Chapter 92 Covering his face and running away
Zhao Yulin happily sat at the head of Wu Yuqi's bed and hugged the woman in his arms and said: The gender of the child still needs to be figured out. You must have suffered a lot, right?
Yuqi leaned on his chest happily and said, "She's just a girl."
He said happily that a girl would be great, and that the two brothers finally had a sister. Chen Chen looked at the baby in her arms and blurted out that she also wanted to give birth to a girl.
Wu Yuqi immediately burst out laughing, but Zhao Yulin just stared at her blankly and asked what she was thinking about.
Chen Chen suddenly got angry and said that she came all the way from Yibin, so didn’t Brother Yulin understand what was going on in her mind?
Just waiting for my brother.
Then he picked up the child, handed him to him, covered his face and ran outside.
Wu Yuqi told him to accept Chen Chen. The fact that a girl could come all the way from Yibin to Hanzhong shows his love for her.
Zhao Yulin hypocritically said that both you and Ma Ling are included.
Wu Yuqi muttered that he always made people suffer, and Chen Chen must share some of the burden. Now she has to breastfeed the baby and has no time to play with him. If not Chen Chen, who else should she bring in?
After finishing this painting, his heavy heart finally relaxed.
The next day, he took Chen Chen out shopping.
Zhao Yulin now lives in the prefectural government where Gao Jia once lived. There is a tailor shop not far away. Chen Chen happily chose two sets of clothes, one for her and one for Wu Yuqi. She also picked out a blue shirt with colorful edges for him.
Zhao Yulin quietly told Zhang Qi to bring back some red candles and window decorations.
At night, Chen Chen's room was filled with joy. The family had a simple meal and went to the bridal chamber. He said it was simple enough and we would have a good wedding when we get back to Yibin.
Chen Chen responded sweetly.
He asked quietly if she was afraid for the first time. The girl didn't say anything and hugged him tighter...
In the morning, Wu Yuqi asked him with a smile, "We are here to eat alone, where is the bride?"
Zhao Yulin glared at her and said that she was still unable to get out of bed. He took the poached eggs and went back to the room. Chen Chen sat at the head of the bed and asked him to feed her.
After the little girl finished eating, he said weakly: Ah, well, it’s better to get up and move around.
Chen Chen picked up the pillow on the bed and threw it at him, asking if last night's activities were not enough. I am determined to get out of bed.
Zhao Yulin picked up the pillow helplessly and went out to the study.
Zhang Qi came in to report: The Administration Office had sent chief clerks to each county in Jinzhou, and they were already waiting in the meeting room.
Zhao Yulin went to the meeting room and sat down, asking them, since they had been in Yangzhou for some time, could they tell us how to handle the affairs of the county?
The chief clerk in Xunyang said that he had heard that the Shenwei Army was trading with the Jin people in Jiahe and Gushan, which was a serious violation of the court regulations and should be banned. He was anxious to see the adults and then go to Xunyang to do his job.
Then, several other chief clerks also started to make a commotion.
Some said that the Shenwei Army carried out land reform, causing landlords of all sizes to go to Xingyuan Prefecture and Lizhou to complain. Others said that the Shenwei Army did business with the Jin people and the Mongolian army, and did not distinguish between new and old grudges, which was a serious violation of the system and must be changed back.
Zhao Yulin did not stop them and let them speak.
Finally, he asked, our Shenwei Army is sending troops to Mianyang Prefecture this time, with more than 30,000 troops at a time, and the court has only given 20,000 people wages. Can you raise the shortfall?
Everyone was immediately silent.
He then asked, Jinzhou and Yangzhou had suffered repeated wars, the people were living in poverty, and the common people had to sell their children to survive, but the landlords had no worries. If the people rebelled one day, would they wait for the landlords to organize and quell the rebellion?
Everyone looked around, then turned their gaze back to him.
Zhao Yulin said: It seems that you still don’t understand the specific situation of our Yangzhou and Jinzhou, and you don’t understand how the Shenwei Army survived here.
It's dangerous to do things this way.
At the beginning, it seems that you are not qualified to work in Jinzhou. He gave you two options:
First, go to Yangzhou Academy to study for two months, learn in detail about the principles of our Shenwei Army's work, go deep into the counties to listen carefully to the voices of the poor families, and find out the ins and outs before taking up the post.
The second is to go back to Xingyuan Prefecture and file a complaint, saying that Zhao Qier drove you away.
Without waiting for a reply from the audience, he stood up and walked out.
The chief clerks stood there with their mouths wide open in surprise. These were all disciples of the emperor who had passed the imperial examinations in Lin'an. Why did Yangzhou give them such treatment?
On the West Lake in Lin'an, the emperor and the empress were boating.
When the queen heard that Hanzhong had won a victory and saw that the emperor was in a good mood, she pestered him to go out and play.
The emperor had just asked the eunuch to fetch some grain-rich wine so that he could secretly go out to meet Kuang Sisi, but unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin showed up halfway, so he had to take his beloved glass cup on board the dragon boat.
The warm winter sun feels quite comfortable, mainly because the emperor is in a good mood. The queen said that the big crystal vase in the queen mother's room is really beautiful. Eunuch Li paid four thousand taels of silver to buy it.
The official said that it was not difficult and they could just ask Yibin to get some more.
The Queen told him: The Queen Mother praised the young general of the Shenwei Army, who defeated Tu Lei and brought honor to the Zhao family. She specifically asked Eunuch Li to pay for the purchase and not to take it by force, because the Shenwei Army needed to raise money to support the army.
The emperor was silent.
The court's finances had collapsed long ago in recent years. The Ministry of Revenue was completely robbing Peter to pay Paul, and was printing a lot of money to make ends meet. Most of the border troops like the Shenwei Army had to raise money on their own to make a living, so it was not easy to defeat the enemy.
The Imperial City Office had received a secret report long ago that Ture had led his troops to force his way across the border, and Gui Ruyuan implemented Shi Xiang's policy of non-resistance and fled in a flash, leaving the generals to fight on their own. It was a commander named Cao Youwen who invited several generals including Zhao Yulin and Wang Hancheng to start the Battle of Hanzhong.
Deputy envoy Zhao Yan's report also came, describing the Battle of Hanzhong as a brilliant achievement achieved under his correct command. Gui Ruyuan's report was even more beautiful, attributing all the credit to the emperor Lin'an's decisive victory thousands of miles away, Qingyeyuan's good dispatch, and all the men's courage to serve the court.
It's all very comfortable to listen to.
How to reward?
After returning, the empress dowager summoned the emperor, who went to the Changshou Palace. After paying his respects to his mother, he sat beside her and asked about her well-being.
The Queen Mother asked him happily why he still wanted to visit the West Lake when it was cold.
The emperor said that since there was a great victory at the border, he wanted to go out and take a look.
The Empress Dowager has gradually come to terms with things over the past few years. She said that our Zhao family had suppressed military generals in the past, which had weakened the country and caused it to be bullied by foreign enemies for a long time. She said that she would no longer pursue the rudeness of the abandoned child and would give him some silver money as a reward from the treasury.
When the emperor saw that his mother was interested, he immediately thanked her and said that he would make sure it was arranged.
But Zhao Yulin returned to Wu Yuqi's room and asked with a smile: "Are you feeling better today, Madam?"
Wu Yuqi, smiling all the time, asked him to help her get out of bed. After he helped her, Yuqi said that she should be careful. If she kept calling "this lady, this lady", if Lin'an knew about it, she would lose her head. Disaster comes from the mouth.
Zhao Yulin pinched her arm and said it was just a happy remark, but she had to pay attention.
The couple came back from the toilet and sat down. Yuqi said that they hadn't named the clown yet, so they should give him one.
He handed over the hot tea and said, "The child has been born for so many days, haven't you thought about it?"
Wu Yuqi mentioned a few and asked him what he thought?
Zhao Yulin thinks the child has the surname Wu again? Our mother will think that he has worked hard for several years, and none of them are from the old Zhao family.
Wu Yuqi laughed and scolded him for what he said. How can having a child be compared with planting crops in the fields?
Zhao Yulin looked at her and said, "They are all the same to farmers. Let's call the child Wu Jing, a crystal clear and obedient girl."
Wu Yuqi nodded in agreement, saying that she would be out of confinement in a few days, and she would ask someone to go to Zhongnan Mountain to see if her mother had returned and told her that she had become a mother-in-law.
Zhao Yulin then realized that his mother-in-law was a member of the Quanzhen Sect. He said that since he was not going to leave during this period, he would ask Zhang Qi to go there and pack a can of his good tea for Taoist Zeng Zhimin.
Zhang Qi took the order and set off immediately.
Hezhong Prefecture on the Yellow River had been occupied by the Mongolian army, and Ogedei stayed there and did not leave, personally leading the expedition against the Jin. Tulei rested in Chang'an for ten days and came to the big tent exhausted.
Not only did Ogedei not criticize him, but he also comforted Ture, saying that victory and defeat were common in the military, and told him not to worry about it, and to forget about it this year, and they would gather troops and take revenge next year.
Subutai believed that he had underestimated the strength of the Song army in Qingyeyuan, especially the Shenwei Army that had just arrived in Hanzhong, which had strict military discipline, novel weapons, and firearms that were ahead of all other armies. He needed to be careful when using troops again.
Ogedei felt uncomfortable after hearing this: "You, the fourth brother, are not good at fighting. If you were defeated, you were defeated. I was so magnanimous that I didn't pursue the matter. How can you let someone come up with such a small reason to excuse yourself?"
But he was very proud in his heart, because he finally made Xiao Si fall flat on his face. He took Zhao Yulin's crystal cup and drank Wu Gu Feng in one gulp. He said very easily, "No need to be afraid. Let Duan Er lead the troops and try next year..."
Zhao Yulin inspected the workshops in Yangzhou and asked the logistics officer Yu Fuming to urge them to speed up the production of earth and cement to be transported outside the Great Wall to repair the city.
This matter could not be taken lightly. He knew very well that those cities were isolated and helpless and it would be difficult for them to resist the attack of the Mongolian army, not to mention that they had already been beaten to pieces.
He ordered the logistics department to go to Mianyang Prefecture to establish a military station and build workshops, expand the scale of steel smelting and cement production, and supply large quantities of them to areas outside the Great Wall, striving to ensure that when the enemy came next year, the city walls would be strong and thick enough for them to be unable to break through.
When he came back, Chen Chen told him that the envoy from the Jin Dynasty, Prince Wanyan, arrived.
Zhao Yulin was not seen, and he was sent directly to the Qingyeyuan camp. The Song people hated the Jin people extremely, and he did not want to be charged with treason at this time.
Chen Chen told him that the economic foundations of Jinzhou and Yangzhou were too weak, and the income from the two foreign border trade could not meet the expenses of the army, so Yibin's financial pressure increased greatly.
He said that now that he had Guanwaizhou, he could also go through Jiezhou and Tianshui to open up trade between the Western Regions and Tubo. When he came back, he had already arranged to set up a military station.
The couple discussed from the study to the bed, and the next day the young woman happily led the team out.
When the military and political leaders from all over the country returned to Yangzhou, Zhao Yulin first invited everyone to Wu Jing's full moon banquet. Wu Yuqi happily held her daughter out and asked everyone to bring red envelopes.
Zhao Yulin cheerfully encouraged his brothers to hurry up and find beautiful women to marry and start a family so as to reserve strength for our Shenwei Army.
Speaking of beauties, all the brothers were delighted and got drunk to their heart's content.
