"Your Majesty!" Fan Qiuli, the Minister of Household Affairs, finally stood up and said, "Why don't we reward King You with some tools, soldiers and horses."
"Um?"
Everyone was slightly startled, and the conflicts between civil servants and generals also subsided.
"You all know the situation in Jiaozhou! Your Highness You Wang is definitely not short of money, but he must be short of tools and soldiers!" The Minister of Household Affairs knew very well the purpose of Prince Zhao's plea, so he followed the flow and said: "Jiaozhou The banditry problem is quite serious. No matter how you say that King You is a member of the royal family, there are only a thousand guards of King You, which is really unjustifiable."
"I thought that it would be enough to give people to people according to the normal feudal system of princes!"
Du Jie, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and others felt their hearts pounding again.
Li Zhao, who only had a thousand men, dared to kill everyone.
If the establishment is full of 5,000 people, wouldn't he be able to do whatever he wants?
"Your Majesty!" Before Du Jie could say anything, the servants on the left and right stood up one after another and said: "It is appropriate to provide help to King You because there is a shortage of industrial and agricultural tools. I will not object, but it is obviously inappropriate to give it to so many people."
"What's inappropriate?" General Qin looked at him coldly: "Prince You took the initiative to ask for a royal title before he was old enough to be granted the title, and he also solved the country's problems. What's wrong with this?"
"Taizu personally made these regulations at the beginning. The prince will be granted the title and can raise five thousand soldiers and horses. This is the rule!"
The civil servants were once again at a loss for words.
This is indeed the rule.
But later on, all the princes stayed in the capital and refused to leave, so no one paid attention to or mentioned this matter.
But they won't let go, after all, many people have arrangements there.
After hearing this, General Li glanced at Prince Zhao who was pretending to be dozing off, then stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, why don't you give Prince You some farm tools and a thousand soldiers and horses? This can be regarded as a reward."
It is definitely unrealistic to give five thousand, and the civil servants will not agree at all.
General Li also knew what Prince Zhao was planning, so he raised his expectations first and then talked about it last.
After he comes forward, after comparing these people, they will definitely know which one is acceptable.
Sure enough, after hearing what General Li said, the civil servants fell silent.
Emperor Wu immediately said: "In that case, it's settled. I'll give King You 10,000 farm tools and 1,000 soldiers and horses!"
"My Holy Emperor!" Everyone clasped their fists in unison.
Cheng'en Hall.
Prince Zhao is eating lobster, his hands are oily.
The Emperor Wu above him was also eating silently, as if the two were competing.
When the last lobster was eaten, Prince Zhao immediately burped and said, "Your Majesty, you lose."
"..."
Emperor Wu threw the crayfish into the pot, looked at Prince Zhao sideways and said, "Have you, old man, been practicing secretly recently?"
Prince Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly and said nothing.
Of course he won't admit it.
After wiping his hands, Prince Zhao said: "My little girl..."
"Based on the time, we should be there soon!" Emperor Wu said, "However, I did not interfere with her route."
As he spoke, he nuzzled at Chang Lin.
The secret agent's tracking was immediately handed over, and Prince Zhao immediately picked it up anxiously.
When he saw the hardships his daughter had endured along the way, he, the daughter-slave, felt terrible in his heart.
The eldest daughter is not like the second daughter who has been tempered in the military camp. She has basically never done heavy work since she was a child, and she has never suffered any hardship.
He had been wading through mountains and rivers all this way, and if there were any shortcomings, he would have wanted to die.
Even just looking at the report, he felt heartbroken.
It was a coincidence that the direction of his eldest daughter's escape from marriage was surprisingly consistent with that of that bastard Li Zhao.
Is this the will of God?
No, no, no, let’s see again!
Prince Zhao got rid of the unrealistic thoughts in his mind and put down the report: "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"
"Wait!" Emperor Wu picked his teeth, looking very ungraceful.
Prince Zhao was startled for a moment, then understood.
Originally, we had to wait for at least thirty or forty years, but now it is possible that we only need to wait four to five years. Emperor Wu can afford to wait, and so can the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.
"But... Zhao'er said that he wants to be a big one."
Prince Zhao's eyes twitched slightly, isn't this a big deal?
"Your Majesty...can you elaborate?"
"Uh..." Emperor Wu said awkwardly: "This brat didn't tell me the specific situation..."
"..." Prince Zhao was also speechless.
"However, I am looking forward to it. What else can he do?" Emperor Wu said with a hint of smile.
This time, he was very satisfied.
No one knew that this was an agreement between Li Zhao and him.
Emperor Wu thought Li Zhao was joking at first, but he didn't expect that he would actually attack a wealthy family.
If he could wipe out all the aristocratic families in his lifetime, then no matter how unsatisfactory the subsequent kings of the Wu Kingdom were, it would not be a big problem to continue for two to three hundred years.
Just... can it be achieved?
Can Li Zhao really do it?
"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that he will cause a huge disaster?"
"What are you afraid of? If you get into trouble, I will take care of it!"
"I'm afraid you won't be able to hold it!"
"What did you say?"
"Ah... I think it's getting late and it's time to go back." Prince Zhao said immediately.
Emperor Wu looked at him sideways and waved his hand.
When only Chang Lin was left in the hall, Emperor Wu suddenly chuckled again.
"Chang Lin... you said... is it really possible that the prosperous age that Zhao'er mentioned will come?" Emperor Wu looked at Chang Lin and asked: "The people stay up all night, their families are rich, the official roads are vast, and it only takes a short time from Jiaozhou to Kyoto. In about ten days... there is also a car that can run on its own without being pulled by a carriage..."
Chang Lin felt that this was probably the dream of His Highness Prince You.
…
"Princess..." The disheveled maid Jianjia no longer looked like the maid of the royal family at all.
Her lips were chapped and her clothes were torn, and she looked like a beggar.
As the princess, Zhao Jingru is not doing much better now.
The most beautiful and talented woman in Kyoto, who had been pampered since she was a child, now looks like a country girl.
Over the past month or so, she has suffered a lot.
Let her completely change from a princess who had no fingers in the spring water.
The fair skin became a little darker, or more like wheat color.
Anyone who stays out in the sun for so many days will get tan.
"Take a rest." Zhao Jingru's lips were chapped and their water source was gone.
All the money they brought was also defrauded.
Along the way, Zhao Jingru did not give up, but instead corrected many problems.
There is no one who doesn’t want to eat this or that. Now I just need to eat one bite.
The two women were sitting in the shade on the side of the road, the sun burning like a burning sun.
"Princess... there is a village ahead..." Jian Jia licked her split lips and said, "Let's stay here, okay?"
She really couldn't walk.
Zhao Jingru felt a little guilty when she looked at the maid who followed her through hardships without leaving her behind.
"good!"
In fact, she doesn't know where she is going?
Maybe... you want to see that different man again?
But...more than a month of hardship made her feel peaceful again.
It seems that... marrying King You is not so unacceptable.
Anyway, you have to get married in this life, so if You Wang is mediocre, then he is mediocre.
However, even she herself didn't know that the reason why she came to Jiaozhou was because Li Zhao mentioned in his letter that he wanted to come here.
"Walk!"
The two masters and servants were not the kind of pretentious people. They supported him again and walked toward the village ahead with sticks.
The sun is high and dazzling.
Zhao Jingru felt like her throat was smoking, and her vision was blurry.
She was just holding on, her spirit had reached its limit.
Just after she saw a small thatched house, she fell down weakly.
"Princess Princess...Princess Princess..."
Jian Jia's face turned pale, and she couldn't hold on and fainted.
