Chapter 245 False Form
At this time, Mr. Ding spoke.
He agreed with Zhao Yulin's proposal. Since they didn't know where to transport the money this year anyway, he reduced the tax by 10% to give the people a sigh of relief.
Lao Cao immediately said that this was a great idea. He believed that the Office of Administration should also supervise whether the local governments had really done it, and the Ministry of Justice should send personnel to supervise them, so as not to let good things become a false form.
Zhao Yulin nodded and suggested that the headquarters of the Administration Office in Qingyeyuan be moved back to Chengdu so that the functions of the Administration Office could be truly exercised.
You gentlemen just agreed with a few words and then stopped talking.
In the past, the headquarters of the Military Control Office had always been in Hanzhong, coordinating defense in the border areas of Guanzhong and supervising food and logistics. Now that the situation has changed, he believes that the Military Control Office should be located in Chengdu to coordinate various military and political affairs.
However, this would break the situation in which Chengdu acted on its own in the past, and all places would have to follow the lead of the Administration Office.
I'm sure you all have some ideas in mind.
Zhao Yulin, like them, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea as if nothing had happened and said, "Gentlemen, you all have no objection, which means you all agree?"
Later, Mr. Ding spoke in support of moving the Qingyeyuan tent back to Chengdu.
This was because he was the chief envoy of the Office of Control. If he disagreed, a large number of officials in the Office of Control would curse his mother and dig up his ancestral graves.
Lord Ding also immediately ordered his aides to begin placing officials in the big tent.
Haha, that’s right.
Zhao Yulin asked Lord Ding if the mansions that were confiscated after the last arrest of the rebels were still there, and whether he could clear one out for Lord Cao to live in.
Lao Cao immediately said no and stayed at the inn.
He said that Cao Gong would be working in Chengdu in the future, so how could he live without a place to stay? The confiscated houses were all public housing, so why couldn't he live there?
Mr. Ding was pleased to have been offered a favor, so he immediately said, "Yes, yes," and he would live in the inspector's residence.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said nothing more. After a few more pleasantries, everyone left. Not long after returning, Lao Cao came to find him and said that Ding Gong had come and invited them to Qintai for a drink.
The two of them got on a carriage and went to Wenjun Restaurant.
When he entered the private room, he found that Mr. Ding, Inspector Jiang Ligang and Transport Officer Liu Qingyin were all there, and they sat down to drink.
This was a friendly banquet arranged by Mr. Ding to ease the atmosphere. Just now, Liu Qingyin questioned Zhao Yulin, but Zhao Yulin ignored him. After the meeting, the three of them started whispering to each other.
Inspector Jiang Ligang knew how powerful Zhao Yulin was, and said to Liu Gong, why bother to be angry with Commander Zhao? Now the Shenwei Army has fully deployed its defenses to control Sichuan and Shu. It will only take him a cup of tea to split the land and become the king. We are all watching him act.
What is Liu Qingyin saying? What is the difference between an abandoned child and a drowned dog? I am not afraid of him .
Ding Gong took two sips of tea and slowly spoke, saying that we should not say that. What Yulin said was reasonable. We are living in a small corner of Shu now, so there is no need for to unite. The transport envoy is Shi Zizi's man, and he is naturally dissatisfied with Zhao Yulin. After a while, the three of them agreed to have a drink together and communicate.
Mr. Ding raised his glass with a smile and proposed to hold a welcoming ceremony for Generals Cao Youwen and Zhao Yulin. Then he started talking. The old man said that there was indeed news. It was rumored that the emperor had conferred the title of King of Han on his brother and had married the emperor's daughter to him. All the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River had received the imperial edict, but there was no news from Sichuan and Shu.
It must have been delayed by the war of the northern barbarians.
Zhao Yulin smiled, raised his glass and invited everyone to drink, saying that he was not interested in any rewards and only cared about the safety of Shu.
The transport envoy Liu Qingyin was still angry and asked him in a muffled voice: "The commander is not even interested in the King of Han, so does he want to wear the yellow robe?"
The gentlemen were immediately stunned.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that he was not interested in wearing a yellow robe or ascending the throne. He raised his glass and said, "Drink, drink."
Lao Cao immediately picked up the cup and asked everyone to leave one by one.
The inspector felt that this topic was dangerous and might provoke a fire, so he quickly changed the topic and talked about the news he had received, that the imperial court had been established in Lin'an, and that the prime minister had survived the robbery and had gathered the scattered officials together. He was trying his best to find the descendants of the royal family, intending to establish a new king and restore the country.
Zhao Yulin was very sensitive to his son's movements. He said calmly that they had to act with caution. There were rumors that the envoy was captured by the Mongolian army. Did he escape on his own?
Or did he secretly surrender to the Mongolian army and then come back to establish a fake court to do something for the northern barbarians?
That’s two different opinions.
Was the envoy captured? Zhao Yulin actually had no idea. He deliberately muddied the waters because he didn't want these people to have too high hopes for the new court in Lin'an.
When Cao Cao heard him say this, and thought about how Shi's son had always advocated surrender, he thought it was very likely. So many royal family members and loyal ministers had been captured, but only his envoy was still alive and well, which was very telling.
Mr. Ding also began to doubt.
This is what is called "three people make a tiger". If everyone believes this, something that is not true will become true.
The transport envoy was not happy, because in his mind, the envoy was a towering tree. He immediately told people not to criticize others, because the envoy was the prime minister of our court.
Zhao Yulin said that was in the previous dynasty, why can't we say it now? This person advocates peace, and everyone knows that he looks like a slave when facing the Mongolian army.
Why can’t I say it?
He was too lazy to dwell on these things, and after getting a little tipsy, he made the excuse of having a wound on his body and wanted to leave, and everyone followed him and left.
When they returned to the inn, Cao Youwen's wife praised Xiao Yan for being well-educated and capable of housework, and for her generosity in words and deeds. Haha, Zhao Yulin and Lao Cao were having a meal outside, and Xiao Yan went to accompany Mrs. Cao. During the meal, she actually received a very high evaluation from Mrs. Cao.
Lao Cao told his wife that Brother Yulin wanted us to stay in Chengdu and move all the tents from Qingyeyuan here...
This night, some are happy and some are sad.
The son of Shi in Lin'an was very happy. Although the Mongolian army had ruined Lin'an, the emperor was gone, which was like helping him to remove the chain around his neck. If he was second to none in the past, now he could loudly declare: No one is above him.
The only drawback was the lack of money. Although he arranged people to salvage in Hangzhou Bay, his luck was extremely bad and he did not gain much, especially the jade seal that he had been longing for, which was nowhere to be found.
Meng Gong of Huangzhou was also drinking and drinking. This time he proposed to send troops to the emperor, but it was too late. When he arrived, the emperor had already been abducted. After the troops from Liangzhe gathered to support the emperor, they were numerous and powerful. In addition, the Mongolian army had already returned to the north, so they didn't need him anymore and actually asked him to go back quickly.
Meng Gong was a very upright general, and he could not raise his sword to attack his fellow soldiers, so he had no choice but to return. The general led his troops all the way there and then back again, running desperately twice, and there were soldiers who fell behind along the way.
When he returned to Huangzhou, he only had 15,000 soldiers left out of the 20,000 he had brought with him. So he didn't even go to Ezhou, but stayed in Huangzhou to recuperate, feeling very depressed.
Moreover, the end of the year was approaching, and he had not yet received any funds for his troops and salaries.
In the past, he belonged to the Yangtze River Administration Office and could rely on funding from the court. But now that the emperor is gone, even the money that the envoys and prime ministers had embezzled was taken away by the Mongolian army. They have become high-level beggars with empty hands. Will they still raise money for him?
In the far south, the little emperor of Dali Kingdom was also drinking.
The little emperor was very happy. When the emperor of the Song Dynasty was in power, he was considered a child emperor and was much shorter than him. Now that there was no one to control him, he was the true emperor of the Dali Kingdom.
He called Duan Xiaolin, several of his sons and close ministers to drink, and the men of the Duan family were in high spirits under the influence of alcohol. The young emperor asked Duan Xiaolin to go to Xinshi and ask the Shenwei Army for the Shimen and Yongshan camps, because they originally belonged to their family.
Duan Xiaolin thought his father was just talking nonsense while drunk, but unexpectedly the next day his father asked the palace servants to bring documents and tokens to his house, urging him to set off quickly.
Zhao Yulin slept soundly and woke up when it was already bright.
Xiao Yan wanted to comb his hair and said that a general must dress properly when going out.
He had never taken care of his appearance, but Xiao Yan took it seriously and sat down to let her clean him up. After breakfast, he went to Lao Cao's place to say goodbye and went back to Cuiping Mountain.
Lao Cao already knew that something had happened to Bao Wenli, and Bao Wenli was a close relative of Fire Phoenix, so Zhao Yulin would definitely go back to check on him.
He told Cao that since Bao Wenli was gone, Fenghuang would take over. The garrison of Mahujiang had not fought for a long time and its military equipment was in disrepair, so it was time to mobilize it. He planned to transform a group of troops into the field army and continue to advance southward, pacify and recover the remaining tribes, and make the Shenwei Army's control area reach Guangdong and Guangxi.
Lao Cao asked if he wanted to discuss it with Lord Ding?
Zhao Yulin said that it was not possible for the time being, as there were too many spies in Chengdu and military operations needed to be kept secret. At the moment, they were still crying for the loss of the emperor, so they would talk about it after they had passed this period.
He said goodbye to Lao Cao and left the city, heading south to Jiading. From a distance, he saw a group of people standing on the dock, surrounding two women in red.
Zhao Yulin took the telescope from Feihu and looked around. It was Chen Chen and the head lady of Emei who were on the shore.
As soon as the official ship docked, he jumped off the boat, looked at Chen Chen with concern and said that women who have given birth are most afraid of wind, so why are you coming out in such cold weather?
Chen Chen, however, smiled and looked at the headwoman and said: Women who have just given birth are most afraid of the wind. What are you doing out in such a cold day?
Zhao Yulin was a little confused, so he pulled the two of them and told them to get on the carriage quickly.
When he got back, he saw two cute babies in Chen Chen's room. The head girl picked them up and teased one, touched the other and gave them to him.
Zhao Yulin looked at the small quilt wrapped around the baby and the clothes they were wearing. From the clothes he could tell they were twins, a boy and a girl.
He asked Chen Chen: Is this having both a son and a daughter, a perfect "good" word?
Chen Chen smiled and didn't respond, but the head lady nodded happily.
Zhao Yulin's mind became even more confused.
Chen Chen pulled Xiao Yan out and gently closed the door.
The head girl gently sat down beside him, took the crying child and began to feed him openly in front of him. She told him very calmly that when she was using the Hehuan Gong to heal him in Zhenwu Mountain, she was blessed by Guanyin Bodhisattva and gave birth to two good babies.
Zhao Yulin was petrified when he heard this and sat there motionless.
Fairy Banban, what is this called?
