It was impossible to eat seafood in Tongzhou in winter. The fish and shrimps were hiding in the deep sea. It was not easy for fishermen to catch fish. Ye An and Fan Zhongyan could only look at the ocean and sigh, and in the end they just hid in the house and warmed themselves by the fire.
The small iron stove of Puhui Company has become an artifact for the people of the Song Dynasty to survive the winter, but Ye An missed the big copper stove at home even more. He stuffed sweet potatoes and potatoes into it, glanced at Fan Zhongyan and said: "Look at the posture, we are going to do it here It’s Chinese New Year, and it’s natural that I’m not welcome. You, Lao Fan, have been a man of merit in relieving the disaster in the Jianghuai River. Now that the disaster has ended, the people in the Jianghuai River have a good autumn harvest and can have a spacious new year, but you have not been recalled to Tokyo City. !”
"There are people in the DPRK who don't want you and me to go back. Can't you see such a conspicuous thing? They think our ideas are too radical and don't want to break the stagnant water between the DPRK and China!"
Wu Zunlu smiled at the side and said: "Hey, why do you want so much? Isn't Tongzhou still good? Can't let you two giant Buddhas go?! I think that with you two here, Tongzhou... no, the people of Jianghuai We are living a good life, with Shangshu exempting summer and autumn taxes, and requesting an edict to waive miscellaneous taxes. This year will be a good year for the people of Jianghuai!"
Ye An and Fan Zhongyan both rolled their eyes. Tongzhou is good, but who has nothing else to do? Oh, being stuck in Tongzhou is not a waste of time!
What's more, only half a year after he came out, Ye An was already homesick for his wife and children, so how could he find the time to spend time with Wu Zunlu here?
Seeing that Ye An was silent, Wu Zunlu smiled and said, "Don't think about it. "Young people should be wary of sex." It's not advisable to think about the gentleness of your wife at home at such a young age! What's more, the court is not as peaceful as you think. , the reason why no one suggested that you return to the court is because none of the parties have any use for you. Which one of the Privy Council envoy Wang Zeng or the Prime Minister Lu Yijian is on good terms with you? I’m afraid not! If you want to return to the court, unless something big happens again in the court. , otherwise you just stay here! At least until the Tongzhou Navy is built, oh, you still have to help with training!"
Who are these people?!
Ye An seriously doubted that Wu Zunlu was unable to do what he wanted at night and whether there was some obstacle in his heart. Otherwise, how could he be gloating over seeing himself trapped in Tongzhou?!
The Xiang Forbidden Army has been trained by himself, and the demons from the White Lotus Society have also disappeared in pieces at the border of Tongzhou. The victims can celebrate the New Year in peace, but can't they return to the court?!
Something big has happened. It’s almost the twelfth lunar month now. What big thing can happen when the New Year is approaching?!
According to what he said, not only must there be big things, but also the officials must use their big things to have the opportunity to return to the court, but Zhao Zhen doesn't need himself now!
He shook his head helplessly, glanced at Fan Zhongyan who was also helpless, and Ye An smiled bitterly and said: "It seems we can only celebrate the New Year in Tongzhou."
Without waiting for Fan Zhongyan to speak, Wu Zunlu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay! Okay! Usually I am here to celebrate the New Year. It seems that I have someone to keep me company this year!"
The reason why Wu Zunlu said this was because his wife believed in Taoism. Ye An had met her a few times. Although she was older, she looked quite upright. Unfortunately, her face had a cold and aloof heart, which made her not to be approached by strangers. I feel that, let alone myself and Lao Fan, even when I met my husband Wu Zunlu, there were no big disturbances.
After marrying such a woman back home, I don’t know how Old Wu lives his normal life. No wonder he has some mental disorders!
When the potatoes and sweet potatoes were ripe, Ye An took them out and ate them with Fan Zhongyan and Wu Zunlu. While eating, he said: "Thanks to these potatoes and sweet potatoes from Shandong Road, the price of food in Jianghuai has been suppressed to the extreme this winter. Food prices are low.
The prices of other commodities will naturally be lower.”
"Hey! It tastes great at the critical moment! It's just a slight bloating after eating. If..." Fan Zhongyan touched his stomach and spoke, but was interrupted before he could finish his words.
Ye An rolled his eyes and said: "It tastes good and it's food. What else do you want for a bicycle?!"
"What is a bicycle?"
"Um, a vehicle invented by my wife, driven by human power..." Ye An laughed and covered up the matter. Fan Zhongyan was a curious baby and became more and more interested in investigating things. If he continued to pester him, he would have to say something else.
Pile of nonsense, the key is that these nonsense also hide things about Puhui Company.
Ye An found that it was very difficult to talk to these literati. It was not that there were too many twists and turns, but that if you didn't pay attention, people would find problems or even discover flaws unintentionally.
Fan Zhongyao deliberately used clichés, but he still found out from his daily life that Ye An's construction of Puhui Company might threaten the foundation of the Song Dynasty.
He persuaded Ye An several times to hand over the Puhui Company to the court, otherwise when the Puhui Company becomes big enough, it will no longer be a source of wealth but a disaster.
The three of them were chatting and chatting about interesting things in Tokyo when the door was pushed open. They were not familiar with this kind of intrusion, especially in the middle of winter.
But it was not someone else who came in but Tieniu, Ye An's personal bodyguard. Knowing that he would not break in for no reason, Fan Zhongyan smiled and said, "It seems there is news from Tokyo City?"
Seeing Tieniu's hesitation, Ye An smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it. There is no need to hide it in front of Mr. Fan and Wu Zhizhou."
"There is news from Tokyo City, the official is probably...is..."
"What is it?!"
"I want to abolish the queen."
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After a brief silence, three exclamations came from the room: "What?!"
Ye An and Fan Zhongyan stood up in surprise, while Wu Zunlu grabbed Tie Niu and said: "Is the news true?!"
Tieniu didn't expect that Wu Zunlu, a scholar, had such strong hands that his wrists actually hurt, and he kept saying: "Really! How dare I lie about this?! The news sent by Shopkeeper Gu of Tokyo must have been confirmed by many parties
of!"
Ye An suddenly remembered something and sat down slowly. This is not surprising. Zhao Zhen also did the same in history. He was suppressed by Empress Guo for too long. Even if he is the head wife, as an emperor, he still has his own
dignity.
Regarding Empress Guo, it is recorded in the history books that "Taking advantage of the power of the Empress Dowager Zhuang Xian, she was quite arrogant and hoped to get beautiful women into the harem."
Qin Mumu also said this. When she and Gaoming entered the palace, it took a lot of effort to get the Lord of the Sixth Palace to abandon his prejudices, and she also discovered that Queen Guo was not actually a bad person, she was just favored by Liu E.
It's just broken.
She thinks that Zhao Zhen only belongs to her, and forgets that all the women in the palace belong to the official family!
The specific information is still unclear, but after Ye An knew why Zhao Zhen wanted to be deposed, he had complained to himself in private more than once about Empress Guo's tyranny. Now it seems that the planning official has run out of patience.
Glancing at the shocked Fan Zhongyan, Ye An smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid we have to go back to Beijing now."
Sure enough, as Ye An said, Tieniu said at the side: "I came here this time to tell Lord Marquis and Duke Fan that the official has issued an order to summon them back to the court to resume their duties."
Ye An and Fan Zhongyan looked at each other. It seemed that the news of the abolition of the queen had not spread to everyone. They said that they were ordered to return to the court, but in fact they were looking for a reason to call them back to discuss the matter of the abolition of the queen!
After all, Ye An and Zhao Zhen were closest to each other in the court, and he promoted Fan Zhongyan single-handedly. This little thought was too obvious.