"This is my house. Your father died in my house. How can I rent it out? You are still setting up a funeral tent in my yard for funerals. Have you obtained my consent? No! Move out immediately.
Move them all away!"
The man sounded very angry. He must be the landlord, who came over after hearing the news.
"My father died of a long life, not in an accident. What does it matter? You don't allow the funeral to be held in the yard. We can leave it outside, but we can only move it after dark. This is the rule."
Wu Jie's two sons, Wu Xiaoping and Wu Xiaofan, argued hard, but could not convince the landlord, who became even more angry.
The landlord said fiercely: "I want you to compensate. You can either buy the house or pay for it."
"How much is your house worth? I bought it!" Zheng Tongquan was wealthy and took over the trouble as soon as he walked in.
When the Wu brothers saw Hu Yun coming, they quickly stepped forward to salute. Hu Yun introduced Zheng Tongquan to them and told them that Zheng Tongquan had an ice ship and could send their father's body back to his hometown for burial.
The two brothers were immediately overjoyed. If they had no other choice, they would certainly hope that their father would be buried in peace. They had no choice but to cremate his body. They were extremely grateful and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
But the landlord was more anxious than them. He stepped forward and said, "But you said it yourself, and everyone has heard it. You want to buy this yard."
Zheng Tongquan saluted the two brothers and said coldly to the landlord: "That's right! I said it, please quote a price!"
"My house is one acre in a good location and is worth at least 10,000 yuan!"
"nonsense!"
Wu Xiaoping couldn't help but angrily said: "The price of ten thousand guan per mu is the price only for houses with more than five acres. Your yard only has one acre of land, and the location is not good. The maximum is 1,000 guan. How dare you ask for 10,000 guan?"
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The landlord sneered and said: "I have the final say on how much it will cost, what does it have to do with you?"
At this time, Hu Yun stepped forward and clasped his hands and asked the monk, "Which temple does Master come from?"
"We are monks from Ciyun Temple."
"Can the spirit be transferred to your temple to perform rituals?"
"Amitabha, of course you can, but there is no ice in our temple."
"We'll prepare ice cubes, and you can just protect the spirits along the way."
Hu Yun has experience. He has participated in many funerals, many of which were held in temples. Since the landlord was dissatisfied, he moved to a temple to hold the funeral.
He turned back to Zheng Tongquan and said, "There is no need to buy his house. Let's make arrangements and send it to Ciyun Temple."
The landlord was furious and stepped forward to grab Hu Yun's clothes. "What kind of bird are you? You want to ruin my good deeds!"
Before he could get closer, the guard behind Hu Yun stepped forward, grabbed his wrist, and pushed him back. The landlord couldn't stand still. "Kick! Kick! Kick! Kick!" He took a dozen steps back and sat down.
On the ground.
"You guys wait, I'm going to report to the official!"
When the landlord saw that there were two strong men behind Hu Yun, who were a head taller than himself and extremely strong, and he looked like a chicken in front of them, he became timid, yelled a few words, and left angrily.
Wu Jie's wife and two sons came forward to thank Hu Yun for his help. They were not afraid of the landlord, but they were worried that the landlord's rudeness would frighten the soul.
Hu Yun said with a smile: "You guys pack your things! We will ask the monks from Ciyun Temple to protect the soul and go to the temple. In fact, it is better to go to the temple. In seven days we will set off for Jingzhao, and then transfer from Jingzhao to Pingliang County."
The Wu family discussed it and unanimously agreed to move to the temple. An hour later, several oxcarts were carrying Wu Jie's coffin and spiritual tablet. More than a dozen monks were guarding both sides of the oxcart, chanting sutras and walking. The oxcart behind was carrying Wu Jie.
Wu Jie's wife was also sitting on the bullock cart as the items were packed away from home.
Along the way, people kept setting up incense road festivals. Although the court was ungrateful, in the hearts of most people, Wu Jie was a siege fighter who defended his family and country. He led his army to defeat the Jin soldiers again and again at Monk Plains and Dashan Pass and marched south.
, these achievements are engraved in the hearts of the people.
At noon the next day, the "Beijing News" published the news of "The Fall of General Star" on its front page. It immediately caused a wave of waves in Lin'an. People came to Ciyun Temple to pay their respects in an endless stream, which even made the emperor Zhao Gou unhappy.
Yes, a thousand guan of money was specially approved to pay for the funeral of the Wu family.
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In the Ziwei Hall, hundreds of officials of fifth rank and above gathered in one hall to participate in a special military and political meeting. This was different from a regular court meeting. Usually, special military and political meetings were held only when major events occurred, and resolutions were passed at the meeting.
, there is no need for further deliberation by the political hall, but must be implemented immediately.
All ministers participating in the meeting were notified of the content of the discussion two days ago and discussed whether to reorganize the naval army. This also allowed everyone to be prepared in advance so that they could speak freely and debate the matter.
This kind of special discussion encourages ministers to speak, severely criticize, and make personal attacks. It is normal. As long as it is not an attack on the emperor, the speaker is basically innocent. Moreover, this is also a rare opportunity to express himself in front of the emperor. If it catches the emperor's eye, he will use it again in the future.
Hopefully.
The emperor has not yet arrived, and the ministers are all talking in low voices. The military commander Liu Qiren said to Zhu Shengfei worriedly: "Ms. Zhu, why did the officials think of setting up a naval army? Isn't it because our finances are very rich?"
Zhu Shengfei, who was in charge of finance, snorted and said, "When has the finances ever been surplus? The military salary has not been paid for two months. The officials asked me to raise money as soon as possible, two million yuan! Where should I go to raise it?"
"In this case, why do the officials want to build a naval army? Building warships is an invincible cave! Hundreds of thousands of guan are just drizzle, at least several million guan are needed, and it will take a long time. Zhu Xianggong is very unhappy.
In reality, I am humble enough to object, please support Mr. Zhu."
The reason why Liu Qiren objected was of course related to his vital interests. The imperial government's finances were already very tight. Investing money in shipbuilding would inevitably reduce the expenditure of the Ordnance Supervision. Tens of thousands of craftsmen in the Ordnance Supervision were waiting for him.
Take money to eat!
On the other side, Han Shizhong was also talking to Xu Xiantu about the naval army and the establishment of the navy. Han Shizhong was the most active promoter. He saw it more thoroughly than anyone else and had personally learned from Chen Qing's elite soldiers. Although his Han family army was inferior to
The Yue Family Army was slightly inferior, but it was also an elite army second only to the Yue Family Army in the Song Dynasty.
But in front of Chen Qing's elite cavalry, they couldn't even hold up for an hour, which made him see the huge gap. Regardless of training, equipment, morale, strategy and experience, his army was far inferior to the opponent.
Similarly, his army was no match for Wanyan Wushu's Tiefutu cavalry. Even his army was like this, not to mention other armies of the Song Dynasty. The Song army was completely at the bottom.
The only way is to make good use of strengths and avoid weaknesses, and vigorously develop the navy. Southerners are good at water and boats, and the river network in the south is dense. Only by vigorously developing the navy can we confront the Western Army and the Jurchen Army.
"Actually, I also know that developing a naval force costs money, but I can't give up my advantages just because it costs money. I think we can reduce part of the army and use the saved military salary to build warships. Does Xu Xianggong think it's feasible?
"
Xu Xiantu sighed and said: "Disarmament is not impossible. The emperor has long wanted to disband a certain army, but it is difficult to disarmament!"
Han Shizhong lowered his voice and asked, "Does Mr. Xu refer to Zhang Jun's army?"
Xu Xiantu smiled, neither admitting nor denying.
At this time, the guard shouted at the side door, "Your Majesty is here!"
The ministers immediately stopped talking and took their respective positions. They saw Emperor Zhao Gou walking quickly, surrounded by eunuchs and maids.
He sat down on his dragon couch, and all the ministers saluted together, "See you, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Gou waved his hand, "My dear friends, no courtesy!"
Everyone stood, and Zhao Gou slowly said: "Today I have summoned all my dear friends to discuss military and national affairs. I believe you all know that we are discussing the re-establishment of a navy army. More than ten years ago, we originally had a navy army, but we have always had a navy army.
It failed to play its role and gradually fell into disuse. Chen Qing's peek at Jinghu South Road and Jinghu North Road made me suddenly realize that without a strong navy, we could not stop Chen Qing's eastward expansion, so we rebuilt the navy.
The military has become more urgent. Today is just a discussion. Please speak freely, whether you agree or disagree. I just want to hear the truth and not those meaningless clichés. Let’s ask Mr. Han to speak first!"
Zhao Gou asked Han Shizhong to speak first.
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[I didn’t sleep well last night and I’m a little tired today. There are only two chapters, sorry!]
