Chapter 78: Knocking incident

Li Jun stood on the imperial city and looked at the square outside the imperial city. There were children of royal families kneeling on the square, both men and women, young and old. They were so old that they needed help from walking, so young that they could feed themselves. They knelt neatly and without losing etiquette, showing the grandeur of the royal family.

Just a year ago, when Li Jun came to this world, after he executed Jia Sidao, the people also bowed here to thank the emperor for his grace and eliminated the harm to the people. Only a year has passed, and there are people kneeling on the ground here. They are not here to thank Li Jun for his merits for saving the Song Dynasty, but to come to Daxing to question the army.

It was very obvious that the person who initiated this quibble was very cruel. Not to mention that he instigated all the old people who were so old that they wanted to help them walk, which shows how vicious his intentions were. His meaning was very obvious, that was to make these old people rely on their seniority and stay on the spot and see how Li Jun cleaned up. If it was a mistake, it would be better to die a few.

Li Jun is a discerning person. He saw through this man's vicious intention at first sight. He laughed in his heart, thinking that he was an old man and knew the needs of the old man very well. If he was stumped by this small problem, how could he defeat Kublai Khan's millions of troops?

The person kneeling in front was Zhao Meng. He was in his fifties, with three long beards hanging on his chest, wearing a light blue dress, and a handsome face. He was a bit heroic and elegant. He was a kind of person who would make people feel good about him at first sight. If he didn't understand him, he would never have thought that his scheming was very deep and terrifying, and would even treat him as a good person.

Li Jun remembered a conversation between him and Zhao Meng very clearly. It was after Zhao Meng donated herbal medicine during the Lin'an Security War. At that time, other royal families refused to donate herbal medicines. He responded to Li Jun's call without saying a word and donated herbal medicines. It was really different. Li Jun summoned him after learning about this. Li Jun still remembered the conversation between the two.

When Zhao Meng saw him, he first performed great rituals. In ancient times, he was polite and well-behaved. He was the person who performed the most standard rituals after Li Jun came to this world. He was a model. Even famous officials such as Wen Tianxiang were absolutely inferior to him. Moreover, his every move was so beautiful, as if he had been rehearsed.

As soon as you open your mouth, you will be full of elegant words and phrases, which will make people know that you are a knowledgeable person with extraordinary knowledge.

Zhao Meng was not recorded in "History of the Song Dynasty", and Li Jun had no impression of him at all. He never expected that there was a person like him in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, he was thinking about why he was not appointed as emperor, but instead he was convinced that incompetent people like Song Duzong were emperors. If he were the emperor, no matter how bad the Southern Song Dynasty was, it would be better than now.

According to Li Jun's later understanding, Zhao Meng did not have the opportunity to be the emperor, but his fate was too tricked and always joked with him. After several ups and downs, he had no chance of getting the throne. He was a wise man and knew that he, who had a great hope of becoming an emperor, was the most thorn in the eyes of the emperor. If he didn't do it well, he would be beheaded. Therefore, he closed his door to thank the guests, and he did not see anyone except to see him. Even if the emperor's summons could be pushed, he would not be pushed before he could meet him. Even if he met, he would always be cautious of the courtesy of his ministers, which made people unable to find any faults, which made people feel relieved to him.

After he left the door to thank the guests, he worked hard to cultivate himself, diligently to support himself, and was also clear about the difficulty of making a decision. He could solve the problem in the royal family in a few words. Over time, he became a respected elder in the clan and was highly praised and loved by the clan. Even Xie Daoqing also looked at him with admiration and was particularly good.

It was such a person who planned this incident at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition and ruined the great cause of the Northern Expedition. If it hadn't been for the fact that it had happened, Li Jun would have never thought that he would have done it.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Zhao Meng saw Li Jun appearing and led his clan members to give a great gift to Li Jun. His rituals were the same as before, and he was still in line with the rules and could not find any problems. Even the best etiquette masters could not find any problems, and Li Jun was unwilling to accept it.

Li Jun knew that he was polite first and then military, and did not want to be accused of destroying the Northern Expedition and seizing the throne. He wanted to force Li Jun to abdicate, and then use his prestige in the royal family to take over the throne naturally. This trick was exactly the same as Wang Mang. If Wang Mang took a fancy to a certain official position, he would instruct his minions to write to the emperor that the best candidate for this profession was Wang Mang. When the emperor really wanted to appoint him, he deliberately made some excuses and made some inappropriate excuses until the emperor repeatedly forced him to take office.

Even when Wang Mang ascended the throne and became the emperor, he repeatedly refused. He really couldn't defeat it, so he ascended the throne with "no choice" and followed the heavens and responded to others to save the world. At that time, everyone in the world fooled Wang Mang this trick, thinking that his becoming an emperor was coming, and the facts proved that he was a person who wanted to gain fame and reputation. Zhao Meng also played this trick, and he performed very well on the surface, but only geniuses knew what he was doing in secret.

As for acting, Li Jun is not worse than him. He smiled and said, "Get up, get up, get up quickly." After saying a few polite words, Li Jun immediately turned his face and scolded Zhao Menglai: "Zhao Aiqing, you are really working so many people. Look, the older ones even need people to support him when walking, and the younger ones are just born and can just eat breastfeeding. If there is a three-length and two-two-length, would you be worthy of the spirit of Taizu in heaven?

"You have to know that each of you is the blood of Taizu and the pillars of the Song Dynasty. If you don't have you, who will support the Song Dynasty? Come and help them to rest in the Yangxin Hall. Go to the imperial kitchen and talk about it. You have to make some hot soup in the imperial kitchen and activate the tendons and veins. After kneeling outside for most of the day, your body will definitely not be able to stand it. Drinking some hot soup will be much better."

Li Jun's talent in acting is no less than any excellent actor. This is very caring. If someone who does not understand his mood at this time will definitely think that he really cares about these royal families. For Li Jun at this time, the further away these royal families, the better, so as not to come and chatter.

In fact, these royal families were borers from the Southern Song Dynasty. They usually rely on their royal families to bully the people, and they made a lot of noise, which made the people complain. Li Jun said very nicely, and he looked down on them in his heart. He wanted to have the opportunity to abolish them and become common people, so he would no longer harm the people.

Zhao Meng, who has always been good at pretending to be himself, had to admire him from the heart, thinking that no wonder he could have resurrected himself and managed the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty like this, like a young man with vitality. Not to mention anything else, just by acting skills, he is not comparable to ordinary people.

With the order of Li Jun, many guards and palace maids came out of the imperial city to support these royal families. For these royal families, seeking justice for Xie Daoqing is naturally a big deal, but the bigger thing is still his own business. Li Jun thought so thoughtfully, which was really beyond their expectations. Especially those old men and mothers who had to help others walk and knelt for a long time, but they couldn't stand it. Li Jun's arrangement was just right for them, so there was no reason why he was unwilling to follow the palace maids.

Zhao Meng instigated these members of the royal family to come and knock on the palace, and brought in very young people. The purpose was to embarrass Li Jun and see how Li Jun dealt with these people who might die at any time. If a few people died on the spot, that would be a great thing, and he could take the opportunity to make a big fuss. Unexpectedly, Li Jun touched the hearts of these old guys in just a few words, and his regret was beyond the description of his pen and ink. He threw the country curses to these old men who were about to drill into the soil.

Zhao Meng's strength was that he was not slow to react. He held up a memorial with his hands and said loudly: "Emperor, this is a joint memorial of 1,216 members of the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Please check it out. The emperor, Shouhe Shengfu is highly respected and has made great contributions to the Song Dynasty. However, she was blasphemed by others. He asked the emperor to uphold justice for Shouhe Shengfu. If the emperor did not return Shouhe Shengfu's justice, I would rather die than leave." He knelt straight, looking like he was kneeling down to death. After that, tears had flowed down and cried very sadly. Look at his appearance as if Xie Daoqing was his biological mother.

After saying this to him, the people who were originally going to rest stopped again and looked at Li Jun.

"Haha, you're doing a joint book. I thought it was something amazing. Kang Youwei's public bus book is known as ten thousand people. I have read it. Can the joint book of more than a thousand people still stump me?" Li Jun made fun of Zhao Meng in his heart, but he spoke in an intimate tone and said, "Come on." The guard captain Duan Ganmu hurried out to get the memorial and presented it to Li Jun.

Li Jun held the memorial in his hand and said, "Don't stand, go to Yangxin Hall to rest first. If we have something to say in Yangxin Hall, we are all relatives of the Song Dynasty. It would be too embarrassing to deal with the funeral of Far and Holy Fu here. If the Mongolians find out, they mocked us, the Song Dynasty, and there was no place to discuss matters, where would you put your face? You are shameless, I still want this face. You think carefully, Shou and Holy Fu have not yet been buried. We are very disrespectful to her when we discuss the funeral of Far and Holy Fu here."

"Yes, the emperor is right." As soon as Li Jun finished speaking, he immediately received praise from many people in the royal family. Li Jun's words were justified and reached the point. If you want people to disagree, you can't even praise him. Even Zhao Meng secretly praised him in his heart.

Li Jun listened to their praise and laughed in his heart. He thought to himself that you were praising me, but in fact he didn't want to suffer much, and said, "We're discussing in the Hall of Peace of Hearts."

The last sentence is for Zhao Meng, which means that you can't come, and we have to deal with things if you don't come. For Zhao Meng, if he doesn't go to the Yangxin Palace, with Li Jun's eloquence, you can't fool these royal families in a long time (note: to apply modern language) and weigh it. After a while, you stand up and follow the crowd into the imperial city.

"You have only such ability." Li Jun turned around and looked at Zhao Meng who followed him, and commented disdainfully in his heart.

As soon as he arrived at the Hall of Heart, Li Jun called the old men to sit down and hurriedly supported them. He looked good and no one could find any fault. Li Jun saved the Southern Song Dynasty at the most critical moment, and his status among the clans was already quite high. If Xie Daoqing had not been "blasphemed" after his death, these old men would not have come. Li Jun was so attentive that they really moved them. Some old men choked and said, "Your Majesty, I can't bear it."

"You are wrong. You are so old and are an elder in the clan. It is appropriate to support you." Li Jun said very intimately, and anyone who heard it would be moved. However, he thought to himself: "Actually, I am also an old man of the same age as you. If I hadn't been a coincidence, I would have been leapfrogged in the soil."

Li Jun was once an old man. For these old men, he felt a sense of intimacy and felt that getting along with him was a very pleasant thing. After giving Li Jun this kind of busy work, he felt even more fond of him and sat down happily.

In just a moment, Li Jun won the favor of these old people. Zhao Meng couldn't help but panic. He also imitated Li Jun to greet the old man and the person holding the child. The old man was Zhao Meng's trump card. If he fought for Li Jun and didn't talk to him, that would be fine. How could Zhao Meng not be afraid?

Zhao Meng was eager to win people's hearts. If it were in the past, he would definitely succeed, but he would be destined to be unable to succeed when he met Li Jun, because Li Jun was the best person to sabotage. Li Jun laughed in his heart, thinking that if you want to learn from me, I won't give you a chance. He walked up to Zhao Meng, held his shoulders with both hands, and smiled warmly like the spring breeze: "You sit too, you sit too."

Zhao Meng was the most urgent task to show his attention to others. He was not willing to sit down and said hurriedly: "Thank you, the emperor, I'd better take care of your elders."

"You are wrong. You are a respected elder in the clan. If you don't sit, these elders dare not sit. You have to sit down first before they dare to sit down." Li Jun said intimately, thinking in his heart: "When I catch your fox tail, I will show you good-looking. If you dare to ruin the great cause of the Northern Expedition, if you spare you, there will be no law."

Li Jun's words were immediately approved by the elders and said, "Yes." Some old people who had already sat down were about to stand up again. Li Jun took the opportunity to speak out and said, "Look, if you don't sit again, they will stand up again."

Zhao Meng scolded Li Jun in his heart and had to sit down. As soon as he sat down, he naturally couldn't win others' favor. Li Jun sat down with all his greetings.

Fortunately, this is the palace, and there are so many people who come suddenly and have something for them to sit on.

The eunuchs came over with hot soup and each of them put a soup in front of them. Li Jun was really aware of the door. Although these royal families were in the royal family, not many could actually enter the palace. They didn't know how many chances they had in their lives. He should have some imperial meals for them like entertaining guests, just a bowl of hot soup.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Li Jun, because Li Jun is thinking that these people are typical people who have nothing to do after eating and drinking, and they are parasites. If it weren't for the special situation, don't talk about hot soup, don't even have a sip of cold water, and you can have a meal and dream.

Li Jun said enthusiastically: "You guys drink it. You can't stand it when you've been outside for so long. Drink some soup to activate it." He turned his head and scolded Zhao Meng: "Zhao Aiqing, it's not that I said you, you really know how to commit evil. Can't you come to me if you have something to do? You must make these elders troubles? If they have a few shortcomings, who can bear this responsibility? You must know that they are all pillars of our Song Dynasty. If there were no them, there would be no Song Dynasty. Remember, this time, I cannot punish you. You can donate your salary this year to these elders for decoction and medicine."

Zhao Meng originally asked for an explanation, and then took the opportunity to make an article to force Li Jun to punish the envoy. Based on his speculation, Empress Quan had definitely not thought of such an idea. It must be Li Jun's envoy behind the envoy. Li Jun naturally would not hand over himself. If Empress Quan did not take the blame, this would be his great opportunity to overthrow Li Jun.

According to his idea, Li Jun had no choice but to use Empress Quan as a scapegoat. At that time, he would use a little trick to make the couple turn against each other and bite each other. He would push him and put the charge on Li Jun's head. The emperor Li Jun would not be considered as the emperor. With his prestige in the royal family, he could naturally take over the throne, and he could perform like Wang Mang to win people's hearts.

However, he never expected that before he could get Li Jun off his annual salary before he even touched the main topic. He was so angry that he was so angry that he could not say anything. Who told Li Jun that Li Jun was so arrogant that he had nothing to say? He could only say: "I am willing to punish me. Emperor, I am willing to pay another three years of salary to provide the elders in the clan's decoction and medicine."

He took advantage of the situation and wanted to win people's hearts. Li Jun's wise man would not give him a chance, and said, "It would be great if you have this kind of heart. I can't stop you from doing good deeds. Do you think so? If this is the case, you will take out another five years of salary and I will allocate a sum of money to establish an emergency fund for emergency needs. Of course, this is not necessarily used in the royal family. If the people have urgent problems, they can also use it. You won't disagree with such a big thing, right?"

Zhao Meng's abacus was very good. Unexpectedly, when he met Li Jun, he seemed to be tied up and lost his six-year salary. That was not a small amount. He wanted money to seize the imperial power. The loss of his six-year salary was not a small problem. Fortunately, he had other tricks, otherwise Li Jun would be enough for him to bear this trick.

"I am willing, I am willing." Zhao Meng had to accept the punishment.

If this money is only used on these parasites, Li Jun would not do it. He was planning to use it for the people. Under Li Jun's promotion, this money eventually became a huge amount of funds, similar to the current social security funds, specifically used to relieve the people. An institution similar to the current Red Cross was established to manage it, which helped the people live a good life.

Zhao Meng failed to steal the chicken and lost a handful of rice. It felt as uncomfortable as eating a dead fly.

Zhao Meng suffered losses repeatedly, knowing that he could not give Li Jun any chance to play, otherwise he might become a commoner in a while and nothing else. He hurriedly approached the topic and said, "Emperor, Shouhe Shengfu has been blasphemed, please ask the emperor to deal with the murderer strictly. This is the common wish of the ministers and relatives."

"You are suffering a loss. You deliberately changed the topic. Don't think I don't know." Li Jun was as clear as a mirror. He laughed at him in his heart and said, "You can rest assured that I will do it strictly and will never be lenient."

As soon as he finished speaking, eunuch Sheng Yi hurriedly walked over and said, "Emperor, the Empress invites the Emperor over and says there is something very important to report."
Chapter completed!