Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 209 Second Trial
Wang Jien!
Let the eunuch accompany the army?

Everyone thought about it carefully, and immediately understood Zhao Dezhao's good intentions.

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and nodded, "It's rare that you, King Qi, are willing to use your brain. This idea is deeply in my heart."

"When Yuan Zuo goes to Hebei, he can give Gao Taiwei my decree. This is the imperial court's explicit decree. Then Wang Jien will announce my private decree in private. It's a two-pronged approach. Gao Taiwei will definitely understand the true good intentions."

All the ministers nodded again and again. This move not only gave Gao Huaide face, but also fully demonstrated the importance of this matter.

Zhao Yuanzuo is the son of the King of Jin, and Wang Jien is a popular figure in front of the emperor. With such a powerful combination, Gao Taiwei will definitely not fail to cooperate.

In this way, the defense capability of the Zhongwu Army will be strengthened, and Gao Huaide's power will not be overly enlarged. This is indeed the best result so far.

Now that the decision had been made, Zhao Kuangyin immediately issued an order to appoint Zhao Yuanzuo as the special envoy of the town and took office immediately.

This special envoy to the town is just a false title and has no official rank.

But given Shang Fang the sword, he can have the privilege of doing things expediently when necessary.

This is also to avoid putting pressure on Gao Huaide to seize power, while maintaining the ability to adapt to circumstances.

The next day, Zhao Dezhao returned to the Hanlin Academy, where a group of great scholars were waiting for him.

Today is the second examination of the Hanlin Academy, and the main examiner is Li Mu.

In the past few days, others have repeatedly taught Li Mu that Zhao Dezhao is impetuous and is difficult to deal with.It is better to ask him to stop asking illusory and empty questions, and to give him some real lessons.

So Li Mu clapped his hands and said, "Since that's the case! How about asking him why he plows!"

"Good question! King Qi is currently running the Imperial Grain Institute. Let's ask him why he does farming. Let's stay within the topic and see how he answers."

Several people clapped their hands and laughed.

As soon as Zhao Dezhao arrived at the Imperial Academy, he was immediately surrounded by people.

Zhao Dezhao laughed, "Is this the beginning? No problem, just ask!"

Li Mudao, "I heard that King Qi is planting rice. He is so young and not talented. How dare you ask His Highness! What do you mean by farming?"

Zhao Dezhao was stunned and looked up and down at several pale and thin Confucian scholars. Then he looked at their hands. They all looked haggard, with hands like bird claws.

Just relying on you, dare to ask me why I plow?You add up the places you have been in in this life, I am afraid it is not as much as I have for a day.

Seeing Zhao Dezhao in a daze, Li Mu thought triumphantly, I finally asked him to overwhelm him, right?You are just a naughty person, you have managed to deceive a few people by relying on your ingenuity and sophistry, but you have not shown your true colors in front of me.

"Your Highness! "Zhengzi Tong" says: Anyone who works hard and does not slack off is called plowing. If it is used as a substitute for food, if the power is in the field, it is also called plowing. "Yangzi Fayan" says that the way of farming is Tao, and the virtue of hunting is virtue. It's a feast. I don't see it..."

Zhao Dezhao spit out a mouthful of phlegm and spit it at his feet.

Li Mu was taken aback, his old face turned red with embarrassment, and other Confucian scholars also expressed dissatisfaction.

Zhao Dezhao didn't wait for them to speak, he laughed wildly, "You are worthy of telling me the word 'cultivation'? I have worked in the rice field for half a year, and the Champa rice seeds are as small as beans from my hands. When it came to shelling and knotting, I didn’t miss every day’s care.”

"And what about you? You've never touched a hoe once in your life, you've never gone to the fields to pour manure, you've never had blood soaked in your hands during the harvest..."

Several Confucian scholars were dumbfounded by his question, and the words they originally wanted to scold him for not respecting teachers were swallowed in their throats.

Zhao Dezhao simply strode forward, grabbed Li Mu's hand, and raised it in front of everyone. They saw that the hand was thin and shriveled, and the nails were more than half an inch long. It was obvious that he was not involved in even the most common daily work.

Looking at the fingers, they are all thin and miserable, with no sign of work.

Zhao Dezhao showed his palm again, he could still see the blood blisters from harvesting Champa rice a few days ago.

There are calluses all over the knuckles, which feel like thick leather.

"You are just a bunch of rotten people who rely on farmers' farming. If there were no farmers, you would have starved to death [-] times. Now you are licking your face and telling me what farming is. It's really disgusting!"

"When have you ever been in the fields, planted grain, soaked rice, and harvested rice? Then come and talk to me about farming! In my eyes, what is farming? Only when farmers have their own land can it be called farming!"

The words were so shocking that several Confucian scholars blushed with shame and ran around, unable to face Zhao Dezhao anymore.

But Zhao Dezhao was willing to let them go, and shouted, "Where are you going? First, I answered this question correctly today? Second, I haven't tried it?"

Li Mu felt ashamed and said, "You even scolded the examiner, so naturally your answer will be considered correct and you will pass."

Zhao Dezhao said, "Since that's the case, all of you are the same as the group last time, follow me to the Imperial Grain Station, and see what the real thing is about farming!"

Apart from anything else, these Confucian scholars were dragged to do coolie training again.

Zhao Guangyi was the happiest these few days. King Qi turned his back on him twice and helped his son, which was tantamount to helping himself.

Although he believed that Zhao Dezhao did not necessarily have good intentions, the facts were right in front of him, and the advantage was guaranteed.

"Official Wang! My son is still young, and the trip to the north depends entirely on the official."

Zhao Guangyi toasted to Wang Jien who was opposite him.

At this time, he was in the small living room of Prince Jin's Mansion, with Wang Jien sitting on the top and Zhao Yuanzuo on the bottom.

The three of them drank at the same table and talked freely about today's court affairs.

Although Wang Jien took the credit himself, seeing King Jin personally toasting to him, how could he dare to neglect him? He quickly stood up and apologized, saying with a smile, "Your Majesty, you are too polite! It is the bounden duty of a servant to assist the young prince, so there is no way to say whether he is reliable or not. "

"Otherwise, it's not the case! Today at the court, the Holy One also said that Yuan Zuo brought the Holy One's official edict in front of him, and the high official's private aim behind him. Combining the two, Gao Taiwei will definitely not say anything wrong."

When Zhao Yuanzuo saw that his father was talking about others in private and calculating others, he felt very uncomfortable, but he also knew that it was for his own benefit, so he couldn't say anything, so he had to drink by himself.

Zhao Guangyi ignored him and just talked with Wang Jien to discuss matters after arriving in Hebei.

"This old slave also never imagined that King Qi's mind would go crazy, and he would seek a position for Yuan Zuo again and again. It's really a pleasant surprise."

"Hmph! That kid Zhao Dezhao would have no good intentions, maybe he's holding back something bad! But the soldiers came to cover up the water and soil! The king he sent up will take it first, don't want it for nothing."

The two laughed heartily at each other.

It's just that one has a rough voice and the other has a shrill voice.

Zhao Yuanzuo was even more depressed when he heard this, and felt very sorry for the brother Zhao Dezhao.

"After today's incident, the relationship between me and the Holy Emperor has really eased. It is no longer as stiff as it was in the past few days." Zhao Guangyi became more and more satisfied as he thought about it.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! This time, the power of the Jin Dynasty should increase again."

(End of this chapter)