Chapter 380 No Contract Spirit
The attendant knew that everyone had been hungry for a long time and was very weak. Two of his colleagues were already staggering when they walked just now. If they couldn't get food here, they couldn't get food anywhere else. He immediately asked the constable to seek justice, saying that they had already entered the store and sat down, and the shopkeeper had already agreed, and the noodles were ready, so why couldn't they eat.
This is a lack of contractual spirit and a serious breach of contract.
The constable didn't want to get entangled with this group of people, so he persuaded the shopkeeper to sell it to them. He said that it was okay, and the shopkeeper should be kind enough to sell it to them so that they could leave.
The shopkeeper was very helpless. He and the child brought the burning noodles over and told the children to eat, eat, eat, eat quickly and leave.
Then he shouted again: "Child, collect the money, not a penny less."
After a burst of noise, the burning noodles had already solidified into a ball. Several people lay down and stuffed the noodles into their mouths. After drinking two mouthfuls of noodle soup and swallowing them, they immediately followed the constable and walked out.
Yang Daquan still wanted to take a carriage. A constable said that the carriage company was run by the third son of the third young master's family. Would he still let you take a carriage?
The crowd was at a loss, so they quickly started car No. 11 and drove away at full speed. The constable escorted them out of Jiuzhouba and said impatiently, "Okay, hurry up."
A group of people burped and walked out of the city with tired steps.
The deputy envoy muttered to himself all the way, it's all over, Jiangnan West Road and Fujian Road have surrendered, and Prime Minister Shi has no bargaining chips, and his wish will fail. Xuzhou is prosperous, and seeing that people are still doing business until dark, they must have a lot of money.
It seems that it is better to come to Xin Song to be an official.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin had already gone to bed early to discuss life with Zhao Feiyan. He had no idea that the envoys from Lin'an would dare to shout in the streets of Yibin that they wanted to kill him.
The two of them fought each other for a while, and fell into a deep sleep after being exhausted.
At dawn, Feiyan helped them bathe and change clothes. The two were about to go to the government office to do some work when the guard ran in to report: Mr. Qiao, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Zhang wanted to come over to chat.
Zhao Feiyan knew that Mr. Qiao was coming, and immediately told the maid to prepare the reception.
However, Zhao Yulin said no, and arranged for guards to invite the three old men to the Taijian Hall, and he and Cao Gong followed shortly afterwards.
He hugged Feiyan and said that several old men came to our house to discuss state affairs, but did not come to Lao Cao. What would Lao Cao, the king, think?
Feiyan understood immediately.
He said he believed that Cao was extremely broad-minded, and we cannot let the ministers around him have any complaints.
The woman held his face and kissed him, saying, "Brother, wait a moment while I get dressed." Then she made a face and went into the inner room.
Zhao Yulin happily went out and told Xiao Chu to prepare the carriage.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the Censorate, where the three old men were already sitting together with Mr. Ding drinking tea. After the greetings, Old Cao walked in with a smile on his face.
Mr. Ding was delighted and asked the maid to go to the flower hall for tea.
Mr. Ding pointed to an orchid on a tall flower stool in the hall and said with a smile: "Daoguang of Western Shu, your brother's orchid was given to me by Zhidi. It smells so good."
Everyone had already smelled the fragrance of the flowers, and they came forward one by one to taste it carefully, using all kinds of gorgeous words, which made Zhao Yulin's teeth jealous.
He told Lao Cao that it was the orchid that we bought at Qingcheng Mountain last time. It had been planted for two years and the seedlings had sprouted. Zhidi gave some of it to Mr. Ding.
Old Cao didn't know much about orchids, and asked with a smile, "This is the first time that all the gentlemen have gathered in the Censorate. Tell me, what do you want to discuss?"
Cao Youwen was a straightforward person, so he simply changed the topic.
Mr. Qiao said that he had recently heard that Guangnan, Fujian and Jiangnan had annexed the country, which was cause for celebration, and he specially invited all of you to congratulate them.
Cao was in a good mood and said disdainfully that Lin'an had sent envoys to negotiate peace, but he didn't know that their two paths had suddenly turned around and they were really on the verge of death.
Everyone laughed heartily when they heard it.
Once the conversation started, everyone started to express their opinions. Zhao Feiyan was very smart and actually picked up the teapot to do the work of a maid, carefully adding water to the gentlemen.
Mr. Qiao asked Lao Cao cautiously what he planned to do next.
Lao Cao looked at Zhao Yulin and said: The Central Council already has a strategy. Then he introduced the main points of the court discussion and asked them whether they were appropriate.
Mr. Ding was very satisfied with Lao Cao's way of speaking, which was to solicit opinions, and he kept saying it was so kind.
Mr. Qiao also said: "It's good that the Song people don't fight the Song people. The best way to win the enemy's army without fighting is to defeat him without fighting. If we don't fight, the people in Lin'an will have no reason to make the people suffer. We can just slowly wear them down."
Haha, it turns out that these old antiques were worried that Zhao Yulin would launch a military attack on Lin'an, which would lead to a feud among brothers and harm the people.
Zhao Yulin said that the people of Lin'an longed for the unification of Jiangnan, which was the general trend.
Now our new currency has become the circulating currency in Jiangnan. The money of the small court in Lin'an has become military notes for the army to rob the people, making the people hate their court and their army. This has caused the small court to lose the support of the people and the protection of the army, and it is bound to collapse.
The gentlemen all nodded in agreement as to what he said made sense.
Zhao Feiyan said with a smile that all the old gentlemen are famous figures in the Song Dynasty and are well aware of the major events in the world. Why don't you write an article to explain the reasons and persuade Jiangdong to give up his territory and follow the will of heaven?
The gentlemen nodded in thought.
Zhao Yulin felt that Feiyan's words were just right, and he said with a smile: "As long as Jiangdong is willing to submit, our New Song will forgive the past. As for the officials who are willing to stay in office, as long as they have not committed murderous crimes against the people, we will make proper arrangements. How do you think?"
He kicked the ball towards Lao Cao again.
The ones who need to be received here are the people from Lin'an Shi Zi's group, who have harmed Zhao Yulin countless times. One dares to come, and the other is willing to stay. Of course, Cao is happy to see it happen.
Immediately say yes, yes, yes,
Everyone was amused, including Zhao Feiyan, who looked at Zhao Yulin in surprise. She knew very well that Shi's son was his mortal enemy, but his brother actually wanted to save his life and give him an official position.
Mr. Ding said happily that the food and wine were ready and asked them to come and have a drink. A group of people followed Mr. Ding to the restaurant.
In Lhasa City on the Tubo Road, Li Yunqing was convening all the generals to discuss matters.
This winter, the cold climate of Tibet taught him a lesson. Many soldiers from various places reported deaths from frostbite and typhoid fever due to lack of oxygen in the plateau.
However, the brothers who came out of Yibin Port were all stubborn and would not give up until they achieved their goals. In the freezing cold, he was already thinking about his plans for this year.
Li Chuan had already arrived in Lhasa City. As he walked along, he saw only snow-covered mountains with sparse vegetation. He kept reminiscing about Komai Province in front of Li Yunqing.
Li Yunqing asked with a smile while drinking butter tea, "What's the matter?"
Do we all have to move to Shannan to do it?
If we really want to move there, Comay State is too far away.
This sentence really reminded everyone. Cao Yong thought it was not impossible. The climate here was too bad and it was quite difficult for us to live here.
In the past, when the Tibetans were in power, their chief minister, the Zamp, even divided the country into a winter palace and a summer palace for them to live in alternately.
Why can't we live here in the summer and go to Shannan where the weather is better in the winter?
If we build a base in Shannan, we can at least arrange for those brothers who are sick and cannot adapt to the high-altitude life to recuperate, and then come back to do the same work after they have recovered.
In this world, who doesn’t want to live in a more comfortable place?
After all the generals talked about it, Li Yunqing took action. He said that some nobles and serf owners had fled to Lang'erke in the south of the mountain. General Cao would lead a group of troops to clear them out and find a suitable place for his brothers to recuperate.
He asked Cao Yong to take two brigades with 10,000 men, but Cao Yong did not want that much, saying that we still had to eliminate bandits, counter tyrants and prevent rebellion, so one brigades with 5,000 men would be enough.
Li Yunqing suggested that they should bring more mortars. They had not fired many shots along the way and all the losses were caused by transportation. They should just aim the shells at those bastards in Shannan to let them know that the pots were really made of iron.
After receiving the order, the generals were assigned their respective tasks and then left.
Li Chuan asked him: What about the temples ?
Ba Si, the favorite disciple of the abbot of Luoshui City, went to Lanzhou and was summoned by the third young master. Are we still going to organize the temple as we did in the past?
Li Yunqing said that was natural, the young master had said that political power must be in our own hands. As long as monks from all over the country were found to have harmed the people, they would not be forgiven.
Those unscrupulous monks are the worst. They wear robes and become wolves in sheep's clothing. They deceive kind and ignorant people into causing trouble. Their crimes are heinous and we must keep a close eye on them.
Kill anyone we catch and never let them harm anyone again.
Seeing that everything was fine, Li Chuan also wanted to follow Cao Yong to Shannan. Li Yunqing asked him if he had stayed in a comfortable place for too long and was greedy for pleasure.
Lhasa City is still a place with good conditions. There are many places where the walls are made of mud, houses are built with tree branches, and there is not even any grass.
We are here to guard the border for the New Song Dynasty court, do you know?
Li Chuan scratched his head and said that he knew, but he felt that it was extremely boring to be locked up in the room for half a year and not be able to do anything.
Li Yunqing stretched out his finger and poked Li Chuan's head and said that he was guarding the house for the court, so he should think more about how to govern Tubo. Before Chengdu sends people, it is our business.
Half a month later, the Tibetan Academy in Lhasa City opened. Li Yunqing taught the students in person in his broken Tibetan language, promoting the new social proposition of the Shenwei Army that everyone is equal and all ethnic groups are equal...
Zhao Yulin certainly didn't know the progress of Tubo, as they were thousands of miles away. He accompanied Lao Cao to visit several nearby counties and felt that the weather was sunny with little rain, and the rivers were slow to boil, so he was afraid that there would be a drought this spring.
Lao Cao immediately asked Wang Rong from the office to draft a notice and once again issued it to urge spring plowing and irrigation, in order to strictly prevent various places from competing for water due to drought.
Food is the most important thing for people. People in this era still rely on the weather for their food. Once they encounter a drought or famine, water becomes their lifeblood. People will fight for water to irrigate their farmland and risk their lives.
As soon as they returned to Chengdu, envoys from Lin'an came again.
This time, the deputy envoy who brought the message to Shi Xiang did not care about revealing his identity, and went to talk to Li Zhongmian and Fan Zhong as soon as he entered the city. He asked the two adults to support Shi's son to work in the Central Court, and at the very least, to become a minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
