News of the arrival of the edict-proclaiming team soon spread throughout Yunzhou City, and everything began to proceed in an orderly manner...
Without letting Eunuch Yuan and his party wait too long, Zhao Jun took Li Yi and other officials from Yunzhou County to the city gate.
As soon as they met, Zhao Jun rushed up to him with a crying look on his face, grabbed Eunuch Yuan's hands and said excitedly:
"Eunuch Yuan, why did you come to the capital? Did my father ask me to go back? That's great. You should take me back quickly! Wuwuwuwu...
Eunuch Yuan, you don’t know how difficult it is in the bitter cold land of Yunzhou County. I am the vassal king!
The vassal king of the same place has not enough to eat every day, and he cannot afford to use materials. What is the life of a vassal king? It is simply not as good as that of a wealthy family in Bianjing!
Those who are usually worried have to worry about the well-being of the people in the county. The naturalized Tatars also secretly covet this king.
Last winter, the Tatars came from outside Guan. If my king's bodyguards hadn't blocked them with their lives, Eunuch Yuan, you wouldn't be able to see me today. It was really terrible!
woo woo woo woo……"
While talking, Zhao Jun wiped snot and tears on Yuan Lijie, who was already frightened by his actions.
Yuan Lijie watched helplessly as the distinguished young man in front of him smeared sticky and dirty things like snot and tears on his clothes, and his eyes twitched.
If the other party hadn't been a prince and I was just a eunuch, I would have kicked him out based on my usual temper!
But at the moment, he could only resist the urge to kick him out in his heart, and consoled him in a harmonious voice: "Your Majesty, don't do this, I can't bear it. I know that I am suffering, and I know that I am suffering, but I am." Royal Family, guarding the vassal territory is your profession, and you cannot change it.
But you don’t have to be sad, Your Majesty. Your Majesty also knows that your life is not good. This time I asked this slave to come here to tell you a good thing. Let’s go back to the palace quickly. I’ll read the Emperor’s decree to you, okay? "
Just like coaxing a child, Yuan Lijie coaxed Zhao Jun.
A group of people in the edict-proclaiming team felt secretly disdainful when they saw Zhao Jun, a dignified vassal king, looking like this. They felt that this King Yun was probably just a waste who was greedy for life and afraid of death.
On the opposite side of them were the officials of Yunzhou County who came with Zhao Jun. From the moment Zhao Jun rushed up and started crying regardless of his appearance, all of them immediately lowered their heads and kept looking at their noses and their minds.
Think of yourself as a blind man who sees nothing.
Hearing the prince's cry, everyone showed no expression on their faces and maintained serious expressions, but in their hearts they were secretly amazed at the superb acting skills of the prince.
If they hadn't known that the prince spent his whole day either walking chickens, fighting dogs, visiting the brothels, or going out hunting and fishing, and his life was so comfortable, they would have really believed the prince's words about the extremely poor life he had in Yunzhou County. Son.
Besides, the Tatar did come, but before they even entered Yunzhou County, the escorts were crippled and ran back, and they almost lost sight of him despite the hard battle.
The prince's acting skills are really amazing, I have to admire him!
No wonder he is a prince and he is just a "minor official".
Zhao Jun cried for a while as if he had finally seen his relatives, and then he sobbed and led a group of people towards "Prince Yun's Mansion".
When a group of people arrived at Prince Yun's Mansion, their eyes widened when they saw the dilapidated state in front of them. The door bolts on both sides of the door were broken and the door was crooked!
Is this the palace? !
Are you kidding me?
Is that the royal palace like this?
If it weren't for the plaque with the three characters "Prince Yun's Mansion" clearly hanging on it, it would look like a dilapidated house in disrepair to anyone looking at it!
Of course, this is not a real palace. It is just as luxurious as the palace. Once you take them there, everything will be revealed. So in order to hide the person you like, Yunzhou County specially found a large house that no one has lived in for a long time and decorated it in advance. After a while, everyone from the palace was allowed to come in and stay for a few days, pretending everything to prepare for today's scene.
Yuan Lijie fell silent when he saw the half door that creaked and swayed when the wind blew.
All the edict-proclaiming teams behind him also fell silent.
They thought that Yunzhou County was located in a remote area and that King Yun's life would not be very good, but they never expected that it would be so bad.
After a moment of silence, Yuan Lijie suddenly asked with some difficulty: "Your Majesty, wasn't your palace funded by the Ministry of Household Affairs? Every year, the emperor also gives you a salary. This year, it was specially increased. Or is it from the emperor?" money from one's own internal funds.
Why...why...why is this palace like this? "
When he heard what he said, Zhao Jun suddenly started crying as if he had been greatly wronged.
"Eunuch Yuan! This king is miserable! You don't know that those dogs in the Ministry of Finance are not human beings. They even dared to embezzle the money they gave me to build the palace. By the time I got it, not even half of it was left. , I am lucky to be able to build this house and have a place to stay!
Wuwuwuwu... As for the salary given by the emperor, it is of no use. Eunuch Yuan, you don’t know how miserable Yunzhou County is. There are poor people everywhere, and people often starve to death. The king thought that he was also the vassal king guarding Yunzhou County, so he spent most of his salary to buy food to support the people.
Originally, I should be able to live better this year if my father adds more money, and maybe there will be some left over to repair the palace.
However, in the winter of last year, the Tatar army fought against them. Although they succeeded in repelling the Tatar army and saved Yunzhou County, the king's bodyguard also suffered heavy losses.
The naturalized Tatars in the county also became cautious and began to become unstable.
In order to replenish the escort team, the king could only gather the refugees. Fortunately, the palace discovered iron ore, and some of the refugees were good at smelting iron. Yunzhou County began to make a living in iron smelting and made money.
After the money was collected, the jealousy of the Tatars became even more unstable, so I could only continue to recruit people from the pass. This means that the Tatars with more people in Song Dynasty are honest.
But my expenses have also increased, and the income from the iron smelting business is barely enough to keep everyone hungry, so I can only continue to spend most of my salary.
Eunuch Yuan, you see, I am in such a miserable state that the people in the house have made this door themselves, and it is not done well. The whole door is shaking, and I am afraid that it will suddenly fall down at some point.
Wuwuwuwu...this king is miserable! "
Yuan Lijie was stunned by what he said, and all the people in the edict-proclaiming team couldn't help but feel pity for this unlucky but kind-hearted Prince Yun who was willing to use his salary to help the people.
Hearing him say that this door was all made by himself, everyone couldn't help but be a little curious. Yuan Lijie even stepped forward to take a look. Sure enough, he found that the burrs on the door had not been scraped clean, and the place connected to the door bolt was even more damaged. There is a big gap and there is no jamming. It is obviously a shoddy product.
No wonder the door was dangling and looked like it was about to fall down.
This King Yun is so pitiful!
Life is really not as good as that of the rich families in Bianjing!
They all believed that Zhao Jun, King Yun, was really miserable, but they didn't expect that this was just the first prelude to the stage that Yunzhou County put on to welcome them.
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(End of chapter)
