Zhao Huan's queen Zhu Lian is naturally a rare beauty. She is only 27 years old this year, one year younger than Zhao Kai. Although she has raised a pair of children, she is extremely well-maintained, with a gorgeous face and an even more graceful figure.
The weather today was a bit sultry, so she didn't wear any queen's uniform in her palace. Instead, like the ladies in Jinling City, she wore a white wide-sleeved gown with the skirt open and red underneath. The tube top is paired with a white long skirt. The red tube top is also tied with a belt, which fully highlights her broad "mind".
Zhao Huan looked at his enchanting and beautiful woman and gave the gift of blessing, and nodded slightly in return. Then the couple entered the main hall together and went to the throne inside. A desk was placed in front of the throne, with a newly folded Gong robe placed on it. There were also several sheets of writing paper spread out beside the Gong robe.
Zhao Huan sat down on the throne and asked, "Has the military uniform been sewn?"
This uniform was sewn stitch by stitch by Zhu Lian under the guidance of a palace maid who was proficient in female craftsmanship. Zhao Huan asked her to sew "by hand" just to sew one or two stitches. But I didn't expect that she would actually sew such a large robe with her own hands...
"It's already been sewn, but it took a lot of effort...I don't know if it will fit my second uncle's body?" Zhu Lian said with a smile, "Fengying's letter said that my second uncle has grown a lot in the past two years. , What a jovial husband.”
Zhao Huan was a little annoyed after hearing this. He originally wanted to stay at the queen's place, but now he lost interest.
He then turned his attention to the letter spread out on the desk and asked, "Who is your wife writing to?"
"Write a letter to your second uncle," Zhu Lian said. "Have the officials forgotten yesterday that they ordered me to write a gentle letter to my uncle, saying that you are seriously ill again...asking him to take good care of us in the future?" Mother and son.”
When Zhao Huan saw that there was no trace of sadness on his wife's face (he was already in the advanced stages of his illness, yet Zhu Lian was not sad at all, it was really chilling), he felt a little unhappy in his heart. He sighed softly, picked up the letter on the desk and started writing. I read page after page.
The content of the letter is mainly about reminiscing about old times... Zhu Lian and Zhao Kai seem to be very familiar with each other. They have known each other since childhood. Zhao Kai is a well-known talented prince, and Zhu Lian is also quite talented, and she is also the rich daughter of the Xungui family, so she is considered a member of the same circle.
Moreover, the two of them are not as homely as Zhao Huan, so they often have the opportunity to meet on various occasions. Later, Zhu Lian married Zhao Kai's brother Zhao Huan, and her sister became Zhao Kai's wife. The two still had many opportunities to meet, and their relationship was very harmonious...
Zhao Huan looked at the ambiguous words in the letter that spoke of past feelings, and his face became increasingly blue. At the same time, he also felt that the color of the soft-footed headdress on his head had changed a bit. He was just about to get angry, but suddenly he saw that at the end of the letter, Zhu Lian actually begged for the title of King of Jinling for his son Zhao Chen in a low voice!
"Please ask for the title of King of Jinling on behalf of my eldest brother? Madam, what do you mean?" Zhao Huan frowned and looked at his wife.
Zhu Lian pouted and looked a little unhappy, "Does the official really want to hand our mother and son into the hands of the second uncle?"
Zhao Huan shook his head, "What did you say? I'm not really going to die!"
Yes, cowardice is not fatal!
Zhu Lian glared at Zhao Huan angrily, "Eldest brother is already twelve years old, and will be thirteen after the new year... If you don't want to leave our mother and son to your second uncle, you should make arrangements as soon as possible! First! Brother Feng will be promoted to the Imperial City Secretary, and he will be joined by the Yingtian Prefecture Yin in a few days!
You have made your second uncle the emperor's younger brother... If you don't make arrangements for your eldest brother early, if something happens and all the ministers go to Luoyang to welcome the new master, my mother and son will really have to be dealt with by your second uncle. . I wouldn't be afraid if I didn't have an eldest brother. My second uncle would never tolerate my eldest sister and me. But the eldest brother is your legitimate son, the eldest grandson of the late emperor, and the most ruthless emperor! "
At this point, Zhu Lian's slender phoenix eyes were already filled with tears. Zhao Huan felt very uncomfortable when he saw her crying.
His son Zhao Chen's current status is indeed a bit embarrassing. He has already made him the crown prince, so of course he can no longer make Zhao Chen the crown prince.
But he didn't really intend to pass the throne to Zhao Kai... He worked so hard to be a wise king in Jinling, and he also made the southeastern half of the business prosperous. In the end, Zhao Kai came to pick up what was ready-made. How annoying ?
If his life was shorter, maybe even a beautiful woman like Zhu Lian would be accepted by Zhao Kai!
"Guardian, please think about how King Yan Yi and King Qikang Hui died!" Zhu Lian said, "One committed suicide and the other died of illness... He was only 22 years old, so have a good sleep. You just fell asleep? Is it possible?"
This is also Zhao Huan's third worry!
What he was most worried about was that Zhao Kai would send troops to seize half of his southeastern territory!
His second worry is that the Jin soldiers will go south and rob his southeast half!
The third thing is that after his death, his son Zhao Chen followed the path of Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang... After all, his son's death was slightly better than his own death.
Because he has many wives, he has more than one son, Zhao Chen. It's just that those are concubines and pose little threat to Zhao Kai. And Zhao Chen is the eldest son and the eldest grandson of Emperor Zhuangzong of Song Dynasty. He has great influence among the scholar-bureaucrats!
If Zhao Kai captures the southeastern half, he will probably kill Zhao Chen to avoid future troubles!
"The eldest brother has ascended the throne. Can the emperor's brother agree?" Zhao Huan frowned, "Why don't the emperor's brother send troops to fight?"
Zhu Lian said: "Aren't the officials training a new army? Aren't the first batch of 200,000 new troops completed? After the imperial examination competition in the fourth year of Jingkang, aren't they going to train another 200,000 new troops? There are 400,000 new troops. Army, are you afraid that you won’t be able to protect half of the country in the southeast?”
"That's right..." Zhao Huan nodded.
Isn't it because he endured humiliation and endured heavy hardships so much that he could train hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to protect the family? Train hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and finally pass them on to Zhao Kai... What's the use of training your soldiers?
At this time, Zhu Lian said again: "In the letter, I asked my second uncle for the king of Jinling on behalf of my eldest brother. My second uncle will definitely agree. With my second uncle's words, you can make your eldest brother the Yin of Heaven! In this way, eldest brother You will be able to cultivate your own power, and the ministers in the court will know your intentions."
It turned out that Zhu Lian used kind words to set a trap for Zhao Kai... She made Zhao Kai mistakenly think that she wanted Zhao Chen to be the king of Jinling after Zhao Huan died-Jinling was Zhao Kai. Huan's capital, but Zhao Kai could not come to Jinling to become emperor. Therefore, it is also acceptable to grant Jinling to the nephew in exchange for peaceful takeover of the southeastern half. Maybe the vassal state will be reduced in the future, but now that the southern half of the Yangtze River has not been taken, Zhao Kai has to coax Zhu Lian no matter what, right? Moreover, the relationship between Zhao Kai and Zhu Lian is so good, they can't just break up now, right?
Even if Zhao Chen is killed in the future, it will only cause a traffic accident, food poisoning, etc... and then he will be buried in a grand ceremony, so that Zhao Kai's magnanimity can be shown!
As soon as Zhao Kai lets go, Zhao Huan can arrange for his son to take over...
"Okay!" Zhao Huan nodded, "That's it... you can add words about missing Kaifeng and Luoyang in the letter."
Zhu Lian nodded and said with a smile: "The slave family understands! The slave family must have a good talk with the second uncle..."
The couple was completely in agreement now... they all planned to deceive Zhao Kai, an honest boy!
However, Zhao Kai is easy to fool, but the gold thief is not easy to fool!
Just two days after the letters, rewards, and military uniforms were sent to Zhao Kai, an urgent report from Liu Yu, the Huaibei pacifier of the Great Song Dynasty, arrived in Jinling City!
The news in the urgent report is terrible!
The prince of the Kingdom of Jin personally led troops to the Huaiyang Army, and was about to invade Haizhou and Lianshui Army!
And what’s coming back this time is not a prince, but a pair of princes! The fourth prince Wushu and the fifteenth prince Wulimei are here together!
After reading Liu Yu's report, Zhao Huanxin said: I don't know how many princes there are in the Kingdom of Jin? Why are you already on the 15th? How to ascend the throne like this? After Wu Qimai's death, the eldest prince will be the first, then the second prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince, and so on? I don’t know when it will be the turn of the fifteenth prince? I'm afraid it will take several decades?
"Officials!" Shangshu Zuopu shot Geng Zhongnan out of the squad and said, "This time the gold thieves sent out two princes... The situation on the Huaidong front line must be very critical, and new troops should be dispatched as soon as possible to support! "
Sending two princes at once is definitely better than sending one prince at once! If three or four princes are dispatched at once, the Huaihe defense line may be in danger!
Zhao Huan said: "Who can go to Huaidong to supervise the army?"
"Officials," Shangshu's right servant shot Zhang Bangchang out to report, "the Privy Council is responsible for the new army. Of course, one of the Privy Councilor Zhi and Tongzhi Privy Council should lead the troops to Huaidong!"
yes! War matters are under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council!
Zhao Huan here has implemented the emphasis on literature over martial arts...so the four "famous ZTE generals" Zhongshi Zhong, Zhongshi Min, Yao Gu, and Liu Guangshi have all retired at home.
Now the army of the Southern Song Dynasty is divided into 200,000 new troops by the Privy Council and the five general administrators of Lianghuai, Liangjiang, Jinghu, Yangtze River, and Coastal Province. The local pacification envoys (there are no pacification envoys in places where the general administration department is established), prefects, and prefectures , Zhijun controlled 200,000 local Xiang troops.
If places like Lianghuai and Jinghu are in emergency, the boss of the Privy Council should personally lead troops to support and serve as the frontline coach!
And now the two leaders of the Privy Council of the Southern Song Dynasty are Zhao Mingcheng and Li Gang... Li Gang cannot be used! Zhao Huanxin said: Although he did a good job as the general manager of Liangjiang, Liangjiang was not on the front line and had never fought a war, so Li Gang was only organizing the army and setting up defenses, and had not been on the battlefield.
But this time it's different to help Lianghuai... We can't let Li Gang go!
Zhao Huan turned his attention to Zhao Mingcheng again. This guy looked good! He has a long beard, is tall and burly, and has a majestic appearance. He looks like he is a general!
"Zhao Yuanshu!"
"I'm here..." Zhao Mingcheng knew something was wrong, but there was nothing he could do.
Zhao Huan had already made a decision, "I will be the emperor's commander for the personal expedition... I will set up a personal expedition camp in Yangzhou, and the post of general manager of the camp will be given to Zhao Qing!"
