Since the peace talks broke out again, the Zhao family has made a rare public appearance, which has intensified the solemnity and tension in the atmosphere in Tokyo, and even extended it to the local level.

It should be noted that although there were not many people present at the Gyeongbokgung Palace banquet that day, there were many concubines of the emperor and emperor who had just returned to Tokyo. And they followed the official instructions that night to meet with their respective families, so the story at the banquet

There is simply no way to cover it up.

And the Zhao Guan family's saying, "Every time you go against Cao, things will come true", it spread throughout Tokyo almost immediately with candles, a hundred sheep or something like that.

Among these people, Concubine Qiao Gui, who had no heirs and was a sworn sister to Empress Dowager Wei, felt relieved when she saw her nephew's family that night, but said with emotion that the official family should be blamed for the death of Empress Xing.

The Two Saints and the Sisters'.

On the same day, Empress Dowager Zheng summoned her fake nephew Zheng Yinian in Yanfu Palace. Empress Zheng Zao, her real nephew, also "sighed" and said that the officials actually regarded the two saints as enemies.

Of course, both Empress Dowager Zheng and Concubine Qiao Gui have no heirs, and they both have status to rely on, and they can still make some sense in their words. As for the other concubines with names of the Supreme Taojun and Emperor, their behavior is different... some of them have no children.

, some daughters have come back, and some have sons who are still in the north... The first two can be calm, but those who have sons in the north are obviously not in the right mood, and are afraid that the officials will take the opportunity to do something to their sons. And

Under the worry, they overreacted. Some did not dare to say a word and just cried and cried non-stop. Some said some random words, saying that the Second Saint and the princes were back, and they were afraid they would not survive more than three to five days.

All kinds of words naturally become more bizarre and absurd after being spread... Among them, there are naturally some vulgar remarks and slut-shaming jokes about Zhao Guan's family being disgusted by these mothers and concubines.

In the next two days, as real-life conflicts broke out, things became even more absurd.

By the way, Emperor Taishang Daojun had too many concubines. On that day, there were one hundred and forty-five named concubines who were captured during the Jingkang Incident. Among them, most of them were living in exile and died. Dozens of them still came back. But at the same time,

, there are only a few hundred eunuchs and maids in the entire palace, and when these dozens of named 'mother concubines' come back, except for the two queen mothers and three noble concubines, where are the people to serve them?

Although they are all coming back from Five Kingdoms City, they can tolerate simplicity no matter how simple they are. But after all, they are not ‘mother concubines’ after all, so how can they be allowed to clean the room, carry water and cook by themselves?

Therefore, within two days, Zhao Guan's family officially issued a decree, allowing the two empress dowagers to make the decision, allowing all concubines to return to their natal families to live in peace. Those who wish to live in the capital will live in the capital or go to Yangzhou, and those who want to take care of the elderly in Nanyang will go to Yangzhou and live in Nanyang Palace.

If you have a son who has not returned, you can wait until the son comes back to discuss the matter.

At first glance, this treatment seems to be no different from the previous treatment of the princesses, and it seems that there is no fault. But in fact, people with a little common sense can understand one of the huge problems after just thinking about it, and that is these

All the concubines have husbands! Those who have husbands must live with their husbands... What's the point of letting them go back to their respective homes and then live in three places respectively?

Is it a dead person to be the Supreme Taojun Emperor?!

On the same day, someone reported that it was inappropriate.

Not only that, the matter spread, and soon officials from wealthy families in the south took the initiative to donate tens of thousands of yuan. They said that they knew that the official families were simple and had no money, and they were willing to donate money to make the emperor fulfill his filial piety.

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And this move quickly attracted imitations. In just a few days, hundreds of thousands of dollars were donated from inside and outside Tokyo, as well as from surrounding places... It can only be said that the war has not crossed the Huaihe River, and for all the wealthy families south of the Huaihe River,

In other words, the accumulation of hundreds of years is still considerable.

But having said that, this is not just a matter of money. I am afraid that the admonishment to the officials also means "every time you go against the rules." Therefore, the palace just remained silent and did not respond.

But soon, the capital province, or the Secret Pavilion, for some unknown reason, took the initiative to take over the matter. In the name of the capital province, they issued a court order to scold and accuse these officials of interfering in the Tian family affairs without authorization, while at the same time taking the initiative to divide the matter.

Finance left a special sum of money for the emigration, relocation, and purchase of the concubines.

According to the wishes of the province, there is nothing wrong with the official's treatment, but it's just a little stingy?!

Then, something even more puzzling happened. A fierce conflict soon broke out in the secret palace. The reason was that Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun, the two most powerful rulers, actually wanted to go to the secret palace.

The cabinet gathered together and then took the initiative to write to the officials, asking Empress Dowager Zheng to live in Nanyang!

Empress Dowager Zheng is the official palace of Emperor Taishang Daojun, and her political status is unquestionable. She actually wants to live in Nanyang. The political language in it is so shocking that it immediately caused many Confucian officials to react against her. Not only the expected Yushi Zhongcheng Li Guang, who had always been against

Liu Dazhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who obeyed Zhao Ding's words, Zhang Jie, the eunuch of the Young Master's Office, Wang Jin, the Minister of Dali Temple who was promoted by Zhang Jun, and He Chang, the Minister of Rites, also opposed it.

Zhao and Zhang were actually helpless. The return of the two empress dowagers, coupled with the phrase "Every time you go against Cao", almost made the two of them further identify a certain danger. Their move was simply to avoid this danger, but they happened to

It was impossible to explain the reason, which led to the dispute.

In the end, the two of them were completely helpless, so they simply used the power of the Prime Minister, abandoned the secret cabinet, and went directly to the memorial. Not only that, the two of them even personally requested to go to the harem to see the Emperor and Empress Dowager Zheng in order to persuade them face to face.

When the incident spread, the government and the public were shocked for a while, and rumors among the people were once again noisy.

"How to say?"

After showing up that day, Zhao Jiu did not refuse to show up again. The two prime ministers met with the official family together, and this time, the meeting place was changed to Wuxue, which is the westernmost area of ​​​​Yanfu Palace.

But it was obvious that when the monarch and his ministers met, Zhao Guan's family's attention did not seem to be on the two prime ministers.

"minister……"

Zhao Ding was obliged to say what he had already thought of, but for some reason, neither he nor Zhang Jun could take their eyes off the huge gadget in front of Zhao Guan's house.

It was a set of three-dimensional woodcut maps. Although it was still very crude, it still had basic rivers, major cities, and mountain ranges. The two prime ministers were very knowledgeable, so they naturally knew that it was obviously based on the "Yu Gong Map".

"Don't you two find it interesting too?"

Zhao Jiu rarely showed a proud look. "This is what I thought of when I was editing the "Yu Gong Map"... It was only when I was editing the map that I realized that the large maps used in the palace were all woodcuts and were dismantled on weekdays.

I collected them separately and pieced them together over time. When I was in Kansai, I thought about making a similar thing according to Ma Yuan's method of piling rice into a mountain. However, Guanzhong and Henan were very dilapidated at that time, and I didn't have time to find a suitable craftsman. Unexpectedly,

I have been free recently, but it has become a sandbox. I call it a sand table!"

Of course the Zhao Guan family will be proud, because according to some high-end Internet reports, once this thing comes out, in conjunction with the implementation of the military medical system, the entire army of the Song Dynasty will immediately receive a super high buff of five organization points, even if it means destroying Xixia

Got off.

Of course, I feel a bit like a carpenter emperor.

However, Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun looked at it for a long time and felt that this official was hinting at the Northern Expedition again. Therefore, although they didn't know why they didn't call it Tupan, Mipan, or Wooden Pan, they could only nod their heads, not being able to persuade them.

Remonstrative.

"One more good thing."

Zhao Jiu became even more proud when he saw this, but he brought the two prime ministers to the upper side of the hall.

There is only a simple large wooden table here, with edges on all four sides. It seems to be a special wooden table used to hold those woodcuts. However, there are no woodcuts on the table, only a few wooden poles and a pile of rounded wood of different colors.

A stone ball...

"Officials, ministers... ministers are ignorant." Zhao Ding looked at it for a long time, and faced Zhang Jun face to face, but he had no idea what it was doing.

"This is billiards!" Zhao Guanjia almost beamed with excitement, as if his successive inventions and creations had brought him a lot of happiness. "This is an idea I got from making a sand table map. The two of them took turns to hit the black ball with the white ball, and the ball was dropped into the bag.

Points! If you think it’s easy, you can get more colorful balls, or simply mark the points on the balls..."

"Officials, please don't play with things to lose your morale!" Zhao Ding finally couldn't bear it anymore. "The sandbox is a sandbox, but it is a military utensil after all. What is this thing?"

Zhao Jiu immediately put his hands behind his hands and laughed, then went straight out of the side hall. Then he stood up at the door of the hall and said with a smile: "Why do you need to be angry, sir? I haven't done anything for more than a month. Are you not handling the government affairs properly?"

?"

After saying this, he put his hands behind his back and continued walking outside the palace.

When Zhao and Zhang saw that the official was just joking, they breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly chased him out of the palace.

Let us also say that behind the side hall occupied by Wushu is a hill. The hill is neatly lined with transplanted adult apricot trees, without even a single stray tree. It is summer, and the apricot trees are full of fruits, and the light and shadow are bright.

Below, the wind blows the leaves, causing the red-orange fruits to sway in series, causing the natural aroma of the fruits to fill the cool forest.

At this time, Zhao Guan's family, dressed in plain white casual clothes, with two ministers in purple robes behind them, climbed the mountain along the stone steps. After reaching the top of the mountain, they looked at the surrounding towers and pavilions from a distance, half covered by apricot trees, half exposed...

...To be honest, if it weren't for Yang Yizhong leading the imperial squad to the side, and there were martial arts disciples practicing archery in the shooting range on the other side of the hill, this place would hardly look like the human world.

In fact, even Zhao Ding, who has been in the officialdom for a long time, and Zhang Jun, a rich man in Shu, had never been to such a place before, and they were stunned for a while.

"Does it look good?" After a long time, Zhao Jiu, who was in the pavilion on the top of the hill, spoke up.

"I'm ashamed of myself." Zhang Jun came to his senses and quickly bowed his head to face each other. Zhao Ding also came to his senses in a daze. "I lost my composure for a moment."

"Two gentlemen, please sit down." Zhao Jiu pointed to the stool in front of him and said. This is where he usually talks to the Imperial Banzhi or martial arts disciples. "What did you just say?"

"The state said that I have done a good job these past months." Zhao Ding responded with embarrassment after he sat down. "But with all due respect, I have actually done a lot of things inappropriately these past months, and it has also caused internal and external disputes and twists and turns.

I believe that if officials can come forward to take matters into their own hands, that would be the right way."

"I just don't want to get involved in the peace negotiations. It doesn't mean that I just don't care." Zhao Jiu smiled. "After all, a big country must have a head of state to handle disputes and make major decisions. But I didn't just do it perfunctory.

, but I think that if you ask me to do things like general affairs, I will definitely not be as good as one-tenth of you... So these days, whether you are husband-in-law or in the secret pavilion, I feel that I am really doing what I want.

Not bad... As far as I'm concerned, after all, I still have to help you shoulder the burden of the country."

Hearing this, Zhang and Zhao couldn't help but relax each other even though they still had things on their minds.

Of course, a compliment is a compliment, but the question still needs to be said. After hesitating for a while, Zhao Ding responded and continued to tell the purpose of his visit: "Guan family, I am here to invite the Empress Dowager Ningde.

Move to Nanyang Palace."

"Please ask Empress Dowager Ningde (Empress Dowager Zheng) to go to Nanyang?" Zhao Jiu said thoughtfully.

"yes."

"I don't think it's necessary." Zhao Jiu shook his head in reply, but pointed at the apricot trees beside him and sighed. "Have you seen these apricot trees?"

"This is……"

"This is when Emperor Taishang Daojun felt that the palace city was too small, so he circled all the places from the north of the palace city to the inner city and built it into Yanfu Palace. Later, he still felt that it was too small, so he moved the inner city further north.

After occupying it, we built Jingyuan; later, we still felt that it was too small, so we went eastward and circled the area to build Genyue and Jinghuayuan. We also built Xiaoqujiang to wrap up these four areas and incorporate them into the palace..."

Zhang and Zhao both sighed at the same time... If this were not the case, where could Song Jiang Fangla come from, and where could the Jingkang Change come from.

And Zhao Jiu continued to speak slowly: "Later, Genyue was destroyed by Yuansheng, Jinghuayuan was abandoned after Jingkang, and Yanfu Palace was also vacant for a time, but the buildings in Yanfu Palace
To be continued...