Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty.
It is snowing lightly in the sky, and pedestrians on the street are wearing thick clothes, but their cheeks are still red from the cold. This icy and snowy place is even colder than Liaodong.
Meng Yuan Palace, Yangxin Hall.
Six eunuchs stood aside to serve. Emperor Mengba, whose Chinese name is Jin Yanyu, wears a blue gown and a black Confucian scarf.
This outfit made him seem to have been influenced by Confucianism, with a peaceful aura.
He bent over and looked at the paintings of Tao Dayou, the new champion in the Imperial Academy. The painting is a "Picture of a Hermit". Among the mountains and flowing water, a hermit sits cross-legged on a big stone and plays the piano, leisurely and contentedly.
When Tao Dayou finished painting, Emperor Mengba praised him: "Tao Zhuangyuan is really a master of painting."
Hearing this, Tao Dayou raised his head and said modestly: "Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. My painting skills are only third-rate, and they are nothing compared to the real masters of painting."
"The number one scholar is humble. In my heart, my painting of the number one scholar is of course the best."
Emperor Mumba said with a smile.
Tao Dayou's eyes were slightly red, his hands dropped down, he bent over and said nothing more.
Can win the first prize. Of course he is also talented. But he knew that with his talent and learning, he could only dominate in Liaodong. If I had not held the imperial examination for the emperor, I would not have been able to win the first prize in Chu State.
Twenty years of studying hard in a cold window, isn’t it just for this day?
In his heart, he was deeply grateful to the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, and he was willing to learn from Zhuge Kongming and devote himself to death.
"Take it and frame it. Hang it in the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart. I can watch it all the time." Emperor Mengba was very good at winning over people's hearts, so he turned around and ordered.
"According to the order."
The personal eunuch on the side bent down and responded.
"I've asked someone to make some good tea, come here." Emperor Mengba greeted immediately and walked towards the small door on the right side of Yangxin Hall.
"Yes." Tao Dayou responded respectfully and followed closely.
After walking through the small door, there is a small living room. At the northernmost position, there is a throne. There are two rows of Taishi chairs on the left and right.
Emperor Mengba and Tao Dayou sat down respectively. The eunuch brought tea cups, and they drank tea respectively.
After finishing a cup of tea, Emperor Mengba raised his head and said to Tao Dayou: "Tao Dayou. I used troops against Liaodong and won consecutive battles. However, I was defeated repeatedly in the small quagmire of Beishan Fort. In this regard, what do you think? What's the plan?"
He just said casually that he had no expectations for Tao Da.
But after he said it, he felt pain in his head again. Wu Nian, who could not be beaten to death in Beishan Fort, became a worry for everyone in the imperial court.
The Mongolian and Yuan soldiers were invincible, but they couldn't take down this small Beishan fortress.
It's really evil.
Tao Dayou was grateful to the court and the emperor, and he really thought about this matter on weekdays. Then he blurted out: "Your Majesty, you can surround Beishan Fort. Restrict the import of grain, salt, and iron ore into Beishan Fort."
"The number one scholar doesn't know something. I've already asked someone to take care of this matter." Emperor Mengba smiled and shook his head. What was I expecting?
"It's not strong enough. Although there are official restrictions on the import of salt, iron ore, and grain into Beishan Fort, the phenomenon of smuggling is still very serious. There are many roads in Beishan Fort, extending in all directions. It is easy for smugglers to send goods in."
"The court should take greater measures to arrest and punish these smugglers."
"Without salt, people have no strength. Without iron ore, Wu Nian cannot make more weapons."
Tao Dayou tried his best and said seriously.
"Yes. What the champion said makes sense. We really need to intensify the crackdown on smugglers." Emperor Mengba nodded. In fact, Mengba's blockade is already very strict, but it can be even stricter.
"The number one scholar has really come up with a good idea. Come here and reward the number one scholar with a piece of Ruyi jade." Emperor Mumba said with a smile.
"yes."
The eunuch next to him was already prepared and went down in response.
"I'm scared." Tao Dayou quickly stood up from his chair, knelt down and lay on the ground, saying with sincere fear.
"What are you afraid of? The number one scholar has come up with a good idea. If you can kill Wu Nian, it will eliminate a serious problem for me. What does a mere jade Ruyi mean?"
Emperor Mengba stood up with a smile, bent down and helped Tao Dayou up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tao Dayou's eyes were red and he shed two lines of tears.
I, Tao Dayou, have met such a wise master in this life. I really have no regrets in this life.
Emperor Mengba said some words to Tao Dayou and drank a cup of tea. Tao Dayoucai left the Yangxin Hall holding the exquisite wooden box.
Outside the hall stood a soft sedan chair.
Sitting in a sedan chair in the palace is the treatment of an old minister.
Tao Dayou took a deep breath and almost shed tears again. He bent down and got into the sedan chair, heading towards the palace gate.
After leaving the palace gate, Tao Dayou came to his sedan chair. First, he handed the delicate box in his arms to his confidant Liu Guang. He ordered: "Xiao Liu, take four people with you. Send this thing back to the house first and give it to Madam."
"Yes." Liu Guang responded and immediately led four people down.
Thus.
Tao Dayou was left with only two bearers, two attendants, and four guards with swords. Tao Dayou looked at the sky and saw that it was almost noon.
He had an appointment with Jin Youyuan, a clan member outside the city.
"Get out of the city. Go to Zhuangzi where the Duke is outside the city." Tao Dayou got on the sedan and ordered.
"yes."
Everyone responded. Surrounded by Tao Dayou's sedan, they headed south out of the city gate and toward Jin Youyuan's manor.
Although it is now a world of ice and snow, it is still the capital of Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty. After leaving the city, people were coming and going on the avenue.
Neither Tao Dayou nor the sword-carrying guards and long followers were on guard.
How many years.
Only the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties were making trouble in Liaodong, and no Chu people had ever dared to make trouble outside the Mongolian and Yuan capital.
This is the most virtuous place at the feet of the Emperor.
Who dares?
"If you want to gain a foothold in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty, you must have a good relationship with these royal family ministers. Jin Youyuan's love for Sinology is a good breakthrough."
Tao Dayou pinched his beard and thought in his mind.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Although he is now in the emperor's heart and has the emperor as his backer. But in the court, connections are also needed.
Just in front of Tao Dayou's team, a dozen people escorted four carts loaded with firewood and came towards them.
Tao Dayou's knife-wielding guards showed no reaction. Now that the weather is so cold and the population in the metropolis is so large, the demand for wood is huge.
This kind of large truck transporting firewood is the most common.
And the man walking at the front was none other than someone else. It was Wu Nian's assassin, Guan Dadao. He wore a bamboo hat on his head, a hatchet in his waist, and shabby linen clothes, looking very much like a woodcutter.
At the moment when the two sides intertwined. In the blink of an eye, Guan Dadao pulled out the hatchet from his waist, took a guard who was caught off guard and chopped him to the ground. Then he raised his right foot and crushed the opponent's neck.
The assassins who were with him took action almost at the same time.
Killed all Tao Dayou's followers.
Guan Dadao rushed into the sedan, looked at the panicked Tao Dayou, and said with a cruel smile: "Old thief, today is the day you die."
Say it. He raised his kitchen knife and cut a gap in Tao Dayou's neck, almost decapitating him. Then he grabbed Tao Dayou's body with both hands and dragged it out.
An assassin took out two pieces of white cloth and covered Tao Dayou's body.
A piece of cloth says "Han Thief".
On a piece of cloth it was written "smell for eternity".
Another assassin took out a sign and inserted it into Tao Dayou's body. the sign said.
"This is why he assisted the Han general Wu Gong in defeating the Han thief Tao Da."
After finishing these things neatly, Guan Dadao called out to his brothers, turned around and strode south, disappearing into the white wind and snow.
This happened very quickly and was over in the blink of an eye.
The passers-by, caravans, etc. all around were stunned.
immediately.
The news spread like a storm throughout the entire Mongolian and Yuan capital.
