage. After a while, he took out the short knife from his personal dagger, opened the wooden window, and handed it to Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong took the dagger and came over. Fifth Chaolu smiled at him and put down the wooden window.

Zhang Yong felt melancholy in his heart and was stunned for a while before walking back to the carriage he was riding in. On the afternoon of April 26, after finishing his martial arts training, Chai Zongxun was checking the preparations for his first imperial examination in the Imperial Palace when Tang Qi, the chief eunuch, reported that a large courtyard wall had been built around the southeast corner of the palace as scheduled, and a courtyard had been built. New military camp and an arsenal.

Chai Zongxun was so happy that he followed Tang Qi to inspect the arsenal under the protection of the imperial army.

In this era, years of war had led to a vast land and sparsely populated areas. Even the capital of the Zhou Dynasty had a lot of open space.

Chai Zongxun was very impressed when he saw that the new military camp and arsenal occupied a large area, with a radius of 500 acres, and the school grounds, factories, and living areas were all built in an orderly manner according to his own wishes, which could support the production and living of hundreds of thousands of sergeants and workers. Satisfied, he even praised Tang Qi for his hard work.

Tang Qi smiled broadly and said cautiously:
"Your Majesty, my family has received great favor from your Majesty and has been able to move to the capital.

The slave's younger brother has just turned sixteen this year, and he also wants to do his best for His Majesty. This kid is naughty and has no skills. He just learned some craftsman skills in his daily life. "

Chai Zongxun nodded and said: "General Manager Tang is my confidant. As long as your family members abide by the law, I can use them according to their talents and arrange for them to be managed in the arsenal and supervise the production of weapons for me."

When returning to the Qingshou Palace, an eunuch came quickly to report: Han Hui, Zhang Yong and others had brought back a large number of orphans from all over the Zhou Dynasty, and were waiting outside Chaoyang Gate, the east gate of the capital.

Chai Zongxun wondered: "Why don't Han Hui and Zhang Yong directly bring the orphans to the palace to see me?"

The messenger eunuch looked embarrassed and said:
"Your Majesty, I don't know much about this. I only know that the Forbidden Army sergeant at the city gate reported that Master Han and Master Zhang brought back too many orphans, and the Forbidden Army general guarding the gate really didn't dare to make the decision to let them into the city!"

Chai Zongxun's curiosity aroused, and he immediately sent an order to drive to Chaoyang Gate to check it out for himself.

As soon as Chen Jixing, captain of the Imperial Guards (Suwei Zhubanzhi), heard that the emperor was about to leave the palace, he was afraid that he would not be able to shoulder the responsibility, so he immediately sent his sergeants to inform the palace chief to check on Han Tong.

Not a moment later, Han Tong came over with five thousand elite Forbidden Army troops in a hurry.

Chai Zongxun was also a little worried about the current security situation in the capital of Zhou Dynasty. When he saw Han Tong arriving, he immediately said:
"Han Aiqing arrived just in time, so please accompany me to Chaoyang Gate to see what's going on.

Manager Tang immediately sent someone to report to the Queen Mother, asking the Queen Mother to rest assured that I would be back in the palace soon. "

Han Tong never shied away from Emperor Chai Zongxun's will, so he immediately agreed, thinking:
"Your Majesty wants to visit Chaoyang Gate right now. How can there be any problem if you have a minister leading five thousand elite guards?
Moreover, the capital is now guarded by our Imperial Guards Hall’s Front Office and Zhang Yongde’s Guards and Military Division. They are all loyal to His Majesty’s ministers, so there will be no mistakes. "

Han Tong immediately ordered 5,000 elite soldiers of the forbidden army to serve the young emperor Chai Zongxun. They boarded a palace carriage, surrounded him three times inside and outside, and escorted him to the outside of the palace.

After traveling for more than ten miles, the imperial driver arrived in front of Chaoyang Gate.

After the generals of the gatekeepers came to see him, they accompanied Emperor Chai Zongxun to the tower along with Han Tong and other large groups of imperial guards.

Chai Zongxun took a few steps forward. Under the heavy protection of Han Tong and other forbidden troops, he came to the city wall and looked down. He couldn't help but be surprised.

I saw that the city walls were densely packed with orphans from various states who came to the capital. At a rough look, there were at least 200,000 to 300,000 people, just like an ocean.

Most of these orphans have unkempt hair and tattered clothes, but their faces look okay, and they don't look sallow or thin.

Hundreds of brightly-clad imperial guards stood in the sea of ​​orphans, and hundreds of carriages were surrounded by water.

(End of this chapter)