Song Mingyue

Chapter 244 Brother Hao, save me!

For Zhao Ji, this year is the happiest year in his life.

Because, his Gen Yue was finally completed, and his long-cherished wish for many years was fulfilled.

You know, in order to build Genyue back then, he stirred up the entire Jiangnan land, triggered peasant riots that swept across 52 counties in six prefectures, and almost dug the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, but in the end he had to give up halfway.

But this year, it only took him two or three months to complete the rest of the project, and it didn't hurt the people at all. Instead, it provided a lot of job opportunities for the victims in the west of Beijing.

All of this is due to Zhao Hao.

Just after Zhao Hao raided Cheng Jie's family three months ago, Gen Yue quietly resumed work.The so-called quietness means that Zhao Ji didn't use the treasury's money and food at all, and it was all out of his own pocket.

Zhao Hao spent almost no penny in the national treasury during the disaster relief in the west of Beijing. He originally allocated 50 guan from the national treasury for disaster relief before his trip, but finally returned 100 million guan.Not only that, but also gave Zhao Ji 500 million guan in money and food, rare treasures, countless jewelry, calligraphy and paintings.

In two and a half months, it cost 600 million guan in money and food, which is not a huge expense, but it only cost less than [-]% of Zhao Ji's pocket money that Zhao Hao paid tribute to.

Jieting, the peak of Genyue Mountain.

A group of people slowly followed the white marble stairs and boarded the pavilion. It was Zhao Ji, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu, Yang Jian and a group of eunuchs.

Zhao Ji was wearing a celestial crown with fluttering sleeves. Shi Shiran stood on the third floor of the pavilion, looking down at the entire Genyue, feeling a deep sense of satisfaction spontaneously.

In the whole garden, the buildings are pavilions, pavilions, halls and halls; the mountains are Gangfu caves, cliffs and walls;There are also lush trees and grass, beasts and birds, whose victories are hard to describe.

When you come to the garden and look around in all directions, if you are at the bottom of heavy mountains, deep valleys and deep rocks, you don’t know that Bianliang in Tokyo was originally an open and flat land. What’s even more incredible is that it was excavated by hand .

When Xu Bu arrives while Zhao Ji is full of opportunities, he doesn't know the glory of nobility and wealth.Ascend the mountains and go to the ravines, explore deep and deep, green leaves and red buds, Huage Feibi, playful and comfortable, and in harmony with the gods, forgetting the colorfulness of the world, floating with the ambition of soaring clouds, and finally happy.

Last year, Fang La's rebellion hurt the southeast's financial resources, and Zhu Xi, who had collected money for him, was killed by someone. Now that the Northern Expedition is about to break the Liao Dynasty, it will cost a lot of money and food, and the treasury is very tight.Originally thought that this Genyue would not be completed in what year and which month, but Zhao Hao went out to provide relief, and it was a severe drought, and he returned money with a total value of no less than 2000 million.

Disaster relief has always been pouring money into the national treasury like running water. Zhao Hao's disaster relief not only solved the famine perfectly, but also paid tribute to the officials with a huge sum of money, which is unprecedented in history.

Looking at the beautiful scenery around Genyue, Zhao Ji felt relaxed and happy for a while, and suddenly asked Liang Shicheng who was beside him: "My nephew has put down the bandits, and the class master is returning to the court. I think you will soon arrive in the capital?"

Liang Shicheng replied respectfully: "It should be almost here."

Zhao Ji's words were just an opening remark, Liang Shicheng knew that he didn't mean to ask about Zhao Hao's itinerary, but had something else to say, so he just answered casually.

On the side, Yang Jian and Wang Fu had complex expressions on their faces. The official asked Zhao Hao about things in front of them. I am afraid that things are not that simple.

Zhao Ji nodded and asked, "Why do you reward me?"

Liang Shicheng was taken aback, and then replied: "Jing'an's family has tens of millions of dollars in wealth, so there should be no shortage of property; if you want to add an official to a noble, it seems too urgent; it's better to reward the official's treasured things to show the official's favor ?”

Zhao Ji was obviously dissatisfied with Liang Shicheng's answer: "He cheated me of a jasper Buddha dust, and abducted me of a jade chime. What other treasures can be rewarded? He must be rewarded for meritorious deeds and punished for his demerits. urgent?"

Now, I don't know that Liang Shicheng was stunned, even Wang Fu and Yang Jian were also stunned: "Mr. Jing'an has only been an official for more than a year, and he has already been promoted to the second rank. If you add more officials to the rank, I am afraid that all the officials will not accept it." ah."

Zhao Ji snorted coldly and said: "Gan Luo paid twelve visits to the Prime Minister, my nephew is already eighteen years old, but he is only the second rank, why not?"

In an instant, Yang Jian and Wang Fu finally understood why Zhao Ji asked them to come over. This was Zhao Ji's in order to add officials to Zhao Hao, so he communicated with them and demonstrated in advance, so as to avoid another incident of joint opposition from all officials.

Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian, and Wang Fu looked at each other, knowing that Zhao Ji's will had been decided, and there was no possibility of redemption, so naturally they didn't want to make trouble again, so they said in unison: "What the officials say is absolutely true!"

The serious look on Zhao Ji's original face gradually eased, and his slightly frowned brows stretched out, showing a knowing smile: "In this case, I will appoint him as Tejin, General of Zhenguo, and make him the Duke of Longde County. How about Zhu Guo?"

It was obvious that Zhao Ji favored Zhao Hao to heaven, so where did the three of them have any objections.

Everyone followed Zhao Ji for another tour of Genyue, seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Ji got up and drove back to Ninghe Hall of Yanfu Palace.

Wang Fu took the lead to bid farewell, but Yang Jian stayed alone, bowed to Zhao Ji, and said: "I want to report to the officials, this old slave has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

With a puzzled expression on his face, Zhao Ji said, "Speak!"

Yang Jian opened his mouth and finally plucked up his courage and said, "Mr. Longde County deserves a reward for his hard work. It's just that he killed nearly a hundred soldiers in the west of the capital. My heart is chilling. Now, not only has he not received any punishment, but he has been added to the ranks again and again. If he doesn’t say anything to the sergeant-bureaucrats, he will inevitably be dissatisfied. The name of Jia Shengming will be damaged after all."

Zhao Ji looked slightly annoyed, and asked, "According to your words, how should I deal with it?"

Yang Jian said cautiously: "Mr. Cai is the most recognized scholar-bureaucrat today. The five sons of the Cai family are talented, gentle, virtuous, and knowledgeable. They are indeed dragons and phoenixes among people. Last year, the Cai family proposed marriage to Emperor Maode, but because the emperor Ji gave up when she was young. Now another year has passed, Di Ji has grown up and reached the age of marriage. If she can marry her sons and daughters, the world will know that officials also value scholars and officials and ministers with foreign surnames. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

Zhao Ji's expression became serious, and after thinking for a long time, he finally sighed slightly and said: "Men should be married when they are colleges, and girls should be married if they are colleges. Maode is not young. Although I love this girl very much, I will marry someone after all. In your opinion, let your husband come to propose marriage again."

Yang Jian was overjoyed, and hurried out to thank him, and hurried out of the palace gate to announce the good news to Cai Jing.

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In front of Zhao Hao's mansion, the plaque of "Longde County Mansion" had just been replaced, and the five gleaming golden characters looked extraordinarily dazzling.

The servants in Zhao’s house still don’t remember how many times the plaques in the house have been replaced. Take the old butler as an example. He went out to buy bulky items and asked people to send them to the house. Every one or two months, the explanations were different. .

For example, three months ago he said "send it to the mansion of the Marquis of Shou'an", and two months later he said "send it to the mansion of Duke Jing'an". Go up to the Longde County Government."

in the back garden.

It was hot for days, and the rain fell intermittently all night last night, and it stopped in the morning.At this time, the bright sunshine shines on the trees and flowers that are still dripping with raindrops and dewdrops, and it is so bright.

Zhao Hao lay on a cool chair in the gazebo, stretched his body tiredly and excitedly, yawned and said, "I've been busy for three months, I'm exhausted, I can finally have a good rest.""

Standing behind him, Wang Xin gently massaged his sore shoulders and neck. She didn't speak, but just quietly looked at his handsome face, with endless love and affection flowing in her black jade-like eyes.

For Wang Xin, the replacement of the plaque in front of the mansion was a little joyful at first, but gradually became numb. Only when he was by her side was the happiest moment.

There is a pool of clear water in front of it. The lotus leaves on the water are clear and round, and each branch and vine are full and upright. The pink lotus that has just bloomed is beautiful and charming in the clear water with green leaves.On the wide and thick lotus leaves, the water droplets rolled and flew down with the wind, and the ripples rippled on the water surface. Zhao Hao gave a comfortable hum, and felt his body and mind were at ease, as if he was floating in heaven.

He slowly opened his eyes, looked up at the beautiful lotus face on his head, and couldn't help pinching it lightly.

Wang Xin's face turned red slightly, she put more force on her hands, and squeezed twice, Zhao Hao smiled, crossed her hands on her abdomen, and said in a low voice: "It's rare to rest for a few days, I asked the officials for leave, these I will stay at home with you all day long, and I won’t go anywhere.”

There was a light of joy and satisfaction in Wang Xin's eyes. She hummed, looked around and saw that there was no one around, bowed her head, kissed him lightly on the forehead, smiled shyly, and turned her head away.

Zhao Hao closed his eyes again and let out a sigh of satisfaction. The chaos in his heart seemed to have disappeared in this fresh air, and his mood was as clear as water, leaving no dross behind.Wang Xin also seemed to understand his mood, and knew that he was really exhausted in the past three months, so she gave him a pityful look, and her hands became gentler.

Zhao Hao closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep peacefully.

At this moment, he forgot his identity as a time traveler, and he also forgot his identity as the Duke of the Second Rank. He was just an ordinary head of the family, the husband of a woman, and the years were quiet...

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Zhao Hao was suddenly awakened by the sound of hurried footsteps.

As soon as he opened his eyes and raised his head, Fang Baihua rushed over in a hurry.

At that moment, Fang Baihua also took a closer look at the scene of the phoenix singing in harmony and loving each other in the gazebo, and couldn't help but stop, with an extremely complicated look flashing in his eyes.

Zhao Hao's face was a little embarrassed, he motioned for Wang Xin to stop pressing, and said loudly, "Come here."

Fang Baihua blushed slightly, and saluted Zhao Hao and Wang Xin before handing a secret letter to Zhao Hao, and said in a low voice, "Secret letter from the palace."

After finishing speaking, he ran away without looking back, as if a swarm of hornets were chasing him.

Zhao Hao opened the secret letter suspiciously and took out a piece of letter paper. The letter paper unexpectedly burst into a faint fragrance, which made Zhao Hao even more puzzled.

Slowly unfolding the letter paper, Zhao Hao just glanced at it before bouncing off the cool chair in shock.

There are only five words on the letterhead.

"Brother Hao, save me!"

PS: Jing'an is a county, Duke Jing'an is the magistrate, and the county magistrate is under the magistrate.

(End of this chapter)