"Quickly, move a chair quickly. Why are you so stupid? Go move it quickly! Chairs, these Champa servants are very stupid, please forgive me..."
In the Longevity Palace of Zhao Huan, the Supreme Emperor of Tiannan, Zhao Huan and Zhao Laoer, who had become as fat as a ball of flesh, were sitting in a soft couch. While calling for the chair Wang Zhao, he ordered the two eunuchs who were waiting for him to give it to him. Zhao Yi moved the chair. It seems that the two waiters who occupied the room did not learn Chinese well and did not understand how to sit on the chair. They were still in a daze at first. After being scolded by Zhao Huan, they hurriedly moved two chairs over so that Zhao Yi and Zhao Chen could both sit down. Sat down.
"Brother, I heard that you are a little sick. You look good today. Have you recovered?"
Zhao Yi saw that Zhao Huan had a rosy face and a loud voice. He seemed to have nothing wrong with him except being a little fat, so he asked.
"What's the point of recovery? I'm about to die..." Zhao Huan cried sadly, reaching out and patting his thigh, "I can't walk anymore!"
"Can't walk?" Zhao Yi was a little nervous, "Is it Feng Ji?"
Zhao Huan nodded and said mournfully: "Yes, yes, it's a very painful mad disease... My bones hurt, I won't die soon!"
It turned out that Zhao Huan had gout, which was transmitted through the mouth. He ate too much seafood after arriving in Guangzhou and Hue.
Zhao Yi didn't know medical skills, so when he saw Zhao Huan crying sadly, he felt that Zhao Huan was about to die. He didn't know how to persuade him, so his eyes turned red and tears fell.
The eldest sister-in-law is like mother, and the eldest brother is like father!
Zhu Lian is "like mother", and Zhao Huan is of course "like father". After the Xuanhe Disaster, Zhao Yi ran away to Jinling with Zhao Huan and Zhu Lian, and then grew up under the care of his elder brother and sister-in-law.
Now that Ru's mother is gone, and Ru's father can't even look at her anymore, can he not be sad?
"Chair, don't be sad. Brother Yu is already a long time ago. It's time." Zhao Huan told his brother not to be sad, but he kept crying. Apparently he still wanted to live for a few more years, although His legs and feet are inconvenient, but that doesn't stop him from enjoying spicy food.
And he still has an unfulfilled wish! So I can't die right away. If I want to die, I have to go back to Kaifeng Mansion and die again!
"Chair," Zhao Huan cried and said, "Have Dalang told you? Brother, I have only one wish right now. I just want to go back to Kaifeng Mansion. That is our home!" He sighed, " Chair, brother, I really regret it! If I had been firmer and pushed your third brother to be an official, our father would not have died so early, brother, I would not have been living in the south of the world, and you would not have eaten so much. Although we have suffered so much, our family is probably still happily living in Kaifeng Mansion! Kaifeng Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion! Ugh..."
Zhao Yixin said: I am actually pretty good, really! He was given the title of Prince of Dongguan County, and he also served as a pacification envoy to Guangdong, Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang. He also served as a shipping envoy to the southeast. He made a lot of money!
Zhao Huan didn't care whether the "Chair King" was doing well or not, he felt that he was not very good anyway. Although I worked as an official in the southeast small court for a while, I was always worried. At first he was afraid that gold thieves would come across the Huaihe Yangtze River and kill him! Later, he was afraid that soldiers and civil servants like Zhao Mingcheng would imitate Zhao Kuangyin and wear yellow robes. Later, Zhao Mingcheng died, the gold thief was defeated, and Zhao Kai crossed the Yangtze River again. He had no choice but to leave his wife and children and run to Guangdong. After arriving in Guangdong for a few days, his son Zhao Chen jumped out to seize his power. There really isn’t a good person inside or outside!
After losing power, Zhao Huan was not stable for a few years, and he could no longer stay in Guangzhou. The entire family was driven out of China by Zhao Kai and ran to Shuntian Jiaohua Mansion, which originally belonged to the Champa Kingdom... Although Zhao Chen has always claimed to be the Southern Emperor, saying that he was ordered by heaven to civilize the barbarians, but in Zhao Huan's view, he was a subjugated king and a bereaved dog, and most likely he would die in a foreign land.
And the more he felt that he was about to die, the more homesick he felt, and the more he regretted... Regret for what? I regret that I didn’t work with my father Zhao Ji to push this bastard Zhao Kai to become an official!
If Zhao Kai had been brought to power before the Xuanhe crisis occurred, he would have been able to sneak away to the south of the Yangtze River with Zhao Ji to enjoy his fortune.
When Zhao Kai became an official, he had to clean up the mess in Kaifeng Mansion, and he had to fend off a hundred thousand gold thieves... With his ability, although it was not easy to clean up this mess, he was still capable of it.
After Zhao Kai cleans up the mess, Zhao Huan can follow Zhao Ji back to Kaifeng Mansion and become a rich man. How nice would it be to live a comfortable life?
What? Killed by Zhao Kai?
This is impossible!
Zhao Huan finally understood that Zhao Kai, who claimed to be a hero, was very reasonable. As long as he firmly supports him, even if he pushes him to take the blame, he will not retaliate afterwards. Therefore, Zhao Huan has often been nagging Tianli in his palace in the past few years, saying that if Tianli could give him another chance, he would be beaten to death and he would no longer be an unlucky official. Wouldn’t it be nice to be the Prince of Anle comfortably? What kind of official do you want to be?
"Uncle Twenty-Six, look at this..."
Zhao Chen saw his father sobbing and felt that his last wish should be fulfilled, so he looked at Zhao Yi eagerly.
The King of Chairs sighed, nodded and said: "It doesn't matter, the eldest brother is already... What else can the third brother do? They are all brothers after all! And he also reuses our group of younger brothers. Brother, he has to rely on us to balance the group of generals, so he won't ruin our family's tradition of brotherhood, brotherhood, and respect."
He was right, there would be no benefit at all from Zhao Kai killing Zhao Huan. Moreover, it also set a precedent for brothers to kill each other. Not only did Zhao Kai dare not use a group of younger brothers in the future, but his son Zhao Ping also did not dare to trust his brothers and uncles anymore.
And Zhao Kai needs the clan ministers to balance the general group, so he cannot set a bad example by himself. Otherwise, without the "group of Zhaos" to rely on, the future emperor of the Zhao family will have to support civil servants to suppress military generals. Otherwise, for several generations, civil servants will have to control military officers again.
When Zhao Huan heard Zhao Yi relax, he stopped crying. Instead, he cupped his fists and cupped his hands towards the empty space above his head, "Thank you, thank you..."
Zhao Yi looked confused, while Zhao Chen on the other side explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty is thanking God! He has been burning incense and worshiping God every day these days, asking God to bless him and return to Kaifeng Mansion in his lifetime. Now it finally works, of course. Thank God."
Thank God?
Zhao Yi thought to himself: You should thank me! I am responsible for this matter! How can you thank God?
Zhao Chen whispered again at this time: "Uncle Twenty-six, I can only thank you if this can happen... My nephew has prepared several thousand kilograms of local specialties for you, please don't refuse!"
The souvenir of Suncheon Gyohwafu is of course gold!
Zhao Yi immediately smiled when he heard this, patted his chest and said: "You are hugging me... Your elder brother is like your father! My parents died early, and I relied on my eldest brother to take care of me so that I can survive today!"
As he spoke, Zhao Yi took out another piece of folded rice paper and handed it to Zhao Chen, "My dear nephew, uncle Yu came all the way this time. Besides visiting your father, this is the only reason for this."
"This is..." Zhao Chen took the rice paper and unfolded it to take a look, "What is this painting? Is this the official's handwriting or the handwriting of the emperor's grandfather?"
Zhao Kai's handwriting is very similar to Zhao Ji's, both have beautiful thin gold handwriting.
"It's an official's handwriting," Zhao Yi said. "This is a map of the world... This is what the earth beneath our feet looks like."
"Oh..." Zhao Chen looked at the world map, nodded and said, "It turns out that the ground under our feet is drum-shaped."
Well, we already have the "round earth theory", "earth bowl theory", and "flat earth theory". It wouldn't be too much to add another "earth drum theory"!
"Nephew, look here," Zhao Yi pointed to Australia on the map, "The official saw a record in an ancient book, saying that there is a continent here, south of the windless zone in Nanyang, do you know? "
Zhao Chen looked at the place pointed by Zhao Yi, shook his head and said, "I really haven't heard of it...but there are no waves in the sea south of Java. Just send some vehicles and boats (water steamers) to explore it. If It’s really that close, so I should be able to find it. If there’s nothing there, it’s just a wasted trip.”
Sailing southeast from Java Island and walking 2,780 miles, you can see the coastline of Australia!
And based on the speed of cars and ships in calm conditions, a journey of more than 2,000 miles would only take 10 days at most, which is nothing compared to sailing.
Zhao Yi smiled and said: "That's enough... The officials asked me to bring the imperial edict this time. This is what the imperial edict said. If this continent really exists, it will be granted to you! You are not the Southern Emperor. Really? If you take over this big territory, you will look like the Southern Emperor!"
Zhao Chen immediately became vigilant, "Uncle Twenty-six, my nephew's enlightenment..."
Zhao Yi waved his hand, "It's all yours! How can the court control these territories? You just keep holding them."
The Eight Prefectures of Enlightenment are not Guangdong and Guangxi. It is not an inherent place of the Song Dynasty, and it is also a place of miasma. It is very difficult to immigrate there...especially when there is already a new continent in Dongzhou!
Wouldn’t it be nice to go dig for gold in Dongzhou? Who is willing to go to Tiannan?
In addition, Tiannan Confucianism has established an effective management system of "integration of academics and government" in the Eight Prefectures of Education. Although it is a bit "backward", the effect is just there, so Zhao Kai doesn't want to make any changes.
Moreover, the rule established by Tiannan Confucianism was actually feudal rule. Now that Zhao Chen is in Hue Prefecture, he can still control the powerful people of the Eight Prefectures. Once Zhao Chen moves to the southern continent, the Eight Prefectures will definitely become the fiefdoms of Zhao Chen's sons, and eventually they will become eight small Confucian states. Not necessarily.
Such small states could completely become the vassals of the Song Dynasty in Nanyang and Tiannan, so there was no need to turn them into territories directly under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty court.
Zhao Huan saw that Zhao Chen and Zhao Yi had agreed on important matters, so he interrupted and asked: "Zhi Zi, when can we leave? Brother Yu is old and I'm afraid he won't be able to survive for long! Brother Yu wants to return to Kaifeng Mansion in his lifetime. Take a look and live there..."
