When Zhao Si returned to Zhengyang Palace in the harem, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. The second watch had already been struck and the third watch was about to be struck.
Taking Zhao Si's hint, Zeng Shuhua had been waiting in the palace.
"The queen is really still waiting for me. I just told my companion that the queen must have understood the look in my eyes in Shengci Palace." Zhao Si stood there, raising his arms to both sides, and let Zeng Shuhua
Take off your official clothes and put on your "home clothes".
Zeng Shuhua smiled and replied: "In the past two days, I have always felt that there is something on the official family's mind, so when the official family left Shengci Palace, I noticed it."
"There is a big matter that I want to discuss with the Queen."
The inner clothes have been changed. They are made of close-fitting and soft cotton silk, loose and not bulky. Zhao Si slowly sat on the couch, tilted his body and fell on the pillow. He supported his head with his right hand and tilted his head.
Looking at Zeng Shuhua who was still sorting out her official uniform.
Zeng Shuhua straightened out and hung up the vermilion Luo Shang robe, and then served a bowl of peanut and tremella soup.
"The officials like the plain ones, so I asked them to prepare this peanut and white fungus soup early."
Zhao Si waved his hand, "Madam, put it down first, I have something to say." He patted the empty seat next to him, then lay down and looked up at the roof of the palace beams.
Zeng Shuhua hesitated for a moment, put the soup on the table next to her, waved her hand to ask the maids to leave, and then lay down with her clothes on. As soon as she lay down, Zhao Si hugged her with his left arm and held her in his arms.
Zeng Shuhua took advantage of the situation and gently leaned into Zhao Si's arms. The two of them were silent, and their gentle breathing was like the wind blowing through the flowers and trees at night, delicate and gentle.
"Madam, I want to lead the expedition myself."
"Is the emperor going to fight in person?" Zeng Shuhua said, not seeming too surprised.
"You're not surprised at all?"
"The officials said they were going to poke a hole in the sky, and I am not surprised either."
"Haha, I am going to lead the Suzaku Banner to conquer Mobei, and I need you to supervise the country in Kaifeng City."
Zeng Shuhua was suddenly startled, and when she was about to stand up, she was held down again by Zhao Si's left hand.
"Madam, you said you weren't surprised just now, but now you look shocked again. Could it be that my expedition to Mobei is more surprising than poking a hole in the sky?"
Zeng Shuhua was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed, and then said quietly: "Mobei, I want to come here, but it is farther than the horizon."
"Won't you persuade me, madam?"
"I don't want to persuade you, because I feel that I can't persuade you, so I'd better not go in vain."
"My wife is also a courageous person, so I can rest assured that you will supervise the country." Zhao Si explained his arrangements in detail.
Zeng Shuhua was keenly aware of the problem, "The officials think something will happen during your expedition?"
"I hope not, but we must prepare for the worst." Zhao Si grabbed Zeng Shuhua's right hand, put it on his chest, and then wrote a word on the palm of her hand with his right finger.
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Zhao Si did not answer directly, but said: "The Secretary's Provincial Information and Inspection Office is an important position. Interviews from various intelligence agencies will be gathered there. With it, you will not be blind. Originally, it was by
Mr. Xuanming is in charge. After he follows me on the expedition, I will let Daban be in charge. Queen, make good use of it."
"I understand." Zeng Shuhua was silent for a while and then asked, "Does the official want to seal the wolf as a subordinate and restrain Shi Yanran?"
"Mobei is now in chaos. The nominal leader of the Communist Party, the leader of the Liao Kingdom, is absurd and fatuous, and his national power has been greatly damaged, and he is no longer able to control it. For me, this is the best time."
Yes, in the current Mobei Grassland, the slightly larger forces, counting from west to east, include the Nianbage tribe in the Jinshan (Altai Mountains), the Gilijisi tribe in the middle reaches of the Qian River (Yenisei River), and the upper reaches
The Oyila tribe, the Zubu Jiu tribe headed by the Kele tribe between Hanghai Ridge (Hangai Mountain) and Burhan Mountain, the Huoli and Tuma tribes north of Beihai, and the Merqi tribe south of Beihai.
The Bachu Tribe to the east of the North Sea, the Burhan Mountains to the east, the Mongolian Borji Jin Tribe in the Onan River Basin, the Tataer Tribe of Hulun Lake and Beir Lake, the Yeliguna River (Ergun
He) Zhada Ci tribe, Hongji Ci tribe and Hedijin tribe west of the Greater Khingan Mountains.
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In the list of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the twelve forces that can be put on the table in Mobei Grassland are these twelve forces. They are either close to each other or enemies, sometimes friends and sometimes rebels, and they have been fighting endlessly for hundreds of years.
According to history, the killing will continue until seventy or eighty years later, when a wolf king - Temujin - is killed from this group of wolves, and then once again unified the Mobei grassland.
So now is the best time.
Zeng Shuhua continued to ask quietly: "Is it necessary to go to the official family?"
"Madam, in the first year of Tianqi, when my New Deal just started, a series of rebellions such as Dunyu Mountain appeared. If it weren't for the military morale I had gathered and the prestige I had established in the northwest, I would have been beaten into chaos by them. Two years later,
The rebellions everywhere were suppressed one by one. But..."
Zhao Si took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"The New Deal that will be pushed forward will encounter greater resistance. I need to gather stronger military morale and establish greater prestige in order to suppress this huge resistance! Therefore, I must go to Mobei.
And we will come back with a great victory.”
Zeng Shuhua turned her head and looked at Zhao Xi's face, which looked like it was being slashed with a knife and an ax, his eyebrows like swords, and his eyes like abyss, and she was obsessed for a moment.
Although as Zhao Si's first wife, Zeng Shuhua had many opportunities to see her husband up close, it seemed that she had never looked at him so carefully and seriously.
She couldn't help but stretched out her hand and gently touched Zhao Xi's face.
"It's really tiring to be the emperor of the official family."
"It's tiring. It requires constant weighing, constant decision-making, and constant adjustment. In fact, I also want to forget it. I will follow the advice of those famous scholars and great Confucians, to govern the country with virtue. Use the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Standing Rules, and govern everything with heavenly principles and morality.
There is no need for cumbersome and complicated rule of law, no need for hard-working creation, and it saves worry and effort. Unfortunately, this is a road of no return that will plunge the Song Dynasty and China into eternal disaster."
Zhao Si squinted his eyes, enjoying the touch of Zeng Shuhua's slender hands, and continued talking.
"Or you can just lie down and leave everything to the people to decide. The people make the decision. But what the world can only see is the road under their feet, today's benefits, and it is difficult to see the road in the distance, tomorrow's and even next year's benefits. Their
The heart is like the waves of a river, ups and downs, elusive, and easily led and stirred by others."
Zeng Shuhua smiled and said, "The officials are the masters among them."
"Ha ha."
The two of them lay on the bed side by side, looking at the palace beams quietly, talking softly, enjoying this rare warmth.
"You're not taking the imperial concubine with you this time?"
"Don't take her with you! Everyone knows the Yue girl swordsmanship she boasted about. But you must not expose her, it will hurt your self-esteem. She is very busy now. She is now in the former Asaka Guard, the women's rescue team
On the basis of this, a women’s self-improvement association was established and we were very busy.”
"The officials doted on her and allowed her to do whatever she wanted. Many Taoist priests outside were criticizing her, and they even went to the Shengci Palace. The empress was also very dissatisfied and secretly told her several times. She said that the imperial concubine was not a woman.
She has no appearance of virtue, so I asked my concubine to advise the officials and restrain her."
Zhao Si smiled and said, "We have found the wrong person. Her actions were all instigated by me. Now there is a shortage of people everywhere in the Song Dynasty, farmland, factories, companies, transportation agencies, maritime merchants... Women are also a labor force, they can join
Cotton cloth, spinning, silk weaving, silk cocoon and other factories can not only earn money for the family to support the family in Hukou, allowing the family to live a better life, but also alleviate the labor shortage in the Song Dynasty and create more wealth for the world.
Come and get it all in one fell swoop.”
"There are some defenders of morality who cannot bear to see women come out to make a living on their own. These bitter scholars, when faced with strong men, blindly try to convince them with virtue. But they are mean and vicious towards women who are weaker than them."
"So the officials secretly encouraged the imperial concubine to establish this women's self-improvement association to promote self-confidence, self-improvement, and self-reliance among women, for the purpose of increasing the labor force?"
"Yes, it is for the purpose of benefiting the country and the people."
"Hehe, no wonder it is like this. Now Concubine De (Li Qingzhao) admires what the concubine has done and has completely become her follower. Now she serves as the vice-chairman of the Women's Self-Strength Association. One is courageous and courageous, and the other is extremely smart.
People, both civil and military, work very well together to make the Women’s Self-Strengthening Association prosperous.”
"Haha," Zhao Si smiled proudly, and he hugged Zeng Shuhua's left hand tightly.
"When I come back from Mobei, I will take you around the world, to Hedong, Hebei, Qilu, Jianghuai, climb the Five Mountains, and view the sea..."
“It’s a deal!”
"You have no words to say, just one word is final!" This chapter has been completed!