Chapter eight hundred and seventy seventh unwilling Zhao Hao
"What? Nanyang is going to fight, what's the matter with me?" Zhao Hao sat down angrily, shouting at Xing Shu with a flushed face.
He finally put down the war in Yuezhou. Although in fact he did not do much and all the war relied on Hu Yanping and other generals to fight, he was nominally in charge here, so he made some contributions. Moreover, while Yuezhou had just been pacified, he was about to take the opportunity to cultivate his own power here, but he did not expect that a transfer order from the court actually asked him to go to Malacca in Nanyang, because a war broke out between Nanyang Port in the Song Dynasty and Masheng Port, which belonged to the native kingdom next to him, and he needed to take charge.
"Your Highness, the war in Nanyang did have nothing to do with us, but the court asked Your Highness to take charge. On the surface, this was a credit for your Highness, but in fact it had a profound meaning. I suspect that the King of Yue had guessed the intention of our intervention in Yuezhou, so I wanted to use this method to transfer us away." Xing Shu also frowned and analyzed.
"It is very likely that there was no sign of the war in Nanyang Port in advance, and no news came from the court in advance. Today, I suddenly asked me to go to Nanyang Port. Among them, my good third brother must be the one who was messing around." Zhao Hao also said gritting his teeth when he heard this.
In fact, Zhao Hao guessed well. Originally, the war in Nanyang Port would not have broken out so quickly. It was just to transfer Zhao Hao out of Yuezhou early, so Zhao Yan could only ask someone to start the war in advance, and then asked Su Song and others to recommend Zhao Hao to take charge in the court. After all, this is a military and national event. If there is no one with enough weight to take charge, the court will not feel at ease. So in this case, although Empress Dowager Gao was a little reluctant, it was difficult to refuse. In the end, she had to agree to let Zhao Hao go.
"Xing Zuosi, we finally stood firm in Yuezhou for a while and were about to open up the situation. If we left now, wouldn't our previous efforts be wasted? Do you have any good solutions for this?" Zhao Hao said unwillingly again.
"This..." Xing Shu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Zhao Hao. After a while, he said helplessly, "Your Highness, if the court only asks you to take charge of Nanyang Port, the officials can stay in Yuezhou on your behalf. However, this time the court ordered our entire appeasement delegation to change routes to Nanyang Port. As the deputy envoy, the officials must also go together. We have no trustworthy people in Yuezhou. So there is no way for the officials to do anything."
Seeing that Xing Shu was helpless, Zhao Hao couldn't help but slam his thighs heavily, with a look of unwillingness on his face. In order to open up the situation in Yuezhou, he was almost caught by Li Qiande's rebels before. Later, Xing Shu advised him to give up here, but he was unwilling to stay. Finally, the rebellion in Yuezhou was quelled, and Li Qiande was also caught by Hu Yanping and his head was cut off. He thought he could have a safe place in Yuezhou. However, he didn't expect Zhao Yan to play with him again.
Zhao Hao and Xing Shu were relatively speechless. After a while, Zhao Hao woke up from the silence. He suddenly sneered and said, "It's just a transfer. Anyway, Yuezhou has not started to be arranged yet, so it's not a pity to give up. I heard that Nanyang Port is developing very fast, and it's far from the Song Dynasty, so it might be more convenient for us to interfere in the local situation."
Hearing Zhao Hao's words as if he was disdainful and cheering him up, Xing Shu couldn't help but smile bitterly again. In fact, he had long had no hope of interfering in Nanyang because he had made a mistake in his previous estimate. He thought that Zhao Yan would reduce his control over Nanyang after leaving the South. But it was not until not long ago that he discovered that Zhao Yan's control over Nanyang was far beyond his estimate. So he advised Zhao Hao to give up his plan to interfere in Nanyang, but unfortunately Zhao Hao was dissatisfied with a donkey temper and refused to listen no matter what.
As for Zhao Hao's idea of starting to fight Nanyang Port again, he was even more hopeful, because Zhao Yan could transfer them from Yuezhou, and naturally he could transfer them from Nanyang Port in the future. If they were transferred in this way, they would never be able to install any manpower.
A few days later, Zhao Hao left Yuezhou with great reluctance and headed south by boat. Finally, he finally arrived at Nanyang Port. The area around Malacca has been set up as Malacca State. Nanyang Port is the capital of this state. The responsible magistrate named Wang was not very old. He was once a student of Zhao Yan, so he was extremely trusted by Zhao Yan.
After learning about Zhao Hao's arrival, Wang Zhizhou and the stationed naval general Wu Meng immediately brought people to greet him. However, when Zhao Hao saw the civil and military officials of Wang Zhizhou, he had no good expression because he knew that these people were all from his third brother Zhao Yan. Although they were so polite to him on the surface, if they violated Zhao Yan's interests, they would definitely stumbling behind their backs.
After the welcoming banquet, Zhao Hao and Xing Shu returned to the residence arranged by Wang Zhizhou to rest, but at this moment, suddenly a servant came to report: "Your Highness, someone outside asked for a meeting, saying that it was your junior."
"Junior?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard this. Xing Shu next to him was also stunned. You should know that as Zhao Hao's younger generation, the person who could be Zhao Hao's younger generation should be at least a royal family, but here is 108,000 miles away from the capital. How could there be any younger generation?
"Let him come in," Zhao Hao said immediately. He wanted to see who this junior is?
"Second uncle, I didn't expect you to come to Nanyang Port, and my nephew greeted you." Zhao Jia walked in with a smile, and then bowed to Zhao Hao in the living room. He had known the news that Zhao Hao was coming before. Although he knew that Zhao Hao had a bad relationship with his father, no matter what, the other party was his own uncle, so he could not lose his manners.
"Jia... Brother Jia, why are you here?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but say in shock when he saw Zhao Yan's eldest son Zhao Jia appear in front of him. He didn't know what Zhao Jia had entered the Naval Academy to study, so he naturally couldn't think of meeting Zhao Jia here.
"Haha, it's a coincidence. My nephew came here to study." Zhao Jia said as she talked about joining the Naval Academy and internship in the Navy. According to their plan, the training in Nanyang should have ended long ago, but seeing that the war between the Song Dynasty and the Saqi Kingdom was about to break out. Such a good practical opportunity, the instructor led by the Naval Academy would naturally not miss it, so she temporarily changed the itinerary and planned to go back after the war was over.
"So that's it. I said that among the people who came to welcome today, there were people from the Naval Academy here. It turned out that you were here." Zhao Hao couldn't help but suddenly said when he heard Zhao Jia's explanation. During the reception banquet today, Wang Zhizhou introduced him to the people who were welcomed, including the instructors of the Naval Academy, but he didn't pay much attention at that time.
"Hehe, you are finally here. During this period, our navy had several conflicts with the people of the Saqi Kingdom, but we have been enduring that there was no war. Now, as soon as you come, we can launch an attack on the Saqi Kingdom." Zhao Jia said excitedly at this time. After all, this was his first time facing a war. In fact, not only him, but also Yang Shiliang and other students were more excited.
When Zhao Jia mentioned the war that transferred him, Zhao Hao was not in a good mood, but he would not be embarrassed with Zhao Jia, so he changed the subject and said: "Brother Jia, the sea is so dangerous, and the navy is facing various threats at all times. Your father is so relieved to let you study in the Naval Academy?"
"Of course my father disagreed at the beginning, but my mother came from a general, which was more open than my father, so I convinced my mother first, and then let my mother convinced my father. Then I finally entered the Naval Academy." Zhao Jia sat down with a smile and took a sip of tea, and then started chatting with Zhao Hao. Although Zhao Hao didn't like Zhao Yan, since Zhao Jia took the initiative to visit him, he was also very lively on the surface and asked about Zhao Jia's life during this period.
After chatting for nearly an hour, Zhao Jia got up and said goodbye. Then Zhao Hao personally sent him out. After Zhao Jia left, Xing Shu suddenly spoke, "Your Highness, the prince of the King of Yue is actually here. Can we do some work from it?"
As soon as Xing Shu said, Zhao Hao glared at him and said, "Don't think about this. I understand my third brother's personality. It's nothing we can do in other things. However, if we make our minds to find out about his children, if we let him know, with his character of protecting his son, it will be a matter of never ending. Then the little brotherhood between me and him will be useless. Therefore, this kind of thing is not worth the cost, so don't even think about it."
When Xing Shu heard Zhao Hao's words, he also thought of some rumors about Zhao Yan's personality. He was shocked and thought that he was really confused. Fortunately, Zhao Hao was still able to stay awake, otherwise he would really annoy Zhao Yan. Not to mention him, even Zhao Hao would not end up well.
The navy at Nanyang Port had already been mobilized, and it was inevitable to win the Masheng Port of the Saqi Kingdom. So after Zhao Hao arrived, Wu Meng immediately asked Zhao Hao for instructions to take the initiative. Zhao Hao knew that he was just a name and could not command the navy of Wu Meng at all. So even if he deliberately made trouble and disagreed with the initiative, Wu Meng and others could create trouble to force the Saqi Kingdom to take action, so they were too lazy to worry about it. They directly agreed to Wu Meng's request and ordered the navy to launch an attack on Masheng Port.
With Zhao Hao's order, hundreds of naval warships gathered out of Nanyang Port like tigers coming out of the cage, heading towards Masheng Port, which was sailing towards the Saqi Kingdom. A war is about to break out and not to be continued.
Chapter completed!