Chapter 273 There is a situation in Shaozhou

Qin Minxue left the prince's mansion and looked at the back of Qin Minxue's departure. Shi Zhaoxi ordered the bodyguards of the house to stare at him. Shi Zhaoxi returned to the inner house. The prince Zhao Zongyu had not rested yet. In the past few days, he came back from Nanshan Zen Temple to pray for blessings and began to summon the generals stationed in Guangnan. The council hall was brightly lit and had just finished his work. Zhao Zongxuan, sitting at the table and looking at a secret letter, Shi Zhaoxi came in and said, "Your Majesty, I just went to see the man from the capital. That man is not a minister sent by the imperial court."

Zhao Zong said without raising his head, "I'm just saying that you are also too careful. In this way, there are many officials passing by Guangnan, and you have to see everyone. I'm afraid there are only useless civil servants left to socialize."

"Prince, this is a critical moment. You must not take it lightly. This man's official position is not high, and he is not an envoy, but he carries the emperor's hand."

"Oh." Now Zhao Zongqi raised his eyelids and looked at Shi Zhaoxi: "What's wrong with the emperor's oracle? Why did he come to Guangnan? Does the emperor dare to send someone to investigate me? Since he is not honest in Guangnan, he will get rid of him." After a series of rhetorical questions, Zhao Zongxun said the decision without hesitation,

Shi Zhaoxi hurriedly said, "Prince, I don't think it's that simple. If he really investigates you secretly, he will definitely not come to the house to tell you, and he said that he came to find someone who is very important to the emperor."

"Looking for someone..." Zhao Zongmin put down the secret letter in his hand this time and looked up at the bright candle in the hall thoughtfully. After a while, Zhao Zongmin said, "You send someone to keep an eye on him. The person he is looking for is not only very important to the emperor, but also very important to us."

Shi Zhaoxi listened to his tone different from that just now, and it didn't seem to have as many questions as just now. He asked carefully, "Your Majesty, it seems that you know who he is looking for."

Zhao Zongmin tapped the secret letter on the desk with his finger: "If I guess correctly, I'm looking for him."

This secret letter was sent from the palace of the capital. The letter said that the emperor's eldest son, Zhao Zhongzhen, had not appeared for a long time. Even the Empress Dowager Cao summoned Zhongzhen to Zhongzhen, which was excused by the emperor and the empressus's illness. Now the empress dowager is urging the emperor to establish a crown prince, and the emperor has not replied for a long time. There are rumors that the prince Zhao Zhongzhen He went out of the capital privately, but no one knew where the prince had gone. The paper could not be wrapped in fire. Even if the emperor was careful, there would be rumors about such a big thing. Now the emperor is like sitting on needles and needles every day. If it goes on like this, he can get sick without illness, not to mention that the Emperor Yingzong himself is a sick base.

"Look at it." Zhao Zongmin pushed the secret letter forward. Shi Zhaoxi went to the case, took the secret letter respectfully, read it two or three times and said, "This letter is a little interesting, prince, it seems that the empress dowager is inclined to you. You see, the crown prince rather than the crown prince."

"Well, this is the Empress Dowager's good intentions. It seems that there is no wind and no waves. There must be a reason for this person to come today. You immediately order someone to strictly guard the gate. No matter who he is looking for, he can't leave the city at the age of 20." The prince issued an urgent order,

When the prince issued the order, Wang side and Zhao Zhongzhen were discussing in Nanshan Zen Temple to find the prince to escort King Ying back to the capital. Wang side thought that it was not a matter that Zhao Zhongzhen always followed him like this. In his impression, Yingzong had only been the emperor for four years, and it was not far from the establishment of the crown prince. If this At that time, Zhao Zhongzhen was not in the capital, so the history may have changed because of his existence. Moreover, he also hoped that Zhao Zhongzhen would return to the capital as soon as possible. After all, his son did not know where he was now, and he could not help but sympathize with Song Yingzong because of his illness.

The next day, Wang side accompanied Zhao Zhong to the incense. On the way back to Shaozhou City, Wang side suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong. There were a lot of people on the way to Shaozhou City today, and most of them were young and middle-aged people, a Shaozhou City, how could suddenly go to so many people at the same time, and these people, although Dressed in plain clothes, but it can be seen that it is not official or expensive, because if it is an ordinary family, it is rare to ride a horse. After a while, three or four groups of people pass by them,

If it were the usual side of the king, it might not be like this **, but now he is surrounded by the prince. It seems to be easy to the side of the king along the way, but his nerves are always tense. He stopped the horse and waved his hand to restrain it.

"Son, what's the matter?" Zhe Kejun came closer and saw Wang's frown slightly,

"I always feel that there is something wrong today. At this time, there are several teams of horse riders from us, and the carriage just now. Have you seen it?"

"I see, my son, is there anything important in Shaozhou City?" Zhe Kejun asked,

"Well, if it is an ordinary gathering, there will be many people going to the city, but most of the people are ox carts, and there are both men, women and children. Today, there are many adults on the road, some of whom have tattoos on their faces, (the thorns on the faces of soldiers in the Song Dynasty)

Zhao Zhongzhen listened and said, "Brother Wang, can it be that my father found this place?" He was a little excited in his tone,

Wang Bian shook his head: "If your father sends people, just send one or two teams, not so that there will be several scattered factions. Brother, please go to the gate first to have a look. We are waiting for you here." Wang Bian and Zhong Citch and others stopped by the roadside. Occasionally, there are people passing by them, and they will look at these people. Especially the horse next to the king was really eye-catching. The king ordered Zhang Ping to stay in place. He took the middle needle to lead the horse down the post road and tied the horse. Zhong needle smiled and said, "Brother Wang, you are too careful."

"I don't know what's going on yet. It's really conspicuous for us to stand by the roadside like that. You see how good it is. The trees are shaded. Let's rest here."

The kung fu of others, Zhong Zhi looked at the road from time to time. Wang knew that he was thinking of going back to the capital, and he couldn't wait to go back early: "Your idea is real. It's almost two months since you came out. I didn't expect to go so far." Wang looked at Zhao Zhongzhen with a smile,

"Hey hey, isn't it? I really didn't expect that we were just four roads and more than a dozen states, just more than two months. I think I'm on the 23rd road of the Song Dynasty, more than 200 states. How big is this place." Zhao Zhongzhen said, his eyes lit up, and he was a little proud from the bottom of his heart,

But in Wang's eyes, what is that? The land area of the Northern Song Dynasty is 9.6 million square kilometers, half of the 9.6 million square kilometers in the period where Wang was. He smiled and looked at Zhong Ni's proud look. Suddenly, Zhong Ni asked, "Brother Wang, you have also been to Xixia and Liao. Are they better than us? The Song Dynasty is much smaller.

Wang has long seen that Zhong Jian, a boy, has a lot of ambition. Now he still has to suppress him to tell the truth. In case he floats, it is not a joke to send troops to fight if there is nothing to say: "There is less land than our Song Dynasty, but Xixia and Liao, plus Tubo and Ugu, there are more land than the Song Dynasty, so Although the area of the Song Dynasty is large, it is not easy to make enemies. What's more, I didn't tell you yesterday that many important resources are in the hands of others, such as horses and mines.

"Ha ha, I know, I listened to what you said yesterday. Aren't we just short of money now? Brother Wang, don't worry, one day I can make the decision. I will listen to you and your father's words and fill up the treasury first."

This guy thinks very far. If Yingzong is finished now, you are still in Shaozhou. It's good if you don't punish you, and let you make the decision. Wang thought so in his heart. Well, now he has so many things to do. I originally planned to go south to see the mine mentioned by Master Zhang Yi, and then consider opening up the tea-horse ancient road. If it goes on like this, Zhao Zhongzhen must be stirred up,

"Oh, Brother Wang, I think of one thing. Do you remember Prince Wang Shaochun?"

"Zi Chun, of course I remember that he was not a traveler to Shaanxi in those years. Why, you have seen him." Wang Bian still had a deep impression of Wang Shao, which was one of the few friends he made at the beginning. Later, Wang Shao left the capital and rarely had a chance to meet him.

"Just as soon as you mentioned Tubo, I remembered it. Before you returned to the capital, I met him and became a good friend with him. He said, 'To take Xixia, you must first restore the river, so that the Xia people will be defeated.' I told my father what he thought. My father also appointed him to be under the jurisdiction of the garrison on Huanqing Road, specializing in managing this road and Po Yan. Lu Fu's affairs are stationed in Gyeongju.

"Oh, what is Zichun responsible for the mooring soldiers and horses?" Wang's interest suddenly increased greatly. He wanted to take the tea-horse ancient road, which was really from Shu to Tubo. It would be great to have Wang Shao's line.

"Zichun is to monitor the situation of the Ministry of Tibet and deal with the litigation of the Ministry of Tibet. If there is a reward or punishment for the Ministry of Tibet, he will discuss and deal with it with the generals. The major events will be reported to the court, and he is responsible for uniting the Ministry of Tibet to help the Tubo people settle their elderly and children. In addition, if the Xixia army attacks Tubo, they will assist Tubo in the battle. "."

That's great. This is really a good taste. I really want to eat hail under the ice.

Wang was overjoyed. With Wang Shao's road, he wanted to take the tea-horse ancient road with half the effort. He was secretly happy. At this time, Zhe Kejun came back, and another person came with him.

"Son, there's really something wrong." Zhe Kejun jumped off his horse by the roadside and walked into the woods and said, "There are heavy troops in Shaozhou City, so we can only get in and out, but it's not a general rule. It's just that people like the two princes are not allowed to leave the city, and not Shaozhou people will be brought to the prince's palace. In addition, when I met Wa Zhuang who was about to enter the city, I brought him here. "

Wa Zhuang was sent by Wang to inform Nan Jifeng yesterday. Why did he return to Shaozhou City so soon? When Wang saw Wa Zhuang, Wa Zhuang hurried over and said, "Sir, I was going to Lianzhou yesterday. I met the team of General Nan on the way. They also came to Shaozhou, but when I heard that you were in Shaozhou, he said that he would not enter first. City, please come and discuss it.

This is wrong. Nan Jifeng is in Yongzhou. Geographically, Shaozhou is one north and one south of Guangnan. In terms of division, it is said that there are two roads, East Road and West Road. Even Nan Jifeng came to Shaozhou. What happened to Shaozhou?