The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 150 Two Worry

At the beginning of the second year of Chonghe, the attendant Fan Zhixu wrote a letter and poured a bucket of cold water on Emperor Zhao Ji.Fan Zhixu said, it's not appropriate to reconcile this year name, it coincides with our neighbor's year name.You should know that during the reign of Emperor Renzong, the Liao Kingdom in the north used the reign name of Chongxi. Now the Liao Kingdom’s current ruler’s name is Yelu Yanxi, which has the same pronunciation as Xixi. In order to avoid taboos, Guan Chongxi is not called Chongxi. It's called reconciliation!

As soon as Zhao Ji heard this, his face changed. How can this work, he has to change immediately.On February [-], the second year of Chonghe, it was changed to Yuan Xuanhe.What's wrong with Xuanhe?It was named after Xuanhe Hall.There is Xuanhe Hall in the ban, which is the place where Emperor Zhao Ji collected calligraphy, paintings and antiques.It must be known that this person is a person with elegant hobbies, and he has spent much longer time in Xuanhe Hall than in Chongzheng Hall, so he naturally feels kind to the word Xuanhe.Encountering the bad luck of Zhonghe, there was no time to think about it in a hurry, patted his head, and the reign name of Xuanhe came into being.

Poor Zhonghe, head and tail, will use up three months.However, it is not serious to pat your head on the year number.It didn't take long for Emperor Zhao Ji to discover that the proportion of Xuanhe's problems was even greater.Take a look at Xuanhe's declaration, it reads "Family has two days" when it is taken apart. Oh, no coincidence, soon the broad masses of the people in the south are rising up, and under the leadership of Sheng Gong Fangla, a vigorous revolutionary movement is being carried out... Sigh , No matter how you change it, there are problems, Zhao Ji sighed and simply let it go!

Although it is already March in Yangchun, the spring is late in the northwest, and it is still the scene of the end of winter, and the weather is still cold at night.The residence of the Prince of Jiugongzhai was warm and harmonious. Zhao Yu sat in front of him and reviewed the official documents. He Qufei and his staff had already read these documents, sorted them according to the priority, and put a note in it, which was their proposed treatment. Opinions, for the prince to choose and decide.

"Hmph, a bunch of mediocre people who were afraid of wolves and tigers later, and want to conquer the Sixteen States of Yanyun!" Zhao Tong slammed on the table bitterly after reading an official document sent to him by the Ministry of Education.

"Second Master, what's the matter?" Jian Xi who was waiting on the side asked carefully.

"I don't know if the chief executives in the court drank too much, or their heads were kicked by donkeys! They warned me about the improvement of armaments, saying that the Liao Kingdom protested against my repair of city defenses and rectification of military armor in Dai and Lu areas. , ask me to immediately stop the reorganization of the army, demolish the newly built fortress, and withdraw the troops for [-] miles, so as not to irritate the Liao Kingdom, arouse their vigilance, and spoil the emperor's plan!" Zhao Tong took a sip of the hot tea Jianxi sent him and said, curling his lips, Jian Xi didn't dare to say anything after hearing this, he can't participate in such important national affairs, and he didn't dare to express his opinion, so he could only shut up.

Although Zhao Tun didn't take the opinions of the court seriously, he felt helpless. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty had been invaded by nomads in the north. Hebei and Hedong were important supports in the national defense system.The central and eastern parts of Hebei are impact plains interspersed with depressions and lakes, which can be said to be unfavorable for cavalry assaults, while the dangerous mountains and rivers in the Hedong region are not suitable for marching. Therefore, the flat road at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain in the west has become the best place for nomads to go south. However, most of the Khitan’s southward invasions in the Song Dynasty in history were mostly based on this.

Faced with such a situation, the dynasty built a relatively complete defense system based on the northern geographical environment and local conditions at the beginning of its establishment.Because the geographical environment of Hedong Road is interspersed with mountains and rivers, its national defense is commonly used to build pass fortresses relying on the undulating mountains of Daibei Hengshan Mountains, especially the four main traffic passages that invaded Jinzhong from Khitan—Daizhou and Pingxingzhai , Loufanguan, and Caoguchuan Road, even more elite soldiers were chosen to resist them.

However, since the signing of the "Tanyuan Alliance" in the Renzong Dynasty, the two countries ceased their troops. Therefore, in the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, except for assisting the Northern Han Dynasty and entering Jin Dynasty along the Hedong Road, the Khitan's southern invasion army never invaded the land of Hedong.After a hundred years of peace, the great army in the Liao realm remained, but it was no longer the heroic soldiers of the early Song Dynasty, but transformed into a mob that only eats food and pays, and is defeated in one blow.However, the voice of attacking Liao in the middle of the court is very loud, but they still fear Liao like a tiger. In this state, what should they use to fight against others? They are really a bunch of literary thieves who are not as good as Zhao Kuo who only talks about war on paper. worry.

"Second Master, have some supper!" Xin Zhao walked in at this moment, bringing a bowl of mutton noodles.

"Well, let's put this first?" Zhao Tang nodded without looking at the mutton noodles.

"Master Xi, what's the matter with the second master, he doesn't seem very happy!" Seeing the prince's displeasure, Xin Zhao asked Jian Xi in a low voice.

"Xin Zhao, the second master is worrying about the affairs of the court, he listens to you the most, you can untie the prince!" Jian Xi whispered in Xin Zhao's ear.

"Second Master, try this mutton noodles, I made it myself today, but you don't even look at it!" Xin Zhao said angrily.

"Oh, Xin Zhao has also learned how to cook, I have to try it!" Hearing what he said, Zhao Tang's attention was shifted to the mutton noodles, he sniffled and said.

"I'm the prince's direct disciple, do you think it tastes right to you?" Xin Zhao said as he handed the chopsticks to the prince with a smile.

"Well, it's interesting. It would be even better if some coriander was added, but it's a pity that it's hard to find in the northwest at this time!" Zhao Tong said with a little regret after tasting it.

"Is Second Master homesick? There should be fresh coriander on the market in Beijing this season, and you can also eat gourd soup!" Xin Zhao said fascinatedly after tidying up the slightly messy desk.

"Soldiers are home everywhere, so why are you homesick!" Zhao Tun said vaguely while eating noodles.

"Hey, why is there a letter here?" Zhao Xin suddenly pulled out a letter from a pile of papers and said in surprise, "This seems to be a letter from the family, not an official document!"

"Oh, some daredevil must have sent the letter to me by mistake, you can open it and have a look!" Zhao Tuo glanced at the letter in Xin Zhao's hand and said.

"Jiang Chengzi? Enjoy the slanting wind and drizzle in the spring to make the spring cold. To the ancestors, remember the joys of the past, once wiped away the pear blossoms, lonely tears. Fangcao asserts the northwest road, and goodbye tears, looking at the green mountains. The dream that was formed last night. Water. Water Among the clouds, pretty and speechless, Zhengnai wakes up, the sorrow and hatred are still there. Tossing and turning in the quilt, the sky is easy to see, and it is hard to see Yi!" Zhao Xin opened the letter paper, which was a new poem, "Second Master, This is from Miss Zhu to you!" He said sadly.

"Huh?! Why did she send the private letter in the official document? She really doesn't understand the rules!" After hearing this, Zhao Tuo frowned and said, but he was troubled in his heart. He treated her coldly, but she refused to let her go. Infatuated, now the queen decides to appoint her, and she is already her quasi-wangfei in name, but I still don't have any feelings for her.

"Second Master, there are many circles drawn here, I don't know what it means!" Xin Zhao saw that Wang Ye's mood just changed from better to worse, secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, and asked cautiously.

"Bring it to me!" Zhao Tong took it over and looked at it, and smiled wryly. This thing is not unfamiliar to him, but it is the first circle of poems, and the first creation was made by this talented woman Zhu Shuzhen, which attracted posterity to imitate.According to legend, after Zhu Shuzhen got married, her husband was away all year round. She missed her husband so much that she wrote a letter to her husband. When her husband opened it up, he found that there was not a single word on the letter, and all the circles were drawn.Her husband was thinking hard, but he couldn't figure out what these circles meant. He didn't expect that this good thing would be caught up by him today.

"If you want to send lovesickness, there is no way to send it, so draw a circle to replace it.

Words are outside the circle, but hearts are inside the circle.

Single lap is me, double lap is you.

You have me in your heart, and you in my heart.

When the moon is missing, it will be full, and when the moon is full, it will be missing.

I circle closely, and you know my intentions closely.

And the indescribable lovesickness, all the way to the end..." Luckily, he knew this allusion, Zhao Tang guessed the meaning after a little thought, and recited it casually.

"Playing these little tricks in front of the prince is really ignorant, this woman is really smart!" Seeing that the prince easily understood the meaning, he didn't take it seriously in his heart, thinking that the prince was only six years old when he drew a congratulatory The table touched the emperor and laid the foundation of knowledge for today's favor, and the prince is even a master at guessing riddles. Now the communications between intelligence stations are all written in codes, and the codes are 'created' by the prince. The cipher book was in his arms, and that Miss Zhu was playing with the prince, that would be like playing tricks!

But it was a different feeling to Zhao Xin's ears. It seems that the prince and Miss Zhu really have a good understanding. These circles are like heavenly scriptures in the eyes of ordinary people. The prince can easily understand the meaning of them just by scanning them. Certainly. . .

"Jian Xi grinds ink!" Zhao Tang raised his head to look at Xin Zhao who was still in a daze, pushed the rice bowl away, and ordered Jian Xi to say.Jianxi hurriedly agreed, spread out the paper, added water and ink, saw the prince thought for a while, dipped the ink in the inkstone with a pen, drew left and right circles on the paper, and returned Miss Zhu's paper circle.

"Xin Zhao, you send this letter tomorrow and send it to Miss Zhu!" Zhao Tun said to Xin Zhao in one breath, put down the pen, dried the ink.

"Yes, Second Master, but you also drew a circle on a piece of paper, can Miss Zhu understand it?" Xin Zhao looked at the letter paper and said doubtfully.

"Hehe, with Miss Zhu's cleverness, it shouldn't be difficult. I hope she can understand what I mean. If she can't crack it, I'm afraid she will be ashamed to see me in the future, and it will save a lot of trouble!" Zhao Tong laughed.

"Second Master, what do you mean by what you wrote, can you tell me?" Zhao Xin knew that it might be the love words written by the prince, but he still couldn't bear it and tried to ask.

"Actually, it's easy to understand, and there's nothing shameful about it, so why not tell you!" Zhao Teng grinned, "I can't circle left and right, I don't know how many circles I have. Now if I jump out of the circle, I'm afraid I will be circled." Circle until old."

Seeing the lord speak frankly, Zhao Xin felt mixed feelings in his heart, and after listening to the explanation, he was even more inexplicably moved, but the hidden worry in his heart was still hard to dissipate. The pun in this poem by the lord did not know that Miss Zhu had read it. What kind of understanding will be made, and what kind of reaction will be made. . .

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