The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 34 Longyou Protectorate

Zhao Tong thought it over and said: "I feel that I can succeed, and I have an idea. It is better to spend half of the money that the household department pays for buying horses every year, and let the child raise horses, and the other half will buy horses as usual. , if you don’t save a lot of money to buy horses, I will apologize to you.”

The Emperor Daojun felt a little guilty when he heard the words. In fact, although he still bought horses from abroad in his current dynasty, he didn't have many horses. less.

He said: "Second brother, you don't know the affairs of the household department. In recent years, there have been natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the national treasury is not full. The half of the money for buying horses is really not a few ingots of silver."

Zhao Tong said: "Daddy manages a lot of affairs every day, worrying about the country and the people, why should Daddy worry about this matter? If there is a difference, my son should find a way to make up for it. In the end, he will settle the account. If he really loses, he will contribute to the country, and his son will admit it. "

The Emperor Daojun was moved when he heard the words, and thought to himself, could this second elder brother be like me, but a god from the sky who came down to help me create a glorious and prosperous world?In this way, in the future, there will be a third elder brother in the court and a second elder brother in the outer court. I only need to sit in the middle every day, so why worry about the world! "

He said: "Second brother is worried about the country, but he is enduring hardships. It's just that except for the capital, no place else raises horses early in the morning. Where is second brother planning to go to work now? Let me tell you, I may be convenient for you."

Zhao Tun was overjoyed when he heard the words, but there was no trace on his face, he just said: "In the past, most of the horses were raised in the north, and war horses had to run in a wide area. It will be difficult to use it outside the state boundary, but I don’t want to delay the livelihood of the people, so I think it’s better to operate in the Hehuang area.”

Emperor Daojun said: "The side of the Xihe River is barren and cold, and there are military incidents. Why does the second brother have to do this?"

Zhao Tong said: "The land is vast and the labor is cheap. My son only wants to save more money for his father and the court, but he never thinks about himself."

The Emperor Daojun laughed when he heard the words: "It really is my son. I remember that in the second year of Chongning, I sent troops to re-pacify the Xihe area and set up the Longyou Protectorate. If that is the case, then I will grant my son Xi Helu Xuanfu Envoy, Longyou Jiedu, Longyou Duhufu Duhu, and promote the group priests!"

Upon hearing the words, Zhao Tang hurriedly expressed his thanks, the appeasement envoy is not permanent, but it can control the position of appeasement envoy of the Xihe Road, and has the power to seize the six prefectures of Xihe.

As for the Qun Mu Si, he is in charge of raising horses in the world, and is under the command of the Privy Council. The Qun Mu Si is fully staffed and functioning normally, and he is not an official of the West Mansion, so this promotion is only a vain job, and it is cheap for him to do horse raising outside .

Zhao Tun led the decree to thank En and left, and the Emperor Daojun stroked his beard after the case, completely forgetting that he had originally invited the second brother into the palace to reprimand him.

Zhao Tuo did not leave after leaving the palace gate, but went directly to Kunning Palace. Kunning Palace was the residence of Daojun Empress Zheng. This later Xiansu Empress Zheng had one son and five daughters. Taurus was ranked second, and the elder sister above was Jiade Emperor Ji Zhao Yupan, the eldest daughter of the Taoist Emperor.

When he arrived at the palace gate, a young eunuch hurriedly went to report, Zhao Tang went straight in without waiting, but was greeted by someone, it was the Ninth Prince Zhao Gou who was only eleven or twelve years old.

"Second brother!" Zhao Gousheng was thin and small, but full of energy, his eyes rolled from side to side, and he grabbed the corner of Zhao Tun's clothes, telling the truth about his missing.

Zhao Tang looked at him with a smile on his lips, he really wanted to strangle him to death, but right now he couldn't.

Seeing that Zhao Gou was here, Zhao Tun knew that Wei Shi was also there. Wei Shi was originally Zheng's maid, but was taken in by the Taoist Emperor, but she was not favored. She was only named Xiurong, and only had Zhao Gou.

"How is Brother Jiu doing with his studies recently?" Although he didn't want to see this kid, Zhao Tang still asked.

"Second brother, I can't read those books no matter how much I can't read third brother, why don't you learn some martial arts to play like second brother, but your mother doesn't allow it." Zhao Gou whispered, obviously he didn't take reading seriously in his heart.

Zhao Tang stopped walking when he heard the words: "Martial arts are very useful, you should just study hard. In my dynasty, filial piety is the most important thing. The sages say that husband's filial piety is the foundation of virtue, and teaching comes from life."

Zhao Gou said indifferently: "Second brother, I understand."

Zhao Tang looked at him, and said calmly: "Ninth brother, the master of heaven and earth, master and teacher, if you disobey, you will be struck by lightning!"

Zhao Gou shrank his neck: "Second brother, you scared me again."

Zhao Tun didn't speak any more, the two entered the hall, but they saw Zheng Shi and Wei Shi sitting and talking, seeing Zhao Tun coming in, they were very happy.

The Zheng family is naturally dignified and graceful. She was originally the head of the female officials in the Xiang's Palace of Empress Shenzong Xiansu. The two female officials of the Wang family served by her side. Later, when King Duan came to the throne, the Queen Mother Xiang bestowed them on the Taoist Emperor.

After Mrs. Zheng entered the palace, she was favored by the Taoist emperor because of her talent, humility and courtesy. After the death of Empress Xiangong, Mrs. Wang became the main palace.

Seeing Zhao Tun at this moment, Mrs. Zheng immediately stood up and said lovingly: "Second brother, come here quickly and let me see, have you lost weight or gained weight recently?"

On the side, Wei Shi also said: "I saw that the second brother has lost weight, and I think he has to work a lot outside."

Mrs. Zheng took Zhao Tong's hand and said, "Second brother, why is it such a hard work to be tired? Wouldn't it be good to be a leisurely prince?"

Zhao Tong felt helpless, he still had a lot of affection for Zheng Shi, he just said: "Your Majesty, where did you lose weight, it's just that you got stronger!"

Next to him, Wei Shi said: "Sister, the second brother is capable of literature and martial arts, how can he be called the prince of leisure."

Zheng Shi said: "But I don't want my son to worry about too many things, get tired and have trouble again."

Wei Shi laughed and said: "But how can it be possible, the elder sister is now the mother of the world, and the second elder brother is also talented, I see..."

"Hold on." Zheng interrupted Webster's words: "I have to talk about something else."

Webster said: "My sister is always too cautious."

Zhao Tang didn't know what they were talking about, but his empress was really virtuous, if it was replaced by those capable empresses in front of her, there would be nothing wrong with this palace.

"Second brother." Zheng said with a smile at this time: "You are not young and you are running a mansion outside. You are lonely and pitiful. It's time to talk about family matters."

Zhao Tun: "Huh?"

Mrs. Zheng said again: "The government is busy every day. You don't care about this matter yourself. You went to find your grandfather for your mother and asked him to pay attention to it. If you have a lady who you like, you can also marry her Say it."

How could Zhao Tun dare to answer this, he just talked about other things from left to right, went around and said some other things, who knows that he went around and turned back in the end, he had no choice but to stand up and forgive his sin, and fled... …

Back at Prince Qi’s Mansion, the tea soup was still hot, and before they sat down, Huang Gu and Jian Suyi came together, seeing the serious expressions on their faces, Zhao Tuo couldn’t help but said: “What’s so serious about it, could it be that Han Mao is causing trouble again ?”

Jian Suyi blushed and said, "Master, you are joking, then Han Mao hasn't provoked him since last time."

Huang Gu also said: "It's not an incident, but it's still that batch of goods. The person sent to watch has disappeared."

Zhao Tun frowned slightly: "Ghost Fanlou?"

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